The effect of such Report shall be limited to division B 
and shall apply for purposes of determining the allocation 
of funds provided by, and the implementation of, division 
B. 
(c) ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RE-
LATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023.—Any ref-
erence to a ‘‘report accompanying this Act’’ contained in 
division C of this Act shall be treated as a reference to 
House Report 117–394. The effect of such Report shall 
be limited to division C and shall apply for purposes of 
determining the allocation of funds provided by, and the 
implementation of, division C. 
(d) FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERN-
MENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023.—Any reference to a 
‘‘report accompanying this Act’’ contained in division D 
of this Act shall be treated as a reference to House Report 
117–393. The effect of such Report shall be limited to 
division D and shall apply for purposes of determining the 
allocation of funds provided by, and the implementation 
of, division D. 
(e) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, 
AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023.— 
Any reference to a ‘‘report accompanying this Act’’ con-
tained in division E of this Act shall be treated as a ref-
erence to House Report 117–400. The effect of such Re-
port shall be limited to division E and shall apply for pur-
poses of determining the allocation of funds provided by, 
and the implementation of, division E. 
(f) MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS, 
AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023.— 
Any reference to a ‘‘report accompanying this Act’’ con-
tained in division F of this Act shall be treated as a ref-
erence to House Report 117–391. The effect of such Re-
port shall be limited to division F and shall apply for pur-
poses of determining the allocation of funds provided by, 
and the implementation of, division F. 
SEC. 4. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
The following sums in this Act are appropriated, out 
of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023.
DIVISION A—TRANSPORTATION, 
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVEL-
OPMENT, 
AND 
RELATED 
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 
ACT, 2023 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
$176,000,000 (increased by $1,000,000) (reduced by 
$1,000,000) (reduced by $2,000,000): Provided, That of 
the sums appropriated under this heading— 
(1) $3,569,000 shall be available for the imme-
diate Office of the Secretary; 
(2) $1,277,000 shall be available for the imme-
diate Office of the Deputy Secretary; 
(3) $27,089,000 (reduced by $1,000,000) shall 
be available for the Office of the General Counsel; 
(4) $17,400,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy; 
(5) $21,026,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Pro-
grams;
(6) $3,968,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs; 
(7) $42,402,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Assistant Secretary for Administration; 
(8) $5,727,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Public Affairs and Public Engagement; 
(9) $2,312,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Executive Secretariat; 
(10) $18,533,000 shall be available for the Of-
fice of Intelligence, Security, and Emergency Re-
sponse; 
(11) $29,195,000 (reduced by $1,000,000) 
shall be available for the Office of the Chief Infor-
mation Officer; 
(12) $1,500,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Tribal Government Affairs; and 
(13) $2,000,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Multimodal Freight Infrastructure and Policy: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Transportation 
(referred to in this title as the ‘‘Secretary’’) is authorized 
to transfer funds appropriated for any office of the Office 
of the Secretary to any other office of the Office of the 
Secretary: Provided further, That no appropriation for any 
office shall be increased or decreased by more than 7 per-
cent by all such transfers: Provided further, That any
size: Provided further, That in distributing amounts made 
available under this heading in this Act, the Secretary 
shall take such measures so as to ensure an equitable geo-
graphic distribution of funds, an appropriate balance in 
addressing the needs of urban and rural areas, including 
Tribal areas, and the investment in a variety of transpor-
tation 
modes: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
section 
6702(c)(2)(C) of title 49, United States Code, shall not 
apply to amounts made available under this heading in 
this Act: Provided further, That a grant award under this 
heading in this Act shall be not greater than $50,000,000: 
Provided further, That section 6702(c)(3) of title 49, 
United States Code, shall not apply to amounts made 
available under this heading in this Act: Provided further, 
That not more than 15 percent of the amounts made avail-
able under this heading in this Act may be awarded to 
projects in a single state: Provided further, That for 
amounts made available under this heading in this Act, 
the Secretary shall give priority to projects that require 
a contribution of Federal funds in order to complete an 
overall financing package: Provided further, That section 
6702(f)(1) of title 49, United States Code, shall not apply 
to amounts made available under this heading in this Act: 
Provided further, That of the amounts awarded under this 
heading in this Act, not more than 50 percent shall be
award and oversight of grants and credit assistance made 
under the program authorized under section 6702 of title 
49, United States Code: Provided further, That for 
amounts made available under this heading in this Act, 
the Secretary shall consider and award projects based sole-
ly on the selection criteria as identified under paragraphs 
(3) and (4) of section 6702(d) of title 49, United States 
Code. 
THRIVING COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for a thriving communities 
program, $100,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025: Provided, That the Secretary of Trans-
portation shall make such amounts available for technical 
assistance and cooperative agreements to develop and im-
plement technical assistance, planning, and capacity build-
ing to improve and foster thriving communities through 
transportation improvements: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with 
philanthropic entities, non-profit organizations, other Fed-
eral agencies, state or local governments and their agen-
cies, Indian Tribes, or other technical assistance providers, 
to provide such technical assistance, planning, and capac-
ity building to state, local, or Tribal governments, United 
States territories, metropolitan planning organizations,
transit agencies, or other political subdivisions of state or 
local governments: Provided further, That to be eligible for 
a cooperative agreement under this heading, a recipient 
shall provide assistance to entities described in the pre-
ceding proviso on engaging in public planning processes 
with residents, local businesses, non-profit organizations, 
and to the extent practicable, philanthropic organizations, 
educational institutions, or other community stakeholders: 
Provided further, That such cooperative agreements shall 
facilitate the planning and development of transportation 
and community revitalization activities supported by the 
Department of Transportation under titles 23, 46, and 49, 
United States Code, that increase mobility, reduce pollu-
tion from transportation sources, expand affordable trans-
portation options, facilitate efficient land use, preserve or 
expand jobs, improve housing conditions, enhance connec-
tions to health care, education, and food security, or im-
prove health outcomes: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may prioritize assistance provided with amounts 
made available under this heading to communities that 
have disproportionate rates of pollution and poor air qual-
ity, communities experiencing disproportionate effects (as 
defined by Executive Order No. 12898), areas of per-
sistent poverty as defined in section 6702(a)(1) of title 
49, United States Code, or historically disadvantaged com-
munities: Provided further, That the preceding proviso 
shall not prevent the Secretary from providing assistance 
with amounts made available under this heading to enti-
ties described in the second proviso under this heading 
that request assistance through the thriving communities 
program: Provided further, That planning and technical 
assistance made available under this heading may include 
pre-application assistance for capital projects eligible 
under titles 23, 46, and 49, United States Code: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may retain amounts made 
available under this heading for the necessary administra-
tive expenses of (1) developing and disseminating best 
practices, modeling, and cost-benefit analysis methodolo-
gies to assist entities described in the second proviso under 
this heading with applications for financial assistance pro-
grams under titles 23, 46, and 49, United States Code, 
and (2) award, administration, and oversight of coopera-
tive agreements to carry out the provisions under this 
heading: Provided further, That such amounts and pay-
ments as may be necessary to carry out the thriving com-
munities program may be transferred to appropriate ac-
counts of other operating administrations within the De-
partment of Transportation: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall notify the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations not later than 3 business days prior to 
a transfer carried out under the preceding proviso. 
NATIONAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AND INNOVATIVE 
FINANCE BUREAU 
For necessary expenses of the National Surface 
Transportation and Innovative Finance Bureau as author-
ized by 49 U.S.C. 116, $3,800,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the Secretary may collect 
and spend fees, as authorized by title 23, United States 
Code, to cover the costs of services of expert firms, includ-
ing counsel, in the field of municipal and project finance 
to assist in the underwriting and servicing of Federal cred-
it instruments and all or a portion of the costs to the Fed-
eral Government of servicing such credit instruments: Pro-
vided further, That such fees are available until expended 
to pay for such costs: Provided further, That such amounts 
are in addition to other amounts made available for such 
purposes and are not subject to any obligation limitation 
or the limitation on administrative expenses under section 
608 of title 23, United States Code. 
RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT 
FINANCING PROGRAM 
The Secretary is authorized to issue direct loans and 
loan guarantees pursuant to chapter 224 of title 49,
United States Code, and such authority shall exist so long 
as any such direct loan or loan guarantee is outstanding. 
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CAPITAL 
For necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing 
the Department of Transportation’s financial systems and 
re-engineering business processes, $5,000,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2024. 
CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVES 
For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, 
including necessary upgrades to network and information 
technology infrastructure, improvement of identity man-
agement and authentication capabilities, securing and pro-
tecting data, implementation of Federal cyber security ini-
tiatives, and implementation of enhanced security controls 
on agency computers and mobile devices, $48,100,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2024. 
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$15,000,000. 
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND 
DEVELOPMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 
planning, research, systems development, development ac-
tivities, and making grants, $19,648,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 
$7,136,000 shall be for necessary expenses of the Inter-
agency Infrastructure Permitting Improvement Center 
(IIPIC): Provided further, That there may be transferred 
to this appropriation, to remain available until expended, 
amounts transferred from other Federal agencies for ex-
penses incurred under this heading for IIPIC activities not 
related to transportation infrastructure: Provided further, 
That the tools and analysis developed by the IIPIC shall 
be available to other Federal agencies for the permitting 
and review of major infrastructure projects not related to 
transportation only to the extent that other Federal agen-
cies provide funding to the Department in accordance with 
the preceding proviso. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for operating costs and cap-
ital outlays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed 
$505,285,000, shall be paid from appropriations made 
available to the Department of Transportation: Provided, 
That such services shall be provided on a competitive basis 
to entities within the Department of Transportation: Pro-
vided further, That the limitation in the preceding proviso 
on operating expenses shall not apply to entities external 
to the Department of Transportation or for funds pro-
vided in Public Law 117–58: Provided further, That no 
funds made available by this Act to an agency of the De-
partment shall be transferred to the Working Capital 
Fund without majority approval of the Working Capital 
Fund Steering Committee and approval of the Secretary: 
Provided further, That no assessments may be levied 
against any program, budget activity, subactivity, or 
project funded by this Act unless notice of such assess-
ments and the basis therefor are presented to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are ap-
proved by such Committees. 
SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS UTILIZATION AND 
OUTREACH 
For necessary expenses for small and disadvantaged 
business utilization and outreach activities, $7,094,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2024: Provided, 
That notwithstanding section 332 of title 49, United 
States Code, such amounts may be used for business op-
portunities related to any mode of transportation: Pro-
vided further, That appropriations made available under 
this heading shall be available for any purpose consistent 
with prior year appropriations that were made available 
under the heading ‘‘Office of the Secretary—Minority 
Business Resource Center Program’’.
PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
In addition to funds made available from any other 
source to carry out the essential air service program under 
sections 41731 through 41742 of title 49, United States 
Code, $354,827,000, to be derived from the Airport and 
Airway Trust Fund, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That in determining between or among carriers 
competing to provide service to a community, the Sec-
retary may consider the relative subsidy requirements of 
the carriers: Provided further, That basic essential air 
service minimum requirements shall not include the 15- 
passenger capacity requirement under section 41732(b)(3) 
of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That 
amounts authorized to be distributed for the essential air 
service program under section 41742(b) of title 49, United 
States Code, shall be made available immediately from 
amounts otherwise provided to the Administrator of the 
Federal Aviation Administration: Provided further, That 
the Administrator may reimburse such amounts from fees 
credited to the account established under section 45303 
of title 49, United States Code.
ELECTRIC VEHICLE FLEET 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for the Department’s transi-
tion to the General Services Administration’s leased vehi-
cle fleet, and for the purchase of zero emission passenger 
motor vehicles and supporting charging or fueling infra-
structure, $11,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025: Provided, That such amounts are in ad-
dition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes: 
Provided further, That amounts made available under this 
heading may be transferred to other accounts of the De-
partment of Transportation for the purposes specified 
under this heading: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall notify the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations not later than 3 business days prior to a transfer 
carried out under the preceding proviso. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—OFFICE OF THE 
SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION 
SECTION 101. None of the funds made available by 
this Act to the Department of Transportation may be obli-
gated for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation 
to approve assessments or reimbursable agreements per-
taining to funds appropriated to the operating administra-
tions in this Act, except for activities underway on the 
date of enactment of this Act, unless such assessments
or agreements have completed the normal reprogramming 
process for congressional notification. 
SEC. 102. The Secretary shall post on the web site 
of the Department of Transportation a schedule of all 
meetings of the Council on Credit and Finance, including 
the agenda for each meeting, and require the Council on 
Credit and Finance to record the decisions and actions 
of each meeting. 
SEC. 103. In addition to authority provided by section 
327 of title 49, United States Code, the Department’s 
Working Capital Fund is authorized to provide partial or 
full payments in advance and accept subsequent reim-
bursements from all Federal agencies from available funds 
for transit benefit distribution services that are necessary 
to carry out the Federal transit pass transportation fringe 
benefit program under Executive Order No. 13150 and 
section 3049 of SAFETEA–LU (5 U.S.C. 7905 note): 
Provided, That the Department shall maintain a reason-
able operating reserve in the Working Capital Fund, to 
be expended in advance to provide uninterrupted transit 
benefits to Government employees: Provided further, That 
such reserve shall not exceed 1 month of benefits payable 
and may be used only for the purpose of providing for 
the continuation of transit benefits: Provided further, That 
the Working Capital Fund shall be fully reimbursed by
each customer agency from available funds for the actual 
cost of the transit benefit. 
SEC. 104. Receipts collected in the Department’s 
Working Capital Fund, as authorized by section 327 of 
title 49, United States Code, for unused transit and van 
pool benefits, in an amount not to exceed 10 percent of 
fiscal year 2023 collections, shall be available until ex-
pended in the Department’s Working Capital Fund to pro-
vide contractual services in support of section 189 of this 
Act: Provided, That obligations in fiscal year 2023 of such 
collections shall not exceed $1,000,000. 
SEC. 105. None of the funds in this title may be obli-
gated or expended for retention or senior executive bo-
nuses for an employee of the Department of Transpor-
tation without the prior written approval of the Assistant 
Secretary for Administration. 
SEC. 106. In addition to authority provided by section 
327 of title 49, United States Code, the Department’s Ad-
ministrative Working Capital Fund is hereby authorized 
to transfer information technology equipment, software, 
and systems from Departmental sources or other entities 
and collect and maintain a reserve at rates which will re-
turn full cost of transferred assets. 
SEC. 107. None of the funds provided in this Act to 
the Department of Transportation may be used to provide
credit assistance unless not less than 3 days before any 
application approval to provide credit assistance under 
sections 603 and 604 of title 23, United States Code, the 
Secretary provides notification in writing to the following 
committees: the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations; the Committee on Environment and Public 
Works and the Committee on Banking, Housing and 
Urban Affairs of the Senate; and the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa-
tives: Provided, That such notification shall include, but 
not be limited to, the name of the project sponsor; a de-
scription of the project; whether credit assistance will be 
provided as a direct loan, loan guarantee, or line of credit; 
and the amount of credit assistance. 
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration, not otherwise provided for, including oper-
ations and research activities related to commercial space 
transportation, administrative expenses for research and 
development, establishment of air navigation facilities, the 
operation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, 
subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold 
to the public, the lease or purchase of passenger motor
decrease any appropriation under this heading by more 
than 5 percent: Provided further, That any transfer in ex-
cess of 5 percent shall be treated as a reprogramming of 
funds under section 405 of this Act and shall not be avail-
able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 
with the procedures set forth in that section: Provided fur-
ther, That not later than 60 days after the submission of 
the budget request, the Administrator of the Federal Avia-
tion Administration shall transmit to Congress an annual 
update to the report submitted to Congress in December 
2004 pursuant to section 221 of the Vision 100-Century 
of Aviation Reauthorization Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note): 
Provided further, That the amounts made available under 
this heading shall be reduced by $100,000 for each day 
after 60 days after the submission of the budget request 
that such report has not been transmitted to Congress: 
Provided further, That not later than 60 days after the 
submission of the budget request, the Administrator shall 
transmit to Congress a companion report that describes 
a comprehensive strategy for staffing, hiring, and training 
flight standards and aircraft certification staff in a format 
similar to the one utilized for the controller staffing plan, 
including stated attrition estimates and numerical hiring 
goals by fiscal year: Provided further, That the amounts 
made available under this heading shall be reduced by
$100,000 for each day after the date that is 60 days after 
the submission of the budget request that such report has 
not been submitted to Congress: Provided further, That 
funds may be used to enter into a grant agreement with 
a nonprofit standard-setting organization to assist in the 
development of aviation safety standards: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds made available by this Act 
shall be available for new applicants for the second career 
training program: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available by this Act shall be available for the 
Federal Aviation Administration to finalize or implement 
any regulation that would promulgate new aviation user 
fees not specifically authorized by law after the date of 
the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That there 
may be credited to this appropriation, as offsetting collec-
tions, funds received from States, counties, municipalities, 
foreign authorities, other public authorities, and private 
sources for expenses incurred in the provision of agency 
services, including receipts for the maintenance and oper-
ation of air navigation facilities, and for issuance, renewal 
or modification of certificates, including airman, aircraft, 
and repair station certificates, or for tests related thereto, 
or for processing major repair or alteration forms: Pro-
vided further, That of the amounts made available under 
this heading, not less than $187,800,000 shall be used to
fund direct operations of the current air traffic control 
towers in the contract tower program, including the con-
tract tower cost share program, and any airport that is 
currently qualified or that will qualify for the program 
during the fiscal year: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available by this Act for aeronautical charting 
and cartography are available for activities conducted by, 
or coordinated through, the Working Capital Fund: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this Act or any other Act may 
be used to eliminate the Contract Weather Observers pro-
gram at any airport. 
FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
for acquisition, establishment, technical support services, 
improvement by contract or purchase, and hire of national 
airspace systems and experimental facilities and equip-
ment, as authorized under part A of subtitle VII of title 
49, United States Code, including initial acquisition of 
necessary sites by lease or grant; engineering and service 
testing, including construction of test facilities and acqui-
sition of necessary sites by lease or grant; construction 
and furnishing of quarters and related accommodations 
for officers and employees of the Federal Aviation Admin-
istration stationed at remote localities where such accom-
modations are not available; and the purchase, lease, or 
transfer of aircraft from funds made available under this 
heading, including aircraft for aviation regulation and cer-
tification; to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust 
Fund, $2,900,000,000, of which $570,000,000 is for per-
sonnel and related expenses and shall remain available 
until September 30, 2024, $1,803,600,000 (reduced by 
$115,000,000) (increased by $115,000,000) is for equip-
ment and shall remain available until September 30, 2025, 
and $526,400,000 is for facilities and shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2027: Provided, That there may 
be credited to this appropriation funds received from 
States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, 
and private sources, for expenses incurred in the establish-
ment, improvement, and modernization of national air-
space systems: Provided further, That not later than 60 
days after submission of the budget request, the Secretary 
of Transportation shall transmit to the Congress an in-
vestment plan for the Federal Aviation Administration 
which includes funding for each budget line item for fiscal 
years 2024 through 2028, with total funding for each year 
of the plan constrained to the funding targets for those 
years as estimated and approved by the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget: Provided further, That section 405 of
this Act shall apply to amounts made available under this 
heading in title VIII of the Infrastructure Investments and 
Jobs Appropriations Act (division J of Public Law 117– 
58): Provided further, That the amounts specified for each 
Budget Line Item in the table included in the ‘‘Facilities 
and Equipment Spend Plan for Fiscal Year 2023 Infra-
structure Investment and Jobs Act Funding’’ section of 
the Federal Aviation Administration FY 2023 President’s 
Budget, as submitted to the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations, shall be the baseline for applica-
tion of reprogramming and transfer authorities for the 
current fiscal year pursuant to paragraph (7) of such sec-
tion 405 for amounts referred to in the preceding proviso: 
Provided further, That, notwithstanding paragraphs (5) 
and (6) of such section 405, unless prior approval is re-
ceived from the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations, not to exceed 10 percent of any funding level 
specified for projects and activities in the table referred 
to in the preceding proviso may be transferred to any 
other funding level specified for projects and activities in 
such table and no transfer of such funding levels may in-
crease or decrease any funding level in such table by more 
than 10 percent.
RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
for research, engineering, and development, as authorized 
under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States 
Code, including construction of experimental facilities and 
acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant, 
$260,500,000 (increased by $10,000,000) (reduced by 
$10,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (reduced by 
$1,000,000), to be derived from the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund and to remain available until September 30, 
2025: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro-
priation as offsetting collections, funds received from 
States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, 
and private sources, which shall be available for expenses 
incurred for research, engineering, and development: Pro-
vided further, That amounts made available under this 
heading shall be used in accordance with the report accom-
panying this Act: Provided further, That not to exceed 10 
percent of any funding level specified under this heading 
in the report accompanying this Act may be transferred 
to any other funding level specified under this heading in 
the report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That 
no transfer may increase or decrease any funding level by 
more than 10 percent: Provided further, That any transfer
in excess of 10 percent shall be treated as a reprogram-
ming of funds under section 405 of this Act and shall not 
be available for obligation or expenditure except in compli-
ance with the procedures set forth in that section. 
GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in- 
aid for airport planning and development, and noise com-
patibility planning and programs as authorized under sub-
chapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 
of title 49, United States Code, and under other law au-
thorizing such obligations; for procurement, installation, 
and commissioning of runway incursion prevention devices 
and systems at airports of such title; for grants authorized 
under section 41743 of title 49, United States Code; and 
for inspection activities and administration of airport safe-
ty programs, including those related to airport operating 
certificates under section 44706 of title 49, United States 
Code, $3,350,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and 
Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That none of the amounts made avail-
able under this heading shall be available for the planning
or execution of programs the obligations for which are in 
excess of $3,350,000,000, in fiscal year 2023, notwith-
standing section 47117(g) of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided further, That none of the amounts made available 
under this heading shall be available for the replacement 
of baggage conveyor systems, reconfiguration of terminal 
baggage areas, or other airport improvements that are 
necessary to install bulk explosive detection systems: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding section 47109(a) of 
title 49, United States Code, the Government’s share of 
allowable project costs under paragraph (2) of such sec-
tion for subgrants or paragraph (3) of such section shall 
be 95 percent for a project at other than a large or me-
dium hub airport that is a successive phase of a multi- 
phased construction project for which the project sponsor 
received a grant in fiscal year 2011 for the construction 
project: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, of amounts limited under this heading, 
not less than $137,372,000 shall be available for adminis-
tration, $15,000,000 shall be available for the Airport Co-
operative Research Program, $40,828,000 shall be avail-
able for Airport Technology Research, and $10,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, shall be available and 
transferred to ‘‘Office of the Secretary, Salaries and Ex-
penses’’ to carry out the Small Community Air Service De-
velopment Program: Provided further, That in addition to 
airports eligible under section 41743 of title 49, United 
States Code, such program may include the participation 
of an airport that serves a community or consortium that 
is not larger than a small hub airport, according to FAA 
hub classifications effective at the time the Office of the 
Secretary issues a request for proposals. 
GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Grants-In-Aid for Air-
ports’’, to enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 
grants for projects as authorized by subchapter 1 of chap-
ter 471 and subchapter 1 of chapter 475 of title 49, 
United States Code, $272,604,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2025: Provided, That amounts 
made available under this heading shall be derived from 
the general fund, and such funds shall not be subject to 
apportionment formulas, special apportionment categories, 
or minimum percentages under chapter 471 of title 49, 
United States Code: Provided further, That of the amounts 
made available under this heading, $172,604,000 is for 
Community Project Funding for the purposes, and in the 
amounts, specified for this account in the table titled 
‘‘Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Incor-
poration of Community Project Funding Items’’ included 
in the report accompanying this Act: Provided further,
That any funds made available under this heading in this 
Act that remain available after the distribution of funds 
under the preceding proviso shall be available to the Sec-
retary to distribute as discretionary grants to airports: 
Provided further, That the amounts made available under 
this heading shall not be subject to any limitation on obli-
gations for the Grants-in-Aid for Airports program set 
forth in any Act: Provided further, That the Administrator 
of the Federal Aviation Administration may retain up to 
0.5 percent of the amounts made available under this 
heading to fund the award and oversight by the Adminis-
trator of grants made under this heading. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 110. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to compensate in excess of 600 technical 
staff-years under the federally funded research and devel-
opment center contract between the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration and the Center for Advanced Aviation Sys-
tems Development during fiscal year 2023. 
SEC. 111. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be used to pursue or adopt guidelines or regula-
tions requiring airport sponsors to provide to the Federal 
Aviation Administration without cost building construc-
tion, maintenance, utilities and expenses, or space in air-
port sponsor-owned buildings for services relating to air 
traffic control, air navigation, or weather reporting: Pro-
vided, That the prohibition on the use of funds in this 
section does not apply to negotiations between the agency 
and airport sponsors to achieve agreement on ‘‘below-mar-
ket’’ rates for these items or to grant assurances that re-
quire airport sponsors to provide land without cost to the 
Federal Aviation Administration for air traffic control fa-
cilities. 
SEC. 112. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration may reimburse amounts made available to 
satisfy section 41742(a)(1) of title 49, United States 
Code, from fees credited under section 45303 of title 49, 
United States Code, and any amount remaining in such 
account at the close of any fiscal year may be made avail-
able to satisfy section 41742(a)(1) of title 49, United 
States Code, for the subsequent fiscal year. 
SEC. 113. Amounts collected under section 40113(e) 
of title 49, United States Code, shall be credited to the 
appropriation current at the time of collection, to be 
merged with and available for the same purposes as such 
appropriation. 
SEC. 114. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be available for paying premium pay under sec-
tion 5546(a) of title 5, United States Code, to any Federal
Aviation Administration employee unless such employee 
actually performed work during the time corresponding to 
such premium pay. 
SEC. 115. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be obligated or expended for an employee of the 
Federal Aviation Administration to purchase a store gift 
card or gift certificate through use of a Government-issued 
credit card. 
SEC. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds made available under this Act or 
any prior Act may be used to implement or to continue 
to implement any limitation on the ability of any owner 
or operator of a private aircraft to obtain, upon a request 
to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion, a blocking of that owner’s or operator’s aircraft reg-
istration number, Mode S transponder code, flight identi-
fication, call sign, or similar identifying information from 
any ground based display to the public that would allow 
the real-time or near real-time flight tracking of that air-
craft’s movements, except data made available to a Gov-
ernment agency, for the noncommercial flights of that 
owner or operator. 
SEC. 117. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be available for salaries and expenses of more
than nine political and Presidential appointees in the Fed-
eral Aviation Administration. 
SEC. 118. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to increase fees pursuant to section 
44721 of title 49, United States Code, until the Federal 
Aviation Administration provides to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations a report that justifies all 
fees related to aeronautical navigation products and ex-
plains how such fees are consistent with Executive Order 
No. 13642. 
SEC. 119. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to close a regional operations center of 
the Federal Aviation Administration or reduce its services 
unless the Administrator notifies the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations not less than 90 full busi-
ness days in advance. 
SEC. 119A. None of the funds made available by or 
limited by this Act may be used to change weight restric-
tions or prior permission rules at Teterboro airport in 
Teterboro, New Jersey. 
SEC. 119B. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Administrator of the Federal Avia-
tion Administration to withhold from consideration and 
approval any new application for participation in the Con-
tract Tower Program, or for reevaluation of Cost-share
Program participants so long as the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration has received an application from the airport, 
and so long as the Administrator determines such tower 
is eligible using the factors set forth in Federal Aviation 
Administration published establishment criteria. 
SEC. 119C. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to open, close, redesignate as a lesser 
office, or reorganize a regional office, the aeronautical cen-
ter, or the technical center unless the Administrator sub-
mits a request for the reprogramming of funds under sec-
tion 405 of this Act. 
SEC. 119D. The Federal Aviation Administration Ad-
ministrative Services Franchise Fund may be reimbursed 
after performance or paid in advance from funds available 
to the Federal Aviation Administration and other Federal 
agencies for which the Fund performs services. 
SEC. 119E. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available to the FAA may be used to carry out 
the FAA’s obligations under section 44502(e) of title 49, 
United States Code, unless the eligible air traffic system 
or equipment to be transferred to the FAA under section 
44502(e) of title 49, United States Code, was purchased 
by the transferor airport— 
(1) during the period of time beginning on Oc-
tober 5, 2018 and ending on December 31, 2021; or
(2) on or after January 1, 2022 for transferor 
airports located in a non-contiguous states. 
SEC. 119F. Of the funds provided under the heading 
‘‘Grants-in-aid for Airports’’, up to $3,500,000 shall be 
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. 
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Not to exceed $476,783,991 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 or transferred to the Appalachian Regional 
Commission for administrative activities associated with 
the Appalachian Development Highway System. 
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 $58,764,510,674 (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased 
by $1,000,000) for fiscal year 2023: 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.
(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, $59,503,510,674 derived from the 
Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Ac-
count), to remain available until expended. 
HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
There is hereby appropriated to the Secretary 
$1,755,060,641: 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 
2023 in this or any other Act for: (1) ‘‘Federal-aid High-
ways’’ under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code; 
or (2) the Appalachian Development Highway System as 
authorized under section 1069(y) of Public Law 102–240, 
and shall not affect the distribution or amount of funds 
provided in any other Act: Provided further, That section 
11101(e) of Public Law 117–58 shall apply to amounts 
made available under this heading: Provided further, That 
unless otherwise specified, amounts made available under 
this heading shall be available until September 30, 2026, 
and shall not be subject to any limitation on obligations 
for Federal-aid highways or highway safety construction
programs set forth in any Act making annual appropria-
tions: Provided further, That of the funds made available 
under this heading, the Federal Highway Administration 
may retain an amount of $3,000,000 (reduced by 
$2,000,000), to remain available until expended, to fund 
the oversight of projects carried out with funds made 
available under this heading: Provided further, That of the 
funds made available under this heading— 
(1) $1,275,060,641 shall be made available for 
Community Project Funding for the purposes, and 
in the amounts, specified for this account in the 
table titled ‘‘Transportation, Housing and Urban 
Development Incorporation of Community Project 
Funding Items’’ 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) $100,000,000 shall be for necessary ex-
penses for construction of the Appalachian Develop-
ment Highway System as authorized under section 
1069(y) of Public Law 102–240: Provided, That for 
the purposes of funds made available under this 
paragraph, the term ‘‘Appalachian State’’ means a 
State that contains 1 or more counties (including 
any political subdivision located within the area) in 
the Appalachian region as defined in section 
14102(a) of title 40, United States Code: Provided 
further, That funds made available under this head-
ing for construction of the Appalachian Development 
Highway System shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That, except as provided 
in the following proviso, funds made available under 
this heading for construction of the Appalachian De-
velopment Highway System shall be administered as 
if apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United 
States Code: Provided further, That a project carried 
out with funds made available under this heading for 
construction of the Appalachian Development High-
way System shall be carried out in the same manner
as a project under section 14501 of title 40, United 
States Code: Provided further, That subject to the 
following proviso, funds made available under this 
heading for construction of the Appalachian Devel-
opment Highway System shall be apportioned to the 
Appalachian States according to the percentages de-
rived from the 2021 Appalachian Development 
Highway System Cost-to-Complete Estimate, adopt-
ed in Appalachian Regional Commission Resolution 
Number 788, and confirmed as each Appalachian 
State’s relative share of the estimated remaining 
need to complete the Appalachian Development 
Highway System, adjusted to exclude those corridors 
that such States have no current plans to complete, 
as reported in the 2013 Appalachian Development 
Highway System Completion Report, unless those 
States have modified and assigned a higher priority 
for completion of an Appalachian Development 
Highway System corridor, as reported in the 2021 
Appalachian Development Highway System Future 
Outlook: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
adjust apportionments made under the preceding 
proviso so that no Appalachian State shall be appor-
tioned an amount in excess of 30 percent of the 
amount made available for construction of the Appa-
lachian Development Highway System under this 
heading: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
consult with the Appalachian Regional Commission 
in making adjustments under the preceding two pro-
visos: Provided further, That the Federal share of 
the costs for which an expenditure is made for con-
struction of the Appalachian Development Highway 
System under this heading shall be up to 100 per-
cent; 
(3) $75,000,000 shall be for the nationally sig-
nificant Federal lands and Tribal projects program 
under section 1123 of the FAST Act (23 U.S.C. 201 
note), of which not less than $37,500,000 shall be 
for competitive grants to tribal governments; 
(4) $12,000,000 shall be for the regional infra-
structure accelerator demonstration program author-
ized under section 1441 of the FAST Act (23 
U.S.C. 601 note): Provided, That for funds made 
available under this paragraph, the Federal share of 
the costs shall be, at the option of the recipient, up 
to 100 percent; 
(5) $30,000,000 shall be for the national scenic 
byways program under section 162 of title 23, 
United States Code: Provided, That, except as other-
wise provided under this heading, the funds made
administered as if apportioned under chapter 1 of 
title 23, United States Code; 
(8) $2,000,000 shall be for grants to eligible 
entities to carry out activities to benefit pollinators 
on roadsides and highway rights-of-way under sec-
tion 11528 of the Infrastructure Investment and 
Jobs Act (23 U.S.C. 332); 
(9) $55,000,000 shall be for the healthy streets 
program under section 11406 of the Infrastructure 
Investment and Jobs Act (23 U.S.C. 149 note): Pro-
vided, That, except as otherwise provided under such 
section or this heading, the funds made available 
under this paragraph shall be administered as if ap-
portioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States 
Code; and 
(10) $5,000,000 shall be for a cooperative se-
ries of agreements to examine the impacts of cul-
verts, roads, and bridges on threatened or endan-
gered salmon populations. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2023, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall— 
(1) not distribute from the obligation limitation 
for Federal-aid highways—
(A) amounts authorized for administrative 
expenses and programs by section 104(a) of 
title 23, United States Code; and 
(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 sections 202 or 204 of title 23, United 
States Code); and 
(B) for which obligation limitation was 
provided in a previous fiscal year; 
(3) determine the proportion that— 
(A) the obligation limitation for Federal- 
aid highways, less the aggregate of amounts not 
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
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 sections 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
(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;
(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
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 2023, 
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
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-
aid highway and highway safety construction 
programs for future fiscal years. 
(e) REDISTRIBUTION
OF
CERTAIN
AUTHORIZED 
FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of distribution of obligation limitation 
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall distribute 
to the States any funds (excluding funds authorized 
for the program under section 202 of title 23, 
United States Code) that— 
(A) are authorized to be appropriated for 
such fiscal year for Federal-aid highway pro-
grams; and 
(B) the Secretary determines will not be 
allocated to the States (or will not be appor-
tioned to the States under section 204 of title 
23, United States Code), and will not be avail-
able for obligation, for such fiscal year because 
of the imposition of any obligation limitation for 
such fiscal year. 
(2) RATIO.—Funds shall be distributed under 
paragraph (1) in the same proportion as the dis-
tribution of obligation authority under subsection 
(a)(5).
(3) AVAILABILITY.—Funds distributed to each 
State under paragraph (1) shall be available for any 
purpose described in section 133(b) of title 23, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 121. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re-
ceived by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the 
sale of data products, for necessary expenses incurred pur-
suant to chapter 63 of title 49, United States Code, may 
be credited to the Federal-aid highways account for the 
purpose of reimbursing the Bureau for such expenses: 
Provided, That such funds shall be subject to the obliga-
tion limitation for Federal-aid highway and highway safety 
construction programs. 
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 provide an annual report to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations on 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 
grant, including an evaluation and justification for the 
project and the amount of the proposed grant award: Pro-
vided, That the written notification required in the pre-
ceding proviso shall be made not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
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 
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 
annually to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations. 
SEC. 125. Until final guidance is published, the Ad-
ministrator of the Federal Highway Administration shall 
adjudicate requests for Buy America waivers under the 
criteria that were in effect prior to April 17, 2018. 
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 
safety operations and programs pursuant to section 31110 
of title 49, United States Code, $367,500,000 (reduced 
by $10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000), to be derived 
from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Tran-
sit Account), together with advances and reimbursements 
received by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administra-
Code of Federal Regulations, as recommended by GAO– 
19–264. 
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 such term is de-
fined in section 31132 of such title, who are transporting 
livestock, as such term is defined in section 602 of the 
Emergency Livestock Feed Assistance Act of 1988 (7 
U.S.C. 1471), or insects. 
NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of 
the Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety 
authorized under chapter 301 and part C of subtitle VI 
of title 49, United States Code, $230,000,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2024.
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, $197,000,000, 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 2023, are in excess of $197,000,000: 
Provided further, That of the sums appropriated under 
this heading— 
(1) $190,000,000 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 
Systems and improving consumer responses to safety
recalls, and section 25024 of the Infrastructure In-
vestment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58); and 
(2) $7,000,000 shall be for the National Driver 
Register authorized under chapter 303 of title 49, 
United States Code: 
Provided further, That within the $197,000,000 obligation 
limitation for operations and research, $57,500,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2024: Provided fur-
ther, That amounts for behavioral research on Automated 
Driving Systems and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems 
and improving consumer responses to safety recalls are in 
addition to any other funds provided for those purposes 
for fiscal year 2023 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, $795,220,000, to be derived from 
the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 
Account): Provided, That none of the funds in this Act 
shall be available for the planning or execution of pro-
grams for which the total obligations in fiscal year 2023 
are in excess of $795,220,000 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) $370,900,000 shall be for ‘‘Highway Safety 
Programs’’ under section 402 of title 23, United 
States Code; 
(2) $346,500,000 shall be for ‘‘National Pri-
ority Safety Programs’’ under section 405 of title 
23, United States Code; 
(3) $38,300,000 shall be for the ‘‘High Visi-
bility Enforcement Program’’ under section 404 of 
title 23, United States Code; and 
(4) $39,520,000 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 
Priority Safety Programs’’ under section 405 of title 23, 
United States Code, for ‘‘Impaired Driving Counter-
measures’’ (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)(8) of title 23, United 
States Code, any amounts transferred to increase the 
amounts made available under section 402 shall include 
the obligation authority for such amounts: Provided fur-
ther, That the Administrator shall notify the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations of any exercise of 
the authority granted under the preceding proviso or 
under section 405(a)(8) of title 23, United States Code, 
within 5 days. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—NATIONAL HIGHWAY 
TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 140. An additional $130,000 shall be made 
available to the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis-
tration, out of the amount limited for section 402 of title 
23, United States Code, to pay for travel and related ex-
penses for State management reviews and to pay for core 
competency development training and related expenses for 
highway safety staff. 
SEC. 141. The limitations on obligations for the pro-
grams of the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis-
tration set in this Act shall not apply to obligations for 
which obligation authority was made available in previous
public laws but only to the extent that the obligation au-
thority has not lapsed or been used. 
SEC. 142. None of the funds in this Act or any other 
Act shall be used to enforce the requirements of section 
405(a)(9) of title 23, United States Code. 
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 
SAFETY AND OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Ad-
ministration, not otherwise provided for, $250,449,000 
(reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000), of 
which $25,000,000 shall remain available until expended. 
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for railroad research and de-
velopment, $47,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That of the amounts made available 
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 build-
ings and improvements at the Transportation Technology 
Center. 
FEDERAL-STATE PARTNERSHIP FOR INTERCITY 
PASSENGER RAIL 
For necessary expenses related to Federal-State 
Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail grants as author-
ized by section 24911 of title 49, United States Code,
$555,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That amounts made available under the heading 
‘‘Northeast Corridor Grants to the National Railroad Pas-
senger Corporation’’ in this Act may be used as non-Fed-
eral share for projects located on the Northeast Corridor 
selected for award under section 24911 of title 49, United 
States Code, notwithstanding subsection (f) of such sec-
tion: Provided further, That amounts made available under 
the heading ‘‘National Network Grants to the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ in this Act may be used 
as non-Federal share for projects not located on the 
Northeast Corridor selected for award under section 
24911 of title 49, United States Code, notwithstanding 
subsection (f) of such section: 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 car-
ried out under title 49, United States Code. 
CONSOLIDATED RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY 
IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses related to Consolidated Rail 
Infrastructure and Safety Improvements grants, as au-
thorized by section 22907 of title 49, United States Code, 
$630,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
mental analysis, feasibility studies, and the development 
and analysis of project alternatives): Provided further, 
That section 22907(e)(1)(A) of title 49, United States 
Code, shall not apply to amounts made available under 
this 
heading: 
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 no-
tice of funding opportunity that includes funds made avail-
able under this heading: Provided further, That unobli-
gated balances remaining after 6 years after 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 head-
ing in this Act for the costs of award and project manage-
ment oversight of grants carried out under title 49, United 
States Code. 
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), $882,000,000,
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 may retain up to an additional 
$1,000,000 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: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding section 24911(f) of title 49, United 
States Code, amounts made available under this heading 
in this Act may be used as non-Federal share for projects 
located on the Northeast Corridor selected for award 
under section 24911 of title 49, United States Code. 
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), $1,463,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That the Na-
tional Railroad Passenger Corporation may use up to 10 
percent of the amounts made available under this heading 
in this Act to support planning and capital costs, and op-
erating assistance consistent with the Federal funding lim-
itations under section 22908 of title 49, United States 
Code, of corridors selected under section 25101 of title 
49, United States Code, that are operated by the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding section 24911(f) of title 49, United 
States Code, amounts made available under this heading 
in this Act may be used as non-Federal share for projects 
not located on the Northeast Corridor selected for award 
under section 24911 of title 49, United States Code: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds made available 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-distance 
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 
by section 24305(a)(3)(A) of title 49, United States Code, 
in lieu of rail service. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 150. 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. 151. Amounts made available in this and prior 
Acts to the Secretary or to the Federal Railroad Adminis-
tration for the costs of award, administration, and project 
management oversight of financial assistance which are 
administered by the Federal Railroad Administration may 
be transferred to the Federal Railroad Administration’s 
‘‘Financial Assistance Oversight and Technical Assist-
ance’’ account for necessary expenses to support the 
award, administration, project management oversight, and 
technical assistance of financial assistance administered
by the Federal Railroad Administration, in the same man-
ner as appropriated in this and prior Acts: Provided, That 
this section shall not apply to amounts that were pre-
viously designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the 
budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 152. Amounts made available under the heading 
‘‘Department of Transportation—Federal Railroad Ad-
ministration—Restoration and Enhancement’’ in any 
prior fiscal years are subject to the requirements of section 
22908 of title 49, United States Code, as in effect on the 
effective date of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs 
Act (Public Law 117–58): Provided, That the limitation 
in subsection (e)(2) of section 22908 of title 49, United 
States Code, shall not apply to amounts made available 
for grants under such section in any prior Act. 
SEC. 153. Amounts transferred to a ‘‘Financial As-
sistance Oversight and Technical Assistance’’ account pur-
suant to section 802 of title VIII of the Infrastructure 
Investment and Jobs Appropriations Act (division J of 
Public Law 117–58), as amended by section 156 of this 
title, from amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2023 may 
also be used by the Federal Railroad Administration for 
the Northeast Corridor Commission established under sec-
tion 24905 of title 49, United States Code, and for the 
State-Supported Route Committee established under sec-
tion 24712(a) of title 49, United States Code, including 
to assist the Federal Railroad Administration with the de-
livery of projects carried out with amounts made available 
under the headings ‘‘Department of Transportation—Fed-
eral Railroad Administration—Northeast Corridor Grants 
to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation’’, ‘‘De-
partment of Transportation—Federal Railroad Adminis-
tration—National Network Grants to the National Rail-
road Passenger Corporation’’, and ‘‘Department of Trans-
portation—Federal Railroad Administration—Federal- 
State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail Grants’’ in 
such title: Provided, That the Federal Railroad Adminis-
tration shall notify the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations not less than 15 days prior to making any 
amounts available to the Northeast Corridor Commission 
or State-Supported Route Committee pursuant to this sec-
tion: Provided further, That amounts repurposed by this 
section that were previously designated by the Congress 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or a 
concurrent resolution on the budget are designated as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of 
S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolu-
tion on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and section 1(e) 
of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress) as engrossed in the 
House of Representatives on June 8, 2022. 
SEC. 154. The matter under the heading ‘‘Depart-
ment of Transportation—Federal Railroad Administra-
tion—Northeast Corridor Grants to the National Railroad 
Passenger Corporation’’ in title VIII of division J of Pub-
lic Law 117–58 is amended— 
(1) in the fourth proviso, by striking ‘‘Secretary 
of Transportation shall submit’’ and inserting ‘‘Sec-
retary of Transportation, in consultation with Am-
trak, shall submit’’; 
(2) in the fifth proviso, by striking ‘‘Secretary 
of Transportation shall submit’’ and inserting ‘‘Sec-
retary of Transportation, in consultation with Am-
trak, shall prepare and submit’’; and 
(3) in the tenth proviso, by striking ‘‘, to facili-
tate a coordinated and efficient delivery of projects 
carried out under this heading in this Act’’: 
Provided, That amounts repurposed by the amendments 
made by this section that were previously designated by 
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985 or a concurrent resolution on the budget are des-
ignated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
(6) $2,000,000 shall be for administrative ex-
penses and ongoing program management oversight 
as authorized under sections 5334 and 5338(c)(2) of 
title 49, United States Code, including for admin-
istering amounts made available for Community 
Project Funding in paragraph (5) under this head-
ing in this Act, and shall be in addition to any other 
appropriations available for such purpose; 
(7) $30,000,000 shall be for ferry service for 
rural communities under section 71103 of the Infra-
structure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 
117–58): Provided, That for amounts made available 
in 
this 
paragraph, 
notwithstanding 
section 
71103(a)(2)(B), eligible service shall include pas-
senger ferry service that serves at least two rural 
areas with a single segment over 20 miles between 
the two rural areas and is not otherwise eligible 
under section 5307(h) of title 49, United States 
Code: Provided further, That entities that provide el-
igible service pursuant to the preceding proviso may 
use amounts made available in this paragraph for 
public transportation capital projects to support any 
ferry service between two rural areas: Provided fur-
ther, That entities eligible for amounts made avail-
able in this paragraph shall only provide ferry serv-
ice to rural areas; and 
(8) $50,000,000 shall be for integrated smart 
mobility grants to recipients eligible under sections 
5307 and 5311 of title 49, United States Code, for 
planning and capital projects eligible under chapter 
53 of such title that support the adoption of innova-
tive approaches to mobility that will improve safety, 
accessibility, air-quality, and equity in access to com-
munity services and economic opportunities: Pro-
vided, That such innovative approaches may include 
changes to service frequencies, patterns, areas of 
coverage, and first and last mile options such as op-
timizing transit route planning and using integrated 
travel planning and payment systems; fare improve-
ment projects; deployment of transit ambassadors; 
data and systems integration; and other activities 
designed to improve public transportation services: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall give pref-
erence to projects that will improve access to jobs 
and affordable housing; enhance connections to 
health care, education, and food security; improve 
health outcomes; address how individuals without ac-
cess to advanced technology will benefit from such 
innovative solutions; or include job retention and re-
training for current employees: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall award not less than 5 but 
not more than 10 integrated smart mobility grants 
with amounts made available in this paragraph: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall award, to not 
less than 3 distinct recipients, not less than 1 such 
grant to a recipient eligible under section 5307 of 
title 49, United States Code, not less than 1 such 
grant to a recipient eligible under section 5311 of 
title 49, United States Code, and not less than 1 
such grant to a recipient eligible under section 5307 
or 5311 of title 49, United States Code, that pro-
vides commuter rail passenger transportation: Pro-
vided further, That capital and operating expenses 
shall be eligible for amounts made available in this 
paragraph: Provided further, That an eligible sub-
recipient under section 5307 or 5311 of title 49, 
United States Code, shall be eligible to be a direct 
recipient: Provided further, That the Federal share 
for planning and capital projects funded with 
amounts made available in this paragraph shall not 
exceed 80 percent of the net project cost: Provided 
further, That the Federal share for operating ex-
penses funded with amounts made available in this 
paragraph shall not exceed 50 percent of the net
project cost: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall not waive requirements in section 5333 of title 
49, United States Code, for projects funded with 
amounts made available in this paragraph: Provided 
further, That unless otherwise specified, applicable 
requirements under chapter 53 of title 49, United 
States Code, shall apply to amounts made available 
in this paragraph: 
Provided further, That amounts made available under this 
heading in this Act shall be derived 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, $8,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2024: 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 
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), $3,012,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading in this Act, $1,897,166,000 shall be available for 
projects authorized under section 5309(d) of title 49, 
United States Code, $40,714,000 shall be available for 
projects authorized under section 5309(e) of title 49, 
United States Code, $94,000,000 shall be available for 
projects authorized under section 5309(h) of title 49, 
United States Code, and $350,000,000 shall be available 
for projects authorized under section 3005(b) of the Fix-
ing America’s Surface Transportation Act (Public Law 
114–94): Provided further, That the Secretary shall con-
tinue to administer the capital investment grants program 
in accordance with the procedural and substantive require-
ments of section 5309 of title 49, United States Code, and 
of section 3005(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface Trans-
portation Act (Public Law 114–94): 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 Amer-
ica’s Surface Transportation Act (Public Law 114–94) 
shall be deemed eligible for funding provided for projects 
under section 5309 of title 49, United States Code, with-
out further evaluation or rating under such section: Pro-
vided further, That such funding shall not exceed the Fed-
eral share under section 3005(b) of the Fixing America’s 
Surface Transportation Act (Public Law 114–94): Pro-
vided further, That upon submission to the Congress of 
the fiscal year 2024 President’s budget, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall transmit to Congress the annual re-
port on capital investment grants, including proposed allo-
cations for fiscal year 2024. 
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 
SEC. 160. The limitations on obligations for the pro-
grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not 
apply to any authority under section 5338 of title 49, 
United States Code, previously made available for obliga-
tion, 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 
or identified in the report accompanying this Act not obli-
gated by September 30, 2026, and other recoveries, shall 
be directed to projects eligible to use the funds for the 
purposes for which they were originally provided. 
SEC. 162. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, any funds appropriated before October 1, 2022, 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 amounts made available under the 
heading ‘‘Department of Transportation—Federal Transit 
Administration—Capital Investment Grants’’ in this Act, 
$600,000,000 shall be made available for allocation to re-
cipients with existing full funding grant agreements under 
sections 5309(d) and 5309(e) of title 49, United States 
Code, that received allocations for fiscal year 2022 and 
have either (1) a capital investment grant share of 40 per-
cent or less; or (2) signed a full funding grant agreement 
between January 20, 2017 and January 20, 2021: Pro-
vided, That recipients with projects open for revenue serv-
ice shall not be eligible to receive an allocation of funding 
under this section: Provided further, That amounts shall 
be provided to recipients proportionally based on the non- 
capital investment grant share of the project: Provided 
further, That no project may receive an allocation of more 
than 40 percent of the total amount in this section: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall proportionally dis-
tribute funds in excess of such 40 percent to recipients 
for which the percent of funds does not exceed 40 percent: 
Provided further, That a recipient may not receive an allo-
cation of funding under this section if the recipient has 
(1) expended less than 75 percent of the allocations re-
ceived under paragraph (4) of section 3401(b) of the 
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2); 
and (2) expended less than 50 percent of the federal oper-
ating assistance allocations received under section 5307 
of title 49, United States Code, in the Coronavirus Aid, 
Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–136), 
the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appro-
priations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–260), or the Amer-
ican Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2): Pro-
vided further, That amounts allocated pursuant to this sec-
tion shall be provided to eligible recipients notwithstanding 
the limitation of any calculation of the maximum amount 
of Federal financial assistance for the project under sec-
tion 5309(k)(2)(C)(ii) of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided further, That the Federal Transit Administration 
shall allocate amounts under this section no later than 30 
days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 166. The remaining unobligated balances, as of 
September 30, 2023, from amounts made available to the 
Department of Transportation under the heading ‘‘Fed-
eral Transit Administration—Capital Investment Grants’’ 
in division H of the Further Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94) are hereby rescinded, and 
an amount of additional new budget authority equivalent 
to the amount rescinded is hereby appropriated on Sep-
tember 30, 2023, for an additional amount for fiscal year 
2023, to remain available until September 30, 2024, and 
shall be available for the same purposes and under the 
same authorities for which such amounts were originally 
provided in Public Law 116–94. 
SEC. 167. Notwithstanding section 5302(4)(L) of 
title 49, United States Code, fuel for vehicle operations, 
including the cost of utilities used for the propulsion of 
electrically driven vehicles, may be treated, at the option 
of the recipient, as an associated capital maintenance item 
for purposes of grants made under sections 5307 and 
5311 of such title in fiscal year 2023: Provided, That an 
amount equal to not more than 5 percent of the total fund-
ing allocated under section 5307 or 5311 of such title to 
an urbanized area, state, or territory in fiscal year 2023 
may be obligated for such purpose from available amounts 
allocated in fiscal year 2023 or prior years. 
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-
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, $41,500,000, 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 $14,800,000 shall 
be for the seaway infrastructure program: Provided fur-
ther, That not more than $1,000,000 of the unobligated 
balances from the amounts made available for capital 
asset renewal activities under this heading or under the 
heading ‘‘Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora-
tion—Operations and Maintenance’’ in any prior Act shall 
be for activities pursuant to section 984(a)(12) of title 33, 
United States Code. 
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. 
CABLE SECURITY FLEET 
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. 
TANKER SECURITY PROGRAM 
For the tanker security fleet program, as authorized 
under chapter 534 of title 46, United States Code, 
$60,000,000, to remain available until expended.
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses of operations and training ac-
tivities authorized by law, $192,000,000: Provided, That 
of the amounts made available under this heading— 
(1) $87,848,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2024, shall be for the operations of the 
United States Merchant Marine Academy; 
(2) $11,900,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for facilities maintenance and re-
pair, and equipment, at the United States Merchant 
Marine Academy; 
(3) $6,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2024 shall be for the Maritime Environ-
mental and Technical Assistance program authorized 
under section 50307 of title 46, United States Code; 
and 
(4) $14,819,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for the America’s Marine Highway 
Program to make grants for the purposes authorized 
under paragraphs (1) and (3) of section 55601(b) 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 (now known as the America’s 
Marine Highway Program) from prior year recoveries 
shall be available to carry out activities authorized under 
paragraphs (1) and (3) of section 55601(b) of title 46, 
United States Code. 
STATE MARITIME ACADEMY OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of operations, support, and 
training 
activities 
for 
State 
Maritime 
Academies, 
$77,700,000: Provided, That of the amounts made avail-
able under this heading— 
(1) $30,500,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for maintenance, repair, life exten-
sion, insurance, and capacity improvement of Na-
tional Defense Reserve Fleet training ships, and for 
support of training ship operations at the State 
Maritime Academies, of which not more than 
$8,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be for expenses related to training mariners; and for 
costs associated with training vessel sharing pursu-
ant to section 51504(g)(3) of title 46, United States 
Code, for costs associated with mobilizing, operating
and demobilizing the vessel, including travel costs 
for students, faculty and crew, the costs of the gen-
eral agent, crew costs, fuel, insurance, operational 
fees, and vessel hire costs, as determined by the Sec-
retary; 
(2) $35,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for the National Security Multi-Mis-
sion Vessel Program, including funds for construc-
tion, planning, administration, design of school 
ships, and necessary expenses to construct infra-
structure to berth such ships; 
(3) $2,400,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2027, shall be for the Student Incentive 
Program; 
(4) $3,800,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for training ship fuel assistance; 
and 
(5) $6,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2024, shall be for direct payments for 
State Maritime Academies. 
ASSISTANCE TO SMALL SHIPYARDS 
To make grants to qualified shipyards as authorized 
under section 54101 of title 46, United States Code, 
$20,000,000, 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, $3,000,000, 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, 
$300,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That projects eligible for amounts made available 
under this heading in this Act shall be projects for coastal 
seaports, inland river ports, or Great Lakes ports: Pro-
vided further, That of the amounts made available under 
this heading in this Act, not less than $275,000,000 shall 
be for coastal seaports or Great Lakes ports: Provided fur-
ther, That amounts made available under this heading in 
this Act may not be used for the purchase or installation 
of fully automated cargo handling equipment or terminal
infrastructure that is designed for fully automated cargo 
handling equipment: Provided further, That for the pur-
poses of the preceding proviso, ‘‘fully automated cargo 
handling equipment’’ means cargo handling equipment 
that is remotely operated or remotely monitored and does 
not require the exercise of human intervention or control: 
Provided further, That for grants awarded under this 
heading in this Act, the minimum grant size shall be 
$1,000,000: Provided further, That the proceeds of Fed-
eral credit assistance under chapter 6 of title 23, United 
States Code, or chapter 224 of title 49, United States 
Code, shall be considered to be part of the non-Federal 
share of project costs if the loan is repayable from non- 
Federal funds, unless otherwise requested. 
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 
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, 
$30,150,000, of which $4,500,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2025. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous 
materials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous 
Materials Safety Administration, $70,710,500, to remain 
available until September 30, 2025, of which $1,000,000 
shall be made available for carrying out section 5107(i) 
of title 49, United States Code: 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 fur-
ther, That there may be credited to this appropriation, to 
be available until expended, funds received from States, 
counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and pri-
vate sources for expenses incurred for training, for reports
publication and dissemination, and for travel expenses in-
curred 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), $187,800,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025, of which $29,000,000 shall be de-
rived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which 
$151,400,000 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 
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, 
cooperative agreements, or research OTAs are announced 
by the Department of Transportation: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall transmit to the House and Sen-
ate Committees on Appropriations the report on pipeline 
safety testing enhancement as required pursuant to sec-
tion 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 
obligate amounts made available under this heading to en-
gineer, 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 
proviso are approved by the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations.
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EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND) 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Emergency 
Preparedness 
Grants 
program, 
not 
more 
than 
$28,318,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2025, 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 
to make such training available through an electronic for-
mat: Provided further, That the prior year recoveries made
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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, $108,073,000: 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 
uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 
5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code.
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(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 
2725(1) of title 18, United States Code, except as pro-
vided in section 2721 of title 18, United States Code, for
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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. 
SEC. 185. None of the funds made available by this 
Act or in title VIII of division J of the Infrastructure In-
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vestment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58) to the De-
partment of Transportation may be used to make a loan, 
loan guarantee, line of credit, letter of intent, federally 
funded cooperative agreement, full funding grant agree-
ment, 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 
Committees on Appropriations with a comprehensive list 
of all such loans, loan guarantees, lines of credit, letters 
of intent, federally funded cooperative agreements, full 
funding grant agreements, and discretionary grants prior 
to the notification required under the preceding proviso: 
Provided further, That the Secretary gives concurrent noti-
fication to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations for any ‘‘quick release’’ of funds from the emer-
gency relief program: Provided further, That no notifica-
tion shall involve funds that are not available for obliga-
tion.
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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. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans-
portation Appropriations Act, 2023’’.
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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, 
$18,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2024: 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, $690,900,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2024: Provided, That of the sums ap-
propriated under this heading— 
(1) $97,000,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Chief Financial Officer;
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(2) $126,100,000 shall be available for the Of-
fice of the General Counsel, of which not less than 
$18,500,000 shall be for the Departmental Enforce-
ment Center; 
(3) $239,566,000 shall be available for the Of-
fice of Administration, of which not less than 
$3,500,000 may be for modernization and deferred 
maintenance of the Weaver Building; 
(4) $54,776,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Chief Human Capital Officer; 
(5) $32,058,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Chief Procurement Officer; 
(6) $66,200,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Field Policy and Management; 
(7) $5,000,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Departmental Equal Employment Opportunity; 
and 
(8) $70,200,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Chief Information Officer: 
Provided further, That funds made available under this 
heading may be used for necessary administrative and 
non-administrative expenses of the Department, not other-
wise provided for, including purchase of uniforms, or al-
lowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 
5902 of title 5, United States Code; hire of passenger
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motor vehicles; and services as authorized by section 3109 
of title 5, United States Code: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, funds appro-
priated under this heading may be used for advertising 
and promotional activities that directly support program 
activities funded in this title: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall provide the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations quarterly written notification regarding 
the status of pending congressional reports: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall provide in electronic form 
all signed reports required by Congress. 
PROGRAM OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Program Of-
fices, $1,091,200,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2024: Provided, That of the sums appropriated under 
this heading— 
(1) $285,900,000 shall be available for the Of-
fice of Public and Indian Housing; 
(2) $158,100,000 shall be available for the Of-
fice of Community Planning and Development; 
(3) $488,500,000 shall be available for the Of-
fice of Housing, of which not less than $13,000,000 
shall be for the Office of Recapitalization; 
(4) $41,600,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Policy Development and Research;
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(5) $105,800,000 (increased by $105,800,000) 
(reduced by $105,800,000) shall be available for the 
Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity; and 
(6) $11,300,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the working capital fund for the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development (referred to in this para-
graph as the ‘‘Fund’’), pursuant, in part, to section 7(f) 
of the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
Act (42 U.S.C. 3535(f)), amounts transferred, 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, and for any such portion of any office or agency’s 
printing, records management, space renovation, fur-
niture, or supply services the Secretary has determined 
shall be provided through the Fund, and the operational 
expenses of the Fund: Provided, That amounts within the 
Fund shall not be available to provide services not specifi-
cally authorized under this heading: Provided further, 
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
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made available in this title for salaries and expenses under 
the headings ‘‘Executive Offices’’, ‘‘Administrative Sup-
port Offices’’, ‘‘Program Offices’’, and ‘‘Government Na-
tional Mortgage Association’’, for such services shall be 
transferred to the Fund, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That the Secretary 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 
et seq.) (in this title ‘‘the Act’’), not otherwise provided 
for, $27,042,932,000 (increased by $24,000,000) (re-
duced by $24,000,000), to remain available until ex-
pended, which shall be available on October 1, 2022 (in 
addition to the $4,000,000,000 previously appropriated 
under this heading that shall be available on October 1, 
2022), and $4,000,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, which shall be available on October 1, 2023: Pro-
vided, That the amounts made available under this head-
ing are provided as follows:
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(1) $26,184,000,000 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 2023 funding cycle shall 
provide renewal funding for each public housing 
agency based on validated voucher management sys-
tem (VMS) leasing and cost data for the prior cal-
endar year and by applying an inflation factor as es-
tablished by the Secretary, by notice published in 
the Federal Register, and by making any necessary 
adjustments for the costs associated with the first- 
time renewal of vouchers under this paragraph in-
cluding tenant protection and Choice Neighborhoods 
vouchers: Provided further, That funds provided 
under this paragraph and prior Acts 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 contract, except for public hous-
ing agencies participating in the Moving to Work
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(MTW) demonstration, which are instead governed 
in accordance with the requirements of the MTW 
demonstration program or their MTW agreements, 
if any: Provided further, That amounts repurposed 
pursuant to the preceding proviso that were pre-
viously designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or a concur-
rent resolution on the budget are designated as an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the 
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 
2022, and section 1(e) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Con-
gress) as engrossed in the House of Representatives 
on June 8, 2022: Provided further, That costs asso-
ciated with any forgone increases in tenant rent pay-
ments due to the implementation of rent incentives 
as authorized pursuant to waivers or alternative re-
quirements of the Jobs-Plus initiative as described 
under the heading ‘‘Self-Sufficiency Programs’’ shall 
be renewed: Provided further, That costs associated 
with any forgone increases in tenant rent payments 
due to the implementation of rent incentives as au-
thorized pursuant to waivers or alternative require-
ments of the Jobs-Plus initiative as described under
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the heading ‘‘Self-Sufficiency Programs’’ shall be re-
newed: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, to 
the extent necessary to stay within the amount spec-
ified under this paragraph (except as otherwise 
modified under this paragraph), prorate each public 
housing agency’s allocation otherwise established 
pursuant to this paragraph: Provided further, That 
except as provided in the following provisos, the en-
tire amount specified under this paragraph (except 
as otherwise modified under this paragraph) shall be 
obligated to the public housing agencies based on the 
allocation and pro rata method described above, and 
the Secretary shall notify public housing agencies of 
their annual budget by the latter of 60 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act or March 1, 2023: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may extend the 
notification period with the prior written approval of 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions: 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 agree-
ments, if any, and shall be subject to the same pro 
rata adjustments under the preceding provisos: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary may offset public
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housing agencies’ calendar year 2023 allocations 
based on the excess amounts of public housing agen-
cies’ net restricted assets accounts, including HUD- 
held programmatic reserves (in accordance with 
VMS data in calendar year 2022 that is verifiable 
and complete), as determined by the Secretary: Pro-
vided further, That public housing agencies partici-
pating in the MTW demonstration shall also be sub-
ject to the offset, as determined by the Secretary, 
excluding amounts subject to the single fund budget 
authority provisions of their MTW agreements, from 
the agencies’ calendar year 2023 MTW funding allo-
cation: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
use any offset referred to in the preceding two pro-
visos throughout the calendar year to prevent the 
termination of rental assistance for families as the 
result of insufficient funding, as determined by the 
Secretary, and to avoid or reduce the proration of 
renewal funding allocations: Provided further, That 
up to $100,000,000 shall be available only: (1) for 
adjustments in the allocations for public housing 
agencies, after application for an adjustment by a 
public housing agency that experienced a significant 
increase, as determined by the Secretary, in renewal 
costs of vouchers resulting from unforeseen cir-
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cumstances or from portability under section 8(r) of 
the Act; (2) for vouchers that were not in use during 
the previous 12-month period in order to be avail-
able 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 activity to develop afford-
able housing for an agency added to the MTW dem-
onstration under the expansion authority provided in 
section 239 of the Transportation, Housing and 
Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 2016 (division L of Public Law 114– 
113); (3) for adjustments for costs associated with 
HUD–Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD– 
VASH) vouchers; (4) for public housing agencies 
that despite taking reasonable cost savings meas-
ures, as determined by the Secretary, would other-
wise be required to terminate rental assistance as a 
result of insufficient funding; (5) 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 
authority in their net restricted assets accounts and 
HUD-held programmatic reserves, relative to other 
agencies, and (iii) are not participating in the Mov-
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ing to Work demonstration, to enable such agencies 
to lease more vouchers; (6) for withheld payments in 
accordance with section 8(o)(8)(A)(ii) of the Act for 
months in the previous calendar year that were sub-
sequently paid by the public housing agency after 
the agency’s actual costs were validated; and (7) for 
public housing agencies that have experienced in-
creased costs or loss of units in an area for which 
the President declared a disaster under title IV of 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 et seq.); 
(2) $230,000,000 shall be 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 section 23 
projects to assistance under section 8, the family 
unification program under section 8(x) of the Act, 
relocation 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
119 
including replacement and relocation assistance or 
for project-based assistance to prevent the displace-
ment of unassisted elderly tenants currently residing 
in section 202 properties financed between 1959 and 
1974 that are refinanced pursuant to Public Law 
106–569, as amended, or under the authority as 
provided under this Act: Provided, That of the 
amounts made available under this paragraph, up to 
$10,000,000 shall be available to provide public 
housing agencies with enhanced vouchers for fami-
lies residing in State-assisted projects financed be-
tween 1970 and 1979 that were subject to a use 
agreement under the Low-Income Housing Preserva-
tion and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990 (title 
VI of Public Law 101–625; LIHPRHA) or the 
Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation Act 
of 1987 (title II of Public Law 100–242; ELIHPA) 
on the date the affordability protections at such 
projects expire or terminate during calendar years 
2022 and 2023: Provided further, That that the 
State housing finance agency shall submit the re-
quest to the Secretary for enhanced vouchers for 
families residing in such eligible State-assisted 
projects no later than the latter of 120 days prior 
to the expiration or termination of affordability pro-
120 
tections at such projects or 120 days after enact-
ment of this Act: Provided further, That such en-
hanced vouchers shall not be considered replacement 
vouchers: Provided further, That when a public hous-
ing development is submitted for demolition or dis-
position under section 18 of the Act, the Secretary 
may provide section 8 rental assistance when the 
units pose an imminent health and safety risk to 
residents: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
provide section 8 rental assistance from amounts 
made available under this paragraph for units as-
sisted under a project-based subsidy contract funded 
under the ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’’ head-
ing under this title where the owner has received a 
Notice of Default and the units pose an imminent 
health and safety risk to residents: Provided further, 
That to the extent that the Secretary determines 
that such units are not feasible for continued rental 
assistance payments or transfer of the subsidy con-
tract associated with such units to another project 
or projects and owner or owners, any remaining 
amounts associated with such units under such con-
tract shall be recaptured and such recaptured 
amounts, in an amount equal to the cost of rental 
assistance provided pursuant to the previous proviso,
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up to the total amounts recaptured, shall be trans-
ferred to and merged with amounts under this para-
graph: Provided further, That of the amounts made 
available under this paragraph, no less than 
$5,000,000 may be available to provide tenant pro-
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 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f(t)): Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
issue guidance to implement the previous two pro-
visos, including, but not limited to, requirements for
122 
defining eligible at-risk households not later than 60 
days after the date of enactment of this Act: Pro-
vided 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-
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) $2,756,932,000 (reduced by $1,000,000) 
(increased by $1,000,000) shall be for administrative 
and other expenses of public housing agencies in ad-
ministering the section 8 tenant-based rental assist-
ance program, of which up to $10,000,000 shall be 
available to the Secretary to allocate to public hous-
ing agencies that need additional funds to admin-
ister their section 8 programs, including fees associ-
ated with section 8 tenant protection rental assist-
ance, the administration of disaster related vouchers,
123 
HUD–VASH vouchers, and other special purpose in-
cremental vouchers: Provided, That no less than 
$2,746,932,000 of the amount provided in this para-
graph shall be allocated to public housing agencies 
for the calendar year 2023 funding cycle based on 
section 8(q) of the Act (and related Appropriation 
Act provisions) as in effect immediately before the 
enactment of the Quality Housing and Work Re-
sponsibility Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–276): Pro-
vided further, That if the amounts made available 
under this paragraph are insufficient to pay the 
amounts determined under the preceding proviso, 
the Secretary may decrease the amounts allocated to 
agencies by a uniform percentage applicable to all 
agencies receiving funding under this paragraph or 
may, to the extent necessary to provide full payment 
of amounts determined under the preceding proviso, 
utilize unobligated balances, including recaptures 
and carryover, remaining from funds appropriated to 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
under this heading from prior fiscal years, excluding 
special purpose vouchers, notwithstanding the pur-
poses for which such amounts were appropriated: 
Provided further, That all public housing agencies 
participating in the MTW demonstration shall be
124 
funded in accordance with the requirements of the 
MTW demonstration program or their MTW agree-
ments, if any, and shall be subject to the same uni-
form percentage decrease as under the preceding 
proviso: Provided further, That amounts provided 
under this paragraph shall be only for activities re-
lated to the provision of tenant-based rental assist-
ance authorized under section 8, including related 
development activities; 
(4) $667,000,000 for the renewal of tenant- 
based assistance contracts under section 811 of the 
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act 
(42 U.S.C. 8013), including necessary administra-
tive expenses: Provided, That administrative and 
other expenses of public housing agencies in admin-
istering the special purpose vouchers in this para-
graph shall be funded under the same terms and be 
subject to the same pro rata reduction as the per-
cent 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 (1) for adjust-
ments in the allocation for public housing agencies, 
after applications for an adjustment by a public 
housing agency that experienced a significant in-
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crease, as determined by the Secretary, in Main-
stream renewal costs resulting from unforeseen cir-
cumstances, and (2) for public housing agencies that 
despite taking reasonable cost savings measures, as 
determined by the Secretary, would otherwise be re-
quired to terminate the rental assistance for Main-
stream families as a result of insufficient funding: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall allocate 
amounts under the preceding proviso based on need, 
as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, 
That of the amounts made available under this para-
graph, up to $5,000,000 shall be available for a pilot 
program for public housing agencies that partner 
with administering entities under the Projects for 
Assistance 
in 
Transition 
from 
Homelessness 
(PATH) program as authorized by the Stewart B. 
McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 
1990 or other eligible entities, as determined by the 
Secretary, to assist persons with serious mental ill-
ness: Provided further, That the amounts made 
available in the preceding proviso shall be for incre-
mental rental voucher assistance, including project- 
based vouchers, under such section 811 for non-el-
derly persons with serious mental illness, and for ad-
ministrative and other expenses of public housing
126 
agencies: Provided further, That in awarding assist-
ance under such pilot program the Secretary may 
give bonus points to public housing agencies giving 
preference to individuals referred from the Coordi-
nated Entry System (CES) or operating a Family 
Self-Sufficiency program: Provided further, That in 
administering such pilot program, the Secretary may 
waive, or specify alternative requirements for, any 
provision of any statute or regulation that the Sec-
retary administers in connection with the use of 
funds made available under such pilot (except for re-
quirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimina-
tion, labor standards, and the environment), upon a 
finding by the Secretary that any such waivers or al-
ternative requirements are necessary for the effective 
delivery and administration of such voucher assist-
ance: Provided further, 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-elder-
ly persons with disabilities; 
(5) Of the amounts provided under paragraph 
(1) up to $5,000,000 shall be for rental assistance 
and associated administrative fees for Tribal HUD– 
VASH to serve Native American veterans that are
127 
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 assistance under 
prior Acts under the Tribal HUD–VASH program: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall be author-
ized to specify criteria for renewal grants, including 
data on the utilization of assistance reported by 
grant recipients: Provided further, That such assist-
ance shall be administered in accordance with pro-
gram requirements under the Native American 
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 
1996 and modeled after the HUD–VASH program: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall be author-
ized to waive, or specify alternative requirements for 
any provision of any statute or regulation that the 
Secretary administers in connection with the use of 
funds made available under this paragraph (except 
for requirements related to fair housing, non-
discrimination, labor standards, and the environ-
ment), upon a finding by the Secretary that any 
such waivers or alternative requirements are nec-
essary for the effective delivery and administration 
of such assistance: Provided further, That grant re-
cipients shall report to the Secretary on utilization
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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; 
(6) $50,000,000 for incremental rental voucher 
assistance for use through a supported housing pro-
gram administered in conjunction with the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs as authorized under section 
8(o)(19) of the United States Housing Act of 1937: 
Provided, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development shall make such funding available, not-
withstanding section 203 (competition provision) of 
this title, to public housing agencies that partner 
with eligible VA Medical Centers or other entities as 
designated by the Secretary of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, based on geographical need for 
such assistance as identified by the Secretary of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, public housing 
agency administrative performance, and other fac-
tors as specified by the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development in consultation with the Sec-
retary of the Department of Veterans Affairs: Pro-
129 
vided further, That of the amounts made available 
under this paragraph, up to $5,000,000 may be allo-
cated to public housing agencies administering tem-
porary case management and supportive services to 
HUD–VASH eligible veterans that have not yet re-
ceived a referral from the Department of Veterans 
Affairs: Provided further, That the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development may waive, or 
specify alternative requirements for (in consultation 
with the Secretary of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs), any provision of any statute or regulation 
that the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment administers in connection with the use of 
funds made available under this paragraph (except 
for requirements related to fair housing, non-
discrimination, labor standards, and the environ-
ment), upon a finding by the Secretary that any 
such waivers or alternative requirements are nec-
essary for the effective delivery and administration 
of such voucher assistance: Provided further, That 
assistance made available under this paragraph shall 
continue to remain available for homeless veterans 
upon turn-over; 
(7) $30,000,000 shall be made available for the 
family unification program as authorized under sec-
130 
tion 8(x) of the Act: Provided, That the amounts 
made available under this paragraph are provided as 
follows: 
(A) $5,000,000 shall be for new incre-
mental voucher assistance: Provided, That the 
assistance made available under this subpara-
graph shall continue to remain available for 
family unification upon turnover; and 
(B) $25,000,000 shall be for new incre-
mental voucher assistance to assist eligible 
youth as defined by such section 8(x)(2)(B): 
Provided, That assistance made available under 
this subparagraph shall continue to remain 
available for such eligible youth upon turnover: 
Provided further, That of the total amount 
made available under this subparagraph, up to 
$15,000,000 shall be available on a noncompeti-
tive basis to public housing agencies that part-
ner with public child welfare agencies to iden-
tify such eligible youth, that request such as-
sistance to timely assist such eligible youth, and 
that meet any other criteria as specified by the 
Secretary: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall review utilization of the assistance made 
available under the preceding proviso, at an in-
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terval to be determined by the Secretary, and 
unutilized voucher assistance that is no longer 
needed shall be recaptured by the Secretary and 
reallocated pursuant to the preceding proviso: 
Provided further, That for any public housing agency 
administering voucher assistance appropriated in a 
prior Act under the family unification program, or 
made available and competitively selected under this 
paragraph, that determines that it no longer has an 
identified need for such assistance upon turnover, 
such agency shall notify the Secretary, and the Sec-
retary shall recapture such assistance from the agen-
cy and reallocate it to any other public housing 
agency or agencies based on need for voucher assist-
ance in connection with such specified program or 
eligible youth, as applicable; 
(8) $1,100,000,000 (increased by $24,000,000) 
(reduced by $24,000,000) shall be made available 
for new incremental voucher assistance under section 
8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 to 
be allocated pursuant to a method, as determined by 
the Secretary, which may include a formula that 
may include such factors as severe cost burden, over-
crowding, substandard housing for very low-income 
renters, homelessness, and administrative capacity,
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where such allocation method shall include both 
rural and urban areas: Provided, That the Secretary 
may specify additional terms and conditions to en-
sure that public housing agencies provide vouchers 
for use by survivors of domestic violence, or individ-
uals and families who are homeless, as defined in 
section 103(a) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless As-
sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302(a)), or at risk of 
homelessness, as defined in section 401(1) of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 11360(1)); 
(9) $25,000,000 shall be for mobility-related 
services, as defined by the Secretary, for voucher 
families with children modeled after services pro-
vided in connection with the mobility demonstration 
authorized under section 235 of division G of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f note; Public Law 116–6): Provided, That the 
Secretary shall make funding available to public 
housing agencies on a competitive basis and shall 
give preference to public housing agencies with high-
er concentrations of housing choice voucher families 
with children residing in high-poverty neighborhoods: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may recapture 
from the public housing agencies unused balances 
based on utilization of such awards and reallocate
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such amounts to any other public housing agency or 
agencies based on need for such mobility-related 
services as identified under such competition; and 
(10) the Secretary shall separately track all 
special purpose vouchers funded under this heading: 
Provided, That the Secretary may waive, or specify 
alternative requirements for, any provision of any 
statute or regulation that the Secretary administers 
in connection with the use of funds made available 
for new incremental voucher assistance or renewals 
for the Mainstream program, the HUD–VASH pro-
gram (in consultation with the Secretary of the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs), and the family unifi-
cation program (including the Foster Youth to Inde-
pendence program) in this and prior Acts (except for 
requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimina-
tion, labor standards, and the environment), upon a 
finding by the Secretary that any such waivers or al-
ternative requirements are necessary for the effective 
delivery and administration of voucher assistance in 
such respective programs. 
HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
Unobligated balances, including recaptures and car-
ryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the Depart-
134 
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 2023 and prior years may be used 
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 2023 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
135 
U.S.C. 
1437g(d)), 
$8,733,500,000 
(increased 
by 
$65,000,000,000) (reduced by $65,000,000,000), to re-
main available until September 30, 2026: Provided, That 
the amounts made available under this heading are pro-
vided as follows: 
(1) $5,038,500,000 (reduced by $12,500,000) 
(increased by $12,500,000) shall be available to the 
Secretary to allocate pursuant to the Operating 
Fund formula at part 990 of title 24, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations, for 2023 payments: Provided, That 
the amount of any forgone increases in tenant rent 
payments due to the implementation of rent incen-
tives as authorized pursuant to waivers or alter-
native requirements of the Jobs-Plus initiative as de-
scribed under the heading ‘‘Self-Sufficiency Pro-
grams’’ shall be factored into the PHA’s general op-
erating fund eligibility pursuant to such formula; 
(2) $25,000,000 shall be available to 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-
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maining funds to all public housing agencies on a 
pro-rata basis pursuant to such Operating Fund for-
mula; 
(3) 
$3,400,000,000 
(increased 
by 
$65,000,000,000) (reduced by $65,000,000,000) 
shall be available to the Secretary to allocate pursu-
ant to the Capital Fund formula at section 905.400 
of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations: Provided, 
That for funds provided under this paragraph, the 
limitation in section 9(g)(1) of the Act shall be 25 
percent: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
waive the limitation in the preceding proviso to allow 
public housing agencies to fund activities authorized 
under section 9(e)(1)(C) of the Act: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall notify public housing 
agencies requesting waivers under the preceding pro-
viso if the request is approved or denied within 14 
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 2023 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;
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(4) $65,000,000 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 2023, of which 
$45,000,000 shall be available for public housing 
agencies under administrative and judicial receiver-
ships or under the control of a Federal monitor: 
Provided, That of the amount made available under 
this paragraph, not less than $10,000,000 shall be 
for safety and security measures: Provided further, 
That in addition to the amount in the preceding pro-
viso for such safety and security measures, any 
amounts that remain available, after all applications 
received on or before September 30, 2024, for emer-
gency capital needs have been processed, shall be al-
located to public housing agencies for such safety 
and security measures;
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(5) $65,000,000 shall be for competitive grants 
to public housing agencies to evaluate and reduce 
residential health hazards in public housing, includ-
ing lead-based paint (by carrying out the activities 
of risk assessments, abatement, and interim con-
trols, as those terms are defined in section 1004 of 
the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction 
Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4851b)), carbon monoxide, 
mold, radon, and fire safety: Provided, That not less 
than $25,000,000 of the amounts provided under 
this paragraph shall be awarded for evaluating and 
reducing lead-based paint hazards: Provided further, 
That for purposes of environmental review, a grant 
under this paragraph shall be considered funds for 
projects or activities under title I of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et 
seq.) for purposes of section 26 of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 1437x) and shall be subject to the regula-
tions implementing such section: Provided further, 
That amounts made available under this paragraph 
shall be combined with amounts made available 
under the sixth paragraph under this heading in the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 
116–260) and shall be used in accordance with the 
purposes and requirements under this paragraph:
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Provided further, That amounts made available 
under this paragraph may be used for competitive 
grants to public housing agencies that improve water 
and energy efficiency, or reduce the risk of harm to 
occupants or property from natural hazards; 
(6) $15,000,000 shall be to support the costs of 
administrative and judicial receiverships and for 
competitive grants to PHAs in receivership, des-
ignated 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; 
(7) $50,000,000 shall be to support ongoing 
public housing financial and physical assessment ac-
tivities; 
(8) $75,000,000 shall be available to improve 
the energy or water efficiency or climate resilience of 
public housing, including for competitive grants to 
public housing agencies for capital improvements to 
achieve such purposes: Provided, That of the 
amounts made available under this paragraph, up to 
$20,000,000, 
shall 
be 
available 
for 
utility 
benchmarking, including research and evaluations, 
technical assistance, to develop systems and tools
140 
necessary to collect and analyze PHA utility 
benchmarking data, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2026: Provided further, That for pur-
poses of environmental review, grants under this 
paragraph shall be considered funds for projects or 
activities under title I of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) for purposes 
of section 26 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1437x) and 
shall be subject to the regulations implementing 
such section: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law or regulation, during fiscal year 2023, 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 
binding agreement that will result in outlays, immediately 
or in the future. 
CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVE 
For competitive grants under the Choice Neighbor-
hoods Initiative (subject to section 24 of the United States
141 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v) unless otherwise 
specified under this heading), for transformation, rehabili-
tation, and replacement housing needs of public and 
HUD-assisted housing and to transform neighborhoods of 
poverty into functioning, sustainable, mixed-income neigh-
borhoods with appropriate services, schools, public assets, 
transportation, and access to jobs, $450,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That 
grant funds may be used for resident and community serv-
ices, community development, and affordable housing 
needs in the community, and for conversion of vacant or 
foreclosed properties to affordable housing: Provided fur-
ther, That not more than 20 percent of the amount of any 
grant made with amounts made available under this head-
ing may be used for necessary supportive services notwith-
standing subsection (d)(1)(L) of such section 24: Provided 
further, That the use of amounts made available under 
this heading shall not be deemed to be for public housing, 
notwithstanding section 3(b)(1) of such Act: Provided fur-
ther, That grantees shall commit to an additional period 
of affordability determined by the Secretary of not fewer 
than 20 years: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
specify a period of affordability that is less than 20 years 
with respect to owner-occupied homeownership units de-
veloped with grants from amounts made available under
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this heading: Provided further, That grantees shall provide 
a match in State, local, other Federal, or private funds: 
Provided further, That grantees may include local govern-
ments, Tribal entities, public housing agencies, and non-
profit organizations: Provided further, That for-profit de-
velopers may apply jointly with a public entity: Provided 
further, That for purposes of environmental review, a 
grantee shall be treated as a public housing agency under 
section 26 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437x), and grants made with amounts available 
under this heading shall be subject to the regulations 
issued by the Secretary to implement such section: Pro-
vided further, That of the amounts made available under 
this heading, not less than $225,000,000 shall be awarded 
to public housing agencies: Provided further, That such 
grantees shall create partnerships with other local organi-
zations, including assisted housing owners, service agen-
cies, and resident organizations: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall consult with the Secretaries of Edu-
cation, Labor, Transportation, Health and Human Serv-
ices, Agriculture, and Commerce, the Attorney General, 
and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency to coordinate and leverage other appropriate Fed-
eral resources: Provided further, That not more than 
$10,000,000 of the amounts made available under this
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heading may be provided as grants to undertake com-
prehensive local planning with input from residents and 
the community: Provided further, That unobligated bal-
ances, including recaptures, remaining from amounts 
made available under the heading ‘‘Revitalization of Se-
verely Distressed Public Housing (HOPE VI)’’ in fiscal 
year 2011 and prior fiscal years may be used for purposes 
under this heading, notwithstanding the purposes for 
which such amounts were appropriated: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall make grant awards not later than 
1 year after the date of enactment of this Act in such 
amounts that the Secretary determines: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding section 24(o) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v(o)), the Secretary 
may, until September 30, 2023, obligate any available un-
obligated balances made available under this heading in 
this or any prior Act. 
SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAMS 
For activities and assistance related to Self-Suffi-
ciency Programs, to remain available until September 30, 
2026, $175,000,000: Provided, That the amounts made 
available under this heading are provided as follows: 
(1) $125,000,000 shall be for the Family Self- 
Sufficiency program to support family self-suffi-
ciency coordinators under section 23 of the United
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States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437u), to 
promote the development of local strategies to co-
ordinate the use of assistance under sections 8 and 
9 of such Act with public and private resources, and 
enable eligible families to achieve economic inde-
pendence and self-sufficiency: Provided, That the 
Secretary may, by Federal Register notice, waive or 
specify alternative requirements under subsections 
(b)(3), (b)(4), (b)(5), or (c)(1) of section 23 of such 
Act in order to facilitate the operation of a unified 
self-sufficiency program for individuals receiving as-
sistance under different provisions of such Act, as 
determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That 
an owner or sponsor of a multifamily property re-
ceiving project-based rental assistance under section 
8 of such Act shall be eligible to receive awards from 
the Secretary under this paragraph in this and prior 
Acts to support family self-sufficiency coordinators 
as established in the final rule ‘‘Streamlining and 
Implementation of Economic Growth, Regulatory 
Relief, and Consumer Protection Act Changes to 
Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Program’’ published 
in the Federal Register on May 17, 2022 (87 Fed. 
Reg. 30020): Provided further, That owners or spon-
sors of a multifamily property receiving project-
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based rental assistance under section 8 of such Act 
may voluntarily make a Family Self-Sufficiency pro-
gram available to the assisted tenants of such prop-
erty in accordance with procedures established by 
the Secretary: Provided further, That such proce-
dures established pursuant to the preceding proviso 
shall permit participating tenants to accrue escrow 
funds in accordance with section 23(d)(2) of such 
Act and shall allow owners to use funding from re-
sidual receipt accounts to hire coordinators for their 
own Family Self-Sufficiency program; 
(2) $35,000,000 shall be for the Resident Op-
portunity 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 Assist-
ance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 
4101 et seq.): Provided, That amounts made avail-
able under this paragraph may be made available for 
grant renewal for the Resident Opportunity and 
Self-Sufficiency program for any public housing 
agency or owner of a multifamily property receiving 
project-based rental assistance under section 8 of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.
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1437f) that lost any amount of funding for the Resi-
dent Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency program as a 
result of participation in the program created under 
the heading ‘‘Rental Assistance 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 
(3) $15,000,000 shall be for a Jobs-Plus initia-
tive, modeled after the Jobs-Plus demonstration: 
Provided, That funding provided under this para-
graph shall be available for competitive grants to 
partnerships between public housing authorities or 
owners or sponsors of multifamily properties receiv-
ing project-based rental assistance under section 8, 
that, in partnership with local workforce investment 
boards established under section 107 of the Work-
force Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (29 
U.S.C. 3122), and other agencies and organizations 
provide support to help public housing residents, or 
tenants residing in units assisted under a project- 
based section 8 contract (including section 8(o)(13) 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937), obtain 
employment or increase earnings, or both: Provided 
further, That applicants must demonstrate the abil-
ity to provide services to residents, partner with
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workforce investment boards, and leverage service 
dollars: Provided 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 requirements are necessary for the effec-
tive implementation of the Jobs-Plus initiative as a 
voluntary program for residents: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall publish by notice in the 
Federal Register any waivers or alternative require-
ments pursuant to the preceding proviso no later 
than 10 days before the effective date of such notice: 
Provided further, That the costs of any rent incen-
tives as authorized pursuant to such waivers or al-
ternative requirements shall not be charged against 
the competitive grant amounts made available under 
this paragraph. 
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
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‘‘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, $1,000,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided, 
That the amounts made available under this heading are 
provided as follows: 
(1) $772,000,000 shall be for the Native Amer-
ican Housing Block Grants program, as authorized 
under title I of NAHASDA: Provided, That, not-
withstanding NAHASDA, to determine the amount 
of the allocation under title I of such Act for each 
Indian tribe, the Secretary shall apply the formula 
under section 302 of such Act with the need compo-
nent 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 Indian 
tribe shall be the greater of the two resulting alloca-
tion amounts: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall notify grantees of their formula allocation not 
later than 60 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act; 
(2) $150,000,000 shall be for competitive 
grants under the Native American Housing Block 
Grants program, as authorized under title I of
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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 a grant funded pursuant to this para-
graph shall be in an amount not greater than 
$7,500,000: Provided further, That any amounts 
transferred for the necessary costs of administering 
and overseeing the obligation and expenditure of 
such amounts in prior Acts may also be used for the 
necessary costs of administering and overseeing such 
amounts; 
(3) $1,000,000 shall be for the cost of guaran-
teed notes and other obligations, as authorized by 
title VI of NAHASDA: Provided, That such costs, 
including the cost of modifying such notes and 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 available in 
this and prior Acts for the cost of such guaranteed 
notes and other obligations, that are unobligated, in-
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cluding recaptures and carryover, shall 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, 2024; 
(4) $70,000,000 shall be for grants to Indian 
tribes for carrying out the Indian Community Devel-
opment Block Grant program under title I of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, 
notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of such Act, of 
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 purposes, shall be for pro-
viding 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
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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), $5,521,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That such costs, 
including the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as 
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a): Provided further, That amounts 
made available in this and prior Acts for the cost of guar-
anteed loans, as authorized by section 184 of the Housing 
and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 
1715z–13a), that are unobligated, including recaptures 
and carryover, shall be available to subsidize total loan 
principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to 
exceed $1,400,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2024. 
NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANT 
For the Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant pro-
gram, as authorized under title VIII of the Native Amer-
ican Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 
1996 (25 U.S.C. 4221 et seq.), $10,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That not-
withstanding section 812(b) of such Act, the Department 
of Hawaiian Home Lands may not invest grant amounts
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made available under this heading in investment securities 
and other obligations: Provided further, That amounts 
made available under this heading in this and prior fiscal 
years may be used to provide rental assistance to eligible 
Native Hawaiian families both on and off the Hawaiian 
Home Lands, notwithstanding any other provision of law. 
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, 
to remain available until September 30, 2024, in total loan 
principal: 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.), 
$600,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2024, except that amounts allocated pursuant to section 
854(c)(5) of such Act shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025: Provided, That the Department shall no-
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tify grantees 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, 
$5,299,157,664 (increased by $3,000,000,000) (reduced 
by $3,000,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (reduced 
by $1,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by 
$1,000,000) (increased by $3,000,000,000) (reduced by 
$3,000,000,000), to remain available until September 30, 
2026, unless otherwise specified: Provided, That of the 
total amount provided under this heading, $3,300,000,000 
(increased 
by 
$3,000,000,000) 
(reduced 
by 
$3,000,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by 
$1,000,000) (increased by $3,000,000,000) (reduced by 
$3,000,000,000) is for carrying out the community devel-
opment block grant program under title I of the Housing 
and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended 
(42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) (in this heading ‘‘the Act’’): Pro-
vided further, That unless explicitly provided for under 
this heading, not to exceed 20 percent of any grant made 
with funds made available under this heading shall be ex-
pended for planning and management development and 
administration: Provided further, That a metropolitan city,
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urban county, unit of general local government, or insular 
area that directly or indirectly receives funds under this 
heading may not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer all or 
any portion of such funds to another such entity in ex-
change for any other funds, credits, or non-Federal con-
siderations, but shall use such funds for activities eligible 
under title I of the Act: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 105(e)(1) of the Act, no funds made 
available under this heading may be provided to a for-prof-
it entity for an economic development project under sec-
tion 105(a)(17) unless such project has been evaluated 
and selected in accordance with guidelines required under 
subsection (e)(2) of section 105: Provided further, That 
of the total amount provided under this heading, 
$25,000,000 shall be for activities authorized under sec-
tion 8071 of the SUPPORT for Patients and Commu-
nities Act (Public Law 115–271): Provided further, That 
the funds allocated pursuant to the preceding proviso shall 
not adversely affect the amount of any formula assistance 
received by a State under the first proviso: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall allocate the funds for such 
activities based on the notice establishing the funding for-
mula published in 84 FR 16027 (April 17, 2019) except 
that the formula shall use age-adjusted rates of drug over-
dose deaths for 2019 based on data from the Centers for
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Disease Control and Prevention: Provided further, That of 
the total amount made available under this heading, 
$1,974,157,664 shall be available for grants for the Eco-
nomic Development Initiative (EDI) for the purposes, and 
in amounts, specified for Community Project Funding in 
the table titled ‘‘Transportation, Housing and Urban De-
velopment Incorporation of Community Project Funding 
Items’’ included in the report accompanying this Act: Pro-
vided further, That none of the amounts made available 
in the preceding proviso shall be used for reimbursement 
of expenses incurred prior to the obligation of funds: Pro-
vided further, That the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development shall notify grantees of their formula alloca-
tion within 60 days of enactment of this Act: Provided 
further, That for fiscal year 2023 section 105(a)(8) of the 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5305(a)(8)) and section 570.201(e) of title 
24, Code of Federal Regulations, shall not apply for public 
services activities to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
homelessness and emergency rental assistance needs. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a), during fiscal year 2023, 
commitments to guarantee loans under section 108 of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42
157 
U.S.C. 5308), any part of which is guaranteed, shall not 
exceed a total principal amount of $300,000,000, notwith-
standing any aggregate limitation on outstanding obliga-
tions guaranteed in subsection (k) of such section 108: 
Provided, That the Secretary shall collect fees from bor-
rowers, notwithstanding subsection (m) of such section 
108, to result in a credit subsidy cost of zero for guaran-
teeing such loans, and any such fees shall be collected in 
accordance with section 502(7) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That such commit-
ment authority funded by fees may be used to guarantee, 
or make commitments to guarantee, notes or other obliga-
tions issued by any State on behalf of non-entitlement 
communities in the State in accordance with the require-
ments of such section 108: Provided further, That any 
State receiving such a guarantee or commitment under the 
preceding proviso shall distribute all funds subject to such 
guarantee to the units of general local government in non- 
entitlement areas that received the commitment: Provided 
further, That $60,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025, shall be for competitive economic devel-
opment grants, as authorized by section 108(q) of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as 
amended, for projects that improve community resilience 
by supporting distributed clean energy plus storage, flood-
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control infrastructure, or redevelopment of brownfields or 
grayfields, such as foreclosed, vacant, contaminated, aban-
doned, or blighted properties, obsolete manufactured hous-
ing, vacant shopping malls, landfills, or otherwise under-
utilized commercial or industrial properties: Provided fur-
ther, That no funds made available under this heading 
may be used to establish loan loss reserves for the section 
108 Community Development Loan Guarantee program: 
Provided further, That amounts made available under this 
heading may be used for the payment of costs associated 
with private sector financing of debt obligations and fees 
collected in connection with the section 108 Community 
Development Loan Guarantee program. 
HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM 
For the HOME Investment Partnerships program, as 
authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na-
tional Affordable Housing Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
12721 
et 
seq.), 
$1,675,000,000 
(increased 
by 
$20,000,000,000) (reduced by $20,000,000,000), to re-
main available until September 30, 2026: Provided, That 
of the amount made available under this heading, up to 
$50,000,000 (increased by $10,000,000,000) (reduced by 
$10,000,000,000) shall be for awards to States and insu-
lar areas for assistance to homebuyers as authorized under 
section 212(a)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12742(a)(1)),
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in addition to amounts made otherwise available for such 
purpose: Provided further, That amounts made available 
under the preceding proviso shall be allocated in the same 
manner as other amounts made available under this head-
ing, except that amounts that would have been reserved 
and allocated to units of general local government within 
the State pursuant to section 217 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
12747) shall be provided to the State: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may waive or specify alternative re-
quirements for any provision of such Act in connection 
with the use of amounts made available under the pre-
ceding two provisos (except for requirements related to 
fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the 
environment) upon a finding that any such waivers or al-
ternative requirements are necessary to expedite or facili-
tate the use of amounts awarded pursuant to the pre-
ceding provisos: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
section 231(b) of such Act (24 U.S.C. 12771(b)), all unob-
ligated balances remaining from amounts recaptured pur-
suant to such section that remain available until expended 
shall be combined with amounts made available under this 
heading and allocated in accordance with the formula 
under section 217(b)(1)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
12747(b)(1)(A)): Provided further, That the Department 
shall notify grantees of their formula allocations not later
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than 60 days after enactment of this Act: Provided further, 
That section 218(g) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12748(g)) 
shall not apply with respect to the right of a jurisdiction 
to draw funds from its HOME Investment Trust Fund 
that otherwise expired or would expire in any calendar 
year from 2016 through 2025 under that section: Provided 
further, That section 231(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
12771(b)) shall not apply to any uninvested funds that 
otherwise were deducted or would be deducted from the 
line of credit in the participating jurisdiction’s HOME In-
vestment Trust Fund in any calendar year from 2018 
through 2025 under that section. 
PRESERVATION AND REINVESTMENT INITIATIVE FOR 
COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT 
For competitive grants to preserve and revitalize 
manufactured housing and eligible manufactured housing 
communities (including pre-1976 mobile homes) under 
title I of the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1974, as amended (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), 
$500,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2027: Provided, That recipients of grants provided with 
amounts made available under this heading shall be 
States, units of general local government, resident-owned 
manufactured housing communities, cooperatives, non-
profit entities including consortia of nonprofit entities,
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community development financial institutions, Indian 
Tribes and Tribally designated housing entities, or other 
entities approved by the Secretary: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may approve entities for selection that part-
ner with one or several residents of such eligible commu-
nities or that propose to implement a grant program that 
would assist residents of such eligible communities: Pro-
vided further, That eligible uses of such grants may in-
clude infrastructure, planning, resident and community 
services (including relocation assistance and eviction pre-
vention), resiliency activities, and providing other assist-
ance to residents or owners of manufactured homes, which 
may include providing assistance for manufactured hous-
ing land and site acquisition: Provided further, That, ex-
cept as determined by the Secretary, participation in this 
program shall not encumber the future transfer of title 
or use of property by the residents, owners, or commu-
nities: Provided further, That when selecting recipients, 
the Secretary shall prioritize applications that primarily 
benefit low- or moderately low-income residents and pre-
serve long-term housing affordability for residents of man-
ufactured housing or a manufactured housing community: 
Provided further, That eligible manufactured housing com-
munities may include those that are—
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(1) owned by the residents of the manufactured hous-
ing community through a resident-controlled entity, as de-
fined by the Secretary; or 
(2) determined by the Secretary to be subject to bind-
ing agreements that will preserve the community and 
maintain affordability on a long-term basis: 
Provided further, That, of the amounts made available 
under this heading, $50,000,000 shall be for a pilot pro-
gram for the Secretary to provide grants to assist in the 
redevelopment of manufactured housing communities (in-
cluding pre-1976 mobile homes) as replacement housing 
that is affordable, as defined by the Secretary: Provided 
further, That each such redevelopment project shall pro-
vide, for each unit of single-family manufactured housing 
(including pre-1976 mobile homes) replaced under the 
project, up to 4 dwelling units of such affordable housing: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall define eligible 
activities for grant assistance under the pilot program, 
which may include relocation assistance or buy-outs for 
residents of a manufactured housing community or down-
payment assistance for such residents: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall require each grantee under the 
pilot program to supplement the amount of the grant with 
non-Federal amounts exceeding 50 percent of the grant: 
Provided further, That resiliency activities means the re-
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construction, repair, or replacement of manufactured 
housing and manufactured housing communities to pro-
tect the health and safety of manufactured housing resi-
dents and to address weatherization and energy efficiency 
needs, except that for pre-1976 mobile homes, funds made 
available under this heading may be used only for replace-
ment: Provided further, That the Secretary may waive or 
specify alternative requirements for any provision of any 
statute or regulation that the Secretary administers in 
connection with the use of amounts made available under 
this heading (except for requirements related to fair hous-
ing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the environ-
ment), upon a finding that such waiver or alternative re-
quirement is necessary to facilitate the use of such 
amounts. 
SELF-HELP AND ASSISTED HOMEOWNERSHIP 
OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM 
For the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Op-
portunity Program, as authorized under section 11 of the 
Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996 (42 
U.S.C. 12805 note), and for related activities and assist-
ance, $62,500,000 (increased by $2,000,000), to remain 
available until September 30, 2025: Provided, That the 
amounts made available under this heading are provided 
as follows:
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(1) $12,500,000 shall be for the Self-Help 
Homeownership Opportunity Program as authorized 
under such section 11; 
(2) $45,000,000 (increased by $2,000,000) 
shall be for the second, third, and fourth capacity 
building entities specified in section 4(a) of the 
HUD Demonstration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816 
note), of which not less than $5,000,000 shall be for 
rural capacity building activities: Provided, That for 
purposes of awarding grants from amounts made 
available in this paragraph, the Secretary may enter 
into multiyear agreements, as appropriate, subject to 
the availability of annual appropriations; and 
(3) $5,000,000 shall be for capacity building by 
national rural housing organizations having experi-
ence assessing national rural conditions and pro-
viding financing, training, technical assistance, infor-
mation, and research to local nonprofit organiza-
tions, local governments, and Indian Tribes serving 
high need rural communities. 
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For assistance under title IV of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360 et seq.), 
$3,604,000,000 (reduced by $3,604,000,000) (increased 
by $3,604,000,000), to remain available until September
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30, 2025: Provided, That of the amounts made available 
under this heading— 
(1) $290,000,000 shall be for the Emergency 
Solutions Grants program authorized under subtitle 
B of such title IV (42 U.S.C. 11371 et seq.): Pro-
vided, That the Department shall notify grantees of 
their formula allocation from amounts allocated 
(which may represent initial or final amounts allo-
cated) for the Emergency Solutions Grant program 
not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act; 
(2) $3,200,000,000 shall be for the Continuum 
of Care program authorized under subtitle C of such 
title IV (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) and the Rural 
Housing Stability Assistance programs authorized 
under subtitle D of such title IV (42 U.S.C. 11408): 
Provided, That the Secretary shall prioritize funding 
under the Continuum of Care program to contin-
uums of care that have demonstrated a capacity to 
reallocate funding from lower performing projects to 
higher performing projects: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall provide incentives to create 
projects that coordinate with housing providers and 
healthcare organizations to provide permanent sup-
portive housing and rapid re-housing services: Pro-
vided further, That for fiscal year 2023 the Sec-
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retary may establish by notice an alternative max-
imum amount for administrative costs related to the 
requirements described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of 
section 402(f) of subtitle A of such title IV of no 
more than 5 percent or $50,000, whichever is great-
er, notwithstanding the 3 percent limitation in sec-
tion 423(a)(10) of such subtitle C: Provided further, 
That of the amounts made available for the Con-
tinuum of Care program under this paragraph, not 
less than $75,000,000 shall be for grants for new 
rapid re-housing projects and supportive service 
projects providing coordinated entry, and for eligible 
activities that the Secretary determines to be critical 
in order to assist survivors of domestic violence, dat-
ing violence, sexual assault, or stalking: Provided 
further, That amounts made available for the Con-
tinuum of Care program under this heading in this 
Act and any remaining unobligated balances from 
prior Acts may be used to competitively or non-com-
petitively renew or replace grants for youth homeless 
demonstration projects under the Continuum of 
Care program, notwithstanding any conflict with the 
requirements of the Continuum of Care program; 
(3) $7,000,000 shall be for the national home-
less data analysis project: Provided, That notwith-
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standing the provisions of the Federal Grant and 
Cooperative Agreements Act of 1977 (31 U.S.C. 
6301–6308), the amounts made available under this 
paragraph and any remaining unobligated balances 
under this heading for such purposes in prior Acts 
may be used by the Secretary to enter into coopera-
tive agreements with such entities as may be deter-
mined by the Secretary, including public and private 
organizations, agencies, and institutions; and 
(4) $107,000,000 shall be to implement 
projects to demonstrate how a comprehensive ap-
proach to serving homeless youth, age 24 and under, 
in up to 25 communities with a priority for commu-
nities with substantial rural populations in up to 
eight locations, can dramatically reduce youth home-
lessness: Provided, That of the amount made avail-
able 
under 
this 
paragraph, 
not 
less 
than 
$25,000,000 shall be for youth homelessness system 
improvement grants to support communities, includ-
ing but not limited to the communities assisted 
under the matter preceding this proviso, in estab-
lishing and implementing a response system for 
youth homelessness, or for improving their existing 
system: Provided further, That of the amount made 
available under this paragraph, up to $10,000,000
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shall be to provide technical assistance to commu-
nities, including but not limited to the communities 
assisted in the preceding proviso and the matter pre-
ceding such proviso, on improving system responses 
to youth homelessness, and collection, analysis, use, 
and reporting of data and performance measures 
under the comprehensive approaches to serve home-
less youth, in addition to and in coordination with 
other technical assistance funds provided under this 
title: Provided further, That the Secretary may use 
up to 10 percent of the amount made available 
under the preceding proviso to build the capacity of 
current technical assistance providers or to train 
new technical assistance providers with verifiable 
prior experience with systems and programs for 
youth experiencing homelessness: 
Provided further, That youth aged 24 and under seeking 
assistance under this heading shall not be required to pro-
vide third party documentation to establish their eligibility 
under subsection (a) or (b) of section 103 of the McKin-
ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302) to 
receive services: Provided further, That unaccompanied 
youth aged 24 and under or families headed by youth aged 
24 and under who are living in unsafe situations may be 
served by youth-serving providers funded under this head-
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ing: Provided further, That persons eligible under section 
103(a)(5) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 
Act may be served by any project funded under this head-
ing to provide both transitional housing and rapid re-hous-
ing: Provided further, That for all matching funds require-
ments applicable to funds made available under this head-
ing for this fiscal year and prior fiscal years, a grantee 
may use (or could have used) as a source of match funds 
other funds administered by the Secretary and other Fed-
eral agencies unless there is (or was) a specific statutory 
prohibition on any such use of any such funds: Provided 
further, That none of the funds made available under this 
heading shall be available to provide funding for new 
projects, except for projects created through reallocation, 
unless the Secretary determines that the continuum of 
care has demonstrated that projects are evaluated and 
ranked based on the degree to which they improve the con-
tinuum of care’s system performance: Provided further, 
That any unobligated amounts remaining from funds 
made available under this heading in fiscal year 2012 and 
prior years for project-based rental assistance for rehabili-
tation projects with 10-year grant terms may be used for 
purposes under this heading, notwithstanding the pur-
poses for which such funds were appropriated: Provided 
further, That unobligated balances, including recaptures
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and carryover, remaining from funds transferred to or ap-
propriated under this heading in fiscal year 2019 or prior 
years, except for rental assistance amounts that were re-
captured and made available until expended, shall be avail-
able for the current purposes authorized under this head-
ing in addition to the purposes for which such funds origi-
nally were appropriated. 
HOUSING PROGRAMS 
PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
For activities and assistance for the provision of 
project-based subsidy contracts under the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (in this 
heading 
‘‘the 
Act’’), 
not 
otherwise 
provided 
for, 
$14,540,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be available on October 1, 2022 (in addition to the 
$400,000,000 previously appropriated under this heading 
that 
became 
available 
October 
1, 
2022), 
and 
$400,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
available on October 1, 2023: Provided, That the amounts 
made available under this heading shall be for expiring 
or terminating section 8 project-based subsidy contracts 
(including section 8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for 
amendments to section 8 project-based subsidy contracts 
(including section 8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for 
contracts entered into pursuant to section 441 of the
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McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
11401), for renewal of section 8 contracts for units in 
projects that are subject to approved plans of action under 
the Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation Act of 
1987 or the Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resi-
dent Homeownership Act of 1990, and for administrative 
and other expenses associated with project-based activities 
and assistance funded under this heading: Provided fur-
ther, That the amount of any forgone increases in tenant 
rent payments due to the implementation of rent incen-
tives as authorized pursuant to waivers or alternative re-
quirements of the Jobs-Plus initiative as described under 
the heading ‘‘Self-Sufficiency Programs’’ shall be factored 
into housing assistance payments under project-based sub-
sidy contracts: Provided further, That of the total amounts 
made available under this heading, not to exceed 
$375,000,000 shall be for performance-based contract ad-
ministrators or contractors for section 8 project-based as-
sistance, for carrying out 42 U.S.C. 1437(f): Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary may also use such amounts in 
the preceding proviso for performance-based contract ad-
ministrators or contractors for the administration of: in-
terest reduction payments pursuant to section 236(a) of 
the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1(a)); rent 
supplement payments pursuant to section 101 of the
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Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 
1701s); section 236(f)(2) rental assistance payments (12 
U.S.C. 1715z–1(f)(2)); project rental assistance contracts 
for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act 
of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); project rental assistance con-
tracts for supportive housing for persons with disabilities 
under section 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na-
tional Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013(d)(2)); 
project assistance contracts pursuant to section 202(h) of 
the Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 
667); and loans under section 202 of the Housing Act of 
1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667): Provided fur-
ther, That amounts recaptured under this heading, the 
heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing’’, or 
the heading ‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’, may be used for 
renewals of or amendments to section 8 project-based con-
tracts or for performance-based contract administrators or 
contractors, notwithstanding the purposes for which such 
amounts were appropriated: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, upon the request 
of the Secretary, project funds that are held in residual 
receipts accounts for any project subject to a section 8 
project-based Housing Assistance Payments contract that 
authorizes the Department or a housing finance agency 
to require that surplus project funds be deposited in an