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(4) According to the 2018 Joint Strategic Plan 
of the Department of State and the United States 
Agency for International Development, ‘‘assistance 
can help prevent new recruitment to terrorist organi-
zations, reduce levels of violence, promote legitimate 
governance structures that strengthen inclusion, and 
reduce policies that marginalize communities’’. 
(5) Although economic development is an impor-
tant tool for stabilizing conflict-prone settings and es-
tablishing connections between communities, economic 
development by itself will not lead to lasting peace. 
People-to-people peace-building programs further ad-
vance reconciliation efforts by promoting greater un-
derstanding, mutual trust, and cooperation between 
communities. 
(6) While the United States and its international 
partners continue to support diplomatic and political 
negotiations between the representatives of the parties 
to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, such efforts require 
broad popular support among the people on the 
ground to succeed. 
(7) Achieving sustainable, high-level agreements 
for lasting peace in the Middle East must come 
through, and with the support of, the people who live 
there, and the United States and its international 
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partners can help the people of the region build pop-
ular support for sustainable agreements for lasting 
peace. 
SENSE OF CONGRESS 
SEC. 8003. It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) building a viable Palestinian economy is cen-
tral to the effort to preserve the possibility of a nego-
tiated settlement leading to a sustainable two-state so-
lution with the democratic, Jewish state of Israel and 
a demilitarized, democratic Palestinian state living 
side-by-side in peace, security, and mutual recogni-
tion; 
(2) United States and international support for 
grassroots, people-to-people efforts aimed at fostering 
tolerance, and building support for such solution, can 
help counter extremist propaganda and the growing 
issue of incitement; 
(3) strengthening engagement between Palestin-
ians and Israelis, including through people-to-people 
peace-building programs can increase the bonds of 
friendship and understanding; 
(4) investing in the development of the Pales-
tinian economy and in joint economic ventures can 
advance multiple sectors to the benefit of local, re-
gional, and global parties; and 
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(5) Congress encourages cooperation between Pal-
estinian, American, and Israeli business sectors in 
order to benefit the Palestinian, American, and 
Israeli peoples and economies. 
PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE FUND 
SEC. 8004. Chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2346 et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 535 PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE 
FUND. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Beginning on the date that is 
one year after the date of enactment of this section, the Ad-
ministrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development is authorized to establish a program to provide 
funding for projects to help build the foundation for peaceful 
co-existence between Israelis and Palestinians and for a sus-
tainable two-state solution. The program established under 
this subsection shall be known as the ‘People-to-People Part-
nership for Peace Fund’ (referred to in this section as the 
‘Fund’). 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY FOR SUPPORT.—In providing fund-
ing for projects through the Fund, the Administrator may 
provide support for qualified organizations, prioritizing 
those organizations that seek to build better cooperation be-
tween Israelis and Palestinians, including Palestinian or-
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ganizations, Israeli organizations, and international orga-
nizations that bring Israelis and Palestinians together. 
‘‘(c) ADDITIONAL ELIGIBILITY
FOR SUPPORT.—In 
providing funding for projects through the Fund, the Ad-
ministrator may additionally provide support to qualified 
organizations that further shared community building, 
peaceful co-existence, dialogue, and reconciliation between 
Arab and Jewish citizens of Israel. 
‘‘(d) CONTRIBUTIONS.—The Administrator— 
‘‘(1) is encouraged to work with foreign govern-
ments and international organizations to leverage the 
impact of United States resources and achieve the ob-
jectives of this section; and 
‘‘(2) is authorized to accept contributions for the 
purposes of the Fund, consistent with subsection (d) 
of section 635. 
‘‘(e) ADVISORY BOARD.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator shall 
establish an advisory board to make recommendations 
to the Administrator regarding the types of projects 
that should be considered for funding through the 
Fund. 
‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), the advisory board shall be composed 
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of 13 members, none of whom may be Members 
of Congress, who shall be appointed for renewable 
periods of 3 years, as follows: 
‘‘(i) One member to serve as chair, ap-
pointed by the Administrator, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of State. 
‘‘(ii) One member appointed by the 
chair, and one member appointed by the 
ranking member, of the Committee on For-
eign Relations of the Senate. 
‘‘(iii) One member appointed by the 
chair, and one member appointed by the 
ranking member, of the Committee on For-
eign Affairs of the House of Representatives. 
‘‘(iv) One member appointed by the 
chair, and one member appointed by the 
ranking member, of the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the Senate. 
‘‘(v) One member appointed by the 
chair, and one member appointed by the 
ranking member, of the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representa-
tives. 
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‘‘(vi) One member appointed by the 
majority leader, and one member appointed 
by the minority leader, of the Senate. 
‘‘(vii) One member appointed by the 
Speaker, and one member appointed by the 
minority leader, of the House of Representa-
tives. 
‘‘(B) INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION.—The 
Administrator may appoint up to two addi-
tional members to the advisory board who are 
representatives of foreign governments or inter-
national organizations for renewable periods of 3 
years. 
‘‘(C) QUALIFICATIONS.—Members of the ad-
visory board shall have demonstrated regional 
expertise and experience and expertise in conflict 
mitigation and people-to-people programs, and 
shall not receive compensation on account of 
their service on the advisory board. 
‘‘(f) USAID MISSION RECOMMENDATIONS.—The Ad-
ministrator shall consider the input and recommendations 
from missions of the United States Agency for International 
Development in the region and mission directors regarding 
projects that should be considered for funding through the 
Fund. 
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‘‘(g) COORDINATION.—The Administrator shall coordi-
nate with the Secretary of State in carrying out the provi-
sions of this section.’’. 
JOINT INVESTMENT FOR PEACE INITIATIVE 
SEC. 8005. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Beginning on the 
date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Chief Executive Officer of the United States 
International Development Finance Corporation (referred 
to in this section as the ‘‘Chief Executive Officer’’ and the 
‘‘Corporation’’, respectively) is authorized to establish a 
program to provide investments in, and support to, entities 
that carry out projects that contribute to the development 
of the Palestinian private sector economy in the West Bank 
and Gaza. The program established under this subsection 
shall be known as the ‘‘Joint Investment for Peace Initia-
tive’’ (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Initiative’’) and 
shall be subject to all existing terms, conditions, restrictions, 
oversight requirements, and applicable provisions of law, 
including the Better Utilization of Investments Leading to 
Development Act of 2018 (22 U.S.C. 9611 et seq), including 
through strict adherence to the less-developed country focus 
under section 1412(c) of such Act. 
(b) PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENT.—In carrying out 
the Initiative, the Chief Executive Officer shall ensure par-
ticipation by small and medium-sized enterprises owned by 
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Palestinians, which may include the technology sector, the 
agriculture sector, and other high value-added or emerging 
industries. 
(c) PRIORITY.—In carrying out the Initiative, the 
Chief Executive Officer shall prioritize support to projects 
that increase economic cooperation between Israelis and 
Palestinians. 
(d) USE OF EXISTING AUTHORITIES.—In carrying out 
the Initiative, the Chief Executive Officer shall utilize the 
authorities under section 1421 of the Better Utilization of 
Investments Leading to Development Act of 2018 (22 U.S.C. 
9621), including to— 
(1) select a manager of the Initiative; 
(2) oversee and direct the operation of the Initia-
tive consistent with such Act and other provisions of 
law; 
(3) provide the Initiative with loans, guaranties, 
equity, and insurance, as appropriate, to enable the 
Initiative to attract private investment; 
(4) support the private sector in entering into 
joint ventures between Palestinian and Israeli enti-
ties; and 
(5) carry out the purposes of the Initiative con-
sistent with the provisions of this section and other 
applicable provisions of law. 
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(e) ANNUAL REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than December 31, 
2021, and each December 31 thereafter until Decem-
ber 31, 2031, the Chief Executive Officer shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
that describes the following: 
(A) The extent to which the Initiative has 
contributed to promoting and supporting Pales-
tinian economic development. 
(B) The extent to which the Initiative has 
contributed to greater integration of the Pales-
tinian economy into the international rules- 
based business system. 
(C) The extent to which projects that in-
crease economic cooperation between Palestinians 
and Israelis and between Palestinians and 
Americans have been prioritized, including 
through support to the private sector to enter 
into joint ventures. 
(D) Information on the following: 
(i) Investments received and provided 
through the Initiative. 
(ii) The mechanisms established for 
transparency and accountability of invest-
ments provided through the Initiative. 
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(E) The extent to which entities supported 
by the Initiative have impacted the efficacy of 
people-to-people programs. 
(F) To the extent practicable, an assessment 
of the sustainability of commercial endeavors 
that receive support from the Initiative. 
(G) A description of the process for vetting 
and oversight of entities eligible for support from 
the Initiative to ensure compliance with the re-
quirements of section 8006(b) of this Act. 
(2) FORM.—The reports required under this sub-
section shall be submitted in unclassified form, with-
out the designation ‘‘For Official Use Only’’ or any 
related or successor designation, but may be accom-
panied by a classified annex. 
(f) TERMINATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Initiative shall terminate 
at the end of the fiscal year that is 10 years after the 
date on which the Chief Executive Officer makes the 
first investment under the Initiative. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—The Chief Executive Officer is 
authorized to continue to manage investments made 
under the Initiative on and after the date specified in 
paragraph (1). 
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(g) COORDINATION.—The Chief Executive Officer shall 
coordinate with the Secretary of State and the Adminis-
trator of the United States Agency for International Devel-
opment in carrying out the provisions of this section. 
LIMITATIONS, VETTING, COORDINATION, AND OVERSIGHT 
SEC. 8006. (a) LIMITATIONS.—None of the funds made 
available to carry out this title, or any amendment made 
by this title, may be used to provide— 
(1) financial assistance to the national govern-
ment of any foreign country; 
(2) assistance for— 
(A) any individual or group the Secretary 
of State determines to be involved in, or advo-
cating, terrorist activity; or 
(B) any individual who is a member of a 
foreign terrorist organization (as designated pur-
suant to section 219 of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189)); or 
(3) assistance for the Palestinian Authority or 
the Palestine Liberation Organization. 
(b) APPLICABLE
REGULATIONS.—Assistance made 
available under this title, and any amendment made by this 
title, shall adhere to the mission directives and vetting prac-
tices for assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, as set forth 
by the United States Agency for International Development. 
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(c) COORDINATION.— 
(1) The Chief Executive Officer of the United 
States International Development Finance Corpora-
tion, acting through the Chief Development Officer of 
such Corporation, shall coordinate with the Adminis-
trator of the United States Agency for International 
Development and the Secretary of State to ensure that 
all expenditures from the Joint Investment for Peace 
Initiative comply with this section. 
(2) To the extent practicable, the Administrator 
of the United States Agency for International Devel-
opment and the Chief Executive Officer of the United 
States International Development Finance Corpora-
tion should coordinate and share information in ad-
vance of providing resources through the People-to- 
People Partnership for Peace Fund and the Joint In-
vestment for Peace Initiative. 
(d) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the end of the first fiscal year in which both the Peo-
ple-to-People Partnership for Peace Fund and the 
Joint Investment for Peace Initiative are in effect, 
and annually thereafter, the Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development 
and the Chief Executive Officer of the United States 
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International 
Development 
Finance 
Corporation 
shall, in coordination with the Secretary of State, 
jointly submit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a report in writing that describes— 
(A)(i) lessons learned and best practices de-
veloped from funding for projects under the Peo-
ple-to-People Partnership for Peace Fund during 
the prior fiscal year; and 
(ii) the extent to which such projects have 
contributed to the purposes of the People-to-Peo-
ple Partnership for Peace Fund; 
(B)(i) lessons learned and best practices de-
veloped from investments provided under the 
Joint Investment for Peace Initiative during the 
prior fiscal year; and 
(ii) the extent to which such investments 
have contributed to the purposes of the Joint In-
vestment for Peace Initiative; and 
(C) how the United States International 
Development Finance Corporation and the 
United States Agency for International Develop-
ment coordinate and share information with re-
spect to the People-to-People Partnership for 
Peace Fund and the Joint Investment for Peace 
Initiative. 
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(2) CONSULTATION.—The Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development, 
in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall con-
sult with the advisory board established by subsection 
(e) of section 535 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 (as added by section 8004 of this Act) to inform 
the reports required by paragraph (1). 
APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED 
SEC. 8007. In this title, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ has the meaning given that term in sec-
tion 1402 of the Better Utilization of Investments Leading 
to Development Act of 2018 (22 U.S.C. 9601). 
AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 8008. (a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to 
be appropriated to carry out this title, and the amendments 
made by this title, $50,000,000 for each of the first 5 fiscal 
years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(b) CONSULTATION REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 90 
days after enactment of this Act, and prior to the obligation 
of funds made available to implement this title, the Admin-
istrator of the United States Agency for International De-
velopment and the Chief Executive Officer of the United 
States International Development Finance Corporation, in 
coordination with the Secretary of State, shall consult with 
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the Committees on Appropriations on the proposed uses of 
funds. 
(c) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Not more than 5 
percent of amounts authorized to be appropriated by sub-
section (a) for a fiscal year should be made available for 
administrative expenses to carry out section 535 of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 (as added by section 8004 of 
this Act). 
(d) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts authorized to be appro-
priated by subsection (a) for a fiscal year are authorized 
to remain available for such fiscal year and the subsequent 
4 fiscal years. 
TITLE IX 
EMERGENCY FUNDING AND OTHER MATTERS 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 
CONSULAR AND BORDER SECURITY PROGRAMS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Consular and Border 
Security Programs’’, $300,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
coronavirus, domestically or internationally, which shall be 
for offsetting losses resulting from the coronavirus pandemic 
of fees and surcharges collected and deposited into the ac-
count pursuant to section 7081 of division J of Public Law 
115–31: Provided, That funds made available under this 
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heading in this Act shall be in addition to any other funds 
made available for this purpose: Provided further, That 
such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
SUDAN CLAIMS 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 7 of the 
Sudan Claims Resolution Act, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, $150,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That any unexpended balances remain-
ing following the distributions described in section 7(b)(1) 
of the Sudan Claims Resolution Act that are determined 
by the Secretary of State, not later than September 30, 
2030, and at the close of each fiscal year thereafter, to be 
excess to the needs of such distributions, shall be returned 
to the general fund of the Treasury: Provided further, That 
such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
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BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAMS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Global Health Pro-
grams’’, $4,000,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2022, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
coronavirus, including for vaccine procurement and deliv-
ery: Provided, That such funds shall be administered by the 
Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development and shall be made available as a con-
tribution to The GAVI Alliance: Provided further, That 
such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’, $700,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2022, which shall be for assistance for Sudan, and 
which may be made available as contributions: Provided, 
That up to $100,000,000 of such funds may be transferred 
to, and merged with, funds made available under the head-
ings ‘‘Global Health Programs’’ and ‘‘Transition Initia-
tives’’ in Acts making appropriations for the Department 
of State, foreign operations, and related programs: Provided 
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further, That upon a determination by the Secretary of 
State that funds transferred pursuant to the preceding pro-
viso are not necessary for the purposes provided, such 
amounts may be transferred back to such accounts: Pro-
vided further, That funds appropriated under this heading 
in this title may be made available notwithstanding any 
other provision of law for contributions authorized under 
this heading, agriculture and economic growth programs, 
and economic assistance for marginalized areas in Sudan 
and Abyei: Provided further, That prior to the initial obli-
gation of funds appropriated under this heading in this 
title, the Secretary of State shall consult with the Commit-
tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
DEBT RESTRUCTURING 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Debt Restructuring’’, 
$120,000,000, to remain available until expended, which 
may be used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
for payment by the Secretary of the Treasury to the Inter-
national Monetary Fund for Heavily Indebted Poor Coun-
tries debt relief for Sudan: Provided, That such amount is 
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designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 
SEC. 9001. Each amount appropriated or made avail-
able by this title is in addition to amounts otherwise appro-
priated for fiscal year 2021. 
SEC. 9002. Notwithstanding section 7034(q)(7) of this 
division of this Act, the additional amounts appropriated 
by this title to appropriations accounts shall be available 
under the authorities and conditions applicable to such ap-
propriations accounts for funds appropriated in fiscal year 
2021, unless otherwise directed by this title. 
SEC. 9003. Notwithstanding the limitations in sections 
609(i) and 609(j) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 
(2211 U.S.C. 7708(j), 7715), the Millennium Challenge Cor-
poration may, subject to the availability of funds, extend 
any compact in effect as of January 29, 2020, for up to 
one additional year, to account for delays related to 
coronavirus: Provided, That the Corporation shall notify 
the appropriate congressional committees prior to pro-
viding any such extension. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of 
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appro-
priations Act, 2021’’. 
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DIVISION L—TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING 
AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RE-
LATED 
AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS 
ACT, 2021 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
$126,174,000, of which not to exceed $3,360,000 shall be 
available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to 
exceed $1,200,000 shall be available for the immediate Of-
fice of the Deputy Secretary; not to exceed $22,210,000 shall 
be available for the Office of the General Counsel; not to 
exceed $11,797,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy; not to exceed 
$16,394,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to exceed 
$3,010,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Governmental Affairs; not to exceed 
$32,239,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Administration; not to exceed $2,610,000 shall 
be available for the Office of Public Affairs; not to exceed 
$2,018,000 shall be available for the Office of the Executive 
Secretariat; not to exceed $13,576,000 shall be available for 
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the Office of Intelligence, Security, and Emergency Re-
sponse; and not to exceed $17,760,000 shall be available for 
the Office of the Chief Information Officer: Provided, That 
the Secretary of Transportation (referred to in this title as 
the ‘‘Secretary’’) 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 further, 
That no appropriation for any office shall be increased or 
decreased by more than 7 percent by all such transfers: Pro-
vided further, That notice of any change in funding greater 
than 7 percent shall be submitted for approval to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $70,000 shall be for allocation with-
in the Department for official reception and representation 
expenses as the Secretary may determine: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, there 
may be credited to this appropriation up to $2,500,000 in 
funds received in user fees: Provided further, That none of 
the funds provided in this Act shall be available for the posi-
tion of Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs. 
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses related to the Office of the As-
sistant 
Secretary 
for 
Research 
and 
Technology, 
$22,800,000, of which $16,485,000 shall remain available 
until expended: Provided, That there may be credited to this 
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appropriation, to be available until expended, funds re-
ceived from States, counties, municipalities, other public 
authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for 
training: Provided further, That any reference in law, regu-
lation, judicial proceedings, or elsewhere to the Research 
and Innovative Technology Administration shall continue 
to be deemed to be a reference to the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Research and Technology of the Department 
of Transportation. 
NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For capital investments in surface transportation in-
frastructure, $1,000,000,000 to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2024: Provided, That the Secretary shall dis-
tribute amounts made available under this heading as dis-
cretionary grants to be awarded to a State, local or tribal 
government, U.S. territory, transit agency, port authority, 
metropolitan planning organization, political subdivision 
of a State or local government, or a collaboration among 
such entities on a competitive basis for projects that will 
have a significant local or regional impact: Provided fur-
ther, That projects eligible for amounts made available 
under this heading shall include, but not be limited to, high-
way or bridge projects eligible under title 23, United States 
Code; public transportation projects eligible under chapter 
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53 of title 49, United States Code; passenger and freight 
rail transportation projects; port infrastructure investments 
(including inland port infrastructure and land ports of 
entry); and projects investing in surface transportation fa-
cilities that are located on tribal land and for which title 
or maintenance responsibility is vested in the Federal Gov-
ernment: Provided further, That of the amount made avail-
able under this heading, the Secretary shall use an amount 
not more than $30,000,000 for the planning, preparation 
or design of projects eligible for amounts made available 
under this heading, of which not less than $10,000,000 is 
for projects eligible for amounts made available under this 
heading located in or to directly benefit areas of persistent 
poverty: Provided further, That the term ‘‘areas of per-
sistent poverty’’ means any county that has consistently 
had greater than or equal to 20 percent of the population 
living in poverty during the 30-year period preceding the 
date of enactment of this Act, as measured by the 1990 and 
2000 decennial census and the most recent annual Small 
Area Income and Poverty Estimates as estimated by the 
Bureau of the Census; any census tract with a poverty rate 
of at least 20 percent as measured by the 2014–2018 5-year 
data series available from the American Community Sur-
vey of the Bureau of the Census; or any territory or posses-
sion of the United States: Provided further, That grants 
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awarded under the previous two provisos shall not be subject 
to a minimum grant size: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may use up to 20 percent of the amounts made avail-
able under this heading for the purpose of paying the sub-
sidy and administrative costs of projects eligible for Federal 
credit assistance under chapter 6 of title 23, United States 
Code, or sections 501 through 504 of the Railroad Revital-
ization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 
94–210), if the Secretary finds that such use of the funds 
would advance the purposes of this heading: Provided fur-
ther, That in distributing amounts made available under 
this heading, the Secretary shall take such measures so as 
to ensure an equitable geographic distribution of funds, an 
appropriate balance in addressing the needs of urban and 
rural areas, including tribal areas, and the investment in 
a variety of transportation modes: Provided further, That 
a grant award under this heading shall be not less than 
$5,000,000 and not greater than $25,000,000: Provided fur-
ther, That not more than 10 percent of the amounts 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 amount is provided under this 
heading shall be, at the option of the recipient, up to 80 
percent: Provided further, That the Secretary shall give pri-
ority to projects that require a contribution of Federal funds 
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in order to complete an overall financing package: Provided 
further, That an award under this heading is an urban 
award if it is to a project located within or on the boundary 
of an Urbanized Area (UA), as designated by the Bureau 
of the Census, that had a population greater than 200,000 
in the 2010 decennial census: Provided further, That for 
the purpose of determining if an award for planning, prep-
aration or design is an urban award, the project location 
is the location of the project being planned, prepared or de-
signed: Provided further, That each award under this head-
ing that is not an urban award is a rural award: Provided 
further, That of the amounts awarded under this heading, 
not more than 50 percent shall be awarded as urban awards 
and rural awards, respectively: Provided further, That for 
rural awards, the minimum grant size shall be $1,000,000: 
Provided further, That for rural awards and areas of per-
sistent poverty awards the Secretary may increase the Fed-
eral share of costs above 80 percent: Provided further, That 
projects conducted using amounts made available under this 
heading shall 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 
heading: Provided further, That the Secretary may retain 
up to $20,000,000 of the amounts made available under this 
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heading, and may transfer portions of such amounts to the 
Administrators of the Federal Highway Administration, 
the Federal Transit Administration, the Federal Railroad 
Administration and the Maritime Administration to fund 
the award and oversight of grants and credit assistance 
made under the National Infrastructure Investments pro-
gram: Provided further, That none of the amounts made 
available in the previous proviso may be used to hire addi-
tional personnel: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
consider and award projects based solely on the selection 
criteria from the fiscal year 2017 Notice of Funding Oppor-
tunity: Provided further, That, notwithstanding the pre-
vious proviso, the Secretary shall not use the Federal share 
or an applicant’s ability to generate non-Federal revenue 
as a selection criteria in awarding projects: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall issue the Notice of Funding 
Opportunity no later than 120 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 provisos, the 
Secretary shall make grants no later than 330 days after 
enactment of this Act in such amounts that the Secretary 
determines. 
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NATIONAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AND INNOVATIVE 
FINANCE BUREAU 
For necessary expenses of the National Surface Trans-
portation and Innovative Finance Bureau as authorized by 
49 U.S.C. 116, $5,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That the Secretary may collect and spend 
fees, as authorized by title 23, United States Code, to cover 
the costs of services of expert firms, including counsel, in 
the field of municipal and project finance to assist in the 
underwriting and servicing of Federal credit instruments 
and all or a portion of the costs to the Federal Government 
of servicing such credit instruments: Provided further, That 
such fees are available until expended to pay for such costs: 
Provided further, That such amounts are in addition to 
other amounts made available for such purposes and are 
not subject to any obligation limitation or the limitation 
on administrative expenses under section 608 of title 23, 
United States Code. 
RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT FINANCING 
PROGRAM 
The Secretary is authorized to issue direct loans and 
loan guarantees pursuant to sections 501 through 504 of 
the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 
1976 (Public Law 94–210), as amended, such authority 
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shall exist as long as any such direct loan or loan guarantee 
is outstanding. 
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CAPITAL 
For necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing 
the Department of Transportation’s financial systems and 
re-engineering business processes, $2,000,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2022. 
CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVES 
For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, 
including necessary upgrades to network and information 
technology infrastructure, improvement of identity manage-
ment and authentication capabilities, securing and pro-
tecting data, implementation of Federal cyber security ini-
tiatives, and implementation of enhanced security controls 
on agency computers and mobile devices, $22,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2022. 
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$9,600,000. 
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND 
DEVELOPMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 
planning, research, systems development, development ac-
tivities, and making grants, $9,350,000, to remain avail-
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able until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 
$1,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses of the Interagency 
Infrastructure Permitting Improvement Center (IIPIC): 
Provided further, That there may be transferred to this ap-
propriation, to remain available until expended, amounts 
transferred from other Federal agencies for expenses in-
curred under this heading for IIPIC activities not related 
to transportation infrastructure: Provided further, That the 
tools and analysis developed by the IIPIC shall be available 
to other Federal agencies for the permitting and review of 
major infrastructure projects not related to transportation 
only to the extent that other Federal agencies provide fund-
ing to the Department in accordance with the preceding 
proviso. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for operating costs and capital 
outlays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed 
$319,793,000, 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 (DOT): 
Provided further, That the limitation in the preceding pro-
viso on operating expenses shall not apply to non-DOT enti-
ties: Provided further, That no funds made available by this 
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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 ap-
proval of the Secretary: Provided further, That no assess-
ments may be levied against any program, budget activity, 
subactivity, or project funded by this Act unless notice of 
such assessments and the basis therefor are presented to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are 
approved by such Committees. 
SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS UTILIZATION AND 
OUTREACH 
For necessary expenses for small and disadvantaged 
business utilization and outreach activities, $4,714,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2022: Provided, That 
notwithstanding section 332 of title 49, United States Code, 
such amounts may be used for business opportunities re-
lated to any mode of transportation: Provided further, That 
appropriations made available under this heading shall be 
available for any purpose consistent with prior year appro-
priations that were made available under the heading ‘‘Of-
fice of the Secretary—Minority Business Resource Center 
Program’’. 
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PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
In addition to funds made available from any other 
source to carry out the essential air service program under 
sections 41731 through 41742 of title 49, United States 
Code, $141,724,000, to be derived from the Airport and Air-
way Trust Fund, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That in determining between or among carriers com-
peting to provide service to a community, the Secretary 
may consider the relative subsidy requirements of the car-
riers: Provided further, That basic essential air service min-
imum requirements shall not include the 15-passenger ca-
pacity requirement under section 41732(b)(3) of title 49, 
United States Code: Provided further, That amounts au-
thorized to be distributed for the essential air service pro-
gram under section 41742(b) of title 49, United States Code, 
shall be made available immediately from amounts other-
wise provided to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration: Provided further, That the Administrator 
may reimburse such amounts from fees credited to the ac-
count established under section 45303 of title 49, United 
States Code. 
TRANSPORTATION DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM 
To expand intermodal and multimodal freight and 
cargo transportation infrastructure, including airport de-
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velopment under chapter 471 of title 49, United States 
Code, $100,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That the Secretary shall distribute funds pro-
vided under this heading as discretionary grants to mari-
time port authorities or former military airports classified 
as general aviation airports in the National Plan on Inte-
grated Airport System report for fiscal years 2019 to 2023: 
Provided further, That eligible applicants that are mari-
time port authorities shall use a terminal railway and be 
located not more than 10 miles from a former military air-
port classified as a general aviation airport in the National 
Plan on Integrated Airport System report for fiscal years 
2019 to 2023: Provided further, That eligible applicants 
that are former military airports classified as general avia-
tion airports in the National Plan on Integrated Airport 
System report for fiscal years 2019 to 2023 shall be located 
not more than 10 miles from a maritime port authority 
that uses a terminal railway: Provided further, That 
projects eligible under this heading shall be located not more 
than 10 miles from at least two highways on the Interstate 
System: Provided further, That the Secretary shall issue the 
Notice of Funding Opportunity no later than 60 days after 
enactment of this Act. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
OF TRANSPORTATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 101. None of the funds made available by this 
Act to the Department of Transportation may be obligated 
for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation to approve 
assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining to funds 
appropriated to the operating administrations in this Act, 
except for activities underway on the date of enactment of 
this Act, unless such assessments or agreements have com-
pleted the normal reprogramming process for congressional 
notification. 
SEC. 102. The Secretary shall post on the web site of 
the Department of Transportation a schedule of all meetings 
of the Council on Credit and Finance, including the agenda 
for each meeting, and require the Council on Credit and 
Finance to record the decisions and actions of each meeting. 
SEC. 103. In addition to authority provided by section 
327 of title 49, United States Code, the Department’s Work-
ing Capital Fund is authorized to provide partial or full 
payments in advance and accept subsequent reimburse-
ments from all Federal agencies from available funds for 
transit benefit distribution services that are necessary to 
carry out the Federal transit pass transportation fringe 
benefit program under Executive Order No. 13150 and sec-
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tion 3049 of SAFETEA–LU (5 U.S.C. 7905 note): Pro-
vided, That the Department shall maintain a reasonable 
operating reserve in the Working Capital Fund, to be ex-
pended in advance to provide uninterrupted transit benefits 
to Government employees: Provided further, That such re-
serve shall not exceed 1 month of benefits payable and may 
be used only for the purpose of providing for the continu-
ation of transit benefits: Provided further, That the Working 
Capital Fund shall be fully reimbursed by each customer 
agency from available funds for the actual cost of the transit 
benefit. 
SEC. 104. Receipts collected in the Department’s Work-
ing Capital Fund, as authorized by section 327 of title 49, 
United States Code, for unused van pool benefits, in an 
amount not to exceed 10 percent of fiscal year 2021 collec-
tions, shall be available until expended in the Department’s 
Working Capital Fund to provide contractual services in 
support of section 199A of this Act: Provided, That obliga-
tions in fiscal year 2021 of such collections shall not exceed 
$1,000,000. 
SEC. 105. The remaining unobligated balances, as of 
September 30, 2021, from amounts made available for the 
‘‘Department of Transportation—Office of the Secretary— 
National Infrastructure Investments’’ in division G of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 (Public Law 116– 
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6) are hereby permanently rescinded, and an amount of ad-
ditional new budget authority equivalent to the amount re-
scinded is hereby appropriated on September 30, 2021, to 
remain available until September 30, 2022, and shall be 
available, without additional competition, for completing 
the funding of awards made pursuant to the fiscal year 
2019 national infrastructure investments program. 
SEC. 106. None of the funds in this Act may be obli-
gated or expended for retention or senior executive bonuses 
for an employee of the Department of Transportation with-
out the prior written approval of the Assistant Secretary 
for Administration. 
SEC. 107. In addition to authority provided by section 
327 of title 49, United States Code, the Department’s Ad-
ministrative Working Capital Fund is hereby authorized to 
transfer information technology equipment, software, and 
systems from Departmental sources or other entities and 
collect and maintain a reserve at rates which will return 
full cost of transferred assets. 
SEC. 108. None of the funds provided in this Act to 
the Department of Transportation may be used to provide 
credit assistance unless not less than 3 days before any ap-
plication approval to provide credit assistance under sec-
tions 603 and 604 of title 23, United States Code, the Sec-
retary provides notification in writing to the following com-
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mittees: the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions; the Committee on Environment and Public Works 
and the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Af-
fairs of the Senate; and the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives: Pro-
vided, That such notification shall include, but not be lim-
ited to, the name of the project sponsor; a description of 
the project; whether credit assistance will be provided as 
a direct loan, loan guarantee, or line of credit; and the 
amount of credit assistance. 
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Admin-
istration, not otherwise provided for, including operations 
and research activities related to commercial space trans-
portation, administrative expenses for research and develop-
ment, establishment of air navigation facilities, the oper-
ation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, sub-
sidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold to 
the public, the lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles 
for replacement only, $11,001,500,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2022, of which $10,519,000,000 shall 
be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund: Pro-
vided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading— 
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(1) not less than $1,479,039,000 shall be avail-
able for aviation safety activities; 
(2) $8,205,821,000 shall be available for air traf-
fic organization activities; 
(3) $27,555,000 shall be available for commercial 
space transportation activities; 
(4) $836,141,000 shall be available for finance 
and management activities; 
(5) $62,862,000 shall be available for NextGen 
and operations planning activities; 
(6) $124,928,000 shall be available for security 
and hazardous materials safety; and 
(7) $265,154,000 shall be available for staff of-
fices: 
Provided further, That not to exceed 5 percent of any budget 
activity, except for aviation safety budget activity, may be 
transferred to any budget activity under this heading: Pro-
vided further, That no transfer may increase or decrease 
any appropriation under this heading by more than 5 per-
cent: Provided further, That any transfer in excess of 5 per-
cent shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under 
section 405 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga-
tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce-
dures set forth in that section: Provided further, That not 
later than 60 days after the submission of the budget re-
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quest, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration shall transmit to Congress an annual update to the 
report submitted to Congress in December 2004 pursuant 
to section 221 of the Vision 100-Century of Aviation Reau-
thorization Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note): Provided further, 
That the amounts made available under this heading shall 
be reduced by $100,000 for each day after 60 days after 
the submission of the budget request that such report has 
not been transmitted to Congress: Provided further, That 
not later than 60 days after the submission of the budget 
request, the Administrator shall transmit to Congress a 
companion report that describes a comprehensive strategy 
for staffing, hiring, and training flight standards and air-
craft certification staff in a format similar to the one uti-
lized for the controller staffing plan, including stated attri-
tion estimates and numerical hiring goals by fiscal year: 
Provided further, That the amounts made available under 
this heading shall be reduced by $100,000 for each day after 
the date that is 60 days after the submission of the budget 
request that such report has not been submitted to Congress: 
Provided further, That funds may be used to enter into a 
grant agreement with a nonprofit standard-setting organi-
zation to assist in the development of aviation safety stand-
ards: Provided further, That none of the funds made avail-
able by this Act shall be available for new applicants for 
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the second career training program: Provided further, That 
none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the Fed-
eral Aviation Administration to finalize or implement any 
regulation that would promulgate new aviation user fees 
not specifically authorized by law after the date of the en-
actment of this Act: Provided further, That there may be 
credited to this appropriation, as offsetting collections, 
funds received from States, counties, municipalities, foreign 
authorities, other public authorities, and private sources for 
expenses incurred in the provision of agency services, in-
cluding receipts for the maintenance and operation of air 
navigation facilities, and for issuance, renewal or modifica-
tion of certificates, including airman, aircraft, and repair 
station certificates, or for tests related thereto, or for proc-
essing major repair or alteration forms: Provided further, 
That of the amounts made available under this heading, 
not less than $172,800,000 shall be used to fund direct oper-
ations of the current air traffic control towers in the con-
tract tower program, including 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 made available 
by this Act for aeronautical charting and cartography are 
available for activities conducted by, or coordinated 
through, the Working Capital Fund: Provided further, That 
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none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
by this Act or any other Act may be used to eliminate the 
Contract Weather Observers program at any airport. 
FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
acquisition, establishment, technical support services, im-
provement by contract or purchase, and hire of national 
airspace systems and experimental facilities and equip-
ment, as authorized under part A of subtitle VII of title 
49, United States Code, including initial acquisition of nec-
essary sites by lease or grant; engineering and service test-
ing, including construction of test facilities and acquisition 
of necessary sites by lease or grant; construction and fur-
nishing of quarters and related accommodations for officers 
and employees of the Federal Aviation Administration sta-
tioned at remote localities where such accommodations are 
not available; and the purchase, lease, or transfer of aircraft 
from funds available under this heading, including aircraft 
for aviation regulation and certification; to be derived from 
the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, $3,015,000,000, of 
which $545,000,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2022, $2,330,400,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2023, and $139,600,000 shall remain available 
until expended: Provided, That there may be credited to this 
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appropriation funds received from States, counties, munici-
palities, other public authorities, and private sources, for 
expenses incurred in the establishment, improvement, and 
modernization of national airspace systems: Provided fur-
ther, That not later than 60 days after submission of the 
budget request, the Secretary shall transmit to the Congress 
an investment plan for the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion which includes funding for each budget line item for 
fiscal years 2022 through 2026, 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 Manage-
ment 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 acqui-
sition of necessary sites by lease or grant, $198,000,000, to 
be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and 
to remain available until September 30, 2023: Provided, 
That there may be credited to this appropriation as offset-
ting collections, funds received from States, counties, mu-
nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources, 
which shall be available for expenses incurred for research, 
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engineering, and development: Provided further, That funds 
made available under this heading shall be used in accord-
ance with the explanatory statement described in section 
4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act): Provided further, That not to exceed 10 percent of any 
funding level specified under this heading in the explana-
tory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act) may be trans-
ferred to any other funding level specified under this head-
ing in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in 
the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): 
Provided further, That no transfer may increase or decrease 
any funding level by more than 10 percent: Provided fur-
ther, That any transfer in excess of 10 percent shall be treat-
ed as a reprogramming of funds under section 405 of this 
Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 
except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that 
section. 
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-
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patibility planning and programs as authorized under sub-
chapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 
of title 49, United States Code, and under other law author-
izing such obligations; for procurement, installation, and 
commissioning of runway incursion prevention devices and 
systems at airports of such title; for grants authorized under 
section 41743 of title 49, United States Code; and for in-
spection activities and administration of airport safety pro-
grams, including those related to airport operating certifi-
cates under section 44706 of title 49, United States Code, 
$3,350,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That none of the amounts made available under this 
heading shall be available for the planning or execution of 
programs the obligations for which are in excess of 
$3,350,000,000, in fiscal year 2021, notwithstanding sec-
tion 47117(g) of title 49, United States Code: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the amounts made available under this 
heading shall be available for the replacement of baggage 
conveyor systems, reconfiguration of terminal baggage 
areas, or other airport improvements that are necessary to 
install bulk explosive detection systems: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding section 47109(a) of title 49, United 
States Code, the Government’s share of allowable project 
costs under paragraph (2) of such section for subgrants or 
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paragraph (3) of such section shall be 95 percent for a 
project at other than a large or medium hub airport that 
is a successive phase of a multi-phased construction project 
for which the project sponsor received a grant in fiscal year 
2011 for the construction project: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, of amounts 
limited under this heading, not more than $119,402,000 
shall be available for administration, not less than 
$15,000,000 shall be available for the Airport Cooperative 
Research Program, not less than $40,666,000 shall be avail-
able for Airport Technology Research, and $10,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, shall be available and 
transferred to ‘‘Office of the Secretary, Salaries and Ex-
penses’’ to carry out the Small Community Air Service De-
velopment Program: Provided further, That in addition to 
airports eligible under section 41743 of title 49, United 
States Code, such program may include the participation 
of an airport that serves a 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 Sec-
retary 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 to make grants for projects 
as authorized by subchapter 1 of chapter 471 and sub-
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chapter 1 of chapter 475 of title 49, United States Code, 
$400,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 
2023: 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, spe-
cial apportionment categories, or minimum percentages 
under chapter 471: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall distribute funds provided under this heading as discre-
tionary grants to airports: Provided further, That the 
amount made available under this heading shall not be sub-
ject to any limitation on obligations for the Grants-in-Aid 
for Airports program set forth in any Act: Provided further, 
That the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration may retain up to 0.5 percent of the funds provided 
under this heading to fund the award and oversight by the 
Administrator of grants made under this heading. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 110. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to compensate in excess of 600 technical 
staff-years under the federally funded research and develop-
ment center contract between the Federal Aviation Admin-
istration and the Center for Advanced Aviation Systems 
Development during fiscal year 2021. 
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SEC. 111. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be used to pursue or adopt guidelines or regula-
tions requiring airport sponsors to provide to the Federal 
Aviation Administration without cost building construc-
tion, maintenance, utilities and expenses, or space in air-
port sponsor-owned buildings for services relating to air 
traffic control, air navigation, or weather reporting: Pro-
vided, That the prohibition on the use of funds in this sec-
tion does not apply to negotiations between the agency and 
airport sponsors to achieve agreement on ‘‘below-market’’ 
rates for these items or to grant assurances that require air-
port sponsors to provide land without cost to the Federal 
Aviation Administration for air traffic control facilities. 
SEC. 112. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration may reimburse amounts made available to 
satisfy section 41742(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code, 
from fees credited under section 45303 of title 49, United 
States Code, and any amount remaining in such account 
at the close of any fiscal year may be made available to 
satisfy section 41742(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code, 
for the subsequent fiscal year. 
SEC. 113. Amounts collected under section 40113(e) of 
title 49, United States Code, shall be credited to the appro-
priation current at the time of collection, to be merged with 
and available for the same purposes as such appropriation. 
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SEC. 114. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be available for paying premium pay under sub-
section 5546(a) of title 5, United States Code, to any Fed-
eral Aviation Administration employee unless such em-
ployee actually performed work during the time cor-
responding to such premium pay. 
SEC. 115. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be obligated or expended for an employee of the 
Federal Aviation Administration to purchase a store gift 
card or gift certificate through use of a Government-issued 
credit card. 
SEC. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds made available under this Act or any 
prior Act may be used to implement or to continue to im-
plement any limitation on the ability of any owner or oper-
ator of a private aircraft to obtain, upon a request to the 
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, a 
blocking of that owner’s or operator’s aircraft registration 
number, Mode S transponder code, flight identification, call 
sign, or similar identifying information from any ground 
based display to the public that would allow the real-time 
or near real-time flight tracking of that aircraft’s move-
ments, except data made available to a Government agency, 
for the noncommercial flights of that owner or operator. 
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SEC. 117. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be available for salaries and expenses of more than 
nine political and Presidential appointees in the Federal 
Aviation Administration. 
SEC. 118. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to increase fees pursuant to section 44721 
of title 49, United States Code, until the Federal Aviation 
Administration provides to the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations a report that justifies all fees related 
to aeronautical navigation products and explains how such 
fees are consistent with Executive Order No. 13642. 
SEC. 119. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to close a regional operations center of 
the Federal Aviation Administration or reduce its services 
unless the Administrator notifies the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations not less than 90 full business 
days in advance. 
SEC. 119A. None of the funds made available by or 
limited by this Act may be used to change weight restric-
tions or prior permission rules at Teterboro airport in 
Teterboro, New Jersey. 
SEC. 119B. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Administrator of the Federal Avia-
tion Administration to withhold from consideration and 
approval any new application for participation in the Con-
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tract Tower Program, or for reevaluation of Cost-share Pro-
gram participants so long as the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration has received an application from the airport, and 
so long as the Administrator determines such tower is eligi-
ble using the factors set forth in Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration published establishment criteria. 
SEC. 119C. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to open, close, redesignate as a lesser office, 
or reorganize a regional office, the aeronautical center, or 
the technical center unless the Administrator submits a re-
quest for the reprogramming of funds under section 405 of 
this Act. 
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Not to exceed $475,649,049 together with advances and 
reimbursements received by the Federal Highway Adminis-
tration, shall be obligated for necessary expenses for admin-
istration and operation of the Federal Highway Adminis-
tration: Provided, That in addition, $3,248,000 shall be 
transferred to the Appalachian Regional Commission in ac-
cordance with section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code. 
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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 
2021. 
(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 available 
until expended. 
HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS 
There is hereby appropriated to the Secretary 
$2,000,000,000: Provided, That the funds made available 
under this heading shall be derived from the general fund, 
shall be in addition to any funds provided for fiscal year 
2021 in this or any other Act for: (1) ‘‘Federal-aid High-
ways’’ under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code; or 
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(2) the Appalachian Development Highway System as au-
thorized under section 1069(y) of Public Law 102–240, and 
shall not affect the distribution or amount of funds provided 
in any other Act: Provided further, That section 1101(b) 
of Public Law 114–94 shall apply to funds made available 
under this heading: Provided further, That unless otherwise 
specified, amounts made available under this heading shall 
be available until September 30, 2024: Provided further, 
That of the funds made available under this heading— 
(1) $640,650,000 shall be for activities eligible 
under section 133(b) of title 23, United States Code, 
and to provide necessary charging infrastructure 
along corridor-ready or corridor-pending alternative 
fuel corridors designated pursuant to section 151 of 
title 23, United States Code; 
(2) $2,700,000 shall be for activities eligible 
under the Puerto Rico Highway Program as described 
in section 165(b)(2)(C) of title 23, United States 
Code; 
(3) $650,000 shall be for activities eligible under 
the Territorial Highway Program, as described in 
section 165(c)(6) of title 23, United States Code; 
(4) $100,000,000 shall be for the nationally sig-
nificant Federal lands and tribal projects program 
under section 1123 of the FAST Act; 
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(5) $1,080,000,000 shall be for a bridge replace-
ment and rehabilitation program; 
(6) $100,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses 
for construction of the Appalachian Development 
Highway System as authorized under section 1069(y) 
of Public Law 102–240; 
(7) $16,000,000 shall be for the national scenic 
byways program under section 162 of title 23, United 
States Code; 
(8) $50,000,000 shall be for competitive grants 
for activities described in section 130(a) of title 23, 
United States Code; 
(9) $5,000,000 shall be for the Regional Infra-
structure Accelerator Demonstration Program author-
ized under section 1441 of the FAST Act; and 
(10) $5,000,000 shall be for a National Road 
Network Pilot Program for the Federal Highway Ad-
ministration to create a national level, geo-spatial 
dataset that uses data already collected under the 
Highway Performance Monitoring System: 
Provided further, That for the purposes of funds made 
available under this heading, in paragraph (1) of the fourth 
proviso, the term ‘‘State’’ means any of the 50 States or 
the District of Columbia: Provided further, That the funds 
made available under this heading, in paragraph (1) of the 
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fourth proviso, shall be suballocated in the manner described 
in section 133(d) of title 23, United States Code, except that 
the set-aside described in section 133(h) of such title shall 
not apply to funds made available under this heading, in 
paragraph (1) of the fourth proviso: Provided further, That 
the funds made available under this heading, in paragraphs 
(1), (5), (7), and (8) of the fourth proviso, shall be adminis-
tered as if apportioned under chapter 1 of such title: Pro-
vided further, That, the funds made available under this 
heading, in paragraph (1) of the fourth proviso, shall be 
apportioned to the States in the same ratio as the obligation 
limitation for fiscal year 2021 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 eli-
gible under the Territorial Highway Program shall be ad-
ministered as if allocated under sections 165(b) and 165(c), 
respectively, of title 23, United States Code: Provided fur-
ther, That the funds made available under this heading for 
activities eligible under the Puerto Rico Highway Program 
shall not be subject to the requirements of sections 
165(b)(2)(A) or 165(b)(2)(B) of such title: Provided further, 
That not less than 25 percent of the funds made available 
under this heading for the nationally significant Federal 
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lands and tribal projects program under section 1123 of the 
FAST Act shall be for competitive grants to tribal govern-
ments: Provided further, That for the purposes of funds 
made available under this heading for a bridge replacement 
and rehabilitation program, (1) the term ‘‘State’’ means 
any of the 50 States or the District of Columbia, and (2) 
the term ‘‘qualifying State’’ means any State in which the 
percentage of total deck area of bridges classified as in poor 
condition in such State is at least 5 percent or in which 
the percentage of total bridges classified as in poor condi-
tion in such State is at least 5 percent: Provided further, 
That, of the funds made available under this heading for 
a bridge replacement and rehabilitation program, the Sec-
retary shall reserve $6,000,000 for each State that does not 
meet the definition of a qualifying State: Provided further, 
That, after making the reservations under the preceding 
proviso, the Secretary shall distribute the remaining funds 
made available under this heading for a bridge replacement 
and rehabilitation program to each qualifying State by the 
proportion that the percentage of total deck area of bridges 
classified as in poor condition in such qualifying State 
bears to the sum of the percentages of total deck area of 
bridges classified as in poor condition in all qualifying 
States: Provided further, That for the bridge replacement 
and rehabilitation program: 
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(1) no qualifying State shall receive more than 
$60,000,000; 
(2) each State shall receive an amount not less 
than $6,000,000; and 
(3) after calculating the distribution of funds 
pursuant to the preceding proviso, any amount in ex-
cess of $60,000,000 shall be redistributed equally 
among each State that does not meet the definition of 
a qualifying State: 
Provided further, That funds provided to States that do not 
meet the definition of a qualifying State for the bridge re-
placement and rehabilitation program shall be: (1) merged 
with amounts made available to such State under this head-
ing, in paragraph (1) of the fourth proviso; (2) available 
for activities eligible under paragraph (1) of the fourth pro-
viso; and (3) administered as if apportioned under chapter 
1 of title 23, United States Code: Provided further, That, 
except as provided in the preceding proviso, the funds made 
available under this heading for a bridge replacement and 
rehabilitation program shall be used for highway bridge re-
placement or rehabilitation projects on public roads: Pro-
vided further, That for purposes of this heading for the 
bridge replacement and rehabilitation program, the Sec-
retary shall calculate the percentages of total deck area of 
bridges (including the percentages of total deck area classi-
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fied as in poor condition) and the percentages of total 
bridge counts (including the percentages of total bridges 
classified as in poor condition) based on the National 
Bridge Inventory as of December 31, 2018: Provided fur-
ther, That for the purposes of funds made available under 
this heading for construction of the Appalachian Develop-
ment Highway System, the term ‘‘Appalachian State’’ 
means a State that contains 1 or more counties (including 
any political subdivision located within the area) in the 
Appalachian region as defined in section 14102(a) of title 
40, United States Code: Provided further, That funds made 
available under this heading for construction of the Appa-
lachian Development Highway System shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided further, That a project car-
ried out with funds made available under this heading for 
construction of the Appalachian Development Highway 
System shall be carried out in the same manner as a project 
under section 14501 of title 40, United States Code: Pro-
vided further, That subject to the following proviso, funds 
made available under this heading for construction of the 
Appalachian Development Highway System shall be appor-
tioned to Appalachian States according to the percentages 
derived from the 2012 Appalachian Development Highway 
System Cost-to-Complete Estimate, adopted in Appalachian 
Regional Commission Resolution Number 736, and con-
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firmed as each Appalachian State’s relative share of the es-
timated remaining need to complete the Appalachian Devel-
opment Highway System, adjusted to exclude those cor-
ridors that such States have no current plans to complete, 
as reported in the 2013 Appalachian Development Highway 
System Completion Report, unless those States have modi-
fied and assigned a higher priority for completion of an 
Appalachian Development Highway System corridor, as re-
ported in the 2020 Appalachian Development Highway 
System Future Outlook: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall adjust apportionments made under the pre-
ceding proviso so that no Appalachian State shall be appor-
tioned an amount in excess of 30 percent of the amount 
made available for construction of the Appalachian Devel-
opment Highway System under this heading: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall consult with the Appalachian 
Regional Commission in making adjustments under the 
preceding two provisos: Provided further, That the Federal 
share of the costs for which an expenditure is made for con-
struction of the Appalachian Development Highway System 
under this heading shall be up to 100 percent: Provided fur-
ther, That the funds made available under this heading, in 
paragraph (8) of the fourth proviso, shall be available for 
projects eligible under section 130(a) of title 23, United 
States Code, for commuter authorities, as defined in section 
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24102(2) of title 49, United States Code, that experienced 
at least one accident investigated by the National Transpor-
tation Safety Board between January 1, 2008 and Decem-
ber 31, 2018, and for which the National Transportation 
Safety Board issued an accident report: Provided further, 
That for amounts made available under this heading, in 
paragraphs (8), (9), and (10) of the fourth proviso, the Fed-
eral share of the costs shall be, at the option of the recipient, 
up to 100 percent. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2021, 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 
(B) amounts authorized for the Bureau of 
Transportation Statistics; 
(2) not distribute an amount from the obligation 
limitation for Federal-aid highways that is equal to 
the unobligated balance of amounts— 
(A) made available from the Highway Trust 
Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for 
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Federal-aid highway and highway safety con-
struction programs for previous fiscal years the 
funds for which are allocated by the Secretary 
(or apportioned by the Secretary under 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 dis-
tributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this 
subsection; bears to 
(B) the total of the sums authorized to be 
appropriated for the Federal-aid highway and 
highway safety construction programs (other 
than sums authorized to be appropriated for pro-
visions of law described in paragraphs (1) 
through (11) of subsection (b) and sums author-
ized to be appropriated for section 119 of title 
23, United States Code, equal to the amount re-
ferred to in subsection (b)(12) for such fiscal 
year), less the aggregate of the amounts not dis-
tributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this 
subsection; 
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(4) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed-
eral-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not dis-
tributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), for each of the 
programs (other than programs to which paragraph 
(1) applies) that are allocated by the Secretary under 
the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation 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 dis-
tributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) and the 
amounts distributed under paragraph (4), for Fed-
eral-aid highway and highway safety construction 
programs that are apportioned by the Secretary 
under title 23, United States Code (other than the 
amounts apportioned for the National Highway Per-
formance Program in section 119 of title 23, United 
States Code, that are exempt from the limitation 
under subsection (b)(12) and the amounts appor-
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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 As-
sistance Act of 1978 (23 U.S.C. 144 note; 92 Stat. 
2714); 
(3) section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 
1981 (95 Stat. 1701); 
(4) subsections (b) and (j) of section 131 of the 
Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (96 
Stat. 2119); 
(5) subsections (b) and (c) of section 149 of the 
Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation As-
sistance Act of 1987 (101 Stat. 198); 
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(6) sections 1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal 
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 
Stat. 2027); 
(7) section 157 of title 23, United States Code 
(as in effect on June 8, 1998); 
(8) section 105 of title 23, United States Code 
(as in effect for fiscal years 1998 through 2004, but 
only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of 
those fiscal years); 
(9) Federal-aid highway programs for which ob-
ligation authority was made available under the 
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112 
Stat. 107) or subsequent Acts for multiple years or to 
remain available until expended, but only to the ex-
tent that the obligation authority has not lapsed or 
been used; 
(10) section 105 of title 23, United States Code 
(as in effect for fiscal years 2005 through 2012, but 
only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of 
those fiscal years); 
(11) section 1603 of SAFETEA–LU (23 U.S.C. 
118 note; 119 Stat. 1248), to the extent that funds ob-
ligated in accordance with that section were not sub-
ject to a limitation on obligations at the time at 
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which the funds were initially made available for ob-
ligation; and 
(12) section 119 of title 23, United States Code 
(but, for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2021, only 
in an amount equal to $639,000,000). 
(c) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED OBLIGATION AU-
THORITY.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall, after August 1 of such fiscal year— 
(1) revise a distribution of the obligation limita-
tion made available under subsection (a) if an 
amount distributed cannot be obligated during that 
fiscal year; and 
(2) redistribute sufficient amounts to those States 
able to obligate amounts in addition to those pre-
viously distributed during that fiscal year, giving pri-
ority to those States having large unobligated bal-
ances of funds apportioned under sections 144 (as in 
effect on the day before the date of enactment of Pub-
lic Law 112–141) and 104 of title 23, United States 
Code. 
(d) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS TO 
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PROGRAMS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 
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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 Surface 
Transportation Act. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—Obligation authority made 
available under paragraph (1) shall— 
(A) remain available for a period of 4 fiscal 
years; and 
(B) be in addition to the amount of any 
limitation imposed on obligations for Federal- 
aid highway and highway safety construction 
programs for future fiscal years. 
(e) REDISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN AUTHOR-
IZED FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of distribution of obligation limitation under 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall distribute to the 
States any funds (excluding funds authorized for the 
program under section 202 of title 23, United States 
Code) that— 
(A) are authorized to be appropriated for 
such fiscal year for Federal-aid highway pro-
grams; and 
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(B) the Secretary determines will not be al-
located to the States (or will not be apportioned 
to the States under section 204 of title 23, 
United States Code), and will not be available 
for obligation, for such fiscal year because of the 
imposition of any obligation limitation for such 
fiscal year. 
(2) RATIO.—Funds shall be distributed under 
paragraph (1) in the same proportion as the distribu-
tion of obligation authority under subsection (a)(5). 
(3) AVAILABILITY.—Funds distributed to each 
State under paragraph (1) shall be available for any 
purpose described in section 133(b) of title 23, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 121. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re-
ceived by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the 
sale of data products, for necessary expenses incurred pur-
suant to chapter 63 of title 49, United States Code, may 
be credited to the Federal-aid highways account for the pur-
pose of reimbursing the Bureau for such expenses: Provided, 
That such funds shall be subject to the obligation 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-
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quirement for Federal-aid highways projects, the Secretary 
of Transportation shall make an informal public notice and 
comment opportunity on the intent to issue such waiver and 
the reasons therefor: Provided, That the Secretary shall pro-
vide 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 made available in this 
Act may be used to make a grant for a project under section 
117 of title 23, United States Code, unless the Secretary, 
at least 60 days before making a grant under that section, 
provides written notification to the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the proposed grant, including 
an evaluation and justification for the project and the 
amount of the proposed grant award: Provided, That the 
written notification required in the preceding proviso shall 
be made not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 124. (a) A State or territory, as defined in section 
165 of title 23, United States Code, may use for any project 
eligible under section 133(b) of title 23 or section 165 of 
title 23 and located within the boundary of the State or 
territory any earmarked amount, and any associated obli-
gation limitation: Provided, That the Department of Trans-
portation for the State or territory for which the earmarked 
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amount was originally designated or directed notifies the 
Secretary of its intent to use its authority under this section 
and submits an annual report to the Secretary identifying 
the projects to which the funding would be applied. Notwith-
standing the original period of availability of funds to be 
obligated under this section, such funds and associated obli-
gation limitation shall remain available for obligation for 
a period of 3 fiscal years after the fiscal year in which the 
Secretary is notified. The Federal share of the cost of a 
project carried out with funds made available under this 
section shall be the same as associated with the earmark. 
(b) In this section, the term ‘‘earmarked amount’’ 
means— 
(1) congressionally directed spending, as defined 
in rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate, 
identified in a prior law, report, or joint explanatory 
statement, 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, and administered by the Federal Highway 
Administration. 
(c) The authority under subsection (a) may be exer-
cised only for those projects or activities that have obligated 
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less than 10 percent of the amount made available for obli-
gation as of October 1 of the current fiscal year, and shall 
be applied to projects within the same general geographic 
area within 25 miles for which the funding was designated, 
except that a State or territory may apply such authority 
to unexpended balances of funds from projects or activities 
the State or territory certifies have been closed and for 
which payments have been made under a final voucher. 
(d) The Secretary shall submit consolidated reports of 
the information provided by the States and territories an-
nually to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
SEC. 125. Until final guidance is published, the Ad-
ministrator of the Federal Highway Administration shall 
adjudicate requests for Buy America waivers under the cri-
teria that were in effect prior to April 17, 2018. 
FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
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 
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title 49, United States Code, as amended by the Fixing 
America’s Surface Transportation Act (Public Law 114– 
94), $328,143,124, to be derived from the Highway Trust 
Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), of which 
$9,896,127 is to be transferred and made available from 
prior year unobligated contract authority provided for Na-
tional Motor Carrier Safety Program or Motor Carrier 
Safety in the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Cen-
tury (Public Law 105–178), SAFETEA–LU (Public Law 
109–59), or other appropriations or authorization Acts, to-
gether with advances and reimbursements received by the 
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the sum of 
which shall remain available until expended: Provided, 
That funds available for implementation, execution, or ad-
ministration of motor carrier safety operations and pro-
grams authorized under title 49, United States Code, shall 
not exceed total obligations of $328,143,124, for ‘‘Motor 
Carrier Safety Operations and Programs’’ for fiscal year 
2021, of which $9,073,000, to remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 2023, is for the research and tech-
nology program, and of which not less than $75,447,124, 
to remain available for obligation until September 30, 
2023, is for development, modernization, enhancement, con-
tinued operation, and maintenance of information tech-
nology and information management. 
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MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS 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 (Public Law 114–94), $389,800,000, to 
be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the 
Mass Transit Account) and to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That funds available for the implementa-
tion or execution of motor carrier safety programs shall not 
exceed total obligations of $389,800,000 in fiscal year 2021 
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; 
(2) $33,200,000 shall be available for the com-
mercial driver’s license program implementation pro-
gram; 
(3) $45,900,000 shall be available for the high 
priority activities program, of which $1,000,000 is to 
be made available from prior year unobligated con-
tract authority provided for Motor Carrier Safety 
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Grants in the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st 
Century (Public Law 105–178), SAFETEA–LU 
(Public Law 109–59), or other appropriations or au-
thorization Acts; 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 appro-
priations or authorization Acts: 
Provided further, That of the unobligated amounts provided 
for Motor Carrier Safety Grants in the Transportation Eq-
uity Act for the 21st Century (Public Law 105–178), 
SAFETEA–LU (Public Law 109–59), the FAST Act (Pub-
lic Law 114–94) or other appropriation or authorization 
acts prior to fiscal year 2021, $30,000,000 in additional 
obligation limitation, shall be transferred and made avail-
able for a study of the cause of large truck crashes and shall 
remain available until expended: Provided further, That the 
activities funded by the previous proviso may be accom-
plished through direct expenditure, direct research activi-
ties, grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, intra or 
interagency agreements, or other agreements with public or-
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ganizations: Provided further, That such amounts, pay-
ments, and obligation limitation as may be necessary to 
carry out the study of the cause of large truck crashes may 
be transferred and credited to appropriate accounts of other 
participating Federal agencies: Provided further, That 
$30,000,000 for payment of obligations incurred in car-
rying out this section shall be derived from the Highway 
Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), to be 
available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER 
SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 130. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Adminis-
tration shall send notice of section 385.308 of title 49, Code 
of Federal Regulations, violations by certified mail, reg-
istered mail, or another manner of delivery, which records 
the receipt of the notice by the persons responsible for the 
violations. 
SEC. 131. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Adminis-
tration shall update annual inspection regulations under 
Appendix G to subchapter B of chapter III of title 49, Code 
of Federal Regulations, as recommended by GAO–19–264. 
SEC. 132. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available to the Department of Transportation by this 
Act or any other Act may be obligated or expended to imple-
ment, administer, or enforce the requirements of section 
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31137 of title 49, United States Code, or any regulation 
issued by the Secretary pursuant to such section, with re-
spect to the use of electronic logging devices by operators 
of commercial motor vehicles, as defined in section 31132(1) 
of such title, transporting livestock as defined in section 602 
of the Emergency Livestock Feed Assistance Act of 1988 (7 
U.S.C. 1471) or insects. 
NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the 
Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety au-
thorized under chapter 301 and part C of subtitle VI of 
title 49, United States Code, $194,167,000, of which 
$40,000,000 shall remain available through September 30, 
2022. 
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 Driv-
er Assistance Systems and improving consumer responses 
to safety recalls, section 4011 of the Fixing America’s Sur-
face Transportation Act (Public Law 114–94), and chapter 
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303 of title 49, United States Code, $155,300,000, to be de-
rived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass 
Transit Account) and to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for the planning or execution of programs the total ob-
ligations for which, in fiscal year 2021, are in excess of 
$155,300,000: Provided further, That of the sums appro-
priated under this heading— 
(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 Advanced 
Driver Assistance Systems and improving consumer 
responses to safety recalls, and section 4011 of the 
Fixing America’s Surface Transportation 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, 2022, and $3,000,000, 
for impaired driving detection, shall remain available until 
expended, and shall be in addition to the amount of any 
limitation imposed on obligations for future years: Pro-
vided further, That amounts for behavioral research on 
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Automated Driving Systems and Advanced Driver Assist-
ance Systems and improving consumer responses to safety 
recalls are in addition to any other funds provided for those 
purposes for fiscal year 2021 in this Act. 
HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
provisions of 23 U.S.C. 402, 404, and 405, and section 
4001(a)(6) of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation 
Act (Public Law 114–94), to remain available until ex-
pended, $623,017,000, to be derived from the Highway 
Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account): Pro-
vided, 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 2021 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 Amer-
ica’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 Priority 
Safety Programs’’ under 23 U.S.C. 405; 
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(3) $30,500,000 shall be for the ‘‘High Visibility 
Enforcement Program’’ under 23 U.S.C. 404; and 
(4) $26,817,000 shall be for ‘‘Administrative Ex-
penses’’ under section 4001(a)(6) of the Fixing Amer-
ica’s Surface Transportation Act: 
Provided further, That none of these funds shall be used for 
construction, rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or for of-
fice furnishings and fixtures for State, local or private 
buildings or structures: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$500,000 of the funds made available for ‘‘National Priority 
Safety Programs’’ under 23 U.S.C. 405 for ‘‘Impaired 
Driving Countermeasures’’ (as described in subsection (d) 
of that section) shall be available for technical assistance 
to the States: Provided further, That with respect to the 
‘‘Transfers’’ provision under 23 U.S.C. 405(a)(8), any 
amounts transferred to increase the amounts made avail-
able under section 402 shall include the obligation authority 
for such amounts: Provided further, That the Administrator 
shall notify the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations 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 avail-
able to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administra-
tion, out of the amount limited for section 402 of title 23, 
United States Code, to pay for travel and related expenses 
for State management reviews and to pay for core com-
petency development training and related expenses for high-
way safety staff. 
SEC. 141. The limitations on obligations for the pro-
grams of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administra-
tion set in this Act shall not apply to obligations for which 
obligation authority was made available in previous public 
laws but only to the extent that the obligation authority 
has not lapsed or been used. 
SEC. 142. In addition to the amounts made available 
under the heading, ‘‘Operations and Research (Liquidation 
of Contract Authorization) (Limitation on Obligations) 
(Highway Trust Fund)’’ for carrying out the provisions of 
section 403 of title 23, United States Code, $17,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2022, shall be made 
available to the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis-
tration from the general fund: Provided, That of the sums 
provided under this provision— 
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(1) not to exceed $7,000,000 shall be available to 
provide funding for grants, pilot program activities, 
and innovative solutions to reduce impaired-driving 
fatalities in collaboration 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 
campaign regarding highway-rail grade crossing safe-
ty in collaboration with the Federal Railroad Admin-
istration. 
SEC. 143. None of the funds in this Act or any other 
Act shall be used to enforce the requirements of section 
405(a)(9) of title 23, United States Code. 
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 
SAFETY AND OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Admin-
istration, not otherwise provided for, $234,905,000, of which 
$25,000,000 shall remain available until expended. 
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for railroad research and devel-
opment, $41,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
FEDERAL-STATE PARTNERSHIP FOR STATE OF GOOD 
REPAIR 
For necessary expenses related to Federal-State Part-
nership for State of Good Repair Grants as authorized by 
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section 24911 of title 49, United States Code, $200,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That ex-
penses incidental to the acquisition or construction (includ-
ing designing, engineering, location surveying, mapping, 
environmental studies, and acquiring rights-of-way) of a 
capital project as defined under section 24911(a)(2) of title 
49, United States Code, are eligible for funding independ-
ently or in conjunction with proposed funding for construc-
tion: Provided further, That the Secretary may withhold up 
to 1 percent of the amount provided under this heading for 
the costs of award and project management oversight of 
grants carried out under section 24911 of title 49, United 
States Code. 
CONSOLIDATED RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY 
IMPROVEMENTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses related to Consolidated Rail 
Infrastructure and Safety Improvements Grants, as author-
ized by section 22907 of title 49, United States Code, 
$375,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of the amounts made available under this head-
ing— 
(1) not less than $75,000,000 shall be for projects 
eligible under section 22907(c)(2) of title 49, United 
States Code, that support the development of new 
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intercity passenger rail service routes including align-
ments for existing routes: Provided, That the Sec-
retary shall give preference for pre-construction ele-
ments including preliminary engineering and final 
design of such projects; and 
(2) not less than $25,000,000 shall be for capital 
projects and engineering solutions targeting tres-
passing: Provided, That the Secretary shall give pref-
erence for such projects that are located in counties 
with the most pedestrian trespasser casualties as iden-
tified in the Federal Railroad Administration’s Na-
tional Strategy to Prevent Trespassing on Railroad 
Property: 
Provided further, That section 22905(f) of title 49, United 
States Code, shall not apply to projects for the implementa-
tion of positive train control systems otherwise eligible 
under section 22907(c)(1) of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided further, That amounts made available under this 
heading for projects selected for commuter rail passenger 
transportation may be transferred by the Secretary, after 
selection, to the appropriate agencies to be administered in 
accordance with chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall not limit eligible 
projects from consideration for funding for planning, engi-
neering, environmental, construction, and design elements 
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of the same project in the same application: Provided fur-
ther, That for amounts available under this heading eligible 
recipients under section 22907(b) of title 49, United States 
Code, shall include any holding company of a Class II rail-
road or Class III railroad (as those terms are defined in 
section 20102 of title 49, United States Code): Provided fur-
ther, That unobligated balances remaining after 6 years 
from the date of enactment of this Act may be used for any 
eligible project under section 22907(c) of title 49, United 
States Code: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
withhold up to 1 percent 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. 
MAGNETIC LEVITATION TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT 
PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses related to the deployment of 
magnetic levitation transportation projects, consistent with 
language in subsections (a) through (c) of section 1307 of 
SAFETEA–LU (Public Law 109–59), as amended by sec-
tion 102 of the SAFETEA–LU Technical Corrections Act 
of 2008 (Public Law 110–244) (23 U.S.C. 322 note), 
$2,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
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RESTORATION AND ENHANCEMENT 
For necessary expenses related to Restoration and En-
hancement Grants, as authorized by section 24408 of title 
49, United States Code, $4,720,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the Secretary may withhold 
up to 1 percent of the funds provided under this heading 
to fund the costs of award and project management and 
oversight. 
NORTHEAST CORRIDOR GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL 
RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 
grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for 
activities associated with the Northeast Corridor as author-
ized by section 11101(a) of the Fixing America’s Surface 
Transportation Act (division A of Public Law 114–94), 
$700,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, 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 Railroad 
Passenger Corporation’’ heading to fund the costs of project 
management and oversight of activities authorized by sec-
tion 11101(c) of division A of Public Law 114–94: Provided 
further, That in addition to the project management over-
sight funds authorized under section 11101(c) of division 
A of Public Law 114–94, the Secretary may retain up to 
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an additional $5,000,000 of the funds provided under this 
heading to fund expenses associated with the Northeast Cor-
ridor Commission established under section 24905 of title 
49, United States Code: Provided further, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading and the ‘‘Na-
tional Network Grants to the National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation’’ heading, not less than $75,000,000 shall be 
made available to bring Amtrak-served facilities and sta-
tions into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities 
Act: Provided further, That of the amounts made available 
under this heading and the ‘‘National Network Grants to 
the National Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ heading, 
$100,000,000 shall be made available to fund the replace-
ment of the single-level passenger cars used on the Northeast 
Corridor, State-supported routes, and long-distance routes, 
as such terms are defined in section 24102 of title 49, 
United States Code. 
NATIONAL NETWORK GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD 
PASSENGER CORPORATION 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 
grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for 
activities associated with the National Network as author-
ized by section 11101(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface 
Transportation Act (division A of Public Law 114–94), 
$1,300,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
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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 Com-
mittee established under section 24712 of title 49, United 
States Code: Provided further, That at least $50,000,000 of 
the amount provided under this heading shall be available 
for the development, installation and operation of railroad 
safety technology, including the implementation of a posi-
tive train control system, on State-supported routes as de-
fined under section 24102(13) of title 49, United States 
Code, on which positive train control systems are not re-
quired by law or regulation: Provided further, That none 
of the funds provided under this heading shall be used by 
Amtrak to give notice under subsection (a) or (b) of section 
24706 of title 49, United States Code, with respect to long- 
distance routes (as defined in section 24102 of title 49, 
United States Code) on which Amtrak is the sole operator 
on a host railroad’s line and a positive train control system 
is not required by law or regulation, or, except in an emer-
gency or during maintenance or construction outages im-
pacting such routes, to otherwise discontinue, reduce the fre-
quency of, suspend, or substantially alter the route of rail 
service on any portion of such route operated in fiscal year 
2018, including implementation of service permitted by sec-
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tion 24305(a)(3)(A) of title 49, United States Code, in lieu 
of rail service. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 150. None of the funds made available to the Na-
tional Railroad Passenger Corporation may be used to fund 
any overtime costs in excess of $35,000 for any individual 
employee: Provided, That the President of Amtrak may 
waive the cap set in the preceding proviso for specific em-
ployees when the President of Amtrak determines such a 
cap poses a risk to the safety and operational efficiency of 
the system: Provided further, That the President of Amtrak 
shall report to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations no later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, a summary of all overtime payments incurred 
by Amtrak for 2020 and the 3 prior calendar years: Pro-
vided further, That such summary shall include the total 
number of employees that received waivers and the total 
overtime payments Amtrak paid to employees receiving 
waivers for each month for 2020 and for the 3 prior cal-
endar years. 
SEC. 151. None of the funds made available to the Na-
tional Railroad Passenger Corporation under the headings 
‘‘Northeast Corridor Grants to the National Railroad Pas-
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senger Corporation’’ and ‘‘National Network Grants to the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ may be used to 
reduce the total number of Amtrak Police Department uni-
formed officers patrolling on board passenger trains or at 
stations, facilities or rights-of-way below the staffing level 
on May 1, 2019. 
SEC. 152. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the National Railroad Passenger Cor-
poration in contravention of the Worker Adjustment and 
Retraining Notification Act (29 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.). 
SEC. 153. The matter under the heading ‘‘Department 
of Transportation—Federal Railroad Administration— 
Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improve-
ments’’— 
(1) in division G of the Consolidated Appropria-
tions Act, 2019 (Public Law 116–6) is amended by 
striking ‘‘4 years’’ and inserting ‘‘6 years’’ in the 
fourth proviso; and 
(2) in division H of the Further Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94) is 
amended by striking ‘‘4 years’’ and inserting ‘‘6 
years’’ in the fourth proviso. 
SEC. 154. Of the unobligated balances of funds remain-
ing from— 
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(1) ‘‘Capital and Debt Service Grants to the Na-
tional Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ accounts to-
taling $10,458,135.54 appropriated by the following 
public laws are hereby permanently rescinded: 
(A) 
Public 
Law 
112–10 
a 
total 
of 
$289,234.48; 
(B) 
Public 
Law 
112–55 
a 
total 
of 
$4,760,000.00; 
(C) 
Public 
Law 
113–76 
a 
total 
of 
$792,502.52; 
(D) Public Law 113–235 a total of 
$1,698,806.61; and 
(E) Public Law 114–113 a total of 
$2,917,591.93; 
(2) ‘‘Railroad Safety Technology Program’’ ac-
count totaling $613,252.29 appropriated by Public 
Law 111–117 is hereby permanently rescinded; 
(3) ‘‘Capital Assistance to States—Intercity Pas-
senger Rail Service’’ account totaling $10,164,885.13 
appropriated by Public Law 111–8 is hereby perma-
nently rescinded; 
(4) ‘‘Rail Line Relocation and Improvement 
Program’’ accounts totaling $12,650,365.14 appro-
priated by the following public laws are hereby per-
manently rescinded: 
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(A) Public Law 110–161 a total of 
$923,214.63; 
(B) 
Public 
Law 
111–8 
a 
total 
of 
$5,558,233.95; 
(C) Public Law 111–117 a total of 
$3,763,767.95; and 
(D) 
Public 
Law 
112–10 
a 
total 
of 
$2,405,148.61; and 
(5) ‘‘Next Generation High-Speed Rail’’ accounts 
totaling $3,034,848.52 appropriated by the following 
public laws are hereby permanently rescinded: 
(A) 
Public 
Law 
104–50 
a 
total 
of 
$610,807.00; 
(B) Public Law 104–205 a total of 
$5,963.71; 
(C) 
Public 
Law 
105–66 
a 
total 
of 
$1,218,742.47; 
(D) Public Law 105–277 a total of 
$17,097.00; 
(E) 
Public 
Law 
106–69 
a 
total 
of 
$1,005,969.00; 
(F) Public Law 108–7 a total of $43,951.57; 
(G) Public Law 108–199 a total of 
$24,263.48; and 
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(H) Public Law 108–447 a total of 
$108,054.29. 
SEC. 155. It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) long-distance passenger rail routes provide 
much-needed transportation access for 4,700,000 rid-
ers in 325 communities in 40 States and are particu-
larly important in rural areas; and 
(2) long-distance passenger rail routes and serv-
ices should be sustained to ensure connectivity 
throughout the National Network (as defined in sec-
tion 24102 of title 49, United States Code). 
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal 
Transit Administration’s programs authorized by chapter 
53 of title 49, United States Code, $121,052,000 which shall 
remain available until September 30, 2022, and up to 
$1,000,000 shall be available to carry out the provisions 
of section 5326 of such title: Provided, That upon submis-
sion to the Congress of the fiscal year 2022 President’s budg-
et, the Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to Con-
gress the annual report on Capital Investment Grants, in-
cluding proposed allocations for fiscal year 2022. 
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TRANSIT FORMULA GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in the Federal 
Public Transportation Assistance Program in this account, 
and for payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 5312, 
5314, 5318, 5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, as 
amended by the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation 
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 avail-
able until expended: Provided, That funds available for the 
implementation or execution of programs authorized under 
49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 5312, 5314, 5318, 
5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, as amended by the 
Fixing America’s Surface 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 
2021: Provided further, That the Federal share of the cost 
of activities carried out under 49 U.S.C. section 5312 shall 
not exceed 80 percent, except that if there is substantial 
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public interest or benefit, the Secretary may approve a 
greater Federal share. 
TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS 
For an additional amount for buses and bus facilities 
grants under section 5339 of title 49, United States Code, 
low or no emission grants under section 5339(c) of such 
title, formula grants to rural areas under section 5311 of 
such title, high density state apportionments under section 
5340(d) of such title, state of good repair grants under sec-
tion 5337 of such title, ferry boats grants under section 
5307(h) of such title, bus testing facilities under section 
5318 of such title, grants to areas of persistent poverty, in-
novative mobility solutions grants under section 5312 of 
such title, and accelerating innovative mobility initiative 
grants under section 5312 such title, $516,220,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That of the sums 
provided under this heading— 
(1) $243,000,000 shall be available for the buses 
and bus facilities grants as authorized under section 
5339 of such title, of which $118,000,000 shall be 
available for the buses and bus facilities formula 
grants as authorized under section 5339(a) of such 
title, and $125,000,000 shall be available for buses 
and bus facilities competitive grants as authorized 
under section 5339(b) of such title; 
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(2) $125,000,000 shall be available for the low or 
no emission grants as authorized under section 
5339(c) of such title: Provided, That the minimum 
grant award shall be not less than $750,000; 
(3) $40,000,000 shall be available for formula 
grants for rural areas as authorized under section 
5311 of such title; 
(4) $40,000,000 shall be available for the high 
density state apportionments as authorized under sec-
tion 5340(d) of such title; 
(5) $40,000,000 shall be available for state of 
good repair grants as authorized under section 5337 
of such title; 
(6) $8,000,000 shall be available for ferry boat 
grants as authorized under section 5307(h) of such 
title: Provided, That of the amounts provided under 
this subparagraph, $4,000,000 shall only be available 
for low or zero-emission ferries or ferries using elec-
tric battery or fuel cell components and the infra-
structure to support such ferries; 
(7) $2,000,000 shall be available for the oper-
ation and maintenance of the bus testing facilities se-
lected under section 5318 of such title; 
(8) $16,220,000 shall be available for competitive 
grants to eligible entities to assist areas of persistent 
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poverty: Provided, That the term ‘‘areas of persistent 
poverty’’ means any county that has consistently had 
greater than or equal to 20 percent of the population 
living in poverty during the 30 year period 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 as esti-
mated by the Bureau of the Census; any census tract 
with a poverty rate of at least 20 percent as measured 
by the 2014–2018 5-year data series available from 
the American Community Survey of the Bureau of 
the Census; or any territory or possession of the 
United States: Provided further, That grants shall be 
for planning, engineering, or development of technical 
or financing plans for projects eligible under chapter 
53 of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, 
That eligible entities are those defined as eligible re-
cipients or subrecipients under sections 5307, 5310 or 
5311 of title 49, United States Code, and are in areas 
of persistent poverty: Provided further, That the Fed-
eral Transit Administration should complete outreach 
to such counties and the departments of transpor-
tation within applicable States via personal contact, 
webinars, web materials and other appropriate meth-
ods determined by the Administrator of the Federal 
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Transit Administration: Provided further, That State 
departments of transportation may apply on behalf of 
eligible entities within their States: Provided further, 
That the Federal Transit Administration should en-
courage grantees to work with non-profits or other en-
tities of their choosing in order to develop planning, 
technical, engineering, or financing plans: Provided 
further, That the Federal Transit Administration 
shall encourage grantees to partner with non-profits 
that can assist with making projects low or no emis-
sions; 
(9) $1,000,000 shall be available for the dem-
onstration and deployment of innovative mobility so-
lutions as authorized under section 5312 of title 49, 
United States Code: Provided, That such amounts 
shall be available for competitive grants or coopera-
tive agreements for the development of software to fa-
cilitate the provision of demand-response public 
transportation service that dispatches public trans-
portation fleet vehicles through riders mobile devices 
or other advanced means: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall evaluate the potential for software de-
veloped with grants or cooperative agreements to be 
shared for use by public transportation agencies; and 
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(10) $1,000,000 shall be for the accelerating in-
novative mobility initiative as authorized under sec-
tion 5312 of title 49, United States Code: Provided, 
That such amounts shall be available for competitive 
grants to improve mobility and enhance the rider ex-
perience with a focus on innovative service delivery 
models, creative financing, novel partnerships, and 
integrated payment solutions in order to help dis-
seminate 
proven 
innovation 
mobility 
practices 
throughout the public transportation industry: 
Provided further, That projects funded under paragraph (8) 
of this heading shall be for not less than 90 percent 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 section 5314 of 
title 49, United States Code, $7,500,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2022: Provided, That the assist-
ance provided under this heading does not duplicate the ac-
tivities of section 5311(b) or section 5312 of title 49, United 
States Code. 
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CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry out fixed guideway 
capital investment grants under section 5309 of title 49, 
United States Code, and section 3005(b) of the Fixing 
America’s Surface Transportation Act (Public Law 114– 
94), $2,014,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2024: Provided, That of the amounts made available 
under this heading, $1,169,000,000 shall be available for 
projects authorized under section 5309(d) of title 49, United 
States Code, $525,000,000 shall be available for projects au-
thorized under section 5309(e) of title 49, United States 
Code, $200,000,000 shall be available for projects authorized 
under section 5309(h) of title 49, United States Code, and 
$100,000,000 shall be available for projects authorized 
under section 3005(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface 
Transportation Act: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall continue to administer the capital investment grants 
program in accordance with the procedural and substantive 
requirements of section 5309 of title 49, United States Code, 
and of section 3005(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface 
Transportation Act: Provided further, That projects that re-
ceive a grant agreement under the Expedited Project Deliv-
ery for Capital Investment Grants Pilot Program under 
section 3005(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface Transpor-
tation Act shall be deemed eligible for funding provided for 
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projects under section 5309 of title 49, United States Code, 
without further evaluation or rating under such section: 
Provided further, That such funding shall not exceed the 
Federal share under section 3005(b): Provided Further, 
That funds allocated pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 5309 to any 
project during fiscal years 2015 or 2017 shall remain allo-
cated to that project until December 31, 2021. 
GRANTS TO THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA 
TRANSIT AUTHORITY 
For grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area Tran-
sit Authority as authorized under section 601 of division 
B of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act 
of 2008 (Public Law 110–432), $150,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of 
Transportation shall approve grants for capital and pre-
ventive maintenance expenditures for the Washington Met-
ropolitan Area Transit Authority only after receiving and 
reviewing a request for each specific project: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall determine that the Wash-
ington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has placed the 
highest priority on those investments that will improve the 
safety of the system before approving such grants: Provided 
further, That the Secretary, in order to ensure safety 
throughout the rail system, may waive the requirements of 
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section 601(e)(1) of division B of the Passenger Rail Invest-
ment and Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–432). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 160. The limitations on obligations for the pro-
grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not 
apply to any authority under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously 
made available for obligation, or to any other authority pre-
viously made available for obligation. 
SEC. 161. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
funds appropriated or limited by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Capital Investment Grants’’ of the Federal Transit Ad-
ministration for projects specified in this Act or identified 
in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act) not 
obligated by September 30, 2024, and other recoveries, shall 
be directed to projects eligible to use the funds for the pur-
poses for which they were originally provided. 
SEC. 162. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
any funds appropriated before October 1, 2020, 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. 
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SEC. 163. None of the funds made available by this 
Act or any other Act shall be used to adjust apportionments 
or withhold funds from apportionments pursuant to section 
9503(e)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 
9503(e)(4)). 
SEC. 164. An eligible recipient of a grant under section 
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 section 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 
procurement under section 5325(a) of title 49, United 
States Code, for the named entity. 
SEC. 165. None of the funds made available by this 
Act or any other Act shall be used to impede or hinder 
project advancement or approval for any project seeking a 
Federal contribution from the capital investment grant pro-
gram of greater than 40 percent of project costs as author-
ized under section 5309 of title 49, United States Code. 
SEC. 166. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Department of Transportation to 
implement any policy that requires a capital investment 
grant project to receive a medium or higher project rating 
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before taking actions to finalize an environmental impact 
statement. 
SEC. 167. Of the unobligated amounts made available 
for prior fiscal years to Formula Grants in Treasury Ac-
count 69–X–1129, a total of $1,606,849 are hereby perma-
nently rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may be re-
scinded from amounts that were designated by the Congress 
as an emergency or disaster relief requirement pursuant to 
a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 168. Of the unobligated amounts made available 
for the Job Access and Reverse Commute program, as au-
thorized by Public Law 105–178, as amended, a total of 
$320,230 are hereby permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 169. Of the unobligated amounts made available 
for Research, Training, and Human Resources, as author-
ized by Public Law 95–599, as amended, a total of $31,634 
are hereby permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 169A. Any unexpended balances from amounts 
previously appropriated for low or no emission vehicle com-
ponent assessment under 49 U.S.C. 5312(h) under the head-
ings ‘‘Transit Formula Grants’’ and ‘‘Transit Infrastruc-
ture Grants’’ in fiscal years 2016 through 2020 may be used 
by the facilities selected for such vehicle component assess-
ment for capital projects in order to build new infrastruc-
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ture and enhance existing facilities in order to expand bus 
and component testing capability, in accordance with the 
industry stakeholder testing objectives and capabilities as 
outlined through the work of the Federal Transit Adminis-
tration Transit Vehicle Innovation and Deployment Centers 
program and included in the Center for Transportation and 
the Environment report submitted to the Federal Transit 
Administration for review. 
SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora-
tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within 
the limits of funds and borrowing authority available to 
the Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make such 
contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 
limitations, as provided by section 9104 of title 31, United 
States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the pro-
grams 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 infrastructure activities on por-
tions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway owned, operated, and 
maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development 
Corporation, $38,000,000, to be derived from the Harbor 
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Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to section 210 of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2238): 
Provided, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading, not less than $14,500,000 shall be for the seaway 
infrastructure program. 
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, $314,007,780, to remain available 
until expended, of which $7,780 shall be derived from unob-
ligated balances from prior year appropriations available 
under this heading. 
CABLE SECURITY FLEET 
For the Cable Security Fleet program, as authorized 
by chapter 532 of title 46, United States Code, $10,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of operations and training ac-
tivities authorized by law, $155,616,000: Provided, That of 
the amounts made available under this heading— 
(1) $80,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2022, shall be for the operations of the 
United States Merchant Marine Academy; 
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(2) $5,944,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for facilities maintenance and repair, 
and equipment, at the United States Merchant Ma-
rine Academy; 
(3) $3,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2022, shall be for the Maritime Environ-
mental and Technical Assistance program authorized 
under section 50307 of title 46, United States Code; 
and 
(4) $10,819,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for the Short Sea Transportation 
Program (America’s Marine Highways) to make 
grants for the purposes authorized under paragraphs 
(1) and (3) of section 55601(b) of title 46, United 
States Code: 
Provided further, That the Administrator of the Maritime 
Administration shall transmit to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations the annual report on sexual 
assault and sexual harassment at the United States Mer-
chant Marine Academy as required pursuant to section 
3510 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2017 (46 U.S.C. 51318): Provided further, That avail-
able balances under this heading for the Short Sea Trans-
portation Program (America’s Marine Highways) from 
prior year recoveries shall be available to carry out activi-
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ties authorized under paragraphs (1) and (3) of section 
55601(b) of title 46, United States Code: Provided further, 
That any unobligated balances and obligated balances not 
yet expended from previous appropriations under this head-
ing for programs and activities supporting State Maritime 
Academies shall be transferred to and merged with the ap-
propriations for ‘‘Maritime Administration—State Mari-
time Academy Operations’’ and shall be made available for 
the same purposes as the appropriations for ‘‘Maritime Ad-
ministration—State Maritime Academy Operations’’. 
STATE MARITIME ACADEMY OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of operations, support, and 
training 
activities 
for 
State 
Maritime 
Academies, 
$432,700,000: Provided, That of the sums appropriated 
under this heading— 
(1) $30,500,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for maintenance, repair, life exten-
sion, insurance, and capacity improvement of Na-
tional Defense Reserve Fleet training ships, and for 
support of training ship operations at the State Mar-
itime Academies, of which $8,500,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be for expenses related 
to training mariners; and for costs associated with 
training vessel sharing pursuant to 46 U.S.C. 
51504(g)(3) for costs associated with mobilizing, oper-
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ating and demobilizing the vessel, including travel 
costs for students, faculty and crew, the costs of the 
general agent, crew costs, fuel, insurance, operational 
fees, and vessel hire costs, as determined by the Sec-
retary; 
(2) $390,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for the National Security Multi-Mis-
sion Vessel Program, including funds for construction, 
planning, administration, and design of school ships; 
(3) $2,400,000 to remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2022, shall be for the Student Incentive 
Program; 
(4) $3,800,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for training ship fuel assistance; and 
(5) $6,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2022, shall be for direct payments for 
State Maritime Academies. 
ASSISTANCE TO SMALL SHIPYARDS 
To make grants to qualified shipyards as authorized 
under section 54101 of title 46, United States Code, 
$20,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
SHIP DISPOSAL 
For necessary expenses related to the disposal of obso-
lete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the Mar-
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itime Administration, $4,200,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
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 ‘‘Maritime Ad-
ministration—Operations and Training’’. 
PORT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 
To make grants to improve port facilities as authorized 
under section 50302(c) of title 46, United States Code, 
$230,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That projects eligible for amounts made available 
under this heading shall be projects for coastal seaports, in-
land river ports, or Great Lakes ports: Provided further, 
That of the amounts made available under this heading, 
not less than $205,000,000 shall be for coastal seaports or 
Great Lakes ports: Provided further, That the Maritime Ad-
ministration shall distribute amounts made available under 
this heading as discretionary grants to port authorities or 
commissions or their subdivisions and agents under existing 
authority, 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 
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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 further, 
That projects eligible for amounts made available under this 
heading shall be designed to improve the safety, efficiency, 
or reliability of the movement of goods into, out of, around, 
or within a port and located— 
(1) within the boundary of a port; or 
(2) outside the boundary of a port, and directly 
related to port operations, or to an intermodal con-
nection to a port: 
Provided further, That project awards eligible under this 
heading shall be only for— 
(1) port gate improvements; 
(2) road improvements both within and con-
necting to the port; 
(3) rail improvements both within and con-
necting to the port; 
(4) 
berth 
improvements 
(including 
docks, 
wharves, piers and dredging incidental to the im-
provement project); 
(5) fixed landside improvements in support of 
cargo operations (such as silos, elevators, conveyors, 
container terminals, Ro/Ro structures including park-
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ing garages necessary for intermodal freight transfer, 
warehouses including refrigerated facilities, lay-down 
areas, transit sheds, and other such facilities); 
(6) utilities necessary for safe operations (includ-
ing lighting, stormwater, and other such improve-
ments that are incidental to a larger infrastructure 
project); or 
(7) a combination of activities described above: 
Provided further, That the Federal share of the costs for 
which an amount is provided under this heading shall be 
up to 80 percent: Provided further, That for grants awarded 
under this heading, the minimum grant size shall be 
$1,000,000: Provided further, That for grant awards less 
than $10,000,000, the Secretary shall prioritize ports that 
handled less than 10,000,000 short tons in 2017, as identi-
fied by the Corps of Engineers: Provided further, That for 
grant awards less than $10,000,000, the Secretary may in-
crease the Federal share of costs above 80 percent: Provided 
further, That not to exceed 2 percent of the amounts made 
available under this heading shall be available for necessary 
costs of grant administration. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act, in addition to any existing authority, the Maritime 
Administration is authorized to furnish utilities and serv-
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ices and make necessary repairs in connection with any 
lease, contract, or occupancy involving Government prop-
erty under control of the Maritime Administration: Pro-
vided, That payments received therefor shall be credited to 
the appropriation charged with the cost thereof and shall 
remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
rental payments under any such lease, contract, or occu-
pancy for items other than such utilities, services, or repairs 
shall be deposited into the Treasury as miscellaneous re-
ceipts. 
PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONAL EXPENSES 
For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline and 
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, $28,715,000, 
of which $4,500,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2023. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous ma-
terials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous Ma-
terials Safety Administration, $62,000,000, of which 
$14,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2023: 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 offsetting receipts: Provided further, That 
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there may be credited to this appropriation, to be available 
until expended, funds received from States, counties, mu-
nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources 
for expenses incurred for training, for reports publication 
and dissemination, and for travel expenses incurred in per-
formance 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, to remain available until 
September 30, 2023, 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: Provided, 
That not less than $1,058,000 of the funds provided under 
this heading shall be for the One-Call State grant program: 
Provided further, That any amounts provided under this 
heading in this Act or in prior Acts for research contracts, 
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grants, cooperative agreements or research other trans-
actions agreements (‘‘OTAs’’) shall require written notifica-
tion to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions not less than 3 full business days before such research 
contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, or research OTAs 
are announced by the Department of Transportation: Pro-
vided further, That the Administrator may obligate 
amounts made available under this heading to engineer, 
erect, alter, and repair buildings or make any other public 
improvements for research facilities at the Transportation 
Technology Center after the Administrator submits an up-
dated research plan to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations and after such plan is approved by the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(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, 2023, from 
amounts made available by section 5116(h) and subsections 
(b) and (c) of section 5128 of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided, That notwithstanding section 5116(h)(4) of title 
49, United States Code, not more than 4 percent of the 
amounts made available from this account shall be avail-
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able to pay administrative costs: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding subsections (b) and (c) of section 5128 of 
title 49, United States Code, and the limitation on obliga-
tions provided under this heading, prior year recoveries rec-
ognized in the current year shall be available to develop 
and deliver hazardous materials emergency response train-
ing for emergency responders, including response activities 
for the transportation of crude oil, ethanol, flammable liq-
uids, and other hazardous commodities by rail, consistent 
with National Fire Protection Association standards, and 
to make such training available through an electronic for-
mat: Provided further, That the prior year recoveries made 
available under this heading shall also be available to carry 
out sections 5116(a)(1)(C), 5116(h), 5116(i), and 5107(e) 
of title 49, United States Code. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS 
MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 180. In addition to the amounts made available 
under the heading, ‘‘Emergency Preparedness Grants’’, 
$1,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023, 
shall be made available to the Pipeline and Hazardous Ma-
terials Safety Administration from the general fund of the 
Treasury, in addition to amounts otherwise available for 
such purposes, to develop and deliver hazardous materials 
emergency response training for emergency responders, in-
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cluding response activities for the transportation of crude 
oil, ethanol, flammable liquids, and other hazardous com-
modities by rail, consistent with National Fire Protection 
Association standards, and to make such training available 
through an electronic format. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, as amended, $98,150,000: Provided, That the 
Inspector General shall have all necessary authority, in car-
rying out the duties specified in the Inspector General Act, 
as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to investigate allegations 
of fraud, including false statements to the government (18 
U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity that is subject to 
regulation by the Department of Transportation. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF 
TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 190. (a) During the current fiscal year, applica-
ble appropriations to the Department of Transportation 
shall be available for maintenance and operation of air-
craft; hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; pur-
chase of liability insurance for motor vehicles operating in 
foreign countries on official department business; and uni-
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forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 
and 5902 of title 5, United States Code. 
(b) During the current fiscal year, applicable appro-
priations to the Department and its operating administra-
tions shall be available for the purchase, maintenance, oper-
ation, and deployment of unmanned aircraft systems that 
advance the missions of the Department of Transportation 
or an operating administration of the Department of 
Transportation. 
(c) Any unmanned aircraft system purchased, pro-
cured, or contracted for by the Department prior to the date 
of enactment of this Act shall be deemed authorized by Con-
gress as if this provision was in effect when the system was 
purchased, procured, or contracted for. 
SEC. 191. Appropriations contained in this Act for the 
Department of Transportation shall be available for services 
as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 
but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate 
equivalent to the rate for an Executive Level IV. 
SEC. 192. (a) No recipient of amounts made available 
by this Act shall disseminate personal information (as de-
fined in section 2725(3) of title 18, United States Code) 
obtained by a State department of motor vehicles in connec-
tion with a motor vehicle record as defined in section 
2725(1) of title 18, United States Code, except as provided 
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in section 2721 of title 18, United States Code, for a use 
permitted under section 2721 of title 18, United States 
Code. 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall 
not withhold amounts made available by this Act for any 
grantee if a State is in noncompliance with this provision. 
SEC. 193. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be available for salaries and expenses of more than 
125 political and Presidential appointees in the Depart-
ment of Transportation: Provided, That none of the per-
sonnel covered by this provision may be assigned on tem-
porary detail outside the Department of Transportation. 
SEC. 194. Funds received by the Federal Highway Ad-
ministration and Federal Railroad Administration from 
States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, 
and private sources for expenses incurred for training may 
be credited respectively to the Federal Highway Adminis-
tration’s ‘‘Federal-Aid Highways’’ account and to the Fed-
eral Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Operations’’ 
account, except for State rail safety inspectors participating 
in training pursuant to section 20105 of title 49, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 195. None of the funds made available by this 
Act to the Department of Transportation may be used to 
make a loan, loan guarantee, line of credit, letter of intent, 
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federally funded cooperative agreement, full funding grant 
agreement, 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 discre-
tionary grant award, letter of intent, loan commitment, 
loan guarantee commitment, line of credit commitment, fed-
erally funded cooperative agreement, or full funding grant 
agreement is announced by the Department or its operating 
administrations: Provided, That the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall provide the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations with a comprehensive list of all such loans, 
loan guarantees, lines of credit, letters of intent, federally 
funded cooperative agreements, full funding grant agree-
ments, and discretionary grants prior to the notification 
required under the previous proviso: Provided further, That 
the Secretary gives concurrent notification to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations for any ‘‘quick re-
lease’’ of funds from the emergency relief program: Provided 
further, That no notification shall involve funds that are 
not available for obligation. 
SEC. 196. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor 
fees, and other funds received by the Department of Trans-
portation from travel management centers, charge card pro-
grams, the subleasing of building space, and miscellaneous 
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sources are to be credited to appropriations of the Depart-
ment of Transportation and allocated to elements of the De-
partment of Transportation using fair and equitable cri-
teria and such funds shall be available until expended. 
SEC. 197. Amounts made available by this Act or any 
prior Act that the Secretary determines represent improper 
payments by the Department of Transportation to a third- 
party contractor under a financial assistance award, which 
are recovered pursuant to law, shall be available— 
(1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred by 
the Department of Transportation in recovering im-
proper payments: Provided, That amounts made 
available by this Act shall be available until ex-
pended; and 
(2) to pay contractors for services provided in re-
covering improper payments or contractor support in 
the implementation of the Improper Payments Infor-
mation Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–300), as amend-
ed by the Improper Payments Elimination and Re-
covery Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–204) and Im-
proper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improve-
ment Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–248), and Fraud 
Reduction and Data Analytics Act of 2015 (Public 
Law 114–186): Provided, That amounts in excess of 
that required for paragraphs (1) and (2)— 
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(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 associ-
ated with the improper payment or payments is 
not readily available, the Secretary may credit 
an appropriate account, which shall be available 
for the purposes and period associated 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 the Improper Pay-
ments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010 
(Public Law 111–204). 
SEC. 198. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
if any funds provided by or limited by this Act are subject 
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to a reprogramming action that requires notice to be pro-
vided to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions, transmission of such reprogramming notice shall be 
provided solely to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations, and such reprogramming action shall be ap-
proved or denied solely by the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations: Provided, That the Secretary of 
Transportation may provide notice to other congressional 
committees of the action of the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations on such reprogramming but not 
sooner than 30 days after the date on which the reprogram-
ming action has been approved or denied by the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 199. Funds appropriated by this Act to the oper-
ating administrations may be obligated for the Office of the 
Secretary for the costs related to assessments or reimburs-
able agreements only when such amounts are for the costs 
of goods and services that are purchased to provide a direct 
benefit to the applicable operating administration or ad-
ministrations. 
SEC. 199A. The Secretary of Transportation is author-
ized to carry out a program that establishes uniform stand-
ards for developing and supporting agency transit pass and 
transit benefits authorized under section 7905 of title 5, 
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United States Code, including distribution of transit bene-
fits by various paper and electronic media. 
SEC. 199B. The Department of Transportation may 
use funds provided by this Act, or any other Act, to assist 
a contract under title 49 U.S.C. or title 23 U.S.C. 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 Administration or Federal Transit Administra-
tion grant from imposing such hiring preference on a con-
tract or construction project with which the Department of 
Transportation is assisting, only if the grant recipient cer-
tifies the following: 
(1) that except with respect to apprentices or 
trainees, a pool of readily available but unemployed 
individuals possessing the knowledge, skill, and abil-
ity to perform the work that the contract requires re-
sides in the jurisdiction; 
(2) that the grant recipient will include appro-
priate provisions in its bid document ensuring that 
the contractor does not displace any of its existing 
employees in order to satisfy such hiring preference; 
and 
(3) that any increase in the cost of labor, train-
ing, or delays resulting from the use of such hiring 
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preference does not delay or displace any transpor-
tation project in the applicable Statewide Transpor-
tation Improvement Program or Transportation Im-
provement Program. 
SEC. 199C. The Secretary of Transportation shall co-
ordinate with the Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure 
that best practices for Industrial Control Systems Procure-
ment are up-to-date and shall ensure that systems procured 
with funds provided under this title were procured using 
such practices. 
SEC. 199D. None of the funds made available by this 
Act to the Department of Transportation may be used in 
contravention of section 306108 of title 54, United States 
Code. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans-
portation Appropriations Act, 2021’’. 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
EXECUTIVE OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Executive Of-
fices, which shall be comprised of the offices of the Secretary, 
Deputy Secretary, Adjudicatory Services, Congressional 
and Intergovernmental Relations, Public Affairs, Small 
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and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, and the Center for 
Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, $17,292,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2022: Provided, 
That not to exceed $25,000 of the amount made available 
under this heading shall be available to the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development (referred to in this title 
as ‘‘the Secretary’’) for official reception and representation 
expenses as the Secretary may determine. 
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Administrative 
Support Offices, $576,689,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2022: Provided, That of the sums appro-
priated under this heading— 
(1) $74,462,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Chief Financial Officer; 
(2) $107,254,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the General Counsel, of which not less than 
$20,050,000 shall be for the Departmental Enforce-
ment Center; 
(3) $207,693,000 shall be available for the Office 
of 
Administration, 
of 
which 
not 
more 
than 
$10,000,000 may be for modernizing the Weaver 
Building and space consolidation; 
(4) $38,933,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Chief Human Capital Officer; 
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(5) $59,652,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Field Policy and Management; 
(6) $21,013,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Chief Procurement Officer; 
(7) $4,239,000 shall be available for the Office of 
Departmental Equal Employment Opportunity; and 
(8) $63,443,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Chief Information Officer: 
Provided further, That funds made available under this 
heading may be used for necessary administrative and non- 
administrative expenses of the Department, not otherwise 
provided for, including purchase of uniforms, or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 
5, United States Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 
services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 
States Code: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, funds appropriated under this head-
ing may be used for advertising and promotional activities 
that directly support program activities funded in this title: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations quarterly 
written notification regarding the status of pending con-
gressional reports: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall provide in electronic form all signed reports required 
by Congress: Provided further, That not more than 10 per-
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cent of the funds made available under this heading for the 
Office of the Chief Financial Officer for the financial trans-
formation initiative may be obligated until the Secretary 
submits to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions, for approval, a plan for expenditure that includes 
the financial and internal control capabilities to be deliv-
ered 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 pro-
jected total cost and scope of the initiative. 
PROGRAM OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Program Of-
fices, $904,673,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2022: Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this 
heading— 
(1) $243,056,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Public and Indian Housing; 
(2) $131,107,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Community Planning and Development; 
(3) $404,194,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Housing, of which not less than $13,200,000 shall 
be for the Office of Recapitalization; 
(4) $36,250,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Policy Development and Research; 
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(5) $79,763,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity; and 
(6) $10,303,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the working capital fund for the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development (referred to in this para-
graph as the ‘‘Fund’’), pursuant, in part, to section 7(f) 
of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act 
(42 U.S.C. 3535(f)), amounts transferred, including reim-
bursements pursuant to section 7(f), to the Fund under this 
heading shall be available only for Federal shared services 
used by offices and agencies of the Department, and for any 
such portion of any office or agency’s printing, records 
management, space renovation, furniture, or supply serv-
ices the Secretary has determined shall be provided through 
the Fund, and the operational expenses of the Fund: Pro-
vided, That amounts within the Fund shall not be available 
to provide services not specifically authorized under this 
heading: Provided further, That upon a determination by 
the Secretary that any other service (or portion thereof) au-
thorized under this heading shall be provided through the 
Fund, amounts made available in this title for salaries and 
expenses under the headings ‘‘Executive Offices’’, ‘‘Adminis-
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trative Support Offices’’, ‘‘Program Offices’’, and ‘‘Govern-
ment National Mortgage Association’’, for such services 
shall be transferred to the Fund, to remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That the Secretary shall notify 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations of its 
plans for executing such transfers at least 15 days in ad-
vance of such transfers. 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
For activities and assistance for the provision of ten-
ant-based rental assistance authorized under the United 
States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 
et seq.) (in this title ‘‘the Act’’), not otherwise provided for, 
$21,777,439,000, to remain available until expended, which 
shall be available on October 1, 2020 (in addition to the 
$4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this heading 
that shall be available on October 1, 2020), and 
$4,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, which 
shall be available on October 1, 2021: Provided, That the 
amounts made available under this heading are provided 
as follows: 
(1) $23,080,000,000 shall be available for renew-
als of expiring section 8 tenant-based annual con-
tributions contracts (including renewals of enhanced 
vouchers under any provision of law authorizing such 
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assistance under section 8(t) of the Act) and includ-
ing renewal of other special purpose incremental 
vouchers: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, from amounts provided under this 
paragraph and any carryover, the Secretary for the 
calendar year 2021 funding cycle shall provide re-
newal funding for each public housing agency based 
on validated voucher management system (VMS) leas-
ing and cost data for the prior calendar year and by 
applying an inflation factor as established by the Sec-
retary, by notice published in the Federal Register, 
and by making any necessary adjustments for the 
costs associated with the first-time renewal of vouch-
ers under this paragraph including tenant protection 
and Choice Neighborhoods vouchers: Provided further, 
That none of the funds provided under this paragraph 
may be used to fund a total number of unit months 
under lease which exceeds a public housing agency’s 
authorized level of units under contract, except for 
public housing agencies participating in the Moving 
to Work (MTW) demonstration, which are instead 
governed in accordance with the requirements of the 
MTW demonstration program or their MTW agree-
ments, if any: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall, to the extent necessary to stay within the 
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amount specified under this paragraph (except as oth-
erwise modified under this paragraph), prorate each 
public housing agency’s allocation otherwise estab-
lished pursuant to this paragraph: Provided further, 
That except as provided in the following provisos, the 
entire amount specified under this paragraph (except 
as otherwise modified under this paragraph) shall be 
obligated to the public housing agencies based on the 
allocation and pro rata method described above, and 
the Secretary shall notify public housing agencies of 
their annual budget by the latter of 60 days after en-
actment of this Act or March 1, 2021: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary may extend the notification 
period with the prior written approval of the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
further, That public housing agencies participating in 
the MTW demonstration shall be funded in accord-
ance with the requirements of the MTW demonstra-
tion program or their MTW agreements, if any, and 
shall be subject to the same pro rata adjustments 
under the previous provisos: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may offset public housing agencies’ cal-
endar year 2021 allocations based on the excess 
amounts of public housing agencies’ net restricted as-
sets accounts, including HUD-held programmatic re-
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serves (in accordance with VMS data in calendar 
year 2020 that is verifiable and complete), as deter-
mined by the Secretary: Provided further, That public 
housing agencies participating in the MTW dem-
onstration shall also be subject to the offset, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, excluding amounts subject to 
the single fund budget authority provisions of their 
MTW agreements, from the agencies’ calendar year 
2021 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 termination of rental assistance for fami-
lies as the result of insufficient funding, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, and to avoid or reduce the 
proration of renewal funding allocations: Provided 
further, That up to $110,000,000 shall be available 
only: (1) for adjustments in the allocations for public 
housing agencies, after application for an adjustment 
by a public housing agency that experienced a signifi-
cant increase, as determined by the Secretary, in re-
newal costs of vouchers (including Mainstream vouch-
ers) resulting from unforeseen circumstances or from 
portability under section 8(r) of the Act; (2) for 
vouchers that were not in use during the previous 12- 
month period in order to be available to meet a com-
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mitment pursuant to section 8(o)(13) of the Act, or 
an adjustment for a funding obligation not yet ex-
pended in the previous calendar year for a MTW-eli-
gible activity to develop affordable housing for an 
agency added to the MTW demonstration under the 
expansion authority provided in section 239 of the 
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (divi-
sion L of Public Law 114–113); (3) for adjustments 
for costs associated with HUD–Veterans Affairs Sup-
portive Housing (HUD–VASH) vouchers; (4) for pub-
lic housing agencies that despite taking reasonable 
cost savings measures, as determined by the Sec-
retary, would otherwise be required to terminate rent-
al assistance for families, including Mainstream fam-
ilies, as a result of insufficient funding; (5) for ad-
justments in the allocations for public housing agen-
cies that (i) are leasing a lower-than-average percent-
age of their authorized vouchers, (ii) have low 
amounts of budget authority in their net restricted as-
sets accounts and HUD-held programmatic reserves, 
relative to other agencies, and (iii) are not partici-
pating in the Moving to Work demonstration, to en-
able such agencies to lease more vouchers; and (6) for 
public housing agencies that have experienced in-
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creased 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 As-
sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 et seq.): Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall allocate amounts under 
the previous proviso based on need, as determined by 
the Secretary; 
(2) $116,000,000 shall be for section 8 rental as-
sistance 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 (including victims of violent crimes) in con-
nection with efforts to combat crime in public and as-
sisted housing pursuant to a request from a law en-
forcement or prosecution agency, enhanced vouchers 
under any provision of law authorizing such assist-
ance under section 8(t) of the Act, Choice Neighbor-
hood vouchers, mandatory and voluntary conversions, 
and tenant protection assistance including replace-
ment and relocation assistance or for project-based as-
sistance to prevent the displacement of unassisted el-
derly tenants currently residing in section 202 prop-
erties financed between 1959 and 1974 that are refi-
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nanced pursuant to Public Law 106–569, as amend-
ed, or under the authority as provided under this Act: 
Provided, That when a public housing development is 
submitted for demolition or disposition under section 
18 of the Act, the Secretary may provide section 8 
rental assistance when the units pose an imminent 
health and safety risk to residents: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may provide section 8 rental as-
sistance from amounts made available under this 
paragraph for units assisted under a project-based 
subsidy contract funded under the ‘‘Project-Based 
Rental Assistance’’ heading under this title where the 
owner has received a Notice of Default and the units 
pose an imminent health and safety risk to residents: 
Provided further, That to the extent that the Secretary 
determines that such units are not feasible for contin-
ued rental assistance payments or transfer of the sub-
sidy contract associated with such units to another 
project or projects and owner or owners, any remain-
ing amounts associated with such units under such 
contract shall be recaptured and used to reimburse 
amounts used under this paragraph for rental assist-
ance under the previous proviso: Provided further, 
That of the amounts made available under this para-
graph, at least $5,000,000 may be available to pro-
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vide tenant protection assistance, not otherwise pro-
vided 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 section 202 loan that requires the permission 
of the Secretary prior to loan prepayment; (B) the ex-
piration 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 authority 
of section 8(t) or section 8(o)(13) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(t)): Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall issue guidance to 
implement the previous provisos, including, but not 
limited to, requirements for defining 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 hous-
ing agency, except the replacement vouchers as de-
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fined by the Secretary by notice, when the initial 
family that received any such voucher no longer re-
ceives 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 
only provide replacement vouchers for units that were 
occupied within the previous 24 months that cease to 
be available as assisted housing, subject only to the 
availability of funds; 
(3) $2,159,000,000 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 administer 
their section 8 programs, including fees associated 
with section 8 tenant protection rental assistance, the 
administration of disaster related vouchers, HUD– 
VASH vouchers, and other special purpose incre-
mental vouchers: Provided, That no less than 
$2,129,000,000 of the amount provided in this para-
graph shall be allocated to public housing agencies for 
the calendar year 2021 funding cycle based on section 
8(q) of the Act (and related Appropriation Act provi-
sions) as in effect immediately before the enactment 
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of the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act 
of 1998 (Public Law 105–276): Provided further, 
That if the amounts made available under this para-
graph are insufficient to pay the amounts determined 
under the previous proviso, the Secretary may de-
crease the amounts allocated to agencies by a uniform 
percentage applicable to all agencies receiving fund-
ing under this paragraph or may, to the extent nec-
essary to provide full payment of amounts determined 
under the previous proviso, utilize unobligated bal-
ances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining 
from funds appropriated to the Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development under this heading from 
prior fiscal years, excluding special purpose vouchers, 
notwithstanding the purposes for which such amounts 
were appropriated: Provided further, That all public 
housing agencies participating in the MTW dem-
onstration shall be funded in accordance with the re-
quirements of the MTW demonstration program or 
their MTW agreements, if any, and shall be subject to 
the same uniform percentage decrease as under the 
previous proviso: Provided further, That amounts 
provided under this paragraph shall be only for ac-
tivities related to the provision of tenant-based rental 
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assistance authorized under section 8, including re-
lated development activities; 
(4) $314,000,000 for the renewal of tenant-based 
assistance contracts under section 811 of the Cran-
ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 
U.S.C. 8013), including necessary administrative ex-
penses: Provided, That administrative and other ex-
penses of public housing agencies in administering 
the special purpose vouchers in this paragraph shall 
be funded under the same terms and be subject to the 
same pro rata reduction as the percent decrease for 
administrative and other expenses to public housing 
agencies under paragraph (3) of this heading: Pro-
vided further, That upon turnover, section 811 special 
purpose vouchers funded under this heading in this or 
prior Acts, or under any other heading in prior Acts, 
shall be provided to non-elderly persons with disabil-
ities; 
(5) Of the amounts provided under paragraph 
(1) up to $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 reserva-
tion or other Indian areas: Provided, That such 
amount shall be made available for renewal grants to 
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recipients that received assistance under prior Acts 
under the Tribal HUD–VASH program: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall be authorized to 
specify criteria for renewal grants, including data on 
the utilization of assistance reported by grant recipi-
ents: Provided further, That such assistance shall be 
administered in accordance with program require-
ments under the Native American Housing Assistance 
and Self-Determination Act of 1996 and modeled 
after the HUD–VASH program: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall be authorized to waive, or 
specify alternative requirements for any provision of 
any statute or regulation that the Secretary admin-
isters in connection with the use of funds made avail-
able under this paragraph (except for requirements 
related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor 
standards, and the environment), upon a finding by 
the Secretary that any such waivers or alternative re-
quirements are necessary for the effective delivery and 
administration of such assistance: Provided further, 
That grant recipients shall report to the Secretary on 
utilization of such rental assistance and other pro-
gram data, as prescribed by the Secretary: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may reallocate, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, amounts returned or recap-
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tured from awards under the Tribal HUD–VASH 
program under prior Acts to existing recipients under 
the Tribal HUD–VASH program; 
(6) $40,000,000 for incremental rental voucher 
assistance for use through a supported housing pro-
gram administered in conjunction with the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs 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, not-
withstanding section 203 (competition provision) of 
this title, to public housing agencies that partner with 
eligible VA Medical Centers or other entities as des-
ignated by the Secretary of the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs, based on geographical need for such as-
sistance as identified by the Secretary of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs, public housing agency ad-
ministrative performance, and other factors as speci-
fied by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment in consultation with the Secretary of the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
may waive, or specify alternative requirements for (in 
consultation with the Secretary of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs), any provision of any statute or reg-
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ulation that the Secretary of Housing and Urban De-
velopment 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 necessary 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) $25,000,000 shall be made available for the 
family unification program as authorized under sec-
tion 8(x) of the Act: Provided, That the amounts 
made available under this paragraph are provided as 
follows: 
(A) $5,000,000 shall be for new incremental 
voucher assistance: Provided, That the assistance 
made available under this subparagraph shall 
continue to remain available for family unifica-
tion upon turnover; and 
(B) $20,000,000 shall be for new incre-
mental voucher assistance to assist eligible youth 
as defined by such section 8(x)(2)(B): Provided, 
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That assistance made available under this sub-
paragraph shall continue to remain available for 
such eligible youth upon turnover: Provided fur-
ther, That of the total amount made available 
under this subparagraph, up to $10,000,000 
shall be available on a noncompetitive basis to 
public housing agencies that partner with public 
child welfare agencies to identify such eligible 
youth, that request such assistance to timely as-
sist such eligible youth, and that meet any other 
criteria as specified by the Secretary: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall review utiliza-
tion of the assistance made available under the 
previous proviso, at an interval to be determined 
by the Secretary, and unutilized voucher assist-
ance that is no longer needed shall be recaptured 
by the Secretary and reallocated pursuant to the 
previous proviso: 
Provided further, That for any public housing agency 
administering voucher assistance appropriated in a 
prior Act under the family unification program, or 
made available and competitively selected under this 
paragraph, that determines that it no longer has an 
identified need for such assistance upon turnover, 
such agency shall notify the Secretary, and the Sec-
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retary shall recapture such assistance from the agency 
and reallocate it to any other public housing agency 
or agencies based on need for voucher assistance in 
connection with such specified program or eligible 
youth, as applicable; 
(8) $43,439,000 shall be for incremental rental 
voucher assistance under section 8(o) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 for use by individuals 
and families who are homeless, as defined in section 
103(a) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 11302(a)), at risk of homelessness, as 
defined in section 401(1) of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360(1)), flee-
ing, or attempting to flee, domestic violence, dating 
violence, sexual assault, or stalking, or veterans and 
families that include a veteran family member that 
meet one of the preceding criteria: Provided, That as-
sistance made available under this paragraph shall 
continue to remain available for such eligible individ-
uals and families upon turnover: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall make such funding available, 
notwithstanding section 203 of this title (competition 
provision) to public housing agencies that partner 
with eligible continuums of care or other entities as 
designated by the Secretary, based on geographical 
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need of such assistance, public housing agency admin-
istrative performance, and other factors as specified 
by the Secretary: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall review utilization of the assistance made avail-
able under the preceding proviso, at an interval to be 
determined by the Secretary, and unutilized voucher 
assistance that is no longer needed shall be recaptured 
by the Secretary and reallocated pursuant to the pre-
ceding proviso: Provided further, That, the Secretary 
shall give preference to applicants that demonstrate a 
strategy to coordinate assistance with services avail-
able in the community: Provided further, That none 
of the funds provided in this paragraph may be used 
to require people experiencing homelessness to receive 
treatment or perform any other prerequisite activities 
as a condition for receiving shelter, housing or other 
services: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
issue guidance to implement the preceding proviso; 
and 
(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 carry-
over, remaining from funds appropriated to the Depart-
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ment of Housing and Urban Development under this head-
ing, the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted Hous-
ing’’ and the heading ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’’, 
for fiscal year 2021 and prior years may be used for re-
newal of or amendments to section 8 project-based contracts 
and for performance-based contract administrators, not-
withstanding the purposes for which such funds were appro-
priated: Provided, That any obligated balances of contract 
authority from fiscal year 1974 and prior fiscal years that 
have been terminated shall be rescinded: Provided further, 
That amounts heretofore recaptured, or recaptured during 
the current fiscal year, from section 8 project-based con-
tracts from source years fiscal year 1975 through fiscal year 
1987 are hereby rescinded, and an amount of additional 
new budget authority, equivalent to the amount rescinded 
is hereby appropriated, to remain available until expended, 
for the purposes set forth under this heading, in addition 
to amounts otherwise available. 
PUBLIC HOUSING FUND 
For the operation and management of public housing, 
as authorized by section 9(e) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)) (the‘‘Act’’), and to carry 
out capital and management activities for public housing 
agencies, as authorized under section 9(d) of the Act (42 
U.S.C. 1437g(d)), $7,806,000,000, to remain available until 
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