5311, 5312, 5314, 5318, 5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339, 
and 5340, as amended by the Fixing America’s Surface 
Transportation Act, and section 20005(b) of Public Law 
112–141, and section 3006(b) of the Fixing America’s 
Surface Transportation Act, shall not exceed total obliga-
tions of $9,733,353,407 in fiscal year 2018. 
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5314, 
$5,000,000. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5309, 
$1,752,989,851, to remain available until expended, of 
which $1,007,929,851 shall be available for projects au-
thorized under section 5309(d) of title 49, United States 
Code, $145,700,000 shall be available for projects author-
ized under section 5309(e) of such title, $182,000,000 
shall be available for projects authorized under section 
5309(h) of the title, and $400,000,000 shall be available 
for projects authorized under section 5309(q): Provided, 
That the Secretary shall continue to administer the Cap-
ital Investment Grant Program in accordance with the 
procedural and substantive requirements of section 5309 
of title 49. 
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GRANTS TO THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA 
TRANSIT AUTHORITY 
For grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area 
Transit Authority as authorized under section 601 of divi-
sion B of Public Law 110–432, $150,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of 
Transportation shall approve grants for capital and pre-
ventive maintenance expenditures for the Washington 
Metropolitan Area Transit Authority only after receiving 
and reviewing a request for each specific project: Provided 
further, That prior to approving such grants, the Secretary 
shall certify that the Washington Metropolitan Area Tran-
sit Authority is making progress to improve its safety 
management system in response to the Federal Transit 
Administration’s 2015 safety management inspection: 
Provided further, That prior to approving such grants, the 
Secretary shall certify that the Washington Metropolitan 
Area Transit Authority is making progress toward full im-
plementation of the corrective actions identified in the 
2014 Financial Management Oversight Review Report: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall determine that 
the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has 
placed the highest priority on those investments that will 
improve the safety of the system before approving such 
grants: Provided further, That the Secretary, in order to 
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ensure safety throughout the rail system, may waive the 
requirements of section 601(e)(1) of division B of Public 
Law 110–432 (112 Stat. 4968). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 160. The limitations on obligations for the pro-
grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not 
apply to any authority under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously 
made available for obligation, or to any other authority 
previously made available for obligation. 
SEC. 161. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds appropriated or limited by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Fixed Guideway Capital Investment’’ of the Fed-
eral Transit Administration for projects specified in this 
Act or identified in reports accompanying this Act not ob-
ligated by September 30, 2022, and other recoveries, shall 
be directed to projects eligible to use the funds for the 
purposes for which they were originally provided. 
SEC. 162. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, any funds appropriated before October 1, 2017, 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. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 
none of the funds in this or any other Act may be available 
to advance in any way a new light or heavy rail project 
towards a full funding grant agreement as defined by 49 
U.S.C. 5309 for the Metropolitan Transit Authority of 
Harris County, Texas if the proposed capital project is 
constructed on or planned to be constructed on Richmond 
Avenue west of South Shepherd Drive or on Post Oak 
Boulevard north of Richmond Avenue in Houston, Texas. 
(b) The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris 
County, Texas, may attempt to construct or construct a 
new fixed guideway capital project, including light rail, in 
the locations referred to in subsection (a) if— 
(1) voters in the jurisdiction that includes such 
locations approve a ballot proposition that specifies 
routes on Richmond Avenue west of South Shepherd 
Drive or on Post Oak Boulevard north of Richmond 
Avenue in Houston, Texas; and 
(2) the proposed construction of such routes is 
part of a comprehensive, multi-modal, service-area 
wide transportation plan that includes multiple addi-
tional segments of fixed guideway capital projects, 
including light rail for the jurisdiction set forth in 
the ballot proposition. The ballot language shall in-
clude reasonable cost estimates, sources of revenue 
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to be used and the total amount of bonded indebted-
ness to be incurred as well as a description of each 
route and the beginning and end point of each pro-
posed transit project. 
SEC. 164. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds made available in this Act shall 
be used to enter into a full funding grant agreement for 
a project with a New Starts share greater than 50 percent. 
SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT 
CORPORATION 
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora-
tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, with-
in the limits of funds and borrowing authority available 
to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make 
such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal 
year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern-
ment Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be 
necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the 
Corporation’s budget for the current fiscal year. 
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 
(HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses to conduct the operations, 
maintenance, and capital asset renewal activities of those 
portions of the St. Lawrence Seaway owned, operated, and 
maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development 
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Corporation, $31,346,012, to be derived from the Harbor 
Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99– 
662. Of that amount, $12,500,000 to be used on asset 
renewal activities shall be made available through Sep-
tember 30, 2019. 
MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a 
U.S.-flag merchant fleet to serve the national security 
needs of the United States, $300,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses of operations and training ac-
tivities authorized by law, $175,620,000, of which 
$22,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
maintenance and repair of training ships at State Mari-
time Academies, and of which $6,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended for National Security Multi-Mis-
sion Vessel Program for State Maritime Academies and 
National Security, and of which $2,400,000 shall remain 
available through September 30, 2019, for the Student In-
centive Program at State Maritime Academies, and of 
which $1,800,000 shall remain available until expended 
for training ship fuel assistance payments, and of which 
$18,000,000 shall remain available until expended for fa-
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cilities maintenance and repair, equipment, and capital 
improvements at the United States Merchant Marine 
Academy, and of which $3,000,000 shall remain available 
through September 30, 2019, for Maritime Environment 
and Technology Assistance program authorized under sec-
tion 50307 of title 46, United States Code: Provided, That 
not later than February 1, 2018, 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 Merchant Marine Academy as required pursuant 
to section 3507 of Public Law 110–417. 
ASSISTANCE TO SMALL SHIPYARDS 
To make grants to qualified shipyards as authorized 
under section 54101 of title 46, United States Code, as 
amended by Public Law 113–281, $3,000,000 to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary 
shall issue the Notice of Funding Availability no later than 
15 days after enactment of this Act: Provided further, 
That from applications submitted under the previous pro-
viso, the Secretary of Transportation shall make grants 
no later than 120 days after enactment of this Act in such 
amounts as the Secretary determines: Provided further, 
That not to exceed 2 percent of the funds appropriated 
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under this heading shall be available for necessary costs 
of grant administration. 
SHIP DISPOSAL 
For necessary expenses related to the disposal of ob-
solete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the 
Maritime Administration, $9,000,000, 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 for use by the Office of the Secretary’s 
National Surface Transportation and Innovative Finance 
Bureau to administer the Title XI program in addition 
to those programs listed in 49 U.S.C. 116(d)(1) . 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, in addition to any existing authority, the Mari-
time Administration is authorized to furnish utilities and 
services and make necessary repairs in connection with 
any lease, contract, or occupancy involving Government 
property under control of the Maritime Administration: 
Provided, That payments received therefor shall be cred-
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ited to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof and 
shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That rental payments under any such lease, contract, or 
occupancy for items other than such utilities, services, or 
repairs shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous 
receipts. 
SEC. 171. None of the funds available or appro-
priated in this Act shall be used by the United States De-
partment of Transportation or the United States Maritime 
Administration to negotiate or otherwise execute, enter 
into, facilitate or perform fee-for-service contracts for ves-
sel disposal, scrapping or recycling, unless there is no 
qualified domestic ship recycler that will pay any sum of 
money to purchase and scrap or recycle a vessel owned, 
operated or managed by the Maritime Administration or 
that is part of the National Defense Reserve Fleet: Pro-
vided, That such sales offers must be consistent with the 
solicitation and provide that the work will be performed 
in a timely manner at a facility qualified within the mean-
ing of section 3502 of Public Law 106–398: Provided fur-
ther, That nothing contained herein shall affect the Mari-
time Administration’s authority to award contracts at 
least cost to the Federal Government and consistent with 
the requirements of 54 U.S.C. 308704, section 3502, or 
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otherwise authorized under the Federal Acquisition Regu-
lation. 
SEC. 172. PENALTY WAGES.— 
(a) Foreign and Intercoastal Voyages.—Section 
10313(g) of title 46, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘all claims in a class action 
suit by seamen’’ and inserting ‘‘each claim by 
a seaman’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the seamen’’ and inserting 
‘‘the seaman’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘class action’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘, by 
a seaman who is a claimant in the suit,’’ and 
inserting ‘‘by the seaman’’. 
(b) Coastwise Voyages.—Section 10504(c) of such 
title is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘all claims in a class action 
suit by seamen’’ and inserting ‘‘each claim by 
a seaman’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the seamen’’ and inserting 
‘‘the seaman’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘class action’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘, by 
a seaman who is a claimant in the suit’’ and in-
serting ‘‘by the seaman’’. 
PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONAL EXPENSES 
For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline 
and 
Hazardous 
Materials 
Safety 
Administration, 
$20,500,000. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous 
materials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous 
Materials Safety Administration, $57,000,000, of which 
$7,570,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2020: 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 fur-
ther, That there may be credited to this appropriation, to 
be available until expended, funds received from States, 
counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and pri-
vate sources for expenses incurred for training, for reports 
publication and dissemination, and for travel expenses in-
curred in performance of hazardous materials exemptions 
and approvals functions. 
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PIPELINE SAFETY 
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND) 
(OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND) 
For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of 
the pipeline safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out 
a pipeline safety program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 
60107, and to discharge the pipeline program responsibil-
ities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $162,000,000, of 
which $23,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li-
ability Trust Fund and shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020; and of which $131,000,000 shall be de-
rived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which 
$64,736,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2020; 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 
and shall remain available for carrying out 49 U.S.C. 
60141, of which $6,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2020. 
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS 
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND) 
Notwithstanding the fiscal year limitation specified in 
49 U.S.C. 5116, not more than $28,318,000 shall be made 
available for obligation in fiscal year 2018 from amounts 
made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(h), and 5128(b) and 
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(c): 
Provided, 
That 
notwithstanding 
U.S.C. 
5116(h)(4), not more than 4 percent of the amounts made 
available from this account shall be available to pay ad-
ministrative costs: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(h), 5128(b), or 
5128(c) shall be made available for obligation by individ-
uals other than the Secretary of Transportation, or his 
or her designee: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
49 U.S.C. 5128(b) and (c) and the current year obligation 
limitation, prior year recoveries recognized in the current 
year shall be available to develop a hazardous materials 
response training curriculum for emergency responders, 
including response activities for the transportation of 
crude oil, ethanol and other flammable liquids by rail, con-
sistent with National Fire Protection Association stand-
ards, and to make such training available through an elec-
tronic format: Provided further, That the prior year recov-
eries made available under this heading shall also be avail-
able to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5116(a)(1)(C) and 5116(i). 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector 
General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978, as amended, $92,152,000: Provided, 
That the Inspector General shall have all necessary au-
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thority, in carrying out the duties specified in the Inspec-
tor General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to inves-
tigate 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 Trans-
portation: Provided further, That the funds made available 
under this heading may be used to investigate, pursuant 
to section 41712 of title 49, United States Code: (1) un-
fair or deceptive practices and unfair methods of competi-
tion by domestic and foreign air carriers and ticket agents; 
and (2) the compliance of domestic and foreign air carriers 
with respect to item (1) of this proviso. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF 
TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 180. (a) During the current fiscal year, applica-
ble appropriations to the Department of Transportation 
shall be available for maintenance and operation of air-
craft; hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; pur-
chase of liability insurance for motor vehicles operating 
in foreign countries on official department business; and 
uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 
U.S.C. 5901–5902). 
(b) During the current fiscal year, applicable appro-
priations to the Department and its operating administra-
tions shall be available for the purchase, maintenance, op-
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eration, and deployment of unmanned aircraft systems 
that advance the Department’s, or its operating adminis-
trations’, missions. 
(c) Any unmanned aircraft system purchased or pro-
cured by the Department prior to the enactment of this 
Act shall be deemed authorized. 
SEC. 181. Appropriations contained in this Act for 
the Department of Transportation shall be available for 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for 
individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to 
the rate for an Executive Level IV. 
SEC. 182. (a) No recipient of funds made available 
in this Act shall disseminate personal information (as de-
fined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(3)) obtained by a State depart-
ment of motor vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle 
record as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1), except as provided 
in 18 U.S.C. 2721 for a use permitted under 18 U.S.C. 
2721. 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall not withhold funds provided in this Act for any 
grantee if a State is in noncompliance with this provision. 
SEC. 183. Funds received by the Federal Highway 
Administration and Federal Railroad Administration from 
States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, 
and private sources for expenses incurred for training may 
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be credited respectively to the Federal Highway Adminis-
tration’s ‘‘Federal-Aid Highways’’ account and to the Fed-
eral Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Operations’’ 
account, except for State rail safety inspectors partici-
pating in training pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 20105. 
SEC. 184. (a) None of the funds provided in this Act 
to the Department of Transportation may be used to make 
a loan, loan guarantee, line of credit, or discretionary 
grant totaling $500,000 or more 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, or 
full funding grant agreement is announced by the Depart-
ment or its modal administrations: Provided, 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: Pro-
vided further, That no notification shall involve funds that 
are not available for obligation. 
(b) In addition to the notification required in sub-
section (a), none of the funds made available in this Act 
to the Department of Transportation may be used to make 
a loan, loan guarantee, line of credit, or discretionary 
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