451
NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of 
the Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety, 
authorized under chapter 301 and part C of subtitle VI 
of title 49, United States Code, $200,000,000, of which 
$65,000,000 shall remain available through September 
30, 2027, and of which $129,000,000 shall be derived by 
transfer from the unobligated balances of amounts pre-
viously appropriated in title VIII of division J of the Infra-
structure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58) 
as follows: (1) $79,000,000 from amounts previously ap-
propriated for fiscal years 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026 
in paragraph (3) under the heading ‘‘Department of 
Transportation—National Highway Traffic Safety Admin-
istration—Supplemental Highway Traffic Safety Pro-
grams’’; and (2) $50,000,000 from amounts previously ap-
propriated for fiscal year 2026 under the heading ‘‘De-
partment of Transportation—National Highway Traffic 
Safety Administration—Crash Data’’: Provided, That 
amounts derived by transfer as described in the matter 
preceding this proviso shall continue to be treated as 
amounts specified in section 103(b) of division A of Public 
Law 118–5.
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OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
the provisions of 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, $209,600,000, 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 2026, are in excess of $209,600,000: 
Provided further, That of the sums appropriated under 
this heading—
(1) $202,000,000 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-
tems and improving consumer responses to safety
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recalls, and section 25024 of the Infrastructure In-
vestment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58); and 
(2) $7,600,000 shall be for the national driver 
register authorized under chapter 303 of title 49, 
United States Code: 
Provided further, That within the $209,600,000 obligation 
limitation for operations and research, $57,500,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2027, 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 2026 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, $849,654,625, to be derived from 
the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit
454
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 2026 
are in excess of $849,654,625 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) $393,400,000 shall be for highway safety 
programs under section 402 of title 23, United 
States Code; 
(2) $367,500,000 shall be for national priority 
safety programs under section 405 of title 23, 
United States Code; 
(3) $44,300,000 shall be for the high visibility 
enforcement program under section 404 of title 23, 
United States Code; and 
(4) $44,454,625 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-
ceed $500,000 of the funds made available for national
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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. None of the funds provided in this Act may 
be used to encourage illegal drug or alcohol use in the 
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s im-
paired driving advertising campaigns.
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SEC. 142. An additional $130,000 shall be made 
available to the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis-
tration, out of the amount limited for section 402 of title 
23, United States Code, to pay for travel and related ex-
penses for State management reviews and to pay for core 
competency development training and related expenses for 
highway safety staff. 
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 
SAFETY AND OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Ad-
ministration, not otherwise provided for, $264,761,000, of 
which $25,000,000 shall remain available until expended. 
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for railroad research and de-
velopment, $40,000,000, 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: 
Provided further, That of the amounts provided under this 
heading, not less than $2,500,000 shall be available pursu-
ant to section 20108(j) of title 49, United States Code, 
to establish and maintain a center of excellence.
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FEDERAL-STATE PARTNERSHIP FOR INTERCITY 
PASSENGER RAIL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses related to Federal-State part-
nership for intercity passenger rail grants as authorized 
by section 24911 of title 49, United States Code, 
$65,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, 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 over-
sight of grants carried out under title 49, United States 
Code: Provided further, That of the amounts made avail-
able under this heading, $40,000,000 shall be derived by 
transfer from the unobligated balances of amounts pre-
viously appropriated for fiscal years 2025 and 2026 for 
the costs of award and project management oversight of 
grants, including amounts transferred to the ‘‘Financial 
Assistance Oversight and Technical Assistance’’ account 
(excluding amounts transferred to the Office of Inspector 
General of the Department of Transportation and to the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation Office of Inspec-
tor General) under the heading ‘‘Federal Railroad Admin-
istration—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):
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Provided further, That amounts transferred pursuant to 
the preceding proviso shall continue to be treated as 
amounts specified in section 103(b) of division A of Public 
Law 118–5: Provided further, That, of amounts made 
available under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for a 
grant to the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation to 
rehabilitate and repair the Washington Union Station 
complex, and section 24911(f)(2) of title 49, United States 
Code, shall not apply to that grant. 
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, 
$137,426,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading in this Act—
(1) $87,426,000 shall be available for the pur-
poses, and in amounts, specified for Community 
Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending 
in the table entitled ‘‘Community Project Funding/
Congressionally Directed Spending’’ included for this 
division in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this
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consolidated Act): Provided further, That amounts 
made available in the preceding proviso for such 
purposes shall not diminish or prejudice any applica-
tion or geographic region for other discretionary 
grant or loan awards made by the Department of 
Transportation: Provided further, That requirements 
under subsections (g) and (l) of section 22907 of 
title 49, United States Code, shall not apply to the 
funds made available under this paragraph: Provided 
further, That any remaining funds available after the 
distribution of the Community Project Funding/Con-
gressionally Directed Spending described in this 
paragraph shall be available to the Secretary to dis-
tribute as discretionary grants under this heading; 
and 
(2) $50,000,000 shall be available to the Sec-
retary to distribute as discretionary grants under 
this heading in this Act: 
Provided further, That of the amounts made available 
under this heading—
(1) $20,000,000 shall be derived by transfer 
from the unobligated balances of amounts previously 
appropriated for fiscal year 2026 for the costs of 
award and project management oversight of grants, 
including amounts transferred to the ‘‘Financial As-
460
sistance Oversight and Technical Assistance’’ ac-
count (excluding amounts transferred to the Office 
of Inspector General of the Department of Trans-
portation and to the National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation Office of Inspector General) under the 
heading ‘‘Federal Railroad Administration—Consoli-
dated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements’’ 
in title VIII of division J of the Infrastructure In-
vestment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58); and 
(2) $110,000,000 shall be derived by transfer 
from the unobligated balances of amounts previously 
appropriated for fiscal years 2025 and 2026 for the 
costs of award and project management oversight of 
grants, including amounts transferred to the ‘‘Fi-
nancial Assistance Oversight and Technical Assist-
ance’’ account (excluding amounts transferred to the 
Office of Inspector General of the Department of 
Transportation and to the National Railroad Pas-
senger Corporation Office of Inspector General) 
under the heading ‘‘Federal Railroad Administra-
tion—Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Pas-
senger Rail Grants’’ in title VIII of division J of the 
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 
117–58):
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Provided further, That amounts transferred pursuant to 
the preceding proviso shall continue to be treated as 
amounts specified in section 103(b) of division A of Public 
Law 118–5: 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 activi-
ties (including railroad project planning, preliminary engi-
neering, design, environmental analysis, feasibility studies, 
and the development and analysis of project alternatives): 
Provided further, That section 22905(f) of title 49, United 
States Code, shall not apply to amounts made available 
under this heading in this Act for projects that implement 
or sustain positive train control systems otherwise eligible 
under section 22907(c)(1) of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided further, That amounts made available under this 
heading in this Act for projects selected for commuter rail 
passenger transportation may be transferred by the Sec-
retary, after selection, to the appropriate agencies to be 
administered in accordance with chapter 53 of title 49, 
United States Code: Provided further, That for amounts 
made available under this heading in this Act, eligible re-
cipients under section 22907(b)(7) of title 49, United
462
States Code, shall include any holding company of a Class 
II railroad or Class III railroad (as those terms are de-
fined in section 20102 of title 49, United States Code): 
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 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 an-
nounced in a notice of funding opportunity that includes 
funds made available under this heading in this Act: Pro-
vided further, That the preceding proviso shall not apply 
to funds made available under this heading in the Infra-
structure 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.
463
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), $850,000,000, 
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 shall retain an additional $5,000,000 
of the amounts made available under this heading in this 
Act to fund expenses associated with the Northeast Cor-
ridor 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 (Public Law 117–58), $1,577,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That the Sec-
retary shall retain an additional $3,000,000 of the funds 
provided under this heading in this Act to fund expenses 
associated with the State-Supported Route Committee es-
tablished under section 24712 of title 49, United States 
Code: Provided further, That none of the funds provided 
under this heading in this Act shall be used by Amtrak 
to give notice under subsection (a) or (c) of section 24706 
of title 49, United States Code, with respect to long-dis-
tance routes (as defined in section 24102 of title 49, 
United States Code) on which Amtrak is the sole operator 
on a host railroad’s line and a positive train control system 
is not required by law or regulation, or, except in an emer-
gency or during maintenance or construction outages im-
pacting such routes, to otherwise discontinue, reduce the 
frequency of, suspend, or substantially alter the route of 
rail service on any portion of such route operated in fiscal 
year 2018, including implementation of service permitted
465
by section 24305(a)(3)(A) of title 49, United States Code, 
in lieu of rail service: Provided further, That the National 
Railroad 
Passenger 
Corporation 
may 
use 
up 
to 
$66,000,000 of the amounts made available under this 
heading in this Act for corridor development activities as 
authorized by section 22101(h) of Public Law 117–58: 
Provided further, That $5,000,000 of the amounts made 
available under this heading in this Act shall be for the 
modernization project identified under this heading in-
cluded for this division in the explanatory statement de-
scribed in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A 
of this consolidated Act). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
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 2025 and the 3 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 2025 and for the 3 
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. For amounts made available under the 
heading ‘‘Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Pas-
senger Rail’’ for fiscal year 2026 in this Act and in title 
VIII of division J of Public Law 117–58, the Union Sta-
tion Redevelopment Corporation shall be considered an en-
tity eligible to receive a grant under section 24911(a) of 
title 49, United States Code: Provided, That section 
24911(f)(2) of title 49 shall not apply to grants made 
available to the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation 
under the authority as provided in this section: Provided 
further, That the Union Station Redevelopment Corpora-
tion and the National Railroad Passenger Corporation 
shall adhere to Public Law 97–125 and ensure the historic 
preservation and improvements to Washington Union Sta-
tion are achieved with maximum reliance on the private 
sector and minimum requirement for Federal assistance.
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SEC. 154. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the National Railroad Passenger Cor-
poration in contravention of the Worker Adjustment and 
Retraining Notification Act (29 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.). 
SEC. 155. It is the sense of Congress that—
(1) long-distance passenger rail routes provide 
much-needed transportation access for 4,200,000 
riders in 39 States and the District of Columbia and 
are particularly important in rural areas; and 
(2) long-distance passenger rail routes and 
services should be sustained to ensure connectivity 
throughout the National Network (as defined in sec-
tion 24102 of title 49, United States Code). 
SEC. 156. Of the unobligated balances of funds re-
maining from—
(1) ‘‘Railroad Safety Grants’’ account totaling 
$795,331.70 appropriated by Public Law 114–113 is 
hereby permanently rescinded; 
(2) ‘‘Grants to the National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation’’ account totaling $20 appropriated by 
Public Law 104–50 is hereby permanently rescinded; 
(3) ‘‘Capital Assistance to States—Intercity 
Passenger Rail Grant Program’’ account totaling 
$292,181.41 appropriated by Public Law 111–8 is 
hereby permanently rescinded;
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(4) ‘‘Capital Assistance for High Speed Rail 
Corridors and Intercity Passenger Rail Service’’ ac-
count totaling $9,912.54 appropriated by Public 
Law 111–117 is hereby permanently rescinded; 
(5) ‘‘Railroad Research and Development’’ ac-
count totaling $1,008,385 appropriated by Public 
Law 109–115 is hereby permanently rescinded; 
(6) ‘‘National Network Grants to the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ account totaling 
$76,633.70 appropriated by Public Law 115–31 is 
hereby permanently rescinded; 
(7) ‘‘Magnetic Levitation Technology Deploy-
ment Program’’ account totaling $14,000,000 appro-
priated by the following public laws are hereby per-
manently rescinded: 
(A) 
Public 
Law 
116–6 
a 
total 
of 
$10,000,000; 
(B) Public Law 116–94 a total of 
$2,000,000; and 
(C) Public Law 116–260 a total of 
$2,000,000; 
(8) ‘‘Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safe-
ty Improvements’’ account totaling $5,000,000 ap-
propriated 
by 
Public 
Law 
117–328 
for 
preconstruction planning activities and capital costs
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related to the deployment of magnetic levitation 
transportation projects is hereby permanently re-
scinded; and 
(9) ‘‘Capital Assistance for High Speed Rail 
Corridors and Intercity Passenger Rail Service’’ ac-
count totaling $928,620,000 appropriated by Public 
Law 111–117 is hereby permanently rescinded. 
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, $14,642,000,000, 
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
471
Law 112–141, and section 3006(b) of Public Law 114–
94, shall not exceed total obligations of $14,642,000,000 
in fiscal year 2026. 
TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ferry boat grants under 
section 5307(h) of title 49, United States Code, bus test-
ing facilities under section 5318 of such title, accelerating 
innovative mobility initiative grants under section 5312 of 
such title, Community Project Funding/Congressionally 
Directed Spending for projects and activities eligible under 
chapter 53 of such title, ferry service for rural commu-
nities under section 71103 of division G of Public Law 
117–58, and operating assistance to improve public safety 
in transit systems, $211,423,390, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That of the sums provided under this 
heading in this Act—
(1) $25,000,000 shall be available for ferry 
boat grants as authorized under section 5307(h) of 
such title: Provided, That of the amounts provided 
in this paragraph, no less than $4,000,000 shall be 
available for low or zero emission ferries or ferries 
using electric battery or fuel cell components and the 
infrastructure to support such ferries;
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(2) $1,500,000 shall be available for the oper-
ation and maintenance of the bus testing facilities 
selected under section 5318 of such title; 
(3) $2,000,000 shall be available for the accel-
erating innovative mobility initiative as authorized 
under section 5312 of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided, That such amounts shall be available for 
competitive grants to improve mobility and enhance 
the rider experience with a focus on innovative serv-
ice delivery models, creative financing, novel partner-
ships, and integrated payment solutions in order to 
help disseminate proven innovation mobility prac-
tices throughout the public transportation industry; 
(4) $147,923,390 shall be available for the pur-
poses, and in the amounts, specified for Community 
Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending 
in the table entitled ‘‘Community Project Funding/
Congressionally Directed Spending’’ included for this 
division in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act): Provided, That amounts made 
available in this paragraph for such purposes shall 
not diminish or prejudice any application or geo-
graphic region for other discretionary grant or loan 
awards made by the Department of Transportation:
473
Provided further, That unless otherwise specified, ap-
plicable 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 administration of similar 
projects funded under chapter 53 of title 49, United 
States Code; 
(5) $20,000,000 shall be available for ferry 
service for rural communities under section 71103 of 
division G of Public Law 117–58: Provided, That for 
amounts made available in this paragraph, notwith-
standing section 71103(a)(2)(B), eligible service 
shall include passenger ferry service that serves at 
least two rural areas with a single segment over 15 
miles between the two rural areas: Provided further, 
That for (1) amounts made available in this para-
graph, (2) unobligated balances from amounts made 
available pursuant to section 1101(a)(12) of division 
A of the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and 
Extensions Act, 2025 (Public Law 119–4) for ferry 
service for rural communities previously appro-
474
priated in paragraph (5) under this heading in divi-
sion F of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 
(Public Law 118–42), and (3) unobligated balances 
from amounts made available in paragraph (5) 
under this heading in division F of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law 118–42), not-
withstanding section 71103(e)(2), eligible service 
shall include passenger ferry service that receives 
funds apportioned under chapter 53 of title 49, 
United States Code: Provided further, That entities 
that provide eligible service pursuant to the pre-
ceding two provisos may use amounts made available 
in this paragraph for public transportation capital 
projects to support any ferry service between two 
rural areas; and 
(6) $15,000,000 shall be available for costs re-
lated to operating equipment and facilities for use in 
public transportation to improve public safety in 
transit systems: Provided, That the Secretary shall 
provide amounts made available in this paragraph as 
if such amounts were provided under section 5307 
of title 49, United States Code, as applicable: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding subsection 
(a)(1) or (a)(2) of section 5307 of such title, 
amounts made available in this paragraph shall be
475
available for the operating cost of equipment and fa-
cilities for use in public transportation eligible under 
section 5307 of such title: Provided further, That 
amounts made available in this paragraph shall be 
for eligible recipients under section 5307 of such 
title for such operating costs to improve public safe-
ty, reduce crime, and increase security in transit 
systems: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
allocate amounts made available in this paragraph to 
the 10 eligible recipients with the highest ridership 
in fiscal year 2024: Provided further, That amounts 
shall be provided to eligible recipients proportionally 
based on ridership in fiscal year 2024: Provided fur-
ther, That no eligible recipient may receive an alloca-
tion of more than 50 percent of the total amounts 
made available in this paragraph: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall allocate any excess funds 
above the 50 percent threshold in the preceding pro-
viso to all other eligible recipients in this paragraph 
proportionally based on ridership in fiscal year 2024: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall allocate 
amounts made available in this paragraph to eligible 
recipients no later than 30 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act:
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Provided further, That amounts made available under this 
heading shall be derived from the general fund, of which—
(1) $40,795,000 shall be derived from amounts 
previously appropriated for fiscal year 2026 for ad-
ministrative and oversight expenses as authorized 
under section 5334 and section 5338(c) of title 49, 
United States Code, (excluding amounts transferred 
to the Office of Inspector General of the Department 
of Transportation) under the heading ‘‘Federal 
Transit 
Administration—Transit 
Infrastructure 
Grants’’ in title VIII of division J of the Infrastruc-
ture Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58); 
(2) $4,975,000 shall be derived by transfer 
from the unobligated balances of amounts previously 
appropriated for fiscal years 2022, 2023, 2024, 
2025, and 2026 for administrative and oversight ex-
penses as authorized under section 5334 and section 
5338(c) of title 49, United States Code, (excluding 
amounts transferred to the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral of the Department of Transportation) under the 
heading ‘‘Federal Transit Administration—Electric 
or Low-Emitting Ferry Program’’ in title VIII of di-
vision J of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs 
Act (Public Law 117–58);
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Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 
117–58): 
Provided further, That amounts transferred pursuant to 
the preceding proviso shall continue to be treated as 
amounts specified in section 103(b) of division A of Public 
Law 118–5: Provided further, That amounts made avail-
able 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, 2027: 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 
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 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out fixed guideway 
capital investment grants under section 5309 of title 49,
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58, $849,500,000 may be available for projects authorized 
under section 5309(h) of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided further, That amounts repurposed under this 
heading in this Act shall continue to be treated as 
amounts specified in section 103(b) of division A of Public 
Law 118–5: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
continue to administer the capital investment grants pro-
gram in accordance with the procedural and substantive 
requirements of section 5309 of title 49, United States 
Code, and of section 3005(b) of the Fixing America’s Sur-
face Transportation Act: Provided further, That projects 
that receive a grant agreement under the expedited project 
delivery for capital investment grants pilot program under 
section 3005(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface Trans-
portation Act shall be deemed eligible for funding provided 
for projects under section 5309 of title 49, United States 
Code, without further evaluation or rating under such sec-
tion: Provided further, That such funding shall not exceed 
the Federal share under section 3005(b). 
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-
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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. 
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, 2029, and other recov-
eries, shall be directed to projects eligible to use the funds 
for the purposes for which they were originally provided.
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SEC. 162. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, any funds appropriated before October 1, 2025, 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)). 
SEC. 164. None of the funds made available by this 
Act or any other Act shall be used to impede or hinder 
project advancement or approval for any project seeking 
a Federal contribution from the capital investment grants 
program of greater than 40 percent of project costs as 
authorized under section 5309 of title 49, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 165. Of the unobligated balances made available 
for the following programs authorized by Public Law 109–
59, the Secretary shall make $94,316,766 available for 
transportation assistance, including assistance with tran-
sit planning, capital projects, and operating assistance, for 
surface, commuter, and public transportation systems nec-
essary to support the mobility needs of the international
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quadrennial Olympic and Paralympic events as authorized 
by section 1223(e) of Public Law 105–178—
(1) ‘‘Alternatives Analysis Program’’ under sec-
tion 5339 of title 49, United States Code; 
(2) ‘‘bus and bus-related equipment and facili-
ties’’ under section 5309 of title 49, United States 
Code; and 
(3) ‘‘Alternative Transportation in Parks and 
Public Lands’’ under section 5320 of title 49, 
United States Code: 
Provided, That such assistance shall be for any eligible 
entity as defined by section 6702 of title 49, United States 
Code, that serves or supports service to a venue that is 
part of the 2028 international quadrennial Olympic or 
Paralympic events: Provided further, That such assistance 
may be provided through direct grants or cooperative 
agreements for which the Federal share shall not exceed 
80 percent, with the exception of assistance for a supple-
mental public transportation bus system which shall be no 
less than 90 percent: Provided further, That these 
amounts shall be in addition to other amounts made avail-
able for such purpose: Provided further, That amounts 
made available in this section may be transferred to other 
operating administrations of the Department to admin-
ister the amounts made available in this section as appro-
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priate: Provided further, That amounts made available in 
this section shall only be available for obligation for the 
purposes specifically authorized in this section in this Act 
for a period not to exceed 2 fiscal years after the official 
closing of the 2028 international quadrennial Olympic and 
Paralympic events. 
SEC. 166. Of the unobligated balances made available 
for the following programs authorized by Public Law 109–
59 and Public Law 105–178, the Secretary shall make 
$100,250,212 available for grants to transit agencies for 
costs related to eligible planning, capital, and operating 
expenses for equipment and facilities in support of 
matches or other public events held in domestic host cities 
for the FIFA World Cup 2026—
(1) ‘‘Clean Fuels Grant Program’’ under sec-
tion 5308 of title 49, United States Code; 
(2) ‘‘Job Access and Reverse Commute For-
mula Grants’’ under section 5316 of title 49, United 
States Code; 
(3) ‘‘New Freedom’’ under section 5317 of title 
49, United States Code, as amended by Public Law 
109–59; and 
(4) ‘‘Rural Transportation Accessibility Incen-
tive Program’’ under section 3038 of Public Law 
105–178:
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Provided, That the Secretary shall apportion such 
amounts not later than 30 days after enactment of this 
Act so that the transit agencies in each of the domestic 
host cities for the FIFA World Cup 2026 are each entitled 
to receive an amount equal to—
(1) 70 percent of the total amount apportioned 
multiplied by a ratio equal to the FIFA estimated 
stadium capacity of the host stadium at the time of 
apportionment divided by the total FIFA estimated 
stadium capacity of all host stadiums at the time of 
apportionment; and 
(2) 30 percent of the total amount apportioned 
multiplied by a ratio equal to the number of matches 
to be held in the host stadium divided by the total 
number of matches to be held in all host cities in the 
United States: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding subsection (a)(1) 
or (b) of section 5307 of title 49, United States Code, 
amounts made available in this section are available for 
the planning, capital, and operating expenses of transit 
agencies for hosting matches or other public events held 
in domestic host cities for the FIFA World Cup 2026, eli-
gible under section 5307 of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided further, That such planning, capital, and oper-
ating expenses are not required to be included in a trans-
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portation improvement program, long-range transpor-
tation, statewide transportation plan, or a statewide trans-
portation improvement program: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall not waive the requirements of section 
5333 of title 49, United States Code, for amounts made 
available in this section: Provided further, That unless oth-
erwise specified, applicable requirements under chapter 53 
of title 49, United States Code, shall apply to amounts 
made available in this section, except that the Federal 
share of the costs for which any grant is made according 
to this section shall be, at the option of the recipient, up 
to 100 percent: Provided further, That amounts made 
available in this section shall only be available for obliga-
tion for the purposes specifically authorized in this section 
in this Act for a period not to exceed 1 fiscal year after 
the official closing of the FIFA World Cup 2026 events. 
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 
to fiscal year limitations, as provided by section 9104 of 
title 31, United States Code, as may be necessary in car-
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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, $38,080,000, 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 $15,950,000 shall 
be for the seaway infrastructure program. 
MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
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, $390,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of the unobli-
gated balances remaining from fiscal year 2021, 2022, 
2023, 2024, and 2025 appropriations made available
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under this heading, $38,400,000 are hereby permanently 
rescinded. 
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 remaining from 
fiscal year 2021 and 2022 appropriations made available 
under this heading, $12,392,000 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, 
$81,600,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of the unobligated balances remaining from 
fiscal year 2022, 2023, and 2024 appropriations made 
available under this heading, $42,808,000 are hereby per-
manently rescinded. 
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses of operations and training ac-
tivities authorized by law, $275,791,000: Provided, That 
of the sums appropriated under this heading—
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(1) $101,500,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2027, for the operations of the 
United States Merchant Marine Academy; 
(2) $50,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for facilities maintenance and repair, and 
equipment, at the United States Merchant Marine 
Academy; 
(3) $50,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for the capital improvement program at the 
United States Merchant Marine Academy; 
(4) $2,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2027, 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 the
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Administrator of the Maritime Administration shall trans-
mit to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions an annual capital improvement program plan not 
later than 30 days after the submission of the budget re-
quest: Provided further, That available balances under this 
heading for the short sea transportation program or 
America’s marine highway program (now known as the 
United States marine highway program) from prior year 
recoveries shall be available to carry out activities author-
ized 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, 
$138,900,000: Provided, That of the sums appropriated 
under this heading—
(1) $7,800,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for maintenance, repair, and life extension of 
training ships at the State Maritime Academies; 
(2) $110,000,000 shall remain available until 
expended for the national security multi-mission ves-
sel program, of which—
(A) not less than $55,000,000 shall be for 
necessary expenses to design, plan, construct 
infrastructure, and purchase equipment nec-
essary to berth such ships, as determined by
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the Secretary: Provided, That such funds may 
be used to reimburse State Maritime Academies 
for costs incurred prior to the date of enact-
ment of this Act; and 
(B) up to $55,000,000 shall be for ex-
penses related to the operation, integration, 
oversight, and management of national security 
multi-mission vessel school ships, including in-
surance, maintenance, repair, and equipment 
costs; 
(3) $4,800,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2030, for the student incentive program; 
(4) $9,300,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for training ship fuel assistance; and 
(5) $7,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2027, 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, 
$35,000,000, to remain available until expended.
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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, $3,940,000, which shall be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriations for ‘‘Maritime Ad-
ministration—Operations and Training’’. 
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(b) of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for fiscal year 2026 (Public Law 119–60), 
$103,330,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading 
in this Act—
(1) $38,628,000 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
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(2) $64,702,000 shall be for the purposes, and 
in the amounts, specified for Community Project 
Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending in the 
table entitled ‘‘Community Project Funding/Con-
gressionally Directed Spending’’ included for this di-
vision in the explanatory statement described in sec-
tion 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act): Provided, That amounts made 
available in this paragraph for such purposes shall 
not diminish or prejudice any applicant or geo-
graphic region for other discretionary grant or loan 
awards made by the Department of Transportation. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
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 
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
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occupancy for items other than such utilities, services, or 
repairs shall be deposited into the Treasury as miscella-
neous receipts. 
SEC. 171. Of the unobligated balances from prior 
year appropriations available under the heading ‘‘Mari-
time Administration—Maritime Guaranteed Loan (Title 
XI) Program Account’’, $34,000,000 are hereby re-
scinded. 
PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONAL EXPENSES 
For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline 
and 
Hazardous 
Materials 
Safety 
Administration, 
$28,647,000, of which $4,500,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2028: Provided, That not less than 
$2,000,000 of the amounts made available under this 
heading shall be for pipeline safety information grants to 
communities as authorized under section 60130 of title 
49, United States Code: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall issue a notice of funding opportunity for such 
funds not later than 120 days after enactment of this Act. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous 
materials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous 
Materials Safety Administration, $66,050,000, of which
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$8,570,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2028, of which $1,000,000 shall be made available for car-
rying out section 5107(i) of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided, That up to $800,000 in fees collected under sec-
tion 5108(g) of title 49, United States Code, shall be de-
posited in the general fund of the Treasury as offsetting 
receipts: Provided further, That there may be credited to 
this appropriation, to be available until expended, funds 
received from States, counties, municipalities, other public 
authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for 
training, for reports publication and dissemination, and 
for travel expenses incurred in performance of hazardous 
materials exemptions and approvals 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), $214,807,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2028, of which $30,000,000 shall be de-
rived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which 
$177,407,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety 
Fund; of which $200,000 shall be derived from the fees
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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; of which $200,000 shall be derived from the fees 
collected under section 60117, of title 49, United States 
Code, and deposited in the Pipeline Safety Design Review 
Account for facility design safety reviews; and of which 
$7,000,000 shall be derived from fees collected under sec-
tion 60302 of title 49, United States Code, and deposited 
in the Underground Natural Gas Storage Facility Safety 
Account for the purpose of 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: Pro-
vided 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 trans-
actions agreements (OTAs) shall require written notifica-
tion to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions not less than 3 full business days before such re-
search contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, or re-
search OTAs are announced by the Department of Trans-
portation: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
transmit to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations the report on pipeline safety testing enhance-
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ment as required pursuant to section 105 of the Pro-
tecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing 
Safety Act of 2020 (division R of Public Law 116–260): 
Provided further, That the Secretary may obligate 
amounts made available under this heading to engineer, 
erect, alter, and repair buildings or make any other public 
improvements for research facilities at the Transportation 
Technology Center after the Secretary submits an updated 
research plan and the report in the preceding proviso to 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and 
after such plan and report in the preceding proviso are 
approved by the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided further, That of the amounts made 
available under this heading, not less than $5,000,000 is 
for the National Center of Excellence for Liquefied Nat-
ural Gas Safety authorized under section 111 of the Pro-
tecting Our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing 
Safety Act of 2020 (PIPES) Act. 
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, 
2028, from amounts made available by section 5116(h)
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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 
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-