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(c) Any unmanned aircraft system purchased, procured, or con-
tracted for by the Department prior to the date of enactment of 
this Act shall be deemed authorized by Congress as if this provision 
was in effect when the system was purchased, procured, or con-
tracted for. 
SEC. 181. Appropriations contained in this Act for the Depart-
ment of Transportation shall be available for services as authorized 
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for 
individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate 
for an Executive Level IV. 
SEC. 182. (a) No recipient of amounts made available by this 
Act shall disseminate personal information (as defined in section 
2725(3) of title 18, United States Code) obtained by a State depart-
ment of motor vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle record 
as defined in section 2725(1) of title 18, United States Code, except 
as provided in section 2721 of title 18, United States Code, for 
a use permitted under section 2721 of title 18, United States Code. 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall not with-
hold amounts made available by this Act for any grantee if a 
State is in noncompliance with this provision. 
SEC. 183. None of the funds made available by this Act shall 
be available for salaries and expenses of more than 125 political 
and Presidential appointees in the Department of Transportation: 
Provided, That none of the personnel covered by this provision 
may be assigned on temporary detail outside the Department of 
Transportation. 
SEC. 184. Funds received by the Federal Highway Administra-
tion 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 Administration’s ‘‘Federal-Aid Highways’’ account 
and to the Federal Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Oper-
ations’’ account, except for State rail safety inspectors participating 
in training pursuant to section 20105 of title 49, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 185. None of the funds made available by this Act or 
in title VIII of division J of Public Law 117–58 to the Department 
of Transportation may be used to make a loan, loan guarantee, 
line of credit, letter of intent, federally funded cooperative agree-
ment, 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 discretionary 
grant award, letter of intent, loan commitment, loan guarantee 
commitment, line of credit commitment, federally funded coopera-
tive agreement, or full funding grant agreement is announced by 
the Department or its operating administrations: Provided, That 
the Secretary of Transportation 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, feder-
ally funded cooperative agreements, full funding grant agreements, 
and discretionary grants prior to the notification required under 
the preceding proviso: Provided further, That the Secretary gives 
concurrent notification to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations for any ‘‘quick release’’ of funds from the emergency 
relief program: Provided further, That no notification shall involve 
funds that are not available for obligation.
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SEC. 186. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor fees, 
and other funds received by the Department of Transportation 
from travel management centers, charge card programs, the sub-
leasing of building space, and miscellaneous sources are to be 
credited to appropriations of the Department of Transportation 
and allocated to organizational units of the Department of Transpor-
tation using fair and equitable criteria and such funds shall be 
available until expended. 
SEC. 187. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if any 
funds provided by or limited by this Act are subject to a reprogram-
ming action that requires notice to be provided to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations, transmission of such re-
programming notice shall be provided solely to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations, and such reprogramming 
action shall be approved or denied solely by the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That the Secretary of 
Transportation may provide notice to other congressional commit-
tees of the action of the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations on such reprogramming but not sooner than 30 days 
after the date on which the reprogramming action has been 
approved or denied by the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations. 
SEC. 188. Funds appropriated by this Act to the operating 
administrations may be obligated for the Office of the Secretary 
for the costs related to assessments or reimbursable 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 administrations. 
SEC. 189. The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to 
carry out a program that establishes uniform standards for devel-
oping and supporting agency transit pass and transit benefits 
authorized under section 7905 of title 5, United States Code, 
including distribution of transit benefits by various paper and elec-
tronic media. 
SEC. 190. The Department of Transportation may use funds 
provided by this Act, or any other Act, to assist a contract under 
title 49 or 23 of the United States Code utilizing geographic, eco-
nomic, 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 Administration grant from imposing such hiring 
preference on a contract or construction project with which the 
Department of Transportation is assisting, only if the grant 
recipient certifies the following: 
(1) that except with respect to apprentices or trainees, 
a pool of readily available but unemployed individuals pos-
sessing the knowledge, skill, and ability to perform the work 
that the contract requires resides in the jurisdiction; 
(2) that the grant recipient will include appropriate provi-
sions 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, training, or 
delays resulting from the use of such hiring preference does 
not delay or displace any transportation project in the 
applicable Statewide Transportation Improvement Program or 
Transportation Improvement Program.
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SEC. 191. The Secretary of Transportation shall coordinate with 
the Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure that best practices 
for Industrial Control Systems Procurement are up-to-date and 
shall ensure that systems procured with funds provided under 
this title were procured using such practices. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Transportation 
Appropriations Act, 2023’’. 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
EXECUTIVE OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Executive Offices, 
which shall be comprised of the offices of the Secretary, Deputy 
Secretary, Adjudicatory Services, Congressional and Intergovern-
mental Relations, Public Affairs, Small and Disadvantaged Business 
Utilization, and the Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Part-
nerships, $18,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2024: 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, $659,600,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024: 
Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading— 
(1) $90,000,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Chief Financial Officer; 
(2) $125,000,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
General Counsel, of which not less than $20,300,000 shall 
be for the Departmental Enforcement Center; 
(3) $225,000,000 shall be available for the Office of 
Administration, of which not less than $3,500,000 may be for 
modernization and deferred maintenance of the Weaver 
Building; 
(4) $51,500,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Chief Human Capital Officer; 
(5) $28,000,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Chief Procurement Officer; 
(6) $65,500,000 shall be available for the Office of Field 
Policy and Management; 
(7) $4,600,000 shall be available for the Office of Depart-
mental Equal Employment Opportunity; and 
(8) $70,000,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Chief Information Officer: 
Provided further, That funds made available under this heading 
may be used for necessary administrative and non-administrative 
expenses of the Department, not otherwise provided for, including 
purchase of uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 
sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; and services as authorized by section
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3109 of title 5, United States Code: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, funds appropriated under 
this heading may be used for advertising and promotional activities 
that directly support program activities funded in this title: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall provide the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations quarterly written notification 
regarding the status of pending congressional reports: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall provide in electronic form all 
signed reports required by Congress. 
PROGRAM OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Program Offices, 
$1,054,300,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024: Pro-
vided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading— 
(1) $278,200,000 shall be available for the Office of Public 
and Indian Housing; 
(2) $163,400,000 shall be available for the Office of Commu-
nity Planning and Development; 
(3) $465,000,000 shall be available for the Office of Housing, 
of which not less than $13,300,000 shall be for the Office 
of Recapitalization; 
(4) $39,600,000 shall be available for the Office of Policy 
Development and Research; 
(5) $97,000,000 shall be available for the Office of Fair 
Housing and Equal Opportunity; and 
(6) $11,100,000 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 paragraph as the 
‘‘Fund’’), pursuant, in part, to section 7(f) of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3535(f)), amounts 
transferred, including reimbursements pursuant to section 7(f), to 
the Fund under this heading shall be available 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 services the 
Secretary has determined shall be provided through the Fund, 
and the operational expenses of the Fund: Provided, 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) authorized under this heading shall be provided 
through the Fund, amounts made available in this title for salaries 
and expenses under the headings ‘‘Executive Offices’’, ‘‘Administra-
tive Support Offices’’, ‘‘Program Offices’’, and ‘‘Government 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 advance of such transfers.