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SEC. 131. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration 
shall update annual inspection regulations under Appendix G to 
subchapter B of chapter III of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, 
as recommended by GAO–19–264. 
SEC. 132. 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 implement, 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 respect to the use of electronic logging devices 
by operators 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 Sec-
retary, with respect to traffic and highway safety, authorized under 
chapter 301 and part C of subtitle VI of title 49, United States 
Code, $210,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 
2024. 
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provi-
sions of 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, section 25024 of the Infrastructure Investment and 
Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58), and chapter 303 of title 49, United 
States Code, $197,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust 
Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) and to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall 
be available for the planning or execution of programs the total 
obligations for which, in fiscal year 2023, are in excess of 
$197,000,000: Provided further, That of the sums appropriated 
under this heading— 
(1) $190,000,000 shall be for programs authorized 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 Invest-
ment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58); and 
(2) $7,000,000 shall be for the National Driver Register 
authorized under chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided further, That within the $197,000,000 obligation limitation 
for operations and research, $57,500,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2024, and shall be in addition to the amount 
of any limitation imposed on obligations for future years: Provided
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further, That amounts for behavioral research on Automated 
Driving Systems and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems and 
improving consumer responses to safety recalls are in addition 
to any other funds provided for those purposes for fiscal year 
2023 in this Act. 
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 
available 
until 
expended, 
$795,220,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other 
than the Mass Transit Account): 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 2023 are 
in excess of $795,220,000 for programs authorized under sections 
402, 404, and 405 of title 23, United States Code, and grant adminis-
tration expenses under chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code: 
Provided further, That of the sums appropriated under this 
heading— 
(1) $370,900,000 shall be for ‘‘Highway Safety Programs’’ 
under section 402 of title 23, United States Code; 
(2) $346,500,000 shall be for ‘‘National Priority Safety Pro-
grams’’ under section 405 of title 23, United States Code; 
(3) $38,300,000 shall be for the ‘‘High Visibility Enforce-
ment Program’’ under section 404 of title 23, United States 
Code; and 
(4) $39,520,000 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 office fur-
nishings and fixtures for State, local or private buildings or struc-
tures: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 of the funds 
made available for ‘‘National Priority Safety Programs’’ under sec-
tion 405 of title 23, United States Code, for ‘‘Impaired Driving 
Countermeasures’’ (as described in subsection (d) of that section) 
shall be available for technical assistance to the States: Provided 
further, That with respect to the ‘‘Transfers’’ provision under section 
405(a)(8) 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 Commit-
tees on Appropriations of any exercise of the authority granted 
under the preceding proviso or under section 405(a)(8) of title 23, 
United States Code, within 5 days. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 140. An additional $130,000 shall be made available to 
the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, out of the
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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 competency development training and related 
expenses for highway safety staff. 
SEC. 141. The limitations on obligations for the programs of 
the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 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. 142. None of the funds in this Act or any other Act 
shall be used to enforce the requirements of section 405(a)(9) of 
title 23, United States Code. 
SEC. 143. Section 24220 of the Infrastructure Investment and 
Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(f) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the ‘Honoring 
the Abbas Family Legacy to Terminate Drunk Driving Act’.’’. 
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 
SAFETY AND OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Administration, 
not otherwise provided for, $250,449,000, of which $25,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended. 
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for railroad research and development, 
$44,000,000, 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 20108(d) of title 49, United 
States Code, for the construction, 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 Partnership 
for Intercity Passenger Rail grants as authorized by section 24911 
of title 49, United States Code, $100,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the Secretary 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 Infrastruc-
ture and Safety Improvements grants, as authorized by section 
22907 of title 49, United States Code, $535,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of the amounts made 
available under this heading in this Act— 
(1) not less than $150,000,000 shall be for projects eligible 
under section 22907(c)(2) of title 49, United States Code, that 
support the development of new intercity passenger rail service 
routes including alignments for existing routes;
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(2) not less than $25,000,000 shall be for projects eligible 
under section 22907(c)(11) of title 49, United States Code: Pro-
vided, That for amounts made available in this paragraph, 
the Secretary shall give preference to projects that are located 
in counties with the most pedestrian trespasser casualties; 
(3) $5,000,000 shall be for preconstruction planning activi-
ties and capital costs related to the deployment of magnetic 
levitation transportation projects; 
(4) $30,426,000 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 requirements under subsections (g) and 
(l) of section 22907 of title 49, United States Code, shall not 
apply to this paragraph: Provided further, That any remaining 
funds available after the distribution of the Community Project 
Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending described in this 
paragraph shall be available to the Secretary to distribute 
as discretionary grants under this heading; and 
(5) not less than $5,000,000 shall be available for workforce 
development and training activities as authorized under section 
22907(c)(13) of title 49, United States Code: 
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 analysis 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 selected for commuter 
rail passenger transportation may be transferred by the Secretary, 
after selection, to the appropriate agencies to be administered in 
accordance with chapter 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 heading in previous fiscal years if such funds are announced 
in a notice of funding opportunity that includes funds made avail-
able 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 Investment and Jobs Act (division 
J of Public Law 117–58): Provided further, That unobligated bal-
ances remaining after 6 years from the date of enactment of this
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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 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. 
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 associ-
ated with the Northeast Corridor as authorized by section 22101(a) 
of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117– 
58), $1,260,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That the Secretary 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 manage-
ment and oversight of activities 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 
oversight funds authorized under section 22101(c) of the Infrastruc-
ture 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 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 associ-
ated with the National Network as authorized by section 22101(b) 
of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (division B of Public 
Law 117–58), $1,193,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, 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 Com-
mittee established under section 24712 of title 49, United States 
Code: Provided further, That at least $50,000,000 of the amount 
provided under this heading in this Act shall be available for 
the development, installation and operation of railroad safety 
improvements, including the implementation of a positive train 
control system, on State-supported routes as defined under section 
24102(13) of title 49, United States Code, on which positive train 
control systems are not required by law or regulation as identified 
on or before the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, 
That any unexpended balances from amounts provided under this 
heading in this Act and in prior fiscal years for the development, 
installation and operation of railroad safety technology on State- 
supported routes on which positive train control systems are not 
required by law or regulation shall also be available for railroad 
safety improvements on State-supported routes as identified on 
or before the date of enactment of Public Law 117–103: Provided 
further, That none of the funds provided under this heading in 
this Act shall be used by Amtrak to give notice under subsection
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(a) or (c) of section 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 emergency 
or during maintenance or construction outages impacting such 
routes, to otherwise discontinue, reduce the frequency of, suspend, 
or substantially alter the route of rail service on any portion of 
such route operated in fiscal year 2018, including implementation 
of service permitted by section 24305(a)(3)(A) of title 49, United 
States Code, in lieu of rail service: Provided further, That the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation may use up to $66,000,000 
of the amounts made available under this heading in this Act 
to support planning and capital costs, and operating assistance 
consistent with the Federal funding limitations under section 22908 
of title 49, United States Code, of corridors selected under section 
25101 of title 49, United States Code, that are operated by the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 150. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation in con-
travention of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification 
Act (29 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.). 
SEC. 151. The amounts made available to the Secretary 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 Adminis-
tration, in this and prior Acts, may be transferred to the Federal 
Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Financial Assistance Oversight and 
Technical Assistance’’ account for the necessary expenses to support 
the award, administration, project management oversight, and tech-
nical assistance of financial assistance administered by the Federal 
Railroad Administration, in the same manner as appropriated for 
in this and prior Acts: Provided, 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. 152. Amounts made available under the heading ‘‘Depart-
ment of Transportation—Federal Railroad Administration—Res-
toration and Enhancement’’ in any prior fiscal years are subject 
to the requirements of section 22908 of title 49, United States 
Code, as in effect on the effective date of the Infrastructure Invest-
ment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58). 
SEC. 153. Section 802 of title VIII of division J of Public Law 
117–58 is amended— 
(1) in the first proviso, by inserting ‘‘that could be’’ after 
‘‘amounts’’; and 
(2) in the second proviso, by inserting ‘‘that could be’’ 
after ‘‘amounts’’:
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Provided, That amounts repurposed by the amendments made by 
this section that were previously designated by the Congress as 
an emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or 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 Congress), the 
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and section 
1(e) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress) as engrossed in the House 
of Representatives on June 8, 2022. 
SEC. 154. Of the unobligated balances of funds remaining 
from— 
(1) ‘‘Rail Line Relocation and Improvement Program’’ 
account totaling $1,811,124.16 appropriated by Public Law 112– 
10 is hereby permanently rescinded; and 
(2) ‘‘Railroad Safety Grants’’ account totaling $1,610,000.00 
appropriated by Public Law 114–113 is hereby permanently 
rescinded. 
SEC. 155. None of the funds made available to the National 
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 pre-
ceding proviso for specific employees 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 2022 and the 3 prior calendar years: Provided further, That 
such summary shall include the total number of employees that 
received waivers and the total overtime payments Amtrak paid 
to employees receiving waivers for each month for 2022 and for 
the 3 prior calendar years. 
SEC. 156. None of the funds made available to the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation under the headings ‘‘Northeast Cor-
ridor Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ and 
‘‘National Network Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Cor-
poration’’ may be used to reduce the total number of Amtrak Police 
Department uniformed officers patrolling on board passenger trains 
or at stations, facilities or rights-of-way below the staffing level 
on May 1, 2019. 
SEC. 157. It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) long-distance passenger rail routes provide much-needed 
transportation access for 4,700,000 riders in 325 communities 
in 40 States and are particularly important in rural areas; 
and 
(2) long-distance passenger rail routes and services should 
be sustained to ensure connectivity throughout the National 
Network (as defined in section 24102 of title 49, United States 
Code). 
SEC. 158. State-supported routes operated by Amtrak. Section 
24712(a) of title 49, United States Code, is hereby amended by 
inserting after section 24712(a)(7) the following— 
‘‘(8) STAFFING.—The Committee may— 
‘‘(A) appoint, terminate, and fix the compensation of 
an executive director and other Committee employees nec-
essary for the Committee to carry out its duties; and
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‘‘(B) enter into contracts necessary to carry out its 
duties, including providing Committee employees with 
retirement and other employee benefits under the condition 
that Non-Federal members or officers, the executive 
director, and employees of the Committee are not Federal 
employees for any purpose. 
‘‘(9) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Amounts made 
available by the Secretary of Transportation for the Committee 
may be used to carry out this section.’’. 
SEC. 159. For an additional amount for ‘‘Consolidated Rail 
Infrastructure and Safety Improvements’’, $25,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, for projects selected in response to the 
Notice of Funding Opportunity published by the Federal Railroad 
Administration on August 19, 2019 (84 FR 42979), and where 
a grant for the project was obligated after June 1, 2021 and remains 
open: Provided, That sponsors of projects eligible for funds made 
available under this heading in this section shall provide sufficient 
written justification describing, at a minimum, the current project 
cost estimate, why the project cannot be completed with the obli-
gated grant amount, and any other relevant information, as deter-
mined by the Secretary: Provided further, That funds made avail-
able under this section shall be allocated to projects eligible to 
receive funding under this section in order of the date the grants 
were obligated: Provided further, That the allocation under the 
preceding 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 the 
amounts made available under this section shall not be part of 
the Federal share of total project costs under section 22907(h)(2) 
of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That the Federal 
Railroad Administration shall provide the amounts allocated to 
projects under this section no later than 90 days after the date 
the sufficient written justifications required under this section have 
been submitted. 
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, 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, as amended by the Infrastructure Investment 
and Jobs Act, section 20005(b) of Public Law 112–141, and section 
3006(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, 
$13,634,000,000, to be derived 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, 
as amended by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, section
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20005(b) of Public Law 112–141, and section 3006(b) of the Fixing 
America’s Surface Transportation Act, shall not exceed total obliga-
tions of $13,634,000,000 in fiscal year 2023. 
TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS 
For an additional amount for buses and bus facilities grants 
under section 5339(b) of title 49, United States Code, low or no 
emission grants under section 5339(c) of such title, ferry boats 
grants under section 5307(h) of such title, bus testing facilities 
under section 5318 of such title, innovative mobility solutions grants 
under section 5312 of such title, accelerating innovative mobility 
initiative grants under section 5312 of such title, accelerating the 
adoption of zero emission buses under section 5312 of such title, 
Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending for 
projects and activities eligible under chapter 53 of such title, and 
ferry service for rural communities under section 71103 of division 
G of Public Law 117–58, $541,959,324, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That of the sums provided under this heading 
in this Act— 
(1) $90,000,000 shall be available for buses and bus facili-
ties competitive grants as authorized under section 5339(b) 
of such title; 
(2) $50,000,000 shall be available for the low or no emission 
grants as authorized under section 5339(c) of such title: Pro-
vided, That the minimum grant award shall be not less than 
$750,000; 
(3) $15,000,000 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; 
(4) $2,000,000 shall be available for the operation and 
maintenance of the bus testing facilities selected under section 
5318 of such title; 
(5) $360,459,324 shall be available for the purposes, and 
in amounts, specified for Community Project Funding/Congres-
sionally 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 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 maximum 
Federal share of the net costs of the project consistent with 
administration of similar projects funded under chapter 53 
of title 49, United States Code; 
(6) $17,500,000 shall be available for ferry service for rural 
communities under section 71103 of division G of Public Law 
117–58: Provided, That for amounts made available in this 
paragraph, notwithstanding section 71103(a)(2)(B), eligible 
service shall include passenger ferry service that serves at 
least two rural areas with a single segment over 20 miles