shall be used to fund direct operations of the current air 
traffic control towers in the contract tower program, in-
cluding the contract 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 in this Act for aeronautical charting 
and cartography are available for activities conducted by, 
or coordinated through, the Working Capital Fund: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this Act or any other Act may 
be used to eliminate the Contract Weather Observers pro-
gram at any airport. 
FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
for acquisition, establishment, technical support services, 
improvement by contract or purchase, and hire of national 
airspace systems and experimental facilities and equip-
ment, as authorized under part A of subtitle VII of title 
49, United States Code, including initial acquisition of 
necessary sites by lease or grant; engineering and service 
testing, including construction of test facilities and acqui-
sition of necessary sites by lease or grant; construction 
and furnishing of quarters and related accommodations 
for officers and employees of the Federal Aviation Admin-
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istration stationed at remote localities where such accom-
modations are not available; and the purchase, lease, or 
transfer of aircraft from funds available under this head-
ing, including aircraft for aviation regulation and certifi-
cation; to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust 
Fund, $3,250,000,000, of which $515,325,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2020, $2,591,625,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2021, and 
$143,050,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That there may be credited to this appropriation 
funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other 
public authorities, and private sources, for expenses in-
curred in the establishment, improvement, and moderniza-
tion of national airspace systems: Provided further, That 
no later than March 31, the Secretary of Transportation 
shall transmit to the Congress an investment plan for the 
Federal Aviation Administration which includes funding 
for each budget line item for fiscal years 2020 through 
2024, with total funding for each year of the plan con-
strained to the funding targets for those years as esti-
mated and approved by the Office of Management and 
Budget. 
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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, 
$180,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund and to remain available until September 30, 
2021: 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. 
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, 
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and commissioning of runway incursion prevention devices 
and systems at airports of such title; for grants authorized 
under section 41743 of title 49, United States Code; and 
for inspection activities and administration of airport safe-
ty programs, including those related to airport operating 
certificates under section 44706 of title 49, United States 
Code, $3,000,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and 
Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That none of the funds under this head-
ing shall be available for the planning or execution of pro-
grams the obligations for which are in excess of 
$3,350,000,000 in fiscal year 2019, notwithstanding sec-
tion 47117(g) of title 49, United States Code: Provided 
further, That none of the funds under this heading shall 
be available for the replacement of baggage conveyor sys-
tems, reconfiguration of terminal baggage areas, or other 
airport improvements that are necessary to install bulk ex-
plosive detection systems: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 47109(a) of title 49, United States Code, 
the Government’s share of allowable project costs under 
paragraph (2) for subgrants or paragraph (3) of that sec-
tion 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 con-
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struction project: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, of funds limited under this 
heading, not more than $112,600,000 shall be available 
for administration, and not less than $15,000,000 shall 
be available for the Airport Cooperative Research Pro-
gram, not less than $33,194,000 shall be available for Air-
port Technology Research: Provided further, That in addi-
tion to airports eligible under section 41743 of title 49, 
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 classifica-
tions 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, $500,000,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2021: 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: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall distribute funds provided 
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Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development dur-
ing fiscal year 2019. 
SEC. 111. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
to pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring air-
port sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration without cost building construction, maintenance, 
utilities and expenses, or space in airport sponsor-owned 
buildings for services relating to air traffic control, air 
navigation, or weather reporting: Provided, That the pro-
hibition of funds in this section does not apply to negotia-
tions between the agency and airport sponsors to achieve 
agreement on ‘‘below-market’’ rates for these items or to 
grant assurances that require airport 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 49 U.S.C. 41742(a)(1) from fees credited under 
49 U.S.C. 45303 and any amount remaining in such ac-
count at the close of that fiscal year may be made available 
to satisfy section 41742(a)(1) for the subsequent fiscal 
year. 
SEC. 113. Amounts collected under section 40113(e) 
of title 49, United States Code, shall be credited to the 
appropriation current at the time of collection, to be 
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merged with and available for the same purposes of such 
appropriation. 
SEC. 114. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for paying premium pay under subsection 5546(a) of 
title 5, United States Code, to any Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration employee unless such employee actually per-
formed work during the time corresponding to such pre-
mium pay. 
SEC. 115. None of the funds in this Act may be obli-
gated or expended for an employee of the Federal Aviation 
Administration to purchase a store gift card or gift certifi-
cate through use of a Government-issued credit card. 
SEC. 116. None of the funds in this Act may be obli-
gated or expended for retention bonuses for an employee 
of the Federal Aviation Administration without the prior 
written approval of the Assistant Secretary for Adminis-
tration of the Department of Transportation. 
SEC. 117. 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 from any display of the Federal Aviation 
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Administration’s Aircraft Situational Display to Industry 
data that is made available to the public, except data made 
available to a Government agency, for the noncommercial 
flights of that owner or operator. 
SEC. 118. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for salaries and expenses of more than eight political 
and Presidential appointees in the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration. 
SEC. 119. None of the funds made available under 
this Act may be used to increase fees pursuant to section 
44721 of title 49, United States Code, until the Federal 
Aviation Administration provides to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations a report that justifies all 
fees related to aeronautical navigation products and ex-
plains how such fees are consistent with Executive Order 
13642. 
SEC. 119A. None of the funds in this Act may be 
used to close a regional operations center of the Federal 
Aviation Administration or reduce its services unless the 
Administrator notifies the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations not less than 90 full business days in 
advance. 
SEC. 119B. None of the funds appropriated or lim-
ited by this Act may be used to change weight restrictions 
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or prior permission rules at Teterboro airport in 
Teterboro, New Jersey. 
SEC. 119C. None of the funds provided under 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 
Program participants as long as the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration has received an application from the airport, 
and as long as the Administrator determines such tower 
is eligible using the factors set forth in the Federal Avia-
tion Administration report, Establishment and Dis-
continuance Criteria for Airport Traffic Control Towers 
(FAA–APO–90–7 as of August, 1990). 
SEC. 119D. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds made available in this Act may be 
obligated or expended to limit the use of an Organization 
Designation Authorization’s (ODA) delegated functions 
documented in its procedures manual on a type certifi-
cation project unless the Administrator documents a sys-
temic airworthiness noncompliance performance issue as 
a result of inspection or oversight that the safety of air 
commerce requires a limitation with regard to a specific 
authorization or where an ODA’s capability has not been 
previously established in terms of a new compliance meth-
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od or design feature: Provided, That in such cases FAA 
shall work with the ODA holder if requested to develop 
the capability to execute that function safely, efficiently 
and effectively. 
SEC. 119E. None of the funds made available by this 
Act and apportioned under section 47114(d) of title 49, 
United States Code, shall be made available for construc-
tion of a storage building, or a portion of such building, 
to shelter snow equipment in excess of equipment needs 
established by standards issued by the Secretary of Trans-
portation that is owned by an airport categorized as a local 
general aviation airport as indicated in Federal Aviation 
Administration 2017- 2021 National Plan of Integrated 
Airport Systems (NPIAS) report unless such airport spon-
sor certifies conformity with the following: 
(1) The storage building, or portion thereof, to 
be constructed will be used to store snow removal 
equipment exclusively used for clearing airfield pave-
ment of snow and ice following a weather event. 
(2) The 30-year annual snowfall normal of the 
nearest weather station based on the National Oce-
anic and Atmospheric Administration Summary of 
Monthly Normals 1981-2010 exceeds 26 inches. 
(3) The airport serves as a base for a medical 
air ambulance transport aircraft; (d)that the airport 
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antee, or line of credit; and the amount of credit assist-
ance. 
SEC. 124. None of the funds 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 Committees 
on Appropriations of the proposed grant, including an 
evaluation and justification for the project and the amount 
of the proposed grant award: Provided, That the written 
notification required in the previous proviso shall be made 
no later than 180 days after enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 125. (a) A State or territory, as defined in sec-
tion 165 of title 23, United States Code, may use for any 
project eligible under section 133(b) of title 23 or section 
165 of title 23 and located within the boundary of the 
State or territory any earmarked amount, and any associ-
ated obligation limitation: Provided, That the Department 
of Transportation for the State or territory for which the 
earmarked amount was originally designated or directed 
notifies the Secretary of Transportation of its intent to 
use its authority under this section and submits a quar-
terly report to the Secretary identifying the projects to 
which the funding would be applied. Notwithstanding the 
original period of availability of funds to be obligated 
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under this section, such funds and associated obligation 
limitation shall remain available for obligation for a period 
of 3 fiscal years after the fiscal year in which the Sec-
retary of Transportation is notified. The Federal share of 
the cost of a 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 de-
fined in rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the 
Senate, identified in a prior law, report, or joint ex-
planatory statement, which was authorized to be ap-
propriated or appropriated more than 10 fiscal years 
prior to the current fiscal year, and administered by 
the Federal Highway Administration; or 
(2) a congressional earmark, as defined in rule 
XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives 
identified in a prior law, report, or joint explanatory 
statement, which was authorized to be appropriated 
or appropriated more than 10 fiscal years prior to 
the current fiscal year, and administered by the Fed-
eral Highway Administration. 
(c) The authority under subsection (a) may be exer-
cised only for those projects or activities that have obli-
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gated less than 10 percent of the amount made available 
for obligation as of October 1 of the current fiscal year, 
and shall be applied to projects within the same general 
geographic area within 50 miles for which the funding was 
designated, except that a State or territory may apply 
such authority to unexpended balances of funds from 
projects or activities the State or territory certifies have 
been closed and for which payments have been made under 
a final voucher. 
(d) The Secretary shall submit consolidated reports 
of the information provided by the States and territories 
each quarter to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations. 
SEC. 126. Section 127(l)(2) of title 23, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) The William H. Natcher Parkway (to 
be designated as a spur of Interstate Route 65) 
from Interstate Route 65 in Bowling Green, 
Kentucky, to United States Route 60 in 
Owensboro, Kentucky.’’. 
SEC. 127. Section 127(s) of title 23, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) by amending the subsection heading to read 
as follows: ‘‘Natural Gas and Electric Battery Vehi-
cles’’; 
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(2) by inserting ‘‘or powered primarily by 
means of electric battery power’’ after the first oc-
currence of ‘‘natural gas’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘any vehicle weight limit’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the weight limit on the power unit by up 
to 2,000 pounds’’; and 
(4) by striking all that follows ‘‘under this sec-
tion’’ and inserting a period after ‘‘section’’. 
FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in the implemen-
tation, execution and administration of motor carrier safe-
ty operations and programs pursuant to section 31110 of 
title 49, United States Code, as amended by the Fixing 
America’s Surface Transportation Act, $284,000,000, to 
be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the 
Mass Transit Account), together with advances and reim-
bursements received by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration, the sum of which shall remain available 
until expended: Provided, That funds available for imple-
mentation, execution or administration of motor carrier 
safety operations and programs authorized under title 49, 
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United States Code, shall not exceed total obligations of 
$284,000,000 for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Operations and 
Programs’’ for fiscal year 2019, of which $9,073,000, to 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2021, 
is for the research and technology program, and of which 
$34,824,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 2021, is for information management. 
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
sections 31102, 31103, 31104, and 31313 of title 49, 
United States Code, as amended by the Fixing America’s 
Surface Transportation Act, $381,800,000, to be derived 
from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Tran-
sit Account) and to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That funds available for the implementation or exe-
cution of motor carrier safety programs shall not exceed 
total obligations of $381,800,000 in fiscal year 2019 for 
‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Grants’’; of which $304,300,000 
shall be available for the motor carrier safety assistance 
program, $32,500,000 shall be available for the commer-
cial driver’s license program implementation program, 
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$44,000,000 shall be available for the high priority activi-
ties program, and $1,000,000 shall be available for the 
commercial motor vehicle operators grant program. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL MOTOR 
CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 130. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Admin-
istration shall send notice of 49 CFR section 385.308 vio-
lations by certified mail, registered mail, or another man-
ner of delivery, which records the receipt of the notice by 
the persons responsible for the violations. 
SEC. 131. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available to the Department of Transportation 
by this Act or any other Act may be obligated or expended 
to implement, administer, or enforce the requirements of 
section 31137 of title 49, United States Code, or any regu-
lation issued by the Secretary pursuant to such section, 
with respect to the use of electronic logging devices by op-
erators of commercial motor vehicles, as defined in section 
31132(1) of such title, transporting livestock as defined 
in section 602 of the Emergency Livestock Feed Assist-
ance Act of 1988 (7 U.S.C. 1471) or insects. 
SEC. 132. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act or any other Act may be 
used to implement, enforce or in any other way make ef-
fective the final rule published by the Federal Motor Car-
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rier Safety Administration on May 27, 2015, entitled 
‘‘Lease and Interchange of Vehicles; Motor Carriers of 
Passengers’’. 
SEC. 133. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 14501(c) of 
title 49, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘paragraphs 
(2) and (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (3) and 
(4)’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through 
(5) as paragraphs (3) through (6) respectively; 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL LIMITATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State, political sub-
division of a State, or political authority of 2 or 
more States may not enact or enforce a law, 
regulation, or other provision having the force 
and effect of law prohibiting employees whose 
hours of service are subject to regulation by the 
Secretary under section 31502 from working to 
the full extent permitted or at such times as 
permitted under such section, or imposing any 
additional obligations on motor carriers if such 
employees work to the full extent or at such 
times as permitted under such section, includ-
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ing any related activities regulated under part 
395 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations. 
‘‘(B) STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Noth-
ing in this paragraph shall be construed to limit 
the provisions of paragraph (1).’’. 
(4) in paragraph (3) (as redesignated) by strik-
ing ‘‘Paragraph (1)—’’ and inserting ‘‘Paragraphs 
(1) and (2)—’’; and 
(5) in paragraph (4)(A) (as redesignated) by 
striking ‘‘Paragraph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘Paragraphs 
(1) and (2)’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall have the force and effect as if enacted 
on the date of enactment of the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration Authorization Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–305). 
SEC. 134. Section 31112(c) of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading by striking ‘‘AND 
KANSAS’’ and inserting ‘‘KANSAS, AND OREGON’’; 
(2) in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(3) in paragraph (5) by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(6) Oregon may allow the operation of a truck 
tractor and 2 property-carrying units not in actual 
lawful operation on a regular or periodic basis on 
June 1, 1991, if— 
‘‘(A) the length of the property-carrying 
units does not exceed 82 feet 8 inches; 
‘‘(B) the combination is used only to trans-
port sugar beets; and 
‘‘(C) the operation occurs on United States 
Route 20, United States Route 26, United 
States Route 30, or Oregon Route 201 in the 
vicinity, or between any, of— 
‘‘(i) Vale, Oregon; 
‘‘(ii) Ontario, Oregon; or 
‘‘(iii) Nyssa, Oregon.’’. 
NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of 
the Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety 
authorized under chapter 301 and part C of subtitle VI 
of title 49, United States Code, $204,269,000, of which 
$40,000,000 shall remain available through September 
30, 2020. 
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OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403, section 4011 of the Fix-
ing America’s Surface Transportation Act (Public Law 
114–94), and chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code, 
$152,100,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust 
Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) and to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That none of the 
funds in this Act shall be available for the planning or 
execution of programs the total obligations for which, in 
fiscal year 2019, are in excess of $152,100,000, of which 
$146,700,000 shall be for programs authorized under 23 
U.S.C. 403 and section 4011 of the Fixing America’s Sur-
face Transportation Act (Public Law 114-94) and 
$5,400,000 shall be for the National Driver Register au-
thorized under chapter 303 of title 49, United States 
Code: Provided further, That within the $152,100,000 ob-
ligation 
limitation 
for 
operations 
and 
research, 
$20,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2020, and shall be in addition to the amount of any limita-
tion imposed on obligations for future years. 
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HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
provisions of 23 U.S.C. 402, 404, and 405, and section 
4001(a)(6) of the Fixing America’s Surface Transpor-
tation 
Act, 
to 
remain 
available 
until 
expended, 
$610,208,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust 
Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account): Provided, 
That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for 
the planning or execution of programs the total obligations 
for which, in fiscal year 2019, are in excess of 
$610,208,000 for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 
402, 404, and 405, and section 4001(a)(6) of the Fixing 
America’s 
Surface 
Transportation 
Act, 
of 
which 
$270,400,000 shall be for ‘‘Highway Safety Programs’’ 
under 23 U.S.C. 402; $283,000,000 shall be for ‘‘National 
Priority Safety Programs’’ under 23 U.S.C. 405; 
$30,200,000 shall be for the ‘‘High Visibility Enforcement 
Program’’ under 23 U.S.C. 404; $26,608,000 shall be for 
‘‘Administrative Expenses’’ under section 4001(a)(6) of 
the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act: Pro-
vided further, That none of these funds shall be used for 
construction, rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or for of-
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fice furnishings and fixtures for State, local or private 
buildings or structures: Provided further, That not to ex-
ceed $500,000 of the funds made available for ‘‘National 
Priority Safety Programs’’ under 23 U.S.C. 405 for ‘‘Im-
paired Driving Countermeasures’’ (as described in sub-
section (d) of that section) shall be available for technical 
assistance to the States: Provided further, That with re-
spect to the ‘‘Transfers’’ provision under 23 U.S.C. 
405(a)(8), any amounts transferred to increase the 
amounts made available under section 402 shall include 
the obligation authority for such amounts: Provided fur-
ther, That the Administrator shall notify the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations of any exercise of 
the authority granted under the previous proviso or under 
23 U.S.C. 405(a)(8) within 5 days. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—NATIONAL HIGHWAY 
TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 140. An additional $130,000 shall be made 
available to the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis-
tration, out of the amount limited for section 402 of title 
23, United States Code, to pay for travel and related ex-
penses for State management reviews and to pay for core 
competency development training and related expenses for 
highway safety staff. 
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SEC. 141. The limitations on obligations for the pro-
grams of the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis-
tration set in this Act shall not apply to obligations for 
which obligation authority was made available in previous 
public laws but only to the extent that the obligation au-
thority has not lapsed or been used. 
SEC. 142. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to obligate or award funds for the Na-
tional Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s National 
Roadside Survey. 
SEC. 143. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to mandate global positioning system 
(GPS) tracking in private passenger motor vehicles with-
out providing full and appropriate consideration of privacy 
concerns under 5 U.S.C. chapter 5, subchapter II. 
SEC. 144. In addition to the amounts made available 
under the heading, ‘‘Operations and Research (Liquida-
tion of Contract Authorization) (Limitation on Obliga-
tions) (Highway Trust Fund)’’ for carrying out the provi-
sions of section 403 of title 23, United States Code, 
$15,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2020, shall be made available to the National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration from the general fund, of 
which not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be available to pro-
vide funding for grants, pilot program activities, and inno-
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vative solutions to reduce drug-impaired-driving fatalities 
in collaboration with eligible entities under section 403 of 
title 23, United States Code, and not to exceed 
$10,000,000 shall be available to continue a high visibility 
enforcement paid-media campaign regarding highway-rail 
grade crossing safety in collaboration with the Federal 
Railroad Administration. 
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 
SAFETY AND OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Ad-
ministration, not otherwise provided for, $221,698,000, of 
which $18,000,000 shall remain available until expended. 
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for railroad research and de-
velopment, $40,600,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT 
FINANCING PROGRAM 
That the Secretary of Transportation is authorized 
to issue direct loans and loan guarantees pursuant to sec-
tions 501 through 504 of the Railroad Revitalization and 
Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–210), as 
amended, such authority shall exist as long as any such 
direct loan or loan guarantee is outstanding. 
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FEDERAL-STATE PARTNERSHIP FOR STATE OF GOOD 
REPAIR 
For necessary expenses related to Federal-State 
Partnership for State of Good Repair Grants as author-
ized by section 24911 of title 49, United States Code, 
$500,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Notice of Funding Opportunity for funds 
provided under this heading shall be issued not later than 
60 days after enactment of this Act: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may withhold up to one percent of the 
amount provided under this heading for the costs of award 
and project management oversight of grants carried out 
under section 24911 of title 49, United States Code. 
CONSOLIDATED RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY 
IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses related to Consolidated Rail 
Infrastructure and Safety Improvements Grants, as au-
thorized by section 24407 of title 49, United States Code, 
$300,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $150,000,000 shall be available for eligible projects 
under section 24407(c)(1) of title 49, United States Code, 
for the implementation of positive train control systems: 
Provided, That section 24405(f) of title 49, United States 
Code, shall not apply to projects for the implementation 
of positive train control systems otherwise eligible under 
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section 24407(c)(1) of title 49, United States Code: Pro-
vided further, That amounts available under this heading 
for projects selected for commuter rail passenger transpor-
tation may be transferred by the Secretary, after selection, 
to the appropriate agencies to be administered in accord-
ance with chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code: Pro-
vided further, That unobligated balances remaining after 
four years from the date of enactment may be used for 
any eligible project under section 24407(c) of title 49, 
United States Code: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall issue a single Notice of Funding Opprtunity for 
funding provided under this heading not later than 60 
days after enactment of this Act: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may withhold up to one percent of the 
amount provided under this heading for the costs of award 
and project management oversight of grants carried out 
under section 24407 of title 49, United States Code. 
MAGNETIC LEVITATION TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT 
PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses related to the deployment 
magnetic levitation transportation projects, consistent 
with language in 1307(a) through (c) of Public Law 109- 
59, as amended by section 102 of Public Law 110-244 
(section 
322 
of 
title 
23, 
United 
States 
Code), 
$150,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
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NORTHEAST CORRIDOR GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL 
RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 
grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for 
activities associated with the Northeast Corridor as au-
thorized by section 11101(a) of the Fixing America’s Sur-
face Transportation Act (division A of Public Law 114– 
94), $650,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That the Secretary may retain up to one-half 
of 1 percent of the funds provided under both this heading 
and the ‘‘National Network Grants to the National Rail-
road Passenger Corporation’’ heading to fund the costs 
of project management and oversight of activities author-
ized by section 11101(c) of division A of Public Law 114– 
94: Provided further, That in addition to the project man-
agement oversight funds authorized under section 
11101(c) of division A of Public Law 114–94, the Sec-
retary may retain up to an additional $5,000,000 of the 
funds provided under this heading to fund expenses associ-
ated with the Northeast Corridor Commission established 
under section 24905 of title 49, United States Code: Pro-
vided further, That of the amounts made available under 
this heading and the ‘‘National Network Grants to the Na-
tional Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ heading, not less 
than $50,000,000 shall be made available to bring Am-
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trak-served facilities and stations into compliance with the 
Americans with Disabilities Act. 
NATIONAL NETWORK GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL 
RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 
grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for 
activities associated with the National Network as author-
ized by section 11101(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface 
Transportation Act (division A of Public Law 114–94), 
$1,291,600,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary may retain up to an additional 
$2,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading to 
fund expenses associated with the State-Supported Route 
Committee established under section 24712 of title 49, 
United States Code. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 150. None of the funds provided to the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation may be used to fund any 
overtime costs in excess of $35,000 for any individual em-
ployee: Provided, That the President of Amtrak may waive 
the cap set in the previous proviso for specific employees 
when the President of Amtrak determines such a cap 
poses a risk to the safety and operational efficiency of the 
system: Provided further, That the President of Amtrak 
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shall report to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations each quarter within 30 days of such quarter 
of the calendar year on waivers granted to employees and 
amounts paid above the cap for each month within such 
quarter and delineate the reasons each waiver was grant-
ed: Provided further, That the President of Amtrak shall 
report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions within 60 days of enactment of this Act, a summary 
of all overtime payments incurred by the Corporation for 
2018 and the three prior calendar years: Provided further, 
That such summary shall include the total number of em-
ployees that received waivers and the total overtime pay-
ments the Corporation paid to those employees receiving 
waivers for each month for 2018 and for the three prior 
calendar years. 
SEC. 151. None of the fund made available by this 
Act shall be used by the Surface Transportation Board 
to take any actions with respect to the construction of a 
high speed rail project in California unless the permit is 
issued by the Board with respect to the project in its en-
tirety. 
SEC. 152. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for high-speed rail in the State of Cali-
fornia or for the California High Speed Rail Authority, 
nor may be used by the Federal Railroad Administration 
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to administer a grant agreement with the California High 
Speed Rail Authority that contains a tapered matching re-
quirement. 
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal 
Transit Administration’s programs authorized by chapter 
53 of title 49, United States Code, $113,165,000: Pro-
vided, That none of the funds provided or limited in this 
Act may be used to create a permanent office of transit 
security under this heading: Provided further, That upon 
submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2020 Presi-
dent’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall trans-
mit to Congress the annual report on New Starts, includ-
ing proposed allocations for fiscal year 2020. 
TRANSIT FORMULA GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in the Federal 
Public Transportation Assistance Program in this ac-
count, and for payment of obligations incurred in carrying 
out the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 
5312, 5314, 5318, 5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339, and 
5340, as amended by the Fixing America’s Surface Trans-
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portation Act, and section 20005(b) of Public Law 112– 
141, and section 3006(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface 
Transportation Act, $9,900,000,000, to be derived from 
the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund 
and to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
funds available for the implementation or execution of pro-
grams authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 
5311, 5312, 5314, 5318, 5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339, 
and 5340, as amended by the Fixing America’s Surface 
Transportation Act, and section 20005(b) of Public Law 
112–141, and section 3006(b) of the Fixing America’s 
Surface Transportation Act, shall not exceed total obliga-
tions of $9,939,380,030 in fiscal year 2019: Provided fur-
ther, That the Federal share of the cost of activities car-
ried out under section 5312 shall not exceed 80 percent, 
except that if there is substantial public interest or benefit, 
the Secretary may approve a greater Federal share. 
TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS 
For an additional amount for buses and bus facilities 
grants under section 5339 of title 49, United States Code, 
formula grants for rural areas under section 5311 of such 
title, state of good repair grants under section 5337 of 
such title, high density state apportionments under section 
5340(d) of such title, and urbanized area formula grants 
under section 5307 of such title, $800,000,000 to remain 
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available until expended: Provided, That $350,000,000 
shall be available for grants as authorized under section 
5339 of such title, of which $300,000,000 shall be avail-
able for the buses and bus facilities competitive grants as 
authorized under section 5339(b) of such title, and 
$50,000,000 shall be available for the low or no emission 
grants as authorized under section 5339(c) of such title: 
Provided further, That $50,000,000 shall be available for 
formula grants for rural areas as authorized under section 
5311 of such title: Provided further, That $200,000,000 
shall be available for the state of good repair grants as 
authorized under section 5337 of such title: Provided fur-
ther, That $50,000,000 shall be available for the high den-
sity state apportionments as authorized under section 
5340(d) 
of 
such 
title: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
$150,000,000 shall be available for urbanized area for-
mula grants as authorized under section 5307 of such 
title: Provided further, That amounts made available under 
this heading shall be derived from the general fund: Pro-
vided further, That the amounts made available under this 
heading shall not be subject to any limitation on obliga-
tions for transit programs set forth in any Act. 
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5314, 
$5,000,000. 
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CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry out fixed guideway 
capital investment grants under section 5309 of title 49, 
United States Code, $2,613,650,000 to remain available 
until September 30, 2022: Provided, That of the amounts 
made available under this heading, $2,221,602,500 shall 
be obligated by December 31, 2020: Provided further, 
That of the amounts made available under this heading, 
$835,700,000 shall be available for new fixed guideway 
projects, that have executed full funding grant agree-
ments, authorized under subsection (d) of such section, 
$500,000,000 shall be available for new projects author-
ized under such section, $200,000,000 shall be available 
for core capacity improvement projects, that have executed 
full funding grant agreements, authorized under sub-
section (e) of such section, $550,000,000 shall be available 
for new projects authorized under such section, and 
$502,150,000 shall be available for small starts projects 
authorized under subsection (h) of such section: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall continue to administer 
the capital investment grant program in accordance with 
the procedural and substantive requirements of section 
5309 of such title. 
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GRANTS TO THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA 
TRANSIT AUTHORITY 
For grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area 
Transit Authority as authorized under section 601 of divi-
sion B of Public Law 110–432, $150,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of 
Transportation shall approve grants for capital and pre-
ventive maintenance expenditures for the Washington 
Metropolitan Area Transit Authority only after receiving 
and reviewing a request for each specific project: Provided 
further, That prior to approving such grants, the Secretary 
shall certify that the Washington Metropolitan Area Tran-
sit Authority is making progress to improve its safety 
management system in response to the Federal Transit 
Administration’s 2015 safety management inspection: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall determine that 
the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has 
placed the highest priority on those investments that will 
improve the safety of the system before approving such 
grants: Provided further, That the Secretary, in order to 
ensure safety throughout the rail system, may waive the 
requirements of section 601(e)(1) of division B of Public 
Law 110–432. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 160. The limitations on obligations for the pro-
grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not 
apply to any authority under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously 
made available for obligation, or to any other authority 
previously made available for obligation. 
SEC. 161. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds appropriated or limited by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Fixed Guideway Capital Investment’’ of the Fed-
eral Transit Administration for projects specified in this 
Act or identified in reports accompanying this Act not ob-
ligated by September 30, 2022, and other recoveries, shall 
be directed to projects eligible to use the funds for the 
purposes for which they were originally provided. 
SEC. 162. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, any funds appropriated before October 1, 2018, under 
any section of chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, 
that remain available for expenditure, may be transferred 
to and administered under the most recent appropriation 
heading for any such section. 
SEC. 163. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 
none of the funds in this or any other Act may be available 
to advance in any way a new light or heavy rail project 
towards a full funding grant agreement as defined by 49 
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U.S.C. 5309 for the Metropolitan Transit Authority of 
Harris County, Texas if the proposed capital project is 
constructed on or planned to be constructed on Richmond 
Avenue west of South Shepherd Drive or on Post Oak 
Boulevard north of Richmond Avenue in Houston, Texas. 
(b) The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris 
County, Texas, may attempt to construct or construct a 
new fixed guideway capital project, including light rail, in 
the locations referred to in subsection (a) if— 
(1) voters in the jurisdiction that includes such 
locations approve a ballot proposition that specifies 
routes on Richmond Avenue west of South Shepherd 
Drive or on Post Oak Boulevard north of Richmond 
Avenue in Houston, Texas; and 
(2) the proposed construction of such routes is 
part of a comprehensive, multi-modal, service-area 
wide transportation plan that includes multiple addi-
tional segments of fixed guideway capital projects, 
including light rail for the jurisdiction set forth in 
the ballot proposition. The ballot language shall in-
clude reasonable cost estimates, sources of revenue 
to be used and the total amount of bonded indebted-
ness to be incurred as well as a description of each 
route and the beginning and end point of each pro-
posed transit project. 
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SEC. 164. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds made available in this Act shall 
be used to enter into a full funding grant agreement for 
a project with a New Starts share greater than 50 percent. 
SEC. 165. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available to the Federal Transit Administration 
under this Act may be used in awarding any contract or 
subcontract for the procurement of an asset within the 
mass transit and passenger rail or freight rail subsectors 
included within the transportation systems sector defined 
by President Policy Directive 21 (Critical Infrastructure 
Security and Resilience) including rolling stock, and the 
ensuing regulations if the entity is owned, directed, or sub-
sidized by a country identified as a priority watch list 
country by the United States Trade Representative in the 
most recent report required under section 182 of the 
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2242) and is subject to 
monitoring by the Trade Representative under section 306 
of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2416). 
SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT 
CORPORATION 
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora-
tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, with-
in the limits of funds and borrowing authority available 
to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make 
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such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal 
year limitations, as provided by section 104 of the Govern-
ment Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be 
necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the 
Corporation’s budget for the current fiscal year. 
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 
(HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses to conduct the operations, 
maintenance, and capital asset renewal activities of those 
portions of the St. Lawrence Seaway owned, operated, and 
maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development 
Corporation, $40,000,000, to be derived from the Harbor 
Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99– 
662: Provided, That of the amounts made available under 
this heading, not less than $19,000,000 shall be used on 
asset renewal activities. 
MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a 
U.S.-flag merchant fleet to serve the national security 
needs of the United States, $300,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses of operations and training ac-
tivities authorized by law, $505,228,000, of which 
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$22,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
maintenance and repair of training ships at State Mari-
time Academies, and of which $300,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended for the National Security Multi- 
Mission Vessel Program, including funds for construction, 
planning, administration, and design of school ships in ac-
cordance with section 3505 of Public Law 114–328, as 
applicable; and of which $30,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended to refurbish an existing school ship; 
and of which $2,400,000 shall remain available through 
September 30, 2020, for the Student Incentive Program 
at State Maritime Academies, and of which $1,800,000 
shall remain available until expended for training ship fuel 
assistance payments, and of which $18,000,000 shall re-
main available until expended for facilities maintenance 
and repair, equipment, and capital improvements at the 
United States Merchant Marine Academy, and of which 
$3,000,000 shall remain available through September 30, 
2019, for Maritime Environment and Technology Assist-
ance program authorized under section 50307 of title 46, 
United States Code: Provided, That not later than 90 days 
after enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Mar-
itime Administration shall transmit to the House and Sen-
ate Committees on Appropriations the annual report on 
sexual assault and sexual harassment at the United States 
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