In the Senate of the United States, 
May 19, 2016. 
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 2577) entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for 
the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban 
Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2016, and for other purposes.’’, do pass with 
the following 
AMENDMENT: 
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
following: 
DIVISION A—DEPARTMENTS OF TRANS-
PORTATION, 
AND 
HOUSING 
AND 
URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED 
AGENCIES 
The following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban 
Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2017, and for other purposes, namely:
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TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
$116,396,000, of which not to exceed $2,758,000 shall be 
available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to 
exceed $1,040,000 shall be available for the immediate Of-
fice of the Deputy Secretary; not to exceed $20,772,000 shall 
be available for the Office of the General Counsel; not to 
exceed $11,108,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy; not to exceed 
$16,020,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to exceed 
$2,569,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Governmental Affairs; not to exceed 
$30,054,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Administration; not to exceed $2,142,000 shall 
be available for the Office of Public Affairs; not to exceed 
$1,760,000 shall be available for the Office of the Executive 
Secretariat; not to exceed $11,089,000 shall be available for 
the Office of Intelligence, Security, and Emergency Re-
sponse; and not to exceed $17,084,000 shall be available for 
the Office of the Chief Information Officer: Provided, That 
the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to transfer
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funds appropriated for any office of the Office of the Sec-
retary to any other office of the Office of the Secretary: Pro-
vided further, That no appropriation for any office shall 
be increased or decreased by more than 5 percent by all 
such transfers: Provided further, That notice of any change 
in funding greater than 5 percent shall be submitted for 
approval to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided further, That not to exceed $60,000 
shall be for allocation within the Department for official 
reception and representation expenses as the Secretary may 
determine: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, excluding fees authorized in Public 
Law 107–71, there may be credited to this appropriation 
up to $2,500,000 in funds received in user fees: Provided 
further, That none of the funds provided in this Act shall 
be available for the position of Assistant Secretary for Pub-
lic Affairs. 
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses related to the Office of the As-
sistant 
Secretary 
for 
Research 
and 
Technology, 
$13,044,000, of which $8,218,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2019: Provided, That there may be 
credited to this appropriation, to be available until ex-
pended, funds received from States, counties, municipali-
ties, other public authorities, and private sources for ex-
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penses incurred for training: Provided further, That any 
reference in law, regulation, judicial proceedings, or else-
where to the Research and Innovative Technology Adminis-
tration shall continue to be deemed to be a reference to the 
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Tech-
nology of the Department of Transportation. 
NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS 
For capital investments in surface transportation in-
frastructure, $525,000,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2020: Provided, That the Secretary of Trans-
portation shall distribute funds provided under this heading 
as discretionary grants to be awarded to a State, local gov-
ernment, transit agency, or a collaboration among such en-
tities on a competitive basis for projects that will have a 
significant impact on the Nation, a metropolitan area, or 
a region: Provided further, That projects eligible for funding 
provided under this heading shall include, but not be lim-
ited to, highway or bridge projects eligible under title 23, 
United States Code; public transportation projects eligible 
under chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code; passenger 
and freight rail transportation projects; and port infra-
structure investments (including inland port infrastructure 
and land ports of entry): Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may use up to 20 percent of the funds made available 
under this heading for the purpose of paying the subsidy
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and administrative costs of projects eligible for Federal 
credit assistance under chapter 6 of title 23, United States 
Code, if the Secretary finds that such use of the funds would 
advance the purposes of this paragraph: Provided further, 
That in distributing funds provided under this heading, the 
Secretary shall take such measures so as to ensure an equi-
table geographic distribution of funds, an appropriate bal-
ance in addressing the needs of urban and rural areas, and 
the investment in a variety of transportation modes: Pro-
vided further, That a grant funded under this heading shall 
be not less than $5,000,000 and not greater than 
$25,000,000: Provided further, That not more than 10 per-
cent of the funds made available under this heading may 
be awarded to projects in a single State: Provided further, 
That the Federal share of the costs for which an expenditure 
is made under this heading shall be, at the option of the 
recipient, up to 80 percent: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall give priority to projects that require a contribu-
tion of Federal funds in order to complete an overall financ-
ing package: Provided further, That not less than 30 percent 
of the funds provided under this heading shall be for projects 
located in rural areas: Provided further, That for projects 
located in rural areas, the minimum grant size shall be 
$1,000,000 and the Secretary may increase the Federal 
share of costs above 80 percent: Provided further, That
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projects conducted using funds provided under this heading 
must comply with the requirements of subchapter IV of 
chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall conduct a new competition to select 
the grants and credit assistance awarded under this head-
ing: Provided further, That the Secretary may retain up 
to $20,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading, 
and may transfer portions of those funds to the Administra-
tors of the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal 
Transit Administration, the Federal Railroad Administra-
tion and the Maritime Administration, to fund the award 
and oversight of grants and credit assistance made under 
the National Infrastructure Investments program. 
NATIONAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AND INNOVATIVE 
FINANCE BUREAU 
For necessary expenses for the establishment and ad-
ministration of a new National Surface Transportation 
and Innovative Finance Bureau (the Bureau) within the 
Office of the Secretary of Transportation, $3,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of Transportation shall use such amount for the nec-
essary expenses to establish the Bureau and to fulfill the 
responsibilities of the Bureau, as detailed in section 9001 
of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) 
Act (Public Law 114–94) (49 U.S.C. 116): Provided fur-
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ther, That the Secretary is required to receive the advance 
approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations prior to exercising the authorities of 49 U.S.C. 
116(h): Provided further, That the program be available to 
other Federal agencies, States, municipalities and project 
sponsors seeking Federal transportation expertise in obtain-
ing financing. 
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CAPITAL 
For necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing 
the Department of Transportation’s financial systems and 
re-engineering business processes, $4,000,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2018. 
CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVES 
For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, 
including necessary upgrades to wide area network and in-
formation technology infrastructure, improvement of net-
work perimeter controls and identity management, testing 
and assessment of information technology against business, 
security, and other requirements, implementation of Fed-
eral cyber security initiatives and information infrastruc-
ture enhancements, implementation of enhanced security 
controls on network devices, $15,000,000, to remain avail-
able through September 30, 2018.
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OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$9,751,000. 
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND 
DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 
planning, research, systems development, development ac-
tivities, and making grants, to remain available until ex-
pended, $12,043,000: Provided, That of such amount, 
$3,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses of the Interagency 
Infrastructure Permitting Improvement Center (IIPIC): 
Provided further, That there may be transferred to this ap-
propriation, to remain available until expended, amounts 
from other Federal agencies for expenses incurred under this 
heading for IIPIC activities not related to transportation 
infrastructure: Provided further, That the tools and anal-
ysis developed by the IIPIC shall be available to other Fed-
eral agencies for the permitting and review of major infra-
structure projects not related to transportation to the extent 
that other Federal agencies provide funding to the Depart-
ment as provided for under the previous proviso. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For necessary expenses for operating costs and capital 
outlays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed 
$190,389,000 shall be paid from appropriations made
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available to the Department of Transportation: Provided, 
That such services shall be provided on a competitive basis 
to entities within the Department of Transportation: Pro-
vided further, That the above limitation on operating ex-
penses shall not apply to non-DOT entities: Provided fur-
ther, That no funds appropriated in this Act to an agency 
of the Department shall be transferred to the Working Cap-
ital Fund without majority approval of the Working Cap-
ital Fund Steering Committee and approval of the Sec-
retary: Provided further, That no assessments may be levied 
against any program, budget activity, subactivity or project 
funded by this Act unless notice of such assessments and 
the basis therefor are presented to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations and are approved by such 
Committees. 
MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $339,000, as author-
ized by 49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in sec-
tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 
further, That these funds are available to subsidize total 
loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not 
to exceed $18,367,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the guaranteed loan program, $602,000.
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SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS UTILIZATION AND 
OUTREACH 
For the necessary expenses to establish Small and Dis-
advantaged Business Utilization and Outreach, that will 
ensure small and disadvantaged business policies of the Sec-
retary of Transportation are developed and implemented in 
a fair, efficient and effective manner, $4,646,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That not-
withstanding 49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be used for 
business opportunities related to any mode of transpor-
tation. 
PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
In addition to funds made available from any other 
source to carry out the essential air service program under 
49 U.S.C. 41731 through 41742, $150,000,000, to be derived 
from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That in determining between 
or among carriers competing to provide service to a commu-
nity, the Secretary may consider the relative subsidy re-
quirements of the carriers: Provided further, That basic es-
sential air service minimum requirements shall not include 
the 15-passenger capacity requirement under subsection 
41732(b)(3) of title 49, United States Code: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds in this Act or any other Act
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shall be used to enter into a new contract with a community 
located less than 40 miles from the nearest small hub air-
port before the Secretary has negotiated with the commu-
nity over a local cost share: Provided further, That amounts 
authorized to be distributed for the essential air service pro-
gram under subsection 41742(b) of title 49, United States 
Code, shall be made available immediately from amounts 
otherwise provided to the Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration: Provided further, That the Ad-
ministrator may reimburse such amounts from fees credited 
to the account established under section 45303 of title 49, 
United States Code. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
OF TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 101. None of the funds made available in this 
Act to the Department of Transportation may be obligated 
for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation to approve 
assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining to funds 
appropriated to the modal administrations in this Act, ex-
cept for activities underway on the date of enactment of 
this Act, unless such assessments or agreements have com-
pleted the normal reprogramming process for Congressional 
notification. 
SEC. 102. Notwithstanding section 3324 of title 31, 
United States Code, in addition to authority provided by
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section 327 of title 49, United States Code, the Depart-
ment’s Working Capital Fund is hereby authorized to pro-
vide payments in advance to vendors that are necessary to 
carry out the Federal transit pass transportation fringe 
benefit program under Executive Order 13150 and section 
3049 of Public Law 109–59: Provided, That the Depart-
ment shall include adequate safeguards in the contract with 
the vendors to ensure timely and high-quality performance 
under the contract. 
SEC. 103. The Secretary shall post on the Web site of 
the Department of Transportation a schedule of all meetings 
of the Council on Credit and Finance, including the agenda 
for each meeting, and require the Council on Credit and 
Finance to record the decisions and actions of each meeting. 
SEC. 104. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act— 
(1) the total amount made available under the 
heading ‘‘ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES’’ under the 
heading ‘‘FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION’’ shall 
be $113,165,000; and 
(2) the total amount made available under the 
heading ‘‘SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’ under the head-
ing 
‘‘OFFICE
OF
THE
SECRETARY’’ 
shall 
be 
$113,896,000.
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FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Admin-
istration, not otherwise provided for, including operations 
and research activities related to commercial space trans-
portation, administrative expenses for research and develop-
ment, establishment of air navigation facilities, the oper-
ation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, sub-
sidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold to 
the public, lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles for 
replacement only, in addition to amounts made available 
by Public Law 112–95, $10,048,352,000 of which 
$9,190,000,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Air-
way Trust Fund, of which not to exceed $7,593,785,000 
shall be available for air traffic organization activities; not 
to exceed $1,286,982,000 shall be available for aviation safe-
ty activities; not to exceed $19,826,000 shall be available 
for commercial space transportation activities; not to exceed 
$771,342,000 shall be available for finance and manage-
ment activities; not to exceed $60,155,000 shall be available 
for NextGen and operations planning activities; not to ex-
ceed $107,161,000 shall be available for security and haz-
ardous materials safety; and not to exceed $209,101,000 
shall be available for staff offices: Provided, That not to ex-
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ceed 2 percent of any budget activity, except for aviation 
safety budget activity, may be transferred to any budget 
activity under this heading: Provided further, That no 
transfer may increase or decrease any appropriation by 
more than 2 percent: Provided further, That any transfer 
in excess of 2 percent shall be treated as a reprogramming 
of funds under section 405 of this Act and shall not be avail-
able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with 
the procedures set forth in that section: Provided further, 
That not later than March 31 of each fiscal year hereafter, 
the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration 
shall transmit to Congress an annual update to the report 
submitted to Congress in December 2004 pursuant to sec-
tion 221 of Public Law 108–176: Provided further, That 
not later than March 31 of each fiscal year hereafter, the 
Administrator shall transmit to Congress a companion re-
port that describes a comprehensive strategy for staffing, 
hiring, and training flight standards and aircraft certifi-
cation staff in a format similar to the one utilized for the 
controller staffing plan, including stated attrition estimates 
and numerical hiring goals by fiscal year: Provided further, 
That the amount herein appropriated shall be reduced by 
$100,000 per day for each day after March 31 that such 
report has not been submitted to Congress: Provided further, 
That funds may be used to enter into a grant agreement
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with a nonprofit standard-setting organization to assist in 
the development of aviation safety standards: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available 
for new applicants for the second career training program: 
Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall 
be available for the Federal Aviation Administration to fi-
nalize or implement any regulation that would promulgate 
new aviation user fees not specifically authorized by law 
after the date of the enactment of this Act: Provided further, 
That there may be credited to this appropriation, as offset-
ting collections, funds received from States, counties, mu-
nicipalities, foreign authorities, other public authorities, 
and private sources for expenses incurred in the provision 
of agency services, including receipts for the maintenance 
and operation of air navigation facilities, and for issuance, 
renewal or modification of certificates, including airman, 
aircraft, and repair station certificates, or for tests related 
thereto, or for processing major repair or alteration forms: 
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 
heading, not less than $159,000,000 shall be for the contract 
tower program, including the contract tower cost share pro-
gram: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act 
for aeronautical charting and cartography are available for 
activities conducted by, or coordinated through, the Work-
ing Capital Fund: Provided further, That none of the funds
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appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act or 
any other Act may be used to eliminate the Contract Weath-
er Observers program at any airport. 
FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
acquisition, establishment, technical support services, im-
provement by contract or purchase, and hire of national 
airspace systems and experimental facilities and equip-
ment, as authorized under part A of subtitle VII of title 
49, United States Code, including initial acquisition of nec-
essary sites by lease or grant; engineering and service test-
ing, including construction of test facilities and acquisition 
of necessary sites by lease or grant; construction and fur-
nishing of quarters and related accommodations for officers 
and employees of the Federal Aviation Administration sta-
tioned at remote localities where such accommodations are 
not available; and the purchase, lease, or transfer of aircraft 
from funds available under this heading, including aircraft 
for aviation regulation and certification; to be derived from 
the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, $2,838,000,000, of 
which $489,000,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2017, and $2,349,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2019: Provided, That there may be credited 
to this appropriation funds received from States, counties,
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municipalities, other public authorities, and private 
sources, for expenses incurred in the establishment, im-
provement, and modernization of national airspace sys-
tems: Provided further, That no later than March 31, the 
Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to the Congress 
an investment plan for the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion which includes funding for each budget line item for 
fiscal years 2018 through 2022, with total funding for each 
year of the plan constrained to the funding targets for those 
years as estimated and approved by the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget: Provided further, That the amount herein 
appropriated shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for each 
day after March 31 that such report has not been submitted 
to Congress. 
RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
research, engineering, and development, as authorized 
under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, 
including construction of experimental facilities and acqui-
sition of necessary sites by lease or grant, $176,002,000, to 
be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and 
to remain available until September 30, 2018: Provided, 
That there may be credited to this appropriation as offset-
ting collections, funds received from States, counties, mu-
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nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources, 
which shall be available for expenses incurred for research, 
engineering, and development. 
GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in- 
aid for airport planning and development, and noise com-
patibility planning and programs as authorized under sub-
chapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 
of title 49, United States Code, and under other law author-
izing such obligations; for procurement, installation, and 
commissioning of runway incursion prevention devices and 
systems at airports of such title; for grants authorized under 
section 41743 of title 49, United States Code; and for in-
spection activities and administration of airport safety pro-
grams, including those related to airport operating certifi-
cates under section 44706 of title 49, United States Code, 
$3,750,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That none of the funds under this heading shall be 
available for the planning or execution of programs the obli-
gations for which are in excess of $3,350,000,000 in fiscal
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year 2017, notwithstanding section 47117(g) of title 49, 
United States Code: Provided further, That none of the 
funds under this heading shall be available for the replace-
ment of baggage conveyor systems, reconfiguration of ter-
minal baggage areas, or other airport improvements that 
are necessary to install bulk explosive detection systems: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 47109(a) of 
title 49, United States Code, the Government’s share of al-
lowable project costs under paragraph (2) for subgrants or 
paragraph (3) of that section shall be 95 percent for a 
project at other than a large or medium hub airport that 
is a successive phase of a multi-phased construction project 
for which the project sponsor received a grant in fiscal year 
2011 for the construction project: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, of funds lim-
ited under this heading, not more than $107,691,000 shall 
be available for administration, not less than $15,000,000 
shall be available for the Airport Cooperative Research Pro-
gram, not less than $31,375,000 shall be available for Air-
port Technology Research, and $10,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be available and transferred 
to ‘‘Office of the Secretary, Salaries and Expenses’’ to carry 
out the Small Community Air Service Development Pro-
gram: Provided further, That in addition to airports eligi-
ble under section 41743 of title 49, such program may in-
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clude the participation of an airport that serves a commu-
nity or consortium that is not larger than a small hub air-
port, according to FAA hub classifications effective at the 
time the Office of the Secretary issues a request for pro-
posals. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 110. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
to compensate in excess of 600 technical staff-years under 
the federally funded research and development center con-
tract between the Federal Aviation Administration and the 
Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development during 
fiscal year 2017. 
SEC. 111. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
to pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring air-
port sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration without cost building construction, maintenance, 
utilities and expenses, or space in airport sponsor-owned 
buildings for services relating to air traffic control, air 
navigation, or weather reporting: Provided, That the prohi-
bition of funds in this section does not apply to negotiations 
between the agency and airport sponsors to achieve agree-
ment on ‘‘below-market’’ rates for these items or to grant 
assurances that require airport sponsors to provide land 
without cost to the FAA for air traffic control facilities.
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SEC. 112. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration may reimburse amounts made available to 
satisfy 49 U.S.C. 41742(a)(1) from fees credited under 49 
U.S.C. 45303 and any amount remaining in such account 
at the close of that fiscal year shall be made available to 
satisfy section 41742(a)(1) for the subsequent fiscal year. 
SEC. 113. Amounts collected under section 40113(e) of 
title 49, United States Code, shall be credited to the appro-
priation current at the time of collection, to be merged with 
and available for the same purposes of such appropriation. 
SEC. 114. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for paying premium pay under subsection 5546(a) of 
title 5, United States Code, to any Federal Aviation Admin-
istration employee unless such employee actually performed 
work during the time corresponding to such premium pay. 
SEC. 115. None of the funds in this Act may be obli-
gated or expended for an employee of the Federal Aviation 
Administration to purchase a store gift card or gift certifi-
cate through use of a Government-issued credit card. 
SEC. 116. The Secretary shall apportion to the sponsor 
of an airport that received scheduled or unscheduled air 
service from a large certified air carrier (as defined in part 
241 of title 14 Code of Federal Regulations, or such other 
regulations as may be issued by the Secretary under the 
authority of section 41709) an amount equal to the min-
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imum apportionment specified in 49 U.S.C. 47114(c), if 
the Secretary determines that airport had more than 10,000 
passenger boardings in the preceding calendar year, based 
on data submitted to the Secretary under part 241 of title 
14, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 117. None of the funds in this Act may be obli-
gated or expended for retention bonuses for an employee of 
the Federal Aviation Administration without the prior 
written approval of the Assistant Secretary for Administra-
tion of the Department of Transportation. 
SEC. 118. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds made available under this Act or any 
prior Act may be used to implement or to continue to im-
plement any limitation on the ability of any owner or oper-
ator of a private aircraft to obtain, upon a request to the 
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, a 
blocking of that owner’s or operator’s aircraft registration 
number from any display of the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration’s Aircraft Situational Display to Industry data 
that is made available to the public, except data made 
available to a Government agency, for the noncommercial 
flights of that owner or operator. 
SEC. 119. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for salaries and expenses of more than nine political
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and Presidential appointees in the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration. 
SEC. 119A. None of the funds made available under 
this Act may be used to increase fees pursuant to section 
44721 of title 49, United States Code, until the Federal 
Aviation Administration provides to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations a report that justifies all 
fees related to aeronautical navigation products and ex-
plains how such fees are consistent with Executive Order 
13642. 
SEC. 119B. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
to close a regional operations center of the Federal Aviation 
Administration or reduce its services unless the Adminis-
trator notifies the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations not less than 90 full business days in advance. 
SEC. 119C. None of the funds appropriated or limited 
by this Act may be used to change weight restrictions or 
prior permission rules at Teterboro airport in Teterboro, 
New Jersey. 
SEC. 119D. None of the funds provided under this Act 
may be used by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration to withhold from consideration and ap-
proval any application for participation in the Contract 
Tower Program, pending as of January 1, 2016, including 
applications from Cost-share Program participants if the
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Administrator determines such tower is eligible under the 
criteria set forth in the Federal Aviation report, Establish-
ment and Discontinuance Criteria for Airport Traffic Con-
trol Towers (FAA–APO–90–7). 
SEC. 119E. For fiscal year 2017, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall apportion to the sponsor of a primary 
airport under section 47114(c)(1)(A) of title 49, United 
States Code, an amount based on the number of passenger 
boardings at the airport during calendar year 2012 if the 
airport had— 
(1) fewer than 10,000 passenger boardings dur-
ing the calendar year used to calculate the apportion-
ment for fiscal year 2017 under section 116; and 
(2) 10,000 or more passenger boardings during 
calendar year 2012. 
SEC. 119F. Section 47109(c)(2) of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: ‘‘The Govern-
ment’s share of allowable project costs determined under 
this subsection shall not exceed the lesser of 93.75 percent 
or the highest percentage Government share applicable to 
any project in any State under subsection (b), except that 
at a primary non-hub and non-primary commercial service 
airport located in a State as set forth in paragraph (1) 
of this subsection that is within 15 miles of another State 
as set forth in paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Govern-
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ment’s share shall be an average of the Government share 
applicable to any project in each of the States.’’. 
SEC. 119G. Section 911 of the FAA Modernization and 
Reform Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–95) is amended by 
inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) COLLABORATION AND REPORTING.— 
‘‘(1) The Administrator, in coordination with 
NASA, the Department of Energy, U.S. Department 
of Agriculture, and after consultation with other rel-
evant agencies shall develop a joint plan to carry out 
the research under subsection (a) and report back to 
Congress within 180 days. 
‘‘(2) The Administrator, in coordination with 
the Administrator of NASA, the Secretary of Energy, 
and the Secretary of Agriculture, shall continue re-
search and development activities into the develop-
ment and deployment of jet fuels as outlined in sub-
section (a).’’. 
SEC. 119H. Section 332(c) of the FAA Modernization 
and Reform Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–95; 49 U.S.C. 
40101 note) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) INCLUSION OF CERTAIN FLIGHT TEST FA-
CILITIES.—The Administrator shall expand the pro-
gram established under paragraph (1) to permit 
projects under the program to be carried out at any
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public entity authorized by the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration as an unmanned aircraft system flight 
test center before January 1, 2009.’’. 
SEC. 119I. Notwithstanding Section 40117(b)(1) of 
title 49, United States Code, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation may authorize use of a passenger facility charge to 
finance an eligible airport-related project if the eligible 
agency seeking to impose the new charge controls an airport 
where a $2 passenger facility charge became effective on 
January 1, 2013; and the airport where the passenger facil-
ity charge is collected and the airport at which the project 
will be carried out were under the control of the same eligi-
ble agency on October 1, 2015. 
SEC. 119J. (a) Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall submit to Congress a report assessing 
the importance of collegiate aviation flight training oper-
ations and the effect of such operations on the economy and 
infrastructure of airports in the National Plan of Inte-
grated Airport Systems. 
(b) In the report required by subsection (a), the Comp-
troller General shall include the following: 
(1) An assessment of the total capacity of colle-
giate aviation flight training programs in the United
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States to meet the needs of the United States to train 
commercial pilots. 
(2) An assessment of the footprint of collegiate 
aviation flight training operations at the airports in 
the United States. 
(3) An assessment of whether infrastructure be-
yond that necessary for operations of commercial air 
carriers is needed at airports at which collegiate avia-
tion flight training operations are conducted. 
(4) If such infrastructure is needed, an estimate 
of the cost of such infrastructure. 
(5) An identification of funding sources, avail-
able before the date of the enactment of this Act or 
that may become available after such date of enact-
ment, that may be used to construct such infrastruc-
ture. 
(6) Recommendations for improving technical 
and financial assistance to airports to construct such 
infrastructure. 
SEC. 119K. (a) Subchapter I of chapter 471, as amend-
ed by this subtitle, is further amended by adding at the 
end the following:
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‘‘§ 47144. Use of funds for repairs for runway safety re-
pairs 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation 
may make project grants under this subchapter to an air-
port described in subsection (b) from funds under section 
47114 apportioned to that airport or funds available for 
discretionary grants to that airport under section 47115 to 
conduct airport development to repair the runway safety 
area of the airport damaged as a result of a natural disaster 
in order to maintain compliance with the regulations of 
the Federal Aviation Administration relating to runway 
safety areas, without regard to whether construction of the 
runway safety area damaged was carried out using 
amounts the airport received under this subchapter. 
‘‘(b) AIRPORTS DESCRIBED.—An airport is described 
in this subsection if— 
‘‘(1) the airport is a public-use airport; 
‘‘(2) the airport is listed in the National Plan of 
Integrated Airport Systems of the Federal Aviation 
Administration; 
‘‘(3) the runway safety area of the airport was 
damaged as a result of a natural disaster; 
‘‘(4) the airport was denied funding under the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As-
sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 4121 et seq.) with respect to 
the disaster;
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‘‘(5) the operator of the airport has exhausted all 
legal remedies, including legal action against any 
parties (or insurers thereof) whose action or inaction 
may have contributed to the need for the repair of the 
runway safety area; 
‘‘(6) there is still a demonstrated need for the 
runway safety area to accommodate current or immi-
nent aeronautical demand; and 
‘‘(7) the cost of repairing or replacing the run-
way safety area is reasonable in relation to the an-
ticipated operational benefit of repairing the runway 
safety area, as determined by the Administrator of the 
Federal Aviation Administration.’’. 
(b) The analysis for chapter 471, as amended by this 
subtitle, is further amended by inserting after the item re-
lating to section 47143 the following: 
‘‘47144. Use of funds for repairs for runway safety repairs.’’. 
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Not to exceed $433,295,000, together with advances 
and reimbursements received by the Federal Highway Ad-
ministration, shall be obligated for necessary expenses for 
administration and operation of the Federal Highway Ad-
ministration. In addition, not to exceed $2,500,000 shall
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be transferred to the Appalachian Regional Commission in 
accordance with section 104(a) of title 23, United States 
Code. 
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
Funds available for the implementation or execution 
of Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction 
programs authorized under titles 23 and 49, United States 
Code, and the provisions of the Fixing America’s Surface 
Transportation Act shall not exceed total obligations of 
$43,266,100,000 for fiscal year 2017: Provided, That the 
Secretary may collect and spend fees, as authorized by title 
23, United States Code, to cover the costs of services of ex-
pert firms, including counsel, in the field of municipal and 
project finance to assist in the underwriting and servicing 
of Federal credit instruments and all or a portion of the 
costs to the Federal Government of servicing such credit in-
struments: Provided further, That such fees are available 
until expended to pay for such costs: Provided further, That 
such amounts are in addition to administrative expenses 
that are also available for such purpose, and are not subject 
to any obligation limitation or the limitation on adminis-
trative expenses under section 608 of title 23, United States 
Code.
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(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For the payment of obligations incurred in carrying 
out Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction 
programs authorized under title 23, United States Code, 
$44,005,100,000 derived from the Highway Trust Fund 
(other than the Mass Transit Account), to remain available 
until expended. 
(RESCISSION) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
Of the unobligated balances of funds apportioned 
among the States under chapter 1 of title 23, United States 
Code, a total of $2,211,000,000 is hereby rescinded: Pro-
vided, That such rescission shall not apply to funds distrib-
uted in accordance with sections 104(b)(3) and 130(f) of 
title 23, United States Code; section 133(d)(1)(A) of such 
title; the first sentence of section 133(d)(3)(A) of such title, 
as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of MAP– 
21 (Public Law 112–141); sections 133(d)(1) and 163 of 
such title, as in effect on the day before the date of enact-
ment of SAFETEA–LU (Public Law 109–59); and section 
104(b)(5) of such title, as in effect on the day before the 
date of enactment of MAP–21 (Public Law 112–141): Pro-
vided further, That such rescission shall not apply to funds 
that are exempt from the obligation limitation or subject
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to special no-year obligation limitation: Provided further, 
That the amount to be rescinded from a State shall be deter-
mined by multiplying the total amount of the rescission by 
the ratio that the unobligated balances subject to the rescis-
sion as of September 30, 2016, for the State; bears to the 
unobligated balances subject to the rescission as of Sep-
tember 30, 2016, for all States: Provided further, That the 
amount to be rescinded under this section from each pro-
gram to which the rescission applies within a State shall 
be determined by multiplying the rescission amount cal-
culated for such State by the ratio that the unobligated bal-
ance as of September 30, 2016, for such program in such 
State; bears to the unobligated balances as of September 30, 
2016, for all programs to which the rescission applies in 
such State. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2017, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall— 
(1) not distribute from the obligation limitation 
for Federal-aid highways— 
(A) amounts authorized for administrative 
expenses and programs by section 104(a) of title 
23, United States Code; and
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(B) amounts authorized for the Bureau of 
Transportation Statistics; 
(2) not distribute an amount from the obligation 
limitation for Federal-aid highways that is equal to 
the unobligated balance of amounts— 
(A) made available from the Highway Trust 
Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for 
Federal-aid highway and highway safety con-
struction programs for previous fiscal years the 
funds for which are allocated by the Secretary 
(or apportioned by the Secretary under sections 
202 or 204 of title 23, United States Code); and 
(B) for which obligation limitation was 
provided in a previous fiscal year; 
(3) determine the proportion that— 
(A) the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 
highways, less the aggregate of amounts not dis-
tributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this 
subsection; bears to 
(B) the total of the sums authorized to be 
appropriated for the Federal-aid highway and 
highway safety construction programs (other 
than sums authorized to be appropriated for pro-
visions of law described in paragraphs (1) 
through (11) of subsection (b) and sums author-
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ized to be appropriated for section 119 of title 
23, United States Code, equal to the amount re-
ferred to in subsection (b)(12) for such fiscal 
year), less the aggregate of the amounts not dis-
tributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this 
subsection; 
(4) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed-
eral-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not dis-
tributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), for each of the 
programs (other than programs to which paragraph 
(1) applies) that are allocated by the Secretary under 
the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act and 
title 23, United States Code, or apportioned by the 
Secretary under sections 202 or 204 of that title, by 
multiplying— 
(A) the proportion determined under para-
graph (3); by 
(B) the amounts authorized to be appro-
priated for each such program for such fiscal 
year; and 
(5) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed-
eral-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not dis-
tributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) and the 
amounts distributed under paragraph (4), for Fed-
eral-aid highway and highway safety construction
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programs that are apportioned by the Secretary 
under title 23, United States Code (other than the 
amounts apportioned for the National Highway Per-
formance Program in section 119 of title 23, United 
States Code, that are exempt from the limitation 
under subsection (b)(12) and the amounts appor-
tioned under sections 202 and 204 of that title) in the 
proportion that— 
(A) amounts authorized to be appropriated 
for the programs that are apportioned under title 
23, United States Code, to each State for such 
fiscal year; bears to 
(B) the total of the amounts authorized to 
be appropriated for the programs that are ap-
portioned under title 23, United States Code, to 
all States for such fiscal year. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS FROM OBLIGATION LIMITATION.— 
The obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways shall 
not apply to obligations under or for— 
(1) section 125 of title 23, United States Code; 
(2) section 147 of the Surface Transportation As-
sistance Act of 1978 (23 U.S.C. 144 note; 92 Stat. 
2714); 
(3) section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 
1981 (95 Stat. 1701);
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(4) subsections (b) and (j) of section 131 of the 
Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (96 
Stat. 2119); 
(5) subsections (b) and (c) of section 149 of the 
Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation As-
sistance Act of 1987 (101 Stat. 198); 
(6) sections 1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal 
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 
Stat. 2027); 
(7) section 157 of title 23, United States Code 
(as in effect on June 8, 1998); 
(8) section 105 of title 23, United States Code 
(as in effect for fiscal years 1998 through 2004, but 
only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of 
those fiscal years); 
(9) Federal-aid highway programs for which ob-
ligation authority was made available under the 
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112 
Stat. 107) or subsequent Acts for multiple years or to 
remain available until expended, but only to the ex-
tent that the obligation authority has not lapsed or 
been used; 
(10) section 105 of title 23, United States Code 
(as in effect for fiscal years 2005 through 2012, but
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only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of 
those fiscal years); 
(11) section 1603 of SAFETEA–LU (23 U.S.C. 
118 note; 119 Stat. 1248), to the extent that funds ob-
ligated in accordance with that section were not sub-
ject to a limitation on obligations at the time at 
which the funds were initially made available for ob-
ligation; and 
(12) section 119 of title 23, United States Code 
(but, for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017, only 
in an amount equal to $639,000,000). 
(c) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED OBLIGATION AU-
THORITY.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall, after August 1 of such fiscal year— 
(1) revise a distribution of the obligation limita-
tion made available under subsection (a) if an 
amount distributed cannot be obligated during that 
fiscal year; and 
(2) redistribute sufficient amounts to those States 
able to obligate amounts in addition to those pre-
viously distributed during that fiscal year, giving pri-
ority to those States having large unobligated bal-
ances of funds apportioned under sections 144 (as in 
effect on the day before the date of enactment of Pub-
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lic Law 112–141) and 104 of title 23, United States 
Code. 
(d) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS TO 
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PROGRAMS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 
highways shall apply to contract authority for trans-
portation research programs carried out under— 
(A) chapter 5 of title 23, United States 
Code; and 
(B) title VI of the Fixing America’s Surface 
Transportation Act. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—Obligation authority made 
available under paragraph (1) shall— 
(A) remain available for a period of 4 fiscal 
years; and 
(B) be in addition to the amount of any 
limitation imposed on obligations for Federal- 
aid highway and highway safety construction 
programs for future fiscal years. 
(e) REDISTRIBUTION
OF
CERTAIN
AUTHORIZED 
FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of distribution of obligation limitation under 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall distribute to the
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States any funds (excluding funds authorized for the 
program under section 202 of title 23, United States 
Code) that— 
(A) are authorized to be appropriated for 
such fiscal year for Federal-aid highway pro-
grams; and 
(B) the Secretary determines will not be al-
located to the States (or will not be apportioned 
to the States under section 204 of title 23, 
United States Code), and will not be available 
for obligation, for such fiscal year because of the 
imposition of any obligation limitation for such 
fiscal year. 
(2) RATIO.—Funds shall be distributed under 
paragraph (1) in the same proportion as the distribu-
tion of obligation authority under subsection (a)(5). 
(3) AVAILABILITY.—Funds distributed to each 
State under paragraph (1) shall be available for any 
purpose described in section 133(b) of title 23, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 121. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re-
ceived by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the 
sale of data products, for necessary expenses incurred pur-
suant to chapter 63 of title 49, United States Code, may 
be credited to the Federal-aid highways account for the pur-
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pose of reimbursing the Bureau for such expenses: Provided, 
That such funds shall be subject to the obligation limitation 
for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction 
programs. 
SEC. 122. (a) TRANSFER OF AMOUNTS.— 
(1) STATE OF VIRGINIA.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the total amount ap-
portioned to the State of Virginia under section 
104 of title 23, United States Code, for fiscal 
year 2017, the Secretary of Transportation shall, 
by the later of November 30, 2016, or 30 days 
after the enactment of this Act, transfer to the 
National Park Service— 
(i) an amount equal to— 
(I) $30,000,000; multiplied by 
(II) the ratio that— 
(aa) the amount apportioned 
to the State of Virginia under 
such section 104; bears to 
(bb) the combined amount 
apportioned to the State of Vir-
ginia and the District of Colum-
bia under such section 104; and
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(ii) an amount of obligation limitation 
equal to the amount calculated under clause 
(i). 
(B) SOURCE AND AMOUNT.—For purpose of 
the transfer under subparagraph (A), the State 
of Virginia shall select at the discretion of the 
State— 
(i) the programs (among those for 
which funding is apportioned as described 
in that subparagraph) from which to trans-
fer the amount specified in that subpara-
graph; and 
(ii) the amount to transfer from each 
of those programs (equal in aggregate to the 
amount calculated under subparagraph 
(A)(i)). 
(2) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the total amount ap-
portioned to the District of Columbia under sec-
tion 104 of title 23, United States Code, for fis-
cal year 2017, the Secretary of Transportation 
shall, by the later of November 30, 2016, or 30 
days after the enactment of this Act, transfer to 
the National Park Service— 
(i) an amount equal to—
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(I) $30,000,000; multiplied by 
(II) the ratio that— 
(aa) the amount apportioned 
to the District of Columbia under 
such section 104; bears to 
(bb) the combined amount 
apportioned to the State of Vir-
ginia and the District of Colum-
bia under such section 104; and 
(ii) an amount of obligation limitation 
equal to the amount calculated under clause 
(i). 
(B) SOURCE AND AMOUNT.—For purpose of 
the transfer under subparagraph (A), the Dis-
trict of Columbia shall select at the discretion of 
the District— 
(i) the programs (among those for 
which funding is apportioned as described 
in that subparagraph) from which to trans-
fer the amount specified in that subpara-
graph; and 
(ii) the amount to transfer from each 
of those programs (equal in aggregate to the 
amount calculated under subparagraph 
(A)(i)).
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(3) FEDERAL
LANDS
TRANSPORTATION
PRO-
GRAM.—Of the amounts otherwise made available to 
the National Park Service under section 203 of title 
23, United States Code, not less than 10 percent shall 
be set aside for purposes of this section. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY AND FEDERAL SHARE.—The amounts 
under subsection (a) shall be— 
(1) available to the National Park Service only 
for projects that— 
(A) are eligible under section 203 of title 23, 
United States Code; 
(B) are located on bridges on the National 
Highway System that were originally con-
structed before 1945 and are in poor condition; 
and 
(C) each have an estimated total project cost 
of not less than $150,000,000; and 
(2) subject to the Federal share described in sec-
tion 201(b)(7)(A) of title 23, United States Code. 
(c) OTHER FUNDS AND OBLIGATION LIMITATION.— 
Any funds and obligation limitation transferred under sub-
section (a) shall be in addition to funds or obligation limi-
tation otherwise made available to the National Park Serv-
ice under sections 203 and 204 of title 23, United States 
Code.
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SEC. 123. Not less than 15 days prior to waiving, 
under his or her statutory authority, any Buy America re-
quirement for Federal-aid highways projects, the Secretary 
of Transportation shall make an informal public notice and 
comment opportunity on the intent to issue such waiver and 
the reasons therefor: Provided, That the Secretary shall pro-
vide an annual report to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations on any waivers granted under the Buy 
America requirements. 
SEC. 124. None of the funds in this Act to the Depart-
ment of Transportation may be used to provide credit as-
sistance 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 of 
Transportation provides notification in writing to the fol-
lowing committees: the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations; the Committee on Environment and Public 
Works and the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban 
Affairs of the Senate; and the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives: Pro-
vided, That such notification shall include, but not be lim-
ited to, the name of the project sponsor; a description of 
the project; whether credit assistance will be provided as 
a direct loan, loan guarantee, or line of credit; and the 
amount of credit assistance.
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SEC. 125. (a) A State or territory, as defined in section 
165 of title 23, United States Code, may, hereafter, use for 
any project eligible under section 133(b) of title 23 or sec-
tion 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 quarterly 
report to the Secretary identifying the projects to which the 
funding would be applied. Notwithstanding the original pe-
riod of availability of funds to be obligated under this sec-
tion, 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 Secretary of Transpor-
tation 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 defined 
in rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate, 
identified in a prior law, report, or joint explanatory 
statement, which was authorized to be appropriated
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or appropriated more than 10 fiscal years prior to 
the current fiscal year, and administered by the Fed-
eral Highway Administration; or 
(2) a congressional earmark, as defined in rule 
XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives iden-
tified 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 obligated 
less than 10 percent of the amount made available for obli-
gation 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— 
(1) for fiscal year 2017, submit consolidated re-
ports of the information provided by the States and 
territories each quarter to the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations; and
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(2) for fiscal year 2018 and thereafter, post such 
information annually on the Department’s public 
Web site. 
SEC. 126. 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 Appro-
priations of the proposed grant, including an evaluation 
and justification for the project and the amount of the pro-
posed grant award. 
SEC. 127. (a) IDENTIFICATION OF HIGH PRIORITY 
CORRIDORS
ON NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM.—Section 
1105(c) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi-
ciency Act of 1991 is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(89) United States Route 67 from Interstate 40 
in North Little Rock, Arkansas, to United States 
Route 412. 
‘‘(90) The Edward T. Breathitt Parkway from 
Interstate 24 to Interstate 69.’’. 
(b) INCLUSION OF CERTAIN ROUTE SEGMENTS ON 
INTERSTATE SYSTEM.—Section 1105(e)(5)(A) of the Inter-
modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 is 
amended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘and subsection
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(c)(83)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (c)(83), subsection 
(c)(89), and subsection (c)(90)’’. 
(c) DESIGNATION.—Section 1105(e)(5)(C)(i) of the 
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 
is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The route 
referred to in subsection (c)(89) is designated as Interstate 
Route I–57. The route referred to in subsection (c)(90) is 
designated as Interstate Route I–169.’’. 
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, $277,200,000, to be 
derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass 
Transit Account), together with advances and reimburse-
ments received by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Admin-
istration, the sum of which shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That funds available for implementation, 
execution or administration of motor carrier safety oper-
ations and programs authorized under title 49, United
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States Code, shall not exceed total obligations of 
$277,200,000 for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Operations and 
Programs’’ for fiscal year 2017, of which $9,180,000, to re-
main available for obligation until September 30, 2019, is 
for the research and technology program. 
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
sections 31102, 31103, 31104, and 31313 of title 49, United 
States Code, as amended by the Fixing America’s Surface 
Transportation Act, $367,000,000, to be derived from the 
Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Ac-
count) and to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That funds available for the implementation or execution 
of motor carrier safety programs shall not exceed total obli-
gations of $367,000,000 in fiscal year 2017 for ‘‘Motor Car-
rier Safety Grants’’; of which $292,600,000 shall be avail-
able for the motor carrier safety assistance program, 
$31,200,000 shall be available for the commercial driver’s 
license program implementation program, $42,200,000 
shall be available for the high priority activities program, 
and $1,000,000 shall be available for the commercial motor 
vehicle operator grant program.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER 
SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 130. Funds appropriated or limited in this Act 
shall be subject to the terms and conditions stipulated in 
section 350 of Public Law 107–87 and section 6901 of Pub-
lic Law 110–28. 
SEC. 131. Section 133 of division L, title I of the Con-
solidated Appropriations Act, 2016, Public Law 114–113, 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act or any other Act may be used to imple-
ment, administer, or enforce the requirement for two off- 
duty periods from 1:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. under subsection 
395.3(c) or the restriction on use of more than one restart 
during a 168-hour period under subsection 395.3(d) of title 
49, Code of Federal Regulations, and such provisions shall 
have no force or effect as of the date of submission of the 
final report issued by the Secretary of Transportation, as 
required by section 133 of division K of Public Law 113– 
235, unless the Secretary and the Inspector General of the 
Department of Transportation each review and determine 
that the final report— 
‘‘(1) meets the statutory requirements set forth in 
such section; and
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‘‘(2) establishes that commercial motor vehicle 
drivers who operated under the restart provisions in 
operational effect between July 1, 2013, and the day 
before the date of enactment of such Public Law dem-
onstrated statistically significant improvement in all 
outcomes related to safety, operator fatigue, driver 
health and longevity, and work schedules, in compari-
son to commercial motor vehicle drivers who operated 
under the restart provisions in operational effect on 
June 30, 2013. 
‘‘(b) If the Secretary and Inspector General do not each 
make the determination required by subsection (a), the 34- 
hour restart rule in operational effect on June 30, 2013, 
shall be restored to full force and effect on the date the Sec-
retary submits the final report to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations, and funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available by this Act or any other Act shall 
be available to implement, administer, or enforce such rule. 
‘‘(c) If the 34-hour restart rule in operational effect 
on June 30, 2013, is restored to full force and effect pursu-
ant to subsection (b), a driver who uses that restart rule 
may not drive after being on duty more than 73 hours in 
any period of 7 consecutive days, where the 7-day measure-
ment period moves forward 1 day at midnight each day.’’.
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NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the 
Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety au-
thorized under chapter 301 and part C of subtitle VI of 
title 49, United States Code, $160,075,000, of which 
$20,000,000 shall remain available through September 30, 
2018. 
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, and chapter 303 of title 
49, United States Code, $145,900,000, to be derived from 
the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Ac-
count) and to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for 
the planning or execution of programs the total obligations 
for which, in fiscal year 2017, are in excess of $145,900,000, 
of which $140,700,000 shall be for programs authorized 
under 23 U.S.C. 403 and $5,200,000 shall be for the Na-
tional Driver Register authorized under chapter 303 of title 
49, United States Code: Provided further, That within the 
$145,900,000 obligation limitation for operations and re-
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search, $20,000,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2018, and shall be in addition to the amount of any 
limitation imposed on obligations for future years. 
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 Transportation 
Act, to remain available until expended, $585,372,000, 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 
2017, are in excess of $585,372,000 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 $252,300,000 shall be for ‘‘Highway Safety Pro-
grams’’ under 23 U.S.C. 402; $277,500,000 shall be for 
‘‘National Priority Safety Programs’’ under 23 U.S.C. 405; 
$29,500,000 shall be for ‘‘High Visibility Enforcement Pro-
gram’’ under 23 U.S.C. 404; $26,072,000 shall be for ‘‘Ad-
ministrative Expenses’’ under section 4001(a)(6) of the Fix-
ing America’s Surface Transportation Act: Provided fur-
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ther, That none of these funds shall be used for construction, 
rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or for office furnishings 
and fixtures for State, local or private buildings or struc-
tures: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 of the 
funds made available for ‘‘National Priority Safety Pro-
grams’’ under 23 U.S.C. 405 for ‘‘Impaired Driving Coun-
termeasures’’ (as described in subsection (d) of that section) 
shall be available for technical assistance to the States: Pro-
vided further, That with respect to the ‘‘Transfers’’ provi-
sion under 23 U.S.C. 405(a)(1)(8), any amounts trans-
ferred to increase the amounts made available under section 
402 shall include the obligation authority for such amounts: 
Provided further, That the Administrator shall notify the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations of any 
exercise of the authority granted under the previous proviso 
or under 23 U.S.C. 405(a)(1)(8) within 5 days. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—NATIONAL HIGHWAY 
TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 140. An additional $130,000 shall be made avail-
able to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administra-
tion, out of the amount limited for section 402 of title 23, 
United States Code, to pay for travel and related expenses 
for State management reviews and to pay for core com-
petency development training and related expenses for high-
way safety staff.
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SEC. 141. The limitations on obligations for the pro-
grams of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administra-
tion set in this Act shall not apply to obligations for which 
obligation authority was made available in previous public 
laws but only to the extent that the obligation authority 
has not lapsed or been used. 
SEC. 142. Not later than 6 months after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation 
shall issue a final rule requiring the use of speed limiting 
devices on trucks with a gross vehicle weight rating in excess 
of 26,000 pounds. 
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 
SAFETY AND OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Admin-
istration, not otherwise provided for, $208,500,000, of which 
$15,900,000 shall remain available until expended. 
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for railroad research and devel-
opment, $40,100,000, to remain available until expended. 
RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT FINANCING 
PROGRAM 
The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to issue 
direct loans and loan guarantees pursuant to sections 501 
through 504 of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory 
Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–210), as amended, such
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authority to exist as long as any such direct loan or loan 
guarantee is outstanding. 
CONSOLIDATED RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY 
IMPROVEMENTS GRANTS 
For necessary expenses related to Consolidated Rail 
Infrastructure and Safety Improvements Grants as author-
ized by section 24407 of title 49, United States Code, 
$50,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
up to $25,000,000 shall be available to carry out section 
24407(c)(1) of title 49, United States Code; and not less 
than $25,000,000 shall be available to carry out paragraphs 
(2), (5), (6), (7) and (10) of section 24407(c) of such title: 
Provided, That the Secretary may withhold up to one per-
cent of the amount provided under this heading for the costs 
of project management oversight of grants carried out under 
section 24407 of title 49, United States Code: Provided fur-
ther, That such funds shall only be used for grants related 
to railroad safety. 
FEDERAL-STATE PARTNERSHIP FOR STATE OF GOOD 
REPAIR GRANTS 
For necessary expenses related to Federal-State Part-
nership for State of Good Repair Grants as authorized by 
section 24911 of title 49, United States Code, $20,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the Sec-
retary may withhold up to one percent of the amount pro-
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vided under this heading for the costs of project manage-
ment oversight of grants carried out under section 24911 
of title 49, United States Code. 
RESTORATION AND ENHANCEMENT GRANTS 
For necessary expenses related to grants, $15,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which $5,000,000 
shall be available to carry out section 24408 of title 49, 
United States Code; and $10,000,000 shall be available for 
capital grants for the restoration or initiation of intercity 
passenger service in an amount not to exceed 50 percent 
of the total project cost: Provided, That the Secretary may 
withhold up to one percent of the funds provided under this 
heading to fund the costs of project management and over-
sight. 
NORTHEAST CORRIDOR GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL 
RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 
grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for 
activities associated with the Northeast Corridor as author-
ized by section 11101(a) of the Fixing America’s Surface 
Transportation Act (division A of Public Law 114–94), 
$345,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, 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 Railroad Pas-
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senger Corporation heading to fund the costs of project man-
agement and oversight of activities authorized by section 
11101(c) of division A of Public Law 114–94: Provided fur-
ther, That in addition to the project management oversight 
funds authorized under section 11101(c) of division A of 
Public Law 114–94, the Secretary may retain up to an ad-
ditional $5,000,000 of the funds provided under this head-
ing to fund expenses associated with the Northeast Corridor 
Commission established under section 24905 of title 49, 
United States Code: Provided further, That of the amounts 
made available under this heading and the National Net-
work Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corpora-
tion heading, not less than $50,000,000 shall be made avail-
able to bring Amtrak-served facilities and stations into com-
pliance 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), 
$1,075,000,000, 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
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expenses associated with the State-Supported Route Com-
mittee established under 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 shall report 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
each quarter within 60 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 de-
lineate the reasons each waiver was granted: Provided fur-
ther, That the President of Amtrak shall report to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations by May 15, 
2017, a summary of all overtime payments incurred by the 
Corporation for 2016 and the three prior calendar years: 
Provided further, That such summary shall include the total 
number of employees that received waivers and the total 
overtime payments the Corporation paid to those employees
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receiving waivers for each month for 2016 and for the three 
prior calendar years. 
SEC. 151. Section 24408 of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended by— 
(1) Striking the words ‘‘or enhancing’’ in sub-
section (b) and inserting in its place the words ‘‘en-
hancing, or supporting’’; 
(2) Striking subparagraph (c)(3)(C); 
(3) Striking paragraph (d)(5); and 
(4) Striking subsection (e) and replacing with a 
new subsection (e) that states ‘‘Grants made under 
this section may not exceed 80 percent of the projected 
net operating costs.’’. 
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, $110,665,000: Provided, 
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 2018 President’s budget, 
the Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to Congress 
the annual report on New Starts, including proposed allo-
cations for fiscal year 2018.
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TRANSIT FORMULA GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in the Federal 
Public Transportation Assistance Program in this account, 
and for payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 5312, 
5314, 5318, 5329(e)(6), 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 sec-
tions 3006(b) and 3028 of the Fixing America’s Surface 
Transportation Act, $10,800,000,000, 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 programs 
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 sec-
tions 3006(b) and 3028 of the Fixing America’s Surface 
Transportation Act, shall not exceed total obligations of 
$9,733,706,043 in fiscal year 2017: Provided further, That 
the Federal share of the cost of activities carried out under 
section 5312 shall not exceed 80 percent, except that if there
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is substantial public interest or benefit, the Secretary may 
approve a greater Federal share. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5309 
and section 3005(b) of the FAST Act, $2,338,063,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
GRANTS TO THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA 
TRANSIT AUTHORITY 
For grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area Tran-
sit Authority as authorized under section 601 of division 
B of Public Law 110–432, $150,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of Trans-
portation shall approve grants for capital and preventive 
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 Transit Authority 
is making progress to improve its safety management sys-
tem in response to the Federal Transit Administration’s 
2015 safety management inspection: Provided further, That 
prior to approving such grants, the Secretary shall certify 
that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority 
is making progress toward full implementation of the cor-
rective actions identified in the 2014 Financial Manage-
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ment Oversight Review Report: 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 sys-
tem, may waive the requirements of section 601(e)(1) of di-
vision B of Public Law 110–432 (112 Stat. 4968). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
SEC. 160. The limitations on obligations for the pro-
grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not 
apply to any authority under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously 
made available for obligation, or to any other authority pre-
viously made available for obligation. 
SEC. 161. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
funds appropriated or limited by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Fixed Guideway Capital Investment’’ of the Federal Tran-
sit Administration for projects specified in this Act or iden-
tified in reports accompanying this Act not obligated by 
September 30, 2021, and other recoveries, shall be directed 
to projects eligible to use the funds for the purposes for 
which they were originally provided.
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SEC. 162. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
any funds appropriated before October 1, 2016, 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. Section 5303(r)(2)(C) of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘and 25 square miles of land 
area’’ after ‘‘145,000’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘and 12 square miles of land 
area’’ after ‘‘65,000’’. 
SEC. 164. Any unobligated amounts made available 
for fiscal year 2012 or prior fiscal years to carry out the 
discretionary job access and reverse commute program 
under section 3037 of the transportation equity act for the 
21st century are hereby rescinded: Provided, That such 
amounts are made available for projects eligible under 49 
U.S.C. 5309(q). 
SEC. 165. Section 5307(a) of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE.—The Secretary may make 
grants under this section to finance the operating cost 
of equipment and facilities for use in public transpor-
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tation, excluding rail fixed guideway, in an urban-
ized area with a population of not fewer than 200,000 
individuals, as determined by the Bureau of the Cen-
sus— 
‘‘(A) for public transportation systems 
that— 
‘‘(i) operate 75 or fewer buses in fixed 
route service or demand response service, ex-
cluding ADA complementary paratransit 
service, during peak service hours, in an 
amount not to exceed 75 percent of the share 
of the apportionment which is attributable 
to such systems within the urbanized area, 
as measured by vehicle revenue hours; or 
‘‘(ii) operate a minimum of 76 buses 
and a maximum of 100 buses in fixed route 
service or demand response service, exclud-
ing ADA complementary paratransit serv-
ice, during peak service hours, in an 
amount not to exceed 50 percent of the share 
of the apportionment which is attributable 
to such systems within the urbanized area, 
as measured by vehicle revenue hours; or 
‘‘(B) subject to paragraph (3), for public 
transportation systems that—
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‘‘(i) operate 75 or fewer buses in fixed 
route service or demand response service, ex-
cluding ADA complementary paratransit 
service, during peak service hours, in an 
amount not to exceed 75 percent of the share 
of the apportionment allocated to such sys-
tems within the urbanized area, as deter-
mined by the local planning process and in-
cluded in the designated recipient’s final 
program of projects prepared under sub-
section (b); or 
‘‘(ii) operate a minimum of 76 buses 
and a maximum of 100 buses in fixed route 
service or demand response service, exclud-
ing ADA complementary paratransit service 
during peak service hours, in an amount 
not to exceed 50 percent of the share of the 
apportionment allocated to such systems 
within the urbanized area, as determined by 
the local planning process and included in 
the designated recipient’s final program of 
projects prepared under subsection (b). 
‘‘(3) LIMITATION.—The amount available to a 
public transportation system under subparagraph (B) 
of paragraph (2) shall be not more than 10 percent
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greater than the amount that would otherwise be 
available to the system under subparagraph (A) of 
that paragraph.’’. 
SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora-
tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within 
the limits of funds and borrowing authority available to 
the Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make such 
contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 
limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 
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, $36,028,000, to be derived from the Harbor 
Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99–662. 
MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a 
U.S.-flag merchant fleet to serve the national security needs
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of the United States, $275,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the Maritime Administra-
tion may make a reduction in payment pro rata in the 
event sufficient funds have not been appropriated to pay 
the full annual payment authorized for the Maritime Secu-
rity Fleet pursuant to section 53106 of title 46: Provided 
further, That the Maritime Administration shall allocate 
the funds across 60 ships. 
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses of operations and training ac-
tivities authorized by law, $175,160,000, of which 
$22,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
maintenance and repair of training ships at State Mari-
time Academies, and of which $6,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended for National Security Multi-Mis-
sion Vessel Program for State Maritime Academies and Na-
tional Security, and of which $2,400,000 shall remain 
available through September 30, 2018, for the Student In-
centive Program at State Maritime Academies, and of 
which $1,200,000 shall remain available until expended for 
training ship fuel assistance payments, and of which 
$18,000,000 shall remain available until expended for fa-
cilities maintenance and repair, equipment, and capital 
improvements at the United States Merchant Marine Acad-
emy, and of which $3,000,000 shall remain available
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through September 30, 2018, for Maritime Environment 
and Technology Assistance grants, contracts, and coopera-
tive agreement, and of which $5,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended for the Short Sea Transportation Pro-
gram (America’s Marine Highways) to make grants for the 
purposes provided in title 46 sections 55601(b)(1) and 
55601(b)(3): Provided further, That not later than January 
12, 2017, the Administrator of the Maritime Administra-
tion shall transmit to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations the annual report on sexual assault and 
sexual harassment at the United States Merchant Marine 
Academy as required pursuant to section 3507 of Public 
Law 110–417. 
ASSISTANCE TO SMALL SHIPYARDS 
To make grants to qualified shipyards as authorized 
under section 54101 of title 46, United States Code, as 
amended by Public Law 113–281, $10,000,000 to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary shall 
issue the Notice of Funding Availability no later than 15 
days after enactment of this Act: Provided further, That 
from applications submitted under the previous proviso, the 
Secretary of Transportation shall make grants no later than 
120 days after enactment of this Act in such amounts as 
the Secretary determines: Provided further, That not to ex-
ceed 2 percent of the funds appropriated under this heading
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shall be available for necessary costs of grant administra-
tion. 
SHIP DISPOSAL 
For necessary expenses related to the disposal of obso-
lete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the Mar-
itime Administration, $20,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which $8,000,000 shall be for the decom-
missioning of the Nuclear Ship Savannah. 
MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized, 
$5,000,000, of which $2,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended: Provided, That such costs, including the 
cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be 
available for administrative expenses to carry out the guar-
anteed loan program, which shall be transferred to and 
merged with the appropriations for ‘‘Operations and Train-
ing’’, Maritime Administration. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act, in addition to any existing authority, the Maritime 
Administration is authorized to furnish utilities and serv-
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ices and make necessary repairs in connection with any 
lease, contract, or occupancy involving Government prop-
erty under control of the Maritime Administration: Pro-
vided, That payments received therefor shall be credited to 
the appropriation charged with the cost thereof and shall 
remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
rental payments under any such lease, contract, or occu-
pancy for items other than such utilities, services, or repairs 
shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. 
PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONAL EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline and 
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, $23,207,000: 
Provided, That no later than June 30, 2016, the Secretary 
of Transportation shall initiate a rulemaking to expand the 
applicability of comprehensive oil spill response plans, and 
shall issue a final rule no later than December 18, 2016: 
Provided further, That $1,500,000 shall be transferred to 
‘‘Pipeline Safety’’ in order to fund ‘‘Pipeline Safety Infor-
mation Grants to Communities’’ as authorized under sec-
tion 60130 of title 49, United States Code.
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HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous ma-
terials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous Ma-
terials Safety Administration, $57,619,000, of which 
$7,570,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2019: Provided, That up to $800,000 in fees collected under 
49 U.S.C. 5108(g) shall be deposited in the general fund 
of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided further, That 
there may be credited to this appropriation, to be available 
until expended, funds received from States, counties, mu-
nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources 
for expenses incurred for training, for reports publication 
and dissemination, and for travel expenses incurred in per-
formance of hazardous materials exemptions and approvals 
functions. 
PIPELINE SAFETY 
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND) 
(OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND) 
For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of the 
pipeline safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out a 
pipeline safety program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 60107, 
and to discharge the pipeline program responsibilities of 
the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $149,959,000, of which 
$20,288,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability 
Trust Fund and shall remain available until September 30,
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2019; and of which $129,671,000 shall be derived from the 
Pipeline Safety Fund, of which $59,835,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That not less 
than $1,058,000 of the funds provided under this heading 
shall be for the One-Call state grant program. 
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS 
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND) 
Notwithstanding the fiscal year limitation specified in 
49 U.S.C. 5116, not more than $28,318,000 shall be made 
available for obligation in fiscal year 2017 from amounts 
made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(h), and 5128(b) and (c): 
Provided 
further, 
That 
notwithstanding 
U.S.C. 
5116(h)(4), not more than 4 percent of the amounts made 
available from this account shall be available to pay admin-
istrative costs: Provided further, That none of the funds 
made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(h), 5128(b), or 5128(c) 
shall be made available for obligation by individuals other 
than the Secretary of Transportation, or his or her designee: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 5128(b) 
and (c) and the current year obligation limitation, prior 
year recoveries recognized in the current year shall be avail-
able to develop a hazardous materials response training 
curriculum for emergency responders, including response 
activities for the transportation of crude oil, ethanol and 
other flammable liquids by rail, consistent with National
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Fire Protection Association standards, and to make such 
training available through an electronic format: Provided 
further, That the prior year recoveries made available under 
this heading shall also be available to carry out 49 U.S.C. 
5116(a)(1)(C) and 5116(i). 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector 
General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, as amended, $93,550,000: Provided, That the 
Inspector General shall have all necessary authority, in car-
rying out the duties specified in the Inspector General Act, 
as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to investigate allegations 
of fraud, including false statements to the government (18 
U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity that is subject to 
regulation by the Department of Transportation. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF 
TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 180. During the current fiscal year, applicable 
appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall 
be available for maintenance and operation of aircraft; hire 
of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of liabil-
ity insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign coun-
tries on official department business; and uniforms or al-
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lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901– 
5902). 
SEC. 181. Appropriations contained in this Act for the 
Department of Transportation shall be available for services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals 
not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for 
an Executive Level IV. 
SEC. 182. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for salaries and expenses of more than 110 political 
and Presidential appointees in the Department of Trans-
portation: Provided, That none of the personnel covered by 
this provision may be assigned on temporary detail outside 
the Department of Transportation. 
SEC. 183. (a) No recipient of funds made available in 
this Act shall disseminate personal information (as defined 
in 18 U.S.C. 2725(3)) obtained by a State department of 
motor vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle record 
as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1), except as provided in 18 
U.S.C. 2721 for a use permitted under 18 U.S.C. 2721. 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall 
not withhold funds provided in this Act for any grantee 
if a State is in noncompliance with this provision. 
SEC. 184. Funds received by the Federal Highway Ad-
ministration and Federal Railroad Administration from 
States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities,
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and private sources for expenses incurred for training may 
be credited respectively to the Federal Highway Adminis-
tration’s ‘‘Federal-Aid Highways’’ account and to the Fed-
eral Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Operations’’ 
account, except for State rail safety inspectors participating 
in training pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 20105. 
SEC. 185. None of the funds in this Act to the Depart-
ment of Transportation may be used to make a loan, loan 
guarantee, line of credit, or grant unless the Secretary of 
Transportation notifies the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations not less than 3 full business days before 
any project competitively selected to receive a discretionary 
grant award, any discretionary grant award, letter of in-
tent, loan commitment, loan guarantee commitment, line 
of credit commitment, or full funding grant agreement. 
SEC. 186. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor 
fees and other funds received by the Department of Trans-
portation from travel management centers, charge card pro-
grams, the subleasing of building space, and miscellaneous 
sources are to be credited to appropriations of the Depart-
ment of Transportation and allocated to elements of the De-
partment of Transportation using fair and equitable cri-
teria and such funds shall be available until expended. 
SEC. 187. Amounts made available in this or any other 
Act that the Secretary determines represent improper pay-
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ments by the Department of Transportation to a third- 
party contractor under a financial assistance award, which 
are recovered pursuant to law, shall be available— 
(1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred by 
the Department of Transportation in recovering im-
proper payments; and 
(2) to pay contractors for services provided in re-
covering improper payments or contractor support in 
the implementation of the Improper Payments Infor-
mation Act of 2002: Provided, That amounts in excess 
of that required for paragraphs (1) and (2)— 
(A) shall be credited to and merged with the 
appropriation from which the improper pay-
ments were made, and shall be available for the 
purposes and period for which such appropria-
tions are available: Provided further, That where 
specific project or accounting information associ-
ated with the improper payment or payments is 
not readily available, the Secretary may credit 
an appropriate account, which shall be available 
for the purposes and period associated with the 
account so credited; or 
(B) if no such appropriation remains avail-
able, shall be deposited in the Treasury as mis-
cellaneous receipts: Provided further, That prior
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to the transfer of any such recovery to an appro-
priations account, the Secretary shall notify the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions of the amount and reasons for such trans-
fer: Provided further, That for purposes of this 
section, the term ‘‘improper payments’’ has the 
same meaning as that provided in section 
2(d)(2) of Public Law 107–300. 
SEC. 188. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
if any funds provided in or limited by this Act are subject 
to a reprogramming action that requires notice to be pro-
vided to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions, transmission of said reprogramming notice shall be 
provided solely to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations, and said reprogramming action shall be ap-
proved or denied solely by the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations: Provided, That the Secretary of 
Transportation may provide notice to other congressional 
committees of the action of the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations on such reprogramming but not 
sooner than 30 days following the date on which the re-
programming action has been approved or denied by the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 189. Funds appropriated in this Act to the modal 
administrations may be obligated for the Office of the Sec-
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retary for the costs related to assessments or reimbursable 
agreements only when such amounts are for the costs of 
goods and services that are purchased to provide a direct 
benefit to the applicable modal administration or adminis-
trations. 
SEC. 190. The Secretary of Transportation is author-
ized to carry out a program that establishes uniform stand-
ards for developing and supporting agency transit pass and 
transit benefits authorized under section 7905 of title 5, 
United States Code, including distribution of transit bene-
fits by various paper and electronic media. 
SEC. 191. The Department of Transportation may use 
funds provided by this Act, or any other Act, to assist a 
contract under title 49 U.S.C. or title 23 U.S.C. utilizing 
geographic, economic, or any other hiring preference not 
otherwise authorized by law, except for such preferences au-
thorized in this Act, or to amend a rule, regulation, policy 
or other measure that forbids a recipient of a Federal High-
way Administration or Federal Transit Administration 
grant from imposing such hiring preference on a contract 
or construction project with which the Department of 
Transportation is assisting, only if the grant recipient cer-
tifies the following: 
(1) that except with respect to apprentices or 
trainees, a pool of readily available but unemployed
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individuals possessing the knowledge, skill, and abil-
ity to perform the work that the contract requires re-
sides in the jurisdiction; 
(2) that the grant recipient will include appro-
priate provisions in its bid document ensuring that 
the contractor does not displace any of its existing 
employees in order to satisfy such hiring preference; 
and 
(3) that any increase in the cost of labor, train-
ing, or delays resulting from the use of such hiring 
preference does not delay or displace any transpor-
tation project in the applicable Statewide Transpor-
tation Improvement Program or Transportation Im-
provement Program. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans-
portation Appropriations Act, 2017’’. 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
EXECUTIVE OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Executive Of-
fices, which shall be comprised of the offices of the Secretary, 
Deputy Secretary, Adjudicatory Services, Congressional 
and Intergovernmental Relations, Public Affairs, Small
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and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, the Departmental 
Enforcement Center, and the Center for Faith-Based and 
Neighborhood Partnerships, $30,608,000: Provided, That 
not to exceed $25,000 of the amount made available under 
this heading shall be available to the Secretary for official 
reception and representation expenses as the Secretary may 
determine. 
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Administrative 
Support Offices, $503,852,000, of which $53,451,000 shall 
be available for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer; 
$79,053,000 shall be available for the Office of the General 
Counsel; $202,823,000 shall be available for the Office of 
Administration; $41,641,000 shall be available for the Of-
fice of the Chief Human Capital Officer; $52,568,000 shall 
be available for the Office of Field Policy and Management; 
$19,130,000 shall be available for the Office of the Chief 
Procurement Officer; $3,891,000 shall be available for the 
Office of Departmental Equal Employment Opportunity; 
$5,147,000 shall be available for the Office of Strategic 
Planning and Management; and $46,148,000 shall be avail-
able for the Office of the Chief Information Officer: Pro-
vided, That funds provided under this heading may be used 
for necessary administrative and non-administrative ex-
penses of the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
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ment, not otherwise provided for, including purchase of uni-
forms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, funds appro-
priated under this heading may be used for advertising and 
promotional activities that directly support program activi-
ties funded in this title: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall provide the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations quarterly written notification regarding the 
status of pending congressional reports: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall provide in electronic form all 
signed reports required by Congress. 
PROGRAM OFFICE SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Public and Indian Housing, $220,500,000. 
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Community Planning and Development, $110,000,000. 
HOUSING 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Housing, $393,000,000.
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POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Policy Development and Research, $24,500,000. 
FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, $74,235,000. 
OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL AND HEALTHY HOMES 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes, $8,075,000. 
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-
graph as the ‘‘Fund’’), pursuant, in part, to section 7(f) 
of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act 
(42 U.S.C. 3535(f)), amounts transferred to the Fund under 
this heading shall be available for Federal shared services 
used by offices and agencies of the Department, and for such 
portion of any office or agency’s printing, records manage-
ment, space renovation, furniture, or supply services as the 
Secretary determines shall be derived from centralized 
sources made available by the Department to all offices and 
agencies and funded through the Fund: Provided, That of 
the amounts made available in this title for salaries and 
expenses under the headings ‘‘Executive Offices’’, ‘‘Adminis-
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trative Support Offices’’, ‘‘Program Office Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, and ‘‘Government National Mortgage Association’’, 
the Secretary shall transfer to the Fund such amounts, to 
remain available until expended, as are necessary to fund 
services, specified in the first proviso, for which the appro-
priation would otherwise have been available, and may 
transfer not to exceed an additional $10,000,000, in aggre-
gate, from all such appropriations, to be merged with the 
Fund and to remain available until expended for use for 
any office or agency: Provided further, That amounts in 
the Fund shall be the only amounts available to each office 
or agency of the Department for the services, or portion of 
services, specified in the first proviso: Provided further, 
That with respect to the Fund, the authorities and condi-
tions under this heading shall supplement the authorities 
and conditions provided under section 7(f). 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
For activities and assistance for the provision of ten-
ant-based rental assistance authorized under the United 
States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 
et seq.) (‘‘the Act’’ herein), not otherwise provided for, 
$16,431,696,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be available on October 1, 2016 (in addition to the 
$4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this heading
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that shall be available on October 1, 2016), and 
$4,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be available on October 1, 2017: Provided, That the 
amounts made available under this heading are provided 
as follows: 
(1) $18,355,000,000 shall be available for renew-
als of expiring section 8 tenant-based annual con-
tributions contracts (including renewals of enhanced 
vouchers under any provision of law authorizing such 
assistance under section 8(t) of the Act) and includ-
ing renewal of other special purpose incremental 
vouchers: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, from amounts provided under this 
paragraph and any carryover, the Secretary for the 
calendar year 2017 funding cycle shall provide re-
newal funding for each public housing agency based 
on validated voucher management system (VMS) leas-
ing and cost data for the prior calendar year and by 
applying an inflation factor as established by the Sec-
retary, by notice published in the Federal Register, 
and by making any necessary adjustments for the 
costs associated with the first-time renewal of vouch-
ers under this paragraph including tenant protection, 
HOPE VI, and Choice Neighborhoods vouchers: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds provided under
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this paragraph may be used to fund a total number 
of unit months under lease which exceeds a public 
housing agency’s authorized level of units under con-
tract, except for public housing agencies participating 
in the MTW demonstration, which are instead gov-
erned by the terms and conditions of their MTW 
agreements: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall, to the extent necessary to stay within the 
amount specified under this paragraph (except as oth-
erwise modified under this paragraph), prorate each 
public housing agency’s allocation otherwise estab-
lished pursuant to this paragraph: Provided further, 
That except as provided in the following provisos, the 
entire amount specified under this paragraph (except 
as otherwise modified under this paragraph) shall be 
obligated to the public housing agencies based on the 
allocation and pro rata method described above, and 
the Secretary shall notify public housing agencies of 
their annual budget by the latter of 60 days after en-
actment of this Act or March 1, 2017: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary may extend the notification 
period with the prior written approval of the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
further, That public housing agencies participating in 
the MTW demonstration shall be funded pursuant to
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their MTW agreements and shall be subject to the 
same pro rata adjustments under the previous pro-
visos: Provided further, That the Secretary may offset 
public housing agencies’ calendar year 2017 alloca-
tions based on the excess amounts of public housing 
agencies’ net restricted assets accounts, including 
HUD held programmatic reserves (in accordance with 
VMS data in calendar year 2016 that is verifiable 
and complete), as determined by the Secretary: Pro-
vided further, That public housing agencies partici-
pating in the MTW demonstration shall also be sub-
ject to the offset, as determined by the Secretary, ex-
cluding amounts subject to the single fund budget au-
thority provisions of their MTW agreements, from the 
agencies’ calendar year 2017 MTW funding alloca-
tion: Provided further, That the Secretary shall use 
any offset referred to in the previous two provisos 
throughout the calendar year to prevent the termi-
nation of rental assistance for families as the result 
of insufficient funding, as determined by the Sec-
retary, and to avoid or reduce the proration of re-
newal funding allocations: Provided further, That up 
to $75,000,000 shall be available only: (1) for adjust-
ments in the allocations for public housing agencies, 
after application for an adjustment by a public hous-
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ing agency that experienced a significant increase, as 
determined by the Secretary, in renewal costs of 
vouchers resulting from unforeseen circumstances or 
from portability under section 8(r) of the Act; (2) for 
vouchers that were not in use during the previous 12- 
month period in order to be available to meet a com-
mitment pursuant to section 8(o)(13) of the Act; (3) 
for adjustments for costs associated with HUD-Vet-
erans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD–VASH) 
vouchers; and (4) for public housing agencies that de-
spite taking reasonable cost savings measures, as de-
termined by the Secretary, would otherwise be re-
quired to terminate rental assistance for families as 
a result of insufficient funding: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall allocate amounts under the 
previous proviso based on need, as determined by the 
Secretary; 
(2) $110,000,000 shall be for section 8 rental as-
sistance for relocation and replacement of housing 
units that are demolished or disposed of pursuant to 
section 18 of the Act, conversion of section 23 projects 
to assistance under section 8, the family unification 
program under section 8(x) of the Act, relocation of 
witnesses in connection with efforts to combat crime 
in public and assisted housing pursuant to a request
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from a law enforcement or prosecution agency, en-
hanced vouchers under any provision of law author-
izing such assistance under section 8(t) of the Act, 
HOPE VI and Choice Neighborhood vouchers, manda-
tory and voluntary conversions, and tenant protection 
assistance including replacement and relocation as-
sistance or for project-based assistance to prevent the 
displacement of unassisted elderly tenants currently 
residing in section 202 properties financed between 
1959 and 1974 that are refinanced pursuant to Pub-
lic Law 106–569, as amended, or under the authority 
as provided under this Act: Provided, That when a 
public housing development is submitted for demoli-
tion 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 assistance from amounts 
made available under this paragraph for units as-
sisted 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 to the 
extent that the Secretary determines that such units
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are not feasible for continued rental assistance pay-
ments or transfer of the subsidy contract associated 
with such units to another project or projects and 
owner or owners, any remaining amounts associated 
with such units under such contract shall be recap-
tured and used to reimburse amounts used under this 
paragraph for rental assistance under the preceding 
proviso: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
only provide replacement vouchers for units that were 
occupied within the previous 24 months that cease to 
be available as assisted housing, subject only to the 
availability of funds: Provided further, That any ten-
ant protection voucher made available from amounts 
under this paragraph shall not be reissued by any 
public housing agency, except the replacement vouch-
ers as defined by the Secretary by notice, when the 
initial family that received any such voucher no 
longer receives such voucher, and the authority for 
any public housing agency to issue any such voucher 
shall cease to exist; 
(3) $1,768,696,000 shall be for administrative 
and other expenses of public housing agencies in ad-
ministering the section 8 tenant-based rental assist-
ance program, of which up to $10,000,000 shall be 
available to the Secretary to allocate to public hous-
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ing agencies that need additional funds to administer 
their section 8 programs, including fees associated 
with section 8 tenant protection rental assistance, the 
administration of disaster related vouchers, Veterans 
Affairs Supportive Housing vouchers, and other spe-
cial purpose incremental vouchers: Provided, That no 
less than $1,758,696,000 of the amount provided in 
this paragraph shall be allocated to public housing 
agencies for the calendar year 2017 funding cycle 
based on section 8(q) of the Act (and related Appro-
priation Act provisions) as in effect immediately be-
fore the enactment of the Quality Housing and Work 
Responsibility Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–276): 
Provided further, That if the amounts made available 
under this paragraph are insufficient to pay the 
amounts determined under the previous proviso, the 
Secretary may decrease the amounts allocated to 
agencies by a uniform percentage applicable to all 
agencies receiving funding under this paragraph or 
may, to the extent necessary to provide full payment 
of amounts determined under the previous proviso, 
utilize unobligated balances, including recaptures and 
carryovers, remaining from funds appropriated to the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development 
under this heading from prior fiscal years, excluding
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special purpose vouchers, notwithstanding the pur-
poses for which such amounts were appropriated: Pro-
vided further, That all public housing agencies par-
ticipating in the MTW demonstration shall be funded 
pursuant to their MTW agreements, and shall be sub-
ject to the same uniform percentage decrease as under 
the previous proviso: Provided further, That amounts 
provided under this paragraph shall be only for ac-
tivities related to the provision of tenant-based rental 
assistance authorized under section 8, including re-
lated development activities; 
(4) $110,000,000 for the renewal of tenant-based 
assistance contracts under section 811 of the Cran-
ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 
U.S.C. 8013), including necessary administrative ex-
penses: Provided, That administrative and other ex-
penses of public housing agencies in administering 
the special purpose vouchers in this paragraph shall 
be funded under the same terms and be subject to the 
same pro rata reduction as the percent decrease for 
administrative and other expenses to public housing 
agencies under paragraph (3) of this heading; 
(5) $7,000,000 shall be for rental assistance and 
associated administrative fees for Tribal HUD–VA 
Supportive Housing to serve Native American vet-
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erans that are homeless or at-risk of homelessness liv-
ing on or near a reservation or other Indian areas: 
Provided, That such amount shall be made available 
for renewal grants to the recipients that received as-
sistance under the rental assistance and supportive 
housing demonstration program for Native American 
veterans authorized under the heading ‘‘Tenant-Based 
Rental Assistance’’ in title II of division K of the 
Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations 
Act, 2015 (Public Law 113–235, 128 Stat. 2733): 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall be author-
ized to specify criteria for renewal grants, including 
data on the utilization of assistance reported by grant 
recipients under the demonstration program: Pro-
vided further, That any amounts remaining after 
such renewal assistance is awarded may be available 
for new grants to recipients eligible to receive block 
grants under the Native American Housing Assist-
ance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 
section 4101 et seq.) for rental assistance and associ-
ated administrative fees for Tribal HUD–VA Sup-
portive Housing to serve Native American veterans 
that are homeless or at-risk of homelessness living on 
or near a reservation or other Indian areas: Provided 
further, That funds shall be awarded based on need
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and administrative capacity established by the Sec-
retary in a Notice published in the Federal Register 
after coordination with the Secretary of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs: Provided further, That re-
newal grants and new grants under this paragraph 
shall be administered by block grant recipients in ac-
cordance with program requirements under the Native 
American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination 
Act of 1996: Provided further, That assistance under 
this paragraph shall be modeled after, with necessary 
and appropriate adjustments for Native American 
grant recipients and veterans, the rental assistance 
and supportive housing program known as HUD– 
VASH program, including administration in con-
junction with the Department of Veterans Affairs and 
overall implementation of section 8(o)(19) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment may waive, or specify alternative requirements 
for any provision of any statute or regulation that the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development ad-
ministers in connection with the use of funds made 
available under this paragraph (except for require-
ments related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, 
labor stands, and the environment), upon a finding
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by the Secretary that any such waivers or alternative 
requirements are necessary for the effective delivery 
and administration of such assistance: Provided fur-
ther, That grant recipients shall report to the Sec-
retary on utilization of such rental assistance and 
other program data, as prescribed by the Secretary; 
(6) $50,000,000 for incremental rental voucher 
assistance for use through a supported housing pro-
gram administered in conjunction with the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs as authorized under section 
8(o)(19) of the United States Housing Act of 1937: 
Provided, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development shall make such funding available, not-
withstanding section 204 (competition provision) of 
this title, to public housing agencies that partner with 
eligible VA Medical Centers or other entities as des-
ignated by the Secretary of the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs, based on geographical need for such as-
sistance as identified by the Secretary of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs, public housing agency ad-
ministrative performance, and other factors as speci-
fied by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment in consultation with the Secretary of the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
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may waive, or specify alternative requirements for (in 
consultation with the Secretary of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs), any provision of any statute or reg-
ulation that the Secretary of Housing and Urban De-
velopment administers in connection with the use of 
funds made available under this paragraph (except 
for requirements related to fair housing, non-
discrimination, labor standards, and the environ-
ment), upon a finding by the Secretary that any such 
waivers or alternative requirements are necessary for 
the effective delivery and administration of such 
voucher assistance: Provided further, That assistance 
made available under this paragraph shall continue 
to remain available for homeless veterans upon turn- 
over; 
(7) $20,000,000 shall be made available for new 
incremental voucher assistance through the family 
unification program as authorized by section 8(x) of 
the Act: Provided, That the assistance made available 
under this paragraph shall continue to remain avail-
able for family unification upon turnover: Provided 
further, That for any public housing agency admin-
istering voucher assistance appropriated in a prior 
Act under the family unification program that deter-
mines that it no longer has an identified need for
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such assistance upon turnover, such agency shall no-
tify the Secretary, and the Secretary shall recapture 
such assistance from the agency and reallocate it to 
any other public housing agency or agencies based on 
need for voucher assistance in connection with such 
program; 
(8) $11,000,000 shall be made available for the 
housing choice voucher mobility demonstration au-
thorized under section 243 of this title; and 
(9) the Secretary shall separately track all spe-
cial purpose vouchers funded under this heading. 
HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
Unobligated balances, including recaptures and carry-
over, remaining from funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development under this head-
ing, the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted Hous-
ing’’ and the heading ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’’, 
for fiscal year 2017 and prior years may be used for re-
newal of or amendments to section 8 project-based contracts 
and for performance-based contract administrators, not-
withstanding the purposes for which such funds were appro-
priated: Provided, That any obligated balances of contract 
authority from fiscal year 1974 and prior that have been 
terminated shall be rescinded: Provided further, That
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amounts heretofore recaptured, or recaptured during the 
current fiscal year, from section 8 project-based contracts 
from source years fiscal year 1975 through fiscal year 1987 
are hereby rescinded, and an amount of additional new 
budget authority, equivalent to the amount rescinded is 
hereby appropriated, to remain available until expended, 
for the purposes set forth under this heading, in addition 
to amounts otherwise available. 
PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND 
For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to 
carry out capital and management activities for public 
housing agencies, as authorized under section 9 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g) (the 
‘‘Act’’) $1,925,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2020: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law or regulation, during fiscal year 2017, the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development may not dele-
gate to any Department official other than the Deputy Sec-
retary and the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
Housing any authority under paragraph (2) of section 9(j) 
regarding the extension of the time periods under such sec-
tion: Provided further, That for purposes of such section 
9(j), the term ‘‘obligate’’ means, with respect to amounts, 
that the amounts are subject to a binding agreement that 
will result in outlays, immediately or in the future: Pro-