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other relevant United States Government de-
partments and agencies, evaluates the risks and 
benefits of such new tools or techniques, and 
establishes safeguards to minimize the use of 
such new tools or techniques for illicit purposes. 
(c) COORDINATION AND SPEND PLANS.—After con-
sultation among the relevant agency heads to coordinate 
and de-conflict planned activities, but not later than 90 
days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 
and the BBG CEO shall submit to the Committees on Ap-
propriations spend plans for funds made available by this 
Act for programs to promote Internet freedom globally, 
which shall include a description of safeguards established 
by relevant agencies to ensure that such programs are not 
used for illicit purposes: Provided, That the Department 
of State spend plan shall include funding for all such pro-
grams for all relevant Department of State and USAID 
offices and bureaus. 
IMPACT ON JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES 
SEC. 7079. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available under titles III through VI of this 
Act may be obligated or expended to provide— 
(1) any financial incentive to a business enter-
prise currently located in the United States for the 
purpose of inducing such an enterprise to relocate
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outside the United States if such incentive or in-
ducement is likely to reduce the number of employ-
ees of such business enterprise in the United States 
because United States production is being replaced 
by such enterprise outside the United States; 
(2) assistance for any program, project, or ac-
tivity that contributes to the violation of internation-
ally recognized workers’ rights, as defined in section 
507(4) of the Trade Act of 1974, of workers in the 
recipient country, including any designated zone or 
area in that country: Provided, That the application 
of section 507(4)(D) and (E) of such Act should be 
commensurate with the level of development of the 
recipient country and sector, and shall not preclude 
assistance for the informal sector in such country, 
micro and small-scale enterprise, and smallholder 
agriculture; 
(3) any assistance to an entity outside the 
United States if such assistance is for the purpose 
of directly relocating or transferring jobs from the 
United States to other countries and adversely im-
pacts the labor force in the United States; or 
(4) for the enforcement of any rule, regulation, 
policy, or guidelines implemented pursuant to—
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(A) the third proviso of subsection 7079(b) 
of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010; 
(B) the modification proposed by the Over-
seas Private Investment Corporation in Novem-
ber 2013 to the Corporation’s Environmental 
and Social Policy Statement relating to coal; 
(C) the Supplemental Guidelines for High 
Carbon Intensity Projects approved by the Ex-
port-Import Bank of the United States on De-
cember 12, 2013; or 
(D) the World Bank Group’s Directions 
for the World Bank Group’s Energy Sector re-
leased on July 16, 2013, 
when enforcement of such rule, regulation, policy, or 
guidelines would prohibit, or have the effect of pro-
hibiting, any coal-fired or other power-generation 
project the purpose of which is to increase exports 
of goods and services from the United States or pre-
vent the loss of jobs from the United States.
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TITLE VIII 
OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS/GLOBAL 
WAR ON TERRORISM 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 
DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Diplomatic and Con-
sular Programs’’, $2,975,971,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2019, of which $2,376,122,000 is for 
Worldwide Security Protection and shall remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of State may 
transfer up to $5,000,000 of the total funds made avail-
able under this heading to any other appropriation of any 
department or agency of the United States, upon the con-
currence of the head of such department or agency, to sup-
port operations in and assistance for Afghanistan and to 
carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961: Provided further, That any such transfer shall be 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Con-
tingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector 
General’’, $68,100,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019, of which $54,900,000 shall be for the 
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction 
(SIGAR) for reconstruction oversight: Provided, That 
printing and reproduction costs of SIGAR shall not exceed 
amounts for such costs during fiscal year 2017: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
any employee of SIGAR who completes at least 12 months 
of continuous service after the date of enactment of this 
Act or who is employed on the date on which SIGAR ter-
minates, whichever occurs first, shall acquire competitive 
status for appointment to any position in the competitive 
service for which the employee possesses the required 
qualifications: Provided further, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper-
ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Embassy Security, 
Construction, and Maintenance’’, $71,778,000, to remain 
available until expended, for Worldwide Security Up-
grades, acquisition, and construction as authorized: Pro-
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vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-
rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Contributions to 
International Organizations’’, $96,240,000: Provided, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Over-
seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING 
ACTIVITIES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Contributions for 
International Peacekeeping Activities’’, $965,906,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2019: Provided, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Over-
seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operating Expenses’’, 
$136,555,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2019: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 
War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector 
General’’, $2,500,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2019: Provided, That such amount is designated by 
the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 
War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘International Disaster 
Assistance’’, $1,788,203,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That such amount is designated by the
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Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 
War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
TRANSITION INITIATIVES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Transition Initia-
tives’’, $62,043,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-
rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’, $2,353,672,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019: Provided, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper-
ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Migration and Ref-
ugee Assistance’’ to respond to refugee crises, including 
in Africa, the Near East, South and Central Asia, and 
Europe and Eurasia, $2,231,198,000, to remain available
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until expended, except that such funds shall not be made 
available for the resettlement costs of refugees in the 
United States: Provided, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 
Global 
War 
on 
Terrorism 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘International Nar-
cotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, $417,951,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2019: Provided, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Over-
seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND 
RELATED PROGRAMS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Nonproliferation, 
Anti-terrorism, 
Demining 
and 
Related 
Programs’’, 
$220,583,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2019: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global
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War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Peacekeeping Oper-
ations’’, $325,213,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019: Provided, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper-
ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That funds 
available for obligation under this heading in this Act may 
be used to pay assessed expenses of international peace-
keeping activities in Somalia, subject to the regular notifi-
cation procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Foreign Military Fi-
nancing Program’’, $460,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2019: Provided, That such amount 
is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS 
ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 8001. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds appropriated in this title are in addition to 
amounts appropriated or otherwise made available in this 
Act for fiscal year 2018. 
EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES AND CONDITIONS 
SEC. 8002. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act, 
the additional amounts appropriated by this title to appro-
priations accounts in this Act shall be available under the 
authorities and conditions applicable to such appropria-
tions accounts. 
COUNTERTERRORISM PARTNERSHIPS FUND 
SEC. 8003. Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and 
Related Programs’’ shall be made available for the 
Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund for security pro-
grams in areas liberated from, under the influence of, or 
adversely affected by, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria 
or other terrorist organizations: Provided, That such areas 
shall include the Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Provided fur-
ther, That prior to the obligation of funds made available 
pursuant to this subsection, the Secretary of State shall 
take all practicable steps to ensure that mechanisms are 
in place for monitoring, oversight, and control of such
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funds: Provided further, That the Secretary shall promptly 
inform the appropriate congressional committees of each 
instance in which assistance provided pursuant to this sec-
tion has been diverted or destroyed, to include the type 
and amount of assistance, a description of the incident 
and parties involved, and an explanation of the response 
of the Department of State: Provided further, That funds 
made available pursuant to this section shall be subject 
to prior consultation with the appropriate congressional 
committees and the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
RESCISSION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8004. Of the unobligated balances available to 
the President under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’, $156,913,000, which shall be derived from 
amounts under such heading previously designated by 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 
War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985, are hereby rescinded: Provided, That such 
amounts are designated by Congress for Overseas Contin-
gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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DESIGNATION 
SEC. 8005. Each amount designated in this Act by 
the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 
War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985 shall be available (or rescinded, if applicable) only 
if the President subsequently so designates all such 
amounts and transmits such designations to the Congress. 
TITLE IX—ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISION 
REFERENCES TO ACT 
SEC. 9001. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 
any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this division shall 
be treated as referring only to the provisions of this divi-
sion. 
REFERENCE TO REPORT 
SEC. 9002. Any reference to a ‘‘report accompanying 
this Act’’ contained in this division shall be treated as a 
reference to House Report 115–253. The effect of such 
Report shall be limited to this division and shall apply for 
purposes of determining the allocation of funds provided 
by, and the implementation of, this division. 
SEC. 9003. None of the of funds made available by 
this division may be used by the Department of State to 
close or merge the Office of International Religious Free-
dom.
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SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 9004. $0. 
LIMITATION ON CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE 
SEC. 9005. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to attend 
the Canadian Water Resources Association’s National 
2018 Conference, ‘‘Our Common Water Future: Building 
Resilience through Innovation’’. 
SEC. 9006. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to close the 
Office of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti- 
Semitism of the Department of State or to merge such 
Office with any other office or entity in the Department 
of State. 
SEC. 9007. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to close the 
Office of Global Criminal Justice of the Department of 
State or to merge such Office with any other office or enti-
ty in the Department of State. 
SEC. 9008. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to reduce the number of fellows in the 
Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Program, the 
Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship Pro-
gram, or the Donald M. Payne International Development 
Fellowship Program below current levels.
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SEC. 9009. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to provide assistance to any of the fol-
lowing: 
(1) The Dalal Mughrabi High School for Girls– 
Gaza. 
(2) The Dalal Mughrabi High School for Girls– 
Hebron. 
(3) The Dalal Mughrabi Elementary School for 
Girls–Hebron. 
(4) The Shadia Abu Ghazaleh School for Girls– 
Gaza. 
(5) The Shadia Abu Ghazalah High School for 
Boys–Jabaliya. 
(6) The Khalil Al-Wazir (Abu Jihad) Elemen-
tary School for Girls–Hebron. 
(7) The Martyr Khalil Al-Wazir Elementary 
School for Boys–Hebron. 
(8) The Martyr Khalil Al-Wazir Elementary 
School for Boys–Jenin. 
(9) The Abu Jihad High School for Boys– 
Jenin. 
(10) The Abu Jihad High School for Boys–He-
bron. 
(11) The Salah Khalaf Elementary School for 
Girls–Gaza.
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(12) The Salah Khalaf Junior High School– 
Gaza. 
(13) The Martyr Abu Iyad School–Rafah. 
(14) The Salah Khalaf School–Tulkarem. 
(15) The Martyr Ahmed Yassin School for 
Boys–Jenin. 
(16) The Martyr Abdullah Azzam Elementary 
School for Boys–Jenin. 
(17) The Abu Ali Iyad High School for Girls– 
Qalqilya. 
(18) The Martyr Nash’at Abu Jabara High 
School for Girls–Tulkarem. 
(19) The Abu Ali Mustafa Elementary School 
for Boys–Jenin. 
(20) The Abu Ali Mustafa Elementary School 
for Girls–Jenin. 
(21) The Mustafa Hafez Elementary School for 
Boys–Khan Younis. 
(22) The Mustafa Hafez School–Gaza. 
(23) The Martyr Izzat Abu Al-Rubb High 
School–Jenin. 
(24) The Martyr Izz Al-Din Al-Qassam High 
School for Boys–Yaa’bad. 
(25) The Martyr Izz Al-Din (Al-Qassam) Ele-
mentary School–Jenin.
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(26) The Martyr Osama Al-Najjar School– 
Khan Yunis. 
(27) The Kamal Adwan High School for Boys– 
Rafah. 
(28) The Martyr Saa’d Sayel Elementary 
School for Boys–Nablus. 
(29) The Amin Al-Husseini Elementary School– 
El-Bireh. 
(30) The Hassan Salameh Junior High School 
for Girls–Gaza. 
(31) The Hassan Salameh Elementary School– 
Gaza. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of 
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appro-
priations Act, 2018’’. 
DIVISION H—TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING 
AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RE-
LATED 
AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS 
ACT, 2018 
The following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban 
Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year end-
ing September 30, 2018, and for other purposes, namely:
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TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
$108,899,000 (reduced by $15,000,000) (reduced by 
$7,000,000) (reduced by $9,000,000), of which not to ex-
ceed $2,758,000 (reduced by $400,000) shall be available 
for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to exceed 
$1,040,000 shall be available for the immediate Office of 
the Deputy Secretary; not to exceed $20,772,000 (reduced 
by $3,000,000) shall be available for the Office of the Gen-
eral Counsel; not to exceed $10,033,000 shall be available 
for the Office of the Under Secretary of Transportation 
for Policy; not to exceed $14,019,000 (reduced by 
$4,000,000) (reduced by $3,000,000) shall be available for 
the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Pro-
grams; not to exceed $2,546,000 shall be available for the 
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Governmental Af-
fairs; not to exceed $24,255,000 (reduced by $4,600,000) 
(reduced by $4,000,000) shall be available for the Office 
of the Assistant Secretary for Administration; not to ex-
ceed $2,142,000 shall be available for the Office of Public 
Affairs; not to exceed $1,760,000 shall be available for 
the Office of the Executive Secretariat; not to exceed
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$11,089,000 shall be available for the Office of Intel-
ligence, Security, and Emergency Response; and not to ex-
ceed $18,485,000 (reduced by $3,000,000) shall be avail-
able for the Office of the Chief Information Officer: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of Transportation 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 10 per-
cent by all such transfers: Provided further, That notice 
of any change in funding greater than 10 percent shall 
be submitted for approval to the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That not to 
exceed $60,000 shall be for allocation within the Depart-
ment for official reception and representation expenses as 
the Secretary may determine: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, excluding fees au-
thorized in Public Law 107–71, there may be credited to 
this appropriation up to $2,500,000 in funds received in 
user fees. 
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses related to the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, 
$8,465,109 (increased by $15,000,000), of which 
$2,618,000 shall remain available until September 30,
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2020: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro-
priation, to be available until expended, funds received 
from States, counties, municipalities, other public authori-
ties, and private sources for expenses incurred for train-
ing: Provided further, That any reference in law, regula-
tion, judicial proceedings, or elsewhere to the Research 
and Innovative Technology Administration shall continue 
to be deemed to be a reference to the Office of the Assist-
ant Secretary for Research and Technology of the Depart-
ment of Transportation. 
NATIONAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AND INNOVATIVE 
FINANCE BUREAU 
For necessary expenses of the National Surface 
Transportation and Innovative Finance Bureau author-
ized by 49 U.S.C. 116, $1,000,000 Provided, That the 
Secretary is required to notify the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations prior to exercising the authori-
ties of 49 U.S.C. 116(h). 
CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVES 
For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, 
including necessary upgrades to wide area network and 
information technology infrastructure, improvement of 
network perimeter controls and identity management, 
testing and assessment of information technology against 
business, security, and other requirements, implementa-
1160 
tion of Federal cyber security initiatives and information 
infrastructure enhancements, and implementation of en-
hanced security controls on network devices, $15,000,000, 
to remain available through September 30, 2019. 
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$9,500,000. 
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND 
DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 
planning, research, systems development, development ac-
tivities, and making grants, to remain available until ex-
pended, $8,500,001: Provided, That of such amount, 
$3,000,000 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-
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cies provide funding to the Department as provided for 
under the previous proviso. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For necessary expenses for operating costs and cap-
ital outlays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed 
$202,245,000 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 above limitation on operating ex-
penses shall not apply to non-DOT entities: Provided fur-
ther, That no funds appropriated in this Act to an agency 
of the Department shall be transferred to the Working 
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. 
MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses of the Minority Business Re-
source Center, the provision of financial education out-
reach activities to eligible transportation-related small
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businesses, the monitoring of existing loans in the guaran-
teed loan program, and the modification of such loans of 
the Minority Business Resource Center, $500,301, as au-
thorized by 49 U.S.C. 332; Provided, That notwith-
standing that section, these funds may be for business op-
portunities related to any mode of transportation. 
SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS UTILIZATION AND 
OUTREACH 
For necessary expenses for small and disadvantaged 
business utilization and outreach activities, $3,999,093, to 
remain available until September 30, 2019: Provided, 
That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be 
used for business opportunities related to any mode of 
transportation. 
PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
In addition to funds made available from any other 
source to carry out the essential air service program under 
49 U.S.C. 41731 through 41742, $150,000,000, to be de-
rived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That in determining 
between or among carriers competing to provide service 
to a community, the Secretary may consider the relative 
subsidy requirements of the carriers: Provided further, 
That basic essential air service minimum requirements
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shall not include the 15-passenger capacity requirement 
under subsection 41732(b)(3) of title 49, United States 
Code: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act 
or any other Act shall be used to enter into a new contract 
with a community located less than 40 miles from the 
nearest small hub airport before the Secretary has nego-
tiated with the community over a local cost share: Pro-
vided further, That amounts authorized to be distributed 
for the essential air service program under subsection 
41742(b) of title 49, United States Code, shall be made 
available immediately from amounts otherwise provided to 
the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration: 
Provided further, That the Administrator may reimburse 
such amounts from fees credited to the account estab-
lished under section 45303 of title 49, United States Code. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—OFFICE OF THE 
SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. None of the funds made available in this 
Act to the Department of Transportation may be obligated 
for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation to ap-
prove assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining 
to funds appropriated to the modal administrations in this 
Act, except for activities underway on the date of enact-
ment of this Act, unless such assessments or agreements
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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 hereby authorized to provide 
partial or full payments in advance and accept subsequent 
reimbursements from all Federal agencies from available 
funds for transit benefit distribution services that are nec-
essary to carry out the Federal transit pass transportation 
fringe benefit program under Executive Order No. 13150 
and section 3049 of Public Law 109–59: Provided, That 
the Department shall maintain a reasonable operating re-
serve in the Working Capital Fund, to be expended in ad-
vance to provide uninterrupted transit benefits to Govern-
ment employees; Provided further, That such reserve will 
not exceed one 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 Cap-
1165 
ital Fund will be fully reimbursed by each customer agen-
cy for the actual cost of the transit benefit. 
SEC. 104. Hereafter, the Secretary may transfer to 
the National Surface Transportation and Innovative Fi-
nance Bureau, for the purposes of the Bureau, funds allo-
cated to the administrative costs of processing applications 
for the programs referred to in 49 U.S.C. 116(d)(1) and 
funds allocated to any office or office function that the 
Secretary determines has duties, responsibilities, re-
sources, or expertise that support the purposes of the Bu-
reau: Provided, That any such funds, or portions thereof, 
transferred to the Bureau may be transferred back to and 
merged with the original account. 
SEC. 105. Section 503(l)(4) of the Railroad Revital-
ization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (45 U.S.C. 
823(l)(4)) is amended— 
(1) by striking the heading ‘‘SAFETY AND OP-
ERATIONS ACCOUNT’’ and inserting the heading 
‘‘NATIONAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AND INNO-
VATIVE FINANCE BUREAU ACCOUNT, OFFICE
OF 
THE SECRETARY’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘the Safety 
and Operations account of the Federal Railroad Ad-
ministration’’ and inserting ‘‘the National Surface
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Transportation and Innovative Finance Bureau ac-
count.’’ 
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, lease or purchase of passenger motor vehi-
cles for replacement only, in addition to amounts made 
available by Public Law 112–95, $10,185,482,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2019, of which 
$8,859,900,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Air-
way Trust Fund, of which not to exceed $7,691,814,000 
shall be available for air traffic organization activities; not 
to exceed $1,309,749,000 shall be available for aviation 
safety activities; not to exceed $21,587,000 shall be avail-
able for commercial space transportation activities; not to 
exceed $777,506,000 shall be available for finance and 
management activities; not to exceed $59,951,000 shall be 
available for NextGen and operations planning activities;
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not to exceed $112,622,000 shall be available for security 
and hazardous materials safety; and not to exceed 
$212,253,000 shall be available for staff offices: Provided, 
That not to exceed 5 percent of any budget activity, except 
for aviation safety budget activity, may be transferred to 
any budget activity under this heading: Provided further, 
That no transfer may increase or decrease any appropria-
tion by more than 5 percent: Provided further, That any 
transfer in excess of 5 percent shall be treated as a re-
programming of funds under section 405 of this Act and 
shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: 
Provided further, That not later than March 31 of each 
fiscal year hereafter, the Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration shall transmit to Congress an an-
nual update to the report submitted to Congress in De-
cember 2004 pursuant to section 221 of Public Law 108– 
176: Provided further, That the amount herein appro-
priated shall be reduced by $100,000 for each day after 
March 31 that such report has not been submitted to the 
Congress: Provided further, That not later than March 31 
of each fiscal year hereafter, 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
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similar to the one utilized for the controller staffing plan, 
including stated attrition estimates and numerical hiring 
goals by fiscal year: Provided further, That the amount 
herein appropriated shall be reduced by $100,000 per day 
for each day after March 31 that such report has not been 
submitted to Congress: Provided further, That funds may 
be used to enter into a grant agreement with a nonprofit 
standard-setting organization to assist in the development 
of aviation safety standards: Provided further, That none 
of the funds in this Act shall be available for new appli-
cants for the second career training program: Provided 
further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able 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 off-
setting collections, funds received from States, counties, 
municipalities, foreign authorities, other public authori-
ties, and private sources for expenses incurred in the pro-
vision of agency services, including receipts for the mainte-
nance and operation of air navigation facilities, and for 
issuance, renewal or modification of certificates, including 
airman, aircraft, and repair station certificates, or for 
tests related thereto, or for processing major repair or al-
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teration forms: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated under this heading, not less than $162,000,000 
shall be for the contract tower program, including the con-
tract tower cost share program: Provided further, That 
none of the funds in this Act for aeronautical charting 
and cartography are available for activities conducted by, 
or coordinated through, the 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-
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modations are not available; and the purchase, lease, or 
transfer of aircraft from funds available under this head-
ing, including aircraft for aviation regulation and certifi-
cation; to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust 
Fund, $2,855,000,000, of which $493,000,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2019, $2,247,000,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2020, and 
$115,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That there may be credited to this appropriation 
funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other 
public authorities, and private sources, for expenses in-
curred in the establishment, improvement, and moderniza-
tion of national airspace systems: Provided further, That 
no later than March 31, the Secretary of Transportation 
shall transmit to the Congress an investment plan for the 
Federal Aviation Administration which includes funding 
for each budget line item for fiscal years 2019 through 
2023, with total funding for each year of the plan con-
strained to the funding targets for those years as esti-
mated and approved by the Office of Management and 
Budget. 
RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
for research, engineering, and development, as authorized
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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, 
$170,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund and to remain available until September 30, 
2020: 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. 
GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
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
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certificates under section 44706 of title 49, United States 
Code, $3,000,000,000 (increased by $10,000,000), to be 
derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That none of 
the funds 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 2018, 
notwithstanding section 47117(g) of title 49, United 
States Code: Provided further, That none of the funds 
under this heading shall be available for the 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) for subgrants 
or paragraph (3) of that section shall be 95 percent for 
a project at other than a large or medium hub airport 
that is a successive phase of a multi-phased construction 
project for which the project sponsor received a grant in 
fiscal year 2011 for the construction project: Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, of 
funds limited under this heading, not more than 
$111,863,000 shall be available for administration, not 
less than $15,000,000 shall be available for the Airport
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Cooperative Research Program, and not less than 
$33,210,000 shall be available for Airport Technology Re-
search. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 110. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
to compensate in excess of 600 technical staff-years under 
the federally funded research and development center con-
tract between the Federal Aviation Administration and the 
Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development dur-
ing fiscal year 2017. 
SEC. 111. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
to pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring air-
port sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration without cost building construction, maintenance, 
utilities and expenses, or space in airport sponsor-owned 
buildings for services relating to air traffic control, air 
navigation, or weather reporting: Provided, That the pro-
hibition of funds in this section does not apply to negotia-
tions between the agency and airport sponsors to achieve 
agreement on ‘‘below-market’’ rates for these items or to 
grant assurances that require airport sponsors to provide 
land without cost to the FAA for air traffic control facili-
ties.
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SEC. 112. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration may reimburse amounts made available to 
satisfy 49 U.S.C. 41742(a)(1) from fees credited under 
49 U.S.C. 45303 and any amount remaining in such ac-
count at the close of that fiscal year may be made available 
to satisfy section 41742(a)(1) for the subsequent fiscal 
year. 
SEC. 113. Amounts collected under section 40113(e) 
of title 49, United States Code, shall be credited to the 
appropriation current at the time of collection, to be 
merged with and available for the same purposes of such 
appropriation. 
SEC. 114. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for paying premium pay under subsection 5546(a) of 
title 5, United States Code, to any Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration employee unless such employee actually per-
formed work during the time corresponding to such pre-
mium pay. 
SEC. 115. None of the funds in this Act may be obli-
gated or expended for an employee of the Federal Aviation 
Administration to purchase a store gift card or gift certifi-
cate through use of a Government-issued credit card. 
SEC. 116. None of the funds in this Act may be obli-
gated or expended for retention bonuses for an employee 
of the Federal Aviation Administration without the prior
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written approval of the Assistant Secretary for Adminis-
tration of the Department of Transportation. 
SEC. 117. 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 from any display of the Federal Aviation 
Administration’s Aircraft Situational Display to Industry 
data that is made available to the public, except data made 
available to a Government agency, for the noncommercial 
flights of that owner or operator. 
SEC. 118. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for salaries and expenses of more than nine political 
and Presidential appointees in the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration. 
SEC. 119. None of the funds made available under 
this Act may be used to increase fees pursuant to section 
44721 of title 49, United States Code, until the Federal 
Aviation Administration provides to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations a report that justifies all 
fees related to aeronautical navigation products and ex-
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plains how such fees are consistent with Executive Order 
No. 13642. 
SEC. 119A. None of the funds in this Act may be 
used to close a regional operations center of the Federal 
Aviation Administration or reduce its services unless the 
Administrator notifies the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations not less than 90 full business days in 
advance. 
SEC. 119B. None of the funds appropriated or lim-
ited by this Act may be used to change weight restrictions 
or prior permission rules at Teterboro airport in 
Teterboro, New Jersey. 
SEC. 119C. None of the funds provided under this 
Act may be used by the Administrator of the Federal Avia-
tion Administration to withhold from consideration and 
approval any application for participation in the Contract 
Tower Program, or for reevaluation of Cost-share Pro-
gram participants, pending as of January 1, 2016, as long 
as the Federal Aviation Administration has received an 
application from the airport, and as long as the Adminis-
trator determines such tower is eligible using the factors 
set forth in the Federal Aviation Administration report, 
Establishment and Discontinuance Criteria for Airport 
Traffic Control Towers (FAA–APO–90–7 as of August, 
1990).
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SEC. 119D. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds made available in this Act may be 
obligated or expended to limit an Organization Designa-
tion Authorization holder from utilizing authorized dele-
gated functions, unless the FAA documents, through sur-
veillance, oversight or accident/incident finding, a systemic 
airworthiness noncompliance performance issue on the 
part of the ODA holder with regard to a specific function 
or where an ODA’s capability has not been previously es-
tablished in terms of a new compliance method or design 
feature: Provided, that where the FAA has limited the au-
thority of the ODA the FAA shall work with the ODA 
holder to develop the capability to execute that function 
safely and effectively. 
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Not to exceed $439,443,925, together with advances 
and reimbursements received by the Federal Highway Ad-
ministration, shall be obligated for necessary expenses for 
administration and operation of the Federal Highway Ad-
ministration. In addition, $3,248,000 shall be transferred 
to the Appalachian Regional Commission in accordance 
with section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code.
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FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
Funds available for the implementation or execution 
of Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction 
programs authorized under titles 23 and 49, United States 
Code, and the provisions of the Fixing America’s Surface 
Transportation Act shall not exceed total obligations of 
$44,234,212,000 (reduced by $12,000,000) (increased by 
$12,000,000) for fiscal year 2018: Provided, That the Sec-
retary may collect and spend fees, as authorized by title 
23, United States Code, to cover the costs of services of 
expert firms, including counsel, in the field of municipal 
and project finance to assist in the underwriting and serv-
icing of Federal credit instruments and all or a portion 
of the costs to the Federal Government of servicing such 
credit instruments: Provided further, That such fees are 
available until expended to pay for such costs: Provided 
further, That such amounts are in addition to administra-
tive expenses that are also available for such purpose, and 
are not subject to any obligation limitation or the limita-
tion on administrative expenses under section 608 of title 
23, United States Code.
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(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For the payment of obligations incurred in carrying 
out Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction 
programs authorized under title 23, United States Code, 
$44,973,212,000 derived from the Highway Trust Fund 
(other than the Mass Transit Account), to remain avail-
able until expended. 
(RESCISSION) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
Of the unobligated balances of funds apportioned 
among the States under chapter 1 of title 23, United 
States Code, a total of $800,000,000 is hereby perma-
nently rescinded on November 30, 2017: Provided, That 
such rescission shall not apply to funds that are exempt 
from the obligation limitation or subject to special no-year 
obligation limitation: Provided further, That the amount 
to be rescinded from a State shall be determined by multi-
plying the total amount of the rescission by the ratio that 
the unobligated balances subject to the rescission as of 
September 30, 2017, for the State; bears to the unobli-
gated balances subject to the rescission as of September 
30, 2017, for all States.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2018, 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—
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(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 the Fixing America’s Surface Trans-
portation Act and title 23, United States Code, or 
apportioned by the Secretary under sections 202 or 
204 of that title, by multiplying—
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(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-
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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
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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 2018, 
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—
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(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; and 
(B) title VI of the Fixing America’s Sur-
face Transportation Act. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—Obligation authority made 
available under paragraph (1) shall—
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(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.
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(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
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Senate Committees on Appropriations on any waivers 
granted under the Buy America requirements. 
SEC. 123. None of the funds in this Act to the De-
partment of Transportation may be used to provide credit 
assistance unless not less than 3 days before any applica-
tion approval to provide credit assistance under sections 
603 and 604 of title 23, United States Code, the Secretary 
of Transportation provides notification in writing to the 
following committees: the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations; the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works and the Committee on Banking, Housing 
and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
resentatives: Provided, That such notification shall in-
clude, but not be limited to, the name of the project spon-
sor; a description of the project; whether credit assistance 
will be provided as a direct loan, loan guarantee, or line 
of credit; and the amount of credit assistance. 
SEC. 124. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
to make a grant for a project under section 117 of title 
23, United States Code, unless the Secretary, at least 60 
days before making a grant under that section, provides 
written notification to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations of the proposed grant, including an
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evaluation and justification for the project and the amount 
of the proposed grant award. 
SEC. 125. For this fiscal year, the Federal Highway 
Administration shall reinstate Interim Approval IA–5, re-
lating to the provisional use of an alternative lettering 
style on certain highway guide signs, as it existed before 
its termination, as announced in the Federal Register on 
January 25, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 4083). 
SEC. 126. Section 127(t) of title 23, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading by inserting 
‘‘NORTH DAKOTA AND’’ before ‘‘IDAHO’’; 
(2) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by 
inserting ‘‘North Dakota or’’ before ‘‘Idaho’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘Idaho State 
law’’ and inserting ‘‘the law of the relevant State’’. 
FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in the implemen-
tation, execution and administration of motor carrier safe-
ty operations and programs pursuant to section 31110 of 
title 49, United States Code, as amended by the Fixing
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America’s Surface Transportation Act, $283,000,000, to 
be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the 
Mass Transit Account), together with advances and reim-
bursements received by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration, the sum of which shall remain available 
until expended: Provided, That funds available for imple-
mentation, execution or administration of motor carrier 
safety operations and programs authorized under title 49, 
United States Code, shall not exceed total obligations of 
$283,000,000 for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Operations and 
Programs’’ for fiscal year 2018, of which $9,073,000, to 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2020, 
is for the research and technology program, and of which 
$34,824,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 2020, is for information management. 
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
sections 31102, 31103, 31104, and 31313 of title 49, 
United States Code, as amended by the Fixing America’s 
Surface Transportation Act, $374,800,000, to be derived 
from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Tran-
sit Account) and to remain available until expended: Pro-
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vided, That funds available for the implementation or exe-
cution of motor carrier safety programs shall not exceed 
total obligations of $374,800,000 in fiscal year 2018 for 
‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Grants’’; of which $298,900,000 
shall be available for the motor carrier safety assistance 
program, $31,800,000 shall be available for the commer-
cial driver’s license program implementation program, 
$43,100,000 shall be available for the high priority activi-
ties program, and $1,000,000 shall be available for the 
commercial motor vehicle operators grant program: Pro-
vided further, That of the amounts provided for Commer-
cial Vehicle Information Systems Network Development or 
other Motor Carrier Safety grants in the Transportation 
Equity Act for the 21st Century (Public Law 105–178), 
SAFETEA–LU (Public Law 109–59), or other appropria-
tion or authorization acts prior to Fiscal Year 2017, 
$100,000,000 in additional obligation limitation is pro-
vided for a highly automated commercial vehicle research 
and development program, in accordance with 49 U.S.C. 
31108, and shall remain available until September 30, 
2022: Provided further, That the activities funded by the 
previous proviso may be accomplished through direct ex-
penditure, direct research activities, grants, cooperative 
agreements, contracts, intra or interagency agreements, 
other agreements with private and public organizations,
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and transfers to other Federal agencies for activities 
under this heading: Provided further, That such funds as 
necessary for payment of obligations incurred in carrying 
out this section shall be derived from the Highway Trust 
Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), to be avail-
able until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL MOTOR 
CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 130. Funds appropriated or limited in this Act 
shall be subject to the terms and conditions stipulated in 
section 350 of Public Law 107–87 and section 6901 of 
Public Law 110–28. 
SEC. 131. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Admin-
istration shall send notice of 49 CFR section 385.308 vio-
lations by certified mail, registered mail, or another man-
ner of delivery, which records the receipt of the notice by 
the persons responsible for the violations. 
SEC. 132. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available to the Department of Transportation 
by this Act or any other Act may be obligated or expended 
to implement, administer, or enforce the requirements of 
section 31137 of title 49, United States Code, or any regu-
lation issued by the Secretary pursuant to such section, 
with respect to the use of electronic logging devices by op-
erators of commercial motor vehicles, as defined in section
1193 
31132(1) of such title, transporting livestock as defined 
in section 602 of the Emergency Livestock Feed Assist-
ance Act of 1988 (7 U.S.C. 1471) or insects. 
SEC. 133. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act or any other Act may be 
used to amend, revise or otherwise modify by rulemaking, 
guidance, or interpretation the regulations in effect on De-
cember 4, 2015 relating to safety fitness determinations 
for motor carriers until the Inspector General of the De-
partment of Transportation makes the certifications set 
out in section 5223(a) of Public Law 114–94. 
FEDERAL AUTHORITY 
SEC. 134. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 14501(c) of 
title 49, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘paragraphs 
(2) and (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (3) and 
(4)’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through 
(5) as paragraphs (3) through (6) respectively; 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL LIMITATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State, political sub-
division of a State, or political authority of 2 or 
more States may not enact or enforce a law, 
regulation, or other provision having the force
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and effect of law prohibiting employees whose 
hours of service are subject to regulation by the 
Secretary under section 31502 from working to 
the full extent permitted or at such times as 
permitted under such section, or imposing any 
additional obligations on motor carriers if such 
employees work to the full extent or at such 
times as permitted under such section, includ-
ing any related activities regulated under part 
395 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations. 
‘‘(B) STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Noth-
ing in this paragraph may be construed to limit 
the provisions of paragraph (1).’’; 
(4) in paragraph (3) (as redesignated) by strik-
ing ‘‘Paragraph (1)—’’ and inserting ‘‘Paragraphs 
(1) and (2)—’’; and 
(5) in paragraph (4)(A) (as redesignated) by 
striking ‘‘Paragraph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘Paragraphs 
(1) and (2)’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall have the force and effect as if enacted 
on the date of enactment of the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration Authorization Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–305).
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NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of 
the Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety 
authorized under chapter 301 and part C of subtitle VI 
of title 49, United States Code, $180,075,000 (increased 
by $9,000,000), of which $20,000,000 shall remain avail-
able through September 30, 2019. 
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403, section 4011 of the Fix-
ing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, and 
chapter 
303 
of 
title 
49, 
United 
States 
Code, 
$149,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust 
Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) and to re-
main 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 2018, are in excess of $149,000,000, of which 
$143,700,000 shall be for programs authorized under 23 
U.S.C. 403 and $5,300,000 shall be for the National Driv-
er Register authorized under chapter 303 of title 49,
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United States Code: Provided further, That within the 
$149,000,000 obligation limitation for operations and re-
search, $20,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019, and shall be in addition to the amount 
of any limitation imposed on obligations for future years. 
HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
provisions of 23 U.S.C. 402, 404 and 405, and section 
4001(a)(6) of the Fixing America’s Surface Transpor-
tation 
Act, 
to 
remain 
available 
until 
expended, 
$597,629,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust 
Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account): Provided, 
That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for 
the planning or execution of programs the total obligations 
for which, in fiscal year 2018, are in excess of 
$597,629,000 for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 
402, 404 and 405, and section 4001(a)(6) of the Fixing 
America’s 
Surface 
Transportation 
Act, 
of 
which 
$261,200,000 shall be for ‘‘Highway Safety Programs’’ 
under 23 U.S.C. 402; $280,200,000 shall be for ‘‘National 
Priority Safety Programs’’ under 23 U.S.C. 405; 
$29,900,000 shall be for ‘‘High Visibility Enforcement
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Program’’ under 23 U.S.C. 404; $26,329,000 shall be for 
‘‘Administrative Expenses’’ under section 4001(a)(6) of 
the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act: Pro-
vided further, That none of these funds shall be used for 
construction, rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or for of-
fice 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 23 U.S.C. 405 for ‘‘Im-
paired Driving Countermeasures’’ (as described in sub-
section (d) of that section) shall be available for technical 
assistance to the States: Provided further, That with re-
spect to the ‘‘Transfers’’ provision under 23 U.S.C. 
405(a)(8), 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 previous proviso or under 
23 U.S.C. 405(a)(8) 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
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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 made available by this 
Act may be used to obligate or award funds for the Na-
tional Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s National 
Roadside Survey. 
SEC. 143. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to mandate global positioning system 
(GPS) tracking in private passenger motor vehicles with-
out providing full and appropriate consideration of privacy 
concerns under 5 U.S.C. chapter 5, subchapter II. 
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 
SAFETY AND OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Ad-
ministration, not otherwise provided for, $218,298,000, of 
which $15,900,000 shall remain available until expended.
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RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for railroad research and de-
velopment, $40,100,000 (reduced by $1,000,000) (in-
creased by $1,000,000), to remain available until ex-
pended. 
RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT 
FINANCING PROGRAM 
The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to 
issue direct loans and loan guarantees pursuant to sec-
tions 501 through 504 of the Railroad Revitalization and 
Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–210), as 
amended, such authority shall exist as long as any such 
direct loan or loan guarantee is outstanding: Provided, 
That pursuant to section 502 of such Act, as amended, 
no new direct loans or loan guarantee commitments shall 
be made using Federal funds for the credit risk premium 
during fiscal year 2018, except for federal funds awarded 
in accordance with section 3028(c) of Public Law 114– 
94. 
FEDERAL-STATE PARTNERSHIP FOR STATE OF GOOD 
REPAIR 
For necessary expenses related to Federal-State 
Partnership for State of Good Repair grants as authorized 
by section 24911 of title 49, United States Code, 
$500,000,000 (reduced by $500,000,000) (increased by
1200 
$500,000,000), to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary may withhold up to one percent 
of the amount provided under this heading for the costs 
of award and project management oversight of grants car-
ried out under section 24911 of title 49, United States 
Code: Provided further, That in selecting an applicant for 
a grant, the Secretary shall first give preference to eligible 
projects for which the environmental impact statement re-
quired under the National Environmental Policy Act and 
design work is already complete at the time of the grant 
application review, or to projects that address major crit-
ical assets which have conditions that pose a substantial 
risk now or in the future to the reliability of train service. 
CONSOLIDATED RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY 
IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses related to Consolidated Rail 
Infrastructure and Safety Improvements Grants as au-
thorized by section 24407 of title 49, United States Code, 
$25,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary may withhold up to one percent 
of the amount provided under this heading for the costs 
of award and project management oversight of grants car-
ried out under section 24407 of title 49, United States 
Code.
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NORTHEAST CORRIDOR GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL 
RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 
grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for 
activities associated with the Northeast Corridor as au-
thorized by section 11101(a) of the Fixing America’s Sur-
face Transportation Act (division A of Public Law 114– 
94), $328,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That the Secretary may retain up to one-half 
of 1 percent of the funds provided under both this heading 
and the ‘‘National Network Grants to the National Rail-
road Passenger Corporation’’ heading to fund the costs 
of project management and oversight of activities author-
ized by section 11101(c) of division A of Public Law 114– 
94: Provided further, That in addition to the project man-
agement oversight funds authorized under section 
11101(c) of division A of Public Law 114–94, the Sec-
retary may retain up to an additional $5,000,000 of the 
funds provided under this heading to fund expenses associ-
ated with the Northeast Corridor Commission established 
under section 24905 of title 49, United States Code: Pro-
vided further, That of the amounts made available under 
this heading and the ‘‘National Network Grants to the Na-
tional Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ heading, not less 
than $50,000,000 shall be made available to bring Am-
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trak-served facilities and stations into compliance with the 
Americans with Disabilities Act. 
NATIONAL NETWORK GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL 
RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 
grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for 
activities associated with the National Network as author-
ized by section 11101(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface 
Transportation Act (division A of Public Law 114–94), 
$1,100,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary may retain up to an additional 
$2,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading to 
fund expenses associated with the State-Supported Route 
Committee established under section 24712 of title 49, 
United States Code. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 150. None of the funds provided to the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation may be used to fund any 
overtime costs in excess of $35,000 for any individual em-
ployee: Provided, That the President of Amtrak may waive 
the cap set in the previous proviso for specific employees 
when the President of Amtrak determines such a cap 
poses a risk to the safety and operational efficiency of the 
system: Provided further, That the President of Amtrak
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shall report to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations each quarter within 30 days of such quarter 
of the calendar year on waivers granted to employees and 
amounts paid above the cap for each month within such 
quarter and delineate the reasons each waiver was grant-
ed: Provided further, That the President of Amtrak shall 
report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions by March 1, 2018, a summary of all overtime pay-
ments incurred by the Corporation for 2017 and the three 
prior calendar years: Provided further, That such sum-
mary shall include the total number of employees that re-
ceived waivers and the total overtime payments the Cor-
poration paid to those employees receiving waivers for 
each month for 2017 and for the three prior calendar 
years. 
SEC. 151. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for high-speed rail in the State of Cali-
fornia or for the California High-Speed Rail Authority, 
nor may any be used by the Federal Railroad Administra-
tion to administer a grant agreement with the California 
High-Speed Rail Authority that contains a tapered match-
ing requirement. 
SEC. 152. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be used by the Surface Transportation Board 
to take any actions with respect to the construction of a
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high speed rail project in California unless the permit is 
issued by the Board with respect to the project in its en-
tirety. 
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal 
Transit Administration’s programs authorized by chapter 
53 of title 49, United States Code, $110,794,692: Pro-
vided, That none of the funds provided or limited in this 
Act may be used to create a permanent office of transit 
security under this heading: Provided further, That upon 
submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2019 Presi-
dent’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall trans-
mit to Congress the annual report on New Starts, includ-
ing proposed allocations for fiscal year 2019. 
TRANSIT FORMULA GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in the Federal 
Public Transportation Assistance Program in this ac-
count, and for payment of obligations incurred in carrying 
out the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 
5312, 5314, 5318, 5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339, and 
5340, as amended by the Fixing America’s Surface Trans-
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shall be available for projects authorized under section 
5309(h) of the title, and $400,000,000 shall be available 
for projects authorized under section 5309(q): Provided, 
That the Secretary shall continue to administer the Cap-
ital Investment Grant Program in accordance with the 
procedural and substantive requirements of section 5309 
of title 49. 
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 Public Law 110–432, $150,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of 
Transportation shall approve grants for capital and pre-
ventive maintenance expenditures for the Washington 
Metropolitan Area Transit Authority only after receiving 
and reviewing a request for each specific project: Provided 
further, That prior to approving such grants, the Secretary 
shall certify that the Washington Metropolitan Area Tran-
sit Authority is making progress to improve its safety 
management system in response to the Federal Transit 
Administration’s 2015 safety management inspection: 
Provided further, That prior to approving such grants, the 
Secretary shall certify that the Washington Metropolitan 
Area Transit Authority is making progress toward full im-
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plementation of the corrective actions identified in the 
2014 Financial Management Oversight Review Report: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall determine that 
the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has 
placed the highest priority on those investments that will 
improve the safety of the system before approving such 
grants: Provided further, That the Secretary, in order to 
ensure safety throughout the rail system, may waive the 
requirements of section 601(e)(1) of division B of Public 
Law 110–432 (112 Stat. 4968). 
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 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously 
made available for obligation, or to any other authority 
previously made available for obligation. 
SEC. 161. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds appropriated or limited by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Fixed Guideway Capital Investment’’ of the Fed-
eral Transit Administration for projects specified in this 
Act or identified in reports accompanying this Act not ob-
ligated by September 30, 2022, and other recoveries, shall 
be directed to projects eligible to use the funds for the 
purposes for which they were originally provided.
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SEC. 162. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, any funds appropriated before October 1, 2017, 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. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 
none of the funds in this or any other Act may be available 
to advance in any way a new light or heavy rail project 
towards a full funding grant agreement as defined by 49 
U.S.C. 5309 for the Metropolitan Transit Authority of 
Harris County, Texas if the proposed capital project is 
constructed on or planned to be constructed on Richmond 
Avenue west of South Shepherd Drive or on Post Oak 
Boulevard north of Richmond Avenue in Houston, Texas. 
(b) The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris 
County, Texas, may attempt to construct or construct a 
new fixed guideway capital project, including light rail, in 
the locations referred to in subsection (a) if— 
(1) voters in the jurisdiction that includes such 
locations approve a ballot proposition that specifies 
routes on Richmond Avenue west of South Shepherd 
Drive or on Post Oak Boulevard north of Richmond 
Avenue in Houston, Texas; and
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(2) the proposed construction of such routes is 
part of a comprehensive, multi-modal, service-area 
wide transportation plan that includes multiple addi-
tional segments of fixed guideway capital projects, 
including light rail for the jurisdiction set forth in 
the ballot proposition. The ballot language shall in-
clude reasonable cost estimates, sources of revenue 
to be used and the total amount of bonded indebted-
ness to be incurred as well as a description of each 
route and the beginning and end point of each pro-
posed transit project. 
SEC. 164. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds made available in this Act shall 
be used to enter into a full funding grant agreement for 
a project with a New Starts share greater than 50 percent. 
SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT 
CORPORATION 
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora-
tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, with-
in the limits of funds and borrowing authority available 
to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make 
such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal 
year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern-
ment Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be
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necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the 
Corporation’s budget for the current fiscal year. 
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 
(HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses to conduct the operations, 
maintenance, and capital asset renewal activities of those 
portions of the St. Lawrence Seaway owned, operated, and 
maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development 
Corporation, $31,346,012, to be derived from the Harbor 
Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99– 
662. Of that amount, $12,500,000 to be used on asset 
renewal activities shall be made available through Sep-
tember 30, 2019. 
MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a 
U.S.-flag merchant fleet to serve the national security 
needs of the United States, $300,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses of operations and training ac-
tivities authorized by law, $175,620,000, of which 
$22,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
maintenance and repair of training ships at State Mari-
time Academies, and of which $6,000,000 shall remain
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available until expended for National Security Multi-Mis-
sion Vessel Program for State Maritime Academies and 
National Security, and of which $2,400,000 shall remain 
available through September 30, 2019, for the Student In-
centive Program at State Maritime Academies, and of 
which $1,800,000 shall remain available until expended 
for training ship fuel assistance payments, and of which 
$18,000,000 shall remain available until expended for fa-
cilities maintenance and repair, equipment, and capital 
improvements at the United States Merchant Marine 
Academy, and of which $3,000,000 shall remain available 
through September 30, 2019, for Maritime Environment 
and Technology Assistance program authorized under sec-
tion 50307 of title 46, United States Code: Provided, That 
not later than February 1, 2018, 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 Merchant Marine Academy as required pursuant 
to section 3507 of Public Law 110–417. 
ASSISTANCE TO SMALL SHIPYARDS 
To make grants to qualified shipyards as authorized 
under section 54101 of title 46, United States Code, as 
amended by Public Law 113–281, $3,000,000 (increased 
by $7,000,000) to remain available until expended: Pro-
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vided, That the Secretary shall issue the Notice of Fund-
ing Availability no later than 15 days after enactment of 
this Act: Provided further, That from applications sub-
mitted under the previous proviso, the Secretary of Trans-
portation shall make grants no later than 120 days after 
enactment of this Act in such amounts as the Secretary 
determines: Provided further, That not to exceed 2 percent 
of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be 
available for necessary costs of grant administration. 
SHIP DISPOSAL 
For necessary expenses related to the disposal of ob-
solete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the 
Maritime Administration, $9,000,000, 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 for use by the Office of the Secretary’s 
National Surface Transportation and Innovative Finance 
Bureau to administer the Title XI program in addition 
to those programs listed in 49 U.S.C. 116(d)(1).
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—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 covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous 
receipts. 
SEC. 171. None of the funds available or appro-
priated in this Act shall be used by the United States De-
partment of Transportation or the United States Maritime 
Administration to negotiate or otherwise execute, enter 
into, facilitate or perform fee-for-service contracts for ves-
sel disposal, scrapping or recycling, unless there is no 
qualified domestic ship recycler that will pay any sum of 
money to purchase and scrap or recycle a vessel owned, 
operated or managed by the Maritime Administration or 
that is part of the National Defense Reserve Fleet: Pro-
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vided, That such sales offers must be consistent with the 
solicitation and provide that the work will be performed 
in a timely manner at a facility qualified within the mean-
ing of section 3502 of Public Law 106–398: Provided fur-
ther, That nothing contained herein shall affect the Mari-
time Administration’s authority to award contracts at 
least cost to the Federal Government and consistent with 
the requirements of 54 U.S.C. 308704, section 3502, or 
otherwise authorized under the Federal Acquisition Regu-
lation. 
PENALTY WAGES 
SEC. 172. (a) FOREIGN AND INTERCOASTAL VOY-
AGES.—Section 10313(g) of title 46, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘all claims in a class action 
suit by seamen’’ and inserting ‘‘each claim by 
a seaman’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the seamen’’ and inserting 
‘‘the seaman’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘class action’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘, by 
a seaman who is a claimant in the suit,’’ and 
inserting ‘‘by the seaman’’.
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(b) COASTWISE VOYAGES.—Section 10504(c) of such 
title is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘all claims in a class action 
suit by seamen’’ and inserting ‘‘each claim by 
a seaman’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the seamen’’ and inserting 
‘‘the seaman’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘class action’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘, by 
a seaman who is a claimant in the suit’’ and in-
serting ‘‘by the seaman’’. 
PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONAL EXPENSES 
For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline 
and 
Hazardous 
Materials 
Safety 
Administration, 
$20,500,000. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous 
materials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous 
Materials Safety Administration, $57,000,000, of which 
$7,570,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2020: Provided, That up to $800,000 in fees collected
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under 49 U.S.C. 5108(g) 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 conduct the functions of 
the pipeline safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out 
a pipeline safety program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 
60107, and to discharge the pipeline program responsibil-
ities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $162,000,000 (re-
duced by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000), of which 
$23,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability 
Trust Fund and shall remain available until September 
30, 2020; and of which $131,000,000 shall be derived 
from the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which $64,736,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2020; and of 
which $8,000,000 shall be derived from fees collected 
under 49 U.S.C. 60302 and deposited in the Underground
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Natural Gas Storage Facility Safety Account and shall re-
main available for carrying out 49 U.S.C. 60141, of which 
$6,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2020. 
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS 
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND) 
Notwithstanding the fiscal year limitation specified in 
49 U.S.C. 5116, not more than $28,318,000 shall be made 
available for obligation in fiscal year 2018 from amounts 
made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(h), and 5128(b) and 
(c): 
Provided, 
That 
notwithstanding 
U.S.C. 
5116(h)(4), not more than 4 percent of the amounts made 
available from this account shall be available to pay ad-
ministrative costs: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(h), 5128(b), or 
5128(c) shall be made available for obligation by individ-
uals other than the Secretary of Transportation, or his 
or her designee: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
49 U.S.C. 5128(b) and (c) and the current year obligation 
limitation, prior year recoveries recognized in the current 
year shall be available to develop a hazardous materials 
response training curriculum for emergency responders, 
including response activities for the transportation of 
crude oil, ethanol and other flammable liquids by rail, con-
sistent with National Fire Protection Association stand-
1218 
ards, and to make such training available through an elec-
tronic format: Provided further, That the prior year recov-
eries made available under this heading shall also be avail-
able to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5116(a)(1)(C) and 5116(i). 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector 
General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978, as amended, $92,152,000: 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. 3), 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: Provided further, That the funds made available 
under this heading may be used to investigate, pursuant 
to section 41712 of title 49, United States Code: (1) un-
fair or deceptive practices and unfair methods of competi-
tion by domestic and foreign air carriers and ticket agents; 
and (2) the compliance of domestic and foreign air carriers 
with respect to item (1) of this proviso.
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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 law (5 
U.S.C. 5901–5902). 
(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 Department’s, or its operating adminis-
trations’, missions. 
(c) Any unmanned aircraft system purchased or pro-
cured by the Department prior to the enactment of this 
Act shall be deemed authorized. 
SEC. 181. Appropriations contained in this Act for 
the Department of Transportation shall be available for 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for 
individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to 
the rate for an Executive Level IV.
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SEC. 182. (a) No recipient of funds made available 
in this Act shall disseminate personal information (as de-
fined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(3)) obtained by a State depart-
ment of motor vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle 
record as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1), except as provided 
in 18 U.S.C. 2721 for a use permitted under 18 U.S.C. 
2721. 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall not withhold funds provided in this Act for any 
grantee if a State is in noncompliance with this provision. 
SEC. 183. 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 49 U.S.C. 20105. 
SEC. 184. (a) None of the funds provided in this Act 
to the Department of Transportation may be used to make 
a loan, loan guarantee, line of credit, or discretionary 
grant totaling $500,000 or more unless the Secretary of 
Transportation notifies the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations not less than 3 full business days before
1221 
any project competitively selected to receive any discre-
tionary grant award, letter of intent, loan commitment, 
loan guarantee commitment, line of credit commitment, or 
full funding grant agreement is announced by the Depart-
ment or its modal administrations: Provided, That the 
Secretary gives concurrent notification to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations for any ‘‘quick re-
lease’’ of funds from the emergency relief program: Pro-
vided further, That no notification shall involve funds that 
are not available for obligation. 
(b) In addition to the notification required in sub-
section (a), none of the funds made available in this Act 
to the Department of Transportation may be used to make 
a loan, loan guarantee, line of credit, or discretionary 
grant unless the Secretary of Transportation provides the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a com-
prehensive list of all such loans, loan guarantees, lines of 
credit, or discretionary grants that will be announced not 
less the 3 full business days before such announcement: 
Provided, That the requirement to provide a list in this 
subsection does not apply to any ‘‘quick release’’ of funds 
from the emergency relief program: Provided further, That 
no list shall involve funds that are not available for obliga-
tion.
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SEC. 185. 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 elements of the Department of Transportation using 
fair and equitable criteria and such funds shall be avail-
able until expended. 
SEC. 186. Amounts made available in this or any 
other Act that the Secretary determines represent im-
proper payments by the Department of Transportation to 
a third-party contractor under a financial assistance 
award, which are recovered pursuant to law, shall be avail-
able— 
(1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred 
by the Department of Transportation in recovering 
improper payments; and 
(2) to pay contractors for services provided in 
recovering improper payments or contractor support 
in the implementation of the Improper Payments In-
formation Act of 2002: Provided, That amounts in 
excess of that required for paragraphs (1) and (2)— 
(A) shall be credited to and merged with 
the appropriation from which the improper pay-
1223 
ments were made, and shall be available for the 
purposes and period for which such appropria-
tions are available: Provided further, That 
where specific project or accounting information 
associated with the improper payment or pay-
ments is not readily available, the Secretary 
may credit an appropriate account, which shall 
be available for the purposes and period associ-
ated with the account so credited; or 
(B) if no such appropriation remains avail-
able, shall be deposited in the Treasury as mis-
cellaneous receipts: Provided further, That prior 
to the transfer of any such recovery to an ap-
propriations account, the Secretary shall notify 
the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations of the amount and reasons for such 
transfer: Provided further, That for purposes of 
this section, the term ‘‘improper payments’’ has 
the same meaning as that provided in section 
2(d)(2) of Public Law 107–300. 
SEC. 187. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, if any funds provided in or limited by this Act are 
subject to a reprogramming action that requires notice to 
be provided to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations, transmission of said reprogramming notice
1224 
shall be provided solely to the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations, and said 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 following the date on 
which the reprogramming action has been approved or de-
nied by the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
SEC. 188. Funds appropriated in this Act to the 
modal 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 modal 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.
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SEC. 190. The Department of Transportation may 
use funds provided by this Act, or any other Act, to assist 
a contract under title 49 U.S.C. or title 23 U.S.C. utilizing 
geographic, economic, or any other hiring preference not 
otherwise authorized by law, or to amend a rule, regula-
tion, policy or other measure that forbids a recipient of 
a Federal Highway Administration or Federal Transit Ad-
ministration grant from imposing such hiring preference 
on a contract or construction project with which the De-
partment of Transportation is assisting, only if the grant 
recipient certifies the following: 
(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-
1226 
tation Improvement Program or Transportation Im-
provement Program. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans-
portation Appropriations Act, 2018’’. 
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, 
$14,708,000: Provided, That not to exceed $25,000 of the 
amount made available under this heading shall be avail-
able to the Secretary for official reception and representa-
tion expenses as the Secretary may determine. 
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OFFICES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Administra-
tive Support Offices, $518,303,000, of which $10,762,000 
shall be available for, including the establishment of, the 
Office of the Chief Operations Officer; $50,340,000 shall
1227 
be available for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer; 
$92,006,000 shall be available for the Office of the Gen-
eral Counsel; $205,873,000 shall be available for the Of-
fice of Administration; $38,245,000 shall be available for 
the Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer; 
$49,588,000 shall be available for the Office of Field Pol-
icy and Management; $19,065,000 shall be available for 
the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer; $3,570,000 
shall be available for the Office of Departmental Equal 
Employment Opportunity; $4,975,000 shall be available 
for the Office of Strategic Planning and Management; and 
$43,879,000 shall be available for the Office of the Chief 
Information Officer: Provided, That funds provided under 
this heading may be used for necessary administrative and 
non-administrative expenses of the Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development, not otherwise provided for, 
including purchase of uniforms, or allowances therefor, as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, funds appropriated under this heading 
may be used for advertising and promotional activities 
that directly support program activities funded in this 
title: Provided further, That in addition to the transfer au-
thority under section 221 of this Act, of the amount ap-
1228 
propriated for the Office of the Chief Operations Officer 
under this heading, the Secretary may transfer up to 
$10,000,000 to the heading ‘‘Information Technology 
Fund’’: 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 further, That the 
Secretary shall provide in electronic form all signed re-
ports required by Congress. 
PROGRAM OFFICE SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Public and Indian Housing, $216,633,000. 
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Community Planning and Development, $107,554,000. 
HOUSING 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Housing, $392,000,000. 
POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Policy Development and Research, $24,065,000. 
FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, $69,808,000.
1229 
OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL AND HEALTHY 
HOMES 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes, $7,600,000. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the working capital fund for the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development (referred to in this para-
graph as the ‘‘Fund’’), pursuant, in part, to section 7(f) 
of the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
Act (42 U.S.C. 3535(f)), amounts transferred to the Fund 
under this heading shall be available for Federal shared 
services used by offices and agencies of the Department, 
and for such portion of any office or agency’s printing, 
records management, space renovation, furniture, supply 
services, or other shared services as the Secretary deter-
mines shall be derived from centralized sources made 
available by the Department to all offices and agencies and 
funded through the Fund: Provided, That of the amounts 
made available in this title for salaries and expenses under 
the headings ‘‘Executive Offices’’, ‘‘Administrative Sup-
port Offices’’, ‘‘Program Office Salaries and Expenses’’, 
and ‘‘Government National Mortgage Association’’, the 
Secretary shall transfer to the Fund such amounts, to re-
main available until expended, as are necessary to fund
1230 
services, specified in the matter preceding the first pro-
viso, for which the appropriation would otherwise have 
been available, and may transfer not to exceed an addi-
tional $5,000,000, in aggregate, from all such appropria-
tions, to be merged with the Fund and to remain available 
until expended for use for any office or agency: Provided 
further, That amounts in the Fund shall be the only 
amounts available to each office or agency of the Depart-
ment for the services, or portion of services, specified in 
the matter preceding the first proviso: Provided further, 
That with respect to the Fund, the authorities and condi-
tions under this heading shall supplement the authorities 
and conditions provided under section 7(f): Provided fur-
ther, That up to $6,550,000 in the Fund may be available 
for the management reporting initiative to improve the ef-
fectiveness of enterprise data governance, analysis, and re-
porting, including information technology investments to 
make such improvements: Provided further, That to carry 
out the previous proviso, the Secretary shall transfer any 
amounts for related information technology investments to 
the heading ‘‘Information Technology Fund’’.
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PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For activities and assistance for the provision of ten-
ant-based rental assistance authorized under the United 
States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 
et seq.) (‘‘the Act’’ herein), not otherwise provided for, 
$16,486,725,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be available on October 1, 2017 (in addition to the 
$4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this head-
ing that shall be available on October 1, 2017), and 
$4,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be available on October 1, 2018: Provided, That the 
amounts made available under this heading are provided 
as follows: 
(1) $18,709,725,000 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 2018 funding cycle shall
1232 
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, HOPE VI, and Choice 
Neighborhoods vouchers: Provided further, That 
none of the funds provided under this paragraph 
may be used to fund a total number of unit months 
under lease which exceeds a public housing agency’s 
authorized level of units under contract, except for 
public housing agencies participating in the MTW 
demonstration, which are instead governed by the 
terms and conditions of their MTW agreements: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall, to the ex-
tent necessary to stay within the amount specified 
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 entire amount 
specified under this paragraph (except as otherwise
1233 
modified under this paragraph) shall be obligated to 
the public housing agencies based on the allocation 
and pro rata method described above, and the Sec-
retary shall notify public housing agencies of their 
annual budget by the later of 60 days after enact-
ment of this Act or March 1, 2018: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may extend the notification pe-
riod with the prior written approval of the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
further, That public housing agencies participating 
in the MTW demonstration shall be funded pursuant 
to their MTW agreements and in accordance with 
the requirements of the MTW program and shall be 
subject to the same pro rata adjustments under the 
previous provisos: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may offset public housing agencies’ calendar 
year 2018 allocations based on the excess amounts 
of public housing agencies’ net restricted assets ac-
counts, including HUD held programmatic reserves 
(in accordance with VMS data in calendar year 2017 
that is verifiable and complete), as determined by 
the Secretary: Provided further, That public housing 
agencies participating in the MTW demonstration 
shall also be subject to the offset, as determined by 
the Secretary from the agencies’ calendar year 2018
1234 
MTW funding allocation: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall use any offset referred to in the pre-
vious two provisos throughout the calendar year to 
prevent the termination of rental assistance for fam-
ilies as the result of insufficient funding, as deter-
mined 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 adjust-
ment by a public housing agency that experienced a 
significant increase, as determined by the Secretary, 
in renewal costs of vouchers resulting from unfore-
seen circumstances or from portability under section 
8(r) of the Act; (2) for vouchers that were not in use 
during the previous 12-month period in order to be 
available to meet a commitment pursuant to section 
8(o)(13) of the Act; (3) for adjustments for costs as-
sociated with HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive 
Housing (HUD–VASH) vouchers; and (4) for public 
housing agencies that despite taking reasonable cost 
savings measures, as determined by the Secretary, 
would otherwise be required to terminate rental as-
sistance for families as a result of insufficient fund-
ing: Provided further, That the Secretary shall allo-
1235 
cate amounts under the previous proviso based on 
need, as determined by the Secretary; 
(2) $60,000,000 shall be for section 8 rental as-
sistance for relocation and replacement of housing 
units that are demolished or disposed of pursuant to 
section 18 of the Act, conversion of section 23 
projects to assistance under section 8, the family 
unification program under section 8(x) of the Act, 
relocation of witnesses in connection with efforts to 
combat crime in public and assisted housing pursu-
ant to a request from a law enforcement or prosecu-
tion agency, enhanced vouchers under any provision 
of law authorizing such assistance under section 8(t) 
of the Act, HOPE VI and Choice Neighborhood 
vouchers, mandatory and voluntary conversions, and 
tenant protection assistance including replacement 
and relocation assistance or for project-based assist-
ance to prevent the displacement of unassisted elder-
ly tenants currently residing in section 202 prop-
erties financed between 1959 and 1974 that are refi-
nanced pursuant to Public Law 106–569, as amend-
ed, or under the authority as provided under this 
Act: Provided, That when a public housing develop-
ment is submitted for demolition or disposition 
under section 18 of the Act, the Secretary may pro-
1236 
vide section 8 rental assistance when the units pose 
an imminent health and safety risk to residents: 
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: Provided further, That of the 
amounts made available under this paragraph, 
$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 previous proviso may be provided under the au-
thority of section 8(t) or section 8(o)(13) of the
1237 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f(t)): Provided further, That any tenant protec-
tion 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 received any such voucher no longer re-
ceives 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 
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 used to reimburse
1238 
amounts used under this paragraph for rental assist-
ance under the preceding proviso; 
(3) $1,550,000,000 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, 
Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing vouchers, and 
other special purpose incremental vouchers: Pro-
vided, That no less than $1,540,000,000 of the 
amount provided in this paragraph shall be allocated 
to public housing agencies for the calendar year 
2018 funding cycle based on section 8(q) of the Act 
(and related Appropriation Act provisions) as in ef-
fect immediately before the enactment of the Quality 
Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (Pub-
lic Law 105–276): Provided further, That if the 
amounts made available under this paragraph are 
insufficient to pay the amounts determined under 
the previous proviso, the Secretary may decrease the 
amounts allocated to agencies by a uniform percent-
1239 
age applicable to all agencies receiving funding 
under this paragraph or may, to the extent nec-
essary to provide full payment of amounts deter-
mined under the previous proviso, utilize unobligated 
balances, including recaptures and carryovers, re-
maining from funds appropriated to the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development under this 
heading from prior fiscal years, excluding special 
purpose vouchers, notwithstanding the purposes for 
which such amounts were appropriated: Provided 
further, That all public housing agencies partici-
pating in the MTW demonstration shall be funded 
pursuant to their MTW agreements, and in accord-
ance with the requirements of the MTW program 
and shall be subject to the same uniform percentage 
decrease as under the previous proviso: Provided fur-
ther, That amounts provided under this paragraph 
shall be only for activities related to the provision of 
tenant-based rental assistance authorized under sec-
tion 8, including related development activities; 
(4) $150,000,000 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
1240 
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 any amounts 
provided under this paragraph in this Act or prior 
Acts, remaining available after funding renewals and 
administrative expenses under this paragraph, shall 
be available for incremental tenant-based assistance 
contracts under such section 811, including nec-
essary administrative expenses; 
(5) the Secretary shall separately track all spe-
cial purpose vouchers funded under this heading, in-
cluding the renewal, from amounts provided under 
paragraph (1) under this heading, of HUD–VASH 
vouchers, funded under this heading in prior Acts to 
address veterans’ homelessness, of no less than 
$577,000,000; 
(6) $7,000,000 shall be for renewal grants, in-
cluding rental assistance and associated administra-
tive fees for Tribal HUD–VA Supportive Housing to 
serve Native American veterans that are homeless or 
at-risk of homelessness living on or near a reserva-
1241 
tion or Indian areas: Provided, That such amount 
shall be made available for renewal grants to the re-
cipients that received assistance under the rental as-
sistance and supportive housing demonstration pro-
gram for Native American veterans authorized under 
the heading ‘‘Tenant-Based Rental Assistance’’ in 
title II of division K of the Consolidated and Fur-
ther Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Public 
Law 113–235, 128 Stat. 2733): Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall be authorized to specify cri-
teria for renewal grants, including data on the utili-
zation of assistance reported by grant recipients 
under the demonstration program: Provided further, 
That renewal grants under this paragraph shall be 
administered by block grant recipients in accordance 
with program requirements under the Native Amer-
ican Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act 
of 1996: Provided further, That assistance under 
this paragraph shall be modeled after, with nec-
essary and appropriate adjustments for Native 
American grant recipients and veterans, the rental 
assistance and supportive housing program known 
as HUD–VASH program, including administration 
in conjunction with the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs and overall implementation of section 8(o)(19)
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of the United States Housing Act of 1937: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development may waive, or specify alternative re-
quirements for any provision of any statute or regu-
lation that the Secretary administers in connection 
with the use of funds made available under this 
paragraph (except requirements related to fair hous-
ing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the en-
vironment), upon a finding by the Secretary that 
any such waiver 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 
of such rental assistance and other program data, as 
prescribed by the Secretary and; 
(7) $10,000,000 shall be available to support 
modernization of public housing agency (PHA) in-
formation technology systems with respect to admin-
istration of program data and funding provided 
under this heading, including related expenses; Pro-
vided, That the Secretary may transfer up to 
$10,000,000 of the amounts provided under this 
paragraph to the ‘‘Public Housing Capital Fund’’ 
heading under this title to support modernization of 
PHA information technology systems with respect to
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administration of program data and funding under 
such heading, including related expenses. 
HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
Unobligated balances, including recaptures and car-
ryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development under this 
heading, the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted 
Housing’’ and the heading ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assist-
ance’’, for fiscal year 2018 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 that 
have been terminated shall be rescinded: Provided further, 
That amounts heretofore recaptured, or recaptured during 
the current fiscal year, from section 8 project-based con-
tracts from source years fiscal year 1975 through fiscal 
year 1987 are hereby rescinded, and an amount of addi-
tional new budget authority, equivalent to the amount re-
scinded is hereby appropriated, to remain available until 
expended, for the purposes set forth under this heading, 
in addition to amounts otherwise available.
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PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND 
For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to 
carry out capital and management activities for public 
housing agencies, as authorized under section 9 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g) 
(the ‘‘Act’’) $1,850,000,000 (increased by $2,000,000), to 
remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law or regula-
tion, during fiscal year 2018, the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development may not delegate to any Depart-
ment official other than the Deputy Secretary and the As-
sistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing any au-
thority under paragraph (2) of section 9(j) regarding the 
extension of the time periods under such section: Provided 
further, That for purposes of such section 9(j), the term 
‘‘obligate’’ means, with respect to amounts, that the 
amounts are subject to a binding agreement that will re-
sult in outlays, immediately or in the future: Provided fur-
ther, That up to $8,300,000 shall be to support ongoing 
public housing financial and physical assessment activities: 
Provided further, That up to $1,000,000 shall be to sup-
port the costs of administrative and judicial receiverships: 
Provided further, That of the total amount provided under 
this heading, not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be available 
for the Secretary to make grants, notwithstanding section
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203 of this Act, to public housing agencies for emergency 
capital needs including safety and security measures nec-
essary to address crime and drug-related activity as well 
as needs resulting from unforeseen or unpreventable emer-
gencies and natural disasters excluding Presidentially de-
clared 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 2018: Provided fur-
ther, That of the amount made available under the pre-
vious proviso, not less than $5,000,000 shall be for safety 
and security measures: Provided further, That of the total 
amount provided under this heading $35,000,000 shall be 
for supportive services, service coordinator and congregate 
services as authorized by section 34 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 
1437z–6) and the Native American Housing Assistance 
and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et 
seq.): Provided further, That of the total amount made 
available under this heading, up to $15,000,000 shall be 
for a Jobs-Plus initiative modeled after the Jobs-Plus 
demonstration: Provided further, That funding provided 
under the previous proviso shall be available for competi-
tive grants to partnerships between public housing au-
thorities, local workforce investment boards established 
under section 117 of the Workforce Investment Act of 
1998, and other agencies and organizations that provide
1246 
support to help public housing residents obtain employ-
ment and increase earnings: Provided further, That appli-
cants must demonstrate the ability to provide services to 
residents, partner with workforce investment boards, and 
leverage service dollars: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may allow public housing agencies to request ex-
emptions from rent and income limitation requirements 
under sections 3 and 6 of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 as necessary to implement the Jobs-Plus program, 
on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may ap-
prove upon a finding by the Secretary that any such waiv-
ers or alternative requirements are necessary for the effec-
tive implementation of the Jobs-Plus initiative as a vol-
untary program for residents: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall publish by notice in the Federal Register 
any waivers or alternative requirements pursuant to the 
preceding proviso no later than 10 days before the effec-
tive date of such notice: Provided further, That for funds 
provided under this heading, 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 pre-
vious proviso to allow public housing agencies to fund ac-
tivities authorized under section 9(e)(1)(C) of the Act: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall notify public 
housing agencies requesting waivers under the previous
1247 
proviso if the request is approved or denied within 14 days 
of submitting the request: Provided further, That from the 
funds made available under this heading, the Secretary 
shall provide bonus awards in fiscal year 2018 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 enactment of this Act. 
PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND 
For 2018 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)), $4,400,000,000 (reduced by 
$10,000,000), to remain available until September 30, 
2019. 
CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVE 
For competitive grants under the Choice Neighbor-
hoods Initiative (subject to section 24 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v), unless otherwise 
specified under this heading), for transformation, rehabili-
tation, and replacement housing needs of both 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, $20,000,000, to remain
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available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That grant 
funds may be used for resident and community services, 
community development, and affordable housing needs in 
the community, and for conversion of vacant or foreclosed 
properties to affordable housing: Provided further, That 
the use of funds made available under this heading shall 
not be deemed to be public housing notwithstanding sec-
tion 3(b)(1) of such Act: Provided further, That grantees 
shall commit to an additional period of affordability deter-
mined by the Secretary of not fewer than 20 years: Pro-
vided further, That grantees shall provide a match in 
State, local, other Federal or private funds: Provided fur-
ther, That grantees may include local governments, tribal 
entities, public housing authorities, and nonprofits: Pro-
vided further, That for-profit developers 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 under this heading shall be subject to the regula-
tions issued by the Secretary to implement such section: 
Provided further, That of the amount provided, not less 
than $10,000,000 shall be awarded to public housing 
agencies: Provided further, That such grantees shall create 
partnerships with other local organizations including as-
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sisted housing owners, service agencies, and resident orga-
nizations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall con-
sult with the Secretaries of Education, Labor, Transpor-
tation, Health and Human Services, Agriculture, and 
Commerce, the Attorney General, and the Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency to coordinate and 
leverage other appropriate Federal resources: Provided 
further, That no more than $1,000,000 of funds made 
available under this heading may be provided as grants 
to undertake comprehensive local planning with input 
from residents and the community: Provided further, That 
unobligated balances, including recaptures, remaining 
from funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Revitaliza-
tion of Severely Distressed Public Housing (HOPE VI)’’ 
in fiscal year 2011 and prior fiscal years may be used for 
purposes under this heading, notwithstanding the pur-
poses for which such amounts were appropriated. 
FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY 
For the Family Self-Sufficiency program to support 
family self-sufficiency coordinators under section 23 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937, to promote the devel-
opment of local strategies to coordinate the use of assist-
ance under sections 8(o) and 9 of such Act with public 
and private resources, and enable eligible families to 
achieve economic independence and self-sufficiency,
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$75,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2019: Provided, That the Secretary may, by Federal Reg-
ister notice, waive or specify alternative requirements 
under sections 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 assist-
ance under different provisions of the Act, as determined 
by the Secretary: Provided further, That owners of a pri-
vately owned multifamily property with a section 8 con-
tract may voluntarily make a Family Self-Sufficiency pro-
gram available to the assisted tenants of such property 
in accordance with procedures established by the Sec-
retary: Provided further, That such procedures established 
pursuant to the previous proviso shall permit participating 
tenants to accrue escrow funds in accordance with section 
23(d)(2) and shall allow owners to use funding from resid-
ual receipt accounts to hire coordinators for their own 
Family Self-Sufficiency program. 
NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS 
For the Native American Housing Block Grants pro-
gram, as authorized under title I of the Native American 
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 
(NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $654,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2022: Provided, 
That, notwithstanding NAHASDA, to determine the
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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 component based 
on single-race census data and with the need component 
based on multi-race census data, and the amount of the 
allocation for each Indian tribe shall be the greater of the 
two resulting allocation amounts: Provided further, That 
of the amounts made available under this heading, 
$3,500,000 shall be contracted for assistance for national 
or regional organizations representing Native American 
housing interests for providing training and technical as-
sistance to Indian housing authorities and tribally des-
ignated housing entities as authorized under NAHASDA: 
Provided further, That of the funds made available under 
the previous proviso, not less than $2,000,000 shall be 
made available for a national organization as authorized 
under section 703 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4212): Pro-
vided further, That of the amounts made available under 
this heading, $3,500,000 shall be to support the inspection 
of Indian housing units, contract expertise, training, and 
technical assistance related to funding provided under this 
heading and other headings under this Act for the needs 
of Native American families and Indian country: Provided 
further, That of the amount provided under this heading, 
$2,000,000 shall be made available for the cost of guaran-
1252 
teed notes and other obligations, as authorized by title VI 
of NAHASDA: Provided further, That such costs, includ-
ing the costs of modifying such notes and other obliga-
tions, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, 
That these funds are available to subsidize the total prin-
cipal amount of any notes and other obligations, any part 
of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $17,391,304: 
Provided further, That the Department will notify grantees 
of their formula allocation within 60 days of the date of 
enactment of this Act: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 302(d) of NAHASDA, if on the date of 
enactment of this Act, a recipient’s total amount of 
undisbursed block grant funds in the Department’s line 
of credit control system is greater than the sum of its prior 
3 years’ initial formula allocation calculations, the Sec-
retary shall adjust that recipient’s formula allocation that 
it would otherwise receive down by the difference between 
its total amount of undisbursed block grant funds in the 
Department’s line of credit control system on the date of 
enactment of this Act, and the sum of its prior 3 years’ 
initial formula allocation calculations: Provided further, 
That grant amounts not allocated to a recipient pursuant 
to the previous proviso shall be allocated under the need 
component of the formula proportionately among all other
1253 
Indian tribes not subject to an adjustment under such pro-
viso: Provided further, That the second proviso shall not 
apply to any Indian tribe that would otherwise receive a 
formula allocation of less than $5,000,000: Provided fur-
ther, That to take effect, the three previous provisos do 
not require issuance or amendment of any regulation, shall 
not be subject to a formula challenge by an Indian tribe, 
and shall not be construed to confer hearing rights under 
any section of NAHASDA or its implementing regula-
tions. 
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), $5,500,000, 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: Provided further, That these funds are available 
to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to 
be guaranteed, up to $1,486,486,486, to remain available 
until expended: Provided further, That up to $750,000 of 
this amount may be for administrative contract expenses 
including management processes and systems to carry out 
the loan guarantee program: Provided further, That an ad-
1254 
ditional $1,727,000 shall be available until expended for 
such costs of guaranteed loans authorized under such sec-
tion 184 issued to tribes and Indian housing authorities 
for the construction of rental housing for law enforcement, 
healthcare, educational, technical and other skilled work-
ers: Provided further, That the funds specified in the pre-
vious proviso are available to subsidize total loan principal, 
any part of which is to be guaranteed, up to $466,756,757 
to remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may specify any additional program require-
ments with respect to the previous two provisos through 
publication of a Mortgagee Letter or Notice. 
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.), 
$356,000,000 (increased by $19,000,000), to remain 
available until September 30, 2019, except that amounts 
allocated pursuant to section 854(c)(5) of such Act shall 
remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, 
That the Secretary shall renew all expiring contracts for 
permanent supportive housing that initially were funded 
under section 854(c)(5) of such Act from funds made 
available under this heading in fiscal year 2010 and prior
1255 
fiscal years that meet all program requirements before 
awarding funds for new contracts under such section: Pro-
vided further, That the Department shall notify grantees 
of their formula allocation within 60 days of enactment 
of this Act. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND 
For assistance to units of State and local govern-
ment, and to other entities, for economic and community 
development 
activities, 
and 
for 
other 
purposes, 
$2,960,000,000 (increased by $10,000,000) (increased by 
$100,000,000), to remain available until September 30, 
2020, unless otherwise specified: Provided, That of the 
total amount provided, $2,900,000,000 (increased by 
$10,000,000) (increased by $100,000,000) (reduced by 
$1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) is for carrying out 
the community development block grant program under 
title I of the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1974, as amended (‘‘the Act’’ herein) (42 U.S.C. 5301 
et seq.): Provided further, That unless explicitly provided 
for under this heading, not to exceed 20 percent of any 
grant made with funds appropriated under this heading 
shall be expended for planning and management develop-
ment and administration: Provided further, That a metro-
politan city, urban county, unit of general local govern-
ment, or Indian tribe, or insular area that directly or indi-
1256 
rectly receives funds under this heading may not sell, 
trade, or otherwise transfer all or any portion of such 
funds to another such entity in exchange for any other 
funds, credits or non-Federal considerations, but must use 
such funds for activities eligible under title I of the Act: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 105(e)(1) 
of the Act, no funds provided under this heading may be 
provided to a for-profit entity for an economic develop-
ment project under section 105(a)(17) unless such project 
has been evaluated and selected in accordance with guide-
lines required under subparagraph (e)(2): Provided fur-
ther, That the Department shall notify grantees of their 
formula allocation within 60 days of enactment of this Act: 
Provided further, That of the total amount provided under 
this heading $60,000,000 shall be for grants to Indian 
tribes notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of such Act, of 
which, notwithstanding any other provision of law (includ-
ing section 203 of this Act), up to $4,000,000 may be 
used for emergencies that constitute imminent threats to 
health and safety. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2018, commitments to 
guarantee loans under section 108 of the Housing and
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Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5308), 
any part of which is guaranteed, shall not exceed a total 
principal amount of $300,000,000, notwithstanding any 
aggregate limitation on outstanding obligations guaran-
teed in subsection (k) of such section 108: Provided, That 
the Secretary shall collect fees from borrowers, notwith-
standing subsection (m) of such section 108, to result in 
a credit subsidy cost of zero for guaranteeing such loans, 
and any such fees shall be collected in accordance with 
section 502(7) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
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, 
$850,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2021: Provided, That notwithstanding the amount made 
available under this heading, the threshold reduction re-
quirements in sections 216(10) and 217(b)(4) of such Act 
shall not apply to allocations of such amount: Provided 
further, That the requirements under provisos 2 through 
6 under this heading for fiscal year 2012 and such re-
quirements applicable pursuant to the ‘‘Full-Year Con-
tinuing Appropriations Act, 2013’’, shall not apply to any 
project to which funds were committed on or after August 
23, 2013, but such projects shall instead be governed by
1258 
the Final Rule titled ‘‘Home Investment Partnerships 
Program; Improving Performance and Accountability; Up-
dating Property Standards’’ which became effective on 
such date: Provided further, That the Department shall 
notify grantees of their formula allocation within 60 days 
of enactment of this Act. 
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, as 
amended, $45,000,000 (increased by $5,000,000), to re-
main available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That 
of the total amount provided under this heading, 
$10,000,000 shall be made available to the Self-Help and 
Assisted Homeownership Opportunity Program as author-
ized under section 11 of the Housing Opportunity Pro-
gram Extension Act of 1996, as amended: Provided fur-
ther, That of the total amount provided under this head-
ing, $30,000,000 (increased by $5,000,000) shall be made 
available for the second, third, and fourth capacity build-
ing activities authorized under 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 made available 
for rural capacity building activities: Provided further,
1259 
That of the total amount provided under this heading, 
$5,000,000 shall be made available for capacity building 
by national rural housing organizations with experience 
assessing national rural conditions and providing financ-
ing, training, technical assistance, information, and re-
search to local nonprofits, local governments and Indian 
Tribes serving high need rural communities. 
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For the Emergency Solutions Grants program as au-
thorized under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney- 
Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amended; the Con-
tinuum of Care program as authorized under subtitle C 
of title IV of such Act; and the Rural Housing Stability 
Assistance program as authorized under subtitle D of title 
IV of such Act, $2,383,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2020: Provided, That any rental assistance 
amounts that are recaptured under such Continuum of 
Care program shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided further, That not less than $270,000,000 of the 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 
for such Emergency Solutions Grants program: Provided 
further, That not less than $2,106,000,000 of the funds 
appropriated under this heading shall be available for such 
Continuum of Care and Rural Housing Stability Assist-
ance programs: Provided further, That up to $7,000,000
1260 
of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be 
available for the national homeless data analysis project: 
Provided further, That all funds awarded for supportive 
services under the Continuum of Care program and the 
Rural Housing Stability Assistance program shall be 
matched by not less than 25 percent in cash or in kind 
by each grantee: Provided further, That for all match re-
quirements applicable to funds made available under this 
heading for this fiscal year and prior years, a grantee may 
use (or could have used) as a source of match funds other 
funds administered by the Secretary and other Federal 
agencies unless there is (or was) a specific statutory prohi-
bition on any such use of any such funds: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall collect system performance meas-
ures for each continuum of care, and that relative to fiscal 
year 2015, under the Continuum of Care competition with 
respect to funds made available under this heading, the 
Secretary shall base an increasing share of the score on 
performance criteria: Provided further, That none of the 
funds provided under this heading shall be available to 
provide funding for new projects, except for projects cre-
ated 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 continuum of care’s system performance:
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Provided further, That the Secretary shall prioritize fund-
ing under the Continuum of Care program to continuums 
of care that have demonstrated a capacity to reallocate 
funding from lower performing projects to higher per-
forming projects: Provided further, That all awards of as-
sistance under this heading shall be required to coordinate 
and integrate homeless programs with other mainstream 
health, social services, and employment programs for 
which homeless populations may be eligible: Provided fur-
ther, That any unobligated amounts remaining from funds 
appropriated 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 all balances for Shelter Plus Care renewals 
previously funded from the Shelter Plus Care Renewal ac-
count and transferred to this account shall be available, 
if recaptured, for Continuum of Care renewals in fiscal 
year 2018: Provided further, That the Department shall 
notify grantees of their formula allocation from amounts 
allocated (which may represent initial or final amounts al-
located) for the Emergency Solutions Grant program with-
in 60 days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That 
youth aged 24 and under seeking assistance under this
1262 
heading shall not be required to provide third party docu-
mentation to establish their eligibility under 42 U.S.C. 
11302(a) or (b) to receive services: Provided further, That 
unaccompanied youth aged 24 and under or families head-
ed by youth aged 24 and under who are living in unsafe 
situations may be served by youth-serving providers fund-
ed under this heading. 
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.) (‘‘the 
Act’’), not otherwise provided for, $10,682,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, shall be available on Octo-
ber 1, 2017 (in addition to the $400,000,000 previously 
appropriated under this heading that became available Oc-
tober 1, 2017), and $400,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be available on October 1, 2018: Pro-
vided, That the amounts made available under this head-
ing shall be available for expiring or terminating section 
8 project-based subsidy contracts (including section 8 
moderate rehabilitation contracts), for amendments to sec-
tion 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including section 
8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for contracts entered 
into pursuant to section 441 of the McKinney-Vento
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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 In-
come Housing Preservation Act of 1987 or the Low-In-
come Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership 
Act of 1990, and for administrative and other expenses 
associated with project-based activities and assistance 
funded under this paragraph: Provided further, That 
amounts recaptured under this heading, the heading ‘‘An-
nual Contributions for Assisted Housing’’, or the heading 
‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’, may be used for renewals of 
or amendments to section 8 project-based contracts, not-
withstanding the purposes for which such amounts were 
appropriated: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, upon the request of the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development, project funds that 
are held in residual receipts accounts for any project sub-
ject to a section 8 project-based Housing Assistance Pay-
ments contract that authorizes HUD or a Housing Fi-
nance Agency to require that surplus project funds be de-
posited in an interest-bearing residual receipts account 
and that are in excess of an amount to be determined by 
the Secretary, shall be remitted to the Department and 
deposited in this account, to be available until expended: 
Provided further, That amounts deposited pursuant to the
1264 
previous proviso shall be available in addition to the 
amount otherwise provided by this heading for uses au-
thorized under this heading. 
HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY 
For amendments to capital advance contracts, for 
housing for the elderly, as authorized by section 202 of 
the Housing Act of 1959, as amended, and for project 
rental assistance for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) 
of such Act, including amendments to contracts for such 
assistance and renewal of expiring contracts for such as-
sistance for up to a 1-year term, and for senior preserva-
tion rental assistance contracts, including renewals, as au-
thorized by section 811(e) of the American Housing and 
Economic Opportunity Act of 2000, as amended, and for 
supportive 
services 
associated 
with 
the 
housing, 
$573,000,000 (increased by $2,500,000) to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2021: Provided, That of the 
amount provided under this heading, up to $90,000,000 
shall be for service coordinators and the continuation of 
existing congregate service grants for residents of assisted 
housing projects: Provided further, That amounts under 
this heading shall be available for Real Estate Assessment 
Center inspections and inspection-related activities associ-
ated with section 202 projects: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may waive the provisions of section 202 gov-
1265 
erning the terms and conditions of project rental assist-
ance, except that the initial contract term for such assist-
ance shall not exceed 5 years in duration: Provided further, 
That upon request of the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development, project funds that are held in residual re-
ceipts accounts for any project subject to a section 202 
project rental assistance contract, and that upon termi-
nation of such contract are in excess of an amount to be 
determined by the Secretary, shall be remitted to the De-
partment and deposited in this account, to be available 
until September 30, 2021: Provided further, That amounts 
deposited in this account pursuant to the previous proviso 
shall be available, in addition to the amounts otherwise 
provided by this heading, for amendments and renewals: 
Provided further, That unobligated balances, including re-
captures and carryover, remaining from funds transferred 
to or appropriated under this heading shall be available 
for amendments and renewals notwithstanding the pur-
poses for which such funds originally were appropriated. 
HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 
For amendments to capital advance contracts for 
supportive housing for persons with disabilities, as author-
ized by section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af-
fordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), as amended, and 
for project rental assistance for supportive housing for
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persons with disabilities under section 811(d)(2) of such 
Act and for project assistance contracts pursuant to sec-
tion 202(h) of the Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86– 
372; 73 Stat. 667), including amendments to contracts for 
such assistance and renewal of expiring contracts for such 
assistance for up to a 1-year term, for project rental as-
sistance to State housing finance agencies and other ap-
propriate entities as authorized under section 811(b)(3) 
of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Housing Act, and for 
supportive services associated with the housing for persons 
with disabilities as authorized by section 811(b)(1) of such 
Act, $147,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2021: Provided, That amounts made available under 
this heading shall be available for Real Estate Assessment 
Center inspections and inspection-related activities associ-
ated with section 811 projects: Provided further, That, in 
this fiscal year, upon the request of the Secretary of Hous-
ing and Urban Development, project funds that are held 
in residual receipts accounts for any project subject to a 
section 811 project rental assistance contract and that 
upon termination of such contract are in excess of an 
amount to be determined by the Secretary shall be remit-
ted to the Department and deposited in this account, to 
be available until September 30, 2021: Provided further, 
That amounts deposited in this account pursuant to the
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previous proviso shall be available in addition to the 
amounts otherwise provided by this heading for amend-
ments and renewals: Provided further, That unobligated 
balances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining 
from funds transferred to or appropriated under this 
heading shall be used for amendments and renewals not-
withstanding the purposes for which such funds originally 
were appropriated. 
HOUSING COUNSELING ASSISTANCE 
For contracts, grants, and other assistance excluding 
loans, as authorized under section 106 of the Housing and 
Urban 
Development 
Act 
of 
1968, 
as 
amended, 
$50,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2019, including up to $4,500,000 for administrative con-
tract services: Provided, That grants made available from 
amounts provided under this heading shall be awarded 
within 180 days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, 
That funds shall be used for providing counseling and ad-
vice to tenants and homeowners, both current and pro-
spective, with respect to property maintenance, financial 
management/literacy, and such other matters as may be 
appropriate to assist them in improving their housing con-
ditions, meeting their financial needs, and fulfilling the re-
sponsibilities of tenancy or homeownership; for program 
administration; and for housing counselor training: Pro-
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vided further, That for purposes of providing such grants 
from amounts provided under this heading, the Secretary 
may enter into multiyear agreements as appropriate, sub-
ject to the availability of annual appropriations. 
RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE 
For amendments to contracts under section 101 of 
the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 
U.S.C. 1701s) and section 236(f)(2) of the National 
Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1) in State-aided, non-
insured rental housing projects, $14,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such amount, to-
gether with unobligated balances from recaptured 
amounts appropriated prior to fiscal year 2006 from ter-
minated contracts under such sections of law, and any un-
obligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, re-
maining from funds appropriated under this heading after 
fiscal year 2005, shall also be available for extensions of 
up to one year for expiring contracts under such sections 
of law. 
PAYMENT TO MANUFACTURED HOUSING FEES TRUST 
FUND 
For necessary expenses as authorized by the National 
Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Stand-
ards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), up to 
$11,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which
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$11,000,000 is to be derived from the Manufactured 
Housing Fees Trust Fund: Provided, That not to exceed 
the total amount appropriated under this heading shall be 
available from the general fund of the Treasury to the ex-
tent necessary to incur obligations and make expenditures 
pending the receipt of collections to the Fund pursuant 
to section 620 of such Act: Provided further, That the 
amount made available under this heading from the gen-
eral fund shall be reduced as such collections are received 
during fiscal year 2018 so as to result in a final fiscal 
year 2018 appropriation from the general fund estimated 
at zero, and fees pursuant to such section 620 shall be 
modified as necessary to ensure such a final fiscal year 
2018 appropriation: Provided further, That for the dispute 
resolution and installation programs, the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development may assess and collect 
fees from any program participant: Provided further, That 
such collections shall be deposited into the Fund, and the 
Secretary, as provided herein, may use such collections, 
as well as fees collected under section 620, for necessary 
expenses of such Act: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing the requirements of section 620 of such Act, the 
Secretary may carry out responsibilities of the Secretary 
under such Act through the use of approved service pro-
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viders that are paid directly by the recipients of their serv-
ices. 
FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION 
MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
New commitments to guarantee single family loans 
insured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund shall 
not exceed $400,000,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2019: Provided, That during fiscal year 
2018, obligations to make direct loans to carry out the 
purposes of section 204(g) of the National Housing Act, 
as amended, shall not exceed $5,000,000: Provided fur-
ther, That the foregoing amount in the previous proviso 
shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities 
in connection with sales of single family real properties 
owned by the Secretary and formerly insured under the 
Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund: Provided further, That 
for administrative contract expenses of the Federal Hous-
ing 
Administration, 
$135,000,000 
(reduced 
by 
$5,000,000), to remain available until September 30, 
2019: Provided further, That to the extent guaranteed 
loan commitments exceed $200,000,000,000 on or before 
April 1, 2018, an additional $1,400 for administrative 
contract expenses shall be available for each $1,000,000 
in additional guaranteed loan commitments (including a 
pro rata amount for any amount below $1,000,000), but
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in no case shall funds made available by this proviso ex-
ceed $30,000,000: Provided further, That during fiscal 
year 2018 the Secretary may insure and enter into new 
commitments to insure mortgages under section 255 of 
the National Housing Act only to the extent that the net 
credit subsidy cost for such insurance does not exceed 
zero. 
GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
New commitments to guarantee loans insured under 
the General and Special Risk Insurance Funds, as author-
ized by sections 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act 
(12 U.S.C. 1715z–3 and 1735c), shall not exceed 
$30,000,000,000 in total loan principal, any part of which 
is to be guaranteed, to remain available until September 
30, 2019: Provided, That during fiscal year 2018, gross 
obligations for the principal amount of direct loans, as au-
thorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, and 519(a) of 
the National Housing Act, shall not exceed $5,000,000, 
which shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental en-
tities in connection with the sale of single family real prop-
erties owned by the Secretary and formerly insured under 
such Act.
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GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION 
GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES LOAN 
GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out 
the purposes of section 306 of the National Housing Act, 
as amended (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)), shall not exceed 
$500,000,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2019: Provided, That $25,400,000 shall be available 
for necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Gov-
ernment National Mortgage Association: Provided further, 
That to the extent that guaranteed loan commitments ex-
ceed $155,000,000,000 on or before April 1, 2018, an ad-
ditional $100 for necessary salaries and expenses shall be 
available until expended for each $1,000,000 in additional 
guaranteed loan commitments (including a pro rata 
amount for any amount below $1,000,000), but in no case 
shall funds made available by this proviso exceed 
$3,000,000: Provided further, That receipts from Commit-
ment and Multiclass fees collected pursuant to title III of 
the National Housing Act, as amended, shall be credited 
as offsetting collections to this account. 
POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH 
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 
For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of pro-
grams of research and studies relating to housing and
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urban problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized 
by title V of the Housing and Urban Development Act 
of 1970 (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 et seq.), including carrying 
out the functions of the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development under section 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization 
Plan No. 2 of 1968, and for technical assistance, 
$85,000,000 (reduced by $2,500,000), to remain available 
until September 30, 2019: Provided, That with respect to 
amounts made available under this heading, notwith-
standing section 203 of this title, the Secretary may enter 
into cooperative agreements funded with philanthropic en-
tities, other Federal agencies, or State or local govern-
ments and their agencies for research projects: Provided 
further, That with respect to the previous proviso, such 
partners to the cooperative agreements must contribute at 
least a 50 percent match toward the cost of the project: 
Provided further, That for non-competitive agreements en-
tered into in accordance with the previous two provisos, 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall 
comply with section 2(b) of the Federal Funding Account-
ability and Transparency Act of 2006 (Public Law 109– 
282, 31 U.S.C. note) in lieu of compliance with section 
102(a)(4)(C) with respect to documentation of award deci-
sions: Provided further, That prior to obligation of tech-
nical assistance funding, the Secretary shall submit a
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plan, for approval, to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations on how it will allocate funding for this 
activity. 
FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 
FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES 
For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not oth-
erwise provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1968, as amended by the Fair Housing 
Amendments Act of 1988, and section 561 of the Housing 
and Community Development Act of 1987, as amended, 
$65,300,000 (reduced by $28,375,000) (increased by 
$28,375,000), to remain available until September 30, 
2019: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, 
the Secretary may assess and collect fees to cover the costs 
of the Fair Housing Training Academy, and may use such 
funds to provide such training: Provided further, That no 
funds made available under this heading shall be used to 
lobby the executive or legislative branches of the Federal 
Government in connection with a specific contract, grant, 
or loan: Provided further, That of the funds made available 
under this heading, $300,000 shall be available to the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development for the cre-
ation and promotion of translated materials and other pro-
grams that support the assistance of persons with limited
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English proficiency in utilizing the services provided by 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 
OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL AND HEALTHY 
HOMES 
LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION 
For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as author-
ized by section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint 
Hazard Reduction Act of 1992, $130,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2019, of which $25,000,000 
shall be for the Healthy Homes Initiative, pursuant to sec-
tions 501 and 502 of the Housing and Urban Develop-
ment Act of 1970, that shall include research, studies, 
testing, and demonstration efforts, including education 
and outreach concerning lead-based paint poisoning and 
other housing-related diseases and hazards: Provided, 
That for purposes of environmental review, pursuant to 
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 
4321 et seq.) and other provisions of the law that further 
the purposes of such Act, a grant under the Healthy 
Homes Initiative, or the Lead Technical Studies program 
under this heading or under prior appropriations Acts for 
such purposes under this heading, shall be considered to 
be funds for a special project for purposes of section 
305(c) of the Multifamily Housing Property Disposition 
Reform Act of 1994: Provided further, That of the total
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amount made available under this heading, $50,000,000 
shall be made available on a competitive basis for areas 
with the highest lead-based paint abatement needs: Pro-
vided further, That each recipient of funds provided under 
the previous proviso shall contribute an amount not less 
than 25 percent of the total: Provided further, That each 
applicant shall certify adequate capacity that is acceptable 
to the Secretary to carry out the proposed use of funds 
pursuant to a notice of funding availability: Provided fur-
ther, That amounts made available under this heading in 
this or prior appropriations Acts, and that still remain 
available, may be used for any purpose under this heading 
notwithstanding the purpose for which such amounts were 
appropriated if a program competition is undersubscribed 
and there are other program competitions under this head-
ing that are oversubscribed. 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FUND 
For the development of, modifications to, and infra-
structure for Department-wide and program-specific infor-
mation technology systems, for the continuing operation 
and maintenance of both Department-wide and program- 
specific information systems, and for program-related 
maintenance 
activities, 
$150,000,000 
(reduced 
by 
$2,000,000) (reduced by $19,000,000) (reduced by 
$100,000,000) shall remain available until September 30,
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2019: Provided, That any amounts transferred to this 
Fund under this Act shall remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That any amounts transferred to this 
Fund from amounts appropriated by previously enacted 
appropriations Acts may be used for the purposes specified 
under this Fund, in addition to any other information 
technology purposes for which such amounts were appro-
priated. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Inspector General in carrying out the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, as amended, $128,082,000: Provided, That 
the Inspector General shall have independent authority 
over all personnel issues within this office. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 
URBAN DEVELOPMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
SEC. 201. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget au-
thority, or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts 
associated with such budget authority, that are recaptured 
from projects described in section 1012(a) of the Stewart 
B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 
1988 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) shall be rescinded or in the 
case of cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such
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amounts of budget authority or cash recaptured and not 
rescinded or remitted to the Treasury shall be used by 
State housing finance agencies or local governments or 
local housing agencies with projects approved by the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development for which set-
tlement occurred after January 1, 1992, in accordance 
with such section. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, 
the Secretary may award up to 15 percent of the budget 
authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted 
to the Treasury to provide project owners with incentives 
to refinance their project at a lower interest rate. 
SEC. 202. None of the amounts made available under 
this Act may be used during fiscal year 2018 to investigate 
or prosecute under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise 
lawful activity engaged in by one or more persons, includ-
ing the filing or maintaining of a nonfrivolous legal action, 
that is engaged in solely for the purpose of achieving or 
preventing action by a Government official or entity, or 
a court of competent jurisdiction. 
SEC. 203. Except as explicitly provided in law, any 
grant, cooperative agreement or other assistance made 
pursuant to title II of this Act shall be made on a competi-
tive basis and in accordance with section 102 of the De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act 
of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 3545).
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SEC. 204. Funds of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development subject to the Government Corpora-
tion Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of 
1950 shall be available, without regard to the limitations 
on administrative expenses, for legal services on a contract 
or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment for 
services and facilities of the Federal National Mortgage 
Association, Government National Mortgage Association, 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Fi-
nancing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or any member 
thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, and any insured bank 
within the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance Cor-
poration Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811–1). 
SEC. 205. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act 
or through a reprogramming of funds, no part of any ap-
propriation for the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development shall be available for any program, project 
or activity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget 
estimates submitted to Congress. 
SEC. 206. Corporations and agencies of the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development which are sub-
ject to the Government Corporation Control Act are here-
by authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits 
of funds and borrowing authority available to each such 
corporation or agency and in accordance with law, and to
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make such contracts and commitments without regard to 
fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of such 
Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set 
forth in the budget for 2018 for such corporation or agen-
cy except as hereinafter provided: Provided, That collec-
tions of these corporations and agencies may be used for 
new loan or mortgage purchase commitments only to the 
extent expressly provided for in this Act (unless such loans 
are in support of other forms of assistance provided for 
in this or prior appropriations Acts), except that this pro-
viso shall not apply to the mortgage insurance or guaranty 
operations of these corporations, or where loans or mort-
gage purchases are necessary to protect the financial in-
terest of the United States Government. 
SEC. 207. The Secretary of Housing and Urban De-
velopment shall provide quarterly reports to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations regarding all 
uncommitted, unobligated, recaptured and excess funds in 
each program and activity within the jurisdiction of the 
Department and shall submit additional, updated budget 
information to these Committees upon request. 
SEC. 208. The President’s formal budget request for 
fiscal year 2019, as well as the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development’s congressional budget justifica-
tions to be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations
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of the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall use 
the identical account and sub-account structure provided 
under this Act. 
SEC. 209. No funds provided under this title may be 
used for an audit of the Government National Mortgage 
Association that makes applicable requirements under the 
Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.). 
SEC. 210. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, subject to the conditions listed under this section, 
for fiscal years 2018 and 2019, the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development may authorize the transfer of 
some or all project-based assistance, debt held or insured 
by the Secretary and statutorily required low-income and 
very low-income use restrictions if any, associated with one 
or more multifamily housing project or projects to another 
multifamily housing project or projects. 
(b) PHASED
TRANSFERS.—Transfers of project- 
based assistance under this section may be done in phases 
to accommodate the financing and other requirements re-
lated to rehabilitating or constructing the project or 
projects to which the assistance is transferred, to ensure 
that such project or projects meet the standards under 
subsection (c). 
(c) The transfer authorized in subsection (a) is sub-
ject to the following conditions:
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(1) NUMBER AND BEDROOM SIZE OF UNITS.— 
(A) For occupied units in the transferring 
project: The number of low-income and very 
low-income units and the configuration (i.e., 
bedroom size) provided by the transferring 
project shall be no less than when transferred 
to the receiving project or projects and the net 
dollar amount of Federal assistance provided to 
the transferring project shall remain the same 
in the receiving project or projects. 
(B) For unoccupied units in the transfer-
ring project: The Secretary may authorize a re-
duction in the number of dwelling units in the 
receiving project or projects to allow for a re-
configuration of bedroom sizes to meet current 
market demands, as determined by the Sec-
retary and provided there is no increase in the 
project-based assistance budget authority. 
(2) The transferring project shall, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, be either physically obsolete 
or economically nonviable. 
(3) The receiving project or projects shall meet 
or exceed applicable physical standards established 
by the Secretary.
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(4) The owner or mortgagor of the transferring 
project shall notify and consult with the tenants re-
siding in the transferring project and provide a cer-
tification of approval by all appropriate local govern-
mental officials. 
(5) The tenants of the transferring project who 
remain eligible for assistance to be provided by the 
receiving project or projects shall not be required to 
vacate their units in the transferring project or 
projects until new units in the receiving project are 
available for occupancy. 
(6) The Secretary determines that this transfer 
is in the best interest of the tenants. 
(7) If either the transferring project or the re-
ceiving project or projects meets the condition speci-
fied in subsection (d)(2)(A), any lien on the receiv-
ing project resulting from additional financing ob-
tained by the owner shall be subordinate to any 
FHA-insured mortgage lien transferred to, or placed 
on, such project by the Secretary, except that the 
Secretary may waive this requirement upon deter-
mination that such a waiver is necessary to facilitate 
the financing of acquisition, construction, and/or re-
habilitation of the receiving project or projects.
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(8) If the transferring project meets the re-
quirements of subsection (d)(2), the owner or mort-
gagor of the receiving project or projects shall exe-
cute and record either a continuation of the existing 
use agreement or a new use agreement for the 
project where, in either case, any use restrictions in 
such agreement are of no lesser duration than the 
existing use restrictions. 
(9) The transfer does not increase the cost (as 
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, as amended) of any FHA-insured 
mortgage, except to the extent that appropriations 
are provided in advance for the amount of any such 
increased cost. 
(d) For purposes of this section— 
(1) the terms ‘‘low-income’’ and ‘‘very low-in-
come’’ shall have the meanings provided by the stat-
ute and/or regulations governing the program under 
which the project is insured or assisted; 
(2) the term ‘‘multifamily housing project’’ 
means housing that meets one of the following con-
ditions— 
(A) housing that is subject to a mortgage 
insured under the National Housing Act;
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(B) housing that has project-based assist-
ance attached to the structure including 
projects undergoing mark to market debt re-
structuring under the Multifamily Assisted 
Housing Reform and Affordability Housing Act; 
(C) housing that is assisted under section 
202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended 
by section 801 of the Cranston-Gonzales Na-
tional Affordable Housing Act; 
(D) housing that is assisted under section 
202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as such sec-
tion existed before the enactment of the Cran-
ston-Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act; 
(E) housing that is assisted under section 
811 of the Cranston-Gonzales National Afford-
able Housing Act; or 
(F) housing or vacant land that is subject 
to a use agreement; 
(3) 
the 
term 
‘‘project-based 
assistance’’ 
means— 
(A) assistance provided under section 8(b) 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937; 
(B) assistance for housing constructed or 
substantially rehabilitated pursuant to assist-
ance provided under section 8(b)(2) of such Act
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(as such section existed immediately before Oc-
tober 1, 1983); 
(C) rent supplement payments under sec-
tion 101 of the Housing and Urban Develop-
ment Act of 1965; 
(D) interest reduction payments under sec-
tion 236 and/or additional assistance payments 
under section 236(f)(2) of the National Hous-
ing Act; 
(E) assistance payments made under sec-
tion 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959; and 
(F) assistance payments made under sec-
tion 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na-
tional Affordable Housing Act; 
(4) the term ‘‘receiving project or projects’’ 
means the multifamily housing project or projects to 
which some or all of the project-based assistance, 
debt, and statutorily required low-income and very 
low-income use restrictions are to be transferred; 
(5) the term ‘‘transferring project’’ means the 
multifamily housing project which is transferring 
some or all of the project-based assistance, debt, and 
the statutorily required low-income and very low-in-
come use restrictions to the receiving project or 
projects; and
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(6) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development. 
(e) RESEARCH REPORT.—The Secretary shall con-
duct an evaluation of the transfer authority under this sec-
tion, including the effect of such transfers on the oper-
ational efficiency, contract rents, physical and financial 
conditions, and long-term preservation of the affected 
properties. 
SEC. 211. (a) No assistance shall be provided under 
section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437f) to any individual who— 
(1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of 
higher education (as defined under section 102 of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1002)); 
(2) is under 24 years of age; 
(3) is not a veteran; 
(4) is unmarried; 
(5) does not have a dependent child; 
(6) is not a person with disabilities, as such 
term is defined in section 3(b)(3)(E) of the United 
States 
Housing 
Act 
of 
1937 
(42 
U.S.C. 
1437a(b)(3)(E)) and was not receiving assistance 
under such section 8 as of November 30, 2005;
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(7) is not a youth who left foster care at age 
14 or older and is at risk of becoming homeless; and 
(8) is not otherwise individually eligible, or has 
parents who, individually or jointly, are not eligible, 
to receive assistance under section 8 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f). 
(b) For purposes of determining the eligibility of a 
person to receive assistance under section 8 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), any finan-
cial assistance (in excess of amounts received for tuition 
and any other required fees and charges) that an indi-
vidual receives under the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), from private sources, or an insti-
tution of higher education (as defined under the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)), shall be consid-
ered income to that individual, except for a person over 
the age of 23 with dependent children. 
SEC. 212. The funds made available for Native Alas-
kans under the heading ‘‘Native American Housing Block 
Grants’’ in title II of this Act shall be allocated to the 
same Native Alaskan housing block grant recipients that 
received funds in fiscal year 2005. 
SEC. 213. Notwithstanding the limitation in the first 
sentence of section 255(g) of the National Housing Act 
(12 U.S.C. 1715z–20(g)), the Secretary of Housing and
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Urban Development may, until September 30, 2018, in-
sure and enter into commitments to insure mortgages 
under such section 255. 
SEC. 214. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, in fiscal year 2018, in managing and disposing of any 
multifamily property that is owned or has a mortgage held 
by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and 
during the process of foreclosure on any property with a 
contract for rental assistance payments under section 8 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 or other Fed-
eral programs, the Secretary shall maintain any rental as-
sistance payments under section 8 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 and other programs that are at-
tached to any dwelling units in the property. To the extent 
the Secretary determines, in consultation with the tenants 
and the local government, that such a multifamily prop-
erty owned or held by the Secretary is not feasible for con-
tinued rental assistance payments under such section 8 
or other programs, based on consideration of (1) the costs 
of rehabilitating and operating the property and all avail-
able Federal, State, and local resources, including rent ad-
justments under section 524 of the Multifamily Assisted 
Housing 
Reform 
and 
Affordability 
Act 
of 
1997 
(‘‘MAHRAA’’) and (2) environmental conditions that can-
not be remedied in a cost-effective fashion, the Secretary
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may, in consultation with the tenants of that property, 
contract for project-based rental assistance payments with 
an owner or owners of other existing housing properties, 
or provide other rental assistance. The Secretary shall also 
take appropriate steps to ensure that project-based con-
tracts remain in effect prior to foreclosure, subject to the 
exercise of contractual abatement remedies to assist relo-
cation of tenants for imminent major threats to health and 
safety after written notice to and informed consent of the 
affected tenants and use of other available remedies, such 
as partial abatements or receivership. After disposition of 
any multifamily property described under this section, the 
contract and allowable rent levels on such properties shall 
be subject to the requirements under section 524 of 
MAHRAA. 
SEC. 215. The commitment authority funded by fees 
as provided under the heading ‘‘Community Development 
Loan Guarantees Program Account’’ may be used to guar-
antee, or make commitments to guarantee, notes, or other 
obligations issued by any State on behalf of non-entitle-
ment communities in the State in accordance with the re-
quirements of section 108 of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974: Provided, That any State re-
ceiving such a guarantee or commitment shall distribute 
all funds subject to such guarantee to the units of general
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local government in non-entitlement areas that received 
the commitment. 
SEC. 216. Public housing agencies that own and oper-
ate 400 or fewer public housing units may elect to be ex-
empt from any asset management requirement imposed by 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in con-
nection with the operating fund rule: Provided, That an 
agency seeking a discontinuance of a reduction of subsidy 
under the operating fund formula shall not be exempt 
from asset management requirements. 
SEC. 217. With respect to the use of amounts pro-
vided in this Act and in future Acts for the operation, cap-
ital improvement and management of public housing as 
authorized by sections 9(d) and 9(e) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d) and (e)), the 
Secretary shall not impose any requirement or guideline 
relating to asset management that restricts or limits in 
any way the use of capital funds for central office costs 
pursuant to section 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(g)(1), (2)): Pro-
vided, That a public housing agency may not use capital 
funds authorized under section 9(d) for activities that are 
eligible under section 9(e) for assistance with amounts 
from the operating fund in excess of the amounts per-
mitted under section 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2).
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SEC. 218. No official or employee of the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development shall be designated 
as an allotment holder unless the Office of the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer has determined that such allotment holder 
has implemented an adequate system of funds control and 
has received training in funds control procedures and di-
rectives. The Chief Financial Officer shall ensure that 
there is a trained allotment holder for each HUD sub- 
office under the accounts ‘‘Executive Offices’’ and ‘‘Ad-
ministrative Support Offices,’’ as well as each account re-
ceiving appropriations for ‘‘Program Office Salaries and 
Expenses’’, ‘‘Government National Mortgage Associa-
tion—Guarantees of Mortgage-Backed Securities Loan 
Guarantee Program Account’’, and ‘‘Office of Inspector 
General’’ within the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development. 
SEC. 219. The Secretary of the Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development shall, for fiscal year 2018, 
notify the public through the Federal Register and other 
means, as determined appropriate, of the issuance of a no-
tice of the availability of assistance or notice of funding 
availability (NOFA) for any program or discretionary 
fund administered by the Secretary that is to be competi-
tively awarded. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, for fiscal year 2018, the Secretary may make the
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NOFA available only on the Internet at the appropriate 
Government web site or through other electronic media, 
as determined by the Secretary. 
SEC. 220. Payment of attorney fees in program-re-
lated litigation shall be paid from the individual program 
office and Office of General Counsel salaries and expenses 
appropriations. The annual budget submission for the pro-
gram offices and the Office of General Counsel shall in-
clude any such projected litigation costs for attorney fees 
as a separate line item request. No funds provided in this 
title may be used to pay any such litigation costs for attor-
ney fees until the Department submits for review a spend-
ing plan for such costs to the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 221. The Secretary is authorized to transfer up 
to 10 percent or $4,000,000, whichever is less, of funds 
appropriated for any office under the heading ‘‘Adminis-
trative Support Offices’’ or for any account under the gen-
eral heading ‘‘Program Office Salaries and Expenses’’ to 
any other such office or account: Provided, That no appro-
priation for any such office or account shall be increased 
or decreased by more than 10 percent or $4,000,000, 
whichever is less, without prior written approval of the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall provide notification
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to such Committees three business days in advance of any 
such transfers under this section up to 10 percent or 
$4,000,000, whichever is less. 
SEC. 222. (a) Any entity receiving housing assistance 
payments shall maintain decent, safe, and sanitary condi-
tions, as determined by the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development (in this section referred to as the 
‘‘Secretary’’), and comply with any standards under appli-
cable State or local laws, rules, ordinances, or regulations 
relating to the physical condition of any property covered 
under a housing assistance payment contract. 
(b) The Secretary shall take action under subsection 
(c) when a multifamily housing project with a section 8 
contract or contract for similar project-based assistance— 
(1) receives a Uniform Physical Condition 
Standards (UPCS) score of 60 or less; or 
(2) fails to certify in writing to the Secretary 
within 3 days that all Exigent Health and Safety de-
ficiencies identified by the inspector at the project 
have been corrected. 
Such requirements shall apply to insured and noninsured 
projects with assistance attached to the units under sec-
tion 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437f), but do not apply to such units assisted 
under section 8(o)(13) (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)) or to
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public housing units assisted with capital or operating 
funds under section 9 of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g). 
(c)(1) Within 15 days of the issuance of the REAC 
inspection, the Secretary must provide the owner with a 
Notice of Default with a specified timetable, determined 
by the Secretary, for correcting all deficiencies. The Sec-
retary must also provide a copy of the Notice of Default 
to the tenants, the local government, any mortgagees, and 
any contract administrator. If the owner’s appeal results 
in a UPCS score of 60 or above, the Secretary may with-
draw the Notice of Default. 
(2) At the end of the time period for correcting all 
deficiencies specified in the Notice of Default, if the owner 
fails to fully correct such deficiencies, the Secretary may— 
(A) require immediate replacement of project 
management with a management agent approved by 
the Secretary; 
(B) impose civil money penalties, which shall be 
used solely for the purpose of supporting safe and 
sanitary conditions at applicable properties, as des-
ignated by the Secretary, with priority given to the 
tenants of the property affected by the penalty;
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(C) abate the section 8 contract, including par-
tial abatement, as determined by the Secretary, until 
all deficiencies have been corrected; 
(D) pursue transfer of the project to an owner, 
approved by the Secretary under established proce-
dures, which will be obligated to promptly make all 
required repairs and to accept renewal of the assist-
ance contract as long as such renewal is offered; 
(E) transfer the existing section 8 contract to 
another project or projects and owner or owners; 
(F) pursue exclusionary sanctions, including 
suspensions or debarments from Federal programs; 
(G) seek judicial appointment of a receiver to 
manage the property and cure all project deficiencies 
or seek a judicial order of specific performance re-
quiring the owner to cure all project deficiencies; 
(H) work with the owner, lender, or other re-
lated party to stabilize the property in an attempt 
to preserve the property through compliance, trans-
fer of ownership, or an infusion of capital provided 
by a third-party that requires time to effectuate; or 
(I) take any other regulatory or contractual 
remedies available as deemed necessary and appro-
priate by the Secretary.
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(d) The Secretary shall also take appropriate steps 
to ensure that project-based contracts remain in effect, 
subject to the exercise of contractual abatement remedies 
to assist relocation of tenants for major threats to health 
and safety after written notice to the affected tenants. To 
the extent the Secretary determines, in consultation with 
the tenants and the local government, that the property 
is not feasible for continued rental assistance payments 
under such section 8 or other programs, based on consid-
eration of— 
(1) the costs of rehabilitating and operating the 
property and all available Federal, State, and local 
resources, including rent adjustments under section 
524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform 
and Affordability Act of 1997 (‘‘MAHRAA’’); and 
(2) environmental conditions that cannot be 
remedied in a cost-effective fashion, the Secretary 
may contract for project-based rental assistance pay-
ments with an owner or owners of other existing 
housing properties, or provide other rental assist-
ance. 
(e) The Secretary shall report quarterly on all prop-
erties covered by this section that are assessed through 
the Real Estate Assessment Center and have UPCS phys-
ical inspection scores of less than 60 or have received an
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unsatisfactory management and occupancy review within 
the past 36 months. The report shall include— 
(1) the enforcement actions being taken to ad-
dress such conditions, including imposition of civil 
money penalties and termination of subsidies, and 
identify properties that have such conditions mul-
tiple times; 
(2) actions that the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development is taking to protect tenants 
of such identified properties; and 
(3) any administrative or legislative rec-
ommendations to further improve the living condi-
tions at properties covered under a housing assist-
ance payment contract. 
SEC. 223. None of the funds made available by this 
Act, or any other Act, for purposes authorized under sec-
tion 8 (only with respect to the tenant-based rental assist-
ance program) and section 9 of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.), may be used by 
any public housing agency for any amount of salary, in-
cluding bonuses, for the chief executive officer of which, 
or any other official or employee of which, that exceeds 
the annual rate of basic pay payable for a position at level 
IV of the Executive Schedule at any time during any pub-
lic housing agency fiscal year 2018.