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Union Calendar No. 484 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9028 
[Report No. 118–584] 
Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing 
and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2025, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 12, 2024 
Mr. WOMACK, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 
bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for the Departments of Transpor-
tation, and Housing and Urban Development, and re-
lated agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2025, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That 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 end-
ing September 30, 2025, 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, 
$199,152,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2026: Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this 
heading— 
(1) $3,955,000 shall be available for the imme-
diate Office of the Secretary; 
(2) $1,419,000 shall be available for the imme-
diate Office of the Deputy Secretary; 
(3) $30,065,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the General Counsel; 
(4) $25,363,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy, 
of which $7,000,000 is for the Office for Multimodal 
Freight Infrastructure and Policy; 
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(5) $22,857,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Pro-
grams; 
(6) $5,391,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs; 
(7) $47,188,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Assistant Secretary for Administration; 
(8) $6,293,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Public Affairs and Public Engagement; 
(9) $2,504,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Executive Secretariat; 
(10) $16,748,000 shall be available for the Of-
fice of Intelligence, Security, and Emergency Re-
sponse; 
(11) $29,405,000 shall be available for the Of-
fice of the Chief Information Officer; and 
(12) $1,531,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Tribal Government Affairs; 
(13) $6,433,000 shall be available for informa-
tion technology development, modernization, and en-
hancement, in addition to amounts otherwise avail-
able for such purposes. 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Transportation 
(referred to in this title as the ‘‘Secretary’’) is authorized 
to transfer funds appropriated for any office of the Office 
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of the Secretary to any other office of the Office of the 
Secretary: Provided further, That no appropriation for any 
office shall be increased or decreased by more than 7 per-
cent by all such transfers: Provided further, That notice 
of any change in funding greater than 7 percent shall be 
submitted for approval to the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That not to ex-
ceed $70,000 shall be for allocation within the Department 
for official reception and representation expenses as the 
Secretary may determine: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, there may be credited 
to this appropriation up to $2,500,000 in funds received 
in user fees. 
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses related to the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, 
$50,203,000, of which $30,736,000 shall remain available 
until expended: Provided, That of the amounts made avail-
able under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be for the 
Drone Infrastructure Inspection Grant Program author-
ized in section 912 of Public Law 118–63: Provided fur-
ther, That, notwithstanding subsection (g)(2) of such sec-
tion 912, amounts made available under section 106(k) 
of title 49, United States Code, shall not be available to 
carry out such program: Provided further, That of 
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amounts made available for the drone infrastructure in-
spection grant program, $1,000,000 shall be available for 
administrative expenses: Provided further, That there may 
be credited to this appropriation, to be available until ex-
pended, funds received from States, counties, municipali-
ties, other public authorities, and private sources for ex-
penses incurred for training: Provided further, That any 
reference in law, regulation, judicial proceedings, or else-
where to the Research and Innovative Technology Admin-
istration shall continue to be deemed to be a reference to 
the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and 
Technology of the Department of Transportation. 
NATIONAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AND INNOVATIVE 
FINANCE BUREAU 
For necessary expenses of the National Surface 
Transportation and Innovative Finance Bureau as author-
ized by 49 U.S.C. 116, $10,555,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the Secretary may collect 
and spend fees, as authorized by title 23, United States 
Code, to cover the costs of services of expert firms, includ-
ing counsel, in the field of municipal and project finance 
to assist in the underwriting and servicing of Federal cred-
it instruments and all or a portion of the costs to the Fed-
eral Government of servicing such credit instruments: Pro-
vided further, That such fees are available until expended 
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to pay for such costs: Provided further, That such amounts 
are in addition to other amounts made available for such 
purposes and are not subject to any obligation limitation 
or the limitation on administrative expenses under section 
608 of title 23, United States Code. 
RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT 
FINANCING PROGRAM 
The Secretary is authorized to issue direct loans and 
loan guarantees pursuant to chapter 224 of title 49, 
United States Code, and such authority shall exist as long 
as any such direct loan or loan guarantee is outstanding. 
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CAPITAL 
For necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing 
the Department of Transportation’s financial systems and 
re-engineering business processes, $5,000,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2026. 
CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVES 
For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, 
including necessary upgrades to network and information 
technology infrastructure, improvement of identity man-
agement and authentication capabilities, securing and pro-
tecting data, implementation of Federal cyber security ini-
tiatives, and implementation of enhanced security controls 
on agency computers and mobile devices, $74,600,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2026. 
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OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$17,662,000. 
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, $21,074,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 
$7,758,000 shall be for necessary expenses of the Inter-
agency Infrastructure Permitting Improvement Center 
(IIPIC): Provided further, That there may be transferred 
to this appropriation, to remain available until expended, 
amounts transferred from other Federal agencies for ex-
penses incurred under this heading for IIPIC activities not 
related to transportation infrastructure: Provided further, 
That the tools and analysis developed by the IIPIC shall 
be available to other Federal agencies for the permitting 
and review of major infrastructure projects not related to 
transportation only to the extent that other Federal agen-
cies provide funding to the Department in accordance with 
the preceding proviso. 
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WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for operating costs and cap-
ital outlays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed 
$495,645,000, shall be paid from appropriations made 
available to the Department of Transportation: Provided, 
That such services shall be provided on a competitive basis 
to entities within the Department of Transportation: Pro-
vided further, That the limitation in the preceding proviso 
on operating expenses shall not apply to entities external 
to the Department of Transportation or for funds pro-
vided in Public Law 117–58: Provided further, That no 
funds made available by this Act to an agency of the De-
partment shall be transferred to the Working Capital 
Fund without majority approval of the Working Capital 
Fund Steering Committee and approval of the Secretary: 
Provided further, That no assessments may be levied 
against any program, budget activity, subactivity, or 
project funded by this Act unless notice of such assess-
ments and the basis therefor are presented to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are ap-
proved by such Committees. 
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SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS UTILIZATION AND 
OUTREACH 
For necessary expenses for small and disadvantaged 
business utilization and outreach activities, $5,967,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2026: Provided, 
That notwithstanding section 332 of title 49, United 
States Code, such amounts may be used for business op-
portunities related to any mode of transportation: Pro-
vided further, That appropriations made available under 
this heading shall be available for any purpose consistent 
with prior year appropriations that were made available 
under the heading ‘‘Office of the Secretary—Minority 
Business Resource Center Program’’. 
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, $423,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and 
Airway Trust Fund, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That in determining between or among carriers 
competing to provide service to a community, the Sec-
retary may consider the relative subsidy requirements of 
the carriers: Provided further, That basic essential air 
service minimum requirements shall not include the 15- 
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passenger capacity requirement under section 41732(b)(3) 
of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That 
amounts authorized to be distributed for the essential air 
service program under section 41742(b) of title 49, United 
States Code, shall be made available immediately from 
amounts otherwise provided to the Administrator of the 
Federal Aviation Administration: Provided further, That 
the Administrator may reimburse such amounts from fees 
credited to the account established under section 45303 
of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That, 
notwithstanding section 41733 of title 49, United States 
Code, for fiscal year 2025, the requirements established 
under subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 41731(a)(1) 
of title 49, United States Code, and the subsidy cap estab-
lished by section 332 of the Department of Transportation 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000, shall not 
apply to maintain eligibility under section 41731 of title 
49, United States Code. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—OFFICE OF THE 
SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION 
(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 ap-
prove assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining 
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to funds appropriated to the operating administrations in 
this Act, except for activities underway on the date of en-
actment of this Act, unless such assessments or agree-
ments have completed the normal reprogramming process 
for congressional notification. 
SEC. 102. The Secretary shall post on the web site 
of the Department of Transportation a schedule of all 
meetings of the Council on Credit and Finance, including 
the agenda for each meeting, and require the Council on 
Credit and Finance to record the decisions and actions 
of each meeting. 
SEC. 103. In addition to authority provided by section 
327 of title 49, United States Code, the Department’s 
Working Capital Fund is authorized to provide partial or 
full payments in advance and accept subsequent reim-
bursements from all Federal agencies from available funds 
for transit benefit distribution services that are necessary 
to carry out the Federal transit pass transportation fringe 
benefit program under Executive Order No. 13150 and 
section 3049 of SAFETEA–LU (5 U.S.C. 7905 note): 
Provided, That the Department shall maintain a reason-
able operating reserve in the Working Capital Fund, to 
be expended in advance to provide uninterrupted transit 
benefits to Government employees: Provided further, That 
such reserve shall not exceed 1 month of benefits payable 
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and may be used only for the purpose of providing for 
the continuation of transit benefits: Provided further, That 
the Working Capital Fund shall be fully reimbursed by 
each customer agency from available funds for the actual 
cost of the transit benefit. 
SEC. 104. Receipts collected in the Department’s 
Working Capital Fund, as authorized by section 327 of 
title 49, United States Code, for unused transit and van 
pool benefits, in an amount not to exceed 10 percent of 
fiscal year 2025 collections, shall be available until ex-
pended in the Department’s Working Capital Fund to pro-
vide contractual services in support of section 189 of this 
Act: Provided, That obligations in fiscal year 2025 of such 
collections shall not exceed $1,000,000. 
SEC. 105. None of the funds in this title may be obli-
gated or expended for retention or senior executive bo-
nuses for an employee of the Department of Transpor-
tation without the prior written approval of the Assistant 
Secretary for Administration. 
SEC. 106. In addition to authority provided by section 
327 of title 49, United States Code, the Department’s Ad-
ministrative Working Capital Fund is hereby authorized 
to transfer information technology equipment, software, 
and systems from departmental sources or other entities 
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and collect and maintain a reserve at rates which will re-
turn full cost of transferred assets. 
SEC. 107. None of the funds provided in this Act to 
the Department of Transportation may be used to provide 
credit assistance unless not less than 3 days before any 
application approval to provide credit assistance under 
sections 603 and 604 of title 23, United States Code, the 
Secretary provides notification in writing to the following 
committees: the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations; the Committee on Environment and Public 
Works and the Committee on Banking, Housing and 
Urban Affairs of the Senate; and the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa-
tives: Provided, That such notification shall include, but 
not be limited to, the name of the project sponsor; a de-
scription of the project; whether credit assistance will be 
provided as a direct loan, loan guarantee, or line of credit; 
and the amount of credit assistance. 
SEC. 108. (a) Amounts made available to the Sec-
retary of Transportation or the Department of Transpor-
tation’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 Public Law 117–58, as amended by section 
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425 of title IV of division K of Public Law 117–103, to 
remain available until expended, for the necessary ex-
penses of award, administration, or oversight of any finan-
cial assistance programs in the Department of Transpor-
tation. 
(b) Amounts transferred under the authority in this 
section are available in addition to amounts otherwise 
available for such purpose. 
(c) The programs from which funds made available 
under this Act may be transferred under subsection (a) 
are: 
(1) the university transportation centers pro-
gram under section 5505 of title 49, United States 
Code; and 
(2) the drone infrastructure inspection grant 
program as authorized by section 912 of title IX of 
Public Law 118–63. 
SEC. 109. The Secretary of Transportation may 
transfer amounts awarded to a federally recognized Tribe 
under a funding agreement entered into under part 29 of 
title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, from the Depart-
ment of Transportation’s Operating Administrations to 
the Office of Tribal Government Affairs: Provided, That 
any amounts retroceded or reassumed under such part 
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may be transferred back to the appropriate Operating Ad-
ministration. 
SEC. 109A. (a) For amounts made available under 
the heading ‘‘National Infrastructure Investments’’ in title 
VIII of division J of the Infrastructure Investments and 
Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58) to carry out section 6702 
of title 49, United States Code, the Secretary shall con-
sider and award projects based solely on the selection cri-
teria as identified under 6702(d)(3) and (d)(4) of title 49, 
United States Code. 
(b) Amounts repurposed pursuant to subsection (a) 
shall continue to be treated as amounts specified in section 
103(b) of division A of Public Law 118–5. 
SEC. 109B. The Secretary of Transportation may 
transfer up to $1,641,000 from the ‘‘Office of the Sec-
retary—Salaries and Expenses’’ to the Department of 
Transportation’s Operating Administrations for rent pay-
ments: Provided, That such amounts are in addition to 
amounts otherwise available for such purposes: Provided 
further, That any amounts transferred for rent payments 
that are no longer needed may be transferred back to the 
original account. 
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FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration, not otherwise provided for, including oper-
ations and research activities related to commercial space 
transportation, administrative expenses for research and 
development, establishment of air navigation facilities, the 
operation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, 
subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold 
to the public, the lease or purchase of passenger motor 
vehicles for replacement only, $13,587,949,000, to remain 
available 
until 
September 
30, 
2026, 
of 
which 
$11,771,321,000 to be derived from the Airport and Air-
way Trust Fund: Provided, That of the amounts made 
available under this heading— 
(1) not less than $1,832,078,000 shall be avail-
able for aviation safety activities; 
(2) $10,105,678,000 shall be available for air 
traffic organization activities; 
(3) $57,130,000 shall be available for commer-
cial space transportation activities; 
(4) $1,004,787,000 shall be available for fi-
nance and management activities; 
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(5) $73,556,000 shall be available for NextGen 
and operations planning activities; 
(6) $176,988,000 shall be available for security 
and hazardous materials safety activities; and 
(7) $337,732,000 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 head-
ing: Provided further, That no transfer may increase or 
decrease any appropriation under this heading by more 
than 5 percent: Provided further, That any transfer in ex-
cess of 5 percent shall be treated as a reprogramming of 
funds under section 405 of this Act and shall not be avail-
able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 
with the procedures set forth in that section: Provided fur-
ther, That not later than 60 days after the submission of 
the budget request, the Administrator of the Federal Avia-
tion Administration shall transmit to Congress an annual 
update to the report submitted to Congress in December 
2004 pursuant to section 221 of the Vision 100-Century 
of Aviation Reauthorization Act (49 U.S.C. 44506 note): 
Provided further, That the amounts made available under 
this heading shall be reduced by $100,000 for each day 
after 60 days after the submission of the budget request 
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that such report has not been transmitted to Congress: 
Provided further, That not later than 60 days after the 
submission of the budget request, the Administrator shall 
transmit to Congress a companion report that describes 
a comprehensive strategy for staffing, hiring, and training 
flight standards and aircraft certification staff in a format 
similar to the one utilized for the controller staffing plan, 
including stated attrition estimates and numerical hiring 
goals by fiscal year: Provided further, That the amounts 
made available under this heading shall be reduced by 
$100,000 for each day after the date that is 60 days after 
the submission of the budget request that such report has 
not been submitted to Congress: Provided further, That 
funds may be used to enter into a grant agreement with 
a nonprofit standard-setting organization to assist in the 
development of aviation safety standards: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds made available by this Act 
shall be available for new applicants for the second career 
training program: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available by this Act shall be available for the 
Federal Aviation Administration to finalize or implement 
any regulation that would promulgate new aviation user 
fees not specifically authorized by law after the date of 
the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That there 
may be credited to this appropriation, as offsetting collec-
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tions, funds received from States, counties, municipalities, 
foreign authorities, other public authorities, and private 
sources for expenses incurred in the provision of agency 
services, including receipts for the maintenance and oper-
ation of air navigation facilities, and for issuance, renewal 
or modification of certificates, including airman, aircraft, 
and repair station certificates, or for tests related thereto, 
or for processing major repair or alteration forms: Pro-
vided further, That of the amounts made available under 
this heading, not less than $256,000,000 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 
during the fiscal year: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available by this Act for aeronautical charting 
and cartography are available for activities conducted by, 
or coordinated through, the Working Capital Fund. 
FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
for acquisition, establishment, technical support services, 
improvement by contract or purchase, and hire of national 
airspace systems and experimental facilities and equip-
ment, as authorized under part A of subtitle VII of title 
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49, United States Code, including initial acquisition of 
necessary sites by lease or grant; engineering and service 
testing, including construction of test facilities and acqui-
sition of necessary sites by lease or grant; construction 
and furnishing of quarters and related accommodations 
for officers and employees of the Federal Aviation Admin-
istration stationed at remote localities where such accom-
modations are not available; and the purchase, lease, or 
transfer of aircraft from funds made available under this 
heading, including aircraft for aviation regulation and cer-
tification; to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust 
Fund, $3,549,200,000, of which $690,000,000 is for per-
sonnel and related expenses and shall remain available 
until September 30, 2026, $2,751,650,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2027, and $107,550,000 is 
for terminal facilities and shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2029: Provided, That there may be credited 
to this appropriation funds received from States, counties, 
municipalities, other public authorities, and private 
sources, for expenses incurred in the establishment, im-
provement, and modernization of national airspace sys-
tems: Provided further, That not later than 60 days after 
submission of the budget request, the Secretary of Trans-
portation shall transmit to the Congress an investment 
plan for the Federal Aviation Administration which in-
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cludes funding for each budget line item for fiscal years 
2026 through 2030, 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 Investments 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 2025’’ in the Report accompanying this Act shall be 
the baseline for application of reprogramming and trans-
fer authorities for the current fiscal year pursuant to para-
graph (7) of such section 405 for amounts referred to in 
the preceding proviso: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing paragraphs (5) and (6) of such section 405, un-
less prior approval is received from the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations, not to exceed 10 percent 
of any funding level specified for projects and activities 
in the table referred to in the preceding proviso may be 
transferred to any other funding level specified for 
projects and activities in such table and no transfer of 
such funding levels may increase or decrease any funding 
level in such table by more than 10 percent. 
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RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
for research, engineering, and development, as authorized 
under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States 
Code, including construction of experimental facilities and 
acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant, 
$259,787,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund and to remain available until September 30, 
2027: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro-
priation as offsetting collections, funds received from 
States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, 
and private sources, which shall be available for expenses 
incurred for research, engineering, and development: Pro-
vided further, That amounts made available under this 
heading shall be used in accordance with the Report ac-
companying this Act: Provided further, That not to exceed 
10 percent of any funding level specified under this head-
ing in the Report accompanying this Act may be trans-
ferred to any other funding level specified under this head-
ing in the Report accompanying this Act: Provided further, 
That no transfer may increase or decrease any funding 
level by more than 10 percent: Provided further, That any 
transfer in excess of 10 percent shall be treated as a re-
programming of funds under section 405 of this Act and 
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shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 
GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in- 
aid for airport planning and development, and noise com-
patibility planning and programs as authorized under sub-
chapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 
of title 49, United States Code, and under other law au-
thorizing such obligations; for procurement, installation, 
and commissioning of runway incursion prevention devices 
and systems at airports of such title; for grants authorized 
under section 41743 of title 49, United States Code; and 
for inspection activities and administration of airport safe-
ty programs, including those related to airport operating 
certificates under section 44706 of title 49, United States 
Code, $4,000,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and 
Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That none of the amounts made avail-
able under this heading shall be available for the planning 
or execution of programs the obligations for which are in 
excess of $4,000,000,000, in fiscal year 2025, notwith-
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standing section 47117(g) of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided further, That none of the amounts made available 
under this heading shall be available for the replacement 
of baggage conveyor systems, reconfiguration of terminal 
baggage areas, or other airport improvements that are 
necessary to install bulk explosive detection systems: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding section 47109(a) of 
title 49, United States Code, the Government’s share of 
allowable project costs under paragraph (2) of such sec-
tion for subgrants or paragraph (3) of such section shall 
be 95 percent for a project at other than a large or me-
dium hub airport that is a successive phase of a multi- 
phased construction project for which the project sponsor 
received a grant in fiscal year 2011 for the construction 
project: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, of amounts limited under this heading, 
not less than $163,624,000 shall be available for adminis-
tration, $15,000,000 shall be available for the airport co-
operative research program, $43,360,000 shall be avail-
able for airport technology research, and $10,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, shall be available and 
transferred to ‘‘Office of the Secretary, Salaries and Ex-
penses’’ to carry out the small community air service de-
velopment program: Provided further, That in addition to 
airports eligible under section 41743 of title 49, United 
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States Code, such program may include the participation 
of an airport that serves a community or consortium that 
is not larger than a small hub airport, according to FAA 
hub classifications effective at the time the Office of the 
Secretary issues a request for proposals. 
GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Grants-In-Aid for Air-
ports’’, to enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 
grants for projects as authorized by subchapter 1 of chap-
ter 471 and subchapter 1 of chapter 475 of title 49, 
United States Code, $260,926,876, to remain available 
through September 30, 2027: Provided, That amounts 
made available under this heading shall be derived from 
the general fund, and such funds shall not be subject to 
apportionment formulas, special apportionment categories, 
or minimum percentages under chapter 471 of title 49, 
United States Code: Provided further, That of the sums 
appropriated under this heading — 
(1) $257,926,876 shall be made available for 
the purposes, and in amounts, specified for Commu-
nity Project Funding in the table entitled ‘‘Commu-
nity Project Funding’’ included in the Report accom-
panying this Act: Provided, That funds made avail-
able under this heading shall not be subject to or 
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considered under section 47115(j)(3)(B) of title 49, 
United States Code. 
(2) not less than $3,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, shall be made available to an 
airport notwithstanding subsection (c)(4)(B) of sec-
tion 41743 of title 49 of the United States Code: 
Provided further, that amounts available shall be 
transferred to ‘‘Office of the Secretary, Salaries and 
Expenses’’ to carry out the small community air 
service development program: Provided,That the 
community or consortium of communities is a pri-
ority of the Secretary under subsection(c)(5)(F) of 
section 41743 of title 49 of the United States Code: 
Provided further, That the air service was termi-
nated from October 1, 2021 through at least Janu-
ary 1, 2024 and resulted in a 100% loss of air serv-
ice. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 110. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to compensate in excess of 600 technical 
staff-years under the federally funded research and devel-
opment center contract between the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration and the Center for Advanced Aviation Sys-
tems Development during fiscal year 2025. 
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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 
section does not apply to negotiations between the agency 
and airport sponsors to achieve agreement on ‘‘below-mar-
ket’’ rates for these items or to grant assurances that re-
quire airport sponsors to provide land without cost to the 
Federal Aviation Administration for air traffic control fa-
cilities. 
SEC. 112. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration may reimburse amounts made available to 
satisfy section 41742(a)(1) of title 49, United States 
Code, from fees credited under section 45303 of title 49, 
United States Code, and any amount remaining in such 
account at the close of any fiscal year may be made avail-
able to satisfy section 41742(a)(1) of title 49, United 
States Code, for the subsequent fiscal year. 
SEC. 113. Amounts collected under section 40113(e) 
of title 49, United States Code, shall be credited to the 
appropriation current at the time of collection, to be 
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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 
actually performed work during the time corresponding to 
such premium pay. 
SEC. 115. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be obligated or expended for an employee of the 
Federal Aviation Administration to purchase a store gift 
card or gift certificate through use of a Government-issued 
credit card. 
SEC. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds made available under this Act or 
any prior Act may be used to implement or to continue 
to implement any limitation on the ability of any owner 
or operator of a private aircraft to obtain, upon a request 
to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion, a blocking of that owner’s or operator’s aircraft reg-
istration number, Mode S transponder code, flight identi-
fication, call sign, or similar identifying information from 
any ground based display to the public that would allow 
the real-time or near real-time flight tracking of that air-
craft’s movements, except data made available to a Gov-
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ernment agency, for the noncommercial flights of that 
owner or operator. 
SEC. 117. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be available for salaries and expenses of more 
than nine political and Presidential appointees in the Fed-
eral Aviation Administration. 
SEC. 118. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to increase fees pursuant to section 
44721 of title 49, United States Code, until the Federal 
Aviation Administration provides to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations a report that justifies all 
fees related to aeronautical navigation products and ex-
plains how such fees are consistent with Executive Order 
No. 13642. 
SEC. 119. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to close a regional operations center of 
the Federal Aviation Administration or reduce its services 
unless the Administrator notifies the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations not less than 90 full busi-
ness days in advance. 
SEC. 119A. None of the funds made available by or 
limited by this Act may be used to change weight restric-
tions or prior permission rules at Teterboro airport in 
Teterboro, New Jersey. 
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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 Admin-
istration has received an application from the airport, and 
so long as the Administrator determines such tower is eli-
gible using the factors set forth in Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration published establishment criteria. 
SEC. 119C. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to open, close, redesignate as a lesser 
office, or reorganize a regional office, the aeronautical cen-
ter, or the technical center unless the Administrator sub-
mits a request for the reprogramming of funds under sec-
tion 405 of this Act. 
SEC. 119D. Section 44502(e) of title 49, United 
States Code, shall be applied by inserting the following 
after paragraph (4): 
‘‘(5) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) SYSTEMS OR EQUIPMENT.—Eligible air 
traffic systems or equipment identified in subpara-
graphs (A) through (C) of paragraph (3) of this sub-
section to be transferred to the Administrator under 
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this subsection must have been purchased by the 
transferor airport on or after October 5, 2018; and 
‘‘(B) OTHER SYSTEMS OR EQUIPMENT.—Eligi-
ble air traffic systems or equipment identified in 
subparagraph (D) of paragraph (3) of this sub-
section to be transferred to the Administrator under 
this subsection must have been purchased by the 
transferor airport on or after October 1, 2024. 
‘‘(6) AIRPORTS IN THE CONTIGUOUS UNITED 
STATES.—Notwithstanding the limitation to airports in 
non-contiguous States in paragraph (1) of this subsection, 
an airport in the contiguous United States may transfer, 
without consideration, to the Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration, an eligible air traffic system or 
equipment identified in subparagraphs (A) through (C) of 
paragraph (3) of this subsection that conforms to perform-
ance specifications of the Administrator if a Government 
airport aid program, airport development aid program, or 
airport improvement project grant was used to assist in 
purchasing the system or equipment and such eligible air 
traffic system or equipment was purchased by the trans-
feror airport during the period of time beginning on Octo-
ber 5, 2018, and ending on December 31, 2021.’’ 
SEC. 119E. Of the funds provided under the heading 
‘‘Grants-in-aid for Airports’’, up to $3,500,000 shall be 
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aid highway and highway safety construction 
programs for future fiscal years. 
(e) REDISTRIBUTION
OF
CERTAIN
AUTHORIZED 
FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of distribution of obligation limitation 
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall distribute 
to the States any funds (excluding funds authorized 
for the program under section 202 of title 23, 
United States Code) that— 
(A) are authorized to be appropriated for 
such fiscal year for Federal-aid highway pro-
grams; and 
(B) the Secretary determines will not be 
allocated to the States (or will not be appor-
tioned to the States under section 204 of title 
23, United States Code), and will not be avail-
able for obligation, for such fiscal year because 
of the imposition of any obligation limitation for 
such fiscal year. 
(2) RATIO.—Funds shall be distributed under 
paragraph (1) in the same proportion as the dis-
tribution of obligation authority under subsection 
(a)(5). 
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withstanding any other provision of law, funds appro-
priated under this heading may be used for advertising 
and promotional activities that directly support program 
activities funded in this title. 
PROGRAM OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Program Of-
fices, $1,097,164,130, to remain available until September 
30, 2026: Provided, That of the sums appropriated under 
this heading— 
(1) $286,000,000 shall be available for the Of-
fice of Public and Indian Housing; 
(2) $168,514,130 shall be available for the Of-
fice of Community Planning and Development; 
(3) $487,550,000 shall be available for the Of-
fice of Housing; 
(4) $41,000,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Policy Development and Research; 
(5) $102,900,000 shall be available for the Of-
fice of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity; and 
(6) $11,200,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the working capital fund for the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development (referred to in this para-
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100 
in section 202 properties financed between 1959 and 
1974 that are refinanced pursuant to Public Law 
106–569, as amended, or under the authority as 
provided under this Act: Provided, That the Sec-
retary may, not less than 3 days after providing no-
tice to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations, reprogram amounts made available under 
this paragraph to utilize such amounts to avoid or 
reduce the proration of renewal funding allocations 
under paragraph (1) under this heading: Provided 
further, That when a public housing development is 
submitted for demolition or disposition under section 
18 of the Act, the Secretary may provide section 8 
rental assistance when the units pose an imminent 
health and safety risk to residents: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may provide section 8 rental as-
sistance from amounts made available under this 
paragraph for units assisted under a project-based 
subsidy contract funded under the ‘‘Project-Based 
Rental Assistance’’ heading under this title where 
the owner has received a Notice of Default and the 
units pose an imminent health and safety risk to 
residents: Provided further, That of the amounts 
made available under this paragraph, no less than 
$5,000,000 may be available to provide tenant pro-
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155 
(b) PHASED
TRANSFERS.—Transfers of project- 
based assistance under this section may be done in phases 
to accommodate the financing and other requirements re-
lated to rehabilitating or constructing the project or 
projects to which the assistance is transferred, to ensure 
that such project or projects meet the standards under 
subsection (c). 
(c) The transfer authorized in subsection (a) is sub-
ject to the following conditions: 
(1) NUMBER AND BEDROOM SIZE OF UNITS.— 
(A) For occupied units in the transferring 
project: The number of low-income and very 
low-income units and the configuration (i.e., 
bedroom size) provided by the transferring 
project shall be no less than when transferred 
to the receiving project or projects and the net 
dollar amount of Federal assistance provided to 
the transferring project shall remain the same 
in the receiving project or projects. 
(B) For unoccupied units in the transfer-
ring project: The Secretary may authorize a re-
duction in the number of dwelling units in the 
receiving project or projects to allow for a re-
configuration of bedroom sizes to meet current 
market demands, as determined by the Sec-
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