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amount reallocated from the ‘‘Contingency Fund’’ line 
for a project is projected to be 10 percent or greater 
than the following, as applicable: 
(A) The amount allocated to that project in 
the table titled ‘‘Allocation of Funds: National 
Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration 
Fund Fiscal Year 2024’’ in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act); or 
(B) The initial estimate in the most recent 
report submitted, prior to enactment of this Act, 
to the Committees on Appropriations pursuant 
to section 431(e) of division G of the Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 
117–328). 
(d)(1) Concurrent with the annual budget submission 
of the President for fiscal year 2025, the Secretary of the 
Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall each submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate project data sheets for the 
projects in the ‘‘Submission of Annual List of Projects to 
Congress’’ required by section 200402(h) of title 54, United 
States Code: Provided, That the ‘‘Submission of Annual 
List of Projects to Congress’’ must include a ‘‘Contingency 
Fund’’ line for each agency within the allocations defined
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in subsection (e) of section 200402 of title 54, United States 
Code: Provided further, That in the event amounts allocated 
by this Act or any prior Act for the National Parks and 
Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund are no longer needed 
to complete a specified project, such amounts may be reallo-
cated in such submission to that agency’s ‘‘Contingency 
Fund’’ line: Provided further, That any proposals to change 
the scope of or terminate a previously approved project 
must be clearly identified in such submission. 
(2)(A) Concurrent with the annual budget submission 
of the President for fiscal year 2025, the Secretary of the 
Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall each submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate a list of supplementary alloca-
tions for Federal land acquisition and Forest Legacy 
Projects at the National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and the 
U.S. Forest Service that are in addition to the ‘‘Submission 
of Cost Estimates’’ required by section 200303(c)(1) of title 
54, United States Code, that are prioritized and detailed 
by account, program, and project, and that total no less 
than half the full amount allocated to each account for that 
land management Agency under the allocations submitted 
under section 200303(c)(1) of title 54, United States Code: 
Provided, That in the event amounts allocated by this Act
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or any prior Act pursuant to subsection (a) of section 
200303 of title 54, United States Code are no longer needed 
because a project has been completed or can no longer be 
executed, such amounts must be clearly identified if pro-
posed for reallocation in the annual budget submission. 
(B) The Federal land acquisition and Forest Legacy 
projects in the ‘‘Submission of Cost Estimates’’ required by 
section 200303(c)(1) of title 54, United States Code, and 
on the list of supplementary allocations required by sub-
paragraph (A) shall be comprised only of projects for which 
a willing seller has been identified and for which an ap-
praisal or market research has been initiated. 
(C) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of 
the President for fiscal year 2025, the Secretary of the Inte-
rior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall each submit to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate project data sheets in the same 
format and containing the same level of detailed informa-
tion that is found on such sheets in the Budget Justifica-
tions annually submitted by the Department of the Interior 
with the President’s Budget for the projects in the ‘‘Submis-
sion of Cost Estimates’’ required by section 200303(c)(1) 
of title 54, United States Code, and in the same format and 
containing the same level of detailed information that is 
found on such sheets submitted to the Committees pursuant
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to section 427 of division D of the Further Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94) for the list 
of supplementary allocations required by subparagraph (A). 
(e) The Department of the Interior and the Depart-
ment of Agriculture shall provide the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and Senate quar-
terly reports on the status of balances of projects and activi-
ties funded by the National Parks and Public Land Legacy 
Restoration Fund for amounts allocated pursuant to sub-
section (a)(1) of this section and the status of balances of 
projects and activities funded by the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund for amounts allocated pursuant to sub-
section (a)(2) of this section, including all uncommitted, 
committed, and unobligated funds, and, for amounts allo-
cated pursuant to subsection (a)(1) of this section, National 
Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund amounts 
reallocated pursuant to subsection (c) of this section. 
POLICIES RELATING TO BIOMASS ENERGY 
SEC. 431. To support the key role that forests in the 
United States can play in addressing the energy needs of 
the United States, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary 
of Agriculture, and the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency shall, consistent with their missions, 
jointly—
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(1) ensure that Federal policy relating to forest 
bioenergy— 
(A) is consistent across all Federal depart-
ments and agencies; and 
(B) recognizes the full benefits of the use of 
forest biomass for energy, conservation, and re-
sponsible forest management; and 
(2) establish clear and simple policies for the use 
of forest biomass as an energy solution, including 
policies that— 
(A) reflect the carbon neutrality of forest 
bioenergy and recognize biomass as a renewable 
energy source, provided the use of forest biomass 
for energy production does not cause conversion 
of forests to non-forest use; 
(B) encourage private investment through-
out the forest biomass supply chain, including 
in— 
(i) working forests; 
(ii) harvesting operations; 
(iii) forest improvement operations; 
(iv) forest bioenergy production; 
(v) wood products manufacturing; or 
(vi) paper manufacturing;
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(C) encourage forest management to im-
prove forest health; and 
(D) recognize State initiatives to produce 
and use forest biomass. 
SMALL REMOTE INCINERATORS 
SEC. 432. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to implement or enforce the regulation 
issued on March 21, 2011 at 40 CFR part 60 subparts 
CCCC and DDDD with respect to units in the State of Alas-
ka that are defined as ‘‘small, remote incinerator’’ units 
in those regulations and, until a subsequent regulation is 
issued, the Administrator shall implement the law and reg-
ulations in effect prior to such date. 
TIMBER SALE REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 433. No timber sale in Alaska’s Region 10 shall 
be advertised if the indicated rate is deficit (defined as the 
value of the timber is not sufficient to cover all logging and 
stumpage costs and provide a normal profit and risk allow-
ance under the Forest Service’s appraisal process) when ap-
praised using a residual value appraisal. The western red 
cedar timber from those sales which is surplus to the needs 
of the domestic processors in Alaska, shall be made available 
to domestic processors in the contiguous 48 United States 
at prevailing domestic prices. All additional western red 
cedar volume not sold to Alaska or contiguous 48 United
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States domestic processors may be exported to foreign mar-
kets at the election of the timber sale holder. All Alaska yel-
low cedar may be sold at prevailing export prices at the 
election of the timber sale holder. 
TRANSFER
AUTHORITY
TO
FEDERAL
HIGHWAY
ADMINIS-
TRATION
FOR
THE
NATIONAL
PARKS
AND
PUBLIC 
LAND LEGACY RESTORATION FUND 
SEC. 434. Funds made available or allocated in this 
Act to the Department of the Interior or the Department 
of Agriculture that are subject to the allocations and limita-
tions in 54 U.S.C. 200402(e) and prohibitions in 54 U.S.C. 
200402(f) may be further allocated or reallocated to the Fed-
eral Highway Administration for transportation projects of 
the covered agencies defined in 54 U.S.C. 200401(2). 
PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 435. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds made available in this Act or any other 
Act may be used to promulgate or implement any regula-
tion requiring the issuance of permits under title V of the 
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7661 et seq.) for carbon dioxide, 
nitrous oxide, water vapor, or methane emissions resulting 
from biological processes associated with livestock produc-
tion.
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GREENHOUSE GAS REPORTING RESTRICTIONS 
SEC. 436. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds made available in this or any other Act 
may be used to implement any provision in a rule, if that 
provision requires mandatory reporting of greenhouse gas 
emissions from manure management systems. 
FUNDING PROHIBITION 
SEC. 437. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to regulate the lead content 
of ammunition, ammunition components, or fishing tackle 
under the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2601 
et seq.) or any other law. 
FIREFIGHTER PAY CAP 
SEC. 438. Section 1701 of division B of the Extending 
Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance 
Act (5 U.S.C. 5547 note), as amended by Public Law 117– 
103, is further amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking the last sen-
tence and inserting ‘‘Any Services during a given cal-
endar year that generate payments payable in the 
subsequent calendar year shall be disregarded in ap-
plying this subsection’’; and 
(2) in subsections (a), (b), and (c) by inserting 
‘‘or 2024’’ after ‘‘or 2023’’ each place it appears.
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TECHNICAL CORRECTION 
SEC. 439. In the table entitled ‘‘Interior and Environ-
ment Incorporation of Community Project Funding Items/ 
Congressionally Directed Spending Items’’ in the explana-
tory statement described in section 4 in the matter pre-
ceding division A of Public Law 117–328 and in the table 
under the heading ‘‘Disclosure of Earmarks and Congres-
sionally Directed Spending Items’’ in such explanatory 
statement, the project relating to ‘‘Historic Campbell Chap-
el Restoration Committee for the Restoration of Historic 
Campbell Chapel’’ is deemed to be amended by striking 
‘‘Historic Preservation Fund—Save America’s Treasures 
Grants’’ and inserting ‘‘Historic Preservation Fund—His-
toric Preservation Fund Grants’’. 
ALASKA NATIVE REGIONAL HEALTH ENTITIES 
AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION 
SEC. 440. Section 424(a) of title IV of division G of 
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 (Public Law 
113–76) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘October 1, 2024’’ 
for ‘‘December 24, 2022’’. 
LAVA RIDGE WIND PROJECT 
SEC. 441. (a) None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be obligated or expended for the purpose of grant-
ing, issuing, or renewing a right-of-way under section 501 
of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976
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(43 U.S.C. 1761) for the Lava Ridge Wind Project, unless 
or until the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the 
Bureau of Land Management, has analyzed, in consultation 
with local elected officials and stakeholders, action alter-
natives designed to reduce impacts to wildlife, cultural re-
sources, transportation, hunting, wetlands and the con-
nected surface and ground waters. The Secretary shall com-
plete such consultations, and seek feedback regarding action 
alternatives, not later than September 30, 2024, and no 
funds made available in this Act shall be used for granting, 
issuing, or renewing a right-of-way under section 501 of 
the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 
U.S.C. 1761) for the Lava Ridge Wind Project while such 
consultations and efforts are ongoing. 
(b) Prior to granting, issuing, or renewing a right- 
of-way under section 501 of the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1761) for the Lava 
Ridge Wind Project, the Secretary shall periodically report 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on 
the status of consultations required under subsection (a) 
and, once such consultations are complete, provide a brief-
ing to the Committees on the action alternatives and the 
feedback of local elected officials and stakeholders.
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LIMITATION 
SEC. 442. If requested by the claimant of any mining 
claim located within the area covered by Public Land Order 
7921, the Bureau of Land Management shall prioritize com-
pletion of a validity determination for such claim. The Bu-
reau of Land Management shall strive to complete any such 
validity determination not later than 3 years of receipt of 
the request. 
GOOD NEIGHBOR AUTHORITY 
SEC. 443. Section 8206 of the Agriculture Act of 2014 
(16 U.S.C. 2113a), as amended by section 8624 of the Agri-
culture Improvement Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–334) 
and the Consolidated Appropriation Act, 2023 (Public Law 
117–328), is further amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(3)(A), by adding before the 
period: ‘‘; or’’ 
‘‘(iii) National Park System land; or 
‘‘(iv) National Wildlife Refuge Land’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)(4)(B)(i), by striking ‘‘or’’ 
after ‘‘National Forest System’’ and inserting ‘‘,’’; 
(3) in subsection (a)(4)(B)(i), by inserting ‘‘, 
National Park Service, or National Wildlife Refuge’’ 
after ‘‘Bureau of Land Management’’; 
(4) in subsection (b)(2)(C)(ii), by striking 
‘‘2023’’ and inserting ‘‘2024’’;
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(5) in subsection (b)(4) by striking ‘‘land or’’ 
and inserting ‘‘,’’; and 
(6) in subsection (b)(4) by inserting ‘‘, National 
Park System, or U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’’ 
after ‘‘Bureau of Land Management’’. 
FOREST SERVICE NONRECURRING EXPENSE FUND 
SEC. 444. There is hereby established in the Treasury 
of the United States a fund to be known as the ‘‘Forest Serv-
ice Nonrecurring Expenses Fund’’ (the Fund): Provided, 
That unobligated balances of expired discretionary funds, 
and discretionary no-year funds at least four years old and 
deemed by the Chief of the Forest Service no longer needed 
for their intended purpose, appropriated for this or any 
succeeding fiscal year from the general fund of the Treasury 
to the Forest Service by this or any other Act may be trans-
ferred into the Fund: Provided further, That amounts de-
posited in the Fund shall be available until expended, and 
in addition to such other funds as may be available, for 
information technology; administrative expenses such as, 
but not limited to, utility and lease payments; facilities in-
frastructure maintenance, improvements, and construction; 
and roads infrastructure maintenance, subject to approval 
by the Office of Management and Budget: Provided further, 
That amounts in the Fund may not be obligated without 
written notification to and the prior approval of the Com-
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mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate in conformance with the reprogramming 
guidelines described in this Act. 
WORLD WAR I CENTENNIAL COMMISSION 
SEC. 445. In addition to the authority provided by sec-
tion 6(g) of the World War I Centennial Commission Act, 
as authorized by the World War I Centennial Commission 
Act (Public Law 112–272) and the Carl Levin and Howard 
P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291), the World War 
I Commission may accept money, in-kind personnel serv-
ices, contractual support, or any appropriate support from 
any executive branch agency for activities of the Commis-
sion. 
RESCISSION 
SEC. 446. Of the unobligated balances from discre-
tionary amounts made available for fiscal year 2020 or 
prior fiscal years and derived from the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund, the following are hereby permanently 
rescinded— 
(1) $89,000,000 from National Park Service 
grant programs with unobligated carryover balances; 
and 
(2) $5,000,000 from the Bureau of Land Man-
agement:
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DIVISION F—TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING 
AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RE-
LATED 
AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS 
ACT, 2024 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
$191,295,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2025: Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this 
heading— 
(1) $3,770,000 shall be available for the imme-
diate Office of the Secretary; 
(2) $1,370,000 shall be available for the imme-
diate Office of the Deputy Secretary; 
(3) $32,272,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the General Counsel; 
(4) $20,064,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy, 
of which $2,000,000 is for the Office for Multimodal 
Freight Infrastructure and Policy: Provided, That the 
Secretary must obtain reprogramming approval from 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
under section 405 of this Act prior to executing the
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authorities of section 118(g)(2)–(3) of title 49, United 
States Code; 
(5) $22,724,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs; 
(6) $7,138,000 shall be available for the Office of 
the Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs; 
(7) $43,284,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Assistant Secretary for Administration; 
(8) $6,244,000 shall be available for the Office of 
Public Affairs and Public Engagement; 
(9) $2,515,000 shall be available for the Office of 
the Executive Secretariat; 
(10) $16,506,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Intelligence, Security, and Emergency Response; 
(11) $33,879,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Chief Information Officer; and 
(12) $1,529,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Tribal Government Affairs: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Transportation (re-
ferred to in this title as the ‘‘Secretary’’) is authorized to 
transfer funds appropriated for any office of the Office of 
the Secretary to any other office of the Office of the Sec-
retary: Provided further, That no appropriation for any of-
fice shall be increased or decreased by more than 7 percent 
by all such transfers: Provided further, That notice of any
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change in funding greater than 7 percent shall be submitted 
for approval to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations: Provided further, That not to exceed $70,000 
shall be for allocation within the Department for official 
reception and representation expenses as the Secretary may 
determine: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, there may be credited to this appro-
priation up to $2,500,000 in funds received in user fees. 
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses related to the Office of the As-
sistant 
Secretary 
for 
Research 
and 
Technology, 
$49,040,000, of which $22,500,000 shall remain available 
until expended: Provided, That of such amounts that are 
available until expended, $10,000,000 shall be for necessary 
expenses of the Advanced Research Projects Agency—Infra-
structure (ARPA–I) as authorized by section 119 of title 
49, United States Code: Provided further, That within the 
funds made available under the preceding proviso, not less 
than $8,000,000 shall be available for research on dura-
bility, resiliency, and sustainability of bridges and other 
infrastructure and shall be directed to an accredited univer-
sity of higher education in the northeast United States that 
has experience leading a regional university transportation 
center and a proven record of developing, patenting, deploy-
ing, and commercializing innovative composite materials
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and technologies for bridge and other transportation appli-
cations, as well as conducting research and developing pro-
totypes using very large-scale polymer-based additive man-
ufacturing: Provided further, That there may be credited 
to this appropriation, to be available until expended, funds 
received from States, counties, municipalities, other public 
authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for 
training: Provided further, That any reference in law, regu-
lation, judicial proceedings, or elsewhere to the Research 
and Innovative Technology Administration shall continue 
to be deemed to be a reference to the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Research and Technology of the Department 
of Transportation. 
NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out a local and re-
gional project assistance grant program under section 6702 
of title 49, United States Code, $345,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That section 6702(f)(2) 
of title 49, United States Code, shall not apply to amounts 
made available under this heading in this Act: Provided 
further, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading in this Act, not less than 5 percent shall be awarded 
to projects in historically disadvantaged communities or 
areas of persistent poverty as defined under section
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6702(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, 
That grants awarded under this heading in this Act for 
eligible projects for planning, preparation, or design shall 
not be subject to a minimum grant size: Provided further, 
That in distributing amounts made available under this 
heading in this Act, the Secretary shall take such measures 
so as to ensure an equitable geographic distribution of 
funds, an appropriate balance in addressing the needs of 
urban and rural areas, including Tribal areas, and the in-
vestment in a variety of transportation modes: Provided 
further, That for amounts made available under this head-
ing in this Act, the Secretary shall give priority to projects 
that require a contribution of Federal funds in order to 
complete an overall financing package: Provided further, 
That section 6702(f)(1) of title 49, United States Code, shall 
not apply to amounts made available under this heading 
in this Act: Provided further, That of the amounts awarded 
under this heading in this Act, not more than 50 percent 
shall be allocated for eligible projects located in rural areas 
and not more than 50 percent shall be allocated for eligible 
projects located in urbanized areas: Provided further, That 
for the purpose of determining if an award for planning, 
preparation, or design under this heading in this Act is 
an urban award, the project location is the location of the 
project being planned, prepared, or designed: Provided fur-
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ther, That the Secretary may retain up to 2 percent of the 
amounts made available under this heading in this Act, and 
may transfer portions of such amounts to the Administra-
tors of the Federal Aviation Administration, the Federal 
Highway Administration, the Federal Transit Administra-
tion, the Federal Railroad Administration and the Mari-
time Administration to fund the award and oversight of 
grants and credit assistance made under the program au-
thorized under section 6702 of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided further, That for amounts made available under 
this heading in this Act, the Secretary shall consider and 
award projects based solely on the selection criteria as iden-
tified under section 6702(d)(3) and (d)(4) of title 49, 
United States Code. 
NATIONAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AND INNOVATIVE 
FINANCE BUREAU 
For necessary expenses of the National Surface Trans-
portation and Innovative Finance Bureau as authorized by 
49 U.S.C. 116, $9,558,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That the Secretary may collect and spend 
fees, as authorized by title 23, United States Code, to cover 
the costs of services of expert firms, including counsel, in 
the field of municipal and project finance to assist in the 
underwriting and servicing of Federal credit instruments 
and all or a portion of the costs to the Federal Government
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of servicing such credit instruments: Provided further, That 
such fees are available until expended to pay for such costs: 
Provided further, That such amounts are in addition to 
other amounts made available for such purposes and are 
not subject to any obligation limitation or the limitation 
on administrative expenses under section 608 of title 23, 
United States Code. 
RURAL AND TRIBAL INFRASTRUCTURE ADVANCEMENT 
For necessary expenses to carry out rural and Tribal 
infrastructure advancement as authorized in section 21205 
of Public Law 117–58, $25,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2026: Provided, That the Secretary 
may enter into cooperative agreements with philanthropic 
entities, non-profit organizations, other Federal agencies, 
State or local governments and their agencies, Indian 
Tribes, or other technical assistance providers, to provide 
such technical assistance, planning, and capacity building 
to State, local, or Tribal governments, United States terri-
tories, metropolitan planning organizations, transit agen-
cies, or other political subdivisions of State or local govern-
ments. 
RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT FINANCING 
PROGRAM 
The Secretary is authorized to issue direct loans and 
loan guarantees pursuant to chapter 224 of title 49, United
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States Code, and such authority shall exist as long as any 
such direct loan or loan guarantee is outstanding. 
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CAPITAL 
For necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing 
the Department of Transportation’s financial systems and 
re-engineering business processes, $5,000,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2025. 
CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVES 
For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, 
including necessary upgrades to network and information 
technology infrastructure, improvement of identity manage-
ment and authentication capabilities, securing and pro-
tecting data, implementation of Federal cyber security ini-
tiatives, and implementation of enhanced security controls 
on agency computers and mobile devices, $49,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2025. 
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$18,228,000. 
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND 
DEVELOPMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 
planning, research, systems development, development ac-
tivities, and making grants, $24,369,000, to remain avail-
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able until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 
$5,436,000 shall be for necessary expenses of the Interagency 
Infrastructure Permitting Improvement Center (IIPIC): 
Provided further, That there may be transferred to this ap-
propriation, to remain available until expended, amounts 
transferred from other Federal agencies for expenses in-
curred under this heading for IIPIC activities not related 
to transportation infrastructure: Provided further, That the 
tools and analysis developed by the IIPIC shall be available 
to other Federal agencies for the permitting and review of 
major infrastructure projects not related to transportation 
only to the extent that other Federal agencies provide fund-
ing to the Department in accordance with the preceding 
proviso: Provided further, That of the amounts made avail-
able under this heading, $3,443,000 shall be made available 
for the purposes, and in amounts, specified for Congression-
ally Directed Spending in the table entitled ‘‘Community 
Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in-
cluded in the explanatory statement described in section 4 
(in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act). 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for operating costs and capital 
outlays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed
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$522,165,000, shall be paid from appropriations made 
available to the Department of Transportation: Provided, 
That such services shall be provided on a competitive basis 
to entities within the Department of Transportation: Pro-
vided further, That the limitation in the preceding proviso 
on operating expenses shall not apply to entities external 
to the Department of Transportation or for funds provided 
in Public Law 117–58: Provided further, That no funds 
made available by this Act to an agency of the Department 
shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund without 
majority approval of the Working Capital Fund Steering 
Committee and approval of the Secretary: Provided further, 
That no assessments may be levied against any program, 
budget activity, subactivity, or project funded by this Act 
unless notice of such assessments and the basis therefor are 
presented to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations and are approved by such Committees. 
SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS UTILIZATION AND 
OUTREACH 
For necessary expenses for small and disadvantaged 
business utilization and outreach activities, $5,330,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2025: Provided, That 
notwithstanding section 332 of title 49, United States Code, 
such amounts may be used for business opportunities re-
lated to any mode of transportation: Provided further, That
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appropriations made available under this heading shall be 
available for any purpose consistent with prior year appro-
priations that were made available under the heading ‘‘Of-
fice of the Secretary—Minority Business Resource Center 
Program’’. 
PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
In addition to funds made available from any other 
source to carry out the essential air service program under 
sections 41731 through 41742 of title 49, United States 
Code, $348,554,000, to be derived from the Airport and Air-
way Trust Fund, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That in determining between or among carriers com-
peting to provide service to a community, the Secretary 
may consider the relative subsidy requirements of the car-
riers: Provided further, That basic essential air service min-
imum requirements shall not include the 15-passenger ca-
pacity requirement under section 41732(b)(3) of title 49, 
United States Code: Provided further, That amounts au-
thorized to be distributed for the essential air service pro-
gram under section 41742(b) of title 49, United States Code, 
shall be made available immediately from amounts other-
wise provided to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration: Provided further, That the Administrator 
may reimburse such amounts from fees credited to the ac-
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count established under section 45303 of title 49, United 
States Code: Provided further, That, notwithstanding sec-
tion 41733 of title 49, United States Code, for fiscal year 
2024, the requirements established under subparagraphs 
(B) and (C) of section 41731(a)(1) of title 49, United States 
Code, and the subsidy cap established by section 332 of the 
Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Ap-
propriations Act, 2000, shall not apply to maintain eligi-
bility under section 41731 of title 49, United States Code. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
OF TRANSPORTATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. None of the funds made available by this 
Act to the Department of Transportation may be obligated 
for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation to approve 
assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining to funds 
appropriated to the operating administrations in this Act, 
except for activities underway on the date of enactment of 
this Act, unless such assessments or agreements have com-
pleted the normal reprogramming process for congressional 
notification. 
SEC. 102. The Secretary shall post on the web site of 
the Department of Transportation a schedule of all meetings 
of the Council on Credit and Finance, including the agenda
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for each meeting, and require the Council on Credit and 
Finance to record the decisions and actions of each meeting. 
SEC. 103. In addition to authority provided by section 
327 of title 49, United States Code, the Department’s Work-
ing Capital Fund is authorized to provide partial or full 
payments in advance and accept subsequent reimburse-
ments from all Federal agencies from available funds for 
transit benefit distribution services that are necessary to 
carry out the Federal transit pass transportation fringe 
benefit program under Executive Order No. 13150 and sec-
tion 3049 of SAFETEA–LU (5 U.S.C. 7905 note): Pro-
vided, That the Department shall maintain a reasonable 
operating reserve in the Working Capital Fund, to be ex-
pended in advance to provide uninterrupted transit benefits 
to Government employees: Provided further, That such re-
serve shall not exceed 1 month of benefits payable and may 
be used only for the purpose of providing for the continu-
ation of transit benefits: Provided further, That the Working 
Capital Fund shall be fully reimbursed by each customer 
agency from available funds for the actual cost of the transit 
benefit. 
SEC. 104. Receipts collected in the Department’s Work-
ing Capital Fund, as authorized by section 327 of title 49, 
United States Code, for unused transit and van pool bene-
fits, in an amount not to exceed 10 percent of fiscal year
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2024 collections, shall be available until expended in the 
Department’s Working Capital Fund to provide contractual 
services in support of section 189 of this Act: Provided, That 
obligations in fiscal year 2024 of such collections shall not 
exceed $1,000,000. 
SEC. 105. None of the funds in this title may be obli-
gated or expended for retention or senior executive bonuses 
for an employee of the Department of Transportation with-
out the prior written approval of the Assistant Secretary 
for Administration. 
SEC. 106. In addition to authority provided by section 
327 of title 49, United States Code, the Department’s Ad-
ministrative Working Capital Fund is hereby authorized to 
transfer information technology equipment, software, and 
systems from departmental sources or other entities and col-
lect and maintain a reserve at rates which will return full 
cost of transferred assets. 
SEC. 107. None of the funds provided in this Act to 
the Department of Transportation may be used to provide 
credit assistance unless not less than 3 days before any ap-
plication approval to provide credit assistance under sec-
tions 603 and 604 of title 23, United States Code, the Sec-
retary provides notification in writing to the following com-
mittees: the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions; the Committee on Environment and Public Works
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and the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Af-
fairs of the Senate; and the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives: Pro-
vided, That such notification shall include, but not be lim-
ited to, the name of the project sponsor; a description of 
the project; whether credit assistance will be provided as 
a direct loan, loan guarantee, or line of credit; and the 
amount of credit assistance. 
SEC. 108. Of the unobligated balances from amounts 
made available for ‘‘Railroad Rehabilitation and Improve-
ment Financing Program’’ in section 109 of division L of 
Public Law 117–103, $8,948,237.30 is hereby permanently 
rescinded. 
SEC. 109. The Secretary of Transportation may trans-
fer amounts awarded to a federally recognized Tribe under 
a funding agreement entered into under part 29 of title 49, 
Code of Federal Regulations, from the Department of 
Transportation’s Operating Administrations to the Office 
of Tribal Government Affairs: Provided, That any amounts 
retroceded or reassumed under such part may be transferred 
back to the appropriate Operating Administration. 
SEC. 109A. (a) Amounts made available to the Sec-
retary of Transportation or the Department of Transpor-
tation’s operating administrations in this Act for the costs 
of award, administration, or oversight of financial assist-
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ance under the programs identified in subsection (c) may 
be transferred to the account identified in section 801 of 
division J of Public Law 117–58, to remain available until 
expended, for the necessary expenses of award, administra-
tion, or oversight of any financial assistance programs in 
the Department of Transportation. 
(b) Amounts transferred under the authority in this 
section are available in addition to amounts otherwise 
available for such purpose. 
(c) The program from which funds made available 
under this Act may be transferred under subsection (a) 
are— 
(1) the local and regional project assistance pro-
gram under section 6702 of title 49, United States 
Code; and 
(2) the university transportation centers pro-
gram under section 5505 of title 49, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 109B. Of the amounts made available under the 
heading ‘‘National Infrastructure Investments’’, up to 
$35,000,000 shall be available— 
(1) First, to fully fund the projects at the 
amounts for which they applied under section 109B 
of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (divi-
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sion L of Public Law 117–328) and were not fully 
funded; and 
(2) Second, to fund highway infrastructure 
projects for which the initial grant agreement was ex-
ecuted between January 14, 2021 and February 14, 
2021 for awards made from the national infrastruc-
ture investments program under title I of division G 
of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 (Public 
Law 116–6): Provided, That sponsors of projects eligi-
ble for funds made available under subsection shall 
provide sufficient written justification describing, at 
a minimum, the current project cost estimate, why 
the project cannot be completed with the obligated 
grant amount, and any other relevant information, as 
determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That 
funds made available under this subsection shall be 
allocated to projects eligible to receive funding under 
this section in order of the date the grant agreements 
were initially executed: Provided further, That the al-
location under the previous proviso will be for the 
amounts necessary to cover increases to eligible 
project costs since the grant was obligated, based on 
the information provided: Provided further, That sec-
tion 200.204 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations, 
shall not apply to amounts made available under this
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section: Provided further, That the amounts made 
available under this section shall not be subject to 
limitations under section 6702(c) of title 49, United 
States Code: Provided further, That the amounts 
made available under this section shall not be part of 
the Federal share of total project costs under section 
6702(e)(1) of title 49, United States Code: Provided 
further, That section 6702(f) of title 49, United States 
Code, shall not apply to amounts made available 
under this section: Provided further, That the Office 
of the Secretary of Transportation shall provide the 
amounts allocated to projects under this section no 
later than 120 days after the date the sufficient writ-
ten justifications required under this section have 
been submitted. 
SEC. 109C. For amounts provided for this fiscal year 
and prior fiscal years, section 24112(c)(2)(B) of Public Law 
117–58 shall be applied by substituting ‘‘30 percent’’ for 
‘‘40 percent’’. 
SEC. 109D. The remaining unobligated balances, as of 
September 30, 2024, from amounts made available for the 
‘‘Department of Transportation—Office of the Secretary— 
National Infrastructure Investments’’ in division L of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116– 
260) are hereby permanently rescinded, and an amount of
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additional new budget authority equivalent to the amount 
rescinded is hereby appropriated on September 30, 2024, 
to remain available until September 30, 2027, and shall 
be available, without additional competition, for completing 
the funding of awards made pursuant to the fiscal year 
2021 national infrastructure investments program, in addi-
tion to other funds as may be available for such purposes: 
Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts 
that were designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budg-
et or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985. 
SEC. 109E. For amounts provided for fiscal year 2024 
under the heading ‘‘National Infrastructure Investments’’ 
in title VIII of division J of the Infrastructure Investment 
and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58) to carry out section 
6702 of title 49, United States Code, the set aside for his-
torically disadvantaged communities or areas of persistent 
poverty under subsection (f)(2) of such section shall be ap-
plied by substituting ‘‘5 percent’’ for ‘‘1 percent’’ in this 
fiscal year: Provided, That amounts repurposed pursuant 
to this section that were previously designated by the Con-
gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concur-
rent resolution on the budget are designated as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con.
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Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the 
budget for fiscal year 2022, and to legislation establishing 
fiscal year 2024 budget enforcement in the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Admin-
istration, not otherwise provided for, including operations 
and research activities related to commercial space trans-
portation, administrative expenses for research and develop-
ment, establishment of air navigation facilities, the oper-
ation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, sub-
sidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold to 
the public, the lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles 
for replacement only, $12,729,627,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2025, of which $12,093,150,000 to be 
derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund: Pro-
vided, That of the amounts made available under this head-
ing— 
(1) not less than $1,745,532,000 shall be avail-
able for aviation safety activities; 
(2) $9,439,068,000 shall be available for air traf-
fic organization activities;
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(3) $42,018,000 shall be available for commercial 
space transportation activities; 
(4) $948,211,000 shall be available for finance 
and management activities; 
(5) $67,818,000 shall be available for NextGen 
and operations planning activities; 
(6) $162,155,000 shall be available for security 
and hazardous materials safety activities; and 
(7) $324,825,000 shall be available for staff of-
fices: 
Provided further, That not to exceed 5 percent of any budget 
activity, except for aviation safety budget activity, may be 
transferred to any budget activity under this heading: Pro-
vided further, That no transfer may increase or decrease 
any appropriation under this heading by more than 5 per-
cent: Provided further, That any transfer in excess of 5 per-
cent shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under 
section 405 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga-
tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce-
dures set forth in that section: Provided further, That not 
later than 60 days after the submission of the budget re-
quest, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration shall transmit to Congress an annual update to the 
report submitted to Congress in December 2004 pursuant 
to section 221 of the Vision 100-Century of Aviation Reau-
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thorization Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note): Provided further, 
That the amounts made available under this heading shall 
be reduced by $100,000 for each day after 60 days after 
the submission of the budget request that such report has 
not been transmitted to Congress: Provided further, That 
not later than 60 days after the submission of the budget 
request, the Administrator shall transmit to Congress a 
companion report that describes a comprehensive strategy 
for staffing, hiring, and training flight standards and air-
craft certification staff in a format similar to the one uti-
lized for the controller staffing plan, including stated attri-
tion estimates and numerical hiring goals by fiscal year: 
Provided further, That the amounts made available under 
this heading shall be reduced by $100,000 for each day after 
the date that is 60 days after the submission of the budget 
request that such report has not been submitted to Congress: 
Provided further, That funds may be used to enter into a 
grant agreement with a nonprofit standard-setting organi-
zation to assist in the development of aviation safety stand-
ards: Provided further, That none of the funds made avail-
able by this Act shall be available for new applicants for 
the second career training program: Provided further, That 
none of the funds made available by this Act shall be avail-
able for the Federal Aviation Administration to finalize or 
implement any regulation that would promulgate new avia-
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tion user fees not specifically authorized by law after the 
date of the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That 
there may be credited to this appropriation, as offsetting 
collections, funds received from States, counties, munici-
palities, foreign authorities, other public authorities, and 
private sources for expenses incurred in the provision of 
agency services, including receipts for the maintenance and 
operation of air navigation facilities, and for issuance, re-
newal or modification of certificates, including airman, 
aircraft, and repair station certificates, or for tests related 
thereto, or for processing major repair or alteration forms: 
Provided further, That of the amounts made available 
under this heading, not less than $205,376,000 shall be used 
to fund direct operations of the current air traffic control 
towers in the contract tower program, including the con-
tract tower cost share program, and any airport that is 
currently qualified or that will qualify for the program dur-
ing the fiscal year: Provided further, That none of the funds 
made available by this Act for aeronautical charting and 
cartography are available for activities conducted by, or co-
ordinated through, the Working Capital Fund: Provided 
further, That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act or any other Act may be used 
to eliminate the contract weather observers program at any 
airport.
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FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
acquisition, establishment, technical support services, im-
provement by contract or purchase, and hire of national 
airspace systems and experimental facilities and equip-
ment, as authorized under part A of subtitle VII of title 
49, United States Code, including initial acquisition of nec-
essary sites by lease or grant; engineering and service test-
ing, including construction of test facilities and acquisition 
of necessary sites by lease or grant; construction and fur-
nishing of quarters and related accommodations for officers 
and employees of the Federal Aviation Administration sta-
tioned at remote localities where such accommodations are 
not available; and the purchase, lease, or transfer of aircraft 
from funds made available under this heading, including 
aircraft for aviation regulation and certification; to be de-
rived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, 
$3,191,250,000, of which $634,739,370 is for personnel and 
related expenses and shall remain available until September 
30, 2025, $2,496,360,630 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2026, and $60,150,000 is for terminal facilities 
and shall remain available until September 30, 2028: Pro-
vided, That there may be credited to this appropriation 
funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other
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public authorities, and private sources, for expenses in-
curred in the establishment, improvement, and moderniza-
tion of national airspace systems: Provided further, That 
not later than 60 days after submission of the budget re-
quest, the Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to the 
Congress an investment plan for the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration which includes funding for each budget line 
item for fiscal years 2025 through 2029, with total funding 
for each year of the plan constrained to the funding targets 
for those years as estimated and approved by the Office of 
Management and Budget: Provided further, That section 
405 of this Act shall apply to amounts made available 
under this heading in title VIII of the Infrastructure Invest-
ments and Jobs Appropriations Act (division J of Public 
Law 117–58): Provided further, That the amounts in the 
table entitled ‘‘Allocation of Funds for FAA Facilities and 
Equipment from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs 
Act—Fiscal Year 2024’’ in the explanatory statement de-
scribed in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act) shall be the baseline for application 
of reprogramming and transfer authorities for the current 
fiscal year pursuant to paragraph (7) of such section 405 
for amounts referred to in the preceding proviso: Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding paragraphs (5) and (6) of 
such section 405, unless prior approval is received from the
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House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, not to 
exceed 10 percent of any funding level specified for projects 
and activities in the table referred to in the preceding pro-
viso may be transferred to any other funding level specified 
for projects and activities in such table and no transfer of 
such funding levels may increase or decrease any funding 
level in such table by more than 10 percent: Provided fur-
ther, That of the amounts made available under this head-
ing for terminal facilities, $15,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for the purposes, and in amounts, specified for Commu-
nity Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending in 
the table entitled ‘‘Community Project Funding/Congres-
sionally Directed Spending’’ included in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act). 
RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
research, engineering, and development, as authorized 
under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, 
including construction of experimental facilities and acqui-
sition of necessary sites by lease or grant, $280,000,000, to 
be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and 
to remain available until September 30, 2026: Provided, 
That there may be credited to this appropriation as offset-
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ting collections, funds received from States, counties, mu-
nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources, 
which shall be available for expenses incurred for research, 
engineering, and development: Provided further, That 
amounts made available under this heading shall be used 
in accordance with the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consoli-
dated Act): Provided further, That not to exceed 10 percent 
of any funding level specified under this heading in the ex-
planatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act) may be trans-
ferred to any other funding level specified under this head-
ing in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in 
the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): 
Provided further, That no transfer may increase or decrease 
any funding level by more than 10 percent: Provided fur-
ther, That any transfer in excess of 10 percent shall be treat-
ed as a reprogramming of funds under section 405 of this 
Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 
except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that 
section.
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GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in- 
aid for airport planning and development, and noise com-
patibility planning and programs as authorized under sub-
chapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 
of title 49, United States Code, and under other law author-
izing such obligations; for procurement, installation, and 
commissioning of runway incursion prevention devices and 
systems at airports of such title; for grants authorized under 
section 41743 of title 49, United States Code; and for in-
spection activities and administration of airport safety pro-
grams, including those related to airport operating certifi-
cates under section 44706 of title 49, United States Code, 
$3,350,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That none of the amounts made available under this 
heading shall be available for the planning or execution of 
programs the obligations for which are in excess of 
$3,350,000,000, in fiscal year 2024, notwithstanding sec-
tion 47117(g) of title 49, United States Code: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the amounts made available under this
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heading shall be available for the replacement of baggage 
conveyor systems, reconfiguration of terminal baggage 
areas, or other airport improvements that are necessary to 
install bulk explosive detection systems: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding section 47109(a) of title 49, United 
States Code, the Government’s share of allowable project 
costs under paragraph (2) of such section for subgrants or 
paragraph (3) of such section shall be 95 percent for a 
project at other than a large or medium hub airport that 
is a successive phase of a multi-phased construction project 
for which the project sponsor received a grant in fiscal year 
2011 for the construction project: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, of amounts 
limited under this heading, not less than $152,148,000 shall 
be available for administration, $15,000,000 shall be avail-
able for the airport cooperative research program, 
$41,801,000 shall be available for airport technology re-
search, and $10,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be available and transferred to ‘‘Office of the 
Secretary, Salaries and Expenses’’ to carry out the small 
community air service development program: Provided fur-
ther, That in addition to airports eligible under section 
41743 of title 49, United States Code, such program may 
include the participation of an airport that serves a com-
munity or consortium that is not larger than a small hub
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airport, according to FAA hub classifications effective at 
the time the Office of the Secretary issues a request for pro-
posals: Provided further, That the Secretary may provide 
grants to any commercial service airport, notwithstanding 
the requirement for the airport to be located in an air qual-
ity nonattainment or maintenance area or to be able to re-
ceive emission credits in section 47102(3)(K) and 
47102(3)(L) of title 49, United States Code, for work nec-
essary to construct or modify airport facilities to provide 
low-emission fuel systems, gate electrification, other related 
air quality improvements, acquisition of airport-owned ve-
hicles or ground support equipment with low-emission tech-
nology, provided such vehicles are used exclusively on air-
port property or to transport passengers and employees be-
tween the airport and the airport’s consolidated rental facil-
ity or an intermodal surface transportation facility adja-
cent to the airport. 
GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Grants-In-Aid for Air-
ports’’, to enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 
grants for projects as authorized by subchapter 1 of chapter 
471 and subchapter 1 of chapter 475 of title 49, United 
States Code, $532,392,074, to remain available through 
September 30, 2026: Provided, That amounts made avail-
able under this heading shall be derived from the general
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fund, and such funds shall not be subject to apportionment 
formulas, special apportionment categories, or minimum 
percentages under chapter 471 of title 49, United States 
Code: Provided further, That of the sums appropriated 
under this heading— 
(1) $482,392,074 shall be made available for the 
purposes, and in amounts, specified for Community 
Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending 
in the table entitled ‘‘Community Project Funding/ 
Congressionally Directed Spending’’ included in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): 
Provided, That funds made available under this sec-
tion shall not be subject to or considered under section 
47115(j)(3)(B) of title 49, United States Code; 
(2) up to $50,000,000 shall be made available to 
the Secretary to distribute as discretionary grants to 
airports; and 
(3) not less than $3,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for two remaining projects under section 190 of 
the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 
115–254): Provided, That, notwithstanding subsection 
(j)(2) of section 190 of the FAA Reauthorization Act 
of 2018 (Public Law 115–254), such grants shall be 
made available for conducting testing activities in
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support of studying the effectiveness of existing feder-
ally funded sound insulation in residential areas lo-
cated within the 65 DNL noise contour of a large-hub 
airport that will facilitate future environmental miti-
gation projects in these areas: Provided further, That, 
with respect to a project funded under the previous 
proviso, the allowable project cost for such project 
shall be calculated without consideration of any costs 
that were previously paid by the Government: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may make discre-
tionary grants to primary airports for airport-owned infra-
structure required for the on-airport distribution or storage 
of sustainable aviation fuels that achieve at least a 50 per-
cent reduction in lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions, using 
a methodology determined by the Secretary, including, but 
not limited to, on-airport construction or expansion of pipe-
lines, rail lines and spurs, loading and off-loading facilities, 
blending facilities, and storage tanks: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may make discretionary grants with 
funds made available under this heading to primary or 
nonprimary airports for the acquisition or construction 
costs related to airport-owned, revenue-producing aero-
nautical fuel farms and fueling systems, including mobile 
systems, that the Secretary determines will promote the use 
of unleaded or sustainable aviation fuels on a non-exclusive
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basis: Provided further, That the Secretary may make dis-
cretionary grants for airport development improvements of 
primary runways, taxiways, and aprons necessary at a 
nonhub, small hub, medium hub, or large hub airport to 
increase operational resilience for the purpose of resuming 
commercial service flight operations following flooding, high 
water, hurricane, storm surge, tidal wave, tornado, tsu-
nami, wind driven water, or winter storms: Provided fur-
ther, That the amounts made available under this heading 
shall not be subject to any limitation on obligations for the 
Grants-in-Aid for Airports program set forth in any Act: 
Provided further, That the Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration may retain up to 0.5 percent of 
the amounts made available under this heading to fund the 
award and oversight by the Administrator of grants made 
under this heading. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 110. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to compensate in excess of 600 technical 
staff-years under the federally funded research and develop-
ment center contract between the Federal Aviation Admin-
istration and the Center for Advanced Aviation Systems 
Development during fiscal year 2024.
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SEC. 111. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be used to pursue or adopt guidelines or regula-
tions requiring airport sponsors to provide to the Federal 
Aviation Administration without cost building construc-
tion, maintenance, utilities and expenses, or space in air-
port sponsor-owned buildings for services relating to air 
traffic control, air navigation, or weather reporting: Pro-
vided, That the prohibition on the use of funds in this sec-
tion does not apply to negotiations between the agency and 
airport sponsors to achieve agreement on ‘‘below-market’’ 
rates for these items or to grant assurances that require air-
port sponsors to provide land without cost to the Federal 
Aviation Administration for air traffic control facilities. 
SEC. 112. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration may reimburse amounts made available to 
satisfy section 41742(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code, 
from fees credited under section 45303 of title 49, United 
States Code, and any amount remaining in such account 
at the close of any fiscal year may be made available to 
satisfy section 41742(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code, 
for the subsequent fiscal year. 
SEC. 113. Amounts collected under section 40113(e) of 
title 49, United States Code, shall be credited to the appro-
priation current at the time of collection, to be merged with 
and available for the same purposes as such appropriation.
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SEC. 114. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be available for paying premium pay under sec-
tion 5546(a) of title 5, United States Code, to any Federal 
Aviation Administration employee unless such employee ac-
tually performed work during the time corresponding to 
such premium pay. 
SEC. 115. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be obligated or expended for an employee of the 
Federal Aviation Administration to purchase a store gift 
card or gift certificate through use of a Government-issued 
credit card. 
SEC. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds made available under this Act or any 
prior Act may be used to implement or to continue to im-
plement any limitation on the ability of any owner or oper-
ator of a private aircraft to obtain, upon a request to the 
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, a 
blocking of that owner’s or operator’s aircraft registration 
number, Mode S transponder code, flight identification, call 
sign, or similar identifying information from any ground 
based display to the public that would allow the real-time 
or near real-time flight tracking of that aircraft’s move-
ments, except data made available to a Government agency, 
for the noncommercial flights of that owner or operator.
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SEC. 117. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be available for salaries and expenses of more than 
nine political and Presidential appointees in the Federal 
Aviation Administration. 
SEC. 118. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to increase fees pursuant to section 44721 
of title 49, United States Code, until the Federal Aviation 
Administration provides to the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations a report that justifies all fees related 
to aeronautical navigation products and explains how such 
fees are consistent with Executive Order No. 13642. 
SEC. 119. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to close a regional operations center of 
the Federal Aviation Administration or reduce its services 
unless the Administrator notifies the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations not less than 90 full business 
days in advance. 
SEC. 119A. None of the funds made available by or 
limited by this Act may be used to change weight restric-
tions or prior permission rules at Teterboro airport in 
Teterboro, New Jersey. 
SEC. 119B. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Administrator of the Federal Avia-
tion Administration to withhold from consideration and 
approval any new application for participation in the con-
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tract tower program, or for reevaluation of cost-share pro-
gram participants so long as the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration has received an application from the airport, and 
so long as the Administrator determines such tower is eligi-
ble using the factors set forth in Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration published establishment criteria. 
SEC. 119C. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to open, close, redesignate as a lesser office, 
or reorganize a regional office, the aeronautical center, or 
the technical center unless the Administrator submits a re-
quest for the reprogramming of funds under section 405 of 
this Act. 
SEC. 119D. The Federal Aviation Administration Ad-
ministrative Services Franchise Fund may be reimbursed 
after performance or paid in advance from funds available 
to the Federal Aviation Administration and other Federal 
agencies for which the Fund performs services. 
SEC. 119E. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available to the FAA may be used to carry out 
the FAA’s obligations under section 44502(e) of title 49, 
United States Code, unless the eligible air traffic system 
or equipment to be transferred to the FAA under section 
44502(e) of title 49, United States Code, was purchased by 
the transferor airport—
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(1) during the period of time beginning on Octo-
ber 5, 2018 and ending on December 31, 2021; or 
(2) on or after January 1, 2022 for transferor 
airports located in a non-contiguous States. 
SEC. 119F. Of the funds provided under the heading 
‘‘Grants-in-aid for Airports’’, up to $3,500,000 shall be for 
necessary expenses, including an independent verification 
regime, to provide reimbursement to airport sponsors that 
do not provide gateway operations and providers of general 
aviation ground support services, or other aviation tenants, 
located at those airports closed during a temporary flight 
restriction (TFR) for any residence of the President that 
is designated or identified to be secured by the United States 
Secret Service, and for direct and incremental financial 
losses incurred while such airports are closed solely due to 
the actions of the Federal Government: Provided, That no 
funds shall be obligated or distributed to airport sponsors 
that do not provide gateway operations and providers of 
general aviation ground support services until an inde-
pendent audit is completed: Provided further, That losses 
incurred as a result of violations of law, or through fault 
or negligence, of such operators and service providers or of 
third parties (including airports) are not eligible for reim-
bursements: Provided further, That obligation and expendi-
ture of funds are conditional upon full release of the United
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States Government for all claims for financial losses result-
ing from such actions. 
SEC. 119G. Of the unobligated balances available to 
the Federal Aviation Administration, the following funds 
are hereby permanently rescinded: 
(1) $1,590,528.89 from funds made available for 
‘‘Federal Aviation Administration—Facilities and 
Equipment’’, which were to remain available until 
expended, by title I of Public Law 104–50; and 
(2) $2,878.02 from funds made available for 
‘‘Federal Aviation Administration—Facilities and 
Equipment’’ by chapter 10, division B, of Public Law 
108–324. 
SEC. 119H. None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act shall be used to facilitate the assignment 
of individuals from a private-sector organization to the 
FAA to serve on a temporary basis. 
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Not to exceed $483,551,671 together with advances and 
reimbursements received by the Federal Highway Adminis-
tration, shall be obligated for necessary expenses for admin-
istration and operation of the Federal Highway Adminis-
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tration: Provided, That in addition, $3,248,000 shall be 
transferred to the Appalachian Regional Commission in ac-
cordance with section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code. 
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
Funds available for the implementation or execution 
of authorized Federal-aid highway and highway safety con-
struction programs shall not exceed total obligations of 
$60,095,782,888 for fiscal year 2024: Provided, That the 
limitation on obligations under this heading shall only 
apply to contract authority authorized from the Highway 
Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), unless 
otherwise specified in law. 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For the payment of obligations incurred in carrying 
out authorized Federal-aid highway and highway safety 
construction programs, $60,834,782,888 shall be derived 
from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 
Account), to remain available until expended. 
HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
There is hereby appropriated to the Secretary 
$2,224,676,687: Provided, That the funds made available
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under this heading shall be derived from the general fund, 
shall be in addition to any funds provided for fiscal year 
2024 in this or any other Act for: (1) ‘‘Federal-aid High-
ways’’ under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code; (2) 
the Appalachian development highway system as authorized 
under section 1069(y) of Public Law 102–240; (3) activities 
eligible under the Tribal transportation program under sec-
tion 202 of title 23, United States Code; (4) the Northern 
Border Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 15101 et seq.); or 
(5) the Denali Commission, and shall not affect the dis-
tribution or amount of funds provided in any other Act: 
Provided further, That, except for the funds made available 
under this heading for the Northern Border Regional Com-
mission and the Denali Commission, section 11101(e) of 
Public Law 117–58 shall apply to funds made available 
under this heading: Provided further, That unless otherwise 
specified, amounts made available under this heading shall 
be available until September 30, 2027, and shall not be sub-
ject to any limitation on obligations for Federal-aid high-
ways or highway safety construction programs set forth in 
any Act making annual appropriations: Provided further, 
That of the sums appropriated under this heading— 
(1) $1,884,176,687 shall be for the purposes, and 
in the amounts, specified for Community Project 
Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending in the
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table entitled ‘‘Community Project Funding/Congres-
sionally Directed Spending’’ included in the explana-
tory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Pro-
vided, That, except as otherwise provided under this 
heading, the funds made available under this para-
graph shall be administered as if apportioned under 
chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code: Provided 
further, That funds made available under this para-
graph that are used for Tribal projects shall be ad-
ministered as if allocated under chapter 2 of title 23, 
United States Code, except that the set-asides de-
scribed in subparagraph (C) of section 202(b)(3) of 
title 23, United States Code, and subsections (a)(6), 
(c), and (e) of section 202 of such title, and section 
1123(h)(1) of MAP–21 (as amended by Public Law 
117–58), shall not apply to such funds; 
(2) $100,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses 
for construction of the Appalachian development high-
way system, as authorized under section 1069(y) of 
Public Law 102–240: Provided, That for the purposes 
of funds made available under this paragraph, the 
term ‘‘Appalachian State’’ means a State that con-
tains 1 or more counties (including any political sub-
division located within the area) in the Appalachian
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region as defined in section 14102(a) of title 40, 
United States Code: Provided further, That funds 
made available under this heading for construction of 
the Appalachian development highway system shall 
remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That, except as provided in the following proviso, 
funds made available under this heading for construc-
tion of the Appalachian development highway system 
shall be administered as if apportioned under chapter 
1 of title 23, United States Code: Provided further, 
That a project carried out with funds made available 
under this heading for construction of the Appa-
lachian development highway system shall be carried 
out in the same manner as a project under section 
14501 of title 40, United States Code: Provided fur-
ther, That subject to the following proviso, funds made 
available under this heading for construction of the 
Appalachian development highway system shall be 
apportioned to Appalachian States according to the 
percentages derived from the 2012 Appalachian devel-
opment highway system cost-to-complete estimate, 
adopted in Appalachian Regional Commission Reso-
lution Number 736, and confirmed as each Appa-
lachian State’s relative share of the estimated remain-
ing need to complete the Appalachian development
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highway system, adjusted to exclude those corridors 
that such States have no current plans to complete, 
as reported in the 2013 Appalachian Development 
Highway System Completion Report, unless those 
States have modified and assigned a higher priority 
for completion of an Appalachian development high-
way system corridor, as reported in the 2020 Appa-
lachian Development Highway System Future Out-
look: Provided further, That the Secretary shall adjust 
apportionments made under the preceding proviso so 
that no Appalachian State shall be apportioned an 
amount in excess of 30 percent of the amount made 
available for construction of the Appalachian develop-
ment highway system under this heading: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall consult with the Ap-
palachian Regional Commission in making adjust-
ments under the preceding two provisos: Provided fur-
ther, That the Federal share of the costs for which an 
expenditure is made for construction of the Appa-
lachian development highway system under this head-
ing shall be up to 100 percent; 
(3) $150,000,000 shall be for activities eligible 
under the Tribal transportation program, as de-
scribed in section 202 of title 23, United States Code: 
Provided, That, except as otherwise provided under
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this heading, the funds made available under this 
paragraph shall be administered as if allocated under 
chapter 2 of title 23, United States Code: Provided 
further, That the set-asides described in subparagraph 
(C) of section 202(b)(3) of title 23, United States 
Code, and subsections (a)(6), (c), and (e) of section 
202 of such title shall not apply to funds made avail-
able under this paragraph: Provided further, That the 
set-aside described in section 1123(h)(1) of MAP–21 
(as amended by Public Law 117–58), shall not apply 
to such funds; 
(4) $5,000,000 shall be transferred to the North-
ern Border Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 15101 et 
seq.) to make grants, in addition to amounts other-
wise made available to the Northern Border Regional 
Commission for such purpose, to carry out pilot 
projects that demonstrate the capabilities of wood- 
based infrastructure projects: Provided, That a grant 
made with funds made available under this para-
graph shall be administered in the same manner as 
a grant made under subtitle V of title 40, United 
States Code; 
(5) $4,500,000 shall be transferred to the Denali 
Commission for activities eligible under section 307(e) 
of the Denali Commission Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C.
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(9) $50,000,000, in addition to amounts made 
available in section 126 of this Act, shall be for a 
competitive highway bridge program for States that— 
(A) have a population density of less than 
115 individuals per square mile; and 
(B) have— 
(i) less than 26 percent of total bridges 
classified as in good condition; or 
(ii) greater than or equal to 5.2 per-
cent of total bridges classified as in poor 
condition: 
Provided, That any such State with more than 14 
percent of total bridges classified as in poor condition 
shall receive not less than $32,500,000 of the funds 
made available in this paragraph or in section 126 
of this Act for grant applications for projects eligible 
under this paragraph: Provided further, That if the 
Secretary determines that eligible applications from 
any such State meeting the criteria under the pre-
ceding proviso are insufficient to make awards of at 
least $32,500,000, the Secretary shall use the unuti-
lized amounts to provide other grants to States eligi-
ble under this paragraph: Provided further, That the 
funds made available under this paragraph shall be 
used for highway bridge replacement or rehabilitation
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projects on public roads that demonstrate cost savings 
by bundling multiple highway bridge projects and, ex-
cept as otherwise provided in this heading, shall be 
administered as if apportioned under chapter 1 of 
title 23, United States Code: Provided further, That 
the requirements of section 144(j)(5) of title 23, 
United States Code, shall not apply to funds made 
available under this paragraph: Provided further, 
That for purposes of this paragraph, the Secretary 
shall calculate population density figures based on the 
latest available data from the decennial census con-
ducted under section 141(a) of title 13, United States 
Code: Provided further, That for purposes of this 
paragraph, the Secretary shall calculate the percent-
ages of bridge counts (including the percentages of 
bridge counts classified as in poor and good condi-
tion) based on the national bridge inventory as of 
June 2023. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2024, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall— 
(1) not distribute from the obligation limitation 
for Federal-aid highways—
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(A) amounts authorized for administrative 
expenses and programs by section 104(a) of title 
23, United States Code; and 
(B) amounts authorized for the Bureau of 
Transportation Statistics; 
(2) not distribute an amount from the obligation 
limitation for Federal-aid highways that is equal to 
the unobligated balance of amounts— 
(A) made available from the Highway Trust 
Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for 
Federal-aid highway and highway safety con-
struction programs for previous fiscal years the 
funds for which are allocated by the Secretary 
(or apportioned by the Secretary under section 
202 or 204 of title 23, United States Code); and 
(B) for which obligation limitation was 
provided in a previous fiscal year; 
(3) determine the proportion that— 
(A) the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 
highways, less the aggregate of amounts not dis-
tributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this 
subsection; bears to 
(B) the total of the sums authorized to be 
appropriated for the Federal-aid highway and 
highway safety construction programs (other
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than sums authorized to be appropriated for pro-
visions of law described in paragraphs (1) 
through (11) of subsection (b) and sums author-
ized to be appropriated for section 119 of title 
23, United States Code, equal to the amount re-
ferred to in subsection (b)(12) for such fiscal 
year), less the aggregate of the amounts not dis-
tributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this 
subsection; 
(4) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed-
eral-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not dis-
tributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), for each of the 
programs (other than programs to which paragraph 
(1) applies) that are allocated by the Secretary under 
authorized Federal-aid highway and highway safety 
construction programs, or apportioned by the Sec-
retary under section 202 or 204 of title 23, United 
States Code, by multiplying— 
(A) the proportion determined under para-
graph (3); by 
(B) the amounts authorized to be appro-
priated for each such program for such fiscal 
year; and 
(5) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed-
eral-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not dis-
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tributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) and the 
amounts distributed under paragraph (4), for Fed-
eral-aid highway and highway safety construction 
programs that are apportioned by the Secretary 
under title 23, United States Code (other than the 
amounts apportioned for the national highway per-
formance program in section 119 of title 23, United 
States Code, that are exempt from the limitation 
under subsection (b)(12) and the amounts appor-
tioned under sections 202 and 204 of that title) in the 
proportion that— 
(A) amounts authorized to be appropriated 
for the programs that are apportioned under title 
23, United States Code, to each State for such 
fiscal year; bears to 
(B) the total of the amounts authorized to 
be appropriated for the programs that are ap-
portioned under title 23, United States Code, to 
all States for such fiscal year. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS FROM OBLIGATION LIMITATION.— 
The obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways shall 
not apply to obligations under or for— 
(1) section 125 of title 23, United States Code;
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(2) section 147 of the Surface Transportation As-
sistance Act of 1978 (23 U.S.C. 144 note; 92 Stat. 
2714); 
(3) section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 
1981 (95 Stat. 1701); 
(4) subsections (b) and (j) of section 131 of the 
Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (96 
Stat. 2119); 
(5) subsections (b) and (c) of section 149 of the 
Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation As-
sistance Act of 1987 (101 Stat. 198); 
(6) sections 1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal 
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 
Stat. 2027); 
(7) section 157 of title 23, United States Code 
(as in effect on June 8, 1998); 
(8) section 105 of title 23, United States Code 
(as in effect for fiscal years 1998 through 2004, but 
only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of 
those fiscal years); 
(9) Federal-aid highway programs for which ob-
ligation authority was made available under the 
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112 
Stat. 107) or subsequent Acts for multiple years or to 
remain available until expended, but only to the ex-
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tent that the obligation authority has not lapsed or 
been used; 
(10) section 105 of title 23, United States Code 
(as in effect for fiscal years 2005 through 2012, but 
only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of 
those fiscal years); 
(11) section 1603 of SAFETEA–LU (23 U.S.C. 
118 note; 119 Stat. 1248), to the extent that funds ob-
ligated in accordance with that section were not sub-
ject to a limitation on obligations at the time at 
which the funds were initially made available for ob-
ligation; and 
(12) section 119 of title 23, United States Code 
(but, for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2024, only 
in an amount equal to $639,000,000). 
(c) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED OBLIGATION AU-
THORITY.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall, after August 1 of such fiscal year— 
(1) revise a distribution of the obligation limita-
tion made available under subsection (a) if an 
amount distributed cannot be obligated during that 
fiscal year; and 
(2) redistribute sufficient amounts to those States 
able to obligate amounts in addition to those pre-
viously distributed during that fiscal year, giving pri-
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ority to those States having large unobligated bal-
ances of funds apportioned under sections 144 (as in 
effect on the day before the date of enactment of Pub-
lic Law 112–141) and 104 of title 23, United States 
Code. 
(d) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS TO 
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PROGRAMS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 
highways shall apply to contract authority for trans-
portation research programs carried out under— 
(A) chapter 5 of title 23, United States 
Code; 
(B) title VI of the Fixing America’s Surface 
Transportation Act; and 
(C) title III of division A of the Infrastruc-
ture Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117– 
58). 
(2) EXCEPTION.—Obligation authority made 
available under paragraph (1) shall— 
(A) remain available for a period of 4 fiscal 
years; and 
(B) be in addition to the amount of any 
limitation imposed on obligations for Federal-
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aid highway and highway safety construction 
programs for future fiscal years. 
(e) REDISTRIBUTION
OF
CERTAIN
AUTHORIZED 
FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of distribution of obligation limitation under 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall distribute to the 
States any funds (excluding funds authorized for the 
program under section 202 of title 23, United States 
Code) that— 
(A) are authorized to be appropriated for 
such fiscal year for Federal-aid highway pro-
grams; and 
(B) the Secretary determines will not be al-
located to the States (or will not be apportioned 
to the States under section 204 of title 23, 
United States Code), and will not be available 
for obligation, for such fiscal year because of the 
imposition of any obligation limitation for such 
fiscal year. 
(2) RATIO.—Funds shall be distributed under 
paragraph (1) in the same proportion as the distribu-
tion of obligation authority under subsection (a)(5). 
(3) AVAILABILITY.—Funds distributed to each 
State under paragraph (1) shall be available for any
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purpose described in section 133(b) of title 23, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 121. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re-
ceived by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the 
sale of data products, for necessary expenses incurred pur-
suant to chapter 63 of title 49, United States Code, may 
be credited to the Federal-aid highways account for the pur-
pose of reimbursing the Bureau for such expenses. 
SEC. 122. Not less than 15 days prior to waiving, 
under his or her statutory authority, any Buy America re-
quirement for Federal-aid highways projects, the Secretary 
of Transportation shall make an informal public notice and 
comment opportunity on the intent to issue such waiver and 
the reasons therefor: Provided, That the Secretary shall post 
on a website any waivers granted under the Buy America 
requirements. 
SEC. 123. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to make a grant for a project under section 
117 of title 23, United States Code, unless the Secretary, 
at least 60 days before making a grant under that section, 
provides written notification to the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the proposed grant, including 
an evaluation and justification for the project and the 
amount of the proposed grant award.
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SEC. 124. (a) A State or territory, as defined in section 
165 of title 23, United States Code, may use for any project 
eligible under section 133(b) of title 23 or section 165 of 
title 23 and located within the boundary of the State or 
territory any earmarked amount, and any associated obli-
gation limitation: Provided, That the Department of Trans-
portation for the State or territory for which the earmarked 
amount was originally designated or directed notifies the 
Secretary of its intent to use its authority under this section 
and submits an annual report to the Secretary identifying 
the projects to which the funding would be applied. Notwith-
standing the original period of availability of funds to be 
obligated under this section, such funds and associated obli-
gation limitation shall remain available for obligation for 
a period of 3 fiscal years after the fiscal year in which the 
Secretary is notified. The Federal share of the cost of a 
project carried out with funds made available under this 
section shall be the same as associated with the earmark. 
(b) In this section, the term ‘‘earmarked amount’’ 
means— 
(1) congressionally directed spending, as defined 
in rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate, 
identified in a prior law, report, or joint explanatory 
statement, which was authorized to be appropriated 
or appropriated more than 10 fiscal years prior to
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the current fiscal year, and administered by the Fed-
eral Highway Administration; or 
(2) a congressional earmark, as defined in rule 
XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives, 
identified in a prior law, report, or joint explanatory 
statement, which was authorized to be appropriated 
or appropriated more than 10 fiscal years prior to 
the current fiscal year, and administered by the Fed-
eral Highway Administration. 
(c) The authority under subsection (a) may be exer-
cised only for those projects or activities that have obligated 
less than 10 percent of the amount made available for obli-
gation as of October 1 of the current fiscal year, and shall 
be applied to projects within the same general geographic 
area within 25 miles for which the funding was designated, 
except that a State or territory may apply such authority 
to unexpended balances of funds from projects or activities 
the State or territory certifies have been closed and for 
which payments have been made under a final voucher. 
(d) The Secretary shall submit consolidated reports of 
the information provided by the States and territories an-
nually to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
SEC. 125. (a) Of the unallocated and unobligated bal-
ances available to the Federal Highway Administration, the
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following funds are hereby permanently rescinded, subject 
to subsections (b) and (c), from the following accounts and 
programs in the specified amounts: 
(1) $48,346,377.35 from funds available in the 
‘‘Surface Transportation Priorities’’ account (69 X 
0538); 
(2) $1,839,129.40 from funds available in the 
‘‘Delta Regional Transportation Development Pro-
gram’’ account (69 X 0551); 
(3) $11,064,579.57 from funds available in the 
‘‘Appalachian Development Highway System’’ ac-
count (69 X 0640); 
(4) $9,264.22 from funds available in the ‘‘High-
way Beautification’’ account (69 X 0540); 
(5) $1,375,400 from funds available in the 
‘‘State Infrastructure Banks’’ account (69 X 0549); 
(6) $90,435 from funds available in the ‘‘Rail-
road-Highway Crossings Demonstration Projects’’ ac-
count (69 X 0557); 
(7) $5,211,248.53 from funds available in the 
‘‘Interstate Transfer Grants—Highway’’ account (69 
X 0560); 
(8) $133,231.12 from funds available in the 
‘‘Kentucky Bridge Project’’ account (69 X 0572);
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(9) $2,887.56 from funds available in the ‘‘High-
way Demonstration Project—Preliminary Engineer-
ing’’ account (69 X 0583); 
(10) $149,083.06 from funds available in the 
‘‘Highway Demonstration Projects’’ account (69 X 
0598); and 
(11) $68,438.40 from funds available in the 
‘‘Miscellaneous Highway Projects’’ account (69 X 
0641). 
(b) No amounts may be rescinded under subsection (a) 
from any funds for which a State exercised its authority 
under section 125 of division L of Public Law 114–113, 
section 422 of division K of Public Law 115–31, section 
126 of division L of Public Law 115–141, section 125 of 
division G of Public Law 116–6, section 125 of division 
H of Public Law 116–94, section 124 of division L of Public 
Law 116–260, section 124 of division L of Public Law 117– 
103, or section 124 of division L of Public Law 117–328. 
(c) No amounts may be rescinded under subsection (a) 
from any amounts that were designated by the Congress as 
an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolu-
tion on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 126. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, $200,000,000 from the funds described in subsection
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(b), in addition to amounts made available in paragraph 
(9) under the heading ‘‘Highway Infrastructure Programs’’, 
shall be available for a competitive highway bridge program 
for States that— 
(1) have a population density of less than 115 
individuals per square mile; and 
(2) have— 
(A) less than 26 percent of total bridges 
classified as in good condition; or 
(B) greater than or equal to 5.2 percent of 
total bridges classified as in poor condition: 
Provided, That any such State with more than 14 percent 
of total bridges classified as in poor condition shall receive 
not less than $32,500,000 of the funds made available under 
this subsection or in paragraph (9) under the heading 
‘‘Highway Infrastructure Programs’’ for grant applications 
for projects eligible under this subsection: Provided further, 
That if the Secretary determines that eligible applications 
from any such State meeting the criteria under the pre-
ceding proviso are insufficient to make awards of at least 
$32,500,000, the Secretary shall use the unutilized amounts 
to provide other grants to States eligible under this sub-
section: Provided further, That the funds made available 
under this subsection shall be used for highway bridge re-
placement or rehabilitation projects on public roads that
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demonstrate cost savings by bundling multiple highway 
bridge projects and, except as otherwise provided in this sec-
tion, shall be administered as if apportioned under chapter 
1 of title 23, United States Code: Provided further, That 
the requirements of section 144(j)(5) of title 23, United 
States Code, shall not apply to funds made available under 
this subsection: Provided further, That for purposes of this 
subsection, the Secretary shall calculate population density 
figures based on the latest available data from the decennial 
census conducted under section 141(a) of title 13, United 
States Code: Provided further, That for purposes of this sub-
section, the Secretary shall calculate the percentages of 
bridge counts (including the percentages of bridge counts 
classified as in poor and good condition) based on the na-
tional bridge inventory as of June 2023: Provided further, 
That section 11101(e) of the Infrastructure Investment and 
Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58) shall apply to funds made 
available under this subsection. 
(b) Funds described in this subsection are any funds 
that— 
(1) are unobligated on the date of enactment of 
this Act; and 
(2) were made available for credit assistance 
under—
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(A) the transportation infrastructure fi-
nance and innovation program under subchapter 
II of chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, 
as in effect prior to August 10, 2005; or 
(B) the transportation infrastructure fi-
nance and innovation program under chapter 6 
of title 23, United States Code. 
(c) Funds made available under subsection (a) for a 
competitive highway bridge program for States shall— 
(1) be subject to the obligation limitation for 
Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction 
programs; and 
(2) unless otherwise specified in this section, re-
main available until September 30, 2027. 
(d) The obligation limitation made available under 
section 120(a)(2) that is associated with funds made avail-
able under subsection (a) shall— 
(1) remain available until September 30, 2027; 
and 
(2) be in addition to the amount of any limita-
tion imposed on obligations for Federal-aid highway 
and highway safety construction programs for future 
fiscal years.
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FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in the implemen-
tation, execution and administration of motor carrier safe-
ty operations and programs pursuant to section 31110 of 
title 49, United States Code, as amended by the Infrastruc-
ture Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58), 
$346,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund 
(other than the Mass Transit Account), together with ad-
vances and reimbursements received by the Federal Motor 
Carrier Safety Administration, the sum of which shall re-
main available until expended: Provided, That funds avail-
able for implementation, execution, or administration of 
motor carrier safety operations and programs authorized 
under title 49, United States Code, shall not exceed total 
obligations of $411,000,000, for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Op-
erations and Programs’’ for fiscal year 2024, of which 
$14,073,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 2026, is for the research and technology pro-
gram, and of which not less than $99,098,000, to remain 
available for obligation until September 30, 2026, is for de-
velopment, modernization, enhancement, and continued op-
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eration and maintenance of information technology and in-
formation management. 
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
sections 31102, 31103, 31104, and 31313 of title 49, United 
States Code, $516,300,000, to be derived from the Highway 
Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) and to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That funds 
available for the implementation or execution of motor car-
rier safety programs shall not exceed total obligations of 
$516,300,000 in fiscal year 2024 for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety 
Grants’’: Provided further, That of the amounts made avail-
able under this heading— 
(1) $406,500,000, to remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 2025, shall be for the motor 
carrier safety assistance program; 
(2) $43,500,000, to remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 2025, shall be for the com-
mercial driver’s license program implementation pro-
gram;
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(3) $60,000,000, to remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 2025, shall be for the high 
priority program; 
(4) $1,300,000, to remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 2025, shall be for the com-
mercial motor vehicle operators grant program; and 
(5) $5,000,000, to remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 2025, shall be for the com-
mercial motor vehicle enforcement training and sup-
port grant program. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER 
SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 130. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Adminis-
tration shall send notice of section 385.308 of title 49, Code 
of Federal Regulations, violations by certified mail, reg-
istered mail, or another manner of delivery, which records 
the receipt of the notice by the persons responsible for the 
violations. 
SEC. 131. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available to the Department of Transportation by this 
Act or any other Act may be obligated or expended to imple-
ment, administer, or enforce the requirements of section 
31137 of title 49, United States Code, or any regulation 
issued by the Secretary pursuant to such section, with re-
spect to the use of electronic logging devices by operators
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of commercial motor vehicles, as defined in section 31132(1) 
of such title, transporting livestock as defined in section 602 
of the Emergency Livestock Feed Assistance Act of 1988 (7 
U.S.C. 1471) or insects. 
NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the 
Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety, au-
thorized under chapter 301 and part C of subtitle VI of 
title 49, United States Code, $223,000,000, to remain avail-
able through September 30, 2025. 
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
the provisions of section 403 of title 23, United States Code, 
including behavioral research on automated driving systems 
and advanced driver assistance systems and improving con-
sumer responses to safety recalls, section 25024 of the Infra-
structure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58), 
and chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code, 
$201,200,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund 
(other than the Mass Transit Account) and to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That none of the funds in
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this Act shall be available for the planning or execution of 
programs the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 
2024, are in excess of $201,200,000: Provided further, That 
of the sums appropriated under this heading— 
(1) $194,000,000 shall be for programs author-
ized under section 403 of title 23, United States Code, 
including behavioral research on automated driving 
systems and advanced driver assistance systems and 
improving consumer responses to safety recalls, and 
section 25024 of the Infrastructure Investment and 
Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58); and 
(2) $7,200,000 shall be for the national driver 
register authorized under chapter 303 of title 49, 
United States Code: 
Provided further, That within the $201,200,000 obligation 
limitation for operations and research, $57,500,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2025, and shall be 
in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed on 
obligations for future years: Provided further, That 
amounts for behavioral research on automated driving sys-
tems and advanced driver assistance systems and improv-
ing consumer responses to safety recalls are in addition to 
any other funds provided for those purposes for fiscal year 
2024 in this Act.
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HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
provisions of sections 402, 404, and 405 of title 23, United 
States Code, and grant administration expenses under 
chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code, to remain avail-
able until expended, $813,300,800, to be derived from the 
Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Ac-
count): Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall 
be available for the planning or execution of programs for 
which the total obligations in fiscal year 2024 are in excess 
of $813,300,800 for programs authorized under sections 
402, 404, and 405 of title 23, United States Code, and grant 
administration expenses under chapter 4 of title 23, United 
States Code: Provided further, That of the sums appro-
priated under this heading— 
(1) $378,400,000 shall be for highway safety pro-
grams under section 402 of title 23, United States 
Code; 
(2) $353,500,000 shall be for national priority 
safety programs under section 405 of title 23, United 
States Code;
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(3) $40,300,000 shall be for the high visibility 
enforcement program under section 404 of title 23, 
United States Code; and 
(4) $41,100,800 shall be for grant administrative 
expenses under chapter 4 of title 23, United States 
Code: 
Provided further, That none of these funds shall be used for 
construction, rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or for of-
fice furnishings and fixtures for State, local or private 
buildings or structures: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$500,000 of the funds made available for national priority 
safety programs under section 405 of title 23, United States 
Code, for impaired driving countermeasures (as described 
in subsection (d) of that section) shall be available for tech-
nical assistance to the States: Provided further, That with 
respect to the ‘‘Transfers’’ provision under section 
405(a)(10) of title 23, United States Code, any amounts 
transferred to increase the amounts made available under 
section 402 shall include the obligation authority for such 
amounts: Provided further, That the Administrator shall 
notify the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
of any exercise of the authority granted under the preceding 
proviso or under section 405(a)(10) of title 23, United 
States Code, within 5 days.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—NATIONAL HIGHWAY 
TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 140. The limitations on obligations for the pro-
grams of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administra-
tion set in this Act shall not apply to obligations for which 
obligation authority was made available in previous public 
laws but only to the extent that the obligation authority 
has not lapsed or been used. 
SEC. 141. An additional $130,000 shall be made avail-
able to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administra-
tion, out of the amount limited for section 402 of title 23, 
United States Code, to pay for travel and related expenses 
for State management reviews and to pay for core com-
petency development training and related expenses for high-
way safety staff. 
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 
SAFETY AND OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Admin-
istration, not otherwise provided for, $267,799,000, of which 
$25,000,000 shall remain available until expended. 
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for railroad research and devel-
opment, $54,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That of the amounts provided under this heading, 
up to $3,000,000 shall be available pursuant to section
705 
20108(d) of title 49, United States Code, for the construc-
tion, alteration, and repair of buildings and improvements 
at the Transportation Technology Center. 
FEDERAL-STATE PARTNERSHIP FOR INTERCITY PASSENGER 
RAIL 
For necessary expenses related to Federal-state part-
nership for intercity passenger rail grants as authorized by 
section 24911 of title 49, United States Code, $75,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the Sec-
retary may withhold up to 2 percent of the amounts made 
available under this heading in this Act for the costs of 
award and project management oversight of grants carried 
out under title 49, United States Code. 
CONSOLIDATED RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY 
IMPROVEMENTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses related to consolidated rail in-
frastructure and safety improvements grants, as authorized 
by section 22907 of title 49, United States Code, 
$198,957,997, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of the amounts made available under this head-
ing in this Act, $98,957,997 shall be made available for the 
purposes, and in amounts, specified for Community Project 
Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending in the table 
entitled ‘‘Community Project Funding/Congressionally Di-
706 
rected Spending’’ included in the explanatory statement de-
scribed in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act): Provided further, That requirements 
under subsections (g) and (l) of section 22907 of title 49, 
United States Code, shall not apply to the preceding pro-
viso: Provided further, That any remaining funds available 
after the distribution of the Community Project Funding/ 
Congressionally Directed Spending described in this para-
graph shall be available to the Secretary to distribute as 
discretionary grants under this heading: Provided further, 
That for amounts made available under this heading in this 
Act, eligible projects under section 22907(c)(8) of title 49, 
United States Code, shall also include railroad systems 
planning (including the preparation of regional intercity 
passenger rail plans and state rail plans) and railroad 
project development activities (including railroad project 
planning, preliminary engineering, design, environmental 
analysis, feasibility studies, and the development and anal-
ysis of project alternatives): Provided further, That section 
22905(f) of title 49, United States Code, shall not apply 
to amounts made available under this heading in this Act 
for projects that implement or sustain positive train control 
systems otherwise eligible under section 22907(c)(1) of title 
49, United States Code: Provided further, That amounts 
made available under this heading in this Act for projects
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selected for commuter rail passenger transportation may be 
transferred by the Secretary, after selection, to the appro-
priate agencies to be administered in accordance with chap-
ter 53 of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, 
That for amounts made available under this heading in this 
Act, eligible recipients under section 22907(b)(7) of title 49, 
United States Code, shall include any holding company of 
a Class II railroad or Class III railroad (as those terms 
are defined in section 20102 of title 49, United States 
Code): Provided further, That section 22907(e)(1)(A) of title 
49, United States Code, shall not apply to amounts made 
available under this heading in this Act: Provided further, 
That section 22907(e)(1)(A) of title 49, United States Code, 
shall not apply to amounts made available under this head-
ing in previous fiscal years if such funds are announced 
in a notice of funding opportunity that includes funds made 
available under this heading in this Act: Provided further, 
That the preceding proviso shall not apply to funds made 
available under this heading in the Infrastructure Invest-
ment and Jobs Act (division J of Public Law 117–58): Pro-
vided further, That unobligated balances remaining after 
6 years from the date of enactment of this Act may be used 
for any eligible project under section 22907(c) of title 49, 
United States Code: Provided further, That the Secretary 
may withhold up to 2 percent of the amounts made avail-
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able under this heading in this Act for the costs of award 
and project management oversight of grants carried out 
under title 49, United States Code. 
NORTHEAST CORRIDOR GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL 
RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 
grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for 
activities associated with the Northeast Corridor as author-
ized by section 22101(a) of the Infrastructure Investment 
and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58), $1,141,442,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That the Sec-
retary may retain up to one-half of 1 percent of the 
amounts made available under both this heading in this 
Act and the ‘‘National Network Grants to the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ heading in this Act to 
fund the costs of project management and oversight of ac-
tivities authorized by section 22101(c) of the Infrastructure 
Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58): Provided 
further, That in addition to the project management over-
sight funds authorized under section 22101(c) of the Infra-
structure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58), 
the Secretary may retain up to an additional $5,000,000 
of the amounts made available under this heading in this 
Act to fund expenses associated with the Northeast Corridor
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Commission established under section 24905 of title 49, 
United States Code. 
NATIONAL NETWORK GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD 
PASSENGER CORPORATION 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 
grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for 
activities associated with the National Network as author-
ized by section 22101(b) of the Infrastructure Investment 
and Jobs Act (division B of Public Law 117–58), 
$1,286,321,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary may retain up to an additional 
$3,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading in this 
Act to fund expenses associated with the State-Supported 
Route Committee established under section 24712 of title 
49, United States Code: Provided further, That none of the 
funds provided under this heading in this Act shall be used 
by Amtrak to give notice under subsection (a) or (c) of sec-
tion 24706 of title 49, United States Code, with respect to 
long-distance routes (as defined in section 24102 of title 49, 
United States Code) on which Amtrak is the sole operator 
on a host railroad’s line and a positive train control system 
is not required by law or regulation, or, except in an emer-
gency or during maintenance or construction outages im-
pacting such routes, to otherwise discontinue, reduce the fre-
quency of, suspend, or substantially alter the route of rail
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service on any portion of such route operated in fiscal year 
2018, including implementation of service permitted by sec-
tion 24305(a)(3)(A) of title 49, United States Code, in lieu 
of rail service: Provided further, That the National Rail-
road Passenger Corporation may use up to $66,000,000 of 
the amounts made available under this heading in this Act 
for corridor development activities as authorized by section 
22101(h) of division B of Public Law 117–58: Provided fur-
ther, That $40,000,000 of the amounts made available 
under this heading in this Act shall be for design and con-
struction activities to improve the concourse and related in-
frastructure for the station at the major hub of Amtrak’s 
National Network. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 150. The amounts made available to the Sec-
retary or to the Federal Railroad Administration for the 
costs of award, administration, and project management 
oversight of financial assistance which are administered by 
the Federal Railroad Administration, in this and prior 
Acts, may be transferred to the Federal Railroad Adminis-
tration’s ‘‘Financial Assistance Oversight and Technical 
Assistance’’ account for the necessary expenses to support
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the award, administration, project management oversight, 
and technical assistance of financial assistance adminis-
tered by the Federal Railroad Administration, in the same 
manner as appropriated for in this and prior Acts: Pro-
vided, That this section shall not apply to amounts that 
were previously designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the 
budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985. 
SEC. 151. None of the funds made available to the Na-
tional Railroad Passenger Corporation may be used to fund 
any overtime costs in excess of $35,000 for any individual 
employee: Provided, That the President of Amtrak may 
waive the cap set in the preceding proviso for specific em-
ployees when the President of Amtrak determines such a 
cap poses a risk to the safety and operational efficiency of 
the system: Provided further, That the President of Amtrak 
shall report to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations no later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, a summary of all overtime payments incurred 
by Amtrak for 2023 and the three prior calendar years: Pro-
vided further, That such summary shall include the total 
number of employees that received waivers and the total 
overtime payments Amtrak paid to employees receiving
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waivers for each month for 2023 and for the three prior 
calendar years. 
SEC. 152. None of the funds made available to the Na-
tional Railroad Passenger Corporation under the headings 
‘‘Northeast Corridor Grants to the National Railroad Pas-
senger Corporation’’ and ‘‘National Network Grants to the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ may be used to 
reduce the total number of Amtrak Police Department uni-
formed officers patrolling on board passenger trains or at 
stations, facilities or rights-of-way below the staffing level 
on May 1, 2019. 
SEC. 153. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the National Railroad Passenger Cor-
poration in contravention of the Worker Adjustment and 
Retraining Notification Act (29 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.). 
SEC. 154. Of the unobligated balances of funds remain-
ing from— 
(1) ‘‘Northeast Corridor Improvement Program’’ 
account totaling $126,348 appropriated by Public 
Law 114–113 is hereby permanently rescinded; 
(2) ‘‘Railroad Safety Grants’’ account totaling 
$81,257.66 appropriated by Public Law 113–235 is 
hereby permanently rescinded; 
(3) ‘‘Capital Assistance for High Speed Rail 
Corridors and Intercity Passenger Rail Service’’ ac-
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count totaling $53,118,096.83 appropriated by Public 
Law 111–117 is hereby permanently rescinded; 
(4) ‘‘Next Generation High-Speed Rail’’ account 
totaling $94.94 appropriated by Public Law 108–447 
is hereby permanently rescinded; and 
(5) ‘‘Grants to the National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation’’ account totaling $678.16 appropriated 
by Public Law 108–447 is hereby permanently re-
scinded. 
SEC. 155. It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) long-distance passenger rail routes provide 
much-needed transportation access for 4,700,000 rid-
ers in 325 communities in 40 States and are particu-
larly important in rural areas; and 
(2) long-distance passenger rail routes and serv-
ices should be sustained to ensure connectivity 
throughout the National Network (as defined in sec-
tion 24102 of title 49, United States Code). 
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION 
TRANSIT FORMULA GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in the Federal 
public transportation assistance program in this account,
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and for payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 5312, 
5314, 5318, 5329(e)(6), 5334, 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, 
section 20005(b) of Public Law 112–141, and section 
3006(b) of Public Law 114–94, $13,990,000,000, to be de-
rived from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust 
Fund and to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That funds available for the implementation or execution 
of programs authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 
5311, 5312, 5314, 5318, 5329(e)(6), 5334, 5335, 5337, 5339, 
and 5340, section 20005(b) of Public Law 112–141, and 
section 3006(b) of Public Law 114–94, shall not exceed total 
obligations of $13,990,000,000 in fiscal year 2024. 
TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS 
For an additional amount for ferry boats grants under 
section 5307(h) of title 49, United States Code, Tribal tech-
nical assistance under section 5311(b)(3)(C) of such title, 
bus testing facilities under section 5318 of such title, accel-
erating the adoption of zero emission buses under section 
5312 of such title, Community Project Funding/Congres-
sionally Directed Spending for projects and activities eligi-
ble under chapter 53 of such title, and ferry service for rural 
communities under section 71103 of division G of Public 
Law 117–58, $252,386,844, to remain available until ex-
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pended: Provided, That of the sums provided under this 
heading in this Act— 
(1) $20,000,000 shall be available for ferry boat 
grants as authorized under section 5307(h) of such 
title: Provided, That of the amounts provided under 
this paragraph, no less than $5,000,000 shall be 
available for low or zero emission ferries or ferries 
using electric battery or fuel cell components and the 
infrastructure to support such ferries; 
(2) $500,000 shall be available for technical as-
sistance and resources to Tribes through the national 
rural transportation assistance program authorized 
under section 5311(b)(3)(C) of such title; 
(3) $1,500,000 shall be available for the oper-
ation and maintenance of the bus testing facilities se-
lected under section 5318 of such title; 
(4) $206,817,976 shall be available for the pur-
poses, and in amounts, specified for Community 
Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending 
in the table entitled ‘‘Community Project Funding/ 
Congressionally Directed Spending’’ included in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): 
Provided, That unless otherwise specified, applicable 
requirements under chapter 53 of title 49, United
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States Code, shall apply to amounts made available 
in this paragraph, except that the Federal share of the 
costs for a project in this paragraph shall be in an 
amount equal to 80 percent of the net costs of the 
project, unless the Secretary approves a higher max-
imum Federal share of the net costs of the project con-
sistent with administration of similar projects funded 
under chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code; 
(5) $20,000,000 shall be available for ferry serv-
ice for rural communities under section 71103 of di-
vision G of Public Law 117–58: Provided, That for 
amounts made available in this paragraph, notwith-
standing section 71103(a)(2)(B), eligible service shall 
include passenger ferry service that serves at least two 
rural areas with a single segment over 15 miles be-
tween the two rural areas and is not otherwise eligible 
under section 5307(h) of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided further, That entities that provide eligible 
service pursuant to the preceding proviso may use 
amounts made available in this paragraph for public 
transportation capital projects to support any ferry 
service between two rural areas; and 
(6) $3,568,868 shall be available to support tech-
nical assistance, research, demonstration, or deploy-
ment activities or projects to accelerate the adoption
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of zero emission buses in public transit as authorized 
under section 5312 of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided further, That amounts made available under this 
heading in this Act shall be derived from the general fund: 
Provided further, That amounts made available under this 
heading in this Act shall not be subject to any limitation 
on obligations for transit programs set forth in this or any 
other Act. 
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 5314 of 
title 49, United States Code, $7,500,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2025: Provided, That the assist-
ance provided under this heading does not duplicate the ac-
tivities of section 5311(b) or section 5312 of title 49, United 
States Code: Provided further, That amounts made avail-
able under this heading are in addition to any other 
amounts made available for such purposes: Provided fur-
ther, That amounts made available under this heading shall 
not be subject to any limitation on obligations set forth in 
this or any other Act. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry out fixed guideway 
capital investment grants under section 5309 of title 49, 
United States Code, and section 3005(b) of the Fixing 
America’s Surface Transportation Act (Public Law 114–
718 
94), $2,205,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading 
in this Act— 
(1) $2,130,950,000 shall be available for projects 
authorized under section 5309(d) of title 49, United 
States Code; and 
(2) up to $52,000,000 shall be available for 
projects authorized under section 3005(b) of the Fix-
ing America’s Surface Transportation Act: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall continue to ad-
minister the capital investment grants program in accord-
ance with the procedural and substantive requirements of 
section 5309 of title 49, United States Code, and of section 
3005(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation 
Act: Provided further, That projects that receive a grant 
agreement under the expedited project delivery for capital 
investment grants pilot program under section 3005(b) of 
the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act shall be 
deemed eligible for funding provided for projects under sec-
tion 5309 of title 49, United States Code, without further 
evaluation or rating under such section: Provided further, 
That such funding shall not exceed the Federal share under 
section 3005(b): Provided further, That for funds made 
available under this heading in division J of Public Law 
117–58 the second through sixth provisos shall be treated
719 
as inapplicable for fiscal year 2024: Provided further, That 
amounts repurposed pursuant to the preceding proviso that 
were previously designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the 
budget are designated as an emergency requirement pursu-
ant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Con-
gress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 
2022, and to legislation establishing fiscal year 2024 budget 
enforcement in the House of Representatives. 
GRANTS TO THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA 
TRANSIT AUTHORITY 
For grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area Tran-
sit Authority as authorized under section 601 of division 
B of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act 
of 2008 (Public Law 110–432), $150,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of 
Transportation shall approve grants for capital and pre-
ventive maintenance expenditures for the Washington Met-
ropolitan Area Transit Authority only after receiving and 
reviewing a request for each specific project: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall determine that the Wash-
ington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has placed the 
highest priority on those investments that will improve the 
safety of the system before approving such grants.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 160. The limitations on obligations for the pro-
grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not 
apply to any authority under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously 
made available for obligation, or to any other authority pre-
viously made available for obligation. 
SEC. 161. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
funds appropriated or limited by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Capital Investment Grants’’ of the Federal Transit Ad-
ministration for projects specified in this Act not obligated 
by September 30, 2027, and other recoveries, shall be di-
rected to projects eligible to use the funds for the purposes 
for which they were originally provided. 
SEC. 162. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
any funds appropriated before October 1, 2023, under any 
section of chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, that 
remain available for expenditure, may be transferred to and 
administered under the most recent appropriation heading 
for any such section. 
SEC. 163. None of the funds made available by this 
Act or any other Act shall be used to adjust apportionments 
or withhold funds from apportionments pursuant to section
721 
9503(e)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 
9503(e)(4)). 
SEC. 164. None of the funds made available by this 
Act or any other Act shall be used to impede or hinder 
project advancement or approval for any project seeking a 
Federal contribution from the capital investment grants 
program of greater than 40 percent of project costs as au-
thorized under section 5309 of title 49, United States Code. 
SEC. 165. Of the unobligated balances made available 
before October 1, 2013 for ‘‘Transit Research’’ in Treasury 
Account 69–X–1137, $977,955 is hereby permanently re-
scinded. 
GREAT LAKES ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT 
CORPORATION 
The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development 
Corporation is hereby authorized to make such expendi-
tures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority 
available to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and 
to make such contracts and commitments without regard 
to fiscal year limitations, as provided by section 9104 of 
title 31, United States Code, as may be necessary in car-
rying out the programs set forth in the Corporation’s budget 
for the current fiscal year.
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OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 
(HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses to conduct the operations, 
maintenance, and capital infrastructure activities on por-
tions of the St. Lawrence Seaway owned, operated, and 
maintained by the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway De-
velopment Corporation, $40,288,000, to be derived from the 
Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to section 210 
of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 
2238): Provided, That of the amounts made available under 
this heading, not less than $16,300,000 shall be for the sea-
way infrastructure program. 
MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a 
U.S.-flag merchant fleet as authorized under chapter 531 
of title 46, United States Code, to serve the national security 
needs of the United States, $318,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That of the unobligated bal-
ances from prior year appropriations available under this 
heading, $17,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded.
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CABLE SECURITY FLEET 
For the cable security fleet program, as authorized 
under chapter 532 of title 46, United States Code, 
$10,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
TANKER SECURITY PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
For Tanker Security Fleet payments, as authorized 
under section 53406 of title 46, United States Code, 
$60,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That funds appropriated for the tanker security fleet pro-
gram in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public 
Law 117–103) shall be available as authorized under sec-
tion 53406 of title 46, United States Code, and for the Sec-
retary to timely reimburse each program participant up 
to $2,500,000 for each of its vessels covered by an operating 
agreement under section 53403 of title 46, United States 
Code, for verifiable training and other costs incurred to en-
sure that mariners on such vessels are fully qualified to 
meet the specialized requirements to serve on product tank 
vessels: Provided further, That of the unobligated balances 
from prior year appropriations available under this head-
ing, $21,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded.
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OPERATIONS AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses of operations and training ac-
tivities authorized by law, $267,775,000: Provided, That of 
the sums appropriated under this heading— 
(1) $92,729,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2025, for the operations of the United 
States Merchant Marine Academy; 
(2) $22,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for facilities maintenance and repair, and 
equipment, at the United States Merchant Marine 
Academy; 
(3) $70,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for capital improvements at the United States 
Merchant Marine Academy; 
(4) $7,500,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025, for the maritime environmental and 
technical assistance program authorized under section 
50307 of title 46, United States Code; and 
(5) $5,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended, for the United States marine highway pro-
gram to make grants for the purposes authorized 
under section 55601 of title 46, United States Code: 
Provided further, That the Administrator of the Maritime 
Administration shall transmit to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations the annual report on sexual
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assault and sexual harassment at the United States Mer-
chant Marine Academy as required pursuant to section 
3510 of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 
year 2017 (46 U.S.C. 51318): Provided further, That avail-
able balances under this heading for the short sea transpor-
tation program or America’s marine highway program 
(now known as the United States marine highway pro-
gram) from prior year recoveries shall be available to carry 
out activities authorized under section 55601 of title 46, 
United States Code. 
STATE MARITIME ACADEMY OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of operations, support, and 
training 
activities 
for 
State 
Maritime 
Academies, 
$125,788,000: Provided, That of the sums appropriated 
under this heading— 
(1) $22,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for maintenance, repair, and life extension of 
training ships at the State Maritime Academies; 
(2) $86,588,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for the national security multi-mission vessel 
program, including funds for construction, planning, 
administration, and design of school ships and, as de-
termined by the Secretary, necessary expenses to de-
sign, plan, construct infrastructure, and purchase 
equipment necessary to berth such ships, of which up
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to $8,900,000 may be used for expenses related to the 
oversight and management of school ships to include 
the purchase of equipment and the repair and main-
tenance of training vessels: Provided, That such funds 
may be used to reimburse State Maritime Academies 
for costs incurred prior to the date of enactment of 
this Act; 
(3) $2,400,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2028, for the student incentive program; 
(4) $8,800,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for training ship fuel assistance; and 
(5) $6,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025, for direct payments for State Mari-
time Academies. 
ASSISTANCE TO SMALL SHIPYARDS 
To make grants to qualified shipyards as authorized 
under section 54101 of title 46, United States Code, 
$8,750,000, to remain available until expended. 
SHIP DISPOSAL 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
For necessary expenses related to the disposal of obso-
lete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the Mar-
itime Administration, $6,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That of the unobligated balances
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from prior year appropriations made available under this 
heading, $3,664,000 are hereby permanently rescinded. 
MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $53,586,000, of which 
$50,586,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That such costs, including the costs of modifying such 
loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That 
not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be for administrative ex-
penses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, which 
shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriations 
for ‘‘Maritime Administration—Operations and Train-
ing’’. 
PORT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 
To make grants to improve port facilities as authorized 
under section 54301 of title 46, United States Code, and 
section 3501(a)(9) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2024 
(Public 
Law 
118–31), 
$120,460,124, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading 
in this Act— 
(1) $50,000,000 shall be for projects for coastal 
seaports, inland river ports, or Great Lakes ports, of
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which not less than $42,000,000 shall be for coastal 
seaports or Great Lakes ports: Provided, That for 
grants awarded under this paragraph in this Act, the 
minimum grant size shall be $1,000,000; and 
(2) $70,460,124 shall be for the purposes, and in 
the amounts, specified for Community Project Fund-
ing included in the table entitled ‘‘Community Project 
Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in-
cluded in the explanatory statement described in sec-
tion 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this con-
solidated Act). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act, in addition to any existing authority, the Maritime 
Administration is authorized to furnish utilities and serv-
ices and make necessary repairs in connection with any 
lease, contract, or occupancy involving Government prop-
erty under control of the Maritime Administration: Pro-
vided, That payments received therefor shall be credited to 
the appropriation charged with the cost thereof and shall 
remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
rental payments under any such lease, contract, or occu-
pancy for items other than such utilities, services, or repairs 
shall be deposited into the Treasury as miscellaneous re-
ceipts.
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SEC. 171. There is hereby appropriated $12,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, for expenses necessary 
for the Secretary of Transportation to enter into a contract 
to complete the designs of ten sealift vessels for the National 
Defense Reserve Fleet. 
PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONAL EXPENSES 
For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline and 
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, $31,681,000, 
of which $4,500,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2026. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous ma-
terials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous Ma-
terials Safety Administration, $74,556,000, of which 
$12,070,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2026, of which $1,000,000 shall be made available for car-
rying out section 5107(i) of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided, That up to $800,000 in fees collected under sec-
tion 5108(g) of title 49, United States Code, shall be depos-
ited in the general fund of the Treasury as offsetting re-
ceipts: Provided further, That there may be credited to this 
appropriation, to be available until expended, funds re-
ceived from States, counties, municipalities, other public
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authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for 
training, for reports publication and dissemination, and for 
travel expenses incurred in performance of hazardous mate-
rials exemptions and approvals functions. 
PIPELINE SAFETY 
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND) 
(OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND) 
For expenses necessary to carry out a pipeline safety 
program, as authorized by section 60107 of title 49, United 
States Code, and to discharge the pipeline program respon-
sibilities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (Public Law 101– 
380), $218,186,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2026, of which $30,000,000 shall be derived from the 
Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which $180,786,000 shall 
be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund; of which 
$400,000 shall be derived from the fees collected under sec-
tion 60303 of title 49, United States Code, and deposited 
in the Liquefied Natural Gas Siting Account for compliance 
reviews of liquefied natural gas facilities; and of which 
$7,000,000 shall be derived from fees collected under section 
60302 of title 49, United States Code, and deposited in the 
Underground Natural Gas Storage Facility Safety Account 
for the purpose of carrying out section 60141 of title 49, 
United States Code: Provided, That not less than 
$1,058,000 of the amounts made available under this head-
731 
ing shall be for the one-call state grant program: Provided 
further, That any amounts made available under this head-
ing in this Act or in prior Acts for research contracts, 
grants, cooperative agreements or research other trans-
actions agreements (OTAs) shall require written notifica-
tion to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions not less than 3 full business days before such research 
contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, or research OTAs 
are announced by the Department of Transportation: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall transmit to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations the report 
on pipeline safety testing enhancement as required pursu-
ant to section 105 of the Protecting our Infrastructure of 
Pipelines and Enhancing Safety Act of 2020 (division R 
of Public Law 116–260): Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may obligate amounts made available under this 
heading to engineer, erect, alter, and repair buildings or 
make any other public improvements for research facilities 
at the Transportation Technology Center after the Secretary 
submits an updated research plan and the report in the pre-
ceding proviso to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations and after such plan and report in the pre-
ceding proviso are approved by the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations.
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EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND) 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Emergency 
Preparedness Grants program, not more than $46,825,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2026, from 
amounts made available by section 5116(h) and subsections 
(b) and (c) of section 5128 of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided, That notwithstanding section 5116(h)(4) of title 
49, United States Code, not more than 4 percent of the 
amounts made available from this account shall be avail-
able to pay the administrative costs of carrying out sections 
5116, 5107(e), and 5108(g)(2) of title 49, United States 
Code: Provided further, That notwithstanding subsections 
(b) and (c) of section 5128 of title 49, United States Code, 
and the limitation on obligations provided under this head-
ing, prior year recoveries recognized in the current year 
shall be available to develop and deliver hazardous mate-
rials emergency response training for emergency responders, 
including response activities for the transportation of crude 
oil, ethanol, flammable liquids, and other hazardous com-
modities by rail, consistent with National Fire Protection 
Association standards, and to make such training available 
through an electronic format: Provided further, That the 
prior year recoveries made available under this heading
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shall also be available to carry out sections 5116(a)(1)(C), 
5116(h), 5116(i), 5116(j), and 5107(e) of title 49, United 
States Code. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, as amended, $116,452,000: Provided, That the 
Inspector General shall have all necessary authority, in car-
rying out the duties specified in the Inspector General Act, 
as amended (5 U.S.C. App.), to investigate allegations of 
fraud, including false statements to the government (18 
U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity that is subject to 
regulation by the Department of Transportation. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF 
TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 180. (a) During the current fiscal year, applica-
ble appropriations to the Department of Transportation 
shall be available for maintenance and operation of air-
craft; hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; pur-
chase of liability insurance for motor vehicles operating in 
foreign countries on official department business; and uni-
forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 
and 5902 of title 5, United States Code.
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(b) During the current fiscal year, applicable appro-
priations to the Department and its operating administra-
tions shall be available for the purchase, maintenance, oper-
ation, and deployment of unmanned aircraft systems that 
advance the missions of the Department of Transportation 
or an operating administration of the Department of 
Transportation. 
(c) Any unmanned aircraft system purchased, pro-
cured, or contracted for by the Department prior to the date 
of enactment of this Act shall be deemed authorized by Con-
gress as if this provision was in effect when the system was 
purchased, procured, or contracted for. 
SEC. 181. Appropriations contained in this Act for the 
Department of Transportation shall be available for services 
as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 
but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate 
equivalent to the rate for an Executive Level IV. 
SEC. 182. (a) No recipient of amounts made available 
by this Act shall disseminate personal information (as de-
fined in section 2725(3) of title 18, United States Code) 
obtained by a State department of motor vehicles in connec-
tion with a motor vehicle record as defined in section 
2725(1) of title 18, United States Code, except as provided 
in section 2721 of title 18, United States Code, for a use
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permitted under section 2721 of title 18, United States 
Code. 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall 
not withhold amounts made available by this Act for any 
grantee if a State is in noncompliance with this provision. 
SEC. 183. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be available for salaries and expenses of more than 
125 political and Presidential appointees in the Depart-
ment of Transportation: Provided, That none of the per-
sonnel covered by this provision may be assigned on tem-
porary detail outside the Department of Transportation. 
SEC. 184. Funds received by the Federal Highway Ad-
ministration and Federal Railroad Administration from 
States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, 
and private sources for expenses incurred for training may 
be credited respectively to the Federal Highway Adminis-
tration’s ‘‘Federal-Aid Highways’’ account and to the Fed-
eral Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Operations’’ 
account, except for State rail safety inspectors participating 
in training pursuant to section 20105 of title 49, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 185. None of the funds made available by this 
Act or in title VIII of division J of Public Law 117–58 
to the Department of Transportation may be used to make 
a loan, loan guarantee, line of credit, letter of intent, feder-
736 
ally funded cooperative agreement, full funding grant agree-
ment, or discretionary grant unless the Secretary of Trans-
portation notifies the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations not less than 3 full business days before any 
project competitively selected to receive any discretionary 
grant award, letter of intent, loan commitment, loan guar-
antee commitment, line of credit commitment, federally 
funded cooperative agreement, or full funding grant agree-
ment is announced by the Department or its operating ad-
ministrations: Provided, That the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall provide the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations with a comprehensive list of all such loans, 
loan guarantees, lines of credit, letters of intent, federally 
funded cooperative agreements, full funding grant agree-
ments, and discretionary grants prior to the notification 
required under the preceding proviso: Provided further, 
That the Secretary gives concurrent notification to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations for any 
‘‘quick release’’ of funds from the emergency relief program: 
Provided further, That no notification shall involve funds 
that are not available for obligation. 
SEC. 186. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor 
fees, and other funds received by the Department of Trans-
portation from travel management centers, charge card pro-
grams, the subleasing of building space, and miscellaneous
737 
sources are to be credited to appropriations of the Depart-
ment of Transportation and allocated to organizational 
units of the Department of Transportation using fair and 
equitable criteria and such funds shall be available until 
expended. 
SEC. 187. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
if any funds provided by or limited by this Act are subject 
to a reprogramming action that requires notice to be pro-
vided to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions, transmission of such reprogramming notice shall be 
provided solely to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations, and such reprogramming action shall be ap-
proved or denied solely by the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations: Provided, That the Secretary of 
Transportation may provide notice to other congressional 
committees of the action of the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations on such reprogramming but not 
sooner than 30 days after the date on which the reprogram-
ming action has been approved or denied by the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 188. Funds appropriated by this Act to the oper-
ating administrations may be obligated for the Office of the 
Secretary for the costs related to assessments or reimburs-
able agreements only when such amounts are for the costs 
of goods and services that are purchased to provide a direct
738 
benefit to the applicable operating administration or ad-
ministrations. 
SEC. 189. The Secretary of Transportation is author-
ized to carry out a program that establishes uniform stand-
ards for developing and supporting agency transit pass and 
transit benefits authorized under section 7905 of title 5, 
United States Code, including distribution of transit bene-
fits by various paper and electronic media. 
SEC. 190. The Department of Transportation may use 
funds provided by this Act, or any other Act, to assist a 
contract under title 49 or 23 of the United States Code uti-
lizing geographic, economic, or any other hiring preference 
not otherwise authorized by law, or to amend a rule, regula-
tion, policy or other measure that forbids a recipient of a 
Federal Highway Administration or Federal Transit Ad-
ministration grant from imposing such hiring preference 
on a contract or construction project with which the De-
partment of Transportation is assisting, only if the grant 
recipient certifies the following: 
(1) that except with respect to apprentices or 
trainees, a pool of readily available but unemployed 
individuals possessing the knowledge, skill, and abil-
ity to perform the work that the contract requires re-
sides in the jurisdiction;
739 
(2) that the grant recipient will include appro-
priate provisions in its bid document ensuring that 
the contractor does not displace any of its existing 
employees in order to satisfy such hiring preference; 
and 
(3) that any increase in the cost of labor, train-
ing, or delays resulting from the use of such hiring 
preference does not delay or displace any transpor-
tation project in the applicable statewide transpor-
tation improvement program or transportation im-
provement program. 
SEC. 191. The Secretary of Transportation shall co-
ordinate with the Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure 
that best practices for Industrial Control Systems Procure-
ment are up-to-date and shall ensure that systems procured 
with funds provided under this title were procured using 
such practices. 
SEC. 192. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in contravention of the American Security 
Drone Act of 2023 (subtitle B of title XVIII of division A 
of Public Law 118–31). 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans-
portation Appropriations Act, 2024’’.
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TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
EXECUTIVE OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Executive Of-
fices, which shall be comprised of the offices of the Secretary, 
Deputy Secretary, Adjudicatory Services, Congressional 
and Intergovernmental Relations, Public Affairs, Small 
and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, and the Center for 
Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, $19,400,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2025: Provided, 
That not to exceed $25,000 of the amount made available 
under this heading shall be available to the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development (referred to in this title 
as ‘‘the Secretary’’) for official reception and representation 
expenses as the Secretary may determine. 
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Administrative 
Support Offices, $686,400,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025: Provided, That of the sums appro-
priated under this heading— 
(1) $91,000,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Chief Financial Officer;
741 
(2) $129,700,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the General Counsel, of which not less than 
$21,700,000 shall be for the Departmental Enforce-
ment Center; 
(3) $239,000,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Administration; 
(4) $52,000,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Chief Human Capital Officer; 
(5) $32,000,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Chief Procurement Officer; 
(6) $68,000,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Field Policy and Management; 
(7) $4,700,000 shall be available for the Office of 
Departmental Equal Employment Opportunity; and 
(8) $70,000,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Chief Information Officer: 
Provided further, That funds made available under this 
heading may be used for necessary administrative and non- 
administrative expenses of the Department, not otherwise 
provided for, including purchase of uniforms, or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 
5, United States Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 
services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 
States Code: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, funds appropriated under this head-
742 
ing may be used for advertising and promotional activities 
that directly support program activities funded in this title. 
PROGRAM OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Program Of-
fices, $1,097,164,130, to remain available until September 
30, 2025: Provided, That of the sums appropriated under 
this heading— 
(1) $286,000,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Public and Indian Housing; 
(2) $168,514,130 shall be available for the Office 
of Community Planning and Development; 
(3) $487,550,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Housing; 
(4) $41,000,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Policy Development and Research; 
(5) $102,900,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity; and 
(6) $11,200,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the working capital fund for the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development (referred to in this para-
graph as the ‘‘Fund’’), pursuant, in part, to section 7(f) 
of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act
743 
(42 U.S.C. 3535(f)), amounts transferred, including reim-
bursements pursuant to section 7(f), to the Fund under this 
heading shall be available only for Federal shared services 
used by offices and agencies of the Department, and for any 
such portion of any office or agency’s printing, records 
management, space renovation, furniture, or supply serv-
ices the Secretary has determined shall be provided through 
the Fund, and the operational expenses of the Fund: Pro-
vided, That amounts within the Fund shall not be available 
to provide services not specifically authorized under this 
heading: Provided further, That upon a determination by 
the Secretary that any other service (or portion thereof) au-
thorized under this heading shall be provided through the 
Fund, amounts made available in this title for salaries and 
expenses under the headings ‘‘Executive Offices’’, ‘‘Adminis-
trative Support Offices’’, ‘‘Program Offices’’, and ‘‘Govern-
ment National Mortgage Association’’, for such services 
shall be transferred to the Fund, to remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That the Secretary shall notify 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations of its 
plans for executing such transfers at least 15 days in ad-
vance of such transfers.
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PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
For activities and assistance for the provision of ten-
ant-based rental assistance authorized under the United 
States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 
et seq.) (in this title ‘‘the Act’’), not otherwise provided for, 
$28,386,831,000, to remain available until expended, which 
shall be available on October 1, 2023 (in addition to the 
$4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this heading 
that shall be available on October 1, 2023), of which 
$6,000,000,000 is designated by the Congress as being for 
an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985, and $4,000,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, which shall be available on Octo-
ber 1, 2024: Provided, That of the sums appropriated under 
this heading— 
(1) $28,490,955,000 shall be available for renew-
als of expiring section 8 tenant-based annual con-
tributions contracts (including renewals of enhanced 
vouchers under any provision of law authorizing such 
assistance under section 8(t) of the Act) and includ-
ing renewal of other special purpose incremental 
vouchers: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, from amounts provided under this
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paragraph and any carryover, the Secretary for the 
calendar year 2024 funding cycle shall provide re-
newal funding for each public housing agency based 
on validated voucher management system (VMS) leas-
ing and cost data for the prior calendar year and by 
applying an inflation factor as established by the Sec-
retary, by notice published in the Federal Register, 
and by making any necessary adjustments for the 
costs associated with the first-time renewal of vouch-
ers under this paragraph including tenant protection 
and Choice Neighborhoods vouchers: Provided further, 
That none of the funds provided under this paragraph 
may be used to fund a total number of unit months 
under lease which exceeds a public housing agency’s 
authorized level of units under contract, except for 
public housing agencies participating in the Moving 
to Work (MTW) demonstration, which are instead 
governed in accordance with the requirements of the 
MTW demonstration program or their MTW agree-
ments, if any: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall, to the extent necessary to stay within the 
amount specified under this paragraph (except as oth-
erwise modified under this paragraph), prorate each 
public housing agency’s allocation otherwise estab-
lished pursuant to this paragraph: Provided further,
746 
That except as provided in the following provisos, the 
entire amount specified under this paragraph (except 
as otherwise modified under this paragraph) shall be 
obligated to the public housing agencies based on the 
allocation and pro rata method described above, and 
the Secretary shall notify public housing agencies of 
their annual budget by the latter of 60 days after en-
actment of this Act or March 1, 2024: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary may extend the notification 
period only after the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations are notified at least 10 business 
days in advance of the extension: Provided further, 
That public housing agencies participating in the 
MTW demonstration shall be funded in accordance 
with the requirements of the MTW demonstration pro-
gram or their MTW agreements, if any, and shall be 
subject to the same pro rata adjustments under the 
preceding provisos: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may offset public housing agencies’ calendar 
year 2024 allocations based on the excess amounts of 
public housing agencies’ net restricted assets accounts, 
including HUD-held programmatic reserves (in ac-
cordance with VMS data in calendar year 2023 that 
is verifiable and complete), as determined by the Sec-
retary: Provided further, That public housing agencies
747 
participating in the MTW demonstration shall also be 
subject to the offset, as determined by the Secretary, 
excluding amounts subject to the single fund budget 
authority provisions of their MTW agreements, from 
the agencies’ calendar year 2024 MTW funding allo-
cation: Provided further, That the Secretary shall use 
any offset referred to in the preceding two provisos 
throughout the calendar year to prevent the termi-
nation of rental assistance for families as the result 
of insufficient funding, as determined by the Sec-
retary, and to avoid or reduce the proration of re-
newal funding allocations: Provided further, That up 
to $200,000,000 shall be available only: 
(A) for adjustments in the allocations for 
public housing agencies, after application for an 
adjustment by a public housing agency that ex-
perienced a significant increase, as determined 
by the Secretary, in renewal costs of vouchers re-
sulting from unforeseen circumstances or from 
portability under section 8(r) of the Act; 
(B) for vouchers that were not in use during 
the previous 12-month period in order to be 
available to meet a commitment pursuant to sec-
tion 8(o)(13) of the Act, or an adjustment for a 
funding obligation not yet expended in the pre-
748 
vious calendar year for a MTW-eligible activity 
to develop affordable housing for an agency 
added to the MTW demonstration under the ex-
pansion authority provided in section 239 of the 
Transportation, Housing and Urban Develop-
ment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2016 (division L of Public Law 114–113); 
(C) for adjustments for costs associated with 
HUD–Veterans 
Affairs 
Supportive 
Housing 
(HUD–VASH) vouchers; 
(D) for public housing agencies that despite 
taking reasonable cost savings measures, as de-
termined by the Secretary, would otherwise be 
required to terminate rental assistance for fami-
lies as a result of insufficient funding; 
(E) for adjustments in the allocations for 
public housing agencies that— 
(i) are leasing a lower-than-average 
percentage of their authorized vouchers, 
(ii) have low amounts of budget au-
thority in their net restricted assets ac-
counts and HUD-held programmatic re-
serves, relative to other agencies, and
749 
(iii) are not participating in the Mov-
ing to Work demonstration, to enable such 
agencies to lease more vouchers; 
(F) for withheld payments in accordance 
with section 8(o)(8)(A)(ii) of the Act for months 
in the previous calendar year that were subse-
quently paid by the public housing agency after 
the agency’s actual costs were validated; and 
(G) for public housing agencies that have 
experienced increased costs or loss of units in an 
area for which the President declared a disaster 
under title IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5170 et seq.): 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall allocate 
amounts under the preceding proviso based on need, 
as determined by the Secretary; 
(2) $337,000,000 shall be available for section 8 
rental assistance for relocation and replacement of 
housing units that are demolished or disposed of pur-
suant to section 18 of the Act, conversion of section 
23 projects to assistance under section 8, relocation of 
witnesses (including victims of violent crimes) in con-
nection with efforts to combat crime in public and as-
sisted housing pursuant to a request from a law en-
750 
forcement or prosecution agency, enhanced vouchers 
under any provision of law authorizing such assist-
ance under section 8(t) of the Act, Choice Neighbor-
hood vouchers, mandatory and voluntary conversions, 
and tenant protection assistance including replace-
ment and relocation assistance or for project-based as-
sistance to prevent the displacement of unassisted el-
derly tenants currently residing in section 202 prop-
erties financed between 1959 and 1974 that are refi-
nanced pursuant to Public Law 106–569, as amend-
ed, or under the authority as provided under this Act: 
Provided, That when a public housing development is 
submitted for demolition or disposition under section 
18 of the Act, the Secretary may provide section 8 
rental assistance when the units pose an imminent 
health and safety risk to residents: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may provide section 8 rental as-
sistance from amounts made available under this 
paragraph for units assisted under a project-based 
subsidy contract funded under the ‘‘Project-Based 
Rental Assistance’’ heading under this title where the 
owner has received a Notice of Default and the units 
pose an imminent health and safety risk to residents: 
Provided further, That of the amounts made available 
under this paragraph, no less than $5,000,000 may be
751 
available to provide tenant protection assistance, not 
otherwise provided under this paragraph, to residents 
residing in low vacancy areas and who may have to 
pay rents greater than 30 percent of household in-
come, as the result of: (A) the maturity of a HUD- 
insured, HUD-held or section 202 loan that requires 
the permission of the Secretary prior to loan prepay-
ment; (B) the expiration of a rental assistance con-
tract for which the tenants are not eligible for en-
hanced voucher or tenant protection assistance under 
existing law; or (C) the expiration of affordability re-
strictions accompanying a mortgage or preservation 
program administered by the Secretary: Provided fur-
ther, That such tenant protection assistance made 
available under the preceding proviso may be pro-
vided under the authority of section 8(t) or section 
8(o)(13) of the Act: Provided further, That any tenant 
protection voucher made available from amounts 
under this paragraph shall not be reissued by any 
public housing agency, except the replacement vouch-
ers as defined by the Secretary by notice, when the 
initial family that received any such voucher no 
longer receives such voucher, and the authority for 
any public housing agency to issue any such voucher 
shall cease to exist: Provided further, That the Sec-
752 
retary may only provide replacement vouchers for 
units that were occupied within the previous 24 
months that cease to be available as assisted housing, 
subject only to the availability of funds; 
(3) $2,770,935,000 shall be available for admin-
istrative and other expenses of public housing agencies 
in administering the section 8 tenant-based rental as-
sistance program, of which up to $30,000,000 shall be 
available to the Secretary to allocate to public hous-
ing agencies that need additional funds to administer 
their section 8 programs, including fees associated 
with section 8 tenant protection rental assistance, the 
administration of disaster related vouchers, HUD– 
VASH vouchers, and other special purpose incre-
mental vouchers: Provided, That no less than 
$2,740,935,000 of the amount provided in this para-
graph shall be allocated to public housing agencies for 
the calendar year 2024 funding cycle based on section 
8(q) of the Act (and related appropriation Act provi-
sions) as in effect immediately before the enactment 
of the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act 
of 1998 (Public Law 105–276): Provided further, 
That if the amounts made available under this para-
graph are insufficient to pay the amounts determined 
under the preceding proviso, the Secretary may de-
753 
crease the amounts allocated to agencies by a uniform 
percentage applicable to all agencies receiving fund-
ing under this paragraph or may, to the extent nec-
essary to provide full payment of amounts determined 
under the preceding proviso, utilize unobligated bal-
ances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining 
from funds appropriated under this heading from 
prior fiscal years, excluding special purpose vouchers, 
notwithstanding the purposes for which such amounts 
were appropriated: Provided further, That all public 
housing agencies participating in the MTW dem-
onstration shall be funded in accordance with the re-
quirements of the MTW demonstration program or 
their MTW agreements, if any, and shall be subject to 
the same uniform percentage decrease as under the 
preceding proviso: Provided further, That amounts 
provided under this paragraph shall be only for ac-
tivities related to the provision of tenant-based rental 
assistance authorized under section 8, including re-
lated development activities; 
(4) $742,941,000 shall be available for the re-
newal of tenant-based assistance contracts under sec-
tion 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), including necessary 
administrative expenses: Provided, That administra-
754 
tive and other expenses of public housing agencies in 
administering the special purpose vouchers in this 
paragraph shall be funded under the same terms and 
be subject to the same pro rata reduction as the per-
cent decrease for administrative and other expenses to 
public housing agencies under paragraph (3) of this 
heading: Provided further, That up to $10,000,000 
shall be available only— 
(A) for adjustments in the allocation for 
public housing agencies, after applications for an 
adjustment by a public housing agency that ex-
perienced a significant increase, as determined 
by the Secretary, in Mainstream renewal costs 
resulting from unforeseen circumstances; and 
(B) for public housing agencies that despite 
taking reasonable cost savings measures, as de-
termined by the Secretary, would otherwise be 
required to terminate the rental assistance for 
Mainstream families as a result of insufficient 
funding: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall allocate 
amounts under the preceding proviso based on need, 
as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, 
That upon turnover, section 811 special purpose 
vouchers funded under this heading in this or prior
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Acts, or under any other heading in prior Acts, shall 
be provided to non-elderly persons with disabilities; 
(5) of the amounts provided under paragraph 
(1), up to $7,500,000 shall be available for rental as-
sistance and associated administrative fees for Tribal 
HUD–VASH to serve Native American veterans that 
are homeless or at-risk of homelessness living on or 
near a reservation or other Indian areas: Provided, 
That such amount shall be made available for renewal 
grants to recipients that received assistance under 
prior Acts under the Tribal HUD–VASH program: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall be author-
ized to specify criteria for renewal grants, including 
data on the utilization of assistance reported by grant 
recipients: Provided further, That such assistance 
shall be administered in accordance with program re-
quirements under the Native American Housing As-
sistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 and 
modeled after the HUD–VASH program: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall be authorized to 
waive, or specify alternative requirements for any 
provision of any statute or regulation that the Sec-
retary administers in connection with the use of 
funds made available under this paragraph (except 
for requirements related to fair housing, non-
756 
discrimination, labor standards, and the environ-
ment), upon a finding by the Secretary that any such 
waivers or alternative requirements are necessary for 
the effective delivery and administration of such as-
sistance: Provided further, That grant recipients shall 
report to the Secretary on utilization of such rental 
assistance and other program data, as prescribed by 
the Secretary: Provided further, That the Secretary 
may reallocate, as determined by the Secretary, 
amounts returned or recaptured from awards under 
the Tribal HUD–VASH program under prior Acts to 
existing recipients under the Tribal HUD–VASH 
program; 
(6) $15,000,000 shall be available for incre-
mental rental voucher assistance for use through a 
supported housing program administered in conjunc-
tion with the Department of Veterans Affairs as au-
thorized under section 8(o)(19) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937: Provided, That the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development shall make such 
funding available, notwithstanding section 203 (com-
petition provision) of this title, to public housing 
agencies that partner with eligible VA Medical Cen-
ters or other entities as designated by the Secretary 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs, based on geo-
757 
graphical need for such assistance as identified by the 
Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, pub-
lic housing agency administrative performance, and 
other factors as specified by the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development in consultation with the Sec-
retary of the Department of Veterans Affairs: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development may waive, or specify alternative 
requirements for (in consultation with the Secretary 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs), any provision 
of any statute or regulation that the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development administers in con-
nection with the use of funds made available under 
this paragraph (except for requirements related to 
fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and 
the environment), upon a finding by the Secretary 
that any such waivers or alternative requirements are 
necessary for the effective delivery and administration 
of such voucher assistance: Provided further, That as-
sistance made available under this paragraph shall 
continue to remain available for homeless veterans 
upon turn-over: Provided further, That of the total 
amount made available under this paragraph, up to 
$10,000,000 may be for additional fees established by 
and allocated pursuant to a method determined by the
758 
Secretary for administrative and other expenses (in-
cluding those eligible activities defined by notice to fa-
cilitate leasing, such as security deposit assistance 
and costs related to the retention and support of par-
ticipating owners) of public housing agencies in ad-
ministering HUD–VASH vouchers; 
(7) $30,000,000 shall be available for the family 
unification program as authorized under section 8(x) 
of the Act: Provided, That the amounts made avail-
able under this paragraph are provided as follows: 
(A) $5,000,000 shall be available for new 
incremental voucher assistance, which shall con-
tinue to remain available for family unification 
upon turnover; and 
(B) $25,000,000 shall be available for new 
incremental voucher assistance to assist eligible 
youth as defined by such section 8(x)(2)(B) of 
the Act, which shall continue to remain available 
for such eligible youth upon turnover: Provided, 
That such amounts shall be available on a non-
competitive basis to public housing agencies that 
partner with public child welfare agencies to 
identify such eligible youth, that request such as-
sistance to timely assist such eligible youth, and 
that meet any other criteria as specified by the
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Secretary: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall review utilization of such assistance and 
assistance originating from appropriations made 
available for youth under this heading in any 
prior Act that the Secretary made available on 
a noncompetitive basis, at an interval to be de-
termined by the Secretary, and unutilized vouch-
er assistance that is no longer needed based on 
such review shall be recaptured by the Secretary 
and reallocated pursuant to the preceding pro-
viso: 
Provided further, That any public housing agency ad-
ministering new incremental voucher assistance origi-
nating from appropriations made available for the 
family unification program under this heading in 
this or any prior Act that the Secretary made avail-
able on a competitive basis that determines it no 
longer has an identified need for such assistance upon 
turnover shall notify the Secretary, and the Secretary 
shall recapture such assistance from the agency and 
reallocate it to any other public housing agency or 
agencies based on need for voucher assistance in con-
nection with such specified program or eligible youth, 
as applicable; and
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(8) the Secretary shall separately track all spe-
cial purpose vouchers funded under this heading. 
HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
Unobligated balances, including recaptures and carry-
over, remaining from funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development under this head-
ing, the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted Hous-
ing’’ and the heading ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’’, 
for fiscal year 2024 and prior years may be used for re-
newal of or amendments to section 8 project-based contracts 
and for performance-based contract administrators, not-
withstanding the purposes for which such funds were appro-
priated: Provided, That any obligated balances of contract 
authority from fiscal year 1974 and prior fiscal years that 
have been terminated shall be rescinded: Provided further, 
That amounts heretofore recaptured, or recaptured during 
the current fiscal year, from section 8 project-based con-
tracts from source years fiscal year 1975 through fiscal year 
1987 are hereby rescinded, and an amount of additional 
new budget authority, equivalent to the amount rescinded 
is hereby appropriated, to remain available until expended, 
for the purposes set forth under this heading, in addition 
to amounts otherwise available.
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PUBLIC HOUSING FUND 
For 2024 payments to public housing agencies for the 
operation and management of public housing, as authorized 
by section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)) (the ‘‘Act’’), and to carry out capital 
and management activities for public housing agencies, as 
authorized under section 9(d) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 
1437g(d)), $8,810,784,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2027: Provided, That of the sums appropriated 
under this heading— 
(1) $5,475,784,000 shall be available for the Sec-
retary to allocate pursuant to the Operating Fund 
formula at part 990 of title 24, Code of Federal Regu-
lations, for 2024 payments; 
(2) $25,000,000 shall be available for the Sec-
retary to allocate pursuant to a need-based applica-
tion process notwithstanding section 203 of this title 
and not subject to such Operating Fund formula to 
public housing agencies that experience, or are at risk 
of, financial shortfalls, as determined by the Sec-
retary: Provided, That after all such shortfall needs 
are met, the Secretary may distribute any remaining 
funds to all public housing agencies on a pro-rata 
basis pursuant to such Operating Fund formula;
762 
(3) $3,200,000,000 shall be available for the Sec-
retary to allocate pursuant to the Capital Fund for-
mula at section 905.400 of title 24, Code of Federal 
Regulations: Provided, That for funds provided under 
this paragraph, the limitation in section 9(g)(1) of 
the Act shall be 25 percent: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may waive the limitation in the preceding 
proviso to allow public housing agencies to fund ac-
tivities authorized under section 9(e)(1)(C) of the Act: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall notify pub-
lic housing agencies requesting waivers under the pre-
ceding proviso if the request is approved or denied 
within 14 days of submitting the request: Provided 
further, That from the funds made available under 
this paragraph, the Secretary shall provide bonus 
awards in fiscal year 2024 to public housing agencies 
that are designated high performers: Provided further, 
That the Department shall notify public housing 
agencies of their formula allocation within 60 days of 
enactment of this Act; 
(4) $30,000,000 shall be available for the Sec-
retary to make grants, notwithstanding section 203 of 
this title, to public housing agencies for emergency 
capital needs, including safety and security measures 
necessary to address crime and drug-related activity,
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as well as needs resulting from unforeseen or unpre-
ventable emergencies and natural disasters excluding 
Presidentially declared emergencies and natural dis-
asters under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) occur-
ring in fiscal year 2024: Provided, That of the 
amount made available under this paragraph, not 
less than $10,000,000 shall be for safety and security 
measures: Provided further, That in addition to the 
amount in the preceding proviso for such safety and 
security measures, any amounts that remain avail-
able, after all applications received on or before Sep-
tember 30, 2025, for emergency capital needs have 
been processed, shall be allocated to public housing 
agencies for such safety and security measures; 
(5) $65,000,000 shall be available for competitive 
grants to public housing agencies to evaluate and re-
duce residential health hazards in public housing, in-
cluding lead-based paint (by carrying out the activi-
ties of risk assessments, abatement, and interim con-
trols, as those terms are defined in section 1004 of the 
Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act 
of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4851b)), carbon monoxide, mold, 
radon, and fire safety: Provided, That not less than 
$25,000,000 of the amounts provided under this para-
764 
graph shall be awarded for evaluating and reducing 
lead-based paint hazards, except that if such amount 
is undersubscribed any remaining amounts may be 
awarded to qualified applicants for other purposes 
under this paragraph: Provided further, That for pur-
poses of environmental review, a grant under this 
paragraph shall be considered funds for projects or 
activities under title I of the Act for purposes of sec-
tion 26 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437x) and shall be sub-
ject to the regulations implementing such section; and 
(6) $15,000,000 shall be available to support the 
costs of administrative and judicial receiverships and 
for competitive grants to PHAs in receivership, des-
ignated troubled or substandard, or otherwise at risk, 
as determined by the Secretary, for costs associated 
with public housing asset improvement, in addition 
to other amounts for that purpose provided under any 
heading under this title: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law or regulation, during fiscal year 2024, the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development may not delegate to 
any Department official other than the Deputy Secretary 
and the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing 
any authority under paragraph (2) of section 9(j) of the 
Act regarding the extension of the time periods under such
765 
section: Provided further, That for purposes of such section 
9(j), the term ‘‘obligate’’ means, with respect to amounts, 
that the amounts are subject to a binding agreement that 
will result in outlays, immediately or in the future. 
ASSISTED HOUSING INSPECTIONS AND RISK ASSESSMENTS 
For the Department’s inspection and assessment pro-
grams, including travel, training, and program support 
contracts, $50,000,000 to remain available until September 
30, 2025: Provided, That unobligated balances, including 
recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds appro-
priated under the heading ‘‘Public Housing Fund’’ to sup-
port ongoing public housing financial and physical assess-
ment activities shall be available for the purposes author-
ized under this heading in addition to the purposes for 
which such funds originally were appropriated. 
CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVE 
For competitive grants under the choice neighborhoods 
initiative (subject to section 24 of the United States Hous-
ing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v) (the ‘‘Act’’) unless other-
wise specified under this heading), for transformation, re-
habilitation, and replacement housing needs of both public 
and HUD-assisted housing and to transform neighborhoods 
of poverty into functioning, sustainable, mixed-income 
neighborhoods with appropriate services, schools, public as-
sets, transportation, and access to jobs, $75,000,000, to re-
766 
main available until September 30, 2028: Provided, That 
grant funds may be used for resident and community serv-
ices, community development, and affordable housing needs 
in the community, and for conversion of vacant or fore-
closed properties to affordable housing: Provided further, 
That the use of amounts made available under this heading 
shall not be deemed to be for public housing, notwith-
standing section 3(b)(1) of the Act: Provided further, That 
grantees shall commit to an additional period of afford-
ability determined by the Secretary of not fewer than 20 
years: Provided further, That grantees shall provide a 
match in State, local, other Federal, or private funds: Pro-
vided further, That grantees may include local governments, 
Tribal entities, public housing agencies, and nonprofit or-
ganizations: Provided further, That for-profit developers 
may apply jointly with a public entity: Provided further, 
That for purposes of environmental review, a grantee shall 
be treated as a public housing agency under section 26 of 
the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437x), and grants made with amounts 
available under this heading shall be subject to the regula-
tions issued by the Secretary to implement such section: 
Provided further, That of the amounts made available 
under this heading, not less than $37,500,000 shall be 
awarded to public housing agencies: Provided further, That 
such grantees shall create partnerships with other local or-
767 
ganizations, including assisted housing owners, service 
agencies, and resident organizations: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall consult with the Secretaries of 
Education, Labor, Transportation, Health and Human 
Services, Agriculture, and Commerce, the Attorney General, 
and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency to coordinate and leverage other appropriate Fed-
eral resources: Provided further, That not more than 
$10,000,000 of the amounts made available under this head-
ing may be provided as grants to undertake comprehensive 
local planning with input from residents and the commu-
nity: Provided further, That none of the funds made avail-
able under this heading may be obligated for main street 
housing grants under section 24(n) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 
1437v(n)): Provided further, That unobligated balances, in-
cluding recaptures, remaining from amounts made avail-
able under the heading ‘‘Revitalization of Severely Dis-
tressed Public Housing (HOPE VI)’’ in fiscal year 2011 
and prior fiscal years may be used for purposes under this 
heading, notwithstanding the purposes for which such 
amounts were appropriated: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall make grant awards not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act in such amounts that the 
Secretary determines: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 24(o) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437v(o)), the
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Secretary may, until September 30, 2024, obligate any 
available unobligated balances made available under this 
heading in this or any prior Act. 
SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAMS 
For activities and assistance related to self-sufficiency 
programs, to remain available until September 30, 2027, 
$195,500,000: Provided, That of the sums appropriated 
under this heading— 
(1) $140,500,000 shall be available for the family 
self-sufficiency program to support family self-suffi-
ciency coordinators under section 23 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437u), to 
promote the development of local strategies to coordi-
nate the use of assistance under sections 8 and 9 of 
such Act with public and private resources, and en-
able eligible families to achieve economic independ-
ence and self-sufficiency; 
(2) $40,000,000 shall be available for the resident 
opportunity and self-sufficiency program to provide 
for supportive services, service coordinators, and con-
gregate services as authorized by section 34 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437z– 
6) and the Native American Housing Assistance and 
Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et 
seq.): Provided, That amounts made available under
769 
this paragraph may be used to renew resident oppor-
tunity and self-sufficiency program grants to allow 
the public housing agency, or a new owner, to con-
tinue to serve (or restart service to) residents of a 
project with assistance converted from public housing 
to project-based rental assistance under section 8 of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f) or assistance under section 8(o)(13) of such 
Act under the heading ‘‘Rental Assistance Demonstra-
tion’’ in the Department of Housing and Urban De-
velopment Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 
112–55), as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437f note); and 
(3) $15,000,000 shall be available for a jobs-plus 
initiative, modeled after the jobs-plus demonstration: 
Provided, That funding provided under this para-
graph shall be available for competitive grants to 
partnerships between public housing authorities, local 
workforce investment boards established under section 
107 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 
of 2014 (29 U.S.C. 3122), and other agencies and or-
ganizations that provide support to help public hous-
ing residents obtain employment and increase earn-
ings: Provided further, That applicants must dem-
onstrate the ability to provide services to residents, 
partner with workforce investment boards, and lever-
770 
age service dollars: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may allow public housing agencies to request 
exemptions from rent and income limitation require-
ments under sections 3 and 6 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a, 1437d), as 
necessary to implement the jobs-plus program, on 
such terms and conditions as the Secretary may ap-
prove upon a finding by the Secretary that any such 
waivers or alternative requirements are necessary for 
the effective implementation of the jobs-plus initiative 
as a voluntary program for residents: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall publish by notice in the 
Federal Register any waivers or alternative require-
ments pursuant to the preceding proviso no later than 
10 days before the effective date of such notice. 
NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS 
For activities and assistance authorized under title I 
of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Deter-
mination Act of 1996 (in this heading ‘‘NAHASDA’’) (25 
U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), title I of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) with re-
spect to Indian tribes, and related training and technical 
assistance, $1,344,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2028: Provided, That of the sums appropriated 
under this heading—
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(1) $1,111,000,000 shall be available for the Na-
tive American housing block grants program, as au-
thorized under title I of NAHASDA: Provided, That, 
notwithstanding 
NAHASDA, 
to 
determine 
the 
amount of the allocation under title I of such Act for 
each Indian tribe, the Secretary shall apply the for-
mula under section 302 of such Act with the need 
component based on single-race census data and with 
the need component based on multi-race census data, 
and the amount of the allocation for each Indian tribe 
shall be the greater of the two resulting allocation 
amounts: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
notify grantees of their formula allocation not later 
than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act; 
(2) $150,000,000 shall be available for competi-
tive grants under the Native American housing block 
grants program, as authorized under title I of 
NAHASDA: Provided, That the Secretary shall obli-
gate such amount for competitive grants to eligible re-
cipients authorized under NAHASDA that apply for 
funds: Provided further, That in awarding amounts 
made available in this paragraph, the Secretary shall 
consider need and administrative capacity, and shall 
give priority to projects that will spur construction 
and rehabilitation of housing: Provided further, That
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any amounts transferred for the necessary costs of ad-
ministering and overseeing the obligation and expend-
iture of such additional amounts in prior Acts may 
also be used for the necessary costs of administering 
and overseeing such additional amount; 
(3) $1,000,000 shall be available for the cost of 
guaranteed notes and other obligations, as authorized 
by title VI of NAHASDA: Provided, That such costs, 
including the cost of modifying such notes and other 
obligations, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a): 
Provided further, That amounts made available in 
this and prior Acts for the cost of such guaranteed 
notes and other obligations that are unobligated, in-
cluding recaptures and carryover, may be available to 
subsidize the total principal amount of any notes and 
other obligations, any part of which is to be guaran-
teed, not to exceed $50,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2025; 
(4) $75,000,000 shall be available for grants to 
Indian tribes for carrying out the Indian community 
development block grant program under title I of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, 
notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of such Act, of 
which, notwithstanding any other provision of law
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(including section 203 of this Act), not more than 
$5,000,000 may be used for emergencies that con-
stitute imminent threats to health and safety: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed 20 percent of any grant 
made with amounts made available in this paragraph 
shall be expended for planning and management de-
velopment and administration; and 
(5) $7,000,000, in addition to amounts otherwise 
available for such purpose, shall be available for pro-
viding training and technical assistance to Indian 
tribes, Indian housing authorities, and tribally des-
ignated housing entities, to support the inspection of 
Indian housing units, for contract expertise, and for 
training and technical assistance related to amounts 
made available under this heading and other headings 
in this Act for the needs of Native American families 
and Indian country: Provided, That of the amounts 
made available in this paragraph, not less than 
$2,000,000 shall be for a national organization as au-
thorized under section 703 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 
4212): Provided further, That amounts made avail-
able in this paragraph may be used, contracted, or 
competed as determined by the Secretary: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding chapter 63 of title 31, 
United States Code (commonly known as the Federal
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Grant and Cooperative Agreements Act of 1977), the 
amounts made available in this paragraph may be 
used by the Secretary to enter into cooperative agree-
ments with public and private organizations, agen-
cies, institutions, and other technical assistance pro-
viders to support the administration of negotiated 
rulemaking under section 106 of NAHASDA (25 
U.S.C. 4116), the administration of the allocation for-
mula under section 302 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 
4152), and the administration of performance track-
ing and reporting under section 407 of NAHASDA 
(25 U.S.C. 4167). 
INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by sec-
tion 184 of the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a), $1,500,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such costs, includ-
ing the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 
U.S.C. 661a): Provided further, That amounts made avail-
able in this and prior Acts for the cost of guaranteed loans, 
as authorized by section 184 of the Housing and Commu-
nity Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a), that 
are unobligated, including recaptures and carryover, may
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be available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of 
which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $1,800,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2025. 
NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANT 
For the Native Hawaiian housing block grant pro-
gram, as authorized under title VIII of the Native American 
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 
U.S.C. 4221 et seq.), $22,300,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2028: Provided, That notwithstanding sec-
tion 812(b) of such Act, the Department of Hawaiian Home 
Lands may not invest grant amounts made available under 
this heading in investment securities and other obligations: 
Provided further, That amounts made available under this 
heading in this and prior fiscal years may be used to pro-
vide rental assistance to eligible Native Hawaiian families 
both on and off the Hawaiian Home Lands, notwith-
standing any other provision of law: Provided further, That 
up to $1,000,000 of the amounts made available under this 
heading may be for training and technical assistance re-
lated to amounts made available under this heading and 
other headings in this Act for the needs of Native Hawai-
ians and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.
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NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
New commitments to guarantee loans, as authorized 
by section 184A of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13b), any part of which 
is to be guaranteed, shall not exceed $28,000,000 in total 
loan principal, to remain available until September 30, 
2025: Provided, That the Secretary may enter into commit-
ments to guarantee loans used for refinancing. 
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS 
For carrying out the housing opportunities for persons 
with AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS Housing 
Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), $505,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided, 
That the Secretary shall renew or replace all expiring con-
tracts for permanent supportive housing that initially were 
funded under section 854(c)(5) of such Act from funds made 
available under this heading in fiscal year 2010 and prior 
fiscal years that meet all program requirements before 
awarding funds for new contracts under such section: Pro-
vided further, That the process for submitting amendments 
and approving replacement contracts shall be established by 
the Secretary in a notice: Provided further, That the De-
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partment shall notify grantees of their formula allocation 
within 60 days of enactment of this Act. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND 
For assistance to States and units of general local gov-
ernment, and other entities, for economic and community 
development activities, and other purposes, $6,720,054,336, 
to remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided, 
That of the sums appropriated under this heading— 
(1) $3,300,000,000 shall be available for car-
rying out the community development block grant 
program under title I of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
5301 et seq.) (in this heading ‘‘the Act’’): Provided, 
That not to exceed 20 percent of any grant made with 
funds made available under this paragraph shall be 
expended for planning and management development 
and administration: Provided further, That a metro-
politan city, urban county, unit of general local gov-
ernment, or insular area that directly or indirectly 
receives funds under this paragraph may not sell, 
trade, or otherwise transfer all or any portion of such 
funds to another such entity in exchange for any 
other funds, credits, or non-Federal considerations, 
but shall use such funds for activities eligible under 
title I of the Act: Provided further, That notwith-