tember 30, 2016, and annually thereafter for each fiscal 
year in which the State expends funds received under this 
section, submit to the Secretary a report that includes— 
(1) a description of the projects for which the 
grant was, or will be, used; 
(2) a description of the amount and nature of 
the assistance provided to each community college 
under this section; and 
(3) the number of jobs created by the projects 
funded under this section. 
(g) REPORT BY THE SECRETARY.—The Secretary 
shall submit to the authorizing committees (as defined in 
section 103 of the Higher Education Act of 1965; 20 
U.S.C. 1003) an annual report on the grants made under 
this section, including the information described in sub-
section (f). 
(h) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.— 
(1) There are authorized to be appropriated, 
and there are appropriated, to carry out this section 
(in addition to any other amounts appropriated to 
carry out this section and out of any money in the 
Treasury 
not 
otherwise 
appropriated), 
$5,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2016. 
(2) Funds appropriated under this subsection 
shall be available for obligation by community col-
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leges only during the period that ends 36 months 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
PART III—DEFINITIONS 
SEC. 230. DEFINITIONS. 
(a) ESEA TERMS.—Except as otherwise provided, in 
this subtitle, the terms ‘‘local educational agency’’, ‘‘Sec-
retary’’, and ‘‘State educational agency’’ have the mean-
ings given those terms in section 9101 of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
(b) ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS.—The following defi-
nitions apply to this title: 
(1) COMMUNITY COLLEGE.—The term ‘‘commu-
nity college’’ means— 
(A) a junior or community college, as that 
term is defined in section 312(f) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1058(f)); or 
(B) an institution of higher education (as 
defined in section 101 of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)) that awards a 
significant number of degrees and certificates, 
as determined by the Secretary, that are not— 
(i) bachelor’s degrees (or an equiva-
lent); or 
(ii) master’s, professional, or other 
advanced degrees. 
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(2) CHPS CRITERIA.—The term ‘‘CHPS Cri-
teria’’ means the green building rating program de-
veloped by the Collaborative for High Performance 
Schools. 
(3) ENERGY STAR.—The term ‘‘Energy Star’’ 
means the Energy Star program of the United 
States Department of Energy and the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency. 
(4) 
GREEN
GLOBES.—The 
term 
‘‘Green 
Globes’’ means the Green Building Initiative envi-
ronmental design and rating system referred to as 
Green Globes. 
(5) LEED GREEN
BUILDING
RATING
SYS-
TEM.—The term ‘‘LEED Green Building Rating 
System’’ means the United States Green Building 
Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental 
Design green building rating standard referred to as 
the LEED Green Building Rating System. 
(6) MODERNIZATION, RENOVATION, AND
RE-
PAIR.—The term ‘‘modernization, renovation, and 
repair’’ means— 
(A) comprehensive assessments of facili-
ties, including indoor air-quality assessments, to 
identify— 
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(i) facility conditions or deficiencies 
that could adversely affect student and 
staff health, safety, performance, or pro-
ductivity or energy, water, or materials ef-
ficiency; and 
(ii) needed facility improvements; 
(B) repairing, replacing, or installing roofs 
(which may be extensive, intensive, or semi-in-
tensive ‘‘green’’ roofs); electrical wiring; water 
supply and plumbing systems, sewage systems, 
storm water runoff systems, lighting systems 
(or components of such systems); or building 
envelope, windows, ceilings, flooring, or doors, 
including security doors; 
(C) repairing, replacing, or installing heat-
ing, ventilation, or air conditioning systems, or 
components of those systems (including insula-
tion) to improve energy efficiency; 
(D) compliance with fire, health, seismic, 
and safety codes, including professional installa-
tion of fire and life safety alarms, and mod-
ernizations, renovations, and repairs that en-
sure that facilities are prepared for such emer-
gencies as acts of terrorism, campus violence, 
and natural disasters, such as improving build-
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ing infrastructure to accommodate security 
measures and installing or upgrading tech-
nology to ensure that a school or incident is 
able to respond to such emergencies; 
(E) making modifications necessary to 
make educational facilities accessible in compli-
ance with the Americans with Disabilities Act 
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) and section 
504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 
U.S.C. 794), except that such modifications 
shall not be the primary use of a grant or 
subgrant; 
(F) abatement, removal, or interim con-
trols of asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, 
mold, mildew, or lead-based hazards, including 
lead-based paint hazards; 
(G) retrofitting necessary to increase en-
ergy efficiency; 
(H) measures, such as selection and sub-
stitution of products and materials, and imple-
mentation of improved maintenance and oper-
ational procedures, such as ‘‘green cleaning’’ 
programs, to reduce or eliminate potential stu-
dent or staff exposure to— 
(i) volatile organic compounds; 
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(ii) particles such as dust and pollens; 
or 
(iii) combustion gases; 
(I) modernization, renovation, or repair 
necessary to reduce the consumption of coal, 
electricity, land, natural gas, oil, or water; 
(J) installation or upgrading of educational 
technology infrastructure; 
(K) installation or upgrading of renewable 
energy generation and heating systems, includ-
ing solar, photovoltaic, wind, biomass (including 
wood pellet and woody biomass), waste-to-en-
ergy, solar-thermal, and geothermal systems, 
and energy audits; 
(L) modernization, renovation, or repair 
activities related to energy efficiency and renew-
able energy, and improvements to building in-
frastructures to accommodate bicycle and pe-
destrian access; 
(M) ground improvements, storm water 
management, landscaping, and environmental 
clean-up when necessary; 
(N) other modernization, renovation, or re-
pair to— 
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(i) improve teachers’ ability to teach 
and students’ ability to learn; 
(ii) ensure the health and safety of 
students and staff; or 
(iii) improve classroom, laboratory, 
and vocational facilities in order to en-
hance the quality of science, technology, 
engineering, and mathematics instruction; 
and 
(O) required environmental remediation re-
lated to facilities modernization, renovation, or 
repair activities described in subparagraphs (A) 
through (N). 
(7) OUTLYING
AREA.—The term ‘‘outlying 
area’’ means the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, Amer-
ican Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, and the Republic of Palau. 
(8) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 
the 50 States of the United States, the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia. 
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Subtitle D—Immediate Transpor-
tation 
Infrastructure 
Invest-
ments 
SEC. 241. IMMEDIATE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE 
INVESTMENTS. 
(a) GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is made available to 
the Secretary of Transportation $2,000,000,000 to 
carry out airport improvement under subchapter I of 
chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 of title 
49, United States Code. 
(2) FEDERAL SHARE; LIMITATION ON OBLIGA-
TIONS.—The Federal share payable of the costs for 
which a grant is made under this subsection, shall 
be 100 percent. The amount made available under 
this subsection shall not be subject to any limitation 
on obligations for the Grants-In-Aid for Airports 
program set forth in any Act or in title 49, United 
States Code. 
(3) DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.—Funds provided 
to the Secretary under this subsection shall not be 
subject to apportionment formulas, special appor-
tionment categories, or minimum percentages under 
chapter 471 of such title. 
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(4) AVAILABILITY.—The amounts made avail-
able under this subsection shall be available for obli-
gation until the date that is 2 years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. The Secretary shall ob-
ligate amounts totaling not less than 50 percent of 
the funds made available not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act and obligate re-
maining amounts not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment. 
(5) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Of the funds 
made available under this subsection, 0.3 percent 
shall be available to the Secretary for administrative 
expenses, shall remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2016, and may be used in conjunc-
tion with funds otherwise provided for the adminis-
tration of the Grants-In-Aid for Airports program. 
(b) NEXT GENERATION AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AD-
VANCEMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is made available to 
the Secretary of Transportation $1,000,000,000 for 
necessary Federal Aviation Administration capital, 
research, and operating costs to carry out Next Gen-
eration air traffic control system advancements. 
(2) AVAILABILITY.—The amounts made avail-
able under this subsection shall be available for obli-
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gation until the date that is 2 years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is made available to 
the Secretary of Transportation $27,000,000,000 
for restoration, repair, construction and other activi-
ties eligible under section 133(b) of title 23, United 
States Code, and for passenger and freight rail 
transportation and port infrastructure projects eligi-
ble 
for 
assistance 
defined 
under 
section 
601(a)(12)(D) of title 23. 
(2) FEDERAL SHARE; LIMITATION ON OBLIGA-
TIONS.—The Federal share payable on account of 
any project or activity carried out with funds made 
available under this subsection shall be, at the op-
tion of the recipient, up to 100 percent of the total 
cost thereof. The amount made available under this 
subsection shall not be subject to any limitation on 
obligations for Federal-aid highways and highway 
safety construction programs set forth in any Act or 
in title 23, United States Code. 
(3) AVAILABILITY.—The amounts made avail-
able under this subsection shall be available for obli-
gation until the date that is 2 years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. The Secretary shall ob-
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ligate amounts totaling not less than 50 percent of 
the funds made available under this subsection with-
in one year of enactment of this Act and obligate re-
maining amounts not later than 2 years after such 
date of enactment. 
(4) DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.—Of the funds 
provided in this subsection, after making the set- 
asides required by paragraphs (9), (10), (11), (12), 
and (15), 50 percent of the funds shall be appor-
tioned to States using the formula set forth in sec-
tion 104(b)(3) of title 23, United States Code, and 
the remaining funds shall be apportioned to States 
in the same ratio as the obligation limitation for fis-
cal year 2010 was distributed among the States in 
accordance with the formula specified in section 
120(a)(6) of division A of Public Law 111–117. 
(5) APPORTIONMENT.—Apportionments under 
paragraph (4) shall be made not later than 30 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(6) REDISTRIBUTION.— 
(A) The Secretary shall, 180 days after the 
date of apportionment, withdraw from each 
State an amount equal to 50 percent of the 
funds apportioned under paragraph (4) to that 
State (excluding funds suballocated within the 
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State) less the amount of funding obligated (ex-
cluding funds suballocated within the State), 
and the Secretary shall redistribute such 
amounts to other States that have had no funds 
withdrawn under this subparagraph in the man-
ner described in section 120(c) of division A of 
Public Law 111–117. 
(B) One year after the date of apportion-
ment, the Secretary shall withdraw from each 
recipient of funds apportioned under paragraph 
(4) any unobligated funds, and the Secretary 
shall redistribute such amounts to States that 
have had no funds withdrawn under this para-
graph (excluding funds suballocated within the 
State) in the manner described in section 
120(c) of division A of Public Law 111–117. 
(C) At the request of a State, the Sec-
retary may provide an extension of the one-year 
period only to the extent that the Secretary de-
termines that the State has encountered ex-
treme conditions that create an unworkable bid-
ding environment or other extenuating cir-
cumstances. Before granting an extension, the 
Secretary shall notify in writing the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 
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House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Environment and Public Works of the Sen-
ate, providing a thorough justification for the 
extension. 
(7) TRANSPORTATION ENHANCEMENTS.—Three 
percent of the funds apportioned to a State under 
paragraph (4) shall be set aside for the purposes de-
scribed in section 133(d)(2) of title 23, United 
States Code (without regard to the comparison to 
fiscal year 2005). 
(8) SUBALLOCATION.—Thirty percent of the 
funds apportioned to a State under this subsection 
shall be suballocated within the State in the manner 
and for the purposes described in the first sentence 
of 
sections 
133(d)(3)(A), 
133(d)(3)(B), 
and 
133(d)(3)(D) of title 23, United States Code. Such 
suballocation shall be conducted in every State. 
Funds suballocated within a State to urbanized 
areas and other areas shall not be subject to the re-
distribution of amounts required 180 days after the 
date of apportionment of funds provided by para-
graph (6)(A). 
(9) PUERTO RICO AND TERRITORIAL HIGHWAY 
PROGRAMS.—Of the funds provided under this sub-
section, $105,000,000 shall be set aside for the 
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Puerto Rico highway program authorized under sec-
tion 165 of title 23, United States Code, and 
$45,000,000 shall be for the territorial highway pro-
gram authorized under section 165 of title 23, 
United States Code. 
(10) FEDERAL LANDS AND INDIAN RESERVA-
TIONS.—Of the funds provided under this sub-
section, $550,000,000 shall be set aside for invest-
ments in transportation at Indian reservations and 
Federal lands in accordance with the following: 
(A) Of the funds set aside by this para-
graph, $310,000,000 shall be for the Indian 
Reservation 
Roads 
program, 
$170,000,000 
shall be for the Park Roads and Parkways pro-
gram, $60,000,000 shall be for the Forest 
Highway Program, and $10,000,000 shall be 
for the Refuge Roads program. 
(B) For investments at Indian reservations 
and Federal lands, priority shall be given to 
capital investments, and to projects and activi-
ties that can be completed within 2 years of en-
actment of this Act. 
(C) One year after the enactment of this 
Act, to ensure the prompt use of the funding 
provided for investments at Indian reservations 
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