IIB 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8294 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 26, 2022 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Departments of Transpor-
tation, and Housing and Urban Development, and re-
lated agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2023, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation, Hous-
ing and Urban Development, Agriculture, Rural Develop-
ment, Energy and Water Development, Financial Services 
and General Government, Interior, Environment, Military 
Construction, and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 
2023’’. 
SEC. 2. REFERENCES TO ACT. 
Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference 
to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall 
be treated as referring only to the provisions of that divi-
sion. 
SEC. 3. REFERENCES TO REPORT. 
(a) TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DE-
VELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 
ACT, 2023.—Any reference to a ‘‘report accompanying 
this Act’’ contained in division A of this Act shall be treat-
ed as a reference to House Report 117–402. The effect 
of such Report shall be limited to division A and shall 
apply for purposes of determining the allocation of funds 
provided by, and the implementation of, division A. 
(b) AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD 
AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023.—Any reference to a ‘‘report 
accompanying this Act’’ contained in division B of this Act 
shall be treated as a reference to House Report 117–392. 
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The effect of such Report shall be limited to division B 
and shall apply for purposes of determining the allocation 
of funds provided by, and the implementation of, division 
B. 
(c) ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RE-
LATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023.—Any ref-
erence to a ‘‘report accompanying this Act’’ contained in 
division C of this Act shall be treated as a reference to 
House Report 117–394. The effect of such Report shall 
be limited to division C and shall apply for purposes of 
determining the allocation of funds provided by, and the 
implementation of, division C. 
(d) FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERN-
MENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023.—Any reference to a 
‘‘report accompanying this Act’’ contained in division D 
of this Act shall be treated as a reference to House Report 
117–393. The effect of such Report shall be limited to 
division D and shall apply for purposes of determining the 
allocation of funds provided by, and the implementation 
of, division D. 
(e) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, 
AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023.— 
Any reference to a ‘‘report accompanying this Act’’ con-
tained in division E of this Act shall be treated as a ref-
erence to House Report 117–400. The effect of such Re-
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port shall be limited to division E and shall apply for pur-
poses of determining the allocation of funds provided by, 
and the implementation of, division E. 
(f) MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS, 
AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023.— 
Any reference to a ‘‘report accompanying this Act’’ con-
tained in division F of this Act shall be treated as a ref-
erence to House Report 117–391. The effect of such Re-
port shall be limited to division F and shall apply for pur-
poses of determining the allocation of funds provided by, 
and the implementation of, division F. 
SEC. 4. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
The following sums in this Act are appropriated, out 
of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023. 
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DIVISION A—TRANSPORTATION, 
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVEL-
OPMENT, 
AND 
RELATED 
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 
ACT, 2023 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
$176,000,000 (increased by $1,000,000) (reduced by 
$1,000,000) (reduced by $2,000,000): Provided, That of 
the sums appropriated under this heading— 
(1) $3,569,000 shall be available for the imme-
diate Office of the Secretary; 
(2) $1,277,000 shall be available for the imme-
diate Office of the Deputy Secretary; 
(3) $27,089,000 (reduced by $1,000,000) shall 
be available for the Office of the General Counsel; 
(4) $17,400,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy; 
(5) $21,026,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Pro-
grams; 
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(6) $3,968,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs; 
(7) $42,402,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Assistant Secretary for Administration; 
(8) $5,727,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Public Affairs and Public Engagement; 
(9) $2,312,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Executive Secretariat; 
(10) $18,533,000 shall be available for the Of-
fice of Intelligence, Security, and Emergency Re-
sponse; 
(11) $29,195,000 (reduced by $1,000,000) 
shall be available for the Office of the Chief Infor-
mation Officer; 
(12) $1,500,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Tribal Government Affairs; and 
(13) $2,000,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Multimodal Freight Infrastructure and Policy: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Transportation 
(referred to in this title as the ‘‘Secretary’’) is authorized 
to transfer funds appropriated for any office of the Office 
of the Secretary to any other office of the Office of the 
Secretary: Provided further, That no appropriation for any 
office shall be increased or decreased by more than 7 per-
cent by all such transfers: Provided further, That any 
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change in funding greater than 7 percent shall be subject 
to the requirements of section 405 of this Act: Provided 
further, That not to exceed $70,000 shall be for allocation 
within the Department for official reception and represen-
tation expenses as the Secretary may determine: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
there may be credited to this appropriation up to 
$2,500,000 in funds received in user fees. 
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses related to the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, 
$66,963,000 (reduced by $15,000,000) (increased by 
$15,000,000), of which $52,780,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That there may be credited 
to this appropriation, to be available until expended, funds 
received from States, counties, municipalities, other public 
authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for 
training: Provided further, That any reference in law, reg-
ulation, judicial proceedings, or elsewhere to the Research 
and Innovative Technology Administration shall continue 
to be deemed to be a reference to the Office of the Assist-
ant Secretary for Research and Technology of the Depart-
ment of Transportation. 
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NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 6702 of 
title 49, United States Code, $775,000,000 (increased by 
$2,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (reduced by 
$1,000,000), to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That section 6702(f)(2) of title 49, United States Code, 
shall not apply to amounts made available under this 
heading in this Act: Provided further, That of amounts 
made available under this heading in this Act, not less 
than $30,000,000 (increased by $1,000,000) shall be 
awarded to projects in historically disadvantaged commu-
nities or areas of persistent poverty as such term is de-
fined under section 6702(a)(1) of title 49, United States 
Code: Provided further, That section 6702(g) of title 49, 
United States Code, shall not apply to amounts made 
available under this heading in this Act: Provided further, 
That of the amounts made available under this heading 
in this Act not less than 5 percent shall be made available 
for the planning, preparation, or design of eligible projects 
and shall prioritize transit, transit oriented development, 
multimodal, intercity passenger rail, and pedestrian 
projects: Provided further, That grants awarded under this 
heading in this Act for eligible projects for planning, prep-
aration, or design shall not be subject to a minimum grant 
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size: Provided further, That in distributing amounts made 
available under this heading in this Act, the Secretary 
shall take such measures so as to ensure an equitable geo-
graphic distribution of funds, an appropriate balance in 
addressing the needs of urban and rural areas, including 
Tribal areas, and the investment in a variety of transpor-
tation 
modes: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
section 
6702(c)(2)(C) of title 49, United States Code, shall not 
apply to amounts made available under this heading in 
this Act: Provided further, That a grant award under this 
heading in this Act shall be not greater than $50,000,000: 
Provided further, That section 6702(c)(3) of title 49, 
United States Code, shall not apply to amounts made 
available under this heading in this Act: Provided further, 
That not more than 15 percent of the amounts made avail-
able under this heading in this Act may be awarded to 
projects in a single state: Provided further, That for 
amounts made available under this heading in this Act, 
the Secretary shall give priority to projects that require 
a contribution of Federal funds in order to complete an 
overall financing package: Provided further, That section 
6702(f)(1) of title 49, United States Code, shall not apply 
to amounts made available under this heading in this Act: 
Provided further, That of the amounts awarded under this 
heading in this Act, not more than 50 percent shall be 
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allocated for eligible projects located in rural areas and 
not more than 50 percent shall be allocated for eligible 
projects located in urbanized areas: Provided further, That 
for the purpose of determining if an award for planning, 
preparation, or design under this heading in this Act is 
an urban award, the project location is the location of the 
project being planned, prepared, or designed: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall apply to projects under this 
heading the Federal requirements that the Secretary de-
termines are appropriate based on the purpose of the Na-
tional Infrastructure Investments program, the require-
ments expressly stated under this heading, the require-
ments expressly stated in chapter 67 of title 49, United 
States Code, and the Federal requirements applicable to 
comparable projects supported by other Department of 
Transportation financial assistance programs, including 
domestic preference requirements, contracting opportuni-
ties for small and disadvantaged businesses, and labor 
practices: Provided further, That the Secretary may retain 
up to 2 percent of the amounts made available under this 
heading in this Act, and may transfer portions of such 
amounts to the Administrators of the Federal Aviation 
Administration, the Federal Highway Administration, the 
Federal Transit Administration, the Federal Railroad Ad-
ministration and the Maritime Administration to fund the 
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award and oversight of grants and credit assistance made 
under the program authorized under section 6702 of title 
49, United States Code: Provided further, That for 
amounts made available under this heading in this Act, 
the Secretary shall consider and award projects based sole-
ly on the selection criteria as identified under paragraphs 
(3) and (4) of section 6702(d) of title 49, United States 
Code. 
THRIVING COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for a thriving communities 
program, $100,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025: Provided, That the Secretary of Trans-
portation shall make such amounts available for technical 
assistance and cooperative agreements to develop and im-
plement technical assistance, planning, and capacity build-
ing to improve and foster thriving communities through 
transportation improvements: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with 
philanthropic entities, non-profit organizations, other Fed-
eral agencies, state or local governments and their agen-
cies, Indian Tribes, or other technical assistance providers, 
to provide such technical assistance, planning, and capac-
ity building to state, local, or Tribal governments, United 
States territories, metropolitan planning organizations, 
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transit agencies, or other political subdivisions of state or 
local governments: Provided further, That to be eligible for 
a cooperative agreement under this heading, a recipient 
shall provide assistance to entities described in the pre-
ceding proviso on engaging in public planning processes 
with residents, local businesses, non-profit organizations, 
and to the extent practicable, philanthropic organizations, 
educational institutions, or other community stakeholders: 
Provided further, That such cooperative agreements shall 
facilitate the planning and development of transportation 
and community revitalization activities supported by the 
Department of Transportation under titles 23, 46, and 49, 
United States Code, that increase mobility, reduce pollu-
tion from transportation sources, expand affordable trans-
portation options, facilitate efficient land use, preserve or 
expand jobs, improve housing conditions, enhance connec-
tions to health care, education, and food security, or im-
prove health outcomes: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may prioritize assistance provided with amounts 
made available under this heading to communities that 
have disproportionate rates of pollution and poor air qual-
ity, communities experiencing disproportionate effects (as 
defined by Executive Order No. 12898), areas of per-
sistent poverty as defined in section 6702(a)(1) of title 
49, United States Code, or historically disadvantaged com-
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munities: Provided further, That the preceding proviso 
shall not prevent the Secretary from providing assistance 
with amounts made available under this heading to enti-
ties described in the second proviso under this heading 
that request assistance through the thriving communities 
program: Provided further, That planning and technical 
assistance made available under this heading may include 
pre-application assistance for capital projects eligible 
under titles 23, 46, and 49, United States Code: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may retain amounts made 
available under this heading for the necessary administra-
tive expenses of (1) developing and disseminating best 
practices, modeling, and cost-benefit analysis methodolo-
gies to assist entities described in the second proviso under 
this heading with applications for financial assistance pro-
grams under titles 23, 46, and 49, United States Code, 
and (2) award, administration, and oversight of coopera-
tive agreements to carry out the provisions under this 
heading: Provided further, That such amounts and pay-
ments as may be necessary to carry out the thriving com-
munities program may be transferred to appropriate ac-
counts of other operating administrations within the De-
partment of Transportation: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall notify the House and Senate Committees 
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on Appropriations not later than 3 business days prior to 
a transfer carried out under the preceding proviso. 
NATIONAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AND INNOVATIVE 
FINANCE BUREAU 
For necessary expenses of the National Surface 
Transportation and Innovative Finance Bureau as author-
ized by 49 U.S.C. 116, $3,800,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the Secretary may collect 
and spend fees, as authorized by title 23, United States 
Code, to cover the costs of services of expert firms, includ-
ing counsel, in the field of municipal and project finance 
to assist in the underwriting and servicing of Federal cred-
it instruments and all or a portion of the costs to the Fed-
eral Government of servicing such credit instruments: Pro-
vided further, That such fees are available until expended 
to pay for such costs: Provided further, That such amounts 
are in addition to other amounts made available for such 
purposes and are not subject to any obligation limitation 
or the limitation on administrative expenses under section 
608 of title 23, United States Code. 
RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT 
FINANCING PROGRAM 
The Secretary is authorized to issue direct loans and 
loan guarantees pursuant to chapter 224 of title 49, 
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United States Code, and such authority shall exist so long 
as any such direct loan or loan guarantee is outstanding. 
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CAPITAL 
For necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing 
the Department of Transportation’s financial systems and 
re-engineering business processes, $5,000,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2024. 
CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVES 
For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, 
including necessary upgrades to network and information 
technology infrastructure, improvement of identity man-
agement and authentication capabilities, securing and pro-
tecting data, implementation of Federal cyber security ini-
tiatives, and implementation of enhanced security controls 
on agency computers and mobile devices, $48,100,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2024. 
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$15,000,000. 
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND 
DEVELOPMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 
planning, research, systems development, development ac-
tivities, and making grants, $19,648,000, to remain avail-
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able until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 
$7,136,000 shall be for necessary expenses of the Inter-
agency Infrastructure Permitting Improvement Center 
(IIPIC): Provided further, That there may be transferred 
to this appropriation, to remain available until expended, 
amounts transferred from other Federal agencies for ex-
penses incurred under this heading for IIPIC activities not 
related to transportation infrastructure: Provided further, 
That the tools and analysis developed by the IIPIC shall 
be available to other Federal agencies for the permitting 
and review of major infrastructure projects not related to 
transportation only to the extent that other Federal agen-
cies provide funding to the Department in accordance with 
the preceding proviso. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for operating costs and cap-
ital outlays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed 
$505,285,000, shall be paid from appropriations made 
available to the Department of Transportation: Provided, 
That such services shall be provided on a competitive basis 
to entities within the Department of Transportation: Pro-
vided further, That the limitation in the preceding proviso 
on operating expenses shall not apply to entities external 
to the Department of Transportation or for funds pro-
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vided in Public Law 117–58: Provided further, That no 
funds made available by this Act to an agency of the De-
partment shall be transferred to the Working Capital 
Fund without majority approval of the Working Capital 
Fund Steering Committee and approval of the Secretary: 
Provided further, That no assessments may be levied 
against any program, budget activity, subactivity, or 
project funded by this Act unless notice of such assess-
ments and the basis therefor are presented to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are ap-
proved by such Committees. 
SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS UTILIZATION AND 
OUTREACH 
For necessary expenses for small and disadvantaged 
business utilization and outreach activities, $7,094,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2024: Provided, 
That notwithstanding section 332 of title 49, United 
States Code, such amounts may be used for business op-
portunities related to any mode of transportation: Pro-
vided further, That appropriations made available under 
this heading shall be available for any purpose consistent 
with prior year appropriations that were made available 
under the heading ‘‘Office of the Secretary—Minority 
Business Resource Center Program’’. 
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PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
In addition to funds made available from any other 
source to carry out the essential air service program under 
sections 41731 through 41742 of title 49, United States 
Code, $354,827,000, to be derived from the Airport and 
Airway Trust Fund, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That in determining between or among carriers 
competing to provide service to a community, the Sec-
retary may consider the relative subsidy requirements of 
the carriers: Provided further, That basic essential air 
service minimum requirements shall not include the 15- 
passenger capacity requirement under section 41732(b)(3) 
of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That 
amounts authorized to be distributed for the essential air 
service program under section 41742(b) of title 49, United 
States Code, shall be made available immediately from 
amounts otherwise provided to the Administrator of the 
Federal Aviation Administration: Provided further, That 
the Administrator may reimburse such amounts from fees 
credited to the account established under section 45303 
of title 49, United States Code. 
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ELECTRIC VEHICLE FLEET 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for the Department’s transi-
tion to the General Services Administration’s leased vehi-
cle fleet, and for the purchase of zero emission passenger 
motor vehicles and supporting charging or fueling infra-
structure, $11,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025: Provided, That such amounts are in ad-
dition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes: 
Provided further, That amounts made available under this 
heading may be transferred to other accounts of the De-
partment of Transportation for the purposes specified 
under this heading: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall notify the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations not later than 3 business days prior to a transfer 
carried out under the preceding proviso. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—OFFICE OF THE 
SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION 
SECTION 101. None of the funds made available by 
this Act to the Department of Transportation may be obli-
gated for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation 
to approve assessments or reimbursable agreements per-
taining to funds appropriated to the operating administra-
tions in this Act, except for activities underway on the 
date of enactment of this Act, unless such assessments 
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or agreements have completed the normal reprogramming 
process for congressional notification. 
SEC. 102. The Secretary shall post on the web site 
of the Department of Transportation a schedule of all 
meetings of the Council on Credit and Finance, including 
the agenda for each meeting, and require the Council on 
Credit and Finance to record the decisions and actions 
of each meeting. 
SEC. 103. In addition to authority provided by section 
327 of title 49, United States Code, the Department’s 
Working Capital Fund is authorized to provide partial or 
full payments in advance and accept subsequent reim-
bursements from all Federal agencies from available funds 
for transit benefit distribution services that are necessary 
to carry out the Federal transit pass transportation fringe 
benefit program under Executive Order No. 13150 and 
section 3049 of SAFETEA–LU (5 U.S.C. 7905 note): 
Provided, That the Department shall maintain a reason-
able operating reserve in the Working Capital Fund, to 
be expended in advance to provide uninterrupted transit 
benefits to Government employees: Provided further, That 
such reserve shall not exceed 1 month of benefits payable 
and may be used only for the purpose of providing for 
the continuation of transit benefits: Provided further, That 
the Working Capital Fund shall be fully reimbursed by 
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each customer agency from available funds for the actual 
cost of the transit benefit. 
SEC. 104. Receipts collected in the Department’s 
Working Capital Fund, as authorized by section 327 of 
title 49, United States Code, for unused transit and van 
pool benefits, in an amount not to exceed 10 percent of 
fiscal year 2023 collections, shall be available until ex-
pended in the Department’s Working Capital Fund to pro-
vide contractual services in support of section 189 of this 
Act: Provided, That obligations in fiscal year 2023 of such 
collections shall not exceed $1,000,000. 
SEC. 105. None of the funds in this title may be obli-
gated or expended for retention or senior executive bo-
nuses for an employee of the Department of Transpor-
tation without the prior written approval of the Assistant 
Secretary for Administration. 
SEC. 106. In addition to authority provided by section 
327 of title 49, United States Code, the Department’s Ad-
ministrative Working Capital Fund is hereby authorized 
to transfer information technology equipment, software, 
and systems from Departmental sources or other entities 
and collect and maintain a reserve at rates which will re-
turn full cost of transferred assets. 
SEC. 107. None of the funds provided in this Act to 
the Department of Transportation may be used to provide 
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credit assistance unless not less than 3 days before any 
application approval to provide credit assistance under 
sections 603 and 604 of title 23, United States Code, the 
Secretary provides notification in writing to the following 
committees: the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations; the Committee on Environment and Public 
Works and the Committee on Banking, Housing and 
Urban Affairs of the Senate; and the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa-
tives: Provided, That such notification shall include, but 
not be limited to, the name of the project sponsor; a de-
scription of the project; whether credit assistance will be 
provided as a direct loan, loan guarantee, or line of credit; 
and the amount of credit assistance. 
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration, not otherwise provided for, including oper-
ations and research activities related to commercial space 
transportation, administrative expenses for research and 
development, establishment of air navigation facilities, the 
operation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, 
subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold 
to the public, the lease or purchase of passenger motor 
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vehicles for replacement only, $11,870,000,000, to remain 
available 
until 
September 
30, 
2024, 
of 
which 
$9,993,821,000 to be derived from the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund: Provided, That of the amounts made avail-
able under this heading— 
(1) not less than $1,645,018,000 shall be avail-
able for aviation safety activities; 
(2) $8,760,044,000 shall be available for air 
traffic organization activities; 
(3) $33,675,000 (increased by $1,000,000) (re-
duced by $1,000,000) shall be available for commer-
cial space transportation activities; 
(4) $915,049,000 shall be available for finance 
and management activities; 
(5) $65,581,000 shall be available for NextGen 
and operations planning activities; 
(6) $153,447,000 shall be available for security 
and hazardous materials safety; and 
(7) $297,186,000 (reduced by $1,000,000) (in-
creased by $1,000,000) shall be available for staff 
offices: 
Provided further, That not to exceed 5 percent of any 
budget activity, except for aviation safety budget activity, 
may be transferred to any budget activity under this head-
ing: Provided further, That no transfer may increase or 
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decrease any appropriation under this heading by more 
than 5 percent: Provided further, That any transfer in ex-
cess of 5 percent shall be treated as a reprogramming of 
funds under section 405 of this Act and shall not be avail-
able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 
with the procedures set forth in that section: Provided fur-
ther, That not later than 60 days after the submission of 
the budget request, the Administrator of the Federal Avia-
tion Administration shall transmit to Congress an annual 
update to the report submitted to Congress in December 
2004 pursuant to section 221 of the Vision 100-Century 
of Aviation Reauthorization Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note): 
Provided further, That the amounts made available under 
this heading shall be reduced by $100,000 for each day 
after 60 days after the submission of the budget request 
that such report has not been transmitted to Congress: 
Provided further, That not later than 60 days after the 
submission of the budget request, the Administrator shall 
transmit to Congress a companion report that describes 
a comprehensive strategy for staffing, hiring, and training 
flight standards and aircraft certification staff in a format 
similar to the one utilized for the controller staffing plan, 
including stated attrition estimates and numerical hiring 
goals by fiscal year: Provided further, That the amounts 
made available under this heading shall be reduced by 
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$100,000 for each day after the date that is 60 days after 
the submission of the budget request that such report has 
not been submitted to Congress: Provided further, That 
funds may be used to enter into a grant agreement with 
a nonprofit standard-setting organization to assist in the 
development of aviation safety standards: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds made available by this Act 
shall be available for new applicants for the second career 
training program: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available by this Act shall be available for the 
Federal Aviation Administration to finalize or implement 
any regulation that would promulgate new aviation user 
fees not specifically authorized by law after the date of 
the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That there 
may be credited to this appropriation, as offsetting collec-
tions, funds received from States, counties, municipalities, 
foreign authorities, other public authorities, and private 
sources for expenses incurred in the provision of agency 
services, including receipts for the maintenance and oper-
ation of air navigation facilities, and for issuance, renewal 
or modification of certificates, including airman, aircraft, 
and repair station certificates, or for tests related thereto, 
or for processing major repair or alteration forms: Pro-
vided further, That of the amounts made available under 
this heading, not less than $187,800,000 shall be used to 
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fund direct operations of the current air traffic control 
towers in the contract tower program, including the con-
tract tower cost share program, and any airport that is 
currently qualified or that will qualify for the program 
during the fiscal year: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available by this Act for aeronautical charting 
and cartography are available for activities conducted by, 
or coordinated through, the Working Capital Fund: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this Act or any other Act may 
be used to eliminate the Contract Weather Observers pro-
gram at any airport. 
FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
for acquisition, establishment, technical support services, 
improvement by contract or purchase, and hire of national 
airspace systems and experimental facilities and equip-
ment, as authorized under part A of subtitle VII of title 
49, United States Code, including initial acquisition of 
necessary sites by lease or grant; engineering and service 
testing, including construction of test facilities and acqui-
sition of necessary sites by lease or grant; construction 
and furnishing of quarters and related accommodations 
for officers and employees of the Federal Aviation Admin-
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istration stationed at remote localities where such accom-
modations are not available; and the purchase, lease, or 
transfer of aircraft from funds made available under this 
heading, including aircraft for aviation regulation and cer-
tification; to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust 
Fund, $2,900,000,000, of which $570,000,000 is for per-
sonnel and related expenses and shall remain available 
until September 30, 2024, $1,803,600,000 (reduced by 
$115,000,000) (increased by $115,000,000) is for equip-
ment and shall remain available until September 30, 2025, 
and $526,400,000 is for facilities and shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2027: Provided, That there may 
be credited to this appropriation funds received from 
States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, 
and private sources, for expenses incurred in the establish-
ment, improvement, and modernization of national air-
space systems: Provided further, That not later than 60 
days after submission of the budget request, the Secretary 
of Transportation shall transmit to the Congress an in-
vestment plan for the Federal Aviation Administration 
which includes funding for each budget line item for fiscal 
years 2024 through 2028, with total funding for each year 
of the plan constrained to the funding targets for those 
years as estimated and approved by the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget: Provided further, That section 405 of 
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this Act shall apply to amounts made available under this 
heading in title VIII of the Infrastructure Investments and 
Jobs Appropriations Act (division J of Public Law 117– 
58): Provided further, That the amounts specified for each 
Budget Line Item in the table included in the ‘‘Facilities 
and Equipment Spend Plan for Fiscal Year 2023 Infra-
structure Investment and Jobs Act Funding’’ section of 
the Federal Aviation Administration FY 2023 President’s 
Budget, as submitted to the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations, shall be the baseline for applica-
tion of reprogramming and transfer authorities for the 
current fiscal year pursuant to paragraph (7) of such sec-
tion 405 for amounts referred to in the preceding proviso: 
Provided further, That, notwithstanding paragraphs (5) 
and (6) of such section 405, unless prior approval is re-
ceived from the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations, not to exceed 10 percent of any funding level 
specified for projects and activities in the table referred 
to in the preceding proviso may be transferred to any 
other funding level specified for projects and activities in 
such table and no transfer of such funding levels may in-
crease or decrease any funding level in such table by more 
than 10 percent. 
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RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
for research, engineering, and development, as authorized 
under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States 
Code, including construction of experimental facilities and 
acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant, 
$260,500,000 (increased by $10,000,000) (reduced by 
$10,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (reduced by 
$1,000,000), to be derived from the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund and to remain available until September 30, 
2025: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro-
priation as offsetting collections, funds received from 
States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, 
and private sources, which shall be available for expenses 
incurred for research, engineering, and development: Pro-
vided further, That amounts made available under this 
heading shall be used in accordance with the report accom-
panying this Act: Provided further, That not to exceed 10 
percent of any funding level specified under this heading 
in the report accompanying this Act may be transferred 
to any other funding level specified under this heading in 
the report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That 
no transfer may increase or decrease any funding level by 
more than 10 percent: Provided further, That any transfer 
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in excess of 10 percent shall be treated as a reprogram-
ming of funds under section 405 of this Act and shall not 
be available for obligation or expenditure except in compli-
ance with the procedures set forth in that section. 
GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in- 
aid for airport planning and development, and noise com-
patibility planning and programs as authorized under sub-
chapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 
of title 49, United States Code, and under other law au-
thorizing such obligations; for procurement, installation, 
and commissioning of runway incursion prevention devices 
and systems at airports of such title; for grants authorized 
under section 41743 of title 49, United States Code; and 
for inspection activities and administration of airport safe-
ty programs, including those related to airport operating 
certificates under section 44706 of title 49, United States 
Code, $3,350,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and 
Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That none of the amounts made avail-
able under this heading shall be available for the planning 
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or execution of programs the obligations for which are in 
excess of $3,350,000,000, in fiscal year 2023, notwith-
standing section 47117(g) of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided further, That none of the amounts made available 
under this heading shall be available for the replacement 
of baggage conveyor systems, reconfiguration of terminal 
baggage areas, or other airport improvements that are 
necessary to install bulk explosive detection systems: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding section 47109(a) of 
title 49, United States Code, the Government’s share of 
allowable project costs under paragraph (2) of such sec-
tion for subgrants or paragraph (3) of such section shall 
be 95 percent for a project at other than a large or me-
dium hub airport that is a successive phase of a multi- 
phased construction project for which the project sponsor 
received a grant in fiscal year 2011 for the construction 
project: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, of amounts limited under this heading, 
not less than $137,372,000 shall be available for adminis-
tration, $15,000,000 shall be available for the Airport Co-
operative Research Program, $40,828,000 shall be avail-
able for Airport Technology Research, and $10,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, shall be available and 
transferred to ‘‘Office of the Secretary, Salaries and Ex-
penses’’ to carry out the Small Community Air Service De-
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velopment Program: Provided further, That in addition to 
airports eligible under section 41743 of title 49, United 
States Code, such program may include the participation 
of an airport that serves a community or consortium that 
is not larger than a small hub airport, according to FAA 
hub classifications effective at the time the Office of the 
Secretary issues a request for proposals. 
GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Grants-In-Aid for Air-
ports’’, to enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 
grants for projects as authorized by subchapter 1 of chap-
ter 471 and subchapter 1 of chapter 475 of title 49, 
United States Code, $272,604,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2025: Provided, That amounts 
made available under this heading shall be derived from 
the general fund, and such funds shall not be subject to 
apportionment formulas, special apportionment categories, 
or minimum percentages under chapter 471 of title 49, 
United States Code: Provided further, That of the amounts 
made available under this heading, $172,604,000 is for 
Community Project Funding for the purposes, and in the 
amounts, specified for this account in the table titled 
‘‘Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Incor-
poration of Community Project Funding Items’’ included 
in the report accompanying this Act: Provided further, 
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That any funds made available under this heading in this 
Act that remain available after the distribution of funds 
under the preceding proviso shall be available to the Sec-
retary to distribute as discretionary grants to airports: 
Provided further, That the amounts made available under 
this heading shall not be subject to any limitation on obli-
gations for the Grants-in-Aid for Airports program set 
forth in any Act: Provided further, That the Administrator 
of the Federal Aviation Administration may retain up to 
0.5 percent of the amounts made available under this 
heading to fund the award and oversight by the Adminis-
trator of grants made under this heading. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 110. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to compensate in excess of 600 technical 
staff-years under the federally funded research and devel-
opment center contract between the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration and the Center for Advanced Aviation Sys-
tems Development during fiscal year 2023. 
SEC. 111. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be used to pursue or adopt guidelines or regula-
tions requiring airport sponsors to provide to the Federal 
Aviation Administration without cost building construc-
tion, maintenance, utilities and expenses, or space in air-
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port sponsor-owned buildings for services relating to air 
traffic control, air navigation, or weather reporting: Pro-
vided, That the prohibition on the use of funds in this 
section does not apply to negotiations between the agency 
and airport sponsors to achieve agreement on ‘‘below-mar-
ket’’ rates for these items or to grant assurances that re-
quire airport sponsors to provide land without cost to the 
Federal Aviation Administration for air traffic control fa-
cilities. 
SEC. 112. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration may reimburse amounts made available to 
satisfy section 41742(a)(1) of title 49, United States 
Code, from fees credited under section 45303 of title 49, 
United States Code, and any amount remaining in such 
account at the close of any fiscal year may be made avail-
able to satisfy section 41742(a)(1) of title 49, United 
States Code, for the subsequent fiscal year. 
SEC. 113. Amounts collected under section 40113(e) 
of title 49, United States Code, shall be credited to the 
appropriation current at the time of collection, to be 
merged with and available for the same purposes as such 
appropriation. 
SEC. 114. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be available for paying premium pay under sec-
tion 5546(a) of title 5, United States Code, to any Federal 
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Aviation Administration employee unless such employee 
actually performed work during the time corresponding to 
such premium pay. 
SEC. 115. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be obligated or expended for an employee of the 
Federal Aviation Administration to purchase a store gift 
card or gift certificate through use of a Government-issued 
credit card. 
SEC. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds made available under this Act or 
any prior Act may be used to implement or to continue 
to implement any limitation on the ability of any owner 
or operator of a private aircraft to obtain, upon a request 
to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion, a blocking of that owner’s or operator’s aircraft reg-
istration number, Mode S transponder code, flight identi-
fication, call sign, or similar identifying information from 
any ground based display to the public that would allow 
the real-time or near real-time flight tracking of that air-
craft’s movements, except data made available to a Gov-
ernment agency, for the noncommercial flights of that 
owner or operator. 
SEC. 117. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be available for salaries and expenses of more 
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than nine political and Presidential appointees in the Fed-
eral Aviation Administration. 
SEC. 118. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to increase fees pursuant to section 
44721 of title 49, United States Code, until the Federal 
Aviation Administration provides to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations a report that justifies all 
fees related to aeronautical navigation products and ex-
plains how such fees are consistent with Executive Order 
No. 13642. 
SEC. 119. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to close a regional operations center of 
the Federal Aviation Administration or reduce its services 
unless the Administrator notifies the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations not less than 90 full busi-
ness days in advance. 
SEC. 119A. None of the funds made available by or 
limited by this Act may be used to change weight restric-
tions or prior permission rules at Teterboro airport in 
Teterboro, New Jersey. 
SEC. 119B. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Administrator of the Federal Avia-
tion Administration to withhold from consideration and 
approval any new application for participation in the Con-
tract Tower Program, or for reevaluation of Cost-share 
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Program participants so long as the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration has received an application from the airport, 
and so long as the Administrator determines such tower 
is eligible using the factors set forth in Federal Aviation 
Administration published establishment criteria. 
SEC. 119C. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to open, close, redesignate as a lesser 
office, or reorganize a regional office, the aeronautical cen-
ter, or the technical center unless the Administrator sub-
mits a request for the reprogramming of funds under sec-
tion 405 of this Act. 
SEC. 119D. The Federal Aviation Administration Ad-
ministrative Services Franchise Fund may be reimbursed 
after performance or paid in advance from funds available 
to the Federal Aviation Administration and other Federal 
agencies for which the Fund performs services. 
SEC. 119E. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available to the FAA may be used to carry out 
the FAA’s obligations under section 44502(e) of title 49, 
United States Code, unless the eligible air traffic system 
or equipment to be transferred to the FAA under section 
44502(e) of title 49, United States Code, was purchased 
by the transferor airport— 
(1) during the period of time beginning on Oc-
tober 5, 2018 and ending on December 31, 2021; or 
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(2) on or after January 1, 2022 for transferor 
airports located in a non-contiguous states. 
SEC. 119F. Of the funds provided under the heading 
‘‘Grants-in-aid for Airports’’, up to $3,500,000 shall be 
for 
necessary 
expenses, 
including 
an 
independent 
verification regime, to provide reimbursement to airport 
sponsors that do not provide gateway operations and pro-
viders of general aviation ground support services, or other 
aviation tenants, located at those airports closed during 
a temporary flight restriction (TFR) for any residence of 
the President that is designated or identified to be secured 
by the United States Secret Service, and for direct and 
incremental financial losses incurred while such airports 
are closed solely due to the actions of the Federal Govern-
ment: Provided, That no funds shall be obligated or dis-
tributed to airport sponsors that do not provide gateway 
operations and providers of general aviation ground sup-
port services until an independent audit is completed: Pro-
vided further, That losses incurred as a result of violations 
of law, or through fault or negligence, of such operators 
and service providers or of third parties (including air-
ports) are not eligible for reimbursements: Provided fur-
ther, That obligation and expenditure of funds are condi-
tional upon full release of the United States Government 
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for all claims for financial losses resulting from such ac-
tions. 
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Not to exceed $476,783,991 together with advances 
and reimbursements received by the Federal Highway Ad-
ministration, shall be obligated for necessary expenses for 
administration and operation of the Federal Highway Ad-
ministration or transferred to the Appalachian Regional 
Commission for administrative activities associated with 
the Appalachian Development Highway System. 
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
Funds available for the implementation or execution 
of authorized Federal-aid highway and highway safety 
construction programs shall not exceed total obligations 
of $58,764,510,674 (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased 
by $1,000,000) for fiscal year 2023: Provided, That the 
limitation on obligations under this heading shall only 
apply to contract authority authorized from the Highway 
Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), un-
less otherwise specified in law. 
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(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For the payment of obligations incurred in carrying 
out authorized Federal-aid highway and highway safety 
construction programs, $59,503,510,674 derived from the 
Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Ac-
count), to remain available until expended. 
HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
There is hereby appropriated to the Secretary 
$1,755,060,641: Provided, That the funds made available 
under this heading shall be derived from the general fund, 
shall be in addition to any funds provided for fiscal year 
2023 in this or any other Act for: (1) ‘‘Federal-aid High-
ways’’ under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code; 
or (2) the Appalachian Development Highway System as 
authorized under section 1069(y) of Public Law 102–240, 
and shall not affect the distribution or amount of funds 
provided in any other Act: Provided further, That section 
11101(e) of Public Law 117–58 shall apply to amounts 
made available under this heading: Provided further, That 
unless otherwise specified, amounts made available under 
this heading shall be available until September 30, 2026, 
and shall not be subject to any limitation on obligations 
for Federal-aid highways or highway safety construction 
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programs set forth in any Act making annual appropria-
tions: Provided further, That of the funds made available 
under this heading, the Federal Highway Administration 
may retain an amount of $3,000,000 (reduced by 
$2,000,000), to remain available until expended, to fund 
the oversight of projects carried out with funds made 
available under this heading: Provided further, That of the 
funds made available under this heading— 
(1) $1,275,060,641 shall be made available for 
Community Project Funding for the purposes, and 
in the amounts, specified for this account in the 
table titled ‘‘Transportation, Housing and Urban 
Development Incorporation of Community Project 
Funding Items’’ included in the report accom-
panying this Act: Provided, That, except as other-
wise provided under this heading, the funds made 
available under this paragraph shall be administered 
as if apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United 
States Code: Provided further, That funds made 
available under this paragraph that are used for 
Tribal projects shall be administered as if allocated 
under chapter 2 of title 23, United States Code, ex-
cept that the set-asides described in subparagraph 
(C) of section 202(b)(3) of title 23, United States 
Code, and subsections (a)(6), (c), and (e) of section 
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202 of such title, and section 1123(h)(1) of MAP– 
21 (as amended by Public Law 117–58), shall not 
apply to such funds; 
(2) $100,000,000 shall be for necessary ex-
penses for construction of the Appalachian Develop-
ment Highway System as authorized under section 
1069(y) of Public Law 102–240: Provided, That for 
the purposes of funds made available under this 
paragraph, the term ‘‘Appalachian State’’ means a 
State that contains 1 or more counties (including 
any political subdivision located within the area) in 
the Appalachian region as defined in section 
14102(a) of title 40, United States Code: Provided 
further, That funds made available under this head-
ing for construction of the Appalachian Development 
Highway System shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That, except as provided 
in the following proviso, funds made available under 
this heading for construction of the Appalachian De-
velopment Highway System shall be administered as 
if apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United 
States Code: Provided further, That a project carried 
out with funds made available under this heading for 
construction of the Appalachian Development High-
way System shall be carried out in the same manner 
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as a project under section 14501 of title 40, United 
States Code: Provided further, That subject to the 
following proviso, funds made available under this 
heading for construction of the Appalachian Devel-
opment Highway System shall be apportioned to the 
Appalachian States according to the percentages de-
rived from the 2021 Appalachian Development 
Highway System Cost-to-Complete Estimate, adopt-
ed in Appalachian Regional Commission Resolution 
Number 788, and confirmed as each Appalachian 
State’s relative share of the estimated remaining 
need to complete the Appalachian Development 
Highway System, adjusted to exclude those corridors 
that such States have no current plans to complete, 
as reported in the 2013 Appalachian Development 
Highway System Completion Report, unless those 
States have modified and assigned a higher priority 
for completion of an Appalachian Development 
Highway System corridor, as reported in the 2021 
Appalachian Development Highway System Future 
Outlook: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
adjust apportionments made under the preceding 
proviso so that no Appalachian State shall be appor-
tioned an amount in excess of 30 percent of the 
amount made available for construction of the Appa-
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lachian Development Highway System under this 
heading: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
consult with the Appalachian Regional Commission 
in making adjustments under the preceding two pro-
visos: Provided further, That the Federal share of 
the costs for which an expenditure is made for con-
struction of the Appalachian Development Highway 
System under this heading shall be up to 100 per-
cent; 
(3) $75,000,000 shall be for the nationally sig-
nificant Federal lands and Tribal projects program 
under section 1123 of the FAST Act (23 U.S.C. 201 
note), of which not less than $37,500,000 shall be 
for competitive grants to tribal governments; 
(4) $12,000,000 shall be for the regional infra-
structure accelerator demonstration program author-
ized under section 1441 of the FAST Act (23 
U.S.C. 601 note): Provided, That for funds made 
available under this paragraph, the Federal share of 
the costs shall be, at the option of the recipient, up 
to 100 percent; 
(5) $30,000,000 shall be for the national scenic 
byways program under section 162 of title 23, 
United States Code: Provided, That, except as other-
wise provided under this heading, the funds made 
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available under this paragraph shall be administered 
as if apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United 
States Code; 
(6) $100,000,000 shall be for the safe streets 
and roads for all grant program under section 
24112 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs 
Act (23 U.S.C. 402 note), to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That notwithstanding section 
24112(c)(2)(B) of Public Law 117–58, of the total 
amount made available under this paragraph in this 
Act, the Secretary may award less than 40 percent 
to eligible projects described in 24112(a)(3)(A) of 
Public Law 117–58, but shall award not less than 
20 percent to such projects: Provided further, That 
amounts made available under this paragraph in this 
Act may be transferred to and merged with the ap-
propriations for ‘‘Office of the Secretary’’; 
(7) $100,000,000 shall be for the active trans-
portation infrastructure investment program under 
section 11529 of the Infrastructure Investment and 
Jobs Act (23 U.S.C. 217 note), to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That, except as otherwise 
provided under such section or this heading, the 
funds made available under this paragraph shall be 
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administered as if apportioned under chapter 1 of 
title 23, United States Code; 
(8) $2,000,000 shall be for grants to eligible 
entities to carry out activities to benefit pollinators 
on roadsides and highway rights-of-way under sec-
tion 11528 of the Infrastructure Investment and 
Jobs Act (23 U.S.C. 332); 
(9) $55,000,000 shall be for the healthy streets 
program under section 11406 of the Infrastructure 
Investment and Jobs Act (23 U.S.C. 149 note): Pro-
vided, That, except as otherwise provided under such 
section or this heading, the funds made available 
under this paragraph shall be administered as if ap-
portioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States 
Code; and 
(10) $5,000,000 shall be for a cooperative se-
ries of agreements to examine the impacts of cul-
verts, roads, and bridges on threatened or endan-
gered salmon populations. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2023, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall— 
(1) not distribute from the obligation limitation 
for Federal-aid highways— 
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(A) amounts authorized for administrative 
expenses and programs by section 104(a) of 
title 23, United States Code; and 
(B) amounts authorized for the Bureau of 
Transportation Statistics; 
(2) not distribute an amount from the obliga-
tion limitation for Federal-aid highways that is equal 
to the unobligated balance of amounts— 
(A) made available from the Highway 
Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Ac-
count) for Federal-aid highway and highway 
safety construction programs for previous fiscal 
years the funds for which are allocated by the 
Secretary (or apportioned by the Secretary 
under sections 202 or 204 of title 23, United 
States Code); and 
(B) for which obligation limitation was 
provided in a previous fiscal year; 
(3) determine the proportion that— 
(A) the obligation limitation for Federal- 
aid highways, less the aggregate of amounts not 
distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of 
this subsection; bears to 
(B) the total of the sums authorized to be 
appropriated for the Federal-aid highway and 
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highway safety construction programs (other 
than sums authorized to be appropriated for 
provisions of law described in paragraphs (1) 
through (11) of subsection (b) and sums au-
thorized to be appropriated for section 119 of 
title 23, United States Code, equal to the 
amount referred to in subsection (b)(12) for 
such fiscal year), less the aggregate of the 
amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) 
and (2) of this subsection; 
(4) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed-
eral-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not 
distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), for each 
of the programs (other than programs to which 
paragraph (1) applies) that are allocated by the Sec-
retary under authorized Federal-aid highway and 
highway safety construction programs, or appor-
tioned by the Secretary under sections 202 or 204 
of title 23, United States Code, by multiplying— 
(A) the proportion determined under para-
graph (3); by 
(B) the amounts authorized to be appro-
priated for each such program for such fiscal 
year; and 
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(5) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed-
eral-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not 
distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) and the 
amounts distributed under paragraph (4), for Fed-
eral-aid highway and highway safety construction 
programs that are apportioned by the Secretary 
under title 23, United States Code (other than the 
amounts apportioned for the National Highway Per-
formance Program in section 119 of title 23, United 
States Code, that are exempt from the limitation 
under subsection (b)(12) and the amounts appor-
tioned under sections 202 and 204 of that title) in 
the proportion that— 
(A) amounts authorized to be appropriated 
for the programs that are apportioned under 
title 23, United States Code, to each State for 
such fiscal year; bears to 
(B) the total of the amounts authorized to 
be appropriated for the programs that are ap-
portioned under title 23, United States Code, to 
all States for such fiscal year. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS FROM OBLIGATION LIMITATION.— 
The obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways shall 
not apply to obligations under or for— 
(1) section 125 of title 23, United States Code; 
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(2) section 147 of the Surface Transportation 
Assistance Act of 1978 (23 U.S.C. 144 note; 92 
Stat. 2714); 
(3) section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act 
of 1981 (95 Stat. 1701); 
(4) subsections (b) and (j) of section 131 of the 
Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (96 
Stat. 2119); 
(5) subsections (b) and (c) of section 149 of the 
Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation As-
sistance Act of 1987 (101 Stat. 198); 
(6) sections 1103 through 1108 of the Inter-
modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 
1991 (105 Stat. 2027); 
(7) section 157 of title 23, United States Code 
(as in effect on June 8, 1998); 
(8) section 105 of title 23, United States Code 
(as in effect for fiscal years 1998 through 2004, but 
only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each 
of those fiscal years); 
(9) Federal-aid highway programs for which ob-
ligation authority was made available under the 
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century 
(112 Stat. 107) or subsequent Acts for multiple 
years or to remain available until expended, but only 
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to the extent that the obligation authority has not 
lapsed or been used; 
(10) section 105 of title 23, United States Code 
(as in effect for fiscal years 2005 through 2012, but 
only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each 
of those fiscal years); 
(11) section 1603 of SAFETEA–LU (23 
U.S.C. 118 note; 119 Stat. 1248), to the extent that 
funds obligated in accordance with that section were 
not subject to a limitation on obligations at the time 
at which the funds were initially made available for 
obligation; and 
(12) section 119 of title 23, United States Code 
(but, for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2023, 
only in an amount equal to $639,000,000). 
(c) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED OBLIGATION AU-
THORITY.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall, after August 1 of such fiscal year— 
(1) revise a distribution of the obligation limita-
tion made available under subsection (a) if an 
amount distributed cannot be obligated during that 
fiscal year; and 
(2) redistribute sufficient amounts to those 
States able to obligate amounts in addition to those 
previously distributed during that fiscal year, giving 
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priority to those States having large unobligated bal-
ances of funds apportioned under sections 144 (as in 
effect on the day before the date of enactment of 
Public Law 112–141) and 104 of title 23, United 
States Code. 
(d) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS TO 
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PROGRAMS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 
highways shall apply to contract authority for trans-
portation research programs carried out under— 
(A) chapter 5 of title 23, United States 
Code; 
(B) title VI of the Fixing America’s Sur-
face Transportation Act; and 
(C) title III of division A of the Infrastruc-
ture Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 
117–58). 
(2) EXCEPTION.—Obligation authority made 
available under paragraph (1) shall— 
(A) remain available for a period of 4 fis-
cal years; and 
(B) be in addition to the amount of any 
limitation imposed on obligations for Federal- 
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aid highway and highway safety construction 
programs for future fiscal years. 
(e) REDISTRIBUTION
OF
CERTAIN
AUTHORIZED 
FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of distribution of obligation limitation 
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall distribute 
to the States any funds (excluding funds authorized 
for the program under section 202 of title 23, 
United States Code) that— 
(A) are authorized to be appropriated for 
such fiscal year for Federal-aid highway pro-
grams; and 
(B) the Secretary determines will not be 
allocated to the States (or will not be appor-
tioned to the States under section 204 of title 
23, United States Code), and will not be avail-
able for obligation, for such fiscal year because 
of the imposition of any obligation limitation for 
such fiscal year. 
(2) RATIO.—Funds shall be distributed under 
paragraph (1) in the same proportion as the dis-
tribution of obligation authority under subsection 
(a)(5). 
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(3) AVAILABILITY.—Funds distributed to each 
State under paragraph (1) shall be available for any 
purpose described in section 133(b) of title 23, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 121. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re-
ceived by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the 
sale of data products, for necessary expenses incurred pur-
suant to chapter 63 of title 49, United States Code, may 
be credited to the Federal-aid highways account for the 
purpose of reimbursing the Bureau for such expenses: 
Provided, That such funds shall be subject to the obliga-
tion limitation for Federal-aid highway and highway safety 
construction programs. 
SEC. 122. Not less than 15 days prior to waiving, 
under his or her statutory authority, any Buy America re-
quirement for Federal-aid highways projects, the Sec-
retary of Transportation shall make an informal public no-
tice and comment opportunity on the intent to issue such 
waiver and the reasons therefor: Provided, That the Sec-
retary shall provide an annual report to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations on any waivers 
granted under the Buy America requirements. 
SEC. 123. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to make a grant for a project under sec-
tion 117 of title 23, United States Code, unless the Sec-
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retary, at least 60 days before making a grant under that 
section, provides written notification to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations of the proposed 
grant, including an evaluation and justification for the 
project and the amount of the proposed grant award: Pro-
vided, That the written notification required in the pre-
ceding proviso shall be made not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 124. (a) A State or territory, as defined in sec-
tion 165 of title 23, United States Code, may use for any 
project eligible under section 133(b) of title 23 or section 
165 of title 23 and located within the boundary of the 
State or territory any earmarked amount, and any associ-
ated obligation limitation: Provided, That the Department 
of Transportation for the State or territory for which the 
earmarked amount was originally designated or directed 
notifies the Secretary of its intent to use its authority 
under this section and submits an annual report to the 
Secretary identifying the projects to which the funding 
would be applied. Notwithstanding the original period of 
availability of funds to be obligated under this section, 
such funds and associated obligation limitation shall re-
main available for obligation for a period of 3 fiscal years 
after the fiscal year in which the Secretary is notified. The 
Federal share of the cost of a project carried out with 
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funds made available under this section shall be the same 
as associated with the earmark. 
(b) In this section, the term ‘‘earmarked amount’’ 
means— 
(1) congressionally directed spending, as de-
fined in rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the 
Senate, identified in a prior law, report, or joint ex-
planatory statement, which was authorized to be ap-
propriated or appropriated more than 10 fiscal years 
prior to the current fiscal year, and administered by 
the Federal Highway Administration; or 
(2) a congressional earmark, as defined in rule 
XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives, 
identified in a prior law, report, or joint explanatory 
statement, which was authorized to be appropriated 
or appropriated more than 10 fiscal years prior to 
the current fiscal year, and administered by the Fed-
eral Highway Administration. 
(c) The authority under subsection (a) may be exer-
cised only for those projects or activities that have obli-
gated less than 10 percent of the amount made available 
for obligation as of October 1 of the current fiscal year, 
and shall be applied to projects within the same general 
geographic area within 25 miles for which the funding was 
designated, except that a State or territory may apply 
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such authority to unexpended balances of funds from 
projects or activities the State or territory certifies have 
been closed and for which payments have been made under 
a final voucher. 
(d) The Secretary shall submit consolidated reports 
of the information provided by the States and territories 
annually to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations. 
SEC. 125. Until final guidance is published, the Ad-
ministrator of the Federal Highway Administration shall 
adjudicate requests for Buy America waivers under the 
criteria that were in effect prior to April 17, 2018. 
FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in the implemen-
tation, execution, and administration of motor carrier 
safety operations and programs pursuant to section 31110 
of title 49, United States Code, $367,500,000 (reduced 
by $10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000), to be derived 
from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Tran-
sit Account), together with advances and reimbursements 
received by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administra-
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tion, the sum of which shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That funds available for implementa-
tion, execution, or administration of motor carrier safety 
operations and programs authorized under title 49, United 
States Code, shall not exceed total obligations of 
$367,500,000, for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Operations and 
Programs’’ for fiscal year 2023, of which $14,073,000, to 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2025, 
is for the research and technology program, and of which 
not less than $63,098,000, to remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 2025, is for development, mod-
ernization, enhancement, and continued operation and 
maintenance of information technology and information 
management. 
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
sections 31102, 31103, 31104, and 31313 of title 49, 
United States Code, $506,150,000, to be derived from the 
Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Ac-
count) and to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That funds available for the implementation or execution 
of motor carrier safety programs shall not exceed total ob-
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ligations of $506,150,000 in fiscal year 2023 for ‘‘Motor 
Carrier Safety Grants’’: Provided further, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading— 
(1) $398,500,000, to remain available for obli-
gation until September 30, 2024, shall be for the 
motor carrier safety assistance program; 
(2) $42,650,000, to remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 2024, shall be for the com-
mercial driver’s license program implementation pro-
gram; 
(3) $58,800,000, to remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 2024, shall be for the high 
priority program; 
(4) $1,200,000, to remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 2024, shall be for the com-
mercial motor vehicle operators grant program; and 
(5) $5,000,000, to remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 2024, shall be for the com-
mercial motor vehicle enforcement training and sup-
port grant program. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL MOTOR 
CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 130. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Admin-
istration shall update annual inspection regulations under 
Appendix G to subchapter B of chapter III of title 49, 
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Code of Federal Regulations, as recommended by GAO– 
19–264. 
SEC. 131. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available to the Department of Transportation 
by this Act or any other Act may be obligated or expended 
to implement, administer, or enforce the requirements of 
section 31137 of title 49, United States Code, or any regu-
lation issued by the Secretary pursuant to such section, 
with respect to the use of electronic logging devices by op-
erators of commercial motor vehicles, as such term is de-
fined in section 31132 of such title, who are transporting 
livestock, as such term is defined in section 602 of the 
Emergency Livestock Feed Assistance Act of 1988 (7 
U.S.C. 1471), or insects. 
NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of 
the Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety 
authorized under chapter 301 and part C of subtitle VI 
of title 49, United States Code, $230,000,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2024. 
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OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
the provisions of section 403 of title 23, United States 
Code, including behavioral research on Automated Driving 
Systems and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems and im-
proving consumer responses to safety recalls, section 
25024 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 
(Public Law 117–58), and chapter 303 of title 49, United 
States Code, $197,000,000, to be derived from the High-
way Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) 
and to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the 
planning or execution of programs the total obligations for 
which, in fiscal year 2023, are in excess of $197,000,000: 
Provided further, That of the sums appropriated under 
this heading— 
(1) $190,000,000 shall be for programs author-
ized under section 403 of title 23, United States 
Code, including behavioral research on Automated 
Driving Systems and Advanced Driver Assistance 
Systems and improving consumer responses to safety 
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recalls, and section 25024 of the Infrastructure In-
vestment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58); and 
(2) $7,000,000 shall be for the National Driver 
Register authorized under chapter 303 of title 49, 
United States Code: 
Provided further, That within the $197,000,000 obligation 
limitation for operations and research, $57,500,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2024: Provided fur-
ther, That amounts for behavioral research on Automated 
Driving Systems and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems 
and improving consumer responses to safety recalls are in 
addition to any other funds provided for those purposes 
for fiscal year 2023 in this Act. 
HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
provisions of sections 402, 404, and 405 of title 23, 
United States Code, and grant administration expenses 
under chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code, to remain 
available until expended, $795,220,000, to be derived from 
the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 
Account): Provided, That none of the funds in this Act 
shall be available for the planning or execution of pro-
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grams for which the total obligations in fiscal year 2023 
are in excess of $795,220,000 for programs authorized 
under sections 402, 404, and 405 of title 23, United 
States Code, and grant administration expenses under 
chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code: Provided further, 
That of the sums appropriated under this heading— 
(1) $370,900,000 shall be for ‘‘Highway Safety 
Programs’’ under section 402 of title 23, United 
States Code; 
(2) $346,500,000 shall be for ‘‘National Pri-
ority Safety Programs’’ under section 405 of title 
23, United States Code; 
(3) $38,300,000 shall be for the ‘‘High Visi-
bility Enforcement Program’’ under section 404 of 
title 23, United States Code; and 
(4) $39,520,000 shall be for grant administra-
tive expenses under chapter 4 of title 23, United 
States Code: 
Provided further, That none of these funds shall be used 
for construction, rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or for 
office furnishings and fixtures for State, local or private 
buildings or structures: Provided further, That not to ex-
ceed $500,000 of the funds made available for ‘‘National 
Priority Safety Programs’’ under section 405 of title 23, 
United States Code, for ‘‘Impaired Driving Counter-
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measures’’ (as described in subsection (d) of that section) 
shall be available for technical assistance to the States: 
Provided further, That with respect to the ‘‘Transfers’’ 
provision under section 405(a)(8) of title 23, United 
States Code, any amounts transferred to increase the 
amounts made available under section 402 shall include 
the obligation authority for such amounts: Provided fur-
ther, That the Administrator shall notify the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations of any exercise of 
the authority granted under the preceding proviso or 
under section 405(a)(8) of title 23, United States Code, 
within 5 days. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—NATIONAL HIGHWAY 
TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 140. An additional $130,000 shall be made 
available to the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis-
tration, out of the amount limited for section 402 of title 
23, United States Code, to pay for travel and related ex-
penses for State management reviews and to pay for core 
competency development training and related expenses for 
highway safety staff. 
SEC. 141. The limitations on obligations for the pro-
grams of the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis-
tration set in this Act shall not apply to obligations for 
which obligation authority was made available in previous 
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public laws but only to the extent that the obligation au-
thority has not lapsed or been used. 
SEC. 142. None of the funds in this Act or any other 
Act shall be used to enforce the requirements of section 
405(a)(9) of title 23, United States Code. 
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 
SAFETY AND OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Ad-
ministration, not otherwise provided for, $250,449,000 
(reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000), of 
which $25,000,000 shall remain available until expended. 
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for railroad research and de-
velopment, $47,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That of the amounts made available 
under this heading, up to $3,000,000 shall be available 
pursuant to section 20108(d) of title 49, United States 
Code, for the construction, alteration, and repair of build-
ings and improvements at the Transportation Technology 
Center. 
FEDERAL-STATE PARTNERSHIP FOR INTERCITY 
PASSENGER RAIL 
For necessary expenses related to Federal-State 
Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail grants as author-
ized by section 24911 of title 49, United States Code, 
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$555,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That amounts made available under the heading 
‘‘Northeast Corridor Grants to the National Railroad Pas-
senger Corporation’’ in this Act may be used as non-Fed-
eral share for projects located on the Northeast Corridor 
selected for award under section 24911 of title 49, United 
States Code, notwithstanding subsection (f) of such sec-
tion: Provided further, That amounts made available under 
the heading ‘‘National Network Grants to the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ in this Act may be used 
as non-Federal share for projects not located on the 
Northeast Corridor selected for award under section 
24911 of title 49, United States Code, notwithstanding 
subsection (f) of such section: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may withhold up to 2 percent of the amounts 
made available under this heading in this Act for the costs 
of award and project management oversight of grants car-
ried out under title 49, United States Code. 
CONSOLIDATED RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY 
IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses related to Consolidated Rail 
Infrastructure and Safety Improvements grants, as au-
thorized by section 22907 of title 49, United States Code, 
$630,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
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vided, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading in this Act— 
(1) not less than $150,000,000 shall be for 
projects eligible under section 22907(c)(2) of title 
49, United States Code, that support the develop-
ment of new intercity passenger rail service routes 
including alignments for existing routes; 
(2) not less than $25,000,000 shall be for 
projects eligible under section 22907(c)(11) of title 
49, United States Code: Provided, That for amounts 
made available in this paragraph, the Secretary shall 
give preference to projects that are located in coun-
ties with the most pedestrian trespasser casualties; 
and 
(3) $5,000,000 shall be for preconstruction 
planning activities and capital costs related to the 
deployment of magnetic levitation transportation 
projects: 
Provided further, That for amounts made available under 
this heading, eligible projects under section 22907(c)(8) 
of title 49, United States Code, shall also include railroad 
systems planning (including the preparation of regional 
intercity passenger rail plans and State Rail Plans) and 
railroad project development activities (including railroad 
project planning, preliminary engineering, design, environ-
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mental analysis, feasibility studies, and the development 
and analysis of project alternatives): Provided further, 
That section 22907(e)(1)(A) of title 49, United States 
Code, shall not apply to amounts made available under 
this 
heading: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
section 
22907(e)(1)(A) of title 49, United States Code, shall not 
apply to amounts made available under this heading in 
previous fiscal years if such funds are announced in a no-
tice of funding opportunity that includes funds made avail-
able under this heading: Provided further, That unobli-
gated balances remaining after 6 years after the date of 
enactment of this Act may be used for any eligible project 
under section 22907(c) of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may withhold up to 
2 percent of the amounts made available under this head-
ing in this Act for the costs of award and project manage-
ment oversight of grants carried out under title 49, United 
States Code. 
NORTHEAST CORRIDOR GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL 
RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 
grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for 
activities associated with the Northeast Corridor as au-
thorized by section 22101(a) of the Infrastructure Invest-
ment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58), $882,000,000, 
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to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 
Secretary may retain up to one-half of 1 percent of the 
amounts made available under both this heading in this 
Act and the ‘‘National Network Grants to the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ heading in this Act to 
fund the costs of project management and oversight of ac-
tivities authorized by section 22101(c) of the Infrastruc-
ture Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58): Pro-
vided further, That in addition to the project management 
oversight funds authorized under section 22101(c) of the 
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117– 
58), the Secretary may retain up to an additional 
$1,000,000 of the amounts made available under this 
heading in this Act to fund expenses associated with the 
Northeast Corridor Commission established under section 
24905 of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding section 24911(f) of title 49, United 
States Code, amounts made available under this heading 
in this Act may be used as non-Federal share for projects 
located on the Northeast Corridor selected for award 
under section 24911 of title 49, United States Code. 
NATIONAL NETWORK GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL 
RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 
grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for 
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activities associated with the National Network as author-
ized by section 22101(b) of the Infrastructure Investment 
and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58), $1,463,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That the Na-
tional Railroad Passenger Corporation may use up to 10 
percent of the amounts made available under this heading 
in this Act to support planning and capital costs, and op-
erating assistance consistent with the Federal funding lim-
itations under section 22908 of title 49, United States 
Code, of corridors selected under section 25101 of title 
49, United States Code, that are operated by the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding section 24911(f) of title 49, United 
States Code, amounts made available under this heading 
in this Act may be used as non-Federal share for projects 
not located on the Northeast Corridor selected for award 
under section 24911 of title 49, United States Code: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds made available under 
this heading in this Act shall be used by Amtrak to give 
notice under subsection (a) or (c) of section 24706 of title 
49, United States Code, with respect to long-distance 
routes (as defined in section 24102 of title 49, United 
States Code) on which Amtrak is the sole operator on a 
host railroad’s line and a positive train control system is 
not required by law or regulation, or, except in an emer-
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gency or during maintenance or construction outages im-
pacting such routes, to otherwise discontinue, reduce the 
frequency of, suspend, or substantially alter the route of 
rail service on any portion of such route operated in fiscal 
year 2018, including implementation of service permitted 
by section 24305(a)(3)(A) of title 49, United States Code, 
in lieu of rail service. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 150. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the National Railroad Passenger Cor-
poration in contravention of the Worker Adjustment and 
Retraining Notification Act (29 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.). 
SEC. 151. Amounts made available in this and prior 
Acts to the Secretary or to the Federal Railroad Adminis-
tration for the costs of award, administration, and project 
management oversight of financial assistance which are 
administered by the Federal Railroad Administration may 
be transferred to the Federal Railroad Administration’s 
‘‘Financial Assistance Oversight and Technical Assist-
ance’’ account for necessary expenses to support the 
award, administration, project management oversight, and 
technical assistance of financial assistance administered 
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by the Federal Railroad Administration, in the same man-
ner as appropriated in this and prior Acts: Provided, That 
this section shall not apply to amounts that were pre-
viously designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the 
budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 152. Amounts made available under the heading 
‘‘Department of Transportation—Federal Railroad Ad-
ministration—Restoration and Enhancement’’ in any 
prior fiscal years are subject to the requirements of section 
22908 of title 49, United States Code, as in effect on the 
effective date of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs 
Act (Public Law 117–58): Provided, That the limitation 
in subsection (e)(2) of section 22908 of title 49, United 
States Code, shall not apply to amounts made available 
for grants under such section in any prior Act. 
SEC. 153. Amounts transferred to a ‘‘Financial As-
sistance Oversight and Technical Assistance’’ account pur-
suant to section 802 of title VIII of the Infrastructure 
Investment and Jobs Appropriations Act (division J of 
Public Law 117–58), as amended by section 156 of this 
title, from amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2023 may 
also be used by the Federal Railroad Administration for 
the Northeast Corridor Commission established under sec-
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tion 24905 of title 49, United States Code, and for the 
State-Supported Route Committee established under sec-
tion 24712(a) of title 49, United States Code, including 
to assist the Federal Railroad Administration with the de-
livery of projects carried out with amounts made available 
under the headings ‘‘Department of Transportation—Fed-
eral Railroad Administration—Northeast Corridor Grants 
to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation’’, ‘‘De-
partment of Transportation—Federal Railroad Adminis-
tration—National Network Grants to the National Rail-
road Passenger Corporation’’, and ‘‘Department of Trans-
portation—Federal Railroad Administration—Federal- 
State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail Grants’’ in 
such title: Provided, That the Federal Railroad Adminis-
tration shall notify the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations not less than 15 days prior to making any 
amounts available to the Northeast Corridor Commission 
or State-Supported Route Committee pursuant to this sec-
tion: Provided further, That amounts repurposed by this 
section that were previously designated by the Congress 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or a 
concurrent resolution on the budget are designated as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of 
S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolu-
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tion on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and section 1(e) 
of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress) as engrossed in the 
House of Representatives on June 8, 2022. 
SEC. 154. The matter under the heading ‘‘Depart-
ment of Transportation—Federal Railroad Administra-
tion—Northeast Corridor Grants to the National Railroad 
Passenger Corporation’’ in title VIII of division J of Pub-
lic Law 117–58 is amended— 
(1) in the fourth proviso, by striking ‘‘Secretary 
of Transportation shall submit’’ and inserting ‘‘Sec-
retary of Transportation, in consultation with Am-
trak, shall submit’’; 
(2) in the fifth proviso, by striking ‘‘Secretary 
of Transportation shall submit’’ and inserting ‘‘Sec-
retary of Transportation, in consultation with Am-
trak, shall prepare and submit’’; and 
(3) in the tenth proviso, by striking ‘‘, to facili-
tate a coordinated and efficient delivery of projects 
carried out under this heading in this Act’’: 
Provided, That amounts repurposed by the amendments 
made by this section that were previously designated by 
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985 or a concurrent resolution on the budget are des-
ignated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
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4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the con-
current resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and 
section 1(e) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress) as en-
grossed in the House of Representatives on June 8, 2022. 
SEC. 155. The matter under the heading ‘‘Depart-
ment of Transportation—Federal Railroad Administra-
tion—National Network Grants to the National Railroad 
Passenger Corporation’’ in title VIII of division J of Pub-
lic Law 117–58 is amended— 
(1) in the third proviso, by striking ‘‘Secretary 
of Transportation shall submit’’ and inserting ‘‘Sec-
retary of Transportation, in consultation with Am-
trak, shall submit’’; and 
(2) in the fourth proviso, by striking ‘‘Secretary 
of Transportation shall submit’’ and inserting ‘‘Sec-
retary of Transportation, in consultation with Am-
trak, shall prepare and submit’’: 
Provided, That amounts repurposed by the amendments 
made by this section that were previously designated by 
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985 or a concurrent resolution on the budget are des-
ignated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the con-
current resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and 
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section 1(e) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress) as en-
grossed in the House of Representatives on June 8, 2022. 
SEC. 156. Section 802 of title VIII of division J of 
Public Law 117–58 is amended— 
(1) in the first proviso, by inserting ‘‘that could 
be’’ after ‘‘amounts’’; and 
(2) in the second proviso, by inserting ‘‘that 
could be’’ after ‘‘amounts’’: 
Provided, That amounts repurposed by the amendments 
made by this section that were previously designated by 
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985 or a concurrent resolution on the budget are des-
ignated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the con-
current resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and 
section 1(e) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress) as en-
grossed in the House of Representatives on June 8, 2022. 
SEC. 157. Of the unobligated balances of funds re-
maining from the ‘‘Rail Line Relocation and Improvement 
Program’’ account totaling $1,811,124.16 appropriated by 
Public Law 112–10 is hereby permanently rescinded. 
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FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION 
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 sections 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 
5312, 5314, 5318, 5329(e)(6), 5334, 5335, 5337, 5339, 
and 5340 of title 49, United States Code, section 
20005(b) of MAP–21 (Public Law 112–141), and section 
3006(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation 
Act (Public Law 114–94), $13,634,000,000 (reduced by 
$1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000), 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 sections 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 
5312, 5314, 5318, 5329(e)(6), 5334, 5335, 5337, 5339, 
and 5340 of title 49, United States Code, section 
20005(b) of MAP–21 (Public Law 112–141), and section 
3006(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation 
Act (Public Law 114–94), shall not exceed total obliga-
tions of $13,634,000,000 in fiscal year 2023. 
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TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS 
For an additional amount for buses and bus facilities 
competitive grants under section 5339(b) of title 49, 
United States Code, low or no emission grants under sec-
tion 5339(c) of such title, passenger ferry grants under 
section 5307(h) of such title, bus testing facilities under 
section 5318 of such title, Community Project Funding 
for projects and activities eligible under chapter 53 of such 
title, administrative expenses and ongoing program man-
agement oversight as authorized under sections 5334 and 
5338(c)(2) of such title, ferry service for rural commu-
nities under section 71103 of the Infrastructure Invest-
ment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58), and competitive 
integrated smart mobility grants, $646,428,324, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading in this Act— 
(1) $200,000,000 shall be for buses and bus fa-
cilities competitive grants as authorized under sec-
tion 5339(b) of such title; 
(2) $75,000,000 shall be for low or no emission 
grants as authorized under section 5339(c) of such 
title: Provided, That for amounts made available in 
this paragraph, the minimum grant award shall be 
not less than $750,000; 
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(3) $20,000,000 shall be for passenger ferry 
grants as authorized under section 5307(h) of such 
title; 
(4) $2,000,000 shall be for the operation and 
maintenance of the bus testing facilities selected 
under section 5318 of such title: Provided, That for 
amounts made available in this paragraph, the Fed-
eral cost share shall be 100 percent; 
(5) $267,428,324 shall be for Community 
Project Funding for the purposes, and in the 
amounts, specified for this account in the table titled 
‘‘Transportation, Housing and Urban Development 
Incorporation 
of 
Community 
Project 
Funding 
Items’’ included in the report accompanying this 
Act: Provided, That unless otherwise specified, appli-
cable requirements under chapter 53 of title 49, 
United States Code, shall apply to amounts made 
available in this paragraph, except that the Federal 
share of the costs for a project in this paragraph 
shall be in an amount equal to 80 percent of the net 
costs of the project, unless the Secretary approves a 
higher maximum Federal share of the net costs of 
the project consistent with administration of similar 
projects funded under chapter 53 of title 49, United 
States Code; 
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(6) $2,000,000 shall be for administrative ex-
penses and ongoing program management oversight 
as authorized under sections 5334 and 5338(c)(2) of 
title 49, United States Code, including for admin-
istering amounts made available for Community 
Project Funding in paragraph (5) under this head-
ing in this Act, and shall be in addition to any other 
appropriations available for such purpose; 
(7) $30,000,000 shall be for ferry service for 
rural communities under section 71103 of the Infra-
structure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 
117–58): Provided, That for amounts made available 
in 
this 
paragraph, 
notwithstanding 
section 
71103(a)(2)(B), eligible service shall include pas-
senger ferry service that serves at least two rural 
areas with a single segment over 20 miles between 
the two rural areas and is not otherwise eligible 
under section 5307(h) of title 49, United States 
Code: Provided further, That entities that provide el-
igible service pursuant to the preceding proviso may 
use amounts made available in this paragraph for 
public transportation capital projects to support any 
ferry service between two rural areas: Provided fur-
ther, That entities eligible for amounts made avail-
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able in this paragraph shall only provide ferry serv-
ice to rural areas; and 
(8) $50,000,000 shall be for integrated smart 
mobility grants to recipients eligible under sections 
5307 and 5311 of title 49, United States Code, for 
planning and capital projects eligible under chapter 
53 of such title that support the adoption of innova-
tive approaches to mobility that will improve safety, 
accessibility, air-quality, and equity in access to com-
munity services and economic opportunities: Pro-
vided, That such innovative approaches may include 
changes to service frequencies, patterns, areas of 
coverage, and first and last mile options such as op-
timizing transit route planning and using integrated 
travel planning and payment systems; fare improve-
ment projects; deployment of transit ambassadors; 
data and systems integration; and other activities 
designed to improve public transportation services: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall give pref-
erence to projects that will improve access to jobs 
and affordable housing; enhance connections to 
health care, education, and food security; improve 
health outcomes; address how individuals without ac-
cess to advanced technology will benefit from such 
innovative solutions; or include job retention and re-
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training for current employees: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall award not less than 5 but 
not more than 10 integrated smart mobility grants 
with amounts made available in this paragraph: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall award, to not 
less than 3 distinct recipients, not less than 1 such 
grant to a recipient eligible under section 5307 of 
title 49, United States Code, not less than 1 such 
grant to a recipient eligible under section 5311 of 
title 49, United States Code, and not less than 1 
such grant to a recipient eligible under section 5307 
or 5311 of title 49, United States Code, that pro-
vides commuter rail passenger transportation: Pro-
vided further, That capital and operating expenses 
shall be eligible for amounts made available in this 
paragraph: Provided further, That an eligible sub-
recipient under section 5307 or 5311 of title 49, 
United States Code, shall be eligible to be a direct 
recipient: Provided further, That the Federal share 
for planning and capital projects funded with 
amounts made available in this paragraph shall not 
exceed 80 percent of the net project cost: Provided 
further, That the Federal share for operating ex-
penses funded with amounts made available in this 
paragraph shall not exceed 50 percent of the net 
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project cost: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall not waive requirements in section 5333 of title 
49, United States Code, for projects funded with 
amounts made available in this paragraph: Provided 
further, That unless otherwise specified, applicable 
requirements under chapter 53 of title 49, United 
States Code, shall apply to amounts made available 
in this paragraph: 
Provided further, That amounts made available under this 
heading in this Act shall be derived from the general fund: 
Provided further, That amounts made available under this 
heading in this Act shall not be subject to any limitation 
on obligations for transit programs set forth in this or any 
other Act. 
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 5314 of 
title 49, United States Code, $8,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2024: Provided, That the assist-
ance provided under this heading does not duplicate the 
activities of section 5311(b) or section 5312 of title 49, 
United States Code: Provided further, That amounts made 
available under this heading are in addition to any other 
amounts made available for such purposes: Provided fur-
ther, That amounts made available under this heading 
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shall not be subject to any limitation on obligations set 
forth in this or any other Act. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry out fixed guideway 
capital investment grants under section 5309 of title 49, 
United States Code, and section 3005(b) of the Fixing 
America’s Surface Transportation Act (Public Law 114– 
94), $3,012,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading in this Act, $1,897,166,000 shall be available for 
projects authorized under section 5309(d) of title 49, 
United States Code, $40,714,000 shall be available for 
projects authorized under section 5309(e) of title 49, 
United States Code, $94,000,000 shall be available for 
projects authorized under section 5309(h) of title 49, 
United States Code, and $350,000,000 shall be available 
for projects authorized under section 3005(b) of the Fix-
ing America’s Surface Transportation Act (Public Law 
114–94): Provided further, That the Secretary shall con-
tinue to administer the capital investment grants program 
in accordance with the procedural and substantive require-
ments of section 5309 of title 49, United States Code, and 
of section 3005(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface Trans-
portation Act (Public Law 114–94): Provided further, 
That projects that receive a grant agreement under the 
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Expedited Project Delivery for Capital Investment Grants 
Pilot Program under section 3005(b) of the Fixing Amer-
ica’s Surface Transportation Act (Public Law 114–94) 
shall be deemed eligible for funding provided for projects 
under section 5309 of title 49, United States Code, with-
out further evaluation or rating under such section: Pro-
vided further, That such funding shall not exceed the Fed-
eral share under section 3005(b) of the Fixing America’s 
Surface Transportation Act (Public Law 114–94): Pro-
vided further, That upon submission to the Congress of 
the fiscal year 2024 President’s budget, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall transmit to Congress the annual re-
port on capital investment grants, including proposed allo-
cations for fiscal year 2024. 
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 the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement 
Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–432), $150,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of Transportation shall approve grants for capital 
and preventive maintenance expenditures for the Wash-
ington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority only after re-
ceiving and reviewing a request for each specific project: 
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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. 
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 section 5338 of title 49, 
United States Code, previously made available for obliga-
tion, 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 ‘‘Capital Investment Grants’’ of the Federal 
Transit Administration for projects specified in this Act 
or identified in the report accompanying this Act not obli-
gated by September 30, 2026, 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, 2022, under 
any section of chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, 
that remain available for expenditure, may be transferred 
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to and administered under the most recent appropriation 
heading for any such section. 
SEC. 163. None of the funds made available by this 
Act or any other Act shall be used to adjust apportion-
ments or withhold funds from apportionments pursuant 
to section 9503(e)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 (26 U.S.C. 9503(e)(4)). 
SEC. 164. None of the funds made available by this 
Act or any other Act shall be used to impede or hinder 
project advancement or approval for any project seeking 
a Federal contribution from the capital investment grants 
program of greater than 40 percent of project costs as 
authorized under section 5309 of title 49, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 165. Of the amounts made available under the 
heading ‘‘Department of Transportation—Federal Transit 
Administration—Capital Investment Grants’’ in this Act, 
$600,000,000 shall be made available for allocation to re-
cipients with existing full funding grant agreements under 
sections 5309(d) and 5309(e) of title 49, United States 
Code, that received allocations for fiscal year 2022 and 
have either (1) a capital investment grant share of 40 per-
cent or less; or (2) signed a full funding grant agreement 
between January 20, 2017 and January 20, 2021: Pro-
vided, That recipients with projects open for revenue serv-
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ice shall not be eligible to receive an allocation of funding 
under this section: Provided further, That amounts shall 
be provided to recipients proportionally based on the non- 
capital investment grant share of the project: Provided 
further, That no project may receive an allocation of more 
than 40 percent of the total amount in this section: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall proportionally dis-
tribute funds in excess of such 40 percent to recipients 
for which the percent of funds does not exceed 40 percent: 
Provided further, That a recipient may not receive an allo-
cation of funding under this section if the recipient has 
(1) expended less than 75 percent of the allocations re-
ceived under paragraph (4) of section 3401(b) of the 
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2); 
and (2) expended less than 50 percent of the federal oper-
ating assistance allocations received under section 5307 
of title 49, United States Code, in the Coronavirus Aid, 
Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–136), 
the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appro-
priations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–260), or the Amer-
ican Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2): Pro-
vided further, That amounts allocated pursuant to this sec-
tion shall be provided to eligible recipients notwithstanding 
the limitation of any calculation of the maximum amount 
of Federal financial assistance for the project under sec-
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tion 5309(k)(2)(C)(ii) of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided further, That the Federal Transit Administration 
shall allocate amounts under this section no later than 30 
days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 166. The remaining unobligated balances, as of 
September 30, 2023, from amounts made available to the 
Department of Transportation under the heading ‘‘Fed-
eral Transit Administration—Capital Investment Grants’’ 
in division H of the Further Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94) are hereby rescinded, and 
an amount of additional new budget authority equivalent 
to the amount rescinded is hereby appropriated on Sep-
tember 30, 2023, for an additional amount for fiscal year 
2023, to remain available until September 30, 2024, and 
shall be available for the same purposes and under the 
same authorities for which such amounts were originally 
provided in Public Law 116–94. 
SEC. 167. Notwithstanding section 5302(4)(L) of 
title 49, United States Code, fuel for vehicle operations, 
including the cost of utilities used for the propulsion of 
electrically driven vehicles, may be treated, at the option 
of the recipient, as an associated capital maintenance item 
for purposes of grants made under sections 5307 and 
5311 of such title in fiscal year 2023: Provided, That an 
amount equal to not more than 5 percent of the total fund-
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ing allocated under section 5307 or 5311 of such title to 
an urbanized area, state, or territory in fiscal year 2023 
may be obligated for such purpose from available amounts 
allocated in fiscal year 2023 or prior years. 
GREAT LAKES ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT 
CORPORATION 
The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development 
Corporation is hereby authorized to make such expendi-
tures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority 
available to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and 
to make such contracts and commitments without regard 
to fiscal year limitations, as provided by section 9104 of 
title 31, United States Code, as may be necessary in car-
rying 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 infrastructure activities on por-
tions of the St. Lawrence Seaway owned, operated, and 
maintained by the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway De-
velopment Corporation, $41,500,000, to be derived from 
the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to section 
210 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 
U.S.C. 2238): Provided, That of the amounts made avail-
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able under this heading, not less than $14,800,000 shall 
be for the seaway infrastructure program: Provided fur-
ther, That not more than $1,000,000 of the unobligated 
balances from the amounts made available for capital 
asset renewal activities under this heading or under the 
heading ‘‘Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora-
tion—Operations and Maintenance’’ in any prior Act shall 
be for activities pursuant to section 984(a)(12) of title 33, 
United States Code. 
MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a 
U.S.-flag merchant fleet as authorized under chapter 531 
of title 46, United States Code, to serve the national secu-
rity needs of the United States, $318,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
CABLE SECURITY FLEET 
For the cable security fleet program, as authorized 
under chapter 532 of title 46, United States Code, 
$10,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
TANKER SECURITY PROGRAM 
For the tanker security fleet program, as authorized 
under chapter 534 of title 46, United States Code, 
$60,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
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OPERATIONS AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses of operations and training ac-
tivities authorized by law, $192,000,000: Provided, That 
of the amounts made available under this heading— 
(1) $87,848,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2024, shall be for the operations of the 
United States Merchant Marine Academy; 
(2) $11,900,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for facilities maintenance and re-
pair, and equipment, at the United States Merchant 
Marine Academy; 
(3) $6,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2024 shall be for the Maritime Environ-
mental and Technical Assistance program authorized 
under section 50307 of title 46, United States Code; 
and 
(4) $14,819,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for the America’s Marine Highway 
Program to make grants for the purposes authorized 
under paragraphs (1) and (3) of section 55601(b) of 
title 46, United States Code: 
Provided further, That the Administrator of the Maritime 
Administration shall transmit to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations the annual report on sexual 
assault and sexual harassment at the United States Mer-
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chant Marine Academy as required pursuant to section 
3510 of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 
year 2017 (46 U.S.C. 51318): Provided further, That 
available balances under this heading for the Short Sea 
Transportation Program (now known as the America’s 
Marine Highway Program) from prior year recoveries 
shall be available to carry out activities authorized under 
paragraphs (1) and (3) of section 55601(b) of title 46, 
United States Code. 
STATE MARITIME ACADEMY OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of operations, support, and 
training 
activities 
for 
State 
Maritime 
Academies, 
$77,700,000: Provided, That of the amounts made avail-
able under this heading— 
(1) $30,500,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for maintenance, repair, life exten-
sion, insurance, and capacity improvement of Na-
tional Defense Reserve Fleet training ships, and for 
support of training ship operations at the State 
Maritime Academies, of which not more than 
$8,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be for expenses related to training mariners; and for 
costs associated with training vessel sharing pursu-
ant to section 51504(g)(3) of title 46, United States 
Code, for costs associated with mobilizing, operating 
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and demobilizing the vessel, including travel costs 
for students, faculty and crew, the costs of the gen-
eral agent, crew costs, fuel, insurance, operational 
fees, and vessel hire costs, as determined by the Sec-
retary; 
(2) $35,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for the National Security Multi-Mis-
sion Vessel Program, including funds for construc-
tion, planning, administration, design of school 
ships, and necessary expenses to construct infra-
structure to berth such ships; 
(3) $2,400,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2027, shall be for the Student Incentive 
Program; 
(4) $3,800,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for training ship fuel assistance; 
and 
(5) $6,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2024, shall be for direct payments for 
State Maritime Academies. 
ASSISTANCE TO SMALL SHIPYARDS 
To make grants to qualified shipyards as authorized 
under section 54101 of title 46, United States Code, 
$20,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
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SHIP DISPOSAL 
For necessary expenses related to the disposal of ob-
solete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the 
Maritime Administration, $6,000,000, 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 ‘‘Maritime Ad-
ministration—Operations and Training’’. 
PORT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 
To make grants to improve port facilities as author-
ized under section 54301 of title 46, United States Code, 
$300,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That projects eligible for amounts made available 
under this heading in this Act shall be projects for coastal 
seaports, inland river ports, or Great Lakes ports: Pro-
vided further, That of the amounts made available under 
this heading in this Act, not less than $275,000,000 shall 
be for coastal seaports or Great Lakes ports: Provided fur-
ther, That amounts made available under this heading in 
this Act may not be used for the purchase or installation 
of fully automated cargo handling equipment or terminal 
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infrastructure that is designed for fully automated cargo 
handling equipment: Provided further, That for the pur-
poses of the preceding proviso, ‘‘fully automated cargo 
handling equipment’’ means cargo handling equipment 
that is remotely operated or remotely monitored and does 
not require the exercise of human intervention or control: 
Provided further, That for grants awarded under this 
heading in this Act, the minimum grant size shall be 
$1,000,000: Provided further, That the proceeds of Fed-
eral credit assistance under chapter 6 of title 23, United 
States Code, or chapter 224 of title 49, United States 
Code, 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. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—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, 
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That rental payments under any such lease, contract, or 
occupancy for items other than such utilities, services, or 
repairs shall be deposited into the Treasury as miscella-
neous receipts. 
PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONAL EXPENSES 
For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline 
and 
Hazardous 
Materials 
Safety 
Administration, 
$30,150,000, of which $4,500,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2025. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous 
materials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous 
Materials Safety Administration, $70,710,500, to remain 
available until September 30, 2025, of which $1,000,000 
shall be made available for carrying out section 5107(i) 
of title 49, United States Code: Provided, That up to 
$800,000 in fees collected under section 5108(g) of title 
49, United States Code, 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 
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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 section 60107 of title 49, 
United States Code, and to discharge the pipeline program 
responsibilities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (Public 
Law 101–380), $187,800,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025, of which $29,000,000 shall be de-
rived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which 
$151,400,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety 
Fund; of which $400,000 shall be derived from the fees 
collected under section 60303 of title 49, United States 
Code, and deposited in the Liquefied Natural Gas Siting 
Account for compliance reviews of liquefied natural gas 
facilities; and of which $7,000,000 shall be derived from 
fees collected under section 60302 of title 49, United 
States Code, and deposited in the Underground Natural 
Gas Storage Facility Safety Account for the purpose of 
carrying out section 60141 of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided, That not less than $1,058,000 of the amounts 
made available under this heading shall be for the One- 
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Call State grant program: Provided further, That any 
amounts made available under this heading in this Act or 
in prior Acts for research contracts, grants, cooperative 
agreements or research other transactions agreements 
(‘‘OTAs’’) shall require written notification to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than 
3 full business days before such research contracts, grants, 
cooperative agreements, or research OTAs are announced 
by the Department of Transportation: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall transmit to the House and Sen-
ate Committees on Appropriations the report on pipeline 
safety testing enhancement as required pursuant to sec-
tion 105 of the Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines 
and Enhancing Safety Act of 2020 (division R of Public 
Law 116–260): Provided further, That the Secretary may 
obligate amounts made available under this heading to en-
gineer, erect, alter, and repair buildings or make any other 
public improvements for research facilities at the Trans-
portation Technology Center after the Secretary submits 
an updated research plan and the report in the preceding 
proviso to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations and after such plan and report in the preceding 
proviso are approved by the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations. 
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EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND) 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Emergency 
Preparedness 
Grants 
program, 
not 
more 
than 
$28,318,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2025, from amounts made available by section 5116(h) 
and subsections (b) and (c) of section 5128 of title 49, 
United States Code: Provided, That notwithstanding sec-
tion 5116(h)(4) of title 49, United States Code, not more 
than 4 percent of the amounts made available from this 
account shall be available to pay the administrative costs 
of carrying out sections 5116, 5107(e), and 5108(g)(2) 
of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding subsections (b) and (c) of section 5128 
of title 49, United States Code, and the limitation on obli-
gations provided under this heading, prior year recoveries 
recognized in the current year shall be available to develop 
and deliver hazardous materials emergency response train-
ing for emergency responders, including response activities 
for the transportation of crude oil, ethanol, flammable liq-
uids, and other hazardous commodities by rail, consistent 
with National Fire Protection Association standards, and 
to make such training available through an electronic for-
mat: Provided further, That the prior year recoveries made 
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Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5601 et 
seq.), $1,800,000, to remain available for direct expendi-
ture, and to remain available until expended, of which, 
notwithstanding sections 8 and 9 of such Act, up to 
$1,000,000 shall be available to carry out the activities 
authorized by section 6(7) of Public Law 102–259 and 
section 817(a) of Public Law 106–568 (20 U.S.C. 
5604(7)): Provided, That all current and previous 
amounts transferred to the Office of Inspector General of 
the Department of the Interior will remain available until 
expended for audits and investigations of the Morris K. 
Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation, consistent with 
the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), as 
amended, and for annual independent financial audits of 
the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation 
pursuant to the Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002 
(Public Law 107–289): Provided further, That previous 
amounts transferred to the Office of Inspector General of 
the Department of the Interior may be transferred to the 
Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation for an-
nual independent financial audits pursuant to the Ac-
countability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002 (Public Law 107– 
289). 
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and 
insurance 
premiums, 
as 
authorized 
by 
law, 
$365,222,000. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 
DEFENSE-WIDE 
For expenses of family housing for the activities and 
agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the 
military departments) for operation and maintenance, 
leasing, and minor construction, as authorized by law, 
$50,113,000. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
FAMILY HOUSING IMPROVEMENT FUND 
For the Department of Defense Family Housing Im-
provement Fund, $6,442,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for family housing initiatives undertaken pursu-
ant to section 2883 of title 10, United States Code, pro-
viding alternative means of acquiring and improving mili-
tary family housing and supporting facilities. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
MILITARY UNACCOMPANIED HOUSING IMPROVEMENT 
FUND 
For the Department of Defense Military Unaccom-
panied Housing Improvement Fund, $494,000, to remain 
available until expended, for unaccompanied housing ini-
tiatives undertaken pursuant to section 2883 of title 10, 
United States Code, providing alternative means of acquir-
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