for 
necessary 
expenses, 
including 
an 
independent 
verification regime, to provide reimbursement to airport 
sponsors that do not provide gateway operations and pro-
viders of general aviation ground support services, or other 
aviation tenants, located at those airports closed during 
a temporary flight restriction (TFR) for any residence of 
the President that is designated or identified to be secured 
by the United States Secret Service, and for direct and 
incremental financial losses incurred while such airports 
are closed solely due to the actions of the Federal Govern-
ment: Provided, That no funds shall be obligated or dis-
tributed to airport sponsors that do not provide gateway 
operations and providers of general aviation ground sup-
port services until an independent audit is completed: Pro-
vided further, That losses incurred as a result of violations 
of law, or through fault or negligence, of such operators 
and service providers or of third parties (including air-
ports) are not eligible for reimbursements: Provided fur-
ther, That obligation and expenditure of funds are condi-
tional upon full release of the United States Government 
for all claims for financial losses resulting from such ac-
tions. 
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FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Not to exceed $493,767,664 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: Provided, That in addition, $3,248,000 shall 
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 authorized Federal-aid highway and highway safety 
construction programs shall not exceed total obligations 
of $61,314,170,545 for fiscal year 2025: Provided, That 
the limitation on obligations under this heading shall only 
apply to contract authority authorized from the Highway 
Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), un-
less otherwise specified in law. 
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(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For the payment of obligations incurred in carrying 
out authorized Federal-aid highway and highway safety 
construction programs, $62,053,170,545 shall be derived 
from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Tran-
sit Account), to remain available until expended. 
HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
There is hereby appropriated to the Secretary 
$1,490,176,742: Provided, That the funds made available 
under this heading shall be derived from the general fund, 
shall be in addition to any funds provided for fiscal year 
2025 in this or any other Act for: (1) ‘‘Federal-aid High-
ways’’ under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code; 
(2) activities eligible under the Tribal transportation pro-
gram under section 202 of title 23, United States Code; 
or (3) activities eligible under the Nationally Significant 
Multimodal Freight and Highway Projects program under 
Section 117 of title 23, United States Code, and shall not 
affect the distribution or amount of funds provided in any 
other Act: Provided further, That section 11101(e) of Pub-
lic Law 117–58 shall apply to funds made available under 
this heading: Provided further, That unless otherwise spec-
ified, amounts made available under this heading shall be 
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available until September 30, 2028, and shall not be sub-
ject to any limitation on obligations for Federal-aid high-
ways or highway safety construction programs set forth 
in any Act making annual appropriations: Provided fur-
ther, That of the sums appropriated under this heading— 
(1) $1,085,176,742 shall be for the purposes, 
and in the amounts, specified for Community 
Project Funding in the table entitled ‘‘Community 
Project Funding’’ included in the Report accom-
panying this Act: Provided, That, except as other-
wise provided under this heading, the funds made 
available under this paragraph shall be administered 
as if apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United 
States Code: Provided further, That funds made 
available under this paragraph that are used for 
Tribal projects shall be administered as if allocated 
under chapter 2 of title 23, United States Code, ex-
cept that the set-asides described in subparagraph 
(C) of section 202(b)(3) of title 23, United States 
Code, and subsections (a)(6), (c), and (e) of section 
202 of such title, and section 1123(h)(1) of MAP- 
21 (as amended by Public Law 117–58), shall not 
apply to such funds; 
(2) $200,000,000 shall be for activities eligible 
under the Tribal transportation program, as de-
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scribed in section 202 of title 23, United States 
Code: Provided, That, except as otherwise provided 
under this heading, the funds made available under 
this paragraph shall be administered as if allocated 
under chapter 2 of title 23, United States Code: 
Provided further, That the set-asides described in 
subparagraph (C) of section 202(b)(3) of title 23, 
United States Code, and subsections (a)(6), (c), and 
(e) of section 202 of such title shall not apply to 
funds made available under this paragraph: Provided 
further, That the set-aside described in section 
1123(h)(1) of MAP-21 (as amended by Public Law 
117–58), shall not apply to such funds; 
(3) $200,000,000 shall be for the Nationally 
Significant 
Multimodal 
Freight 
and 
Highway 
Projects program as authorized by 23 U.S.C. 117, 
for truck parking projects: Provided, That such 
funds shall be available until expended: Provided fur-
ther, That the set aside under subsection (e)(1) of 
such section shall be treated as not less than 50 per-
cent: Provided further, That an entity that receives 
a grant under this section may partner with a pri-
vate entity to carry out an eligible project under 
such section: Provided further, That, in making 
grants under such section, the Secretary shall 
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prioritize applicants proposing projects located in 
rural areas and near Federal-aid highways: Provided 
further, That no fees may be charged by an entity 
receiving a grant under this section to a commercial 
motor vehicle driver to gain access to parking con-
structed, opened, maintained, or improved with a 
grant under such section: Provided further, That, ex-
cept as otherwise provided under such section or this 
heading, the funds made available under this para-
graph shall be administered as if apportioned under 
chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code; and 
(4) $5,000,000 shall be to carry out section 
11502 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs 
Act (23 U.S.C. 148 note): Provided, That, except as 
otherwise provided under such section or this head-
ing, the funds made available under this paragraph 
shall be administered as if apportioned under chap-
ter 1 of title 23, United States Code. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2025, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall— 
(1) not distribute from the obligation limitation 
for Federal-aid highways— 
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(A) amounts authorized for administrative 
expenses and programs by section 104(a) of 
title 23, United States Code; and 
(B) amounts authorized for the Bureau of 
Transportation Statistics; 
(2) not distribute an amount from the obliga-
tion 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 Ac-
count) for Federal-aid highway and highway 
safety construction programs for previous fiscal 
years the funds for which are allocated by the 
Secretary (or apportioned by the Secretary 
under section 202 or 204 of title 23, United 
States Code); and 
(B) for which obligation limitation was 
provided in a previous fiscal year; 
(3) determine the proportion that— 
(A) the obligation limitation for Federal- 
aid highways, less the aggregate of amounts not 
distributed 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 
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highway safety construction programs (other 
than sums authorized to be appropriated for 
provisions of law described in paragraphs (1) 
through (11) of subsection (b) and sums au-
thorized to be appropriated for section 119 of 
title 23, United States Code, equal to the 
amount referred to in subsection (b)(12) for 
such fiscal year), less the aggregate of the 
amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) 
and (2) of this subsection; 
(4) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed-
eral-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not 
distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), for each 
of the programs (other than programs to which 
paragraph (1) applies) that are allocated by the Sec-
retary under authorized Federal-aid highway and 
highway safety construction programs, or appor-
tioned by the Secretary under section 202 or 204 of 
title 23, United States Code, by multiplying— 
(A) the proportion determined under para-
graph (3); by 
(B) the amounts authorized to be appro-
priated for each such program for such fiscal 
year; and 
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(5) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed-
eral-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not 
distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) and the 
amounts distributed under paragraph (4), for Fed-
eral-aid highway and highway safety construction 
programs that are apportioned by the Secretary 
under title 23, United States Code (other than the 
amounts apportioned for the national highway per-
formance program in section 119 of title 23, United 
States Code, that are exempt from the limitation 
under subsection (b)(12) and the amounts appor-
tioned under sections 202 and 204 of that title) in 
the proportion that— 
(A) amounts authorized to be appropriated 
for the programs that are apportioned under 
title 23, United States Code, to each State for 
such fiscal year; bears to 
(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; 
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(2) section 147 of the Surface Transportation 
Assistance Act of 1978 (23 U.S.C. 144 note; 92 
Stat. 2714); 
(3) section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act 
of 1981 (95 Stat. 1701); 
(4) subsections (b) and (j) of section 131 of the 
Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (96 
Stat. 2119); 
(5) subsections (b) and (c) of section 149 of the 
Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation As-
sistance Act of 1987 (101 Stat. 198); 
(6) sections 1103 through 1108 of the Inter-
modal 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 
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to the extent that the obligation authority has not 
lapsed or been used; 
(10) section 105 of title 23, United States Code 
(as in effect for fiscal years 2005 through 2012, but 
only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each 
of those fiscal years); 
(11) section 1603 of SAFETEA–LU (23 
U.S.C. 118 note; 119 Stat. 1248), to the extent that 
funds obligated in accordance with that section were 
not subject to a limitation on obligations at the time 
at which the funds were initially made available for 
obligation; and 
(12) section 119 of title 23, United States Code 
(but, for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2025, 
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 
previously distributed during that fiscal year, giving 
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priority 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 
Public Law 112–141) and 104 of title 23, United 
States Code. 
(d) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS TO 
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PROGRAMS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 
highways shall apply to contract authority for trans-
portation research programs carried out under— 
(A) chapter 5 of title 23, United States 
Code; 
(B) title VI of the Fixing America’s Sur-
face Transportation Act; and 
(C) title III of division A of the Infrastruc-
ture Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 
117–58). 
(2) EXCEPTION.—Obligation authority made 
available under paragraph (1) shall— 
(A) remain available for a period of 4 fis-
cal years; and 
(B) be in addition to the amount of any 
limitation imposed on obligations for Federal- 
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(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 
purpose of reimbursing the Bureau for such expenses. 
SEC. 122. Not less than 15 days prior to waiving, 
under his or her statutory authority, any Buy America re-
quirement for Federal-aid highways projects, the Sec-
retary of Transportation shall make an informal public no-
tice and comment opportunity on the intent to issue such 
waiver and the reasons therefor: Provided, That the Sec-
retary shall post on a website any waivers granted under 
the Buy America requirements. 
SEC. 123. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to make a grant for a project under sec-
tion 117 of title 23, United States Code, unless the Sec-
retary, at least 60 days before making a grant under that 
section, provides written notification to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations of the proposed 
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grant, including an evaluation and justification for the 
project and the amount of the proposed grant award. 
SEC. 124. (a) A State or territory, as defined in sec-
tion 165 of title 23, United States Code, may use for any 
project eligible under section 133(b) of title 23 or section 
165 of title 23 and located within the boundary of the 
State or territory any earmarked amount, and any associ-
ated obligation limitation: Provided, That the Department 
of Transportation for the State or territory for which the 
earmarked amount was originally designated or directed 
notifies the Secretary of its intent to use its authority 
under this section and submits an annual report to the 
Secretary identifying the projects to which the funding 
would be applied. Notwithstanding the original period of 
availability of funds to be obligated under this section, 
such funds and associated obligation limitation shall re-
main available for obligation for a period of 3 fiscal years 
after the fiscal year in which the Secretary is notified. The 
Federal share of the cost of a project carried out with 
funds made available under this section shall be the same 
as associated with the earmark. 
(b) In this section, the term ‘‘earmarked amount’’ 
means— 
(1) congressionally directed spending, as de-
fined in rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the 
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Senate, identified in a prior law, report, or joint ex-
planatory statement, which was authorized to be ap-
propriated or appropriated more than 10 fiscal years 
prior to the current fiscal year, and administered by 
the Federal Highway Administration; or 
(2) a congressional earmark, as defined in rule 
XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives, 
identified in a prior law, report, or joint explanatory 
statement, which was authorized to be appropriated 
or appropriated more than 10 fiscal years prior to 
the current fiscal year, and administered by the Fed-
eral Highway Administration. 
(c) The authority under subsection (a) may be exer-
cised only for those projects or activities that have obli-
gated less than 10 percent of the amount made available 
for obligation as of October 1 of the current fiscal year, 
and shall be applied to projects within the same general 
geographic area within 25 miles for which the funding was 
designated, except that a State or territory may apply 
such authority to unexpended balances of funds from 
projects or activities the State or territory certifies have 
been closed and for which payments have been made under 
a final voucher. 
(d) The Secretary shall submit consolidated reports 
of the information provided by the States and territories 
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annually to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations. 
SEC. 125. None of the funds made available in this 
Act or any other Act may be used for any activities related 
to the implementation of Priced Zones (Cordon Pricing) 
under the Value Pricing Pilot Program or New York 
City’s Central Business District Tolling Program. 
SEC. 126. None of the funds made available by this 
Act or any other Act may be used to implement, admin-
ister, or enforce the final rule entitled ‘‘National Perform-
ance Management Measures; Assessing Performance of 
the National Highway System, Greenhouse Gas Emissions 
Measure’’ published by the Federal Highway Administra-
tion in the Federal Register on December 7, 2023 (88 
Fed. Reg. 85364), or any substantially similar rule. 
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 Infra-
structure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58), 
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$382,500,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust 
Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), together 
with advances and reimbursements received by the Fed-
eral Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the sum of 
which shall remain available until expended: Provided, 
That funds available for implementation, execution, or ad-
ministration of motor carrier safety operations and pro-
grams authorized under title 49, United States Code, shall 
not exceed total obligations of $382,500,000, for ‘‘Motor 
Carrier Safety Operations and Programs’’ for fiscal year 
2025, of which $14,073,000, to remain available for obli-
gation until September 30, 2027, is for the research and 
technology program, and of which not less than 
$63,098,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 2027, is for development, modernization, en-
hancement, and continued operation and maintenance of 
information technology and information management. 
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, $526,450,000, to be derived from the 
Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Ac-
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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 ob-
ligations of $526,450,000 in fiscal year 2025 for ‘‘Motor 
Carrier Safety Grants’’: Provided further, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading— 
(1) $414,500,000, to remain available for obli-
gation until September 30, 2026, shall be for the 
motor carrier safety assistance program; 
(2) $44,350,000, to remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 2026, shall be for the com-
mercial driver’s license program implementation pro-
gram; 
(3) $61,200,000, to remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 2026, shall be for the high 
priority program; 
(4) $1,400,000, to remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 2026, shall be for the com-
mercial motor vehicle operators grant program; and 
(5) $5,000,000, to remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 2026, shall be for the com-
mercial motor vehicle enforcement training and sup-
port grant program. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL MOTOR 
CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 130. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Admin-
istration shall send notice of section 385.308 of title 49, 
Code of Federal Regulations, violations by certified mail, 
registered mail, or another manner of delivery, which 
records the receipt of the notice by the persons responsible 
for the violations. 
SEC. 131. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available to the Department of Transportation 
by this Act or any other Act may be obligated or expended 
to implement, administer, or enforce the requirements of 
section 31137 of title 49, United States Code, or any regu-
lation issued by the Secretary pursuant to such section, 
with respect to the use of electronic logging devices by op-
erators of commercial motor vehicles, as defined in section 
31132(1) of such title, transporting livestock as defined 
in section 602 of the Emergency Livestock Feed Assist-
ance Act of 1988 (7 U.S.C. 1471) or insects. 
SEC. 132. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to require the use of inward 
facing cameras or require a motor carrier to register an 
apprenticeship program with the Department of Labor as 
a condition for participation in the safe driver apprentice-
ship pilot program. 
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SEC. 133. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act or any other Act may be 
used to promulgate any rule or regulation to require vehi-
cles with a gross vehicle weight of more than 26,000 
pounds operating in interstate commerce to be equipped 
with a speed limiting device set to a maximum speed. 
SEC. 134. (a) None of the funds made available by 
this or any other Act may be used to modify, rescind, or 
grant waivers from the preemption determinations pub-
lished by FMCSA at 83 FR 67470 (Dec. 28, 2018) and 
85 FR 73335 (Nov. 17, 2020). 
(b) Notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 31141(d)(2), the Sec-
retary shall deny, without a hearing on the record, any 
petitions for waiver of the aforementioned preemption de-
terminations pending on the date of enactment or received 
after the date of enactment. 
(c) Nothing in the Act shall be construed to prohibit 
the Secretary from modifying, rescinding, or granting a 
waiver from the preemption determination published by 
FMCSA at 85 FR 3469 (Jan. 21, 2020). 
NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of 
the Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety, 
authorized under chapter 301 and part C of subtitle VI 
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of title 49, United States Code, $235,000,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2026. 
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
the provisions of section 403 of title 23, United States 
Code, including behavioral research on automated driving 
systems and advanced driver assistance systems and im-
proving consumer responses to safety recalls, section 
25024 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 
(Public Law 117–58), and chapter 303 of title 49, United 
States Code, $205,400,000, to be derived from the High-
way Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) 
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 2025, are in excess of $205,400,000: 
Provided further, That of the sums appropriated under 
this heading— 
(1) $198,000,000 shall be for programs author-
ized under section 403 of title 23, United States 
Code, including behavioral research on automated 
driving systems and advanced driver assistance sys-
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tems and improving consumer responses to safety 
recalls, and section 25024 of the Infrastructure In-
vestment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58); and 
(2) $7,400,000 shall be for the national driver 
register authorized under chapter 303 of title 49, 
United States Code: 
Provided further, That within the $205,400,000 obligation 
limitation for operations and research, $57,500,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2026, and shall be 
in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed on 
obligations for future years: Provided further, That 
amounts for behavioral research on automated driving sys-
tems and advanced driver assistance systems and improv-
ing consumer responses to safety recalls are in addition 
to any other funds provided for those purposes for fiscal 
year 2025 in this Act. 
HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
provisions of sections 402, 404, and 405 of title 23, 
United States Code, and grant administration expenses 
under chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code, to remain 
available until expended, $831,444,832, to be derived from 
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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 pro-
grams for which the total obligations in fiscal year 2025 
are in excess of $831,444,832 for programs authorized 
under sections 402, 404, and 405 of title 23, United 
States Code, and grant administration expenses under 
chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code: Provided further, 
That of the sums appropriated under this heading— 
(1) $385,900,000 shall be for highway safety 
programs under section 402 of title 23, United 
States Code; 
(2) $360,500,000 shall be for national priority 
safety programs under section 405 of title 23, 
United States Code; 
(3) $42,300,000 shall be for the high visibility 
enforcement program under section 404 of title 23, 
United States Code; and 
(4) $42,744,832 shall be for grant administra-
tive expenses under chapter 4 of title 23, United 
States Code: 
Provided further, That none of these funds shall be used 
for construction, rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or for 
office furnishings and fixtures for State, local or private 
buildings or structures: Provided further, That not to ex-
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ceed $500,000 of the funds made available for national 
priority safety programs under section 405 of title 23, 
United States Code, for impaired driving countermeasures 
(as described in subsection (d) of that section) shall be 
available for technical assistance to the States: Provided 
further, That with respect to the ‘‘Transfers’’ provision 
under section 405(a)(10) of title 23, United States Code, 
any amounts transferred to increase the amounts made 
available under section 402 shall include the obligation au-
thority for such amounts: Provided further, That the Ad-
ministrator shall notify the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations of any exercise of the authority granted 
under the preceding proviso or under section 405(a)(10) 
of title 23, United States Code, within 5 days. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—NATIONAL HIGHWAY 
TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 140. The limitations on obligations for the pro-
grams of the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis-
tration set in this Act shall not apply to obligations for 
which obligation authority was made available in previous 
public laws but only to the extent that the obligation au-
thority has not lapsed or been used. 
SEC. 141. The amounts made available or subject to 
an obligation limitation in this Act or in division J of the 
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 
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117—58) for grant administrative expenses under chapter 
4 of title 23, United States Code, may be used to provide 
technical assistance to grantees implementing highway 
traffic safety grants. 
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 
SAFETY AND OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Ad-
ministration, not otherwise provided for, $288,203,000, of 
which $25,000,000 shall remain available until expended. 
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for railroad research and de-
velopment, $45,879,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That of the amounts provided under 
this heading, up to $3,000,000 shall be available pursuant 
to section 20108(d) of title 49, United States Code, for 
the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and 
improvements at the Transportation Technology Center. 
CONSOLIDATED RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY 
IMPROVEMENTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses related to consolidated rail 
infrastructure and safety improvements grants, as author-
ized by section 22907 of title 49, United States Code, 
$298,525,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of the amounts made available under this 
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heading in this Act, $38,525,000 shall be made available 
for the purposes, and in amounts, specified for Community 
Project Funding in the table entitled ‘‘Community Project 
Funding’’ included in the Report accompanying this Act: 
Provided further, That requirements under subsections (g) 
and (l) of section 22907 of title 49, United States Code, 
shall not apply to the preceding proviso: Provided further, 
That any remaining funds available after the distribution 
of the Community Project Funding described in this para-
graph shall be available to the Secretary to distribute as 
discretionary grants under this heading: Provided further, 
That for amounts made available under this heading in 
this Act, eligible projects under section 22907(c)(8) of title 
49, United States Code, shall also include railroad systems 
planning (including the preparation of regional intercity 
passenger rail plans and state rail plans) and railroad 
project development activities (including railroad project 
planning, preliminary engineering, design, environmental 
analysis, feasibility studies, and the development and anal-
ysis of project alternatives): Provided further, That 
amounts made available under this heading in this Act for 
projects selected for commuter rail passenger transpor-
tation may be transferred by the Secretary, after selection, 
to the appropriate agencies to be administered in accord-
ance with chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code: Pro-
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vided further, That for amounts made available under this 
heading in this Act, eligible recipients under section 
22907(b)(7) of title 49, United States Code, shall include 
any holding company of a Class II railroad or Class III 
railroad (as those terms are defined in section 20102 of 
title 49, United States Code): Provided further, That sec-
tion 22907(e)(1)(A) of title 49, United States Code, shall 
not apply to amounts made available under this heading 
in this Act: Provided further, That section 22907(e)(1)(A) 
of title 49, United States Code, shall not apply to amounts 
made available under this heading in previous fiscal years 
if such funds are announced in a notice of funding oppor-
tunity that includes funds made available under this head-
ing in this Act: Provided further, That the preceding pro-
viso shall not apply to funds made available under this 
heading in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 
(division J of Public Law 117–58): Provided further, That 
unobligated balances remaining after 6 years from the 
date of enactment of this Act may be used for any eligible 
project under section 22907(c) of title 49, United States 
Code: Provided further, That the Secretary may withhold 
up to 2 percent of the amounts made available under this 
heading in this Act for the costs of award and project 
management oversight of grants carried out under title 
49, United States Code. 
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NORTHEAST CORRIDOR GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL 
RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 
grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for 
activities associated with the Northeast Corridor as au-
thorized by section 22101(a) of the Infrastructure Invest-
ment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58), $1,002,115,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 
Secretary may retain up to one-half of 1 percent of the 
amounts made available under both this heading in this 
Act and the ‘‘National Network Grants to the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ heading in this Act to 
fund the costs of project management and oversight of ac-
tivities authorized by section 22101(c) of the Infrastruc-
ture Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58): Pro-
vided further, That in addition to the project management 
oversight funds authorized under section 22101(c) of the 
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117– 
58), the Secretary may retain up to an additional 
$5,000,000 of the amounts made available under this 
heading in this Act to fund expenses associated with the 
Northeast Corridor Commission established under section 
24905 of title 49, United States Code. 
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NATIONAL NETWORK GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL 
RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 
grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for 
activities associated with the National Network as author-
ized by section 22101(b) of the Infrastructure Investment 
and Jobs Act (division B of Public Law 117–58), 
$1,123,111,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary may retain up to an additional 
$3,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading in 
this Act to fund expenses associated with the State-Sup-
ported Route Committee established under section 24712 
of title 49, United States Code. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 150. The amounts made available to the Sec-
retary or to the Federal Railroad Administration for the 
costs of award, administration, and project management 
oversight of financial assistance which are administered 
by the Federal Railroad Administration, in this and prior 
Acts, may be transferred to the Federal Railroad Adminis-
tration’s ‘‘Financial Assistance Oversight and Technical 
Assistance’’ account for the necessary expenses to support 
the award, administration, project management oversight, 
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and technical assistance of financial assistance adminis-
tered by the Federal Railroad Administration, in the same 
manner as appropriated for in this and prior Acts: Pro-
vided, That this section shall not apply to amounts that 
were previously designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on 
the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def-
icit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 151. None of the funds made available to the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation may be used to 
fund any overtime costs in excess of $35,000 for any indi-
vidual employee: Provided, That the President of Amtrak 
may waive the cap set in the preceding 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 Am-
trak shall report to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations no later than 60 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, a summary of all overtime payments 
incurred by Amtrak for 2024 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 Amtrak paid to employees re-
ceiving waivers for each month for 2024 and for the three 
prior calendar years. 
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SEC. 152. None of the funds made available to the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation under the head-
ings ‘‘Northeast Corridor Grants to the National Railroad 
Passenger Corporation’’ and ‘‘National Network Grants to 
the National Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ may be 
used to reduce the total number of Amtrak Police Depart-
ment uniformed officers patrolling on board passenger 
trains or at stations, facilities or rights-of-way below the 
staffing level on May 1, 2019. 
SEC. 153. (a) Amounts made available under the 
heading ‘‘Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Pas-
senger Rail Grants’’ in title VIII of division J of the Infra-
structure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58) 
shall not be available for activities authorized under sec-
tion 24911(g) of title 49, United States Code. 
(b) Amounts repurposed pursuant to subsection (a) 
shall continue to be treated as amounts specified in section 
103(b) of division A of Public Law 118–5. 
SEC. 154. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available under this Act or any other Act may 
be provided to the State of California for a high-speed rail 
corridor development project that is the same of substan-
tially similar to the project that is the subject of Coopera-
tive Agreement No. FR–HSR–0118–12–01–01 entered 
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into between the California High-Speed Rail Authority 
and the Federal Railroad Administration. 
SEC. 155. (a) Of the funds made available under the 
heading ‘‘Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Pas-
senger Rail’’ in division J of Public Law 117–58 for fiscal 
year 2025, not less than $15,000,000 shall be for a grant 
to Union Station Redevelopment Corporation to rehabili-
tate and repair the Washington Union Station complex. 
(b) Amounts repurposed pursuant to subsection (a) 
shall continue to be treated as amounts specified in section 
103(b) of division A of Public Law 118–5. 
(c) The Union Station Redevelopment Corporation 
Board of Directors shall include designees from the Com-
monwealth of Virginia and the State of Maryland. 
(d) The Union Station Redevelopment Corporation 
and the National Railroad Passenger Corporation shall 
adhere to Public Law 97–125 and ensure the historic pres-
ervation and improvements to Washington Union Station 
are achieved with maximum reliance on the private sector 
and minimum requirement for Federal assistance. 
SEC. 156. Section 22908(e) of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended by striking paragraph (2) and by redes-
ignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2). 
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FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION 
TRANSIT FORMULA GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in the Federal 
public transportation assistance program in this account, 
and for payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 
5312, 5314, 5318, 5329(e)(6), 5334, 5335, 5337, 5339, 
and 5340, section 20005(b) of Public Law 112–141, and 
section 3006(b) of Public Law 114–94, $14,279,000,000, 
to be derived from the Mass Transit Account of the High-
way 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), 5334, 
5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, section 20005(b) of Public 
Law 112–141, and section 3006(b) of Public Law 114– 
94, shall not exceed total obligations of $14,279,000,000 
in fiscal year 2025. 
TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS 
For an additional amount for Community Project 
Funding for projects and activities eligible under chapter 
53 of such title, $115,638,210, to remain available until 
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expended for the purposes, and in amounts, specified for 
Community Project Funding in the table entitled ‘‘Com-
munity Project Funding’’ included in the Report accom-
panying this Act: Provided, That unless otherwise speci-
fied, applicable requirements under chapter 53 of title 49, 
United States Code, shall apply to amounts made available 
in this paragraph, except that the Federal share of the 
costs for a project in this paragraph shall be in an amount 
equal to 80 percent of the net costs of the project, unless 
the Secretary approves a higher maximum Federal share 
of the net costs of the project consistent with administra-
tion of similar projects funded under chapter 53 of title 
49, United States Code: Provided further, That amounts 
made available under this heading in this Act shall be de-
rived from the general fund: Provided further, That 
amounts made available under this heading in this Act 
shall not be subject to any limitation on obligations for 
transit programs set forth in this or any other Act. 
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 5314 of 
title 49, United States Code, $7,500,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2026: Provided, That the assist-
ance provided under this heading does not duplicate the 
activities of section 5311(b) or section 5312 of title 49, 
United States Code: Provided further, That amounts made 
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available under this heading are in addition to any other 
amounts made available for such purposes: Provided fur-
ther, That amounts made available under this heading 
shall not be subject to any limitation on obligations set 
forth in this or any other Act. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry out fixed guideway 
capital investment grants under section 5309 of title 49, 
United States Code, and section 3005(b) of the Fixing 
America’s Surface Transportation Act (Public Law 114– 
94), $754,733,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this head-
ing in this Act— 
(1) $282,628,000 shall be available for projects 
authorized under section 5309(d) of title 49, United 
States Code; and 
(2) up to $464,632,000 shall be available for 
projects authorized under section 5309(h) of title 
49, United States Code: 
Provided further, That the amounts made available under 
this heading shall be made available for the purposes, and 
in amounts, specified for Capital Investment Grants in the 
tables under the heading ‘‘Capital Investment Grants’’ in 
the Report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That 
not to exceed 10 percent of any funding level specified 
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GRANTS TO THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA 
TRANSIT AUTHORITY 
For grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area 
Transit Authority as authorized under section 601 of divi-
sion B of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement 
Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–432), $150,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of Transportation shall approve grants for capital 
and preventive maintenance expenditures for the Wash-
ington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority only after re-
ceiving and reviewing a request for each specific project: 
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. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 160. The limitations on obligations for the pro-
grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not 
apply to any authority under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously 
made available for obligation, or to any other authority 
previously made available for obligation. 
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SEC. 161. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds appropriated or limited by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Capital Investment Grants’’ of the Federal 
Transit Administration for projects specified in this Act 
not obligated by September 30, 2028, and other recov-
eries, shall be directed to projects eligible to use the funds 
for the purposes for which they were originally provided. 
SEC. 162. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, any funds appropriated before October 1, 2024, under 
any section of chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, 
that remain available for expenditure, may be transferred 
to and administered under the most recent appropriation 
heading for any such section. 
SEC. 163. None of the funds made available by this 
Act or any other Act shall be used to adjust apportion-
ments or withhold funds from apportionments pursuant 
to section 9503(e)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 (26 U.S.C. 9503(e)(4)). 
GREAT LAKES ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT 
CORPORATION 
The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development 
Corporation is hereby authorized to make such expendi-
tures, 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 
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to fiscal year limitations, as provided by section 9104 of 
title 31, United States Code, as may be necessary in car-
rying 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 infrastructure activities on por-
tions of the St. Lawrence Seaway owned, operated, and 
maintained by the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway De-
velopment Corporation, $40,605,000, to be derived from 
the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to section 
210 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 
U.S.C. 2238): Provided, That of the amounts made avail-
able under this heading, not less than $16,400,000 shall 
be for the seaway infrastructure program. 
MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a 
U.S.-flag merchant fleet as authorized under chapter 531 
of title 46, United States Code, to serve the national secu-
rity needs of the United States, $318,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
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CABLE SECURITY FLEET 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
For the cable security fleet program, as authorized 
under chapter 532 of title 46, United States Code, 
$10,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of the unobligated balances from prior year 
appropriations available under this heading, $10,000,000 
are hereby permanently rescinded. 
TANKER SECURITY PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
For Tanker Security Fleet payments, as authorized 
under section 53406 of title 46, United States Code, 
$120,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of the unobligated balances from prior year 
appropriations available under this heading, $60,000,000 
are hereby permanently rescinded. 
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses of operations and training ac-
tivities authorized by law, $262,275,000: Provided, That 
of the sums appropriated under this heading— 
(1) $94,729,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2026, for the operations of the 
United States Merchant Marine Academy; 
(2) $22,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for facilities maintenance and repair, and 
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equipment, at the United States Merchant Marine 
Academy; 
(3) $64,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for capital improvements at the United 
States Merchant Marine Academy; 
(4) $6,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2026, for the maritime environmental 
and technical assistance program authorized under 
section 50307 of title 46, United States Code; and 
(5) $5,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for the United States marine highway pro-
gram to make grants for the purposes authorized 
under section 55601 of title 46, United States Code: 
Provided further, That the Administrator of the Maritime 
Administration shall transmit to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations the annual report on sexual 
assault and sexual harassment at the United States Mer-
chant Marine Academy as required pursuant to section 
3510 of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 
year 2017 (46 U.S.C. 51318): Provided further, That 
available balances under this heading for the short sea 
transportation program or America’s marine highway pro-
gram (now known as the United States marine highway 
program) from prior year recoveries shall be available to 
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carry out activities authorized under section 55601 of title 
46, United States Code. 
STATE MARITIME ACADEMY OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of operations, support, and 
training 
activities 
for 
State 
Maritime 
Academies, 
$117,600,000: Provided, That of the sums appropriated 
under this heading— 
(1) $22,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for maintenance, repair, and life extension of 
training ships at the State Maritime Academies; 
(2) $75,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for the national security multi-mission vessel 
program, including funds for expenses related to the 
operation, oversight, and management of school 
ships constructed with funds provided for the Na-
tional Security Multi-Mission Vessel Program, in-
cluding insurance, maintenance, repair and equip-
ment costs; and, as determined by the Secretary, 
necessary expenses to design, plan, construct infra-
structure, and purchase equipment necessary to 
berth such ships: Provided, That such funds may be 
used to reimburse State Maritime Academies for 
costs incurred prior to the date of enactment of this 
Act; 
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(3) $4,800,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2029, for the student incentive program; 
(4) $8,800,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for training ship fuel assistance; and 
(5) $7,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2026, for direct payments for State Mar-
itime Academies: Provided, That each institution eli-
gible for such payments receives no more than 
$1,000,000. 
ASSISTANCE TO SMALL SHIPYARDS 
To make grants to qualified shipyards as authorized 
under section 54101 of title 46, United States Code, 
$8,750,000, to remain available until expended. 
SHIP DISPOSAL 
For necessary expenses related to the disposal of ob-
solete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the 
Maritime Administration, $6,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the guaran-
teed loan program, $3,700,000, which shall be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriations for ‘‘Maritime Ad-
ministration—Operations and Training’’. 
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PORT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 
To make grants to improve port facilities as author-
ized under section 54301 of title 46, United States Code, 
and section 3501(a)(9) of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for fiscal year 2024 (Public Law 118–31), 
$72,400,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading 
in this Act— 
(1) $50,000,000 shall be for projects for coastal 
seaports, inland river ports, or Great Lakes ports: 
Provided, That for grants awarded under this para-
graph in this Act, the minimum grant size shall be 
$1,000,000; and 
(2) $22,400,000 shall be for the purposes, and 
in the amounts, specified for Community Project 
Funding included in the table entitled ‘‘Community 
Project Funding’’ included in the Report accom-
panying this Act. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—MARITIME 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, in addition to any existing authority, the Mari-
time Administration is authorized to furnish utilities and 
services and make necessary repairs in connection with 
any lease, contract, or occupancy involving Government 
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property under control of the Maritime Administration: 
Provided, That payments received therefor shall be cred-
ited 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 
occupancy for items other than such utilities, services, or 
repairs shall be deposited into the Treasury as miscella-
neous receipts. 
PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONAL EXPENSES 
For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline 
and 
Hazardous 
Materials 
Safety 
Administration, 
$31,996,000, of which $4,500,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2027. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous 
materials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous 
Materials Safety Administration, $81,226,000, of which 
$10,570,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2027: Provided, That up to $800,000 in fees collected 
under section 5108(g) of title 49, United States Code, 
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 ex-
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pended, funds received from States, counties, municipali-
ties, other public authorities, and private sources for ex-
penses incurred for training, for reports publication and 
dissemination, and for travel expenses incurred in per-
formance of hazardous materials exemptions and approv-
als functions. 
PIPELINE SAFETY 
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND) 
(OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND) 
For expenses necessary to carry out a pipeline safety 
program, as authorized by section 60107 of title 49, 
United States Code, and to discharge the pipeline program 
responsibilities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (Public 
Law 101–380), $224,422,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2027, of which $31,000,000 shall be de-
rived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which 
$186,022,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety 
Fund; of which $400,000 shall be derived from the fees 
collected under section 60303 of title 49, United States 
Code, and deposited in the Liquefied Natural Gas Siting 
Account for compliance reviews of liquefied natural gas 
facilities; and of which $7,000,000 shall be derived from 
fees collected under section 60302 of title 49, United 
States Code, and deposited in the Underground Natural 
Gas Storage Facility Safety Account for the purpose of 
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carrying out section 60141 of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided, That not less than $1,058,000 of the amounts 
made available under this heading shall be for the one- 
call state grant program: Provided further, That any 
amounts made available under this heading in this Act or 
in prior Acts for research contracts, grants, cooperative 
agreements or research other transactions agreements 
(OTAs) shall require written notification to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than 3 full 
business days before such research contracts, grants, coop-
erative agreements, or research OTAs are announced by 
the Department of Transportation: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall transmit to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations the report on pipeline safe-
ty testing enhancement as required pursuant to section 
105 of the Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and 
Enhancing Safety Act of 2020 (division R of Public Law 
116–260): Provided further, That the Secretary may obli-
gate amounts made available under this heading to engi-
neer, erect, alter, and repair buildings or make any other 
public improvements for research facilities at the Trans-
portation Technology Center after the Secretary submits 
an updated research plan and the report in the preceding 
proviso to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations and after such plan and report in the preceding 
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proviso are approved by the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations. 
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND) 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Emergency 
Preparedness 
Grants 
program, 
not 
more 
than 
$46,825,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2027, from amounts made available by section 5116(h) 
and subsections (b) and (c) of section 5128 of title 49, 
United States Code: Provided, That notwithstanding sec-
tion 5116(h)(4) of title 49, United States Code, not more 
than 4 percent of the amounts made available from this 
account shall be available to pay the administrative costs 
of carrying out sections 5116, 5107(e), and 5108(g)(2) 
of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding subsections (b) and (c) of section 5128 
of title 49, United States Code, and the limitation on obli-
gations provided under this heading, prior year recoveries 
recognized in the current year shall be available to develop 
and deliver hazardous materials emergency response train-
ing for emergency responders, including response activities 
for the transportation of crude oil, ethanol, flammable liq-
uids, and other hazardous commodities by rail, consistent 
with National Fire Protection Association standards, and 
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to make such training available through an electronic for-
mat: Provided further, That the prior year recoveries made 
available under this heading shall also be available to carry 
out sections 5116(a)(1)(C), 5116(h), 5116(i), 5116(j), 
and 5107(e) of title 49, United States Code. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978, as amended, $122,176,000: Provided, 
That the Inspector General shall have all necessary au-
thority, in carrying out the duties specified in the Inspec-
tor General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.), to inves-
tigate 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 Trans-
portation. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF 
TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 180. (a) During the current fiscal year, applica-
ble appropriations to the Department of Transportation 
shall be available for maintenance and operation of air-
craft; hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; pur-
chase of liability insurance for motor vehicles operating 
in foreign countries on official department business; and 
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uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 
5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code. 
(b) During the current fiscal year, applicable appro-
priations to the Department and its operating administra-
tions shall be available for the purchase, maintenance, op-
eration, and deployment of unmanned aircraft systems 
that advance the missions of the Department of Transpor-
tation or an operating administration of the Department 
of Transportation. 
(c) Any unmanned aircraft system purchased, pro-
cured, or contracted for by the Department prior to the 
date of enactment of this Act shall be deemed authorized 
by Congress as if this provision was in effect when the 
system was purchased, procured, or contracted for. 
SEC. 181. Appropriations contained in this Act for 
the Department of Transportation shall be available for 
services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 
States Code, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the 
per diem rate equivalent to the rate for an Executive Level 
IV. 
SEC. 182. (a) No recipient of amounts made available 
by this Act shall disseminate personal information (as de-
fined in section 2725(3) of title 18, United States Code) 
obtained by a State department of motor vehicles in con-
nection with a motor vehicle record as defined in section 
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2725(1) of title 18, United States Code, except as pro-
vided in section 2721 of title 18, United States Code, for 
a use permitted under section 2721 of title 18, United 
States Code. 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall not withhold amounts made available by this Act for 
any grantee if a State is in noncompliance with this provi-
sion. 
SEC. 183. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be available for salaries and expenses of more 
than 125 political and Presidential appointees in the De-
partment of Transportation: Provided, That none of the 
personnel covered by this provision may be assigned on 
temporary detail outside the Department of Transpor-
tation. 
SEC. 184. Funds received by the Federal Highway 
Administration and Federal Railroad Administration from 
States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, 
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 partici-
pating in training pursuant to section 20105 of title 49, 
United States Code. 
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SEC. 185. None of the funds made available by this 
Act or in title VIII of division J of Public Law 117–58 
to the Department of Transportation may be used to make 
a loan, loan guarantee, line of credit, letter of intent, fed-
erally funded cooperative agreement, full funding grant 
agreement, or discretionary 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 any discre-
tionary grant award, letter of intent, loan commitment, 
loan guarantee commitment, line of credit commitment, 
federally funded cooperative agreement, or full funding 
grant agreement is announced by the Department or its 
operating administrations: Provided, That the Secretary of 
Transportation shall provide the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations with a comprehensive list of all 
such loans, loan guarantees, lines of credit, letters of in-
tent, federally funded cooperative agreements, full funding 
grant agreements, and discretionary grants prior to the 
notification required under the preceding proviso: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary gives concurrent notifi-
cation to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions for any ‘‘quick release’’ of funds from the emergency 
relief program: Provided further, That no notification shall 
involve funds that are not available for obligation. 
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SEC. 186. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, 
minor fees, and other funds received by the Department 
of Transportation from travel management centers, 
charge card programs, the subleasing of building space, 
and miscellaneous sources are to be credited to appropria-
tions of the Department of Transportation and allocated 
to organizational units of the Department of Transpor-
tation using fair and equitable criteria and such funds 
shall be available until expended. 
SEC. 187. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, if any funds provided by or limited by this Act are 
subject to a reprogramming action that requires notice to 
be provided to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations, transmission of such reprogramming notice 
shall be provided solely to the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations, and such reprogramming action 
shall be approved or denied solely by the House and Sen-
ate Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That the 
Secretary of Transportation may provide notice to other 
congressional committees of the action of the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations on such reprogram-
ming but not sooner than 30 days after the date on which 
the reprogramming action has been approved or denied by 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
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SEC. 188. Funds appropriated by this Act to the op-
erating administrations may be obligated for the Office of 
the Secretary for the costs related to assessments or reim-
bursable agreements only when such amounts are for the 
costs of goods and services that are purchased to provide 
a direct benefit to the applicable operating administration 
or administrations. 
SEC. 189. The Secretary of Transportation is author-
ized to carry out a program that establishes uniform 
standards for developing and supporting agency transit 
pass and transit benefits authorized under section 7905 
of title 5, United States Code, including distribution of 
transit benefits by various paper and electronic media. 
SEC. 190. The Department of Transportation may 
use funds provided by this Act, or any other Act, to assist 
a contract under title 49 or 23 of the United States Code 
utilizing geographic, economic, or any other hiring pref-
erence not otherwise authorized by law, or to amend a 
rule, regulation, policy or other measure that forbids a re-
cipient of a Federal Highway 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 certifies the following: 
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(1) that except with respect to apprentices or 
trainees, a pool of readily available but unemployed 
individuals possessing the knowledge, skill, and abil-
ity to perform the work that the contract requires 
resides 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. 
SEC. 191. The Secretary of Transportation shall co-
ordinate with the Secretary of Homeland Security to en-
sure that best practices for Industrial Control Systems 
Procurement are up-to-date and shall ensure that systems 
procured with funds provided under this title were pro-
cured using such practices. 
SEC. 192. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in contravention of the American Secu-
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rity Drone Act of 2023 (subtitle B of title XVIII of divi-
sion A of Public Law 118–31). 
SEC. 193. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 
final rule issued on June 24, 2024 by the Administrator 
of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ti-
tled ‘‘Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards for 
Passenger Cars and Light Trucks for Model Years 2027 
and Beyond and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Heavy- 
Duty Pickup Trucks and Vans for Model Years 2030 and 
Beyond’’ (89 Fed. Reg. 52540 (June 24, 2024)) or any 
substantially similar rule. 
SEC. 194. None of the funds appropriated or made 
available by this Act shall be used to enforce a mask man-
date in response to the COVID–19 virus. 
SEC. 195. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this or any other Act may be 
used to license, facilitate, coordinate, or otherwise allow 
officials of a country designated as a state sponsor of ter-
rorism within the past 3 fiscal years, to, in the official 
capacity of such official, observe, tour, visit, or confer with 
the employees of the Department of Transportation, in-
cluding the Federal Aviation Administration. 
(b) In this section, the term ‘‘state sponsor of ter-
rorism’’ means a country the government of which the 
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Secretary of State determines has repeatedly provided 
support for international terrorism pursuant to— 
(1) section 1754(c)(1)(A) of the Export Control 
Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4318(c)(1)(A)); 
(2) section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371); 
(3) section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act 
(22 U.S.C. 2780); or 
(4) any other provision of law. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans-
portation Appropriations Act, 2025’’. 
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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 Sec-
retary, Deputy Secretary, Adjudicatory Services, Congres-
sional and Intergovernmental Relations, Public Affairs, 
Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, and the 
Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, 
$19,400,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2026: Provided, That not to exceed $25,000 of the amount 
made available under this heading shall be available to the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (referred 
to in this title as ‘‘the Secretary’’) for official reception 
and representation expenses as the Secretary may deter-
mine. 
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Administra-
tive Support Offices, $686,400,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2026: Provided, That of the sums ap-
propriated under this heading— 
(1) $91,000,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Chief Financial Officer; 
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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, including 
reimbursements pursuant to section 7(f), to the Fund 
under this heading shall be available only for Federal 
shared services used by offices and agencies of the Depart-
ment, for services the Secretary has determined shall be 
provided through the Fund, and for the operational ex-
penses of the Fund: Provided, That upon a determination 
by the Secretary that any other service (or portion thereof) 
authorized under this heading shall be provided through 
the Fund, amounts made available in this title for salaries 
and expenses under the headings ‘‘Executive Offices’’, 
‘‘Administrative Support Offices’’, ‘‘Program Offices’’, 
and ‘‘Government National Mortgage Association’’, for 
such services shall be transferred to the Fund, to remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall notify the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations of its plans for executing such transfers 
at least 15 days in advance of such transfers. 
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 
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et seq.) (in this title ‘‘the Act’’), not otherwise provided 
for, $28,271,935,000 to remain available until expended, 
which shall be available on October 1, 2024 (in addition 
to the $4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this 
heading that shall be available on October 1, 2024), and 
$4,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, which 
shall be available on October 1, 2025: Provided, That of 
the sums appropriated under this heading— 
(1) $28,499,700,000 shall be available for re-
newals of expiring section 8 tenant-based annual 
contributions contracts (including renewals of en-
hanced vouchers under any provision of law author-
izing such assistance under section 8(t) of the Act) 
and including renewal of other special purpose incre-
mental vouchers: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, from amounts provided 
under this paragraph and any carryover, the Sec-
retary for the calendar year 2025 funding cycle shall 
provide renewal funding for each public housing 
agency based on validated voucher management sys-
tem (VMS) or successor system leasing and cost 
data for the prior calendar year and by applying an 
inflation factor as established by the Secretary, by 
notice published in the Federal Register, and by 
making any necessary adjustments for the costs as-
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sociated with the first-time renewal of vouchers 
under this paragraph including tenant protection 
and Choice Neighborhoods vouchers: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds provided under 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 partici-
pating in the Moving to Work (MTW) demonstra-
tion, which are instead governed in accordance with 
the requirements of the MTW demonstration pro-
gram or their MTW agreements, if any: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall, to the extent nec-
essary to stay within the amount specified under this 
paragraph (except as otherwise modified under this 
paragraph), prorate each public housing agency’s al-
location otherwise established pursuant to this para-
graph: 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 pub-
lic 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 enactment of this Act 
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or March 1, 2025: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary 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 in accordance 
with the requirements of the MTW demonstration 
program or their MTW agreements, if any, and shall 
be subject to the same pro rata adjustments under 
the preceding provisos: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may perform a statutory offset of public 
housing agencies’ calendar year 2025 allocations 
based on the excess amounts of public housing agen-
cies’ net restricted assets accounts, including HUD- 
held programmatic reserves (in accordance with 
VMS or successor system data in calendar year 
2024 that is verifiable and complete), as determined 
by the Secretary: Provided further, That public hous-
ing agencies participating in the MTW demonstra-
tion shall also be subject to the statutory offset, as 
determined by the Secretary, from the agencies’ cal-
endar year 2025 MTW funding allocation: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall use any offset re-
ferred to in the preceding two provisos throughout 
the calendar year to prevent the termination of rent-
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al assistance for families as the result of insufficient 
funding, as determined by the Secretary, and to 
avoid or reduce the proration of renewal funding al-
locations: Provided further, That up to $200,000,000 
shall be available only: 
(A) for adjustments in the allocations for 
public housing agencies, after application for an 
adjustment by a public housing agency that ex-
perienced 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; 
(B) for vouchers that were not in use dur-
ing the previous 12-month period in order to be 
available to meet a commitment pursuant to 
section 8(o)(13) of the Act, or an adjustment 
for a funding obligation not yet expended in the 
previous calendar year for a MTW-eligible ac-
tivity to develop affordable housing for an agen-
cy added to the MTW demonstration under the 
expansion authority provided in section 239 of 
the Transportation, Housing and Urban Devel-
opment, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2016 (division L of Public Law 114–113); 
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(C) for adjustments for costs associated 
with HUD–Veterans Affairs Supportive Hous-
ing (HUD–VASH) vouchers; 
(D) for public housing agencies that de-
spite taking reasonable cost savings measures, 
as determined by the Secretary, would other-
wise be required to terminate rental assistance 
for families as a result of insufficient funding; 
(E) for adjustments in the allocations for 
public housing agencies that— 
(i) are leasing a lower-than-average 
percentage of their authorized vouchers, 
(ii) have low amounts of budget au-
thority in their net restricted assets ac-
counts and HUD-held programmatic re-
serves, relative to other agencies, and 
(iii) are not participating in the Mov-
ing to Work demonstration, to enable such 
agencies to lease more vouchers; 
(F) for withheld payments in accordance 
with section 8(o)(8)(A)(ii) of the Act for 
months in the previous calendar year that were 
subsequently paid by the public housing agency 
after the agency’s actual costs were validated; 
and 
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(G) for public housing agencies that have 
experienced increased costs or loss of units in 
an area for which the President declared a dis-
aster under title IV of the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5170 et seq.): 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall allocate 
amounts under the preceding proviso based on need, 
as determined by the Secretary; 
(2) $300,000,000 shall be available for section 
8 rental assistance for relocation and replacement of 
housing units that are demolished or disposed of 
pursuant to section 18 of the Act, conversion of sec-
tion 23 projects to assistance under section 8, relo-
cation of witnesses (including victims of violent 
crimes) in connection with efforts to combat crime 
in public and assisted housing pursuant to a request 
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, 
Choice Neighborhood vouchers, mandatory and vol-
untary conversions, and tenant protection assistance 
including replacement and relocation assistance or 
for project-based assistance to prevent the displace-
ment of unassisted elderly tenants currently residing 
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tection assistance, not otherwise provided under this 
paragraph, to residents residing in low vacancy 
areas and who may have to pay rents greater than 
30 percent of household income, as the result of: (A) 
the maturity of a HUD-insured, HUD-held or sec-
tion 202 loan that requires the permission of the 
Secretary prior to loan prepayment; (B) the expira-
tion of a rental assistance contract for which the 
tenants are not eligible for enhanced voucher or ten-
ant protection assistance under existing law; or (C) 
the expiration of affordability restrictions accom-
panying a mortgage or preservation program admin-
istered by the Secretary: Provided further, That such 
tenant protection assistance made available under 
the preceding proviso may be provided under the au-
thority of section 8(t) or section 8(o)(13) of the Act: 
Provided further, That any tenant protection voucher 
made available from amounts under this paragraph 
shall not be reissued by any public housing agency, 
except the replacement vouchers as defined by the 
Secretary by notice, when the initial family that re-
ceived 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: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may only pro-
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vide replacement vouchers for units that were occu-
pied within the previous 24 months that cease to be 
available as assisted housing, subject only to the 
availability of funds; 
(3) $2,770,935,000 shall be available for ad-
ministrative and other expenses of public housing 
agencies in administering the section 8 tenant-based 
rental 
assistance 
program, 
of 
which 
up 
to 
$30,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary to al-
locate to public housing agencies that need addi-
tional funds to administer their section 8 programs, 
including fees associated with section 8 tenant pro-
tection rental assistance, the administration of dis-
aster related vouchers, HUD–VASH vouchers, and 
other special purpose incremental vouchers: Pro-
vided, That no less than $2,740,935,000 of the 
amount provided in this paragraph shall be allocated 
to public housing agencies for the calendar year 
2025 funding cycle based on section 8(q) of the Act 
(and related appropriation Act provisions) as in ef-
fect immediately before the enactment of the Quality 
Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (Pub-
lic Law 105–276): Provided further, That if the 
amounts made available under this paragraph are 
insufficient to pay the amounts determined under 
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the preceding proviso, the Secretary may decrease 
the amounts allocated to agencies by a uniform per-
centage applicable to all agencies receiving funding 
under this paragraph or may, to the extent nec-
essary to provide full payment of amounts deter-
mined under the preceding proviso, utilize unobli-
gated balances, including recaptures and carryover, 
remaining from funds appropriated under this head-
ing from prior fiscal years, excluding special purpose 
vouchers, notwithstanding the purposes for which 
such amounts were appropriated: Provided further, 
That all public housing agencies participating in the 
MTW demonstration shall be funded in accordance 
with the requirements of the MTW demonstration 
program or their MTW agreements, if any, and shall 
be subject to the same uniform percentage decrease 
as under the preceding proviso: Provided further, 
That amounts provided under this paragraph shall 
be only for activities related to the provision of ten-
ant-based rental assistance authorized under section 
8, including related development activities; 
(4) $701,300,000 shall be available for the re-
newal of tenant-based assistance contracts under 
section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af-
fordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), including 
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necessary administrative expenses: Provided, That 
administrative and other expenses of public housing 
agencies in administering the special purpose vouch-
ers in this paragraph shall be funded under the 
same terms and be subject to the same pro rata re-
duction as the percent decrease for administrative 
and other expenses to public housing agencies under 
paragraph (3) of this heading: Provided further, 
That up to $10,000,000 shall be available only— 
(A) for adjustments in the allocation for 
public housing agencies, after applications for 
an adjustment by a public housing agency that 
experienced a significant increase, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, in Mainstream renewal 
costs resulting from unforeseen circumstances; 
and 
(B) for public housing agencies that de-
spite taking reasonable cost savings measures, 
as determined by the Secretary, would other-
wise be required to terminate the rental assist-
ance for Mainstream families as a result of in-
sufficient funding: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall allocate 
amounts under the preceding proviso based on need, 
as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, 
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That upon turnover, section 811 special purpose 
vouchers funded under this heading in this or prior 
Acts, or under any other heading in prior Acts, shall 
be provided to non-elderly persons with disabilities; 
(5) of the amounts provided under paragraph 
(1), up to $8,000,000 shall be available for rental 
assistance and associated administrative fees for 
Tribal HUD–VASH to serve Native American vet-
erans that are homeless or at-risk of homelessness 
living on or near a reservation or other Indian areas: 
Provided, That such amount shall be made available 
for renewal grants to recipients that received assist-
ance under prior Acts under the Tribal HUD–VASH 
program: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
be authorized to specify criteria for renewal grants, 
including data on the utilization of assistance re-
ported by grant recipients: Provided further, That 
such assistance shall be administered in accordance 
with program requirements under the Native Amer-
ican Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act 
of 1996 and modeled after the HUD–VASH pro-
gram: Provided further, That the Secretary shall be 
authorized to waive, or specify alternative require-
ments for any provision of any statute or regulation 
that the Secretary administers in connection with 
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the use of funds made available under this para-
graph (except for requirements related to fair hous-
ing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the en-
vironment), upon a finding by the Secretary that 
any such waivers or alternative requirements are 
necessary for the effective delivery and administra-
tion of such assistance: Provided further, That grant 
recipients shall report to the Secretary on utilization 
of such rental assistance and other program data, as 
prescribed by the Secretary: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may reallocate, as determined by the 
Secretary, amounts returned or recaptured from 
awards under the Tribal HUD–VASH program 
under prior Acts to existing recipients under the 
Tribal HUD–VASH program; and 
(6) the Secretary shall separately track all spe-
cial purpose vouchers funded under this heading. 
HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
Unobligated balances, including recaptures and car-
ryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development under this 
heading, the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted 
Housing’’ and the heading ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assist-
ance’’, for fiscal year 2025 and prior years may be used 
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for renewal of or amendments to section 8 project-based 
contracts and for performance-based contract administra-
tors, notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds 
were appropriated: Provided, That any obligated balances 
of contract authority from fiscal year 1974 and prior fiscal 
years that have been terminated shall be rescinded: Pro-
vided further, That amounts heretofore recaptured, or re-
captured 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 FUND 
For 2025 payments to public housing agencies for the 
operation and management of public housing, as author-
ized by section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)) (the ‘‘Act’’), and to carry out 
capital and management activities for public housing 
agencies, as authorized under section 9(d) of the Act (42 
U.S.C. 1437g(d)), $8,213,713,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2028: Provided, That of the sums ap-
propriated under this heading— 
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(1) $5,096,713,000 shall be available for the 
Secretary to allocate pursuant to the Operating 
Fund formula at part 990 of title 24, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations, for 2025 payments; 
(2) $25,000,000 shall be available for the Sec-
retary to allocate pursuant to a need-based applica-
tion process notwithstanding section 203 of this title 
and not subject to such Operating Fund formula to 
public housing agencies that experience, or are at 
risk of, financial shortfalls, as determined by the 
Secretary: Provided, That after all such shortfall 
needs are met, the Secretary may distribute any re-
maining funds to all public housing agencies on a 
pro-rata basis pursuant to such Operating Fund for-
mula; 
(3) $3,047,000,000 shall be available for the 
Secretary to allocate pursuant to the Capital Fund 
formula at section 905.400 of title 24, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations: Provided, That for funds provided 
under this paragraph, the limitation in section 
9(g)(1) of the Act shall be 25 percent: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary may waive the limitation in 
the preceding proviso to allow public housing agen-
cies to fund activities authorized under section 
9(e)(1)(C) of the Act: Provided further, That the 
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Secretary shall notify public housing agencies re-
questing waivers under the preceding proviso if the 
request is approved or denied within 14 calendar 
days of submitting the request: Provided further, 
That from the funds made available under this para-
graph, the Secretary shall provide bonus awards in 
fiscal year 2025 to public housing agencies that are 
designated high performers: Provided further, That 
the Department shall notify public housing agencies 
of their formula allocation within 60 days of enact-
ment of this Act; 
(4) $30,000,000 shall be available for the Sec-
retary to make grants, notwithstanding section 203 
of this title, to public housing agencies for emer-
gency capital needs, including safety and security 
measures necessary to address crime and drug-re-
lated activity, as well as needs resulting from unfore-
seen or unpreventable emergencies and natural dis-
asters excluding Presidentially declared emergencies 
and natural disasters under the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 
et seq.) occurring in fiscal year 2025: Provided, That 
of the amount made available under this paragraph, 
not less than $10,000,000 shall be for safety and se-
curity measures: Provided further, That in addition 
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to the amount in the preceding proviso for such 
safety and security measures, any amounts that re-
main available, after all applications received on or 
before September 30, 2026, for emergency capital 
needs have been processed, shall be allocated to pub-
lic housing agencies for such safety and security 
measures; and 
(5) $15,000,000 shall be available to support 
the costs of administrative and judicial receiverships 
and for competitive grants to PHAs in receivership, 
designated troubled or substandard, or otherwise at 
risk, as determined by the Secretary, for costs asso-
ciated with public housing asset improvement, in ad-
dition to other amounts for that purpose provided 
under any heading under this title: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law or regulation, during fiscal year 2025, the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development may not dele-
gate to any Department official other than the Deputy 
Secretary and the Assistant Secretary for Public and In-
dian Housing any authority under paragraph (2) of sec-
tion 9(j) of the Act regarding the extension of the time 
periods under such section: Provided further, That for pur-
poses of such section 9(j), the term ‘‘obligate’’ means, with 
respect to amounts, that the amounts are subject to a 
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binding agreement that will result in outlays, immediately 
or in the future. 
ASSISTED HOUSING INSPECTIONS AND RISK 
ASSESSMENTS 
For the Department’s inspection and assessment pro-
grams, including travel, training, and program support 
contracts, $50,000,000 to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2026: Provided, That unobligated balances, in-
cluding recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds 
appropriated under the heading ‘‘Public Housing Fund’’ 
to support ongoing public housing financial and physical 
assessment activities shall be available for the purposes 
authorized under this heading in addition to the purposes 
for which such funds originally were appropriated. 
SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAMS 
For activities and assistance related to self-suffi-
ciency programs, to remain available until September 30, 
2028, $175,000,000: Provided, That of the sums appro-
priated under this heading— 
(1) $125,000,000 shall be available for the fam-
ily self-sufficiency program to support family self- 
sufficiency coordinators under section 23 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437u), to promote the development of local strate-
gies to coordinate the use of assistance under sec-
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tions 8 and 9 of such Act with public and private 
resources, and enable eligible families to achieve eco-
nomic independence and self-sufficiency; 
(2) $35,000,000 shall be available for the resi-
dent opportunity and self-sufficiency program to 
provide for supportive services, service coordinators, 
and congregate services as authorized by section 34 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437z–6) and the Native American Housing 
Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 
U.S.C. 4101 et seq.): Provided, That amounts made 
available under this paragraph may be used to renew 
resident opportunity and self-sufficiency program 
grants to allow the public housing agency, or a new 
owner, to continue to serve (or restart service to) 
residents of a project with assistance converted from 
public housing to project-based rental assistance 
under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) or assistance under section 
8(o)(13) of such Act under the heading ‘‘Rental As-
sistance Demonstration’’ in the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development Appropriations 
Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–55), as amended (42 
U.S.C. 1437f note); and 
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(3) $15,000,000 shall be available for a jobs- 
plus initiative, modeled after the jobs-plus dem-
onstration: Provided, That funding provided under 
this paragraph shall be available for competitive 
grants to partnerships between public housing au-
thorities, local workforce investment boards estab-
lished under section 107 of the Workforce Innova-
tion and Opportunity Act of 2014 (29 U.S.C. 3122), 
and other agencies and organizations that provide 
support to help public housing residents obtain em-
ployment and increase earnings: Provided further, 
That applicants must demonstrate the ability to pro-
vide services to residents, partner with workforce in-
vestment boards, and leverage service dollars: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary may allow public 
housing agencies to request exemptions from rent 
and income limitation requirements under sections 3 
and 6 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437a, 1437d), as necessary to implement 
the jobs-plus program, on such terms and conditions 
as the Secretary may approve upon a finding by the 
Secretary that any such waivers or alternative re-
quirements are necessary for the effective implemen-
tation of the jobs-plus initiative as a voluntary pro-
gram for residents: Provided further, That the Sec-
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retary shall publish by notice in the Federal Register 
any waivers or alternative requirements pursuant to 
the preceding proviso no later than 10 days before 
the effective date of such notice. 
NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS 
For activities and assistance authorized under title 
I of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self- 
Determination 
Act 
of 
1996 
(in 
this 
heading 
‘‘NAHASDA’’) (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), title I of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 
U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) with respect to Indian tribes, and 
related training and technical assistance, $1,455,100,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2029: Provided, 
That of the sums appropriated under this heading— 
(1) $1,222,100,000 shall be available for the 
Native American housing block grants program, as 
authorized under title I of NAHASDA: Provided, 
That, notwithstanding NAHASDA, to determine the 
amount of the allocation under title I of such Act for 
each Indian tribe, the Secretary shall apply the for-
mula under section 302 of such Act with the need 
component based on single-race census data and 
with the need component based on multi-race census 
data, and the amount of the allocation for each In-
dian tribe shall be the greater of the two resulting 
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allocation amounts: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall notify grantees of their formula alloca-
tion not later than 60 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act; 
(2) $150,000,000 shall be available for competi-
tive grants under the Native American housing block 
grants program, as authorized under title I of 
NAHASDA: Provided, That the Secretary shall obli-
gate such amount for competitive grants to eligible 
recipients authorized under NAHASDA that apply 
for funds: Provided further, That in awarding 
amounts made available in this paragraph, the Sec-
retary shall consider need and administrative capac-
ity, and shall give priority to projects that will spur 
construction and rehabilitation of housing: Provided 
further, That any amounts transferred for the nec-
essary costs of administering and overseeing the ob-
ligation and expenditure of such additional amounts 
in prior Acts may also be used for the necessary 
costs of administering and overseeing such addi-
tional amount; 
(3) $1,000,000 shall be available for the cost of 
guaranteed notes and other obligations, as author-
ized by title VI of NAHASDA: Provided, That such 
costs, including the cost of modifying such notes and 
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other obligations, shall be as defined in section 502 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 
661a): Provided further, That amounts made avail-
able in this and prior Acts for the cost of such guar-
anteed notes and other obligations that are unobli-
gated, including recaptures and carryover, may be 
available to subsidize the total principal amount of 
any notes and other obligations, any part of which 
is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $50,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2026: Provided 
further, That upon a determination that the budget 
authority made available for this program under this 
paragraph in this or prior Acts exceeds the projected 
demand for the current fiscal year, the Secretary 
may reprogram such excess amounts as necessary to 
provide additional awards under paragraphs (1), (2), 
or (4) of this heading, if the Secretary provides no-
tice to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations not less than 3 business days before any 
such reprogramming; 
(4) $75,000,000 shall be available for grants to 
Indian tribes for carrying out the Indian community 
development block grant program under title I of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, 
notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of such Act, of 
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which, notwithstanding any other provision of law 
(including section 203 of this Act), not more than 
$5,000,000 may be used for emergencies that con-
stitute imminent threats to health and safety: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed 20 percent of any grant 
made with amounts made available in this para-
graph shall be expended for planning and manage-
ment development and administration; and 
(5) $7,000,000, in addition to amounts other-
wise available for such purpose, shall be available for 
providing training and technical assistance to Indian 
tribes, Indian housing authorities, and tribally des-
ignated housing entities, to support the inspection of 
Indian housing units, for contract expertise, and for 
training and technical assistance related to amounts 
made available under this heading and other head-
ings in this Act for the needs of Native American 
families and Indian country: Provided, That of the 
amounts made available in this paragraph, not less 
than $2,000,000 shall be for a national organization 
as authorized under section 703 of NAHASDA (25 
U.S.C. 4212): Provided further, That amounts made 
available in this paragraph may be used, contracted, 
or competed as determined by the Secretary: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding chapter 63 of 
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title 31, United States Code (commonly known as 
the Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreements Act 
of 1977), the amounts made available in this para-
graph may be used by the Secretary to enter into co-
operative agreements with public and private organi-
zations, agencies, institutions, and other technical 
assistance providers to support the administration of 
negotiated 
rulemaking 
under 
section 
106 
of 
NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4116), the administration of 
the allocation formula under section 302 of 
NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4152), and the administra-
tion of performance tracking and reporting under 
section 407 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4167). 
INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by 
section 184 of the Housing and Community Development 
Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a), $1,600,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That such costs, 
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a): Provided further, That an addi-
tional $400,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be available for administrative contract expenses including 
management processes to carry out the loan guarantee 
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program: Provided further, That amounts made available 
in this and prior Acts for the cost of guaranteed loans, 
as authorized by section 184 of the Housing and Commu-
nity Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a), 
that are unobligated, including recaptures and carryover, 
may be made available to subsidize total loan principal, 
any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 
$1,800,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2026. 
NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
New commitments to guarantee loans, as authorized 
by section 184A of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13b), any part of 
which is to be guaranteed, shall not exceed $28,000,000 
in total loan principal, to remain available until September 
30, 2026: Provided, That the Secretary may enter into 
commitments to guarantee loans used for refinancing. 
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS 
For carrying out the housing opportunities for per-
sons with AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS 
Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), 
$505,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2028: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew or replace 
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all expiring contracts for permanent supportive housing 
that initially were funded under section 854(c)(5) of such 
Act from funds made available under this heading in fiscal 
year 2010 and prior fiscal years that meet all program 
requirements before awarding funds for new contracts 
under such section: Provided further, That the process for 
submitting amendments and approving replacement con-
tracts shall be established by the Secretary in a notice: 
Provided further, That the Department shall notify grant-
ees of their formula allocation within 60 days of enactment 
of this Act. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND 
For assistance to States and units of general local 
government, and other entities, for economic and commu-
nity 
development 
activities, 
and 
other 
purposes, 
$5,506,157,732, to remain available until September 30, 
2028: Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this 
heading— 
(1) $3,300,000,000 shall be available for car-
rying out the community development block grant 
program under title I of the Housing and Commu-
nity Development Act of 1974, as amended (42 
U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) (in this heading ‘‘the Act’’): 
Provided, That not to exceed 20 percent of any 
grant made with funds made available under this 
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paragraph shall be expended for planning and man-
agement development and administration: Provided 
further, That a metropolitan city, urban county, unit 
of general local government, or insular area that di-
rectly or indirectly receives funds under this para-
graph may not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer all 
or any portion of such funds to another such entity 
in exchange for any other funds, credits, or non- 
Federal considerations, but shall use such funds for 
activities eligible under title I of the Act: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding section 105(e)(1) of 
the Act, no funds made available under this para-
graph may be provided to a for-profit entity for an 
economic 
development 
project 
under 
section 
105(a)(17) unless such project has been evaluated 
and selected in accordance with guidelines required 
under subsection (e)(2) of section 105; 
(2) $30,000,000 shall be available for activities 
authorized under section 8071 of the SUPPORT for 
Patients and Communities Act (Public Law 115– 
271): Provided, That funds allocated pursuant to 
this paragraph shall not adversely affect the amount 
of any formula assistance received by a State under 
paragraph (1) of this heading: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall allocate the funds for such 
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activities based on the notice establishing the fund-
ing formula published in 84 FR 16027 (April 17, 
2019) except that the formula shall use age-adjusted 
rates of drug overdose deaths for 2022 based on 
data from the Centers for Disease Control and Pre-
vention: Provided further, That if such age-adjusted 
rate is unavailable for a jurisdiction, the Secretary 
shall use the best available data to determine eligi-
bility and to allocate to such jurisdiction; 
(3) $2,176,157,732 shall be available for grants 
for the Economic Development Initiative (EDI) for 
the purposes, and in amounts, specified for Commu-
nity Project Funding in the table entitled ‘‘Commu-
nity Project Funding’’ included in the Report accom-
panying this Act: Provided, That eligible expenses of 
such grants in this and prior Acts may include ad-
ministrative, planning, operations and maintenance, 
and other costs: Provided further, That such grants 
for the EDI shall be available for reimbursement of 
otherwise eligible expenses incurred on or after the 
date of enactment of this Act and prior to the date 
of grant execution: Provided further, That none of 
the amounts made available under this paragraph 
for grants for the EDI shall be used for reimburse-
ment of expenses incurred prior to the date of enact-
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