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Calendar No. 445 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4796 

[Report No. 118–199] 

Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing 

and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 

September 30, 2025, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 25, 2024 

Mr. SCHATZ, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 

original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 

2025, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

5 Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban 
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1 Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year end2 ing September 30, 2025, and for other purposes, namely: 

3 TITLE I 

4 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

5 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 

8 $209,676,000, to remain available until September 30, 

9 2026: Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this 

10 heading— 

11 (1) $3,822,000 shall be available for the imme12 diate Office of the Secretary; 

13 (2) $1,371,000 shall be available for the imme14 diate Office of the Deputy Secretary; 

15 (3) $20,367,000 shall be available for the Office 

16 of the General Counsel; 

17 (4) $35,544,000 shall be available for the Office 

18 of the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy, 

19 of which $7,727,000 is for the Office for Multimodal 

20 Freight Infrastructure and Policy and $11,435,000 

21 is for the Office of Aviation Consumer Protection: 

22 Provided, That the Secretary must obtain re23 programming approval from the House and Senate 

24 Committees on Appropriations under section 405 of 
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1 this Act prior to executing the authorities of section 

2 118(g)(2)–(3) of title 49, United States Code; 

3 (5) $22,573,000 shall be available for the Office 

4 of the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Pro5 grams; 

6 (6) $4,471,000 shall be available for the Office 

7 of the Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs; 

8 (7) $23,874,000 shall be available for the Office 

9 of the Assistant Secretary for Administration; 

10 (8) $6,361,000 shall be available for the Office 

11 of Public Affairs and Public Engagement; 

12 (9) $2,434,000 shall be available for the Office 

13 of the Executive Secretariat; 

14 (10) $16,146,000 shall be available for the Of15 fice of Intelligence, Security, and Emergency Re16 sponse; 

17 (11) $20,063,000 shall be available for the Of18 fice of the Chief Information Officer; 

19 (12) $1,569,000 shall be available for the Office 

20 of Tribal Government Affairs; 

21 (13) $43,748,000 shall be available for shared 

22 services of the Office of the Secretary that would 

23 otherwise be provided by the Working Capital Fund, 

24 in addition to amounts otherwise available for such 

25 purposes; and 
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1 (14) $7,333,000 shall be available for informa2 tion technology development, modernization, and en3 hancement, in addition to amounts otherwise avail4 able for such purposes: 

5 Provided further, That the Secretary of Transportation 

6 (referred to in this title as the ‘‘Secretary’’) is authorized 

7 to transfer funds appropriated for any office of the Office 

8 of the Secretary to any other office of the Office of the 

9 Secretary: Provided further, That no appropriation for any 

10 office shall be increased or decreased by more than 7 per11 cent by all such transfers: Provided further, That notice 

12 of any change in funding greater than 7 percent shall be 

13 submitted for approval to the House and Senate Commit14 tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That not to ex15 ceed $70,000 shall be for allocation within the Department 

16 for official reception and representation expenses as the 

17 Secretary may determine: Provided further, That notwith18 standing any other provision of law, there may be credited 

19 to this appropriation up to $2,500,000 in funds received 

20 in user fees. 

21 RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

22 For necessary expenses related to the Office of the 

23 Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, 

24 $57,375,000, of which $22,000,000 shall remain available 

25 until expended: Provided, That of such amounts that are 
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1 available until expended, $11,000,000 shall be for nec2 essary expenses of the Advanced Research Projects Agen3 cy—Infrastructure (ARPA–I) as authorized by section 

4 119 of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That 

5 within the funds made available under the preceding pro6 viso, not less than $6,000,000 shall be available for re7 search on durability, resiliency, and sustainability of 

8 bridges and other infrastructure and shall be directed to 

9 an accredited university of higher education in the north10 east United States that has experience leading a regional 

11 university transportation center and a proven record of de12 veloping, patenting, deploying, and commercializing inno13 vative composite materials and technologies for bridge and 

14 other transportation applications, as well as conducting re15 search and developing prototypes using very large-scale 

16 polymer-based additive manufacturing: Provided further, 

17 That there may be credited to this appropriation, to be 

18 available until expended, funds received from States, coun19 ties, municipalities, other public authorities, and private 

20 sources for expenses incurred for training: Provided fur21 ther, That any reference in law, regulation, judicial pro22 ceedings, or elsewhere to the Research and Innovative 

23 Technology Administration shall continue to be deemed to 

24 be a reference to the Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
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1 Research and Technology of the Department of Transpor2 tation. 

3 NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For necessary expenses to carry out a local and re6 gional project assistance grant program under section 

7 6702 of title 49, United States Code, $550,000,000, to 

8 remain available until expended: Provided, That section 

9 6702(f)(2) of title 49, United States Code, shall not apply 

10 to amounts made available under this heading in this Act: 

11 Provided further, That of the amounts made available 

12 under this heading in this Act, not less than 5 percent 

13 shall be awarded to projects in historically disadvantaged 

14 communities or areas of persistent poverty as defined 

15 under section 6702(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code: 

16 Provided further, That grants awarded under this heading 

17 in this Act for eligible projects for planning, preparation, 

18 or design shall not be subject to a minimum grant size: 

19 Provided further, That in distributing amounts made avail20 able under this heading in this Act, the Secretary shall 

21 take such measures so as to ensure an equitable geo22 graphic distribution of funds, an appropriate balance in 

23 addressing the needs of urban and rural areas, including 

24 Tribal areas, and the investment in a variety of transpor25 tation modes: Provided further, That for amounts made 
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1 available under this heading in this Act, the Secretary 

2 shall give priority to projects that require a contribution 

3 of Federal funds in order to complete an overall financing 

4 package: Provided further, That section 6702(f)(1) of title 

5 49, United States Code, shall not apply to amounts made 

6 available under this heading in this Act: Provided further, 

7 That of the amounts awarded under this heading in this 

8 Act, not more than 50 percent shall be allocated for eligi9 ble projects located in rural areas and not more than 50 

10 percent shall be allocated for eligible projects located in 

11 urbanized areas: Provided further, That for the purpose 

12 of determining if an award for planning, preparation, or 

13 design under this heading in this Act is an urban award, 

14 the project location is the location of the project being 

15 planned, prepared, or designed: Provided further, That the 

16 Secretary may retain up to 2 percent of the amounts made 

17 available under this heading in this Act, and may transfer 

18 portions of such amounts to the Administrators of the 

19 Federal Aviation Administration, the Federal Highway 

20 Administration, the Federal Transit Administration, the 

21 Federal Railroad Administration and the Maritime Ad22 ministration to fund the award and oversight of grants 

23 and credit assistance made under the program authorized 

24 under section 6702 of title 49, United States Code: Pro25 vided further, That for amounts made available under this 
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1 heading in this Act, the Secretary shall consider and 

2 award projects based solely on the selection criteria as 

3 identified under section 6702(d)(3) and (d)(4) of title 49, 

4 United States Code. 

5 NATIONAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AND INNOVATIVE

6 FINANCE BUREAU

7 For necessary expenses of the National Surface 

8 Transportation and Innovative Finance Bureau as author9 ized by 49 U.S.C. 116, $10,692,000, to remain available 

10 until expended: Provided, That the Secretary may collect 

11 and spend fees, as authorized by title 23, United States 

12 Code, to cover the costs of services of expert firms, includ13 ing counsel, in the field of municipal and project finance 

14 to assist in the underwriting and servicing of Federal cred15 it instruments and all or a portion of the costs to the Fed16 eral Government of servicing such credit instruments: Pro17 vided further, That such fees are available until expended 

18 to pay for such costs: Provided further, That such amounts 

19 are in addition to other amounts made available for such 

20 purposes and are not subject to any obligation limitation 

21 or the limitation on administrative expenses under section 

22 608 of title 23, United States Code. 

23 RURAL AND TRIBAL INFRASTRUCTURE ADVANCEMENT

24 For necessary expenses to carry out rural and Tribal 

25 infrastructure advancement as authorized in section 
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1 21205 of Public Law 117–58, $25,000,000, to remain 

2 available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That the 

3 Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with 

4 philanthropic entities, non-profit organizations, other Fed5 eral agencies, State or local governments and their agen6 cies, Indian Tribes, or other technical assistance providers, 

7 to provide such technical assistance, planning, and capac8 ity building to State, local, or Tribal governments, United 

9 States territories, metropolitan planning organizations, 

10 transit agencies, or other political subdivisions of State or 

11 local governments. 

12 RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT

13 FINANCING PROGRAM

14 The Secretary is authorized to issue direct loans and 

15 loan guarantees pursuant to chapter 224 of title 49, 

16 United States Code, and such authority shall exist as long 

17 as any such direct loan or loan guarantee is outstanding. 

18 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CAPITAL

19 For necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing 

20 the Department of Transportation’s financial systems and 

21 re-engineering business processes, $5,000,000, to remain 

22 available through September 30, 2026. 

23 CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVES

24 For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, 

25 including necessary upgrades to network and information 
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1 technology infrastructure, improvement of identity man2 agement and authentication capabilities, securing and pro3 tecting data, implementation of Federal cyber security ini4 tiatives, and implementation of enhanced security controls 

5 on agency computers and mobile devices, $74,600,000, to 

6 remain available until September 30, 2026. 

7 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

9 $18,229,000. 

10 TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND

11 DEVELOPMENT

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 

14 planning, research, systems development, development ac15 tivities, and making grants, $45,687,000, to remain avail16 able until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 

17 $8,838,000 shall be for necessary expenses of the Inter18 agency Infrastructure Permitting Improvement Center 

19 (IIPIC): Provided further, That there may be transferred 

20 to this appropriation, to remain available until expended, 

21 amounts transferred from other Federal agencies for ex22 penses incurred under this heading for IIPIC activities not 

23 related to transportation infrastructure: Provided further, 

24 That the tools and analysis developed by the IIPIC shall 

25 be available to other Federal agencies for the permitting 
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1 and review of major infrastructure projects not related to 

2 transportation only to the extent that other Federal agen3 cies provide funding to the Department in accordance with 

4 the preceding proviso: Provided further, That of the 

5 amounts made available under this heading, $10,907,000 

6 shall be made available for the purposes, and in amounts, 

7 specified for congressionally directed spending in the table 

8 entitled ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spending’’ included in 

9 the report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That 

10 of the amounts made available under this heading, 

11 $10,000,000 shall be to carry out the airport human traf12 ficking prevention grants program as authorized under 

13 section 774A of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 

14 (Public Law 118–63). 

15 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 For necessary expenses for operating costs and cap18 ital outlays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed 

19 $495,645,000, shall be paid from appropriations made 

20 available to the Department of Transportation: Provided, 

21 That such services shall be provided on a competitive basis 

22 to entities within the Department of Transportation: Pro23 vided further, That the limitation in the preceding proviso 

24 on operating expenses shall not apply to entities external 

25 to the Department of Transportation or for funds pro-
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1 vided in Public Law 117–58: Provided further, That no 

2 funds made available by this Act to an agency of the De3 partment shall be transferred to the Working Capital 

4 Fund without majority approval of the Working Capital 

5 Fund Steering Committee and approval of the Secretary: 

6 Provided further, That no assessments may be levied 

7 against any program, budget activity, subactivity, or 

8 project funded by this Act unless notice of such assess9 ments and the basis therefor are presented to the House 

10 and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are ap11 proved by such Committees. 

12 SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS UTILIZATION AND

13 OUTREACH

14 For necessary expenses for small and disadvantaged 

15 business utilization and outreach activities, $7,026,000, to 

16 remain available until September 30, 2026: Provided, 

17 That notwithstanding section 332 of title 49, United 

18 States Code, such amounts may be used for business op19 portunities related to any mode of transportation: Pro20 vided further, That appropriations made available under 

21 this heading shall be available for any purpose consistent 

22 with prior year appropriations that were made available 

23 under the heading ‘‘Office of the Secretary—Minority 

24 Business Resource Center Program’’. 
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1 PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS

2 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

3 In addition to funds made available from any other 

4 source to carry out the essential air service program under 

5 sections 41731 through 41742 of title 49, United States 

6 Code, $423,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and 

7 Airway Trust Fund, to remain available until expended: 

8 Provided, That in determining between or among carriers 

9 competing to provide service to a community, the Sec10 retary may consider the relative subsidy requirements of 

11 the carriers: Provided further, That basic essential air 

12 service minimum requirements shall not include the 15- 

13 passenger capacity requirement under section 41732(b)(3) 

14 of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That 

15 amounts authorized to be distributed for the essential air 

16 service program under section 41742(b) of title 49, United 

17 States Code, shall be made available immediately from 

18 amounts otherwise provided to the Administrator of the 

19 Federal Aviation Administration: Provided further, That 

20 the Administrator may reimburse such amounts from fees 

21 credited to the account established under section 45303 

22 of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That, 

23 notwithstanding section 41733 of title 49, United States 

24 Code, for fiscal year 2025, the requirements established 

25 under subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 41731(a)(1) 
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1 of title 49, United States Code, shall not apply to maintain 

2 eligibility under section 41731 of title 49, United States 

3 Code. 

4 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—OFFICE OF THE

5 SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION

6 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 SEC. 101. None of the funds made available by this 

9 Act to the Department of Transportation may be obligated 

10 for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation to ap11 prove assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining 

12 to funds appropriated to the operating administrations in 

13 this Act, except for activities underway on the date of en14 actment of this Act, unless such assessments or agree15 ments have completed the normal reprogramming process 

16 for congressional notification. 

17 SEC. 102. The Secretary shall post on the website 

18 of the Department of Transportation a schedule of all 

19 meetings of the Council on Credit and Finance, including 

20 the agenda for each meeting, and require the Council on 

21 Credit and Finance to record the decisions and actions 

22 of each meeting. 

23 SEC. 103. In addition to authority provided by section 

24 327 of title 49, United States Code, the Department’s 

25 Working Capital Fund is authorized to provide partial or 
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1 full payments in advance and accept subsequent reim2 bursements from all Federal agencies from available funds 

3 for transit benefit distribution services that are necessary 

4 to carry out the Federal transit pass transportation fringe 

5 benefit program under Executive Order No. 13150 and 

6 section 3049 of SAFETEA–LU (5 U.S.C. 7905 note): 

7 Provided, That the Department shall maintain a reason8 able operating reserve in the Working Capital Fund, to 

9 be expended in advance to provide uninterrupted transit 

10 benefits to Government employees: Provided further, That 

11 such reserve shall not exceed 1 month of benefits payable 

12 and may be used only for the purpose of providing for 

13 the continuation of transit benefits: Provided further, That 

14 the Working Capital Fund shall be fully reimbursed by 

15 each customer agency from available funds for the actual 

16 cost of the transit benefit. 

17 SEC. 104. Receipts collected in the Department’s 

18 Working Capital Fund, as authorized by section 327 of 

19 title 49, United States Code, for unused transit and van 

20 pool benefits, in an amount not to exceed 10 percent of 

21 fiscal year 2024 collections, shall be available until ex22 pended in the Department’s Working Capital Fund to pro23 vide contractual services in support of section 189 of this 

24 Act: Provided, That obligations in fiscal year 2025 of such 

25 collections shall not exceed $1,000,000. 
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1 SEC. 105. None of the funds in this title may be obli2 gated or expended for retention or senior executive bo3 nuses for an employee of the Department of Transpor4 tation without the prior written approval of the Assistant 

5 Secretary for Administration. 

6 SEC. 106. In addition to authority provided by section 

7 327 of title 49, United States Code, the Department’s Ad8 ministrative Working Capital Fund is hereby authorized 

9 to transfer information technology equipment, software, 

10 and systems from departmental sources or other entities 

11 and collect and maintain a reserve at rates which will re12 turn full cost of transferred assets. 

13 SEC. 107. None of the funds provided in this Act to 

14 the Department of Transportation may be used to provide 

15 credit assistance unless not less than 3 days before any 

16 application approval to provide credit assistance under 

17 sections 603 and 604 of title 23, United States Code, the 

18 Secretary provides notification in writing to the following 

19 committees: the House and Senate Committees on Appro20 priations; the Committee on Environment and Public 

21 Works and the Committee on Banking, Housing and 

22 Urban Affairs of the Senate; and the Committee on Trans23 portation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa24 tives: Provided, That such notification shall include, but 

25 not be limited to, the name of the project sponsor; a de-
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1 scription of the project; whether credit assistance will be 

2 provided as a direct loan, loan guarantee, or line of credit; 

3 and the amount of credit assistance. 

4 SEC. 108. The Secretary of Transportation may 

5 transfer amounts awarded to a federally recognized Tribe 

6 under a funding agreement entered into under part 29 of 

7 title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, from the Depart8 ment of Transportation’s operating administrations to the 

9 Office of Tribal Government Affairs: Provided, That any 

10 amounts retroceded or reassumed under such part may 

11 be transferred back to the appropriate operating adminis12 tration. 

13 SEC. 109. (a) Amounts made available to the Sec14 retary of Transportation or the Department of Transpor15 tation’s operating administrations in this Act for the costs 

16 of award, administration, or oversight of financial assist17 ance under the programs identified in subsection (c) may 

18 be transferred to the account identified in section 801 of 

19 division J of Public Law 117–58, as amended by section 

20 425 of title IV of division L of Public Law 117–103, to 

21 remain available until expended, for the necessary ex22 penses of award, administration, or oversight of any finan23 cial assistance programs in the Department of Transpor24 tation. 
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1 (b) Amounts transferred under the authority in this 

2 section are available in addition to amounts otherwise 

3 available for such purpose. 

4 (c) The program from which funds made available 

5 under this Act may be transferred under subsection (a) 

6 are— 

7 (1) the local and regional project assistance 

8 program under section 6702 of title 49, United 

9 States Code; and 

10 (2) the university transportation centers pro11 gram under section 5505 of title 49, United States 

12 Code. 

13 SEC. 109A. For amounts provided for this fiscal year 

14 and prior fiscal years, section 24112(c)(2)(B) of Public 

15 Law 117–58 shall be applied by substituting ‘‘30 percent’’ 

16 for ‘‘40 percent’’. 

17 SEC. 109B. The Secretary may transfer up to 

18 $1,641,000 from amounts made available under the head19 ing ‘‘Office of the Secretary—Salaries and Expenses’’ to 

20 the Department’s operating administrations for rent pay21 ments: Provided, That such amounts transferred for rent 

22 payments that are no longer needed may be transferred 

23 back to such account. 

24 SEC. 109C. (a) If this Act is enacted on or before 

25 September 30, 2024, the remaining unobligated balances, 
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1 as of September 30, 2024, from amounts made available 

2 in section 109(a) of division L of the Consolidated Appro3 priations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117–328) are hereby per4 manently rescinded immediately upon enactment of this 

5 Act, and an amount of additional new budget authority 

6 equivalent to the amount rescinded is hereby appropriated 

7 on September 30, 2024, to remain available until ex8 pended, and shall be available, without additional competi9 tion, for completing the funding of awards made pursuant 

10 to the fiscal year 2020 national infrastructure investments 

11 program, in addition to other funds as may be available 

12 for such purposes. 

13 (b) If this Act is enacted on or before September 30, 

14 2024, the remaining unobligated balances, as of Sep15 tember 30, 2024, from amounts made available in section 

16 109(b) of division L of the Consolidated Appropriations 

17 Act, 2023 (Public Law 117–328) are hereby permanently 

18 rescinded immediately upon enactment of this Act, and an 

19 amount of additional new budget authority equivalent to 

20 the amount rescinded is hereby appropriated on Sep21 tember 30, 2024, to remain available until expended, and 

22 shall be available, without additional competition, for com23 pleting the funding of awards made pursuant to the fiscal 

24 year 2019 national infrastructure investments program, in 
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1 addition to other funds as may be available for such pur2 poses. 

3 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

4 OPERATIONS

5 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

6 For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Ad7 ministration, not otherwise provided for, including oper8 ations and research activities related to commercial space 

9 transportation, administrative expenses for research and 

10 development, establishment of air navigation facilities, the 

11 operation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, 

12 subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold 

13 to the public, the lease or purchase of passenger motor 

14 vehicles for replacement only, $13,603,399,000, to remain 

15 available until September 30, 2026, of which 

16 $13,000,000,000 to be derived from the Airport and Air17 way Trust Fund: Provided, That of the amounts made 

18 available under this heading— 

19 (1) not less than $1,839,078,000 shall be avail20 able for aviation safety activities; 

21 (2) $10,112,436,000 shall be available for air 

22 traffic organization activities; 

23 (3) $57,130,000 shall be available for commer24 cial space transportation activities; 
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1 (4) $997,822,000 shall be available for finance 

2 and management activities; 

3 (5) $73,556,000 shall be available for NextGen 

4 and operations planning activities; 

5 (6) $172,270,000 shall be available for security 

6 and hazardous materials safety activities; and 

7 (7) $351,107,000 shall be available for staff of8 fices: 

9 Provided further, That not to exceed 5 percent of any 

10 budget activity, except for aviation safety budget activity, 

11 may be transferred to any budget activity under this head12 ing: Provided further, That no transfer may increase or 

13 decrease any appropriation under this heading by more 

14 than 5 percent: Provided further, That any transfer in ex15 cess of 5 percent shall be treated as a reprogramming of 

16 funds under section 405 of this Act and shall not be avail17 able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 

18 with the procedures set forth in that section: Provided fur19 ther, That not later than 60 days after the submission of 

20 the budget request, the Administrator of the Federal Avia21 tion Administration shall transmit to Congress an annual 

22 update to the report submitted to Congress in December 

23 2004 pursuant to section 221 of the Vision 100-Century 

24 of Aviation Reauthorization Act (49 U.S.C. 44506 note): 

25 Provided further, That the amounts made available under 
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1 this heading shall be reduced by $100,000 for each day 

2 after 60 days after the submission of the budget request 

3 that such report has not been transmitted to Congress: 

4 Provided further, That not later than 60 days after the 

5 submission of the budget request, the Administrator shall 

6 transmit to Congress a companion report that describes 

7 a comprehensive strategy for staffing, hiring, and training 

8 flight standards and aircraft certification staff in a format 

9 similar to the one utilized for the controller staffing plan, 

10 including stated attrition estimates and numerical hiring 

11 goals by fiscal year: Provided further, That the amounts 

12 made available under this heading shall be reduced by 

13 $100,000 for each day after the date that is 60 days after 

14 the submission of the budget request that such report has 

15 not been submitted to Congress: Provided further, That 

16 funds may be used to enter into a grant agreement with 

17 a nonprofit standard-setting organization to assist in the 

18 development of aviation safety standards: Provided fur19 ther, That none of the funds made available by this Act 

20 shall be available for new applicants for the second career 

21 training program: Provided further, That none of the 

22 funds made available by this Act shall be available for the 

23 Federal Aviation Administration to finalize or implement 

24 any regulation that would promulgate new aviation user 

25 fees not specifically authorized by law after the date of 
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1 the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That there 

2 may be credited to this appropriation, as offsetting collec3 tions, funds received from States, counties, municipalities, 

4 foreign authorities, other public authorities, and private 

5 sources for expenses incurred in the provision of agency 

6 services, including receipts for the maintenance and oper7 ation of air navigation facilities, and for issuance, renewal 

8 or modification of certificates, including airman, aircraft, 

9 and repair station certificates, or for tests related thereto, 

10 or for processing major repair or alteration forms: Pro11 vided further, That of the amounts made available under 

12 this heading, not less than $241,000,000 shall be used to 

13 fund direct operations of the current air traffic control 

14 towers in the contract tower program, including the con15 tract tower cost share program, and any airport that is 

16 currently qualified or that will qualify for the program 

17 during the fiscal year: Provided further, That none of the 

18 funds made available by this Act for aeronautical charting 

19 and cartography are available for activities conducted by, 

20 or coordinated through, the Working Capital Fund: Pro21 vided further, That none of the funds appropriated or oth22 erwise made available by this Act or any other Act may 

23 be used to eliminate the contract weather observers pro24 gram at any airport. 
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1 FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

2 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

3 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

4 for acquisition, establishment, technical support services, 

5 improvement by contract or purchase, and hire of national 

6 airspace systems and experimental facilities and equip7 ment, as authorized under part A of subtitle VII of title 

8 49, United States Code, including initial acquisition of 

9 necessary sites by lease or grant; engineering and service 

10 testing, including construction of test facilities and acqui11 sition of necessary sites by lease or grant; construction 

12 and furnishing of quarters and related accommodations 

13 for officers and employees of the Federal Aviation Admin14 istration stationed at remote localities where such accom15 modations are not available; and the purchase, lease, or 

16 transfer of aircraft from funds made available under this 

17 heading, including aircraft for aviation regulation and cer18 tification; to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust 

19 Fund, $3,600,000,000, of which $690,000,000 is for per20 sonnel and related expenses and shall remain available 

21 until September 30, 2026, $2,802,450,000 shall remain 

22 available until September 30, 2027, and $107,550,000 is 

23 for terminal facilities and shall remain available until Sep24 tember 30, 2029: Provided, That there may be credited 

25 to this appropriation funds received from States, counties, 
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1 municipalities, other public authorities, and private 

2 sources, for expenses incurred in the establishment, im3 provement, and modernization of national airspace sys4 tems: Provided further, That not later than 60 days after 

5 submission of the budget request, the Secretary of Trans6 portation shall transmit to the Congress an investment 

7 plan for the Federal Aviation Administration which in8 cludes funding for each budget line item for fiscal years 

9 2026 through 2030, with total funding for each year of 

10 the plan constrained to the funding targets for those years 

11 as estimated and approved by the Office of Management 

12 and Budget: Provided further, That section 405 of this Act 

13 shall apply to amounts made available under this heading 

14 in title VIII of the Infrastructure Investments and Jobs 

15 Appropriations Act (division J of Public Law 117–58): 

16 Provided further, That the amounts in the table entitled 

17 ‘‘Allocation of Funds for FAA Facilities and Equipment 

18 from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act—Fiscal 

19 Year 2025’’ in the report accompanying this Act shall be 

20 the baseline for application of reprogramming and trans21 fer authorities for the current fiscal year pursuant to para22 graph (7) of such section 405 for amounts referred to in 

23 the preceding proviso: Provided further, That, notwith24 standing paragraphs (5) and (6) of such section 405, un25 less prior approval is received from the House and Senate 
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1 Committees on Appropriations, not to exceed 10 percent 

2 of any funding level specified for projects and activities 

3 in the table referred to in the preceding proviso may be 

4 transferred to any other funding level specified for 

5 projects and activities in such table and no transfer of 

6 such funding levels may increase or decrease any funding 

7 level in such table by more than 10 percent. 

8 RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT

9 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

10 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

11 for research, engineering, and development, as authorized 

12 under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States 

13 Code, including construction of experimental facilities and 

14 acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant, 

15 $290,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway 

16 Trust Fund and to remain available until September 30, 

17 2027: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro18 priation as offsetting collections, funds received from 

19 States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, 

20 and private sources, which shall be available for expenses 

21 incurred for research, engineering, and development: Pro22 vided further, That of the amounts made available under 

23 this heading, $25,000,000 shall be for aviation workforce 

24 development programs, as authorized under section 625 

25 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018, as amended (49 
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1 U.S.C. 40132 note): Provided further, That of the 

2 amounts set aside under the preceding proviso, 

3 $5,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

4 for not more than two community colleges that are spon5 sors of a general aviation airport identified in the National 

6 Plan of Integrated Airport Systems: Provided further, 

7 That the Secretary shall award such grant under the pre8 ceding proviso notwithstanding section 625(b)(2) of the 

9 FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018, as amended (49 U.S.C. 

10 40132 note): Provided further, That amounts made avail11 able under this heading shall be used in accordance with 

12 the report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That 

13 not to exceed 10 percent of any funding level specified 

14 under this heading in the report accompanying this Act 

15 may be transferred to any other funding level specified 

16 under this heading in the report accompanying this Act: 

17 Provided further, That no transfer may increase or de18 crease any funding level by more than 10 percent: Pro19 vided further, That any transfer in excess of 10 percent 

20 shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec21 tion 405 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga22 tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce23 dures set forth in that section. 
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1 GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

2 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

3 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

4 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in7 aid for airport planning and development, and noise com8 patibility planning and programs as authorized under sub9 chapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 

10 of title 49, United States Code, and under other law au11 thorizing such obligations; for procurement, installation, 

12 and commissioning of runway incursion prevention devices 

13 and systems at airports of such title; for grants authorized 

14 under section 41743 of title 49, United States Code; and 

15 for inspection activities and administration of airport safe16 ty programs, including those related to airport operating 

17 certificates under section 44706 of title 49, United States 

18 Code, $4,000,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and 

19 Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until ex20 pended: Provided, That none of the amounts made avail21 able under this heading shall be available for the planning 

22 or execution of programs the obligations for which are in 

23 excess of $4,000,000,000, in fiscal year 2025, notwith24 standing section 47117(g) of title 49, United States Code: 

25 Provided further, That none of the amounts made available 
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1 under this heading shall be available for the replacement 

2 of baggage conveyor systems, reconfiguration of terminal 

3 baggage areas, or other airport improvements that are 

4 necessary to install bulk explosive detection systems: Pro5 vided further, That notwithstanding section 47109(a) of 

6 title 49, United States Code, the Government’s share of 

7 allowable project costs under paragraph (2) of such sec8 tion for subgrants or paragraph (3) of such section shall 

9 be 95 percent for a project at other than a large or me10 dium hub airport that is a successive phase of a multi11 phased construction project for which the project sponsor 

12 received a grant in fiscal year 2011 for the construction 

13 project: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 

14 provision of law, of amounts limited under this heading, 

15 not less than $163,624,000 shall be available for adminis16 tration, $15,000,000 shall be available for the airport co17 operative research program, $43,360,000 shall be avail18 able for the airport technology research program, and 

19 $15,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

20 available and transferred to ‘‘Office of the Secretary, Sala21 ries and Expenses’’ to carry out the small community air 

22 service development program: Provided further, That in 

23 addition to airports eligible under section 41743 of title 

24 49, United States Code, such program may include the 

25 participation of an airport that serves a community or 
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1 consortium that is not larger than a small hub airport, 

2 according to FAA hub classifications effective at the time 

3 the Office of the Secretary issues a request for proposals: 

4 Provided further, That up to $3,000,000 of the funds to 

5 carry out the small community air service development 

6 program shall be for airports serving communities or con7 sortia of communities that lost 100 percent, for at least 

8 twenty four consecutive months, of the scheduled air 

9 transportation (as such term is defined in section 40102 

10 of title 49, United States Code) of the airport between 

11 January 1, 2021 and January 1, 2024: Provided further, 

12 That for such communities or consortia of communities— 

13 (1) subsection (c)(4)(B) of section 41743 of title 49 of 

14 United States Code shall not apply; and (2) the Secretary 

15 may make awards of up to $3,000,000. 

16 GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

17 For an additional amount for ‘‘Grants-In-Aid for Air18 ports’’, to enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 

19 grants for projects as authorized by subchapter 1 of chap20 ter 471 of title 49, United States Code, subchapter 1 of 

21 chapter 475 of such title, and section 767 of the FAA 

22 Reauthorization Act of 2024 (Public Law 118–63), 

23 $521,155,000, to remain available through September 30, 

24 2027: Provided, That amounts made available under this 

25 heading shall be derived from the general fund, and such 
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1 funds shall not be subject to apportionment formulas, spe2 cial apportionment categories, or minimum percentages 

3 under chapter 471 of title 49, United States Code: Pro4 vided further, That the amounts made available under this 

5 heading shall not be subject to any limitation on obliga6 tions for the Grants-in-Aid for Airports program set forth 

7 in any Act: Provided further, That the Administrator of 

8 the Federal Aviation Administration may retain up to 1 

9 percent of the amounts made available under this heading 

10 to fund the award and oversight by the Administrator of 

11 grants made under this heading: Provided further, That 

12 of the sums appropriated under this heading— 

13 (1) $221,155,000 shall be made available for 

14 the purposes, and in amounts, specified for congres15 sionally directed spending in the table entitled ‘‘Con16 gressionally Directed Spending’’ included in the re17 port accompanying this Act: Provided, That funds 

18 made available under this section shall not be sub19 ject to or considered under section 47115(j)(3)(B), 

20 47115(j)(3)(C), or 47115(j)(3)(D) of title 49, 

21 United States Code; 

22 (2) up to $230,000,000 shall be made available 

23 to the Secretary to distribute as discretionary grants 

24 to airports that include, but are not limited to, 

25 projects that are eligible under section 
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1 47115(j)(3)(D) of title 49, United States Code: Pro2 vided, That the Secretary may make discretionary 

3 grants to primary airports for airport-owned infra4 structure required for the on-airport distribution or 

5 storage of sustainable aviation fuels that achieve at 

6 least a 50 percent reduction in lifecycle greenhouse 

7 gas emissions, using a methodology determined by 

8 the Secretary, including, but not limited to, on-air9 port construction or expansion of pipelines, rail lines 

10 and spurs, loading and off-loading facilities, blending 

11 facilities, and storage tanks: Provided further, That 

12 the Secretary may make discretionary grants with 

13 funds made available under this heading to primary 

14 or nonprimary airports for the acquisition or con15 struction costs related to airport-owned, revenue-pro16 ducing aeronautical fuel farms and fueling systems, 

17 including mobile systems, that the Secretary deter18 mines will promote the use of unleaded or sustain19 able aviation fuels on a non-exclusive basis; and 

20 (3) up to $70,000,000, to remain available until 

21 expended, shall be made available for the PFAS re22 placement program for airports, as authorized under 

23 section 767 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 

24 (Public Law 118–63): Provided, That subsection 
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1 (d)(2)(A) of such section shall not apply to funds 

2 made available under this paragraph. 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION

4 ADMINISTRATION

5 SEC. 110. None of the funds made available by this 

6 Act may be used to compensate in excess of 600 technical 

7 staff-years under the federally funded research and devel8 opment center contract between the Federal Aviation Ad9 ministration and the Center for Advanced Aviation Sys10 tems Development during fiscal year 2025. 

11 SEC. 111. None of the funds made available by this 

12 Act shall be used to pursue or adopt guidelines or regula13 tions requiring airport sponsors to provide to the Federal 

14 Aviation Administration without cost building construc15 tion, maintenance, utilities and expenses, or space in air16 port sponsor-owned buildings for services relating to air 

17 traffic control, air navigation, or weather reporting: Pro18 vided, That the prohibition on the use of funds in this 

19 section does not apply to negotiations between the agency 

20 and airport sponsors to achieve agreement on ‘‘below-mar21 ket’’ rates for these items or to grant assurances that re22 quire airport sponsors to provide land without cost to the 

23 Federal Aviation Administration for air traffic control fa24 cilities. 
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1 SEC. 112. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 

2 Administration may reimburse amounts made available to 

3 satisfy section 41742(a)(1) of title 49, United States 

4 Code, from fees credited under section 45303 of title 49, 

5 United States Code, and any amount remaining in such 

6 account at the close of any fiscal year may be made avail7 able to satisfy section 41742(a)(1) of title 49, United 

8 States Code, for the subsequent fiscal year. 

9 SEC. 113. Amounts collected under section 40113(e) 

10 of title 49, United States Code, shall be credited to the 

11 appropriation current at the time of collection, to be 

12 merged with and available for the same purposes as such 

13 appropriation. 

14 SEC. 114. None of the funds made available by this 

15 Act shall be available for paying premium pay under sec16 tion 5546(a) of title 5, United States Code, to any Federal 

17 Aviation Administration employee unless such employee 

18 actually performed work during the time corresponding to 

19 such premium pay. 

20 SEC. 115. None of the funds made available by this 

21 Act may be obligated or expended for an employee of the 

22 Federal Aviation Administration to purchase a store gift 

23 card or gift certificate through use of a Government-issued 

24 credit card. 
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1 SEC. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

2 law, none of the funds made available under this Act or 

3 any prior Act may be used to implement or to continue 

4 to implement any limitation on the ability of any owner 

5 or operator of a private aircraft to obtain, upon a request 

6 to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administra7 tion, a blocking of that owner’s or operator’s aircraft reg8 istration number, Mode S transponder code, flight identi9 fication, call sign, or similar identifying information from 

10 any ground based display to the public that would allow 

11 the real-time or near real-time flight tracking of that air12 craft’s movements, except data made available to a Gov13 ernment agency, for the noncommercial flights of that 

14 owner or operator. 

15 SEC. 117. None of the funds made available by this 

16 Act shall be available for salaries and expenses of more 

17 than nine political and Presidential appointees in the Fed18 eral Aviation Administration. 

19 SEC. 118. None of the funds made available by this 

20 Act may be used to increase fees pursuant to section 

21 44721 of title 49, United States Code, until the Federal 

22 Aviation Administration provides to the House and Senate 

23 Committees on Appropriations a report that justifies all 

24 fees related to aeronautical navigation products and ex-
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1 plains how such fees are consistent with Executive Order 

2 No. 13642. 

3 SEC. 119. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act may be used to close a regional operations center of 

5 the Federal Aviation Administration or reduce its services 

6 unless the Administrator notifies the House and Senate 

7 Committees on Appropriations not less than 90 full busi8 ness days in advance. 

9 SEC. 119A. None of the funds made available by or 

10 limited by this Act may be used to change weight restric11 tions or prior permission rules at Teterboro airport in 

12 Teterboro, New Jersey. 

13 SEC. 119B. None of the funds made available by this 

14 Act may be used by the Administrator of the Federal Avia15 tion Administration to withhold from consideration and 

16 approval any new application for participation in the con17 tract tower program, or for reevaluation of cost-share pro18 gram participants so long as the Federal Aviation Admin19 istration has received an application from the airport, and 

20 so long as the Administrator determines such tower is eli21 gible using the factors set forth in Federal Aviation Ad22 ministration published establishment criteria. 

23 SEC. 119C. None of the funds made available by this 

24 Act may be used to open, close, redesignate as a lesser 

25 office, or reorganize a regional office, the aeronautical cen-
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1 ter, or the technical center unless the Administrator sub2 mits a request for the reprogramming of funds under sec3 tion 405 of this Act. 

4 SEC. 119D. Section 44502(e) of title 49, United 

5 States Code, shall be applied by inserting the following 

6 after paragraph (4): 

7 ‘‘(5) LIMITATIONS.— 

8 ‘‘(A) SYSTEMS OR EQUIPMENT.—Eligible 

9 air traffic systems or equipment identified in 

10 subparagraphs (A) through (C) of paragraph 

11 (3) of this subsection to be transferred to the 

12 Administrator under this subsection must have 

13 been purchased by the transferor airport on or 

14 after October 5, 2018; and 

15 ‘‘(B) OTHER SYSTEMS OR EQUIPMENT.— 

16 Eligible air traffic systems or equipment identi17 fied in subparagraph (D) of paragraph (3) of 

18 this subsection to be transferred to the Admin19 istrator under this subsection must have been 

20 purchased by the transferor airport on or after 

21 October 1, 2024. 

22 ‘‘(6) AIRPORTS IN THE CONTIGUOUS UNITED

23 STATES.—Notwithstanding the limitation to airports 

24 in non-contiguous States in paragraph (1) of this 

25 subsection, an airport in the contiguous United 
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1 States may transfer, without consideration, to the 

2 Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administra3 tion, an eligible air traffic system or equipment iden4 tified in subparagraphs (A) through (C) of para5 graph (3) of this subsection that conforms to per6 formance specifications of the Administrator if a 

7 Government airport aid program, airport develop8 ment aid program, or airport improvement project 

9 grant was used to assist in purchasing the system or 

10 equipment and such eligible air traffic system or 

11 equipment was purchased by the transferor airport 

12 during the period of time beginning on October 5, 

13 2018, and ending on December 31, 2021.’’. 

14 SEC. 119E. Notwithstanding paragraph (7) of section 

15 405, activities creating, reorganizing, or restructuring an 

16 organizational unit of the Federal Aviation Administration 

17 are not subject to the requirements of section 405 unless 

18 those activities would change the organization chart pro19 vided as an exhibit to section 1 of the President’s budget 

20 justification: Provided, That the Federal Aviation Admin21 istration shall notify the House and Senate Committees 

22 on Appropriations within 3 business days of creating, reor23 ganizing, or restructuring an organizational unit of the 

24 Federal Aviation Administration that is referenced in the 

25 President’s budget justification, but not included in the 
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1 organization chart exhibit in section 1 of the President’s 

2 budget justification. 

3 FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

4 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

5 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 Not to exceed $512,695,778 together with advances 

8 and reimbursements received by the Federal Highway Ad9 ministration, shall be obligated for necessary expenses for 

10 administration and operation of the Federal Highway Ad11 ministration: Provided, That in addition, $3,248,000 shall 

12 be transferred to the Appalachian Regional Commission 

13 in accordance with section 104(a) of title 23, United 

14 States Code. 

15 FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

16 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

17 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

18 Funds available for the implementation or execution 

19 of authorized Federal-aid highway and highway safety 

20 construction programs shall not exceed total obligations 

21 of $61,314,170,545 for fiscal year 2025: Provided, That 

22 the limitation on obligations under this heading shall only 

23 apply to contract authority authorized from the Highway 

24 Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), un25 less otherwise specified in law. 
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1 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

2 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

3 For the payment of obligations incurred in carrying 

4 out authorized Federal-aid highway and highway safety 

5 construction programs, $62,011,047,545 shall be derived 

6 from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Tran7 sit Account), to remain available until expended. 

8 HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 There is hereby appropriated to the Secretary 

11 $1,116,889,000: Provided, That the funds made available 

12 under this heading shall be derived from the general fund, 

13 shall be in addition to any funds provided for fiscal year 

14 2025 in this or any other Act for: (1) ‘‘Federal-aid High15 ways’’ under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code; 

16 (2) the Appalachian development highway system as au17 thorized under section 1069(y) of Public Law 102–240; 

18 (3) activities eligible under the Tribal transportation pro19 gram under section 202 of title 23, United States Code; 

20 (4) activities eligible under the Federal lands transpor21 tation program under section 203 of such title; (5) activi22 ties eligible under the Federal land access program under 

23 section 204 of such title; (6) the Northern Border Re24 gional Commission (40 U.S.C. 15101 et seq.); (7) the 

25 Southwest Border Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 15101 
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1 et seq.); (8) the Denali Commission; or (9) activities eligi2 ble under chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code, and 

3 shall not affect the distribution or amount of funds pro4 vided in any other Act: Provided further, That, except for 

5 the funds made available under this heading for the 

6 Northern Border Regional Commission, the Southwest 

7 Border Regional Commission, and the Denali Commission, 

8 section 11101(e) of Public Law 117–58 shall apply to 

9 funds made available under this heading: Provided further, 

10 That unless otherwise specified, amounts made available 

11 under this heading shall be available until September 30, 

12 2028, and shall not be subject to any limitation on obliga13 tions for Federal-aid highways or highway safety construc14 tion programs set forth in any Act making annual appro15 priations: Provided further, That of the sums appropriated 

16 under this heading— 

17 (1) $567,889,000 shall be for the purposes, and 

18 in the amounts, specified for congressionally directed 

19 spending in the table entitled ‘‘Congressionally Di20 rected Spending’’ included in the report accom21 panying this Act: Provided, That, except as other22 wise provided under this heading, the funds made 

23 available under this paragraph shall be administered 

24 as if apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United 

25 States Code: Provided further, That funds made 
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1 available under this paragraph that are used for 

2 Tribal projects shall be administered as if allocated 

3 under chapter 2 of title 23, United States Code, ex4 cept that the set-asides described in subparagraph 

5 (C) of section 202(b)(3) of title 23, United States 

6 Code, and subsections (a)(6), (c), and (e) of section 

7 202 of such title, and section 1123(h)(1) of MAP– 

8 21 (as amended by Public Law 117–58), shall not 

9 apply to such funds; 

10 (2) $100,000,000 shall be for necessary ex11 penses for construction of the Appalachian develop12 ment highway system, as authorized under section 

13 1069(y) of Public Law 102–240: Provided, That for 

14 the purposes of funds made available under this 

15 paragraph, the term ‘‘Appalachian State’’ means a 

16 State that contains 1 or more counties (including 

17 any political subdivision located within the area) in 

18 the Appalachian region as defined in section 

19 14102(a) of title 40, United States Code: Provided 

20 further, That funds made available under this head21 ing for construction of the Appalachian development 

22 highway system shall remain available until ex23 pended: Provided further, That, except as provided in 

24 the following proviso, funds made available under 

25 this heading for construction of the Appalachian de-
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1 velopment highway system shall be administered as 

2 if apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United 

3 States Code: Provided further, That a project carried 

4 out with funds made available under this heading for 

5 construction of the Appalachian development high6 way system shall be carried out in the same manner 

7 as a project under section 14501 of title 40, United 

8 States Code: Provided further, That subject to the 

9 following proviso, funds made available under this 

10 heading for construction of the Appalachian develop11 ment highway system shall be apportioned to Appa12 lachian States according to the percentages derived 

13 from the 2012 Appalachian development highway 

14 system cost-to-complete estimate, adopted in Appa15 lachian Regional Commission Resolution Number 

16 736, and confirmed as each Appalachian State’s rel17 ative share of the estimated remaining need to com18 plete the Appalachian development highway system, 

19 adjusted to exclude those corridors that such States 

20 have no current plans to complete, as reported in the 

21 2013 Appalachian Development Highway System 

22 Completion Report, unless those States have modi23 fied and assigned a higher priority for completion of 

24 an Appalachian development highway system cor25 ridor, as reported in the 2020 Appalachian Develop-
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1 ment Highway System Future Outlook: Provided 

2 further, That the Secretary shall adjust apportion3 ments made under the preceding proviso so that no 

4 Appalachian State shall be apportioned an amount 

5 in excess of 30 percent of the amount made available 

6 for construction of the Appalachian development 

7 highway system under this heading: Provided fur8 ther, That the Secretary shall consult with the Appa9 lachian Regional Commission in making adjustments 

10 under the preceding two provisos: Provided further, 

11 That the Federal share of the costs for which an ex12 penditure is made for construction of the Appa13 lachian development highway system under this 

14 heading shall be up to 100 percent; 

15 (3) $5,000,000 shall be transferred to the 

16 Southwest Border Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 

17 15101 et seq.) to make grants, in addition to 

18 amounts otherwise made available to the Southwest 

19 Border Regional Commission for such purpose, for 

20 authorized activities, including for administration of 

21 grants or cooperative agreements to support inter22 jurisdictional planning activities advancing transpor23 tation infrastructure that enables supply-chain 

24 connectivity, zero-emission fuel corridors, and eco25 nomic development along the southwest border: Pro-
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1 vided, That a grant made with funds made available 

2 under this paragraph shall be administered in the 

3 same manner as a grant made under subtitle V of 

4 title 40, United States Code; 

5 (4) $5,000,000 shall be transferred to the 

6 Northern Border Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 

7 15101 et seq.) to make grants, in addition to 

8 amounts otherwise made available to the Northern 

9 Border Regional Commission for such purpose, to 

10 carry out pilot projects that demonstrate the capa11 bilities of wood-based infrastructure projects: Pro12 vided, That a grant made with funds made available 

13 under this paragraph shall be administered in the 

14 same manner as a grant made under subtitle V of 

15 title 40, United States Code; 

16 (5) $5,000,000 shall be transferred to the 

17 Denali Commission for activities eligible under sec18 tion 307(e) of the Denali Commission Act of 1998 

19 (42 U.S.C. 3121 note; Public Law 105–277): Pro20 vided, That funds made available under this para21 graph shall not be subject to section 311 of such 

22 Act: Provided further, That except as otherwise pro23 vided under section 307(e) of such Act or this head24 ing, funds made available under this paragraph shall 

25 be administered as if directly appropriated to the 
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1 Denali Commission and subject to applicable provi2 sions of such Act, including the requirement in sec3 tion 307(e) of such Act that the local community 

4 provides a 10 percent non-Federal match in the 

5 form of any necessary land or planning and design 

6 funds: Provided further, That such funds shall be 

7 available until expended: Provided further, That the 

8 Federal share of the costs for which an expenditure 

9 is made with funds transferred under this paragraph 

10 shall be up to 90 percent; 

11 (6) $15,000,000 shall be transferred to the 

12 Denali Commission to carry out the Denali access 

13 system program under section 309 of the Denali 

14 Commission Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 3121 note; 

15 Public Law 105–277): Provided, That a transfer 

16 under this paragraph shall not be subject to section 

17 311 of such Act: Provided further, That except as 

18 otherwise provided under this heading, funds made 

19 available under this paragraph shall be administered 

20 as if directly appropriated to the Denali Commission 

21 and subject to applicable provisions of such Act: 

22 Provided further, That funds made available under 

23 this paragraph shall not be subject to section 

24 309(j)(2) of such Act: Provided further, That funds 

25 made available under this paragraph shall be avail-
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1 able until expended: Provided further, That the Fed2 eral share of the costs for which an expenditure is 

3 made with funds transferred under this paragraph 

4 shall be up to 100 percent; 

5 (7) $4,000,000 shall be to carry out the polli6 nator-friendly practices on roadsides and highway 

7 rights-of-way program under section 332 of title 23, 

8 United States Code; 

9 (8) $20,000,000 shall be for the national scenic 

10 byways program under section 162 of title 23, 

11 United States Code: Provided, That, except as other12 wise provided under this heading, the funds made 

13 available under this paragraph shall be administered 

14 as if apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United 

15 States Code; 

16 (9) $337,000,000, in addition to amounts made 

17 available in section 125 of this Act, shall be for a 

18 competitive highway bridge program for States 

19 that— 

20 (A) have— 

21 (i) a population density of less than 

22 115 individuals per square mile; or 

23 (ii) a population of less than 

24 1,100,000 individuals; and 

25 (B) have— 
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1 (i) less than 26 percent of total 

2 bridges classified as in good condition; or 

3 (ii) greater than or equal to 5.2 per4 cent of total bridges classified as in poor 

5 condition: 

6 Provided, That any such State with more than 14 

7 percent of total bridges classified as in poor condi8 tion shall receive not less than $32,500,000 of the 

9 funds made available in this paragraph or in section 

10 125 of this Act for grant applications for projects el11 igible under this paragraph: Provided further, That 

12 if the Secretary determines that eligible applications 

13 from any such State meeting the criteria under the 

14 preceding proviso are insufficient to make awards of 

15 at least $32,500,000, the Secretary shall use the un16 utilized amounts to provide other grants to States 

17 eligible under this paragraph: Provided further, That 

18 no State shall be awarded more than $55,000,000 in 

19 awards from funds made available under this para20 graph or in section 125 of this Act for grant applica21 tions for projects eligible under this paragraph: Pro22 vided further, That the funds made available under 

23 this paragraph shall be used for highway bridge re24 placement or rehabilitation projects on public roads 

25 that demonstrate cost savings by bundling multiple 
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1 highway bridge projects and, except as otherwise 

2 provided in this heading, shall be administered as if 

3 apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United 

4 States Code: Provided further, That the require5 ments of section 144(j)(5) of title 23, United States 

6 Code, shall not apply to funds made available under 

7 this paragraph: Provided further, That for purposes 

8 of this paragraph, the Secretary shall calculate pop9 ulation and population density figures based on the 

10 latest available data from the decennial census con11 ducted under section 141(a) of title 13, United 

12 States Code: Provided further, That for purposes of 

13 this paragraph, the Secretary shall calculate the per14 centages of bridge counts (including the percentages 

15 of bridge counts classified as in poor and good con16 dition) based on the national bridge inventory as of 

17 June 2023; 

18 (10) $25,000,000 shall be for the active trans19 portation infrastructure investment program under 

20 section 11529 of the Infrastructure Investment and 

21 Jobs Act (23 U.S.C. 217 note): Provided, That ex22 cept as otherwise provided under such section or this 

23 heading, the funds made available under this para24 graph shall be administered as if apportioned under 

25 chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code: Provided 
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1 further, That funds made available under this para2 graph shall remain available until expended; 

3 (11) $25,000,000 shall be for a competitive 

4 Type 3 highway bridge program for the replacement 

5 or rehabilitation of bridges that—(A) are owned by 

6 a county; (B) are classified as a Type 3 bridge by 

7 the Bureau of Reclamation; (C) are eligible under 

8 the Federal lands access program, as described in 

9 section 204 of title 23, United States Code; and (D) 

10 cross a water conveyance structure owned by the 

11 Bureau of Reclamation: Provided, That the Sec12 retary, in consultation with the Bureau of Reclama13 tion, shall prioritize awards to projects that will lead 

14 to—(i) improved water delivery; (ii) improved bridge 

15 conditions; and (iii) improved safety, efficiency, and 

16 reliability of the movement of people and goods over 

17 Type 3 bridges crossing a water conveyance struc18 ture owned by the Bureau of Reclamation: Provided 

19 further, That only a county owning a bridge meeting 

20 the conditions in this paragraph shall be an eligible 

21 applicant for a grant under this paragraph: Provided 

22 further, That, except as otherwise provided under 

23 this heading, funds made available under this para24 graph shall be administered as if allocated under 

25 section 204 of such title, except that such funds 
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1 shall not be subject to subsections (b) or (c) of such 

2 section: Provided further, That for the purposes of 

3 funds made available under this paragraph, the term 

4 ‘‘Type 3 bridge’’ means a bridge classified as a Type 

5 3 bridge by the Bureau of Reclamation as defined 

6 in its Reclamation Manual Directives and Standards 

7 FAC 07–01 (as updated on June 9, 2023): Provided 

8 further, That funds made available under this para9 graph shall remain available until expended: Pro10 vided further, That the Federal share of the costs for 

11 which an expenditure is made with funds made 

12 available under this paragraph shall be 100 percent; 

13 and 

14 (12) $8,000,000 shall be for research leading to 

15 sustainable stormwater management technologies 

16 and techniques to reduce the impacts of 6PPD and 

17 6PPD-quinone on salmon-bearing streams, as eligi18 ble under chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code: 

19 Provided, That funds made available under this 

20 paragraph shall be administered as if allocated 

21 under chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code. 

22 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY

23 ADMINISTRATION

24 SEC. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2025, the Secretary of 

25 Transportation shall— 
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1 (1) not distribute from the obligation limitation 

2 for Federal-aid highways— 

3 (A) amounts authorized for administrative 

4 expenses and programs by section 104(a) of 

5 title 23, United States Code; and 

6 (B) amounts authorized for the Bureau of 

7 Transportation Statistics; 

8 (2) not distribute an amount from the obliga9 tion limitation for Federal-aid highways that is equal 

10 to the unobligated balance of amounts— 

11 (A) made available from the Highway 

12 Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Ac13 count) for Federal-aid highway and highway 

14 safety construction programs for previous fiscal 

15 years the funds for which are allocated by the 

16 Secretary (or apportioned by the Secretary 

17 under section 202 or 204 of title 23, United 

18 States Code); and 

19 (B) for which obligation limitation was 

20 provided in a previous fiscal year; 

21 (3) determine the proportion that— 

22 (A) the obligation limitation for Federal23 aid highways, less the aggregate of amounts not 

24 distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of 

25 this subsection; bears to 
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1 (B) the total of the sums authorized to be 

2 appropriated for the Federal-aid highway and 

3 highway safety construction programs (other 

4 than sums authorized to be appropriated for 

5 provisions of law described in paragraphs (1) 

6 through (11) of subsection (b) and sums au7 thorized to be appropriated for section 119 of 

8 title 23, United States Code, equal to the 

9 amount referred to in subsection (b)(12) for 

10 such fiscal year), less the aggregate of the 

11 amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) 

12 and (2) of this subsection; 

13 (4) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed14 eral-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not 

15 distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), for each 

16 of the programs (other than programs to which 

17 paragraph (1) applies) that are allocated by the Sec18 retary under authorized Federal-aid highway and 

19 highway safety construction programs, or appor20 tioned by the Secretary under section 202 or 204 of 

21 title 23, United States Code, by multiplying— 

22 (A) the proportion determined under para23 graph (3); by 
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1 (B) the amounts authorized to be appro2 priated for each such program for such fiscal 

3 year; and 

4 (5) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed5 eral-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not 

6 distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) and the 

7 amounts distributed under paragraph (4), for Fed8 eral-aid highway and highway safety construction 

9 programs that are apportioned by the Secretary 

10 under title 23, United States Code (other than the 

11 amounts apportioned for the national highway per12 formance program in section 119 of title 23, United 

13 States Code, that are exempt from the limitation 

14 under subsection (b)(12) and the amounts appor15 tioned under sections 202 and 204 of that title) in 

16 the proportion that— 

17 (A) amounts authorized to be appropriated 

18 for the programs that are apportioned under 

19 title 23, United States Code, to each State for 

20 such fiscal year; bears to 

21 (B) the total of the amounts authorized to 

22 be appropriated for the programs that are ap23 portioned under title 23, United States Code, to 

24 all States for such fiscal year. 
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1 (b) EXCEPTIONS FROM OBLIGATION LIMITATION.— 

2 The obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways shall 

3 not apply to obligations under or for— 

4 (1) section 125 of title 23, United States Code; 

5 (2) section 147 of the Surface Transportation 

6 Assistance Act of 1978 (23 U.S.C. 144 note; 92 

7 Stat. 2714); 

8 (3) section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act 

9 of 1981 (95 Stat. 1701); 

10 (4) subsections (b) and (j) of section 131 of the 

11 Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (96 

12 Stat. 2119); 

13 (5) subsections (b) and (c) of section 149 of the 

14 Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation As15 sistance Act of 1987 (101 Stat. 198); 

16 (6) sections 1103 through 1108 of the Inter17 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 

18 1991 (105 Stat. 2027); 

19 (7) section 157 of title 23, United States Code 

20 (as in effect on June 8, 1998); 

21 (8) section 105 of title 23, United States Code 

22 (as in effect for fiscal years 1998 through 2004, but 

23 only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each 

24 of those fiscal years); 
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1 (9) Federal-aid highway programs for which ob2 ligation authority was made available under the 

3 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century 

4 (112 Stat. 107) or subsequent Acts for multiple 

5 years or to remain available until expended, but only 

6 to the extent that the obligation authority has not 

7 lapsed or been used; 

8 (10) section 105 of title 23, United States Code 

9 (as in effect for fiscal years 2005 through 2012, but 

10 only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each 

11 of those fiscal years); 

12 (11) section 1603 of SAFETEA–LU (23 

13 U.S.C. 118 note; 119 Stat. 1248), to the extent that 

14 funds obligated in accordance with that section were 

15 not subject to a limitation on obligations at the time 

16 at which the funds were initially made available for 

17 obligation; and 

18 (12) section 119 of title 23, United States Code 

19 (but, for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2025, 

20 only in an amount equal to $639,000,000). 

21 (c) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED OBLIGATION AU22 THORITY.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 

23 shall, after August 1 of such fiscal year— 

24 (1) revise a distribution of the obligation limita25 tion made available under subsection (a) if an 
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1 amount distributed cannot be obligated during that 

2 fiscal year; and 

3 (2) redistribute sufficient amounts to those 

4 States able to obligate amounts in addition to those 

5 previously distributed during that fiscal year, giving 

6 priority to those States having large unobligated bal7 ances of funds apportioned under sections 144 (as in 

8 effect on the day before the date of enactment of 

9 Public Law 112–141) and 104 of title 23, United 

10 States Code. 

11 (d) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMI12 TATION FOR ALLOCATED PROGRAMS.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Obligation authority de14 scribed in paragraph (2) shall— 

15 (A) remain available for a period of 4 fis16 cal years; and 

17 (B) be in addition to the amount of any 

18 limitation imposed on obligations for Federal19 aid highway and highway safety construction 

20 programs for future fiscal years. 

21 (2) OBLIGATION AUTHORITY DESCRIBED.—Ob22 ligation authority described in this paragraph is obli23 gation authority— 

24 (A) made available under subsection 

25 (a)(1)(A) and associated with amounts set aside 
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1 under section 140(b), 140(c), or 143 of title 23, 

2 United States Code; 

3 (B) made available under subsection 

4 (a)(1)(B); and 

5 (C) made available under subsection 

6 (a)(4). 

7 (e) REDISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN AUTHORIZED

8 FUNDS.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 

10 the date of distribution of obligation limitation 

11 under subsection (a), the Secretary shall distribute 

12 to the States any funds (excluding funds authorized 

13 for the program under section 202 of title 23, 

14 United States Code) that— 

15 (A) are authorized to be appropriated for 

16 such fiscal year for Federal-aid highway pro17 grams; and 

18 (B) the Secretary determines will not be 

19 allocated to the States (or will not be appor20 tioned to the States under section 204 of title 

21 23, United States Code), and will not be avail22 able for obligation, for such fiscal year because 

23 of the imposition of any obligation limitation for 

24 such fiscal year. 
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1 (2) RATIO.—Funds shall be distributed under 

2 paragraph (1) in the same proportion as the dis3 tribution of obligation authority under subsection 

4 (a)(5). 

5 (3) AVAILABILITY.—Funds distributed to each 

6 State under paragraph (1) shall be available for any 

7 purpose described in section 133(b) of title 23, 

8 United States Code. 

9 SEC. 121. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re10 ceived by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the 

11 sale of data products, for necessary expenses incurred pur12 suant to chapter 63 of title 49, United States Code, may 

13 be credited to the Federal-aid highways account for the 

14 purpose of reimbursing the Bureau for such expenses. 

15 SEC. 122. Not less than 15 days prior to waiving, 

16 under his or her statutory authority, any Buy America re17 quirement for Federal-aid highways projects, the Sec18 retary of Transportation shall make an informal public no19 tice and comment opportunity on the intent to issue such 

20 waiver and the reasons therefor: Provided, That the Sec21 retary shall post on a website any waivers granted under 

22 the Buy America requirements. 

23 SEC. 123. None of the funds made available in this 

24 Act may be used to make a grant for a project under sec25 tion 117 of title 23, United States Code, unless the Sec-
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1 retary, at least 60 days before making a grant under that 

2 section, provides written notification to the House and 

3 Senate Committees on Appropriations of the proposed 

4 grant, including an evaluation and justification for the 

5 project and the amount of the proposed grant award. 

6 SEC. 124. (a) A State or territory, as defined in sec7 tion 165 of title 23, United States Code, may use for any 

8 project eligible under section 133(b) of title 23 or section 

9 165 of title 23 and located within the boundary of the 

10 State or territory any earmarked amount, and any associ11 ated obligation limitation: Provided, That the Department 

12 of Transportation for the State or territory for which the 

13 earmarked amount was originally designated or directed 

14 notifies the Secretary of its intent to use its authority 

15 under this section and submits an annual report to the 

16 Secretary identifying the projects to which the funding 

17 would be applied. Notwithstanding the original period of 

18 availability of funds to be obligated under this section, 

19 such funds and associated obligation limitation shall re20 main available for obligation for a period of 3 fiscal years 

21 after the fiscal year in which the Secretary is notified. The 

22 Federal share of the cost of a project carried out with 

23 funds made available under this section shall be the same 

24 as associated with the earmark. 
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1 (b) In this section, the term ‘‘earmarked amount’’ 

2 means— 

3 (1) congressionally directed spending, as de4 fined in rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the 

5 Senate, identified in a prior law, report, or joint ex6 planatory statement, which was authorized to be ap7 propriated or appropriated more than 10 fiscal years 

8 prior to the current fiscal year, and administered by 

9 the Federal Highway Administration; or 

10 (2) a congressional earmark, as defined in rule 

11 XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives, 

12 identified in a prior law, report, or joint explanatory 

13 statement, which was authorized to be appropriated 

14 or appropriated more than 10 fiscal years prior to 

15 the current fiscal year, and administered by the Fed16 eral Highway Administration. 

17 (c) The authority under subsection (a) may be exer18 cised only for those projects or activities that have obli19 gated less than 10 percent of the amount made available 

20 for obligation as of October 1 of the current fiscal year, 

21 and shall be applied to projects within the same general 

22 geographic area within 25 miles for which the funding was 

23 designated, except that a State or territory may apply 

24 such authority to unexpended balances of funds from 

25 projects or activities the State or territory certifies have 
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1 been closed and for which payments have been made under 

2 a final voucher. 

3 (d) The Secretary shall submit consolidated reports 

4 of the information provided by the States and territories 

5 annually to the House and Senate Committees on Appro6 priations. 

7 SEC. 125. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

8 of law, $63,000,000 from the funds described in sub9 section (c), in addition to amounts made available in para10 graph (9) under the heading ‘‘Highway Infrastructure 

11 Programs’’, shall be available for a competitive highway 

12 bridge program for States that— 

13 (1) have— 

14 (A) a population density of less than 115 

15 individuals per square mile; or 

16 (B) a population of less than 1,100,000 in17 dividuals; and 

18 (2) have— 

19 (A) less than 26 percent of total bridges 

20 classified as in good condition; or 

21 (B) greater than or equal to 5.2 percent of 

22 total bridges classified as in poor condition: 

23 Provided, That any such State with more than 14 percent 

24 of total bridges classified as in poor condition shall receive 

25 not less than $32,500,000 of the funds made available 
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1 under this subsection or in paragraph (9) under the head2 ing ‘‘Highway Infrastructure Programs’’ for grant appli3 cations for projects eligible under this subsection: Provided 

4 further, That if the Secretary determines that eligible ap5 plications from any such State meeting the criteria under 

6 the preceding proviso are insufficient to make awards of 

7 at least $32,500,000, the Secretary shall use the unuti8 lized amounts to provide other grants to States eligible 

9 under this subsection: Provided further, That no State 

10 shall be awarded more than $55,000,000 in awards from 

11 funds made available under this subsection or in para12 graph (9) under the heading ‘‘Highway Infrastructure 

13 Programs’’: Provided further, That the funds made avail14 able under this subsection shall be used for highway bridge 

15 replacement or rehabilitation projects on public roads that 

16 demonstrate cost savings by bundling multiple highway 

17 bridge projects and, except as otherwise provided in this 

18 section, shall be administered as if apportioned under 

19 chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code: Provided further, 

20 That the requirements of section 144(j)(5) of title 23, 

21 United States Code, shall not apply to funds made avail22 able under this subsection: Provided further, That for pur23 poses of this subsection, the Secretary shall calculate pop24 ulation and population density figures based on the latest 

25 available data from the decennial census conducted under 
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1 section 141(a) of title 13, United States Code: Provided 

2 further, That for purposes of this subsection, the Secretary 

3 shall calculate the percentages of bridge counts (including 

4 the percentages of bridge counts classified as in poor and 

5 good condition) based on the national bridge inventory as 

6 of June 2023: Provided further, That section 11101(e) of 

7 the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 

8 117–58) shall apply to funds made available under this 

9 subsection. 

10 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

11 $150,000,000 from the funds described in subsection (c) 

12 shall be available for activities eligible under the Tribal 

13 transportation program, as described in section 202 of 

14 title 23, United States Code: Provided, That, except as 

15 otherwise provided under this subsection, the funds made 

16 available under this subsection shall be administered as 

17 if allocated under chapter 2 of title 23, United States 

18 Code: Provided further, That the set-asides described in 

19 subparagraph (C) of section 202(b)(3) of title 23, United 

20 States Code, and subsections (a)(6), (c), and (e) of section 

21 202 of such title shall not apply to funds made available 

22 under this subsection: Provided further, That the set-aside 

23 described in section 1123(h)(1) of MAP–21 (as amended 

24 by Public Law 117–58), shall not apply to such funds. 
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1 (c) Funds described in this subsection are any funds 

2 that— 

3 (1) are unobligated on the date of enactment of 

4 this Act; and 

5 (2) were made available for credit assistance 

6 under— 

7 (A) the transportation infrastructure fi8 nance and innovation program under sub9 chapter II of chapter 1 of title 23, United 

10 States Code, as in effect prior to August 10, 

11 2005; or 

12 (B) the transportation infrastructure fi13 nance and innovation program under chapter 6 

14 of title 23, United States Code. 

15 (d) Funds made available under subsections (a) and 

16 (b) for a competitive highway bridge program for States 

17 and for the Tribal transportation program shall— 

18 (1) be subject to the obligation limitation for 

19 Federal-aid highway and highway safety construc20 tion programs; and 

21 (2) unless otherwise specified in this section, re22 main available until September 30, 2028. 

23 (e) The obligation limitation made available under 

24 section 120(a)(2) that is associated with funds made avail25 able under subsection (a) shall— 
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1 (1) remain available until September 30, 2028; 

2 and 

3 (2) be in addition to the amount of any limita4 tion imposed on obligations for Federal-aid highway 

5 and highway safety construction programs for future 

6 fiscal years. 

7 FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

8 MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS

9 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

10 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

11 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 For payment of obligations incurred in the implemen14 tation, execution and administration of motor carrier safe15 ty operations and programs pursuant to section 31110 of 

16 title 49, United States Code, as amended by the Infra17 structure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58), 

18 $382,500,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust 

19 Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), together 

20 with advances and reimbursements received by the Fed21 eral Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the sum of 

22 which shall remain available until expended: Provided, 

23 That funds available for implementation, execution, or ad24 ministration of motor carrier safety operations and pro25 grams authorized under title 49, United States Code, shall 
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1 not exceed total obligations of $438,100,000, for ‘‘Motor 

2 Carrier Safety Operations and Programs’’ for fiscal year 

3 2025, of which— 

4 (1) not less than $106,698,000, to remain 

5 available for obligation until September 30, 2027, is 

6 for development, modernization, enhancement, and 

7 continued operation and maintenance of information 

8 technology and information management; 

9 (2) $14,073,000, to remain available for obliga10 tion until September 30, 2027, is for the research 

11 and technology program; and 

12 (3) $12,000,000, to remain available for obliga13 tion until expended, is for a medium-duty truck 

14 crash causal factor study: 

15 Provided further, That $55,600,000 in obligation limita16 tion provided in the preceding proviso shall be made avail17 able from prior year unobligated amounts provided for Op18 erations and Programs and Motor Carrier Safety Grants 

19 in prior year appropriations or authorization Acts and 

20 transferred to this account: Provided further, That the ac21 tivities funded in paragraphs (1) through (3) of the first 

22 proviso may be accomplished through direct research ac23 tivities, grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, intra or 

24 inter-agency agreements, or other agreements with public 

25 organizations: Provided further, That such amounts, pay-
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1 ments, and obligation limitation as may be necessary to 

2 carry out the medium-duty crash causal factor may be 

3 transferred and credited to appropriate accounts of other 

4 participating Federal agencies. 

5 MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS

6 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

7 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

8 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

9 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

10 sections 31102, 31103, 31104, and 31313 of title 49, 

11 United States Code, $526,450,000, to be derived from the 

12 Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Ac13 count) and to remain available until expended: Provided, 

14 That funds available for the implementation or execution 

15 of motor carrier safety programs shall not exceed total ob16 ligations of $526,450,000 in fiscal year 2025 for ‘‘Motor 

17 Carrier Safety Grants’’: Provided further, That of the 

18 amounts made available under this heading— 

19 (1) $414,500,000, to remain available for obli20 gation until September 30, 2026, shall be for the 

21 motor carrier safety assistance program; 

22 (2) $44,350,000, to remain available for obliga23 tion until September 30, 2026, shall be for the com24 mercial driver’s license program implementation pro25 gram; 
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1 (3) $61,200,000, to remain available for obliga2 tion until September 30, 2026, shall be for the high 

3 priority program; 

4 (4) $1,400,000, to remain available for obliga5 tion until September 30, 2026, shall be for the com6 mercial motor vehicle operators grant program; and 

7 (5) $5,000,000, to remain available for obliga8 tion until September 30, 2026, shall be for the com9 mercial motor vehicle enforcement training and sup10 port grant program. 

11 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL MOTOR

12 CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

13 SEC. 130. None of the funds appropriated or other14 wise made available to the Department of Transportation 

15 by this Act or any other Act may be obligated or expended 

16 to implement, administer, or enforce the requirements of 

17 section 31137 of title 49, United States Code, or any regu18 lation issued by the Secretary pursuant to such section, 

19 with respect to the use of electronic logging devices by op20 erators of commercial motor vehicles, as defined in section 

21 31132(1) of such title, transporting livestock as defined 

22 in section 602 of the Emergency Livestock Feed Assist23 ance Act of 1988 (7 U.S.C. 1471) or insects. 

24 SEC. 131. None of the funds made available by this 

25 or any other Act may be used to require the use of inward 
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1 facing cameras by a motor carrier or require a motor car2 rier to register an apprenticeship program with the De3 partment of Labor as a condition for participation in the 

4 safe driver apprenticeship pilot program. 

5 NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

6 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

7 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of 

8 the Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety, 

9 authorized under chapter 301 and part C of subtitle VI 

10 of title 49, United States Code, $248,000,000, to remain 

11 available through September 30, 2026. 

12 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

13 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

14 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

15 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

16 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

17 the provisions of section 403 of title 23, United States 

18 Code, including behavioral research on automated driving 

19 systems and advanced driver assistance systems and im20 proving consumer responses to safety recalls, section 

21 25024 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 

22 (Public Law 117–58), and chapter 303 of title 49, United 

23 States Code, $205,400,000, to be derived from the High24 way Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) 

25 and to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
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1 none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the 

2 planning or execution of programs the total obligations for 

3 which, in fiscal year 2025, are in excess of $205,400,000: 

4 Provided further, That of the sums appropriated under 

5 this heading— 

6 (1) $198,000,000 shall be for programs author7 ized under section 403 of title 23, United States 

8 Code, including behavioral research on automated 

9 driving systems and advanced driver assistance sys10 tems and improving consumer responses to safety 

11 recalls, and section 25024 of the Infrastructure In12 vestment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58); and 

13 (2) $7,400,000 shall be for the national driver 

14 register authorized under chapter 303 of title 49, 

15 United States Code: 

16 Provided further, That within the $205,400,000 obligation 

17 limitation for operations and research, $57,500,000 shall 

18 remain available until September 30, 2026, and shall be 

19 in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed on 

20 obligations for future years: Provided further, That 

21 amounts for behavioral research on automated driving sys22 tems and advanced driver assistance systems and improv23 ing consumer responses to safety recalls are in addition 

24 to any other funds provided for those purposes for fiscal 

25 year 2025 in this Act. 
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1 HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS

2 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

3 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

4 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

5 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

6 provisions of sections 402, 404, and 405 of title 23, 

7 United States Code, and grant administration expenses 

8 under chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code, to remain 

9 available until expended, $831,444,832, to be derived from 

10 the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 

11 Account): Provided, That none of the funds in this Act 

12 shall be available for the planning or execution of pro13 grams for which the total obligations in fiscal year 2025 

14 are in excess of $831,444,832 for programs authorized 

15 under sections 402, 404, and 405 of title 23, United 

16 States Code, and grant administration expenses under 

17 chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code: Provided further, 

18 That of the sums appropriated under this heading— 

19 (1) $385,900,000 shall be for highway safety 

20 programs under section 402 of title 23, United 

21 States Code; 

22 (2) $360,500,000 shall be for national priority 

23 safety programs under section 405 of title 23, 

24 United States Code; 
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1 (3) $42,300,000 shall be for the high visibility 

2 enforcement program under section 404 of title 23, 

3 United States Code; and 

4 (4) $42,744,832 shall be for grant administra5 tive expenses under chapter 4 of title 23, United 

6 States Code: 

7 Provided further, That none of these funds shall be used 

8 for construction, rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or for 

9 office furnishings and fixtures for State, local or private 

10 buildings or structures: Provided further, That not to ex11 ceed $500,000 of the funds made available for national 

12 priority safety programs under section 405 of title 23, 

13 United States Code, for impaired driving countermeasures 

14 (as described in subsection (d) of that section) shall be 

15 available for technical assistance to the States: Provided 

16 further, That with respect to the ‘‘Transfers’’ provision 

17 under section 405(a)(10) of title 23, United States Code, 

18 any amounts transferred to increase the amounts made 

19 available under section 402 shall include the obligation au20 thority for such amounts: Provided further, That the Ad21 ministrator shall notify the House and Senate Committees 

22 on Appropriations of any exercise of the authority granted 

23 under the preceding proviso or under section 405(a)(10) 

24 of title 23, United States Code, within 5 days. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—NATIONAL HIGHWAY

2 TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

3 SEC. 140. The limitations on obligations for the pro4 grams of the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis5 tration set in this Act shall not apply to obligations for 

6 which obligation authority was made available in previous 

7 public laws but only to the extent that the obligation au8 thority has not lapsed or been used. 

9 SEC. 141. Of the funds made available under this Act 

10 to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 

11 not less than $50,000, and of the funds made available 

12 under this Act to the Federal Highway Administration, 

13 not less than $50,000, to remain available until September 

14 30, 2030, shall be to establish a Vulnerable Road User 

15 Advisory Committee to advise the Secretary on reducing 

16 fatalities and injuries to vulnerable road users, including 

17 for administrative support and supplies necessary for the 

18 Committee to carry out its duties: Provided, That the Sec19 retary shall establish such Committee within 90 days of 

20 enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the Com21 mittee shall be comprised of at least 10, but not more than 

22 15 members, to be appointed by the Secretary, who are 

23 not employees of the Department of Transportation, and 

24 shall include not more than 2 representatives from each 

25 of the following— 
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1 (1) State and local governments; 

2 (2) vehicle safety advocates; 

3 (3) vulnerable road user advocates; 

4 (4) law enforcement; 

5 (5) emergency medical service providers; 

6 (6) families of vulnerable road user crash vic7 tims; 

8 (7) traffic safety engineers; 

9 (8) the insurance industry; 

10 (9) motor vehicle manufacturers; and 

11 (10) other relevant stakeholders, including 

12 those representing rural areas, as determined by the 

13 Secretary: 

14 Provided further, That if a member of the Committee re15 signs before termination of the Committee, the Secretary 

16 may appoint a replacement for the member, though the 

17 resigning member may continue to serve after resignation 

18 until the date on which a successor is appointed: Provided 

19 further, That a vacancy on the Committee shall be filled 

20 in a manner in which the original appointment was made: 

21 Provided further, That a member of the Committee shall 

22 serve without compensation: Provided further, That the 

23 Committee shall meet not less frequently than annually: 

24 Provided further, That the Committee shall advise the Sec25 retary, the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic 
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1 Safety Administration, the Administrator of the Federal 

2 Highway Administration, and the Administrator of the 

3 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration regarding 

4 transportation safety issues of concern to vulnerable road 

5 users (as defined in section 148(a) of title 23, United 

6 States Code): Provided further, That not later than Octo7 ber 31 of the calendar year following the calendar year 

8 in which the Committee is established, and not less fre9 quently than once every year thereafter, the Committee 

10 shall submit to the Secretary, the Committee on Com11 merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, the 

12 Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Sen13 ate, the Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and 

14 Urban Development, and Related Agencies of the Com15 mittee on Appropriations of the Senate, the Committee on 

16 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep17 resentatives, and the Subcommittee on Transportation, 

18 Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies 

19 of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep20 resentatives a report containing recommendations of the 

21 Committee regarding vulnerable road user safety and an 

22 assessment of progress made by the Secretary over the 

23 period of time in advancing regulations or other related 

24 safety activities to enhance or improve vulnerable road 

25 user safety: Provided further, The Secretary shall deter-
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1 mine whether to accept or reject a recommendation con2 tained in a report of the Committee, and shall submit a 

3 response to the Committee’s recommendations within 60 

4 days of receiving a report from the Committee to the Com5 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 

6 Senate, the Committee on Environment and Public Works 

7 of the Senate, the Subcommittee on Transportation, 

8 Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies 

9 of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the 

10 Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 

11 House of Representatives, and the Subcommittee on 

12 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and 

13 Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of 

14 the House of Representatives: Provided further, That the 

15 Secretary shall provide to the Committee such administra16 tive support, staff, and technical assistance as the Sec17 retary determines to be necessary to carry out the duties 

18 of the Committee under this section: Provided further, 

19 That the Committee shall terminate on the date that is 

20 6 years after the date of establishment of the Committee. 

21 FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION

22 SAFETY AND OPERATIONS

23 For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Ad24 ministration, not otherwise provided for, $292,817,000, of 

25 which $25,000,000 shall remain available until expended. 
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1 RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

2 For necessary expenses for railroad research and de3 velopment, $54,750,000, to remain available until ex4 pended: Provided, That of the amounts provided under 

5 this heading, up to $6,000,000 shall be available pursuant 

6 to section 20108(d) of title 49, United States Code, for 

7 the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and 

8 improvements at the Transportation Technology Center. 

9 FEDERAL-STATE PARTNERSHIP FOR INTERCITY

10 PASSENGER RAIL

11 For necessary expenses related to Federal-State part12 nership for intercity passenger rail grants as authorized 

13 by section 24911 of title 49, United States Code, 

14 $100,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro15 vided, That the Secretary may withhold up to 2 percent 

16 of the amounts made available under this heading in this 

17 Act for the costs of award and project management over18 sight of grants carried out under title 49, United States 

19 Code: Provided further, That, of amounts made available 

20 under this heading, $15,000,000 shall be for a grant to 

21 the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation to rehabili22 tate and repair the Washington Union Station complex, 

23 and section 24911(f)(2) of title 49, United States Code, 

24 shall not apply to that grant. 
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1 CONSOLIDATED RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY

2 IMPROVEMENTS

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses related to consolidated rail 

5 infrastructure and safety improvements grants, as author6 ized by section 22907 of title 49, United States Code, 

7 $375,821,000, to remain available until expended: Pro8 vided, That of the amounts made available under this 

9 heading in this Act, $75,821,000 shall be made available 

10 for the purposes, and in amounts, specified for congres11 sionally directed spending in the table entitled ‘‘Congres12 sionally Directed Spending’’ included in the report accom13 panying this Act: Provided further, That requirements 

14 under subsections (g) and (l) of section 22907 of title 49, 

15 United States Code, shall not apply to the preceding pro16 viso: Provided further, That any remaining funds available 

17 after the distribution of the congressionally directed 

18 spending described in this paragraph shall be available to 

19 the Secretary to distribute as discretionary grants under 

20 this heading: Provided further, That for amounts made 

21 available under this heading in this Act, eligible projects 

22 under section 22907(c)(8) of title 49, United States Code, 

23 shall also include railroad systems planning (including the 

24 preparation of regional intercity passenger rail plans and 

25 State rail plans) and railroad project development activi-
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1 ties (including railroad project planning, preliminary engi2 neering, design, environmental analysis, feasibility studies, 

3 and the development and analysis of project alternatives): 

4 Provided further, That section 22905(f) of title 49, United 

5 States Code, shall not apply to amounts made available 

6 under this heading in this Act for projects that implement 

7 or sustain positive train control systems otherwise eligible 

8 under section 22907(c)(1) of title 49, United States Code: 

9 Provided further, That amounts made available under this 

10 heading in this Act for projects selected for commuter rail 

11 passenger transportation may be transferred by the Sec12 retary, after selection, to the appropriate agencies to be 

13 administered in accordance with chapter 53 of title 49, 

14 United States Code: Provided further, That for amounts 

15 made available under this heading in this Act, eligible re16 cipients under section 22907(b)(7) of title 49, United 

17 States Code, shall include any holding company of a Class 

18 II railroad or Class III railroad (as those terms are de19 fined in section 20102 of title 49, United States Code): 

20 Provided further, That section 22907(e)(1)(A) of title 49, 

21 United States Code, shall not apply to amounts made 

22 available under this heading in this Act: Provided further, 

23 That section 22907(e)(1)(A) of title 49, United States 

24 Code, shall not apply to amounts made available under 

25 this heading in previous fiscal years if such funds are an-
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1 nounced in a notice of funding opportunity that includes 

2 funds made available under this heading in this Act: Pro3 vided further, That the preceding proviso shall not apply 

4 to funds made available under this heading in the Infra5 structure Investment and Jobs Act (division J of Public 

6 Law 117–58): Provided further, That unobligated balances 

7 remaining after 6 years from the date of enactment of this 

8 Act may be used for any eligible project under section 

9 22907(c) of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, 

10 That the Secretary may withhold up to 2 percent of the 

11 amounts made available under this heading in this Act for 

12 the costs of award and project management oversight of 

13 grants carried out under title 49, United States Code. 

14 NORTHEAST CORRIDOR GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL

15 RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION

16 To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 

17 grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for 

18 activities associated with the Northeast Corridor as au19 thorized by section 22101(a) of division B of the Infra20 structure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58), 

21 $1,020,974,000, to remain available until expended: Pro22 vided, That the Secretary may retain up to one-half of 

23 1 percent of the amounts made available under both this 

24 heading in this Act and the ‘‘National Network Grants 

25 to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ heading 
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1 in this Act to fund the costs of project management and 

2 oversight of activities authorized by section 22101(c) of 

3 the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 

4 117–58): Provided further, That in addition to the project 

5 management oversight funds authorized under section 

6 22101(c) of division B of the Infrastructure Investment 

7 and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58), the Secretary may 

8 retain up to an additional $5,000,000 of the amounts 

9 made available under this heading in this Act to fund ex10 penses associated with the Northeast Corridor Commis11 sion established under section 24905 of title 49, United 

12 States Code. 

13 NATIONAL NETWORK GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL

14 RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION

15 To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 

16 grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for 

17 activities associated with the National Network as author18 ized by section 22101(b) of division B of the Infrastruc19 ture Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58), 

20 $1,617,098,000, to remain available until expended: Pro21 vided, That the Secretary may retain up to an additional 

22 $3,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading in 

23 this Act to fund expenses associated with the State-Sup24 ported Route Committee established under section 24712 

25 of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That 
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1 none of the funds provided under this heading in this Act 

2 shall be used by Amtrak to give notice under subsection 

3 (a) or (c) of section 24706 of title 49, United States Code, 

4 with respect to long-distance routes (as defined in section 

5 24102 of title 49, United States Code) on which Amtrak 

6 is the sole operator on a host railroad’s line and a positive 

7 train control system is not required by law or regulation, 

8 or, except in an emergency or during maintenance or con9 struction outages impacting such routes, to otherwise dis10 continue, reduce the frequency of, suspend, or substan11 tially alter the route of rail service on any portion of such 

12 route operated in fiscal year 2018, including implementa13 tion of service permitted by section 24305(a)(3)(A) of title 

14 49, United States Code, in lieu of rail service: Provided 

15 further, That the National Railroad Passenger Corpora16 tion may use up to $66,000,000 of the amounts made 

17 available under this heading in this Act for corridor devel18 opment activities as authorized by section 22101(h) of di19 vision B of Public Law 117–58: Provided further, That 

20 $30,000,000 of the amounts made available under this 

21 heading in this Act shall be for modernization projects as 

22 identified in the report accompanying this Act. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD

2 ADMINISTRATION

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 150. The amounts made available to the Sec5 retary or to the Federal Railroad Administration for the 

6 costs of award, administration, and project management 

7 oversight of financial assistance which are administered 

8 by the Federal Railroad Administration, in this and prior 

9 Acts, may be transferred to the Federal Railroad Adminis10 tration’s ‘‘Financial Assistance Oversight and Technical 

11 Assistance’’ account for the necessary expenses to support 

12 the award, administration, project management oversight, 

13 and technical assistance of financial assistance adminis14 tered by the Federal Railroad Administration, in the same 

15 manner as appropriated for in this and prior Acts: Pro16 vided, That this section shall not apply to amounts that 

17 were previously designated by the Congress as an emer18 gency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on 

19 the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def20 icit Control Act of 1985. 

21 SEC. 151. None of the funds made available to the 

22 National Railroad Passenger Corporation may be used to 

23 fund any overtime costs in excess of $35,000 for any indi24 vidual employee: Provided, That the President of Amtrak 

25 may waive the cap set in the preceding proviso for specific 
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1 employees when the President of Amtrak determines such 

2 a cap poses a risk to the safety and operational efficiency 

3 of the system: Provided further, That the President of Am4 trak shall report to the House and Senate Committees on 

5 Appropriations no later than 60 days after the date of en6 actment of this Act, a summary of all overtime payments 

7 incurred by Amtrak for 2023 and the three prior calendar 

8 years: Provided further, That such summary shall include 

9 the total number of employees that received waivers and 

10 the total overtime payments Amtrak paid to employees re11 ceiving waivers for each month for 2023 and for the three 

12 prior calendar years. 

13 SEC. 152. None of the funds made available by this 

14 Act may be used by the National Railroad Passenger Cor15 poration in contravention of the Worker Adjustment and 

16 Retraining Notification Act (29 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.). 

17 SEC. 153. For amounts made available under the 

18 heading ‘‘Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Pas19 senger Rail’’ for fiscal year 2025 in this Act and in title 

20 VIII of division J of Public Law 117–58, the Union Sta21 tion Redevelopment Corporation shall be considered an en22 tity eligible to receive a grant under section 24911(a) of 

23 title 49, United States Code: Provided, That section 

24 24911(f)(2) of title 49 shall not apply to grants made 
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1 available to the Union Station Redevelopment Corpora2 tion. 

3 SEC. 154. It is the sense of Congress that— 

4 (1) long-distance passenger rail routes provide 

5 much-needed transportation access for 3,900,000 

6 riders in 325 communities in 40 States and are par7 ticularly important in rural areas; and 

8 (2) long-distance passenger rail routes and 

9 services should be sustained to ensure connectivity 

10 throughout the National Network (as defined in sec11 tion 24102 of title 49, United States Code). 

12 FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

13 TRANSIT FORMULA GRANTS

14 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

15 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

16 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

17 For payment of obligations incurred in the Federal 

18 public transportation assistance program in this account, 

19 and for payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

20 the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 

21 5312, 5314, 5318, 5329(e)(6), 5334, 5335, 5337, 5339, 

22 and 5340, section 20005(b) of Public Law 112–141, and 

23 section 3006(b) of Public Law 114–94, $14,279,000,000, 

24 to be derived from the Mass Transit Account of the High25 way Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: 
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1 Provided, That funds available for the implementation or 

2 execution of programs authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5305, 

3 5307, 5310, 5311, 5312, 5314, 5318, 5329(e)(6), 5334, 

4 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, section 20005(b) of Public 

5 Law 112–141, and section 3006(b) of Public Law 114– 

6 94, shall not exceed total obligations of $14,279,000,000 

7 in fiscal year 2025. 

8 TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 For an additional amount for ferry boats grants 

11 under section 5307(h) of title 49, United States Code, 

12 Tribal technical assistance under section 5311(b)(3)(C) of 

13 such title, bus testing facilities under section 5318 of such 

14 title, transportation assistance for the international quad15 rennial Olympic and Paralympic events as authorized by 

16 section 1223(e) of Public Law 105–178, accelerating inno17 vative mobility initiative grants under section 5312 of such 

18 title, accelerating the adoption of zero emission buses 

19 under section 5312 of such title, congressionally directed 

20 spending for projects and activities eligible under chapter 

21 53 of such title, and ferry service for rural communities 

22 under section 71103 of division G of Public Law 117–58, 

23 $345,661,000, to remain available until expended: Pro24 vided, That of the sums provided under this heading in 

25 this Act— 
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1 (1) $33,000,000 shall be available for ferry 

2 boat grants as authorized under section 5307(h) of 

3 such title: Provided, That of the amounts provided 

4 under this paragraph, no less than $10,000,000 

5 shall be available for low or zero emission ferries or 

6 ferries using electric battery or fuel cell components 

7 and the infrastructure to support such ferries; 

8 (2) $500,000 shall be available for technical as9 sistance and resources to Tribes through the na10 tional rural transportation assistance program au11 thorized under section 5311(b)(3)(C) of such title; 

12 (3) $2,000,000 shall be available for the oper13 ation and maintenance of the bus testing facilities 

14 selected under section 5318 of such title; 

15 (4) $200,000,000 shall be available for trans16 portation assistance, including assistance with plan17 ning, capital projects, and operating assistance, for 

18 surface, commuter, and public transportation sys19 tems necessary to support the mobility needs of the 

20 international quadrennial Olympic and Paralympic 

21 events as authorized by section 1223(e) of Public 

22 Law 105–178: Provided, That such assistance shall 

23 be for any eligible entity as defined by section 6702 

24 of title 49 that is hosting a venue that is part of the 

25 2028 international quadrennial Olympic or 
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1 Paralympic events: Provided further, That such as2 sistance may be provided through direct grants or 

3 cooperative agreements for which the Federal share 

4 shall not exceed 80 percent, with the exception of as5 sistance for a supplemental bus system which may 

6 exceed 80 percent at the discretion of the Secretary: 

7 Provided further, That these amounts shall be in ad8 dition to other amounts made available for such pur9 pose: Provided further, That funds made available 

10 under this paragraph may be transferred to other 

11 operating administrations of the Department to ad12 minister the funds made available under this para13 graph as appropriate: Provided further, That any 

14 amounts that are no longer needed under that part 

15 may be transferred back to this account for the pur16 poses of this paragraph; 

17 (5) $5,000,000 shall be available for the accel18 erating innovative mobility initiative as authorized 

19 under section 5312 of title 49, United States Code: 

20 Provided, That such amounts shall be available for 

21 competitive grants to improve mobility and enhance 

22 the rider experience with a focus on innovative serv23 ice delivery models, creative financing, novel partner24 ships, and integrated payment solutions in order to 
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1 help disseminate proven innovation mobility prac2 tices throughout the public transportation industry; 

3 (6) $66,161,000 shall be available for the pur4 poses, and in amounts, specified for congressionally 

5 directed spending in the table entitled ‘‘Congression6 ally Directed Spending’’ included in the report ac7 companying this Act: Provided, That unless other8 wise specified, applicable requirements under chapter 

9 53 of title 49, United States Code, shall apply to 

10 amounts made available in this paragraph, except 

11 that the Federal share of the costs for a project in 

12 this paragraph shall be in an amount equal to 80 

13 percent of the net costs of the project, unless the 

14 Secretary approves a higher maximum Federal share 

15 of the net costs of the project consistent with admin16 istration of similar projects funded under chapter 53 

17 of title 49, United States Code; 

18 (7) $34,000,000 shall be available for ferry 

19 service for rural communities under section 71103 of 

20 division G of Public Law 117–58: Provided, That for 

21 amounts made available in this paragraph, notwith22 standing section 71103(a)(2)(B), eligible service 

23 shall include passenger ferry service that serves at 

24 least two rural areas with a single segment over 15 

25 miles between the two rural areas and is not other-
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1 wise eligible under section 5307(h) of title 49, 

2 United States Code: Provided further, That entities 

3 that provide eligible service pursuant to the pre4 ceding proviso may use amounts made available in 

5 this paragraph for public transportation capital 

6 projects to support any ferry service between two 

7 rural areas; and 

8 (8) $5,000,000 shall be available to support 

9 technical assistance, research, demonstration, or de10 ployment activities or projects to accelerate the 

11 adoption of zero emission buses in public transit as 

12 authorized under section 5312 of title 49, United 

13 States Code: 

14 Provided further, That amounts made available under this 

15 heading in this Act shall be derived from the general fund: 

16 Provided further, That amounts made available under this 

17 heading in this Act shall not be subject to any limitation 

18 on obligations for transit programs set forth in this or any 

19 other Act. 

20 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING

21 For necessary expenses to carry out section 5314 of 

22 title 49, United States Code, $8,000,000, to remain avail23 able until September 30, 2026: Provided, That the assist24 ance provided under this heading does not duplicate the 

25 activities of section 5311(b) or section 5312 of title 49, 
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1 United States Code: Provided further, That amounts made 

2 available under this heading are in addition to any other 

3 amounts made available for such purposes: Provided fur4 ther, That amounts made available under this heading 

5 shall not be subject to any limitation on obligations set 

6 forth in this or any other Act. 

7 CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS

8 For necessary expenses to carry out fixed guideway 

9 capital investment grants under section 5309 of title 49, 

10 United States Code, and section 3005(b) of the Fixing 

11 America’s Surface Transportation Act (Public Law 114– 

12 94), $2,262,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

13 of which no less than $100,000,000 shall be allocated 

14 projects authorized under section 3005(b) of the Fixing 

15 America’s Surface Transportation Act: Provided, That the 

16 Secretary shall continue to administer the capital invest17 ment grants program in accordance with the procedural 

18 and substantive requirements of section 5309 of title 49, 

19 United States Code, and of section 3005(b) of the Fixing 

20 America’s Surface Transportation Act: Provided further, 

21 That projects that receive a grant agreement under the 

22 expedited project delivery for capital investment grants 

23 pilot program under section 3005(b) of the Fixing Amer24 ica’s Surface Transportation Act shall be deemed eligible 

25 for funding provided for projects under section 5309 of 
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1 title 49, United States Code, without further evaluation 

2 or rating under such section: Provided further, That such 

3 funding shall not exceed the Federal share under section 

4 3005(b): Provided further, That for funds made available 

5 under this heading in division J of Public Law 117–58 

6 the second through sixth provisos shall be treated as inap7 plicable for fiscal year 2025: Provided further, That 

8 amounts repurposed pursuant to the preceding proviso 

9 shall continue to be treated as amounts specified in section 

10 103(b) of division A of Public Law 118–5. 

11 GRANTS TO THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA

12 TRANSIT AUTHORITY

13 For grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area 

14 Transit Authority as authorized under section 601 of divi15 sion B of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement 

16 Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–432), $150,000,000, to re17 main available until expended: Provided, That the Sec18 retary of Transportation shall approve grants for capital 

19 and preventive maintenance expenditures for the Wash20 ington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority only after re21 ceiving and reviewing a request for each specific project: 

22 Provided further, That the Secretary shall determine that 

23 the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has 

24 placed the highest priority on those investments that will 
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1 improve the safety of the system before approving such 

2 grants. 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT

4 ADMINISTRATION

5 (INCLUDING RESCISSION)

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 SEC. 160. The limitations on obligations for the pro8 grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not 

9 apply to any authority under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously 

10 made available for obligation, or to any other authority 

11 previously made available for obligation. 

12 SEC. 161. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

13 law, funds appropriated or limited by this Act under the 

14 heading ‘‘Capital Investment Grants’’ of the Federal 

15 Transit Administration for projects specified in this Act 

16 not obligated by September 30, 2028, and other recov17 eries, shall be directed to projects eligible to use the funds 

18 for the purposes for which they were originally provided. 

19 SEC. 162. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

20 law, any funds appropriated before October 1, 2024, under 

21 any section of chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, 

22 that remain available for expenditure, may be transferred 

23 to and administered under the most recent appropriation 

24 heading for any such section. 
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1 SEC. 163. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act or any other Act shall be used to adjust apportion3 ments or withhold funds from apportionments pursuant 

4 to section 9503(e)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

5 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9503(e)(4)). 

6 SEC. 164. None of the funds made available by this 

7 Act or any other Act shall be used to impede or hinder 

8 project advancement or approval for any project seeking 

9 a Federal contribution from the capital investment grants 

10 program of greater than 40 percent of project costs as 

11 authorized under section 5309 of title 49, United States 

12 Code. 

13 SEC. 165. If this Act is enacted on or before Sep14 tember 30, 2024, the remaining unobligated balances, as 

15 of September 30, 2024, from amounts made available 

16 under the heading ‘‘Capital Investment Grants’’ in title 

17 I of division L of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 

18 2021 (Public Law 116–260) are hereby permanently re19 scinded immediately upon enactment of this Act, and an 

20 amount of additional new budget authority equivalent to 

21 the amount rescinded is hereby appropriated on Sep22 tember 30, 2024, to remain available until September 30, 

23 2025, and shall be available, without additional competi24 tion, for completing the funding of awards made pursuant 
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1 to the Capital Investment Grants program, in addition to 

2 other funds as may be available for such purposes. 

3 SEC. 166. (a) Of the unobligated balances made 

4 available for the ‘‘Clean Fuels Grant Program’’ under sec5 tion 5308 of title 49, United States Code, $4,009,637 

6 shall be transferred to and administered under section 

7 5339(c) of title 49, United States Code. 

8 (b) Of the unobligated balances made available for 

9 the ‘‘Rural Transportation Accessibility Incentive Pro10 gram’’ under section 3038 of Public Law 105–178, 

11 $4,072,214 shall be transferred to and administered under 

12 section 5311 of title 49, United States Code. 

13 (c) Of the unobligated balances made available for the 

14 ‘‘Alternatives Analysis Program’’ under section 5339 of 

15 title 49, United States Code, $3,179,941 shall be trans16 ferred to and administered under section 5305 of title 49, 

17 United States Code. 

18 (d) Of the unobligated balances made available for 

19 ‘‘Alternative Transportation in Parks and Public Lands’’ 

20 under section 5320 of title 49, United States Code, 

21 $2,154,502 shall be transferred to and administered under 

22 section 5311 of title 49, United States Code. 

23 (e) Of the unobligated balances made available for 

24 ‘‘Job Access and Reverse Commute Formula Grants’’ 

25 under section 5316 of title 49, United States Code, 
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1 $47,498,373 shall be available for competitive grants to 

2 eligible entities to assist areas of persistent poverty as de3 fined under section 6702(a)(1) of title 49, United States 

4 Code, or historically disadvantaged communities, for the 

5 same purposes for which amounts were provided for 

6 grants to areas of persistent poverty under the heading 

7 ‘‘Federal Transit Administration—Transit Infrastructure 

8 Grants’’ in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 

9 (Public Law 117–103). 

10 (f) Of the unobligated balances made available for 

11 ‘‘New Freedom’’ under section 5317 of title 49, United 

12 States Code, $41,864,086 shall be transferred and admin13 istered under section 5310 of title 49, United States Code. 

14 (g) Of the unobligated balances made available for 

15 ‘‘Bus Capital’’ under section 5039 if title 49, United 

16 States Code, $84,652,833 shall be transferred and admin17 istered under section 5339 of title 49, United States Code. 

18 SEC. 167. (a) Funds obligated in fiscal year 2025 for 

19 grants under sections 5310 and 5311 of title 49, United 

20 States Code, may be used for up to 100 percent of the 

21 eligible net costs of a project, notwithstanding subsection 

22 (d) of section 5310 and subsection (g) of section 5311 of 

23 such title. 

24 (b) Notwithstanding section 5339(b)(6)(B) of title 

25 49, United States Code, the Federal share of the costs 
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1 for which an amount is provided in this Act to a federally 

2 recognized Indian Tribe for activities carried out under 

3 section 5339(b) of title 49, United States Code, may be, 

4 at the option of such Indian Tribe, up to 100 percent. 

5 (c) Notwithstanding section 5339(c)(7)(A) of title 49, 

6 United States Code, the Federal share of the costs for 

7 which an amount is provided in this Act to a federally 

8 recognized Indian Tribe for activities carried out under 

9 section 5339(c) of title 49, United States Code, may be, 

10 at the option of such Indian Tribe, up to 100 percent. 

11 SEC. 168. Section 5323 of title 49, United States 

12 Code, is amended in subsection (q)— 

13 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 

14 striking ‘‘CORRIDOR PRESERVATION’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘REAL PROPERTY INTERESTS’’; 

16 (2) in paragraph (1)— 

17 (A) by striking ‘‘right-of-way’’ each time it 

18 appears and inserting ‘‘real property interests’’; 

19 and 

20 (B) by inserting ‘‘acquired’’ after ‘‘may 

21 use the’’; and 

22 (3) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Right-of23 way’’ and inserting ‘‘Real property interests’’. 

24 SEC. 169. None of the funds made available under 

25 this Act shall be used in awarding or amending a contract 
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1 or subcontract to an entity that, at any time on or after 

2 December 20, 2019, met the criteria described in section 

3 5323(u) of title 49, United States Code, or to any entity 

4 resulting from a reorganization or restructuring of such 

5 entity, or to any successor, subsidiary, affiliate, joint ven6 ture, or co-owned enterprise of such an entity, without re7 gard to whether such reorganized or restructured entity, 

8 successor, subsidiary, affiliate, joint venture, or co-owned 

9 enterprise meets the criteria under such section. 

10 GREAT LAKES ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT

11 CORPORATION

12 The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development 

13 Corporation is hereby authorized to make such expendi14 tures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority 

15 available to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and 

16 to make such contracts and commitments without regard 

17 to fiscal year limitations, as provided by section 9104 of 

18 title 31, United States Code, as may be necessary in car19 rying out the programs set forth in the Corporation’s 

20 budget for the current fiscal year. 

21 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

22 (HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)

23 For necessary expenses to conduct the operations, 

24 maintenance, and capital infrastructure activities on por25 tions of the St. Lawrence Seaway owned, operated, and 
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1 maintained by the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway De2 velopment Corporation, $40,605,000, to be derived from 

3 the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to section 

4 210 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 

5 U.S.C. 2238): Provided, That of the amounts made avail6 able under this heading, not less than $16,300,000 shall 

7 be for the seaway infrastructure program. 

8 MARITIME ADMINISTRATION

9 MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM

10 For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a 

11 U.S.-flag merchant fleet as authorized under chapter 531 

12 of title 46, United States Code, to serve the national secu13 rity needs of the United States, $318,000,000, to remain 

14 available until expended. 

15 CABLE SECURITY FLEET

16 For the cable security fleet program, as authorized 

17 under chapter 532 of title 46, United States Code, 

18 $10,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

19 TANKER SECURITY PROGRAM

20 For Tanker Security Fleet payments, as authorized 

21 under section 53406 of title 46, United States Code, 

22 $120,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
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1 OPERATIONS AND TRAINING

2 For necessary expenses of operations and training ac3 tivities authorized by law, $285,287,000: Provided, That 

4 of the sums appropriated under this heading— 

5 (1) $105,000,000 shall remain available until 

6 September 30, 2026, for the operations of the 

7 United States Merchant Marine Academy; 

8 (2) $22,000,000 shall remain available until ex9 pended for facilities maintenance and repair, and 

10 equipment, at the United States Merchant Marine 

11 Academy; 

12 (3) $86,000,000 shall remain available until ex13 pended for the capital asset management program, 

14 of which no less than $64,000,000 is for capital im15 provements at the United States Merchant Marine 

16 Academy; 

17 (4) $8,500,000 shall remain available until Sep18 tember 30, 2026, for the maritime environmental 

19 and technical assistance program authorized under 

20 section 50307 of title 46, United States Code; and 

21 (5) $10,000,000 shall remain available until ex22 pended, for the United States marine highway pro23 gram to make grants for the purposes authorized 

24 under section 55601 of title 46, United States Code: 
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1 Provided further, That the Administrator of the Maritime 

2 Administration shall transmit to the House and Senate 

3 Committees on Appropriations the annual report on sexual 

4 assault and sexual harassment at the United States Mer5 chant Marine Academy as required pursuant to section 

6 3510 of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 

7 year 2017 (46 U.S.C. 51318): Provided further, That 

8 available balances under this heading for the short sea 

9 transportation program or America’s marine highway pro10 gram (now known as the United States marine highway 

11 program) from prior year recoveries shall be available to 

12 carry out activities authorized under section 55601 of title 

13 46, United States Code. 

14 STATE MARITIME ACADEMY OPERATIONS

15 For necessary expenses of operations, support, and 

16 training activities for State Maritime Academies, 

17 $178,400,000: Provided, That of the sums appropriated 

18 under this heading— 

19 (1) $17,100,000 shall remain available until ex20 pended for maintenance, repair, and life extension of 

21 training ships at the State Maritime Academies; 

22 (2) $8,000,000 shall remain available until ex23 pended for offsetting the costs of training ship shar24 ing; 
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1 (3) $132,700,000 shall remain available until 

2 expended for the national security multi-mission ves3 sel program, including— 

4 (A) $75,000,000 for the construction, 

5 planning, administration, and design of school 

6 ships and, as determined by the Secretary, nec7 essary expenses to design, plan, construct infra8 structure, and purchase equipment necessary to 

9 berth such ships: Provided, That such funds 

10 may be used to reimburse State Maritime Acad11 emies for costs incurred prior to the date of en12 actment of this Act; and 

13 (B) $57,700,000 for the operation, inte14 gration, oversight, and management of national 

15 security multi-mission vessel school ships, in16 cluding insurance, maintenance, repair, and 

17 equipment costs: Provided, That such funds 

18 may be used to reimburse State Maritime Acad19 emies for costs incurred prior to the date of en20 actment of this Act; 

21 (4) $4,800,000 shall remain available until Sep22 tember 30, 2029, for the student incentive program; 

23 (5) $9,800,000 shall remain available until ex24 pended for training ship fuel assistance; and 
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1 (6) $6,000,000 shall remain available until Sep2 tember 30, 2026, for direct payments for State Mar3 itime Academies. 

4 ASSISTANCE TO SMALL SHIPYARDS

5 To make grants to qualified shipyards as authorized 

6 under section 54101 of title 46, United States Code, 

7 $20,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

8 SHIP DISPOSAL

9 For necessary expenses related to the disposal of ob10 solete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the 

11 Maritime Administration, $6,000,000, to remain available 

12 until expended. 

13 MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM

14 ACCOUNT

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For the cost of guaranteed loans, $5,000,000, of 

17 which $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended: 

18 Provided, That such costs, including the costs of modi19 fying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 

20 Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided 

21 further, That not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be for admin22 istrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan pro23 gram, which shall be transferred to and merged with the 

24 appropriations for ‘‘Maritime Administration—Operations 

25 and Training’’. 
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1 PORT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

2 To make grants to improve port facilities as author3 ized under section 54301 of title 46, United States Code, 

4 and section 3501(a)(9) of the National Defense Authoriza5 tion Act for fiscal year 2024 (Public Law 118–31), 

6 $200,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro7 vided, That for grants awarded under this paragraph in 

8 this Act, the minimum grant size shall be $1,000,000. 

9 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME

10 ADMINISTRATION

11 SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

12 this Act, in addition to any existing authority, the Mari13 time Administration is authorized to furnish utilities and 

14 services and make necessary repairs in connection with 

15 any lease, contract, or occupancy involving Government 

16 property under control of the Maritime Administration: 

17 Provided, That payments received therefor shall be cred18 ited to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof and 

19 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

20 That rental payments under any such lease, contract, or 

21 occupancy for items other than such utilities, services, or 

22 repairs shall be deposited into the Treasury as miscella23 neous receipts. 
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1 PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY

2 ADMINISTRATION

3 OPERATIONAL EXPENSES

4 For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline 

5 and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, 

6 $32,633,000, of which $4,500,000 shall remain available 

7 until September 30, 2027. 

8 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY

9 For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous 

10 materials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous 

11 Materials Safety Administration, $86,586,000, of which 

12 $12,070,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

13 2027, of which $1,000,000 shall be made available for car14 rying out section 5107(i) of title 49, United States Code: 

15 Provided, That up to $800,000 in fees collected under sec16 tion 5108(g) of title 49, United States Code, shall be de17 posited in the general fund of the Treasury as offsetting 

18 receipts: Provided further, That there may be credited to 

19 this appropriation, to be available until expended, funds 

20 received from States, counties, municipalities, other public 

21 authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for 

22 training, for reports publication and dissemination, and 

23 for travel expenses incurred in performance of hazardous 

24 materials exemptions and approvals functions. 
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1 PIPELINE SAFETY

2 (PIPELINE SAFETY FUND)

3 (OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND)

4 For expenses necessary to carry out a pipeline safety 

5 program, as authorized by section 60107 of title 49, 

6 United States Code, and to discharge the pipeline program 

7 responsibilities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (Public 

8 Law 101–380), $234,580,000, to remain available until 

9 September 30, 2027, of which $31,000,000 shall be de10 rived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which 

11 $196,180,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety 

12 Fund; of which $400,000 shall be derived from the fees 

13 collected under section 60303 of title 49, United States 

14 Code, and deposited in the Liquefied Natural Gas Siting 

15 Account for compliance reviews of liquefied natural gas 

16 facilities; and of which $7,000,000 shall be derived from 

17 fees collected under section 60302 of title 49, United 

18 States Code, and deposited in the Underground Natural 

19 Gas Storage Facility Safety Account for the purpose of 

20 carrying out section 60141 of title 49, United States Code: 

21 Provided, That not less than $1,058,000 of the amounts 

22 made available under this heading shall be for the one23 call State grant program: Provided further, That any 

24 amounts made available under this heading in this Act or 

25 in prior Acts for research contracts, grants, cooperative 
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1 agreements or research other transactions agreements 

2 (OTAs) shall require written notification to the House and 

3 Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than 3 full 

4 business days before such research contracts, grants, coop5 erative agreements, or research OTAs are announced by 

6 the Department of Transportation: Provided further, That 

7 the Secretary shall transmit to the House and Senate 

8 Committees on Appropriations the report on pipeline safe9 ty testing enhancement as required pursuant to section 

10 105 of the Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and 

11 Enhancing Safety Act of 2020 (division R of Public Law 

12 116–260): Provided further, That the Secretary may obli13 gate amounts made available under this heading to engi14 neer, erect, alter, and repair buildings or make any other 

15 public improvements for research facilities at the Trans16 portation Technology Center after the Secretary submits 

17 an updated research plan and the report in the preceding 

18 proviso to the House and Senate Committees on Appro19 priations and after such plan and report in the preceding 

20 proviso are approved by the House and Senate Commit21 tees on Appropriations. 
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1 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS

2 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

3 (EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND)

4 For expenses necessary to carry out the Emergency 

5 Preparedness Grants program, not more than 

6 $46,825,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

7 2027, from amounts made available by section 5116(h) 

8 and subsections (b) and (c) of section 5128 of title 49, 

9 United States Code: Provided, That notwithstanding sec10 tion 5116(h)(4) of title 49, United States Code, not more 

11 than 4 percent of the amounts made available from this 

12 account shall be available to pay the administrative costs 

13 of carrying out sections 5116, 5107(e), and 5108(g)(2) 

14 of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That 

15 notwithstanding subsections (b) and (c) of section 5128 

16 of title 49, United States Code, and the limitation on obli17 gations provided under this heading, prior year recoveries 

18 recognized in the current year shall be available to develop 

19 and deliver hazardous materials emergency response train20 ing for emergency responders, including response activities 

21 for the transportation of crude oil, ethanol, flammable liq22 uids, and other hazardous commodities by rail, consistent 

23 with National Fire Protection Association standards, and 

24 to make such training available through an electronic for25 mat: Provided further, That the prior year recoveries made 
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1 available under this heading shall also be available to carry 

2 out sections 5116(a)(1)(C), 5116(h), 5116(i), 5116(j), 

3 and 5107(e) of title 49, United States Code. 

4 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

7 General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector Gen8 eral Act of 1978, as amended, $118,922,000: Provided, 

9 That the Inspector General shall have all necessary au10 thority, in carrying out the duties specified in the Inspec11 tor General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. 401 et seq.), to 

12 investigate allegations of fraud, including false statements 

13 to the government (18 U.S.C. 1001), by any person or 

14 entity that is subject to regulation by the Department of 

15 Transportation. 

16 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF

17 TRANSPORTATION

18 SEC. 180. (a) During the current fiscal year, applica19 ble appropriations to the Department of Transportation 

20 shall be available for maintenance and operation of air21 craft; hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; pur22 chase of liability insurance for motor vehicles operating 

23 in foreign countries on official department business; and 

24 uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 

25 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code. 
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1 (b) During the current fiscal year, applicable appro2 priations to the Department and its operating administra3 tions shall be available for the purchase, maintenance, op4 eration, and deployment of unmanned aircraft systems 

5 that advance the missions of the Department of Transpor6 tation or an operating administration of the Department 

7 of Transportation. 

8 (c) Any unmanned aircraft system purchased, pro9 cured, or contracted for by the Department prior to the 

10 date of enactment of this Act shall be deemed authorized 

11 by Congress as if this provision was in effect when the 

12 system was purchased, procured, or contracted for. 

13 SEC. 181. Appropriations contained in this Act for 

14 the Department of Transportation shall be available for 

15 services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 

16 States Code, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the 

17 per diem rate equivalent to the rate for an Executive Level 

18 IV. 

19 SEC. 182. (a) No recipient of amounts made available 

20 by this Act shall disseminate personal information (as de21 fined in section 2725(3) of title 18, United States Code) 

22 obtained by a State department of motor vehicles in con23 nection with a motor vehicle record as defined in section 

24 2725(1) of title 18, United States Code, except as pro25 vided in section 2721 of title 18, United States Code, for 
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1 a use permitted under section 2721 of title 18, United 

2 States Code. 

3 (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 

4 shall not withhold amounts made available by this Act for 

5 any grantee if a State is in noncompliance with this provi6 sion. 

7 SEC. 183. None of the funds made available by this 

8 Act shall be available for salaries and expenses of more 

9 than 125 political and Presidential appointees in the De10 partment of Transportation: Provided, That none of the 

11 personnel covered by this provision may be assigned on 

12 temporary detail outside the Department of Transpor13 tation. 

14 SEC. 184. Funds received by the Federal Highway 

15 Administration and Federal Railroad Administration from 

16 States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, 

17 and private sources for expenses incurred for training may 

18 be credited respectively to the Federal Highway Adminis19 tration’s ‘‘Federal-Aid Highways’’ account and to the Fed20 eral Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Operations’’ 

21 account, except for State rail safety inspectors partici22 pating in training pursuant to section 20105 of title 49, 

23 United States Code. 

24 SEC. 185. None of the funds made available by this 

25 Act or in title VIII of division J of Public Law 117–58 
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1 to the Department of Transportation may be used to make 

2 a loan, loan guarantee, line of credit, letter of intent, fed3 erally funded cooperative agreement, full funding grant 

4 agreement, or discretionary grant unless the Secretary of 

5 Transportation notifies the House and Senate Committees 

6 on Appropriations not less than 3 full business days before 

7 any project competitively selected to receive any discre8 tionary grant award, letter of intent, loan commitment, 

9 loan guarantee commitment, line of credit commitment, 

10 federally funded cooperative agreement, or full funding 

11 grant agreement is announced by the Department or its 

12 operating administrations: Provided, That the Secretary of 

13 Transportation shall provide the House and Senate Com14 mittees on Appropriations with a comprehensive list of all 

15 such loans, loan guarantees, lines of credit, letters of in16 tent, federally funded cooperative agreements, full funding 

17 grant agreements, and discretionary grants prior to the 

18 notification required under the preceding proviso: Pro19 vided further, That the Secretary gives concurrent notifi20 cation to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria21 tions for any ‘‘quick release’’ of funds from the emergency 

22 relief program: Provided further, That no notification shall 

23 involve funds that are not available for obligation. 

24 SEC. 186. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, 

25 minor fees, and other funds received by the Department 
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1 of Transportation from travel management centers, 

2 charge card programs, the subleasing of building space, 

3 and miscellaneous sources are to be credited to appropria4 tions of the Department of Transportation and allocated 

5 to organizational units of the Department of Transpor6 tation using fair and equitable criteria and such funds 

7 shall be available until expended. 

8 SEC. 187. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

9 law, if any funds provided by or limited by this Act are 

10 subject to a reprogramming action that requires notice to 

11 be provided to the House and Senate Committees on Ap12 propriations, transmission of such reprogramming notice 

13 shall be provided solely to the House and Senate Commit14 tees on Appropriations, and such reprogramming action 

15 shall be approved or denied solely by the House and Sen16 ate Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That the 

17 Secretary of Transportation may provide notice to other 

18 congressional committees of the action of the House and 

19 Senate Committees on Appropriations on such reprogram20 ming but not sooner than 30 days after the date on which 

21 the reprogramming action has been approved or denied by 

22 the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 

23 SEC. 188. Funds appropriated by this Act to the op24 erating administrations may be obligated for the Office of 

25 the Secretary for the costs related to assessments or reim-
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1 bursable agreements only when such amounts are for the 

2 costs of goods and services that are purchased to provide 

3 a direct benefit to the applicable operating administration 

4 or administrations. 

5 SEC. 189. The Secretary of Transportation is author6 ized to carry out a program that establishes uniform 

7 standards for developing and supporting agency transit 

8 pass and transit benefits authorized under section 7905 

9 of title 5, United States Code, including distribution of 

10 transit benefits by various paper and electronic media. 

11 SEC. 190. The Department of Transportation may 

12 use funds provided by this Act, or any other Act, to assist 

13 a contract under title 49 or 23 of the United States Code 

14 utilizing geographic, economic, or any other hiring pref15 erence not otherwise authorized by law, or to amend a 

16 rule, regulation, policy or other measure that forbids a re17 cipient of a Federal Highway Administration or Federal 

18 Transit Administration grant from imposing such hiring 

19 preference on a contract or construction project with 

20 which the Department of Transportation is assisting, only 

21 if the grant recipient certifies the following: 

22 (1) that except with respect to apprentices or 

23 trainees, a pool of readily available but unemployed 

24 individuals possessing the knowledge, skill, and abil-
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1 ity to perform the work that the contract requires 

2 resides in the jurisdiction; 

3 (2) that the grant recipient will include appro4 priate provisions in its bid document ensuring that 

5 the contractor does not displace any of its existing 

6 employees in order to satisfy such hiring preference; 

7 and 

8 (3) that any increase in the cost of labor, train9 ing, or delays resulting from the use of such hiring 

10 preference does not delay or displace any transpor11 tation project in the applicable statewide transpor12 tation improvement program or transportation im13 provement program. 

14 SEC. 191. None of the funds made available by this 

15 act may be used to require a recipient of Federal funds 

16 to display signage containing the name of the President, 

17 Vice President, or any member of the President’s Cabinet 

18 as a condition of the receipt of such funds. 

19 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans20 portation Appropriations Act, 2025’’. 
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1 TITLE II 

2 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 

3 DEVELOPMENT 

4 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

5 EXECUTIVE OFFICES

6 For necessary salaries and expenses for Executive Of7 fices, which shall be comprised of the offices of the Sec8 retary, Deputy Secretary, Adjudicatory Services, Congres9 sional and Intergovernmental Relations, Public Affairs, 

10 Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, and the 

11 Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, 

12 $20,400,000, to remain available until September 30, 

13 2026: Provided, That not to exceed $25,000 of the amount 

14 made available under this heading shall be available to the 

15 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (referred 

16 to in this title as ‘‘the Secretary’’) for official reception 

17 and representation expenses as the Secretary may deter18 mine. 

19 ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OFFICES

20 For necessary salaries and expenses for Administra21 tive Support Offices, $729,650,000, to remain available 

22 until September 30, 2026: Provided, That of the sums ap23 propriated under this heading— 

24 (1) $101,800,000 shall be available for the Of25 fice of the Chief Financial Officer; 
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1 (2) $137,700,000 shall be available for the Of2 fice of the General Counsel; 

3 (3) $246,700,000 shall be available for the Of4 fice of Administration; 

5 (4) $56,500,000 shall be available for the Office 

6 of the Chief Human Capital Officer; 

7 (5) $33,700,000 shall be available for the Office 

8 of the Chief Procurement Officer; 

9 (6) $70,000,000 shall be available for the Office 

10 of Field Policy and Management; 

11 (7) $4,900,000 shall be available for the Office 

12 of Departmental Equal Employment Opportunity; 

13 and 

14 (8) $78,350,000 shall be available for the Office 

15 of the Chief Information Officer: 

16 Provided further, That funds made available under this 

17 heading may be used for necessary administrative and 

18 non-administrative expenses of the Department, not other19 wise provided for, including purchase of uniforms, or al20 lowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 

21 5902 of title 5, United States Code; hire of passenger 

22 motor vehicles; and services as authorized by section 3109 

23 of title 5, United States Code: Provided further, That not24 withstanding any other provision of law, funds appro25 priated under this heading may be used for advertising 
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1 and promotional activities that directly support program 

2 activities funded in this title. 

3 PROGRAM OFFICES

4 For necessary salaries and expenses for Program Of5 fices, $1,152,300,000, to remain available until September 

6 30, 2026: Provided, That of the sums appropriated under 

7 this heading— 

8 (1) $301,300,000 shall be available for the Of9 fice of Public and Indian Housing; 

10 (2) $184,200,000 shall be available for the Of11 fice of Community Planning and Development; 

12 (3) $505,700,000 shall be available for the Of13 fice of Housing; 

14 (4) $42,400,000 shall be available for the Office 

15 of Policy Development and Research; 

16 (5) $106,700,000 shall be available for the Of17 fice of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity; and 

18 (6) $12,000,000 shall be available for the Office 

19 of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes. 

20 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For the working capital fund for the Department of 

23 Housing and Urban Development (referred to in this para24 graph as the ‘‘Fund’’), pursuant, in part, to section 7(f) 

25 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
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1 Act (42 U.S.C. 3535(f)), amounts transferred, including 

2 reimbursements pursuant to section 7(f), to the Fund 

3 under this heading shall be available only for Federal 

4 shared services used by offices and agencies of the Depart5 ment, and for any such portion of any office or agency’s 

6 printing, records management, space renovation, fur7 niture, or supply services the Secretary has determined 

8 shall be provided through the Fund, and the operational 

9 expenses of the Fund: Provided, That amounts within the 

10 Fund shall not be available to provide services not specifi11 cally authorized under this heading: Provided further, 

12 That upon a determination by the Secretary that any 

13 other service (or portion thereof) authorized under this 

14 heading shall be provided through the Fund, amounts 

15 made available in this title for salaries and expenses under 

16 the headings ‘‘Executive Offices’’, ‘‘Administrative Sup17 port Offices’’, ‘‘Program Offices’’, and ‘‘Government Na18 tional Mortgage Association’’, for such services shall be 

19 transferred to the Fund, to remain available until ex20 pended: Provided further, That the Secretary shall notify 

21 the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations of 

22 its plans for executing such transfers at least 15 days in 

23 advance of such transfers. 
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1 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FUND

2 For Department-wide and program-specific informa3 tion technology systems and infrastructure, $435,950,000, 

4 to remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided, 

5 That not later than 30 days after the end of each quarter, 

6 the Secretary shall brief the House and Senate Commit7 tees on Appropriations on all information technology mod8 ernization efforts as required in the report accompanying 

9 this Act. 

10 PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING

11 TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE

12 For activities and assistance for the provision of ten13 ant-based rental assistance authorized under the United 

14 States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 

15 et seq.) (in this heading ‘‘the Act’’), not otherwise pro16 vided for, $31,260,450,000, to remain available until ex17 pended, which shall be available on October 1, 2024 (in 

18 addition to the $4,000,000,000 previously appropriated 

19 under this heading that shall be available on October 1, 

20 2024), of which $8,030,000,000 is designated by the Con21 gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 

22 section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 

23 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and 

24 $4,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, which 
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1 shall be available on October 1, 2025: Provided, That of 

2 the sums appropriated under this heading— 

3 (1) $32,035,450,000 shall be available for re4 newals of expiring section 8 tenant-based annual 

5 contributions contracts (including renewals of en6 hanced vouchers under any provision of law author7 izing such assistance under section 8(t) of the Act) 

8 and including renewal of other special purpose incre9 mental vouchers: Provided, That notwithstanding 

10 any other provision of law, from amounts provided 

11 under this paragraph and any carryover, the Sec12 retary for the calendar year 2025 funding cycle shall 

13 provide renewal funding for each public housing 

14 agency based on validated voucher management sys15 tem (VMS) or successor system leasing and cost 

16 data for the prior calendar year and by applying an 

17 inflation factor as established by the Secretary, by 

18 notice published in the Federal Register, and by 

19 making any necessary adjustments for the costs as20 sociated with the first-time renewal of vouchers 

21 under this paragraph including tenant protection 

22 and choice neighborhoods vouchers: Provided further, 

23 That none of the funds provided under this para24 graph may be used to fund a total number of unit 

25 months under lease which exceeds a public housing 
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1 agency’s authorized level of units under contract, ex2 cept for public housing agencies participating in the 

3 moving to work (MTW) demonstration, which are in4 stead governed in accordance with the requirements 

5 of the MTW demonstration program or their MTW 

6 agreements, if any: Provided further, That the Sec7 retary shall, to the extent necessary to stay within 

8 the amount specified under this paragraph (except 

9 as otherwise modified under this paragraph), prorate 

10 each public housing agency’s allocation otherwise es11 tablished pursuant to this paragraph: Provided fur12 ther, That except as provided in the following pro13 visos, the entire amount specified under this para14 graph (except as otherwise modified under this para15 graph) shall be obligated to the public housing agen16 cies based on the allocation and pro rata method de17 scribed above, and the Secretary shall notify public 

18 housing agencies of their annual budget by the latter 

19 of 60 days after enactment of this Act or March 1, 

20 2025: Provided further, That the Secretary may ex21 tend the notification period only after the House and 

22 Senate Committees on Appropriations are notified at 

23 least 10 business days in advance of the extension: 

24 Provided further, That public housing agencies par25 ticipating in the MTW demonstration shall be fund-
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1 ed in accordance with the requirements of the MTW 

2 demonstration program or their MTW agreements, 

3 if any, and shall be subject to the same pro rata ad4 justments under the preceding provisos: Provided 

5 further, That the Secretary may offset public hous6 ing agencies’ calendar year 2025 allocations based 

7 on the excess amounts of public housing agencies’ 

8 net restricted assets accounts, including HUD-held 

9 programmatic reserves (in accordance with VMS or 

10 successor system data in calendar year 2024 that is 

11 verifiable and complete), as determined by the Sec12 retary: Provided further, That public housing agen13 cies participating in the MTW demonstration shall 

14 also be subject to the offset, as determined by the 

15 Secretary, excluding amounts subject to the single 

16 fund budget authority provisions of their MTW 

17 agreements, from the agencies’ calendar year 2025 

18 MTW funding allocation: Provided further, That the 

19 Secretary shall use any such offset amounts referred 

20 to in the preceding two provisos throughout the cal21 endar year to prevent the termination of rental as22 sistance for families as the result of insufficient 

23 funding, as determined by the Secretary, and to 

24 avoid or reduce the proration of renewal funding al-
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1 locations: Provided further, That up to $200,000,000 

2 shall be available only: 

3 (A) for adjustments in the allocations for 

4 public housing agencies, after application for an 

5 adjustment by a public housing agency that ex6 perienced a significant increase, as determined 

7 by the Secretary, in renewal costs of vouchers 

8 resulting from unforeseen circumstances or 

9 from portability under section 8(r) of the Act; 

10 (B) for vouchers that were not in use dur11 ing the previous 12-month period in order to be 

12 available to meet a commitment pursuant to 

13 section 8(o)(13) of the Act, or an adjustment 

14 for a funding obligation not yet expended in the 

15 previous calendar year for a MTW-eligible ac16 tivity to develop affordable housing for an agen17 cy added to the MTW demonstration under the 

18 expansion authority provided in section 239 of 

19 the Transportation, Housing and Urban Devel20 opment, and Related Agencies Appropriations 

21 Act, 2016 (division L of Public Law 114–113); 

22 (C) for adjustments for costs associated 

23 with HUD–Veterans Affairs Supportive Hous24 ing (HUD–VASH) vouchers; 
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1 (D) for public housing agencies that de2 spite taking reasonable cost savings measures, 

3 as determined by the Secretary, would other4 wise be required to terminate rental assistance 

5 for families as a result of insufficient funding; 

6 (E) for adjustments in the allocations for 

7 public housing agencies that— 

8 (i) are leasing a lower-than-average 

9 percentage of their authorized vouchers, 

10 (ii) have low amounts of budget au11 thority in their net restricted assets ac12 counts and HUD-held programmatic re13 serves, relative to other agencies, and 

14 (iii) are not participating in the MTW 

15 demonstration, to enable such agencies to 

16 lease more vouchers; 

17 (F) for withheld payments in accordance 

18 with section 8(o)(8)(A)(ii) of the Act for 

19 months in the previous calendar year that were 

20 subsequently paid by the public housing agency 

21 after the agency’s actual costs were validated; 

22 (G) for public housing agencies that have 

23 experienced increased costs or loss of units in 

24 an area for which the President declared a dis25 aster under title IV of the Robert T. Stafford 
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1 Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 

2 (42 U.S.C. 5170 et seq.); and 

3 (H) for costs associated with mainstream 

4 vouchers: 

5 Provided further, That the Secretary shall allocate 

6 amounts under the preceding proviso based on need, 

7 as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, 

8 That the Secretary may establish a demonstration 

9 program to continue through fiscal year 2028 at a 

10 limited number of public housing agencies in dif11 ficult rental markets, as determined by the Sec12 retary, for the purpose of testing whether the provi13 sion of additional assistance to facilitate leasing in14 creases the ability of families participating in the 

15 program to lease a unit: Provided further, That 

16 amounts made available under this paragraph in this 

17 and prior Acts to public housing agencies partici18 pating in such demonstration program shall be avail19 able for making utility and security deposit assist20 ance payments (including last month’s rent) and 

21 other costs consistent with the terms of the dem22 onstration, in addition to the purposes for which 

23 such funds were appropriated and obligated and in 

24 addition to amounts for administrative and other ex25 penses otherwise available for such payments and 
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1 costs: Provided further, That any such utility or se2 curity deposit payments returned to the public hous3 ing agency, including any interest earned while such 

4 amounts were held by the owner, shall be available 

5 only for future housing assistance payment expenses 

6 (including eligible uses during the term of the dem7 onstration); 

8 (2) $300,000,000 shall be available for section 

9 8 rental assistance for relocation and replacement of 

10 housing units that are demolished or disposed of 

11 pursuant to section 18 of the Act, conversion of sec12 tion 23 projects to assistance under section 8, relo13 cation of witnesses (including victims of violent 

14 crimes) in connection with efforts to combat crime 

15 in public and assisted housing pursuant to a request 

16 from a law enforcement or prosecution agency, en17 hanced vouchers under any provision of law author18 izing such assistance under section 8(t) of the Act, 

19 choice neighborhood vouchers, mandatory and vol20 untary conversions, and tenant protection assistance 

21 including replacement and relocation assistance or 

22 for project-based assistance to prevent the displace23 ment of unassisted elderly tenants currently residing 

24 in section 202 properties financed between 1959 and 

25 1974 that are refinanced pursuant to Public Law 
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1 106–569, as amended, or under the authority as 

2 provided under this Act: Provided, That when a pub3 lic housing development is submitted for demolition 

4 or disposition under section 18 of the Act, the Sec5 retary may provide section 8 rental assistance when 

6 the units pose an imminent health and safety risk to 

7 residents: Provided further, That the Secretary may 

8 provide section 8 rental assistance from amounts 

9 made available under this paragraph for units as10 sisted under a project-based subsidy contract funded 

11 under the ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’’ head12 ing under this title where the owner has received a 

13 notice of default and the units pose an imminent 

14 health and safety risk to residents: Provided further, 

15 That of the amounts made available under this para16 graph, no less than $5,000,000 may be available to 

17 provide tenant protection assistance, not otherwise 

18 provided under this paragraph, to residents residing 

19 in low vacancy areas and who may have to pay rents 

20 greater than 30 percent of household income, as the 

21 result of: (A) the maturity of a HUD-insured, HUD22 held or section 202 loan that requires the permission 

23 of the Secretary prior to loan prepayment; (B) the 

24 expiration of a rental assistance contract for which 

25 the tenants are not eligible for enhanced voucher or 
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1 tenant protection assistance under existing law; or 

2 (C) the expiration of affordability restrictions accom3 panying a mortgage or preservation program admin4 istered by the Secretary: Provided further, That such 

5 tenant protection assistance made available under 

6 the preceding proviso may be provided under the au7 thority of section 8(t) or section 8(o)(13) of the Act: 

8 Provided further, That any tenant protection voucher 

9 made available from amounts under this paragraph 

10 shall not be reissued by any public housing agency, 

11 except the replacement vouchers as defined by the 

12 Secretary by notice, when the initial family that re13 ceived any such voucher no longer receives such 

14 voucher, and the authority for any public housing 

15 agency to issue any such voucher shall cease to exist: 

16 Provided further, That the Secretary may only pro17 vide replacement vouchers for units that were occu18 pied within the previous 24 months that cease to be 

19 available as assisted housing, subject only to the 

20 availability of funds; 

21 (3) $2,880,000,000 shall be available for ad22 ministrative and other expenses of public housing 

23 agencies in administering the section 8 tenant-based 

24 rental assistance program, of which up to 

25 $30,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary to al-
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1 locate to public housing agencies that need addi2 tional funds to administer their section 8 programs, 

3 including fees associated with section 8 tenant pro4 tection rental assistance, the administration of dis5 aster related vouchers, HUD–VASH vouchers, and 

6 other special purpose incremental vouchers: Pro7 vided, That no less than $2,850,000,000 of the 

8 amount provided in this paragraph shall be allocated 

9 to public housing agencies for the calendar year 

10 2025 funding cycle based on section 8(q) of the Act 

11 (and related appropriations Act provisions) as in ef12 fect immediately before the enactment of the Quality 

13 Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (Pub14 lic Law 105–276): Provided further, That if the 

15 amounts made available under this paragraph are 

16 insufficient to pay the amounts determined under 

17 the preceding proviso, the Secretary may decrease 

18 the amounts allocated to agencies by a uniform per19 centage applicable to all agencies receiving funding 

20 under this paragraph or may, to the extent nec21 essary to provide full payment of amounts deter22 mined under the preceding proviso, utilize unobli23 gated balances, including recaptures and carryover, 

24 remaining from funds appropriated under this head25 ing from prior fiscal years, excluding special purpose 
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1 vouchers, notwithstanding the purposes for which 

2 such amounts were appropriated: Provided further, 

3 That all public housing agencies participating in the 

4 MTW demonstration shall be funded in accordance 

5 with the requirements of the MTW demonstration 

6 program or their MTW agreements, if any, and shall 

7 be subject to the same uniform percentage decrease 

8 as under the preceding proviso: Provided further, 

9 That amounts provided under this paragraph shall 

10 be only for activities related to the provision of ten11 ant-based rental assistance authorized under section 

12 8, including related development activities; 

13 (4) of the amounts provided under paragraph 

14 (1), up to $7,500,000 shall be available for rental 

15 assistance and associated administrative fees for 

16 Tribal HUD–VASH to serve Native American vet17 erans that are homeless or at-risk of homelessness 

18 living on or near a reservation or other Indian areas: 

19 Provided, That such amount shall be made available 

20 for renewal grants to recipients that received assist21 ance under prior Acts under the Tribal HUD–VASH 

22 program: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 

23 be authorized to specify criteria for renewal grants, 

24 including data on the utilization of assistance re25 ported by grant recipients: Provided further, That 
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1 such assistance shall be administered in accordance 

2 with program requirements under the Native Amer3 ican Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act 

4 of 1996 and modeled after the HUD–VASH pro5 gram: Provided further, That the Secretary shall be 

6 authorized to waive, or specify alternative require7 ments for any provision of any statute or regulation 

8 that the Secretary administers in connection with 

9 the use of funds made available under this para10 graph (except for requirements related to fair hous11 ing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the en12 vironment), upon a finding by the Secretary that 

13 any such waivers or alternative requirements are 

14 necessary for the effective delivery and administra15 tion of such assistance: Provided further, That grant 

16 recipients shall report to the Secretary on utilization 

17 of such rental assistance and other program data, as 

18 prescribed by the Secretary: Provided further, That 

19 the Secretary may reallocate, as determined by the 

20 Secretary, amounts returned or recaptured from 

21 awards under the Tribal HUD–VASH program 

22 under prior Acts to existing recipients under the 

23 Tribal HUD–VASH program; 

24 (5) $15,000,000 shall be available for incre25 mental rental voucher assistance for use through a 
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1 supported housing program administered in conjunc2 tion with the Department of Veterans Affairs as au3 thorized under section 8(o)(19) of the United States 

4 Housing Act of 1937: Provided, That the Secretary 

5 of Housing and Urban Development shall make such 

6 funding available, notwithstanding section 203 (com7 petition provision) of this title, to public housing 

8 agencies that partner with eligible VA medical cen9 ters or other entities as designated by the Secretary 

10 of the Department of Veterans Affairs, based on 

11 geographical need for such assistance as identified 

12 by the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Af13 fairs, public housing agency administrative perform14 ance, and other factors as specified by the Secretary 

15 of Housing and Urban Development in consultation 

16 with the Secretary of the Department of Veterans 

17 Affairs: Provided further, That the Secretary of 

18 Housing and Urban Development may waive, or 

19 specify alternative requirements for (in consultation 

20 with the Secretary of the Department of Veterans 

21 Affairs), any provision of any statute or regulation 

22 that the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop23 ment administers in connection with the use of 

24 funds made available under this paragraph (except 

25 for requirements related to fair housing, non-
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1 discrimination, labor standards, and the environ2 ment), upon a finding by the Secretary that any 

3 such waivers or alternative requirements are nec4 essary for the effective delivery and administration 

5 of such voucher assistance: Provided further, That 

6 assistance made available under this paragraph shall 

7 continue to remain available for homeless veterans 

8 upon turn-over: Provided further, That of the total 

9 amount made available under this paragraph, up to 

10 $10,000,000 may be for additional fees established 

11 by and allocated pursuant to a method determined 

12 by the Secretary for administrative and other ex13 penses (including those eligible activities defined by 

14 notice to facilitate leasing, such as security deposit 

15 assistance and costs related to the retention and 

16 support of participating owners) of public housing 

17 agencies in administering HUD–VASH vouchers; 

18 (6) $30,000,000 shall be available for the fam19 ily unification program as authorized under section 

20 8(x) of the Act: Provided, That the amounts made 

21 available under this paragraph are provided as fol22 lows: 

23 (A) $5,000,000 shall be available for new 

24 incremental voucher assistance, which shall con-
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1 tinue to remain available for family unification 

2 upon turnover; and 

3 (B) $25,000,000 shall be available for new 

4 incremental voucher assistance to assist eligible 

5 youth as defined by such section 8(x)(2)(B) of 

6 the Act, which shall continue to remain avail7 able for such eligible youth upon turnover: Pro8 vided, That such amounts shall be available on 

9 a noncompetitive basis to public housing agen10 cies that partner with public child welfare agen11 cies to identify such eligible youth, that request 

12 such assistance to timely assist such eligible 

13 youth, and that meet any other criteria as spec14 ified by the Secretary: Provided further, That 

15 the Secretary shall review utilization of such as16 sistance and assistance originating from appro17 priations made available for youth under this 

18 heading in any prior Act that the Secretary 

19 made available on a noncompetitive basis, at an 

20 interval to be determined by the Secretary, and 

21 unutilized voucher assistance that is no longer 

22 needed based on such review shall be recaptured 

23 by the Secretary and reallocated pursuant to 

24 the preceding proviso: 
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1 Provided further, That any public housing agency 

2 administering new incremental voucher assistance 

3 originating from appropriations made available for 

4 the family unification program under this heading in 

5 this or any prior Act that the Secretary made avail6 able on a competitive basis that determines it no 

7 longer has an identified need for such assistance 

8 upon turnover shall notify the Secretary, and the 

9 Secretary shall recapture such assistance from the 

10 agency and reallocate it to any other public housing 

11 agency or agencies based on need for voucher assist12 ance in connection with such specified program or 

13 eligible youth, as applicable; and 

14 (7) the Secretary shall separately track all spe15 cial purpose vouchers funded under this heading: 

16 Provided, That upon turnover, special purpose 

17 vouchers issued pursuant to section 811 of the Cran18 ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 

19 U.S.C. 8013) funded under this or any other head20 ing in this or prior Acts, shall be provided to non21 elderly persons with disabilities. 

22 HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND

23 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

24 Unobligated balances, including recaptures and car25 ryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the Depart-
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1 ment of Housing and Urban Development under this 

2 heading, the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted 

3 Housing’’ and the heading ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assist4 ance’’, for fiscal year 2025 and prior years may be used 

5 for renewal of or amendments to section 8 project-based 

6 contracts and for performance-based contract administra7 tors, notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds 

8 were appropriated: Provided, That any obligated balances 

9 of contract authority from fiscal year 1974 and prior fiscal 

10 years that have been terminated shall be rescinded: Pro11 vided further, That amounts heretofore recaptured, or re12 captured during the current fiscal year, from section 8 

13 project-based contracts from source years fiscal year 1975 

14 through fiscal year 1987 are hereby rescinded, and an 

15 amount of additional new budget authority, equivalent to 

16 the amount rescinded is hereby appropriated, to remain 

17 available until expended, for the purposes set forth under 

18 this heading, in addition to amounts otherwise available. 

19 PUBLIC HOUSING FUND

20 For 2025 payments to public housing agencies for the 

21 operation and management of public housing, as author22 ized by section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 

23 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)) (the ‘‘Act’’), and to carry out 

24 capital and management activities for public housing 

25 agencies, as authorized under section 9(d) of the Act (42 
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1 U.S.C. 1437g(d)), $8,783,000,000, to remain available 

2 until September 30, 2028: Provided, That of the sums ap3 propriated under this heading— 

4 (1) $5,366,000,000 shall be available for the 

5 Secretary to allocate pursuant to the operating fund 

6 formula at part 990 of title 24, Code of Federal 

7 Regulations, for 2025 payments; 

8 (2) $107,000,000 shall be available for the Sec9 retary to allocate pursuant to a need-based applica10 tion process notwithstanding section 203 of this title 

11 and not subject to such operating fund formula to 

12 public housing agencies that experience, or are at 

13 risk of, financial shortfalls, as determined by the 

14 Secretary: Provided, That after all such shortfall 

15 needs are met, the Secretary may distribute any re16 maining funds to all public housing agencies on a 

17 pro-rata basis pursuant to such operating fund for18 mula; 

19 (3) $3,200,000,000 shall be available for the 

20 Secretary to allocate pursuant to the capital fund 

21 formula at section 905.400 of title 24, Code of Fed22 eral Regulations: Provided, That for funds described 

23 under this paragraph, the limitation in section 

24 9(g)(1) of the Act shall be 25 percent: Provided fur25 ther, That the Secretary may waive the limitation in 
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1 the preceding proviso to allow public housing agen2 cies to fund activities authorized under section 

3 9(e)(1)(C) of the Act: Provided further, That the 

4 Secretary shall notify public housing agencies re5 questing waivers under the preceding proviso if the 

6 request is approved or denied within 14 days of sub7 mitting the request: Provided further, That from the 

8 funds made available under this paragraph, the Sec9 retary shall provide bonus awards in fiscal year 

10 2025 to public housing agencies that are designated 

11 high performers: Provided further, That the Depart12 ment shall notify public housing agencies of their 

13 formula allocation within 60 days of enactment of 

14 this Act; 

15 (4) $30,000,000 shall be available for the Sec16 retary to make grants, notwithstanding section 203 

17 of this title, to public housing agencies for emer18 gency capital needs, including safety and security 

19 measures necessary to address crime and drug-re20 lated activity, as well as needs resulting from unfore21 seen or unpreventable emergencies and natural dis22 asters excluding Presidentially declared emergencies 

23 and natural disasters under the Robert T. Stafford 

24 Disaster Relief and Emergency Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 

25 et seq.) occurring in fiscal year 2025: Provided, That 
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1 of the amount made available under this paragraph, 

2 not less than $10,000,000 shall be for safety and se3 curity measures: Provided further, That in addition 

4 to the amount in the preceding proviso for such 

5 safety and security measures, any amounts that re6 main available, after all applications received on or 

7 before September 30, 2026, for emergency capital 

8 needs have been processed, shall be allocated to pub9 lic housing agencies for such safety and security 

10 measures; 

11 (5) $65,000,000 shall be available for competi12 tive grants to public housing agencies to evaluate 

13 and reduce residential health hazards in public hous14 ing, including lead-based paint (by carrying out the 

15 activities of risk assessments, abatement, and in16 terim controls, as those terms are defined in section 

17 1004 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard 

18 Reduction Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4851b)), carbon 

19 monoxide, mold, radon, and fire safety: Provided, 

20 That not less than $25,000,000 of the amounts pro21 vided under this paragraph shall be awarded for 

22 evaluating and reducing lead-based paint hazards, 

23 except that if such amount is undersubscribed any 

24 remaining amounts may be awarded to qualified ap25 plicants for other purposes under this paragraph: 
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1 Provided further, That for purposes of environmental 

2 review, a grant under this paragraph shall be consid3 ered funds for projects or activities under title I of 

4 the Act for purposes of section 26 of the Act (42 

5 U.S.C. 1437x) and shall be subject to the regula6 tions implementing such section; and 

7 (6) $15,000,000 shall be available to support 

8 the costs of administrative and judicial receiverships 

9 and for competitive grants to public housing agen10 cies in receivership, designated troubled or sub11 standard, or otherwise at risk, as determined by the 

12 Secretary, for costs associated with public housing 

13 asset improvement, in addition to other amounts for 

14 that purpose provided under any heading under this 

15 title: 

16 Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi17 sion of law or regulation, during fiscal year 2025, the Sec18 retary of Housing and Urban Development may not dele19 gate to any Department official other than the Deputy 

20 Secretary and the Assistant Secretary for Public and In21 dian Housing any authority under paragraph (2) of sec22 tion 9(j) of the Act regarding the extension of the time 

23 periods under such section: Provided further, That for pur24 poses of such section 9(j), the term ‘‘obligate’’ means, with 

25 respect to amounts, that the amounts are subject to a 
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1 binding agreement that will result in outlays, immediately 

2 or in the future: Provided further, That the Secretary may 

3 authorize a public housing agency with at least one prop4 erty with a low physical inspection score to use operating 

5 reserve funds or any amounts allocated to such agency 

6 pursuant to the operating fund formula from amounts 

7 made available in this and prior Acts for any eligible ac8 tivities under section 9(d)(1) of the United States Housing 

9 Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d)(1)) under such condi10 tions or criteria as established by the Secretary, including 

11 that such use would not put such agency at risk of finan12 cial shortfall. 

13 ASSISTED HOUSING INSPECTIONS AND RISK

14 ASSESSMENTS

15 For the Department’s inspection and assessment pro16 grams, including travel, training, and program support 

17 contracts, $50,000,000 to remain available until Sep18 tember 30, 2026: Provided, That unobligated balances, in19 cluding recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds 

20 appropriated under the heading ‘‘Public Housing Fund’’ 

21 in prior Acts to support ongoing public housing financial 

22 and physical assessment activities shall be available for the 

23 purposes authorized under this heading in addition to the 

24 purposes for which such funds originally were appro25 priated. 
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1 CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVE

2 For competitive grants under the choice neighbor3 hoods initiative (subject to section 24 of the United States 

4 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v) (the ‘‘Act’’) un5 less otherwise specified under this heading), for trans6 formation, rehabilitation, and replacement housing needs 

7 of both public and HUD-assisted housing and to trans8 form neighborhoods of poverty into functioning, sustain9 able, mixed-income neighborhoods with appropriate serv10 ices, schools, public assets, transportation, and access to 

11 jobs, $100,000,000, to remain available until September 

12 30, 2029: Provided, That grant funds may be used for 

13 resident and community services, community development, 

14 and affordable housing needs in the community, and for 

15 conversion of vacant or foreclosed properties to affordable 

16 housing: Provided further, That the use of amounts made 

17 available under this heading shall not be deemed to be for 

18 public housing, notwithstanding section 3(b)(1) of the Act: 

19 Provided further, That grantees shall commit to an addi20 tional period of affordability determined by the Secretary 

21 of not fewer than 20 years: Provided further, That grant22 ees shall provide a match in State, local, other Federal, 

23 or private funds: Provided further, That grantees may in24 clude local governments, Tribal entities, public housing 

25 agencies, and nonprofit organizations: Provided further, 
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1 That for-profit developers may apply jointly with a public 

2 entity: Provided further, That for purposes of environ3 mental review, a grantee shall be treated as a public hous4 ing agency under section 26 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437x), 

5 and grants made with amounts available under this head6 ing shall be subject to the regulations issued by the Sec7 retary to implement such section: Provided further, That 

8 of the amounts made available under this heading, not less 

9 than $50,000,000 shall be awarded to public housing 

10 agencies: Provided further, That such grantees shall create 

11 partnerships with other local organizations, including as12 sisted housing owners, service agencies, and resident orga13 nizations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall con14 sult with the Secretaries of Education, Labor, Transpor15 tation, Health and Human Services, Agriculture, and 

16 Commerce, the Attorney General, and the Administrator 

17 of the Environmental Protection Agency to coordinate and 

18 leverage other appropriate Federal resources: Provided 

19 further, That not more than $10,000,000 of the amounts 

20 made available under this heading may be provided as 

21 grants to undertake comprehensive local planning with 

22 input from residents and the community: Provided further, 

23 That none of the funds made available under this heading 

24 may be obligated for main street housing grants under 

25 section 24(n) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437v(n)): Provided 
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1 further, That unobligated balances, including recaptures, 

2 remaining from amounts made available under the head3 ing ‘‘Revitalization of Severely Distressed Public Housing 

4 (HOPE VI)’’ in fiscal year 2011 and prior fiscal years 

5 may be used for purposes under this heading, notwith6 standing the purposes for which such amounts were appro7 priated: Provided further, That the Secretary shall make 

8 grant awards not later than 1 year after the date of enact9 ment of this Act in such amounts that the Secretary deter10 mines: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 

11 24(o) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437v(o)), the Secretary may, 

12 until September 30, 2025, obligate any available unobli13 gated balances made available under this heading in this 

14 or any prior Act. 

15 SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAMS

16 For activities and assistance related to self-suffi17 ciency programs, to remain available until September 30, 

18 2028, $200,500,000: Provided, That of the sums appro19 priated under this heading— 

20 (1) $145,500,000 shall be available for the fam21 ily self-sufficiency program to support family self22 sufficiency coordinators under section 23 of the 

23 United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

24 1437u), to promote the development of local strate25 gies to coordinate the use of assistance under sec-
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1 tions 8 and 9 of such Act with public and private 

2 resources, and enable eligible families to achieve eco3 nomic independence and self-sufficiency; 

4 (2) $40,000,000 shall be available for the resi5 dent opportunity and self-sufficiency program to 

6 provide for supportive services, service coordinators, 

7 and congregate services as authorized by section 34 

8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

9 U.S.C. 1437z–6) and the Native American Housing 

10 Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 

11 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.): Provided, That amounts made 

12 available under this paragraph may be used to renew 

13 resident opportunity and self-sufficiency program 

14 grants to allow the public housing agency, or a new 

15 owner, to continue to serve (or restart service to) 

16 residents of a project with assistance converted from 

17 public housing to project-based rental assistance 

18 under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 

19 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) or assistance under section 

20 8(o)(13) of such Act under the heading ‘‘Rental As21 sistance Demonstration’’ in the Department of 

22 Housing and Urban Development Appropriations 

23 Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–55), as amended (42 

24 U.S.C. 1437f note); and 
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1 (3) $15,000,000 shall be available for a jobs2 plus initiative, modeled after the jobs-plus dem3 onstration: Provided, That funding provided under 

4 this paragraph shall be available for competitive 

5 grants to partnerships between public housing agen6 cies, local workforce investment boards established 

7 under section 107 of the Workforce Innovation and 

8 Opportunity Act of 2014 (29 U.S.C. 3122), and 

9 other agencies and organizations that provide sup10 port to help public housing residents obtain employ11 ment and increase earnings: Provided further, That 

12 applicants must demonstrate the ability to provide 

13 services to residents, partner with workforce invest14 ment boards, and leverage service dollars: Provided 

15 further, That the Secretary may allow public housing 

16 agencies to request exemptions from rent and in17 come limitation requirements under sections 3 and 6 

18 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

19 U.S.C. 1437a, 1437d), as necessary to implement 

20 the jobs-plus program, on such terms and conditions 

21 as the Secretary may approve upon a finding by the 

22 Secretary that any such waivers or alternative re23 quirements are necessary for the effective implemen24 tation of the jobs-plus initiative as a voluntary pro25 gram for residents: Provided further, That the Sec-
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1 retary shall publish by notice in the Federal Register 

2 any waivers or alternative requirements pursuant to 

3 the preceding proviso no later than 10 days before 

4 the effective date of such notice. 

5 NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS

6 For activities and assistance authorized under title 

7 I of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self8 Determination Act of 1996 (in this heading 

9 ‘‘NAHASDA’’) (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), title I of the 

10 Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 

11 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) with respect to Indian Tribes, and 

12 related training and technical assistance, $1,455,100,000, 

13 to remain available until September 30, 2029: Provided, 

14 That of the sums appropriated under this heading— 

15 (1) $1,217,100,000 shall be available for the 

16 Native American housing block grants program, as 

17 authorized under title I of NAHASDA: Provided, 

18 That, notwithstanding NAHASDA, to determine the 

19 amount of the allocation under title I of such Act for 

20 each Indian Tribe, the Secretary shall apply the for21 mula under section 302 of such Act with the need 

22 component based on single-race census data and 

23 with the need component based on multi-race census 

24 data, and the amount of the allocation for each In25 dian Tribe shall be the greater of the two resulting 
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1 allocation amounts: Provided further, That the Sec2 retary shall notify grantees of their formula alloca3 tion not later than 60 days after the date of enact4 ment of this Act; 

5 (2) $150,000,000 shall be available for competi6 tive grants under the Native American housing block 

7 grants program, as authorized under title I of 

8 NAHASDA: Provided, That the Secretary shall obli9 gate such amount for competitive grants to eligible 

10 recipients authorized under NAHASDA that apply 

11 for funds: Provided further, That in awarding 

12 amounts made available in this paragraph, the Sec13 retary shall consider need and administrative capac14 ity, and shall give priority to projects that will spur 

15 construction and rehabilitation of housing: Provided 

16 further, That any amounts transferred for the nec17 essary costs of administering and overseeing the ob18 ligation and expenditure of such additional amounts 

19 in prior Acts may also be used for the necessary 

20 costs of administering and overseeing such addi21 tional amount; 

22 (3) $1,000,000 shall be available for the cost of 

23 guaranteed notes and other obligations, as author24 ized by title VI of NAHASDA: Provided, That such 

25 costs, including the cost of modifying such notes and 
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1 other obligations, shall be as defined in section 502 

2 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 

3 661a): Provided further, That amounts made avail4 able in this and prior Acts for the cost of such guar5 anteed notes and other obligations that are unobli6 gated, including recaptures and carryover, may be 

7 available to subsidize the total principal amount of 

8 any notes and other obligations, any part of which 

9 is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $50,000,000, to 

10 remain available until September 30, 2026; 

11 (4) $80,000,000 shall be available for grants to 

12 Indian Tribes for carrying out the Indian community 

13 development block grant program under title I of the 

14 Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, 

15 notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of such Act, of 

16 which, notwithstanding any other provision of law 

17 (including section 203 of this Act), not more than 

18 $5,000,000 may be used for emergencies that con19 stitute imminent threats to health and safety: Pro20 vided, That not to exceed 20 percent of any grant 

21 made with amounts made available in this para22 graph shall be expended for planning and manage23 ment development and administration; and 

24 (5) $7,000,000, in addition to amounts other25 wise available for such purpose, shall be available for 
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1 providing training and technical assistance to Indian 

2 Tribes, Indian housing authorities, and Tribally des3 ignated housing entities, to support the inspection of 

4 Indian housing units, for contract expertise, and for 

5 training and technical assistance related to amounts 

6 made available under this heading and other head7 ings in this Act for the needs of Native American 

8 families and Indian country: Provided, That of the 

9 amounts made available in this paragraph, not less 

10 than $2,000,000 shall be for a national organization 

11 as authorized under section 703 of NAHASDA (25 

12 U.S.C. 4212): Provided further, That amounts made 

13 available in this paragraph may be used, contracted, 

14 or competed as determined by the Secretary: Pro15 vided further, That notwithstanding chapter 63 of 

16 title 31, United States Code (commonly known as 

17 the Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreements Act 

18 of 1977), the amounts made available in this para19 graph may be used by the Secretary to enter into co20 operative agreements with public and private organi21 zations, agencies, institutions, and other technical 

22 assistance providers to support the administration of 

23 negotiated rulemaking under section 106 of 

24 NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4116), the administration of 

25 the allocation formula under section 302 of 
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1 NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4152), and the administra2 tion of performance tracking and reporting under 

3 section 407 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4167). 

4 INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM

5 ACCOUNT

6 For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by 

7 section 184 of the Housing and Community Development 

8 Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a), $1,500,000, to re9 main available until expended: Provided, That such costs, 

10 including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de11 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

12 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a): Provided further, That amounts 

13 made available in this and prior Acts for the cost of guar14 anteed loans, as authorized by section 184 of the Housing 

15 and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 

16 1715z–13a), that are unobligated, including recaptures 

17 and carryover, may be available to subsidize total loan 

18 principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to 

19 exceed $1,800,000,000, to remain available until Sep20 tember 30, 2026. 

21 NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANT

22 For the Native Hawaiian housing block grant pro23 gram, as authorized under title VIII of the Native Amer24 ican Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 

25 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4221 et seq.), $22,300,000, to remain 
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1 available until September 30, 2029: Provided, That not2 withstanding section 812(b) of such Act, the Department 

3 of Hawaiian Home Lands may not invest grant amounts 

4 made available under this heading in investment securities 

5 and other obligations: Provided further, That amounts 

6 made available under this heading in this and prior fiscal 

7 years may be used to provide rental assistance to eligible 

8 Native Hawaiian families both on and off the Hawaiian 

9 Home Lands, notwithstanding any other provision of law: 

10 Provided further, That up to $1,000,000 of the amounts 

11 made available under this heading may be for training and 

12 technical assistance related to amounts made available 

13 under this heading and other headings in this Act for the 

14 needs of Native Hawaiians and the Department of Hawai15 ian Home Lands. 

16 NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND

17 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

18 New commitments to guarantee loans, as authorized 

19 by section 184A of the Housing and Community Develop20 ment Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13b), any part of 

21 which is to be guaranteed, shall not exceed $28,000,000 

22 in total loan principal, to remain available until September 

23 30, 2026: Provided, That the Secretary may enter into 

24 commitments to guarantee loans used for refinancing. 
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1 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

2 HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS

3 For carrying out the housing opportunities for per4 sons with AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS 

5 Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), 

6 $524,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

7 2028: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew or replace 

8 all expiring contracts for permanent supportive housing 

9 that initially were funded under section 854(c)(5) of such 

10 Act from funds made available under this heading in fiscal 

11 year 2010 and prior fiscal years that meet all program 

12 requirements before awarding funds for new contracts 

13 under such section: Provided further, That the process for 

14 submitting amendments and approving replacement con15 tracts shall be established by the Secretary in a notice: 

16 Provided further, That the Department shall notify grant17 ees of their formula allocation within 60 days of enactment 

18 of this Act. 

19 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND

20 For assistance to States and units of general local 

21 government, and other entities, for economic and commu22 nity development activities, and other purposes, 

23 $4,617,317,000, to remain available until September 30, 

24 2028: Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this 

25 heading— 
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1 (1) $3,300,000,000 shall be available for car2 rying out the community development block grant 

3 program under title I of the Housing and Commu4 nity Development Act of 1974, as amended (42 

5 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) (in this heading ‘‘the Act’’): 

6 Provided, That not to exceed 20 percent of any 

7 grant made with funds made available under this 

8 paragraph shall be expended for planning and man9 agement development and administration: Provided 

10 further, That a metropolitan city, urban county, unit 

11 of general local government, or insular area that di12 rectly or indirectly receives funds under this para13 graph may not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer all 

14 or any portion of such funds to another such entity 

15 in exchange for any other funds, credits, or non16 Federal considerations, but shall use such funds for 

17 activities eligible under title I of the Act: Provided 

18 further, That notwithstanding section 105(e)(1) of 

19 the Act, no funds made available under this para20 graph may be provided to a for-profit entity for an 

21 economic development project under section 

22 105(a)(17) unless such project has been evaluated 

23 and selected in accordance with guidelines required 

24 under subsection (e)(2) of section 105; 
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1 (2) $100,000,000 shall be available for the Sec2 retary to award grants on a competitive basis to 

3 State and local governments, metropolitan planning 

4 organizations, and multijurisdictional entities for ad5 ditional activities under title I of the Act for the 

6 identification and removal of barriers to affordable 

7 housing production and preservation: Provided, That 

8 eligible uses of such grants include activities to fur9 ther develop, evaluate, and implement housing policy 

10 plans, improve housing strategies, and facilitate af11 fordable housing production and preservation: Pro12 vided further, That the Secretary shall prioritize ap13 plicants that are able to (A) demonstrate progress 

14 and a commitment to overcoming local barriers to 

15 facilitate the increase in affordable housing produc16 tion and preservation, primarily by having enacted 

17 improved laws and regulations that the Secretary 

18 reasonably expects to preserve or produce new hous19 ing units; and (B) demonstrate an acute need for 

20 housing affordable to households with incomes below 

21 100 percent of the area median income: Provided 

22 further, That grantees shall report to the Secretary 

23 on their activities and outcomes: Provided further, 

24 That the Secretary shall analyze observable housing 

25 production, preservation, and cost trends in the par-
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1 ticipating jurisdictions or geographic areas: Provided 

2 further, That funds allocated for such grants shall 

3 not adversely affect the amount of any formula as4 sistance received by a jurisdiction under paragraph 

5 (1) of this heading: Provided further, That in admin6 istering such amounts the Secretary may waive or 

7 specify alternative requirements for any provision of 

8 such title I except for requirements related to fair 

9 housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, the en10 vironment, and requirements that activities benefit 

11 persons of low- and moderate-income, upon a finding 

12 that any such waivers or alternative requirements 

13 are necessary to expedite or facilitate the use of such 

14 amounts; 

15 (3) $30,000,000 shall be available for activities 

16 authorized under section 8071 of the SUPPORT for 

17 Patients and Communities Act (Public Law 115– 

18 271): Provided, That funds allocated pursuant to 

19 this paragraph shall not adversely affect the amount 

20 of any formula assistance received by a State under 

21 paragraph (1) of this heading: Provided further, 

22 That the Secretary shall allocate the funds for such 

23 activities based on the notice establishing the fund24 ing formula published in 84 FR 16027 (April 17, 

25 2019) except that the formula shall use age-adjusted 
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1 rates of drug overdose deaths for 2022 based on 

2 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Pre3 vention; and 

4 (4) $1,187,317,000 shall be available for grants 

5 for the economic development initiative (EDI) for 

6 the purposes, and in amounts, specified for congres7 sionally directed spending in the table entitled ‘‘Con8 gressionally Directed Spending’’ included in the re9 port accompanying this Act: Provided, That eligible 

10 expenses of such grants in this and prior Acts may 

11 include administrative, planning, operations and 

12 maintenance, and other costs: Provided further, That 

13 such grants for the EDI shall be available for reim14 bursement of otherwise eligible expenses incurred on 

15 or after the date of enactment of this Act and prior 

16 to the date of grant execution: Provided further, 

17 That none of the amounts made available under this 

18 paragraph for grants for the EDI shall be used for 

19 reimbursement of expenses incurred prior to the 

20 date of enactment of this Act: 

21 Provided further, That for amounts made available under 

22 paragraphs (1) and (3), the Secretary shall notify grantees 

23 of their formula allocation within 60 days of enactment 

24 of this Act. 
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1 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES

2 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

3 Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget 

4 Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a), during fiscal year 2025, 

5 commitments to guarantee loans under section 108 of the 

6 Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 

7 U.S.C. 5308), any part of which is guaranteed, shall not 

8 exceed a total principal amount of $400,000,000, notwith9 standing any aggregate limitation on outstanding obliga10 tions guaranteed in subsection (k) of such section 108: 

11 Provided, That the Secretary shall collect fees from bor12 rowers, notwithstanding subsection (m) of such section 

13 108, to result in a credit subsidy cost of zero for guaran14 teeing such loans, and any such fees shall be collected in 

15 accordance with section 502(7) of the Congressional 

16 Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That such commit17 ment authority funded by fees may be used to guarantee, 

18 or make commitments to guarantee, notes or other obliga19 tions issued by any State on behalf of non-entitlement 

20 communities in the State in accordance with the require21 ments of such section 108: Provided further, That any 

22 State receiving such a guarantee or commitment under the 

23 preceding proviso shall distribute all funds subject to such 

24 guarantee to the units of general local government in non25 entitlement areas that received the commitment. 
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1 HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM

2 For the HOME investment partnerships program, as 

3 authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na4 tional Affordable Housing Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 

5 12721 et seq.), $1,425,000,000, to remain available until 

6 September 30, 2028: Provided, That the threshold reduc7 tion requirements in sections 216(10) and 217(b)(4) of 

8 such Act (42 U.S.C. 12746(10), 12747(b)(4)) shall not 

9 apply to the funds made available under this heading: Pro10 vided further, That notwithstanding section 231(b) of such 

11 Act (42 U.S.C. 12771(b)), all unobligated balances re12 maining from amounts recaptured pursuant to such sec13 tion that remain available until expended shall be com14 bined with amounts made available under this heading and 

15 allocated in accordance with the formula under section 

16 217(b)(1)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12747(b)(1)(A)): 

17 Provided further, That the Department shall notify grant18 ees of their formula allocations within 60 days after enact19 ment of this Act: Provided further, That section 218(g) 

20 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12748(g)) shall not apply with re21 spect to the right of a jurisdiction to draw funds from 

22 its HOME Investment Trust Fund that otherwise expired 

23 or would expire in any calendar year from 2019 through 

24 2027 under that section: Provided further, That section 

25 231(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12771(b)) shall not apply 
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1 to any uninvested funds that otherwise were deducted or 

2 would be deducted from the line of credit in the partici3 pating jurisdiction’s HOME Investment Trust Fund in 

4 any calendar year from 2019 through 2027 under that 

5 section. 

6 PRESERVATION AND REINVESTMENT INITIATIVE FOR

7 COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT

8 For competitive grants to preserve and revitalize 

9 manufactured housing and eligible manufactured housing 

10 communities (including pre-1976 mobile homes) under 

11 title I of the Housing and Community Development Act 

12 of 1974, as amended (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), 

13 $10,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

14 2029: Provided, That recipients of grants provided with 

15 amounts made available under this heading shall be 

16 States, units of general local government, resident-owned 

17 manufactured housing communities, cooperatives, non18 profit entities including consortia of nonprofit entities, 

19 community development financial institutions, Indian 

20 Tribes (as such term is defined in section 4 of the Native 

21 American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act 

22 of 1996 (NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4103)), or other entities 

23 approved by the Secretary: Provided further, That the Sec24 retary shall reserve an amount for Indian Tribes within 

25 such competition: Provided further, That the Secretary 
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1 may approve entities for selection that partner with one 

2 or several residents of such eligible communities or that 

3 propose to implement a grant program that would assist 

4 residents of such eligible communities: Provided further, 

5 That eligible uses of such grants may include infrastruc6 ture, planning, resident and community services (including 

7 relocation assistance and eviction prevention), resiliency 

8 activities, and providing other assistance to residents or 

9 owners of manufactured homes, which may include pro10 viding assistance for manufactured housing land and site 

11 acquisition: Provided further, That, except as determined 

12 by the Secretary, participation in this program shall not 

13 encumber the future transfer of title or use of property 

14 by the residents, owners, or communities: Provided further, 

15 That when selecting recipients, the Secretary shall 

16 prioritize applications that primarily benefit low- or mod17 erately low-income residents and preserve long-term hous18 ing affordability for residents of manufactured housing or 

19 a manufactured housing community: Provided further, 

20 That eligible manufactured housing communities may in21 clude those that are— 

22 (1) owned by the residents of the manufactured 

23 housing community through a resident-controlled en24 tity, as defined by the Secretary; or 
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1 (2) determined by the Secretary to be subject to 

2 binding agreements that will preserve the community 

3 and maintain affordability on a long-term basis: 

4 Provided further, That resiliency activities means the re5 construction, repair, or replacement of manufactured 

6 housing and manufactured housing communities to pro7 tect the health and safety of manufactured housing resi8 dents and to address weatherization and energy efficiency 

9 needs, except that for pre-1976 mobile homes, funds made 

10 available under this heading may be used only for replace11 ment: Provided further, That the Secretary may waive or 

12 specify alternative requirements for any provision of any 

13 statute or regulation that the Secretary administers in 

14 connection with the use of amounts made available under 

15 this heading (except for requirements related to fair hous16 ing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the environ17 ment), upon a finding that such waiver or alternative re18 quirement is necessary to facilitate the use of such 

19 amounts. 

20 SELF-HELP AND ASSISTED HOMEOWNERSHIP

21 OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM

22 For the self-help and assisted homeownership oppor23 tunity program, as authorized under section 11 of the 

24 Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996 (42 

25 U.S.C. 12805 note), and for related activities and assist-
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1 ance, $70,000,000, to remain available until September 

2 30, 2027: Provided, That of the sums appropriated under 

3 this heading— 

4 (1) $13,000,000 shall be available for the self5 help homeownership opportunity program as author6 ized under such section 11; 

7 (2) $47,000,000 shall be available for the sec8 ond, third, and fourth capacity building entities 

9 specified in section 4(a) of the HUD Demonstration 

10 Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816 note), of which not 

11 less than $5,000,000 shall be for rural capacity 

12 building activities: Provided, That for purposes of 

13 awarding grants from amounts made available in 

14 this paragraph, the Secretary may enter into 

15 multiyear agreements, as appropriate, subject to the 

16 availability of annual appropriations; and 

17 (3) $10,000,000 shall be available for capacity 

18 building by national rural housing organizations hav19 ing experience assessing national rural conditions 

20 and providing financing, training, technical assist21 ance, information, and research to local nonprofit or22 ganizations, local governments, and Indian Tribes 

23 serving high need rural communities. 
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1 HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS

2 For assistance under title IV of the McKinney-Vento 

3 Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360 et seq.), and 

4 for related activities and assistance, $4,319,000,000, to 

5 remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided, 

6 That of the sums appropriated under this heading— 

7 (1) $290,000,000 shall be available for the 

8 emergency solutions grants program authorized 

9 under subtitle B of such title IV (42 U.S.C. 11371 

10 et seq.): Provided, That the Department shall notify 

11 grantees of their formula allocation from amounts 

12 allocated (which may represent initial or final 

13 amounts allocated) for the emergency solutions 

14 grant program not later than 60 days after enact15 ment of this Act; 

16 (2) $3,688,000,000 shall be available for the 

17 continuum of care program authorized under sub18 title C of such title IV (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) 

19 and the rural housing stability assistance programs 

20 authorized under subtitle D of such title IV (42 

21 U.S.C. 11408): Provided, That the Secretary shall 

22 prioritize funding under the continuum of care pro23 gram to continuums of care that have demonstrated 

24 a capacity to reallocate funding from lower per25 forming projects to higher performing projects: Pro-
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1 vided further, That the Secretary may make reason2 able adjustments to renewal amounts to enable re3 newal projects to operate at substantially the same 

4 levels, including cost-of-living adjustments for sup5 portive services from the prior grant: Provided fur6 ther, That the Secretary shall provide incentives to 

7 create projects that coordinate with housing pro8 viders and healthcare organizations to provide per9 manent supportive housing and rapid re-housing 

10 services: Provided further, That the Secretary may 

11 establish by notice an alternative maximum amount 

12 for administrative costs related to the requirements 

13 described in sections 402(f)(1) and 402(f)(2) of sub14 title A of such title IV of no more than 5 percent 

15 or $50,000, whichever is greater, notwithstanding 

16 the 3 percent limitation in section 423(a)(10) of 

17 such subtitle C: Provided further, That of the 

18 amounts made available for the continuum of care 

19 program under this paragraph, $25,000,000 shall be 

20 for additional non-renewable grants for activities 

21 that, as determined by the Secretary, improve co22 ordination and establish partnerships between or 

23 among housing providers, homeless services pro24 viders, healthcare organizations, and government en25 tities to address housing-related supportive services 
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1 needs or improve access to health services for chron2 ically homeless individuals and other homeless indi3 viduals: Provided further, That amounts in the pre4 ceding proviso may be awarded only to applicants 

5 that identify significant available resources that 

6 could be leveraged to assist people transitioning 

7 from homelessness to permanent community-based 

8 housing: Provided further, That of the amounts 

9 made available for the continuum of care program 

10 under this paragraph, $52,000,000 shall be for 

11 grants for new rapid re-housing projects and sup12 portive service projects providing coordinated entry, 

13 and for eligible activities that the Secretary deter14 mines to be critical in order to assist survivors of do15 mestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 

16 stalking, except that the Secretary may make addi17 tional grants for such projects and purposes from 

18 amounts made available for such continuum of care 

19 program: Provided further, That amounts made 

20 available for the continuum of care program under 

21 this paragraph and any remaining unobligated bal22 ances under this heading in prior Acts may be used 

23 to competitively or non-competitively renew or re24 place grants for youth homeless demonstration 

25 projects under the continuum of care program, not-
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1 withstanding any conflict with the requirements of 

2 the continuum of care program; 

3 (3) $10,000,000 shall be available for the na4 tional homeless data analysis project: Provided, That 

5 notwithstanding the provisions of the Federal Grant 

6 and Cooperative Agreements Act of 1977 (31 U.S.C. 

7 6301–6308), the amounts made available under this 

8 paragraph and any remaining unobligated balances 

9 under this heading for such purposes in prior Acts 

10 may be used by the Secretary to enter into coopera11 tive agreements with such entities as may be deter12 mined by the Secretary, including public and private 

13 organizations, agencies, and institutions; 

14 (4) $107,000,000 shall be available to imple15 ment projects to demonstrate how a comprehensive 

16 approach to serving homeless youth, age 24 and 

17 under, in up to 25 communities with a priority for 

18 communities with substantial rural populations in up 

19 to eight locations, can dramatically reduce youth 

20 homelessness: Provided, That of the amount made 

21 available under this paragraph, up to $25,000,000 

22 may be for youth homelessness system improvement 

23 grants to support communities, including but not 

24 limited to the communities assisted under the matter 

25 preceding this proviso, in establishing and imple-
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1 menting a response system for youth homelessness, 

2 or for improving their existing system: Provided fur3 ther, That of the amount made available under this 

4 paragraph, up to $10,000,000 shall be to provide 

5 technical assistance to communities, including but 

6 not limited to the communities assisted in the pre7 ceding proviso and the matter preceding such pro8 viso, on improving system responses to youth home9 lessness, and collection, analysis, use, and reporting 

10 of data and performance measures under the com11 prehensive approaches to serve homeless youth, in 

12 addition to and in coordination with other technical 

13 assistance funds provided under this title: Provided 

14 further, That the Secretary may use up to 10 per15 cent of the amount made available under the pre16 ceding proviso to build the capacity of current tech17 nical assistance providers or to train new technical 

18 assistance providers with verifiable prior experience 

19 with systems and programs for youth experiencing 

20 homelessness; and 

21 (5) $100,000,000 shall be available for one-time 

22 awards under the continuum of care program for 

23 new construction, acquisition, or rehabilitation of 

24 new permanent supportive housing, of which not 

25 more than 20 percent of such awards may be used 
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1 for other continuum of care eligible activities associ2 ated with such projects and not more than 10 per3 cent of such awards may be used for project admin4 istration: Provided, That these amounts shall be 

5 awarded on a competitive basis, based on need and 

6 other factors to be determined by the Secretary, in7 cluding incentives to establish projects that coordi8 nate with housing providers, healthcare organiza9 tions and social service providers: Provided further, 

10 That not less than $35,000,000 shall be awarded to 

11 applicants for projects within States with popu12 lations less than 2,500,000, except that if such 

13 amount is undersubscribed any remaining amounts 

14 may be awarded to qualified applicants for projects 

15 in any State: Provided further, That the grants for 

16 ongoing costs associated with such projects shall be 

17 eligible for renewal under the continuum of care pro18 gram subject to the same terms and conditions as 

19 other renewal applicants: 

20 Provided further, That youth aged 24 and under seeking 

21 assistance under this heading shall not be required to pro22 vide third party documentation to establish their eligibility 

23 under subsection (a) or (b) of section 103 of the McKin24 ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302) to 

25 receive services: Provided further, That unaccompanied 
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1 youth aged 24 and under or families headed by youth aged 

2 24 and under who are living in unsafe situations may be 

3 served by youth-serving providers funded under this head4 ing: Provided further, That persons eligible under section 

5 103(a)(5) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 

6 Act may be served by any project funded under this head7 ing to provide both transitional housing and rapid re-hous8 ing: Provided further, That for all matching funds require9 ments applicable to funds made available under this head10 ing for this fiscal year and prior fiscal years, a grantee 

11 may use (or could have used) as a source of match funds 

12 other funds administered by the Secretary and other Fed13 eral agencies unless there is (or was) a specific statutory 

14 prohibition on any such use of any such funds: Provided 

15 further, That none of the funds made available under this 

16 heading shall be available to provide funding for new 

17 projects, except for projects created through reallocation, 

18 unless the Secretary determines that the continuum of 

19 care has demonstrated that projects are evaluated and 

20 ranked based on the degree to which they improve the con21 tinuum of care’s system performance: Provided further, 

22 That any unobligated amounts remaining from funds 

23 made available under this heading in fiscal year 2012 and 

24 prior years for project-based rental assistance for rehabili25 tation projects with 10-year grant terms may be used for 
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1 purposes under this heading, notwithstanding the pur2 poses for which such funds were appropriated: Provided 

3 further, That unobligated balances, including recaptures 

4 and carryover, remaining from funds transferred to or ap5 propriated under this heading in fiscal year 2019 or prior 

6 years, except for rental assistance amounts that were re7 captured and made available until expended, shall be avail8 able for the current purposes authorized under this head9 ing in addition to the purposes for which such funds origi10 nally were appropriated. 

11 HOUSING PROGRAMS

12 PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE

13 For activities and assistance for the provision of 

14 project-based subsidy contracts under the United States 

15 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (‘‘the 

16 Act’’), not otherwise provided for, $16,254,000,000, to re17 main available until expended, shall be available on Octo18 ber 1, 2024 (in addition to the $400,000,000 previously 

19 appropriated under this heading that became available Oc20 tober 1, 2024), of which $3,000,000,000 is designated by 

21 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur22 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 

23 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and 

24 $400,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

25 available on October 1, 2025: Provided, That the amounts 
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1 made available under this heading shall be available for 

2 expiring or terminating section 8 project-based subsidy 

3 contracts (including section 8 moderate rehabilitation con4 tracts), for amendments to section 8 project-based subsidy 

5 contracts (including section 8 moderate rehabilitation con6 tracts), for contracts entered into pursuant to section 441 

7 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 

8 U.S.C. 11401), for renewal of section 8 contracts for units 

9 in projects that are subject to approved plans of action 

10 under the Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation 

11 Act of 1987 or the Low-Income Housing Preservation and 

12 Resident Homeownership Act of 1990, and for administra13 tive and other expenses associated with project-based ac14 tivities and assistance funded under this heading: Provided 

15 further, That of the total amounts provided under this 

16 heading, not to exceed $492,000,000 shall be available for 

17 performance-based contract administrators for section 8 

18 project-based assistance, for carrying out 42 U.S.C. 

19 1437(f): Provided further, That the Secretary may also use 

20 such amounts in the preceding proviso for performance21 based contract administrators for the administration of: 

22 interest reduction payments pursuant to section 236(a) of 

23 the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1(a)); rent 

24 supplement payments pursuant to section 101 of the 

25 Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 
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1 1701s); section 236(f)(2) rental assistance payments (12 

2 U.S.C. 1715z–1(f)(2)); project rental assistance contracts 

3 for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act 

4 of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); project rental assistance con5 tracts for supportive housing for persons with disabilities 

6 under section 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na7 tional Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013(d)(2)); 

8 project assistance contracts pursuant to section 202(h) of 

9 the Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 

10 667); and loans under section 202 of the Housing Act of 

11 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667): Provided fur12 ther, That amounts recaptured under this heading, the 

13 heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing’’, or 

14 the heading ‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’, may be used for 

15 renewals of or amendments to section 8 project-based con16 tracts or for performance-based contract administrators, 

17 notwithstanding the purposes for which such amounts 

18 were appropriated: Provided further, That, notwith19 standing any other provision of law, upon the request of 

20 the Secretary, project funds that are held in residual re21 ceipts accounts for any project subject to a section 8 

22 project-based housing assistance payments contract that 

23 authorizes the Department or a housing finance agency 

24 to require that surplus project funds be deposited in an 

25 interest-bearing residual receipts account and that are in 
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1 excess of an amount to be determined by the Secretary, 

2 shall be remitted to the Department and deposited in this 

3 account, to be available until expended: Provided further, 

4 That amounts deposited pursuant to the preceding proviso 

5 shall be available in addition to the amount otherwise pro6 vided by this heading for uses authorized under this head7 ing: Provided further, That of the total amounts provided 

8 under this heading, not less than $10,000,000 shall be 

9 available for rent adjustments as authorized by section 

10 515(d) of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and 

11 Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note): Pro12 vided further, That any additional rent adjustments or 

13 supplemental contract funding authorized under the pre14 ceding proviso shall be combined with other amounts obli15 gated to such contracts and the combined total amount 

16 shall be available for all purposes under such contracts: 

17 Provided further, That of the total amounts provided 

18 under this heading, not to exceed $25,000,000 shall be 

19 available for the cost of direct loans as authorized by sec20 tion 240 of this title: Provided further, That such cost, 

21 including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de22 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

23 1974. 
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1 HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY

2 For capital advances, including amendments to cap3 ital advance contracts, for housing for the elderly, as au4 thorized by section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 

5 U.S.C. 1701q), for project rental assistance for the elderly 

6 under section 202(c)(2) of such Act, including amend7 ments to contracts for such assistance and renewal of ex8 piring contracts for such assistance for up to a 5-year 

9 term, for senior preservation rental assistance contracts, 

10 including renewals, as authorized by section 811(e) of the 

11 American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act 

12 of 2000 (12 U.S.C. 1701q note), for supportive services 

13 associated with the housing, and for administrative and 

14 other expenses associated with assistance under this head15 ing, $1,046,400,000 to remain available until September 

16 30, 2028: Provided, That of the amount made available 

17 under this heading, up to $115,000,000 shall be for serv18 ice coordinators and the continuation of existing con19 gregate service grants for residents of assisted housing 

20 projects: Provided further, That any funding for existing 

21 service coordinators under the preceding proviso shall be 

22 provided within 120 days of enactment of this Act: Pro23 vided further, That the Secretary may waive the provisions 

24 of section 202 governing the terms and conditions of 

25 project rental assistance, except that the initial contract 
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1 term for such assistance shall not exceed 5 years in dura2 tion: Provided further, That upon request of the Secretary, 

3 project funds that are held in residual receipts accounts 

4 for any project subject to a section 202 project rental as5 sistance contract, and that upon termination of such con6 tract are in excess of an amount to be determined by the 

7 Secretary, shall be remitted to the Department and depos8 ited in this account, to remain available until September 

9 30, 2028: Provided further, That amounts deposited in 

10 this account pursuant to the preceding proviso shall be 

11 available, in addition to the amounts otherwise provided 

12 by this heading, for the purposes authorized under this 

13 heading: Provided further, That unobligated balances, in14 cluding recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds 

15 transferred to or appropriated under this heading shall be 

16 available for the current purposes authorized under this 

17 heading in addition to the purposes for which such funds 

18 originally were appropriated. 

19 HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

20 For capital advances, including amendments to cap21 ital advance contracts, for supportive housing for persons 

22 with disabilities, as authorized by section 811 of the Cran23 ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 

24 U.S.C. 8013), for project rental assistance for supportive 

25 housing for persons with disabilities under section 
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1 811(d)(2) of such Act, for project assistance contracts 

2 pursuant to subsection (h) of section 202 of the Housing 

3 Act of 1959, as added by section 205(a) of the Housing 

4 and Community Development Amendments of 1978 (Pub5 lic Law 95–557: 92 Stat. 2090), including amendments 

6 to contracts for such assistance and renewal of expiring 

7 contracts for such assistance for up to a 5-year term, for 

8 project rental assistance to State housing finance agencies 

9 and other appropriate entities as authorized under section 

10 811(b)(3) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 

11 Housing Act, for supportive services associated with the 

12 housing for persons with disabilities as authorized by sec13 tion 811(b)(1) of such Act, and for administrative and 

14 other expenses associated with assistance funded under 

15 this heading, $256,700,000, to remain available until Sep16 tember 30, 2028: Provided, That, upon the request of the 

17 Secretary, project funds that are held in residual receipts 

18 accounts for any project subject to a section 811 project 

19 rental assistance contract, and that upon termination of 

20 such contract are in excess of an amount to be determined 

21 by the Secretary, shall be remitted to the Department and 

22 deposited in this account, to remain available until Sep23 tember 30, 2028: Provided further, That amounts depos24 ited in this account pursuant to the preceding proviso shall 

25 be available in addition to the amounts otherwise provided 
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1 by this heading for the purposes authorized under this 

2 heading: Provided further, That unobligated balances, in3 cluding recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds 

4 transferred to or appropriated under this heading shall be 

5 used for the current purposes authorized under this head6 ing in addition to the purposes for which such funds origi7 nally were appropriated. 

8 HOUSING COUNSELING ASSISTANCE

9 For contracts, grants, and other assistance excluding 

10 loans, as authorized under section 106 of the Housing and 

11 Urban Development Act of 1968, as amended, 

12 $57,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 

13 2026, including up to $4,500,000 for administrative con14 tract services: Provided, That funds shall be used for pro15 viding counseling and advice to tenants and homeowners, 

16 both current and prospective, with respect to property 

17 maintenance, financial management or literacy, and such 

18 other matters as may be appropriate to assist them in im19 proving their housing conditions, meeting their financial 

20 needs, and fulfilling the responsibilities of tenancy or 

21 homeownership; for program administration; and for hous22 ing counselor training: Provided further, That for purposes 

23 of awarding grants from amounts provided under this 

24 heading, the Secretary may enter into multiyear agree-
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1 ments, as appropriate, subject to the availability of annual 

2 appropriations. 

3 PAYMENT TO MANUFACTURED HOUSING FEES TRUST

4 FUND

5 For necessary expenses as authorized by the National 

6 Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Stand7 ards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), up to 

8 $14,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 

9 $14,000,000 shall be derived from the Manufactured 

10 Housing Fees Trust Fund (established under section 

11 620(e) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5419(e)): Provided, That 

12 not to exceed the total amount appropriated under this 

13 heading shall be available from the general fund of the 

14 Treasury to the extent necessary to incur obligations and 

15 make expenditures pending the receipt of collections to the 

16 Fund pursuant to section 620 of such Act: Provided fur17 ther, That the amount made available under this heading 

18 from the general fund shall be reduced as such collections 

19 are received during fiscal year 2025 so as to result in a 

20 final fiscal year 2025 appropriation from the general fund 

21 estimated at zero, and fees pursuant to such section 620 

22 shall be modified as necessary to ensure such a final fiscal 

23 year 2025 appropriation: Provided further, That for the 

24 dispute resolution and installation programs, the Sec25 retary may assess and collect fees from any program par-
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1 ticipant: Provided further, That such collections shall be 

2 deposited into the Trust Fund, and the Secretary, as pro3 vided herein, may use such collections, as well as fees col4 lected under section 620 of such Act, for necessary ex5 penses of such Act: Provided further, That, notwith6 standing the requirements of section 620 of such Act, the 

7 Secretary may carry out responsibilities of the Secretary 

8 under such Act through the use of approved service pro9 viders that are paid directly by the recipients of their serv10 ices. 

11 FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION

12 MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

13 New commitments to guarantee single family loans 

14 insured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund shall 

15 not exceed $400,000,000,000, to remain available until 

16 September 30, 2026: Provided, That during fiscal year 

17 2025, obligations to make direct loans to carry out the 

18 purposes of section 204(g) of the National Housing Act, 

19 as amended, shall not exceed $1,000,000: Provided fur20 ther, That the foregoing amount in the preceding proviso 

21 shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities 

22 in connection with sales of single family real properties 

23 owned by the Secretary and formerly insured under the 

24 Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund: Provided further, That 

25 for administrative contract expenses of the Federal Hous-
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1 ing Administration, $155,000,000, to remain available 

2 until September 30, 2026: Provided further, That to the 

3 extent guaranteed loan commitments exceed 

4 $200,000,000,000 on or before April 1, 2025, an addi5 tional $1,400 for administrative contract expenses shall be 

6 available for each $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed 

7 loan commitments (including a pro rata amount for any 

8 amount below $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds 

9 made available by this proviso exceed $30,000,000: Pro10 vided further, That notwithstanding the limitation in the 

11 first sentence of section 255(g) of the National Housing 

12 Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–20(g)), during fiscal year 2025 the 

13 Secretary may insure and enter into new commitments to 

14 insure mortgages under section 255 of the National Hous15 ing Act only to the extent that the net credit subsidy cost 

16 for such insurance does not exceed zero. 

17 GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

18 New commitments to guarantee loans insured under 

19 the General and Special Risk Insurance Funds, as author20 ized by sections 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act 

21 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–3 and 1735c), shall not exceed 

22 $35,000,000,000 in total loan principal, any part of which 

23 is to be guaranteed, to remain available until September 

24 30, 2026: Provided, That during fiscal year 2025, gross 

25 obligations for the principal amount of direct loans, as au-
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1 thorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, and 519(a) of 

2 the National Housing Act, shall not exceed $1,000,000, 

3 which shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental en4 tities in connection with the sale of single family real prop5 erties owned by the Secretary and formerly insured under 

6 such Act. 

7 GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION

8 GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES LOAN

9 GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

10 New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out 

11 the purposes of section 306 of the National Housing Act, 

12 as amended (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)), shall not exceed 

13 $550,000,000,000, to remain available until September 

14 30, 2026: Provided, That $67,000,000, to remain avail15 able until September 30, 2026, shall be for necessary sala16 ries and expenses of the Government National Mortgage 

17 Association: Provided further, That to the extent that 

18 guaranteed loan commitments exceed $155,000,000,000 

19 on or before April 1, 2025, an additional $100 for nec20 essary salaries and expenses shall be available until ex21 pended for each $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed loan 

22 commitments (including a pro rata amount for any 

23 amount below $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds 

24 made available by this proviso exceed $3,000,000: Pro25 vided further, That receipts from Commitment and 
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1 Multiclass fees collected pursuant to title III of the Na2 tional Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1716 et seq.) shall be cred3 ited as offsetting collections to this account. 

4 POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH

5 RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

6 For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of pro7 grams of research and studies relating to housing and 

8 urban problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized 

9 by title V of the Housing and Urban Development Act 

10 of 1970 (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 et seq.), including carrying 

11 out the functions of the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

12 Development under section 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization 

13 Plan No. 2 of 1968, and for technical assistance, 

14 $129,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 

15 2026: Provided, That with respect to amounts made avail16 able under this heading, notwithstanding section 203 of 

17 this title, the Secretary may enter into cooperative agree18 ments with philanthropic entities, other Federal agencies, 

19 State or local governments and their agencies, Indian 

20 Tribes, Tribally designated housing entities, colleges or 

21 universities, or international organizations for research 

22 projects: Provided further, That with respect to the pre23 ceding proviso, such partners to the cooperative agree24 ments shall contribute at least a 50 percent match toward 

25 the cost of the project: Provided further, That for non- 
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1 competitive agreements entered into in accordance with 

2 the preceding two provisos, the Secretary shall comply 

3 with section 2(b) of the Federal Funding Accountability 

4 and Transparency Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–282; 31 

5 U.S.C. note) in lieu of compliance with section 

6 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and Urban 

7 Development Reform Act of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 

8 3545(a)(4)(C)) with respect to documentation of award 

9 decisions: Provided further, That prior to obligation of 

10 technical assistance funding, the Secretary shall submit a 

11 plan to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria12 tions on how the Secretary will allocate funding for this 

13 activity at least 30 days prior to obligation: Provided fur14 ther, That none of the funds provided under this heading 

15 may be available for the doctoral dissertation research 

16 grant program: Provided further, That an additional 

17 $20,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

18 2027, shall be for competitive grants to nonprofit or gov19 ernmental entities to provide legal assistance (including 

20 assistance related to pretrial activities, trial activities, 

21 post-trial activities and alternative dispute resolution) at 

22 no cost to eligible low-income tenants at risk of or subject 

23 to eviction: Provided further, That in awarding grants 

24 under the preceding proviso, the Secretary shall give pref25 erence to applicants that include a marketing strategy for 
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1 residents of areas with high rates of eviction, have experi2 ence providing no-cost legal assistance to low-income indi3 viduals, including those with limited English proficiency 

4 or disabilities, and have sufficient capacity to administer 

5 such assistance: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 

6 ensure, to the extent practicable, that the proportion of 

7 eligible tenants living in rural areas who will receive legal 

8 assistance with grant funds made available under this 

9 heading is not less than the overall proportion of eligible 

10 tenants who live in rural areas. 

11 FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

12 FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES

13 For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not oth14 erwise provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil 

15 Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.), and section 

16 561 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 

17 1987 (42 U.S.C. 3616a), $86,400,000, to remain available 

18 until September 30, 2026: Provided, That notwithstanding 

19 section 3302 of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary 

20 may assess and collect fees to cover the costs of the Fair 

21 Housing Training Academy, and may use such funds to 

22 develop online courses and provide such training: Provided 

23 further, That none of the funds made available under this 

24 heading may be used to lobby the executive or legislative 

25 branches of the Federal Government in connection with 
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1 a specific contract, grant, or loan: Provided further, That 

2 of the funds made available under this heading, 

3 $1,000,000 may be available to the Secretary for the cre4 ation and promotion of translated materials and other pro5 grams that support the assistance of persons with limited 

6 English proficiency in utilizing the services provided by 

7 the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 

8 OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL AND HEALTHY

9 HOMES

10 LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 For the lead hazard reduction program, as authorized 

13 by section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Haz14 ard Reduction Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4852), the healthy 

15 homes initiative, pursuant to sections 501 and 502 of the 

16 Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 (12 U.S.C. 

17 1701z–1 and 1701z–2), and for related activities and as18 sistance, $345,000,000, to remain available until Sep19 tember 30, 2027: Provided, That the amounts made avail20 able under this heading are provided as follows: 

21 (1) $200,000,000 shall be for the award of 

22 grants pursuant to such section 1011, of which not 

23 less than $105,000,000 shall be provided to areas 

24 with the highest lead-based paint abatement need; 
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1 (2) $142,000,000 shall be for the healthy 

2 homes initiative, pursuant to sections 501 and 502 

3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 

4 1970, which shall include research, studies, testing, 

5 and demonstration efforts, including education and 

6 outreach concerning lead-based paint poisoning and 

7 other housing-related diseases and hazards, and 

8 mitigating housing-related health and safety hazards 

9 in housing of low-income families: Provided, That 

10 $40,000,000 of such amount shall be for grants to 

11 experienced non-profit organizations, States, local 

12 governments, or public housing agencies for safety 

13 and functional home modification repairs and ren14 ovations to meet the needs of low-income seniors to 

15 enable them to remain in their primary residence, of 

16 which no less than $13,000,000 shall be available to 

17 meet such needs in communities with substantial 

18 rural populations: Provided further, That for funds 

19 made available for such grants in the preceding pro20 viso or under this heading or the heading ‘‘Housing 

21 for the Elderly’’ in prior Acts, all eligible activities, 

22 except those that would alter the existing footprint 

23 of a structure or improvement in a floodplain or a 

24 wetland, are exempt from environmental review and 

25 not subject to the Federal laws and authorities cited 
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1 in section 58.5 of title 24, Code of Federal Regula2 tions; 

3 (3) $3,000,000 shall be for the award of grants 

4 and contracts for research pursuant to sections 1051 

5 and 1052 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Haz6 ard Reduction Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4854, 

7 4854a); and 

8 (4) up to $2,000,000 in total of the amounts 

9 made available under paragraphs (2) and (3) may be 

10 transferred to the heading ‘‘Research and Tech11 nology’’ for the purposes of conducting research and 

12 studies and for use in accordance with the provisos 

13 under that heading for non-competitive agreements: 

14 Provided further, That for purposes of environmental re15 view, pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act 

16 of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and other provisions of 

17 law that further the purposes of such Act, a grant under 

18 the healthy homes initiative, or the lead technical studies 

19 program, or other demonstrations or programs under this 

20 heading or under prior appropriations Acts for such pur21 poses under this heading, or under the heading ‘‘Housing 

22 for the Elderly’’ under prior Appropriations Acts, shall be 

23 considered to be funds for a special project for purposes 

24 of section 305(c) of the Multifamily Housing Property 

25 Disposition Reform Act of 1994: Provided further, That 
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1 each applicant for a grant or cooperative agreement under 

2 this heading shall certify adequate capacity that is accept3 able to the Secretary to carry out the proposed use of 

4 funds pursuant to a notice of funding opportunity: Pro5 vided further, That amounts made available under this 

6 heading, in this or prior appropriations Acts, still remain7 ing available, may be used for any purpose under this 

8 heading notwithstanding the purpose for which such 

9 amounts were appropriated if a program competition is 

10 undersubscribed and there are other program competitions 

11 under this heading that are oversubscribed. 

12 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

13 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

14 Inspector General in carrying out the Inspector General 

15 Act of 1978, as amended, $160,000,000: Provided, That 

16 the Inspector General shall have independent authority 

17 over all personnel issues within this office. 

18 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

19 URBAN DEVELOPMENT

20 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 SEC. 201. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget au23 thority, or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts 

24 associated with such budget authority, that are recaptured 

25 from projects described in section 1012(a) of the Stewart 
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1 B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 

2 1988 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) shall be rescinded or in the 

3 case of cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such 

4 amounts of budget authority or cash recaptured and not 

5 rescinded or remitted to the Treasury shall be used by 

6 State housing finance agencies or local governments or 

7 local housing agencies with projects approved by the Sec8 retary of Housing and Urban Development for which set9 tlement occurred after January 1, 1992, in accordance 

10 with such section. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, 

11 the Secretary may award up to 15 percent of the budget 

12 authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted 

13 to the Treasury to provide project owners with incentives 

14 to refinance their project at a lower interest rate. 

15 SEC. 202. None of the funds made available by this 

16 Act may be used to investigate or prosecute under the Fair 

17 Housing Act any otherwise lawful activity engaged in by 

18 one or more persons, including the filing or maintaining 

19 of a nonfrivolous legal action, that is engaged in solely 

20 for the purpose of achieving or preventing action by a Gov21 ernment official or entity, or a court of competent jurisdic22 tion. 

23 SEC. 203. Except as explicitly provided in law, any 

24 grant, cooperative agreement or other assistance made 

25 pursuant to title II of this Act shall be made on a competi-
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1 tive basis and in accordance with section 102 of the De2 partment of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act 

3 of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 3545). 

4 SEC. 204. Funds of the Department of Housing and 

5 Urban Development subject to the Government Corpora6 tion Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of 

7 1950 shall be available, without regard to the limitations 

8 on administrative expenses, for legal services on a contract 

9 or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment for 

10 services and facilities of the Federal National Mortgage 

11 Association, Government National Mortgage Association, 

12 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Fi13 nancing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or any member 

14 thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, and any insured bank 

15 within the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance Cor16 poration Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811–1). 

17 SEC. 205. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act 

18 or through a reprogramming of funds, no part of any ap19 propriation for the Department of Housing and Urban 

20 Development shall be available for any program, project 

21 or activity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget 

22 estimates submitted to Congress. 

23 SEC. 206. Corporations and agencies of the Depart24 ment of Housing and Urban Development which are sub25 ject to the Government Corporation Control Act are here-
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1 by authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits 

2 of funds and borrowing authority available to each such 

3 corporation or agency and in accordance with law, and to 

4 make such contracts and commitments without regard to 

5 fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of such 

6 Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set 

7 forth in the budget for 2025 for such corporation or agen8 cy except as hereinafter provided: Provided, That collec9 tions of these corporations and agencies may be used for 

10 new loan or mortgage purchase commitments only to the 

11 extent expressly provided for in this Act (unless such loans 

12 are in support of other forms of assistance provided for 

13 in this or prior appropriations Acts), except that this pro14 viso shall not apply to the mortgage insurance or guaranty 

15 operations of these corporations, or where loans or mort16 gage purchases are necessary to protect the financial in17 terest of the United States Government. 

18 SEC. 207. The Secretary shall provide quarterly re19 ports to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria20 tions regarding all uncommitted, unobligated, recaptured 

21 and excess funds in each program and activity within the 

22 jurisdiction of the Department and shall submit addi23 tional, updated budget information to these Committees 

24 upon request. 
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1 SEC. 208. None of the funds made available by this 

2 title may be used for an audit of the Government National 

3 Mortgage Association that makes applicable requirements 

4 under the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 

5 661 et seq.). 

6 SEC. 209. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

7 of law, subject to the conditions listed under this section, 

8 for fiscal years 2025 and 2026, the Secretary of Housing 

9 and Urban Development may authorize the transfer of 

10 some or all project-based assistance, debt held or insured 

11 by the Secretary and statutorily required low-income and 

12 very low-income use restrictions if any, associated with one 

13 or more multifamily housing project or projects to another 

14 multifamily housing project or projects. 

15 (b) PHASED TRANSFERS.—Transfers of project16 based assistance under this section may be done in phases 

17 to accommodate the financing and other requirements re18 lated to rehabilitating or constructing the project or 

19 projects to which the assistance is transferred, to ensure 

20 that such project or projects meet the standards under 

21 subsection (c). 

22 (c) The transfer authorized in subsection (a) is sub23 ject to the following conditions: 

24 (1) NUMBER AND BEDROOM SIZE OF UNITS.— 
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1 (A) For occupied units in the transferring 

2 project: The number of low-income and very 

3 low-income units and the configuration (i.e., 

4 bedroom size) provided by the transferring 

5 project shall be no less than when transferred 

6 to the receiving project or projects and the net 

7 dollar amount of Federal assistance provided to 

8 the transferring project shall remain the same 

9 in the receiving project or projects. The Sec10 retary, upon determination of good cause, in11 cluding a determination that there will be no 

12 loss of assistance to currently assisted house13 holds, may authorize a different number of such 

14 units or a change in such configuration, or 

15 both, at the receiving project or projects in the 

16 event there is a transfer of use restrictions 

17 without an associated transfer of project-based 

18 assistance to the receiving project. The Sec19 retary shall publish a notice in the Federal Reg20 ister for public comment containing the criteria 

21 for determinations of good cause no less than 

22 60 days before the effective date of such notice. 

23 (B) For unoccupied units in the transfer24 ring project: The Secretary may authorize a re25 duction in the number of dwelling units in the 
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1 receiving project or projects to allow for a re2 configuration of bedroom sizes to meet current 

3 market demands, as determined by the Sec4 retary and provided there is no increase in the 

5 project-based assistance budget authority. 

6 (2) The transferring project shall, as deter7 mined by the Secretary, be either physically obsolete 

8 or economically nonviable, or be reasonably expected 

9 to become economically nonviable when complying 

10 with State or Federal requirements for community 

11 integration and reduced concentration of individuals 

12 with disabilities. 

13 (3) The receiving project or projects shall meet 

14 or exceed applicable physical standards established 

15 by the Secretary. 

16 (4) The owner or mortgagor of the transferring 

17 project shall notify and consult with the tenants re18 siding in the transferring project and provide a cer19 tification of approval by all appropriate local govern20 mental officials. 

21 (5) The tenants of the transferring project who 

22 remain eligible for assistance to be provided by the 

23 receiving project or projects shall not be required to 

24 vacate their units in the transferring project or 
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1 projects until new units in the receiving project are 

2 available for occupancy. 

3 (6) The Secretary determines that this transfer 

4 is in the best interest of the tenants. 

5 (7) If either the transferring project or the re6 ceiving project or projects meets the condition speci7 fied in subsection (d)(2)(A), any lien on the receiv8 ing project resulting from additional financing ob9 tained by the owner shall be subordinate to any 

10 FHA-insured mortgage lien transferred to, or placed 

11 on, such project by the Secretary, except that the 

12 Secretary may waive this requirement upon deter13 mination that such a waiver is necessary to facilitate 

14 the financing of acquisition, construction, and/or re15 habilitation of the receiving project or projects. 

16 (8) If the transferring project meets the re17 quirements of subsection (d)(2), the owner or mort18 gagor of the receiving project or projects shall exe19 cute and record either a continuation of the existing 

20 use agreement or a new use agreement for the 

21 project where, in either case, any use restrictions in 

22 such agreement are of no lesser duration than the 

23 existing use restrictions. 

24 (9) The transfer does not increase the cost (as 

25 defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
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1 Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a)) of any FHA-insured 

2 mortgage, except to the extent that appropriations 

3 are provided in advance for the amount of any such 

4 increased cost. 

5 (d) For purposes of this section— 

6 (1) the terms ‘‘low-income’’ and ‘‘very low-in7 come’’ shall have the meanings provided by the stat8 ute and/or regulations governing the program under 

9 which the project is insured or assisted; 

10 (2) the term ‘‘multifamily housing project’’ 

11 means housing that meets one of the following con12 ditions— 

13 (A) housing that is subject to a mortgage 

14 insured under the National Housing Act; 

15 (B) housing that has project-based assist16 ance attached to the structure including 

17 projects undergoing mark to market debt re18 structuring under the Multifamily Assisted 

19 Housing Reform and Affordability Housing Act; 

20 (C) housing that is assisted under section 

21 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 

22 1701q); 

23 (D) housing that is assisted under section 

24 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 

25 1701q), as such section existed before the en-
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1 actment of the Cranston-Gonzales National Af2 fordable Housing Act; 

3 (E) housing that is assisted under section 

4 811 of the Cranston-Gonzales National Afford5 able Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013); or 

6 (F) housing or vacant land that is subject 

7 to a use agreement; 

8 (3) the term ‘‘project-based assistance’’ 

9 means— 

10 (A) assistance provided under section 8(b) 

11 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

12 U.S.C. 1437f(b)); 

13 (B) assistance for housing constructed or 

14 substantially rehabilitated pursuant to assist15 ance provided under section 8(b)(2) of such Act 

16 (as such section existed immediately before Oc17 tober 1, 1983); 

18 (C) rent supplement payments under sec19 tion 101 of the Housing and Urban Develop20 ment Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); 

21 (D) interest reduction payments under sec22 tion 236 and/or additional assistance payments 

23 under section 236(f)(2) of the National Hous24 ing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1); 
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1 (E) assistance payments made under sec2 tion 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 

3 U.S.C. 1701q(c)(2)); and 

4 (F) assistance payments made under sec5 tion 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na6 tional Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 

7 8013(d)(2)); 

8 (4) the term ‘‘receiving project or projects’’ 

9 means the multifamily housing project or projects to 

10 which some or all of the project-based assistance, 

11 debt, and statutorily required low-income and very 

12 low-income use restrictions are to be transferred; 

13 (5) the term ‘‘transferring project’’ means the 

14 multifamily housing project which is transferring 

15 some or all of the project-based assistance, debt, and 

16 the statutorily required low-income and very low-in17 come use restrictions to the receiving project or 

18 projects; and 

19 (6) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 

20 of Housing and Urban Development. 

21 (e) RESEARCH REPORT.—The Secretary shall con22 duct an evaluation of the transfer authority under this sec23 tion, including the effect of such transfers on the oper24 ational efficiency, contract rents, physical and financial 
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1 conditions, and long-term preservation of the affected 

2 properties. 

3 SEC. 210. No assistance shall be provided under sec4 tion 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

5 U.S.C. 1437f) to any individual who— 

6 (1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of 

7 higher education (as defined under section 102 of 

8 the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

9 1002)); 

10 (2) is under 24 years of age; 

11 (3) is not a veteran; 

12 (4) is unmarried; 

13 (5) does not have a dependent child; 

14 (6) is not a person with disabilities, as such 

15 term is defined in section 3(b)(3)(E) of the United 

16 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

17 1437a(b)(3)(E)) and was not receiving assistance 

18 under such section 8 as of November 30, 2005; 

19 (7) is not a youth who left foster care at age 

20 14 or older and is at risk of becoming homeless; and 

21 (8) is not otherwise individually eligible, or has 

22 parents who, individually or jointly, are not eligible, 

23 to receive assistance under section 8 of the United 

24 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f). 
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1 SEC. 211. The funds made available for Native Alas2 kans under paragraph (1) under the heading ‘‘Native 

3 American Programs’’ in title II of this Act shall be allo4 cated to the same Native Alaskan housing block grant re5 cipients that received funds in fiscal year 2005, and only 

6 such recipients shall be eligible to apply for funds made 

7 available under paragraph (2) of such heading. 

8 SEC. 212. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

9 law, in fiscal year 2025, in managing and disposing of any 

10 multifamily property that is owned or has a mortgage held 

11 by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and 

12 during the process of foreclosure on any property with a 

13 contract for rental assistance payments under section 8 

14 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

15 1437f) or any other Federal programs, the Secretary shall 

16 maintain any rental assistance payments under section 8 

17 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 and other pro18 grams that are attached to any dwelling units in the prop19 erty. To the extent the Secretary determines, in consulta20 tion with the tenants and the local government that such 

21 a multifamily property owned or having a mortgage held 

22 by the Secretary is not feasible for continued rental assist23 ance payments under such section 8 or other programs, 

24 based on consideration of (1) the costs of rehabilitating 

25 and operating the property and all available Federal, 
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1 State, and local resources, including rent adjustments 

2 under section 524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing 

3 Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (in this section 

4 ‘‘MAHRAA’’) (42 U.S.C. 1437f note), and (2) environ5 mental conditions that cannot be remedied in a cost-effec6 tive fashion, the Secretary may, in consultation with the 

7 tenants of that property, contract for project-based rental 

8 assistance payments with an owner or owners of other ex9 isting housing properties, or provide other rental assist10 ance. The Secretary shall also take appropriate steps to 

11 ensure that project-based contracts remain in effect prior 

12 to foreclosure, subject to the exercise of contractual abate13 ment remedies to assist relocation of tenants for imminent 

14 major threats to health and safety after written notice to 

15 and informed consent of the affected tenants and use of 

16 other available remedies, such as partial abatements or re17 ceivership. After disposition of any multifamily property 

18 described in this section, the contract and allowable rent 

19 levels on such properties shall be subject to the require20 ments under section 524 of MAHRAA. 

21 SEC. 213. Public housing agencies that own and oper22 ate 400 or fewer public housing units may elect to be ex23 empt from any asset management requirement imposed by 

24 the Secretary in connection with the operating fund rule: 

25 Provided, That an agency seeking a discontinuance of a 
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1 reduction of subsidy under the operating fund formula 

2 shall not be exempt from asset management requirements. 

3 SEC. 214. With respect to the use of amounts pro4 vided in this Act and in future Acts for the operation, cap5 ital improvement, and management of public housing as 

6 authorized by sections 9(d) and 9(e) of the United States 

7 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d), (e)), the Sec8 retary shall not impose any requirement or guideline relat9 ing to asset management that restricts or limits in any 

10 way the use of capital funds for central office costs pursu11 ant to paragraph (1) or (2) of section 9(g) of the United 

12 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(g)(1), (2)): 

13 Provided, That a public housing agency may not use cap14 ital funds authorized under section 9(d) for activities that 

15 are eligible under section 9(e) for assistance with amounts 

16 from the operating fund in excess of the amounts per17 mitted under paragraph (1) or (2) of section 9(g). 

18 SEC. 215. No official or employee of the Department 

19 of Housing and Urban Development shall be designated 

20 as an allotment holder unless the Office of the Chief Fi21 nancial Officer has determined that such allotment holder 

22 has implemented an adequate system of funds control and 

23 has received training in funds control procedures and di24 rectives. The Chief Financial Officer shall ensure that 

25 there is a trained allotment holder for each HUD appro-
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1 priation under the accounts ‘‘Executive Offices’’, ‘‘Admin2 istrative Support Offices’’, ‘‘Program Offices’’, ‘‘Govern3 ment National Mortgage Association—Guarantees of 

4 Mortgage-Backed Securities Loan Guarantee Program 

5 Account’’, and ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ within the 

6 Department of Housing and Urban Development. 

7 SEC. 216. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

8 law, for fiscal year 2025, the Secretary may make a notice 

9 of funding opportunity, and a notice of any funding deci10 sion, for any program or discretionary fund administered 

11 by the Secretary that is to be competitively awarded avail12 able only on the Internet at the appropriate Government 

13 website or through other electronic media, as determined 

14 by the Secretary. 

15 SEC. 217. Payment of attorney fees in program-re16 lated litigation shall be paid from the individual program 

17 office and Office of General Counsel salaries and expenses 

18 appropriations. 

19 SEC. 218. The Secretary is authorized to transfer up 

20 to 10 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, of funds 

21 appropriated for any office under the headings ‘‘Adminis22 trative Support Offices’’ or ‘‘Program Offices’’ to any 

23 other such office under such headings: Provided, That no 

24 appropriation for any such office under such headings 

25 shall be increased or decreased by more than 10 percent 
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1 or $5,000,000, whichever is less, without prior written ap2 proval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropria3 tions: Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide 

4 notification to such Committees 3 business days in ad5 vance of any such transfers under this section up to 10 

6 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less. 

7 SEC. 219. (a) Any entity receiving housing assistance 

8 payments shall maintain decent, safe, and sanitary condi9 tions, as determined by the Secretary, and comply with 

10 any standards under applicable State or local laws, rules, 

11 ordinances, or regulations relating to the physical condi12 tion of any property covered under a housing assistance 

13 payment contract. 

14 (b) The Secretary shall take action under subsection 

15 (c) when a multifamily housing project with a contract 

16 under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 

17 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) or a contract for similar project-based 

18 assistance— 

19 (1) receives a failing score under the uniform 

20 physical condition standards (UPCS) or successor 

21 standard; or 

22 (2) fails to certify in writing to the Secretary 

23 within 3 days that all exigent health and safety defi24 ciencies, or those deficiencies requiring correction 
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1 within 24 hours, identified by the inspector at the 

2 project have been corrected. 

3 Such requirements shall apply to insured and non4 insured projects with assistance attached to the units 

5 under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 

6 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), but shall not apply to such units as7 sisted under section 8(o)(13) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

8 1437f(o)(13)) or to public housing units assisted with cap9 ital or operating funds under section 9 of the United 

10 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g). 

11 (c)(1) Within 15 days of the issuance of the Real Es12 tate Assessment Center (‘‘REAC’’) inspection, the Sec13 retary shall provide the owner with a notice of default with 

14 a specified timetable, determined by the Secretary, for cor15 recting all deficiencies. The Secretary shall provide a copy 

16 of the notice of default to the tenants, the local govern17 ment, any mortgagees, and any contract administrator. If 

18 the owner’s appeal results in a passing score, the Sec19 retary may withdraw the notice of default. 

20 (2) At the end of the time period for correcting all 

21 deficiencies specified in the notice of default, if the owner 

22 fails to fully correct such deficiencies, the Secretary may— 

23 (A) require immediate replacement of project 

24 management with a management agent approved by 

25 the Secretary; 
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1 (B) impose civil money penalties, which shall be 

2 used solely for the purpose of supporting safe and 

3 sanitary conditions at applicable properties, as des4 ignated by the Secretary, with priority given to the 

5 tenants of the property affected by the penalty; 

6 (C) abate the section 8 contract, including par7 tial abatement, as determined by the Secretary, until 

8 all deficiencies have been corrected; 

9 (D) pursue transfer of the project to an owner, 

10 approved by the Secretary under established proce11 dures, who will be obligated to promptly make all re12 quired repairs and to accept renewal of the assist13 ance contract if such renewal is offered; 

14 (E) transfer the existing section 8 contract to 

15 another project or projects and owner or owners; 

16 (F) pursue exclusionary sanctions, including 

17 suspensions or debarments from Federal programs; 

18 (G) seek judicial appointment of a receiver to 

19 manage the property and cure all project deficiencies 

20 or seek a judicial order of specific performance re21 quiring the owner to cure all project deficiencies; 

22 (H) work with the owner, lender, or other re23 lated party to stabilize the property in an attempt 

24 to preserve the property through compliance, trans-
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1 fer of ownership, or an infusion of capital provided 

2 by a third-party that requires time to effectuate; or 

3 (I) take any other regulatory or contractual 

4 remedies available as deemed necessary and appro5 priate by the Secretary. 

6 (d) The Secretary shall take appropriate steps to en7 sure that project-based contracts remain in effect, subject 

8 to the exercise of contractual abatement remedies to assist 

9 relocation of tenants for major threats to health and safety 

10 after written notice to the affected tenants. To the extent 

11 the Secretary determines, in consultation with the tenants 

12 and the local government, that the property is not feasible 

13 for continued rental assistance payments under such sec14 tion 8 or other programs, based on consideration of— 

15 (1) the costs of rehabilitating and operating the 

16 property and all available Federal, State, and local 

17 resources, including rent adjustments under section 

18 524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform 

19 and Affordability Act of 1997 (‘‘MAHRAA’’); and 

20 (2) environmental conditions that cannot be 

21 remedied in a cost-effective fashion, the Secretary 

22 may contract for project-based rental assistance pay23 ments with an owner or owners of other existing 

24 housing properties, or provide other rental assist25 ance. 
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1 (e) The Secretary shall report semi-annually on all 

2 properties covered by this section that are assessed 

3 through the Real Estate Assessment Center and have fail4 ing physical inspection scores or have received an unsatis5 factory management and occupancy review within the past 

6 36 months. The report shall include— 

7 (1) identification of the enforcement actions 

8 being taken to address such conditions, including 

9 imposition of civil money penalties and termination 

10 of subsidies, and identification of properties that 

11 have such conditions multiple times; 

12 (2) identification of actions that the Depart13 ment of Housing and Urban Development is taking 

14 to protect tenants of such identified properties; and 

15 (3) any administrative or legislative rec16 ommendations to further improve the living condi17 tions at properties covered under a housing assist18 ance payment contract. 

19 The first report shall be submitted to the Senate and 

20 House Committees on Appropriations not later than 30 

21 days after the enactment of this Act, and the second re22 port shall be submitted within 180 days of the transmittal 

23 of the first report. 

24 SEC. 220. None of the funds made available by this 

25 Act, or any other Act, for purposes authorized under sec-
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1 tion 8 (only with respect to the tenant-based rental assist2 ance program) and section 9 of the United States Housing 

3 Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.), may be used by 

4 any public housing agency for any amount of salary, in5 cluding bonuses, for the chief executive officer of which, 

6 or any other official or employee of which, that exceeds 

7 the annual rate of basic pay payable for a position at level 

8 IV of the Executive Schedule at any time during any pub9 lic housing agency fiscal year 2025. 

10 SEC. 221. None of the funds made available by this 

11 Act and provided to the Department of Housing and 

12 Urban Development may be used to make a grant award 

13 unless the Secretary notifies the House and Senate Com14 mittees on Appropriations not less than 3 full business 

15 days before any project, State, locality, housing authority, 

16 Tribe, nonprofit organization, or other entity selected to 

17 receive a grant award is announced by the Department 

18 or its offices: Provided, That such notification shall list 

19 each grant award and project description by State and 

20 congressional district. 

21 SEC. 222. None of the funds made available in this 

22 Act shall be used by the Federal Housing Administration, 

23 the Government National Mortgage Association, or the 

24 Department of Housing and Urban Development to in25 sure, securitize, or establish a Federal guarantee of any 
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1 mortgage or mortgage backed security that refinances or 

2 otherwise replaces a mortgage that has been subject to 

3 eminent domain condemnation or seizure, by a State, mu4 nicipality, or any other political subdivision of a State. 

5 SEC. 223. None of the funds made available by this 

6 Act may be used to terminate the status of a unit of gen7 eral local government as a metropolitan city (as defined 

8 in section 102 of the Housing and Community Develop9 ment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302)) with respect to 

10 grants under section 106 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5306). 

11 SEC. 224. Amounts made available by this Act that 

12 are appropriated, allocated, advanced on a reimbursable 

13 basis, or transferred to the Office of Policy Development 

14 and Research of the Department of Housing and Urban 

15 Development and functions thereof, for research, evalua16 tion, or statistical purposes, and that are unexpended at 

17 the time of completion of a contract, grant, or cooperative 

18 agreement, may be deobligated and shall immediately be19 come available and may be reobligated in that fiscal year 

20 or the subsequent fiscal year for the research, evaluation, 

21 or statistical purposes for which the amounts are made 

22 available to that Office subject to reprogramming require23 ments in section 405 of this Act. 

24 SEC. 225. None of the funds provided in this Act or 

25 any other Act may be used for awards, including perform-
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1 ance, special act, or spot, for any employee of the Depart2 ment of Housing and Urban Development subject to ad3 ministrative discipline (including suspension from work), 

4 in this fiscal year, but this prohibition shall not be effec5 tive prior to the effective date of any such administrative 

6 discipline or after any final decision over-turning such dis7 cipline. 

8 SEC. 226. With respect to grant amounts awarded 

9 under the heading ‘‘Homeless Assistance Grants’’ for fis10 cal years 2015 through 2025 for the continuum of care 

11 (CoC) program as authorized under subtitle C of title IV 

12 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, costs 

13 paid by program income of grant recipients may count to14 ward meeting the recipient’s matching requirements, pro15 vided the costs are eligible CoC costs that supplement the 

16 recipient’s CoC program. 

17 SEC. 227. (a) From amounts made available under 

18 this title under the heading ‘‘Homeless Assistance 

19 Grants’’, the Secretary may award 1-year transition 

20 grants to recipients of funds for activities under subtitle 

21 C of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 

22 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) to transition from one continuum 

23 of care program component to another. 

24 (b) In order to be eligible to receive a transition 

25 grant, the funding recipient must have the consent of the 
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1 continuum of care and meet standards determined by the 

2 Secretary. 

3 SEC. 228. The promise zone designations and prom4 ise zone designation agreements entered into pursuant to 

5 such designations, made by the Secretary in prior fiscal 

6 years, shall remain in effect in accordance with the terms 

7 and conditions of such agreements. 

8 SEC. 229. Any public housing agency designated as 

9 a Moving to Work agency pursuant to section 239 of divi10 sion L of Public Law 114–113 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note; 

11 129 Stat. 2897) may, upon such designation, use funds 

12 (except for special purpose funding, including special pur13 pose vouchers) previously allocated to any such public 

14 housing agency under section 8 or 9 of the United States 

15 Housing Act of 1937, including any reserve funds held by 

16 the public housing agency or funds held by the Depart17 ment of Housing and Urban Development, pursuant to the 

18 authority for use of section 8 or 9 funding provided under 

19 such section and section 204 of title II of the Departments 

20 of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development 

21 and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 

22 (Public Law 104–134; 110 Stat. 1321–28), notwith23 standing the purposes for which such funds were appro24 priated. 
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1 SEC. 230. None of the amounts made available by 

2 this Act may be used to prohibit any public housing agen3 cy under receivership or the direction of a Federal monitor 

4 from applying for, receiving, or using funds made available 

5 under the heading ‘‘Public Housing Fund’’ for competitive 

6 grants to evaluate and reduce lead-based paint hazards in 

7 this Act or that remain available and not awarded from 

8 prior Acts, or be used to prohibit a public housing agency 

9 from using such funds to carry out any required work pur10 suant to a settlement agreement, consent decree, vol11 untary agreement, or similar document for a violation of 

12 the lead safe housing or lead disclosure rules. 

13 SEC. 231. For fiscal year 2025, if the Secretary de14 termines or has determined, for any prior formula grant 

15 allocation administered by the Secretary through the Of16 fices of Public and Indian Housing, Community Planning 

17 and Development, or Housing, that a recipient received 

18 an allocation greater than the amount such recipient 

19 should have received for a formula allocation cycle pursu20 ant to applicable statutes and regulations, the Secretary 

21 may adjust for any such funding error in the next applica22 ble formula allocation cycle by (a) offsetting each such re23 cipient’s formula allocation (if eligible for a formula alloca24 tion in the next applicable formula allocation cycle) by the 

25 amount of any such funding error, and (b) reallocating 
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1 any available balances that are attributable to the offset 

2 to the recipient or recipients that would have been allo3 cated additional funds in the formula allocation cycle in 

4 which any such error occurred (if such recipient or recipi5 ents are eligible for a formula allocation in the next appli6 cable formula allocation cycle) in an amount proportionate 

7 to such recipient’s eligibility under the next applicable for8 mula allocation cycle: Provided, That all offsets and re9 allocations from such available balances shall be recorded 

10 against funds available for the next applicable formula al11 location cycle: Provided further, That the term ‘‘next appli12 cable formula allocation cycle’’ means the first formula al13 location cycle for a program that is reasonably available 

14 for correction following such a Secretarial determination: 

15 Provided further, That if, upon request by a recipient and 

16 giving consideration to all Federal resources available to 

17 the recipient for the same grant purposes, the Secretary 

18 determines that the offset in the next applicable formula 

19 allocation cycle would critically impair the recipient’s abil20 ity to accomplish the purpose of the formula grant, the 

21 Secretary may adjust for the funding error across two or 

22 more formula allocation cycles. 

23 SEC. 232. The Secretary may transfer from amounts 

24 made available for salaries and expenses under this title 

25 (excluding amounts made available under the heading 
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1 ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’) to the heading ‘‘Informa2 tion Technology Fund’’ for information technology needs, 

3 including for additional development, modernization, and 

4 enhancement, to remain available until September 30, 

5 2027: Provided, That the total amount of such transfers 

6 shall not exceed $5,000,000: Provided further, That this 

7 transfer authority shall not be used to fund information 

8 technology projects or activities that have known out-year 

9 development, modernization, or enhancement costs in ex10 cess of $500,000: Provided further, That the Secretary 

11 shall provide notification to the House and Senate Com12 mittees on Appropriations no fewer than 3 business days 

13 in advance of any such transfer. 

14 SEC. 233. The Secretary shall comply with all process 

15 requirements, including public notice and comment, when 

16 seeking to revise any annual contributions contract. 

17 SEC. 234. Amounts made available to the Secretary 

18 in this or any prior Act under the headings ‘‘Project19 Based Rental Assistance’’ or ‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’ 

20 for performance-based contract administrators to carry 

21 out section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 

22 (the Act) (42 U.S.C. 1437f), as implemented by the Sec23 retary in chapter VIII of title 24, Code of Federal Regula24 tions, may be awarded through a notice of funding oppor25 tunity not subject to procurement laws or regulations, not-
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1 withstanding chapter 63 of title 31, United States Code: 

2 Provided, That such awards shall be deemed for all pur3 poses to be cooperative agreements: Provided further, That 

4 the Secretary shall award one cooperative agreement for 

5 each State or territory, except that the Secretary may 

6 award more than one agreement for a State or territory 

7 if the population of such State or territory exceeds 

8 35,000,000: Provided further, That any cooperative agree9 ments issued by the Secretary shall, at minimum, assign 

10 the rights and responsibilities as provided in section 8 of 

11 the Act: Provided further, That the Secretary shall assign 

12 such rights and responsibilities to the furthest extent pos13 sible to ensure effective and efficient program oversight 

14 and monitoring: Provided further, That when selecting a 

15 performance-based contract administrator, the Secretary 

16 shall provide a preference to applicants that have dem17 onstrated experience with properties receiving project18 based assistance, experience in multifamily housing pres19 ervation, addressing the concerns of low-income tenants, 

20 making assistance payments to owners, and performing 

21 the other functions assigned to a public housing agency 

22 under section 8(b) of the Act: Provided further, That if, 

23 for any State or territory, no qualified applicant applies 

24 under the relevant notice of funding opportunity, the Sec25 retary may utilize a procurement contract subject to all 
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1 procurement laws and regulations to assist in carrying out 

2 section 8 of the Act in such State or territory: Provided 

3 further, That the Secretary shall provide for incentive4 based fees as part of such awards: Provided further, That 

5 for notice of funding opportunity-based awards under this 

6 section, eligible applicants are public housing agencies as 

7 defined by section 3(b)(6)(A) of the Act, which shall in8 clude nonprofits of such agencies when operating outside 

9 of the State or territory in which such agency is estab10 lished. 

11 SEC. 235. None of the amounts made available in this 

12 Act may be used to consider family self-sufficiency per13 formance measures or performance scores in determining 

14 funding awards for programs receiving family self-suffi15 ciency program coordinator funding provided in this Act. 

16 SEC. 236. The Secretary may, upon a finding that 

17 a waiver or alternative requirement is necessary for the 

18 effective delivery and administration of funds made avail19 able for new incremental voucher assistance or renewals 

20 for the mainstream program and the family unification 

21 program (including the foster youth to independence pro22 gram) in this and prior Acts, waive or specify alternative 

23 requirements, other than requirements related to tenant 

24 rights and protections, rent setting, fair housing, non-
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1 discrimination, labor standards, and the environment, 

2 for— 

3 (1) section 8(o)(6)(A) of the United States 

4 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(6)(A)) 

5 and regulatory provisions related to the administra6 tion of waiting lists, local preferences, and the initial 

7 term and extensions of tenant-based vouchers; and 

8 (2) section 8(x)(2) of the United States Hous9 ing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(x)(2)) regarding 

10 the timing of referral of youth leaving foster care. 

11 SEC. 237. For fiscal year 2025, the costs of any rent 

12 incentives as authorized pursuant to waivers or alternative 

13 requirements of the jobs-plus initiative as described under 

14 the heading ‘‘Self-Sufficiency Programs’’ shall not be 

15 charged against the competitive grant amounts made 

16 available under such heading: Provided, That the amount 

17 of any forgone increases in tenant rent payments due to 

18 the implementation of such rent incentives shall be 

19 factored into the public housing agency’s general oper20 ating fund eligibility pursuant to the formula under the 

21 heading ‘‘Public Housing Fund’’: Provided further, That 

22 the amount of any foregone increases in tenant rent pay23 ments due to the implementation of such rent incentives 

24 implemented on behalf of residents of a project with as25 sistance converted from public housing to project-based 
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1 rental assistance under section 8 of the United States 

2 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) or assistance 

3 under section 8(o)(13) of such Act under the heading 

4 ‘‘Rental Assistance Demonstration’’ in the Department of 

5 Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 

6 2012 (title II of division C of Public Law 112–55), as 

7 amended (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) shall be factored into (1) 

8 housing assistance payments made pursuant to project9 based subsidy contracts provided under the heading 

10 ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’’; and (2) housing as11 sistance payments made by public housing agencies pursu12 ant to project-based assistance contracts under section 

13 8(o)(13) of such Act, with these costs being renewed under 

14 the heading ‘‘Tenant-Based Rental Assistance’’. 

15 SEC. 238. Amounts made available for the Office of 

16 Housing under the heading ‘‘Program Offices’’ in this and 

17 prior Acts shall also be available, without additional com18 petition, for cooperative agreements with participating ad19 ministrative entities that have been selected under section 

20 513(b) of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and 

21 Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) 

22 (MAHRAA) to provide direct support, including carrying 

23 out due diligence and underwriting functions for owners 

24 and for technical assistance activities, on conditions estab25 lished by the Secretary for small properties and owners 
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1 converting assistance under the first component or the 

2 second component under the heading ‘‘Rental Assistance 

3 Demonstration’’ in the Department of Housing and Urban 

4 Development Appropriations Act, 2012 (title II of division 

5 C of Public Law 112–55). 

6 SEC. 239. (a) Funds previously made available in the 

7 Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 

8 2012 (Public Law 112–55) for initial project rental assist9 ance contracts associated with the demonstration program 

10 under the heading ‘‘Housing for Persons with Disabilities’’ 

11 that were available for obligation through fiscal year 2015 

12 are to remain available through fiscal year 2030 for the 

13 liquidation of valid obligations incurred in fiscal years 

14 2012 through 2015; and 

15 (b) Funds previously made available by the Consoli16 dated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 

17 (Public Law 113–6) for initial project rental assistance 

18 contracts associated with the demonstration program 

19 under the heading ‘‘Housing for Persons with Disabilities’’ 

20 in the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropria21 tions Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–55) that were available 

22 for obligation through fiscal year 2016 are to remain avail23 able through fiscal year 2031 for the liquidation of valid 

24 obligations incurred in fiscal years 2013 through 2016. 
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1 SEC. 240. (a) AUTHORITY.—For fiscal years 2025 

2 and 2026, to the extent and in such amounts as provided 

3 in advance in appropriations Acts, the Secretary may pro4 vide direct loans, which may be forgivable, for the purpose 

5 of making necessary physical improvements, to owners of 

6 multifamily properties that have deficiencies that cause 

7 the property to be at risk of physical obsolescence or eco8 nomic non-viability. 

9 (b) LOAN TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— 

10 (1) ELIGIBILITY.—Owners of multifamily hous11 ing projects that meet each of the following require12 ments are eligible for loan assistance under this sec13 tion: 

14 (A) The property has deficiencies that 

15 cause the property to be at risk of physical ob16 solescence or economic non-viability. 

17 (B) The actual rents received by the owner 

18 of the distressed property would not adequately 

19 sustain the debt needed to make necessary 

20 physical improvements. 

21 (C) Any such additional eligibility criteria 

22 as the Secretary determines to be appropriate, 

23 including factors that contributed to the prop24 erty’s distressed state. 
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1 (2) USE OF LOAN FUNDS.—Each recipient of 

2 loan assistance under this section may only use such 

3 loan assistance for eligible uses, as determined by 

4 the Secretary, that result in the necessary physical 

5 improvements to a distressed property to return it to 

6 a position of economic viability. 

7 (3) EXTENDED AFFORDABILITY PERIOD.—Each 

8 recipient of loan assistance under this section shall 

9 agree to an extended affordability period for the 

10 property that is subject to the loan by extending any 

11 existing affordable housing use agreements for an 

12 additional 30 years or, if the property is not cur13 rently subject to a use agreement establishing af14 fordability requirements, by establishing a use agree15 ment for 30 years. 

16 (4) ADDITIONAL LOAN CONDITIONS.—The Sec17 retary may establish additional conditions for loan 

18 eligibility provided under this section as the Sec19 retary determines to be appropriate. 

20 (c) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term 

21 ‘‘multifamily housing project’’ means a project consisting 

22 of more than four dwelling units assisted, insured, or with 

23 a loan held by the Secretary or a State or State agency 

24 in part or in whole pursuant to section 8 of the United 
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1 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), not in2 cluding subsection (o)(13) of such section. 

3 (d) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary shall by no4 tice establish such requirements as may be necessary to 

5 carry out the provisions of this section. 

6 SEC. 241. (a) With respect to the funds made avail7 able for the continuum of care program authorized under 

8 subtitle C of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless As9 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) under the heading 

10 ‘‘Homeless Assistance Grants’’ in this and prior Acts and 

11 under section 231 of the Department of Housing and 

12 Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2020 (42 U.S.C. 

13 11364a)— 

14 (1) title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 

15 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.) and title VIII of the Civil 

16 Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.) shall 

17 not apply to applications by or awards for projects 

18 to be carried out— 

19 (A) on or off reservation or trust lands for 

20 awards made to Indian Tribes or Tribally des21 ignated housing entities; or 

22 (B) on reservation or trust lands for 

23 awards made to eligible entities as defined in 

24 section 401 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 

25 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360); 
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1 (2) Indian Tribes and Tribally designated hous2 ing entities shall also be eligible to administer per3 manent housing rental assistance under section 

4 423(g) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 

5 Act (42 U.S.C. 11383(g)). 

6 (b) With respect to funds made available for the con7 tinuum of care program authorized under subtitle C of 

8 title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act 

9 (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) under the heading ‘‘Homeless 

10 Assistance Grants’’ in this title or under section 231 of 

11 the Department of Housing and Urban Development Ap12 propriations Act, 2020 (42 U.S.C. 11364a)— 

13 (1) applications for projects to be carried out 

14 on reservations or trust land shall contain a certifi15 cation of consistency with an approved Indian hous16 ing plan developed under section 102 of the Native 

17 American Housing Assistance and Self-Determina18 tion Act (NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4112), notwith19 standing section 106 of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na20 tional Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12706) 

21 and section 403 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 

22 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11361); 

23 (2) Indian Tribes and Tribally designated hous24 ing entities that are recipients of awards for projects 

25 on reservations or trust land shall certify that they 
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1 are following an approved housing plan developed 

2 under section 102 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4112); 

3 and 

4 (3) a collaborative applicant for a continuum of 

5 care whose geographic area includes only reservation 

6 and trust land is not required to meet the require7 ment in section 402(f)(2) of the McKinney-Vento 

8 Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360a(f)(2)). 

9 SEC. 242. (a) Section 184(a) of the Housing and 

10 Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z– 

11 13a(a)) is amended to read as follows: 

12 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—To provide access to sources of 

13 private financing to Indian families, Indian housing au14 thorities, and Indian Tribes, who otherwise could not ac15 quire housing financing because of the unique legal status 

16 of Indian lands and the unique nature of Tribal econo17 mies; and to expand homeownership opportunities to In18 dian families, Indian housing authorities and Indian 

19 Tribes on fee simple lands, the Secretary may guarantee 

20 not to exceed 100 percent of the unpaid principal and in21 terest due on any loan eligible under subsection (b) made 

22 to an Indian family, Indian housing authority, or Indian 

23 Tribe on trust land and fee simple land.’’. 
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1 (b) Section 184(b)(2) of the Housing and Community 

2 Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a(b)(2)) is 

3 amended to read as follows: 

4 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE HOUSING.—The loan shall be 

5 used to construct, acquire, refinance, or rehabilitate 

6 1- to 4-family dwellings that are standard housing.’’. 

7 (c) Section 184A of the Housing and Community De8 velopment Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13b) is amend9 ed— 

10 (1) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘, and to ex11 pand homeownership opportunities to Native Hawai12 ian families who are eligible to receive a homestead 

13 under the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920 

14 (42 Stat. 108) on fee simple lands in the State of 

15 Hawaii’’ after ‘‘markets’’; and 

16 (2) in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (2) 

17 and inserting the following: 

18 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE HOUSING.—The loan shall be 

19 used to construct, acquire, refinance, or rehabilitate 

20 1- to 4-family dwellings that are standard housing.’’. 

21 SEC. 243. (a) Section 184(b)(5)(A) of the Housing 

22 and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 

23 1715z–13a(b)(5)(A)) is amended to read as follows: 

24 ‘‘(5) TERMS.—The loan shall— 
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1 ‘‘(A) be made for a term not exceeding 30 

2 years, except as determined by the Secretary, 

3 when there is a loan modification under sub4 section (h)(1)(B), the loan shall not exceed 40 

5 years;’’. 

6 (b) Section 184A(c)(5)(A) of the Housing and Com7 munity Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z– 

8 13b(c)(5)(A)) is amended to read as follows: 

9 ‘‘(5) TERMS.—The loan shall— 

10 ‘‘(A) be made for a term not exceeding 30 

11 years; except, as determined by the Secretary, 

12 when there is a loan modification under sub13 section (i)(1)(B) the term of the loan shall not 

14 exceed 40 years;’’. 

15 SEC. 244. Section 105 of the Housing and Commu16 nity Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305) is amend17 ed by adding at the end the following new subsection: 

18 ‘‘(j) SPECIAL ACTIVITIES BY INDIAN TRIBES.—In19 dian Tribes receiving grants under section 5306(a)(1) of 

20 this title (section 106(a)(1) of this Act) shall be authorized 

21 to carry out activities described in subsection (a)(15) di22 rectly.’’. 

23 SEC. 245. The whistleblower protections in section 

24 4712 of title 41, United States Code, shall apply to any 

25 contract, subcontract, grant, subgrant, or personal serv-
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1 ices contract funded from amounts made available in this 

2 or prior Acts (including carryover and recaptures), regard3 less of when the agreement was executed. 

4 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Hous5 ing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2025’’. 
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1 TITLE III 

2 RELATED AGENCIES 

3 ACCESS BOARD

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For expenses necessary for the Access Board, as au6 thorized by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 

7 (29 U.S.C. 792), $9,955,000: Provided, That, notwith8 standing any other provision of law, there may be credited 

9 to this appropriation funds received for publications and 

10 training expenses. 

11 FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime 

14 Commission as authorized by section 46107 of title 46, 

15 United States Code, including services as authorized by 

16 section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of pas17 senger motor vehicles as authorized by section 1343(b) of 

18 title 31, United States Code; and uniforms or allowances 

19 therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 

20 5, United States Code, $45,000,000, of which $2,000,000 

21 shall remain available until September 30, 2026: Provided, 

22 That not to exceed $3,500 shall be for official reception 

23 and representation expenses. 
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1 NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION

2 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

5 General for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation 

6 to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act 

7 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 3), $32,100,000: Provided, That 

8 the Inspector General shall have all necessary authority, 

9 in carrying out the duties specified in such Act, to inves10 tigate allegations of fraud, including false statements to 

11 the Government under section 1001 of title 18, United 

12 States Code, by any person or entity that is subject to 

13 regulation by the National Railroad Passenger Corpora14 tion: Provided further, That the Inspector General may 

15 enter into contracts and other arrangements for audits, 

16 studies, analyses, and other services with public agencies 

17 and with private persons, subject to the applicable laws 

18 and regulations that govern the obtaining of such services 

19 within the National Railroad Passenger Corporation: Pro20 vided further, That the Inspector General may select, ap21 point, and employ such officers and employees as may be 

22 necessary for carrying out the functions, powers, and du23 ties of the Office of Inspector General, subject to the appli24 cable laws and regulations that govern such selections, ap25 pointments, and employment within the National Railroad 
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1 Passenger Corporation: Provided further, That concurrent 

2 with the President’s budget request for fiscal year 2026, 

3 the Inspector General shall submit to the House and Sen4 ate Committees on Appropriations a budget request for 

5 fiscal year 2026 in similar format and substance to budget 

6 requests submitted by executive agencies of the Federal 

7 Government. 

8 NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses of the National Transpor11 tation Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor ve12 hicles and aircraft; services as authorized by section 3109 

13 of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals 

14 not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for 

15 a GS–15; uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized 

16 by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code, 

17 $145,000,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 may be used 

18 for official reception and representation expenses. 

19 NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION

20 PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT

21 CORPORATION

22 For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cor23 poration for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, 

24 as authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corpora25 tion Act (42 U.S.C. 8101–8107), $168,000,000. 
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1 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Surface Transpor4 tation Board, including services authorized by section 

5 3109 of title 5, United States Code, $50,646,000: Pro6 vided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

7 not to exceed $1,250,000 from fees established by the Sur8 face Transportation Board shall be credited to this appro9 priation as offsetting collections and used for necessary 

10 and authorized expenses under this heading: Provided fur11 ther, That the amounts made available under this heading 

12 from the general fund shall be reduced on a dollar-for13 dollar basis as such offsetting collections are received dur14 ing fiscal year 2025, to result in a final appropriation from 

15 the general fund estimated at not more than $49,396,000. 

16 UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON

17 HOMELESSNESS

18 OPERATING EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses, including payment of sala20 ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

21 the rental of conference rooms, and the employment of ex22 perts and consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United 

23 States Code, of the United States Interagency Council on 

24 Homelessness in carrying out the functions pursuant to 
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1 title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, 

2 as amended, $4,300,000. 
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1 TITLE IV 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 

3 SEC. 401. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

4 for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 

5 expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 

6 intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings 

7 funded in this Act. 

8 SEC. 402. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

9 shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 

10 fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria11 tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 

12 SEC. 403. The expenditure of any appropriation 

13 under this Act for any consulting service through a pro14 curement contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, 

15 United States Code, shall be limited to those contracts 

16 where such expenditures are a matter of public record and 

17 available for public inspection, except where otherwise pro18 vided under existing law, or under existing Executive 

19 Order issued pursuant to existing law. 

20 SEC. 404. (a) None of the funds made available in 

21 this Act may be obligated or expended for any employee 

22 training that— 

23 (1) does not meet identified needs for knowl24 edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the 

25 performance of official duties; 
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1 (2) contains elements likely to induce high lev2 els of emotional response or psychological stress in 

3 some participants; 

4 (3) does not require prior employee notification 

5 of the content and methods to be used in the train6 ing and written end of course evaluation; 

7 (4) contains any methods or content associated 

8 with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 

9 ‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Em10 ployment Opportunity Commission Notice N– 

11 915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or 

12 (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par13 ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the 

14 workplace. 

15 (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 

16 otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 

17 bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 

18 SEC. 405. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 

19 none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by pre20 vious appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities fund21 ed in this Act that remain available for obligation or ex22 penditure in fiscal year 2025, or provided from any ac23 counts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 

24 and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
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1 available for obligation or expenditure through a re2 programming of funds that— 

3 (1) creates a new program; 

4 (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 

5 (3) increases funds or personnel for any pro6 gram, project, or activity for which funds have been 

7 denied or restricted by the Congress; 

8 (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific 

9 activity by either the House or Senate Committees 

10 on Appropriations for a different purpose; 

11 (5) augments existing programs, projects, or ac12 tivities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, which13 ever is less; 

14 (6) reduces existing programs, projects, or ac15 tivities by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 

16 less; or 

17 (7) creates, reorganizes, or restructures a 

18 branch, division, office, bureau, board, commission, 

19 agency, administration, or department different from 

20 the budget justifications submitted to the Commit21 tees on Appropriations or the report accompanying 

22 this Act, whichever is more detailed, unless prior ap23 proval is received from the House and Senate Com24 mittees on Appropriations: 
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1 Provided, That not later than 60 days after the date of 

2 enactment of this Act, each agency funded by this Act 

3 shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 

4 of the Senate and of the House of Representatives to es5 tablish the baseline for application of reprogramming and 

6 transfer authorities for the current fiscal year: Provided 

7 further, That the report shall include— 

8 (A) a table for each appropriation with a 

9 separate column to display the prior year en10 acted level, the President’s budget request, ad11 justments made by Congress, adjustments due 

12 to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 

13 fiscal year enacted level; 

14 (B) a delineation in the table for each ap15 propriation and its respective prior year enacted 

16 level by object class and program, project, and 

17 activity as detailed in this Act, the table in the 

18 report accompanying this Act, accompanying 

19 reports of the House and Senate Committees on 

20 Appropriations, or in the budget appendix for 

21 the respective appropriations, whichever is more 

22 detailed, and shall apply to all items for which 

23 a dollar amount is specified and to all programs 

24 for which new budget (obligational) authority is 
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1 provided, as well as to discretionary grants and 

2 discretionary grant allocations; and 

3 (C) an identification of items of special 

4 congressional interest. 

5 SEC. 406. Except as otherwise specifically provided 

6 by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 

7 remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2025 from 

8 appropriations made available for salaries and expenses 

9 for fiscal year 2025 in this Act, shall remain available 

10 through September 30, 2026, for each such account for 

11 the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall 

12 be submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Ap13 propriations for approval prior to the expenditure of such 

14 funds: Provided further, That these requests shall be made 

15 in compliance with reprogramming guidelines under sec16 tion 405 of this Act. 

17 SEC. 407. No funds in this Act may be used to sup18 port any Federal, State, or local projects that seek to use 

19 the power of eminent domain, unless eminent domain is 

20 employed only for a public use: Provided, That for pur21 poses of this section, public use shall not be construed to 

22 include economic development that primarily benefits pri23 vate entities: Provided further, That any use of funds for 

24 mass transit, railroad, airport, seaport or highway 

25 projects, as well as utility projects which benefit or serve 
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1 the general public (including energy-related, communica2 tion-related, water-related and wastewater-related infra3 structure), other structures designated for use by the gen4 eral public or which have other common-carrier or public5 utility functions that serve the general public and are sub6 ject to regulation and oversight by the government, and 

7 projects for the removal of an immediate threat to public 

8 health and safety or brownfields as defined in the Small 

9 Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization 

10 Act (Public Law 107–118) shall be considered a public 

11 use for purposes of eminent domain. 

12 SEC. 408. None of the funds made available in this 

13 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in14 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

15 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro16 vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 

17 SEC. 409. No funds appropriated pursuant to this 

18 Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees 

19 that in expending the assistance the entity will comply 

20 with sections 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 

21 (41 U.S.C. 8301–8305, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy 

22 American Act’’). 

23 SEC. 410. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 

24 available under this Act shall be made available to any 
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1 person or entity that has been convicted of violating the 

2 Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 8301–8305). 

3 SEC. 411. None of the funds made available in this 

4 Act may be used for first-class airline accommodations in 

5 contravention of sections 301–10.122 and 301–10.123 of 

6 title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 

7 SEC. 412. None of the funds made available in this 

8 Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend9 ance of more than 50 employees of a single agency or de10 partment of the United States Government, who are sta11 tioned in the United States, at any single international 

12 conference unless the relevant Secretary reports to the 

13 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations at least 

14 5 days in advance that such attendance is important to 

15 the national interest: Provided, That for purposes of this 

16 section the term ‘‘international conference’’ shall mean a 

17 conference occurring outside of the United States attended 

18 by representatives of the United States Government and 

19 of foreign governments, international organizations, or 

20 nongovernmental organizations. 

21 SEC. 413. None of the funds appropriated or other22 wise made available under this Act may be used by the 

23 Surface Transportation Board to charge or collect any fil24 ing fee for rate or practice complaints filed with the Board 

25 in an amount in excess of the amount authorized for dis-
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1 trict court civil suit filing fees under section 1914 of title 

2 28, United States Code. 

3 SEC. 414. (a) None of the funds made available in 

4 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 

5 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 

6 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 

7 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 

8 funds necessary for any Federal, State, Tribal, or local 

9 law enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out 

10 criminal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activi11 ties. 

12 SEC. 415. (a) None of the funds made available in 

13 this Act may be used to deny an Inspector General funded 

14 under this Act timely access to any records, documents, 

15 or other materials available to the department or agency 

16 over which that Inspector General has responsibilities 

17 under the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), 

18 or to prevent or impede that Inspector General’s access 

19 to such records, documents, or other materials, under any 

20 provision of law, except a provision of law that expressly 

21 refers to the Inspector General and expressly limits the 

22 Inspector General’s right of access. 

23 (b) A department or agency covered by this section 

24 shall provide its Inspector General with access to all such 
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1 records, documents, and other materials in a timely man2 ner. 

3 (c) Each Inspector General shall ensure compliance 

4 with statutory limitations on disclosure relevant to the in5 formation provided by the establishment over which that 

6 Inspector General has responsibilities under the Inspector 

7 General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 

8 (d) Each Inspector General covered by this section 

9 shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

10 House of Representatives and the Senate within 5 cal11 endar days any failures to comply with this requirement. 

12 SEC. 416. None of the funds appropriated or other13 wise made available by this Act may be used to pay award 

14 or incentive fees for contractors whose performance has 

15 been judged to be below satisfactory, behind schedule, over 

16 budget, or has failed to meet the basic requirements of 

17 a contract, unless the Agency determines that any such 

18 deviations are due to unforeseeable events, government19 driven scope changes, or are not significant within the 

20 overall scope of the project and/or program unless such 

21 awards or incentive fees are consistent with 16.401(e)(2) 

22 of the Federal Acquisition Regulations. 

23 SEC. 417. No part of any appropriation contained in 

24 this Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person 

25 filling a position, other than a temporary position, for-
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1 merly held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed 

2 Forces of the United States and has satisfactorily com3 pleted his or her period of active military or naval service, 

4 and has within 90 days after his or her release from such 

5 service or from hospitalization continuing after discharge 

6 for a period of not more than 1 year, made application 

7 for restoration to his or her former position and has been 

8 certified by the Office of Personnel Management as still 

9 qualified to perform the duties of his or her former posi10 tion and has not been restored thereto. 

11 SEC. 418. (a) None of the funds made available by 

12 this Act may be used to approve a new foreign air carrier 

13 permit under sections 41301 through 41305 of title 49, 

14 United States Code, or exemption application under sec15 tion 40109 of that title of an air carrier already holding 

16 an air operators certificate issued by a country that is 

17 party to the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport 

18 Agreement where such approval would contravene United 

19 States law or Article 17 bis of the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Nor20 way Air Transport Agreement. 

21 (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict or 

22 otherwise preclude the Secretary of Transportation from 

23 granting a foreign air carrier permit or an exemption to 

24 such an air carrier where such authorization is consistent 
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1 with the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agree2 ment and United States law. 

3 SEC. 419. (a) In the table of projects in the explana4 tory statement referenced in section 417 of the Transpor5 tation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related 

6 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022 (division L of Public 

7 Law 117–103)— 

8 (1) the item relating to ‘‘Garrett Trails—East9 ern Continental Divide Loop Trail (Otto Lane—New 

10 Germany)’’ is deemed to be amended by striking 

11 ‘‘(Otto Lane—New Germany)’’; and 

12 (2) the item relating to ‘‘Kansas Rail Safety 

13 Improvement Project’’ is deemed to be amended by 

14 striking recipient ‘‘Pittsburg Port Authority (KS)’’ 

15 and inserting ‘‘Kansas Department of Transpor16 tation’’. 

17 (b) In the table of projects entitled ‘‘Community 

18 Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in 

19 the explanatory statement for division L of the Consoli20 dated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117–328) de21 scribed in section 4 in the matter preceding division A of 

22 such Act— 

23 (1) the item relating to ‘‘Lower Shore Clinic 

24 Co-Occurring Disorder Treatment Facility Housing’’ 

25 is deemed to be amended by: 
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1 (A) striking ‘‘Lower Shore Clinic Co-Oc2 curring Disorder Treatment Facility Housing’’ 

3 and inserting ‘‘HealthPort Co-Occurring Dis4 order Treatment Facility’’; and 

5 (B) striking recipient ‘‘Lower Shore Clinic 

6 Inc.’’ and inserting ‘‘HealthPort, Inc.’’; and 

7 (2) the item relating to ‘‘Metra Zero Emission 

8 Locomotive Commuter Rail Pilot’’ is deemed to be 

9 amended by striking ‘‘Locomotive’’. 

10 SEC. 420. (a) Amounts made available under the 

11 heading ‘‘Department of Transportation–Consolidated 

12 Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements’’ for the 

13 item relating to ‘‘Midway Crossing’’ in the table of 

14 projects entitled ‘‘Community Project Funding/Congres15 sionally Directed Spending’’ in the explanatory statement 

16 for division L of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 

17 2023 (Public Law 117–328) described in section 4 in the 

18 matter preceding division A of such Act shall be trans19 ferred to ‘‘Department of Transportation–Transit Infra20 structure Grants’’ and shall be available under the heading 

21 to which transferred for its original purpose. 

22 (b) The item relating to ‘‘Midway Crossing’’ is 

23 deemed to be amended by striking account ‘‘Consolidated 

24 Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements’’ and insert25 ing ‘‘Transit Infrastructure Grants’’ in the table of 
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1 projects entitled ‘‘Community Project Funding/Congres2 sionally Directed Spending’’ in the explanatory statement 

3 for division L of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 

4 2023 (Public Law 117–328) described in section 4 in the 

5 matter preceding division A of such Act. 

6 (c) The item relating to ‘‘Cle Elum—First Street 

7 Downtown Revitalization’’ is deemed to be amended by 

8 striking ‘‘First Street’’ in the table of projects entitled 

9 ‘‘Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed 

10 Spending’’ in the explanatory statement for division F of 

11 the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law 

12 118–42) described in section 4 in the matter preceding 

13 division A of such Act. 

14 SEC. 421. None of the funds made available by this 

15 Act may be used by the Department of Housing and 

16 Urban Development to direct a grantee to undertake spe17 cific changes to existing zoning laws as part of carrying 

18 out the final rule entitled ‘‘Affirmatively Furthering Fair 

19 Housing’’ (80 Fed. Reg. 42272 (July 16, 2015)) or the 

20 notice entitled ‘‘Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing 

21 Assessment Tool’’ (79 Fed. Reg. 57949 (September 26, 

22 2014)). 

23 SEC. 422. Each amount designated in this Act by the 

24 Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec25 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
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1 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available (or 

2 repurposed, rescinded, or transferred, if applicable) only 

3 if the President subsequently so designates all such 

4 amounts and transmits such designations to the Congress. 

5 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation, Hous6 ing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appro7 priations Act, 2025’’. 

Calendar No. 445 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4796 

[Report No. 118–199] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Departments of 

poses. ending September 30, 2025, and for other puropment, and related agencies for the fiscal year Transportation, and Housing and Urban DevelJULY 25, 2024 

Read twice and placed on the calendar