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Union Calendar No. 484 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9028 

[Report No. 118–584] 

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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 12, 2024 

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

bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

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. 


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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 

6 Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year end7 ing September 30, 2025, and for other purposes, namely: 

8 TITLE I 

9 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

10 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 

13 $199,152,000, to remain available until September 30, 

14 2026: Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this 

15 heading— 

16 (1) $3,955,000 shall be available for the imme17 diate Office of the Secretary; 

18 (2) $1,419,000 shall be available for the imme19 diate Office of the Deputy Secretary; 

20 (3) $30,065,000 shall be available for the Office 

21 of the General Counsel; 

22 (4) $25,363,000 shall be available for the Office 

23 of the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy, 

24 of which $7,000,000 is for the Office for Multimodal 

25 Freight Infrastructure and Policy; 


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1 (5) $22,857,000 shall be available for the Office 

2 of the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Pro3 grams; 

4 (6) $5,391,000 shall be available for the Office 

5 of the Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs; 

6 (7) $47,188,000 shall be available for the Office 

7 of the Assistant Secretary for Administration; 

8 (8) $6,293,000 shall be available for the Office 

9 of Public Affairs and Public Engagement; 

10 (9) $2,504,000 shall be available for the Office 

11 of the Executive Secretariat; 

12 (10) $16,748,000 shall be available for the Of13 fice of Intelligence, Security, and Emergency Re14 sponse; 

15 (11) $29,405,000 shall be available for the Of16 fice of the Chief Information Officer; and 

17 (12) $1,531,000 shall be available for the Office 

18 of Tribal Government Affairs; 

19 (13) $6,433,000 shall be available for informa20 tion technology development, modernization, and en21 hancement, in addition to amounts otherwise avail22 able for such purposes. 

23 Provided further, That the Secretary of Transportation 

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

25 to transfer funds appropriated for any office of the Office 


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

2 Secretary: Provided further, That no appropriation for any 

3 office shall be increased or decreased by more than 7 per4 cent by all such transfers: Provided further, That notice 

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

6 submitted for approval to the House and Senate Commit7 tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That not to ex8 ceed $70,000 shall be for allocation within the Department 

9 for official reception and representation expenses as the 

10 Secretary may determine: Provided further, That notwith11 standing any other provision of law, there may be credited 

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

13 in user fees. 

14 RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

15 For necessary expenses related to the Office of the 

16 Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, 

17 $50,203,000, of which $30,736,000 shall remain available 

18 until expended: Provided, That of the amounts made avail19 able under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be for the 

20 Drone Infrastructure Inspection Grant Program author21 ized in section 912 of Public Law 118–63: Provided fur22 ther, That, notwithstanding subsection (g)(2) of such sec23 tion 912, amounts made available under section 106(k) 

24 of title 49, United States Code, shall not be available to 

25 carry out such program: Provided further, That of 


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1 amounts made available for the drone infrastructure in2 spection grant program, $1,000,000 shall be available for 

3 administrative expenses: Provided further, That there may 

4 be credited to this appropriation, to be available until ex5 pended, funds received from States, counties, municipali6 ties, other public authorities, and private sources for ex7 penses incurred for training: Provided further, That any 

8 reference in law, regulation, judicial proceedings, or else9 where to the Research and Innovative Technology Admin10 istration shall continue to be deemed to be a reference to 

11 the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and 

12 Technology of the Department of Transportation. 

13 NATIONAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AND INNOVATIVE

14 FINANCE BUREAU

15 For necessary expenses of the National Surface 

16 Transportation and Innovative Finance Bureau as author17 ized by 49 U.S.C. 116, $10,555,000, to remain available 

18 until expended: Provided, That the Secretary may collect 

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

20 Code, to cover the costs of services of expert firms, includ21 ing counsel, in the field of municipal and project finance 

22 to assist in the underwriting and servicing of Federal cred23 it instruments and all or a portion of the costs to the Fed24 eral Government of servicing such credit instruments: Pro25 vided further, That such fees are available until expended 


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

2 are in addition to other amounts made available for such 

3 purposes and are not subject to any obligation limitation 

4 or the limitation on administrative expenses under section 

5 608 of title 23, United States Code. 

6 RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT

7 FINANCING PROGRAM

8 The Secretary is authorized to issue direct loans and 

9 loan guarantees pursuant to chapter 224 of title 49, 

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

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

12 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CAPITAL

13 For necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing 

14 the Department of Transportation’s financial systems and 

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

16 available through September 30, 2026. 

17 CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVES

18 For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, 

19 including necessary upgrades to network and information 

20 technology infrastructure, improvement of identity man21 agement and authentication capabilities, securing and pro22 tecting data, implementation of Federal cyber security ini23 tiatives, and implementation of enhanced security controls 

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

25 remain available until September 30, 2026. 


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1 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

3 $17,662,000. 

4 TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND

5 DEVELOPMENT

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 

8 planning, research, systems development, development ac9 tivities, and making grants, $21,074,000, to remain avail10 able until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 

11 $7,758,000 shall be for necessary expenses of the Inter12 agency Infrastructure Permitting Improvement Center 

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

14 to this appropriation, to remain available until expended, 

15 amounts transferred from other Federal agencies for ex16 penses incurred under this heading for IIPIC activities not 

17 related to transportation infrastructure: Provided further, 

18 That the tools and analysis developed by the IIPIC shall 

19 be available to other Federal agencies for the permitting 

20 and review of major infrastructure projects not related to 

21 transportation only to the extent that other Federal agen22 cies provide funding to the Department in accordance with 

23 the preceding proviso. 


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1 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses for operating costs and cap4 ital outlays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed 

5 $495,645,000, shall be paid from appropriations made 

6 available to the Department of Transportation: Provided, 

7 That such services shall be provided on a competitive basis 

8 to entities within the Department of Transportation: Pro9 vided further, That the limitation in the preceding proviso 

10 on operating expenses shall not apply to entities external 

11 to the Department of Transportation or for funds pro12 vided in Public Law 117–58: Provided further, That no 

13 funds made available by this Act to an agency of the De14 partment shall be transferred to the Working Capital 

15 Fund without majority approval of the Working Capital 

16 Fund Steering Committee and approval of the Secretary: 

17 Provided further, That no assessments may be levied 

18 against any program, budget activity, subactivity, or 

19 project funded by this Act unless notice of such assess20 ments and the basis therefor are presented to the House 

21 and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are ap22 proved by such Committees. 


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1 SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS UTILIZATION AND

2 OUTREACH

3 For necessary expenses for small and disadvantaged 

4 business utilization and outreach activities, $5,967,000, to 

5 remain available until September 30, 2026: Provided, 

6 That notwithstanding section 332 of title 49, United 

7 States Code, such amounts may be used for business op8 portunities related to any mode of transportation: Pro9 vided further, That appropriations made available under 

10 this heading shall be available for any purpose consistent 

11 with prior year appropriations that were made available 

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

13 Business Resource Center Program’’. 

14 PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS

15 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

16 In addition to funds made available from any other 

17 source to carry out the essential air service program under 

18 sections 41731 through 41742 of title 49, United States 

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

20 Airway Trust Fund, to remain available until expended: 

21 Provided, That in determining between or among carriers 

22 competing to provide service to a community, the Sec23 retary may consider the relative subsidy requirements of 

24 the carriers: Provided further, That basic essential air 

25 service minimum requirements shall not include the 15- 


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

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

3 amounts authorized to be distributed for the essential air 

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

5 States Code, shall be made available immediately from 

6 amounts otherwise provided to the Administrator of the 

7 Federal Aviation Administration: Provided further, That 

8 the Administrator may reimburse such amounts from fees 

9 credited to the account established under section 45303 

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

11 notwithstanding section 41733 of title 49, United States 

12 Code, for fiscal year 2025, the requirements established 

13 under subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 41731(a)(1) 

14 of title 49, United States Code, and the subsidy cap estab15 lished by section 332 of the Department of Transportation 

16 and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000, shall not 

17 apply to maintain eligibility under section 41731 of title 

18 49, United States Code. 

19 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—OFFICE OF THE

20 SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

23 Act to the Department of Transportation may be obligated 

24 for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation to ap25 prove assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining 


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1 to funds appropriated to the operating administrations in 

2 this Act, except for activities underway on the date of en3 actment of this Act, unless such assessments or agree4 ments have completed the normal reprogramming process 

5 for congressional notification. 

6 SEC. 102. The Secretary shall post on the web site 

7 of the Department of Transportation a schedule of all 

8 meetings of the Council on Credit and Finance, including 

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

10 Credit and Finance to record the decisions and actions 

11 of each meeting. 

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

13 327 of title 49, United States Code, the Department’s 

14 Working Capital Fund is authorized to provide partial or 

15 full payments in advance and accept subsequent reim16 bursements from all Federal agencies from available funds 

17 for transit benefit distribution services that are necessary 

18 to carry out the Federal transit pass transportation fringe 

19 benefit program under Executive Order No. 13150 and 

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

21 Provided, That the Department shall maintain a reason22 able operating reserve in the Working Capital Fund, to 

23 be expended in advance to provide uninterrupted transit 

24 benefits to Government employees: Provided further, That 

25 such reserve shall not exceed 1 month of benefits payable 


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

2 the continuation of transit benefits: Provided further, That 

3 the Working Capital Fund shall be fully reimbursed by 

4 each customer agency from available funds for the actual 

5 cost of the transit benefit. 

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

7 Working Capital Fund, as authorized by section 327 of 

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

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

10 fiscal year 2025 collections, shall be available until ex11 pended in the Department’s Working Capital Fund to pro12 vide contractual services in support of section 189 of this 

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

14 collections shall not exceed $1,000,000. 

15 SEC. 105. None of the funds in this title may be obli16 gated or expended for retention or senior executive bo17 nuses for an employee of the Department of Transpor18 tation without the prior written approval of the Assistant 

19 Secretary for Administration. 

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

21 327 of title 49, United States Code, the Department’s Ad22 ministrative Working Capital Fund is hereby authorized 

23 to transfer information technology equipment, software, 

24 and systems from departmental sources or other entities 


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1 and collect and maintain a reserve at rates which will re2 turn full cost of transferred assets. 

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

4 the Department of Transportation may be used to provide 

5 credit assistance unless not less than 3 days before any 

6 application approval to provide credit assistance under 

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

8 Secretary provides notification in writing to the following 

9 committees: the House and Senate Committees on Appro10 priations; the Committee on Environment and Public 

11 Works and the Committee on Banking, Housing and 

12 Urban Affairs of the Senate; and the Committee on Trans13 portation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa14 tives: Provided, That such notification shall include, but 

15 not be limited to, the name of the project sponsor; a de16 scription of the project; whether credit assistance will be 

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

18 and the amount of credit assistance. 

19 SEC. 108. (a) Amounts made available to the Sec20 retary of Transportation or the Department of Transpor21 tation’s Operating Administrations in this Act for the 

22 costs of award, administration, or oversight of financial 

23 assistance under the programs identified in subsection (c) 

24 may be transferred to the account identified in section 801 

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


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1 425 of title IV of division K of Public Law 117–103, to 

2 remain available until expended, for the necessary ex3 penses of award, administration, or oversight of any finan4 cial assistance programs in the Department of Transpor5 tation. 

6 (b) Amounts transferred under the authority in this 

7 section are available in addition to amounts otherwise 

8 available for such purpose. 

9 (c) The programs from which funds made available 

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

11 are: 

12 (1) the university transportation centers pro13 gram under section 5505 of title 49, United States 

14 Code; and 

15 (2) the drone infrastructure inspection grant 

16 program as authorized by section 912 of title IX of 

17 Public Law 118–63. 

18 SEC. 109. The Secretary of Transportation may 

19 transfer amounts awarded to a federally recognized Tribe 

20 under a funding agreement entered into under part 29 of 

21 title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, from the Depart22 ment of Transportation’s Operating Administrations to 

23 the Office of Tribal Government Affairs: Provided, That 

24 any amounts retroceded or reassumed under such part 


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1 may be transferred back to the appropriate Operating Ad2 ministration. 

3 SEC. 109A. (a) For amounts made available under 

4 the heading ‘‘National Infrastructure Investments’’ in title 

5 VIII of division J of the Infrastructure Investments and 

6 Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58) to carry out section 6702 

7 of title 49, United States Code, the Secretary shall con8 sider and award projects based solely on the selection cri9 teria as identified under 6702(d)(3) and (d)(4) of title 49, 

10 United States Code. 

11 (b) Amounts repurposed pursuant to subsection (a) 

12 shall continue to be treated as amounts specified in section 

13 103(b) of division A of Public Law 118–5. 

14 SEC. 109B. The Secretary of Transportation may 

15 transfer up to $1,641,000 from the ‘‘Office of the Sec16 retary—Salaries and Expenses’’ to the Department of 

17 Transportation’s Operating Administrations for rent pay18 ments: Provided, That such amounts are in addition to 

19 amounts otherwise available for such purposes: Provided 

20 further, That any amounts transferred for rent payments 

21 that are no longer needed may be transferred back to the 

22 original account. 


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1 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

2 OPERATIONS

3 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

4 For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Ad5 ministration, not otherwise provided for, including oper6 ations and research activities related to commercial space 

7 transportation, administrative expenses for research and 

8 development, establishment of air navigation facilities, the 

9 operation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, 

10 subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold 

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

12 vehicles for replacement only, $13,587,949,000, to remain 

13 available until September 30, 2026, of which 

14 $11,771,321,000 to be derived from the Airport and Air15 way Trust Fund: Provided, That of the amounts made 

16 available under this heading— 

17 (1) not less than $1,832,078,000 shall be avail18 able for aviation safety activities; 

19 (2) $10,105,678,000 shall be available for air 

20 traffic organization activities; 

21 (3) $57,130,000 shall be available for commer22 cial space transportation activities; 

23 (4) $1,004,787,000 shall be available for fi24 nance and management activities; 


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1 (5) $73,556,000 shall be available for NextGen 

2 and operations planning activities; 

3 (6) $176,988,000 shall be available for security 

4 and hazardous materials safety activities; and 

5 (7) $337,732,000 shall be available for staff of6 fices: 

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

8 budget activity, except for aviation safety budget activity, 

9 may be transferred to any budget activity under this head10 ing: Provided further, That no transfer may increase or 

11 decrease any appropriation under this heading by more 

12 than 5 percent: Provided further, That any transfer in ex13 cess of 5 percent shall be treated as a reprogramming of 

14 funds under section 405 of this Act and shall not be avail15 able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 

16 with the procedures set forth in that section: Provided fur17 ther, That not later than 60 days after the submission of 

18 the budget request, the Administrator of the Federal Avia19 tion Administration shall transmit to Congress an annual 

20 update to the report submitted to Congress in December 

21 2004 pursuant to section 221 of the Vision 100-Century 

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

23 Provided further, That the amounts made available under 

24 this heading shall be reduced by $100,000 for each day 

25 after 60 days after the submission of the budget request 


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1 that such report has not been transmitted to Congress: 

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

3 submission of the budget request, the Administrator shall 

4 transmit to Congress a companion report that describes 

5 a comprehensive strategy for staffing, hiring, and training 

6 flight standards and aircraft certification staff in a format 

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

8 including stated attrition estimates and numerical hiring 

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

10 made available under this heading shall be reduced by 

11 $100,000 for each day after the date that is 60 days after 

12 the submission of the budget request that such report has 

13 not been submitted to Congress: Provided further, That 

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

15 a nonprofit standard-setting organization to assist in the 

16 development of aviation safety standards: Provided fur17 ther, That none of the funds made available by this Act 

18 shall be available for new applicants for the second career 

19 training program: Provided further, That none of the 

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

21 Federal Aviation Administration to finalize or implement 

22 any regulation that would promulgate new aviation user 

23 fees not specifically authorized by law after the date of 

24 the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That there 

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1 tions, funds received from States, counties, municipalities, 

2 foreign authorities, other public authorities, and private 

3 sources for expenses incurred in the provision of agency 

4 services, including receipts for the maintenance and oper5 ation of air navigation facilities, and for issuance, renewal 

6 or modification of certificates, including airman, aircraft, 

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

8 or for processing major repair or alteration forms: Pro9 vided further, That of the amounts made available under 

10 this heading, not less than $256,000,000 shall be used to 

11 fund direct operations of the current air traffic control 

12 towers in the contract tower program, including the con13 tract tower cost share program, and any airport that is 

14 currently qualified or that will qualify for the program 

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

16 funds made available by this Act for aeronautical charting 

17 and cartography are available for activities conducted by, 

18 or coordinated through, the Working Capital Fund. 

19 FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

20 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

21 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

22 for acquisition, establishment, technical support services, 

23 improvement by contract or purchase, and hire of national 

24 airspace systems and experimental facilities and equip25 ment, as authorized under part A of subtitle VII of title 


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1 49, United States Code, including initial acquisition of 

2 necessary sites by lease or grant; engineering and service 

3 testing, including construction of test facilities and acqui4 sition of necessary sites by lease or grant; construction 

5 and furnishing of quarters and related accommodations 

6 for officers and employees of the Federal Aviation Admin7 istration stationed at remote localities where such accom8 modations are not available; and the purchase, lease, or 

9 transfer of aircraft from funds made available under this 

10 heading, including aircraft for aviation regulation and cer11 tification; to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust 

12 Fund, $3,549,200,000, of which $690,000,000 is for per13 sonnel and related expenses and shall remain available 

14 until September 30, 2026, $2,751,650,000 shall remain 

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

16 for terminal facilities and shall remain available until Sep17 tember 30, 2029: Provided, That there may be credited 

18 to this appropriation funds received from States, counties, 

19 municipalities, other public authorities, and private 

20 sources, for expenses incurred in the establishment, im21 provement, and modernization of national airspace sys22 tems: Provided further, That not later than 60 days after 

23 submission of the budget request, the Secretary of Trans24 portation shall transmit to the Congress an investment 

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1 cludes funding for each budget line item for fiscal years 

2 2026 through 2030, with total funding for each year of 

3 the plan constrained to the funding targets for those years 

4 as estimated and approved by the Office of Management 

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

6 shall apply to amounts made available under this heading 

7 in title VIII of the Infrastructure Investments and Jobs 

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

9 Provided further, That the amounts in the table entitled 

10 ‘‘Allocation of Funds for FAA Facilities and Equipment 

11 from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act—Fiscal 

12 Year 2025’’ in the Report accompanying this Act shall be 

13 the baseline for application of reprogramming and trans14 fer authorities for the current fiscal year pursuant to para15 graph (7) of such section 405 for amounts referred to in 

16 the preceding proviso: Provided further, That, notwith17 standing paragraphs (5) and (6) of such section 405, un18 less prior approval is received from the House and Senate 

19 Committees on Appropriations, not to exceed 10 percent 

20 of any funding level specified for projects and activities 

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

22 transferred to any other funding level specified for 

23 projects and activities in such table and no transfer of 

24 such funding levels may increase or decrease any funding 

25 level in such table by more than 10 percent. 


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1 RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT

2 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

3 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

4 for research, engineering, and development, as authorized 

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

6 Code, including construction of experimental facilities and 

7 acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant, 

8 $259,787,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway 

9 Trust Fund and to remain available until September 30, 

10 2027: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro11 priation as offsetting collections, funds received from 

12 States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, 

13 and private sources, which shall be available for expenses 

14 incurred for research, engineering, and development: Pro15 vided further, That amounts made available under this 

16 heading shall be used in accordance with the Report ac17 companying this Act: Provided further, That not to exceed 

18 10 percent of any funding level specified under this head19 ing in the Report accompanying this Act may be trans20 ferred to any other funding level specified under this head21 ing in the Report accompanying this Act: Provided further, 

22 That no transfer may increase or decrease any funding 

23 level by more than 10 percent: Provided further, That any 

24 transfer in excess of 10 percent shall be treated as a re25 programming of funds under section 405 of this Act and 


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1 shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 

2 in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 

3 GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

4 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

5 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

6 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in9 aid for airport planning and development, and noise com10 patibility planning and programs as authorized under sub11 chapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 

12 of title 49, United States Code, and under other law au13 thorizing such obligations; for procurement, installation, 

14 and commissioning of runway incursion prevention devices 

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

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

17 for inspection activities and administration of airport safe18 ty programs, including those related to airport operating 

19 certificates under section 44706 of title 49, United States 

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

21 Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until ex22 pended: Provided, That none of the amounts made avail23 able under this heading shall be available for the planning 

24 or execution of programs the obligations for which are in 

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1 standing section 47117(g) of title 49, United States Code: 

2 Provided further, That none of the amounts made available 

3 under this heading shall be available for the replacement 

4 of baggage conveyor systems, reconfiguration of terminal 

5 baggage areas, or other airport improvements that are 

6 necessary to install bulk explosive detection systems: Pro7 vided further, That notwithstanding section 47109(a) of 

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

9 allowable project costs under paragraph (2) of such sec10 tion for subgrants or paragraph (3) of such section shall 

11 be 95 percent for a project at other than a large or me12 dium hub airport that is a successive phase of a multi13 phased construction project for which the project sponsor 

14 received a grant in fiscal year 2011 for the construction 

15 project: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 

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

17 not less than $163,624,000 shall be available for adminis18 tration, $15,000,000 shall be available for the airport co19 operative research program, $43,360,000 shall be avail20 able for airport technology research, and $10,000,000, to 

21 remain available until expended, shall be available and 

22 transferred to ‘‘Office of the Secretary, Salaries and Ex23 penses’’ to carry out the small community air service de24 velopment program: Provided further, That in addition to 

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1 States Code, such program may include the participation 

2 of an airport that serves a community or consortium that 

3 is not larger than a small hub airport, according to FAA 

4 hub classifications effective at the time the Office of the 

5 Secretary issues a request for proposals. 

6 GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Grants-In-Aid for Air8 ports’’, to enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 

9 grants for projects as authorized by subchapter 1 of chap10 ter 471 and subchapter 1 of chapter 475 of title 49, 

11 United States Code, $260,926,876, to remain available 

12 through September 30, 2027: Provided, That amounts 

13 made available under this heading shall be derived from 

14 the general fund, and such funds shall not be subject to 

15 apportionment formulas, special apportionment categories, 

16 or minimum percentages under chapter 471 of title 49, 

17 United States Code: Provided further, That of the sums 

18 appropriated under this heading — 

19 (1) $257,926,876 shall be made available for 

20 the purposes, and in amounts, specified for Commu21 nity Project Funding in the table entitled ‘‘Commu22 nity Project Funding’’ included in the Report accom23 panying this Act: Provided, That funds made avail24 able under this heading shall not be subject to or 


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1 considered under section 47115(j)(3)(B) of title 49, 

2 United States Code. 

3 (2) not less than $3,000,000, to remain avail4 able until expended, shall be made available to an 

5 airport notwithstanding subsection (c)(4)(B) of sec6 tion 41743 of title 49 of the United States Code: 

7 Provided further, that amounts available shall be 

8 transferred to ‘‘Office of the Secretary, Salaries and 

9 Expenses’’ to carry out the small community air 

10 service development program: Provided,That the 

11 community or consortium of communities is a pri12 ority of the Secretary under subsection(c)(5)(F) of 

13 section 41743 of title 49 of the United States Code: 

14 Provided further, That the air service was termi15 nated from October 1, 2021 through at least Janu16 ary 1, 2024 and resulted in a 100% loss of air serv17 ice. 

18 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION

19 ADMINISTRATION

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

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

22 staff-years under the federally funded research and devel23 opment center contract between the Federal Aviation Ad24 ministration and the Center for Advanced Aviation Sys25 tems Development during fiscal year 2025. 


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

2 Act shall be used to pursue or adopt guidelines or regula3 tions requiring airport sponsors to provide to the Federal 

4 Aviation Administration without cost building construc5 tion, maintenance, utilities and expenses, or space in air6 port sponsor-owned buildings for services relating to air 

7 traffic control, air navigation, or weather reporting: Pro8 vided, That the prohibition on the use of funds in this 

9 section does not apply to negotiations between the agency 

10 and airport sponsors to achieve agreement on ‘‘below-mar11 ket’’ rates for these items or to grant assurances that re12 quire airport sponsors to provide land without cost to the 

13 Federal Aviation Administration for air traffic control fa14 cilities. 

15 SEC. 112. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 

16 Administration may reimburse amounts made available to 

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

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

19 United States Code, and any amount remaining in such 

20 account at the close of any fiscal year may be made avail21 able to satisfy section 41742(a)(1) of title 49, United 

22 States Code, for the subsequent fiscal year. 

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

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

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1 merged with and available for the same purposes as such 

2 appropriation. 

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

4 Act shall be available for paying premium pay under sec5 tion 5546(a) of title 5, United States Code, to any Federal 

6 Aviation Administration employee unless such employee 

7 actually performed work during the time corresponding to 

8 such premium pay. 

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

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

11 Federal Aviation Administration to purchase a store gift 

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

13 credit card. 

14 SEC. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

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

17 to implement any limitation on the ability of any owner 

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

19 to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administra20 tion, a blocking of that owner’s or operator’s aircraft reg21 istration number, Mode S transponder code, flight identi22 fication, call sign, or similar identifying information from 

23 any ground based display to the public that would allow 

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1 ernment agency, for the noncommercial flights of that 

2 owner or operator. 

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

4 Act shall be available for salaries and expenses of more 

5 than nine political and Presidential appointees in the Fed6 eral Aviation Administration. 

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

8 Act may be used to increase fees pursuant to section 

9 44721 of title 49, United States Code, until the Federal 

10 Aviation Administration provides to the House and Senate 

11 Committees on Appropriations a report that justifies all 

12 fees related to aeronautical navigation products and ex13 plains how such fees are consistent with Executive Order 

14 No. 13642. 

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

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

17 the Federal Aviation Administration or reduce its services 

18 unless the Administrator notifies the House and Senate 

19 Committees on Appropriations not less than 90 full busi20 ness days in advance. 

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

22 limited by this Act may be used to change weight restric23 tions or prior permission rules at Teterboro airport in 

24 Teterboro, New Jersey. 


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

2 Act may be used by the Administrator of the Federal Avia3 tion Administration to withhold from consideration and 

4 approval any new application for participation in the con5 tract tower program, or for reevaluation of cost-share pro6 gram participants so long as the Federal Aviation Admin7 istration has received an application from the airport, and 

8 so long as the Administrator determines such tower is eli9 gible using the factors set forth in Federal Aviation Ad10 ministration published establishment criteria. 

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

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

13 office, or reorganize a regional office, the aeronautical cen14 ter, or the technical center unless the Administrator sub15 mits a request for the reprogramming of funds under sec16 tion 405 of this Act. 

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

18 States Code, shall be applied by inserting the following 

19 after paragraph (4): 

20 ‘‘(5) LIMITATIONS.— 

21 ‘‘(A) SYSTEMS OR EQUIPMENT.—Eligible air 

22 traffic systems or equipment identified in subpara23 graphs (A) through (C) of paragraph (3) of this sub24 section to be transferred to the Administrator under 


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1 this subsection must have been purchased by the 

2 transferor airport on or after October 5, 2018; and 

3 ‘‘(B) OTHER SYSTEMS OR EQUIPMENT.—Eligi4 ble air traffic systems or equipment identified in 

5 subparagraph (D) of paragraph (3) of this sub6 section to be transferred to the Administrator under 

7 this subsection must have been purchased by the 

8 transferor airport on or after October 1, 2024. 

9 ‘‘(6) AIRPORTS IN THE CONTIGUOUS UNITED 

10 STATES.—Notwithstanding the limitation to airports in 

11 non-contiguous States in paragraph (1) of this subsection, 

12 an airport in the contiguous United States may transfer, 

13 without consideration, to the Administrator of the Federal 

14 Aviation Administration, an eligible air traffic system or 

15 equipment identified in subparagraphs (A) through (C) of 

16 paragraph (3) of this subsection that conforms to perform17 ance specifications of the Administrator if a Government 

18 airport aid program, airport development aid program, or 

19 airport improvement project grant was used to assist in 

20 purchasing the system or equipment and such eligible air 

21 traffic system or equipment was purchased by the trans22 feror airport during the period of time beginning on Octo23 ber 5, 2018, and ending on December 31, 2021.’’ 

24 SEC. 119E. Of the funds provided under the heading 

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1 for necessary expenses, including an independent 

2 verification regime, to provide reimbursement to airport 

3 sponsors that do not provide gateway operations and pro4 viders of general aviation ground support services, or other 

5 aviation tenants, located at those airports closed during 

6 a temporary flight restriction (TFR) for any residence of 

7 the President that is designated or identified to be secured 

8 by the United States Secret Service, and for direct and 

9 incremental financial losses incurred while such airports 

10 are closed solely due to the actions of the Federal Govern11 ment: Provided, That no funds shall be obligated or dis12 tributed to airport sponsors that do not provide gateway 

13 operations and providers of general aviation ground sup14 port services until an independent audit is completed: Pro15 vided further, That losses incurred as a result of violations 

16 of law, or through fault or negligence, of such operators 

17 and service providers or of third parties (including air18 ports) are not eligible for reimbursements: Provided fur19 ther, That obligation and expenditure of funds are condi20 tional upon full release of the United States Government 

21 for all claims for financial losses resulting from such ac22 tions. 


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1 FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

2 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

3 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 Not to exceed $493,767,664 together with advances 

6 and reimbursements received by the Federal Highway Ad7 ministration, shall be obligated for necessary expenses for 

8 administration and operation of the Federal Highway Ad9 ministration: Provided, That in addition, $3,248,000 shall 

10 be transferred to the Appalachian Regional Commission 

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

12 States Code. 

13 FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

14 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

15 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

16 Funds available for the implementation or execution 

17 of authorized Federal-aid highway and highway safety 

18 construction programs shall not exceed total obligations 

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

20 the limitation on obligations under this heading shall only 

21 apply to contract authority authorized from the Highway 

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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, $62,053,170,545 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 $1,490,176,742: 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) activities eligible under the Tribal transportation pro17 gram under section 202 of title 23, United States Code; 

18 or (3) activities eligible under the Nationally Significant 

19 Multimodal Freight and Highway Projects program under 

20 Section 117 of title 23, United States Code, and shall not 

21 affect the distribution or amount of funds provided in any 

22 other Act: Provided further, That section 11101(e) of Pub23 lic Law 117–58 shall apply to funds made available under 

24 this heading: Provided further, That unless otherwise spec25 ified, amounts made available under this heading shall be 


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1 available until September 30, 2028, and shall not be sub2 ject to any limitation on obligations for Federal-aid high3 ways or highway safety construction programs set forth 

4 in any Act making annual appropriations: Provided fur5 ther, That of the sums appropriated under this heading— 

6 (1) $1,085,176,742 shall be for the purposes, 

7 and in the amounts, specified for Community 

8 Project Funding in the table entitled ‘‘Community 

9 Project Funding’’ included in the Report accom10 panying this Act: Provided, That, except as other11 wise provided under this heading, the funds made 

12 available under this paragraph shall be administered 

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

14 States Code: Provided further, That funds made 

15 available under this paragraph that are used for 

16 Tribal projects shall be administered as if allocated 

17 under chapter 2 of title 23, United States Code, ex18 cept that the set-asides described in subparagraph 

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

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

21 202 of such title, and section 1123(h)(1) of MAP22 21 (as amended by Public Law 117–58), shall not 

23 apply to such funds; 

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1 scribed in section 202 of title 23, United States 

2 Code: Provided, That, except as otherwise provided 

3 under this heading, the funds made available under 

4 this paragraph shall be administered as if allocated 

5 under chapter 2 of title 23, United States Code: 

6 Provided further, That the set-asides described in 

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

8 United States Code, and subsections (a)(6), (c), and 

9 (e) of section 202 of such title shall not apply to 

10 funds made available under this paragraph: Provided 

11 further, That the set-aside described in section 

12 1123(h)(1) of MAP-21 (as amended by Public Law 

13 117–58), shall not apply to such funds; 

14 (3) $200,000,000 shall be for the Nationally 

15 Significant Multimodal Freight and Highway 

16 Projects program as authorized by 23 U.S.C. 117, 

17 for truck parking projects: Provided, That such 

18 funds shall be available until expended: Provided fur19 ther, That the set aside under subsection (e)(1) of 

20 such section shall be treated as not less than 50 per21 cent: Provided further, That an entity that receives 

22 a grant under this section may partner with a pri23 vate entity to carry out an eligible project under 

24 such section: Provided further, That, in making 

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1 prioritize applicants proposing projects located in 

2 rural areas and near Federal-aid highways: Provided 

3 further, That no fees may be charged by an entity 

4 receiving a grant under this section to a commercial 

5 motor vehicle driver to gain access to parking con6 structed, opened, maintained, or improved with a 

7 grant under such section: Provided further, That, ex8 cept as otherwise provided under such section or this 

9 heading, the funds made available under this para10 graph shall be administered as if apportioned under 

11 chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code; and 

12 (4) $5,000,000 shall be to carry out section 

13 11502 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs 

14 Act (23 U.S.C. 148 note): Provided, That, except as 

15 otherwise provided under such section or this head16 ing, the funds made available under this paragraph 

17 shall be administered as if apportioned under chap18 ter 1 of title 23, United States Code. 

19 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY

20 ADMINISTRATION

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

22 Transportation shall— 

23 (1) not distribute from the obligation limitation 

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1 (A) amounts authorized for administrative 

2 expenses and programs by section 104(a) of 

3 title 23, United States Code; and 

4 (B) amounts authorized for the Bureau of 

5 Transportation Statistics; 

6 (2) not distribute an amount from the obliga7 tion limitation for Federal-aid highways that is equal 

8 to the unobligated balance of amounts— 

9 (A) made available from the Highway 

10 Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Ac11 count) for Federal-aid highway and highway 

12 safety construction programs for previous fiscal 

13 years the funds for which are allocated by the 

14 Secretary (or apportioned by the Secretary 

15 under section 202 or 204 of title 23, United 

16 States Code); and 

17 (B) for which obligation limitation was 

18 provided in a previous fiscal year; 

19 (3) determine the proportion that— 

20 (A) the obligation limitation for Federal21 aid highways, less the aggregate of amounts not 

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

23 this subsection; bears to 

24 (B) the total of the sums authorized to be 

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1 highway safety construction programs (other 

2 than sums authorized to be appropriated for 

3 provisions of law described in paragraphs (1) 

4 through (11) of subsection (b) and sums au5 thorized to be appropriated for section 119 of 

6 title 23, United States Code, equal to the 

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

8 such fiscal year), less the aggregate of the 

9 amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) 

10 and (2) of this subsection; 

11 (4) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed12 eral-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not 

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

14 of the programs (other than programs to which 

15 paragraph (1) applies) that are allocated by the Sec16 retary under authorized Federal-aid highway and 

17 highway safety construction programs, or appor18 tioned by the Secretary under section 202 or 204 of 

19 title 23, United States Code, by multiplying— 

20 (A) the proportion determined under para21 graph (3); by 

22 (B) the amounts authorized to be appro23 priated for each such program for such fiscal 

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1 (5) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed2 eral-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not 

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

4 amounts distributed under paragraph (4), for Fed5 eral-aid highway and highway safety construction 

6 programs that are apportioned by the Secretary 

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

8 amounts apportioned for the national highway per9 formance program in section 119 of title 23, United 

10 States Code, that are exempt from the limitation 

11 under subsection (b)(12) and the amounts appor12 tioned under sections 202 and 204 of that title) in 

13 the proportion that— 

14 (A) amounts authorized to be appropriated 

15 for the programs that are apportioned under 

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

17 such fiscal year; bears to 

18 (B) the total of the amounts authorized to 

19 be appropriated for the programs that are ap20 portioned under title 23, United States Code, to 

21 all States for such fiscal year. 

22 (b) EXCEPTIONS FROM OBLIGATION LIMITATION.— 

23 The obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways shall 

24 not apply to obligations under or for— 

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1 (2) section 147 of the Surface Transportation 

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

3 Stat. 2714); 

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

5 of 1981 (95 Stat. 1701); 

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

7 Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (96 

8 Stat. 2119); 

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

10 Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation As11 sistance Act of 1987 (101 Stat. 198); 

12 (6) sections 1103 through 1108 of the Inter13 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 

14 1991 (105 Stat. 2027); 

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

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

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

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

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

20 of those fiscal years); 

21 (9) Federal-aid highway programs for which ob22 ligation authority was made available under the 

23 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century 

24 (112 Stat. 107) or subsequent Acts for multiple 

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1 to the extent that the obligation authority has not 

2 lapsed or been used; 

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

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

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

6 of those fiscal years); 

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

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

9 funds obligated in accordance with that section were 

10 not subject to a limitation on obligations at the time 

11 at which the funds were initially made available for 

12 obligation; and 

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

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

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

16 (c) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED OBLIGATION AU17 THORITY.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 

18 shall, after August 1 of such fiscal year— 

19 (1) revise a distribution of the obligation limita20 tion made available under subsection (a) if an 

21 amount distributed cannot be obligated during that 

22 fiscal year; and 

23 (2) redistribute sufficient amounts to those 

24 States able to obligate amounts in addition to those 

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1 priority to those States having large unobligated bal2 ances of funds apportioned under sections 144 (as in 

3 effect on the day before the date of enactment of 

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

5 States Code. 

6 (d) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS TO

7 TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PROGRAMS.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para9 graph (2), the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 

10 highways shall apply to contract authority for trans11 portation research programs carried out under— 

12 (A) chapter 5 of title 23, United States 

13 Code; 

14 (B) title VI of the Fixing America’s Sur15 face Transportation Act; and 

16 (C) title III of division A of the Infrastruc17 ture Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 

18 117–58). 

19 (2) EXCEPTION.—Obligation authority made 

20 available under paragraph (1) shall— 

21 (A) remain available for a period of 4 fis22 cal years; and 

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

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1 aid highway and highway safety construction 

2 programs for future fiscal years. 

3 (e) REDISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN AUTHORIZED

4 FUNDS.— 

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

6 the date of distribution of obligation limitation 

7 under subsection (a), the Secretary shall distribute 

8 to the States any funds (excluding funds authorized 

9 for the program under section 202 of title 23, 

10 United States Code) that— 

11 (A) are authorized to be appropriated for 

12 such fiscal year for Federal-aid highway pro13 grams; and 

14 (B) the Secretary determines will not be 

15 allocated to the States (or will not be appor16 tioned to the States under section 204 of title 

17 23, United States Code), and will not be avail18 able for obligation, for such fiscal year because 

19 of the imposition of any obligation limitation for 

20 such fiscal year. 

21 (2) RATIO.—Funds shall be distributed under 

22 paragraph (1) in the same proportion as the dis23 tribution of obligation authority under subsection 

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1 (3) AVAILABILITY.—Funds distributed to each 

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

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

4 United States Code. 

5 SEC. 121. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re6 ceived by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the 

7 sale of data products, for necessary expenses incurred pur8 suant to chapter 63 of title 49, United States Code, may 

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

10 purpose of reimbursing the Bureau for such expenses. 

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

12 under his or her statutory authority, any Buy America re13 quirement for Federal-aid highways projects, the Sec14 retary of Transportation shall make an informal public no15 tice and comment opportunity on the intent to issue such 

16 waiver and the reasons therefor: Provided, That the Sec17 retary shall post on a website any waivers granted under 

18 the Buy America requirements. 

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

20 Act may be used to make a grant for a project under sec21 tion 117 of title 23, United States Code, unless the Sec22 retary, at least 60 days before making a grant under that 

23 section, provides written notification to the House and 

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1 grant, including an evaluation and justification for the 

2 project and the amount of the proposed grant award. 

3 SEC. 124. (a) A State or territory, as defined in sec4 tion 165 of title 23, United States Code, may use for any 

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

6 165 of title 23 and located within the boundary of the 

7 State or territory any earmarked amount, and any associ8 ated obligation limitation: Provided, That the Department 

9 of Transportation for the State or territory for which the 

10 earmarked amount was originally designated or directed 

11 notifies the Secretary of its intent to use its authority 

12 under this section and submits an annual report to the 

13 Secretary identifying the projects to which the funding 

14 would be applied. Notwithstanding the original period of 

15 availability of funds to be obligated under this section, 

16 such funds and associated obligation limitation shall re17 main available for obligation for a period of 3 fiscal years 

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

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

20 funds made available under this section shall be the same 

21 as associated with the earmark. 

22 (b) In this section, the term ‘‘earmarked amount’’ 

23 means— 

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1 Senate, identified in a prior law, report, or joint ex2 planatory statement, which was authorized to be ap3 propriated or appropriated more than 10 fiscal years 

4 prior to the current fiscal year, and administered by 

5 the Federal Highway Administration; or 

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

7 XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives, 

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

9 statement, which was authorized to be appropriated 

10 or appropriated more than 10 fiscal years prior to 

11 the current fiscal year, and administered by the Fed12 eral Highway Administration. 

13 (c) The authority under subsection (a) may be exer14 cised only for those projects or activities that have obli15 gated less than 10 percent of the amount made available 

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

17 and shall be applied to projects within the same general 

18 geographic area within 25 miles for which the funding was 

19 designated, except that a State or territory may apply 

20 such authority to unexpended balances of funds from 

21 projects or activities the State or territory certifies have 

22 been closed and for which payments have been made under 

23 a final voucher. 

24 (d) The Secretary shall submit consolidated reports 

25 of the information provided by the States and territories 


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1 annually to the House and Senate Committees on Appro2 priations. 

3 SEC. 125. None of the funds made available in this 

4 Act or any other Act may be used for any activities related 

5 to the implementation of Priced Zones (Cordon Pricing) 

6 under the Value Pricing Pilot Program or New York 

7 City’s Central Business District Tolling Program. 

8 SEC. 126. None of the funds made available by this 

9 Act or any other Act may be used to implement, admin10 ister, or enforce the final rule entitled ‘‘National Perform11 ance Management Measures; Assessing Performance of 

12 the National Highway System, Greenhouse Gas Emissions 

13 Measure’’ published by the Federal Highway Administra14 tion in the Federal Register on December 7, 2023 (88 

15 Fed. Reg. 85364), or any substantially similar rule. 

16 FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

17 MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS

18 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

19 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

20 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

21 For payment of obligations incurred in the implemen22 tation, execution and administration of motor carrier safe23 ty operations and programs pursuant to section 31110 of 

24 title 49, United States Code, as amended by the Infra25 structure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58), 


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1 $382,500,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust 

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

3 with advances and reimbursements received by the Fed4 eral Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the sum of 

5 which shall remain available until expended: Provided, 

6 That funds available for implementation, execution, or ad7 ministration of motor carrier safety operations and pro8 grams authorized under title 49, United States Code, shall 

9 not exceed total obligations of $382,500,000, for ‘‘Motor 

10 Carrier Safety Operations and Programs’’ for fiscal year 

11 2025, of which $14,073,000, to remain available for obli12 gation until September 30, 2027, is for the research and 

13 technology program, and of which not less than 

14 $63,098,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep15 tember 30, 2027, is for development, modernization, en16 hancement, and continued operation and maintenance of 

17 information technology and information management. 

18 MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS

19 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

20 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

21 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

22 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

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

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

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1 count) and to remain available until expended: Provided, 

2 That funds available for the implementation or execution 

3 of motor carrier safety programs shall not exceed total ob4 ligations of $526,450,000 in fiscal year 2025 for ‘‘Motor 

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

6 amounts made available under this heading— 

7 (1) $414,500,000, to remain available for obli8 gation until September 30, 2026, shall be for the 

9 motor carrier safety assistance program; 

10 (2) $44,350,000, to remain available for obliga11 tion until September 30, 2026, shall be for the com12 mercial driver’s license program implementation pro13 gram; 

14 (3) $61,200,000, to remain available for obliga15 tion until September 30, 2026, shall be for the high 

16 priority program; 

17 (4) $1,400,000, to remain available for obliga18 tion until September 30, 2026, shall be for the com19 mercial motor vehicle operators grant program; and 

20 (5) $5,000,000, to remain available for obliga21 tion until September 30, 2026, shall be for the com22 mercial motor vehicle enforcement training and sup23 port grant program. 


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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL MOTOR

2 CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

3 SEC. 130. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Admin4 istration shall send notice of section 385.308 of title 49, 

5 Code of Federal Regulations, violations by certified mail, 

6 registered mail, or another manner of delivery, which 

7 records the receipt of the notice by the persons responsible 

8 for the violations. 

9 SEC. 131. None of the funds appropriated or other10 wise made available to the Department of Transportation 

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

12 to implement, administer, or enforce the requirements of 

13 section 31137 of title 49, United States Code, or any regu14 lation issued by the Secretary pursuant to such section, 

15 with respect to the use of electronic logging devices by op16 erators of commercial motor vehicles, as defined in section 

17 31132(1) of such title, transporting livestock as defined 

18 in section 602 of the Emergency Livestock Feed Assist19 ance Act of 1988 (7 U.S.C. 1471) or insects. 

20 SEC. 132. None of the funds made available by this 

21 or any other Act may be used to require the use of inward 

22 facing cameras or require a motor carrier to register an 

23 apprenticeship program with the Department of Labor as 

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1 SEC. 133. None of the funds appropriated or other2 wise made available by this Act or any other Act may be 

3 used to promulgate any rule or regulation to require vehi4 cles with a gross vehicle weight of more than 26,000 

5 pounds operating in interstate commerce to be equipped 

6 with a speed limiting device set to a maximum speed. 

7 SEC. 134. (a) None of the funds made available by 

8 this or any other Act may be used to modify, rescind, or 

9 grant waivers from the preemption determinations pub10 lished by FMCSA at 83 FR 67470 (Dec. 28, 2018) and 

11 85 FR 73335 (Nov. 17, 2020). 

12 (b) Notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 31141(d)(2), the Sec13 retary shall deny, without a hearing on the record, any 

14 petitions for waiver of the aforementioned preemption de15 terminations pending on the date of enactment or received 

16 after the date of enactment. 

17 (c) Nothing in the Act shall be construed to prohibit 

18 the Secretary from modifying, rescinding, or granting a 

19 waiver from the preemption determination published by 

20 FMCSA at 85 FR 3469 (Jan. 21, 2020). 

21 NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

22 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

23 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of 

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

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1 of title 49, United States Code, $235,000,000, to remain 

2 available through September 30, 2026. 

3 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

4 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

5 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

6 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

7 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

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

9 Code, including behavioral research on automated driving 

10 systems and advanced driver assistance systems and im11 proving consumer responses to safety recalls, section 

12 25024 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 

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

14 States Code, $205,400,000, to be derived from the High15 way Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) 

16 and to remain available until expended: Provided, That 

17 none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the 

18 planning or execution of programs the total obligations for 

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

20 Provided further, That of the sums appropriated under 

21 this heading— 

22 (1) $198,000,000 shall be for programs author23 ized under section 403 of title 23, United States 

24 Code, including behavioral research on automated 

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1 tems and improving consumer responses to safety 

2 recalls, and section 25024 of the Infrastructure In3 vestment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58); and 

4 (2) $7,400,000 shall be for the national driver 

5 register authorized under chapter 303 of title 49, 

6 United States Code: 

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

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

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

10 in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed on 

11 obligations for future years: Provided further, That 

12 amounts for behavioral research on automated driving sys13 tems and advanced driver assistance systems and improv14 ing consumer responses to safety recalls are in addition 

15 to any other funds provided for those purposes for fiscal 

16 year 2025 in this Act. 

17 HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS

18 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

19 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

20 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

21 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

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

23 United States Code, and grant administration expenses 

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

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1 the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 

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

3 shall be available for the planning or execution of pro4 grams for which the total obligations in fiscal year 2025 

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

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

7 States Code, and grant administration expenses under 

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

9 That of the sums appropriated under this heading— 

10 (1) $385,900,000 shall be for highway safety 

11 programs under section 402 of title 23, United 

12 States Code; 

13 (2) $360,500,000 shall be for national priority 

14 safety programs under section 405 of title 23, 

15 United States Code; 

16 (3) $42,300,000 shall be for the high visibility 

17 enforcement program under section 404 of title 23, 

18 United States Code; and 

19 (4) $42,744,832 shall be for grant administra20 tive expenses under chapter 4 of title 23, United 

21 States Code: 

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

23 for construction, rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or for 

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1 ceed $500,000 of the funds made available for national 

2 priority safety programs under section 405 of title 23, 

3 United States Code, for impaired driving countermeasures 

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

5 available for technical assistance to the States: Provided 

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

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

8 any amounts transferred to increase the amounts made 

9 available under section 402 shall include the obligation au10 thority for such amounts: Provided further, That the Ad11 ministrator shall notify the House and Senate Committees 

12 on Appropriations of any exercise of the authority granted 

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

14 of title 23, United States Code, within 5 days. 

15 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—NATIONAL HIGHWAY

16 TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

17 SEC. 140. The limitations on obligations for the pro18 grams of the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis19 tration set in this Act shall not apply to obligations for 

20 which obligation authority was made available in previous 

21 public laws but only to the extent that the obligation au22 thority has not lapsed or been used. 

23 SEC. 141. The amounts made available or subject to 

24 an obligation limitation in this Act or in division J of the 

25 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 


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1 117—58) for grant administrative expenses under chapter 

2 4 of title 23, United States Code, may be used to provide 

3 technical assistance to grantees implementing highway 

4 traffic safety grants. 

5 FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION

6 SAFETY AND OPERATIONS

7 For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Ad8 ministration, not otherwise provided for, $288,203,000, of 

9 which $25,000,000 shall remain available until expended. 

10 RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

11 For necessary expenses for railroad research and de12 velopment, $45,879,000, to remain available until ex13 pended: Provided, That of the amounts provided under 

14 this heading, up to $3,000,000 shall be available pursuant 

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

16 the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and 

17 improvements at the Transportation Technology Center. 

18 CONSOLIDATED RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY

19 IMPROVEMENTS

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For necessary expenses related to consolidated rail 

22 infrastructure and safety improvements grants, as author23 ized by section 22907 of title 49, United States Code, 

24 $298,525,000, to remain available until expended: Pro25 vided, That of the amounts made available under this 


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1 heading in this Act, $38,525,000 shall be made available 

2 for the purposes, and in amounts, specified for Community 

3 Project Funding in the table entitled ‘‘Community Project 

4 Funding’’ included in the Report accompanying this Act: 

5 Provided further, That requirements under subsections (g) 

6 and (l) of section 22907 of title 49, United States Code, 

7 shall not apply to the preceding proviso: Provided further, 

8 That any remaining funds available after the distribution 

9 of the Community Project Funding described in this para10 graph shall be available to the Secretary to distribute as 

11 discretionary grants under this heading: Provided further, 

12 That for amounts made available under this heading in 

13 this Act, eligible projects under section 22907(c)(8) of title 

14 49, United States Code, shall also include railroad systems 

15 planning (including the preparation of regional intercity 

16 passenger rail plans and state rail plans) and railroad 

17 project development activities (including railroad project 

18 planning, preliminary engineering, design, environmental 

19 analysis, feasibility studies, and the development and anal20 ysis of project alternatives): Provided further, That 

21 amounts made available under this heading in this Act for 

22 projects selected for commuter rail passenger transpor23 tation may be transferred by the Secretary, after selection, 

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1 vided further, That for amounts made available under this 

2 heading in this Act, eligible recipients under section 

3 22907(b)(7) of title 49, United States Code, shall include 

4 any holding company of a Class II railroad or Class III 

5 railroad (as those terms are defined in section 20102 of 

6 title 49, United States Code): Provided further, That sec7 tion 22907(e)(1)(A) of title 49, United States Code, shall 

8 not apply to amounts made available under this heading 

9 in this Act: Provided further, That section 22907(e)(1)(A) 

10 of title 49, United States Code, shall not apply to amounts 

11 made available under this heading in previous fiscal years 

12 if such funds are announced in a notice of funding oppor13 tunity that includes funds made available under this head14 ing in this Act: Provided further, That the preceding pro15 viso shall not apply to funds made available under this 

16 heading in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 

17 (division J of Public Law 117–58): Provided further, That 

18 unobligated balances remaining after 6 years from the 

19 date of enactment of this Act may be used for any eligible 

20 project under section 22907(c) of title 49, United States 

21 Code: Provided further, That the Secretary may withhold 

22 up to 2 percent of the amounts made available under this 

23 heading in this Act for the costs of award and project 

24 management oversight of grants carried out under title 

25 49, United States Code. 


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1 NORTHEAST CORRIDOR GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL

2 RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION

3 To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 

4 grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for 

5 activities associated with the Northeast Corridor as au6 thorized by section 22101(a) of the Infrastructure Invest7 ment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58), $1,002,115,000, 

8 to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 

9 Secretary may retain up to one-half of 1 percent of the 

10 amounts made available under both this heading in this 

11 Act and the ‘‘National Network Grants to the National 

12 Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ heading in this Act to 

13 fund the costs of project management and oversight of ac14 tivities authorized by section 22101(c) of the Infrastruc15 ture Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58): Pro16 vided further, That in addition to the project management 

17 oversight funds authorized under section 22101(c) of the 

18 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117– 

19 58), the Secretary may retain up to an additional 

20 $5,000,000 of the amounts made available under this 

21 heading in this Act to fund expenses associated with the 

22 Northeast Corridor Commission established under section 

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1 NATIONAL NETWORK GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL

2 RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION

3 To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 

4 grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for 

5 activities associated with the National Network as author6 ized by section 22101(b) of the Infrastructure Investment 

7 and Jobs Act (division B of Public Law 117–58), 

8 $1,123,111,000, to remain available until expended: Pro9 vided, That the Secretary may retain up to an additional 

10 $3,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading in 

11 this Act to fund expenses associated with the State-Sup12 ported Route Committee established under section 24712 

13 of title 49, United States Code. 

14 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD

15 ADMINISTRATION

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 SEC. 150. The amounts made available to the Sec18 retary or to the Federal Railroad Administration for the 

19 costs of award, administration, and project management 

20 oversight of financial assistance which are administered 

21 by the Federal Railroad Administration, in this and prior 

22 Acts, may be transferred to the Federal Railroad Adminis23 tration’s ‘‘Financial Assistance Oversight and Technical 

24 Assistance’’ account for the necessary expenses to support 

25 the award, administration, project management oversight, 


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1 and technical assistance of financial assistance adminis2 tered by the Federal Railroad Administration, in the same 

3 manner as appropriated for in this and prior Acts: Pro4 vided, That this section shall not apply to amounts that 

5 were previously designated by the Congress as an emer6 gency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on 

7 the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def8 icit Control Act of 1985. 

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

10 National Railroad Passenger Corporation may be used to 

11 fund any overtime costs in excess of $35,000 for any indi12 vidual employee: Provided, That the President of Amtrak 

13 may waive the cap set in the preceding proviso for specific 

14 employees when the President of Amtrak determines such 

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

16 of the system: Provided further, That the President of Am17 trak shall report to the House and Senate Committees on 

18 Appropriations no later than 60 days after the date of en19 actment of this Act, a summary of all overtime payments 

20 incurred by Amtrak for 2024 and the three prior calendar 

21 years: Provided further, That such summary shall include 

22 the total number of employees that received waivers and 

23 the total overtime payments Amtrak paid to employees re24 ceiving waivers for each month for 2024 and for the three 

25 prior calendar years. 


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1 SEC. 152. None of the funds made available to the 

2 National Railroad Passenger Corporation under the head3 ings ‘‘Northeast Corridor Grants to the National Railroad 

4 Passenger Corporation’’ and ‘‘National Network Grants to 

5 the National Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ may be 

6 used to reduce the total number of Amtrak Police Depart7 ment uniformed officers patrolling on board passenger 

8 trains or at stations, facilities or rights-of-way below the 

9 staffing level on May 1, 2019. 

10 SEC. 153. (a) Amounts made available under the 

11 heading ‘‘Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Pas12 senger Rail Grants’’ in title VIII of division J of the Infra13 structure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58) 

14 shall not be available for activities authorized under sec15 tion 24911(g) of title 49, United States Code. 

16 (b) Amounts repurposed pursuant to subsection (a) 

17 shall continue to be treated as amounts specified in section 

18 103(b) of division A of Public Law 118–5. 

19 SEC. 154. None of the funds appropriated or other20 wise made available under this Act or any other Act may 

21 be provided to the State of California for a high-speed rail 

22 corridor development project that is the same of substan23 tially similar to the project that is the subject of Coopera24 tive Agreement No. FR–HSR–0118–12–01–01 entered 


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1 into between the California High-Speed Rail Authority 

2 and the Federal Railroad Administration. 

3 SEC. 155. (a) Of the funds made available under the 

4 heading ‘‘Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Pas5 senger Rail’’ in division J of Public Law 117–58 for fiscal 

6 year 2025, not less than $15,000,000 shall be for a grant 

7 to Union Station Redevelopment Corporation to rehabili8 tate and repair the Washington Union Station complex. 

9 (b) Amounts repurposed pursuant to subsection (a) 

10 shall continue to be treated as amounts specified in section 

11 103(b) of division A of Public Law 118–5. 

12 (c) The Union Station Redevelopment Corporation 

13 Board of Directors shall include designees from the Com14 monwealth of Virginia and the State of Maryland. 

15 (d) The Union Station Redevelopment Corporation 

16 and the National Railroad Passenger Corporation shall 

17 adhere to Public Law 97–125 and ensure the historic pres18 ervation and improvements to Washington Union Station 

19 are achieved with maximum reliance on the private sector 

20 and minimum requirement for Federal assistance. 

21 SEC. 156. Section 22908(e) of title 49, United States 

22 Code, is amended by striking paragraph (2) and by redes23 ignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2). 


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1 FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

2 TRANSIT FORMULA GRANTS

3 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

4 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

5 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

6 For payment of obligations incurred in the Federal 

7 public transportation assistance program in this account, 

8 and for payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

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

10 5312, 5314, 5318, 5329(e)(6), 5334, 5335, 5337, 5339, 

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

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

13 to be derived from the Mass Transit Account of the High14 way Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: 

15 Provided, That funds available for the implementation or 

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

17 5307, 5310, 5311, 5312, 5314, 5318, 5329(e)(6), 5334, 

18 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, section 20005(b) of Public 

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

20 94, shall not exceed total obligations of $14,279,000,000 

21 in fiscal year 2025. 

22 TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS

23 For an additional amount for Community Project 

24 Funding for projects and activities eligible under chapter 

25 53 of such title, $115,638,210, to remain available until 


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1 expended for the purposes, and in amounts, specified for 

2 Community Project Funding in the table entitled ‘‘Com3 munity Project Funding’’ included in the Report accom4 panying this Act: Provided, That unless otherwise speci5 fied, applicable requirements under chapter 53 of title 49, 

6 United States Code, shall apply to amounts made available 

7 in this paragraph, except that the Federal share of the 

8 costs for a project in this paragraph shall be in an amount 

9 equal to 80 percent of the net costs of the project, unless 

10 the Secretary approves a higher maximum Federal share 

11 of the net costs of the project consistent with administra12 tion of similar projects funded under chapter 53 of title 

13 49, United States Code: Provided further, That amounts 

14 made available under this heading in this Act shall be de15 rived from the general fund: Provided further, That 

16 amounts made available under this heading in this Act 

17 shall not be subject to any limitation on obligations for 

18 transit programs set forth in this or any other Act. 

19 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING

20 For necessary expenses to carry out section 5314 of 

21 title 49, United States Code, $7,500,000, to remain avail22 able until September 30, 2026: Provided, That the assist23 ance provided under this heading does not duplicate the 

24 activities of section 5311(b) or section 5312 of title 49, 

25 United States Code: Provided further, That amounts made 


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1 available under this heading are in addition to any other 

2 amounts made available for such purposes: Provided fur3 ther, That amounts made available under this heading 

4 shall not be subject to any limitation on obligations set 

5 forth in this or any other Act. 

6 CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS

7 For necessary expenses to carry out fixed guideway 

8 capital investment grants under section 5309 of title 49, 

9 United States Code, and section 3005(b) of the Fixing 

10 America’s Surface Transportation Act (Public Law 114– 

11 94), $754,733,000, to remain available until expended: 

12 Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this head13 ing in this Act— 

14 (1) $282,628,000 shall be available for projects 

15 authorized under section 5309(d) of title 49, United 

16 States Code; and 

17 (2) up to $464,632,000 shall be available for 

18 projects authorized under section 5309(h) of title 

19 49, United States Code: 

20 Provided further, That the amounts made available under 

21 this heading shall be made available for the purposes, and 

22 in amounts, specified for Capital Investment Grants in the 

23 tables under the heading ‘‘Capital Investment Grants’’ in 

24 the Report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That 

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1 under this heading in the Report may be transferred to 

2 any other funding level specified under this heading in the 

3 Report: Provided further, That no transfer may increase 

4 or decrease any funding level by more than 10 percent: 

5 Provided further, That any transfer in excess of 10 percent 

6 shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec7 tion 405 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga8 tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce9 dures set forth in that section: Provided further, That for 

10 funds made available under this heading in division J of 

11 Public Law 117–58 the second through sixth provisos 

12 shall be treated as inapplicable for fiscal year 2025: Pro13 vided further, That for funds made available under this 

14 heading in division J of Public Law 117–58 for fiscal year 

15 2025, $1,449,000,000 may be available for projects au16 thorized under section 5309(d) of title 49, United States 

17 Code: Provided further, That for funds made available 

18 under this heading in division J of Public Law 117–58 

19 for fiscal year 2025, $135,000,000 may be available for 

20 projects authorized under section 5309(h) of title 49, 

21 United States Code: Provided further, That amounts 

22 repurposed pursuant to the preceding provisos shall con23 tinue to be treated as amounts specified in section 103(b) 

24 of division A of Public Law 118–5. 


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1 GRANTS TO THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA

2 TRANSIT AUTHORITY

3 For grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area 

4 Transit Authority as authorized under section 601 of divi5 sion B of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement 

6 Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–432), $150,000,000, to re7 main available until expended: Provided, That the Sec8 retary of Transportation shall approve grants for capital 

9 and preventive maintenance expenditures for the Wash10 ington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority only after re11 ceiving and reviewing a request for each specific project: 

12 Provided further, That the Secretary shall determine that 

13 the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has 

14 placed the highest priority on those investments that will 

15 improve the safety of the system before approving such 

16 grants. 

17 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT

18 ADMINISTRATION

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 SEC. 160. The limitations on obligations for the pro21 grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not 

22 apply to any authority under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously 

23 made available for obligation, or to any other authority 

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1 SEC. 161. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

2 law, funds appropriated or limited by this Act under the 

3 heading ‘‘Capital Investment Grants’’ of the Federal 

4 Transit Administration for projects specified in this Act 

5 not obligated by September 30, 2028, and other recov6 eries, shall be directed to projects eligible to use the funds 

7 for the purposes for which they were originally provided. 

8 SEC. 162. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

9 law, any funds appropriated before October 1, 2024, under 

10 any section of chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, 

11 that remain available for expenditure, may be transferred 

12 to and administered under the most recent appropriation 

13 heading for any such section. 

14 SEC. 163. None of the funds made available by this 

15 Act or any other Act shall be used to adjust apportion16 ments or withhold funds from apportionments pursuant 

17 to section 9503(e)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

18 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9503(e)(4)). 

19 GREAT LAKES ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT

20 CORPORATION

21 The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development 

22 Corporation is hereby authorized to make such expendi23 tures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority 

24 available to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and 

25 to make such contracts and commitments without regard 


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1 to fiscal year limitations, as provided by section 9104 of 

2 title 31, United States Code, as may be necessary in car3 rying out the programs set forth in the Corporation’s 

4 budget for the current fiscal year. 

5 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

6 (HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)

7 For necessary expenses to conduct the operations, 

8 maintenance, and capital infrastructure activities on por9 tions of the St. Lawrence Seaway owned, operated, and 

10 maintained by the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway De11 velopment Corporation, $40,605,000, to be derived from 

12 the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to section 

13 210 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 

14 U.S.C. 2238): Provided, That of the amounts made avail15 able under this heading, not less than $16,400,000 shall 

16 be for the seaway infrastructure program. 

17 MARITIME ADMINISTRATION

18 MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM

19 For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a 

20 U.S.-flag merchant fleet as authorized under chapter 531 

21 of title 46, United States Code, to serve the national secu22 rity needs of the United States, $318,000,000, to remain 

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1 CABLE SECURITY FLEET

2 (INCLUDING RESCISSION)

3 For the cable security fleet program, as authorized 

4 under chapter 532 of title 46, United States Code, 

5 $10,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro6 vided, That of the unobligated balances from prior year 

7 appropriations available under this heading, $10,000,000 

8 are hereby permanently rescinded. 

9 TANKER SECURITY PROGRAM

10 (INCLUDING RESCISSION)

11 For Tanker Security Fleet payments, as authorized 

12 under section 53406 of title 46, United States Code, 

13 $120,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro14 vided, That of the unobligated balances from prior year 

15 appropriations available under this heading, $60,000,000 

16 are hereby permanently rescinded. 

17 OPERATIONS AND TRAINING

18 For necessary expenses of operations and training ac19 tivities authorized by law, $262,275,000: Provided, That 

20 of the sums appropriated under this heading— 

21 (1) $94,729,000 shall remain available until 

22 September 30, 2026, for the operations of the 

23 United States Merchant Marine Academy; 

24 (2) $22,000,000 shall remain available until ex25 pended for facilities maintenance and repair, and 


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1 equipment, at the United States Merchant Marine 

2 Academy; 

3 (3) $64,000,000 shall remain available until ex4 pended for capital improvements at the United 

5 States Merchant Marine Academy; 

6 (4) $6,000,000 shall remain available until Sep7 tember 30, 2026, for the maritime environmental 

8 and technical assistance program authorized under 

9 section 50307 of title 46, United States Code; and 

10 (5) $5,000,000 shall remain available until ex11 pended for the United States marine highway pro12 gram to make grants for the purposes authorized 

13 under section 55601 of title 46, United States Code: 

14 Provided further, That the Administrator of the Maritime 

15 Administration shall transmit to the House and Senate 

16 Committees on Appropriations the annual report on sexual 

17 assault and sexual harassment at the United States Mer18 chant Marine Academy as required pursuant to section 

19 3510 of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 

20 year 2017 (46 U.S.C. 51318): Provided further, That 

21 available balances under this heading for the short sea 

22 transportation program or America’s marine highway pro23 gram (now known as the United States marine highway 

24 program) from prior year recoveries shall be available to 


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1 carry out activities authorized under section 55601 of title 

2 46, United States Code. 

3 STATE MARITIME ACADEMY OPERATIONS

4 For necessary expenses of operations, support, and 

5 training activities for State Maritime Academies, 

6 $117,600,000: Provided, That of the sums appropriated 

7 under this heading— 

8 (1) $22,000,000 shall remain available until ex9 pended for maintenance, repair, and life extension of 

10 training ships at the State Maritime Academies; 

11 (2) $75,000,000 shall remain available until ex12 pended for the national security multi-mission vessel 

13 program, including funds for expenses related to the 

14 operation, oversight, and management of school 

15 ships constructed with funds provided for the Na16 tional Security Multi-Mission Vessel Program, in17 cluding insurance, maintenance, repair and equip18 ment costs; and, as determined by the Secretary, 

19 necessary expenses to design, plan, construct infra20 structure, and purchase equipment necessary to 

21 berth such ships: Provided, That such funds may be 

22 used to reimburse State Maritime Academies for 

23 costs incurred prior to the date of enactment of this 

24 Act; 


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1 (3) $4,800,000 shall remain available until Sep2 tember 30, 2029, for the student incentive program; 

3 (4) $8,800,000 shall remain available until ex4 pended for training ship fuel assistance; and 

5 (5) $7,000,000 shall remain available until Sep6 tember 30, 2026, for direct payments for State Mar7 itime Academies: Provided, That each institution eli8 gible for such payments receives no more than 

9 $1,000,000. 

10 ASSISTANCE TO SMALL SHIPYARDS

11 To make grants to qualified shipyards as authorized 

12 under section 54101 of title 46, United States Code, 

13 $8,750,000, to remain available until expended. 

14 SHIP DISPOSAL

15 For necessary expenses related to the disposal of ob16 solete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the 

17 Maritime Administration, $6,000,000, to remain available 

18 until expended. 

19 MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM

20 ACCOUNT

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For administrative expenses to carry out the guaran23 teed loan program, $3,700,000, which shall be transferred 

24 to and merged with the appropriations for ‘‘Maritime Ad25 ministration—Operations 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 $72,400,000, to remain available until expended: Pro7 vided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading 

8 in this Act— 

9 (1) $50,000,000 shall be for projects for coastal 

10 seaports, inland river ports, or Great Lakes ports: 

11 Provided, That for grants awarded under this para12 graph in this Act, the minimum grant size shall be 

13 $1,000,000; and 

14 (2) $22,400,000 shall be for the purposes, and 

15 in the amounts, specified for Community Project 

16 Funding included in the table entitled ‘‘Community 

17 Project Funding’’ included in the Report accom18 panying this Act. 

19 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—MARITIME

20 ADMINISTRATION

21 SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

22 this Act, in addition to any existing authority, the Mari23 time Administration is authorized to furnish utilities and 

24 services and make necessary repairs in connection with 

25 any lease, contract, or occupancy involving Government 


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1 property under control of the Maritime Administration: 

2 Provided, That payments received therefor shall be cred3 ited to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof and 

4 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

5 That rental payments under any such lease, contract, or 

6 occupancy for items other than such utilities, services, or 

7 repairs shall be deposited into the Treasury as miscella8 neous receipts. 

9 PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY

10 ADMINISTRATION

11 OPERATIONAL EXPENSES

12 For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline 

13 and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, 

14 $31,996,000, of which $4,500,000 shall remain available 

15 until September 30, 2027. 

16 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY

17 For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous 

18 materials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous 

19 Materials Safety Administration, $81,226,000, of which 

20 $10,570,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

21 2027: Provided, That up to $800,000 in fees collected 

22 under section 5108(g) of title 49, United States Code, 

23 shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury as 

24 offsetting receipts: Provided further, That there may be 

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1 pended, funds received from States, counties, municipali2 ties, other public authorities, and private sources for ex3 penses incurred for training, for reports publication and 

4 dissemination, and for travel expenses incurred in per5 formance of hazardous materials exemptions and approv6 als functions. 

7 PIPELINE SAFETY

8 (PIPELINE SAFETY FUND)

9 (OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND)

10 For expenses necessary to carry out a pipeline safety 

11 program, as authorized by section 60107 of title 49, 

12 United States Code, and to discharge the pipeline program 

13 responsibilities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (Public 

14 Law 101–380), $224,422,000, to remain available until 

15 September 30, 2027, of which $31,000,000 shall be de16 rived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which 

17 $186,022,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety 

18 Fund; of which $400,000 shall be derived from the fees 

19 collected under section 60303 of title 49, United States 

20 Code, and deposited in the Liquefied Natural Gas Siting 

21 Account for compliance reviews of liquefied natural gas 

22 facilities; and of which $7,000,000 shall be derived from 

23 fees collected under section 60302 of title 49, United 

24 States Code, and deposited in the Underground Natural 

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1 carrying out section 60141 of title 49, United States Code: 

2 Provided, That not less than $1,058,000 of the amounts 

3 made available under this heading shall be for the one4 call state grant program: Provided further, That any 

5 amounts made available under this heading in this Act or 

6 in prior Acts for research contracts, grants, cooperative 

7 agreements or research other transactions agreements 

8 (OTAs) shall require written notification to the House and 

9 Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than 3 full 

10 business days before such research contracts, grants, coop11 erative agreements, or research OTAs are announced by 

12 the Department of Transportation: Provided further, That 

13 the Secretary shall transmit to the House and Senate 

14 Committees on Appropriations the report on pipeline safe15 ty testing enhancement as required pursuant to section 

16 105 of the Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and 

17 Enhancing Safety Act of 2020 (division R of Public Law 

18 116–260): Provided further, That the Secretary may obli19 gate amounts made available under this heading to engi20 neer, erect, alter, and repair buildings or make any other 

21 public improvements for research facilities at the Trans22 portation Technology Center after the Secretary submits 

23 an updated research plan and the report in the preceding 

24 proviso to the House and Senate Committees on Appro25 priations and after such plan and report in the preceding 


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1 proviso are approved by the House and Senate Commit2 tees on Appropriations. 

3 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS

4 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

5 (EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND)

6 For expenses necessary to carry out the Emergency 

7 Preparedness Grants program, not more than 

8 $46,825,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

9 2027, from amounts made available by section 5116(h) 

10 and subsections (b) and (c) of section 5128 of title 49, 

11 United States Code: Provided, That notwithstanding sec12 tion 5116(h)(4) of title 49, United States Code, not more 

13 than 4 percent of the amounts made available from this 

14 account shall be available to pay the administrative costs 

15 of carrying out sections 5116, 5107(e), and 5108(g)(2) 

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

17 notwithstanding subsections (b) and (c) of section 5128 

18 of title 49, United States Code, and the limitation on obli19 gations provided under this heading, prior year recoveries 

20 recognized in the current year shall be available to develop 

21 and deliver hazardous materials emergency response train22 ing for emergency responders, including response activities 

23 for the transportation of crude oil, ethanol, flammable liq24 uids, and other hazardous commodities by rail, consistent 

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1 to make such training available through an electronic for2 mat: Provided further, That the prior year recoveries made 

3 available under this heading shall also be available to carry 

4 out sections 5116(a)(1)(C), 5116(h), 5116(i), 5116(j), 

5 and 5107(e) of title 49, United States Code. 

6 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

9 General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector Gen10 eral Act of 1978, as amended, $122,176,000: Provided, 

11 That the Inspector General shall have all necessary au12 thority, in carrying out the duties specified in the Inspec13 tor General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.), to inves14 tigate allegations of fraud, including false statements to 

15 the government (18 U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity 

16 that is subject to regulation by the Department of Trans17 portation. 

18 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF

19 TRANSPORTATION

20 SEC. 180. (a) During the current fiscal year, applica21 ble appropriations to the Department of Transportation 

22 shall be available for maintenance and operation of air23 craft; hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; pur24 chase of liability insurance for motor vehicles operating 

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1 uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 

2 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code. 

3 (b) During the current fiscal year, applicable appro4 priations to the Department and its operating administra5 tions shall be available for the purchase, maintenance, op6 eration, and deployment of unmanned aircraft systems 

7 that advance the missions of the Department of Transpor8 tation or an operating administration of the Department 

9 of Transportation. 

10 (c) Any unmanned aircraft system purchased, pro11 cured, or contracted for by the Department prior to the 

12 date of enactment of this Act shall be deemed authorized 

13 by Congress as if this provision was in effect when the 

14 system was purchased, procured, or contracted for. 

15 SEC. 181. Appropriations contained in this Act for 

16 the Department of Transportation shall be available for 

17 services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 

18 States Code, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the 

19 per diem rate equivalent to the rate for an Executive Level 

20 IV. 

21 SEC. 182. (a) No recipient of amounts made available 

22 by this Act shall disseminate personal information (as de23 fined in section 2725(3) of title 18, United States Code) 

24 obtained by a State department of motor vehicles in con25 nection with a motor vehicle record as defined in section 


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1 2725(1) of title 18, United States Code, except as pro2 vided in section 2721 of title 18, United States Code, for 

3 a use permitted under section 2721 of title 18, United 

4 States Code. 

5 (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 

6 shall not withhold amounts made available by this Act for 

7 any grantee if a State is in noncompliance with this provi8 sion. 

9 SEC. 183. None of the funds made available by this 

10 Act shall be available for salaries and expenses of more 

11 than 125 political and Presidential appointees in the De12 partment of Transportation: Provided, That none of the 

13 personnel covered by this provision may be assigned on 

14 temporary detail outside the Department of Transpor15 tation. 

16 SEC. 184. Funds received by the Federal Highway 

17 Administration and Federal Railroad Administration from 

18 States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, 

19 and private sources for expenses incurred for training may 

20 be credited respectively to the Federal Highway Adminis21 tration’s ‘‘Federal-Aid Highways’’ account and to the Fed22 eral Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Operations’’ 

23 account, except for State rail safety inspectors partici24 pating in training pursuant to section 20105 of title 49, 

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1 SEC. 185. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act or in title VIII of division J of Public Law 117–58 

3 to the Department of Transportation may be used to make 

4 a loan, loan guarantee, line of credit, letter of intent, fed5 erally funded cooperative agreement, full funding grant 

6 agreement, or discretionary grant unless the Secretary of 

7 Transportation notifies the House and Senate Committees 

8 on Appropriations not less than 3 full business days before 

9 any project competitively selected to receive any discre10 tionary grant award, letter of intent, loan commitment, 

11 loan guarantee commitment, line of credit commitment, 

12 federally funded cooperative agreement, or full funding 

13 grant agreement is announced by the Department or its 

14 operating administrations: Provided, That the Secretary of 

15 Transportation shall provide the House and Senate Com16 mittees on Appropriations with a comprehensive list of all 

17 such loans, loan guarantees, lines of credit, letters of in18 tent, federally funded cooperative agreements, full funding 

19 grant agreements, and discretionary grants prior to the 

20 notification required under the preceding proviso: Pro21 vided further, That the Secretary gives concurrent notifi22 cation to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria23 tions for any ‘‘quick release’’ of funds from the emergency 

24 relief program: Provided further, That no notification shall 

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1 SEC. 186. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, 

2 minor fees, and other funds received by the Department 

3 of Transportation from travel management centers, 

4 charge card programs, the subleasing of building space, 

5 and miscellaneous sources are to be credited to appropria6 tions of the Department of Transportation and allocated 

7 to organizational units of the Department of Transpor8 tation using fair and equitable criteria and such funds 

9 shall be available until expended. 

10 SEC. 187. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

11 law, if any funds provided by or limited by this Act are 

12 subject to a reprogramming action that requires notice to 

13 be provided to the House and Senate Committees on Ap14 propriations, transmission of such reprogramming notice 

15 shall be provided solely to the House and Senate Commit16 tees on Appropriations, and such reprogramming action 

17 shall be approved or denied solely by the House and Sen18 ate Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That the 

19 Secretary of Transportation may provide notice to other 

20 congressional committees of the action of the House and 

21 Senate Committees on Appropriations on such reprogram22 ming but not sooner than 30 days after the date on which 

23 the reprogramming action has been approved or denied by 

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1 SEC. 188. Funds appropriated by this Act to the op2 erating administrations may be obligated for the Office of 

3 the Secretary for the costs related to assessments or reim4 bursable agreements only when such amounts are for the 

5 costs of goods and services that are purchased to provide 

6 a direct benefit to the applicable operating administration 

7 or administrations. 

8 SEC. 189. The Secretary of Transportation is author9 ized to carry out a program that establishes uniform 

10 standards for developing and supporting agency transit 

11 pass and transit benefits authorized under section 7905 

12 of title 5, United States Code, including distribution of 

13 transit benefits by various paper and electronic media. 

14 SEC. 190. The Department of Transportation may 

15 use funds provided by this Act, or any other Act, to assist 

16 a contract under title 49 or 23 of the United States Code 

17 utilizing geographic, economic, or any other hiring pref18 erence not otherwise authorized by law, or to amend a 

19 rule, regulation, policy or other measure that forbids a re20 cipient of a Federal Highway Administration or Federal 

21 Transit Administration grant from imposing such hiring 

22 preference on a contract or construction project with 

23 which the Department of Transportation is assisting, only 

24 if the grant recipient certifies the following: 


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1 (1) that except with respect to apprentices or 

2 trainees, a pool of readily available but unemployed 

3 individuals possessing the knowledge, skill, and abil4 ity to perform the work that the contract requires 

5 resides in the jurisdiction; 

6 (2) that the grant recipient will include appro7 priate provisions in its bid document ensuring that 

8 the contractor does not displace any of its existing 

9 employees in order to satisfy such hiring preference; 

10 and 

11 (3) that any increase in the cost of labor, train12 ing, or delays resulting from the use of such hiring 

13 preference does not delay or displace any transpor14 tation project in the applicable statewide transpor15 tation improvement program or transportation im16 provement program. 

17 SEC. 191. The Secretary of Transportation shall co18 ordinate with the Secretary of Homeland Security to en19 sure that best practices for Industrial Control Systems 

20 Procurement are up-to-date and shall ensure that systems 

21 procured with funds provided under this title were pro22 cured using such practices. 

23 SEC. 192. None of the funds made available in this 

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1 rity Drone Act of 2023 (subtitle B of title XVIII of divi2 sion A of Public Law 118–31). 

3 SEC. 193. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 

5 final rule issued on June 24, 2024 by the Administrator 

6 of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ti7 tled ‘‘Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards for 

8 Passenger Cars and Light Trucks for Model Years 2027 

9 and Beyond and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Heavy10 Duty Pickup Trucks and Vans for Model Years 2030 and 

11 Beyond’’ (89 Fed. Reg. 52540 (June 24, 2024)) or any 

12 substantially similar rule. 

13 SEC. 194. None of the funds appropriated or made 

14 available by this Act shall be used to enforce a mask man15 date in response to the COVID–19 virus. 

16 SEC. 195. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth17 erwise made available by this or any other Act may be 

18 used to license, facilitate, coordinate, or otherwise allow 

19 officials of a country designated as a state sponsor of ter20 rorism within the past 3 fiscal years, to, in the official 

21 capacity of such official, observe, tour, visit, or confer with 

22 the employees of the Department of Transportation, in23 cluding the Federal Aviation Administration. 

24 (b) In this section, the term ‘‘state sponsor of ter25 rorism’’ means a country the government of which the 


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1 Secretary of State determines has repeatedly provided 

2 support for international terrorism pursuant to— 

3 (1) section 1754(c)(1)(A) of the Export Control 

4 Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4318(c)(1)(A)); 

5 (2) section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act 

6 of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371); 

7 (3) section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act 

8 (22 U.S.C. 2780); or 

9 (4) any other provision of law. 

10 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans11 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 $19,400,000, 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, $686,400,000, to remain available 

22 until September 30, 2026: Provided, That of the sums ap23 propriated under this heading— 

24 (1) $91,000,000 shall be available for the Office 

25 of the Chief Financial Officer; 


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1 (2) $129,700,000 shall be available for the Of2 fice of the General Counsel, of which not less than 

3 $21,700,000 shall be for the Departmental Enforce4 ment Center; 

5 (3) $239,000,000 shall be available for the Of6 fice of Administration; 

7 (4) $52,000,000 shall be available for the Office 

8 of the Chief Human Capital Officer; 

9 (5) $32,000,000 shall be available for the Office 

10 of the Chief Procurement Officer; 

11 (6) $68,000,000 shall be available for the Office 

12 of Field Policy and Management; 

13 (7) $4,700,000 shall be available for the Office 

14 of Departmental Equal Employment Opportunity; 

15 and 

16 (8) $70,000,000 shall be available for the Office 

17 of the Chief Information Officer: 

18 Provided further, That funds made available under this 

19 heading may be used for necessary administrative and 

20 non-administrative expenses of the Department, not other21 wise provided for, including purchase of uniforms, or al22 lowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 

23 5902 of title 5, United States Code; hire of passenger 

24 motor vehicles; and services as authorized by section 3109 

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1 withstanding any other provision of law, funds appro2 priated under this heading may be used for advertising 

3 and promotional activities that directly support program 

4 activities funded in this title. 

5 PROGRAM OFFICES

6 For necessary salaries and expenses for Program Of7 fices, $1,097,164,130, to remain available until September 

8 30, 2026: Provided, That of the sums appropriated under 

9 this heading— 

10 (1) $286,000,000 shall be available for the Of11 fice of Public and Indian Housing; 

12 (2) $168,514,130 shall be available for the Of13 fice of Community Planning and Development; 

14 (3) $487,550,000 shall be available for the Of15 fice of Housing; 

16 (4) $41,000,000 shall be available for the Office 

17 of Policy Development and Research; 

18 (5) $102,900,000 shall be available for the Of19 fice of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity; and 

20 (6) $11,200,000 shall be available for the Office 

21 of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes. 

22 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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1 graph as the ‘‘Fund’’), pursuant, in part, to section 7(f) 

2 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development 

3 Act (42 U.S.C. 3535(f)), amounts transferred, including 

4 reimbursements pursuant to section 7(f), to the Fund 

5 under this heading shall be available only for Federal 

6 shared services used by offices and agencies of the Depart7 ment, for services the Secretary has determined shall be 

8 provided through the Fund, and for the operational ex9 penses of the Fund: Provided, That upon a determination 

10 by the Secretary that any other service (or portion thereof) 

11 authorized under this heading shall be provided through 

12 the Fund, amounts made available in this title for salaries 

13 and expenses under the headings ‘‘Executive Offices’’, 

14 ‘‘Administrative Support Offices’’, ‘‘Program Offices’’, 

15 and ‘‘Government National Mortgage Association’’, for 

16 such services shall be transferred to the Fund, to remain 

17 available until expended: Provided further, That the Sec18 retary shall notify the House and Senate Committees on 

19 Appropriations of its plans for executing such transfers 

20 at least 15 days in advance of such transfers. 

21 PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING

22 TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE

23 For activities and assistance for the provision of ten24 ant-based rental assistance authorized under the United 

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1 et seq.) (in this title ‘‘the Act’’), not otherwise provided 

2 for, $28,271,935,000 to remain available until expended, 

3 which shall be available on October 1, 2024 (in addition 

4 to the $4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this 

5 heading that shall be available on October 1, 2024), and 

6 $4,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, which 

7 shall be available on October 1, 2025: Provided, That of 

8 the sums appropriated under this heading— 

9 (1) $28,499,700,000 shall be available for re10 newals of expiring section 8 tenant-based annual 

11 contributions contracts (including renewals of en12 hanced vouchers under any provision of law author13 izing such assistance under section 8(t) of the Act) 

14 and including renewal of other special purpose incre15 mental vouchers: Provided, That notwithstanding 

16 any other provision of law, from amounts provided 

17 under this paragraph and any carryover, the Sec18 retary for the calendar year 2025 funding cycle shall 

19 provide renewal funding for each public housing 

20 agency based on validated voucher management sys21 tem (VMS) or successor system leasing and cost 

22 data for the prior calendar year and by applying an 

23 inflation factor as established by the Secretary, by 

24 notice published in the Federal Register, and by 

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1 sociated with the first-time renewal of vouchers 

2 under this paragraph including tenant protection 

3 and Choice Neighborhoods vouchers: Provided fur4 ther, That none of the funds provided under this 

5 paragraph may be used to fund a total number of 

6 unit months under lease which exceeds a public 

7 housing agency’s authorized level of units under con8 tract, except for public housing agencies partici9 pating in the Moving to Work (MTW) demonstra10 tion, which are instead governed in accordance with 

11 the requirements of the MTW demonstration pro12 gram or their MTW agreements, if any: Provided 

13 further, That the Secretary shall, to the extent nec14 essary to stay within the amount specified under this 

15 paragraph (except as otherwise modified under this 

16 paragraph), prorate each public housing agency’s al17 location otherwise established pursuant to this para18 graph: Provided further, That except as provided in 

19 the following provisos, the entire amount specified 

20 under this paragraph (except as otherwise modified 

21 under this paragraph) shall be obligated to the pub22 lic housing agencies based on the allocation and pro 

23 rata method described above, and the Secretary shall 

24 notify public housing agencies of their annual budget 

25 by the latter of 60 days after enactment of this Act 


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1 or March 1, 2025: Provided further, That the Sec2 retary may extend the notification period with the 

3 prior written approval of the House and Senate 

4 Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 

5 That public housing agencies participating in the 

6 MTW demonstration shall be funded in accordance 

7 with the requirements of the MTW demonstration 

8 program or their MTW agreements, if any, and shall 

9 be subject to the same pro rata adjustments under 

10 the preceding provisos: Provided further, That the 

11 Secretary may perform a statutory offset of public 

12 housing agencies’ calendar year 2025 allocations 

13 based on the excess amounts of public housing agen14 cies’ net restricted assets accounts, including HUD15 held programmatic reserves (in accordance with 

16 VMS or successor system data in calendar year 

17 2024 that is verifiable and complete), as determined 

18 by the Secretary: Provided further, That public hous19 ing agencies participating in the MTW demonstra20 tion shall also be subject to the statutory offset, as 

21 determined by the Secretary, from the agencies’ cal22 endar year 2025 MTW funding allocation: Provided 

23 further, That the Secretary shall use any offset re24 ferred to in the preceding two provisos throughout 

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1 al assistance for families as the result of insufficient 

2 funding, as determined by the Secretary, and to 

3 avoid or reduce the proration of renewal funding al4 locations: Provided further, That up to $200,000,000 

5 shall be available only: 

6 (A) for adjustments in the allocations for 

7 public housing agencies, after application for an 

8 adjustment by a public housing agency that ex9 perienced a significant increase, as determined 

10 by the Secretary, in renewal costs of vouchers 

11 resulting from unforeseen circumstances or 

12 from portability under section 8(r) of the Act; 

13 (B) for vouchers that were not in use dur14 ing the previous 12-month period in order to be 

15 available to meet a commitment pursuant to 

16 section 8(o)(13) of the Act, or an adjustment 

17 for a funding obligation not yet expended in the 

18 previous calendar year for a MTW-eligible ac19 tivity to develop affordable housing for an agen20 cy added to the MTW demonstration under the 

21 expansion authority provided in section 239 of 

22 the Transportation, Housing and Urban Devel23 opment, and Related Agencies Appropriations 

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1 (C) for adjustments for costs associated 

2 with HUD–Veterans Affairs Supportive Hous3 ing (HUD–VASH) vouchers; 

4 (D) for public housing agencies that de5 spite taking reasonable cost savings measures, 

6 as determined by the Secretary, would other7 wise be required to terminate rental assistance 

8 for families as a result of insufficient funding; 

9 (E) for adjustments in the allocations for 

10 public housing agencies that— 

11 (i) are leasing a lower-than-average 

12 percentage of their authorized vouchers, 

13 (ii) have low amounts of budget au14 thority in their net restricted assets ac15 counts and HUD-held programmatic re16 serves, relative to other agencies, and 

17 (iii) are not participating in the Mov18 ing to Work demonstration, to enable such 

19 agencies to lease more vouchers; 

20 (F) for withheld payments in accordance 

21 with section 8(o)(8)(A)(ii) of the Act for 

22 months in the previous calendar year that were 

23 subsequently paid by the public housing agency 

24 after the agency’s actual costs were validated; 

25 and 


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1 (G) for public housing agencies that have 

2 experienced increased costs or loss of units in 

3 an area for which the President declared a dis4 aster under title IV of the Robert T. Stafford 

5 Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 

6 (42 U.S.C. 5170 et seq.): 

7 Provided further, That the Secretary shall allocate 

8 amounts under the preceding proviso based on need, 

9 as determined by the Secretary; 

10 (2) $300,000,000 shall be available for section 

11 8 rental assistance for relocation and replacement of 

12 housing units that are demolished or disposed of 

13 pursuant to section 18 of the Act, conversion of sec14 tion 23 projects to assistance under section 8, relo15 cation of witnesses (including victims of violent 

16 crimes) in connection with efforts to combat crime 

17 in public and assisted housing pursuant to a request 

18 from a law enforcement or prosecution agency, en19 hanced vouchers under any provision of law author20 izing such assistance under section 8(t) of the Act, 

21 Choice Neighborhood vouchers, mandatory and vol22 untary conversions, and tenant protection assistance 

23 including replacement and relocation assistance or 

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1 in section 202 properties financed between 1959 and 

2 1974 that are refinanced pursuant to Public Law 

3 106–569, as amended, or under the authority as 

4 provided under this Act: Provided, That the Sec5 retary may, not less than 3 days after providing no6 tice to the House and Senate Committees on Appro7 priations, reprogram amounts made available under 

8 this paragraph to utilize such amounts to avoid or 

9 reduce the proration of renewal funding allocations 

10 under paragraph (1) under this heading: Provided 

11 further, That when a public housing development is 

12 submitted for demolition or disposition under section 

13 18 of the Act, the Secretary may provide section 8 

14 rental assistance when the units pose an imminent 

15 health and safety risk to residents: Provided further, 

16 That the Secretary may provide section 8 rental as17 sistance from amounts made available under this 

18 paragraph for units assisted under a project-based 

19 subsidy contract funded under the ‘‘Project-Based 

20 Rental Assistance’’ heading under this title where 

21 the owner has received a Notice of Default and the 

22 units pose an imminent health and safety risk to 

23 residents: Provided further, That of the amounts 

24 made available under this paragraph, no less than 

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1 tection assistance, not otherwise provided under this 

2 paragraph, to residents residing in low vacancy 

3 areas and who may have to pay rents greater than 

4 30 percent of household income, as the result of: (A) 

5 the maturity of a HUD-insured, HUD-held or sec6 tion 202 loan that requires the permission of the 

7 Secretary prior to loan prepayment; (B) the expira8 tion of a rental assistance contract for which the 

9 tenants are not eligible for enhanced voucher or ten10 ant protection assistance under existing law; or (C) 

11 the expiration of affordability restrictions accom12 panying a mortgage or preservation program admin13 istered by the Secretary: Provided further, That such 

14 tenant protection assistance made available under 

15 the preceding proviso may be provided under the au16 thority of section 8(t) or section 8(o)(13) of the Act: 

17 Provided further, That any tenant protection voucher 

18 made available from amounts under this paragraph 

19 shall not be reissued by any public housing agency, 

20 except the replacement vouchers as defined by the 

21 Secretary by notice, when the initial family that re22 ceived any such voucher no longer receives such 

23 voucher, and the authority for any public housing 

24 agency to issue any such voucher shall cease to exist: 

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1 vide replacement vouchers for units that were occu2 pied within the previous 24 months that cease to be 

3 available as assisted housing, subject only to the 

4 availability of funds; 

5 (3) $2,770,935,000 shall be available for ad6 ministrative and other expenses of public housing 

7 agencies in administering the section 8 tenant-based 

8 rental assistance program, of which up to 

9 $30,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary to al10 locate to public housing agencies that need addi11 tional funds to administer their section 8 programs, 

12 including fees associated with section 8 tenant pro13 tection rental assistance, the administration of dis14 aster related vouchers, HUD–VASH vouchers, and 

15 other special purpose incremental vouchers: Pro16 vided, That no less than $2,740,935,000 of the 

17 amount provided in this paragraph shall be allocated 

18 to public housing agencies for the calendar year 

19 2025 funding cycle based on section 8(q) of the Act 

20 (and related appropriation Act provisions) as in ef21 fect immediately before the enactment of the Quality 

22 Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (Pub23 lic Law 105–276): Provided further, That if the 

24 amounts made available under this paragraph are 

25 insufficient to pay the amounts determined under 


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1 the preceding proviso, the Secretary may decrease 

2 the amounts allocated to agencies by a uniform per3 centage applicable to all agencies receiving funding 

4 under this paragraph or may, to the extent nec5 essary to provide full payment of amounts deter6 mined under the preceding proviso, utilize unobli7 gated balances, including recaptures and carryover, 

8 remaining from funds appropriated under this head9 ing from prior fiscal years, excluding special purpose 

10 vouchers, notwithstanding the purposes for which 

11 such amounts were appropriated: Provided further, 

12 That all public housing agencies participating in the 

13 MTW demonstration shall be funded in accordance 

14 with the requirements of the MTW demonstration 

15 program or their MTW agreements, if any, and shall 

16 be subject to the same uniform percentage decrease 

17 as under the preceding proviso: Provided further, 

18 That amounts provided under this paragraph shall 

19 be only for activities related to the provision of ten20 ant-based rental assistance authorized under section 

21 8, including related development activities; 

22 (4) $701,300,000 shall be available for the re23 newal of tenant-based assistance contracts under 

24 section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af25 fordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), including 


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1 necessary administrative expenses: Provided, That 

2 administrative and other expenses of public housing 

3 agencies in administering the special purpose vouch4 ers in this paragraph shall be funded under the 

5 same terms and be subject to the same pro rata re6 duction as the percent decrease for administrative 

7 and other expenses to public housing agencies under 

8 paragraph (3) of this heading: Provided further, 

9 That up to $10,000,000 shall be available only— 

10 (A) for adjustments in the allocation for 

11 public housing agencies, after applications for 

12 an adjustment by a public housing agency that 

13 experienced a significant increase, as deter14 mined by the Secretary, in Mainstream renewal 

15 costs resulting from unforeseen circumstances; 

16 and 

17 (B) for public housing agencies that de18 spite taking reasonable cost savings measures, 

19 as determined by the Secretary, would other20 wise be required to terminate the rental assist21 ance for Mainstream families as a result of in22 sufficient funding: 

23 Provided further, That the Secretary shall allocate 

24 amounts under the preceding proviso based on need, 

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1 That upon turnover, section 811 special purpose 

2 vouchers funded under this heading in this or prior 

3 Acts, or under any other heading in prior Acts, shall 

4 be provided to non-elderly persons with disabilities; 

5 (5) of the amounts provided under paragraph 

6 (1), up to $8,000,000 shall be available for rental 

7 assistance and associated administrative fees for 

8 Tribal HUD–VASH to serve Native American vet9 erans that are homeless or at-risk of homelessness 

10 living on or near a reservation or other Indian areas: 

11 Provided, That such amount shall be made available 

12 for renewal grants to recipients that received assist13 ance under prior Acts under the Tribal HUD–VASH 

14 program: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 

15 be authorized to specify criteria for renewal grants, 

16 including data on the utilization of assistance re17 ported by grant recipients: Provided further, That 

18 such assistance shall be administered in accordance 

19 with program requirements under the Native Amer20 ican Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act 

21 of 1996 and modeled after the HUD–VASH pro22 gram: Provided further, That the Secretary shall be 

23 authorized to waive, or specify alternative require24 ments for any provision of any statute or regulation 

25 that the Secretary administers in connection with 


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1 the use of funds made available under this para2 graph (except for requirements related to fair hous3 ing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the en4 vironment), upon a finding by the Secretary that 

5 any such waivers or alternative requirements are 

6 necessary for the effective delivery and administra7 tion of such assistance: Provided further, That grant 

8 recipients shall report to the Secretary on utilization 

9 of such rental assistance and other program data, as 

10 prescribed by the Secretary: Provided further, That 

11 the Secretary may reallocate, as determined by the 

12 Secretary, amounts returned or recaptured from 

13 awards under the Tribal HUD–VASH program 

14 under prior Acts to existing recipients under the 

15 Tribal HUD–VASH program; and 

16 (6) the Secretary shall separately track all spe17 cial purpose vouchers funded under this heading. 

18 HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND

19 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

20 Unobligated balances, including recaptures and car21 ryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the Depart22 ment of Housing and Urban Development under this 

23 heading, the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted 

24 Housing’’ and the heading ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assist25 ance’’, for fiscal year 2025 and prior years may be used 


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1 for renewal of or amendments to section 8 project-based 

2 contracts and for performance-based contract administra3 tors, notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds 

4 were appropriated: Provided, That any obligated balances 

5 of contract authority from fiscal year 1974 and prior fiscal 

6 years that have been terminated shall be rescinded: Pro7 vided further, That amounts heretofore recaptured, or re8 captured during the current fiscal year, from section 8 

9 project-based contracts from source years fiscal year 1975 

10 through fiscal year 1987 are hereby rescinded, and an 

11 amount of additional new budget authority, equivalent to 

12 the amount rescinded is hereby appropriated, to remain 

13 available until expended, for the purposes set forth under 

14 this heading, in addition to amounts otherwise available. 

15 PUBLIC HOUSING FUND

16 For 2025 payments to public housing agencies for the 

17 operation and management of public housing, as author18 ized by section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 

19 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)) (the ‘‘Act’’), and to carry out 

20 capital and management activities for public housing 

21 agencies, as authorized under section 9(d) of the Act (42 

22 U.S.C. 1437g(d)), $8,213,713,000, to remain available 

23 until September 30, 2028: Provided, That of the sums ap24 propriated under this heading— 


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1 (1) $5,096,713,000 shall be available for the 

2 Secretary to allocate pursuant to the Operating 

3 Fund formula at part 990 of title 24, Code of Fed4 eral Regulations, for 2025 payments; 

5 (2) $25,000,000 shall be available for the Sec6 retary to allocate pursuant to a need-based applica7 tion process notwithstanding section 203 of this title 

8 and not subject to such Operating Fund formula to 

9 public housing agencies that experience, or are at 

10 risk of, financial shortfalls, as determined by the 

11 Secretary: Provided, That after all such shortfall 

12 needs are met, the Secretary may distribute any re13 maining funds to all public housing agencies on a 

14 pro-rata basis pursuant to such Operating Fund for15 mula; 

16 (3) $3,047,000,000 shall be available for the 

17 Secretary to allocate pursuant to the Capital Fund 

18 formula at section 905.400 of title 24, Code of Fed19 eral Regulations: Provided, That for funds provided 

20 under this paragraph, the limitation in section 

21 9(g)(1) of the Act shall be 25 percent: Provided fur22 ther, That the Secretary may waive the limitation in 

23 the preceding proviso to allow public housing agen24 cies to fund activities authorized under section 

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1 Secretary shall notify public housing agencies re2 questing waivers under the preceding proviso if the 

3 request is approved or denied within 14 calendar 

4 days of submitting the request: Provided further, 

5 That from the funds made available under this para6 graph, the Secretary shall provide bonus awards in 

7 fiscal year 2025 to public housing agencies that are 

8 designated high performers: Provided further, That 

9 the Department shall notify public housing agencies 

10 of their formula allocation within 60 days of enact11 ment of this Act; 

12 (4) $30,000,000 shall be available for the Sec13 retary to make grants, notwithstanding section 203 

14 of this title, to public housing agencies for emer15 gency capital needs, including safety and security 

16 measures necessary to address crime and drug-re17 lated activity, as well as needs resulting from unfore18 seen or unpreventable emergencies and natural dis19 asters excluding Presidentially declared emergencies 

20 and natural disasters under the Robert T. Stafford 

21 Disaster Relief and Emergency Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 

22 et seq.) occurring in fiscal year 2025: Provided, That 

23 of the amount made available under this paragraph, 

24 not less than $10,000,000 shall be for safety and se25 curity measures: Provided further, That in addition 


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1 to the amount in the preceding proviso for such 

2 safety and security measures, any amounts that re3 main available, after all applications received on or 

4 before September 30, 2026, for emergency capital 

5 needs have been processed, shall be allocated to pub6 lic housing agencies for such safety and security 

7 measures; and 

8 (5) $15,000,000 shall be available to support 

9 the costs of administrative and judicial receiverships 

10 and for competitive grants to PHAs in receivership, 

11 designated troubled or substandard, or otherwise at 

12 risk, as determined by the Secretary, for costs asso13 ciated with public housing asset improvement, in ad14 dition to other amounts for that purpose provided 

15 under any heading under this 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 

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1 binding agreement that will result in outlays, immediately 

2 or in the future. 

3 ASSISTED HOUSING INSPECTIONS AND RISK

4 ASSESSMENTS

5 For the Department’s inspection and assessment pro6 grams, including travel, training, and program support 

7 contracts, $50,000,000 to remain available until Sep8 tember 30, 2026: Provided, That unobligated balances, in9 cluding recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds 

10 appropriated under the heading ‘‘Public Housing Fund’’ 

11 to support ongoing public housing financial and physical 

12 assessment activities shall be available for the purposes 

13 authorized under this heading in addition to the purposes 

14 for which such funds originally were appropriated. 

15 SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAMS

16 For activities and assistance related to self-suffi17 ciency programs, to remain available until September 30, 

18 2028, $175,000,000: Provided, That of the sums appro19 priated under this heading— 

20 (1) $125,000,000 shall be available for the fam21 ily self-sufficiency program to support family self22 sufficiency coordinators under section 23 of the 

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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) $35,000,000 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 

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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 au6 thorities, local workforce investment boards estab7 lished under section 107 of the Workforce Innova8 tion and Opportunity Act of 2014 (29 U.S.C. 3122), 

9 and other agencies and organizations that provide 

10 support to help public housing residents obtain em11 ployment and increase earnings: Provided further, 

12 That applicants must demonstrate the ability to pro13 vide services to residents, partner with workforce in14 vestment boards, and leverage service dollars: Pro15 vided further, That the Secretary may allow public 

16 housing agencies to request exemptions from rent 

17 and income limitation requirements under sections 3 

18 and 6 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 SecVerDate Sep 11 2014 21:23 Jul 12, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00113 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9028.RH H9028

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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) $1,222,100,000 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 

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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: Provided 

11 further, That upon a determination that the budget 

12 authority made available for this program under this 

13 paragraph in this or prior Acts exceeds the projected 

14 demand for the current fiscal year, the Secretary 

15 may reprogram such excess amounts as necessary to 

16 provide additional awards under paragraphs (1), (2), 

17 or (4) of this heading, if the Secretary provides no18 tice to the House and Senate Committees on Appro19 priations not less than 3 business days before any 

20 such reprogramming; 

21 (4) $75,000,000 shall be available for grants to 

22 Indian tribes for carrying out the Indian community 

23 development block grant program under title I of the 

24 Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, 

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1 which, notwithstanding any other provision of law 

2 (including section 203 of this Act), not more than 

3 $5,000,000 may be used for emergencies that con4 stitute imminent threats to health and safety: Pro5 vided, That not to exceed 20 percent of any grant 

6 made with amounts made available in this para7 graph shall be expended for planning and manage8 ment development and administration; and 

9 (5) $7,000,000, in addition to amounts other10 wise available for such purpose, shall be available for 

11 providing training and technical assistance to Indian 

12 tribes, Indian housing authorities, and tribally des13 ignated housing entities, to support the inspection of 

14 Indian housing units, for contract expertise, and for 

15 training and technical assistance related to amounts 

16 made available under this heading and other head17 ings in this Act for the needs of Native American 

18 families and Indian country: Provided, That of the 

19 amounts made available in this paragraph, not less 

20 than $2,000,000 shall be for a national organization 

21 as authorized under section 703 of NAHASDA (25 

22 U.S.C. 4212): Provided further, That amounts made 

23 available in this paragraph may be used, contracted, 

24 or competed as determined by the Secretary: Pro25 vided further, That notwithstanding chapter 63 of 


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1 title 31, United States Code (commonly known as 

2 the Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreements Act 

3 of 1977), the amounts made available in this para4 graph may be used by the Secretary to enter into co5 operative agreements with public and private organi6 zations, agencies, institutions, and other technical 

7 assistance providers to support the administration of 

8 negotiated rulemaking under section 106 of 

9 NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4116), the administration of 

10 the allocation formula under section 302 of 

11 NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4152), and the administra12 tion of performance tracking and reporting under 

13 section 407 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4167). 

14 INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM

15 ACCOUNT

16 For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by 

17 section 184 of the Housing and Community Development 

18 Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a), $1,600,000, to re19 main available until expended: Provided, That such costs, 

20 including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de21 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

22 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a): Provided further, That an addi23 tional $400,000, to remain available until expended, shall 

24 be available for administrative contract expenses including 

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1 program: Provided further, That amounts made available 

2 in this and prior Acts for the cost of guaranteed loans, 

3 as authorized by section 184 of the Housing and Commu4 nity Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a), 

5 that are unobligated, including recaptures and carryover, 

6 may be made available to subsidize total loan principal, 

7 any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 

8 $1,800,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

9 2026. 

10 NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND

11 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

12 New commitments to guarantee loans, as authorized 

13 by section 184A of the Housing and Community Develop14 ment Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13b), any part of 

15 which is to be guaranteed, shall not exceed $28,000,000 

16 in total loan principal, to remain available until September 

17 30, 2026: Provided, That the Secretary may enter into 

18 commitments to guarantee loans used for refinancing. 

19 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

20 HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS

21 For carrying out the housing opportunities for per22 sons with AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS 

23 Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), 

24 $505,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

25 2028: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew or replace 


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1 all expiring contracts for permanent supportive housing 

2 that initially were funded under section 854(c)(5) of such 

3 Act from funds made available under this heading in fiscal 

4 year 2010 and prior fiscal years that meet all program 

5 requirements before awarding funds for new contracts 

6 under such section: Provided further, That the process for 

7 submitting amendments and approving replacement con8 tracts shall be established by the Secretary in a notice: 

9 Provided further, That the Department shall notify grant10 ees of their formula allocation within 60 days of enactment 

11 of this Act. 

12 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND

13 For assistance to States and units of general local 

14 government, and other entities, for economic and commu15 nity development activities, and other purposes, 

16 $5,506,157,732, to remain available until September 30, 

17 2028: Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this 

18 heading— 

19 (1) $3,300,000,000 shall be available for car20 rying out the community development block grant 

21 program under title I of the Housing and Commu22 nity Development Act of 1974, as amended (42 

23 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) (in this heading ‘‘the Act’’): 

24 Provided, That not to exceed 20 percent of any 

25 grant made with funds made available under this 


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1 paragraph shall be expended for planning and man2 agement development and administration: Provided 

3 further, That a metropolitan city, urban county, unit 

4 of general local government, or insular area that di5 rectly or indirectly receives funds under this para6 graph may not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer all 

7 or any portion of such funds to another such entity 

8 in exchange for any other funds, credits, or non9 Federal considerations, but shall use such funds for 

10 activities eligible under title I of the Act: Provided 

11 further, That notwithstanding section 105(e)(1) of 

12 the Act, no funds made available under this para13 graph may be provided to a for-profit entity for an 

14 economic development project under section 

15 105(a)(17) unless such project has been evaluated 

16 and selected in accordance with guidelines required 

17 under subsection (e)(2) of section 105; 

18 (2) $30,000,000 shall be available for activities 

19 authorized under section 8071 of the SUPPORT for 

20 Patients and Communities Act (Public Law 115– 

21 271): Provided, That funds allocated pursuant to 

22 this paragraph shall not adversely affect the amount 

23 of any formula assistance received by a State under 

24 paragraph (1) of this heading: Provided further, 

25 That the Secretary shall allocate the funds for such 


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1 activities based on the notice establishing the fund2 ing formula published in 84 FR 16027 (April 17, 

3 2019) except that the formula shall use age-adjusted 

4 rates of drug overdose deaths for 2022 based on 

5 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Pre6 vention: Provided further, That if such age-adjusted 

7 rate is unavailable for a jurisdiction, the Secretary 

8 shall use the best available data to determine eligi9 bility and to allocate to such jurisdiction; 

10 (3) $2,176,157,732 shall be available for grants 

11 for the Economic Development Initiative (EDI) for 

12 the purposes, and in amounts, specified for Commu13 nity Project Funding in the table entitled ‘‘Commu14 nity Project Funding’’ included in the Report accom15 panying this Act: Provided, That eligible expenses of 

16 such grants in this and prior Acts may include ad17 ministrative, planning, operations and maintenance, 

18 and other costs: Provided further, That such grants 

19 for the EDI shall be available for reimbursement of 

20 otherwise eligible expenses incurred on or after the 

21 date of enactment of this Act and prior to the date 

22 of grant execution: Provided further, That none of 

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1 ment of this Act: Provided further, That grants for 

2 the EDI authorized under this heading in the De3 partment of Housing and Urban Development Ap4 propriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117–103) shall 

5 also be available hereafter for reimbursement of oth6 erwise eligible expenses (including those eligible ex7 penses identified in the first proviso of this para8 graph) incurred on or after the date of enactment of 

9 such Act and prior to the date of grant execution, 

10 and shall hereafter not be subject to the second pro11 viso under such heading in such Act: 

12 Provided further, That for amounts made available under 

13 paragraphs (1) and (2), the Secretary shall notify grantees 

14 of their formula allocation within 60 days of enactment 

15 of this Act. 

16 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES

17 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

18 Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget 

19 Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a), during fiscal year 2025, 

20 commitments to guarantee loans under section 108 of the 

21 Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 

22 U.S.C. 5308), any part of which is guaranteed, shall not 

23 exceed a total principal amount of $400,000,000, notwith24 standing any aggregate limitation on outstanding obliga25 tions guaranteed in subsection (k) of such section 108: 


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1 Provided, That the Secretary shall collect fees from bor2 rowers, notwithstanding subsection (m) of such section 

3 108, to result in a credit subsidy cost of zero for guaran4 teeing such loans, and any such fees shall be collected in 

5 accordance with section 502(7) of the Congressional 

6 Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That such commit7 ment authority funded by fees may be used to guarantee, 

8 or make commitments to guarantee, notes or other obliga9 tions issued by any State on behalf of non-entitlement 

10 communities in the State in accordance with the require11 ments of such section 108: Provided further, That any 

12 State receiving such a guarantee or commitment under the 

13 preceding proviso shall distribute all funds subject to such 

14 guarantee to the units of general local government in non15 entitlement areas that received the commitment. 

16 HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM

17 For the HOME investment partnerships program, as 

18 authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na19 tional Affordable Housing Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 

20 12721 et seq.), $500,000,000, to remain available until 

21 September 30, 2028: Provided, That the Department shall 

22 notify grantees of their formula allocations within 60 days 

23 after enactment of this Act: Provided further, That section 

24 218(g) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12748(g)) shall not apply 

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1 from its HOME Investment Trust Fund that otherwise 

2 expired or would expire in any calendar year from 2019 

3 through 2027 under that section: Provided further, That 

4 section 231(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12771(b)) shall not 

5 apply to any uninvested funds that otherwise were de6 ducted or would be deducted from the line of credit in 

7 the participating jurisdiction’s HOME Investment Trust 

8 Fund in any calendar year from 2019 through 2027 under 

9 that section. 

10 PRESERVATION AND REINVESTMENT INITIATIVE FOR

11 COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT

12 For competitive grants to preserve and revitalize 

13 manufactured housing and eligible manufactured housing 

14 communities (including pre-1976 mobile homes) under 

15 title I of the Housing and Community Development Act 

16 of 1974, as amended (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), 

17 $10,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

18 2029: Provided, That recipients of grants provided with 

19 amounts made available under this heading shall be 

20 States, units of general local government, resident-owned 

21 manufactured housing communities, cooperatives, non22 profit entities including consortia of nonprofit entities, 

23 community development financial institutions, Indian 

24 Tribes (as such term is defined in section 4 of the Native 

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1 of 1996 (NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4103)), or other entities 

2 approved by the Secretary: Provided further, That the Sec3 retary shall reserve an amount for Indian Tribes within 

4 such competition: Provided further, That the Secretary 

5 may approve entities for selection that partner with one 

6 or several residents of such eligible communities or that 

7 propose to implement a grant program that would assist 

8 residents of such eligible communities: Provided further, 

9 That eligible uses of such grants may include infrastruc10 ture, planning, resident and community services (including 

11 relocation assistance and eviction prevention), resiliency 

12 activities, and providing other assistance to residents or 

13 owners of manufactured homes, which may include pro14 viding assistance for manufactured housing land and site 

15 acquisition: Provided further, That, except as determined 

16 by the Secretary, participation in this program shall not 

17 encumber the future transfer of title or use of property 

18 by the residents, owners, or communities: Provided further, 

19 That when selecting recipients, the Secretary shall 

20 prioritize applications that primarily benefit low- or mod21 erately low-income residents and preserve long-term hous22 ing affordability for residents of manufactured housing or 

23 a manufactured housing community: Provided further, 

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1 (1) owned by the residents of the manufactured 

2 housing community through a resident-controlled en3 tity, as defined by the Secretary; or 

4 (2) determined by the Secretary to be subject to 

5 binding agreements that will preserve the community 

6 and maintain affordability on a long-term basis: 

7 Provided further, That resiliency activities means the re8 construction, repair, or replacement of manufactured 

9 housing and manufactured housing communities to pro10 tect the health and safety of manufactured housing resi11 dents and to address weatherization and energy efficiency 

12 needs, except that for pre-1976 mobile homes, funds made 

13 available under this heading may be used only for replace14 ment: Provided further, That the Secretary may waive or 

15 specify alternative requirements for any provision of any 

16 statute or regulation that the Secretary administers in 

17 connection with the use of amounts made available under 

18 this heading (except for requirements related to fair hous19 ing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the environ20 ment), upon a finding that such waiver or alternative re21 quirement is necessary to facilitate the use of such 

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1 SELF-HELP AND ASSISTED HOMEOWNERSHIP

2 OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM

3 For the self-help and assisted homeownership oppor4 tunity program, as authorized under section 11 of the 

5 Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996 (42 

6 U.S.C. 12805 note), and for related activities and assist7 ance, $56,000,000, to remain available until September 

8 30, 2027: Provided, That of the sums appropriated under 

9 this heading— 

10 (1) $9,000,000 shall be available for the self11 help homeownership opportunity program as author12 ized under such section 11; 

13 (2) $42,000,000 shall be available for the sec14 ond, third, and fourth capacity building entities 

15 specified in section 4(a) of the HUD Demonstration 

16 Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816 note), of which not 

17 less than $5,000,000 shall be for rural capacity 

18 building activities: Provided, That for purposes of 

19 awarding grants from amounts made available in 

20 this paragraph, the Secretary may enter into 

21 multiyear agreements, as appropriate, subject to the 

22 availability of annual appropriations; and 

23 (3) $5,000,000 shall be available for capacity 

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1 and providing financing, training, technical assist2 ance, information, and research to local nonprofit or3 ganizations, local governments, and Indian Tribes 

4 serving high need rural communities. 

5 HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS

6 For assistance under title IV of the McKinney-Vento 

7 Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360 et seq.), and 

8 for related activities and assistance, $4,060,000,000, to 

9 remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided, 

10 That of the sums appropriated under this heading— 

11 (1) $290,000,000 shall be available for the 

12 emergency solutions grants program authorized 

13 under subtitle B of such title IV (42 U.S.C. 11371 

14 et seq.): Provided, That the Department shall notify 

15 grantees of their formula allocation from amounts 

16 allocated (which may represent initial or final 

17 amounts allocated) for the emergency solutions 

18 grant program not later than 60 days after enact19 ment of this Act; 

20 (2) $3,678,000,000 shall be available for the 

21 continuum of care program authorized under sub22 title C of such title IV (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) 

23 and the rural housing stability assistance programs 

24 authorized under subtitle D of such title IV (42 

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1 prioritize funding under the continuum of care pro2 gram to continuums of care that have demonstrated 

3 a capacity to reallocate funding from lower per4 forming projects to higher performing projects: Pro5 vided further, That the Secretary may establish by 

6 notice an alternative maximum amount for adminis7 trative costs related to the requirements described in 

8 sections 402(f)(1) and 402(f)(2) of subtitle A of 

9 such title IV of no more than 5 percent or $50,000, 

10 whichever is greater, notwithstanding the 3 percent 

11 limitation in section 423(a)(10) of such subtitle C: 

12 Provided further, That of the amounts made avail13 able for the continuum of care program under this 

14 paragraph, $52,000,000 shall be for grants for new 

15 rapid re-housing projects and supportive service 

16 projects providing coordinated entry, and for eligible 

17 activities that the Secretary determines to be critical 

18 in order to assist survivors of domestic violence, dat19 ing violence, sexual assault, or stalking, except that 

20 the Secretary may make additional grants for such 

21 projects and purposes from amounts made available 

22 for such continuum of care program: Provided fur23 ther, That amounts made available for the con24 tinuum of care program under this paragraph and 

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1 ing in prior Acts may be used to competitively or 

2 non-competitively renew or replace grants for youth 

3 homeless demonstration projects under the con4 tinuum of care program, notwithstanding any con5 flict with the requirements of the continuum of care 

6 program; 

7 (3) $10,000,000 shall be available for the na8 tional homeless data analysis project: Provided, That 

9 notwithstanding the provisions of the Federal Grant 

10 and Cooperative Agreements Act of 1977 (31 U.S.C. 

11 6301–6308), the amounts made available under this 

12 paragraph and any remaining unobligated balances 

13 under this heading for such purposes in prior Acts 

14 may be used by the Secretary to enter into coopera15 tive agreements with such entities as may be deter16 mined by the Secretary, including public and private 

17 organizations, agencies, and institutions; and 

18 (4) $82,000,000 shall be available to implement 

19 projects to demonstrate how a comprehensive ap20 proach to serving homeless youth, age 24 and under, 

21 in up to 25 communities with a priority for commu22 nities with substantial rural populations in up to 

23 eight locations, can dramatically reduce youth home24 lessness: Provided, That of the amount made avail25 able under this paragraph, not less than 


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1 $25,000,000 shall be for youth homelessness system 

2 improvement grants to support communities, includ3 ing but not limited to the communities assisted 

4 under the matter preceding this proviso, in estab5 lishing and implementing a response system for 

6 youth homelessness, or for improving their existing 

7 system: Provided further, That of the amount made 

8 available under this paragraph, up to $10,000,000 

9 shall be to provide technical assistance to commu10 nities, including but not limited to the communities 

11 assisted in the preceding proviso and the matter pre12 ceding such proviso, on improving system responses 

13 to youth homelessness, and collection, analysis, use, 

14 and reporting of data and performance measures 

15 under the comprehensive approaches to serve home16 less youth, in addition to and in coordination with 

17 other technical assistance funds provided under this 

18 title: Provided further, That the Secretary may use 

19 up to 10 percent of the amount made available 

20 under the preceding proviso to build the capacity of 

21 current technical assistance providers or to train 

22 new technical assistance providers with verifiable 

23 prior experience with systems and programs for 

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1 Provided further, That youth aged 24 and under seeking 

2 assistance under this heading shall not be required to pro3 vide third party documentation to establish their eligibility 

4 under subsection (a) or (b) of section 103 of the McKin5 ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302) to 

6 receive services: Provided further, That unaccompanied 

7 youth aged 24 and under or families headed by youth aged 

8 24 and under who are living in unsafe situations may be 

9 served by youth-serving providers funded under this head10 ing: Provided further, That persons eligible under section 

11 103(a)(5) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 

12 Act may be served by any project funded under this head13 ing to provide both transitional housing and rapid re-hous14 ing: Provided further, That for all matching funds require15 ments applicable to funds made available under this head16 ing for this fiscal year and prior fiscal years, a grantee 

17 may use (or could have used) as a source of match funds 

18 other funds administered by the Secretary and other Fed19 eral agencies unless there is (or was) a specific statutory 

20 prohibition on any such use of any such funds: Provided 

21 further, That none of the funds made available under this 

22 heading shall be available to provide funding for new 

23 projects, except for projects created through reallocation, 

24 unless the Secretary determines that the continuum of 

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1 ranked based on the degree to which they improve the con2 tinuum of care’s system performance: Provided further, 

3 That any unobligated amounts remaining from funds 

4 made available under this heading in fiscal year 2012 and 

5 prior years for project-based rental assistance for rehabili6 tation projects with 10-year grant terms may be used for 

7 purposes under this heading, notwithstanding the pur8 poses for which such funds were appropriated: Provided 

9 further, That unobligated balances, including recaptures 

10 and carryover, remaining from funds transferred to or ap11 propriated under this heading in fiscal year 2019 or prior 

12 years, except for rental assistance amounts that were re13 captured and made available until expended, shall be avail14 able for the current purposes authorized under this head15 ing in addition to the purposes for which such funds origi16 nally were appropriated. 

17 HOUSING PROGRAMS

18 PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE

19 For activities and assistance for the provision of 

20 project-based subsidy contracts under the United States 

21 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (‘‘the 

22 Act’’), not otherwise provided for, $16,195,000,000, to re23 main available until expended, shall be available on Octo24 ber 1, 2024 (in addition to the $400,000,000 previously 

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1 tober 1, 2024), and $400,000,000, to remain available 

2 until expended, shall be available on October 1, 2025: Pro3 vided, That the amounts made available under this head4 ing shall be available for expiring or terminating section 

5 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including section 8 

6 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for amendments to sec7 tion 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including section 

8 8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for contracts entered 

9 into pursuant to section 441 of the McKinney-Vento 

10 Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11401), for renewal 

11 of section 8 contracts for units in projects that are subject 

12 to approved plans of action under the Emergency Low In13 come Housing Preservation Act of 1987 or the Low-In14 come Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership 

15 Act of 1990, and for administrative and other expenses 

16 associated with project-based activities and assistance 

17 funded under this heading: Provided further, That of the 

18 total amounts provided under this heading, not to exceed 

19 $468,000,000 shall be available for performance-based 

20 contract administrators for section 8 project-based assist21 ance, for carrying out 42 U.S.C. 1437(f): Provided further, 

22 That the Secretary may also use such amounts in the pre23 ceding proviso for performance-based contract administra24 tors for the administration of: interest reduction payments 

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1 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1(a)); rent supplement payments pur2 suant to section 101 of the Housing and Urban Develop3 ment Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); section 236(f)(2) 

4 rental assistance payments (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1(f)(2)); 

5 project rental assistance contracts for the elderly under 

6 section 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 

7 1701q); project rental assistance contracts for supportive 

8 housing for persons with disabilities under section 

9 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 

10 Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013(d)(2)); project assistance 

11 contracts pursuant to section 202(h) of the Housing Act 

12 of 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667); and loans 

13 under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 

14 86–372; 73 Stat. 667): Provided further, That amounts 

15 recaptured under this heading, the heading ‘‘Annual Con16 tributions for Assisted Housing’’, or the heading ‘‘Housing 

17 Certificate Fund’’, may be used for renewals of or amend18 ments to section 8 project-based contracts or for perform19 ance-based contract administrators, notwithstanding the 

20 purposes for which such amounts were appropriated: Pro21 vided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision 

22 of law, upon the request of the Secretary, project funds 

23 that are held in residual receipts accounts for any project 

24 subject to a section 8 project-based housing assistance 

25 payments contract that authorizes the Department or a 


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1 housing finance agency to require that surplus project 

2 funds be deposited in an interest-bearing residual receipts 

3 account and that are in excess of an amount to be deter4 mined by the Secretary, shall be remitted to the Depart5 ment and deposited in this account, to be available until 

6 expended: Provided further, That amounts deposited pur7 suant to the preceding proviso shall be available in addi8 tion to the amount otherwise provided by this heading for 

9 uses authorized under this heading. 

10 HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY

11 For amendments to capital advance contracts, for 

12 housing for the elderly, as authorized by section 202 of 

13 the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q), for project 

14 rental assistance for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) 

15 of such Act, including amendments to contracts for such 

16 assistance and renewal of expiring contracts for such as17 sistance for up to a 5-year term, for senior preservation 

18 rental assistance contracts, including renewals, as author19 ized by section 811(e) of the American Homeownership 

20 and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000 (12 U.S.C. 1701q 

21 note), for supportive services associated with the housing, 

22 and for administrative and other expenses associated with 

23 assistance funded under this heading, $931,400,000 to re24 main available until September 30, 2028: Provided, That 

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1 $115,000,000 shall be for service coordinators and the 

2 continuation of existing congregate service grants for resi3 dents of assisted housing projects: Provided further, That 

4 any funding for existing service coordinators under the 

5 preceding proviso shall be provided within 120 days of en6 actment of this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary 

7 may waive the provisions of section 202 governing the 

8 terms and conditions of project rental assistance, except 

9 that the initial contract term for such assistance shall not 

10 exceed 5 years in duration: Provided further, That upon 

11 request of the Secretary, project funds that are held in 

12 residual receipts accounts for any project subject to a sec13 tion 202 project rental assistance contract, and that upon 

14 termination of such contract are in excess of an amount 

15 to be determined by the Secretary, shall be remitted to 

16 the Department and deposited in this account, to remain 

17 available until September 30, 2028: Provided further, That 

18 amounts deposited in this account pursuant to the pre19 ceding proviso shall be available, in addition to the 

20 amounts otherwise provided by this heading, for the pur21 poses authorized under this heading: Provided further, 

22 That unobligated balances, including recaptures and car23 ryover, remaining from funds transferred to or appro24 priated under this heading shall be available for the cur25 rent purposes authorized under this heading in addition 


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1 to the purposes for which such funds originally were ap2 propriated. 

3 HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

4 For amendments to capital advance contracts, for 

5 supportive housing for persons with disabilities, as author6 ized by section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af7 fordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), for project rental 

8 assistance for supportive housing for persons with disabil9 ities under section 811(d)(2) of such Act, for project as10 sistance contracts pursuant to subsection (h) of section 

11 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as added by section 

12 205(a) of the Housing and Community Development 

13 Amendments of 1978 (Public Law 95–557; 92 Stat. 

14 2090), including amendments to contracts for such assist15 ance and renewal of expiring contracts for such assistance 

16 for up to a 5-year term, for project rental assistance to 

17 State housing finance agencies and other appropriate enti18 ties as authorized under section 811(b)(3) of the Cran19 ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, for sup20 portive services associated with the housing for persons 

21 with disabilities as authorized by section 811(b)(1) of such 

22 Act, and for administrative and other expenses associated 

23 with assistance funded under this heading, $256,700,000, 

24 to remain available until September 30, 2028: Provided, 

25 That, upon the request of the Secretary, project funds 


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1 that are held in residual receipts accounts for any project 

2 subject to a section 811 project rental assistance contract, 

3 and that upon termination of such contract are in excess 

4 of an amount to be determined by the Secretary, shall be 

5 remitted to the Department and deposited in this account, 

6 to remain available until September 30, 2028: Provided 

7 further, That amounts deposited in this account pursuant 

8 to the preceding proviso shall be available in addition to 

9 the amounts otherwise provided by this heading for the 

10 purposes authorized under this heading: Provided further, 

11 That unobligated balances, including recaptures and car12 ryover, remaining from funds transferred to or appro13 priated under this heading shall be used for the current 

14 purposes authorized under this heading in addition to the 

15 purposes for which such funds originally were appro16 priated. 

17 HOUSING COUNSELING ASSISTANCE

18 For contracts, grants, and other assistance excluding 

19 loans, as authorized under section 106 of the Housing and 

20 Urban Development Act of 1968, as amended, 

21 $57,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 

22 2026, including up to $4,500,000 for administrative con23 tract services: Provided, That funds shall be used for pro24 viding counseling and advice to tenants and homeowners, 

25 both current and prospective, with respect to property 


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1 maintenance, financial management or literacy, and such 

2 other matters as may be appropriate to assist them in im3 proving their housing conditions, meeting their financial 

4 needs, and fulfilling the responsibilities of tenancy or 

5 homeownership; for program administration; and for hous6 ing counselor training: Provided further, That for purposes 

7 of awarding grants from amounts provided under this 

8 heading, the Secretary may enter into multiyear agree9 ments, as appropriate, subject to the availability of annual 

10 appropriations. 

11 PAYMENT TO MANUFACTURED HOUSING FEES TRUST

12 FUND

13 For necessary expenses as authorized by the National 

14 Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Stand15 ards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), up to 

16 $14,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 

17 $14,000,000 shall be derived from the Manufactured 

18 Housing Fees Trust Fund (established under section 

19 620(e) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5419(e)): Provided, That 

20 not to exceed the total amount appropriated under this 

21 heading shall be available from the general fund of the 

22 Treasury to the extent necessary to incur obligations and 

23 make expenditures pending the receipt of collections to the 

24 Fund pursuant to section 620 of such Act: Provided fur25 ther, That the amount made available under this heading 


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1 from the general fund shall be reduced as such collections 

2 are received during fiscal year 2025 so as to result in a 

3 final fiscal year 2025 appropriation from the general fund 

4 estimated at zero, and fees pursuant to such section 620 

5 shall be modified as necessary to ensure such a final fiscal 

6 year 2025 appropriation: Provided further, That for the 

7 dispute resolution and installation programs, the Sec8 retary may assess and collect fees from any program par9 ticipant: Provided further, That such collections shall be 

10 deposited into the Trust Fund, and the Secretary, as pro11 vided herein, may use such collections, as well as fees col12 lected under section 620 of such Act, for necessary ex13 penses of such Act: Provided further, That, notwith14 standing the requirements of section 620 of such Act, the 

15 Secretary may carry out responsibilities of the Secretary 

16 under such Act through the use of approved service pro17 viders that are paid directly by the recipients of their serv18 ices. 

19 FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION

20 MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

21 New commitments to guarantee single family loans 

22 insured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund shall 

23 not exceed $400,000,000,000, to remain available until 

24 September 30, 2026: Provided, That during fiscal year 

25 2025, obligations to make direct loans to carry out the 


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1 purposes of section 204(g) of the National Housing Act, 

2 as amended, shall not exceed $1,000,000: Provided fur3 ther, That the foregoing amount in the preceding proviso 

4 shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities 

5 in connection with sales of single family real properties 

6 owned by the Secretary and formerly insured under the 

7 Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund: Provided further, That 

8 for administrative contract expenses of the Federal Hous9 ing Administration, $150,000,000, to remain available 

10 until September 30, 2026: Provided further,That to the 

11 extent guaranteed loan commitments exceed 

12 $200,000,000,000 on or before April 1, 2025, an addi13 tional $1,400 for administrative contract expenses shall be 

14 available for each $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed 

15 loan commitments (including a pro rata amount for any 

16 amount below $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds 

17 made available by this proviso exceed $30,000,000: Pro18 vided further, That notwithstanding the limitation in the 

19 first sentence of section 255(g) of the National Housing 

20 Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–20(g)), during fiscal year 2025 the 

21 Secretary may insure and enter into new commitments to 

22 insure mortgages under section 255 of the National Hous23 ing Act only to the extent that the net credit subsidy cost 

24 for such insurance does not exceed zero. 


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1 GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

2 New commitments to guarantee loans insured under 

3 the General and Special Risk Insurance Funds, as author4 ized by sections 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act 

5 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–3 and 1735c), shall not exceed 

6 $35,000,000,000 in total loan principal, any part of which 

7 is to be guaranteed, to remain available until September 

8 30, 2026: Provided, That during fiscal year 2025, gross 

9 obligations for the principal amount of direct loans, as au10 thorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, and 519(a) of 

11 the National Housing Act, shall not exceed $1,000,000, 

12 which shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental en13 tities in connection with the sale of single family real prop14 erties owned by the Secretary and formerly insured under 

15 such Act. 

16 GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION

17 GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES LOAN

18 GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

19 New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out 

20 the purposes of section 306 of the National Housing Act, 

21 as amended (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)), shall not exceed 

22 $550,000,000,000, to remain available until September 

23 30, 2026: Provided, That $54,000,000, to remain avail24 able until September 30, 2026, shall be for necessary sala25 ries and expenses of the Government National Mortgage 


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1 Association: Provided further, That to the extent that 

2 guaranteed loan commitments exceed $155,000,000,000 

3 on or before April 1, 2025, an additional $100 for nec4 essary salaries and expenses shall be available until ex5 pended for each $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed loan 

6 commitments (including a pro rata amount for any 

7 amount below $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds 

8 made available by this proviso exceed $3,000,000: Pro9 vided further, That receipts from Commitment and 

10 Multiclass fees collected pursuant to title III of the Na11 tional Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1716 et seq.) shall be cred12 ited as offsetting collections to this account. 

13 POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH

14 RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

15 For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of pro16 grams of research and studies relating to housing and 

17 urban problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized 

18 by title V of the Housing and Urban Development Act 

19 of 1970 (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 et seq.), including carrying 

20 out the functions of the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

21 Development under section 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization 

22 Plan No. 2 of 1968, and for technical assistance, 

23 $119,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

24 2026: Provided, That with respect to amounts made avail25 able under this heading, notwithstanding section 203 of 


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1 this title, the Secretary may enter into cooperative agree2 ments with philanthropic entities, other Federal agencies, 

3 State or local governments and their agencies, Indian 

4 Tribes, tribally designated housing entities, or colleges or 

5 universities for research projects: Provided further, That 

6 with respect to the preceding proviso, such partners to the 

7 cooperative agreements shall contribute at least a 50 per8 cent match toward the cost of the project: Provided fur9 ther, That for non-competitive agreements entered into in 

10 accordance with the preceding two provisos, the Secretary 

11 shall comply with section 2(b) of the Federal Funding Ac12 countability and Transparency Act of 2006 (Public Law 

13 109–282; 31 U.S.C. note) in lieu of compliance with sec14 tion 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and 

15 Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 

16 3545(a)(4)(C)) with respect to documentation of award 

17 decisions: Provided further, That prior to obligation of 

18 technical assistance funding, the Secretary shall submit a 

19 plan to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria20 tions on how the Secretary will allocate funding for this 

21 activity at least 30 days prior to obligation: Provided fur22 ther, That none of the funds provided under this heading 

23 may be available for the doctoral dissertation research 

24 grant program. 


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1 FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

2 FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES

3 For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not oth4 erwise provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil 

5 Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.), and section 

6 561 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 

7 1987 (42 U.S.C. 3616a), $85,000,000, to remain available 

8 until September 30, 2026: Provided, That notwithstanding 

9 section 3302 of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary 

10 may assess and collect fees to cover the costs of the Fair 

11 Housing Training Academy, and may use such funds to 

12 develop online courses and provide such training: Provided 

13 further, That none of the funds made available under this 

14 heading may be used to lobby the executive or legislative 

15 branches of the Federal Government in connection with 

16 a specific contract, grant, or loan: Provided further, That 

17 of the funds made available under this heading, 

18 $1,000,000 may be available to the Secretary for the cre19 ation and promotion of translated materials and other pro20 grams that support the assistance of persons with limited 

21 English proficiency in utilizing the services provided by 

22 the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 


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1 OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL AND HEALTHY

2 HOMES

3 LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For the lead hazard reduction program, as authorized 

6 by section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Haz7 ard Reduction Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4852), the healthy 

8 homes initiative, pursuant to sections 501 and 502 of the 

9 Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 (12 U.S.C. 

10 1701z–1 and 1701z–2), and for related activities and as11 sistance, $335,000,000, to remain available until Sep12 tember 30, 2027: Provided, That the amounts made avail13 able under this heading are provided as follows: 

14 (1) $200,000,000 shall be for the award of 

15 grants pursuant to such section 1011, of which not 

16 less than $100,000,000 shall be provided to areas 

17 with the highest lead-based paint abatement need; 

18 (2) $130,000,000 shall be for the healthy 

19 homes initiative, pursuant to sections 501 and 502 

20 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 

21 1970, which shall include research, studies, testing, 

22 and demonstration efforts, including education and 

23 outreach concerning lead-based paint poisoning and 

24 other housing-related diseases and hazards, and 

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1 in housing of low-income families, of which 

2 $10,000,000 shall be for the establishment and im3 plementation of a national pilot program to facilitate 

4 new financing mechanisms to address lead and other 

5 residential environmental stressors in low-income 

6 communities; 

7 (3) $5,000,000 shall be for the award of grants 

8 and contracts for research pursuant to sections 1051 

9 and 1052 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Haz10 ard Reduction Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4854, 

11 4854a); and 

12 (4) up to $2,000,000 in total of the amounts 

13 made available under paragraphs (2) and (3) may be 

14 transferred to the heading ‘‘Research and Tech15 nology’’ for the purposes of conducting research and 

16 studies and for use in accordance with the provisos 

17 under that heading for non-competitive agreements: 

18 Provided further, That for purposes of environmental re19 view, pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act 

20 of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and other provisions of 

21 law that further the purposes of such Act, a grant under 

22 the healthy homes initiative, or the lead technical studies 

23 program, or other demonstrations or programs under this 

24 heading or under prior appropriations Acts for such pur25 poses under this heading, or under the heading ‘‘Housing 


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1 for the Elderly’’ under prior appropriations Acts, shall be 

2 considered to be funds for a special project for purposes 

3 of section 305(c) of the Multifamily Housing Property 

4 Disposition Reform Act of 1994: Provided further, That 

5 each applicant for a grant or cooperative agreement under 

6 this heading shall certify adequate capacity that is accept7 able to the Secretary to carry out the proposed use of 

8 funds pursuant to a notice of funding opportunity: Pro9 vided further, That amounts made available under this 

10 heading, in this or prior appropriations Acts, still remain11 ing available, may be used for any purpose under this 

12 heading notwithstanding the purpose for which such 

13 amounts were appropriated if a program competition is 

14 undersubscribed and there are other program competitions 

15 under this heading that are oversubscribed. 

16 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FUND

17 For Department-wide and program-specific informa18 tion technology systems and infrastructure, $384,706,000, 

19 to remain available until September 30, 2027. 

20 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

21 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

22 Inspector General in carrying out the Inspector General 

23 Act of 1978, as amended, $160,000,000, of which 

24 $1,150,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

25 2026: Provided, That the Inspector General shall have 


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1 independent authority over all personnel issues within this 

2 office. 

3 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

4 URBAN DEVELOPMENT

5 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 SEC. 201. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget au8 thority, or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts 

9 associated with such budget authority, that are recaptured 

10 from projects described in section 1012(a) of the Stewart 

11 B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 

12 1988 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) shall be rescinded or in the 

13 case of cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such 

14 amounts of budget authority or cash recaptured and not 

15 rescinded or remitted to the Treasury shall be used by 

16 State housing finance agencies or local governments or 

17 local housing agencies with projects approved by the Sec18 retary of Housing and Urban Development for which set19 tlement occurred after January 1, 1992, in accordance 

20 with such section. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, 

21 the Secretary may award up to 15 percent of the budget 

22 authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted 

23 to the Treasury to provide project owners with incentives 

24 to refinance their project at a lower interest rate. 


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1 SEC. 202. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used to investigate or prosecute under the Fair 

3 Housing Act any otherwise lawful activity engaged in by 

4 one or more persons, including the filing or maintaining 

5 of a nonfrivolous legal action, that is engaged in solely 

6 for the purpose of achieving or preventing action by a Gov7 ernment official or entity, or a court of competent jurisdic8 tion. 

9 SEC. 203. Except as explicitly provided in law, any 

10 grant, cooperative agreement or other assistance made 

11 pursuant to title II of this Act shall be made on a competi12 tive basis and in accordance with section 102 of the De13 partment of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act 

14 of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 3545). 

15 SEC. 204. Funds of the Department of Housing and 

16 Urban Development subject to the Government Corpora17 tion Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of 

18 1950 shall be available, without regard to the limitations 

19 on administrative expenses, for legal services on a contract 

20 or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment for 

21 services and facilities of the Federal National Mortgage 

22 Association, Government National Mortgage Association, 

23 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Fi24 nancing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or any member 

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1 within the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance Cor2 poration Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811–1). 

3 SEC. 205. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act 

4 or through a reprogramming of funds, no part of any ap5 propriation for the Department of Housing and Urban 

6 Development shall be available for any program, project 

7 or activity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget 

8 estimates submitted to Congress. 

9 SEC. 206. Corporations and agencies of the Depart10 ment of Housing and Urban Development which are sub11 ject to the Government Corporation Control Act are here12 by authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits 

13 of funds and borrowing authority available to each such 

14 corporation or agency and in accordance with law, and to 

15 make such contracts and commitments without regard to 

16 fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of such 

17 Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set 

18 forth in the budget for 2025 for such corporation or agen19 cy except as hereinafter provided: Provided, That collec20 tions of these corporations and agencies may be used for 

21 new loan or mortgage purchase commitments only to the 

22 extent expressly provided for in this Act (unless such loans 

23 are in support of other forms of assistance provided for 

24 in this or prior appropriations Acts), except that this pro25 viso shall not apply to the mortgage insurance or guaranty 


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1 operations of these corporations, or where loans or mort2 gage purchases are necessary to protect the financial in3 terest of the United States Government. 

4 SEC. 207. The Secretary shall provide quarterly re5 ports to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria6 tions regarding all uncommitted, unobligated, recaptured 

7 and excess funds in each program and activity within the 

8 jurisdiction of the Department and shall submit addi9 tional, updated budget information to these Committees 

10 upon request. 

11 SEC. 208. None of the funds made available by this 

12 title may be used for an audit of the Government National 

13 Mortgage Association that makes applicable requirements 

14 under the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 

15 661 et seq.). 

16 SEC. 209. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

17 of law, subject to the conditions listed under this section, 

18 for fiscal years 2025 and 2026, the Secretary of Housing 

19 and Urban Development may authorize the transfer of 

20 some or all project-based assistance, debt held or insured 

21 by the Secretary and statutorily required low-income and 

22 very low-income use restrictions if any, associated with one 

23 or more multifamily housing project or projects to another 

24 multifamily housing project or projects. 


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1 (b) PHASED TRANSFERS.—Transfers of project2 based assistance under this section may be done in phases 

3 to accommodate the financing and other requirements re4 lated to rehabilitating or constructing the project or 

5 projects to which the assistance is transferred, to ensure 

6 that such project or projects meet the standards under 

7 subsection (c). 

8 (c) The transfer authorized in subsection (a) is sub9 ject to the following conditions: 

10 (1) NUMBER AND BEDROOM SIZE OF UNITS.— 

11 (A) For occupied units in the transferring 

12 project: The number of low-income and very 

13 low-income units and the configuration (i.e., 

14 bedroom size) provided by the transferring 

15 project shall be no less than when transferred 

16 to the receiving project or projects and the net 

17 dollar amount of Federal assistance provided to 

18 the transferring project shall remain the same 

19 in the receiving project or projects. 

20 (B) For unoccupied units in the transfer21 ring project: The Secretary may authorize a re22 duction in the number of dwelling units in the 

23 receiving project or projects to allow for a re24 configuration of bedroom sizes to meet current 

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1 retary and provided there is no increase in the 

2 project-based assistance budget authority. 

3 (2) The transferring project shall, as deter4 mined by the Secretary, be either physically obsolete 

5 or economically nonviable, or be reasonably expected 

6 to become economically nonviable when complying 

7 with State or Federal requirements for community 

8 integration and reduced concentration of individuals 

9 with disabilities. 

10 (3) The receiving project or projects shall meet 

11 or exceed applicable physical standards established 

12 by the Secretary. 

13 (4) The owner or mortgagor of the transferring 

14 project shall notify and consult with the tenants re15 siding in the transferring project and provide a cer16 tification of approval by all appropriate local govern17 mental officials. 

18 (5) The tenants of the transferring project who 

19 remain eligible for assistance to be provided by the 

20 receiving project or projects shall not be required to 

21 vacate their units in the transferring project or 

22 projects until new units in the receiving project are 

23 available for occupancy. 

24 (6) The Secretary determines that this transfer 

25 is in the best interest of the tenants. 


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1 (7) If either the transferring project or the re2 ceiving project or projects meets the condition speci3 fied in subsection (d)(2)(A), any lien on the receiv4 ing project resulting from additional financing ob5 tained by the owner shall be subordinate to any 

6 FHA-insured mortgage lien transferred to, or placed 

7 on, such project by the Secretary, except that the 

8 Secretary may waive this requirement upon deter9 mination that such a waiver is necessary to facilitate 

10 the financing of acquisition, construction, and/or re11 habilitation of the receiving project or projects. 

12 (8) If the transferring project meets the re13 quirements of subsection (d)(2), the owner or mort14 gagor of the receiving project or projects shall exe15 cute and record either a continuation of the existing 

16 use agreement or a new use agreement for the 

17 project where, in either case, any use restrictions in 

18 such agreement are of no lesser duration than the 

19 existing use restrictions. 

20 (9) The transfer does not increase the cost (as 

21 defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 

22 Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a)) of any FHA-insured 

23 mortgage, except to the extent that appropriations 

24 are provided in advance for the amount of any such 

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1 (d) For purposes of this section— 

2 (1) the terms ‘‘low-income’’ and ‘‘very low-in3 come’’ shall have the meanings provided by the stat4 ute and/or regulations governing the program under 

5 which the project is insured or assisted; 

6 (2) the term ‘‘multifamily housing project’’ 

7 means housing that meets one of the following con8 ditions— 

9 (A) housing that is subject to a mortgage 

10 insured under the National Housing Act; 

11 (B) housing that has project-based assist12 ance attached to the structure including 

13 projects undergoing mark to market debt re14 structuring under the Multifamily Assisted 

15 Housing Reform and Affordability Housing Act; 

16 (C) housing that is assisted under section 

17 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 

18 1701q); 

19 (D) housing that is assisted under section 

20 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 

21 1701q), as such section existed before the en22 actment of the Cranston-Gonzales National Af23 fordable Housing Act; 


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1 (E) housing that is assisted under section 

2 811 of the Cranston-Gonzales National Afford3 able Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013); or 

4 (F) housing or vacant land that is subject 

5 to a use agreement; 

6 (3) the term ‘‘project-based assistance’’ 

7 means— 

8 (A) assistance provided under section 8(b) 

9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

10 U.S.C. 1437f(b)); 

11 (B) assistance for housing constructed or 

12 substantially rehabilitated pursuant to assist13 ance provided under section 8(b)(2) of such Act 

14 (as such section existed immediately before Oc15 tober 1, 1983); 

16 (C) rent supplement payments under sec17 tion 101 of the Housing and Urban Develop18 ment Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); 

19 (D) interest reduction payments under sec20 tion 236 and/or additional assistance payments 

21 under section 236(f)(2) of the National Hous22 ing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1); 

23 (E) assistance payments made under sec24 tion 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 

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1 (F) assistance payments made under sec2 tion 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na3 tional Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 

4 8013(d)(2)); 

5 (4) the term ‘‘receiving project or projects’’ 

6 means the multifamily housing project or projects to 

7 which some or all of the project-based assistance, 

8 debt, and statutorily required low-income and very 

9 low-income use restrictions are to be transferred; 

10 (5) the term ‘‘transferring project’’ means the 

11 multifamily housing project which is transferring 

12 some or all of the project-based assistance, debt, and 

13 the statutorily required low-income and very low-in14 come use restrictions to the receiving project or 

15 projects; and 

16 (6) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 

17 of Housing and Urban Development. 

18 (e) RESEARCH REPORT.—The Secretary shall con19 duct an evaluation of the transfer authority under this sec20 tion, including the effect of such transfers on the oper21 ational efficiency, contract rents, physical and financial 

22 conditions, and long-term preservation of the affected 

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1 SEC. 210. (a) No assistance shall be provided under 

2 section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

3 U.S.C. 1437f) to any individual who— 

4 (1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of 

5 higher education (as defined under section 102 of 

6 the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

7 1002)); 

8 (2) is under 24 years of age; 

9 (3) is not a veteran; 

10 (4) is unmarried; 

11 (5) does not have a dependent child; 

12 (6) is not a person with disabilities, as such 

13 term is defined in section 3(b)(3)(E) of the United 

14 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

15 1437a(b)(3)(E)) and was not receiving assistance 

16 under such section 8 as of November 30, 2005; 

17 (7) is not a youth who left foster care at age 

18 14 or older and is at risk of becoming homeless; and 

19 (8) is not otherwise individually eligible, or has 

20 parents who, individually or jointly, are not eligible, 

21 to receive assistance under section 8 of the United 

22 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f). 

23 (b) For purposes of determining the eligibility of a 

24 person to receive assistance under section 8 of the United 

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1 cial assistance (in excess of amounts received for tuition 

2 and any other required fees and charges) that an indi3 vidual receives under the Higher Education Act of 1965 

4 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), from private sources, or from 

5 an institution of higher education (as defined under sec6 tion 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

7 1002)), shall be considered income to that individual, ex8 cept for a person over the age of 23 with dependent chil9 dren. 

10 SEC. 211. The funds made available for Native Alas11 kans under paragraph (1) under the heading ‘‘Native 

12 American Programs’’ in title II of this Act shall be allo13 cated to the same Native Alaskan housing block grant re14 cipients that received funds in fiscal year 2005, and only 

15 such recipients shall be eligible to apply for funds made 

16 available under paragraph (2) of such heading. 

17 SEC. 212. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

18 law, in fiscal year 2025, in managing and disposing of any 

19 multifamily property that is owned or has a mortgage held 

20 by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and 

21 during the process of foreclosure on any property with a 

22 contract for rental assistance payments under section 8 

23 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

24 1437f) or any other Federal programs, the Secretary shall 

25 maintain any rental assistance payments under section 8 


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1 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 and other pro2 grams that are attached to any dwelling units in the prop3 erty. To the extent the Secretary determines, in consulta4 tion with the tenants and the local government that such 

5 a multifamily property owned or having a mortgage held 

6 by the Secretary is not feasible for continued rental assist7 ance payments under such section 8 or other programs, 

8 based on consideration of (1) the costs of rehabilitating 

9 and operating the property and all available Federal, 

10 State, and local resources, including rent adjustments 

11 under section 524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing 

12 Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (in this section 

13 ‘‘MAHRAA’’) (42 U.S.C. 1437f note), and (2) environ14 mental conditions that cannot be remedied in a cost-effec15 tive fashion, the Secretary may, in consultation with the 

16 tenants of that property, contract for project-based rental 

17 assistance payments with an owner or owners of other ex18 isting housing properties, or provide other rental assist19 ance. The Secretary shall also take appropriate steps to 

20 ensure that project-based contracts remain in effect prior 

21 to foreclosure, subject to the exercise of contractual abate22 ment remedies to assist relocation of tenants for imminent 

23 major threats to health and safety after written notice to 

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1 ceivership. After disposition of any multifamily property 

2 described in this section, the contract and allowable rent 

3 levels on such properties shall be subject to the require4 ments under section 524 of MAHRAA. 

5 SEC. 213. Public housing agencies that own and oper6 ate 400 or fewer public housing units may elect to be ex7 empt from any asset management requirement imposed by 

8 the Secretary in connection with the operating fund rule: 

9 Provided, That an agency seeking a discontinuance of a 

10 reduction of subsidy under the operating fund formula 

11 shall not be exempt from asset management requirements. 

12 SEC. 214. With respect to the use of amounts pro13 vided in this Act and in future Acts for the operation, cap14 ital improvement, and management of public housing as 

15 authorized by sections 9(d) and 9(e) of the United States 

16 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d), (e)), the Sec17 retary shall not impose any requirement or guideline relat18 ing to asset management that restricts or limits in any 

19 way the use of capital funds for central office costs pursu20 ant to paragraph (1) or (2) of section 9(g) of the United 

21 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(g)(1), (2)): 

22 Provided, That a public housing agency may not use cap23 ital funds authorized under section 9(d) for activities that 

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1 from the operating fund in excess of the amounts per2 mitted under paragraph (1) or (2) of section 9(g). 

3 SEC. 215. No official or employee of the Department 

4 of Housing and Urban Development shall be designated 

5 as an allotment holder unless the Office of the Chief Fi6 nancial Officer has determined that such allotment holder 

7 has implemented an adequate system of funds control and 

8 has received training in funds control procedures and di9 rectives. The Chief Financial Officer shall ensure that 

10 there is a trained allotment holder for each HUD appro11 priation under the accounts ‘‘Executive Offices’’, ‘‘Admin12 istrative Support Offices’’, ‘‘Program Offices’’, ‘‘Govern13 ment National Mortgage Association—Guarantees of 

14 Mortgage-Backed Securities Loan Guarantee Program 

15 Account’’, and ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ within the 

16 Department of Housing and Urban Development. 

17 SEC. 216. The Secretary shall, for fiscal year 2025, 

18 notify the public through the Federal Register and other 

19 means, as determined appropriate, of the issuance of a no20 tice of the availability of assistance or notice of funding 

21 opportunity (NOFO) for any program or discretionary 

22 fund administered by the Secretary that is to be competi23 tively awarded. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

24 law, for fiscal year 2025, the Secretary may make the 

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1 Government website or through other electronic media, as 

2 determined by the Secretary. 

3 SEC. 217. Payment of attorney fees in program-re4 lated litigation shall be paid from the individual program 

5 office and Office of General Counsel salaries and expenses 

6 appropriations. 

7 SEC. 218. The Secretary is authorized to transfer up 

8 to 10 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, of funds 

9 appropriated for any office under the headings ‘‘Adminis10 trative Support Offices’’ or ‘‘Program Offices’’ to any 

11 other such office under such headings: Provided, That no 

12 appropriation for any such office under such headings 

13 shall be increased or decreased by more than 10 percent 

14 or $5,000,000, whichever is less, without prior written ap15 proval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropria16 tions: Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide 

17 notification to such Committees 3 business days in ad18 vance of any such transfers under this section up to 10 

19 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less. 

20 SEC. 219. (a) Any entity receiving housing assistance 

21 payments shall maintain decent, safe, and sanitary condi22 tions, as determined by the Secretary, and comply with 

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1 tion of any property covered under a housing assistance 

2 payment contract. 

3 (b) The Secretary shall take action under subsection 

4 (c) when a multifamily housing project with a contract 

5 under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 

6 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) or a contract for similar project-based 

7 assistance— 

8 (1) receives a failing score under the Uniform 

9 Physical Condition Standards (UPCS) or successor 

10 standard; or 

11 (2) fails to certify in writing to the Secretary 

12 within 3 days that all Exigent Health and Safety de13 ficiencies, or those deficiencies requiring correction 

14 within 24 hours, identified by the inspector at the 

15 project have been corrected. 

16 Such requirements shall apply to insured and non17 insured projects with assistance attached to the units 

18 under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 

19 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), but shall not apply to such units as20 sisted under section 8(o)(13) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

21 1437f(o)(13)) or to public housing units assisted with cap22 ital or operating funds under section 9 of the United 

23 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g). 

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1 retary shall provide the owner with a Notice of Default 

2 with a specified timetable, determined by the Secretary, 

3 for correcting all deficiencies. The Secretary shall provide 

4 a copy of the Notice of Default to the tenants, the local 

5 government, any mortgagees, and any contract adminis6 trator. If the owner’s appeal results in a passing score, 

7 the Secretary may withdraw the Notice of Default. 

8 (2) At the end of the time period for correcting all 

9 deficiencies specified in the Notice of Default, if the owner 

10 fails to fully correct such deficiencies, the Secretary may— 

11 (A) require immediate replacement of project 

12 management with a management agent approved by 

13 the Secretary; 

14 (B) impose civil money penalties, which shall be 

15 used solely for the purpose of supporting safe and 

16 sanitary conditions at applicable properties, as des17 ignated by the Secretary, with priority given to the 

18 tenants of the property affected by the penalty; 

19 (C) abate the section 8 contract, including par20 tial abatement, as determined by the Secretary, until 

21 all deficiencies have been corrected; 

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1 quired repairs and to accept renewal of the assist2 ance contract if such renewal is offered; 

3 (E) transfer the existing section 8 contract to 

4 another project or projects and owner or owners; 

5 (F) pursue exclusionary sanctions, including 

6 suspensions or debarments from Federal programs; 

7 (G) seek judicial appointment of a receiver to 

8 manage the property and cure all project deficiencies 

9 or seek a judicial order of specific performance re10 quiring the owner to cure all project deficiencies; 

11 (H) work with the owner, lender, or other re12 lated party to stabilize the property in an attempt 

13 to preserve the property through compliance, trans14 fer of ownership, or an infusion of capital provided 

15 by a third-party that requires time to effectuate; or 

16 (I) take any other regulatory or contractual 

17 remedies available as deemed necessary and appro18 priate by the Secretary. 

19 (d) The Secretary shall take appropriate steps to en20 sure that project-based contracts remain in effect, subject 

21 to the exercise of contractual abatement remedies to assist 

22 relocation of tenants for major threats to health and safety 

23 after written notice to the affected tenants. To the extent 

24 the Secretary determines, in consultation with the tenants 

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1 for continued rental assistance payments under such sec2 tion 8 or other programs, based on consideration of— 

3 (1) the costs of rehabilitating and operating the 

4 property and all available Federal, State, and local 

5 resources, including rent adjustments under section 

6 524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform 

7 and Affordability Act of 1997 (‘‘MAHRAA’’); and 

8 (2) environmental conditions that cannot be 

9 remedied in a cost-effective fashion, the Secretary 

10 may contract for project-based rental assistance pay11 ments with an owner or owners of other existing 

12 housing properties, or provide other rental assist13 ance. 

14 (e) The Secretary shall report semi-annually on all 

15 properties covered by this section that are assessed 

16 through the Real Estate Assessment Center and have fail17 ing physical inspection scores or have received an unsatis18 factory management and occupancy review within the past 

19 36 months. The report shall include— 

20 (1) identification of the enforcement actions 

21 being taken to address such conditions, including 

22 imposition of civil money penalties and termination 

23 of subsidies, and identification of properties that 

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1 (2) identification of actions that the Depart2 ment of Housing and Urban Development is taking 

3 to protect tenants of such identified properties; and 

4 (3) any administrative or legislative rec5 ommendations to further improve the living condi6 tions at properties covered under a housing assist7 ance payment contract. 

8 The first report shall be submitted to the Senate and 

9 House Committees on Appropriations not later than 30 

10 days after the enactment of this Act, and the second re11 port shall be submitted within 180 days of the transmittal 

12 of the first report. 

13 SEC. 220. None of the funds made available by this 

14 Act, or any other Act, for purposes authorized under sec15 tion 8 (only with respect to the tenant-based rental assist16 ance program) and section 9 of the United States Housing 

17 Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.), may be used by 

18 any public housing agency for any amount of salary, in19 cluding bonuses, for the chief executive officer of which, 

20 or any other official or employee of which, that exceeds 

21 the annual rate of basic pay payable for a position at level 

22 IV of the Executive Schedule at any time during any pub23 lic housing agency fiscal year 2025. 

24 SEC. 221. None of the funds made available by this 

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1 Urban Development may be used to make a grant award 

2 unless the Secretary notifies the House and Senate Com3 mittees on Appropriations not less than 3 full business 

4 days before any project, State, locality, housing authority, 

5 Tribe, nonprofit organization, or other entity selected to 

6 receive a grant award is announced by the Department 

7 or its offices: Provided, That such notification shall list 

8 each grant award by State and current congressional dis9 trict. 

10 SEC. 222. None of the funds made available in this 

11 Act shall be used by the Federal Housing Administration, 

12 the Government National Mortgage Association, or the 

13 Department of Housing and Urban Development to in14 sure, securitize, or establish a Federal guarantee of any 

15 mortgage or mortgage backed security that refinances or 

16 otherwise replaces a mortgage that has been subject to 

17 eminent domain condemnation or seizure, by a State, mu18 nicipality, or any other political subdivision of a State. 

19 SEC. 223. None of the funds made available by this 

20 Act may be used to terminate the status of a unit of gen21 eral local government as a metropolitan city (as defined 

22 in section 102 of the Housing and Community Develop23 ment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302)) with respect to 

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1 SEC. 224. Amounts made available by this Act that 

2 are appropriated, allocated, advanced on a reimbursable 

3 basis, or transferred to the Office of Policy Development 

4 and Research of the Department of Housing and Urban 

5 Development and functions thereof, for research, evalua6 tion, or statistical purposes, and that are unexpended at 

7 the time of completion of a contract, grant, or cooperative 

8 agreement, may be deobligated and shall immediately be9 come available and may be reobligated in that fiscal year 

10 or the subsequent fiscal year for the research, evaluation, 

11 or statistical purposes for which the amounts are made 

12 available to that Office subject to reprogramming require13 ments in section 405 of this Act. 

14 SEC. 225. None of the funds provided in this Act or 

15 any other Act may be used for awards, including perform16 ance, special act, or spot, for any employee of the Depart17 ment of Housing and Urban Development subject to ad18 ministrative discipline (including suspension from work), 

19 in this fiscal year, but this prohibition shall not be effec20 tive prior to the effective date of any such administrative 

21 discipline or after any final decision over-turning such dis22 cipline. 

23 SEC. 226. With respect to grant amounts awarded 

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1 (CoC) program as authorized under subtitle C of title IV 

2 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, costs 

3 paid by program income of grant recipients may count to4 ward meeting the recipient’s matching requirements, pro5 vided the costs are eligible CoC costs that supplement the 

6 recipient’s CoC program. 

7 SEC. 227. (a) From amounts made available under 

8 this title under the heading ‘‘Homeless Assistance 

9 Grants’’, the Secretary may award 1-year transition 

10 grants to recipients of funds for activities under subtitle 

11 C of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 

12 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) to transition from one continuum 

13 of care program component to another. 

14 (b) In order to be eligible to receive a transition 

15 grant, the funding recipient must have the consent of the 

16 continuum of care and meet standards determined by the 

17 Secretary. 

18 SEC. 228. The promise zone designations and prom19 ise zone designation agreements entered into pursuant to 

20 such designations, made by the Secretary in prior fiscal 

21 years, shall remain in effect in accordance with the terms 

22 and conditions of such agreements. 

23 SEC. 229. Any public housing agency designated as 

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1 129 Stat. 2897) may, upon such designation, use funds 

2 (except for special purpose funding, including special pur3 pose vouchers) previously allocated to any such public 

4 housing agency under section 8 or 9 of the United States 

5 Housing Act of 1937, including any reserve funds held by 

6 the public housing agency or funds held by the Depart7 ment of Housing and Urban Development, pursuant to the 

8 authority for use of section 8 or 9 funding provided under 

9 such section and section 204 of title II of the Departments 

10 of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development 

11 and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 

12 (Public Law 104–134; 110 Stat. 1321–28), notwith13 standing the purposes for which such funds were appro14 priated. 

15 SEC. 230. None of the amounts made available by 

16 this Act may be used to prohibit any public housing agen17 cy under receivership or the direction of a Federal monitor 

18 from applying for, receiving, or using funds made available 

19 under the heading ‘‘Public Housing Fund’’ for competitive 

20 grants to evaluate and reduce lead-based paint hazards in 

21 this Act or that remain available and not awarded from 

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1 untary agreement, or similar document for a violation of 

2 the lead safe housing or lead disclosure rules. 

3 SEC. 231. For fiscal year 2025, if the Secretary de4 termines or has determined, for any prior formula grant 

5 allocation administered by the Secretary through the Of6 fices of Public and Indian Housing, Community Planning 

7 and Development, or Housing, that a recipient received 

8 an allocation greater than the amount such recipient 

9 should have received for a formula allocation cycle pursu10 ant to applicable statutes and regulations, the Secretary 

11 may adjust for any such funding error in the next applica12 ble formula allocation cycle by (a) offsetting each such re13 cipient’s formula allocation (if eligible for a formula alloca14 tion in the next applicable formula allocation cycle) by the 

15 amount of any such funding error, and (b) reallocating 

16 any available balances that are attributable to the offset 

17 to the recipient or recipients that would have been allo18 cated additional funds in the formula allocation cycle in 

19 which any such error occurred (if such recipient or recipi20 ents are eligible for a formula allocation in the next appli21 cable formula allocation cycle) in an amount proportionate 

22 to such recipient’s eligibility under the next applicable for23 mula allocation cycle: Provided, That all offsets and re24 allocations from such available balances shall be recorded 

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1 location cycle: Provided further, That the term ‘‘next appli2 cable formula allocation cycle’’ means the first formula al3 location cycle for a program that is reasonably available 

4 for correction following such a Secretarial determination: 

5 Provided further, That if, upon request by a recipient and 

6 giving consideration to all Federal resources available to 

7 the recipient for the same grant purposes, the Secretary 

8 determines that the offset in the next applicable formula 

9 allocation cycle would critically impair the recipient’s abil10 ity to accomplish the purpose of the formula grant, the 

11 Secretary may adjust for the funding error across two or 

12 more formula allocation cycles. 

13 SEC. 232. The Secretary may transfer from amounts 

14 made available for salaries and expenses under this title 

15 (excluding amounts made available under the heading 

16 ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’) to the heading ‘‘Informa17 tion Technology Fund’’ for information technology needs, 

18 including for additional development, modernization, and 

19 enhancement, to remain available until September 30, 

20 2027: Provided, That the total amount of such transfers 

21 shall not exceed $5,000,000: Provided further, That this 

22 transfer authority shall not be used to fund information 

23 technology projects or activities that have known out-year 

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1 shall provide notification to the House and Senate Com2 mittees on Appropriations no fewer than 3 business days 

3 in advance of any such transfer. 

4 SEC. 233. The Secretary shall comply with all process 

5 requirements, including public notice and comment, when 

6 seeking to revise any annual contributions contract. 

7 SEC. 234. There is hereby established in the Treasury 

8 of the United States a fund to be known as the ‘‘Depart9 ment of Housing and Urban Development Nonrecurring 

10 Expenses Fund’’ (the Fund): Provided, That unobligated 

11 balances of expired discretionary funds appropriated for 

12 this or any succeeding fiscal year from the General Fund 

13 of the Treasury to the Department of Housing and Urban 

14 Development by this or any other Act may be transferred 

15 (not later than the end of the fifth fiscal year after the 

16 last fiscal year for which such funds are available for the 

17 purposes for which they were appropriated) into the Fund: 

18 Provided further, That amounts deposited in the Fund 

19 shall be available until expended, in addition to such other 

20 funds as may be available for such purposes, for capital 

21 needs of the Department, including facilities infrastruc22 ture and information technology infrastructure, subject to 

23 approval by the Office of Management and Budget: Pro24 vided further, That amounts in the Fund may be obligated 

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1 priations are notified at least 15 days in advance of the 

2 planned use of funds. 

3 SEC. 235. For the fiscal year 2025 allocation of 

4 amounts under the Native American Housing Block 

5 Grants program, as authorized under title I of Native 

6 American Housing and Self-Determination Act of 1996 

7 (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), the number of qualifying low8 income housing dwelling units under section 302(b)(1) of 

9 such Act (25 U.S.C. 4152(b)(1)) shall not be reduced due 

10 to the placement of a Native American veteran assisted 

11 with amounts provided under the Tribal HUD-VASH Pro12 gram within any such qualifying unit. 

13 SEC. 236. (a) Subsection (a) of section 184 of the 

14 Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 

15 U.S.C. 1715z–13a(a)) is amended to read as follows: 

16 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—To provide access to sources of 

17 private financing to Indian families, Indian housing au18 thorities, and Indian tribes, who otherwise could not ac19 quire housing financing because of the unique legal status 

20 of Indian lands and the unique nature of tribal economies; 

21 and to expand homeownership opportunities to Indian 

22 families, Indian housing authorities and Indian tribes on 

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1 dian family, Indian housing authority, or Indian tribe on 

2 trust land and fee simple land.’’. 

3 (b) Paragraph (2) of section 184(b) of the Housing 

4 and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 

5 1715z–13a(b)(2)) is amended to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE HOUSING.—The loan shall be 

7 used to construct, acquire, refinance, or rehabilitate 

8 1- to 4-family dwellings that are standard housing.’’. 

9 SEC. 237. Section 105 of the Housing and Commu10 nity Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305) is amend11 ed by adding at the end the following new subsection: 

12 ‘‘(i) SPECIAL ACTIVITIES BY INDIAN TRIBES.—In13 dian tribes receiving grants under section 106(a)(1) of this 

14 Act are authorized to carry out activities described in sub15 section (a)(15) of this section directly.’’. 

16 SEC. 238. $553,600,000 of unobligated balances of 

17 amounts made available under the heading ‘‘Office of 

18 Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes’’ from prior 

19 Acts making appropriations for the Department of Hous20 ing and Urban Development are hereby permanently re21 scinded. 

22 SEC. 239. Notwithstanding chapter 63 of title 31 of 

23 the United States Code, section 513 of the Multifamily 

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1 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) is amended by adding the fol2 lowing to section 513 after subsection (b): 

3 ‘‘(c) PERFORMANCE BASED CONTRACT AD4 MINISTRATION.—Subject to the authority granted to 

5 the Secretary pursuant to section 1437f(b)(1) of title 42 

6 of the United States Code, the Secretary shall undertake 

7 a competition and award annual contribution contracts as 

8 set forth in section 8(b)(1) of the United States Housing 

9 Act of 1937 (the Act) (42 USC 1437f(b)(1)) to public 

10 housing agencies qualified to act as participating adminis11 trative entities under this section: Provided, That the Sec12 retary shall— 

13 ‘‘(1) conduct such a competition and award 

14 contracts on or by September 30, 2026; 

15 ‘‘(2) thereafter conduct a competition and 

16 award contracts consistent with the provisions here17 under not less frequently than every seven (7) years 

18 after the date of the last award of an annual con19 tribution contract is made by the Secretary to a par20 ticipating administrative entity under the prior com21 petition in compliance with this subsection; 

22 ‘‘(3) award such contracts with the Department 

23 to participating administrative entities that are also 

24 public housing agencies; 


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1 ‘‘(4) award one contract for each State or terri2 tory, except that the Secretary may award more 

3 than one contract for a State or territory if the pop4 ulation of such State or territory exceeds 

5 35,000,000; 

6 ‘‘(5) specifically include within the definition of 

7 participating administrative entities all public hous8 ing agencies that— 

9 ‘‘(A) are housing finance agencies, housing 

10 authorities, and their non-profit instrumental11 ities organized under the laws of the respective 

12 states and territories; 

13 ‘‘(B) otherwise comply with the require14 ments of 42 U.S.C. §1437a(b)(6); and 

15 ‘‘(C) are recognized as public housing 

16 agencies by the Department’s Office of Public 

17 and Indian Housing and are otherwise required 

18 to comply with 24 CFR Part 903 as of the date 

19 that the Secretary publishes the invitation to 

20 submit in connection with any competition; 

21 ‘‘(6) otherwise undertake a competition that 

22 awards contracts under this subsection based upon 

23 the criteria set forth in subsection 513(b(1)); 


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1 ‘‘(7) provide a preference in scoring to partici2 pating administrative entity applicants under this 

3 subsection that have demonstrated experience with— 

4 ‘‘(A) properties receiving project-based 

5 rental assistance; 

6 ‘‘(B) multi-family housing preservation; 

7 ‘‘(C) addressing the concerns of low-income 

8 tenants; 

9 ‘‘(D) making assistance payments to own10 ers; and 

11 ‘‘(E) performing other functions assigned 

12 to a public housing agency under section 8(b) 

13 of the Act; 

14 ‘‘(8) provide for incentive-based fees as part of 

15 such awards; and 

16 ‘‘(9) specifically disclose the evaluation score 

17 value for each of the preferences set forth in para18 graph (7) in this subsection: 

19 Provided further, That should no public housing agency 

20 submit a proposal under this subsection hereunder for a 

21 state or territory, the Secretary shall undertake a competi22 tion among non-profit or for profit corporations and busi23 ness entities that seek to act as a performance based con24 tract administrator under a contract for any one of those 

25 states and territories.’’. 


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1 SEC. 240. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be to implement, administer, or enforce the pro3 posed rule entitled ‘‘Affirmatively Furthering Fair Hous4 ing’’ published by the Department of Housing and Urban 

5 Development in the Federal Register on February 9, 2023 

6 (88 Fed. Reg. 8516), or to direct a grantee to undertake 

7 specific changes to existing zoning laws as a part of car8 rying out the interim final rule entitled ‘‘Restoring Affirm9 atively Furthering Fair Housing Definitions and Certifi10 cations’’ published by such Department in the Federal 

11 Register on June 10, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 30779). 

12 SEC. 241. None of the funds made available by this 

13 Act may be used to provide Federal funds to a local juris14 diction that refuses to comply with a request from the De15 partment of Homeland Security to provide advance notice 

16 of the scheduled release date and time for a particular ille17 gal alien in local custody. 

18 SEC. 242. None of the funds made available by this 

19 Act may be used by the Department of Housing and 

20 Urban Development to update minimum energy efficiency 

21 standards for new housing financed by the Department, 

22 as part of carrying out the notice entitled ‘‘Adoption of 

23 Energy Efficiency Standards for New Construction of 

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1 SEC. 243. Section 4024 of the CARES Act (15 

2 U.S.C. 9058) is amended by striking subsection (c). 

3 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Hous4 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, $43,000,000, 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, 

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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, $4,288,000. 


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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 

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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 table accompanying 

22 the Report accompanying this Act, whichever is 

23 more detailed, unless prior approval is received from 

24 the House and Senate Committees on Appropria25 tions: 


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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 accom18 panying the Report accompanying this Act, or 

19 in the budget appendix for the respective appro20 priations, whichever is more detailed, and shall 

21 apply to all items for which a dollar amount is 

22 specified and to all programs for which new 

23 budget (obligational) authority is provided, as 

24 well as to discretionary grants and discretionary 

25 grant allocations; and 


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1 (C) an identification of items of special 

2 congressional interest. 

3 SEC. 406. Except as otherwise specifically provided 

4 by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 

5 remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2025 from 

6 appropriations made available for salaries and expenses 

7 for fiscal year 2025 in this Act, shall remain available 

8 through September 30, 2026, for each such account for 

9 the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall 

10 be submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Ap11 propriations for approval prior to the expenditure of such 

12 funds: Provided further, That these requests shall be made 

13 in compliance with reprogramming guidelines under sec14 tion 405 of this Act. 

15 SEC. 407. No funds in this Act may be used to sup16 port any Federal, State, or local projects that seek to use 

17 the power of eminent domain, unless eminent domain is 

18 employed only for a public use: Provided, That for pur19 poses of this section, public use shall not be construed to 

20 include economic development that primarily benefits pri21 vate entities: Provided further, That any use of funds for 

22 mass transit, railroad, airport, seaport or highway 

23 projects, as well as utility projects which benefit or serve 

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1 structure), other structures designated for use by the gen2 eral public or which have other common-carrier or public3 utility functions that serve the general public and are sub4 ject to regulation and oversight by the government, and 

5 projects for the removal of an immediate threat to public 

6 health and safety or brownfields as defined in the Small 

7 Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization 

8 Act (Public Law 107–118) shall be considered a public 

9 use for purposes of eminent domain. 

10 SEC. 408. None of the funds made available in this 

11 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in12 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

13 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro14 vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 

15 SEC. 409. No funds appropriated pursuant to this 

16 Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees 

17 that in expending the assistance the entity will comply 

18 with sections 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 

19 (41 U.S.C. 8301–8305, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy 

20 American Act’’). 

21 SEC. 410. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 

22 available under this Act shall be made available to any 

23 person or entity that has been convicted of violating the 

24 Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 8301–8305). 


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1 SEC. 411. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act may be used for first-class airline accommodations in 

3 contravention of sections 301–10.122 and 301–10.123 of 

4 title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 

5 SEC. 412. None of the funds made available in this 

6 Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend7 ance of more than 50 employees of a single agency or de8 partment of the United States Government, who are sta9 tioned in the United States, at any single international 

10 conference unless the relevant Secretary reports to the 

11 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations at least 

12 5 days in advance that such attendance is important to 

13 the national interest: Provided, That for purposes of this 

14 section the term ‘‘international conference’’ shall mean a 

15 conference occurring outside of the United States attended 

16 by representatives of the United States Government and 

17 of foreign governments, international organizations, or 

18 nongovernmental organizations. 

19 SEC. 413. None of the funds appropriated or other20 wise made available under this Act may be used by the 

21 Surface Transportation Board to charge or collect any fil22 ing fee for rate or practice complaints filed with the Board 

23 in an amount in excess of the amount authorized for dis24 trict court civil suit filing fees under section 1914 of title 

25 28, United States Code. 


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1 SEC. 414. (a) None of the funds made available in 

2 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 

3 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 

4 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 

5 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 

6 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 

7 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi8 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 

9 SEC. 415. (a) None of the funds made available in 

10 this Act may be used to deny an Inspector General funded 

11 under this Act timely access to any records, documents, 

12 or other materials available to the department or agency 

13 over which that Inspector General has responsibilities 

14 under the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), 

15 or to prevent or impede that Inspector General’s access 

16 to such records, documents, or other materials, under any 

17 provision of law, except a provision of law that expressly 

18 refers to the Inspector General and expressly limits the 

19 Inspector General’s right of access. 

20 (b) A department or agency covered by this section 

21 shall provide its Inspector General with access to all such 

22 records, documents, and other materials in a timely man23 ner. 

24 (c) Each Inspector General shall ensure compliance 

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1 formation provided by the establishment over which that 

2 Inspector General has responsibilities under the Inspector 

3 General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 

4 (d) Each Inspector General covered by this section 

5 shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

6 House of Representatives and the Senate within 5 cal7 endar days any failures to comply with this requirement. 

8 SEC. 416. None of the funds appropriated or other9 wise made available by this Act may be used to pay award 

10 or incentive fees for contractors whose performance has 

11 been judged to be below satisfactory, behind schedule, over 

12 budget, or has failed to meet the basic requirements of 

13 a contract, unless the Agency determines that any such 

14 deviations are due to unforeseeable events, government15 driven scope changes, or are not significant within the 

16 overall scope of the project and/or program unless such 

17 awards or incentive fees are consistent with 16.401(e)(2) 

18 of the Federal Acquisition Regulations. 

19 SEC. 417. No part of any appropriation contained in 

20 this Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person 

21 filling a position, other than a temporary position, for22 merly held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed 

23 Forces of the United States and has satisfactorily com24 pleted his or her period of active military or naval service, 

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1 service or from hospitalization continuing after discharge 

2 for a period of not more than 1 year, made application 

3 for restoration to his or her former position and has been 

4 certified by the Office of Personnel Management as still 

5 qualified to perform the duties of his or her former posi6 tion and has not been restored thereto. 

7 SEC. 418. (a) None of the funds made available by 

8 this Act may be used to approve a new foreign air carrier 

9 permit under sections 41301 through 41305 of title 49, 

10 United States Code, or exemption application under sec11 tion 40109 of that title of an air carrier already holding 

12 an air operators certificate issued by a country that is 

13 party to the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport 

14 Agreement where such approval would contravene United 

15 States law or Article 17 bis of the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Nor16 way Air Transport Agreement. 

17 (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict or 

18 otherwise preclude the Secretary of Transportation from 

19 granting a foreign air carrier permit or an exemption to 

20 such an air carrier where such authorization is consistent 

21 with the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agree22 ment and United States law. 

23 SEC. 419. None of the funds made available by this 

24 Act may be used by the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

25 Development in contravention of section 312 of the Robert 


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1 T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 

2 (42 U.S.C. 5155). 

3 SEC. 420. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act may be used in contravention of existing Federal law 

5 regarding non-citizen eligibility and ineligibility for occu6 pancy in federally assisted housing or for participation in 

7 and assistance under Federal housing programs, including 

8 section 214 of the Housing and Community Development 

9 Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 1436a) and title IV of the Per10 sonal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation 

11 Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.). 

12 SEC. 421. None of the funds made available by this 

13 Act may be used to provide any education, training, or 

14 professional development that utilizes, promotes, or teach15 es Critical Race Theory, any concept associated with Crit16 ical Race Theory, or that teaches or trains any idea or 

17 concept that condones an individual being discriminated 

18 against or receiving adverse or beneficial treatment based 

19 on race or sex, that condones an individual feeling discom20 fort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological dis21 tress on account of that individual’s race or sex, as well 

22 as any idea or concept that regards one race as inherently 

23 superior to another race, the United States or its institu24 tions as being systemically racist or sexist, an individual 

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1 of that individual’s race or sex, an individual’s moral char2 acter as being necessarily determined by race or sex, an 

3 individual as bearing responsibility for actions committed 

4 in the past by other members of the same race or sex, 

5 or meritocracy being racist, sexist, or having been created 

6 by a particular race to oppress another race. 

7 SEC. 422. (a) No part of any appropriation contained 

8 in this Act or division J of Public Law 117–58, including 

9 funds for the National Passenger Railroad Corporation, 

10 shall be used, other than for normal and recognized execu11 tive legislative relationships, for the preparation, distribu12 tion, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, elec13 tronic communication, radio, television, or video presen14 tation designed to support or defeat the enactment of leg15 islation before the Congress, except in presentation to the 

16 Congress. 

17 (b) No part of any appropriation contained in this 

18 Act or division J of Public Law 117–58, including funds 

19 for the National Passenger Railroad Corporation, shall be 

20 used to pay the salary or expenses of any grant or contract 

21 recipient, or agent acting for such recipient, related to any 

22 activity designed to influence the enactment of legislation 

23 or appropriations proposed or pending before the Con24 gress, other than for normal and recognized executive-leg25 islative relationships. 


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1 (c) Amounts repurposed pursuant to subsections (a) 

2 and (b) shall continue to be treated as amounts specified 

3 in section 103(b) of division A of Public Law 118–5. 

4 SEC. 423. None of the funds appropriated or other5 wise made available by this Act may be made available 

6 to implement, administer, apply, enforce, or carry out eq7 uity action plans of the Department of Transportation, the 

8 Department of Housing and Urban Development, or any 

9 other Federal agency diversity, equity, or inclusion initia10 tive, as well as Executive Order 13985 of January 20, 

11 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 7009, relating to advancing racial eq12 uity and support for underserved communities through the 

13 Federal Government), Executive Order 14035 of June 21, 

14 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 34596, relating to diversity, equity, 

15 inclusion, and accessibility in the Federal workforce), or 

16 Executive Order 14091 of February 16, 2023 (88 Fed. 

17 Reg. 10825, relating to further advancing racial equity 

18 and support for underserved communities through the 

19 Federal Government). 

20 SEC. 424. None of the funds made available by this 

21 Act may be used to implement, enforce, or otherwise carry 

22 out the following: (1) Executive Order 14037, relating to 

23 strengthening American leadership in clean cars and 

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1 ability; (3) Executive Order 14096, relating to revitalizing 

2 our Nation’s commitment to environmental justice for all; 

3 (4) Executive Order 13990, relating to Protecting Public 

4 Health and the Environment and Restoring Science To 

5 Tackle the Climate Crisis; (5) Executive Order 14008, re6 lating to Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and 

7 Abroad; (6) Section 6 of Executive Order 14013, relating 

8 to Rebuilding and Enhancing Programs To Resettle Refu9 gees and Planning for the Impact of Climate Change on 

10 Migration; (7) Executive Order 14030, relating to Cli11 mate-Related Financial Risk; and (8) Executive Order 

12 14082, relating to Implementation of the Energy and In13 frastructure Provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act of 

14 2022. 

15 SEC. 425. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sec16 tion 7 of title 1, United States Code, section 1738C of 

17 title 28, United States Code, or any other provision of law, 

18 none of the funds provided by this Act, or previous appro19 priations Acts, shall be used in whole or in part to take 

20 any discriminatory action against a person, wholly or par21 tially, on the basis that such person speaks, or acts, in 

22 accordance with a sincerely held religious belief, or moral 

23 conviction, that marriage is, or should be recognized as, 

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1 (b) DISCRIMINATORY ACTION DEFINED.—As 

2 used in subsection (a), a discriminatory action means any 

3 action taken by the Federal Government to— 

4 (1) alter in any way the Federal tax treatment 

5 of, or cause any tax, penalty, or payment to be as6 sessed against, or deny, delay, or revoke an exemp7 tion from taxation under section 501(a) of the Inter8 nal Revenue Code of 1986 of, any person referred to 

9 in subsection (a); 

10 (2) disallow a deduction for Federal tax pur11 poses of any charitable contribution made to or by 

12 such person; 

13 (3) withhold, reduce the amount or funding for, 

14 exclude, terminate, or otherwise make unavailable or 

15 deny, any Federal grant, contract, subcontract, co16 operative agreement, guarantee, loan, scholarship, li17 cense, certification, accreditation, employment, or 

18 other similar position or status from or to such per19 son; 

20 (4) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth21 erwise make unavailable or deny, any entitlement or 

22 benefit under a Federal benefit program, including 

23 admission to, equal treatment in, or eligibility for a 

24 degree from an educational program, from or to 

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1 (5) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth2 erwise make unavailable or deny access or an entitle3 ment to Federal property, facilities, educational in4 stitutions, speech fora (including traditional, limited, 

5 and nonpublic fora), or charitable fundraising cam6 paigns from or to such person. 

7 (c) ACCREDITATION; LICENSURE; CERTIFI8 CATION.—The Federal Government shall consider ac9 credited, licensed, or certified for purposes of Federal law 

10 any person that would be accredited, licensed, or certified, 

11 respectively, for such purposes but for a determination 

12 against such person wholly or partially on the basis that 

13 the person speaks, or acts, in accordance with a sincerely 

14 held religious belief or moral conviction described in sub15 section (a). 

16 SEC. 426. None of the funds made available by this 

17 Act may be obligated or expended to fly or display a flag 

18 over a facility of a Department or agency funded by this 

19 Act other than the flag of the United States; the flag of 

20 a State, insular area, or the District of Columbia; the flag 

21 of a Federally recognized Tribal entity; the official flag 

22 of the Secretary of Transportation or the Secretary of 

23 Housing and Urban Development; the official flag of a 

24 U.S. Department or agency; or the POW/MIA flag. 


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1 SEC. 427. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act may be used to facilitate new scheduled air transpor3 tation originating from the United States if such flights 

4 would land on, or pass through, property confiscated by 

5 the Cuban Government, including property in which a mi6 nority interest was confiscated, as the terms confiscated, 

7 by the Cuban Government, and property are defined in 

8 paragraphs (4), (5), and (12)(A), respectively, of section 

9 4 of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity 

10 (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6023 (4), (5), and 

11 7 (12)(A)): Provided, That for this section, new scheduled 

12 air transportation shall include any flights not already reg13 ularly scheduled prior to May 2022. 

14 SEC. 428. (a) In the table of projects in the explana15 tory statement referenced in section 417 of the Transpor16 tation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related 

17 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022 (division L of Public 

18 Law 117–103)— 

19 (1) the item relating to ‘‘Acquisition of new commer20 cial space’’ is deemed to be amended by striking project 

21 ‘‘Acquisition of new commercial space’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘Renovation of commercial space’’; 

23 (2) the item relating to ‘‘Electric school bus and asso24 ciated electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure’’ is 

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1 City Public Schools’’ and inserting ‘‘City of Falls 

2 Church’’; 

3 (3) the item relating to ‘‘North Commons Regional 

4 Vision’’ is deemed to be amended by striking recipient 

5 ‘‘Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘City of Minneapolis’’; 

7 (4) the item relating to ‘‘Orangewood Parkette’’ is 

8 deemed to be amended by striking project ‘‘Orangewood 

9 Parkette’’ and inserting ‘‘Orangewood Complete Streets’’; 

10 (5) the item relating to ‘‘Replacing Five Elevators in 

11 a Public Housing Development’’ is deemed to be amended 

12 by striking project ‘‘Replacing Five Elevators in a Public 

13 Housing Development’’ and inserting ‘‘Replacing Ele14 vators in a Public Housing Development’’; 

15 (6) the item relating to ‘‘Long Branch Stream Valley 

16 Park Pedestrian Bridge Replacements and ADA Improve17 ments’’ is deemed to be amended by striking recipient 

18 ‘‘Montgomery County Government’’ and inserting ‘‘Mary19 land National Capital Park and Planning Commission’’; 

20 and 

21 (7) the item relating to ′′Washington Gorge Action 

22 Programs—Goldendale Childcare and Early Learning 

23 Center′′ is deemed to be amended by striking 

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1 (b) In the table of projects entitled ‘‘Community 

2 Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in3 cluded in the explanatory statement that accompanied the 

4 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and 

5 Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023 (division L of 

6 Public Law 117–328)— 

7 (1) the item relating to ‘‘Supportive Living, Commu8 nity Day Services, and Housing Site Project for Adults 

9 with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities’’ is 

10 deemed to be amended by striking project ‘‘Supportive 

11 Living, Community Day Services, and Housing Site 

12 Project for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental 

13 Disabilities’’ and inserting ‘‘Community Day Services and 

14 Housing Expansion for Adults with Intellectual and Devel15 opmental Disabilities’’; 

16 (2) the item relating to ‘‘Public Library Addition’’ 

17 is deemed to be amended by striking project ‘‘Public Li18 brary Addition’’ and inserting ‘‘Public Library Renova19 tions’’; 

20 (3) the item relating to ‘‘Renovation of Snelling Motel 

21 to Affordable Housing for Veterans’’ is deemed to be 

22 amended by striking project ‘‘Renovation of Snelling Motel 

23 to Affordable Housing for Veterans’’ and inserting ‘‘Ac24 quisition for Affordable Housing for Veterans’’; 


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1 (4) the item relating to ‘‘El Centro de la Raza-Patti2 son’s West Community Campus Property Acquisition’’ is 

3 deemed to be amended by striking project ‘‘El Centro de 

4 la Raza-Pattison’s West Community Campus Property Ac5 quisition’’ and inserting ‘‘Pattison’s West Community 

6 Campus’’; 

7 (5) the item relating to ‘‘Riverbrook Regional 

8 YMCA’’ is deemed to be amended by striking recipient 

9 ‘‘Riverbrook Regional Young Men’s Christian Association, 

10 Inc.’’ and inserting ‘‘City of Norwalk’’; 

11 (6) the item relating to ‘‘The SE1 Rehab’’ is deemed 

12 to be amended by striking recipient ‘‘The Skid Row Hous13 ing Trust’’ and inserting ‘‘PATH Ventures’’ and striking 

14 project ‘‘The SE1 Rehab’’ and inserting ‘‘Skid Row Per15 manent Supportive Housing Rehabilitation’’; 

16 (7) the item relating to ‘‘Community Aging & Retire17 ment Services, Inc.’’ is deemed to be amended by striking 

18 recipient ‘‘Community Aging & Retirement Services, Inc.’’ 

19 and inserting ‘‘Pasco County,’’ and striking project 

20 ‘‘CARES One Stop Senior Center Acquisition and Con21 struction’’ and inserting ‘‘Senior Center Acquisition and 

22 Construction’’; 

23 (8) the item relating to ‘‘Western Flyer Coast Guard 

24 Pier Repair and Classroom Design’’ is deemed to be 

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1 Pier Repair and Classroom Design’’ and inserting ‘‘West2 ern Flyer Pier and Classroom Repair’’; and 

3 (9) the item relating to ‘‘NYCHA ADA Accessibility 

4 and Security Lighting Project’’ is deemed to be amended 

5 by striking project ‘‘NYCHA ADA Accessibility and Secu6 rity Lighting Project’’ and inserting ‘‘Installation of Exte7 rior Lighting at Borinquen Plaza II’’. 

8 (c) In the table of projects entitled ‘‘Community 

9 Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in10 cluded in the explanatory statement that accompanied the 

11 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and 

12 Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (division F of 

13 Public Law 118–42)— 

14 (1) the item relating to ‘‘Pawtucket Library, Sayles 

15 Building Re-Pointing’’ is deemed to be amended by strik16 ing project ‘‘Pawtucket Library, Sayles Building Re17 Pointing’’ and inserting ‘‘Pawtucket Library, Sayles 

18 Building Renovation’’; 

19 (2) the item relating to ‘‘Germany Road Relocation 

20 Project’’ is deemed to be amended by striking project 

21 ‘‘Germany Road Relocation Project’’ and inserting ‘‘Sewer 

22 Improvements’’; 

23 (3) the item relating to ‘‘Community Center Expan24 sion and Land Acquisition’’ is deemed to be amended by 


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1 striking ‘‘Expansion and Land Acquisition’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘Planning and Design’’; 

3 (4) the item relating to ‘‘Laconia, NH Hill Street Pe4 destrian Bridge Replacement’’ is deemed to be amended 

5 by striking ‘‘Hill Street’’ and inserting ‘‘Mill Street’’; 

6 (5) the item relating to ‘‘Sunnyside Community Rein7 vestment as Cultura & Traditions: Tucson, AZ’’ is deemed 

8 to be amended by striking recipient ‘‘Sunnyside Founda9 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘Sunnyside Unified School District’’; 

10 and 

11 (6) the item relating to ‘‘Boys and Girls Clubs of 

12 Puerto Rico Arecibo Clubhouse Construction Project’’ is 

13 deemed to be amended by striking ‘‘Boys and Girls Clubs 

14 of Puerto Rico Arecibo Clubhouse Construction Project’’ 

15 and inserting ‘‘Rehabilitation of San Lorenzo Community 

16 Facility of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Puerto Rico’’. 

17 SEC. 429. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds 

18 made available, limited, or otherwise affected by this Act 

19 shall be used to approve or otherwise authorize the imposi20 tion of any toll on any segment of highway or bridge lo21 cated on the Federal-aid system in the Commonwealth of 

22 Pennsylvania that— 

23 (1) as of the date of enactment of this Act, is not 

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1 (2) is constructed with Federal assistance provided 

2 under title 23, United States Code; 

3 (3) is constructed with Federal assistance provided 

4 under section 141 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; 

5 and 

6 (4) is in actual operation as of the date of enactment 

7 of this Act. 

8 (b) EXCEPTIONS.— 

9 (1) NUMBER OF TOLL LANES.—Subsection (a) 

10 shall not apply to any segment of highway on the Federal11 aid system described in that subsection that, as of the date 

12 on which a toll is imposed on the segment, will have the 

13 same number of non-toll lanes as were in existence prior 

14 to that date. 

15 (2) HIGH-OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANES.—A 

16 high-occupancy vehicle lane that is converted to a toll lane 

17 shall not be subject to this section, and shall not be consid18 ered to be a non-toll lane for purposes of determining 

19 whether a highway will have fewer non-toll lanes than 

20 prior to the date of imposition of the toll, if— 

21 (A) high-occupancy vehicles occupied by the 

22 number of passengers specified by the entity oper23 ating the toll lane may use the toll lane without pay24 ing a toll, unless otherwise specified by the appro25 priate county, town, municipal or other local governVerDate Sep 11 2014 21:23 Jul 12, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00213 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9028.RH H9028

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1 ment entity, or public toll road or transit authority; 

2 or 

3 (B) each high-occupancy vehicle lane that was 

4 converted to a toll lane was constructed as a tem5 porary lane to be replaced by a toll lane under a 

6 plan approved by the appropriate county, town, mu7 nicipal, or other local government entity or public 

8 toll road or transit authority. 

9 SEC. 430. None of the funds made available by this 

10 Act or any other Act may be used to consider or incor11 porate the social cost of carbon or greenhouse gases (1) 

12 as part of any cost-benefit analysis required or performed 

13 pursuant to (A) any law; (B) Executive Order No. 13990 

14 (86 Fed. Reg. 7037; relating to protecting public health 

15 and the environment and restoring science to tackle the 

16 climate crisis); (C) Executive Order No. 14094 (88 Fed. 

17 Reg. 21879; relating to modernizing regulatory review); 

18 (D) the Presidential memorandum entitled ‘‘Modernizing 

19 Regulatory Review’’ issued by the President on January 

20 20, 2021; (E) any revisions to Office of Management and 

21 Budget Circular A-4 proposed or finalized under Execu22 tive Order No. 14094; or (F) ‘‘Technical Support Docu23 ment: Social Cost of Carbon, Methane, and Nitrous Oxide 

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1 Cost of Greenhouse Gases, in February of 2021; (2) in 

2 any rulemaking; (3) in the issuance of guidance; (4) in 

3 taking any other agency action; or (5) as justification for 

4 any rulemaking, guidance document, or agency action. 

5 SEC. 431. None of the funds made available by this 

6 Act may be used for air travel by the Secretary of Trans7 portation other than in economy class on a commercial 

8 flight. 

9 SEC. 432. None of the funds made available by this 

10 Act may be used to purchase, install, maintain, or operate 

11 automated traffic enforcement cameras for purposes of 

12 red-light enforcement, speed enforcement, or stop sign en13 forcement. 

14 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

15 SEC. 433. $0. 

16 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation, Hous17 ing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appro18 priations Act, 2025’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 484 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9028 

[Report No. 118–584] 

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 12, 2024 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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