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areas in which the OAS has expertise, such as strengthening democ-
racy, monitoring electoral processes, and protecting human rights; 
and (5) implement reforms within the Office of the Inspector Gen-
eral (OIG) to ensure the OIG has the necessary integrity, profes-
sionalism, independence, policies, and procedures to properly carry 
out its responsibilities in a manner that meets or exceeds best 
practices in the United States. 
(b) Prior to the obligation of funds appropriated by this Act 
and made available for an assessed contribution to the Organization 
of American States, but not later than 90 days after enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the 
Committees on Appropriations on actions taken or planned to be 
taken pursuant to paragraph (a). 
PROTECTIVE SERVICES 
SEC. 7071. Of the funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Diplo-
matic Programs’’ by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations 
for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related pro-
grams, except for funds designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget 
or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985, up to $30,000,000 may be made available to provide protective 
services to former or retired senior Department of State officials 
or employees that the Secretary of State, in consultation with 
the Director of National Intelligence, determines and reports to 
congressional leadership and the appropriate congressional commit-
tees, face a serious and credible threat from a foreign power or 
the agent of a foreign power arising from duties performed by 
such official or employee while employed by the Department: Pro-
vided, That such determination shall include a justification for 
the provision of protective services by the Department, including 
the identification of the specific nature of the threat and the antici-
pated duration of such services provided, which may be submitted 
in classified form, if necessary: Provided further, That such protec-
tive services shall be consistent with other such services performed 
by the Bureau of Diplomatic Security under 22 U.S.C. 2709 for 
Department officials, and shall be made available for an initial 
period of not more than 180 days, which may be extended for 
additional consecutive periods of 60 days upon a subsequent deter-
mination by the Secretary that the specific threat persists: Provided 
further, That not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act 
and quarterly thereafter, the Secretary shall submit a report to 
congressional leadership and the appropriate congressional commit-
tees detailing the number of individuals receiving protective services 
and the amount of funds expended for such services on a case- 
by-case basis, which may be submitted in classified form, if nec-
essary: Provided further, That for purposes of this section a former 
or retired senior Department of State official or employee means 
a person that served in the Department at the Assistant Secretary, 
Special Representative, or Senior Advisor level, or in a comparable 
or more senior position, and has separated from service at the 
Department: Provided further, That funds made available pursuant 
to this section are in addition to amounts otherwise made available 
for such purposes.
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RESCISSIONS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 7072. (a) ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND.—Of the unobligated 
and unexpended balances from amounts made available under the 
heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ from prior Acts making appro-
priations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs and allocated by the Executive Branch for 
Afghanistan in the annual reports required by section 653(a) of 
the 
Foreign 
Assistance 
Act 
of 
1961 
(22 
U.S.C. 
2413(a)), 
$855,644,000, shall be deobligated, as appropriate, and shall be 
rescinded. 
(b) MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION.—Of the unobligated 
balances from amounts made available under the heading ‘‘Millen-
nium Challenge Corporation’’ from prior Acts making appropriations 
for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related pro-
grams, $515,000,000 are rescinded. 
(c) INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCE-
MENT.—Of the unobligated and unexpended balances from amounts 
made available under the heading ‘‘International Narcotics Control 
and Law Enforcement’’ from prior Acts making appropriations for 
the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs 
and allocated by the Executive Branch for Afghanistan in the 
annual reports required by section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2413(a)), $105,000,000, shall be deobligated, 
as appropriate, and shall be rescinded. 
(d) PEACE CORPS.—Of the unobligated balances from amounts 
made available under the heading ‘‘Peace Corps’’ from prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs, $70,000,000 are rescinded. 
(e) EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE.— 
(1) Of the unobligated and unexpended balances from 
amounts made available under the heading ‘‘Embassy Security, 
Construction, and Maintenance’’ in title II of the Security 
Assistance Appropriations Act, 2017 (division B of Public Law 
114–254), $41,000,000 are rescinded. 
(2) Of the unobligated and unexpended balances from 
amounts available under the heading ‘‘Embassy Security, 
Construction, and Maintenance’’ from prior Acts making appro-
priations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 
related programs for Embassy Kabul construction projects, 
$629,000,000 are rescinded. 
(f) GLOBAL SECURITY CONTINGENCY FUND.—Of the unobligated 
balances from amounts made available under the heading ‘‘Global 
Security Contingency Fund’’ from prior Acts making appropriations 
for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related pro-
grams and identified by Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol 11 
X 1041, $28,135,000 are rescinded. 
(g) RESTRICTION.—No amounts may be rescinded from amounts 
that were previously designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget 
or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of State, Foreign 
Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2022’’.
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DIVISION L—TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPRO-
PRIATIONS ACT, 2022 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
$141,500,000, of which not to exceed $3,515,000 shall be available 
for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to exceed $1,254,000 
shall be available for the immediate Office of the Deputy Secretary; 
not to exceed $25,352,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
General Counsel; not to exceed $13,069,000 shall be available for 
the Office of the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy; 
not to exceed $18,291,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to exceed 
$3,341,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant Sec-
retary for Governmental Affairs; not to exceed $34,899,000 shall 
be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administra-
tion; not to exceed $3,645,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Public Affairs and Public Engagement; not to exceed $2,116,000 
shall be available for the Office of the Executive Secretariat; not 
to exceed $14,821,000 shall be available for the Office of Intelligence, 
Security, and Emergency Response; not to exceed $19,747,000 shall 
be available for the Office of the Chief Information Officer; and 
not to exceed $1,450,000 shall be available for the Office of Tribal 
Government Affairs: Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation 
(referred to in this title as the ‘‘Secretary’’) is authorized to transfer 
funds appropriated for any office of the Office of the Secretary 
to any other office of the Office of the Secretary: Provided further, 
That no appropriation for any office shall be increased or decreased 
by more than 7 percent by all such transfers: Provided further, 
That notice of any change in funding greater than 7 percent shall 
be submitted for approval to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations: Provided further, That not to exceed $70,000 
shall be for allocation within the Department for official reception 
and representation expenses as the Secretary may determine: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
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 Public Affairs. 
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses related to the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Research and Technology, $51,363,000, of which 
$42,718,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That 
there may be credited to this appropriation, to be available until 
expended, funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other 
public authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for 
training: Provided further, That any reference in law, regulation, 
judicial proceedings, or elsewhere to the Research and Innovative
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Technology Administration shall continue to be deemed to be a 
reference to the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research 
and Technology of the Department of Transportation. 
NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out a local and regional project 
assistance grant program under section 6702 of title 49, United 
States Code, $775,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That section 6702 (f)(2) of title 49, United States Code, 
shall not apply to amounts made available under this heading 
in this Act: Provided further, That of amounts made available 
under this heading in this Act, not less than $20,000,000 shall 
be awarded to projects in historically disadvantaged communities 
or areas of persistent poverty as defined under section 6702(a)(1) 
of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That section 
6702(g) of title 49, United States Code, shall not apply to amounts 
made available under this heading in this Act: Provided further, 
That of the amounts made available under this heading in this 
Act not less than 5 percent shall be made available for the planning, 
preparation, or design of eligible projects: Provided further, That 
grants awarded under this heading in this Act for eligible projects 
for planning, preparation, or design shall not be subject to a min-
imum grant size: Provided further, That in distributing amounts 
made available under this heading in this Act, the Secretary shall 
take such measures so as to ensure an equitable geographic dis-
tribution of funds, an appropriate balance in addressing the needs 
of urban and rural areas, including Tribal areas, and the investment 
in a variety of transportation modes: Provided further, That a 
grant award under this heading in this Act shall be not greater 
than $45,000,000: Provided further, That section 6702(c)(3) of title 
49, United States Code, shall not apply to amounts made available 
under this heading in this Act: Provided further, That not more 
than 15 percent of the amounts made available under this heading 
in this Act may be awarded to projects in a single state: Provided 
further, That for amounts made available under this heading in 
this Act, the Secretary shall give priority to projects that require 
a contribution of Federal funds in order to complete an overall 
financing package: Provided further, That section 6702(f)(1) of title 
49, United States Code, shall not apply to amounts made available 
under this heading in this Act: Provided further, That of the 
amounts awarded under this heading in this Act, not more than 
50 percent shall be allocated for eligible projects located in rural 
areas and not more than 50 percent shall be allocated for eligible 
projects located in urbanized areas: Provided further, That for the 
purpose of determining if an award for planning, preparation, or 
design under this heading in this Act is an urban award, the 
project location is the location of the project being planned, pre-
pared, or designed: Provided further, That the Secretary may retain 
up to 2 percent of the amounts made available under this heading 
in this Act, and may transfer portions of such amounts to the 
Administrators of the Federal Aviation Administration, the Federal 
Highway Administration, the Federal Transit Administration, the 
Federal Railroad Administration and the Maritime Administration 
to fund the award and oversight of grants and credit assistance
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made under the program authorized under section 6702 of title 
49, United States Code: Provided further, That for amounts made 
available under this heading in this Act, the Secretary shall consider 
and award projects based solely on the selection criteria as identified 
under section 6702(d)(3) and (d)(4) of title 49, United States Code. 
THRIVING COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for a thriving communities program, 
$25,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of Transportation shall make such 
amounts available for technical assistance and cooperative agree-
ments to develop and implement technical assistance, planning, 
and capacity building to improve and foster thriving communities 
through transportation improvements: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with philanthropic 
entities, non-profit organizations, other Federal agencies, state or 
local governments and their agencies, Indian Tribes, or other tech-
nical assistance providers, to provide such technical assistance, 
planning, and capacity building to state, local, or Tribal govern-
ments, United States territories, metropolitan planning organiza-
tions, transit agencies, or other political subdivisions of state or 
local governments: Provided further, That to be eligible for a 
cooperative agreement under this heading, a recipient shall provide 
assistance to entities described in the preceding proviso on engaging 
in public planning processes with residents, local businesses, non- 
profit organizations, and to the extent practicable, philanthropic 
organizations, educational institutions, or other community stake-
holders: Provided further, That such cooperative agreements shall 
facilitate the planning and development of transportation and 
community revitalization activities supported by the Department 
of Transportation under titles 23, 46, and 49, United States Code, 
that increase mobility, reduce pollution from transportation sources, 
expand affordable transportation options, facilitate efficient land 
use, preserve or expand jobs, improve housing conditions, enhance 
connections to health care, education, and food security, or improve 
health outcomes: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
prioritize assistance provided with amounts made available under 
this heading to communities that have disproportionate rates of 
pollution and poor air quality, communities experiencing dispropor-
tionate effects (as defined by Executive Order No. 12898), areas 
of persistent poverty as defined in section 6702(a)(1) of title 49, 
United States Code, or historically disadvantaged communities: Pro-
vided further, That the preceding proviso shall not prevent the 
Secretary from providing assistance with amounts made available 
under this heading to entities described in the second proviso under 
this heading that request assistance through the thriving commu-
nities program: Provided further, That planning and technical 
assistance made available under this heading may include pre- 
application assistance for capital projects eligible under titles 23, 
46, and 49, United States Code: Provided further, That the Secretary 
may retain amounts made available under this heading for the 
necessary administrative expenses of (1) developing and dissemi-
nating best practices, modeling, and cost-benefit analysis methodolo-
gies to assist entities described in the second proviso under this
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heading with applications for financial assistance programs under 
titles 23, 46, and 49, United States Code, and (2) award, administra-
tion, and oversight of cooperative agreements to carry out the 
provisions under this heading: Provided further, That such amounts 
and payments as may be necessary to carry out the thriving commu-
nities program may be transferred to appropriate accounts of other 
operating administrations within the Department of Transportation. 
NATIONAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AND INNOVATIVE FINANCE 
BUREAU 
For necessary expenses of the National Surface Transportation 
and Innovative Finance Bureau as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 116, 
$3,800,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
the Secretary may collect and spend fees, as authorized by title 
23, United States Code, to cover the costs of services of expert 
firms, 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 Govern-
ment of servicing such credit instruments: Provided further, That 
such fees are available until expended to pay for such costs: Pro-
vided further, That such amounts are in addition to other amounts 
made available for such purposes and are not subject to any obliga-
tion limitation or the limitation on administrative expenses under 
section 608 of title 23, United States Code. 
RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT FINANCING PROGRAM 
The Secretary is authorized to issue direct loans and loan 
guarantees pursuant to chapter 224 of title 49, United States Code, 
and such authority shall exist as long as any such direct loan 
or loan guarantee is outstanding. 
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CAPITAL 
For necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing the 
Department 
of 
Transportation’s 
financial 
systems 
and 
re- 
engineering business processes, $5,000,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2023. 
CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVES 
For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, including 
necessary upgrades to network and information technology infra-
structure, improvement of identity management and authentication 
capabilities, securing and protecting data, implementation of Fed-
eral cyber security initiatives, and implementation of enhanced 
security controls on agency computers and mobile devices, 
$39,400,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023. 
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$11,564,000.
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TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND DEVELOPMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for conducting transportation planning, 
research, systems development, development activities, and making 
grants, $29,863,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That of such amount, $2,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses 
of the Interagency Infrastructure Permitting Improvement Center 
(IIPIC): Provided further, That there may be transferred to this 
appropriation, to remain available until expended, amounts trans-
ferred from other Federal agencies for expenses incurred under 
this heading for IIPIC activities not related to transportation infra-
structure: Provided further, That the tools and analysis developed 
by the IIPIC shall be available to other Federal agencies for the 
permitting and review of major infrastructure projects not related 
to transportation only to the extent that other Federal agencies 
provide funding to the Department in accordance with the preceding 
proviso: Provided further, That of the amounts made available 
under this heading, $7,066,000 shall be made available for the 
purposes, and in amounts, specified for Community Project Funding/ 
Congressionally Directed Spending in the table entitled ‘‘Commu-
nity Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ included 
in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for operating costs and capital outlays 
of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed $419,173,000, shall 
be paid from appropriations made available to the Department 
of Transportation: Provided, That such services shall be provided 
on a competitive basis to entities within the Department of 
Transportation: Provided further, That the limitation in the pre-
ceding proviso on operating expenses shall not apply to entities 
external to the Department of Transportation or for funds provided 
in Public Law 117–58: Provided further, That no funds made avail-
able by this Act to an agency of the Department shall be transferred 
to the Working Capital Fund without majority approval of the 
Working Capital Fund Steering Committee and approval of the 
Secretary: Provided further, That no assessments may be levied 
against any program, budget activity, subactivity, or project funded 
by this Act unless notice of such assessments and the basis therefor 
are presented to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions and are approved by such Committees. 
SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS UTILIZATION AND OUTREACH 
For necessary expenses for small and disadvantaged business 
utilization and outreach activities, $4,977,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2023: Provided, That notwithstanding section 
332 of title 49, United States Code, such amounts may be used 
for business opportunities related to any mode of transportation: 
Provided further, That appropriations made available under this 
heading shall be available for any purpose consistent with prior 
year appropriations that were made available under the heading
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‘‘Office of the Secretary—Minority Business Resource Center Pro-
gram’’. 
PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
In addition to funds made available from any other source 
to carry out the essential air service program under sections 41731 
through 41742 of title 49, United States Code, $350,000,000, to 
be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That in determining between 
or among carriers competing to provide service to a community, 
the Secretary may consider the relative subsidy requirements of 
the carriers: Provided further, That basic essential air service min-
imum requirements shall not include the 15-passenger capacity 
requirement under section 41732(b)(3) of title 49, United States 
Code: Provided further, That amounts authorized to be distributed 
for the essential air service program under section 41742(b) of 
title 49, United States Code, shall be made available immediately 
from amounts otherwise provided to the Administrator of the Fed-
eral Aviation Administration: Provided further, That the Adminis-
trator may reimburse such amounts from fees credited to the 
account established under section 45303 of title 49, United States 
Code: Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 41733 of 
title 49, United States Code, for fiscal year 2022, the requirements 
established under subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 41731(a)(1) 
of title 49, United States Code, and the subsidy cap established 
by section 332 of the Department of Transportation and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000, shall not apply to maintain 
eligibility under section 41731 of title 49, United States Code. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF 
TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 101. None of the funds made available by this Act to 
the Department of Transportation may be obligated for the Office 
of the Secretary of Transportation to approve assessments or 
reimbursable agreements pertaining to funds appropriated to the 
operating administrations in this Act, except for activities underway 
on the date of enactment of this Act, unless such assessments 
or agreements have completed the normal reprogramming process 
for congressional notification. 
SEC. 102. The Secretary shall post on the web site of the 
Department of Transportation a schedule of all meetings of the 
Council on Credit and Finance, including the agenda for each 
meeting, and require the Council on Credit and Finance to record 
the decisions and actions of each meeting. 
SEC. 103. In addition to authority provided by section 327 
of title 49, United States Code, the Department’s Working Capital 
Fund is authorized to provide partial or full payments in advance 
and accept subsequent reimbursements from all Federal agencies 
from available funds for transit benefit distribution services that 
are necessary to carry out the Federal transit pass transportation 
fringe benefit program under Executive Order No. 13150 and section 
3049 of SAFETEA–LU (5 U.S.C. 7905 note): Provided, That the 
Department shall maintain a reasonable operating reserve in the 
Working Capital Fund, to be expended in advance to provide
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uninterrupted transit benefits to Government employees: Provided 
further, That such reserve shall not exceed 1 month of benefits 
payable and may be used only for the purpose of providing for 
the continuation of transit benefits: Provided further, That the 
Working Capital Fund shall be fully reimbursed by each customer 
agency from available funds for the actual cost of the transit benefit. 
SEC. 104. Receipts collected in the Department’s Working Cap-
ital Fund, as authorized by section 327 of title 49, United States 
Code, for unused transit and van pool benefits, in an amount 
not to exceed 10 percent of fiscal year 2022 collections, shall be 
available until expended in the Department’s Working Capital Fund 
to provide contractual services in support of section 189 of this 
Act: Provided, That obligations in fiscal year 2022 of such collections 
shall not exceed $1,000,000. 
SEC. 105. Funds made available in division K of the Consoli-
dated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Public 
Law 113–235) under the heading ‘‘Department of Transportation— 
Office of the Secretary—National Infrastructure Investments’’ for 
transit and highway projects that were available for obligation 
through fiscal year 2017 shall remain available through fiscal year 
2023 for the liquidation of valid obligations incurred during fiscal 
years 2015 through 2017 of active grants awarded with such funds. 
SEC. 106. None of the funds in this title may be obligated 
or expended for retention or senior executive bonuses for an 
employee of the Department of Transportation without the prior 
written approval of the Assistant Secretary for Administration. 
SEC. 107. In addition to authority provided by section 327 
of title 49, United States Code, the Department’s Administrative 
Working Capital Fund is hereby authorized to transfer information 
technology equipment, software, and systems from Departmental 
sources or other entities and collect and maintain a reserve at 
rates which will return full cost of transferred assets. 
SEC. 108. None of the funds provided in this Act to the Depart-
ment of Transportation may be used to provide credit assistance 
unless not less than 3 days before any application approval to 
provide credit assistance under sections 603 and 604 of title 23, 
United States Code, the Secretary provides notification in writing 
to the following committees: the House and Senate Committees 
on 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 Infrastruc-
ture of the House of Representatives: Provided, That such notifica-
tion shall include, but not be limited to, the name of the project 
sponsor; a description of the project; whether credit assistance 
will be provided as a direct loan, loan guarantee, or line of credit; 
and the amount of credit assistance. 
SEC. 109. For an additional amount for ‘‘Railroad Rehabilitation 
and Improvement Financing Program’’ for the cost of modifications, 
as defined by section 502 of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 
1990, of direct loans issued pursuant to sections 501 through 504 
of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 
(Public Law 94–210), as amended, and included in cohort 3, as 
defined by the Department of Transportation’s memorandum to 
the Office of Management and Budget dated November 5, 2018, 
$10,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
for a direct loan included in cohort 3, as defined in the memorandum 
described in the preceding proviso, that has satisfied all obligations