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(6) reduces existing programs, projects, or ac-
tivities by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 
less; or 
(7)
creates,
reorganizes,
or
restructures
a 
branch, division, office, bureau, board, commission, 
agency, administration, or department different from 
the budget justifications submitted to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations or the table accompanying 
the explanatory statement accompanying this Act, 
whichever is more detailed, unless prior approval is 
received from the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided, That not later than 60 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, each 
agency funded by this Act shall submit a report to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
of the House of Representatives to establish the 
baseline for application of reprogramming and trans-
fer authorities for the current fiscal year: Provided 
further, That the report shall include— 
(A) a table for each appropriation with a 
separate column to display the prior year en-
acted level, the President’s budget request, ad-
justments made by Congress, adjustments due 
to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 
fiscal year enacted level; 
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(B) a delineation in the table for each ap-
propriation and its respective prior year enacted 
level by object class and program, project, and 
activity as detailed in the budget appendix for 
the respective appropriation; and 
(C) an identification of items of special 
congressional interest. 
SEC. 406. Except as otherwise specifically provided 
by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 
remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2016 from 
appropriations made available for salaries and expenses 
for fiscal year 2016 in this Act, shall remain available 
through September 30, 2017, for each such account for 
the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall 
be submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations for approval prior to the expenditure of such 
funds: Provided further, That these requests shall be made 
in compliance with reprogramming guidelines under sec-
tion 405 of this Act. 
SEC. 407. No funds in this Act may be used to sup-
port any Federal, State, or local projects that seek to use 
the power of eminent domain, unless eminent domain is 
employed only for a public use: Provided, That for pur-
poses of this section, public use shall not be construed to 
include economic development that primarily benefits pri-
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vate entities: Provided further, That any use of funds for 
mass
transit,
railroad,
airport,
seaport
or
highway 
projects, as well as utility projects which benefit or serve 
the general public (including energy-related, communica-
tion-related, water-related and wastewater-related infra-
structure), other structures designated for use by the gen-
eral public or which have other common-carrier or public- 
utility functions that serve the general public and are sub-
ject to regulation and oversight by the government, and 
projects for the removal of an immediate threat to public 
health and safety or brownfields as defined in the Small 
Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization 
Act (Public Law 107–118) shall be considered a public 
use for purposes of eminent domain. 
SEC. 408. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 409. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person 
filling a position, other than a temporary position, for-
merly held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed 
Forces of the United States and has satisfactorily com-
pleted his or her period of active military or naval service, 
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and has within 90 days after his or her release from such 
service or from hospitalization continuing after discharge 
for a period of not more than 1 year, made application 
for restoration to his or her former position and has been 
certified by the Office of Personnel Management as still 
qualified to perform the duties of his or her former posi-
tion and has not been restored thereto. 
SEC. 410. No funds appropriated pursuant to this 
Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees 
that in expending the assistance the entity will comply 
with sections 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 
(41 U.S.C. 10a–10c, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy Amer-
ican Act’’). 
SEC. 411. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act shall be made available to any 
person or entity that has been convicted of violating the 
Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c). 
SEC. 412. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for first-class airline accommodations in 
contravention of sections 301–10.122 and 301–10.123 of 
title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 413. (a) None of the funds made available by 
this Act may be used to approve a new foreign air carrier 
permit under sections 41301 through 41305 of title 49, 
United States Code, or exemption application under sec-
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tion 40109 of that title of an air carrier already holding 
an air operators certificate issued by a country that is 
party to the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport 
Agreement where such approval would contravene United 
States law or Article 17 bis of the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Nor-
way Air Transport Agreement. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict or 
otherwise preclude the Secretary of Transportation from 
granting a foreign air carrier permit or an exemption to 
such an air carrier where such authorization is consistent 
with the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agree-
ment and United States law. 
SEC. 414. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Federal Maritime Commission or 
the Administrator of the Maritime Administration to issue 
a license or certificate for a commercial vessel that docked 
or anchored within the previous 180 days within 7 miles 
of a port on property that was confiscated, in whole or 
in part, by the Cuban Government, as the terms con-
fiscated, Cuban Government, and property are defined in 
paragraphs (4), (5), and (12)(A), respectively, of section 
4 of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity 
(LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6023). 
SEC. 415. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Federal Transit Administration 
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to implement, administer, or enforce section 18.36(c)(2) 
of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, for construction 
hiring purposes. 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 416. The amount by which the applicable alloca-
tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives under 
Section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
exceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is 
$0. 
SEC. 417. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to enter into a contract with any offeror 
or any of its principals if the offeror certifies, as required 
by the Federal Acquisition Regulation, that the offeror or 
any of its principals— 
(1) within a 3-year period preceding this offer 
has been convicted of or had a civil judgment ren-
dered against it for: commission of fraud or a crimi-
nal offense in connection with obtaining, attempting 
to obtain, or performing a public (Federal, State, or 
local) contract or subcontract; violation of Federal or 
State antitrust statutes relating to the submission of 
offers; or commission of embezzlement, theft, for-
gery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, 
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making false statements, tax evasion, violating Fed-
eral criminal tax laws, or receiving stolen property; 
(2) are presently indicted for, or otherwise 
criminally or civilly charged by a governmental enti-
ty with, commission of any of the offenses enumer-
ated in paragraph (1); or 
(3) within a 3-year period preceding this offer, 
has been notified of any delinquent Federal taxes in 
an amount that exceeds $3,000 for which the liabil-
ity remains unsatisfied. 
SEC. 418. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 121.584 of 
title 14, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 419. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to make incentive payments pursuant 
to 48 CFR 16.4 to contractors for contracts that are be-
hind schedule under the terms of the contract as pre-
scribed by 48 CFR 52.211 or over the contract amount 
indicated in Standard Form 33, box 20. 
SEC. 420. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of the 5th or 14th 
Amendment to the Constitution or title VI of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1964. 
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SEC. 421. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for the Federal Transit Administration’s 
Rapid Growth Area Transit Program. 
SEC. 422. None of these funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Federal Aviation Administration 
(FAA) to redesign the Phoenix Metroplex regional air-
space. 
SEC. 423. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to carry out section 210 of this Act with 
respect to the Housing Authority of the county of Los An-
geles, California. 
SEC. 424. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for the Private Enforcement Initiative 
of the Fair Housing Initiatives Program under section 
561(b) of the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 3616a(b)) and section 125.401 of the 
regulations of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment (24 CFR 125.401). 
SEC. 425. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to carry out the rule entitled ‘‘Affirma-
tively Furthering Fair Housing’’, published by the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development in the Federal 
Register on July 19, 2013 (78 Fed. Reg. 43710; Docket 
No. FR–5173–P–01) or to carry out the notice entitled 
‘‘Affirmatively
Furthering
Fair
Housing
Assessment 
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Tool’’, published by the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development in the Federal Register on September 
26, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 57949; Docket No. FR–5173– 
02). 
SEC. 426. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 5309 of title 
49, United States Code. 
SEC. 427. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Department of Transportation, 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development, or 
any other Federal agency to lease or purchase new light 
duty vehicles for any executive fleet, or for an agency’s 
fleet inventory, except in accordance with Presidential 
Memorandum—Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 
24, 2011. 
SEC. 428. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to issue, implement, or enforce regula-
tions by the Federal Aviation Administration entitled ‘‘Op-
erations and Certification of Small Unmanned Aircraft 
Systems’’ (FAA–2015–0150) in contravention to 14 CFR 
21.25(b)(1). 
SEC. 429. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Administrator of the Federal Avia-
tion Administration to institute an administrative or civil 
action (as defined in section 47107 of title 49, United 
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States Code) against the sponsor of the East Hampton 
Airport in East Hampton, New York. 
SEC. 430. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for high-speed rail in the State of Cali-
fornia or for the California High-Speed Rail Authority, 
nor may any be used by the Federal Railroad Administra-
tion to administer a grant agreement with the California 
High-Speed Rail Authority that contains a tapered match-
ing requirement. 
SEC. 431. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to enforce subpart B of part 750 of title 
23, Code of Federal Regulations, regarding signs for serv-
ice clubs and religious notices as defined in section 153(p) 
of such part. 
SEC. 432. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of subpart E of part 
5 of the regulations of the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development (24 CFR part 5, subpart E, relating 
to restrictions on assistance to noncitizens). 
SEC. 433. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to provide financial assistance in con-
travention of section 214(d) of the Housing and Commu-
nity Development Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 1436a(d)). 
SEC. 434. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Federal Aviation Administration 
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for the bio-data assessment in the hiring of Air Traffic 
Control Specialists. 
SEC. 435. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 
final rule entitled ‘‘Implementation of the Fair Housing 
Act’s Discriminatory Effects Standard’’, published by the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development in the 
Federal Register on February 15, 2013 (78 Fed. Reg. 
11460; Docket No. FR–5508–F–02). 
SEC. 436. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of Executive Order No. 
11246 (relating to Equal Employment Opportunity). 
SEC. 437. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to acquire a camera for the purpose of 
collecting or storing vehicle license plate numbers. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation, Hous-
ing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 2016’’. 
DIVISION A—DEPARTMENTS OF TRANS-
PORTATION, 
AND 
HOUSING 
AND 
URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED 
AGENCIES 
The following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban 
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the Office of the Chief Information Officer: Provided, That 
the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to transfer 
funds appropriated for any office of the Office of the Sec-
retary to any other office of the Office of the Secretary: Pro-
vided further, That no appropriation for any office shall 
be increased or decreased by more than 5 percent by all 
such transfers: Provided further, That notice of any change 
in funding greater than 5 percent shall be submitted for 
approval to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided further, That not to exceed $60,000 
shall be for allocation within the Department for official 
reception and representation expenses as the Secretary may 
determine: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, excluding fees authorized in Public 
Law 107–71, there may be credited to this appropriation 
up to $2,500,000 in funds received in user fees: Provided 
further, That none of the funds provided in this Act shall 
be available for the position of Assistant Secretary for Pub-
lic Affairs. 
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses related to the Office of the As-
sistant 
Secretary 
for 
Research 
and 
Technology, 
$13,044,000, of which $8,218,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2019: Provided, That there may be 
credited to this appropriation, to be available until ex-
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pended, funds received from States, counties, municipali-
ties, other public authorities, and private sources for ex-
penses incurred for training: Provided further, That any 
reference in law, regulation, judicial proceedings, or else-
where to the Research and Innovative Technology Adminis-
tration shall continue to be deemed to be a reference to the 
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Tech-
nology of the Department of Transportation. 
NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS 
For capital investments in surface transportation in-
frastructure, $525,000,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2020: Provided, That the Secretary of Trans-
portation shall distribute funds provided under this heading 
as discretionary grants to be awarded to a State, local gov-
ernment, transit agency, or a collaboration among such en-
tities on a competitive basis for projects that will have a 
significant impact on the Nation, a metropolitan area, or 
a region: Provided further, That projects eligible for funding 
provided under this heading shall include, but not be lim-
ited to, highway or bridge projects eligible under title 23, 
United States Code; public transportation projects eligible 
under chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code; passenger 
and freight rail transportation projects; and port infra-
structure investments (including inland port infrastructure 
and land ports of entry): Provided further, That the Sec-
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retary may use up to 20 percent of the funds made available 
under this heading for the purpose of paying the subsidy 
and administrative costs of projects eligible for Federal 
credit assistance under chapter 6 of title 23, United States 
Code, if the Secretary finds that such use of the funds would 
advance the purposes of this paragraph: Provided further, 
That in distributing funds provided under this heading, the 
Secretary shall take such measures so as to ensure an equi-
table geographic distribution of funds, an appropriate bal-
ance in addressing the needs of urban and rural areas, and 
the investment in a variety of transportation modes: Pro-
vided further, That a grant funded under this heading shall 
be not less than $5,000,000 and not greater than 
$25,000,000: Provided further, That not more than 10 per-
cent of the funds made available under this heading may 
be awarded to projects in a single State: Provided further, 
That the Federal share of the costs for which an expenditure 
is made under this heading shall be, at the option of the 
recipient, up to 80 percent: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall give priority to projects that require a contribu-
tion of Federal funds in order to complete an overall financ-
ing package: Provided further, That not less than 30 percent 
of the funds provided under this heading shall be for projects 
located in rural areas: Provided further, That for projects 
located in rural areas, the minimum grant size shall be 
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$1,000,000 and the Secretary may increase the Federal 
share of costs above 80 percent: Provided further, That 
projects conducted using funds provided under this heading 
must comply with the requirements of subchapter IV of 
chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall conduct a new competition to select 
the grants and credit assistance awarded under this head-
ing: Provided further, That the Secretary may retain up 
to $20,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading, 
and may transfer portions of those funds to the Administra-
tors of the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal 
Transit Administration, the Federal Railroad Administra-
tion and the Maritime Administration, to fund the award 
and oversight of grants and credit assistance made under 
the National Infrastructure Investments program. 
NATIONAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AND INNOVATIVE 
FINANCE BUREAU 
For necessary expenses for the establishment and ad-
ministration of a new National Surface Transportation 
and Innovative Finance Bureau (the Bureau) within the 
Office of the Secretary of Transportation, $3,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of Transportation shall use such amount for the nec-
essary expenses to establish the Bureau and to fulfill the 
responsibilities of the Bureau, as detailed in section 9001 
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of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) 
Act (Public Law 114–94) (49 U.S.C. 116): Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary is required to receive the advance 
approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations prior to exercising the authorities of 49 U.S.C. 
116(h): Provided further, That the program be available to 
other Federal agencies, States, municipalities and project 
sponsors seeking Federal transportation expertise in obtain-
ing financing. 
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CAPITAL 
For necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing 
the Department of Transportation’s financial systems and 
re-engineering business processes, $4,000,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2018. 
CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVES 
For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, 
including necessary upgrades to wide area network and in-
formation technology infrastructure, improvement of net-
work perimeter controls and identity management, testing 
and assessment of information technology against business, 
security, and other requirements, implementation of Fed-
eral cyber security initiatives and information infrastruc-
ture enhancements, implementation of enhanced security 
controls on network devices, $15,000,000, to remain avail-
able through September 30, 2018. 
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OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$9,751,000. 
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND 
DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 
planning, research, systems development, development ac-
tivities, and making grants, to remain available until ex-
pended, $12,043,000: Provided, That of such amount, 
$3,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses of the Interagency 
Infrastructure Permitting Improvement Center (IIPIC): 
Provided further, That there may be transferred to this ap-
propriation, to remain available until expended, amounts 
from other Federal agencies for expenses incurred under this 
heading for IIPIC activities not related to transportation 
infrastructure: Provided further, That the tools and anal-
ysis developed by the IIPIC shall be available to other Fed-
eral agencies for the permitting and review of major infra-
structure projects not related to transportation to the extent 
that other Federal agencies provide funding to the Depart-
ment as provided for under the previous proviso. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For necessary expenses for operating costs and capital 
outlays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed 
$190,389,000 shall be paid from appropriations made 
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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 above limitation on operating ex-
penses shall not apply to non-DOT entities: Provided fur-
ther, That no funds appropriated in this Act to an agency 
of the Department shall be transferred to the Working Cap-
ital Fund without majority approval of the Working Cap-
ital Fund Steering Committee and approval of the Sec-
retary: Provided further, That no assessments may be levied 
against any program, budget activity, subactivity or project 
funded by this Act unless notice of such assessments and 
the basis therefor are presented to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations and are approved by such 
Committees. 
MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $339,000, as author-
ized by 49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in sec-
tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 
further, That these funds are available to subsidize total 
loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not 
to exceed $18,367,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the guaranteed loan program, $602,000. 
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SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS UTILIZATION AND 
OUTREACH 
For the necessary expenses to establish Small and Dis-
advantaged Business Utilization and Outreach, that will 
ensure small and disadvantaged business policies of the Sec-
retary of Transportation are developed and implemented in 
a fair, efficient and effective manner, $4,646,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That not-
withstanding 49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be used for 
business opportunities related to any mode of transpor-
tation. 
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 
49 U.S.C. 41731 through 41742, $150,000,000, to be derived 
from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That in determining between 
or among carriers competing to provide service to a commu-
nity, the Secretary may consider the relative subsidy re-
quirements of the carriers: Provided further, That basic es-
sential air service minimum requirements shall not include 
the 15-passenger capacity requirement under subsection 
41732(b)(3) of title 49, United States Code: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds in this Act or any other Act 
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shall be used to enter into a new contract with a community 
located less than 40 miles from the nearest small hub air-
port before the Secretary has negotiated with the commu-
nity over a local cost share: Provided further, That amounts 
authorized to be distributed for the essential air service pro-
gram under subsection 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 Ad-
ministrator may reimburse such amounts from fees credited 
to the account established under section 45303 of title 49, 
United States Code. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
OF TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 101. None of the funds made available in this 
Act to the Department of Transportation may be obligated 
for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation to approve 
assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining to funds 
appropriated to the modal administrations in this Act, ex-
cept for activities underway on the date of enactment of 
this Act, unless such assessments or agreements have com-
pleted the normal reprogramming process for Congressional 
notification. 
SEC. 102. Notwithstanding section 3324 of title 31, 
United States Code, in addition to authority provided by 
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section 327 of title 49, United States Code, the Depart-
ment’s Working Capital Fund is hereby authorized to pro-
vide payments in advance to vendors that are necessary to 
carry out the Federal transit pass transportation fringe 
benefit program under Executive Order 13150 and section 
3049 of Public Law 109–59: Provided, That the Depart-
ment shall include adequate safeguards in the contract with 
the vendors to ensure timely and high-quality performance 
under the contract. 
SEC. 103. 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. 104. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act— 
(1) the total amount made available under the 
heading ‘‘ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES’’ under the 
heading ‘‘FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION’’ shall 
be $113,165,000; and 
(2) the total amount made available under the 
heading ‘‘SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’ under the head-
ing 
‘‘OFFICE
OF
THE
SECRETARY’’ 
shall 
be 
$113,896,000. 
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FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Admin-
istration, not otherwise provided for, including operations 
and research activities related to commercial space trans-
portation, administrative expenses for research and develop-
ment, establishment of air navigation facilities, the oper-
ation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, sub-
sidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold to 
the public, lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles for 
replacement only, in addition to amounts made available 
by Public Law 112–95, $10,048,352,000 of which 
$9,190,000,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Air-
way Trust Fund, of which not to exceed $7,593,785,000 
shall be available for air traffic organization activities; not 
to exceed $1,286,982,000 shall be available for aviation safe-
ty activities; not to exceed $19,826,000 shall be available 
for commercial space transportation activities; not to exceed 
$771,342,000 shall be available for finance and manage-
ment activities; not to exceed $60,155,000 shall be available 
for NextGen and operations planning activities; not to ex-
ceed $107,161,000 shall be available for security and haz-
ardous materials safety; and not to exceed $209,101,000 
shall be available for staff offices: Provided, That not to ex-
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ceed 2 percent of any budget activity, except for aviation 
safety budget activity, may be transferred to any budget 
activity under this heading: Provided further, That no 
transfer may increase or decrease any appropriation by 
more than 2 percent: Provided further, That any transfer 
in excess of 2 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 further, 
That not later than March 31 of each fiscal year hereafter, 
the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration 
shall transmit to Congress an annual update to the report 
submitted to Congress in December 2004 pursuant to sec-
tion 221 of Public Law 108–176: Provided further, That 
not later than March 31 of each fiscal year hereafter, the 
Administrator shall transmit to Congress a companion re-
port that describes a comprehensive strategy for staffing, 
hiring, and training flight standards and aircraft certifi-
cation 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 amount herein appropriated shall be reduced by 
$100,000 per day for each day after March 31 that such 
report has not been submitted to Congress: Provided further, 
That funds may be used to enter into a grant agreement 
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with a nonprofit standard-setting organization to assist in 
the development of aviation safety standards: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available 
for new applicants for the second career training program: 
Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall 
be available for the Federal Aviation Administration to fi-
nalize 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 offset-
ting collections, funds received from States, counties, mu-
nicipalities, foreign authorities, other public authorities, 
and private sources for expenses incurred in the provision 
of agency services, including receipts for the maintenance 
and operation 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: 
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 
heading, not less than $159,000,000 shall be for the contract 
tower program, including the contract tower cost share pro-
gram: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act 
for aeronautical charting and cartography are available for 
activities conducted by, or coordinated through, the Work-
ing Capital Fund: Provided further, That none of the funds 
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appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act or 
any other Act may be used to eliminate the Contract Weath-
er Observers program at any airport. 
FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
acquisition, establishment, technical support services, im-
provement by contract or purchase, and hire of national 
airspace systems and experimental facilities and equip-
ment, as authorized under part A of subtitle VII of title 
49, United States Code, including initial acquisition of nec-
essary sites by lease or grant; engineering and service test-
ing, including construction of test facilities and acquisition 
of necessary sites by lease or grant; construction and fur-
nishing of quarters and related accommodations for officers 
and employees of the Federal Aviation Administration sta-
tioned at remote localities where such accommodations are 
not available; and the purchase, lease, or transfer of aircraft 
from funds available under this heading, including aircraft 
for aviation regulation and certification; to be derived from 
the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, $2,838,000,000, of 
which $489,000,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2017, and $2,349,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2019: Provided, That there may be credited 
to this appropriation funds received from States, counties, 
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municipalities, other public authorities, and private 
sources, for expenses incurred in the establishment, im-
provement, and modernization of national airspace sys-
tems: Provided further, That no later than March 31, the 
Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to the Congress 
an investment plan for the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion which includes funding for each budget line item for 
fiscal years 2018 through 2022, 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 the amount herein 
appropriated shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for each 
day after March 31 that such report has not been submitted 
to Congress. 
RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
research, engineering, and development, as authorized 
under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, 
including construction of experimental facilities and acqui-
sition of necessary sites by lease or grant, $176,002,000, to 
be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and 
to remain available until September 30, 2018: Provided, 
That there may be credited to this appropriation as offset-
ting collections, funds received from States, counties, mu-
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nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources, 
which shall be available for expenses incurred for research, 
engineering, and development. 
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 author-
izing such obligations; for procurement, installation, and 
commissioning of runway incursion prevention devices and 
systems at airports of such title; for grants authorized under 
section 41743 of title 49, United States Code; and for in-
spection activities and administration of airport safety pro-
grams, including those related to airport operating certifi-
cates under section 44706 of title 49, United States Code, 
$3,750,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That none of the funds under this heading shall be 
available for the planning or execution of programs the obli-
gations for which are in excess of $3,350,000,000 in fiscal 
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year 2017, notwithstanding section 47117(g) of title 49, 
United States Code: Provided further, That none of the 
funds under this heading shall be available for the replace-
ment of baggage conveyor systems, reconfiguration of ter-
minal baggage areas, or other airport improvements that 
are necessary to install bulk explosive detection systems: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 47109(a) of 
title 49, United States Code, the Government’s share of al-
lowable project costs under paragraph (2) for subgrants or 
paragraph (3) of that section shall be 95 percent for a 
project at other than a large or medium hub airport that 
is a successive phase of a multi-phased construction project 
for which the project sponsor received a grant in fiscal year 
2011 for the construction project: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, of funds lim-
ited under this heading, not more than $107,691,000 shall 
be available for administration, not less than $15,000,000 
shall be available for the Airport Cooperative Research Pro-
gram, not less than $31,375,000 shall be available for Air-
port Technology Research, and $10,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be available and transferred 
to ‘‘Office of the Secretary, Salaries and Expenses’’ to carry 
out the Small Community Air Service Development Pro-
gram: Provided further, That in addition to airports eligi-
ble under section 41743 of title 49, such program may in-
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clude the participation of an airport that serves a commu-
nity or consortium that is not larger than a small hub air-
port, according to FAA hub classifications effective at the 
time the Office of the Secretary issues a request for pro-
posals. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 110. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
to compensate in excess of 600 technical staff-years under 
the federally funded research and development center con-
tract between the Federal Aviation Administration and the 
Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development during 
fiscal year 2017. 
SEC. 111. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
to pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring air-
port sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration without cost building construction, maintenance, 
utilities and expenses, or space in airport sponsor-owned 
buildings for services relating to air traffic control, air 
navigation, or weather reporting: Provided, That the prohi-
bition of funds in this section does not apply to negotiations 
between the agency and airport sponsors to achieve agree-
ment on ‘‘below-market’’ rates for these items or to grant 
assurances that require airport sponsors to provide land 
without cost to the FAA for air traffic control facilities. 
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SEC. 112. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration may reimburse amounts made available to 
satisfy 49 U.S.C. 41742(a)(1) from fees credited under 49 
U.S.C. 45303 and any amount remaining in such account 
at the close of that fiscal year shall be made available to 
satisfy section 41742(a)(1) for the subsequent fiscal year. 
SEC. 113. Amounts collected under section 40113(e) of 
title 49, United States Code, shall be credited to the appro-
priation current at the time of collection, to be merged with 
and available for the same purposes of such appropriation. 
SEC. 114. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for paying premium pay under subsection 5546(a) of 
title 5, United States Code, to any Federal Aviation Admin-
istration employee unless such employee actually performed 
work during the time corresponding to such premium pay. 
SEC. 115. None of the funds in this Act may be obli-
gated or expended for an employee of the Federal Aviation 
Administration to purchase a store gift card or gift certifi-
cate through use of a Government-issued credit card. 
SEC. 116. The Secretary shall apportion to the sponsor 
of an airport that received scheduled or unscheduled air 
service from a large certified air carrier (as defined in part 
241 of title 14 Code of Federal Regulations, or such other 
regulations as may be issued by the Secretary under the 
authority of section 41709) an amount equal to the min-
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imum apportionment specified in 49 U.S.C. 47114(c), if 
the Secretary determines that airport had more than 10,000 
passenger boardings in the preceding calendar year, based 
on data submitted to the Secretary under part 241 of title 
14, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 117. None of the funds in this Act may be obli-
gated or expended for retention bonuses for an employee of 
the Federal Aviation Administration without the prior 
written approval of the Assistant Secretary for Administra-
tion of the Department of Transportation. 
SEC. 118. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds made available under this Act or any 
prior Act may be used to implement or to continue to im-
plement any limitation on the ability of any owner or oper-
ator of a private aircraft to obtain, upon a request to the 
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, a 
blocking of that owner’s or operator’s aircraft registration 
number from any display of the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration’s Aircraft Situational Display to Industry data 
that is made available to the public, except data made 
available to a Government agency, for the noncommercial 
flights of that owner or operator. 
SEC. 119. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for salaries and expenses of more than nine political 
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and Presidential appointees in the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration. 
SEC. 119A. None of the funds made available under 
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 
13642. 
SEC. 119B. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
to close a regional operations center of the Federal Aviation 
Administration or reduce its services unless the Adminis-
trator notifies the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations not less than 90 full business days in advance. 
SEC. 119C. None of the funds appropriated or limited 
by this Act may be used to change weight restrictions or 
prior permission rules at Teterboro airport in Teterboro, 
New Jersey. 
SEC. 119D. None of the funds provided under this Act 
may be used by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration to withhold from consideration and ap-
proval any application for participation in the Contract 
Tower Program, pending as of January 1, 2016, including 
applications from Cost-share Program participants if the 
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Administrator determines such tower is eligible under the 
criteria set forth in the Federal Aviation report, Establish-
ment and Discontinuance Criteria for Airport Traffic Con-
trol Towers (FAA–APO–90–7). 
SEC. 119E. For fiscal year 2017, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall apportion to the sponsor of a primary 
airport under section 47114(c)(1)(A) of title 49, United 
States Code, an amount based on the number of passenger 
boardings at the airport during calendar year 2012 if the 
airport had— 
(1) fewer than 10,000 passenger boardings dur-
ing the calendar year used to calculate the apportion-
ment for fiscal year 2017 under section 116; and 
(2) 10,000 or more passenger boardings during 
calendar year 2012. 
SEC. 119F. Section 47109(c)(2) of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: ‘‘The Govern-
ment’s share of allowable project costs determined under 
this subsection shall not exceed the lesser of 93.75 percent 
or the highest percentage Government share applicable to 
any project in any State under subsection (b), except that 
at a primary non-hub and non-primary commercial service 
airport located in a State as set forth in paragraph (1) 
of this subsection that is within 15 miles of another State 
as set forth in paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Govern-
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ment’s share shall be an average of the Government share 
applicable to any project in each of the States.’’. 
SEC. 119G. Section 911 of the FAA Modernization and 
Reform Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–95) is amended by 
inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) COLLABORATION AND REPORTING.— 
‘‘(1) The Administrator, in coordination with 
NASA, the Department of Energy, U.S. Department 
of Agriculture, and after consultation with other rel-
evant agencies shall develop a joint plan to carry out 
the research under subsection (a) and report back to 
Congress within 180 days. 
‘‘(2) The Administrator, in coordination with 
the Administrator of NASA, the Secretary of Energy, 
and the Secretary of Agriculture, shall continue re-
search and development activities into the develop-
ment and deployment of jet fuels as outlined in sub-
section (a).’’. 
SEC. 119H. Section 332(c) of the FAA Modernization 
and Reform Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–95; 49 U.S.C. 
40101 note) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) INCLUSION OF CERTAIN FLIGHT TEST FA-
CILITIES.—The Administrator shall expand the pro-
gram established under paragraph (1) to permit 
projects under the program to be carried out at any 
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public entity authorized by the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration as an unmanned aircraft system flight 
test center before January 1, 2009.’’. 
SEC. 119I. Notwithstanding Section 40117(b)(1) of 
title 49, United States Code, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation may authorize use of a passenger facility charge to 
finance an eligible airport-related project if the eligible 
agency seeking to impose the new charge controls an airport 
where a $2 passenger facility charge became effective on 
January 1, 2013; and the airport where the passenger facil-
ity charge is collected and the airport at which the project 
will be carried out were under the control of the same eligi-
ble agency on October 1, 2015. 
SEC. 119J. (a) Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall submit to Congress a report assessing 
the importance of collegiate aviation flight training oper-
ations and the effect of such operations on the economy and 
infrastructure of airports in the National Plan of Inte-
grated Airport Systems. 
(b) In the report required by subsection (a), the Comp-
troller General shall include the following: 
(1) An assessment of the total capacity of colle-
giate aviation flight training programs in the United 
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States to meet the needs of the United States to train 
commercial pilots. 
(2) An assessment of the footprint of collegiate 
aviation flight training operations at the airports in 
the United States. 
(3) An assessment of whether infrastructure be-
yond that necessary for operations of commercial air 
carriers is needed at airports at which collegiate avia-
tion flight training operations are conducted. 
(4) If such infrastructure is needed, an estimate 
of the cost of such infrastructure. 
(5) An identification of funding sources, avail-
able before the date of the enactment of this Act or 
that may become available after such date of enact-
ment, that may be used to construct such infrastruc-
ture. 
(6) Recommendations for improving technical 
and financial assistance to airports to construct such 
infrastructure. 
SEC. 119K. (a) Subchapter I of chapter 471, as amend-
ed by this subtitle, is further amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
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‘‘§ 47144. Use of funds for repairs for runway safety re-
pairs 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation 
may make project grants under this subchapter to an air-
port described in subsection (b) from funds under section 
47114 apportioned to that airport or funds available for 
discretionary grants to that airport under section 47115 to 
conduct airport development to repair the runway safety 
area of the airport damaged as a result of a natural disaster 
in order to maintain compliance with the regulations of 
the Federal Aviation Administration relating to runway 
safety areas, without regard to whether construction of the 
runway safety area damaged was carried out using 
amounts the airport received under this subchapter. 
‘‘(b) AIRPORTS DESCRIBED.—An airport is described 
in this subsection if— 
‘‘(1) the airport is a public-use airport; 
‘‘(2) the airport is listed in the National Plan of 
Integrated Airport Systems of the Federal Aviation 
Administration; 
‘‘(3) the runway safety area of the airport was 
damaged as a result of a natural disaster; 
‘‘(4) the airport was denied funding under the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As-
sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 4121 et seq.) with respect to 
the disaster; 
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‘‘(5) the operator of the airport has exhausted all 
legal remedies, including legal action against any 
parties (or insurers thereof) whose action or inaction 
may have contributed to the need for the repair of the 
runway safety area; 
‘‘(6) there is still a demonstrated need for the 
runway safety area to accommodate current or immi-
nent aeronautical demand; and 
‘‘(7) the cost of repairing or replacing the run-
way safety area is reasonable in relation to the an-
ticipated operational benefit of repairing the runway 
safety area, as determined by the Administrator of the 
Federal Aviation Administration.’’. 
(b) The analysis for chapter 471, as amended by this 
subtitle, is further amended by inserting after the item re-
lating to section 47143 the following: 
‘‘47144. Use of funds for repairs for runway safety repairs.’’. 
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Not to exceed $433,295,000, 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. In addition, not to exceed $2,500,000 shall 
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be transferred to the Appalachian Regional Commission in 
accordance with section 104(a) of title 23, United States 
Code. 
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
Funds available for the implementation or execution 
of Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction 
programs authorized under titles 23 and 49, United States 
Code, and the provisions of the Fixing America’s Surface 
Transportation Act shall not exceed total obligations of 
$43,266,100,000 for fiscal year 2017: Provided, That the 
Secretary may collect and spend fees, as authorized by title 
23, United States Code, to cover the costs of services of ex-
pert firms, including counsel, in the field of municipal and 
project finance to assist in the underwriting and servicing 
of Federal credit instruments and all or a portion of the 
costs to the Federal Government of servicing such credit in-
struments: Provided further, That such fees are available 
until expended to pay for such costs: Provided further, That 
such amounts are in addition to administrative expenses 
that are also available for such purpose, and are not subject 
to any obligation limitation or the limitation on adminis-
trative expenses under section 608 of title 23, United States 
Code. 
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(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For the payment of obligations incurred in carrying 
out Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction 
programs authorized under title 23, United States Code, 
$44,005,100,000 derived from the Highway Trust Fund 
(other than the Mass Transit Account), to remain available 
until expended. 
(RESCISSION) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
Of the unobligated balances of funds apportioned 
among the States under chapter 1 of title 23, United States 
Code, a total of $2,211,000,000 is hereby rescinded: Pro-
vided, That such rescission shall not apply to funds distrib-
uted in accordance with sections 104(b)(3) and 130(f) of 
title 23, United States Code; section 133(d)(1)(A) of such 
title; the first sentence of section 133(d)(3)(A) of such title, 
as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of MAP– 
21 (Public Law 112–141); sections 133(d)(1) and 163 of 
such title, as in effect on the day before the date of enact-
ment of SAFETEA–LU (Public Law 109–59); and section 
104(b)(5) of such title, as in effect on the day before the 
date of enactment of MAP–21 (Public Law 112–141): Pro-
vided further, That such rescission shall not apply to funds 
that are exempt from the obligation limitation or subject 
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to special no-year obligation limitation: Provided further, 
That the amount to be rescinded from a State shall be deter-
mined by multiplying the total amount of the rescission by 
the ratio that the unobligated balances subject to the rescis-
sion as of September 30, 2016, for the State; bears to the 
unobligated balances subject to the rescission as of Sep-
tember 30, 2016, for all States: Provided further, That the 
amount to be rescinded under this section from each pro-
gram to which the rescission applies within a State shall 
be determined by multiplying the rescission amount cal-
culated for such State by the ratio that the unobligated bal-
ance as of September 30, 2016, for such program in such 
State; bears to the unobligated balances as of September 30, 
2016, for all programs to which the rescission applies in 
such State. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2017, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall— 
(1) not distribute from the obligation limitation 
for Federal-aid highways— 
(A) amounts authorized for administrative 
expenses and programs by section 104(a) of title 
23, United States Code; and 
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(B) amounts authorized for the Bureau of 
Transportation Statistics; 
(2) not distribute an amount from the obligation 
limitation for Federal-aid highways that is equal to 
the unobligated balance of amounts— 
(A) made available from the Highway Trust 
Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for 
Federal-aid highway and highway safety con-
struction programs for previous fiscal years the 
funds for which are allocated by the Secretary 
(or apportioned by the Secretary under sections 
202 or 204 of title 23, United States Code); and 
(B) for which obligation limitation was 
provided in a previous fiscal year; 
(3) determine the proportion that— 
(A) the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 
highways, less the aggregate of amounts not dis-
tributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this 
subsection; bears to 
(B) the total of the sums authorized to be 
appropriated for the Federal-aid highway and 
highway safety construction programs (other 
than sums authorized to be appropriated for pro-
visions of law described in paragraphs (1) 
through (11) of subsection (b) and sums author-
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ized to be appropriated for section 119 of title 
23, United States Code, equal to the amount re-
ferred to in subsection (b)(12) for such fiscal 
year), less the aggregate of the amounts not dis-
tributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this 
subsection; 
(4) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed-
eral-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not dis-
tributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), for each of the 
programs (other than programs to which paragraph 
(1) applies) that are allocated by the Secretary under 
the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act and 
title 23, United States Code, or apportioned by the 
Secretary under sections 202 or 204 of that title, by 
multiplying— 
(A) the proportion determined under para-
graph (3); by 
(B) the amounts authorized to be appro-
priated for each such program for such fiscal 
year; and 
(5) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed-
eral-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not dis-
tributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) and the 
amounts distributed under paragraph (4), for Fed-
eral-aid highway and highway safety construction 
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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; 
(2) section 147 of the Surface Transportation As-
sistance Act of 1978 (23 U.S.C. 144 note; 92 Stat. 
2714); 
(3) section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 
1981 (95 Stat. 1701); 
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(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 Intermodal 
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 
Stat. 2027); 
(7) section 157 of title 23, United States Code 
(as in effect on June 8, 1998); 
(8) section 105 of title 23, United States Code 
(as in effect for fiscal years 1998 through 2004, but 
only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of 
those fiscal years); 
(9) Federal-aid highway programs for which ob-
ligation authority was made available under the 
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112 
Stat. 107) or subsequent Acts for multiple years or to 
remain available until expended, but only to the ex-
tent that the obligation authority has not lapsed or 
been used; 
(10) section 105 of title 23, United States Code 
(as in effect for fiscal years 2005 through 2012, but 
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only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of 
those fiscal years); 
(11) section 1603 of SAFETEA–LU (23 U.S.C. 
118 note; 119 Stat. 1248), to the extent that funds ob-
ligated in accordance with that section were not sub-
ject to a limitation on obligations at the time at 
which the funds were initially made available for ob-
ligation; and 
(12) section 119 of title 23, United States Code 
(but, for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017, only 
in an amount equal to $639,000,000). 
(c) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED OBLIGATION AU-
THORITY.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall, after August 1 of such fiscal year— 
(1) revise a distribution of the obligation limita-
tion made available under subsection (a) if an 
amount distributed cannot be obligated during that 
fiscal year; and 
(2) redistribute sufficient amounts to those States 
able to obligate amounts in addition to those pre-
viously distributed during that fiscal year, giving pri-
ority to those States having large unobligated bal-
ances of funds apportioned under sections 144 (as in 
effect on the day before the date of enactment of Pub-
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lic Law 112–141) and 104 of title 23, United States 
Code. 
(d) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS TO 
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PROGRAMS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 
highways shall apply to contract authority for trans-
portation research programs carried out under— 
(A) chapter 5 of title 23, United States 
Code; and 
(B) title VI of the Fixing America’s Surface 
Transportation Act. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—Obligation authority made 
available under paragraph (1) shall— 
(A) remain available for a period of 4 fiscal 
years; and 
(B) be in addition to the amount of any 
limitation imposed on obligations for Federal- 
aid highway and highway safety construction 
programs for future fiscal years. 
(e) REDISTRIBUTION
OF
CERTAIN
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 
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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 al-
located to the States (or will not be apportioned 
to the States under section 204 of title 23, 
United States Code), and will not be available 
for obligation, for such fiscal year because of the 
imposition of any obligation limitation for such 
fiscal year. 
(2) RATIO.—Funds shall be distributed under 
paragraph (1) in the same proportion as the distribu-
tion of obligation authority under subsection (a)(5). 
(3) AVAILABILITY.—Funds distributed to each 
State under paragraph (1) shall be available for any 
purpose described in section 133(b) of title 23, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 121. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re-
ceived by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the 
sale of data products, for necessary expenses incurred pur-
suant to chapter 63 of title 49, United States Code, may 
be credited to the Federal-aid highways account for the pur-
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pose of reimbursing the Bureau for such expenses: Provided, 
That such funds shall be subject to the obligation limitation 
for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction 
programs. 
SEC. 122. (a) TRANSFER OF AMOUNTS.— 
(1) STATE OF VIRGINIA.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the total amount ap-
portioned to the State of Virginia under section 
104 of title 23, United States Code, for fiscal 
year 2017, the Secretary of Transportation shall, 
by the later of November 30, 2016, or 30 days 
after the enactment of this Act, transfer to the 
National Park Service— 
(i) an amount equal to— 
(I) $30,000,000; multiplied by 
(II) the ratio that— 
(aa) the amount apportioned 
to the State of Virginia under 
such section 104; bears to 
(bb) the combined amount 
apportioned to the State of Vir-
ginia and the District of Colum-
bia under such section 104; and 
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(ii) an amount of obligation limitation 
equal to the amount calculated under clause 
(i). 
(B) SOURCE AND AMOUNT.—For purpose of 
the transfer under subparagraph (A), the State 
of Virginia shall select at the discretion of the 
State— 
(i) the programs (among those for 
which funding is apportioned as described 
in that subparagraph) from which to trans-
fer the amount specified in that subpara-
graph; and 
(ii) the amount to transfer from each 
of those programs (equal in aggregate to the 
amount calculated under subparagraph 
(A)(i)). 
(2) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the total amount ap-
portioned to the District of Columbia under sec-
tion 104 of title 23, United States Code, for fis-
cal year 2017, the Secretary of Transportation 
shall, by the later of November 30, 2016, or 30 
days after the enactment of this Act, transfer to 
the National Park Service— 
(i) an amount equal to— 
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(I) $30,000,000; multiplied by 
(II) the ratio that— 
(aa) the amount apportioned 
to the District of Columbia under 
such section 104; bears to 
(bb) the combined amount 
apportioned to the State of Vir-
ginia and the District of Colum-
bia under such section 104; and 
(ii) an amount of obligation limitation 
equal to the amount calculated under clause 
(i). 
(B) SOURCE AND AMOUNT.—For purpose of 
the transfer under subparagraph (A), the Dis-
trict of Columbia shall select at the discretion of 
the District— 
(i) the programs (among those for 
which funding is apportioned as described 
in that subparagraph) from which to trans-
fer the amount specified in that subpara-
graph; and 
(ii) the amount to transfer from each 
of those programs (equal in aggregate to the 
amount calculated under subparagraph 
(A)(i)). 
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(3) FEDERAL
LANDS
TRANSPORTATION
PRO-
GRAM.—Of the amounts otherwise made available to 
the National Park Service under section 203 of title 
23, United States Code, not less than 10 percent shall 
be set aside for purposes of this section. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY AND FEDERAL SHARE.—The amounts 
under subsection (a) shall be— 
(1) available to the National Park Service only 
for projects that— 
(A) are eligible under section 203 of title 23, 
United States Code; 
(B) are located on bridges on the National 
Highway System that were originally con-
structed before 1945 and are in poor condition; 
and 
(C) each have an estimated total project cost 
of not less than $150,000,000; and 
(2) subject to the Federal share described in sec-
tion 201(b)(7)(A) of title 23, United States Code. 
(c) OTHER FUNDS AND OBLIGATION LIMITATION.— 
Any funds and obligation limitation transferred under sub-
section (a) shall be in addition to funds or obligation limi-
tation otherwise made available to the National Park Serv-
ice under sections 203 and 204 of title 23, United States 
Code. 
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