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trak-served facilities and stations into compliance with the 
Americans with Disabilities Act. 
NATIONAL NETWORK GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL 
RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 
grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for 
activities associated with the National Network as author-
ized by section 11101(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface 
Transportation Act (division A of Public Law 114–94), 
$1,291,600,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary may retain up to an additional 
$2,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading to 
fund expenses associated with the State-Supported Route 
Committee established under section 24712 of title 49, 
United States Code: Provided further, That at least 
$50,000,000 of the amount provided under this heading 
shall be available for the development, installation and op-
eration of railroad safety technology, including the imple-
mentation of a positive train control system, on State-sup-
ported routes as defined under section 24102(13) of title 
49, United States Code, on which positive train control 
systems are not required by law or regulation: Provided 
further, That not less than $50,000,000 of the amount 
provided under this heading shall be for capital expenses 
related to safety improvements, maintenance, and the non- 
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Federal match for discretionary Federal grant programs 
to enable continued passenger rail operations on long-dis-
tance 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: 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 emergency or during maintenance or con-
struction outages impacting such routes, to otherwise dis-
continue, reduce the frequency of, suspend, or substan-
tially alter the route of rail service on any portion of such 
route operated in fiscal year 2018, including implementa-
tion of service permitted by section 24305(a)(3)(A) of title 
49, United States Code, in lieu of rail service. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 150. None of the funds provided to the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation may be used to fund any 
overtime costs in excess of $35,000 for any individual em-
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ployee: Provided, That the President of Amtrak may waive 
the cap set in the previous proviso for specific employees 
when the President of Amtrak determines such a cap 
poses a risk to the safety and operational efficiency of the 
system: Provided further, That the President of Amtrak 
shall report to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations within 60 days of enactment of this Act, a 
summary of all overtime payments incurred by the Cor-
poration for 2018 and the three prior calendar years: Pro-
vided further, That such summary shall include the total 
number of employees that received waivers and the total 
overtime payments the Corporation paid to those employ-
ees receiving waivers for each month for 2018 and for the 
three prior calendar years. 
SEC. 151. It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) long-distance passenger rail routes provide 
much-needed transportation access for 4,700,000 
riders in 325 communities in 40 States and are par-
ticularly important in rural areas; and 
(2) long-distance passenger rail routes and 
services should be sustained to ensure connectivity 
throughout the National Network (as defined in sec-
tion 24102 of title 49, United States Code). 
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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, $113,165,000, of which 
up to $1,000,000 shall be available to carry out the provi-
sions of section 5326 of such title: Provided, That none 
of the funds provided or limited in this Act may be used 
to create a permanent office of transit security under this 
heading: Provided further, That upon submission to the 
Congress of the fiscal year 2020 President’s budget, the 
Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to Congress 
the annual report on New Starts, including proposed allo-
cations for fiscal year 2020. 
TRANSIT FORMULA GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in the Federal 
Public Transportation Assistance Program in this ac-
count, and for payment of obligations incurred in carrying 
out the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 
5312, 5314, 5318, 5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339, and 
5340, as amended by the Fixing America’s Surface Trans-
portation Act, section 20005(b) of Public Law 112–141, 
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and section 3006(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface 
Transportation Act, $9,900,000,000, to be derived from 
the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund 
and to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
funds available for the implementation or execution of pro-
grams authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 
5311, 5312, 5314, 5318, 5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339, 
and 5340, as amended by the Fixing America’s Surface 
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 
$9,939,380,030 in fiscal year 2019: 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 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, 
state of good repair grants under section 5337 of such 
title, formula grants for rural areas under section 5311 
of such title, high density state apportionments under sec-
tion 5340(d) of such title, and the bus testing facilities 
under sections 5312 and 5318 of such title, $700,000,000 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
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education selected pursuant to section 5312(h) of such 
title, to operate and maintain a facility to conduct the test-
ing of low or no emission vehicle new bus models using 
the standards established pursuant to section 5318(e)(2) 
of such title: Provided further, That the term ‘‘low or no 
emission vehicle’’ has the meaning given the term in sec-
tion 5312(e)(6) of such title: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall pay 80 percent of the cost of testing a low 
or no emission vehicle new bus model at each selected in-
stitution of higher education: Provided further, That the 
entity having the vehicle tested shall pay 20 percent of 
the cost of testing: Provided further, That a low or no 
emission vehicle new bus model tested that receives a pass-
ing aggregate test score in accordance with the standards 
established under section 5318(e)(2) of such title, shall be 
deemed to be in compliance with the requirements of sec-
tion 5318(e) of such title: Provided further, That amounts 
made available by this heading shall be derived from the 
general fund: Provided further, That the amounts made 
available under this heading shall not be subject to any 
limitation on obligations for transit programs set forth in 
any Act. 
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5314, 
$5,000,000, of which not less than $1,500,000 shall be 
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for a cooperative agreement through which the Federal 
Transit Administration assists small-urban, rural and 
tribal public transit recipients and planning organizations 
with applied innovation and capacity-building: Provided, 
That the assistance provided under this heading not dupli-
cate the activities of 49 U.S.C. 5311(b) or 49 U.S.C. 
5312. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry out fixed guideway 
capital investment grants under section 5309 of title 49, 
United States Code, and section 3005(b) of the Fixing 
America’s Surface Transportation Act, $2,552,687,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2022: Provided, 
That of the amounts made available under this heading, 
$2,169,783,950 shall be obligated by December 31, 2020: 
Provided further, That of the amounts made available 
under this heading, $1,265,670,000 shall be available for 
projects authorized under section 5309(d) of title 49, 
United States Code, $635,000,000 shall be available for 
projects authorized under section 5309(e) of title 49, 
United States Code, $526,500,000 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 Fix-
ing America’s Surface Transportation Act: Provided fur-
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ther, 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. 
GRANTS TO THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA 
TRANSIT AUTHORITY 
For grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area 
Transit Authority as authorized under section 601 of divi-
sion B of Public Law 110–432, $150,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of 
Transportation shall approve grants for capital and pre-
ventive maintenance expenditures for the Washington 
Metropolitan Area Transit Authority only after receiving 
and reviewing a request for each specific project: Provided 
further, That prior to approving such grants, the Secretary 
shall certify that the Washington Metropolitan Area Tran-
sit Authority is making progress to improve its safety 
management system in response to the Federal Transit 
Administration’s 2015 safety management inspection: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall determine that 
the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has 
placed the highest priority on those investments that will 
improve the safety of the system before approving such 
grants: Provided further, That the Secretary, in order to 
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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. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
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, 2018, under 
any section of chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, 
that remain available for expenditure, may be transferred 
to and administered under the most recent appropriation 
heading for any such section. 
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SEC. 163. 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 51 percent. 
SEC. 164. Of the unobligated amounts made available 
for fiscal years 2005 or prior fiscal years to ‘‘Transit For-
mula Grants’’, a total of $46,560,000 is hereby perma-
nently rescinded. 
SEC. 165. None of the funds made available under 
this Act may be used for the implementation or further-
ance of new policies detailed in the ‘‘Dear Colleague’’ let-
ter distributed by the Federal Transit Administration to 
capital investment grant program project sponsors on 
June 29, 2018. 
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. 
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OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 
(HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses to conduct the operations, 
maintenance, and capital asset renewal activities on those 
portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway owned, operated, 
and maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Develop-
ment Corporation, $36,000,000, to be derived from the 
Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law 
99–662: Provided, That of the amounts made available 
under this heading, not less than $16,000,000 shall be 
used on capital asset renewal activities. 
MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a 
U.S.-flag merchant fleet to serve the national security 
needs of the United States, $300,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of operations and training ac-
tivities authorized by law, $149,442,000, of which 
$70,593,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2020 for the operations of the United States Merchant 
Marine Academy, and of which $18,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended for the maintenance and repair, 
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equipment, and capital improvements at the United States 
Merchant Marine Academy: Provided, That not later than 
January 12, 2019, the Administrator of the Maritime Ad-
ministration shall transmit to the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations the annual report on sexual as-
sault and sexual harassment at the United States Mer-
chant Marine Academy as required pursuant to section 
3507 of Public Law 110–417: Provided further, That of 
the amounts made available under this heading, 
$3,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2020 for the Maritime Environment and Technology As-
sistance program authorized under section 50307 of title 
46, United States Code: Provided further, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading, $7,000,000, 
shall remain available until expended for the Short Sea 
Transportation Program (America’s Marine Highways) to 
make grants for the purposes authorized under sections 
55601(b)(1) and (3) of title 46, United States Code: Pro-
vided further, That available balances under this heading 
for the Short Sea Transportation Program (America’s 
Marine Highways) from prior year recoveries shall be 
available to carry out activities authorized under sections 
55601(b)(1) and (3) of title 46, United States Code: Pro-
vided further, That from funds provided under the pre-
vious two provisos, the Secretary of Transportation shall 
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make grants no later than 180 days after enactment of 
this Act in such amounts as the Secretary determines: 
Provided further, That any unobligated balances available 
from previous appropriations for programs and activities 
supporting State Maritime Academies shall be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriations for ‘‘Maritime Ad-
ministration, State Maritime Academy Operations’’ and 
shall be made available for the same purposes. 
STATE MARITIME ACADEMY OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of operations, support and 
training 
activities 
for 
State 
Maritime 
Academies, 
$345,200,000, of which $25,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be for maintenance, repair, life exten-
sion, and capacity improvement of National Defense Re-
serve Fleet training ships in support of State Maritime 
Academies, of which $8,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be for expenses related to training mari-
ners for costs associated with training vessel sharing pur-
suant to 46 U.S.C. 51504(g)(3) for costs associated with 
mobilizing, operating and demobilizing the vessel, includ-
ing travel costs for students, faculty and crew, the costs 
of the general agent, crew costs, fuel, insurance, oper-
ational fees, and vessel hire costs, as determined by the 
Secretary, of which $300,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be for the National Security Multi- 
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Mission Vessel Program, including funds for construction, 
planning, administration, and design of school ships, of 
which $2,400,000 shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2020, for the Student Incentive Program, of 
which $3,800,000 shall remain available until expended 
for training ship fuel assistance, and of which $6,000,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2020, 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, as 
amended by Public Law 113–281, $20,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
SHIP DISPOSAL 
For necessary expenses related to the disposal of ob-
solete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the 
Maritime Administration, $5,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the guaran-
teed loan program, $3,000,000, which shall be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriations for ‘‘Operations 
and Training’’, Maritime Administration. 
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PORT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 
To make grants to improve port facilities as author-
ized under section 50302 of title 46, United States Code, 
$200,000,000 to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That projects eligible for funding provided under 
this heading shall be projects for coastal seaports: Pro-
vided further, That in addition, $92,730,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be for grants to the 15 
coastal seaports that handled the greatest number of load-
ed foreign and domestic twenty-foot equivalent units of 
containerized cargo in 2016, as identified by the U.S. 
Army Corps of Engineers: Provided further, That the Mar-
itime Administration shall distribute funds provided under 
this heading as discretionary grants to port authorities or 
commissions or their subdivisions and agents under exist-
ing authority, as well as to a State or political subdivision 
of a State or local government, a tribal government, a pub-
lic agency or publicly chartered authority established by 
one or more States, a special purpose district with a trans-
portation 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 funding provided under 
this heading shall be either within the boundary of a port, 
or outside the boundary of a port, and directly related to 
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port operations or to an intermodal connection to a port 
that will improve the safety, efficiency, or reliability of the 
movement of goods into, out of, around, or within a port, 
as well as the unloading and loading of cargo at a port: 
Provided further, That in awarding grants from funds 
made available by the second proviso under this heading 
for the 15 coastal seaports referred to, the Maritime Ad-
ministration shall give priority consideration for proposed 
projects that construct treatment facilities defined in sec-
tion 305.1 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, to meet 
the phytosanitary treatment requirements of sections 
305.5 through 305.8 of title 7, Code of Federal Regula-
tions: Provided further, That the Federal share of the 
costs for which an expenditure is made under this heading 
shall be up to 80 percent: Provided further, That not to 
exceed 2 percent of the funds appropriated under this 
heading shall be available for necessary costs of grant ad-
ministration: Provided further, That the proceeds of Fed-
eral credit assistance under chapter 6 of title 23, United 
States Code or sections 501 through 504 of the Railroad 
and Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 
(Public Law 94–210), as amended, shall be considered to 
be part of the non-Federal share of project costs if the 
loan is repayable from non-Federal funds, unless otherwise 
requested by the project sponsor. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, in addition to any existing authority, the Mari-
time Administration is authorized to furnish utilities and 
services and make necessary repairs in connection with 
any lease, contract, or occupancy involving Government 
property under control of the Maritime Administration: 
Provided, That payments received therefor shall be cred-
ited to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof and 
shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That rental payments under any such lease, contract, or 
occupancy for items other than such utilities, services, or 
repairs shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous 
receipts. 
PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONAL EXPENSES 
For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline 
and 
Hazardous 
Materials 
Safety 
Administration, 
$23,710,000: Provided, That the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall issue a final rule to expand the applicability 
of comprehensive oil spill response plans within 90 days 
of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the 
amounts appropriated under this heading shall be reduced 
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by $10,000 per day for each day that such rule has not 
been issued following the expiration of the period set forth 
in the previous proviso. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous 
materials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous 
Materials Safety Administration, $58,000,000, of which 
$7,570,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2021: 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. 
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, $165,000,000, to remain available 
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until September 30, 2021, of which $23,000,000 shall be 
derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which 
$134,000,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety 
Fund; and of which $8,000,000 shall be derived from fees 
collected under 49 U.S.C. 60302 and deposited in the Un-
derground Natural Gas Storage Facility Safety Account 
for the purpose of carrying out 49 U.S.C. 60141: Pro-
vided, That not less than $1,058,000 of the funds pro-
vided under this heading shall be for the One-Call State 
grant program. 
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS 
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND) 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Emergency 
Preparedness 
Grants 
program, 
not 
more 
than 
$28,318,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2021, from amounts made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(h), 
and 5128(b) and (c): Provided, That notwithstanding 49 
U.S.C. 5116(h)(4), not more than 4 percent of the 
amounts made available from this account shall be avail-
able to pay administrative costs: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 5128(b) and (c) and the cur-
rent year obligation limitation, prior year recoveries recog-
nized in the current year shall be available to develop a 
hazardous materials response training curriculum for 
emergency responders, including response activities for the 
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transportation of crude oil, ethanol and other flammable 
liquids by rail, consistent with National Fire Protection 
Association standards, and to make such training avail-
able through an electronic format: Provided further, That 
the prior year recoveries made available under this head-
ing shall also be available to carry out 49 U.S.C. 
5116(a)(1)(C) 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, $92,600,000: Provided, 
That the Inspector General shall have all necessary au-
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. 
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GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF 
TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 180. (a) During the current fiscal year, applica-
ble appropriations to the Department of Transportation 
shall be available for maintenance and operation of air-
craft; hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; pur-
chase of liability insurance for motor vehicles operating 
in foreign countries on official department business; and 
uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 
U.S.C. 5901–5902). 
(b) During the current fiscal year, applicable appro-
priations to the Department and its operating administra-
tions shall be available for the purchase, maintenance, op-
eration, and deployment of unmanned aircraft systems 
that advance the Department’s, or its operating adminis-
trations’, missions. 
(c) Any unmanned aircraft system purchased or pro-
cured by the Department prior to the enactment of this 
Act shall be deemed authorized. 
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. 
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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. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for salaries and expenses of more than 125 political 
and Presidential appointees in the Department of Trans-
portation: Provided, That none of the personnel covered 
by this provision may be assigned on temporary detail out-
side the Department of Transportation. 
SEC. 184. Funds received by the Federal Highway 
Administration and Federal Railroad Administration from 
States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, 
and private sources for expenses incurred for training may 
be credited respectively to the Federal Highway Adminis-
tration’s ‘‘Federal-Aid Highways’’ account and to the Fed-
eral Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Operations’’ 
account, except for State rail safety inspectors partici-
pating in training pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 20105. 
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SEC. 185. (a) None of the funds provided in this Act 
to the Department of Transportation may be used to make 
a loan, loan guarantee, line of credit, or discretionary 
grant unless the Secretary of Transportation notifies the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations not less 
than 3 full business days before any project competitively 
selected to receive any discretionary grant award, letter 
of intent, loan commitment, loan guarantee commitment, 
line of credit commitment, or full funding grant agreement 
is announced by the Department or its modal administra-
tions: Provided, That the Secretary gives concurrent noti-
fication to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations for any ‘‘quick release’’ of funds from the emer-
gency relief program: Provided further, That no notifica-
tion shall involve funds that are not available for obliga-
tion. 
(b) In addition to the notification required in sub-
section (a), none of the funds made available in this Act 
to the Department of Transportation may be used to make 
a loan, loan guarantee, line of credit, cooperative agree-
ment or discretionary grant unless the Secretary of Trans-
portation provides the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations a comprehensive list of all such loans, loan 
guarantees, lines of credit, cooperative agreement or dis-
cretionary grants that will be announced not less the 3 
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full business days before such announcement: Provided, 
That the requirement to provide a list in this subsection 
does not apply to any ‘‘quick release’’ of funds from the 
emergency relief program: Provided further, That no list 
shall involve funds that are not available for obligation. 
SEC. 186. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, 
minor fees and other funds received by the Department 
of Transportation from travel management centers, 
charge card programs, the subleasing of building space, 
and miscellaneous sources are to be credited to appropria-
tions of the Department of Transportation and allocated 
to elements of the Department of Transportation using 
fair and equitable criteria and such funds shall be avail-
able until expended. 
SEC. 187. Amounts made available in this or any 
prior Act that the Secretary determines represent im-
proper payments by the Department of Transportation to 
a third-party contractor under a financial assistance 
award, which are recovered pursuant to law, shall be avail-
able— 
(1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred 
by the Department of Transportation in recovering 
improper payments: Provided, That amounts made 
available in this Act shall be available until ex-
pended; and 
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(2) to pay contractors for services provided in 
recovering improper payments or contractor support 
in the implementation of the Improper Payments In-
formation Act of 2002, as amended by the Improper 
Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010 
and Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery 
Improvement Act of 2012, and Fraud Reduction and 
Data Analytics Act of 2015: Provided, That amounts 
in excess of that required for paragraphs (1) and 
(2)— 
(A) shall be credited to and merged with 
the appropriation from which the improper pay-
ments were made, and shall be available for the 
purposes and period for which such appropria-
tions are available: Provided further, That 
where specific project or accounting information 
associated with the improper payment or pay-
ments is not readily available, the Secretary 
may credit an appropriate account, which shall 
be available for the purposes and period associ-
ated with the account so credited; or 
(B) if no such appropriation remains avail-
able, shall be deposited in the Treasury as mis-
cellaneous receipts: Provided further, That prior 
to depositing such recovery in the Treasury, the 
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Secretary shall notify the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations of the amount 
and reasons for such transfer: Provided further, 
That for purposes of this section, the term ‘‘im-
proper payments’’ has the same meaning as 
that provided in section 2(e)(2) of Public Law 
111–204. 
SEC. 188. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, if any funds provided in or limited by this Act are 
subject to a reprogramming action that requires notice to 
be provided to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations, transmission of said reprogramming notice 
shall be provided solely to the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations, and said reprogramming action 
shall be approved or denied solely by the House and Sen-
ate Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That the 
Secretary of Transportation may provide notice to other 
congressional committees of the action of the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations on such reprogram-
ming but not sooner than 30 days following the date on 
which the reprogramming action has been approved or de-
nied by the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
SEC. 189. Funds appropriated in this Act to the 
modal administrations may be obligated for the Office of 
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the Secretary for the costs related to assessments or reim-
bursable agreements only when such amounts are for the 
costs of goods and services that are purchased to provide 
a direct benefit to the applicable modal administration or 
administrations. 
SEC. 190. The Secretary of Transportation is author-
ized to carry out a program that establishes uniform 
standards for developing and supporting agency transit 
pass and transit benefits authorized under section 7905 
of title 5, United States Code, including distribution of 
transit benefits by various paper and electronic media. 
SEC. 191. The Department of Transportation may 
use funds provided by this Act, or any other Act, to assist 
a contract under title 49 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, regula-
tion, policy or other measure that forbids a recipient of 
a Federal Highway Administration or Federal Transit Ad-
ministration grant from imposing such hiring preference 
on a contract or construction project with which the De-
partment 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 possessing the knowledge, skill, and abil-
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ity to perform the work that the contract requires 
resides 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 
preference does not delay or displace any transpor-
tation project in the applicable Statewide Transpor-
tation Improvement Program or Transportation Im-
provement Program. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans-
portation Appropriations Act, 2019’’. 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
EXECUTIVE OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Executive Of-
fices, which shall be comprised of the offices of the Sec-
retary, Deputy Secretary, Adjudicatory Services, Congres-
sional and Intergovernmental Relations, Public Affairs, 
Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, and the 
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the Office of the Chief Information Officer: Provided, That 
funds provided under this heading may be used for nec-
essary administrative and non-administrative expenses of 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development, not 
otherwise provided for, including purchase of uniforms, or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901– 
5902; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and services as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, funds appro-
priated under this heading 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 congressional reports: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall provide in electronic form 
all signed reports required by Congress: Provided further, 
That not more than 10 percent of the funds made avail-
able under this heading for the Office of Chief Financial 
Officer for the financial transformation initiative may be 
obligated until the Secretary submits to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations, for approval, a 
plan for expenditure that includes the financial and inter-
nal control capabilities to be delivered and the mission 
benefits to be realized, key milestones to be met, and the 
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relationship between the proposed use of funds made avail-
able under this heading and the projected total cost and 
scope of the initiative. 
PROGRAM OFFICE SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Public and Indian Housing, $219,800,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2020. 
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Community Planning and Development, $112,344,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2020. 
HOUSING 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Housing, $382,500,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020, of which not less than $12,000,000 shall 
be for the Office of Recapitalization. 
POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Policy Development and Research, $26,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2020. 
FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, $72,900,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2020. 
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OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL AND HEALTHY 
HOMES 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes, $8,600,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2020. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the working capital fund for the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development (referred to in this para-
graph as the ‘‘Fund’’), pursuant, in part, to section 7(f) 
of the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
Act (42 U.S.C. 3535(f)), amounts transferred, including 
reimbursements pursuant to section 7(f), to the Fund 
under this heading shall be available for Federal shared 
services used by offices and agencies of the Department, 
and for such portion of any office or agency’s printing, 
records management, space renovation, furniture, or sup-
ply services as the Secretary determines shall be derived 
from centralized sources made available by the Depart-
ment to all offices and agencies and funded through the 
Fund: Provided, That of the amounts made available in 
this title for salaries and expenses under the headings 
‘‘Executive Offices’’, ‘‘Administrative Support Offices’’, 
‘‘Program Office Salaries and Expenses’’, and ‘‘Govern-
ment National Mortgage Association’’, the Secretary shall 
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transfer to the Fund such amounts, to remain available 
until expended, as are necessary to fund services, specified 
in the matter preceding the first proviso, for which the 
appropriation would otherwise have been available, and 
may transfer not to exceed an additional $5,000,000, in 
aggregate, from all such appropriations, to be merged with 
the Fund and to remain available until expended for any 
purpose under this heading: Provided further, That 
amounts in the Fund shall be the only amounts available 
to each office or agency of the Department for the serv-
ices, or portion of services, specified in the matter pre-
ceding the first proviso: Provided further, That with re-
spect to the Fund, the authorities and conditions under 
this heading shall supplement the authorities and condi-
tions provided under section 7(f). 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
For activities and assistance for the provision of ten-
ant-based rental assistance authorized under the United 
States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 
et seq.) (‘‘the Act’’ herein), not otherwise provided for, 
$18,598,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be available on October 1, 2018 (in addition to the 
$4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this head-
ing that shall be available on October 1, 2018), and 
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$4,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be available on October 1, 2019: Provided, That the 
amounts made available under this heading are provided 
as follows: 
(1) $20,313,000,000 shall be available for re-
newals of expiring section 8 tenant-based annual 
contributions contracts (including renewals of en-
hanced vouchers under any provision of law author-
izing such assistance under section 8(t) of the Act) 
and including renewal of other special purpose incre-
mental vouchers: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, from amounts provided 
under this paragraph and any carryover, the Sec-
retary for the calendar year 2019 funding cycle shall 
provide renewal funding for each public housing 
agency based on validated voucher management sys-
tem (VMS) leasing and cost data for the prior cal-
endar year and by applying an inflation factor as es-
tablished by the Secretary, by notice published in 
the Federal Register, and by making any necessary 
adjustments for the costs associated with the first- 
time renewal of vouchers under this paragraph in-
cluding tenant protection and Choice Neighborhoods 
vouchers: Provided further, That none of the funds 
provided under this paragraph may be used to fund 
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a total number of unit months under lease which ex-
ceeds a public housing agency’s authorized level of 
units under contract, except for public housing agen-
cies participating in the MTW demonstration, which 
are instead governed by the terms and conditions of 
their MTW agreements: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall, to the extent necessary to stay with-
in the amount specified under this paragraph (ex-
cept as otherwise modified under this paragraph), 
prorate each public housing agency’s allocation oth-
erwise established pursuant to this paragraph: Pro-
vided further, That except as provided in the fol-
lowing provisos, the entire amount specified under 
this paragraph (except as otherwise modified under 
this paragraph) shall be obligated to the public hous-
ing agencies based on the allocation and pro rata 
method described above, and the Secretary shall no-
tify public housing agencies of their annual budget 
by the latter of 60 days after enactment of this Act 
or March 1, 2019: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary 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 pursuant to 
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their MTW agreements and shall be subject to the 
same pro rata adjustments under the previous pro-
visos: Provided further, That the Secretary may off-
set public housing agencies’ calendar year 2019 allo-
cations based on the excess amounts of public hous-
ing agencies’ net restricted assets accounts, includ-
ing HUD-held programmatic reserves (in accordance 
with VMS data in calendar year 2018 that is 
verifiable and complete), as determined by the Sec-
retary: Provided further, That public housing agen-
cies participating in the MTW demonstration shall 
also be subject to the offset, as determined by the 
Secretary, excluding amounts subject to the single 
fund budget authority provisions of their MTW 
agreements, from the agencies’ calendar year 2019 
MTW funding allocation: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall use any offset referred to in the pre-
vious two provisos throughout the calendar year to 
prevent the termination of rental assistance for fam-
ilies 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 $100,000,000 shall be available 
only: (1) for adjustments in the allocations for public 
housing agencies, after application for an adjust-
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ment by a public housing agency that experienced a 
significant increase, as determined by the Secretary, 
in renewal costs of vouchers resulting from unfore-
seen 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 commitment pursuant to section 
8(o)(13) of the Act; (3) for adjustments for costs as-
sociated with HUD–Veterans Affairs Supportive 
Housing (HUD–VASH) vouchers; and (4) for public 
housing agencies that despite taking reasonable cost 
savings measures, as determined by the Secretary, 
would otherwise be required to terminate rental as-
sistance for families as a result of insufficient fund-
ing: Provided further, That the Secretary shall allo-
cate amounts under the previous proviso based on 
need, as determined by the Secretary; 
(2) $85,000,000 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 in connection with efforts to 
combat crime in public and assisted housing pursu-
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ant to a request from a law enforcement or prosecu-
tion agency, enhanced vouchers under any provision 
of law authorizing such assistance under section 8(t) 
of the Act, Choice Neighborhood vouchers, manda-
tory and voluntary conversions, and tenant protec-
tion assistance including replacement and relocation 
assistance or for project-based assistance to prevent 
the displacement of unassisted elderly tenants cur-
rently residing in section 202 properties financed be-
tween 1959 and 1974 that are refinanced pursuant 
to Public Law 106–569, as amended, 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 as-
sistance when the units pose an imminent health 
and safety risk to residents: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may only provide replacement vouch-
ers 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: 
Provided further, That of the amounts made avail-
able under this paragraph, $5,000,000 may be avail-
able to provide tenant protection assistance, not oth-
erwise provided under this paragraph, to residents 
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residing in low vacancy areas and who may have to 
pay rents greater than 30 percent of household in-
come, 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 prepay-
ment; (B) the expiration of a rental assistance con-
tract for which the tenants are not eligible for en-
hanced voucher or tenant protection assistance 
under existing law; or (C) the expiration of afford-
ability restrictions accompanying a mortgage or 
preservation program administered by the Secretary: 
Provided further, That such tenant protection assist-
ance 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, re-
quirements for defining eligible at-risk households 
within 60 days of the enactment of this Act: Pro-
vided further, That any tenant protection voucher 
made available from amounts under this paragraph 
shall not be reissued by any public housing agency, 
except the replacement vouchers as defined by the 
Secretary by notice, when the initial family that re-
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ceived any such voucher no longer receives such 
voucher, and the authority for any public housing 
agency to issue any such voucher shall cease to exist: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may provide 
section 8 rental assistance 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 No-
tice of Default and the units pose an imminent 
health and safety risk to residents: Provided further, 
That to the extent that the Secretary determines 
that such units are not feasible for continued rental 
assistance payments or transfer of the subsidy con-
tract associated with such units to another project 
or projects and owner or owners, any remaining 
amounts associated with such units under such con-
tract shall be recaptured and used to reimburse 
amounts used under this paragraph for rental assist-
ance under the preceding proviso; 
(3) $1,886,000,000 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-
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ing agencies that need additional funds to admin-
ister their section 8 programs, including fees associ-
ated with section 8 tenant protection rental assist-
ance, the administration of disaster related vouchers, 
HUD–VASH vouchers, and other special purpose in-
cremental vouchers: Provided, That no less than 
$1,856,000,000 of the amount provided in this para-
graph shall be allocated to public housing agencies 
for the calendar year 2019 funding cycle based on 
section 8(q) of the Act (and related Appropriation 
Act provisions) as in effect immediately before the 
enactment of the Quality Housing and Work Re-
sponsibility Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–276): Pro-
vided further, That if the amounts made available 
under this paragraph are insufficient to pay the 
amounts determined under the previous proviso, the 
Secretary may decrease the amounts allocated to 
agencies by a uniform percentage applicable to all 
agencies receiving funding under this paragraph or 
may, to the extent necessary to provide full payment 
of amounts determined under the previous proviso, 
utilize unobligated balances, including recaptures 
and carryovers, remaining from funds appropriated 
to the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment under this heading from prior fiscal years, ex-
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cluding special purpose vouchers, notwithstanding 
the purposes for which such amounts were appro-
priated: Provided further, That all public housing 
agencies participating in the MTW demonstration 
shall be funded pursuant to their MTW agreements, 
and shall be subject to the same uniform percentage 
decrease as under the previous proviso: Provided fur-
ther, That amounts provided under this paragraph 
shall be only for activities related to the provision of 
tenant-based rental assistance authorized under sec-
tion 8, including related development activities; 
(4) $225,000,000 for the renewal of tenant- 
based assistance contracts under section 811 of the 
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act 
(42 U.S.C. 8013), including necessary administra-
tive expenses: Provided, That administrative and 
other expenses of public housing agencies in admin-
istering the special purpose vouchers in this para-
graph shall be funded under the same terms and be 
subject to the same pro rata reduction as the per-
cent decrease for administrative and other expenses 
to public housing agencies under paragraph (3) of 
this heading: Provided further, That any amounts 
provided under this paragraph in this Act or prior 
Acts, remaining available after funding renewals and 
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administrative expenses under this paragraph, shall 
be available only for incremental tenant-based rental 
assistance contracts under such section 811 for non- 
elderly persons with disabilities, including necessary 
administrative expenses: Provided further, That upon 
turnover, section 811 special purpose vouchers fund-
ed under this heading in this or prior Acts, or under 
any other heading in prior Acts, shall be provided to 
non-elderly persons with disabilities; 
(5) $4,000,000 shall be for rental assistance 
and associated administrative fees for Tribal HUD– 
VASH to serve Native American veterans that are 
homeless or at-risk of homelessness living on or near 
a reservation or other Indian areas: Provided, That 
such amount shall be made available for renewal 
grants to recipients that received assistance under 
prior Acts under the Tribal HUD–VASH program: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall be author-
ized to specify criteria for renewal grants, including 
data on the utilization of assistance reported by 
grant recipients: Provided further, That such assist-
ance shall be administered in accordance with pro-
gram requirements under the Native American 
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 
1996 and modeled after the HUD–VASH program: 
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Provided further, That the Secretary shall be author-
ized to waive, or specify alternative requirements for 
any provision of any statute or regulation that the 
Secretary administers in connection with the use of 
funds made available under this paragraph (except 
for requirements related to fair housing, non-
discrimination, labor standards, and the environ-
ment), upon a finding by the Secretary that any 
such waivers or alternative requirements are nec-
essary for the effective delivery and administration 
of such assistance: Provided further, That grant re-
cipients shall report to the Secretary on utilization 
of such rental assistance and other program data, as 
prescribed by the Secretary: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may reallocate, as determined by the 
Secretary, amounts returned or recaptured from 
awards under prior acts; 
(6) $40,000,000 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 
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this title, to public housing agencies that partner 
with eligible VA Medical Centers or other entities as 
designated by the Secretary of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, based on geographical need for 
such assistance as identified by the Secretary of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, public housing 
agency administrative performance, and other fac-
tors as specified by the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development in consultation with the Sec-
retary of the Department of Veterans Affairs: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development may waive, or specify alter-
native requirements for (in consultation with the 
Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs), 
any provision of any statute or regulation that the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development ad-
ministers in connection with the use of funds made 
available under this paragraph (except for require-
ments related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, 
labor standards, and the environment), upon a find-
ing by the Secretary that any such waivers or alter-
native requirements are necessary for the effective 
delivery and administration of such voucher assist-
ance: Provided further, That assistance made avail-
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able under this paragraph shall continue to remain 
available for homeless veterans upon turn-over; 
(7) $20,000,000 shall be made available for 
new incremental voucher assistance through the 
family unification program as authorized by section 
8(x) of the Act: Provided, That the assistance made 
available under this paragraph shall continue to re-
main available for family unification upon turnover: 
Provided further, That for any public housing agency 
administering voucher assistance appropriated in a 
prior Act under the family unification program that 
determines that it no longer has an identified need 
for such assistance upon turnover, such agency shall 
notify the Secretary, and the Secretary shall recap-
ture such assistance from the agency and reallocate 
it to any other public housing agency or agencies 
based on need for voucher assistance in connection 
with such program; 
(8) $25,000,000 shall be made available for the 
mobility demonstration authorized under section 235 
of this title, of which up to $5,000,000 shall be for 
new incremental voucher assistance and the remain-
der of which shall be available to provide mobility- 
related services to families with children, including 
pre- and post-move counseling and rent deposits, 
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and to offset the administrative costs of operating 
the mobility demonstration: Provided, That incre-
mental voucher assistance made available under this 
paragraph shall be for families with children partici-
pating in the mobility demonstration and shall con-
tinue to remain available for families with children 
upon turnover: Provided further, That for any public 
housing agency administering voucher assistance 
under the mobility demonstration that determines 
that it no longer has an identified need for such as-
sistance upon turnover, such agency shall notify the 
Secretary, and the Secretary shall recapture such as-
sistance from the agency and reallocate it to any 
other public housing agency or agencies based on 
need for voucher assistance in connection with such 
demonstration; and 
(9) the Secretary shall separately track all spe-
cial purpose vouchers funded under this heading. 
HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
Unobligated balances, including recaptures and car-
ryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development under this 
heading, the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted 
Housing’’ and the heading ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assist-
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ance’’, for fiscal year 2019 and prior years may be used 
for renewal of or amendments to section 8 project-based 
contracts and for performance-based contract administra-
tors, notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds 
were appropriated: Provided, That any obligated balances 
of contract authority from fiscal year 1974 and prior that 
have been terminated shall be rescinded: Provided further, 
That amounts heretofore recaptured, or recaptured during 
the current fiscal year, from section 8 project-based con-
tracts from source years fiscal year 1975 through fiscal 
year 1987 are hereby rescinded, and an amount of addi-
tional new budget authority, equivalent to the amount re-
scinded is hereby appropriated, to remain available until 
expended, for the purposes set forth under this heading, 
in addition to amounts otherwise available. 
PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND 
For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to 
carry out capital and management activities for public 
housing agencies, as authorized under section 9 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g) 
(the ‘‘Act’’) $2,775,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2022: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law or regulation, during fiscal year 
2019, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
may not delegate to any Department official other than 
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the Deputy Secretary and the Assistant Secretary for 
Public and Indian Housing any authority under paragraph 
(2) of section 9(j) regarding the extension of the time peri-
ods under such section: Provided further, That for pur-
poses of such section 9(j), the term ‘‘obligate’’ means, with 
respect to amounts, that the amounts are subject to a 
binding agreement that will result in outlays, immediately 
or in the future: Provided further, That of the total 
amount made available under this heading, up to 
$14,000,000 shall be to support ongoing public housing 
financial and physical assessment activities: Provided fur-
ther, That of the total amount made available under this 
heading, up to $1,000,000 shall be to support the costs 
of administrative and judicial receiverships: Provided fur-
ther, That of the total amount provided under this head-
ing, not to exceed $30,000,000 shall be available for the 
Secretary to make grants, notwithstanding section 203 of 
this Act, to public housing agencies for emergency capital 
needs including safety and security measures necessary to 
address crime and drug-related activity as well as needs 
resulting from unforeseen or unpreventable emergencies 
and natural disasters excluding Presidentially declared 
emergencies and natural disasters under the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Act (42 U.S.C. 
5121 et seq.) occurring in fiscal year 2019: Provided fur-
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ther, That of the amount made available under the pre-
vious proviso, not less than $10,000,000 shall be for safety 
and security measures: Provided further, That in addition 
to the amount in the previous proviso for such safety and 
security measures, any amounts that remain available, 
after all applications received on or before September 30, 
2020, for emergency capital needs have been processed, 
shall be allocated to public housing agencies for such safe-
ty and security measures: Provided further, That of the 
total amount provided under this heading, up to 
$35,000,000 shall be for supportive services, service coor-
dinators and congregate services as authorized by section 
34 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437z–6) and the Native Amer-
ican Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 
1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.): Provided further, That of 
the total amount made available under this heading, 
$15,000,000 shall be for a Jobs-Plus initiative modeled 
after the Jobs-Plus demonstration: Provided further, That 
funding provided under the previous proviso shall be avail-
able for competitive grants to partnerships between public 
housing authorities, local workforce investment boards es-
tablished under section 107 of the Workforce Innovation 
and Opportunity Act of 2014 (29 U.S.C. 3122), and other 
agencies and organizations that provide support to help 
public housing residents obtain employment and increase 
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earnings: Provided further, That applicants must dem-
onstrate the ability to provide services to residents, part-
ner with workforce investment boards, and leverage service 
dollars: Provided further, That the Secretary may allow 
public housing agencies to request exemptions from rent 
and income limitation requirements under sections 3 and 
6 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437a and 1437d), as necessary to implement the Jobs- 
Plus program, on such terms and conditions as the Sec-
retary may approve upon a finding by the Secretary that 
any such waivers or alternative requirements are nec-
essary for the effective implementation of the Jobs-Plus 
initiative as a voluntary program for residents: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall publish by notice in the 
Federal Register any waivers or alternative requirements 
pursuant to the preceding proviso no later than 10 days 
before the effective date of such notice: Provided further, 
That for funds provided under this heading, the limitation 
in section 9(g)(1) of the Act shall be 25 percent: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may waive the limitation in 
the previous proviso to allow public housing agencies to 
fund activities authorized under section 9(e)(1)(C) of the 
Act: Provided further, That the Secretary shall notify pub-
lic housing agencies requesting waivers under the previous 
proviso if the request is approved or denied within 14 days 
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of submitting the request: Provided further, That from the 
funds made available under this heading, the Secretary 
shall provide bonus awards in fiscal year 2019 to public 
housing agencies that are designated high performers: 
Provided further, That the Department shall notify public 
housing agencies of their formula allocation within 60 
days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That of 
the 
total 
amount 
provided 
under 
this 
heading, 
$25,000,000 shall be available for competitive grants to 
public housing agencies to evaluate and reduce lead-based 
paint hazards in public housing by carrying out the activi-
ties of risk assessments, abatement, and interim controls 
(as those terms are defined in section 1004 of the Residen-
tial Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 (42 
U.S.C. 4851b)): Provided further, That for purposes of en-
vironmental review, a grant under the previous proviso 
shall be considered funds for projects or activities under 
title I of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) for purposes of section 26 of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1437x) and shall be subject to the regula-
tions implementing such section. 
PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND 
For 2019 payments to public housing agencies for the 
operation and management of public housing, as author-
ized by section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 
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1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $4,653,116,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2020. 
CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVE 
For competitive grants under the Choice Neighbor-
hoods Initiative (subject to section 24 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v), unless otherwise 
specified under this heading), for transformation, rehabili-
tation, and replacement housing needs of both public and 
HUD-assisted housing and to transform neighborhoods of 
poverty into functioning, sustainable mixed income neigh-
borhoods with appropriate services, schools, public assets, 
transportation and access to jobs, $150,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That 
grant funds may be used for resident and community serv-
ices, community development, and affordable housing 
needs in the community, and for conversion of vacant or 
foreclosed properties to affordable housing: Provided fur-
ther, That the use of funds made available under this 
heading shall not be deemed to be public housing notwith-
standing section 3(b)(1) of such Act: Provided further, 
That grantees shall commit to an additional period of af-
fordability determined by the Secretary of not fewer than 
20 years: Provided further, That grantees shall provide a 
match in State, local, other Federal or private funds: Pro-
vided further, That grantees may include local govern-
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ments, tribal entities, public housing authorities, and non-
profits: Provided further, That for-profit developers may 
apply jointly with a public entity: Provided further, That 
for purposes of environmental review, a grantee shall be 
treated as a public housing agency under section 26 of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437x), and grants under this heading shall be subject 
to the regulations issued by the Secretary to implement 
such section: Provided further, That of the amount pro-
vided, not less than $75,000,000 shall be awarded to pub-
lic housing agencies: Provided further, That such grantees 
shall create partnerships with other local organizations in-
cluding assisted housing owners, service agencies, and 
resident organizations: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall consult with the Secretaries of Education, 
Labor, Transportation, Health and Human Services, Agri-
culture, and Commerce, the Attorney General, and the Ad-
ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to co-
ordinate and leverage other appropriate Federal resources: 
Provided further, That no more than $5,000,000 of funds 
made available under this heading may be provided as 
grants to undertake comprehensive local planning with 
input from residents and the community: Provided further, 
That unobligated balances, including recaptures, remain-
ing from funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Revital-
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ization of Severely Distressed Public Housing (HOPE 
VI)’’ in fiscal year 2011 and prior fiscal years may be used 
for purposes under this heading, notwithstanding the pur-
poses for which such amounts were appropriated: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall issue the Notice of Fund-
ing Availability for funds made available under this head-
ing no later than 60 days after enactment of this Act: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall make grant awards 
no later than one year from the date of enactment of this 
Act in such amounts that the Secretary determines: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding section 24(o) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v(o)), 
the Secretary may, until September 30, 2019, obligate any 
available unobligated balances made available under this 
heading in this, or any prior Act. 
FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY 
For the Family Self-Sufficiency program to support 
family self-sufficiency coordinators under section 23 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937, to promote the devel-
opment of local strategies to coordinate the use of assist-
ance under sections 8(o) and 9 of such Act with public 
and private resources, and enable eligible families to 
achieve economic independence and self-sufficiency, 
$80,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2020: Provided, That the Secretary may, by Federal Reg-
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ister notice, waive or specify alternative requirements 
under subsections b(3), b(4), b(5), or c(1) of section 23 
of such Act in order to facilitate the operation of a unified 
self-sufficiency program for individuals receiving assist-
ance under different provisions of the Act, as determined 
by the Secretary: Provided further, That owners of a pri-
vately owned multifamily property with a section 8 con-
tract may voluntarily make a Family Self-Sufficiency pro-
gram available to the assisted tenants of such property 
in accordance with procedures established by the Sec-
retary: Provided further, That such procedures established 
pursuant to the previous proviso shall permit participating 
tenants to accrue escrow funds in accordance with section 
23(d)(2) and shall allow owners to use funding from resid-
ual receipt accounts to hire coordinators for their own 
Family Self-Sufficiency program. 
NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the Native American Housing Block Grants pro-
gram, as authorized under title I of the Native American 
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 
(NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $655,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2023: Provided, 
That, notwithstanding NAHASDA, to determine the 
amount of the allocation under title I of such Act for each 
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Indian tribe, the Secretary shall apply the formula under 
section 302 of such Act with the need component based 
on single-race census data and with the need component 
based on multi-race census data, and the amount of the 
allocation for each Indian tribe shall be the greater of the 
two resulting allocation amounts: Provided further, That 
of the amounts made available under this heading, 
$7,000,000 shall be for providing training and technical 
assistance to Indian housing authorities and tribally des-
ignated housing entities, to support the inspection of In-
dian housing units, contract expertise, and for training 
and technical assistance related to funding provided under 
this heading and other headings under this Act for the 
needs of Native American families and Indian country: 
Provided further, That of the funds made available under 
the previous proviso, not less than $2,000,000 shall be 
made available for a national organization as authorized 
under section 703 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4212): Pro-
vided further, That amounts made available under the pre-
vious two provisos may be used, contracted, or competed 
as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That of 
the amount provided under this heading, $2,000,000 shall 
be made available for the cost of guaranteed notes and 
other obligations, as authorized by title VI of NAHASDA: 
Provided further, That such costs, including the costs of 
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modifying such notes and other obligations, shall be as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are 
available to subsidize the total principal amount of any 
notes and other obligations, any part of which is to be 
guaranteed, not to exceed $17,761,989: Provided further, 
That the Department will notify grantees of their formula 
allocation within 60 days of the date of enactment of this 
Act: Provided further, That for an additional amount for 
the Native American Housing Block Grants program, as 
authorized under title I of NAHASDA, $100,000,000 to 
remain available until September 30, 2023: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall obligate this additional 
amount for competitive grants to eligible recipients au-
thorized under NAHASDA that apply for funds: Provided 
further, That in awarding this additional amount, the Sec-
retary shall consider need and administrative capacity, 
and shall give priority to projects that will spur construc-
tion and rehabilitation: Provided further, That up to 1 per-
cent of this additional amount may be transferred, in ag-
gregate, to ‘‘Program Office Salaries and Expenses—Pub-
lic and Indian Housing’’ for necessary costs of admin-
istering and overseeing the obligation and expenditure of 
this additional amount: Provided further, That any funds 
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