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Commissioner of the United States House of Representa-
tives. 
SEC. 607. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail-
able in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 
post on the public Web site of that agency any report re-
quired to be submitted by the Congress in this or any 
other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agen-
cy that it shall serve the national interest. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 
(1) the public posting of the report com-
promises national security; or 
(2) the report contains confidential or propri-
etary information. 
(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 
do so only after such report has been made available to 
the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for 
no less than 45 days. 
SEC. 608. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
network unless such network blocks the viewing, 
downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities.
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SEC. 609. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by an agency of the executive branch 
to pay for first-class travel by an employee of the agency 
in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301– 
10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 610. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to execute a contract for goods or serv-
ices, including construction services, where the contractor 
has not complied with Executive Order No. 12989. 
SEC. 611. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Department of Defense or the 
Department of Veterans Affairs to lease or purchase new 
light duty vehicles for any executive fleet, or for an agen-
cy’s fleet inventory, except in accordance with Presidential 
Memorandum—Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 
24, 2011. 
SEC. 612. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds appropriated in this or any other 
Act for a military construction project, as defined by sec-
tion 2801 of title 10, United States Code, for any of fiscal 
years 2015 through 2019 or for fiscal year 2020 may be 
obligated, expended, or used to design, construct, or carry 
out a project to construct a wall, barrier, fence, or road 
along the Southern border of the United States or a road
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to provide access to a wall, barrier, or fence constructed 
along the Southern border of the United States. 
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILD CARE 
PROVIDERS 
SEC. 613. (a) Subject to subsection (b), none of the 
funds appropriated by this bill may be provided to a child 
care center, child care agency, or child care provider that 
employs an individual who has been convicted of— 
(1) A sex offense; 
(2) An offense involving a child victim; or 
(3) A violent crime involving any of the fol-
lowing: 
(A) Elder abuse. 
(B) Gun Violence. 
(C) Domestic Violence. 
(D) Terrorism. 
(b) Payment may be made under this section to a 
child care center, child care agency, or child care provider 
if such child care center, child care agency, or child care 
provider has suspended the individual described in sub-
section (a) from having any contact with children while 
on the job until the case is resolved. 
SEC. 614. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to replace or diminish the quality of care 
provided by the TRICARE program (as defined in Section 
1072 of Title 10 of the United States Code).
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DIVISION E—TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING 
AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RE-
LATED 
AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS 
ACT, 2020 
The following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban 
Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year end-
ing September 30, 2020, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
$113,910,000 (reduced by $5,000,000) (increased by 
$5,000,000) (increased by $1) (reduced by $1) (reduced 
by $2,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) (reduced by 
$10,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) (reduced by 
$1,000,000) (reduced by $12,000,000), of which not to 
exceed $3,065,000 shall be available for the immediate Of-
fice of the Secretary; not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be 
available for the immediate Office of the Deputy Sec-
retary; not to exceed $20,428,000 (increased by 
$1,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) shall be available for 
the Office of the General Counsel; not to exceed
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$10,331,000 shall be available for the Office of the Under 
Secretary of Transportation for Policy; not to exceed 
$14,300,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assist-
ant Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to exceed 
$2,546,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assist-
ant Secretary for Governmental Affairs; not to exceed 
$29,244,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assist-
ant 
Secretary 
for 
Administration; 
not 
to 
exceed 
$2,142,000 shall be available for the Office of Public Af-
fairs; not to exceed $1,859,000 shall be available for the 
Office of the Executive Secretariat; not to exceed 
$12,181,000 shall be available for the Office of Intel-
ligence, Security, and Emergency Response; and not to ex-
ceed $16,814,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Chief Information Officer: Provided, That the Secretary 
of Transportation is authorized to transfer funds appro-
priated for any office of the Office of the Secretary to any 
other office of the Office of the Secretary: Provided fur-
ther, That no appropriation for any office shall be in-
creased or decreased by more than 7 percent by all such 
transfers: Provided further, That notice of any change in 
funding greater than 7 percent shall be submitted for ap-
proval to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That not to exceed $60,000 shall 
be for allocation within the Department for official recep-
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tion and representation expenses as the Secretary may de-
termine: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, excluding fees authorized in Public Law 
107–71, there may be credited to this appropriation up 
to $2,500,000 in funds received in user fees: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds provided in this Act shall 
be available for the position of Assistant Secretary for 
Public Affairs. 
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses related to the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, 
$42,948,000 (reduced by $2,000,000) (increased by 
$2,000,000) 
(reduced 
by 
$800,000) 
(reduced 
by 
$2,000,000), of which $21,166,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2022, and of which $15,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, is for new competitive 
grants under section 5505 of title 49, United States Code, 
for Tier I University Transportation Centers: Provided, 
That such amounts are in addition to amounts previously 
provided for such program: Provided further, That section 
5505(c)(4)(A) of title 49, United States Code, shall not 
apply to amounts for additional Tier I University Trans-
portation Centers provided under this heading: Provided 
further, That there may be credited to this appropriation, 
to be available until expended, funds received from States,
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counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and pri-
vate sources for expenses incurred for training: Provided 
further, That any reference in law, regulation, judicial pro-
ceedings, 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 Transpor-
tation. 
NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS 
For capital investments in surface transportation in-
frastructure, $1,000,000,000 (reduced by $10,000,000) 
(increased by $10,000,000) (reduced by $1) (increased by 
$1) (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000), 
to remain available through September 30, 2022: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of Transportation shall dis-
tribute funds provided under this heading as discretionary 
grants to be awarded to a State, local government, transit 
agency, port authority, or a collaboration among such enti-
ties on a competitive basis for projects that will have a 
significant local or regional impact: Provided further, That 
projects eligible for funding provided under this heading 
shall include, but not be limited to, highway or bridge 
projects eligible under title 23, United States Code; public 
transportation projects eligible under chapter 53 of title 
49, United States Code; passenger and freight rail trans-
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portation projects; and port infrastructure investments 
(including inland port infrastructure and land ports of 
entry): Provided further, That of the amount made avail-
able under this heading, the Secretary shall use 
$15,000,000 (increased by $5,000,000) for the planning, 
preparation or design of projects eligible for funding under 
this heading, with an emphasis on transit, transit oriented 
development, and multimodal projects: Provided further, 
That of the amount made available under this heading, 
the Secretary shall use $20,000,000 (increased by 
$5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) for the planning, 
preparation or design of projects eligible for funding under 
this heading located in areas of persistent poverty: Pro-
vided further, That the term persistent poverty means any 
county that has had 20 percent or more of its population 
living in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured by 
the 1990 and 2000 decennial census and the most recent 
Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, or any census 
tract with a poverty rate of at least 20 percent as meas-
ured by the 2013–2017 five-year data series available 
from the American Community Survey of the Census Bu-
reau, or any territory or possession of the United States: 
Provided further, That grants awarded under the previous 
three provisos shall not be subject to a minimum grant 
size: Provided further, That the Secretary may use up to
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20 percent of the funds made available under this heading 
for the purpose of paying the subsidy and administrative 
costs of projects eligible for Federal credit assistance 
under chapter 6 of title 23, United States Code, or sec-
tions 501 through 504 of the Railroad Revitalization and 
Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–210), as 
amended, if the Secretary finds that such use of the funds 
would advance the purposes of this paragraph: Provided 
further, That in distributing funds provided under this 
heading, the Secretary shall take such measures so as to 
ensure an equitable geographic distribution of funds, an 
equitable distribution of funds between urban and rural 
areas, and the investment in a variety of transportation 
modes, including public transit, passenger rail, and pedes-
trian improvements: Provided further, That a grant funded 
under this heading shall be not less than $5,000,000 and 
not greater than $50,000,000: Provided further, That not 
more than 15 percent of the funds made available under 
this heading may be awarded to projects in a single State: 
Provided further, That the Federal share of the costs for 
which an expenditure is made under this heading shall be, 
at the option of the recipient, up to 80 percent: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall give priority to projects 
that require a contribution of Federal funds in order to 
complete an overall financing package: Provided further,
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That of the funds awarded under this heading not more 
than 50 percent shall be for projects located in a rural 
area with a population equal to or less than 200,000: Pro-
vided further, That for projects located in a rural area, 
the minimum grant size shall be $1,000,000 and the Sec-
retary may increase the Federal share of costs above 80 
percent: Provided further, That of the funds awarded 
under this heading not more than 50 percent shall be for 
projects located in an urbanized area with a population 
of more than 200,000: Provided further, That funds for 
an urbanized area under the previous proviso may be obli-
gated to projects in the metropolitan area established 
under section 134 of title 23, United States Code, that 
encompasses such urbanized area: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall consider the benefits of a project on 
urban and rural areas to the fullest extent to include all 
relevant geographic areas: Provided further, That projects 
conducted using funds provided under this heading must 
comply with the requirements of subchapter IV of chapter 
31 of title 40, United States Code: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall conduct a new competition to select 
the grants and credit assistance awarded under this head-
ing: Provided further, That the Secretary may retain up 
to $25,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading, 
and may transfer portions of those funds to the Adminis-
476 
trators of the Federal Highway Administration, the Fed-
eral Transit Administration, the Federal Railroad Admin-
istration, and the Maritime Administration to fund the 
award and oversight of grants and credit assistance made 
under the National Infrastructure Investments program: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall consider and 
award projects based solely on the selection criteria from 
the fiscal year 2017 Notice of Funding Opportunity: Pro-
vided further, That, notwithstanding the previous proviso, 
the Secretary shall not use the Federal share or an appli-
cant’s ability to generate non-Federal revenue as a selec-
tion criteria in awarding projects: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall issue the Notice of Funding Oppor-
tunity no later than 60 days after enactment of this Act: 
Provided further, That such Notice of Funding Oppor-
tunity shall require application submissions 90 days after 
the publishing of such Notice: Provided further, That of 
the applications submitted under the previous two pro-
visos, the Secretary shall make grants no later than 270 
days after enactment of this Act in such amounts that 
the Secretary determines: Provided further, That such 
sums provided for national infrastructure investments for 
multimodal safety projects under title VIII of division F 
of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropria-
tions Act, 2013 (Public Law 113–6; 127 Stat. 432) shall
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remain available through fiscal year 2024 for the liquida-
tion of valid obligations of active grants awarded with this 
funding: Provided further, That the preceding proviso shall 
be applied as if it were in effect on September 30, 2019. 
NATIONAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AND INNOVATIVE 
FINANCE BUREAU 
For necessary expenses of the National Surface 
Transportation and Innovative Finance Bureau as author-
ized by 49 U.S.C. 116, $5,000,000 (increased by 
$1,000,000), to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That the Secretary shall notify the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations no less than 15 days prior 
to exercising the transfer authority granted under section 
116(h) of title 49, United States Code. 
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CAPITAL 
For necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing 
the Department of Transportation’s financial systems and 
re-engineering business processes, $2,000,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2021. 
CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVES 
For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, 
including necessary upgrades to wide area network and 
information technology infrastructure, improvement of 
network perimeter controls and identity management, 
testing and assessment of information technology against
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business, security, and other requirements, implementa-
tion of Federal cyber security initiatives and information 
infrastructure enhancements, and implementation of en-
hanced security controls on network devices, $15,000,000, 
to remain available through September 30, 2021. 
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$9,470,000. 
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND 
DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 
planning, research, systems development, development ac-
tivities, and making grants, $15,879,000 (reduced by 
$1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000), to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 
$1,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses of the Inter-
agency Infrastructure Permitting Improvement Center 
(IIPIC): Provided further, That there may be transferred 
to this appropriation, to remain available until expended, 
amounts transferred from other Federal agencies for ex-
penses incurred 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
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transportation only to the extent that other Federal agen-
cies provide funding to the Department as provided for 
under the previous proviso. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For necessary expenses for operating costs and cap-
ital outlays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed 
$424,901,000, 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 above limitation on operating ex-
penses shall not apply to non-DOT entities: Provided fur-
ther, That no funds appropriated in 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 assess-
ments and the basis therefor are presented to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are ap-
proved by such Committees.
480 
SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS UTILIZATION AND 
OUTREACH 
For necessary expenses for small and disadvantaged 
business utilization and outreach activities, $4,646,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided, 
That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be 
used for business opportunities related to any mode of 
transportation: Provided further, That appropriations 
made available under this heading shall be available for 
any purpose consistent with prior year appropriations that 
were made available under the heading ‘‘Minority Busi-
ness 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 
49 U.S.C. 41731 through 41742, $175,000,000, to be de-
rived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That in determining 
between or among carriers competing to provide service 
to a community, the Secretary may consider the relative 
subsidy requirements of the carriers: Provided further, 
That basic essential air service minimum requirements 
shall not include the 15-passenger capacity requirement 
under subsection 41732(b)(3) of title 49, United States
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Code: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act 
or any other Act shall be used to enter into a new contract 
with a community located less than 40 miles from the 
nearest small hub airport before the Secretary has nego-
tiated with the community over a local cost share: Pro-
vided further, That amounts authorized to be distributed 
for the essential air service program under subsection 
41742(b) of title 49, United States Code, shall be made 
available immediately from amounts otherwise provided to 
the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration: 
Provided further, That the Administrator may reimburse 
such amounts from fees credited to the account estab-
lished under section 45303 of title 49, United States Code. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—OFFICE OF THE 
SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 101. None of the funds made available in this 
Act to the Department of Transportation may be obligated 
for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation to ap-
prove assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining 
to funds appropriated to the modal administrations in this 
Act, except for activities underway on the date of enact-
ment of this Act, unless such assessments or agreements 
have completed the normal reprogramming process for 
Congressional notification.
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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 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 
Working Capital Fund is hereby authorized to provide 
partial or full payments in advance and accept subsequent 
reimbursements from all Federal agencies from available 
funds for transit benefit distribution services that are nec-
essary to carry out the Federal transit pass transportation 
fringe benefit program under Executive Order No. 13150 
and section 3049 of Public Law 109–59: Provided, That 
the Department shall maintain a reasonable operating re-
serve in the Working Capital Fund, to be expended in ad-
vance to provide uninterrupted transit benefits to Govern-
ment employees: Provided further, That such reserve will 
not exceed one month of benefits payable and may be used 
only for the purpose of providing for the continuation of 
transit benefits: Provided further, That the Working Cap-
ital Fund will be fully reimbursed by each customer agen-
cy from available funds for the actual cost of the transit 
benefit.
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SEC. 104. For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of 
the Secretary—Salaries and Expenses’’, $2,052,000, to 
become available on the date on which the Secretary an-
nounces the selection of projects to receive awards for each 
of the following competitive grants, with respect to funds 
made available for fiscal year 2017 or fiscal year 2018 
for such grants: 
(1) Federal-State Partnership for State of Good 
Repair Grants, as authorized by section 24911 of 
title 49, United States Code, and as funded under 
the heading ‘‘Federal Railroad Administration— 
Federal-State Partnership for State of Good Repair 
Grants’’ by Public Law 115–31 and as funded under 
the heading ‘‘Federal Railroad Administration— 
Federal-State Partnership for State of Good Repair’’ 
by Public Law 115–141. 
(2) Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety 
Improvements Grants, as authorized by section 
22907 of title 49, United States Code, and as fund-
ed under the heading ‘‘Federal Railroad Administra-
tion—Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety 
Improvements’’ by Public Law 115–141. 
(3) Restoration and Enhancement Grants, as 
authorized by section 22908 of title 49, United 
States Code, and as funded under the heading ‘‘Fed-
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eral Railroad Administration—Restoration and En-
hancement Grants’’ by Public Law 115–31 and as 
funded under the heading ‘‘Federal Railroad Admin-
istration—Restoration and Enhancement’’ by Public 
Law 115–141. 
SEC. 105. (a) Of the amount made available to ‘‘Of-
fice of the Secretary—Research and Technology’’, 
$1,000,000 
(increased 
by 
$500,000) 
(reduced 
by 
$500,000) shall be for the Secretary of Transportation to 
enter into an arrangement with the National Academies 
of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to conduct a study 
through the Transportation Research Board on effective 
ways to measure the resilience of transportation systems 
and services to natural disasters, natural hazards, and 
other potential disruptions. 
(b) The study conducted pursuant to subsection (a) 
shall— 
(1) identify and examine approaches used by 
Federal agencies, States, metropolitan planning or-
ganizations, local governments, and other organiza-
tions, including approaches described in academic 
literature, to develop metrics for transportation resil-
ience, including methodologies used for quantitative 
and qualitative data collection and analysis; and
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(2) provide findings and recommendations on 
approaches to measuring resilience that have shown 
or promise success, and strategies to overcome chal-
lenges in measuring resilience. 
(c) No later than 30 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall enter 
into the arrangement described in subsection (a). 
(d) No later than 210 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the National Academies of Sciences, En-
gineering, and Medicine shall provide an interim report 
of its findings to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and Senate. 
(e) No later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and Senate the final study developed by the 
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medi-
cine. 
SEC. 106. (a) Of the amount made available to ‘‘Of-
fice of the Secretary—Research and Technology’’, 
$10,000,000 shall be for the establishment of a Highly 
Automated Systems Safety Center of Excellence within 
the Department of Transportation, in order to have a De-
partment of Transportation workforce capable of review-
486 
ing, validating, and certifying the safety of automated 
technologies. 
(b) The Highly Automated Systems Safety Center of 
Excellence shall— 
(1) serve as a single place within the Depart-
ment of Transportation for expertise in automation 
and human behavior, computer science, machine 
learning, sensors, and other technologies involving 
automated systems; 
(2) support all Operating Administrations of 
the Department of Transportation; and 
(3) have a workforce composed of Department 
of Transportation employees, including direct hires 
or detailees from Operating Administrations. 
(c) Employees of the Highly Automated Systems 
Safety Center of Excellence shall audit, inspect, and cer-
tify highly automated systems to ensure their safety. 
(d) No later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall report to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate on staffing needs and the staffing plan for the 
Highly Automated Systems Safety Center of Excellence.
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FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration, not otherwise provided for, including oper-
ations and research activities related to commercial space 
transportation, administrative expenses for research and 
development, establishment of air navigation facilities, the 
operation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, 
subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold 
to the public, the lease or purchase of passenger motor 
vehicles for replacement only, $10,677,758,000 (reduced 
by $1) (increased by $1), to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2021, of which $9,833,400,000 shall be de-
rived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund: Provided, 
That of the sums appropriated under this heading— 
(1) not less than $1,603,969,000 (increased by 
$7,500,000) shall be available for aviation safety ac-
tivities; 
(2) not to exceed $7,841,720,000 shall be avail-
able for air traffic organization activities; 
(3) not to exceed $24,949,000 (increased by 
$8,089,000) shall be available for commercial space 
transportation activities;
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(4) not to exceed $816,398,000 (reduced by 
$7,500,000) (reduced by $8,089,000) shall be avail-
able for finance and management activities; 
(5) not to exceed $61,258,000 shall be available 
for NextGen and operations planning activities; 
(6) not to exceed $114,165,000 shall be avail-
able for security and hazardous materials safety; and 
(7) not to exceed $215,299,000 shall be avail-
able for staff offices, of which $5,000,000 is for the 
Minority Serving Institutions internship program, 
$5,000,000 is for the aviation maintenance techni-
cian development program (as described in section 
625 of Public Law 115–254), and $5,000,000 is for 
the aviation workforce development program (as de-
scribed in section 625 of Public Law 115–254): 
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 head-
ing: Provided further, That no transfer may increase or 
decrease any appropriation by more than 5 percent: Pro-
vided further, That any transfer in excess of 5 percent 
shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec-
tion 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
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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 pur-
suant to section 221 of Public Law 108–176: Provided fur-
ther, That the amount herein appropriated shall be re-
duced 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 the 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 com-
prehensive strategy for staffing, hiring, and training flight 
standards and aircraft certification staff in a format simi-
lar to the one utilized for the controller staffing plan, in-
cluding stated attrition estimates and numerical hiring 
goals by fiscal year: Provided further, That the amount 
herein appropriated shall be reduced by $100,000 per day 
for each day after the date that is 60 days after the sub-
mission 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 non-
profit standard-setting organization to assist in the devel-
opment of aviation safety standards: Provided further, 
That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for
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new applicants for the second career training program: 
Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall 
be available for the Federal Aviation Administration to fi-
nalize or implement any regulation that would promulgate 
new aviation user fees not specifically authorized by law 
after the date of the enactment of this Act: Provided fur-
ther, That there may be credited to this appropriation, as 
offsetting collections, funds received from States, counties, 
municipalities, foreign authorities, other public authori-
ties, and private sources for expenses incurred in the pro-
vision of agency services, including receipts for the mainte-
nance and operation of air navigation facilities, and for 
issuance, renewal or modification of certificates, including 
airman, aircraft, and repair station certificates, or for 
tests related thereto, or for processing major repair or al-
teration forms: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated under this heading, not less than $169,000,000 
shall be used to fund direct operations of the current air 
traffic control towers in the contract tower program, in-
cluding the contract tower cost share program, and any 
airport that is currently qualified or that will qualify for 
the program during the fiscal year: Provided further, That 
none of the funds in this Act for aeronautical charting 
and cartography are available for activities conducted by, 
or coordinated through, the Working Capital Fund: Pro-
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vided further, That none of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this Act or any other Act may 
be used to eliminate the Contract Weather Observers pro-
gram at any airport: Provided further, That the opening, 
closing, reorganization, or redesignation of field or re-
gional offices shall be subject to the requirements of sec-
tion 405 of this Act. 
FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
for acquisition, establishment, technical support services, 
improvement 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 
necessary sites by lease or grant; engineering and service 
testing, including construction of test facilities and acqui-
sition of necessary sites by lease or grant; construction 
and furnishing of quarters and related accommodations 
for officers and employees of the Federal Aviation Admin-
istration stationed at remote localities where such accom-
modations are not available; and the purchase, lease, or 
transfer of aircraft from funds available under this head-
ing, including aircraft for aviation regulation and certifi-
cation; to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust
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Fund, $3,000,000,000 (increased by $2,000,000) (in-
creased by $7,000,000) (reduced by $7,000,000), of which 
$512,823,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2021, $2,372,127,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2022, and $115,050,000 shall remain available 
until expended: Provided, That there may be credited to 
this appropriation funds received from States, counties, 
municipalities, other public authorities, and private 
sources, for expenses incurred in the establishment, im-
provement, and modernization of national airspace sys-
tems: Provided further, That no later than 60 days after 
the submission of the budget request, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall transmit to the Congress an invest-
ment plan for the Federal Aviation Administration which 
includes funding for each budget line item for fiscal years 
2021 through 2025, 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. 
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
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acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant, 
$191,100,000 (increased by $1,500,000) (reduced by 
$1,500,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (reduced by 
$1,000,000), to be derived from the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund and to remain available until September 30, 
2022: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro-
priation as offsetting collections, funds received from 
States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, 
and private sources, which shall be available for expenses 
incurred for research, engineering, and development: Pro-
vided further, That funds made available under this head-
ing shall be used in accordance with the report accom-
panying this Act: Provided further, That not to exceed 10 
percent of any funding level specified under this heading 
in the report accompanying this Act may be transferred 
to any other funding level specified under this heading in 
the report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That 
no transfer may increase or decrease any funding level by 
more than 10 percent: Provided further, That any transfer 
in excess of 10 percent shall be treated as a reprogram-
ming of funds under section 405 of this Act and shall not 
be available for obligation or expenditure except in compli-
ance 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 au-
thorizing 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 inspection activities and administration of airport safe-
ty programs, including those related to airport operating 
certificates under section 44706 of title 49, United States 
Code, $3,000,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and 
Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That none of the funds under this head-
ing shall be available for the planning or execution of pro-
grams the obligations for which are in excess of 
$3,350,000,000 (reduced by $2,000,000) (increased by 
$2,000,000) in fiscal year 2020, notwithstanding section 
47117(g) of title 49, United States Code: Provided further,
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That none of the funds under this heading shall be avail-
able for the replacement of baggage conveyor systems, re-
configuration 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 Gov-
ernment’s share of allowable project costs under para-
graph (2) for subgrants or paragraph (3) of that 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 con-
struction project: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, of funds limited under this 
heading, not more than $112,600,000 shall be available 
for administration, not less than $15,000,000 shall be 
available for the Airport Cooperative Research Program, 
not less than $33,210,000 shall be available for Airport 
Technology Research, and $10,000,000 (increased by 
$5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000), to remain available 
until expended, shall be available and transferred to ‘‘Of-
fice of the Secretary, Salaries and Expenses’’ to carry out 
the Small Community Air Service Development Program: 
Provided further, That in addition to airports eligible 
under section 41743 of title 49, United States Code, such
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program may include the participation of an airport that 
serves a community or consortium that is not larger than 
a small hub airport, according to FAA hub classifications 
effective at the time the Office of the Secretary issues a 
request for proposals. 
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 chap-
ter 471 and subchapter 1 of chapter 475 of title 49, 
United States Code, $500,000,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2022: Provided, That amounts 
made available under this heading shall be derived from 
the general fund, and such funds shall not be subject to 
apportionment formulas, special apportionment categories, 
or minimum percentages under chapter 471: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall distribute funds provided 
under this heading as discretionary grants to airports: 
Provided further, That the amount made available under 
this heading shall not be subject to any limitation on obli-
gations 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 funds provided under this heading to 
fund the award and oversight by the Administrator of
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grants made under this heading: Provided further, That 
section 47115(j) of title 49, United States Code, shall not 
apply with respect to amounts made available under this 
heading: Provided further, That priority consideration 
shall be, without regard to airport size, based on project 
justification and completeness of pre-grant actions. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 110. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
to compensate in excess of 600 technical staff-years under 
the federally funded research and development center con-
tract between the Federal Aviation Administration and the 
Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development dur-
ing fiscal year 2020. 
SEC. 111. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
to pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring air-
port sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration without cost building construction, maintenance, 
utilities and expenses, or space in airport sponsor-owned 
buildings for services relating to air traffic control, air 
navigation, or weather reporting: Provided, That the pro-
hibition of funds in this section does not apply to negotia-
tions between the agency and airport sponsors to achieve 
agreement on ‘‘below-market’’ rates for these items or to 
grant assurances that require airport sponsors to provide
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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 49 U.S.C. 41742(a)(1) from fees credited under 
49 U.S.C. 45303 and any amount remaining in such ac-
count at the close of that fiscal year may be made available 
to satisfy section 41742(a)(1) for the subsequent fiscal 
year. 
SEC. 113. Amounts collected under section 40113(e) 
of title 49, United States Code, shall be credited to the 
appropriation current at the time of collection, to be 
merged with and available for the same purposes of such 
appropriation. 
SEC. 114. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for paying premium pay under subsection 5546(a) of 
title 5, United States Code, to any Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration employee unless such employee actually per-
formed work during the time corresponding to such pre-
mium pay. 
SEC. 115. None of the funds in this Act may be obli-
gated or expended for an employee of the Federal Aviation 
Administration to purchase a store gift card or gift certifi-
cate through use of a Government-issued credit card.
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SEC. 116. None of the funds in this Act may be obli-
gated or expended for retention bonuses for an employee 
of the Federal Aviation Administration without the prior 
written approval of the Assistant Secretary for Adminis-
tration of the Department of Transportation. 
SEC. 117. 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 implement any limitation on the ability of any owner 
or operator of a private aircraft to obtain, upon a request 
to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion, a blocking of that owner’s or operator’s aircraft reg-
istration number from any display of the Federal Aviation 
Administration’s Aircraft Situational Display to Industry 
data that is made available to the public, except data made 
available to a Government agency, for the noncommercial 
flights of that owner or operator. 
SEC. 118. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for salaries and expenses of more than eight political 
and Presidential appointees in the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration. 
SEC. 119. None of the funds made available under 
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
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Committees on Appropriations a report that justifies all 
fees related to aeronautical navigation products and ex-
plains how such fees are consistent with Executive Order 
No. 13642. 
SEC. 119A. None of the funds in 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. 119B. None of the funds appropriated or lim-
ited by this Act may be used to change weight restrictions 
or prior permission rules at Teterboro airport in 
Teterboro, New Jersey. 
SEC. 119C. None of the funds provided under 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-
tract Tower Program, or for reevaluation of Cost-share 
Program participants as long as the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration has received an application from the airport, 
and as long as the Administrator determines such tower 
is eligible. 
SEC. 119D. Of the funds provided under the heading 
‘‘Grants-in-aid for Airports’’, up to $3,500,000 may be for
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necessary expenses, including an independent verification 
regime, to provide reimbursement to airport sponsors that 
do not provide gateway operations and providers of gen-
eral aviation ground support services located at those air-
ports 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 Serv-
ice, and for direct and incremental financial losses in-
curred while such airports are closed solely due to the ac-
tions 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 gen-
eral aviation ground support services until an independent 
audit is completed: Provided further, That losses incurred 
as a result of violations of law, or through fault or neg-
ligence, of such operators and service providers or of third 
parties (including airports) are not eligible for reimburse-
ments: Provided further, That obligation and expenditure 
of funds are conditional upon full release of the United 
States Government for all claims for financial losses re-
sulting from such actions.
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FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Not to exceed $453,549,689, together with advances 
and reimbursements received by the Federal Highway Ad-
ministration, shall be obligated for necessary expenses for 
administration and operation of the Federal Highway Ad-
ministration. In addition, $3,248,000 shall be transferred 
to the Appalachian Regional Commission in accordance 
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 Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction 
programs authorized under titles 23 and 49, United States 
Code, and the provisions of the Fixing America’s Surface 
Transportation (FAST) Act (Public Law 114–94) shall 
not exceed total obligations of $46,365,092,000 for fiscal 
year 2020: 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
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instruments and all or a portion of the costs to the Federal 
Government 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 administrative expenses that are also avail-
able for such purpose, and are not subject to any obliga-
tion limitation or the limitation on administrative expenses 
under section 608 of title 23, United States Code. 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For the payment of obligations incurred in carrying 
out Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction 
programs authorized under title 23, United States Code, 
$47,104,092,000 derived from the Highway Trust Fund 
(other than the Mass Transit Account), to remain avail-
able until expended. 
HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS 
There is hereby appropriated to the Secretary of 
Transportation 
$1,750,000,000 
(increased 
by 
$10,000,000) (increased by $12,000,000): Provided, That 
the amounts made available under this heading shall be 
derived from the general fund, shall be in addition to any 
funds provided for fiscal year 2020 in this or any other 
Act for ‘‘Federal-aid Highways’’ under chapter 1 of title 
23, United States Code, and shall not affect the distribu-
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tion or amount of funds provided in any other Act: Pro-
vided further, That of the sums made available under this 
heading— 
(1) $1,493,100,000 (increased by $10,000,000) 
(increased by $12,000,000) shall be for activities eli-
gible under section 133(b) of title 23, United States 
Code, for the elimination of hazards and the installa-
tion of protective devices at railway-highway cross-
ings, and to provide necessary charging infrastruc-
ture along corridor ready or corridor pending alter-
native fuel corridors as defined under 23 U.S.C. 
151; 
(2) $5,451,000 shall be for activities eligible 
under the Puerto Rico Highway Program as de-
scribed in section 165(b)(2)(C) of title 23, United 
States Code; 
(3) $1,449,000 shall be for activities eligible 
under the Territorial Highway Program, as de-
scribed in section 165(c)(6) of title 23, United 
States Code; 
(4) $166,000,000 shall be for the nationally 
significant Federal lands and tribal projects program 
under section 1123 of the FAST Act;
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(5) $50,000,000 shall be for competitive grants 
for activities described in section 130(a) of title 23, 
United States Code; 
(6) $15,000,000 shall be for grants for Ad-
vanced Digital Construction Management Systems; 
(7) $12,000,0000 shall be for the Regional In-
frastructure Accelerator Demonstration Program au-
thorized under section 1441 of the FAST Act; 
(8) $5,000,000 shall be for a National Road 
Network Pilot Program for the Federal Highway 
Administration to create a national level, geo-spatial 
dataset that uses data already collected under the 
Highway Performance Monitoring System; and 
(9) $2,000,000 shall be for research that leads 
to decreases in highway and pedestrian fatalities 
among Tribal populations: 
Provided further, That the funds made available under this 
heading for activities eligible under section 133(b) of title 
23, United States Code, for the elimination of hazards and 
the installation of protective devices at railway-highway 
crossings, and to provide charging infrastructure for alter-
native fuel corridors, shall be suballocated in the manner 
described in section 133(d) of such title, except that the 
set-aside described in section 133(h) of title 23, United 
States Code shall not apply to funds made available under
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this heading: Provided further, That the funds made avail-
able under this heading in paragraph (1), shall be admin-
istered as if apportioned under chapter 1 of such title and 
shall remain available through September 30, 2023: Pro-
vided further, That the funds made available under this 
heading in paragraph (1), shall be apportioned to the 
States in the same ratio as the obligation limitation for 
fiscal year 2020 is distributed among the States in section 
120(a)(5) of this Act: Provided further, That, except as 
provided in the following proviso, the funds made available 
under this heading for activities eligible under the Puerto 
Rico Highway Program and activities eligible under the 
Territorial Highway Program shall be administered as if 
allocated under sections 165(b) and 165(c), respectively, 
of such title and shall remain available through September 
30, 2023: Provided further, That the funds made available 
under this heading for activities eligible under the Puerto 
Rico Highway Program shall not be subject to the require-
ments of sections 165(b)(2)(A) or 165(b)(2)(B) of such 
title: Provided further, That the funds made available 
under this heading for the nationally significant Federal 
lands and tribal projects program under section 1123 of 
the FAST Act shall remain available through September 
30, 2023: Provided further, That the funds made available 
under this heading in paragraph (5) for the elimination
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of hazards and the installation of protective devices at rail-
way-highway crossings shall be available for projects eligi-
ble under section 22907(c) of title 49, United States Code, 
for commuter authorities, as defined in section 24102(2) 
of title 49, United States Code, that experienced at least 
one accident investigated by the National Transportation 
Safety Board between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 
2018: Provided further, That amounts provided under this 
heading in paragraphs (5), (6), (7), (8), and (9) shall re-
main available until expended: Provided further, That 
funds made available under this heading for Advanced 
Digital Construction Management Systems shall be for 
competitive grants to State and local governments to de-
velop and expand the capacity to use and deploy Advanced 
Digital Construction Management Systems and the min-
imum grant amount shall be $500,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2020, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall— 
(1) not distribute from the obligation limitation 
for Federal-aid highways— 
(A) amounts authorized for administrative 
expenses and programs by section 104(a) of 
title 23, United States Code; and
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(B) amounts authorized for the Bureau of 
Transportation Statistics; 
(2) not distribute an amount from the obliga-
tion 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 Ac-
count) for Federal-aid highway and highway 
safety construction programs for previous fiscal 
years the funds for which are allocated by the 
Secretary (or apportioned by the Secretary 
under sections 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 
distributed 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 
than sums authorized to be appropriated for 
provisions of law described in paragraphs (1)
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through (11) of subsection (b) and sums au-
thorized to be appropriated for section 119 of 
title 23, United States Code, equal to the 
amount referred to in subsection (b)(12) for 
such fiscal year), less the aggregate of the 
amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) 
and (2) of this subsection; 
(4) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed-
eral-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not 
distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), for each 
of the programs (other than programs to which 
paragraph (1) applies) that are allocated by the Sec-
retary under the Fixing America’s Surface Trans-
portation Act and title 23, United States Code, or 
apportioned by the Secretary under sections 202 or 
204 of that title, 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 
distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) and the 
amounts distributed under paragraph (4), for Fed-
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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; 
(2) section 147 of the Surface Transportation 
Assistance Act of 1978 (23 U.S.C. 144 note; 92 
Stat. 2714);
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(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 Inter-
modal 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 extent that the obligation authority has not 
lapsed or been used;
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(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 obligated in accordance with that section were 
not subject to a limitation on obligations at the time 
at which the funds were initially made available for 
obligation; and 
(12) section 119 of title 23, United States Code 
(but, for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2020, 
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 
previously distributed during that fiscal year, giving 
priority to those States having large unobligated bal-
ances of funds apportioned under sections 144 (as in
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effect on the day before the date of enactment of 
Public 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; and 
(B) title VI of the Fixing America’s Sur-
face Transportation Act. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—Obligation authority made 
available under paragraph (1) shall— 
(A) remain available for a period of 4 fis-
cal years; and 
(B) be in addition to the amount of any 
limitation imposed on obligations for Federal- 
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
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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 
allocated to the States (or will not be appor-
tioned to the States under section 204 of title 
23, United States Code), and will not be avail-
able 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 dis-
tribution of obligation authority under subsection 
(a)(5). 
(3) AVAILABILITY.—Funds distributed to each 
State under paragraph (1) shall be available for any 
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-
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suant to chapter 63 of title 49, United States Code, may 
be credited to the Federal-aid highways account for the 
purpose of reimbursing the Bureau for such expenses: 
Provided, That such funds shall be subject to the obliga-
tion limitation for Federal-aid highway and highway safety 
construction programs. 
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 Sec-
retary of Transportation shall make an informal public no-
tice and comment opportunity on the intent to issue such 
waiver and the reasons therefor: Provided, That the Sec-
retary shall provide an annual report to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations on any waivers 
granted under the Buy America requirements. 
SEC. 123. 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 
application approval to provide credit assistance under 
sections 603 and 604 of title 23, United States Code, the 
Secretary of Transportation provides notification in writ-
ing to the following committees: the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations; the Committee on Envi-
ronment and Public Works and the Committee on Bank-
ing, Housing and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and the
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Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 
House of Representatives: Provided, That such notifica-
tion shall include, but not be limited to, the name of the 
project sponsor; a description of the project; whether cred-
it assistance will be provided as a direct loan, loan guar-
antee, or line of credit; and the amount of credit assist-
ance. 
SEC. 124. None of the funds 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 Committees 
on Appropriations of the proposed grant, including an 
evaluation and justification for the project and the amount 
of the proposed grant award: Provided, That the written 
notification required in the previous proviso shall be made 
no later than 180 days after enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 125. (a) A State or territory, as defined in sec-
tion 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 associ-
ated obligation limitation: Provided, That the Department 
of Transportation for the State or territory for which the 
earmarked amount was originally designated or directed
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notifies the Secretary of Transportation of its intent to 
use its authority under this section and submits a quar-
terly report to the Secretary identifying the projects to 
which the funding would be applied. Notwithstanding the 
original period of availability of funds to be obligated 
under this section, such funds and associated obligation 
limitation shall remain available for obligation for a period 
of 3 fiscal years after the fiscal year in which the Sec-
retary of Transportation 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 de-
fined in rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the 
Senate, identified in a prior law, report, or joint ex-
planatory statement, which was authorized to be ap-
propriated or appropriated more than 10 fiscal years 
prior to the current fiscal year, and administered by 
the Federal 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
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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 obli-
gated less than 10 percent of the amount made available 
for obligation as of October 1 of the current fiscal year, 
and shall be applied to projects within the same general 
geographic area within 5 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 
each quarter to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations. 
SEC. 126. The following are repealed: 
(1) Section 352 of the National Highway Sys-
tem Designation Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–59, 
109 Stat. 568). 
(2) Section 324 of the Department of Trans-
portation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1986 (Public Law 99–190; 99 Stat. 1288).
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(3) Section 325 of the Department of Trans-
portation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1996 (Public Law 104–50; 109 Stat. 456). 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, tolls collected 
for motor vehicles on any bridge connecting the boroughs 
of Brooklyn, New York, and Staten Island, New York, 
shall be collected for any such vehicles exiting from such 
bridge in both Staten Island and Brooklyn. 
SEC. 127. Section 125(d) of title 23, United States 
Code, is amended by striking paragraph (4). 
SEC. 128. Until final guidance is published, the Ad-
ministrator of the Federal Highway Administration shall 
make determinations on Buy America waivers for those 
waivers that were submitted before April 17, 2018, as if 
the notice of proposed rulemaking of that date was not 
in effect. 
SEC. 129. Section 1948 of SAFETEA-LU (Public 
Law 109–59; 119 Stat. 1514) is repealed. 
SEC. 129A. Section 119(e)(5) of title 23, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(5) REQUIREMENT FOR PLAN.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 120, beginning on October 1, 2019, and 
each fiscal year thereafter, if the Secretary de-
termines that a State has not developed and im-
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plemented a State asset management plan con-
sistent with this section, the Federal share pay-
able on account of any project or activity for 
which funds are obligated by the State in that 
fiscal year under this section shall be 65 per-
cent. 
‘‘(B) 
DETERMINATION.—The 
Secretary 
shall make the determination under subpara-
graph (A) not later than the day before the be-
ginning of each fiscal year.’’. 
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 Fixing 
America’s Surface Transportation Act, $288,000,000, to 
be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the 
Mass Transit Account), together with advances and reim-
bursements received by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration, the sum of which shall remain available 
until expended: Provided, That funds available for imple-
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mentation, execution, or administration of motor carrier 
safety operations and programs authorized under title 49, 
United States Code, shall not exceed total obligations of 
$288,000,000 for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Operations and 
Programs’’ for fiscal year 2020, of which $9,073,000 to 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2022, 
is for the research and technology program. 
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
sections 31102, 31103, 31104, and 31313 of title 49, 
United States Code, as amended by the Fixing America’s 
Surface Transportation Act, $388,800,000, to be derived 
from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Tran-
sit Account) and to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That funds available for the implementation or exe-
cution of motor carrier safety programs shall not exceed 
total obligations of $388,800,000 in fiscal year 2020 for 
‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Grants’’: Provided further, That of 
the sums appropriated under this heading— 
(1) $308,700,000 shall be available for the 
motor carrier safety assistance program;
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(2) $33,200,000 shall be available for the com-
mercial driver’s license program implementation pro-
gram; 
(3) $44,900,000 shall be available for the high 
priority activities program; and 
(4) $2,000,000 shall be made available for com-
mercial motor vehicle operators grants, of which 
$1,000,000 is to be made available from prior year 
unobligated contract authority provided for Motor 
Carrier Safety grants in the Transportation Equity 
Act for the 21st Century (Public Law 105–178), 
SAFETEA–LU (Public Law 109–59), or other ap-
propriations or authorization Acts. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL MOTOR 
CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 130. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Admin-
istration shall send notice of 49 CFR section 385.308 vio-
lations by certified mail, registered mail, or another man-
ner of delivery, which records the receipt of the notice by 
the persons responsible for the violations. 
SEC. 131. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise 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 regu-
523 
lation issued by the Secretary pursuant to such section, 
with respect to the use of electronic logging devices by op-
erators 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 Assist-
ance Act of 1988 (7 U.S.C. 1471) or insects. 
SEC. 132. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Admin-
istration shall update annual inspection regulations under 
Appendix G to subchapter B of chapter III of title 49, 
Code of Federal Regulations, to require that rear 
underride guards be inspected annually. 
SEC. 133. No funds made available by this or any 
other Act may be obligated or expended under the author-
ity in 49 U.S.C. 31141(c) to review and issue a decision 
on a petition to preempt State meal and rest break laws 
that may differ from those in 49 CFR 395. 
SEC. 134. Notwithstanding any restriction under part 
II of subtitle B of title V of the FAST Act, not later than 
6 months after enactment of this Act, the Administrator 
of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration shall 
make available on a public website information regarding 
analysis of violations developed under the agency’s Com-
pliance, Safety, Accountability program, consistent with 
the data that the agency made publicly available imme-
diately before December 4, 2015.
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SEC. 135. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to promulgate or enforce a rule that 
eliminates the 30 minute rest break specified in part 395 
of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, as it was in oper-
ational effect on May 15, 2019. 
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 
authorized under chapter 301 and part C of subtitle VI 
of title 49, United States Code, $214,073,440 (reduced 
by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000), to remain 
available until September 30, 2021, except that 
$40,000,000 shall remain available through September 
30, 2022, and no less than $18,500,000 shall be for re-
search on Automated Driving Systems, Advanced Driver 
Assistance Systems, and vehicle electronics and cybersecu-
rity. 
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403, including behavioral re-
search on Automated Driving Systems and Advanced
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Driver Assistance Systems and improving consumer re-
sponses to safety recalls, section 4011 of the Fixing Amer-
ica’s Surface Transportation Act (Public Law 114–94), 
and chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code, 
$155,300,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust 
Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) and to re-
main 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 2020, are in excess of $155,300,000: Provided 
further, That of the sums appropriated under this head-
ing— 
(1) $149,800,000 shall be for programs author-
ized under 23 U.S.C. 403, including behavioral re-
search on Automated Driving Systems and Ad-
vanced Driver Assistance Systems and improving 
consumer responses to safety recalls, and section 
4011 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transpor-
tation Act (Public Law 114–94); and 
(2) $5,500,000 shall be for the National Driver 
Register authorized under chapter 303 of title 49, 
United States Code: 
Provided further, That within the $155,300,000 obligation 
limitation for operations and research, $20,000,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2021, and shall be
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in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed on 
obligations for future years. 
HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
provisions of 23 U.S.C. 402, 404, and 405, and section 
4001(a)(6) of the Fixing America’s Surface Transpor-
tation 
Act, 
to 
remain 
available 
until 
expended, 
$623,017,000, 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 2020 are in excess of 
$623,017,000 for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 
402, 404, and 405, and section 4001(a)(6) of the Fixing 
America’s Surface Transportation Act: Provided further, 
That of the sums appropriated under this heading— 
(1) $279,800,000 shall be for ‘‘Highway Safety 
Programs’’ under 23 U.S.C. 402; 
(2) $285,900,000 shall be for ‘‘National Pri-
ority Safety Programs’’ under 23 U.S.C. 405;
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(3) $30,500,000 shall be for the ‘‘High Visi-
bility Enforcement Program’’ under 23 U.S.C. 404; 
and 
(4) $26,817,000 shall be for ‘‘Administrative 
Expenses’’ under section 4001(a)(6) of the Fixing 
America’s Surface Transportation Act: 
Provided further, That none of these funds shall be used 
for construction, rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or for 
office furnishings and fixtures for State, local or private 
buildings or structures: Provided further, That not to ex-
ceed $500,000 of the funds made available for ‘‘National 
Priority Safety Programs’’ under 23 U.S.C. 405 for ‘‘Im-
paired Driving Countermeasures’’ (as described in sub-
section (d) of that section) shall be available for technical 
assistance to the States: Provided further, That with re-
spect to the ‘‘Transfers’’ provision under 23 U.S.C. 
405(a)(8), any amounts transferred to increase the 
amounts made available under section 402 shall include 
the obligation authority for such amounts: Provided fur-
ther, That the Administrator shall notify the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations of any exercise of 
the authority granted under the previous proviso or under 
23 U.S.C. 405(a)(8) within 5 days.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—NATIONAL HIGHWAY 
TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 140. An additional $130,000 shall be made 
available to the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis-
tration, out of the amount limited for section 402 of title 
23, United States Code, to pay for travel and related ex-
penses 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 pro-
grams of the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis-
tration 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 au-
thority has not lapsed or been used. 
SEC. 142. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to mandate global positioning system 
(GPS) tracking in private passenger motor vehicles with-
out providing full and appropriate consideration of privacy 
concerns under 5 U.S.C. chapter 5, subchapter II. 
SEC. 143. In addition to the amounts made available 
under the heading, ‘‘Operations and Research (Liquida-
tion of Contract Authorization) (Limitation on Obliga-
tions) (Highway Trust Fund)’’ for carrying out the provi-
sions of section 403 of title 23, United States Code,
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$17,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2021, shall be made available to the National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration from the general fund: Pro-
vided, That of the sums provided under this provision— 
(1) not to exceed $7,000,000 shall be available to pro-
vide funding for grants, pilot program activities, and inno-
vative solutions to reduce impaired-driving fatalities in col-
laboration with eligible entities under section 403 of title 
23, United States Code; and 
(2) not to exceed $10,000,000 shall be available to 
continue a high visibility enforcement paid-media cam-
paign regarding highway-rail grade crossing safety in col-
laboration with the Federal Railroad Administration. 
SEC. 144. An additional $500,000 shall be made 
available to the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis-
tration for a study to identify and examine child-specific 
safety considerations in vehicles equipped with Automated 
Driving Systems, particularly those that can be operated 
bi-directionally and offer unconventional seating. The 
study should also incorporate safety considerations for 
child restraint system (CRS) installation and promoting 
CRS usage for ride-share programs, and the risks associ-
ated with unattended child passengers in Automated Driv-
ing Systems-equipped vehicles. Upon completion of this 
study, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administra-
530 
tion shall submit to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations a report containing its findings, includ-
ing detailing how the agency is coordinating with manu-
facturers to ensure children are protected in vehicles 
equipped with Automated Driving Systems. 
SEC. 145. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available in this Act or any other Act may be 
used to finalize or enforce a proposed rule published by 
the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and 
the Environmental Protection Agency on August 2, 2018, 
entitled ‘‘The Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient Vehicles 
Rule’’ or any other successor rule. 
SEC. 146. None of the funds in this Act or any other 
Act shall be used to enforce the requirements of 23 U.S.C. 
405(a)(9). 
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 
SAFETY AND OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Ad-
ministration, not otherwise provided for, $226,698,000, of 
which $20,000,000 shall remain available until expended. 
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for railroad research and de-
velopment, $41,600,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
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RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT 
FINANCING PROGRAM 
The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to 
issue direct loans and loan guarantees pursuant to sec-
tions 501 through 504 of the Railroad Revitalization and 
Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–210), as 
amended, such authority shall exist as long as any such 
direct loan or loan guarantee is outstanding. 
FEDERAL-STATE PARTNERSHIP FOR STATE OF GOOD 
REPAIR 
For necessary expenses related to Federal-State 
Partnership for State of Good Repair Grants as author-
ized by section 24911 of title 49, United States Code, 
$350,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary may withhold up to one percent 
of the amount provided under this heading for the costs 
of award and project management oversight of grants car-
ried out under section 24911 of title 49, United States 
Code: Provided further, That the Secretary shall issue the 
Notice of Funding Opportunity for funds provided under 
this heading consistent with section 24911 of title 49, 
United States Code, no later than 30 days after enactment 
of this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary shall re-
view all applications received in response to the Notice of 
Funding Opportunity required in the previous proviso:
532 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall announce the 
selection of projects to receive awards for the funds de-
scribed in the previous two provisos no later than 180 days 
after enactment of this Act. 
CONSOLIDATED RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY 
IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses related to Consolidated Rail 
Infrastructure and Safety Improvements Grants, as au-
thorized by section 22907 of title 49, United States Code, 
$350,000,000 (increased by $1,000,000) (reduced by 
$1,000,000), to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That of the sums appropriated under this heading— 
(1) $40,000,000 shall be available for projects 
eligible under section 22907(c)(5) of title 49, United 
States Code, for projects for commuter authorities, 
as defined as section 24102(2) of title 49, United 
States Code, that experienced at least one accident 
investigated by the National Transportation Safety 
Board between January 1, 2008, and December 31, 
2018; and 
(2) $55,000,000 shall be available for projects 
eligible under section 22907(c)(2) of title 49, United 
States Code, that require the acquisition of rights- 
of-way, track, or track structure to support the de-
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velopment of new intercity passenger rail service 
routes: 
Provided further, That section 22905(f) of title 49, United 
States Code, shall not apply to projects for commuter au-
thorities in the first proviso: Provided further, That section 
22905(f) of title 49, United States Code, shall not apply 
to projects for the implementation of positive train control 
systems otherwise eligible under section 22907(c)(1) of 
title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That 
amounts available under this heading for projects selected 
for commuter rail passenger transportation may be trans-
ferred 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 available under this heading eligible recipients 
under section 22907(b) of title 49, United States Code, 
shall include any non-profit association representing Class 
II railroads and Class III railroads (as those terms are 
defined in section 20102 of title 49, United States Code) 
and 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 
the Secretary shall not limit eligible projects from consid-
eration for funding for planning, engineering, environ-
mental, construction, and design elements of the same
534 
project in the same application: Provided further, That un-
obligated balances remaining after 4 years from the date 
of enactment 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 one per-
cent of the amount provided under this heading for the 
costs of award and project management oversight of 
grants carried out under section 22907 of title 49, United 
States Code: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
issue the Notice of Funding Opportunity for funds pro-
vided under this heading no later than 30 days after en-
actment of this Act: Provided further, That such Notice 
of Funding Opportunity shall require application submis-
sions 60 days after the publishing of such Notice: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall announce the selection 
of projects to receive awards for the funds in the previous 
two provisos no later than 180 days after enactment of 
this Act. 
MAGNETIC LEVITATION TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT 
PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses related to the deployment of 
magnetic levitation transportation projects, consistent 
with language in 1307(a) through (c) of Public Law 109– 
59, as amended by section 102 of Public Law 110–244
535 
(section 
322 
of 
title 
23, 
United 
States 
Code), 
$10,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
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 au-
thorized by section 11101(a) of the Fixing America’s Sur-
face Transportation Act (division A of Public Law 114– 
94), $700,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That the Secretary may retain up to one-half 
of 1 percent of the funds provided under both this heading 
and the ‘‘National Network Grants to the National Rail-
road Passenger Corporation’’ heading to fund the costs 
of project management and oversight of activities author-
ized by section 11101(c) of division A of Public Law 114– 
94: Provided further, That in addition to the project man-
agement oversight funds authorized under section 
11101(c) of division A of Public Law 114–94, the Sec-
retary may retain up to an additional $5,000,000 of the 
funds provided under this heading to fund expenses associ-
ated with the Northeast Corridor Commission established 
under section 24905 of title 49, United States Code: Pro-
vided further, That of the amounts made available under 
this heading and the ‘‘National Network Grants to the Na-
536 
tional Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ heading, not less 
than $50,000,000 shall be made available to bring Am-
trak-served facilities and stations into compliance with the 
Americans with Disabilities Act. 
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 11101(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface 
Transportation Act (division A of Public Law 114–94), 
$1,291,600,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary may retain up to an additional 
$2,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading to 
fund expenses associated with the State-Supported Route 
Committee established under section 24712 of title 49, 
United States Code. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 150. None of the funds provided to the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation may be used to fund any 
overtime costs in excess of $35,000 for any individual em-
ployee: Provided, That the President of Amtrak may waive 
the cap set in the previous proviso for specific employees 
when the President of Amtrak determines such a cap
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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 Ap-
propriations within 60 days of enactment of this Act, a 
summary of all overtime payments incurred by the Cor-
poration for 2019 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 the Corporation paid to those employ-
ees receiving waivers for each month for 2019 and for the 
three prior calendar years. 
SEC. 151. None of the funds provided to the National 
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 size of the Amtrak Police Department below 
the staffing level on May 1, 2019. 
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal 
Transit Administration’s programs authorized by chapter 
53 of title 49, United States Code, $117,000,000, of which 
$15,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2021, and up to $1,000,000 shall be available to carry
538 
out the provisions of section 5326 of such title: Provided, 
That upon submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 
2021 President’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation 
shall transmit to Congress the annual report on Capital 
Investment Grants, including proposed allocations for fis-
cal year 2021. 
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 ac-
count, 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), 5335, 5337, 5339, and 
5340, as amended by the Fixing America’s Surface Trans-
portation Act, section 20005(b) of Public Law 112–141, 
and section 3006(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface 
Transportation Act, $10,800,000,000, 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 pro-
grams authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 
5311, 5312, 5314, 5318, 5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339, 
and 5340, as amended by the Fixing America’s Surface
539 
Transportation Act, section 20005(b) of Public Law 112– 
141, and section 3006(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface 
Transportation Act, shall not exceed total obligations of 
$10,150,348,462 in fiscal year 2020: Provided further, 
That the Federal share of the cost of activities carried 
out under 49 U.S.C. section 5312 shall not exceed 80 per-
cent, except that if there is substantial public interest or 
benefit, the Secretary may approve a greater Federal 
share: Provided further, That in addition to the amounts 
appropriated for purposes of 49 U.S.C 5338(e), not less 
than 2 percent of the funds appropriated or available for 
the purposes of 49 U.S.C 5338(f) shall be available for 
the purposes of 49 U.S.C. 5338(e). 
TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS 
For an additional amount for buses and bus facilities 
grants under section 5339 of title 49, United States Code, 
state of good repair grants under section 5337 of such 
title, the bus testing facilities under sections 5312 and 
5318 of such title, and for grants to areas of persistent 
poverty, $750,000,000 (increased by $2,000,000), to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That of the sums 
provided under this heading— 
(1) $389,000,000 (reduced by $6,000,000) 
shall be available for the buses and bus facilities 
competitive grants as authorized under section
540 
5339(b) of such title: Provided further, That the 
minimum grant award shall be not less than 
$1,000,000; 
(2) $94,000,000 (increased by $2,000,000) (in-
creased by $6,000,000) shall be available for the low 
or no emission grants as authorized under section 
5339(c) of such title: Provided further, That the 
minimum grant award shall be not less than 
$1,500,000; 
(3) $250,000,000 shall be available for the 
state of good repair grants as authorized under sec-
tion 5337 of such title; 
(4) $1,000,000 shall be available for the bus 
testing facility as authorized under section 5318 of 
such title; 
(5) Notwithstanding section 5318(a) of such 
title, $6,000,000 shall be available for the operation 
and maintenance of bus testing facilities by institu-
tions of higher education selected pursuant to sec-
tion 5312(h); and 
(6) $10,000,000 shall be available for competi-
tive grants to eligible entities to assist areas of per-
sistent poverty: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall enter into a 
contract or cooperative agreement with, or make a grant
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to, each institution of higher education selected pursuant 
to section 5312(h) of such title, to operate and maintain 
a facility to conduct the testing of low or no emission vehi-
cle new bus models using the standards established pursu-
ant to section 5318(e)(2) of such title: Provided further, 
That the term ‘‘low or no emission vehicle’’ has the mean-
ing given the term in section 5312(e)(6) of such title: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall pay 80 percent of 
the cost of testing a low or no emission vehicle new bus 
model at each selected institution of higher education: Pro-
vided further, That the entity having the vehicle tested 
shall pay 20 percent of the cost of testing: Provided fur-
ther, That a low or no emission vehicle new bus model 
tested that receives a passing aggregate test score in ac-
cordance with the standards established under section 
5318(e)(2) of such title, shall be deemed to be in compli-
ance with the requirements of section 5318(e) of such 
title: Provided further, That areas of persistent poverty 
means any county that has consistently had 20 percent 
or more of the population living in poverty over the 30 
years preceding the date of enactment of this Act, as 
measured by the 1990 and 2000 decennial census and the 
most recent Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 
or any census tract with a poverty rate of at least 20 per-
cent as measured by the 2013–2017 five-year data series
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available from the American Community Survey of the 
Census Bureau, or any territory or possession of the 
United States: Provided further, That grants shall be for 
planning, engineering, or development of technical, or fi-
nancing plans for projects eligible under chapter 53 of title 
49, United States Code: Provided further, That eligible en-
tities are those defined as eligible recipients or subrecipi-
ents under section 5307, 5310, or 5311 of title 49 United 
States Code, and are in areas of persistent poverty: Pro-
vided further, That the Federal Transit Administration 
should complete outreach to such counties and the Depart-
ments of Transportation within applicable States via per-
sonal contact, webinars, web materials and other appro-
priate methods determined by the Administrator: Provided 
further, That State departments of transportation may 
apply on behalf of eligible entities within their States: Pro-
vided further, That the Federal Transit Administration 
should encourage grantees to work with non-profits or 
other entities of their choosing in order to develop plan-
ning, technical, engineering, or financing plans: Provided 
further, That the Federal Transit Administration should 
encourage grantees to partner with non-profits that can 
assist with making projects low or no emissions: Provided 
further, That projects funded as a result of activities fund-
ed under this heading shall be for not less than 90 percent
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of the net total project cost: Provided further, That 
amounts made available by this heading shall be derived 
from the general fund: Provided further, That the amounts 
made available under this heading shall not be subject to 
any limitation on obligations for transit programs set forth 
in any Act. 
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5314, 
$5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021, 
of which not less than $2,500,000 (increased by 
$1,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) shall be for a coop-
erative agreement through which the Federal Transit Ad-
ministration assists transit recipients with frontline work-
force development and standards based training in mainte-
nance and operations through an agreement with a na-
tional nonprofit organization with a demonstrated capacity 
to develop and provide such programs though labor man-
agement partnerships and apprenticeships: Provided, That 
the assistance provided under this heading does not dupli-
cate the activities of 49 U.S.C. 5311(b) or 49 U.S.C. 
5312. 
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
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America’s Surface Transportation Act, $2,301,785,760, to 
remain available until September 30, 2024: Provided, 
That of the amounts made available under this heading, 
$1,841,428,608 (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by 
$1,000,000) shall be obligated by December 31, 2021, but 
shall remain available until September 30, 2024, as speci-
fied under this heading: Provided further, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading— 
(1) $795,290,221 shall be available for fixed 
guideway projects that have executed full funding 
grant agreements, authorized under subsection (d) 
of section 5309; 
(2) $702,709,779 shall be available for new 
projects authorized under 5309(d) of title 49, 
United States Code; 
(3) $300,000,000 shall be available for projects 
authorized under section 5309(e) of title 49, United 
States Code; 
(4) $430,768,910 shall be available for projects 
authorized under section 5309(h) of title 49, United 
States Code; and 
(5) $50,000,000 shall be available for projects 
authorized under section 3005(b) of the Fixing 
America’s Surface Transportation Act:
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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 to ad-
minister the Expedited Delivery Pilot Program with the 
procedural and substantive requirements of section 
3005(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation 
Act: Provided further, That any funds remaining from the 
$1,841,428,608 that are required to be obligated by the 
first proviso under this heading and that remain available 
on December 31, 2021 shall be reallocated to applicants 
with projects in Engineering on that date, as defined by 
49 U.S.C. 5309(d)(2) and (e)(2) for activities eligible 
under 49 U.S.C. 5309(b), and upon reallocation shall be 
available for immediate obligation: Provided further, That 
each applicant’s share of such funds shall be distributed 
to the projects in Engineering based on the individual 
project’s requested Capital Investment Grant amount as 
a percentage of the total Capital Investment Grant funds 
requested by the group of projects in Engineering under 
subsections (d)(2) and (e)(2) of 49 United States Code 
5309 on December 31, 2021: Provided further, That not 
later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the Federal 
Transit Administration shall provide the House and Sen-
ate Committees on Appropriations a list of projects to
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which the agency expects to award a full-funding grant 
agreement in fiscal year 2020, and upon submission of the 
fiscal year 2021 budget, the Federal Transit Administra-
tion shall provide such information for 2021. 
GRANTS TO THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA 
TRANSIT AUTHORITY 
For grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area 
Transit Authority as authorized under section 601 of divi-
sion B of 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 
Metropolitan Area Transit Authority only after receiving 
and reviewing a request for each specific project: Provided 
further, That prior to approving such grants, the Secretary 
shall certify that the Washington Metropolitan Area Tran-
sit Authority is making progress to improve its safety 
management system in response to the Federal Transit 
Administration’s 2015 safety management inspection: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall determine that 
the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has 
placed the highest priority on those investments that will 
improve the safety of the system before approving such 
grants: Provided further, That the Secretary, in order to 
ensure safety throughout the rail system, may waive the
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requirements of section 601(e)(1) of division B of Public 
Law 110–432. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT 
ADMINISTRATION 
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 
previously made available for obligation. 
SEC. 161. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds appropriated or limited by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Fixed Guideway Capital Investment’’ of the Fed-
eral Transit Administration for projects specified in this 
Act or identified in reports accompanying this Act not ob-
ligated by September 30, 2024, and other recoveries, shall 
be directed 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, 2018, 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. In the first proviso under the title ‘‘Capital 
Investment Grants’’ in the Consolidated Appropriations
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Act of 2018, Public Law 115–141, strike, ‘‘December 31, 
2019’’ and insert, ‘‘September 30, 2020’’. 
SEC. 164. No funds in this or any other Act shall 
be used— 
(1) to adjust apportionments or withhold funds from 
apportionments pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 9503(e)(4); 
(2) to request or require any project to have a max-
imum Capital Investment Grant contribution lower than 
50 percent of the total project cost; 
(3) to determine a maximum Capital Investment 
Grant contribution for projects defined under 49 U.S.C. 
5309(a)(2) or 49 U.S.C. 5309(a)(5) until at least 180 
days after a project has entered into the Engineering 
phase; and 
(4) by the Federal Transit Administration when mak-
ing a determination about whether a project sponsor’s cost 
estimate is reasonable, to require a probability higher than 
50 percent that a project can be completed within that 
cost estimate: Provided, That this proviso only applies to 
those applications that are in the ‘‘project development’’ 
phase as defined under subsection (d)(1), (e)(1), or (h)(2) 
of 49 U.S.C. 5309, or the ‘‘Engineering’’ phase as defined 
under subsection (d)(2) or (e)(2) of 49 U.S.C. 5309 on 
the date of enactment of this Act.
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SEC. 165. An eligible recipient of a grant under 
5339(c) may submit an application in partnership with 
other entities, including a transit vehicle manufacturer, 
that intend to participate in the implementation of a 
project under 5339(c) of title 49, United States Code and 
a project awarded with such partnership shall be treated 
as satisfying the requirement for a competitive procure-
ment under section 5325(a) of title 49, United States 
Code, for the named entity. 
SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT 
CORPORATION 
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora-
tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, with-
in 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 104 of the Govern-
ment Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be 
necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the 
Corporation’s budget for the current fiscal year. 
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 
(HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses to conduct the operations, 
maintenance, and capital asset renewal activities on those 
portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway owned, operated,
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and maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Develop-
ment Corporation, $40,000,000, to be derived from the 
Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law 
99–662: Provided, That of the amounts made available 
under this heading, not less than $16,000,000 shall be 
used on capital asset renewal activities. 
MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a 
U.S.-flag merchant fleet to serve the national security 
needs of the United States, $300,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of operations and training ac-
tivities authorized by law, $154,442,000: Provided, That 
of the sums appropriated under this heading— 
(1) $77,944,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2021 for the operations of the United 
States Merchant Marine Academy; 
(2) $5,225,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for the maintenance and repair, equipment, 
and capital improvements at the United States Mer-
chant Marine Academy;
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(3) $3,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2021 for the Maritime Environment and 
Technology Assistance program authorized under 
section 50307 of title 46, United States Code; and 
(4) $15,000,000, shall remain available until 
expended for the Short Sea Transportation Program 
(America’s Marine Highways) to make grants for 
the purposes authorized under sections 55601(b)(1) 
and (3) of title 46, United States Code: 
Provided further, That not later than 120 days after enact-
ment of this Act, the Administrator of the Maritime Ad-
ministration shall transmit to the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations the annual report on sexual as-
sault and sexual harassment at the United States Mer-
chant Marine Academy as required pursuant to section 
3507 of Public Law 110–417: Provided further, That 
available balances under this heading for the Short Sea 
Transportation Program (America’s Marine Highways) 
from prior year recoveries shall be available to carry out 
activities authorized under sections 55601(b)(1) and (3) 
of title 46, United States Code: Provided further, That 
from funds provided under (3) and (4) of the first proviso, 
the Secretary of Transportation shall make grants no later 
than 180 days after enactment of this Act in such 
amounts as the Secretary determines: Provided further,
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That any unobligated balances available from previous ap-
propriations for programs and activities supporting State 
Maritime Academies shall be transferred to and merged 
with the appropriations for ‘‘Maritime Administration, 
State Maritime Academy Operations’’ and shall be made 
available for the same purposes. 
STATE MARITIME ACADEMY OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of operations, support and 
training 
activities 
for 
State 
Maritime 
Academies, 
$345,200,000: Provided, That of the sums appropriated 
under this heading— 
(1) $33,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for maintenance, repair, life exten-
sion, and capacity improvement of National Defense 
Reserve Fleet training ships in support of State 
Maritime Academies, of which up to $8,060,000, to 
remain available until expended, shall be for ex-
penses related to training mariners for costs associ-
ated with training vessel sharing pursuant to 46 
U.S.C. 51504(g)(3) for costs associated with mobi-
lizing, operating and demobilizing the vessel, includ-
ing travel costs for students, faculty and crew, the 
costs of the general agent, crew costs, fuel, insur-
ance, operational fees, and vessel hire costs, as de-
termined by the Secretary;
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(2) $300,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for the National Security Multi-Mis-
sion Vessel Program, including funds for construc-
tion, planning, administration, and design of school 
ships; 
(3) $2,400,000 shall remain available through 
September 30, 2021, for the Student Incentive Pro-
gram; 
(4) $3,800,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for training ship fuel assistance; and 
(5) $6,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2021, for direct payments for State Mar-
itime Academies. 
ASSISTANCE TO SMALL SHIPYARDS 
To make grants to qualified shipyards as authorized 
under section 54101 of title 46, United States Code, as 
amended by Public Law 113–281, $20,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
SHIP DISPOSAL 
For necessary expenses related to the disposal of ob-
solete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the 
Maritime Administration, $5,000,000, to remain available 
until expended.
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MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the guaran-
teed loan program, $3,000,000, which shall be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriations for ‘‘Operations 
and Training’’, Maritime Administration. 
PORT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 
To make grants to improve port facilities as author-
ized under section 50302 of title 46, United States Code, 
$225,000,000 to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That projects eligible for funding provided under 
this heading shall be projects for coastal seaports or Great 
Lakes ports: Provided further, That the Maritime Admin-
istration shall distribute funds provided under this head-
ing as discretionary grants to port authorities or commis-
sions or their subdivisions and agents under existing au-
thority, as well as to a State or political subdivision of 
a State or local government, a tribal government, a public 
agency or publicly chartered authority established by one 
or more States, a special purpose district with a transpor-
tation function, a multistate or multijurisdictional group 
of entities, or a lead entity described above jointly with 
a private entity or group of private entities: Provided fur-
ther, That projects eligible for funding provided under this
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heading shall be either within the boundary of a port, or 
outside the boundary of a port, and directly related to port 
operations or to an intermodal connection to a port that 
will improve the safety, efficiency, or reliability of the 
movement of goods into, out of, around, or within a port, 
as well as the unloading and loading of cargo at a port: 
Provided further, That the Federal share of the costs for 
which an expenditure is made under this heading shall be 
up to 80 percent: Provided further, That not to exceed 2 
percent of the funds appropriated under this heading shall 
be available for necessary costs of grant administration: 
Provided further, That the proceeds of Federal credit as-
sistance under chapter 6 of title 23, United States Code 
or sections 501 through 504 of the Railroad and Revital-
ization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 
94–210), as amended, shall be considered to be part of 
the non-Federal share of project costs if the loan is repay-
able from non-Federal funds, unless otherwise requested 
by the project sponsor: Provided further, That a grant 
award made under this heading may not be used to pur-
chase fully-automated cargo handling equipment or to oth-
erwise facilitate fully-automated cargo handling: Provided 
further, That for the purposes of the previous proviso, 
fully-automated cargo handling means using equipment
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that is remotely operated or remotely monitored with or 
without the exercise of human intervention or control. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, in addition to any existing authority, the Mari-
time Administration is authorized to furnish utilities and 
services and make necessary repairs in connection with 
any lease, contract, or occupancy involving Government 
property under control of the Maritime Administration: 
Provided, That payments received therefor shall be cred-
ited 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 
occupancy for items other than such utilities, services, or 
repairs shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous 
receipts. 
PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONAL EXPENSES 
For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline 
and 
Hazardous 
Materials 
Safety 
Administration, 
$23,710,000, of which $1,500,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2022: Provided, That the Secretary 
of Transportation shall issue final rules as required under
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section 5(f), section 21(c), and section 23(a) of the Pipe-
line Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job Creation Act 
of 2011 (Public Law 112–90) no later than 180 days after 
enactment of this Act: Provided further, That no later 
than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Transportation shall initiate a rulemaking on automatic 
and remote-controlled shut-off valves and hazardous liquid 
pipeline facilities leak detection systems as required under 
section 4 and section 8 of the Pipeline Safety, Regulatory 
Certainty, and Job Creation Act of 2011 (Public Law 
112–90), respectively, and shall issue a final rule no later 
than one year after enactment of this Act. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous 
materials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous 
Materials Safety Administration, $61,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2022: Provided, That up to 
$800,000 in fees collected under 49 U.S.C. 5108(g) shall 
be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury as offset-
ting receipts: 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, for reports publication and dissemination, and
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for travel expenses incurred in performance of hazardous 
materials 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 49 U.S.C. 60107, and to dis-
charge the pipeline program responsibilities of the Oil Pol-
lution Act of 1990, $168,000,000 (increased by 
$1,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000), to remain available 
until September 30, 2022, of which $23,000,000 shall be 
derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which 
$137,000,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety 
Fund; and of which $8,000,000 shall be derived from fees 
collected under 49 U.S.C. 60302 and deposited in the Un-
derground Natural Gas Storage Facility Safety Account 
for the purpose of carrying out 49 U.S.C. 60141: Pro-
vided, That not less than $1,058,000 of the funds pro-
vided under this heading shall be for the One-Call State 
grant program. 
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS 
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND) 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Emergency 
Preparedness 
Grants 
program, 
not 
more 
than 
$28,318,000 shall remain available until September 30,
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2022, from amounts made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(h), 
and 5128(b) and (c): Provided, That notwithstanding 49 
U.S.C. 5116(h)(4), not more than 4 percent of the 
amounts made available from this account shall be avail-
able to pay administrative costs: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 5128(b) and (c) and the cur-
rent year obligation limitation, prior year recoveries recog-
nized in the current year shall be available to develop a 
hazardous materials response training curriculum for 
emergency responders, including response activities for the 
transportation of crude oil, ethanol and other flammable 
liquids by rail, consistent with National Fire Protection 
Association standards, and to make such training avail-
able through an electronic format: Provided further, That 
the prior year recoveries made available under this head-
ing shall also be available to carry out 49 U.S.C. 
5116(a)(1)(C), 5116(h), 5116(i), and 5107(e). 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector 
General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978, as amended, $96,700,000 (increased by 
$1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000): Provided, That 
the Inspector General shall have all necessary authority, 
in carrying out the duties specified in the Inspector Gen-
560 
eral Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to investigate 
allegations of fraud, including false statements to the gov-
ernment (18 U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity that 
is subject to regulation by the Department of Transpor-
tation. 
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 
uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 
U.S.C. 5901–5902). 
(b) During the current fiscal year, applicable appro-
priations to the Department and its operating administra-
tions shall be available for the purchase, maintenance, op-
eration, and deployment of unmanned aircraft systems 
that advance the Department’s, or its operating adminis-
trations’, missions. 
(c) Any unmanned aircraft system purchased or pro-
cured by the Department prior to the enactment of this 
Act shall be deemed authorized.
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SEC. 181. Appropriations contained in this Act for 
the Department of Transportation shall be available for 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 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 funds made available 
in this Act shall disseminate personal information (as de-
fined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(3)) obtained by a State depart-
ment of motor vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle 
record as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1), except as provided 
in 18 U.S.C. 2721 for a use permitted under 18 U.S.C. 
2721. 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall not withhold funds provided in this Act for any 
grantee if a State is in noncompliance with this provision. 
SEC. 183. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act may be made available for salaries and expenses of 
more than 110 political and Presidential appointees in the 
Department of Transportation: Provided, That none of the 
personnel covered by this provision may be assigned on 
temporary detail outside the Department of Transpor-
tation. 
(b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall increase to 
125 political and Presidential appointees beginning on the 
date on which the Secretary announces the selection of
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projects to receive awards for each of the following com-
petitive grants, with respect to funds made available for 
fiscal year 2019 for such grants— 
(1) Capital investment grants as authorized and 
as funded under the heading ‘‘Office of the Sec-
retary—National Infrastructure Investments’’ by 
Public Law 116–6; 
(2) Grants-In-Aid for Airports as authorized by 
subchapter 1 of chapter 471 and subchapter 1 of 
chapter 475 of title 49, United States Code, and as 
funded under the heading ‘‘Federal Aviation Admin-
istration—Grants-in-Aid for Airports’’ by Public 
Law 116–6; 
(3) Federal-State Partnership for State of Good 
Repair Grants, as authorized by section 24911 of 
title 49, United States Code, and as funded under 
the heading ‘‘Federal Railroad Administration— 
Federal-State Partnership for State of Good Repair’’ 
by Public Law 116–6; 
(4) Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety 
Improvements Grants, as authorized by section 
22907 of title 49, United States Code, and as fund-
ed under the heading ‘‘Federal Railroad Administra-
tion—Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety 
Improvements’’ by Public Law 116–6;
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(5) Restoration and Enhancement Grants, as 
authorized by section 22908 of title 49, United 
States Code, and as funded under the heading ‘‘Fed-
eral Railroad Administration—Restoration and En-
hancement’’ by Public Law 116–6; 
(6) Magnetic levitation transportation projects 
consistent with section 322 of title 23, United States 
Code, and as funded under the heading ‘‘Federal 
Railroad Administration—Magnetic Levitation Tech-
nology Deployment Program’’ by Public Law 116– 
6; 
(7) Buses and bus facilities competitive grants 
as authorized under section 5339(b) of title 49, 
United States Code, and as funded under the head-
ing ‘‘Federal Transit Administration—Transit Infra-
structure Grants’’ by Public Law 116–6; 
(8) Low or no emission grants, as authorized 
under section 5339(c) of title 49, United States 
Code, and as funded under the heading ‘‘Federal 
Transit 
Administration—Transit 
Infrastructure 
Grants’’ by Public Law 116–6; 
(9) Grants to qualified shipyards, as authorized 
under section 54101 of title 46, United States Code, 
and as funded under the heading ‘‘Maritime Admin-
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istration—Assistance to Small Shipyards’’ by Public 
Law 116–6; and 
(10) Grants to improve port facilities, as au-
thorized under section 50302 of title 46, United 
States Code, and as funded under the heading 
‘‘Maritime Administration—Port Infrastructure De-
velopment Program’’ by Public Law 116–6. 
SEC. 184. Funds received by the Federal Highway 
Administration 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 partici-
pating in training pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 20105. 
SEC. 185. (a) None of the funds provided in this Act 
to the Department of Transportation may be used to make 
a loan, loan guarantee, line of credit, or discretionary 
grant unless the Secretary of Transportation notifies the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations not less 
than 3 full business days before any project competitively 
selected to receive any discretionary grant award, letter 
of intent, loan commitment, loan guarantee commitment, 
line of credit commitment, or full funding grant agreement
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is announced by the Department or its modal administra-
tions: Provided, That the Secretary gives concurrent noti-
fication to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations for any ‘‘quick release’’ of funds from the emer-
gency relief program: Provided further, That no notifica-
tion shall involve funds that are not available for obliga-
tion. 
(b) In addition to the notification required in sub-
section (a), none of the funds made available in this Act 
to the Department of Transportation may be used to make 
a loan, loan guarantee, line of credit, cooperative agree-
ment or discretionary grant unless the Secretary of Trans-
portation provides the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations a comprehensive list of all such loans, loan 
guarantees, lines of credit, cooperative agreement or dis-
cretionary grants that will be announced not less the 3 
full business days before such announcement: Provided, 
That the requirement to provide a list in this subsection 
does not apply to any ‘‘quick release’’ of funds from the 
emergency relief program: Provided further, That no list 
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 Transportation from travel management centers, 
charge card programs, the subleasing of building space,
566 
and miscellaneous sources are to be credited to appropria-
tions of the Department of Transportation and allocated 
to elements of the Department of Transportation using 
fair and equitable criteria and such funds shall be avail-
able until expended. 
SEC. 187. Amounts made available in this or any 
prior Act that the Secretary determines represent im-
proper payments by the Department of Transportation to 
a third-party contractor under a financial assistance 
award, which are recovered pursuant to law, shall be avail-
able— 
(1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred 
by the Department of Transportation in recovering 
improper payments: Provided, That amounts made 
available in this Act shall be available until ex-
pended; and 
(2) to pay contractors for services provided in 
recovering improper payments or contractor support 
in the implementation of the Improper Payments In-
formation Act of 2002, as amended by the Improper 
Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010 
and Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery 
Improvement Act of 2012, and Fraud Reduction and 
Data Analytics Act of 2015: Provided, That amounts
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in excess of that required for paragraphs (1) and 
(2)— 
(A) shall be credited to and merged with 
the appropriation from which the improper pay-
ments were made, and shall be available for the 
purposes and period for which such appropria-
tions are available: Provided further, That 
where specific project or accounting information 
associated with the improper payment or pay-
ments is not readily available, the Secretary 
may credit an appropriate account, which shall 
be available for the purposes and period associ-
ated with the account so credited; or 
(B) if no such appropriation remains avail-
able, shall be deposited in the Treasury as mis-
cellaneous receipts: Provided further, That prior 
to depositing such recovery in the Treasury, the 
Secretary shall notify the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations of the amount 
and reasons for such transfer: Provided further, 
That for purposes of this section, the term ‘‘im-
proper payments’’ has the same meaning as 
that provided in section 2(e)(2) of Public Law 
111–204.
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SEC. 188. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, if any funds provided in or limited by this Act are 
subject to a reprogramming action that requires notice to 
be provided to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations, transmission of said reprogramming notice 
shall be provided solely to the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations, and said reprogramming action 
shall be approved or denied solely by the House and Sen-
ate Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That the 
Secretary of Transportation may provide notice to other 
congressional committees of the action of the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations on such reprogram-
ming but not sooner than 30 days following the date on 
which the reprogramming action has been approved or de-
nied by the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
SEC. 189. Funds appropriated in this Act to the 
modal administrations may be obligated for the Office of 
the Secretary for the costs related to assessments or reim-
bursable agreements only when such amounts are for the 
costs of goods and services that are purchased to provide 
a direct benefit to the applicable modal administration or 
administrations. 
SEC. 190. The Secretary of Transportation is author-
ized to carry out a program that establishes uniform
569 
standards for developing and supporting agency transit 
pass and transit benefits authorized under section 7905 
of title 5, United States Code, including distribution of 
transit benefits by various paper and electronic media. 
SEC. 191. The Department of Transportation may 
use funds provided by this Act, or any other Act, to assist 
a contract under title 49, United States Code or title 23, 
United States Code, utilizing geographic, economic, or any 
other hiring preference not otherwise authorized by law, 
or to amend a rule, regulation, policy or other measure 
that forbids a recipient of a Federal Highway Administra-
tion or Federal Transit Administration grant from impos-
ing such hiring preference on a contract or construction 
project with which the Department of Transportation is 
assisting, only if the grant recipient certifies the fol-
lowing— 
(1) that except with respect to apprentices or train-
ees, a pool of readily available but unemployed individuals 
possessing the knowledge, skill, and ability to perform the 
work that the contract requires resides in the jurisdiction; 
(2) that the grant recipient will include appropriate 
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
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(3) that any increase in the cost of labor, training, 
or delays resulting from the use of such hiring preference 
does not delay or displace any transportation project in 
the applicable Statewide Transportation Improvement 
Program or Transportation Improvement Program. 
SEC. 192. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this Act may be used to termi-
nate a grant or cooperative agreement with the California 
High Speed Rail Authority, de-obligate funding associated 
with a grant or cooperative agreement with the California 
High Speed Rail Authority, or require the State of Cali-
fornia or the California High Speed Rail Authority to 
repay funding previously obligated and expended. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall apply to Cooperative Agree-
ment No. FR–HSR–0009–10–01–06 and any other grant 
or cooperative agreement with the California High Speed 
Rail Authority in effect on or after enactment of this Act. 
(c) Notwithstanding the Department of Transpor-
tation Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111–117), 
de-obligated funds associated with Cooperative Agreement 
No. FR–HSR–0118–12–01–01— 
(1) may not be made available for any purpose 
until the final determination of any litigation con-
cerning those funds; and
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(2) upon the final determination of any such 
litigation, shall be made available only for high-speed 
rail projects under section 26106 of title 49, United 
States Code, in accordance with such section, except 
the Secretary of Transportation shall— 
(A) issue a Notice of Funding Opportunity 
for such grants no later than 30 days after the 
final determination of such litigation; 
(B) require that such Notice of Funding 
Opportunity shall require application submis-
sions no later than 30 days after the issuance 
of such Notice; 
(C) award grants no later than 60 days 
after the issuance of such Notice; and 
(D) require applicants to provide the Sec-
retary with completed documentation with re-
spect to any required environmental impact 
statements within the application for a grant. 
SEC. 193. Section 603(b) of title 23, United States 
Code, is amended by striking paragraph (8) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(8) 
NON-FEDERAL
SHARE.—Notwith-
standing paragraph (9) and section 117(j)(2), 
the proceeds of a secured loan under the TIFIA 
program shall be considered to be part of the
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non-Federal share of project costs required 
under this title or chapter 53 of title 49, if the 
loan is repayable from non-Federal funds.’’. 
SEC. 194. Section 502(b)(3) of the Railroad Revital-
ization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (45 U.S.C. 
822(b)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘only during the 4-year 
period beginning on the date of enactment of the Pas-
senger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2015’’ and in-
serting ‘‘until September 30, 2020’’. 
SEC. 195. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 
title may be made available to issue grants to entities that 
do not comply with practices for control system procure-
ment recommended by the United States Department of 
Homeland Security’s National Cybersecurity and Commu-
nications Integration Center. 
(b) The Secretary of Transportation may waive the 
requirement to comply with the practices described in sub-
section (a) if the Secretary finds that— 
(1) requiring compliance would be inconsistent 
with the public interest; and 
(2) the Secretary notifies the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations no less than 3 days 
before issuing a waiver under this subsection. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans-
portation Appropriations Act, 2020’’.
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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 Sec-
retary, Deputy Secretary, Adjudicatory Services, Congres-
sional and Intergovernmental Relations, Public Affairs, 
Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, and the 
Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, 
$14,788,000 (reduced by $5,000,000) (reduced by 
$1,000,000), to remain available until September 30, 
2021, and of which $4,557,000 (reduced by $4,000,000) 
is for the Office of the Secretary and $2,192,000 (reduced 
by $1,000,000) is for the Office of Congressional and 
Intergovernmental Relations: Provided, That not to exceed 
$20,000 of the total amount made available under this 
heading shall be available to the Secretary for official re-
ception and representation expenses as the Secretary may 
determine: Provided further, That none of the funds made 
available in this title or title II of division G of Public 
Law 116–6 may be reprogrammed or otherwise used to 
increase the appropriation provided by this title for the 
Office of the Secretary or the Office of Congressional and
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Intergovernmental Relations: Provided further, That none 
of the funds made available by this or any other Act may 
be used to detail any individual to the Office of the Sec-
retary or the Office of Congressional and Intergovern-
mental Relations: Provided further, That none of the funds 
made available by this Act may be used to pay the salary 
of any individual occupying a political position in the Of-
fice of Budget: Provided further, That for the purposes 
of the previous proviso, the term ‘‘political position’’ 
means the following: a position described under sections 
5312 through 5316 of title 5, United States Code (relating 
to the Executive Schedule); a noncareer appointment in 
the Senior Executive Service, as defined under paragraph 
(7) of section 3132(a) of such title; a position in the execu-
tive branch of the Government of a confidential or policy- 
determining character under schedule C of subpart C of 
part 213 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations; or any 
other position that has been excepted from the competitive 
service by reason of its confidential, policy-determining, 
policy-making, or policy-advocating character. 
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Administra-
tive 
Support 
Offices, 
$521,500,000 
(reduced 
by 
$5,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) (reduced by 
$2,000,000), to remain available until September 30,
575 
2021: Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this 
heading— 
(1) not to exceed $52,691,000 shall be for the 
Office of the Chief Financial Officer; 
(2) not to exceed $95,890,000 (reduced by 
$1,000,000) shall be for the Office of the General 
Counsel, of which not less than $20,000,000 shall be 
for the Departmental Enforcement Center; 
(3) not to exceed $54,000,000 shall be for the 
Office of Field Policy and Management; 
(4) not to exceed $3,900,000 shall be for the 
Office of Departmental Equal Employment Oppor-
tunity; 
(5) not less than $55,019,000 shall be for the 
Office of the Chief Information Officer; and 
(6) not to exceed $260,000,000 (reduced by 
$5,000,000) shall be for the Assistant Secretary for 
Administration: 
Provided further, That funds provided under this heading 
may be used for hire of passenger motor vehicles and serv-
ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall provide the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations quarterly written notifica-
tion regarding the status of pending congressional reports: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide in elec-
576 
tronic form all signed reports required by Congress: Pro-
vided further, That not more than 10 percent of the funds 
made available under this heading for the Office of Chief 
Financial Officer for the financial transformation initia-
tive may be obligated until the Secretary submits to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, for ap-
proval, a plan for expenditure that includes the financial 
and internal control capabilities to be delivered and the 
mission benefits to be realized, key milestones to be met, 
and the relationship between the proposed use of funds 
made available under this heading and the projected total 
cost and scope of the initiative. 
PROGRAM OFFICE SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Program Of-
fices, $849,144,000 (reduced by $2,000,000), to remain 
available until September 30, 2021: Provided, the amounts 
made available under this heading are provided as fol-
lows— 
(1) not to exceed $230,000,000 (reduced by 
$1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) shall be 
available for the Office of Public and Indian Hous-
ing, of which $10,200,000 is for: (a) the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development for carrying out 
any authorities of such Secretary under chapter 11 
of subtitle B of the Violence Against Women Act of
577 
1994 (34 U.S.C. 12351) and subtitle N of such Act 
(34 U.S.C. 12471 et seq.); (b) public housing inspec-
tions and assessments as referred in paragraph (2) 
of the heading ‘‘Public Housing Capital Fund’’ in 
this title; and (c) public housing inspections, moni-
toring and oversight of activities, and other assist-
ance authorized under title I of the Native American 
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 
1996 (NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), title I 
of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
1974 with respect to Indian tribes (42 U.S.C. 
5306(a)(1)), section 184 of the Housing and Com-
munity Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z– 
13a), and Tribal HUD-VASH program; 
(2) not to exceed $117,000,000 shall be avail-
able for the Office of Community Planning and De-
velopment, of which $4,656,000 shall be for perma-
nent positions for a disaster recovery workforce; 
(3) not to exceed $386,144,000 (reduced by 
$2,000,000) shall be available for the Office of 
Housing, of which not less than $12,000,000 shall 
be for the Office of Recapitalization; 
(4) not to exceed $26,000,000 shall be available 
for the Office of Policy Development and Research;
578 
(5) not to exceed $80,000,000 shall be available 
for the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Oppor-
tunity; and 
(6) not to exceed $10,000,000 shall be available 
for the Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy 
Homes: 
Provided further, That the unobligated balances of prior 
year appropriations made available under each of the ac-
counts ‘‘Public and Indian Housing’’, ‘‘Community Plan-
ning and Development’’, ‘‘Housing’’, ‘‘Policy Development 
and Research’’, ‘‘Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity’’, 
and ‘‘Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes’’ 
under the heading ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban 
Development—Program Office Salaries and Expenses’’ 
shall be transferred to, and merged with, the amounts re-
served for the Office of Public and Indian Housing, the 
Office of Community Planning and Development, the Of-
fice of Housing, the Office of Policy Development and Re-
search, the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Oppor-
tunity, and the Office of Lead Hazard Control and 
Healthy Homes, respectively, under the heading ‘‘Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development—Program Of-
fice Salaries and Expenses’’ in this title.
579 
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 (42 U.S.C. 3535(f)), amounts transferred, including 
reimbursements pursuant to section 7(f), to the Fund 
under this heading shall be available for Federal shared 
services used by offices and agencies of the Department, 
and for such portion of any office or agency’s printing, 
records management, space renovation, furniture, or sup-
ply services as the Secretary determines shall be derived 
from centralized sources made available by the Depart-
ment to all offices and agencies and funded through the 
Fund: Provided, That of the amounts made available in 
this title for salaries and expenses under the headings 
‘‘Executive Offices’’, ‘‘Administrative Support Offices’’, 
‘‘Program Office Salaries and Expenses’’, and ‘‘Govern-
ment National Mortgage Association’’, the Secretary shall 
transfer to the Fund such amounts, to remain available 
until expended, as are necessary to fund services, specified 
in the matter preceding the first proviso, for which the 
appropriation would otherwise have been available, and 
may transfer not to exceed an additional $5,000,000, in
580 
aggregate, from all such appropriations, to be merged with 
the Fund and to remain available until expended for any 
purpose under this heading: Provided further, That 
amounts in the Fund shall be the only amounts available 
to each office or agency of the Department for the serv-
ices, or portion of services, specified in the matter pre-
ceding the first proviso: Provided further, That with re-
spect to the Fund, the authorities and conditions under 
this heading shall supplement the authorities and condi-
tions provided under section 7(f). 
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.) (‘‘the Act’’ herein), not otherwise provided for, 
$19,810,000,000 (increased by $2,000,000) (increased by 
$2,000,000), to remain available until expended, shall be 
available on October 1, 2019 (in addition to the 
$4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this head-
ing that shall be available on October 1, 2019), and 
$4,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be available on October 1, 2020: Provided, That the 
amounts made available under this heading are provided 
as follows—
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(1) $21,400,000,000 shall be available for re-
newals of expiring section 8 tenant-based annual 
contributions contracts (including renewals of en-
hanced vouchers under any provision of law author-
izing such assistance under section 8(t) of the Act) 
and including renewal of other special purpose incre-
mental vouchers: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, from amounts provided 
under this paragraph and any carryover, the Sec-
retary for the calendar year 2020 funding cycle shall 
provide renewal funding for each public housing 
agency based on validated voucher management sys-
tem (VMS) leasing and cost data for the prior cal-
endar year and by applying an inflation factor as es-
tablished by the Secretary, by notice published in 
the Federal Register, and by making any necessary 
adjustments for the costs associated with the first- 
time renewal of vouchers under this paragraph in-
cluding tenant protection and Choice Neighborhoods 
vouchers: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, 
to the extent necessary to stay within the amount 
specified under this paragraph (except as otherwise 
modified under this paragraph), prorate each public 
housing agency’s allocation otherwise established 
pursuant to this paragraph: Provided further, That
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except as provided in the following provisos, the en-
tire 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 
enactment of this Act or March 1, 2020: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may extend the notifica-
tion period with the prior written approval of the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided further, That public housing agencies par-
ticipating in the MTW demonstration shall be fund-
ed pursuant to their MTW agreements and in ac-
cordance with the requirements of the MTW pro-
gram and shall be subject to the same pro rata ad-
justments under the previous provisos: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary may offset public housing 
agencies’ calendar year 2020 allocations based on 
the excess amounts of public housing agencies’ net 
restricted assets accounts, including HUD-held pro-
grammatic reserves (in accordance with VMS data 
in calendar year 2019 that is verifiable and com-
plete), as determined by the Secretary: Provided fur-
ther, That public housing agencies participating in
583 
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 agen-
cies’ calendar year 2020 MTW funding allocation: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall use any 
offset referred to in the previous 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 the 
Secretary may utilize unobligated balances, including 
recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds ap-
propriated under this heading from prior year ap-
propriations (excluding special purpose vouchers), 
notwithstanding the purposes for which such 
amounts were appropriated, to avoid or reduce such 
prorations: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
up 
to 
$100,000,000 shall be available only: (1) for adjust-
ments in the allocations for public housing agencies, 
after application for an adjustment by a public hous-
ing agency that experienced a significant increase, as 
determined by the Secretary, in renewal costs of 
vouchers resulting from unforeseen circumstances or
584 
from portability under section 8(r) of the Act; (2) 
for vouchers that were not in use during the pre-
vious 12-month period in order to be available to 
meet a commitment pursuant to section 8(o)(13) of 
the Act; (3) for adjustments for costs associated 
with HUD–Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing 
(HUD–VASH) vouchers; (4) for adjustments in the 
allocations for public housing agencies that (i) are 
leasing a lower-than-average percentage of their au-
thorized vouchers, (ii) have low amounts of budget 
authority in their net restricted assets accounts and 
HUD-held programmatic reserves, relative to other 
agencies, and (iii) are not participating in the Mov-
ing to Work demonstration, to enable such agencies 
to lease more vouchers; (5) for public housing agen-
cies that despite taking reasonable cost savings 
measures, as determined by the Secretary, would 
otherwise be required to terminate rental assistance 
for families as a result of insufficient funding; and 
(6) for public housing agencies that have experi-
enced 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
585 
amounts under the previous proviso based on need, 
as determined by the Secretary; 
(2) $150,000,000 shall be for section 8 rental 
assistance for relocation and replacement of housing 
units that are demolished or disposed of pursuant to 
section 18 of the Act, conversion of section 23 
projects to assistance under section 8, the family 
unification program under section 8(x) of the Act, 
relocation of witnesses in connection with efforts to 
combat crime in public and assisted housing pursu-
ant to a request from a law enforcement or prosecu-
tion agency, enhanced vouchers under any provision 
of law authorizing such assistance under section 8(t) 
of the Act, HOPE VI and Choice Neighborhood 
vouchers, mandatory and voluntary conversions, and 
tenant protection assistance including replacement 
and relocation assistance or for project-based assist-
ance to prevent the displacement of unassisted elder-
ly 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 develop-
ment is submitted for demolition or disposition 
under section 18 of the Act, the Secretary may pro-
586 
vide section 8 rental assistance when the units pose 
an imminent health and safety risk to residents: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide 
replacement vouchers for all units that cease to be 
available as assisted housing, subject only to the 
availability of funds: Provided further, That of the 
amounts made available under this paragraph, 
$5,000,000 may be available to provide tenant pro-
tection 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 income, as the result of: (A) 
the maturity of a HUD-insured, HUD-held or sec-
tion 202 loan that requires the permission of the 
Secretary prior to loan prepayment; (B) the expira-
tion of a rental assistance contract for which the 
tenants are not eligible for enhanced voucher or ten-
ant protection assistance under existing law; or (C) 
the expiration of affordability restrictions accom-
panying a mortgage or preservation program admin-
istered by the Secretary: Provided further, That such 
tenant protection assistance made available under 
the previous proviso may be provided under the au-
thority of section 8(t) or section 8(o)(13) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.
587 
1437f(t)): Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
issue guidance to implement the previous provisos, 
including, but not limited to, requirements for defin-
ing eligible at-risk households within 60 days of the 
enactment of this 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 replace-
ment vouchers as defined by the Secretary by notice, 
when the initial family that received any such vouch-
er 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 Secretary may provide section 8 rental assist-
ance from amounts made available under this para-
graph for units assisted under a project-based sub-
sidy 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 to the extent that 
the Secretary determines that such units are not 
feasible for continued rental assistance payments or 
transfer of the subsidy contract associated with such 
units to another project or projects and owner or
588 
owners, any remaining amounts associated with such 
units under such contract shall be recaptured and 
used to reimburse amounts used under this para-
graph for rental assistance under the preceding pro-
viso; 
(3) $1,925,000,000 shall be for administrative 
and other expenses of public housing agencies in ad-
ministering the section 8 tenant-based rental assist-
ance 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 admin-
ister their section 8 programs, including fees associ-
ated with section 8 tenant protection rental assist-
ance, the administration of disaster related vouchers, 
HUD–VASH vouchers, and other special purpose in-
cremental vouchers: Provided, That no less than 
$1,895,000,000 of the amount provided in this para-
graph shall be allocated to public housing agencies 
for the calendar year 2020 funding cycle based on 
section 8(q) of the Act (and related Appropriation 
Act provisions) as in effect immediately before the 
enactment of the Quality Housing and Work Re-
sponsibility Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–276): Pro-
vided further, That if the amounts made available 
under this paragraph are insufficient to pay the
589 
amounts determined under the previous proviso, the 
Secretary may decrease the amounts allocated to 
agencies by a uniform percentage applicable to all 
agencies receiving funding under this paragraph or 
may, to the extent necessary to provide full payment 
of amounts determined under the previous proviso, 
utilize unobligated balances, including recaptures 
and carryovers, remaining from funds appropriated 
to the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment under this heading from prior fiscal years, ex-
cluding special purpose vouchers, notwithstanding 
the purposes for which such amounts were appro-
priated: Provided further, That all public housing 
agencies participating in the MTW demonstration 
shall be funded pursuant to their MTW agreements 
and in accordance with the requirements of the 
MTW program, and shall be subject to the same 
uniform percentage decrease as under the previous 
proviso: Provided further, That amounts provided 
under this paragraph shall be only for activities re-
lated to the provision of tenant-based rental assist-
ance authorized under section 8, including related 
development activities; 
(4) $225,000,000 shall be for the renewal of 
tenant-based assistance contracts under section 811
590 
of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Hous-
ing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), including necessary ad-
ministrative expenses: Provided, That administrative 
and other expenses of public housing agencies in ad-
ministering 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 
percent decrease for administrative and other ex-
penses to public housing agencies under paragraph 
(3) of this heading: 
(5) $5,000,000 shall be for rental assistance 
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 any amounts 
remaining after such renewal assistance is awarded 
may be available for new grants to recipients eligible 
to receive block grants under the Native American
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Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 
1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.) for rental assistance 
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 further, 
That funds shall be awarded based on need, and ad-
ministrative capacity established by the Secretary in 
a Notice published in the Federal Register after co-
ordination with the Secretary of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs: Provided further, That renewal 
grants and new grants under this paragraph shall be 
administered in accordance with program require-
ments under the Native American Housing Assist-
ance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 and mod-
eled after the HUD-VASH program: Provided fur-
ther, 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-
discrimination, labor standards, and the environ-
ment), upon a finding by the Secretary that any 
such waivers or alternative requirements are nec-
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essary for the effective delivery and administration 
of such assistance: Provided further, That grant re-
cipients 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 prior Acts; 
(6) $40,000,000 (increased by $2,000,000) for 
incremental rental voucher assistance for use 
through a supported housing program administered 
in conjunction with the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs as authorized 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 (competition provision) of this title, to 
public housing agencies that partner with eligible VA 
Medical Centers or other entities as designated by 
the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
based on geographical need for such assistance as 
identified by the Secretary of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, public housing agency administra-
tive performance, and other factors as specified by 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in
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consultation with the Secretary of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary 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 connection with the use 
of funds made available under this paragraph (ex-
cept for requirements related to fair housing, non-
discrimination, labor standards, and the environ-
ment), upon a finding by the Secretary that any 
such waivers or alternative requirements are nec-
essary for the effective delivery and administration 
of such voucher assistance: Provided further, That 
assistance made available under this paragraph shall 
continue to remain available for homeless veterans 
upon turn-over; 
(7) $40,000,000 shall be made available for 
new incremental voucher assistance through the 
family unification program as authorized by section 
8(x) of the Act: Provided, That the assistance made 
available under this paragraph shall continue to re-
main available for family unification upon turnover: 
Provided further, That for any public housing agency
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administering voucher assistance appropriated in a 
prior Act under the family unification program that 
determines that it no longer has an identified need 
for such assistance upon turnover, such agency shall 
notify the Secretary, and the Secretary shall recap-
ture such assistance from the agency and reallocate 
it to any other public housing agency or agencies 
based on need for voucher assistance in connection 
with such program: Provided further, That of the 
amounts made available under this paragraph, up to 
$20,000,000 shall be for assistance for youth under 
section 8(x) of the Act: Provided further, That not-
withstanding other laws, the Secretary shall, subject 
only to the availability of funds, allocate such assist-
ance to any public housing agencies that (1) admin-
ister assistance under section 8(x), or seek to admin-
ister such assistance, consistent with procedures es-
tablished by the Secretary, and (2) have requested 
such assistance so that they may provide timely as-
sistance to eligible youth: Provided further, That 
public housing agencies shall not reissue any assist-
ance made available from amounts under this para-
graph when the initial youth that received any such 
assistance no longer receives it, unless approved by 
the Secretary;
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(8) $25,000,000 shall be made available for the 
mobility demonstration authorized under section 235 
of division G of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2019 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note; Public Law 116–6; 
133 Stat. 465), of which up to $5,000,000 shall be 
for new incremental voucher assistance and the re-
mainder of which shall be available to provide mobil-
ity-related services to families with children, includ-
ing pre- and post-move counseling and rent deposits, 
and to offset the administrative costs of operating 
the mobility demonstration: Provided, That incre-
mental voucher assistance made available under this 
paragraph shall be for families with children partici-
pating in the mobility demonstration and shall con-
tinue to remain available for families with children 
upon turnover: Provided further, That for any public 
housing agency administering voucher assistance 
under the mobility demonstration that determines 
that it no longer has an identified need for such as-
sistance upon turnover, such agency shall notify the 
Secretary, and the Secretary shall recapture such as-
sistance from the agency and reallocate it to any 
other public housing agency or agencies based on 
need for voucher assistance in connection with such 
demonstration; and
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(9) the Secretary shall separately track all spe-
cial purpose vouchers funded under this heading. 
HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
Unobligated balances, including recaptures and car-
ryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development under this 
heading, the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted 
Housing’’ and the heading ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assist-
ance’’, for fiscal year 2020 and prior years may be used 
for renewal of or amendments to section 8 project-based 
contracts and for performance-based contract administra-
tors, notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds 
were appropriated: Provided, That any obligated balances 
of contract authority from fiscal year 1974 and prior 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 addi-
tional new budget authority, equivalent to the amount re-
scinded 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 CAPITAL FUND 
For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to 
carry out capital and management activities for public 
housing agencies, as authorized under section 9 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g) 
(the ‘‘Act’’) $2,855,057,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2023: Provided, That the amounts made 
available under this heading are provided as follows— 
(1) notwithstanding any other provision of law 
or regulation, during fiscal year 2020, the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development may not dele-
gate to any Department official other than the Dep-
uty Secretary and the Assistant Secretary for Public 
and Indian Housing any authority under paragraph 
(2) of section 9(j) regarding the extension of the 
time periods under such section: Provided further, 
That for purposes of such section 9(j), the term ‘‘ob-
ligate’’ means, with respect to amounts, that the 
amounts are subject to a binding agreement that will 
result in outlays, immediately or in the future; 
(2) $28,000,000 shall be to support ongoing 
public housing financial and physical assessment ac-
tivities, pilot a new physical inspection process, and 
implement the recommendations made in the March 
2019 Government Accountability Office (GAO) re-
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port ‘‘Real Estate Inspection Center: HUD should 
Improve Physical Inspection Process and Oversight 
of Inspectors’’ (GAO–19–254); 
(3) up to $16,000,000 shall be to support the 
costs of administrative and judicial receiverships; 
(4) not to exceed $30,000,000 shall be available 
for the Secretary to make grants, notwithstanding 
section 203 of this Act, to public housing agencies 
for emergency capital needs including safety and se-
curity measures necessary to address crime and 
drug-related activity as well as needs resulting from 
unforeseen or unpreventable emergencies and nat-
ural disasters excluding Presidentially declared 
emergencies and natural disasters under the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Act (42 
U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) occurring in fiscal year 2020: 
Provided further, 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 pre-
vious proviso for such safety and security measures, 
any amounts that remain available, after all applica-
tions received on or before September 30, 2021, for 
emergency capital needs have been processed, shall
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be allocated to public housing agencies for such safe-
ty and security measures; 
(5) Provided further, That for funds provided 
under this heading, 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 
previous proviso to allow public housing agencies to 
fund activities authorized under section 9(e)(1)(C) 
of the Act: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall notify public housing agencies requesting waiv-
ers under the previous proviso if the request is ap-
proved or denied within 14 days of submitting the 
request: Provided further, That from the funds made 
available under this heading, the Secretary shall pro-
vide bonus awards in fiscal year 2020 to public 
housing agencies that are designated high per-
formers: Provided further, That the Department 
shall notify public housing agencies of their formula 
allocation within 60 days of enactment of this Act; 
(6) $25,000,000 shall be available for competi-
tive grants to public housing agencies to evaluate 
and reduce lead-based paint hazards in public hous-
ing by carrying out the activities of risk assess-
ments, abatement, and interim controls (as those 
terms are defined in section 1004 of the Residential
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Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 
(42 U.S.C. 4851b)): 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 United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) for purposes 
of section 26 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1437x) and 
shall be subject to the regulations implementing 
such section; and 
(7) $25,000,000 shall be available for competi-
tive grants to public housing agencies for activities 
authorized under the Healthy Homes Initiative, pur-
suant to sections 501 and 502 of the Housing and 
Urban Development Act of 1970, which shall include 
research, studies, testing, and demonstration efforts, 
including education and outreach concerning mold, 
carbon monoxide poisoning, and other housing-re-
lated diseases and hazards. 
PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND 
For 2020 payments to public housing agencies for the 
operation and management of public housing, as author-
ized by section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $4,753,116,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2021.
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CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVE 
For competitive grants under the Choice Neighbor-
hoods Initiative (subject to section 24 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v), unless otherwise 
specified under this heading), for transformation, rehabili-
tation, and replacement housing needs of both public and 
HUD-assisted housing and to transform neighborhoods of 
poverty into functioning, sustainable mixed income neigh-
borhoods with appropriate services, schools, public assets, 
transportation and access to jobs, $300,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2023: 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 
foreclosed properties to affordable housing: Provided fur-
ther, That the use of funds made available under this 
heading shall not be deemed to be public housing notwith-
standing section 3(b)(1) of such Act: Provided further, 
That grantees shall commit to an additional period of af-
fordability 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 govern-
ments, tribal entities, public housing authorities, and non-
profits: Provided further, That for-profit developers may
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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 United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437x), and grants under this heading shall be subject 
to the regulations issued by the Secretary to implement 
such section: Provided further, That of the amount pro-
vided, not less than $150,000,000 shall be awarded to 
public housing agencies: Provided further, That such 
grantees shall create partnerships with other local organi-
zations including assisted housing owners, service agen-
cies, and resident organizations: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall consult with the Secretaries of Edu-
cation, Labor, Transportation, Health and Human Serv-
ices, 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 no more than 
$5,000,000 of funds made available under this heading 
may be provided as grants to undertake comprehensive 
local planning with input from residents and the commu-
nity: Provided further, That unobligated balances, includ-
ing recaptures, remaining from funds appropriated under 
the heading ‘‘Revitalization of Severely Distressed Public 
Housing (HOPE VI)’’ in fiscal year 2011 and prior fiscal
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years may be used for purposes under this heading, not-
withstanding the purposes for which such amounts were 
appropriated: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
issue the Notice of Funding Availability for funds made 
available under this heading no later than 120 days after 
enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall make grant awards no later than one year 
from the date of enactment of this Act in such amounts 
that the Secretary determines: Provided further, That not-
withstanding section 24(o) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v(o)), the Secretary may, 
until September 30, 2023, obligate any available unobli-
gated balances made available under this heading in this, 
or any prior Act. 
SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAMS 
For activities and assistance related to Self-Suffi-
ciency Programs, to remain available until September 30, 
2023, $150,000,000 (increased by $5,000,000): Provided, 
That the amounts made available under this heading are 
provided as follows— 
(1) $100,000,000 (increased by $5,000,000) 
shall be for the Family Self-Sufficiency program to 
support family self-sufficiency coordinators under 
section 23 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437u), to promote the development of
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local strategies to coordinate the use of assistance 
under sections 8 and 9 of such Act with public and 
private resources, and enable eligible families to 
achieve economic independence and self-sufficiency: 
Provided, That the Secretary may, by Federal Reg-
ister notice, waive or specify alternative require-
ments under subsections (b)(3), (b)(4), (b)(5), or 
(c)(1) of section 23 of such Act in order to facilitate 
the operation of a unified self-sufficiency program 
for individuals receiving assistance under different 
provisions of the Act, as determined by the Sec-
retary: Provided further, That owners of a privately 
owned multifamily property with a section 8 contract 
may voluntarily make a Family Self-Sufficiency pro-
gram available to the assisted tenants of such prop-
erty in accordance with procedures established by 
the Secretary: Provided further, That such proce-
dures established pursuant to the previous proviso 
shall permit participating tenants to accrue escrow 
funds in accordance with section 23(d)(2) and shall 
allow owners to use funding from residual receipt ac-
counts to hire coordinators for their own Family 
Self-Sufficiency program; 
(2) $35,000,000 shall be for the Resident Op-
portunity and Self-Sufficiency program to provide
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for supportive services, service coordinators, and 
congregate 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 Assist-
ance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 
4101 et seq.); and 
(3) $15,000,000 shall be for a Jobs-Plus initia-
tive, 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 Oppor-
tunity Act of 2014 (29 U.S.C. 3122), and other 
agencies and organizations that provide support to 
help public housing residents obtain employment and 
increase earnings: Provided further, That applicants 
must demonstrate the ability to provide services to 
residents, partner with workforce investment boards, 
and leverage service dollars: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may allow public housing agencies to 
request exemptions from rent and income limitation 
requirements 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
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program, on such terms and conditions as the Sec-
retary may approve 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 resi-
dents: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
publish by notice in the Federal Register any waiv-
ers or alternative requirements pursuant to the pre-
ceding proviso no later than 10 days before the ef-
fective date of such notice: Provided further, That 
for funds provided under this paragraph, the limita-
tion in section 9(g)(1) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 shall be 25 percent: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may waive the limitation in the 
previous proviso to allow public housing agencies to 
fund activities authorized under section 9(e)(1)(C) 
of such Act: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall notify public housing agencies requesting waiv-
ers under the previous proviso if the request is ap-
proved or denied within 14 days of submitting the 
request: Provided further, That from the funds made 
available under this heading, the Secretary shall pro-
vide bonus awards in fiscal year 2020 to public 
housing agencies that are designated high per-
formers: Provided further, That the Department
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shall notify public housing agencies of their formula 
allocation within 60 days of enactment of this Act. 
NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For activities and assistance authorized under title 
I of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self- 
Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4111 
et seq.), title I of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1974 with respect to Indian tribes (42 U.S.C. 
5306(a)(1)), and related training and technical assistance, 
$855,000,000 (increased by $5,000,000), to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2024, unless otherwise specified: 
Provided, That amounts made available under this head-
ing are provided as follows— 
(1) $671,000,000 shall be for the Native Amer-
ican Housing Block Grants program, as authorized 
under title I of NAHASDA: Provided, That, not-
withstanding NAHASDA, to determine the amount 
of the allocation under title I of such Act for each 
Indian tribe, the Secretary shall apply the formula 
under section 302 of such Act with the need compo-
nent 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 alloca-
608 
tion amounts: Provided further, That the Depart-
ment shall notify grantees of their formula allocation 
within 60 days of the date of enactment of this Act; 
(2) $2,000,000 shall be for the cost of guaran-
teed notes and other obligations, as authorized by 
title VI of NAHASDA: Provided, That such costs, 
including the costs of modifying such notes and 
other obligations, shall be as defined in section 502 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amend-
ed: Provided further, That these funds are available 
to subsidize the total principal amount of any notes 
and other obligations, any part of which is to be 
guaranteed, not to exceed $32,000,000; 
(3) $100,000,000 shall be for competitive 
grants under the Native American Housing Block 
Grants program, as authorized under title I of 
NAHASDA: Provided, That the Secretary shall obli-
gate this additional amount for competitive grants to 
eligible recipients authorized under NAHASDA that 
apply for funds: Provided further, That in awarding 
this additional amount, the Secretary shall consider 
need and administrative capacity, and shall give pri-
ority to projects that will spur construction and re-
habilitation: Provided further, That a grant funded 
pursuant to this paragraph shall be not greater than
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$10,000,000: Provided further, That up to 1 percent 
of this additional amount may be transferred, in ag-
gregate, to the Office of Public and Indian Housing 
under paragraph (1) of the heading ‘‘Program Office 
Salaries and Expenses’’ for necessary costs of ad-
ministering and overseeing the obligation and ex-
penditure of this additional amount: Provided fur-
ther, That any funds transferred pursuant to this 
paragraph shall remain available until September 
30, 2025; 
(4) $75,000,000 (increased by $5,000,000) 
shall be for grants to Indian tribes for carrying out 
the Indian Community Development Block Grant 
program under title I of the Housing and Commu-
nity Development Act of 1974, notwithstanding sec-
tion 106(a)(1) of such Act, of which, notwith-
standing any other provision of law (including sec-
tion 203 of this Act), up to $5,000,000 may be used 
for emergencies that constitute imminent threats to 
health and safety: Provided, That not to exceed 20 
percent of any grant made with funds appropriated 
under this paragraph shall be expended for planning 
and management development and administration: 
Provided further, That funds provided under this
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paragraph shall remain available until September 
30, 2022; and 
(5) $7,000,000 shall be for providing training 
and technical assistance to Indian tribes, Indian 
housing authorities and tribally designated housing 
entities, to support the inspection of Indian housing 
units, contract expertise, and for training and tech-
nical assistance related to funding provided under 
this heading and other headings under this Act for 
the needs of Native American families and Indian 
country: Provided, That of the funds made available 
under this paragraph, not less than $2,000,000 shall 
be available for a national organization as author-
ized under section 703 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 
4212): Provided further, That notwithstanding the 
provisions of the Federal Grant and Cooperative 
Agreements Act of 1977 (31 U.S.C. 6301–6308), 
the amounts made available under this paragraph 
may be used by the Secretary to enter into coopera-
tive agreements with public and private organiza-
tions, agencies, institutions, and other technical as-
sistance providers to support the administration of 
negotiated 
rulemaking 
under 
section 
106 
of 
NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4116), the administration of 
the allocation formula under section 302 of
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NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4152), and the administra-
tion of performance tracking 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 
section 184 of the Housing and Community Development 
Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a), $2,500,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That such costs, 
including the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as 
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974: Provided further, That these funds are available 
to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to 
be guaranteed, up to $1,000,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided further, That up to $500,000 of 
this amount may be for administrative contract expenses 
including management processes and systems to carry out 
the loan guarantee program. 
NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANT 
For the Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant pro-
gram, as authorized under title VIII of the Native Amer-
ican Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 
1996 (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $2,500,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2024: Provided, That not-
withstanding section 812(b) of such Act, the Department
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of Hawaiian Home Lands may not invest grant amounts 
provided 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 provide rental assistance to eligible Native 
Hawaiian families both on and off the Hawaiian Home 
Lands, notwithstanding any other provision of law. 
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS 
For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Per-
sons with AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS 
Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), 
$410,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2021, except that amounts allocated pursuant to section 
854(c)(5) of such Act shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2022: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew 
all expiring contracts 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: Provided further, That the Depart-
ment shall notify grantees of their formula allocation with-
in 60 days of enactment of this Act.
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND 
For carrying out the community development block 
grant program under title I of the Housing and Commu-
nity Development Act of 1974, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
5301 et seq.)(‘‘the Act’’ herein), $3,600,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2022, unless otherwise 
specified: Provided, That unless explicitly provided for 
under this heading, not to exceed 20 percent of any grant 
made with funds appropriated under this heading shall be 
expended for planning and management development and 
administration: Provided further, That a metropolitan city, 
urban county, unit of general local government, or insular 
area that directly or indirectly receives funds under this 
heading may not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer all or 
any portion of such funds to another such entity in ex-
change for any other funds, credits or non-Federal consid-
erations, but must use such funds for activities eligible 
under title I of the Act: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 105(e)(1) of the Act, no funds provided 
under this heading may be provided to a for-profit entity 
for an economic development project under section 
105(a)(17) unless such project has been evaluated and se-
lected in accordance with guidelines required under sub-
section (e)(2): Provided further, That the Department
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shall notify grantees of their formula allocation within 60 
days of enactment of this Act. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2020, commitments to 
guarantee loans under section 108 of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5308), 
any part of which is guaranteed, shall not exceed a total 
principal amount of $300,000,000, notwithstanding any 
aggregate limitation on outstanding obligations guaran-
teed in subsection (k) of such section 108: Provided, That 
the Secretary shall collect fees from borrowers, notwith-
standing subsection (m) of such section 108, to result in 
a credit subsidy cost of zero for guaranteeing such loans, 
and any such fees shall be collected in accordance with 
section 502(7) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: 
Provided further, That such commitment authority funded 
by fees may be used to guarantee, or make commitments 
to guarantee, notes or other obligations issued by any 
State on behalf of non-entitlement communities in the 
State in accordance with the requirements of such section 
108: Provided further, That any State receiving such a 
guarantee or commitment under the previous proviso shall 
distribute all funds subject to such guarantee to the units
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of general local government in nonentitlement areas that 
received the commitment. 
HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM 
For the HOME Investment Partnerships program, as 
authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na-
tional 
Affordable 
Housing 
Act, 
as 
amended, 
$1,750,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2023: Provided, That notwithstanding the amount made 
available under this heading, the threshold reduction re-
quirements in sections 216(10) and 217(b)(4) of such Act 
(42 U.S.C. 12746(10), 12747(b)(4)) shall not apply to al-
locations of such amount: Provided further, That the De-
partment shall notify grantees of their formula allocation 
within 60 days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, 
That section 218(g) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12748(g)) 
shall not apply with respect to the right of a jurisdiction 
to draw funds from its HOME Investment Trust Fund 
that otherwise expired or would expire in 2016, 2017, 
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, or 2022 under that section: Pro-
vided further, That section 231(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
12771(b)) shall not apply to any uninvested funds that 
otherwise were deducted or would be deducted from the 
line of credit in the participating jurisdiction’s HOME In-
vestment Trust Fund in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, or 2022 
under that section and the funds shall be invested only
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in housing to be developed, sponsored, or owned by com-
munity housing development organizations. 
SELF-HELP AND ASSISTED HOMEOWNERSHIP 
OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM 
For the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Op-
portunity Program, as authorized under section 11 of the 
Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996, as 
amended, $55,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2022: Provided, That of the total amount pro-
vided under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be made 
available to the Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity 
Program as authorized under section 11 of the Housing 
Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996, as amended: 
Provided further, That of the total amount provided under 
this heading, $40,000,000 shall be made available for the 
second, third, and fourth capacity building activities au-
thorized under section 4(a) of the HUD Demonstration 
Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816 note), of which not less than 
$5,000,000 shall be made available for rural capacity 
building activities: Provided further, That of the total 
amount provided under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be 
made available for capacity building by national rural 
housing organizations with experience assessing national 
rural conditions and providing financing, training, tech-
nical assistance, information, and research to local non-
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profits, local governments, and Indian Tribes serving high 
need rural communities. 
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For the Emergency Solutions Grants program as au-
thorized under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney- 
Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amended; the Con-
tinuum of Care program as authorized under subtitle C 
of title IV of such Act; and the Rural Housing Stability 
Assistance program as authorized under subtitle D of title 
IV of such Act, $2,800,000,000 (increased by $5,000,000) 
(reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (in-
creased by $1,000,000), to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2022: Provided, That not less than 
$290,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this head-
ing shall be available for such Emergency Solutions 
Grants program: Provided further, That not less than 
$2,344,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this 
heading shall be available for such Continuum of Care and 
Rural Housing Stability Assistance programs: Provided 
further, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading, up to $50,000,000 shall be made available for 
grants for rapid re-housing projects and supportive service 
projects providing coordinated entry, and for eligible ac-
tivities the Secretary determines to be critical in order to 
assist survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating
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violence, and stalking: Provided further, That such 
projects shall be eligible for renewal under the continuum 
of care program subject to the same terms and conditions 
as other renewal applicants: Provided further, That up to 
$7,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 
shall be available for the national homeless data analysis 
project: Provided further, That for all match requirements 
applicable to funds made available under this heading for 
this fiscal year and prior fiscal years, a grantee may use 
(or could have used) as a source of match funds other 
funds administered by the Secretary and other Federal 
agencies unless there is (or was) a specific statutory prohi-
bition on any such use of any such funds: Provided further, 
That none of the funds provided under this heading shall 
be available to provide funding for new projects, except 
for projects created through reallocation, unless the Sec-
retary determines that the continuum of care has dem-
onstrated that projects are evaluated and ranked based 
on the degree to which they improve the continuum of 
care’s system performance: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall prioritize funding under the Continuum of 
Care program to continuums of care that have dem-
onstrated a capacity to reallocate funding from lower per-
forming projects to higher performing projects: Provided 
further, That all awards of assistance under this heading
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shall be required to coordinate and integrate homeless pro-
grams with other mainstream health, social services, and 
employment programs for which homeless populations 
may be eligible: Provided further, That any unobligated 
amounts remaining from funds appropriated under this 
heading in fiscal year 2012 and prior years for project- 
based rental assistance for rehabilitation projects with 10- 
year grant terms may be used for purposes under this 
heading, notwithstanding the purposes for which such 
funds were appropriated: Provided further, That all bal-
ances for Shelter Plus Care renewals previously funded 
from the Shelter Plus Care Renewal account and trans-
ferred to this account shall be available, if recaptured, for 
Continuum of Care renewals in fiscal year 2020: Provided 
further, That the Department shall notify grantees of their 
formula allocation from amounts allocated (which may 
represent initial or final amounts allocated) for the Emer-
gency Solutions Grant program within 60 days of enact-
ment of this Act: Provided further, That up to 
$100,000,000 (increased by $5,000,000) of the funds ap-
propriated under this heading shall be to implement 
projects to demonstrate how a comprehensive approach to 
serving homeless youth, age 24 and under, in up to 25 
communities can dramatically reduce youth homelessness: 
Provided further, That of the amount made available
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under the previous proviso, up to $10,000,000 (increased 
by $5,000,000) shall be available to provide technical as-
sistance on improving system responses to youth homeless-
ness, and collection, analysis, use, and reporting of data 
and performance measures under the comprehensive ap-
proaches to serve homeless youth, in addition to and in 
coordination with other technical assistance funds pro-
vided under this title: Provided further, That the Secretary 
may use up to 10 percent of the amount made available 
under the previous proviso to build the capacity of current 
technical assistance providers or to train new technical as-
sistance providers with verifiable prior experience with sys-
tems and programs for youth experiencing homelessness: 
Provided further, That such projects shall be eligible for 
renewal under the continuum of care program subject to 
the same terms and conditions as other renewal appli-
cants: Provided further, That youth aged 24 and under 
seeking assistance under this heading shall not be required 
to provide third party documentation to establish their eli-
gibility under 42 U.S.C. 11302(a) or (b) to receive serv-
ices: Provided further, That unaccompanied youth aged 24 
and under or families headed by youth aged 24 and under 
who are living in unsafe situations may be served by 
youth-serving providers funded under this heading: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall consider and award
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projects based solely on the selection criteria from the fis-
cal year 2018 Notice of Funding Availability. 
HOUSING PROGRAMS 
PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
For activities and assistance for the provision of 
project-based subsidy contracts under the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (‘‘the 
Act’’), not otherwise provided for, $12,190,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, shall be available on Octo-
ber 1, 2019 (in addition to the $400,000,000 previously 
appropriated under this heading that became available Oc-
tober 1, 2019), and $400,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be available on October 1, 2020: Pro-
vided, That the amounts made available under this head-
ing shall be available for expiring or terminating section 
8 project-based subsidy contracts (including section 8 
moderate rehabilitation contracts), for amendments to sec-
tion 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including section 
8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for contracts entered 
into pursuant to section 441 of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11401), for renewal 
of section 8 contracts for units in projects that are subject 
to approved plans of action under the Emergency Low In-
come Housing Preservation Act of 1987 or the Low-In-
come Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership