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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 
$45,268,596,000 for fiscal year 2019: Provided, That the 
Secretary may collect and spend fees, as authorized by title 
23, United States Code, to cover the costs of services of ex-
pert firms, including counsel, in the field of municipal and 
project finance to assist in the underwriting and servicing 
of Federal credit instruments and all or a portion of the 
costs to the Federal Government of servicing such credit in-
struments: Provided further, That such fees are available 
until expended to pay for such costs: Provided further, That 
such amounts are in addition to administrative expenses 
that are also available for such purpose, and are not subject 
to any obligation limitation or the limitation on adminis-
trative 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, 
$46,007,596,000 derived from the Highway Trust Fund 
(other than the Mass Transit Account), to remain available 
until expended. 
HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS 
There is hereby appropriated to the Secretary of 
Transportation 
$3,300,000,000: 
Provided, 
That 
the 
amounts made available under this heading shall be derived 
from the general fund, shall be in addition to any funds 
provided for fiscal year 2019 in this or any other Act for 
‘‘Federal-aid Highways’’ under chapter 1 of title 23, United 
States Code, and shall not affect the distribution or amount 
of funds provided in any other Act: Provided further, That 
section 1101(b) of Public Law 114–94 shall apply to funds 
made available under this heading: Provided further, That 
of the funds made available under this heading, 
$2,389,200,000 shall be set aside for activities eligible under 
section 133(b)(1)(A) of title 23, United States Code, 
$15,800,000 shall be set aside for activities eligible under 
the Puerto Rico Highway Program as described in section 
165(b)(2)(C) of such title, $5,000,000 shall be set aside for
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activities eligible under the Territorial Highway Program, 
as described in section 165(c)(6) of such title, $90,000,000 
shall be set aside for the elimination of hazards and instal-
lation of protective devices at railway-highway crossings, 
as described in section 130(e)(1)(A) of such title, and 
$800,000,000 shall be set aside for a bridge replacement and 
rehabilitation program for States: Provided further, That 
for purposes of this heading, the term ‘‘State’’ means any 
of the 50 States or the District of Columbia: Provided fur-
ther, That the funds made available under this heading for 
activities eligible under section 133(b)(1)(A) of title 23, 
United States Code, shall be suballocated in the manner de-
scribed in section 133(d) of such title, except that the set- 
aside described in section 133(h) of such title shall not 
apply to funds made available under this heading: Provided 
further, That the funds made available under this heading 
for (1) activities eligible under section 133(b)(1)(A) of such 
title (2) the elimination of hazards and installation of pro-
tective devices at railway-highway crossings, and (3) a 
bridge replacement and rehabilitation program shall be ad-
ministered as if apportioned under chapter 1 of such title 
and shall remain available through September 30, 2022: 
Provided further, That the funds made available under this 
heading for activities eligible under section 133(b)(1)(A) of 
title 23, United States Code, shall be apportioned to the
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States in the same ratio as the obligation limitation for 
fiscal year 2019 is distributed among the States in section 
120(a)(5) of this Act: Provided further, That, except as pro-
vided in the following proviso, the funds made available 
under this heading for activities eligible under the Puerto 
Rico Highway Program and activities eligible under the 
Territorial Highway Program shall be administered as if 
allocated under sections 165(b) and 165(c), respectively, of 
such title and shall remain available through September 30, 
2022: Provided further, That the funds made available 
under this heading for activities eligible under the Puerto 
Rico Highway Program shall not be subject to the require-
ments of sections 165(b)(2)(A) or 165(b)(2)(B) of such title: 
Provided further, That the funds made available under this 
heading for the elimination of hazards and installation of 
protective devices at railway-highway crossings shall be ap-
portioned to the States as described in sections 130(f)(1) 
and (f)(2) of such title: Provided further, That at least one- 
half of the funds made available to a State under this head-
ing for the elimination of hazards and installation of pro-
tective devices at railway-highway crossings shall be avail-
able for the installation of protective devices at railway- 
highway crossings: Provided further, That the funds made 
available under this heading for the elimination of hazards 
and installation of protective devices at railway-highway
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crossings shall be subject to the special rule described in sec-
tion 130(e)(2) of such title: Provided further, That projects 
carried out with funds made available under this heading 
for the elimination of hazards and installation of protective 
devices at railway-highway crossings shall be (1) subject to 
sections 130(b), (c), and (j) of such title, (2) included in 
the annual report described in section 130(g) of such title, 
and (3) subject to the Federal share requirement described 
in section 130(f)(3) of such title: Provided further, That the 
funds made available under this heading for the elimination 
of hazards and installation of protective devices at railway- 
highway crossings shall be (1) available for matching, as 
described in section 130(h) of such title, subject to the re-
quirements of such section, (2) available for incentive pay-
ments, as described in section 130(i) of such title, subject 
to the requirements of such section, and (3) subject to the 
limitation in section 130(k) of such title: Provided further, 
That the funds made available under this heading for a 
bridge replacement and rehabilitation program shall be 
used for highway bridge replacement or rehabilitation 
projects on public roads: Provided further, That except as 
provided in the following proviso the funds made available 
under this heading for a bridge replacement and rehabilita-
tion program shall be used in areas of a State that have 
a population of 200,000 or fewer individuals: Provided fur-
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ther, That if a State has no bridges located in areas with 
a population of 200,000 or fewer individuals, or if a State 
has no bridge replacement or rehabilitation needs in areas 
of the State with a population of 200,000 or fewer individ-
uals, the funds made available under this heading for a 
bridge replacement and rehabilitation program may be used 
for highway bridge replacement or rehabilitation projects 
on public roads in any area of the State: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall distribute funds made available 
under this heading for the bridge replacement and rehabili-
tation program to each State by the proportion that the 
percentage of total deck area of bridges classified as in poor 
condition in each State bears to the sum of the percentages 
of total deck area of bridges classified as in poor condition 
in all States: Provided further, That for purposes of this 
heading for the bridge replacement and rehabilitation pro-
gram, the Secretary shall (1) calculate population based on 
the latest available data from the decennial census con-
ducted under section 141(a) of title 13, United States Code, 
and (2) calculate the percentages of total deck area of 
bridges classified as in poor condition based on the National 
Bridge Inventory as of December 31, 2017.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2019, 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 obligation 
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 Account) for 
Federal-aid highway and highway safety con-
struction 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 dis-
tributed 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 pro-
visions of law described in paragraphs (1) 
through (11) of subsection (b) and sums author-
ized to be appropriated for section 119 of title 
23, United States Code, equal to the amount re-
ferred to in subsection (b)(12) for such fiscal 
year), less the aggregate of the amounts not dis-
tributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this 
subsection; 
(4) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed-
eral-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not dis-
tributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), for each of the 
programs (other than programs to which paragraph 
(1) applies) that are allocated by the Secretary under 
the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation 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 dis-
tributed 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 As-
sistance 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 Intermodal 
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 ex-
tent 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 ob-
ligated in accordance with that section were not sub-
ject to a limitation on obligations at the time at 
which the funds were initially made available for ob-
ligation; and 
(12) section 119 of title 23, United States Code 
(but, for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2019, 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 pre-
viously distributed during that fiscal year, giving pri-
ority 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 Pub-
lic 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 Surface 
Transportation Act. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—Obligation authority made 
available under paragraph (1) shall—
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(A) remain available for a period of 4 fiscal 
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 al-
located to the States (or will not be apportioned 
to the States under section 204 of title 23, 
United States Code), and will not be available 
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 distribu-
tion 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 pur-
pose of reimbursing the Bureau for such expenses: Provided, 
That such funds shall be subject to the obligation 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 Secretary 
of Transportation shall make an informal public notice and 
comment opportunity on the intent to issue such waiver and 
the reasons therefor: Provided, That the Secretary shall pro-
vide an annual report to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations on any waivers granted under the Buy 
America requirements.
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SEC. 123. None of the funds provided in this Act to 
the Department of Transportation may be used to provide 
credit assistance unless not less than 3 days before any ap-
plication approval to provide credit assistance under sec-
tions 603 and 604 of title 23, United States Code, the Sec-
retary of Transportation provides notification in writing 
to the following committees: the House and Senate Commit-
tees 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 Trans-
portation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa-
tives: Provided, That such notification shall include, but not 
be limited to, the name of the project sponsor; a 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 Appro-
priations of the proposed grant, including an evaluation 
and justification for the project and the amount of the pro-
posed grant award: Provided, That the written notification
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required in the previous proviso shall be made no later than 
180 days after enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 125. (a) A State or territory, as defined in section 
165 of title 23, United States Code, may use for any project 
eligible under section 133(b) of title 23 or section 165 of 
title 23 and located within the boundary of the State or 
territory any earmarked amount, and any associated obli-
gation limitation: Provided, That the Department of Trans-
portation for the State or territory for which the earmarked 
amount was originally designated or directed notifies the 
Secretary of Transportation of its intent to use its authority 
under this section and submits a quarterly report to the 
Secretary identifying the projects to which the funding 
would be applied. Notwithstanding the original period of 
availability of funds to be obligated under this section, such 
funds and associated obligation limitation shall remain 
available for obligation for a period of 3 fiscal years after 
the fiscal year in which the Secretary of Transportation 
is notified. The Federal share of the cost of a project carried 
out with funds made available under this section shall be 
the same as associated with the earmark. 
(b) In this section, the term ‘‘earmarked amount’’ 
means— 
(1) congressionally directed spending, as defined 
in rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate,
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identified in a prior law, report, or joint explanatory 
statement, which was authorized to be appropriated 
or appropriated more than 10 fiscal years prior to 
the current fiscal year, and administered by the Fed-
eral Highway Administration; or 
(2) a congressional earmark, as defined in rule 
XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives iden-
tified in a prior law, report, or joint explanatory 
statement, which was authorized to be appropriated 
or appropriated more than 10 fiscal years prior to 
the current fiscal year, and administered by the Fed-
eral Highway Administration. 
(c) The authority under subsection (a) may be exer-
cised only for those projects or activities that have obligated 
less than 10 percent of the amount made available for obli-
gation as of October 1 of the current fiscal year, and shall 
be applied to projects within the same general geographic 
area within 50 miles for which the funding was designated, 
except that a State or territory may apply such authority 
to unexpended balances of funds from projects or activities 
the State or territory certifies have been closed and for 
which payments have been made under a final voucher. 
(d) The Secretary shall submit consolidated reports of 
the information provided by the States and territories each
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quarter to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
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 
America’s Surface Transportation Act, $284,000,000, to be 
derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass 
Transit Account), together with advances and reimburse-
ments received by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Admin-
istration, the sum of which shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That funds available for implementation, 
execution or administration of motor carrier safety oper-
ations and programs authorized under title 49, United 
States Code, shall not exceed total obligations of 
$284,000,000 for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Operations and 
Programs’’ for fiscal year 2019, of which $9,073,000, to re-
main available for obligation until September 30, 2021, is 
for the research and technology program, and of which
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$34,824,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 2021, is for information management. 
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
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, $382,800,000, to be derived from the 
Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Ac-
count) and to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That funds available for the implementation or execution 
of motor carrier safety programs shall not exceed total obli-
gations of $382,800,000 in fiscal year 2019 for ‘‘Motor Car-
rier Safety Grants’’; of which $304,300,000 shall be avail-
able for the motor carrier safety assistance program, 
$32,500,000 shall be available for the commercial driver’s 
license program implementation program, $44,000,000 
shall be available for the high priority activities program, 
and $2,000,000 shall be made available for commercial 
motor vehicle operators grants, of which $1,000,000 is to 
be made available from prior year unobligated contract au-
thority provided for Motor Carrier Safety grants in the
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Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (Public 
Law 105–178), SAFETEA–LU (Public Law 109–59), or 
other appropriations or authorization acts. 
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 Pub-
lic Law 110–28. 
SEC. 131. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Adminis-
tration shall send notice of 49 CFR section 385.308 viola-
tions by certified mail, registered mail, or another manner 
of delivery, which records the receipt of the notice by the 
persons responsible for the violations. 
SEC. 132. To the maximum extent practicable, the 
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration shall ensure 
the safe and timely completion of the flexible sleeper berth 
pilot program of the Administration. 
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 au-
thorized under chapter 301 and part C of subtitle VI of 
title 49, United States Code, $190,000,000, of which
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$40,000,000 shall remain available through September 30, 
2020. 
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 FAST 
Act (Public Law 114–94), and chapter 303 of title 49, 
United States Code, $152,100,000, to be derived from the 
Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Ac-
count) and to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for 
the planning or execution of programs the total obligations 
for which, in fiscal year 2019, are in excess of $152,100,000, 
of which $146,700,000 shall be for programs authorized 
under 23 U.S.C. 403 and $5,400,000 shall be for the Na-
tional Driver Register authorized under chapter 303 of title 
49, United States Code: Provided further, That within the 
$152,100,000 obligation limitation for operations and re-
search, $20,000,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2020, and shall be in addition to the amount of any 
limitation imposed on obligations for future years.
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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 Transportation 
Act, to remain available until expended, $610,208,000, 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 
2019, are in excess of $610,208,000 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 $270,400,000 shall be for ‘‘Highway Safety Pro-
grams’’ under 23 U.S.C. 402; $283,000,000 shall be for 
‘‘National Priority Safety Programs’’ under 23 U.S.C. 405; 
$30,200,000 shall be for ‘‘High Visibility Enforcement Pro-
gram’’ under 23 U.S.C. 404; and $26,608,000 shall be for 
‘‘Administrative Expenses’’ under section 4001(a)(6) of the 
Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act: Provided 
further, That none of these funds shall be used for construc-
tion, rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or for office fur-
nishings and fixtures for State, local or private buildings
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or structures: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 
of the funds made available for ‘‘National Priority Safety 
Programs’’ under 23 U.S.C. 405 for ‘‘Impaired Driving 
Countermeasures’’ (as described in subsection (d) of that 
section) shall be available for technical assistance to the 
States: Provided further, That with respect to the ‘‘Trans-
fers’’ 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 further, 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 avail-
able to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administra-
tion, out of the amount limited for section 402 of title 23, 
United States Code, to pay for travel and related expenses 
for State management reviews and to pay for core com-
petency development training and related expenses for high-
way safety staff. 
SEC. 141. The limitations on obligations for the pro-
grams of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administra-
tion set in this Act shall not apply to obligations for which
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obligation authority was made available in previous public 
laws but only to the extent that the obligation authority 
has not lapsed or been used. 
SEC. 142. In addition to the amounts made available 
under the heading, ‘‘Operations and Research (Liquidation 
of Contract Authorization) (Limitation on Obligations) 
(Highway Trust Fund)’’ for carrying out the provisions of 
section 403 of title 23, United States Code, $4,000,000 shall 
be available to continue a high visibility enforcement paid- 
media campaign regarding highway-rail grade crossing 
safety in collaboration with the Federal Railroad Adminis-
tration. 
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 
SAFETY AND OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Admin-
istration, not otherwise provided for, $221,698,000, of which 
$15,900,000 shall remain available until expended. 
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for railroad research and devel-
opment, $40,600,000, to remain available until expended. 
RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT FINANCING 
PROGRAM 
The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to issue 
direct loans and loan guarantees pursuant to sections 501 
through 504 of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory
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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. 
FEDERAL-STATE PARTNERSHIP FOR STATE OF GOOD 
REPAIR 
For necessary expenses related to Federal-State Part-
nership for State of Good Repair Grants as authorized by 
section 24911 of title 49, United States Code, $300,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the Sec-
retary may withhold up to one percent of the amount pro-
vided under this heading for the costs of award and project 
management oversight of grants carried out under section 
24911 of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall issue the Notice of Funding Oppor-
tunity that encompasses funds provided under this heading 
in this Act and previously unawarded funds provided under 
this heading in fiscal year 2017 by Public Law 115–31 and 
fiscal year 2018 by Public Law 115–141, no later than 30 
days after enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall announce the selection of projects to receive 
awards for the funds in the previous proviso no later than 
180 days after enactment of this Act.
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CONSOLIDATED RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY 
IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses related to Consolidated Rail 
Infrastructure and Safety Improvements Grants, as author-
ized by section 24407 of title 49, United States Code, 
$255,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That section 24405(f) of title 49, United States Code, 
shall not apply to projects for the implementation of posi-
tive train control systems otherwise eligible under section 
24407(c)(1) of title 49, United States Code: Provided fur-
ther, That amounts available under this heading for projects 
selected for commuter rail passenger transportation may be 
transferred by the Secretary, after selection, to the appro-
priate agencies to be administered in accordance with chap-
ter 53 of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall not limit eligible projects from con-
sideration for funding for planning, engineering, environ-
mental, construction, and design elements of the same 
project in the same application: Provided further, That un-
obligated balances remaining after 4 years from the date 
of enactment may be used for any eligible project under sec-
tion 24407(c) of title 49, United States Code: Provided fur-
ther, 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 carried
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out under section 24407 of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall issue the Notice 
of Funding Opportunity that encompasses previously 
unawarded funds provided under this heading in fiscal year 
2018 by Public Law 115–141 and funds provided under 
this heading in this Act no later than 30 days after enact-
ment of this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
announce the selection of projects to receive awards for the 
funds in the previous proviso no later than 120 days after 
enactment of this Act. 
RESTORATION AND ENHANCEMENT 
For necessary expenses related to Restoration and En-
hancement Grants, as authorized by section 24408 of title 
49, United States Code, $10,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the Secretary may withhold 
up to one percent of the funds provided under this heading 
to fund the costs of award and project management and 
oversight: Provided further, That the Secretary shall issue 
the Notice of Funding Opportunity for funds provided 
under this heading no later than 30 days after enactment 
of this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary shall an-
nounce the selection of projects to receive awards for the 
funds in the previous proviso no later than 120 days after 
enactment of this Act.
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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 author-
ized by section 11101(a) of the Fixing America’s Surface 
Transportation Act (division A of Public Law 114–94), 
$650,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, 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 Railroad 
Passenger Corporation’’ heading to fund the costs of project 
management and oversight of activities authorized by sec-
tion 11101(c) of division A of Public Law 114–94: Provided 
further, That in addition to the project management over-
sight funds authorized under section 11101(c) of division 
A of Public Law 114–94, the Secretary may retain up to 
an additional $5,000,000 of the funds provided under this 
heading to fund expenses associated with the Northeast Cor-
ridor Commission established under section 24905 of title 
49, United States Code: Provided further, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading and the ‘‘Na-
tional Network Grants to the National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation’’ heading, not less than $50,000,000 shall be 
made available to bring Amtrak-served facilities and sta-
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tions into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities 
Act: Provided further, That of the amounts made available 
under this heading and the heading ‘‘National Network 
Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation’’, 
not more than $500,000 may be made available to provide 
a discount of not less than 15 percent on passenger fares 
to veterans (as defined in section 101 of title 38, United 
States Code). 
NATIONAL NETWORK GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD 
PASSENGER CORPORATION 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 
grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for 
activities associated with the National Network as author-
ized by section 11101(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface 
Transportation Act (division A of Public Law 114–94), 
$1,291,600,000, 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 Com-
mittee established under section 24712 of title 49, United 
States Code: Provided further, That at least $50,000,000 of 
the amount provided under this heading shall be available 
for the development, installation and operation of railroad 
safety technology, including the implementation of a posi-
tive train control system, on State-supported routes as de-
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fined under section 24102(13) of title 49, United States 
Code, on which positive train control systems are not re-
quired by law or regulation: Provided further, That not less 
than $50,000,000 of the amount provided under this head-
ing shall be for capital expenses related to safety improve-
ments, maintenance, and the non-Federal match for discre-
tionary Federal grant programs to enable continued pas-
senger rail operations on long-distance routes (as defined 
in section 24102 of title 49, United States Code) on which 
Amtrak is the sole tenant of the host railroad and positive 
train control systems are not required by law (including 
regulations): Provided further, That none of the funds pro-
vided under this heading shall be used by Amtrak to give 
notice under subsection (a) or (b) of section 24706 of title 
49, United States Code, with respect to long-distance routes 
(as defined in section 24102 of title 49, United States Code) 
on which Amtrak is the sole tenant of the host railroad and 
positive train control systems are not required by law (in-
cluding regulations), or otherwise initiate discontinuance 
of, reduce the frequency of, suspend, or substantially alter 
the schedule or route of rail service on any portion of such 
route operated in fiscal year 2018, including implementa-
tion of service permitted by section 24305(a)(3)(A) of title 
49, United States Code, in lieu of rail service.
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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 shall report 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
within 60 days of enactment of this Act, a summary of all 
overtime payments incurred by the Corporation for 2018 
and the three prior calendar years: Provided further, That 
such summary shall include the total number of employees 
that received waivers and the total overtime payments the 
Corporation paid to those employees receiving waivers for 
each month for 2018 and for the three prior calendar years. 
SEC. 151. It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) long-distance passenger rail routes provide 
much-needed transportation access for 4,700,000 rid-
ers in 325 communities in 40 States and are particu-
larly important in rural areas; and 
(2) long-distance passenger rail routes and serv-
ices should be sustained to ensure connectivity
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throughout the National Network (as defined in sec-
tion 24102 of title 49, United States Code). 
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, $113,165,000: Provided, 
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 2020 President’s budget, 
the Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to Congress 
the annual report on New Starts, including proposed allo-
cations for fiscal year 2020. 
TRANSIT FORMULA GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in the Federal 
Public Transportation Assistance Program in this account, 
and for payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 5312, 
5314, 5318, 5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, as 
amended by the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation 
Act, section 20005(b) of Public Law 112–141, and section
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3006(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation 
Act, $9,900,000,000, to be derived from the Mass Transit 
Account of the Highway Trust Fund and to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That funds available for the 
implementation or execution of programs authorized under 
49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 5312, 5314, 5318, 
5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, as amended by the 
Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, section 
20005(b) of Public Law 112–141, and section 3006(b) of 
the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, shall not 
exceed total obligations of $9,939,380,030 in fiscal year 
2019: Provided further, That the Federal share of the cost 
of activities carried out under 49 U.S.C. section 5312 shall 
not exceed 80 percent, except that if there is substantial 
public interest or benefit, the Secretary may approve a 
greater Federal share. 
TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS 
For an additional amount for buses and bus facilities 
grants under section 5339 of title 49, United States Code, 
state of good repair grants under section 5337 of such title, 
high density state apportionments under section 5340(d) of 
such title, and the bus testing facilities under sections 5312 
and 5318 of such title, $800,000,000 to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That $400,000,000 shall be avail-
able for grants as authorized under section 5339 of such
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title, of which $209,104,000 shall be available for the buses 
and bus facilities formula grants as authorized under sec-
tion 5339(a) of such title, $161,446,000 shall be available 
for the buses and bus facilities competitive grants as author-
ized under section 5339(b) of such title, and $29,450,000 
shall be available for the low or no emission grants as au-
thorized under section 5339(c) of such title: Provided fur-
ther, That $362,000,000 shall be available for the state of 
good repair grants as authorized under section 5337 of such 
title: Provided further, That $30,000,000 shall be available 
for the high density state apportionments as authorized 
under section 5340(d) of such title: Provided further, That 
$2,000,000 shall be available for the bus testing facility as 
authorized under section 5318 of such title: Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding section 5318(a) of such title, 
$6,000,000 shall be available for the operation and mainte-
nance of bus testing facilities by institutions of higher edu-
cation selected pursuant to section 5312(h) of such title: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall enter into a con-
tract or cooperative agreement with, or make a grant to, 
each institution of higher education selected pursuant to 
section 5312(h) of such title, to operate and maintain a fa-
cility to conduct the testing of low or no emission vehicle 
new bus models using the standards established pursuant 
to section 5318(e)(2) of such title: Provided further, That
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the term ‘‘low or no emission vehicle’’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 5312(e)(6) of such title: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall pay 80 percent of the cost 
of testing a low or no emission vehicle new bus model at 
each selected institution of higher education: Provided fur-
ther, That the entity having the vehicle tested shall pay 20 
percent of the cost of testing: Provided further, That a low 
or no emission vehicle new bus model tested that receives 
a passing aggregate test score in accordance with the stand-
ards established under section 5318(e)(2) of such title, shall 
be deemed to be in compliance with the requirements of sec-
tion 5318(e) of such title: Provided further, That amounts 
made available by this heading shall be derived from the 
general fund: Provided further, That the amounts made 
available under this heading shall not be subject to any lim-
itation on obligations for transit programs set forth in any 
Act. 
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5314, 
$5,000,000, of which up to $1,500,000 shall be for a cooper-
ative agreement through which the Federal Transit Admin-
istration assists small-urban, rural and tribal public tran-
sit recipients and planning organizations with applied in-
novation and capacity-building: Provided, That the assist-
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ance provided under this heading not duplicate the activi-
ties of 49 U.S.C. 5311(b) or 49 U.S.C. 5312. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry out fixed guideway 
capital investment grants under section 5309 of title 49, 
United States Code, and section 3005(b) of the Fixing 
America’s Surface Transportation Act, $2,552,687,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2022: Provided, That 
of the amounts made available under this heading, 
$1,315,670,000 shall be available for projects authorized 
under section 5309(d) of title 49, United States Code, 
$543,500,000 shall be available for projects authorized 
under section 5309(e) of title 49, United States Code, 
$568,000,000 shall be available for projects authorized 
under section 5309(h) of title 49, United States Code, and 
$100,000,000 shall be available for projects authorized 
under section 3005(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface 
Transportation Act: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall continue to administer the capital investment grants 
program in accordance with the procedural and substantive 
requirements of section 5309 of title 49, United States Code, 
and of section 3005(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface 
Transportation Act.
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GRANTS TO THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA 
TRANSIT AUTHORITY 
For grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area Tran-
sit Authority as authorized under section 601 of division 
B of Public Law 110–432, $150,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of Trans-
portation shall approve grants for capital and preventive 
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 Transit Authority 
is making progress to improve its safety management sys-
tem in response to the Federal Transit Administration’s 
2015 safety management inspection: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall determine that the Washington Metro-
politan Area Transit Authority has placed the highest pri-
ority 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.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
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 pre-
viously made available for obligation. 
SEC. 161. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
any funds appropriated before October 1, 2018, 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. 162. Of the unobligated amounts made available 
for fiscal years 2005 or prior fiscal years to ‘‘Transit For-
mula Grants’’, a total of $46,560,000 is hereby permanently 
rescinded. 
SEC. 163. None of the funds made available under this 
Act may be used for the implementation or furtherance of 
new policies detailed in the ‘‘Dear Colleague’’ letter distrib-
uted by the Federal Transit Administration to capital in-
vestment grant program project sponsors on June 29, 2018.
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SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora-
tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within 
the limits of funds and borrowing authority available to 
the Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make such 
contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 
limitations, as provided by section 104 of the Government 
Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be 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 on those 
portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway owned, operated, 
and maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Develop-
ment Corporation, $36,000,000, to be derived from the Har-
bor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99– 
662: Provided, That of the amounts made available under 
this heading, not less than $16,000,000 shall be used on cap-
ital asset renewal activities. 
MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a 
U.S.-flag merchant fleet to serve the national security needs
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of the United States, $300,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of operations and training ac-
tivities authorized by law, $149,442,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2020, of which $71,000,000 shall 
be for the operations of the United States Merchant Marine 
Academy, and of which $18,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended for the maintenance and repair, equipment, 
and capital improvements at the United States Merchant 
Marine Academy: Provided, That not later than January 
12, 2020, the Administrator of the Maritime Administra-
tion 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: Provided further, That of the amounts made 
available under this heading, $3,000,000 shall be for the 
Maritime Environment and Technology Assistance pro-
gram authorized under section 50307 of title 46, United 
States Code: Provided further, That of the amounts made 
available under this heading, $7,000,000, shall remain 
available until expended for the Short Sea Transportation 
Program (America’s Marine Highways) to make grants for
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the purposes authorized under sections 55601(b)(1) and (3) 
of title 46, United States Code: Provided further, That 
available balances under this heading for the Short Sea 
Transportation Program (America’s Marine Highways) 
from prior year recoveries shall be available to carry out 
activities authorized under sections 55601(b)(1) and (3) of 
title 46, United States Code: Provided further, That from 
funds provided under the previous two provisos, the Sec-
retary of Transportation shall make grants no later than 
180 days after enactment of this Act in such amounts as 
the Secretary determines: Provided further, That any unob-
ligated balances available from previous appropriations for 
programs and activities supporting State Maritime Acad-
emies shall be transferred to and merged with the appro-
priations for ‘‘Maritime Administration, State Maritime 
Academy Operations’’ and shall be made available for the 
same purposes. 
STATE MARITIME ACADEMY OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of operations, support and 
training 
activities 
for 
State 
Maritime 
Academies, 
$340,200,000, of which $30,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be for maintenance, repair, life exten-
sion, and capacity improvement of National Defense Re-
serve Fleet training ships in support of State Maritime 
Academies, as well as other expenses related to training
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mariners, as determined by the Secretary, of which 
$300,000,000, to remain available until expended shall be 
for the National Security Multi-Mission Vessel Program, 
including funds for construction, planning, administration, 
and design of school ships, of which $2,400,000 shall remain 
available through September 30, 2020, for the Student In-
centive Program, of which $1,800,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended for training ship fuel assistance, and 
of which $6,000,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2020, for direct payments for State Maritime Acad-
emies. 
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, $20,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
SHIP DISPOSAL 
For necessary expenses related to the disposal of obso-
lete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the Mar-
itime Administration, $5,000,000, to remain available 
until expended.
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MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the guaran-
teed loan program, $3,000,000, which shall be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriations for ‘‘Operations and 
Training’’, Maritime Administration. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act, in addition to any existing authority, the Maritime 
Administration is authorized to furnish utilities and serv-
ices and make necessary repairs in connection with any 
lease, contract, or occupancy involving Government prop-
erty under control of the Maritime Administration: Pro-
vided, That payments received therefor shall be credited 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 occu-
pancy for items other than such utilities, services, or repairs 
shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. 
PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONAL EXPENSES 
For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline and 
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, $23,710,000:
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Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation shall issue 
a final rule to expand the applicability of comprehensive 
oil spill response plans within 45 days of enactment of this 
Act: Provided further, That the amounts appropriated 
under this heading shall be reduced by $100,000 per day 
for each day that such rule has not been issued following 
the expiration of the period set forth in the previous proviso. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous ma-
terials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous Ma-
terials Safety Administration, $58,000,000, of which 
$7,570,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2021: Provided, That up to $800,000 in fees collected under 
49 U.S.C. 5108(g) shall be deposited in the general fund 
of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided further, That 
there may be credited to this appropriation, to remain 
available until expended, funds received from States, coun-
ties, municipalities, other public authorities, and private 
sources for expenses incurred for training, for reports publi-
cation and dissemination, and for travel expenses incurred 
in the performance of hazardous materials exemptions and 
approvals functions.
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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 responsibilities of 
the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $165,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2021, of which $23,000,000 
shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; 
of which $134,000,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline 
Safety Fund; and of which $8,000,000 shall be derived from 
fees collected under 49 U.S.C. 60302 and deposited in the 
Underground Natural Gas Storage Facility Safety Account 
for the purpose of carrying out 49 U.S.C. 60141: Provided, 
That not less than $1,058,000 of the funds provided under 
this heading shall be for the one-call state grant program. 
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 remain 
available until September 30, 2021, from amounts made 
available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(h), 5128(b), and 5128(c): Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 5116(h)(4), not 
more than 4 percent of the amounts made available from
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this account shall be available to pay administrative 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 individuals other than the Sec-
retary of Transportation, or his or her designee. 
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 General 
Act of 1978, as amended, $92,600,000: Provided, That the 
Inspector General shall have all necessary authority, in car-
rying out the duties specified in the Inspector General Act, 
as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to investigate 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 Transportation: 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) unfair or deceptive prac-
tices and unfair methods of competition by domestic and 
foreign air carriers and ticket agents; and (2) the compli-
ance 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 uni-
forms 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, oper-
ation, and deployment of unmanned aircraft systems that 
advance the Department’s, or its operating administra-
tions’, 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 defined 
in 18 U.S.C. 2725(3)) obtained by a State department 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. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for salaries and expenses of more than 110 political 
and Presidential appointees in the Department of Trans-
portation: Provided, That none of the personnel covered by 
this provision may be assigned on temporary detail outside 
the Department of Transportation. 
SEC. 184. Funds received by the Federal Highway Ad-
ministration 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 participating 
in training pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 20105.
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SEC. 185. (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 
unless the Secretary of Transportation notifies the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than 3 
full business days before any project competitively selected 
to receive any discretionary grant award, letter of intent, 
loan commitment, loan guarantee commitment, line of cred-
it commitment, or full funding grant agreement is an-
nounced by the Department or its modal administrations: 
Provided, That the Secretary gives concurrent notification 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations for 
any ‘‘quick release’’ of funds from the emergency relief pro-
gram: Provided 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, cooperative agreement 
or discretionary grant unless the Secretary of Transpor-
tation provides the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations a comprehensive list of all such loans, loan 
guarantees, lines of credit, cooperative agreement or discre-
tionary grants that will be announced not less the 3 full 
business days before such announcement: Provided, That the
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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 obligation. 
SEC. 186. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor 
fees and other funds received by the Department of Trans-
portation from travel management centers, charge card pro-
grams, the subleasing of building space, and miscellaneous 
sources are to be credited to appropriations of the Depart-
ment of Transportation and allocated to elements of the De-
partment of Transportation using fair and equitable cri-
teria and such funds shall be available until expended. 
SEC. 187. Amounts made available in this or any 
prior Act that the Secretary determines represent improper 
payments by the Department of Transportation to a third- 
party contractor under a financial assistance award, which 
are recovered pursuant to law, shall be available— 
(1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred by 
the Department of Transportation in recovering im-
proper payments: Provided, That amounts made 
available in this Act shall be available until ex-
pended; and 
(2) to pay contractors for services provided in re-
covering improper payments or contractor support in 
the implementation of the Improper Payments Infor-
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mation 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-
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 associ-
ated with the improper payment or payments is 
not readily available, the Secretary may credit 
an appropriate account, which shall be available 
for the purposes and period associated 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 appro-
priations account, the Secretary shall notify the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions of the amount and reasons for such trans-
fer: 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.
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SEC. 188. 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 pro-
vided to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions, transmission of said reprogramming notice shall be 
provided solely to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations, and said reprogramming action shall be ap-
proved or denied solely by the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations: Provided, That the Secretary of 
Transportation may provide notice to other congressional 
committees of the action of the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations on such reprogramming but not 
sooner than 30 days following the date on which the re-
programming action has been approved or denied by the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 189. Funds appropriated in this Act to the modal 
administrations may be obligated for the Office of the Sec-
retary for the costs related to assessments or reimbursable 
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 adminis-
trations. 
SEC. 190. The Secretary of Transportation is author-
ized to carry out a program that establishes uniform stand-
ards for developing and supporting agency transit pass and
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transit benefits authorized under section 7905 of title 5, 
United States Code, including distribution of transit bene-
fits by various paper and electronic media. 
SEC. 191. 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, regulation, 
policy or other measure that forbids a recipient of a Federal 
Highway Administration or Federal Transit Administra-
tion grant from imposing such hiring preference on a con-
tract or construction project with which the Department of 
Transportation is assisting, only if the grant recipient cer-
tifies 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 re-
sides 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
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(3) that any increase in the cost of labor, train-
ing, or delays resulting from the use of such hiring 
preference does not delay or displace any transpor-
tation project in the applicable Statewide Transpor-
tation Improvement Program or Transportation Im-
provement Program. 
SEC. 192. Not later than 90 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations and Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the 
Committees on Appropriations and Transportation and In-
frastructure of the House of Representatives a report on ef-
forts by the Department of Transportation to engage with 
local communities, metropolitan planning organizations, 
and regional transportation commissions on advancing 
data and intelligent transportation systems technologies 
and other smart cities solutions. 
SEC. 193. The Secretary of Transportation shall con-
sult with the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil 
Works to identify any existing authorities and any addi-
tional authorities that may be needed to leverage funds from 
Department of Transportation programs for purposes of in-
land waterway project costs. 
SEC. 194. (a) Subject to subsections (c) and (d), none 
of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available to
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the Department of Transportation by this or any other Act 
may be obligated or expended to enforce or require the en-
forcement of section 127(a) of title 23, United States Code, 
with respect to a segment described in paragraph (1) or 
(2) of subsection (b) if the segment is designated as a route 
of the Interstate System. 
(b) The segments referred to in subsection (a) are the 
following: 
(1) The William H. Natcher Parkway (to be des-
ignated as a spur of Interstate Route 65) from Inter-
state Route 65 in Bowling Green, Kentucky, to 
United States Route 60 in Owensboro, Kentucky. 
(2) The Julian M. Carroll (Purchase) Parkway 
(to be designated as Interstate Route 69) in the State 
of Kentucky from the Tennessee State line to the 
interchange with Interstate Route 24, near Calvert 
City, Kentucky. 
(c) Only a vehicle that could operate legally on a seg-
ment described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (b) 
before the date of designation of the segment as a route of 
the Interstate System may continue to operate on that seg-
ment, subject to the condition that, except as provided in 
subsection (d), the gross vehicle weight of such a vehicle shall 
not exceed 120,000 pounds.
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(d) Nothing in this section prohibits a State from 
issuing a permit for a nondivisible load or vehicle with a 
gross vehicle weight that exceeds 120,000 pounds. 
SEC. 195. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available to the Department of Transportation may 
be obligated or expended to implement, administer, or en-
force the requirements of section 31137 of title 49, United 
States Code, or any regulation issued by the Secretary pur-
suant to such section, with respect to the use of electronic 
logging devices by operators of commercial motor vehicles, 
as defined in section 31132(1) of such title, transporting 
livestock, as defined in section 602 of the Emergency Live-
stock Feed Assistance Act of 1988 (7 U.S.C. 1471) or insects. 
SEC. 196. (a) None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available to the Federal Transit Administration 
under this title to carry out sections 5307, 5311, 5337, and 
5339 of title 49, United States Code, may be used in award-
ing a contract or subcontract to an entity on or after the 
date of enactment of this Act for the procurement of rolling 
stock for use in public transportation if the manufacturer 
of the rolling stock is incorporated in or has manufacturing 
facilities in the United States and receives support from 
the government of a country that— 
(1) is identified as a nonmarket economy coun-
try (as defined in section 771(18) of the Tariff Act of
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1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677(18))) as of the date of enact-
ment of this Act; 
(2) was identified by the United States Trade 
Representative in the most recent report required by 
section 182 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2242) 
as a priority foreign country under subsection (a)(2) 
of that section; and 
(3) is subject to monitoring by the Trade Rep-
resentative under section 306 of the Trade Act of 1974 
(19 U.S.C. 2416). 
(b) This section shall be applied in a manner con-
sistent with the obligations of the United States under inter-
national agreements. 
(c)(1) This section shall not apply to the award of a 
contract or subcontract made by a public transportation 
agency with a rail rolling stock manufacturer described in 
subsection (a) if the manufacturer produces rail rolling 
stock for an eligible public transportation agency through 
a contract executed prior to the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
(2) A rail rolling stock manufacturer described in sub-
section (a) may not use funds provided under a contract 
or subcontract described in paragraph (1) to expand the 
manufacturer’s production of rail rolling stock within the 
United States to an amount of rolling stock vehicles or rail-
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cars that is greater than the amount required under con-
tractual obligations of the manufacturer as of the date of 
enactment of this Act including all options for additional 
rolling stock. 
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply 
to funds that are not appropriated or otherwise made avail-
able to the Federal Transit Administration under this title. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans-
portation Appropriations Act, 2019’’. 
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 Secretary, 
Deputy Secretary, Adjudicatory Services, Congressional 
and Intergovernmental Relations, Public Affairs, Small 
and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, and the Center for 
Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, $14,898,000: 
Provided, That not to exceed $25,000 of the amount made 
available under this heading shall be available to the Sec-
retary for official reception and representation expenses as 
the Secretary may determine.
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ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Administrative 
Support Offices, $556,000,000, of which $76,600,000 shall 
be available for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, 
(and of which $25,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2021, shall be for the financial transformation 
initiative); $98,000,000 shall be available for the Office of 
the General Counsel, of which not less than $15,000,000 
shall be for the Departmental Enforcement Center; 
$213,300,000 shall be available for the Office of Administra-
tion; $40,200,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Chief Human Capital Officer; $54,000,000 shall be avail-
able for the Office of Field Policy and Management; 
$20,000,000 shall be available for the Office of the Chief 
Procurement Officer; $3,600,000 shall be available for the 
Office of Departmental Equal Employment Opportunity; 
$4,300,000 shall be available for the Office of Business 
Transformation; and $46,00,000 shall be available for the 
Office of the Chief Information Officer: Provided, That 
funds provided under this heading may be used for nec-
essary administrative and non-administrative expenses of 
the Department of Housing 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
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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 ac-
tivities that directly support program activities funded in 
this title: Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations quar-
terly written notification regarding the status of pending 
congressional reports: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall provide in electronic form all signed reports required 
by Congress: Provided further, That not more than 10 per-
cent of the funds made available under this heading for the 
Office of Chief Financial Officer for the financial trans-
formation initiative may be obligated until the Secretary 
submits to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions, for approval, a plan for expenditure that includes 
the financial and internal control capabilities to be deliv-
ered and the mission benefits to be realized, key milestones 
to be met, and the relationship between the proposed use 
of funds made available under this heading and the pro-
jected total cost and scope of the initiative. 
PROGRAM OFFICE SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Public and Indian Housing, $222,000,000.
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COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Community Planning and Development, $110,000,000. 
HOUSING 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Housing, $390,000,000, of which not less than $12,500,000 
shall be for the Office of Recapitalization. 
POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Policy Development and Research, $26,000,000. 
FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, $71,500,000. 
OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL AND HEALTHY HOMES 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes, $7,800,000. 
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, including reim-
bursements pursuant to section 7(f), to the Fund under this 
heading shall be available for Federal shared services used
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by offices and agencies of the Department, and for such por-
tion of any office or agency’s printing, records management, 
space renovation, furniture, or supply services as the Sec-
retary determines shall be derived from centralized sources 
made available by the Department to all offices and agen-
cies and funded through the Fund: Provided, That of the 
amounts made available in this title for salaries and ex-
penses under the headings ‘‘Executive Offices’’, ‘‘Adminis-
trative Support Offices’’, ‘‘Program Office Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, and ‘‘Government National Mortgage Association’’, 
the Secretary shall transfer to the Fund such amounts, to 
remain available until expended, as are necessary to fund 
services, specified in the matter preceding the first proviso, 
for which the appropriation would otherwise have been 
available, and may transfer not to exceed an additional 
$5,000,000, in aggregate, from all such appropriations, to 
be merged with the Fund and to remain available until ex-
pended for any purpose under this heading: Provided fur-
ther, That amounts in the Fund shall be the only amounts 
available to each office or agency of the Department for the 
services, or portion of services, specified in the matter pre-
ceding the first proviso: Provided further, That with respect 
to the Fund, the authorities and conditions under this head-
ing shall supplement the authorities and conditions pro-
vided under section 7(f).
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PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
For activities and assistance for the provision of ten-
ant-based rental assistance authorized under the United 
States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 
et seq.) (‘‘the Act’’ herein), not otherwise provided for, 
$18,780,987,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be available on October 1, 2018 (in addition to the 
$4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this heading 
that shall be available on October 1, 2018), and 
$4,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be available on October 1, 2019: Provided, That the 
amounts made available under this heading are provided 
as follows: 
(1) $20,520,000,000 shall be available for renew-
als of expiring section 8 tenant-based annual con-
tributions contracts (including renewals of enhanced 
vouchers under any provision of law authorizing such 
assistance under section 8(t) of the Act) and includ-
ing renewal of other special purpose incremental 
vouchers: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, from amounts provided under this 
paragraph and any carryover, the Secretary for the 
calendar year 2019 funding cycle shall provide re-
newal funding for each public housing agency based
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on validated voucher management system (VMS) leas-
ing and cost data for the prior calendar year and by 
applying an inflation factor as established by the Sec-
retary, by notice published in the Federal Register, 
and by making any necessary adjustments for the 
costs associated with the first-time renewal of vouch-
ers under this paragraph including tenant protection 
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: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall, to the extent 
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 para-
graph: Provided further, That except as provided in 
the following provisos, the entire amount specified 
under this paragraph (except as otherwise modified 
under this paragraph) shall be obligated to the public 
housing agencies based on the allocation and pro rata
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method described above, and the Secretary shall notify 
public housing agencies of their annual budget by the 
latter of 60 days after enactment of this Act or March 
1, 2019: Provided further, That the Secretary may ex-
tend the notification period with the prior written 
approval of the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations: Provided further, That public housing 
agencies participating in the MTW demonstration 
shall be funded pursuant to their MTW agreements 
and shall be subject to the same pro rata adjustments 
under the previous provisos: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may offset public housing agencies’ cal-
endar year 2019 allocations based on the excess 
amounts of public housing agencies’ net restricted as-
sets accounts, including HUD-held programmatic re-
serves (in accordance with VMS data in calendar 
year 2018 that is verifiable and complete), as deter-
mined by the Secretary: Provided further, That public 
housing agencies participating in the MTW dem-
onstration shall also be subject to the offset, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, excluding amounts subject to 
the single fund budget authority provisions of their 
MTW agreements, from the agencies’ calendar year 
2019 MTW funding allocation: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall use any offset referred to in the
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previous two provisos throughout the calendar year to 
prevent the termination of rental assistance for fami-
lies 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 adjustment 
by a public housing agency that experienced a signifi-
cant increase, as determined by the Secretary, in re-
newal costs of vouchers resulting from unforeseen cir-
cumstances or from portability under section 8(r) of 
the Act; (2) for vouchers that were not in use during 
the previous 12-month period in order to be available 
to meet a commitment pursuant to section 8(o)(13) of 
the Act; (3) for adjustments for costs associated 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 assistance for families as 
a result of insufficient funding: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall allocate amounts under the 
previous proviso based on need, as determined by the 
Secretary;
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(2) $85,000,000 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 pursuant to a request 
from a law enforcement or prosecution agency, en-
hanced vouchers under any provision of law author-
izing such assistance under section 8(t) of the Act, 
Choice Neighborhood vouchers, mandatory and vol-
untary conversions, and tenant protection assistance 
including replacement and relocation assistance or for 
project-based assistance to prevent the displacement of 
unassisted elderly tenants currently residing in sec-
tion 202 properties financed between 1959 and 1974 
that are refinanced pursuant to Public Law 106–569, 
as amended, or under the authority as provided under 
this Act: Provided, That when a public housing devel-
opment is submitted for demolition or disposition 
under section 18 of the Act, the Secretary may pro-
vide section 8 rental assistance when the units pose 
an imminent health and safety risk to residents: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary may only provide
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replacement vouchers for units that were occupied 
within the previous 24 months that cease to be avail-
able as assisted housing, subject only to the avail-
ability of funds: Provided further, That of the 
amounts made available under this paragraph, 
$5,000,000 may be available to provide tenant protec-
tion assistance, not otherwise provided under this 
paragraph, to residents residing in low vacancy areas 
and who may have to pay rents greater than 30 per-
cent of household income, as the result of: (A) the ma-
turity of a HUD-insured, HUD-held or section 202 
loan that requires the permission of the Secretary 
prior to loan prepayment; (B) the expiration of a 
rental assistance contract for which the tenants are 
not eligible for enhanced voucher or tenant protection 
assistance under existing law; or (C) the expiration of 
affordability restrictions accompanying a mortgage or 
preservation program administered by the Secretary: 
Provided further, That such tenant protection assist-
ance made available under the previous proviso may 
be provided under the authority of section 8(t) or sec-
tion 8(o)(13) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(t)): Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall issue guidance to implement the pre-
vious provisos, including, but not limited to, require-
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ments for defining eligible at-risk households within 
60 days of the enactment of this Act: Provided fur-
ther, That any tenant protection voucher made avail-
able from amounts under this paragraph shall not be 
reissued by any public housing agency, except the re-
placement vouchers as defined by the Secretary by no-
tice, when the initial family that received any such 
voucher no longer receives such voucher, and the au-
thority for any public housing agency to issue any 
such voucher shall cease to exist: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may provide section 8 rental as-
sistance from amounts made available under this 
paragraph for units assisted under a project-based 
subsidy contract funded under the ‘‘Project-Based 
Rental Assistance’’ heading 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 contin-
ued rental assistance payments or transfer of the sub-
sidy contract associated with such units to another 
project or projects and owner or owners, any remain-
ing amounts associated with such units under such 
contract shall be recaptured and used to reimburse
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amounts used under this paragraph for rental assist-
ance under the preceding proviso; 
(3) $1,956,987,000 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 $30,000,000 shall be 
available to the Secretary to allocate to public hous-
ing agencies that need additional funds to administer 
their section 8 programs, including fees associated 
with section 8 tenant protection rental assistance, the 
administration of disaster related vouchers, HUD– 
VASH vouchers, and other special purpose incre-
mental vouchers: Provided, That no less than 
$1,926,987,000 of the amount provided in this para-
graph shall be allocated to public housing agencies for 
the calendar year 2019 funding cycle based on section 
8(q) of the Act (and related Appropriation Act provi-
sions) as in effect immediately before the enactment 
of the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act 
of 1998 (Public Law 105–276): Provided further, 
That if the amounts made available under this para-
graph are insufficient to pay the amounts determined 
under the previous proviso, the Secretary may de-
crease the amounts allocated to agencies by a uniform 
percentage applicable to all agencies receiving fund-
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ing under this paragraph or may, to the extent nec-
essary to provide full payment of amounts determined 
under the previous proviso, utilize unobligated bal-
ances, including recaptures and carryovers, remain-
ing 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 participating in the MTW 
demonstration shall be funded pursuant to their MTW 
agreements, and shall be subject to the same uniform 
percentage decrease as under the previous proviso: 
Provided further, That amounts provided under this 
paragraph shall be only for activities related to the 
provision of tenant-based rental assistance authorized 
under section 8, including related development activi-
ties; 
(4) $154,000,000 for the renewal of tenant-based 
assistance contracts under section 811 of the Cran-
ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 
U.S.C. 8013), including necessary administrative ex-
penses: Provided, That administrative and other ex-
penses of public housing agencies in administering 
the special purpose vouchers in this paragraph shall
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be funded under the same terms and be subject to the 
same pro rata reduction as the percent decrease for 
administrative and other expenses to public housing 
agencies under paragraph (3) of this heading: Pro-
vided further, That any amounts provided under this 
paragraph in this Act or prior Acts, remaining avail-
able after funding renewals and administrative ex-
penses under this paragraph, shall be available for in-
cremental tenant-based assistance contracts under 
such section 811, including necessary administrative 
expenses; 
(5) $5,000,000 shall be for rental assistance and 
associated administrative fees for Tribal HUD–VASH 
to serve Native American veterans that are homeless 
or at-risk of homelessness living on or near a reserva-
tion or other Indian areas: Provided, That such 
amount shall be made available for renewal grants to 
recipients that received assistance under prior Acts 
under the Tribal HUD–VASH program: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall be authorized to 
specify criteria for renewal grants, including data on 
the utilization of assistance reported by grant recipi-
ents: Provided further, That such assistance shall be 
administered in accordance with program require-
ments under the Native American Housing Assistance
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and Self-Determination Act of 1996 and modeled 
after the HUD–VASH program: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall be authorized to waive, or 
specify alternative requirements for any provision of 
any statute or regulation that the Secretary admin-
isters in connection with the use of funds made avail-
able under this paragraph (except for requirements 
related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor 
standards, and the environment), upon a finding by 
the Secretary that any such waivers or alternative re-
quirements are necessary for the effective delivery and 
administration of such assistance: Provided further, 
That grant recipients shall report to the Secretary on 
utilization of such rental assistance and other pro-
gram data, as prescribed by the Secretary: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may reallocate, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, amounts returned or recap-
tured from awards under prior acts; 
(6) $40,000,000 for incremental rental voucher 
assistance for use through a supported housing pro-
gram administered in conjunction with the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs as authorized under section 
8(o)(19) of the United States Housing Act of 1937: 
Provided, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development shall make such funding available, not-
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withstanding section 203 (competition provision) of 
this title, to public housing agencies that partner with 
eligible VA Medical Centers or other entities as des-
ignated by the Secretary of the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs, based on geographical need for such as-
sistance as identified by the Secretary of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs, public housing agency ad-
ministrative performance, and other factors as speci-
fied by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment in consultation with the Secretary of the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
may waive, or specify alternative requirements for (in 
consultation with the Secretary of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs), any provision of any statute or reg-
ulation that the Secretary of Housing and Urban De-
velopment administers in connection with the use of 
funds made available under this paragraph (except 
for requirements related to fair housing, non-
discrimination, labor standards, and the environ-
ment), upon a finding by the Secretary that any such 
waivers or alternative requirements are necessary for 
the effective delivery and administration of such 
voucher assistance: Provided further, That assistance 
made available under this paragraph shall continue
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to remain available for homeless veterans upon turn- 
over; 
(7) $20,000,000 shall be made available for new 
incremental voucher assistance through the family 
unification program as authorized by section 8(x) of 
the Act: Provided, That the assistance made available 
under this paragraph shall continue to remain avail-
able for family unification upon turnover: Provided 
further, That for any public housing agency admin-
istering voucher assistance appropriated in a prior 
Act under the family unification program that deter-
mines that it no longer has an identified need for 
such assistance upon turnover, such agency shall no-
tify the Secretary, and the Secretary shall recapture 
such assistance from the agency and reallocate it to 
any other public housing agency or agencies based on 
need for voucher assistance in connection with such 
program; and 
(8) the Secretary shall separately track all spe-
cial purpose vouchers funded under this heading. 
HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
Unobligated balances, including recaptures and carry-
over, remaining from funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development under this head-
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ing, the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted Hous-
ing’’ and the heading ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’’, 
for fiscal year 2019 and prior years may be used for re-
newal of or amendments to section 8 project-based contracts 
and for performance-based contract administrators, not-
withstanding the purposes for which such funds were appro-
priated: 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 contracts 
from source years fiscal year 1975 through fiscal year 1987 
are hereby rescinded, and an amount of additional new 
budget authority, equivalent to the amount rescinded is 
hereby appropriated, to remain available until expended, 
for the purposes set forth under this heading, in addition 
to amounts otherwise available. 
PUBLIC HOUSING 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’’) $2,775,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2022: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law or regulation, during fiscal year 2019, the Sec-
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retary of Housing and Urban Development may not dele-
gate to any Department official other than the Deputy Sec-
retary and the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
Housing any authority under paragraph (2) of section 9(j) 
regarding the extension of the time periods under such sec-
tion: 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 result in outlays, immediately or in the future: Pro-
vided further, That up to $14,000,000 shall be to support 
ongoing public housing financial and physical assessment 
activities: Provided further, That up to $1,000,000 shall be 
to support the costs of administrative and judicial receiver-
ships: Provided further, That of the total amount provided 
under this heading, not to exceed $25,000,000 shall be avail-
able for the Secretary to make grants, notwithstanding sec-
tion 203 of this Act, to public housing agencies for emer-
gency capital needs including safety and security measures 
necessary 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 2019: Provided fur-
ther, That of the amount made available under the previous
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proviso, not less than $5,000,000 shall be for safety and se-
curity measures: Provided further, That in addition to the 
amount in the previous proviso for such safety and security 
measures, any amounts that remain available, after all ap-
plications received on or before September 30, 2020, for 
emergency capital needs have been processed, shall be allo-
cated to public housing agencies for such safety and security 
measures: Provided further, That of the total amount pro-
vided under this heading, up to $35,000,000 shall be for 
supportive services, service coordinators 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, $15,000,000 shall be for a Jobs-Plus 
initiative modeled after the Jobs-Plus demonstration: Pro-
vided further, That funding provided under the previous 
proviso shall be available for competitive grants to partner-
ships between public housing authorities, local workforce in-
vestment boards established under section 107 of the Work-
force Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (29 U.S.C. 
3122), and other agencies and organizations that provide 
support to help public housing residents obtain employment 
and increase earnings: Provided further, That applicants 
must demonstrate the ability to provide services to resi-
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dents, partner with workforce investment boards, and lever-
age service dollars: Provided further, That the Secretary 
may allow public housing agencies to request exemptions 
from rent and income limitation requirements under sec-
tions 3 and 6 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437a and 1437d), as necessary to implement 
the Jobs-Plus program, on such terms and conditions as 
the Secretary may approve upon a finding by the Secretary 
that any such waivers or alternative requirements are nec-
essary for the effective implementation of the Jobs-Plus ini-
tiative as a voluntary program for residents: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall publish by notice in the Fed-
eral Register any waivers or alternative requirements pur-
suant to the preceding proviso no later than 10 days before 
the effective 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 previous pro-
viso to allow public housing agencies to fund activities au-
thorized under section 9(e)(1)(C) of the Act: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall notify public housing agencies 
requesting waivers under the previous proviso if the request 
is approved or denied within 14 days of submitting the re-
quest: Provided further, That from the funds made available 
under this heading, the Secretary shall provide bonus
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awards in fiscal year 2019 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: 
Provided further, That of the total amount provided under 
this heading, $25,000,000 shall be available for competitive 
grants to public housing agencies to evaluate and reduce 
lead-based paint hazards in public housing by carrying out 
the activities of risk assessments, abatement, and interim 
controls (as those terms are defined in section 1004 of the 
Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 
1992 (42 U.S.C. 4851b)): Provided further, That for pur-
poses of environmental review, a grant under the previous 
proviso shall be considered funds for projects or activities 
under title I of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) for purposes of section 26 of such Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1437x) and shall be subject to the regulations 
implementing such section. 
PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND 
For 2019 payments to public housing agencies for the 
operation and management of public housing, as authorized 
by section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $4,756,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2020.
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CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVE 
For competitive grants under the Choice Neighborhoods 
Initiative (subject to section 24 of the United States Hous-
ing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v), unless otherwise speci-
fied under this heading), for transformation, rehabilitation, 
and replacement housing needs of both public and HUD- 
assisted housing and to transform neighborhoods of poverty 
into functioning, sustainable mixed income neighborhoods 
with appropriate services, schools, public assets, transpor-
tation and access to jobs, $100,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2021: Provided, That grant funds may 
be used for resident and community services, community 
development, and affordable housing needs in the commu-
nity, 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 section 3(b)(1) 
of such Act: Provided further, That grantees shall commit 
to an additional period of affordability determined by the 
Secretary of not fewer than 20 years: Provided further, That 
grantees shall provide a match in State, local, other Federal 
or private funds: Provided further, That grantees may in-
clude local governments, tribal entities, public housing au-
thorities, and nonprofits: Provided further, That for-profit 
developers may apply jointly with a public entity: Provided
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further, That for purposes of environmental review, a grant-
ee 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 regulations issued by the Secretary to implement such 
section: Provided further, That of the amount provided, not 
less than $50,000,000 shall be awarded to public housing 
agencies: Provided further, That such grantees shall create 
partnerships with other local organizations including as-
sisted housing owners, service agencies, and resident organi-
zations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall consult 
with the Secretaries of Education, Labor, Transportation, 
Health and Human Services, Agriculture, and Commerce, 
the Attorney General, and the Administrator of the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency to coordinate and leverage 
other appropriate Federal resources: Provided further, That 
no more than $5,000,000 of funds made available under this 
heading may be provided as grants to undertake com-
prehensive local planning with input from residents and 
the community: Provided further, That unobligated bal-
ances, including recaptures, remaining from funds appro-
priated under the heading ‘‘Revitalization of Severely Dis-
tressed Public Housing (HOPE VI)’’ in fiscal year 2011 
and prior fiscal years may be used for purposes under this 
heading, notwithstanding the purposes for which such
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amounts were appropriated: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall issue the Notice of Funding Availability for 
funds made available under this heading no later than 60 
days after enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall make grant awards no later than one year 
from the date of enactment of this Act in such amounts that 
the Secretary determines: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 24(o) of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v(o)), the Secretary may, until Sep-
tember 30, 2019, obligate any available unobligated bal-
ances made available under this heading in this, or any 
prior Act. 
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 develop-
ment of local strategies to coordinate the use of assistance 
under sections 8(o) and 9 of such Act with public and pri-
vate resources, and enable eligible families to achieve eco-
nomic independence and self-sufficiency, $80,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That 
the Secretary may, by Federal Register notice, waive or 
specify alternative requirements under subsections b(3), 
b(4), b(5), or c(1) of section 23 of such Act in order to facili-
tate the operation of a unified self-sufficiency program for
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individuals receiving assistance under different provisions 
of the Act, as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, 
That owners of a privately owned multifamily property 
with a section 8 contract may voluntarily make a Family 
Self-Sufficiency program available to the assisted tenants 
of such property in accordance with procedures established 
by the Secretary: 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 residual receipt accounts to hire coordinators for their 
own Family Self-Sufficiency program. 
NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
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.), $655,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2023: Provided, That, 
notwithstanding NAHASDA, to determine the amount of 
the allocation under title I of such Act for each Indian tribe, 
the Secretary shall apply the formula under section 302 of 
such Act with the need component based on single-race cen-
sus data and with the need component based on multi-race 
census data, and the amount of the allocation for each In-
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dian tribe shall be the greater of the two resulting allocation 
amounts: Provided further, That of the amounts made 
available under this heading, $7,000,000 shall be for pro-
viding training and technical assistance to Indian housing 
authorities and tribally designated housing entities, to sup-
port the inspection of Indian housing units, contract exper-
tise, and for 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 amounts made 
available under the previous proviso may be used, con-
tracted, or competed as determined by the Secretary: Pro-
vided further, That of the amount provided under this head-
ing, $2,000,000 shall be made available for the cost of guar-
anteed 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 obligations, 
shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budg-
et Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these 
funds are available to subsidize the total principal amount 
of any notes and other obligations, any part of which is 
to be guaranteed, not to exceed $17,761,989: Provided fur-
ther, That the Department will notify grantees of their for-
mula allocation within 60 days of the date of enactment 
of this Act: Provided further, That for an additional
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amount for the Native American Housing Block Grants 
program, as authorized under title I of NAHASDA, 
$100,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 2023: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall obligate this ad-
ditional amount for competitive grants to eligible recipients 
authorized under NAHASDA that apply for funds: Pro-
vided further, That in awarding this additional amount, 
the Secretary shall consider need and administrative capac-
ity, and shall give priority to projects that will spur con-
struction and rehabilitation: Provided further, That up to 
1 percent of this additional amount may be transferred, in 
aggregate, to ‘‘Program Office Salaries and Expenses— 
Public and Indian Housing’’ for necessary costs of admin-
istering and overseeing the obligation and expenditure of 
this additional amount: Provided further, That any funds 
transferred pursuant to the previous proviso shall remain 
available until September 30, 2024. 
INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by sec-
tion 184 of the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a), $1,440,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such costs, includ-
ing the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Pro-
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vided further, That these funds are available to subsidize 
total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, 
up to $553,846,154, to remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That up to $750,000 of this amount may 
be for administrative contract expenses including manage-
ment processes and systems to carry out the loan guarantee 
program. 
NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANT 
For the Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant pro-
gram, as authorized under title VIII of the Native American 
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 
U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $2,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2023: Provided, That notwithstanding sec-
tion 812(b) of such Act, the Department of Hawaiian Home 
Lands may not invest grant amounts provided under this 
heading in investment securities and other obligations: Pro-
vided further, That amounts made available under this 
heading in this and prior fiscal years may be used to pro-
vide rental assistance to eligible Native Hawaiian families 
both on and off the Hawaiian Home Lands, notwith-
standing any other provision of law. 
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 Hous-
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ing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), 
$375,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2020, except that amounts allocated pursuant to section 
854(c)(5) of such Act shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2021: 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 fiscal years that meet all program re-
quirements before awarding funds for new contracts under 
such section: Provided 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 government, 
and to other entities, for economic and community develop-
ment activities, and for other purposes, $3,365,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2021, unless otherwise 
specified: Provided, That of the total amount provided, 
$3,300,000,000 is for carrying out the community develop-
ment 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 appro-
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priated under this heading shall be expended for planning 
and management development and administration: Pro-
vided further, That a metropolitan city, urban county, unit 
of general local government, Indian tribe, or insular area 
that directly or indirectly receives funds under this heading 
may not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer all or any portion 
of such funds to another such entity in 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 pro-
vided to a for-profit entity for an economic development 
project under section 105(a)(17) unless such project has 
been evaluated and selected in accordance with guidelines 
required under subsection (e)(2): Provided further, 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, 
$65,000,000 shall be for grants to Indian tribes notwith-
standing section 106(a)(1) of such Act, of which, notwith-
standing any other provision of law (including section 203 
of this Act), up to $4,000,000 may be used for emergencies 
that constitute imminent threats to health and safety.
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, during fiscal year 2019, commitments to guarantee 
loans under section 108 of the Housing and 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 guaranteed in sub-
section (k) of such section 108: Provided, That the Secretary 
shall collect fees from borrowers, notwithstanding 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 Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974. 
HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM 
For the HOME Investment Partnerships program, as 
authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
Affordable Housing Act, as amended, $1,362,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2022: Provided, That 
notwithstanding the amount made available under this 
heading, the threshold reduction requirements in sections 
216(10) and 217(b)(4) of such Act shall not apply to alloca-
tions of such amount: Provided further, That the Depart-
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ment shall notify grantees of their formula allocation with-
in 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, $54,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2021: Provided, That of the total amount provided 
under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be made available to 
the Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program as au-
thorized under section 11 of the Housing Opportunity Pro-
gram Extension Act of 1996, as amended: Provided further, 
That of the total amount provided under this heading, 
$35,000,000 shall be made available for the second, third, 
and fourth capacity building 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, That of the total amount provided under 
this heading, $5,000,000 shall be made available for capac-
ity building by national rural housing organizations with 
experience assessing national rural conditions and pro-
viding financing, training, technical assistance, informa-
tion, and research to local nonprofits, local governments,
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and Indian Tribes serving high need rural communities: 
Provided further, That of the total amount provided under 
this heading, $4,000,000, shall be made available for a pro-
gram to rehabilitate and modify the homes of disabled or 
low-income veterans, as authorized under section 1079 of 
Public Law 113–291: Provided further, That funds pro-
vided under the previous proviso shall be awarded within 
180 days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That 
funds provided for such program in fiscal years 2016, 2017, 
and 2018 shall be awarded within 60 days of enactment 
of this Act. 
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 Continuum of 
Care program as authorized under subtitle C of title IV of 
such Act; and the Rural Housing Stability Assistance pro-
gram as authorized under subtitle D of title IV of such Act, 
$2,612,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2021: Provided, That any rental assistance amounts that 
are recaptured under such Continuum of Care program 
shall remain available until expended: Provided 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
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than $2,205,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this 
heading shall be available for such Continuum of Care and 
Rural Housing Stability Assistance programs: Provided 
further, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading, up to $50,000,000 shall be made available for 
grants for rapid re-housing projects and supportive service 
projects providing coordinated entry, and for eligible activi-
ties the Secretary determines to be critical in order to assist 
survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking: 
Provided further, That such projects shall be eligible for re-
newal under the continuum of care program subject to the 
same terms and conditions as other renewal applicants: 
Provided further, That up to $7,000,000 of the funds appro-
priated under this heading shall be available for the na-
tional homeless data analysis project: Provided further, 
That all funds awarded for supportive services under the 
Continuum of Care program and the Rural Housing Sta-
bility 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 requirements applicable to funds 
made available under this heading for this fiscal year and 
prior fiscal years, a grantee may use (or could have used) 
as a source of match funds other funds administered by the 
Secretary and other Federal agencies unless there is (or 
was) a specific statutory prohibition on any such use of
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any such funds: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
collect system performance measures for each continuum of 
care, and that relative to fiscal year 2015, under the Con-
tinuum 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: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds provided under this 
heading shall be available to provide funding for new 
projects, except for projects created through reallocation, un-
less 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: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall prioritize funding under the Continuum of 
Care program to continuums of care that have dem-
onstrated a capacity to reallocate funding from lower per-
forming projects to higher performing projects: Provided 
further, That all awards of assistance under this heading 
shall be required to coordinate and integrate homeless pro-
grams with other mainstream health, social services, and 
employment programs for which homeless populations may 
be eligible: Provided further, That any unobligated amounts 
remaining from funds appropriated under this heading in 
fiscal year 2012 and prior years for project-based rental 
assistance for rehabilitation projects with 10-year grant
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terms may be used for purposes under this heading, not-
withstanding the purposes for which such funds were appro-
priated: Provided further, That all balances for Shelter Plus 
Care renewals previously funded from the Shelter Plus Care 
Renewal account and transferred to this account shall be 
available, if recaptured, for Continuum of Care renewals 
in fiscal year 2019: Provided further, That the Department 
shall notify grantees of their formula allocation from 
amounts allocated (which may represent initial or final 
amounts allocated) for the Emergency Solutions Grant pro-
gram within 60 days of enactment of this Act: Provided 
further, That up to $80,000,000 of the funds appropriated 
under this heading shall be to implement projects to dem-
onstrate how a comprehensive approach to serving homeless 
youth, age 24 and under, in up to 25 communities, includ-
ing at least five communities with substantial rural popu-
lations, can dramatically reduce youth homelessness: Pro-
vided further, That of the amount made available under the 
previous proviso, up to $5,000,000 shall be available to pro-
vide technical assistance on youth homelessness, and collec-
tion, analysis, and reporting of data and performance 
measures under the comprehensive approaches to serve 
homeless youth, in addition to and in coordination with 
other technical assistance funds provided under this title: 
Provided further, That such projects shall be eligible for re-
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newal under the continuum of care program subject to the 
same terms and conditions as other renewal applicants: 
Provided further, That youth aged 24 and under seeking 
assistance under this heading shall not be required to pro-
vide third party documentation to establish their eligibility 
under 42 U.S.C. 11302(a) or (b) to receive services: Pro-
vided further, That unaccompanied youth aged 24 and 
under or families headed by youth aged 24 and under who 
are living in unsafe situations may be served by youth-serv-
ing providers funded 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, $11,347,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be available on October 1, 
2018 (in addition to the $400,000,000 previously appro-
priated under this heading that became available October 
1, 2018), and $400,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be available on October 1, 2019: Provided, 
That the amounts made available under this heading shall 
be available for expiring or terminating section 8 project- 
based subsidy contracts (including section 8 moderate reha-
bilitation contracts), for amendments to section 8 project-
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based subsidy contracts (including section 8 moderate reha-
bilitation contracts), for contracts entered into pursuant to 
section 441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 11401), for renewal of section 8 contracts for 
units in projects that are subject to approved plans of action 
under the Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation 
Act of 1987 or the Low-Income Housing Preservation and 
Resident Homeownership Act of 1990, and for administra-
tive and other expenses associated with project-based activi-
ties and assistance funded under this paragraph: Provided 
further, That of the total amounts provided under this head-
ing, not to exceed $245,000,000 shall be available for per-
formance-based contract administrators for section 8 
project-based assistance, for carrying out 42 U.S.C. 1437(f): 
Provided further, That the Secretary may also use such 
amounts in the previous proviso for performance-based con-
tract administrators for the administration of: interest re-
duction payments pursuant to section 236(a) of the Na-
tional Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1(a)); rent supple-
ment payments pursuant to section 101 of the Housing and 
Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); section 
236(f)(2) rental assistance payments (12 U.S.C. 1715z– 
1(f)(2)); project rental assistance contracts for the elderly 
under section 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 
U.S.C. 1701q); project rental assistance contracts for sup-
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portive housing for persons with disabilities under section 
811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013(d)(2)); project assistance con-
tracts pursuant to section 202(h) of the Housing Act of 1959 
(Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667); and loans under section 
202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 
Stat. 667): Provided further, That amounts recaptured 
under this heading, the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for 
Assisted Housing’’, or the heading ‘‘Housing Certificate 
Fund’’, may be used for renewals of or amendments to sec-
tion 8 project-based contracts or for performance-based con-
tract administrators, notwithstanding the purposes for 
which such amounts were appropriated: Provided further, 
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon the 
request of the Secretary, project funds that are held in resid-
ual receipts accounts for any project subject to a section 
8 project-based Housing Assistance Payments contract that 
authorizes HUD or a Housing Finance Agency to require 
that surplus project funds be deposited in an interest-bear-
ing 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 previous proviso shall be available
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in addition to the amount otherwise provided by this head-
ing for uses authorized under this heading. 
HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY 
For capital advances, including amendments to cap-
ital advance contracts, for housing for the elderly, as au-
thorized by section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as 
amended, for project rental assistance for the elderly under 
section 202(c)(2) of such Act, including amendments to con-
tracts for such assistance and renewal of expiring contracts 
for such assistance for up to a 1-year term, for senior pres-
ervation rental assistance contracts, including renewals, as 
authorized by section 811(e) of the American Housing and 
Economic Opportunity Act of 2000, as amended, and for 
supportive 
services 
associated 
with 
the 
housing, 
$678,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2022: 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 associated with section 202 projects: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary may waive the provisions of section 
202 governing the terms and conditions of project rental 
assistance, except that the initial contract term for such as-
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sistance shall not exceed 5 years in duration: Provided fur-
ther, That upon request of the Secretary, project funds 
which are held in residual receipts accounts for any project 
subject to a section 202 project rental assistance contract 
and, 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 re-
main available until September 30, 2022: 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 amend-
ments and renewals: Provided further, That unobligated 
balances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining 
from funds transferred to or appropriated under this head-
ing shall be available for amendments and renewals not-
withstanding the purposes for which such funds originally 
were appropriated: Provided further, That of the total 
amount provided under this heading, $10,000,000, shall be 
for a program to be established by the Secretary to make 
grants to experienced non-profit organizations, States, local 
governments, or public housing agencies for safety and func-
tional home modification repairs to meet the needs of low- 
income elderly persons to enable them to remain in their 
primary residence: Provided further, That of the total 
amount made available under the previous proviso, no less
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than $5,000,000 shall be available to meet such needs in 
communities with substantial rural populations. 
HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 
For amendments to capital advance contracts, for sup-
portive housing for persons with disabilities, as authorized 
by section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), as amended, for project rent-
al assistance for supportive housing for persons with dis-
abilities under section 811(d)(2) of such Act, for project as-
sistance contracts pursuant to section 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 assistance to State housing finance 
agencies and other appropriate entities as authorized under 
section 811(b)(3) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Hous-
ing Act, and for supportive services associated with the 
housing for persons with disabilities as authorized by sec-
tion 811(b)(1) of such Act, $154,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2022: Provided, That amounts 
made available under this heading shall be available for 
Real Estate Assessment Center inspections and inspection- 
related activities associated with section 811 projects: Pro-
vided further, That, upon the request of the Secretary, 
project funds which are held in residual receipts accounts
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for any project subject to a section 811 project rental assist-
ance contract and, upon termination of such contract, are 
in excess of an amount to be determined by the Secretary 
shall be remitted to the Department and deposited in this 
account, to remain available until September 30, 2022: Pro-
vided further, That amounts deposited in this account pur-
suant to the previous proviso shall be available in addition 
to the amounts otherwise provided by this heading for 
amendments and renewals: Provided further, That unobli-
gated balances, including recaptures and carryover, re-
maining from funds transferred to or appropriated under 
this heading shall be used for amendments and renewals 
notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds origi-
nally 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, $45,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2020, including 
up to $4,500,000 for administrative contract services: Pro-
vided, 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 advice to tenants and 
homeowners, both current and prospective, with respect to
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property maintenance, financial management or literacy, 
and such other matters as may be appropriate to assist 
them in improving their housing conditions, meeting their 
financial needs, and fulfilling the responsibilities of tenancy 
or homeownership; for program administration; and for 
housing counselor training: Provided further, That for pur-
poses of providing such grants from amounts provided 
under this heading, the Secretary may enter into multiyear 
agreements, as appropriate, subject 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, noninsured rental 
housing projects, $5,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That such amount, together with unobli-
gated balances from recaptured amounts appropriated 
prior to fiscal year 2006 from terminated contracts under 
such sections of law, and any unobligated balances, includ-
ing recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds appro-
priated 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.
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PAYMENT TO MANUFACTURED HOUSING FEES TRUST FUND 
For necessary expenses as authorized by the National 
Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards 
Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), up to $12,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which $12,000,000 
is to be derived from the Manufactured Housing Fees Trust 
Fund: Provided, That not to exceed the total amount appro-
priated under this heading shall be available from the gen-
eral fund of the Treasury to the extent 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 general fund shall be reduced as such 
collections are received during fiscal year 2019 so as to re-
sult in a final fiscal year 2019 appropriation from the gen-
eral fund estimated at zero, and fees pursuant to section 
620 of such Act shall be modified as necessary to ensure 
such a final fiscal year 2019 appropriation: Provided fur-
ther, That for the dispute resolution and installation pro-
grams, the Secretary may assess and collect fees from any 
program participant: Provided further, That such collec-
tions shall be deposited into the Fund, and the Secretary, 
as provided herein, may use such collections, as well as fees 
collected under section 620 of such Act, for necessary ex-
penses of such Act: Provided further, That, notwithstanding
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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 providers that are 
paid directly by the recipients of their services. 
FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION 
MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
New commitments to guarantee single family loans in-
sured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund shall not 
exceed $400,000,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020: Provided, That during fiscal year 2019, 
obligations to make direct loans to carry out the purposes 
of section 204(g) of the National Housing Act, as amended, 
shall not exceed $1,000,000: Provided further, That the fore-
going 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 
Housing 
Administration, 
$130,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2020: Provided further, That to the extent guaranteed loan 
commitments exceed $200,000,000,000 on or before April 1, 
2019, an additional $1,400 for administrative contract ex-
penses shall be available for each $1,000,000 in additional 
guaranteed loan commitments (including a pro rata