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SEC. 734. (a)(1) No Federal funds made available for 
this fiscal year for the rural water, waste water, waste dis-
posal, and solid waste management programs authorized by 
sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
1926 et seq.) shall be used for a project for the construction, 
alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public water or 
wastewater system unless all of the iron and steel products 
used in the project are produced in the United States. 
(2) In this section, the term ‘‘iron and steel products’’ 
means the following products made primarily of iron or 
steel: lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers 
and other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, pipe 
clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, reinforced 
precast concrete, and construction materials. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or cat-
egory of cases in which the Secretary of Agriculture (in this 
section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) or the designee of 
the Secretary finds that— 
(1) applying subsection (a) would be inconsistent 
with the public interest; 
(2) iron and steel products are not produced in 
the United States in sufficient and reasonably avail-
able quantities or of a satisfactory quality; or
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(3) inclusion of iron and steel products produced 
in the United States will increase the cost of the over-
all project by more than 25 percent. 
(c) If the Secretary or the designee receives a request 
for a waiver under this section, the Secretary or the designee 
shall make available to the public on an informal basis a 
copy of the request and information available to the Sec-
retary or the designee concerning the request, and shall 
allow for informal public input on the request for at least 
15 days prior to making a finding based on the request. 
The Secretary or the designee shall make the request and 
accompanying information available by electronic means, 
including on the official public Internet Web site of the De-
partment. 
(d) This section shall be applied in a manner con-
sistent with United States obligations under international 
agreements. 
(e) The Secretary may retain up to 0.25 percent of 
the funds appropriated in this Act for ‘‘Rural Utilities 
Service—Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Ac-
count’’ for carrying out the provisions described in sub-
section (a)(1) for management and oversight of the require-
ments of this section. 
(f) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a 
project for which the engineering plans and specifications
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include use of iron and steel products otherwise prohibited 
by such subsection if the plans and specifications have re-
ceived required approvals from State agencies prior to the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
(g) For purposes of this section, the terms ‘‘United 
States’’ and ‘‘State’’ shall include each of the several States, 
the District of Columbia, and each Federally recognized In-
dian Tribe. 
SEC. 735. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence 
congressional action on any legislation or appropriation 
matters pending before Congress, other than to commu-
nicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 
1913. 
SEC. 736. Of the total amounts made available by this 
Act for direct loans and grants under the following head-
ings: ‘‘Rural Housing Service—Rural Housing Insurance 
Fund Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Housing Service—Mu-
tual and Self-Help Housing Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Housing 
Service—Rural Housing Assistance Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Hous-
ing Service—Rural Community Facilities Program Ac-
count’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service—Rural Busi-
ness Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative Serv-
ice—Rural Economic Development Loans Program Ac-
count’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative Service—Rural Coop-
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erative Development Grants’’; ‘‘Rural Business-Cooperative 
Service—Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program’’; 
‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Rural Water and Waste Disposal 
Program Account’’; ‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Rural Elec-
trification and Telecommunications Loans Program Ac-
count’’; and ‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Distance Learning, 
Telemedicine, and Broadband Program’’, to the maximum 
extent feasible, at least 10 percent of the funds shall be allo-
cated for assistance in persistent poverty counties under 
this section, including, notwithstanding any other provision 
regarding population limits, any county seat of such a per-
sistent poverty county that has a population that does not 
exceed the authorized population limit by more than 10 per-
cent: Provided, That for purposes of this section, the term 
‘‘persistent poverty counties’’ means any county that has 
had 20 percent or more of its population living in poverty 
over the past 30 years, as measured by the 1990 and 2000 
decennial censuses, and 2007–2011 American Community 
Survey 5-year average, or any territory or possession of the 
United States: Provided further, That with respect to spe-
cific activities for which program levels have been made 
available by this Act that are not supported by budget au-
thority, the requirements of this section shall be applied to 
such program level.
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SEC. 737. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to notify a sponsor or otherwise acknowl-
edge receipt of a submission for an exemption for investiga-
tional use of a drug or biological product under section 
505(i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 
U.S.C. 355(i)) or section 351(a)(3) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262(a)(3)) in research in which a 
human embryo is intentionally created or modified to in-
clude a heritable genetic modification. Any such submission 
shall be deemed to have not been received by the Secretary, 
and the exemption may not go into effect. 
SEC. 738. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to enforce the final rule pro-
mulgated by the Food and Drug Administration entitled 
‘‘Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and 
Holding of Produce for Human Consumption’’, and pub-
lished on November 27, 2015, with respect to the regulation 
of entities that grow, harvest, pack, or hold wine grapes, 
hops, pulse crops, or almonds. 
SEC. 739. There is hereby appropriated $3,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2025, for a pilot pro-
gram for the National Institute of Food and Agriculture 
to provide grants to nonprofit organizations for programs 
and services to establish and enhance farming and ranching 
opportunities for military veterans.
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SEC. 740. For school years 2023–2024 and 2024–2025, 
none of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to implement or enforce the matter following the first 
comma in the second sentence of footnote (c) of section 
220.8(c) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, with respect 
to the substitution of vegetables for fruits under the school 
breakfast program established under section 4 of the Child 
Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773). 
SEC. 741. None of the funds made available by this 
Act or any other Act may be used— 
(1) in contravention of section 7606 of the Agri-
cultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 5940), subtitle G of the 
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, or section 10114 
of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018; or 
(2) to prohibit the transportation, processing, 
sale, or use of hemp, or seeds of such plant, that is 
grown or cultivated in accordance with section 7606 
of the Agricultural Act of 2014 or subtitle G of the 
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, within or outside 
the State in which the hemp is grown or cultivated. 
SEC. 742. The Secretary of Agriculture may waive the 
matching funds requirement under section 412(g) of the Ag-
ricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act 
of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7632(g)).
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SEC. 743. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, for a pilot program for 
the Secretary to provide grants to qualified non-profit orga-
nizations and public housing authorities to provide tech-
nical assistance, including financial and legal services, to 
RHS multi-family housing borrowers to facilitate the ac-
quisition of RHS multi-family housing properties in areas 
where the Secretary determines a risk of loss of affordable 
housing, by non-profit housing organizations and public 
housing authorities as authorized by law that commit to 
keep such properties in the RHS multi-family housing pro-
gram for a period of time as determined by the Secretary. 
SEC. 744. Of the unobligated balances from amounts 
made available in prior Acts under the heading ‘‘Rural 
Housing Assistance Grants’’ for housing repair grants au-
thorized by section 504 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 
U.S.C. 1474), as amended, $30,000,000 are hereby perma-
nently cancelled: Provided, That no amounts shall be can-
celled from amounts that were designated by the Congress 
as an emergency or disaster relief requirement pursuant to 
the concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 745. Of the unobligated balances of the amounts 
made available for fiscal year 2022 for the ‘‘National Insti-
tute of Food and Agriculture—Research and Extension Ac-
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tivities’’, $307,526,000 are hereby rescinded: Provided, That 
no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pur-
suant to a Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 746. Funds made available under title II of the 
Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.) may only be 
used to provide assistance to recipient nations if adequate 
monitoring and controls, as determined by the Adminis-
trator, are in place to ensure that emergency food aid is 
received by the intended beneficiaries in areas affected by 
food shortages and not diverted for unauthorized or inap-
propriate purposes. 
SEC. 747. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to procure raw or processed poultry prod-
ucts or seafood imported into the United States from the 
People’s Republic of China for use in the school lunch pro-
gram under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), the Child and Adult Care Food 
Program under section 17 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1766), 
the Summer Food Service Program for Children under sec-
tion 13 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1761), or the school breakfast 
program under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
1771 et seq.).
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SEC. 748. For school year 2024–2025, only a school 
food authority that had a negative balance in the nonprofit 
school food service account as of June 30, 2023, shall be 
required to establish a price for paid lunches in accordance 
with section 12(p) of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(p)). 
SEC. 749. Any funds made available by this or any 
other Act that the Secretary withholds pursuant to section 
1668(g)(2) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and 
Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5921(g)(2)), as amended, shall 
be available for grants for biotechnology risk assessment re-
search: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer such 
funds among appropriations of the Department of Agri-
culture for purposes of making such grants. 
SEC. 750. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
no funds available to the Department of Agriculture may 
be used to move any staff office or any agency from the 
mission area in which it was located on August 1, 2018, 
to any other mission area or office within the Department 
in the absence of the enactment of specific legislation affirm-
ing such move. 
SEC. 751. The Secretary, acting through the Chief of 
the Natural Resources Conservation Service, may use funds 
appropriated under this Act or any other Act for the Water-
shed and Flood Prevention Operations Program and the
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Watershed Rehabilitation Program carried out pursuant to 
the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 
U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), and for the Emergency Watershed Pro-
tection Program carried out pursuant to section 403 of the 
Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2203) to provide 
technical services for such programs pursuant to section 
1252(a)(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3851(a)(1)), notwithstanding subsection (c) of such section. 
SEC. 752. In administering the pilot program estab-
lished by section 779 of division A of the Consolidated Ap-
propriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141), the Sec-
retary of Agriculture may, for purposes of determining enti-
ties eligible to receive assistance, consider those communities 
which are ‘‘Areas Rural in Character’’: Provided, That not 
more than 10 percent of the funds made available under 
the heading ‘‘Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and 
Broadband Program’’ for the purposes of the pilot program 
established by section 779 of Public Law 115–141 may be 
used for this purpose. 
SEC. 753. In addition to amounts otherwise made 
available by this Act and notwithstanding the last sentence 
of 16 U.S.C. 1310, there is appropriated $2,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, to implement non-renewable 
agreements on eligible lands, including flooded agricultural
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lands, as determined by the Secretary, under the Water 
Bank Act (16 U.S.C. 1301–1311). 
SEC. 754. Out of amounts appropriated to the Food 
and Drug Administration under title VI, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, acting through the Commis-
sioner of Food and Drugs, shall, not later than September 
30, 2024, and following the review required under Executive 
Order No. 12866 (5 U.S.C. 601 note; relating to regulatory 
planning and review), issue advice revising the advice pro-
vided in the notice of availability entitled ‘‘Advice About 
Eating Fish, From the Environmental Protection Agency 
and Food and Drug Administration; Revised Fish Advice; 
Availability’’ (82 Fed. Reg. 6571 (January 19, 2017)), in 
a manner that is consistent with nutrition science recog-
nized by the Food and Drug Administration on the net ef-
fects of seafood consumption. 
SEC. 755. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, to carry out section 2103 
of Public Law 115–334: Provided, That the Secretary shall 
prioritize the wetland compliance needs of areas with sig-
nificant numbers of individual wetlands, wetland acres, 
and conservation compliance requests. 
SEC. 756. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the acceptable market name of any engineered animal ap-
proved prior to the effective date of the National Bioengi-
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neered Food Disclosure Standard (February 19, 2019) shall 
include the words ‘‘genetically engineered’’ prior to the ex-
isting acceptable market name. 
SEC. 757. The Secretary shall set aside for Rural Eco-
nomic Area Partnership (REAP) Zones, until August 15, 
2024, an amount of funds made available in title III under 
the headings of Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program 
Account, Mutual and Self-Help Housing Grants, Rural 
Housing Assistance Grants, Rural Community Facilities 
Program Account, Rural Business Program Account, Rural 
Development Loan Fund Program Account, and Rural 
Water and Waste Disposal Program Account, equal to the 
amount obligated in REAP Zones with respect to funds 
provided under such headings in the most recent fiscal year 
any such funds were obligated under such headings for 
REAP Zones, excluding the funding provided through any 
Congressionally Directed Spending/Community Project 
Funding. 
SEC. 758. There is hereby appropriated $500,000 to 
carry out the duties of the working group established under 
section 770 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 2019 (Public Law 116–6; 133 Stat. 89). 
SEC. 759. For an additional amount for the Office of 
the Secretary, $9,000,000, to remain available until ex-
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pended, to continue the Institute for Rural Partnerships as 
established in section 778 of Public Law 117–103: Provided, 
That the Institute for Rural Partnerships shall continue to 
dedicate resources to researching the causes and conditions 
of challenges facing rural areas, and develop community 
partnerships to address such challenges: Provided further, 
That administrative or other fees shall not exceed one per-
cent: Provided further, That such partnership shall coordi-
nate and publish an annual report. 
SEC. 760. Funds made available in the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141) for the 
‘‘Rural Community Facilities Program Account’’ under 
section 306 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act, 7 U.S.C. 1926, for the principal amount of direct 
loans are to remain available through fiscal year 2028 for 
the liquidation of valid obligations incurred in fiscal year 
2018. 
SEC. 761. Section 523 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 
U.S.C. 1490c) is amended in subsection (b)(1)(B) by strik-
ing ‘‘two years’’ and inserting ‘‘five years’’. 
SEC. 762. Section 524 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 
U.S.C. 1490d) is amended in subsection (a)(1) by striking 
‘‘two years’’ and inserting ‘‘five years’’. 
SEC. 763. Section 592 of the Stewart B. McKinney 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11408a) is amended—
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(1) in the section heading by striking ‘‘FMHA’’ 
and inserting ‘‘USDA’’; 
(2) in subsection (a), by, in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), striking ‘‘program and nonprogram’’; 
and 
(3) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(b) PRIORITY.—The priority uses of inventory prop-
erty under this section shall be given priority equal to or 
higher than the disposition of such property in accordance 
with priorities determined by the Secretary as necessary to 
protect the best interests of the Federal Government.’’. 
SEC. 764. Section 363 of the Multifamily Mortgage 
Foreclosure Act of 1981 (12 U.S.C. 3702) is amended at 
paragraph (10) by inserting after ‘‘Secretary of Housing 
Urban Development’’ the following: ‘‘and the Secretary of 
Agriculture’’. 
SEC. 765. There is hereby appropriated $3,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2025, for a Bison 
Production and Marketing Grant Program that the Agri-
cultural Marketing Service shall develop and maintain: 
Provided, That this program shall be similar, as determined 
by the Secretary, to the Sheep Production and Marketing 
Grant Program the Department of Agriculture currently 
maintains pursuant to section 209(c) of the Agricultural
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Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1627a(c)), and shall 
prioritize grants to national non-profits and federally char-
tered Tribal organizations that have expertise in bison pro-
duction or marketing. 
SEC. 766. Notwithstanding the Agricultural Marketing 
Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622 et seq.) and 9 CFR part 352, 
the Committee provides an additional $700,000 to the 
USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service to cover vol-
untary meat inspection fees for the slaughtering or proc-
essing of bison/buffalo at Native American owned establish-
ments or establishments operating on tribal lands. 
SEC. 767. Of the unobligated balances available to the 
Department of Agriculture for the Rural Water Operation 
Program under the heading ‘‘Natural Resources Conserva-
tion Service—Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations’’ 
from prior appropriations Acts, $20,000,000 is hereby re-
scinded: Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from 
amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on 
the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 768. If services performed by APHIS employees 
are determined by the Administrator of the Animal and 
Plant Health Inspection Service to be in response to an ani-
mal disease outbreak, any premium pay that is funded, ei-
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ther directly or through reimbursement, shall be exempted 
from the aggregate of basic pay and premium pay cal-
culated under section 5547 of title 5, United States Code, 
and any other provision of law limiting the aggregate 
amount of premium pay payable on a biweekly or calendar 
year basis: Provided, That this section shall take effect as 
if enacted on January 1, 2023. 
SEC. 769. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this or any other Act may be used by 
the Food Safety and Inspection Service to take any action 
that would result in the permanent relocation, demotion, 
or termination of any Supervisory Public Heath Veteri-
narian (SPHV), solely as result of the creation of the Dis-
trict Veterinary Medical Officer position, prior to com-
pleting a 1010 package and cost-benefit analysis, and brief-
ing the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress. 
SEC. 770. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this or any other Act may be used to 
purchase, deploy, or train third parties on the use of M– 
44 sodium cyanide ejector devices (‘‘M–44s’’), including any 
components or parts, or sodium fluoroacetate (‘‘Compound 
1080’’), except for activities directly related to the removal 
of M–44s that have been placed on Federal, Tribal, State 
and private land.
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SEC. 771. Notwithstanding section 521(a)(1)(B) of the 
Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490a(a)(1)(B)), for loans 
made under section 502 (42 U.S.C. 1472), the Secretary of 
Agriculture may provide the borrower with assistance in 
the form of credits so as to reduce the effective interest rate 
to a rate not less than 2 per centum per annum for such 
periods of time as the Secretary may determine for appli-
cants described in section 521(a)(1)(A) (42 U.S.C. 
1490a(a)(1)(A)) if without such assistance such applicants 
could not afford the dwelling or make payments on the in-
debtedness of the rental or cooperative housing. 
SEC. 772. Any rule-making, notice or guidance of or 
regarding USDA Proposed Rule (Child Nutrition Pro-
grams: Revisions to Meal Patterns Consistent With the 2020 
Dietary Guidelines for Americans; RIN 0584–AE88) shall 
allow and provide meal reimbursement for (or ‘‘low fat or 
fat free’’) flavored milk in National School Lunch Program 
and School Breakfast Program for grades Kindergarten 
through 12th grade and in Child and Adult Care Food Pro-
gram for participants 5 years of age and older, and for 
any other program complying with the meal pattern re-
quirements covered in such final rule. 
SEC. 773. Weekly sodium limits that may be included 
in any rule-making, notice or guidance of or regarding 
USDA Proposed Rule (Child Nutrition Programs: Revi-
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sions to Meal Patterns Consistent With the 2020 Dietary 
Guidelines for Americans; RIN 0584–AE88) shall exclude 
sodium used for food safety and functional purposes in 
cheese-making, as determined by the Secretary, in consulta-
tion with FDA. Sodium limits will not take effect until the 
Secretary determines the amounts which shall be excluded. 
SEC. 774. Notwithstanding section 521(a)(1)(B) of the 
Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C 1490a(a)(1)(B)), for loans 
made under section 502 (42 U.S.C. 1472), the Secretary of 
Agriculture may provide the borrower with assistance in 
the form of credits so as to reduce the effective interest rate 
to a rate not less than 2 per centum per annum for such 
periods of time as the Secretary may determine for appli-
cants described in section 521(a)(1)(A) (42 U.S.C. 
1490a(a)(1)(A)) if without such assistance such applicants 
could not afford the dwelling or make payments on the in-
debtedness of the rental or cooperative housing. 
SEC. 775. Section 542(b)(2) of the Housing Act, (42 
U.S.C. 1490r), is amended by striking ‘‘5,000’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘10,000’’. 
SEC. 776. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of per-
sonnel— 
(1) to inspect horses under section 3 of the Fed-
eral Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603);
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(2) to inspect horses under section 903 of the 
Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 
1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 104–127); or 
(3) to implement or enforce section 352.19 of 
title 9, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor 
regulation). 
SEC. 777. (a) There is appropriated $3,000,000 for the 
emergency and transitional pet shelter and housing assist-
ance grant program established under section 12502(b) of 
the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (34 U.S.C. 
20127). 
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
the total amount rescinded in section 745 is increased by 
$3,000,000. 
SEC. 778. (a) For an additional amount for ‘‘Agricul-
tural Programs—Agricultural Research Service—Salaries 
and Expenses’’, there is appropriated, out of amounts in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, for research on East Coast 
shellfish. 
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
the amount made available by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Farm Production and Conservation Programs—Farm 
Service Agency—State Mediation Grants’’ in title II shall 
be $6,000,000.
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SEC. 779. (a) For an additional amount for ‘‘Agricul-
tural Programs—Agricultural Research Service—Salaries 
and Expenses’’, there is appropriated $1,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, for cooperative agreements with 
qualified nonprofit organizations to expedite research using 
plant genomics to develop drought- and disease-resistant 
peanut varieties and other crops. 
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
the amount appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Agricultural Programs—Processing, Research, and Mar-
keting—Office of the Secretary’’ in title I for the Office of 
Communications shall be reduced by $1,000,000. 
SEC. 780. For an additional amount for ‘‘Agricultural 
Programs—National Institute of Food and Agriculture— 
Research and Education Activities’’, for competitive grants 
to assist in the facility construction, alteration, acquisition, 
modernization, renovation, or remodeling of agricultural 
research facilities, as authorized by the Research Facilities 
Act (7 U.S.C. 390 et seq.), there is hereby appropriated, 
and the amount otherwise provided by this Act for ‘‘Agricul-
tural Programs—Processing, Research, and Marketing— 
Office of the Secretary’’ is hereby reduced by, $2,000,000. 
SEC. 781. Not later than 90 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall sub-
mit to Congress a report describing a plan for improving
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staffing at the Farm Service Agency and the Natural Re-
sources Conservation Service at the county level, including 
recommendations for actions that Congress may take. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024’’.
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DIVISION C—TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING 
AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RE-
LATED 
AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS 
ACT, 2024 
The following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban 
Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2024, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
$191,295,000: Provided, That of the sums appropriated 
under this heading— 
(1) $3,770,000 shall be available for the imme-
diate Office of the Secretary; 
(2) $1,370,000 shall be available for the imme-
diate Office of the Deputy Secretary; 
(3) $32,272,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the General Counsel; 
(4) $20,064,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy, 
of which $2,000,000 is for the Office for Multimodal
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Freight Infrastructure and Policy: Provided, That the 
Secretary must obtain reprogramming approval from 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
under section 405 of this Act prior to executing the 
authorities of section 118(g)(2)–(3) of title 49, United 
States Code; 
(5) $22,724,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs; 
(6) $7,138,000,000 shall be available for the Of-
fice of the Assistant Secretary for Governmental Af-
fairs; 
(7) $43,284,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Assistant Secretary for Administration; 
(8) $6,244,000 shall be available for the Office of 
Public Affairs and Public Engagement; 
(9) $2,515,000 shall be available for the Office of 
the Executive Secretariat; 
(10) $16,506,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Intelligence, Security, and Emergency Response; 
(11) $33,879,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Chief Information Officer; and 
(12) $1,529,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Tribal Government Affairs: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Transportation (re-
ferred to in this title as the ‘‘Secretary’’) is authorized to
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transfer funds appropriated for any office of the Office of 
the Secretary to any other office of the Office of the Sec-
retary: Provided further, That no appropriation for any of-
fice shall be increased or decreased by more than 7 percent 
by all such transfers: Provided further, That notice of any 
change in funding greater than 7 percent shall be submitted 
for approval to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations: Provided further, That not to exceed $70,000 
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, there may be credited to this appro-
priation up to $2,500,000 in funds received in user fees. 
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses related to the Office of the As-
sistant 
Secretary 
for 
Research 
and 
Technology, 
$51,358,000, of which $35,745,000 shall remain available 
until expended: Provided, That of such amounts that are 
available until expended, $14,750,000 shall be for necessary 
expenses of the Advanced Research Projects Agency—Infra-
structure (ARPA–I) as authorized by section 119 of title 
49, United States Code: Provided further, That within the 
funds made available under the previous proviso, not less 
than $8,000,000 shall be available for research on dura-
bility, resiliency, and sustainability of bridges and other
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infrastructure and shall be directed to an accredited univer-
sity of higher education in the northeast United States that 
has experience leading a regional University Transpor-
tation Center and a proven record of developing, patenting, 
deploying, and commercializing innovative composite mate-
rials and technologies for bridge and other transportation 
applications, as well as conducting research and developing 
prototypes using very large-scale polymer-based additive 
manufacturing: Provided further, That there may be cred-
ited 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, 
regulation, judicial proceedings, or elsewhere to the Re-
search and Innovative Technology Administration shall 
continue to be deemed to be a reference to the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology of the De-
partment of Transportation. 
NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out a local and re-
gional project assistance grant program under section 6702 
of title 49, United States Code, $800,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That section 6702(f)(2) 
of title 49, United States Code, shall not apply to amounts
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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 $20,000,000 shall be 
awarded to projects in historically disadvantaged commu-
nities or areas of persistent poverty as defined 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, prepara-
tion, or design of eligible projects: Provided further, That 
grants awarded under this heading in this Act for eligible 
projects for planning, preparation, or design shall not be 
subject to a minimum grant 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 geographic 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 transportation 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
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$45,000,000: 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 
available 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 con-
tribution 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 allo-
cated 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, prepara-
tion, 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 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 Administra-
tors of the Federal Aviation Administration, the Federal
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Highway Administration, the Federal Transit Administra-
tion, the Federal Railroad Administration and the Mari-
time Administration to fund the award and oversight of 
grants and credit assistance made under the program au-
thorized 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 solely on the selection criteria as iden-
tified under section 6702(d)(3) and (d)(4) of title 49, 
United States Code. 
NATIONAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AND INNOVATIVE 
FINANCE BUREAU 
For necessary expenses of the National Surface Trans-
portation and Innovative Finance Bureau as authorized by 
49 U.S.C. 116, $9,558,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: 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, 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 instruments: Provided 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
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not subject to any obligation limitation or the limitation 
on administrative expenses under section 608 of title 23, 
United States Code. 
RURAL AND TRIBAL INFRASTRUCTURE ADVANCEMENT 
For necessary expenses to carry out rural and Tribal 
infrastructure advancement as authorized in section 21205 
of Public Law 117–58, $25,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2026: Provided, That the Secretary 
may enter into cooperative agreements with philanthropic 
entities, non-profit organizations, other Federal agencies, 
State or local governments and their agencies, Indian 
Tribes, or other technical assistance providers, to provide 
such technical assistance, planning, and capacity building 
to State, local, or Tribal governments, United States terri-
tories, metropolitan planning organizations, transit agen-
cies, or other political subdivisions of State or local govern-
ments. 
RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT FINANCING 
PROGRAM 
The Secretary is authorized to issue direct loans and 
loan guarantees pursuant to chapter 224 of title 49, United 
States Code, and such authority shall exist as long as any 
such direct loan or loan guarantee is outstanding.
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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, 2025. 
CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVES 
For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, 
including necessary upgrades to network and information 
technology infrastructure, improvement of identity manage-
ment 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, $49,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2025. 
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$18,228,000. 
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, $24,069,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 
$5,436,000 shall be for necessary expenses of the Interagency
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Infrastructure Permitting Improvement Center (IIPIC): 
Provided further, That there may be transferred to this ap-
propriation, to remain available until expended, amounts 
transferred from other Federal agencies for expenses in-
curred 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 agencies provide fund-
ing to the Department in accordance with the preceding 
proviso: Provided further, That of the amounts made avail-
able under this heading, $3,443,000 shall be made available 
for the purposes, and in amounts, specified for Congression-
ally Directed Spending in the table entitled ‘‘Congression-
ally Directed Spending’’ included in the report accom-
panying this Act. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for operating costs and capital 
outlays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed 
$522,165,000, 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-
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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 provided 
in Public Law 117–58: Provided further, That no funds 
made available by this Act to an agency of the Department 
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 assessments and the basis therefor are 
presented to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations and are approved by such Committees. 
SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS UTILIZATION AND 
OUTREACH 
For necessary expenses for small and disadvantaged 
business utilization and outreach activities, $5,330,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2025: Provided, That 
notwithstanding section 332 of title 49, United States Code, 
such amounts may be used for business opportunities re-
lated to any mode of transportation: Provided further, That 
appropriations made available under this heading shall be 
available for any purpose consistent with prior year appro-
priations that were made available under the heading ‘‘Of-
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fice of the Secretary—Minority Business Resource Center 
Program’’. 
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, $348,554,000, to be derived from the Airport and Air-
way Trust Fund, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That in determining between or among carriers com-
peting to provide service to a community, the Secretary 
may consider the relative subsidy requirements of the car-
riers: Provided further, That basic essential air service min-
imum requirements shall not include the 15-passenger ca-
pacity requirement under section 41732(b)(3) of title 49, 
United States Code: Provided further, That amounts au-
thorized to be distributed for the essential air service pro-
gram under section 41742(b) of title 49, United States Code, 
shall be made available immediately from amounts other-
wise provided to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration: Provided further, That the Administrator 
may reimburse such amounts from fees credited to the ac-
count established under section 45303 of title 49, United 
States Code: Provided further, That, notwithstanding sec-
tion 41733 of title 49, United States Code, for fiscal year
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2024, the requirements established under subparagraphs 
(B) and (C) of section 41731(a)(1) of title 49, United States 
Code, and the subsidy cap established by section 332 of the 
Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Ap-
propriations Act, 2000, shall not apply to maintain eligi-
bility under section 41731 of title 49, United States Code. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
OF TRANSPORTATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. None of the funds made available by 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 operating administrations in this Act, 
except 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. 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.
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SEC. 103. In addition to authority provided by section 
327 of title 49, United States Code, the Department’s Work-
ing Capital Fund is authorized to provide partial or full 
payments in advance and accept subsequent reimburse-
ments 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 sec-
tion 3049 of SAFETEA–LU (5 U.S.C. 7905 note): Pro-
vided, That the Department shall maintain a reasonable 
operating reserve in the Working Capital Fund, to be ex-
pended in advance to provide uninterrupted transit benefits 
to Government employees: Provided further, That such re-
serve shall not exceed 1 month of benefits payable and may 
be used only for the purpose of providing for the continu-
ation of transit benefits: Provided further, That the Working 
Capital Fund shall be fully reimbursed by each customer 
agency from available funds for the actual cost of the transit 
benefit. 
SEC. 104. Receipts collected in the Department’s Work-
ing Capital Fund, as authorized by section 327 of title 49, 
United States Code, for unused transit and van pool bene-
fits, in an amount not to exceed 10 percent of fiscal year 
2023 collections, shall be available until expended in the 
Department’s Working Capital Fund to provide contractual
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services in support of section 189 of this Act: Provided, That 
obligations in fiscal year 2024 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 bonuses 
for an employee of the Department of Transportation with-
out 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 return 
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 
credit assistance unless not less than 3 days before any ap-
plication approval to provide credit assistance under sec-
tions 603 and 604 of title 23, United States Code, the Sec-
retary provides notification in writing to the following com-
mittees: the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions; the Committee on Environment and Public Works 
and the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Af-
fairs of the Senate; and the Committee on Transportation
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and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives: Pro-
vided, That such notification shall include, but not be lim-
ited to, the name of the project sponsor; a description 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. 
SEC. 108. (a) Amounts made available to the Secretary 
of Transportation or the Department of Transportation’s 
operating administrations in this Act for the costs of award, 
administration, or oversight of financial assistance under 
the programs identified in subsection (c) may be transferred 
to the account identified in section 801 of division J of Pub-
lic Law 117–58, to remain available until expended, for 
the necessary expenses of award, administration, or over-
sight of any financial assistance programs in the Depart-
ment of Transportation. 
(b) Amounts transferred under the authority in this 
section are available in addition to amounts otherwise 
available for such purpose. 
(c) The program from which funds made available 
under this Act may be transferred under subsection (a) 
are— 
(1) the local and regional project assistance pro-
gram under section 6702 of title 49, United States 
Code; and
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(2) the university transportation centers pro-
gram under section 5505 of title 49, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 109. Of the amounts made available under the 
heading ‘‘National Infrastructure Investments’’, up to 
$75,000,000 shall be available— 
(1) First, to fully fund the projects at the 
amounts for which they applied under section 109B 
of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (divi-
sion L of Public Law 117–328) and were not fully 
funded; and 
(2) Second, to fund highway infrastructure 
projects for which the initial grant agreement was ex-
ecuted between January 14, 2021 and February 14, 
2021 for awards made from the National Infrastruc-
ture Investments program under title I of division G 
of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 (Public 
Law 116–6): Provided, That sponsors of projects eligi-
ble for funds made available under subsection shall 
provide sufficient written justification describing, at 
a minimum, the current project cost estimate, why 
the project cannot be completed with the obligated 
grant amount, and any other relevant information, as 
determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That 
funds made available under this subsection shall be
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allocated to projects eligible to receive funding under 
this section in order of the date the grant agreements 
were initially executed: Provided further, That the al-
location under the previous proviso will be for the 
amounts necessary to cover increases to eligible 
project costs since the grant was obligated, based on 
the information provided: Provided further, That sec-
tion 200.204 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations, 
shall not apply to amounts made available under this 
section: Provided further, That the amounts made 
available under this section shall not be subject to 
limitations under section 6702(c) of title 49, United 
States Code: Provided further, That the amounts 
made available under this section shall not be part of 
the Federal share of total project costs under section 
6702(e)(1) of title 49, United States Code: Provided 
further, That section 6702(f) of title 49, United States 
Code, shall not apply to amounts made available 
under this section: Provided further, That the Office 
of the Secretary of Transportation shall provide the 
amounts allocated to projects under this section no 
later than 120 days after the date the sufficient writ-
ten justifications required under this section have 
been submitted.
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SEC. 109A. Of the unobligated balances of funds made 
available for ‘‘Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement 
Financing Program’’ in section 109 of division L of Public 
Law 117–103, $8,973,000 are hereby permanently re-
scinded. 
SEC. 109B. For amounts provided for this fiscal year 
and prior fiscal years, section 24112(c)(2)(B) of Public Law 
117–58 shall be applied by substituting ‘‘30 percent’’ for 
‘‘40 percent’’. 
SEC. 109C. The remaining unobligated balances, as of 
September 30, 2024, from amounts made available for the 
‘‘Department of Transportation—Office of the Secretary— 
National Infrastructure Investments’’ in division L of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116– 
260) are hereby permanently rescinded, and an amount of 
additional new budget authority equivalent to the amount 
rescinded is hereby appropriated on September 30, 2024, 
to remain available until September 30, 2027, and shall 
be available, without additional competition, for completing 
the funding of awards made pursuant to the fiscal year 
2021 national infrastructure investments program, in addi-
tion to other funds as may be available for such purposes: 
Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts 
that were designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budg-
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et or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985. 
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, the lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles 
for replacement only, $12,740,627,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2025, of which $12,103,596,000 to be 
derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund: Pro-
vided, That of the amounts made available under this head-
ing— 
(1) not less than $1,745,532,000 shall be avail-
able for aviation safety activities; 
(2) $9,444,828,000 shall be available for air traf-
fic organization activities; 
(3) $42,018,000 shall be available for commercial 
space transportation activities;
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(4) $949,376,000 shall be available for finance 
and management activities; 
(5) $70,097,000 shall be available for NextGen 
and operations planning activities; 
(6) $163,951,000 shall be available for security 
and hazardous materials safety activities; and 
(7) $324,825,000 shall be available for staff of-
fices: 
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 heading: Pro-
vided further, That no transfer may increase or decrease 
any appropriation under this heading by more than 5 per-
cent: Provided further, That any transfer in excess of 5 per-
cent shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under 
section 405 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga-
tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce-
dures set forth in that section: Provided further, That not 
later than 60 days after the submission of the budget re-
quest, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration 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 Reau-
thorization Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note): Provided further, 
That the amounts made available under this heading shall
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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 air-
craft certification staff in a format similar to the one uti-
lized for the controller staffing plan, including stated attri-
tion estimates and numerical hiring goals by fiscal year: 
Provided further, That the amounts made available under 
this heading shall be reduced by $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 organi-
zation to assist in the development of aviation safety stand-
ards: Provided further, That none of the funds made avail-
able 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 avail-
able for the Federal Aviation Administration to finalize or 
implement any regulation that would promulgate new avia-
tion user fees not specifically authorized by law after the 
date of the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That
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there may be credited to this appropriation, as offsetting 
collections, funds received from States, counties, munici-
palities, 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, re-
newal 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 amounts made available 
under this heading, not less than $194,000,000 shall be used 
to 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 dur-
ing 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 co-
ordinated through, the Working Capital Fund: Provided 
further, That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act or any other Act may be used 
to eliminate the Contract Weather Observers program at 
any airport.
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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 made available under this heading, including 
aircraft for aviation regulation and certification; to be de-
rived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, 
$3,429,000,000, of which $635,000,000 is for personnel and 
related expenses and shall remain available until September 
30, 2025, $2,692,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2026, and $102,000,000 is for terminal facilities 
and shall remain available until September 30, 2028: Pro-
vided, That there may be credited to this appropriation 
funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other
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public authorities, and private sources, for expenses in-
curred in the establishment, improvement, and moderniza-
tion of national airspace systems: Provided further, That 
not later than 60 days after submission of the budget re-
quest, the Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to the 
Congress an investment plan for the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration which includes funding for each budget line 
item for fiscal years 2025 through 2029, 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 
Management and Budget: Provided further, That section 
405 of this Act shall apply to amounts made available 
under this heading in title VIII of the Infrastructure Invest-
ments and Jobs Appropriations Act (division J of Public 
Law 117–58): Provided further, That the amounts in the 
table entitled ‘‘Allocation of Funds for FAA Facilities and 
Equipment from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs 
Act—Fiscal Year 2024’’ in the report accompanying this 
Act shall be the baseline for application of reprogramming 
and transfer authorities for the current fiscal year pursuant 
to paragraph (7) of such section 405 for amounts referred 
to in the preceding proviso: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding paragraphs (5) and (6) of such section 405, 
unless prior approval is received from the House and Sen-
ate Committees on Appropriations, not to exceed 10 percent
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of any funding level specified for projects and activities in 
the table referred to in the preceding proviso may be trans-
ferred to any other funding level specified for projects and 
activities in such table and no transfer of such funding lev-
els may increase or decrease any funding level in such table 
by more than 10 percent: Provided further, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading for terminal 
facilities, $15,000,000 shall be made available for the pur-
poses, and in amounts, specified for Congressionally Di-
rected Spending in the table entitled ‘‘Congressionally Di-
rected Spending’’ included in the report accompanying this 
Act: Provided further, That, of the amounts made available 
under this heading in this Act, $469,000,000 is designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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, $260,000,000, to 
be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and 
to remain available until September 30, 2026: Provided,
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That there may be credited to this appropriation as offset-
ting collections, funds received from States, counties, mu-
nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources, 
which shall be available for expenses incurred for research, 
engineering, and development: Provided further, That 
amounts made available under this heading shall be used 
in accordance with the report accompanying this Act: Pro-
vided further, That not to exceed 10 percent of any funding 
level specified under this heading in the report accom-
panying this Act may be transferred to any other funding 
level specified under this heading in the report accom-
panying this Act: Provided further, That no transfer may 
increase or decrease any funding level by more than 10 per-
cent: Provided further, That any transfer in excess of 10 
percent shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under 
section 405 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga-
tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce-
dures 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-
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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, 
$3,350,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That none of the amounts made available under this 
heading shall be available for the planning or execution of 
programs the obligations for which are in excess of 
$3,350,000,000, in fiscal year 2024, notwithstanding sec-
tion 47117(g) of title 49, United States Code: Provided fur-
ther, 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: Provided 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 section for subgrants or
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paragraph (3) of such 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 amounts 
limited under this heading, not less than $157,475,000 shall 
be available for administration, $15,000,000 shall be avail-
able for the Airport Cooperative Research Program, 
$41,801,000 shall be available for Airport Technology Re-
search, and $10,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be available and transferred to ‘‘Office of the 
Secretary, Salaries and Expenses’’ to carry out the Small 
Community Air Service Development 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 com-
munity 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 pro-
posals. 
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 chapter
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471 and subchapter 1 of chapter 475 of title 49, United 
States Code, $500,728,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2026: Provided, That amounts made avail-
able 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 sums appropriated 
under this heading— 
(1) $200,728,000 shall be made available for the 
purposes, and in amounts, specified for Congression-
ally Directed Spending in the table entitled ‘‘Congres-
sionally Directed Spending’’ included in the report 
accompanying this Act: Provided, That funds made 
available under this section shall not be subject to or 
considered under section 47115(j)(3)(B) of title 49, 
United States Code; 
(2) up to $300,000,000 shall be made available 
to the Secretary to distribute as discretionary grants 
to airports, of which not less than $25,000,000 shall 
be made available to any commercial service airport, 
notwithstanding the requirement for the airport to be 
located in an air quality nonattainment or mainte-
nance area or to be able to receive emission credits in 
section 47102(3)(K) and 47102(3)(L) of title 49,
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United States Code, for work necessary to construct or 
modify airport facilities to provide low-emission fuel 
systems, gate electrification, other related air quality 
improvements, acquisition of airport-owned vehicles 
or ground support equipment with low-emission tech-
nology; and 
(3) not less than $3,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for two remaining projects under section 190 of 
the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 
115–254): Provided, That, notwithstanding subsection 
(j)(2) of section 190 of the FAA Reauthorization Act 
of 2018 (Public Law 115–254), such grants shall be 
made available for conducting testing activities in 
support of studying the effectiveness of existing feder-
ally funded sound insulation in residential areas lo-
cated within the 65 DNL noise contour of a large-hub 
airport that will facilitate future environmental miti-
gation projects in these areas: Provided further, That, 
with respect to a project funded under the previous 
proviso, the allowable project cost for such project 
shall be calculated without consideration of any costs 
that were previously paid by the Government: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may make discre-
tionary grants to primary airports for airport-owned infra-
structure required for the on-airport distribution or storage
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of sustainable aviation fuels that achieve at least a 50 per-
cent reduction in lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions, using 
a methodology determined by the Secretary, including, but 
not limited to, on-airport construction or expansion of pipe-
lines, rail lines and spurs, loading and off-loading facilities, 
blending facilities, and storage tanks: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may make discretionary grants with 
funds made available under this heading to primary or 
nonprimary airports for the acquisition or construction 
costs related to airport-owned, revenue-producing aero-
nautical fuel farms and fueling systems, including mobile 
systems, that the Secretary determines will promote the use 
of unleaded or sustainable aviation fuels on a non-exclusive 
basis: Provided further, That the Secretary may make dis-
cretionary grants for airport development improvements of 
primary runways, taxiways, and aprons necessary at a 
nonhub, small hub, medium hub, or large hub airport to 
increase operational resilience for the purpose of resuming 
commercial service flight operations following flooding, high 
water, hurricane, storm surge, tidal wave, tornado, tsu-
nami, wind driven water, or winter storms: Provided fur-
ther, That the amounts made available under this heading 
shall not be subject to any limitation on obligations for the 
Grants-in-Aid for Airports program set forth in any Act: 
Provided further, That the Administrator of the Federal
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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 Administrator of grants made 
under this heading. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
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 develop-
ment center contract between the Federal Aviation Admin-
istration and the Center for Advanced Aviation Systems 
Development during fiscal year 2024. 
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-
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 sec-
tion does not apply to negotiations between the agency and 
airport sponsors to achieve agreement on ‘‘below-market’’ 
rates for these items or to grant assurances that require air-
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port sponsors to provide land without cost to the Federal 
Aviation Administration for air traffic control facilities. 
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 available 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 appro-
priation 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 
Aviation Administration employee unless such employee ac-
tually 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.
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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 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, Mode S transponder code, flight identification, 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 aircraft’s move-
ments, except data made available to a Government 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 than 
nine political and Presidential appointees in the Federal 
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 Commit-
tees on Appropriations a report that justifies all fees related 
to aeronautical navigation products and explains how such 
fees are consistent with Executive Order No. 13642.
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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 business 
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 Pro-
gram participants so long as the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration has received an application from the airport, and 
so long as the Administrator determines such tower is eligi-
ble using the factors set forth in Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration 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 center, or 
the technical center unless the Administrator submits a re-
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quest for the reprogramming of funds under section 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 Octo-
ber 5, 2018 and ending on December 31, 2021; or 
(2) on or after January 1, 2022 for transferor 
airports located in a non-contiguous States. 
SEC. 119F. Of the unobligated balances available to 
the Federal Aviation Administration, the following funds 
are hereby permanently rescinded: 
(1) $1,590,528.89 from funds made available for 
‘‘Federal Aviation Administration—Facilities and 
Equipment’’, which were to remain available until 
expended, by title I of Public Law 104–50; and
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(2) $2,878.02 from funds made available for 
‘‘Federal Aviation Administration—Facilities and 
Equipment’’ by chapter 10, division B, of Public Law 
108–324. 
SEC. 119G. None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act shall be used to facilitate the assignment 
of individuals from a private-sector organization to the 
FAA to serve on a temporary basis. 
SEC. 119H. Using amounts made available for the 
Federal Aviation Administration under this Act that are 
not otherwise obligated, the Secretary of Transportation 
shall submit a report to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations on whether, and the degree to which, the 
Federal Aviation Administration’s workforce development 
programs authorized in section 625 of the FAA Reauthor-
ization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–254) have: (1) helped 
to expand the pool of prospective applicants to the industry; 
(2) strengthened aviation programs at minority-serving in-
stitutions, public institutions of higher education, women- 
focused institutions, and public postsecondary vocational 
institutions; and (3) encouraged the participation of popu-
lations that are underrepresented in the aviation workforce, 
including women, minorities, and individuals in economi-
cally disadvantaged geographic areas and rural commu-
nities. In submitting this report, the Federal Aviation Ad-
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ministration shall also provide recommendations on how it 
can better use its workforce development grant programs to: 
(1) expand the pool of prospective applicants to the indus-
try; (2) strengthen aviation programs at minority-serving 
institutions, public institutions of higher education, 
women-focused institutions, and public postsecondary voca-
tional institutions; and (3) encourage the participation of 
populations that are underrepresented in the aviation work-
force, including women, minorities, and individuals in eco-
nomically disadvantaged geographic areas and rural com-
munities. 
SEC. 119I. Of the funds made available in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Department of Transportation—Fed-
eral Aviation Administration—Facilities and Equipment’’, 
$29,350,000 shall be for the aeronautical information man-
agement program, which includes Federal notices to air 
missions (‘‘NOTAM’’) sustainment, enhancements, and 
modernization in support of the NOTAM Improvement Act 
of 2023 (49 U.S.C. 40101 note). 
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Not to exceed $483,551,671 together with advances and 
reimbursements received by the Federal Highway Adminis-
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tration, shall be obligated for necessary expenses for admin-
istration and operation of the Federal Highway Adminis-
tration: Provided, That in addition, $3,248,000 shall be 
transferred to the Appalachian Regional Commission in ac-
cordance 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 authorized Federal-aid highway and highway safety con-
struction programs shall not exceed total obligations of 
$60,095,782,888 for fiscal year 2024: 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), unless 
otherwise specified in law. 
(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, $60,792,659,888 shall be derived 
from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 
Account), to remain available until expended.
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HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
There is hereby appropriated to the Secretary 
$2,046,738,000: 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 
2024 in this or any other Act for: (1) ‘‘Federal-aid High-
ways’’ under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code; (2) 
the Appalachian Development Highway System as author-
ized under section 1069(y) of Public Law 102–240; (3) the 
nationally significant Federal lands and Tribal projects 
program under section 1123 of the FAST Act, as amended 
(23 U.S.C. 201 note); (4) the Northern Border Regional 
Commission (40 U.S.C. 15101 et seq.); or (5) the Denali 
Commission, and shall not affect the distribution or amount 
of funds provided in any other Act: Provided further, That, 
except for the funds made available under this heading for 
the Northern Border Regional Commission and the Denali 
Commission, section 11101(e) of Public Law 117–58 shall 
apply to funds made available under this heading: Provided 
further, That unless otherwise specified, amounts made 
available under this heading shall be available until Sep-
tember 30, 2027, and shall not be subject to any limitation 
on obligations for Federal-aid highways or highway safety 
construction programs set forth in any Act making annual
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appropriations: Provided further, That of the sums appro-
priated under this heading— 
(1) $701,738,000 shall be for the purposes, and 
in the amounts, specified for Congressionally Directed 
Spending in the table entitled ‘‘Congressionally Di-
rected Spending’’ included in the report accom-
panying this Act: Provided, That, except as otherwise 
provided under this heading, the funds made avail-
able 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, except that the set- 
asides described in subparagraph (C) of section 
202(b)(3) of title 23, United States Code, and sub-
sections (a)(6), (c), and (e) of section 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 expenses 
for construction of the Appalachian Development 
Highway System, as authorized under section 
1069(y) of Public Law 102–240: Provided, That for 
the purposes of funds made available under this para-
graph, the term ‘‘Appalachian State’’ means a State
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that contains 1 or more counties (including any polit-
ical subdivision located within the area) in the Appa-
lachian region as defined in section 14102(a) of title 
40, United States Code: Provided further, That funds 
made available under this heading for construction of 
the Appalachian Development Highway System shall 
remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That, except as provided in the following proviso, 
funds made available under this heading for construc-
tion of the Appalachian Development Highway Sys-
tem 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 Highway System shall be 
carried out in the same manner as a project under 
section 14501 of title 40, United States Code: Pro-
vided further, That subject to the following proviso, 
funds made available under this heading for construc-
tion of the Appalachian Development Highway Sys-
tem shall be apportioned to Appalachian States ac-
cording to the percentages derived from the 2012 Ap-
palachian Development Highway System Cost-to- 
Complete Estimate, adopted in Appalachian Regional 
Commission Resolution Number 736, and confirmed
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as each Appalachian State’s relative share of the esti-
mated 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 De-
velopment Highway System Completion Report, un-
less those States have modified and assigned a higher 
priority for completion of an Appalachian Develop-
ment Highway System corridor, as reported in the 
2020 Appalachian Development Highway System Fu-
ture Outlook: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall adjust apportionments made under the pre-
ceding proviso so that no Appalachian State shall be 
apportioned an amount in excess of 30 percent of the 
amount made available for construction of the Appa-
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 construc-
tion of the Appalachian Development Highway Sys-
tem under this heading shall be up to 100 percent; 
(3) $10,000,000 shall be for the nationally sig-
nificant Federal lands and Tribal projects program
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under section 1123 of the FAST Act (23 U.S.C. 201 
note); 
(4) $10,000,000 shall be transferred to the North-
ern Border Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 15101 et 
seq.) to make grants, in addition to amounts other-
wise made available to the Northern Border Regional 
Commission for such purpose, to carry out pilot 
projects that demonstrate the capabilities of wood- 
based infrastructure projects: Provided, That a grant 
made with funds made available under this para-
graph shall be administered in the same manner as 
a grant made under subtitle V of title 40, United 
States Code; 
(5) $5,000,000 shall be transferred to the Denali 
Commission for activities eligible under section 307(e) 
of the Denali Commission Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 
3121 note; Public Law 105–277): Provided, That 
funds made available under this paragraph shall not 
be subject to section 311 of such Act: Provided further, 
That except as otherwise provided under section 
307(e) of such Act or this heading, funds made avail-
able under this paragraph shall be administered as if 
directly appropriated to the Denali Commission and 
subject to applicable provisions of such Act, including 
the requirement in section 307(e) of such Act that the
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local community provides a 10 percent non-Federal 
match in the form of any necessary land or planning 
and design funds: Provided further, That such funds 
shall be available until expended: Provided further, 
That the Federal share of the costs for which an ex-
penditure is made with funds transferred under this 
paragraph shall be up to 90 percent; 
(6) $15,000,000 shall be transferred to the Denali 
Commission to carry out the Denali Access System 
Program under section 309 of the Denali Commission 
Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 3121 note; Public Law 105– 
277): Provided, That a transfer under this paragraph 
shall not be subject to section 311 of such Act: Pro-
vided further, That except as otherwise provided 
under this heading, funds made available under this 
paragraph shall be administered as if directly appro-
priated to the Denali Commission and subject to ap-
plicable provisions of such Act: Provided further, That 
funds made available under this paragraph shall not 
be subject to section 309(j)(2) of such Act: Provided 
further, That funds made available under this para-
graph shall be available until expended: Provided fur-
ther, That the Federal share of the costs for which an 
expenditure is made with funds transferred under this 
paragraph shall be up to 100 percent;
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(7) $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 per-
cent; 
(8) $45,000,000 shall be for the active transpor-
tation infrastructure investment program under sec-
tion 11529 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs 
Act (23 U.S.C. 217 note): Provided, That except as 
otherwise provided under such section or 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 shall re-
main available until expended; 
(9) $3,000,000 shall be to carry out the Polli-
nator-Friendly Practices on Roadsides and Highway 
Rights-of-Way Program under section 332 of title 23, 
United States Code; 
(10) $1,145,000,000 shall be for a bridge replace-
ment and rehabilitation program: Provided, That, for 
the purposes of funds made available under this para-
graph, the term ‘‘State’’ means any of the 50 States
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or the District of Columbia and the term ‘‘qualifying 
State’’ means any State in which the percentage of 
total deck area of bridges classified as in poor condi-
tion in such State is at least 5 percent or in which 
the percentage of total bridges classified as in poor 
condition in such State is at least 5 percent: Provided 
further, That, of the funds made available under this 
paragraph, the Secretary shall reserve $6,000,000 for 
each State that does not meet the definition of a 
qualifying State: Provided further, That, after mak-
ing the reservations under the preceding proviso, the 
Secretary shall distribute the remaining funds made 
available under this paragraph to each qualifying 
State by the proportion that the percentage of total 
deck area of bridges classified as in poor condition in 
such qualifying State bears to the sum of the percent-
ages of total deck area of bridges classified as in poor 
condition in all qualifying States: Provided further, 
That, of the funds made available under this para-
graph— 
(A) no qualifying State shall receive more 
than $60,000,000; 
(B) each State shall receive an amount not 
less than $6,000,000; and
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(C) after calculating the distribution of 
funds pursuant to the preceding proviso, any 
amount in excess of $60,000,000 shall be redis-
tributed equally among each State that does not 
meet the Definition of a qualifying State: 
Provided further, That the funds made available 
under this paragraph shall be used for highway 
bridge replacement or rehabilitation projects on pub-
lic roads: Provided further, That for purposes of this 
paragraph, the Secretary shall calculate the percent-
ages of total deck area of bridges (including the per-
centages of total deck area classified as in poor condi-
tion) and the percentages of total bridge counts (in-
cluding the percentages of total bridges classified as 
in poor condition) based on the National Bridge In-
ventory as of December 31, 2018: Provided further, 
That, except as otherwise provided under this head-
ing, the funds made available under this paragraph 
shall be administered as if apportioned under chapter 
1 of title 23, United States Code.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2024, 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 
(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 section 
202 or 204 of title 23, United States Code); and 
(B) for which obligation limitation was 
provided in a previous fiscal year;
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(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-
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 
authorized Federal-aid highway and highway safety 
construction programs, or apportioned by the Sec-
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retary under section 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 
(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 
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
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(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); 
(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);
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(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 
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 2024, only 
in an amount equal to $639,000,000).
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(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-
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; 
(B) title VI of the Fixing America’s Surface 
Transportation Act; and
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(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 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 
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,
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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-
pose of reimbursing the Bureau for such expenses. 
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 Secretary 
of Transportation shall make an informal public notice and 
comment opportunity on the intent to issue such waiver and 
the reasons therefor: Provided, That the Secretary shall post 
on a website any waivers granted under the Buy America 
requirements.
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SEC. 123. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to make a grant for a project under section 
117 of title 23, United States Code, unless the Secretary, 
at least 60 days before making a grant under that section, 
provides written notification to the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the proposed grant, including 
an evaluation and justification for the project and the 
amount of the proposed grant award. 
SEC. 124. (a) A State or territory, as defined in section 
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 associated obli-
gation limitation: Provided, That the Department of Trans-
portation 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. Notwith-
standing the original period of availability of funds to be 
obligated under this section, such funds and associated obli-
gation limitation shall remain 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
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project carried out with 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 defined 
in rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate, 
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; 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) shall be applied 
to projects within the same general geographic area within 
25 miles for which the funding was designated. 
(d) The Secretary shall submit consolidated reports of 
the information provided by the States and territories an-
nually to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions.
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SEC. 125. (a) Of the unallocated and unobligated bal-
ances available to the Federal Highway Administration, the 
following funds are hereby permanently rescinded, subject 
to subsections (b) and (c), from the following accounts and 
programs in the specified amounts: 
(1) $33,437,074.13 from funds available in the 
‘‘Surface Transportation Priorities’’ account (69 X 
0538) (other than funds made available for projects in 
Kentucky, Maine, Mississippi, or West Virginia); 
(2) $1,839,129.40 from funds available in the 
‘‘Delta Regional Transportation Development Pro-
gram’’ account (69 X 0551); 
(3) $11,064,579.57 from funds available in the 
‘‘Appalachian Development Highway System’’ ac-
count (69 X 0640); 
(4) $9,264.22 from funds available in the ‘‘High-
way Beautification’’ account (69 X 0540); 
(5) $1,375,400 from funds available in the 
‘‘State Infrastructure Banks’’ account (69 X 0549); 
(6) $90,435 from funds available in the ‘‘Rail-
road-Highway Crossings Demonstration Projects’’ ac-
count (69 X 0557); 
(7) $5,211,248.53 from funds available in the 
‘‘Interstate Transfer Grants—Highway’’ account (69 
X 0560);
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(8) $133,231.12 from funds available in the 
‘‘Kentucky Bridge Project’’ account (69 X 0572); 
(9) $2,887.56 from funds available in the ‘‘High-
way Demonstration Project—Preliminary Engineer-
ing’’ account (69 X 0583); 
(10) $149,083.06 from funds available in the 
‘‘Highway Demonstration Projects’’ account (69 X 
0598); 
(11) $68,438.40 from funds available in the 
‘‘Miscellaneous Highway Projects’’ account (69 X 
0641); 
(b) No amounts may be cancelled under subsection (a) 
from any funds for which a State exercised its authority 
under section 125 of division L of Public Law 114–113, 
section 422 of division K of Public Law 115–31, section 
126 of division L of Public Law 115–141, section 125 of 
division G of Public Law 116–6, section 125 of division 
H of Public Law 116–94, section 124 of division L of Public 
Law 116–260, section 124 of division L of Public Law 117– 
103, or section 124 of division L of Public Law 117–328. 
(c) No amounts may be cancelled under subsection (a) 
from any amounts that were designated by the Congress as 
an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolu-
tion on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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and oversight of grants provided under this para-
graph: Provided further, That a project assisted with 
funds made available under this paragraph shall be 
treated as a project on a Federal-aid highway: Pro-
vided further, That section 11101(e) of Public Law 
117–58 shall apply to funds made available under 
this paragraph. 
(b) Funds described in this subsection are any funds 
that— 
(1) are unobligated on the date of enactment of 
this Act; and 
(2) were made available for credit assistance 
under— 
(A) the transportation infrastructure fi-
nance and innovation program under subchapter 
II of chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, 
as in effect prior to August 10, 2005; or 
(B) the transportation infrastructure fi-
nance and innovation program under chapter 6 
of title 23, United States Code. 
(c) Funds made available under subsection (a) shall— 
(1) be subject to the obligation limitation for 
Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction 
programs; and
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(2) unless otherwise specified under this section, 
be available until September 30, 2027. 
SEC. 127. Section 127 of title 23, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting at the end the following: 
‘‘(x) CERTAIN
AGRICULTURAL
VEHICLES
IN
THE 
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The State of Mississippi 
may allow, by special permit, the operation of a cov-
ered agricultural vehicle on the Interstate System in 
the State of Mississippi if such vehicle does not ex-
ceed— 
‘‘(A) a gross vehicle weight of 88,000 
pounds; and 
‘‘(B) 110 percent of the maximum weight 
on any axle or axle group described in subsection 
(a)(2), including any enforcement tolerance. 
‘‘(2) COVERED
AGRICULTURAL
VEHICLE
DE-
FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘covered agricul-
tural vehicle’ means a vehicle that is transporting un-
processed agricultural crops used for food, feed or 
fiber, or raw or unfinished forest products, including 
logs, pulpwood, biomass or wood chips. 
‘‘(y) OPERATION OF CERTAIN VEHICLES IN WEST VIR-
GINIA.—
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The State of West Virginia 
may allow, by special permit, the operation of a vehi-
cle that is transporting materials and equipment on 
the Interstate System in the State of West Virginia if 
such vehicle does not exceed 110 percent of the max-
imum weight on any axle or axle group described in 
subsection (a)(2), including any enforcement toler-
ance, provided the remaining gross vehicle weight re-
quirements of subsection (a) are met. 
‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘materials and equipment’ means materials and 
equipment that are used on a project eligible under 
this chapter.’’. 
SEC. 128. EVACUATION
ROUTE
PLANNING. Using 
amounts made available for the Federal Highway Adminis-
tration under this Act that are not otherwise obligated, the 
Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Ad-
ministrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
shall develop and publish guidelines and best practices for 
States, Indian Tribes, and units of local government to use 
when conducting local emergency evacuation route plan-
ning, including routing of emergency response supplies, 
equipment, and workers, as part of natural disaster pre-
paredness efforts.
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FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For payment of obligations incurred in the implemen-
tation, execution and administration of motor carrier safe-
ty operations and programs pursuant to section 31110 of 
title 49, United States Code, as amended by the Infrastruc-
ture Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58), 
$346,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund 
(other than the Mass Transit Account), together with ad-
vances and reimbursements received by the Federal Motor 
Carrier Safety Administration, the sum of which shall re-
main available until expended: Provided, That funds avail-
able for implementation, execution, or administration of 
motor carrier safety operations and programs authorized 
under title 49, United States Code, shall not exceed total 
obligations of $435,000,000, for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Op-
erations and Programs’’ for fiscal year 2024, of which 
$60,000,000 is to be transferred and made available from 
prior year unobligated contract authority provided for 
Motor Carrier Safety Grants or Motor Carrier Safety Oper-
ations and Programs in the current or prior appropriations
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or authorization Acts: Provided further, That of the sums 
appropriated under this heading: 
(1) $14,073,000, to remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 2026, is for the research and 
technology program; 
(2) not less than $99,098,000, to remain avail-
able for obligation until September 30, 2026, is for 
development, modernization, enhancement, and con-
tinued operation and maintenance of information 
technology and information management; and 
(3) not less than $24,000,000, to remain avail-
able for obligation until expended, is for a study of 
the causal factors of fatal medium-duty truck crashes: 
Provided, That the activities funded by the previous 
proviso may be accomplished through direct expendi-
ture, direct research activities, grants, cooperative 
agreements, contracts, intra- or inter agency agree-
ments, or other agreements with public organizations: 
Provided further, That such amounts, payments, and 
obligation limitation as may be necessary to carry 
out the study of the causal factors of fatal medium 
duty truck crashes may be transferred and credited to 
appropriate accounts of other participating Federal 
agencies.
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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, $516,300,000, to be derived from the Highway 
Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) and to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That funds 
available for the implementation or execution of motor car-
rier safety programs shall not exceed total obligations of 
$516,300,000 in fiscal year 2024 for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety 
Grants’’: Provided further, That of the amounts made avail-
able under this heading— 
(1) $406,500,000, to remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 2025, shall be for the motor 
carrier safety assistance program; 
(2) $43,500,000, to remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 2025, shall be for the com-
mercial driver’s license program implementation pro-
gram; 
(3) $60,000,000, to remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 2025, shall be for the high 
priority program;
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(4) $1,300,000, to remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 2025, 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, 2025, 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 Adminis-
tration shall send notice of section 385.308 of title 49, Code 
of Federal Regulations, violations by certified mail, reg-
istered mail, or another manner of delivery, which records 
the receipt of the notice by the persons responsible for the 
violations. 
SEC. 131. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available to the Department of Transportation by this 
Act or any other Act may be obligated or expended to imple-
ment, administer, or enforce the requirements of section 
31137 of title 49, United States Code, or any regulation 
issued by the Secretary pursuant to such section, with re-
spect to the use of electronic logging devices by operators 
of commercial motor vehicles, as defined in section 31132(1) 
of such title, transporting livestock as defined in section 602
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of the Emergency Livestock Feed Assistance Act of 1988 (7 
U.S.C. 1471) or insects. 
SEC. 132. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to require the use of inward 
facing cameras or require a motor carrier to register an 
apprenticeship program with the Department of Labor as 
a condition for participation in the Safe Driver Appren-
ticeship Pilot Program. 
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, au-
thorized under chapter 301 and part C of subtitle VI of 
title 49, United States Code, $222,000,000, to remain avail-
able through September 30, 2025. 
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 Sys-
tems and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems and improv-
ing consumer responses to safety recalls, section 25024 of 
the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law
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117–58), and chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code, 
$201,200,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund 
(other than the Mass Transit Account) and to remain avail-
able 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 
2024, are in excess of $201,200,000: Provided further, That 
of the sums appropriated under this heading— 
(1) $194,000,000 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 recalls, 
and section 25024 of the Infrastructure Investment 
and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58); and 
(2) $7,200,000 shall be for the National Driver 
Register authorized under chapter 303 of title 49, 
United States Code: 
Provided further, That within the $201,200,000 obligation 
limitation for operations and research, $57,500,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2025, and shall be 
in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed on 
obligations for future years: Provided further, That 
amounts for behavioral research on Automated Driving 
Systems and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems and im-
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proving consumer responses to safety recalls are in addition 
to any other funds provided for those purposes for fiscal 
year 2024 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 avail-
able until expended, $813,300,800, to be derived from the 
Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Ac-
count): Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall 
be available for the planning or execution of programs for 
which the total obligations in fiscal year 2024 are in excess 
of $813,300,800 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 appro-
priated under this heading— 
(1) $378,400,000 shall be for ‘‘Highway Safety 
Programs’’ under section 402 of title 23, United 
States Code;
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(2) $353,500,000 shall be for ‘‘National Priority 
Safety Programs’’ under section 405 of title 23, 
United States Code; 
(3) $40,300,000 shall be for the ‘‘High Visibility 
Enforcement Program’’ under section 404 of title 23, 
United States Code; and 
(4) $41,100,800 shall be for grant administrative 
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 of-
fice furnishings and fixtures for State, local or private 
buildings or structures: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$500,000 of the funds made available for ‘‘National Priority 
Safety Programs’’ under section 405 of title 23, United 
States Code, for ‘‘Impaired Driving Countermeasures’’ (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 further, That the Administrator shall 
notify the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
of any exercise of the authority granted under the preceding
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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 avail-
able to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administra-
tion, out of the amount limited for section 402 of title 23, 
United States Code, to pay for travel and related expenses 
for State management reviews and to pay for core com-
petency development training and related expenses for high-
way safety staff. 
SEC. 141. The limitations on obligations for the pro-
grams of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administra-
tion set in this Act shall not apply to obligations for which 
obligation authority was made available in previous public 
laws but only to the extent that the obligation authority 
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 Admin-
istration, not otherwise provided for, $267,799,000, of which 
$25,000,000 shall remain available until expended.
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RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for railroad research and devel-
opment, $59,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That of the amounts provided under this heading, 
up to $3,000,000 shall be available pursuant to section 
20108(d) of title 49, United States Code, for the construc-
tion, alteration, and repair of buildings and improvements 
at the Transportation Technology Center. 
FEDERAL-STATE PARTNERSHIP FOR INTERCITY PASSENGER 
RAIL 
For necessary expenses related to Federal-State Part-
nership for Intercity Passenger Rail grants as authorized 
by section 24911 of title 49, United States Code, 
$100,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, 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 carried out under title 49, United States Code. 
CONSOLIDATED RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY 
IMPROVEMENTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses related to Consolidated Rail 
Infrastructure and Safety Improvements grants, as author-
ized by section 22907 of title 49, United States Code, 
$572,861,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
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vided, That of the amounts made available under this head-
ing in this Act— 
(1) $72,861,000 shall be made available for the 
purposes, and in amounts, specified for Congression-
ally Directed Spending in the table entitled ‘‘Congres-
sionally Directed Spending’’ included in the report 
accompanying this Act: Provided further, That re-
quirements under subsections (g) and (l) of section 
22907 of title 49, United States Code, shall not apply 
to the preceding proviso: Provided further, That any 
remaining funds available after the distribution of the 
Congressionally Directed Spending described in this 
paragraph shall be available to the Secretary to dis-
tribute as discretionary grants under this heading; 
and 
(2) not less than $5,000,000 shall be available for 
workforce development and training activities as au-
thorized under section 22907(c)(13) of title 49, United 
States Code: 
Provided further, That for amounts made available under 
this heading in this Act, eligible projects under section 
22907(c)(8) of title 49, United States Code, shall also in-
clude railroad systems planning (including the preparation 
of regional intercity passenger rail plans and State Rail 
Plans) and railroad project development activities (includ-
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ing railroad project planning, preliminary engineering, de-
sign, environmental analysis, feasibility studies, and the de-
velopment and analysis of project alternatives): Provided 
further, That section 22905(f) of title 49, United States 
Code, shall not apply to amounts made available under this 
heading in this Act for projects that implement or sustain 
positive train control systems otherwise eligible under sec-
tion 22907(c)(1) of title 49, United States Code: Provided 
further, That amounts made available under this heading 
in this Act for projects selected for commuter rail passenger 
transportation may be transferred by the Secretary, after 
selection, to the appropriate agencies to be administered in 
accordance with chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided further, That for amounts made available under 
this heading in this Act, eligible recipients under section 
22907(b)(7) of title 49, United States Code, shall include 
any holding company of a Class II railroad or Class III 
railroad (as those terms are defined in section 20102 of title 
49, United States Code): 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 this 
Act: 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 notice of funding opportunity
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that includes funds made available under this heading in 
this Act: Provided further, That the preceding proviso shall 
not apply to funds made available under this heading in 
the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (division J of 
Public Law 117–58): Provided further, That unobligated 
balances remaining after 6 years from 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 heading in this Act for 
the costs of award and project management 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 author-
ized by section 22101(a) of the Infrastructure Investment 
and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58), $1,141,442,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That the Sec-
retary 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-
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tivities authorized by section 22101(c) of the Infrastructure 
Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58): Provided 
further, That in addition to the project management over-
sight funds authorized under section 22101(c) of the Infra-
structure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58), 
the Secretary may retain up to an additional $5,000,000 
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. 
NATIONAL NETWORK GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD 
PASSENGER CORPORATION 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 
grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for 
activities associated with the National Network as author-
ized by section 22101(b) of the Infrastructure Investment 
and Jobs Act (division B of Public Law 117–58), 
$1,313,033,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary may retain up to an additional 
$3,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading in this 
Act to fund expenses associated with the State-Supported 
Route Committee established under section 24712 of title 
49, United States Code: Provided further, That none of the 
funds provided under this heading in this Act shall be used 
by Amtrak to give notice under subsection (a) or (c) of sec-
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tion 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-
gency or during maintenance or construction outages im-
pacting such routes, to otherwise discontinue, reduce the fre-
quency 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 sec-
tion 24305(a)(3)(A) of title 49, United States Code, in lieu 
of rail service: Provided further, That the National Rail-
road Passenger Corporation may use up to $66,000,000 of 
the amounts made available under this heading in this Act 
for corridor development activities as authorized by section 
22101(h) of division B of Public Law 117–58. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
(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.).
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SEC. 151. The amounts made available to the Sec-
retary or to the Federal Railroad Administration for the 
costs of award, administration, and project management 
oversight of financial assistance which are administered by 
the Federal Railroad Administration, in this and prior 
Acts, may be transferred to the Federal Railroad Adminis-
tration’s ‘‘Financial Assistance Oversight and Technical 
Assistance’’ account for the necessary expenses to support 
the award, administration, project management oversight, 
and technical assistance of financial assistance adminis-
tered by the Federal Railroad Administration, in the same 
manner as appropriated for in this and prior Acts: Pro-
vided, That this section shall not apply to amounts that 
were previously designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the 
budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985. 
SEC. 152. Of the unobligated balances of funds remain-
ing from— 
(1) ‘‘Northeast Corridor Improvement Program’’ 
account totaling $126,348 appropriated by Public 
Law 114–113 is hereby permanently rescinded; 
(2) ‘‘Railroad Safety Grants’’ account totaling 
$81,257.66 appropriated by Public Law 113–235 is 
hereby permanently rescinded;
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(3) ‘‘Capital Assistance for High Speed Rail 
Corridors and Intercity Passenger Rail Service’’ ac-
count totaling $53,118,096.83 appropriated by Public 
Law 111–117 is hereby permanently rescinded; 
(4) ‘‘Next Generation High-Speed Rail’’ account 
totaling $94.94 appropriated by Public Law 108–447 
is hereby permanently rescinded; and 
(5) ‘‘Grants to the National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation’’ account totaling $678.16 appropriated 
by Public Law 108–447. 
SEC. 153. None of the funds made available to the Na-
tional Railroad Passenger Corporation may be used to fund 
any overtime costs in excess of $35,000 for any individual 
employee: Provided, That the President of Amtrak may 
waive the cap set in the preceding proviso for specific em-
ployees when the President of Amtrak determines such a 
cap poses a risk to the safety and operational efficiency of 
the system: Provided further, That the President of Amtrak 
shall report to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations no later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, a summary of all overtime payments incurred 
by Amtrak for 2023 and the 3 prior calendar years: Pro-
vided further, That such summary shall include the total 
number of employees that received waivers and the total 
overtime payments Amtrak paid to employees receiving
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waivers for each month for 2023 and for the 3 prior cal-
endar years. 
SEC. 154. It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) long-distance passenger rail routes provide 
much-needed transportation access for 4,700,000 rid-
ers in 325 communities in 40 States and are particu-
larly important in rural areas; and 
(2) long-distance passenger rail routes and serv-
ices should be sustained to ensure connectivity 
throughout the National Network (as defined in sec-
tion 24102 of title 49, United States Code). 
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 account, 
and for payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 5312, 
5314, 5318, 5329(e)(6), 5334, 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, 
section 20005(b) of Public Law 112–141, and section 
3006(b) of Public Law 114–94, $13,990,000,000, to be de-
rived from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust 
Fund and to remain available until expended: Provided,
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That funds available for the implementation or execution 
of programs authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 
5311, 5312, 5314, 5318, 5329(e)(6), 5334, 5335, 5337, 5339, 
and 5340, section 20005(b) of Public Law 112–141, and 
section 3006(b) of Public Law 114–94, shall not exceed total 
obligations of $13,990,000,000 in fiscal year 2024. 
TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS 
For an additional amount for buses and bus facilities 
grants under section 5339(b) of title 49, United States Code, 
low or no emission grants under section 5339(c) of such 
title, ferry boats grants under section 5307(h) of such title, 
bus testing facilities under section 5318 of such title, accel-
erating innovative mobility initiative grants under section 
5312 of such title, accelerating the adoption of zero emission 
buses under section 5312 of such title, Congressionally Di-
rected Spending for projects and activities eligible under 
chapter 53 of such title, and ferry service for rural commu-
nities under section 71103 of division G of Public Law 117– 
58, $268,261,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of the sums provided under this heading in this 
Act— 
(1) $80,000,000 shall be available for buses and 
bus facilities competitive grants as authorized under 
section 5339(b) of such title;
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(2) $46,000,000 shall be available for the low or 
no emission grants as authorized under section 
5339(c) of such title: Provided, That the minimum 
grant award shall be not less than $750,000; 
(3) $20,000,000 shall be available for ferry boat 
grants as authorized under section 5307(h) of such 
title: Provided, That of the amounts provided under 
this paragraph, no less than $5,000,000 shall be 
available for low or zero emission ferries or ferries 
using electric battery or fuel cell components and the 
infrastructure to support such ferries; 
(4) $2,000,000 shall be available for the oper-
ation and maintenance of the bus testing facilities se-
lected under section 5318 of such title; 
(5) $82,247,000 shall be available for the pur-
poses, and in amounts, specified for Congressionally 
Directed Spending in the table entitled ‘‘Congression-
ally Directed Spending’’ included in the report ac-
companying this Act: Provided, That unless otherwise 
specified, applicable 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 para-
graph shall be in an amount equal to 80 percent of 
the net costs of the project, unless the Secretary ap-
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proves 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; 
(6) $23,014,000 shall be available for ferry serv-
ice for rural communities under section 71103 of di-
vision G of Public Law 117–58: Provided, That for 
amounts made available in this paragraph, notwith-
standing section 71103(a)(2)(B), eligible service shall 
include passenger ferry service that serves at least two 
rural areas with a single segment over 15 miles be-
tween 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 eligible 
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 further, 
That entities eligible for amounts made available in 
this paragraph shall only provide ferry service to 
rural areas; 
(7) $10,000,000 shall be for the accelerating in-
novative mobility initiative as authorized under sec-
tion 5312 of title 49, United States Code: Provided, 
That such amounts shall be available for competitive
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grants or demonstration projects that improve mobil-
ity and operational effectiveness, enhance the rider ex-
perience, create innovative service delivery models, or 
develop integrated payment solutions in order to help 
disseminate proven innovation mobility practices 
throughout the public transportation industry; and 
(8) $5,000,000 shall be available to support tech-
nical assistance, research, demonstration, or deploy-
ment activities or projects to accelerate the adoption 
of zero emission buses in public transit as authorized 
under section 5312 of title 49, United States Code: 
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, $7,500,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2025: Provided, That the assist-
ance provided under this heading does not duplicate the ac-
tivities of section 5311(b) or section 5312 of title 49, United 
States Code: Provided further, That amounts made avail-
able under this heading are in addition to any other
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amounts made available for such purposes: Provided fur-
ther, That amounts made available under this heading 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), $2,450,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading 
in this Act— 
(1) $1,910,000,000 shall be available for projects 
authorized under section 5309(d) of title 49, United 
States Code; 
(2) up to $100,000,000 shall be available for 
projects authorized under section 5309(e) of title 49, 
United States Code; 
(3) $340,000,000 shall be available for projects 
authorized under section 5309(h) of title 49, United 
States Code; and 
(4) up to $100,000,000 shall be available for 
projects authorized under section 3005(b) of the Fix-
ing America’s Surface Transportation Act:
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Provided further, That the Secretary shall continue to ad-
minister the capital investment grants program in accord-
ance with the procedural and substantive requirements of 
section 5309 of title 49, United States Code, and of section 
3005(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation 
Act: Provided further, That projects that receive a grant 
agreement under the Expedited Project Delivery for Capital 
Investment Grants Pilot Program under section 3005(b) of 
the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act shall be 
deemed eligible for funding provided for projects under sec-
tion 5309 of title 49, United States Code, without further 
evaluation or rating under such section: Provided further, 
That such funding shall not exceed the Federal share under 
section 3005(b): Provided further, That funds allocated to 
any project during fiscal years 2015, 2016, or 2017 pursu-
ant to section 5309 of title 49, United States Code, shall 
remain allocated to that project through fiscal year 2024: 
Provided further, That upon submission to the Congress of 
the fiscal year 2025 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 2025.
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GRANTS TO THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA 
TRANSIT AUTHORITY 
For grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area Tran-
sit Authority as authorized under section 601 of division 
B of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act 
of 2008 (Public Law 110–432), $150,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of 
Transportation shall approve grants for capital and pre-
ventive maintenance expenditures for the Washington Met-
ropolitan Area Transit Authority only after receiving and 
reviewing a request for each specific project: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall determine that the Wash-
ington 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 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 160. The limitations on obligations for the pro-
grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not 
apply to any authority under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously 
made available for obligation, or to any other authority pre-
viously made available for obligation.
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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 Ad-
ministration for projects specified in this Act not obligated 
by September 30, 2027, and other recoveries, shall be di-
rected 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, 2023, under any 
section of chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, that 
remain available for expenditure, may be transferred to and 
administered under the most recent appropriation heading 
for any such section. 
SEC. 163. None of the funds made available by this 
Act or any other Act shall be used to adjust apportionments 
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 au-
thorized under section 5309 of title 49, United States Code.
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SEC. 165. Of the unobligated balances made available 
before October 1, 2013 for ‘‘Transit Research’’ in Treasury 
Account 69–X–1137, $581,046 is hereby permanently re-
scinded. 
SEC. 166. (a) Of the unobligated balances made avail-
able for the ‘‘Clean Fuels Grant Program’’ under section 
5308 of title 49, United States Code, $4,009,637 shall be 
transferred to and administered under section 5339(c) of 
title 49, United States Code. 
(b) Of the unobligated balances made available for the 
‘‘Rural Transportation Accessibility Incentive Program’’ 
under section 3038 of Public Law 105–178, $4,072,214 
shall be transferred to and administered under section 5311 
of title 49, United States Code. 
(c) Of the unobligated balances made available for the 
‘‘Alternatives Analysis Program’’ under section 5339 of title 
49, United States Code, $1,975,409 shall be transferred to 
and administered under section 5305 of title 49, United 
States Code. 
(d) Of the unobligated balances made available for ‘‘Al-
ternative Transportation in Parks and Public Lands’’ 
under section 5320 of title 49, United States Code, 
$2,148,414 shall be transferred to and administered under 
section 5311 of title 49, United States Code.
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(e) Of the unobligated balances made available for 
‘‘Job Access and Reverse Commute Formula Grants’’ under 
section 5316 of title 49, United States Code, $45,187,599 
shall be available for competitive grants to eligible entities 
to assist areas of persistent poverty as defined under section 
6702(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code, or historically 
disadvantaged communities, for the same purposes for 
which amounts were provided for grants to areas of per-
sistent poverty under the heading ‘‘Federal Transit Admin-
istration—Transit Infrastructure Grants’’ in the Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117–103). 
(f) Of the unobligated balances made available for 
‘‘New Freedom’’ under section 5317 of title 49, United 
States Code, $40,536,306 shall be transferred and adminis-
tered under section 5310 of title 49, United States Code. 
(g) Of the unobligated balances made available for 
‘‘Bus Capital’’ under section 5039 if title 49, United States 
Code, $81,863,444 shall be transferred and administered 
under section 5339 of title 49, United States Code. 
SEC. 167. (a) Funds obligated in fiscal year 2024 for 
grants under sections 5310 and 5311 of title 49, United 
States Code, may be used for up to 100 percent of the eligi-
ble net costs of a project, notwithstanding subsection (d) of 
section 5310 and subsection (g) of section 5311 of such title.
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(b) Notwithstanding section 5339(b)(6)(B) of title 49, 
United States Code, the Federal share of the costs for which 
an amount is provided in this Act to a federally recognized 
Indian Tribe for activities carried out under section 
5339(b) of title 49, United States Code, may be, at the op-
tion of such Indian Tribe, up to 100 percent. 
(c) Notwithstanding section 5339(c)(7)(A) of title 49, 
United States Code, the Federal share of the costs for which 
an amount is provided in this Act to a federally recognized 
Indian Tribe for activities carried out under section 
5339(c) of title 49, United States Code, may be, at the op-
tion of such Indian Tribe, up to 100 percent. 
SEC. 168. Section 5323 of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended in subsection (q)— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘CORRIDOR PRESERVATION’’ and inserting 
‘‘REAL PROPERTY INTERESTS’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘right-of-way’’ each time it 
appears and inserting ‘‘real property interests’’; 
and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘acquired’’ after ‘‘may use 
the’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Right-of-way’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Real property interests’’.