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IMPACT ON JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES 
SEC. 7079. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under titles III through VI of this Act may be obligated 
or expended to provide— 
(1) any financial incentive to a business enterprise cur-
rently located in the United States for the purpose of inducing 
such an enterprise to relocate outside the United States if 
such incentive or inducement is likely to reduce the number 
of employees of such business enterprise in the United States 
because United States production is being replaced by such 
enterprise outside the United States; 
(2) assistance for any program, project, or activity that 
contributes to the violation of internationally recognized 
workers’ rights, as defined in section 507(4) of the Trade Act 
of 1974, of workers in the recipient country, including any 
designated zone or area in that country: Provided, That the 
application of section 507(4)(D) and (E) of such Act should 
be commensurate with the level of development of the recipient 
country and sector, and shall not preclude assistance for the 
informal sector in such country, micro and small-scale enter-
prise, and smallholder agriculture; 
(3) any assistance to an entity outside the United States 
if such assistance is for the purpose of directly relocating or 
transferring jobs from the United States to other countries 
and adversely impacts the labor force in the United States; 
or 
(4) for the enforcement of any rule, regulation, policy, or 
guidelines implemented pursuant to— 
(A) the third proviso of subsection 7079(b) of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010; 
(B) the modification proposed by the Overseas Private 
Investment Corporation in November 2013 to the Corpora-
tion’s Environmental and Social Policy Statement relating 
to coal; or 
(C) the Supplemental Guidelines for High Carbon 
Intensity Projects approved by the Export-Import Bank 
of the United States on December 12, 2013, 
when enforcement of such rule, regulation, policy, or guidelines 
would prohibit, or have the effect of prohibiting, any coal- 
fired or other power-generation project the purpose of which 
is to: (i) provide affordable electricity in International Develop-
ment Association (IDA)-eligible countries and IDA-blend coun-
tries; and (ii) increase exports of goods and services from the 
United States or prevent the loss of jobs from the United 
States. 
FRAGILE STATES AND EXTREMISM 
SEC. 7080. (a) FUNDING.—Funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ that are made available 
for assistance for Syria, Iraq, and Somalia shall be made available 
to carry out the purposes of this section, subject to prior consultation 
with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees 
on Appropriations. 
(b) COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.—Funds made available pursuant 
to subsection (a) shall be transferred to, and merged with, funds 
appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘United States Institute
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of Peace’’ for the purposes of developing a comprehensive plan 
(the Plan) to prevent the underlying causes of extremism in fragile 
states in the Sahel, Horn of Africa, and the Near East: Provided, 
That such funds are in addition to amounts otherwise available 
to the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) under title I of 
this Act: Provided further, That USIP shall consult with the 
Committees on Appropriations prior to developing such Plan: Pro-
vided further, That USIP shall also consult with relevant United 
States Government agencies, foreign governments, and civil society, 
as appropriate, in developing the Plan. 
(c) DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.—Funds made available by sub-
section (a) shall be made available to implement the Plan required 
by subsection (b) through a demonstration project, consistent with 
the requirements described in section 7073(d)(2) of S. 3117 (as 
introduced in the Senate on June 29, 2016): Provided, That such 
funds shall be made available to the maximum extent practicable 
on a cost-matching basis from sources other than the United States 
Government. 
CONSULAR AND BORDER SECURITY PROGRAMS 
SEC. 7081. (a) SEPARATE FUND.—There is established in the 
Treasury a separate fund to be known as the ‘‘Consular and Border 
Security Programs’’ account into which the following fees shall 
be deposited for the purposes of the consular and border security 
programs. 
(b) MACHINE-READABLE VISA FEE.—Section 103(d) of Public Law 
107–173 (8 U.S.C. 1713) is amended by striking ‘‘credited as an 
offsetting collection to any appropriation for the Department of 
State’’ and inserting ‘‘deposited in the Consular and Border Security 
Programs account’’. 
(c) PASSPORT AND IMMIGRANT VISA SECURITY SURCHARGES.— 
The fourth paragraph under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular 
Programs’’ in title IV of division B of Public Law 108–447 (8 
U.S.C. 1714) is amended by striking ‘‘credited to this account’’ 
and inserting ‘‘deposited in the Consular and Border Security Pro-
grams account’’. 
(d) DIVERSITY IMMIGRANT LOTTERY FEE.—Section 636 of title 
VI, division C of Public Law 104–208 (8 U.S.C. 1153 note) is 
amended by striking ‘‘as an offsetting collection to any Department 
of State appropriation’’ and inserting ‘‘in the Consular and Border 
Security Programs account’’. 
(e) AFFIDAVIT OF SUPPORT FEE.—Section 232(c) of title II of 
division A of H.R. 3427 (106th Congress) (incorporated by reference 
by section 1000(a)(7) of division B of Public Law 106–113, as 
amended (8 U.S.C. 1183a note), is further amended by striking 
‘‘as an offsetting collection to any Department of State appropria-
tion’’ and inserting ‘‘in the Consular and Border Security Programs 
account’’. 
(f) WESTERN HEMISPHERE TRAVEL INITIATIVE SURCHARGE.— 
Subsection (b)(1) of section 1 of the Passport Act of June 4, 1920 
(22 U.S.C. 214(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘as an offsetting collec-
tion to the appropriate Department of State appropriation’’ and 
inserting ‘‘in the Consular and Border Security Programs account’’. 
(g) EXPEDITED PASSPORT FEE.—The first proviso under the 
heading ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’ in title V of Public 
Law 103–317 (22 U.S.C. 214 note) is amended by inserting ‘‘or
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in the Consular and Border Security Programs account’’ after ‘‘off-
setting collection’’. 
(h) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.— 
(1) The unobligated balances of amounts available from 
fees referenced under this section may be transferred to the 
Consular and Border Security Programs account. 
(2) Funds deposited in or transferred to the Consular and 
Border Security Programs account may be transferred between 
funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Administration of For-
eign Affairs’’. 
(3) The transfer authorities in this section shall be in 
addition to any other transfer authority available to the Depart-
ment of State. 
(i) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 
shall take effect no later than October 1, 2018, and shall be imple-
mented in a manner that ensures the fees collected, transferred, 
and used in fiscal year 2019 can be readily tracked. 
UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND 
SEC. 7082. (a) CONTRIBUTION.—Of the funds made available 
under the heading ‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’ in 
this Act for fiscal year 2017, $32,500,000 shall be made available 
for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated by this Act 
for UNFPA, that are not made available for UNFPA because of 
the operation of any provision of law, shall be transferred to the 
‘‘Global Health Programs’’ account and shall be made available 
for family planning, maternal, and reproductive health activities, 
subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 
on Appropriations. 
(c) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS IN CHINA.—None of the 
funds made available by this Act may be used by UNFPA for 
a country program in the People’s Republic of China. 
(d) CONDITIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds made avail-
able by this Act for UNFPA may not be made available unless— 
(1) UNFPA maintains funds made available by this Act 
in an account separate from other accounts of UNFPA and 
does not commingle such funds with other sums; and 
(2) UNFPA does not fund abortions. 
(e) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS
AND
DOLLAR-FOR-DOLLAR
WITH-
HOLDING OF FUNDS.— 
(1) Not later than 4 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to 
the Committees on Appropriations indicating the amount of 
funds that UNFPA is budgeting for the year in which the 
report is submitted for a country program in the People’s 
Republic of China. 
(2) If a report under paragraph (1) indicates that UNFPA 
plans to spend funds for a country program in the People’s 
Republic of China in the year covered by the report, then 
the amount of such funds UNFPA plans to spend in the People’s 
Republic of China shall be deducted from the funds made 
available to UNFPA after March 1 for obligation for the 
remainder of the fiscal year in which the report is submitted.
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AFGHAN ALLIES 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 7083. (a) AFGHAN ALLIES.—Section 602(b)(3)(F) of the 
Afghan Allies Protection Act, 2009 (division F of Public Law 111– 
8), as amended, is further amended by substituting ‘‘11,000’’ for 
‘‘8,500’’ in the matter preceding clause (i). 
(b) RESCISSION OF FUNDS.—Of the funds appropriated in prior 
Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs that remain available for obliga-
tion under the heading ‘‘Bilateral Economic Assistance, Funds 
Appropriated to the President, Economic Support Fund’’, $6,000,000 
are rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from 
amounts that were designated by the Congress for Overseas Contin-
gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism or as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget 
or section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 
TITLE VIII 
OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS/GLOBAL WAR ON 
TERRORISM 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 
DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Pro-
grams’’, $2,410,386,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2018, of which $1,815,210,000 is for Worldwide Security Protection 
and shall remain available until expended: Provided, That the 
Secretary of State may transfer up to $5,000,000 of the total funds 
made available under this heading to any other appropriation of 
any department or agency of the United States, upon the concur-
rence of the head of such department or agency, to support oper-
ations in and assistance for Afghanistan and to carry out the 
provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, 
That any such transfer shall be subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 
That funds appropriated under this heading in this title may be 
made available for Conflict Stabilization Operations and for related 
reconstruction and stabilization assistance to prevent or respond 
to conflict or civil strife in foreign countries or regions, or to enable 
transition from such strife: Provided further, That such amount 
is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 
Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’, 
$54,900,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018, for
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the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction 
(SIGAR) for reconstruction oversight: Provided, That printing and 
reproduction costs shall not exceed amounts for such costs during 
fiscal year 2016: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, any employee of SIGAR who completes at least 
12 months of continuous service after the date of enactment of 
this Act or who is employed on the date on which SIGAR terminates, 
whichever occurs first, shall acquire competitive status for appoint-
ment to any position in the competitive service for which the 
employee possesses the required qualifications: Provided further, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985. 
EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, 
and Maintenance’’, $1,238,800,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which $1,228,000,000 shall be for Worldwide Security 
Upgrades, acquisition, and construction as authorized: Provided, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985. 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Contributions to International 
Organizations’’, $96,240,000: Provided, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 
Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Contributions for International 
Peacekeeping Activities’’, $1,354,660,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2018: Provided, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
RELATED AGENCY 
BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS 
INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘International Broadcasting Oper-
ations’’, $4,800,000, to remain available until September 30, 2018: 
Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress for 
Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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funds previously made available under the heading ‘‘Global Security 
Contingency Fund’’. 
(c) The transfer authority provided in subsection (a) may only 
be exercised to address contingencies. 
(d) The transfer authority provided in subsections (a) and (b) 
shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the regular notifica-
tion procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, 
That such transfer authority is in addition to any transfer authority 
otherwise available under any other provision of law, including 
section 610 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 which may be 
exercised by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this title. 
COUNTERING THE ISLAMIC STATE OF IRAQ AND SYRIA AND COMBATING 
TERRORISM IN THE NEAR EAST AND AFRICA 
SEC. 8004. (a) RELIEF AND RECOVERY FUND.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 
‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Peace-
keeping Operations’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ 
that are designated for the Relief and Recovery Fund in the tables 
included in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in 
the matter preceding division A of this Consolidated Act) shall 
be made available for assistance for areas liberated from, or under 
the influence of, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, other terrorist 
organizations, or violent extremist organizations in and around 
the Near East and Africa: Provided, That such funds are in addition 
to amounts otherwise made available for such purposes and to 
amounts specifically designated in this Act for assistance for foreign 
countries: Provided further, That such funds shall be made available 
to the maximum extent practicable on a cost-matching basis from 
sources other than the United States, except that no such funds 
may be made available for the costs of significant infrastructure 
projects: Provided further, That such funds appropriated under 
the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and ‘‘International Narcotics 
Control and Law Enforcement’’ shall be made available for programs 
and activities included under this section in the explanatory state-
ment described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A 
of this Consolidated Act): Provided further, That the Secretary 
of State shall include funds made available pursuant to this sub-
section in the update to reports required by section 204 of the 
Security Assistance Appropriations Act, 2017 (division B of Public 
Law 114–254). 
(b) COUNTERTERRORISM PARTNERSHIPS FUND.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-ter-
rorism, Demining and Related Programs’’ shall be made available 
for the Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund: Provided, That funds 
made available pursuant to this subsection shall be made available 
to enhance the capacity of Kurdistan Regional Government security 
services and for security programs in the Kurdistan Region of 
Iraq that further the security interest of the United States. 
(c) OVERSIGHT REQUIREMENT.—Prior to the obligation of funds 
made available pursuant to subsections (a) and (b), the Secretary 
of State shall take all practicable steps to ensure that mechanisms 
are in place for monitoring, oversight, and control of such funds: 
Provided, That the Secretary shall promptly inform the appropriate 
congressional committees of each instance in which assistance pro-
vided pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) has been diverted or
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destroyed, to include the type and amount of assistance, a descrip-
tion of the incident and parties involved, and an explanation of 
the response of the Department of State. 
(d) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—Funds made available pursu-
ant to this section shall be subject to the regular notification proce-
dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
FAMINE PREVENTION, RELIEF, AND MITIGATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8005. (a) TRANSFER
AUTHORITY
AND
NOTIFICATION 
REQUIREMENT.— 
(1) Of the funds appropriated by this title in the second 
paragraph under the heading ‘‘International Disaster Assist-
ance’’— 
(A) not less than $300,000,000 shall be transferred 
to, and merged with, the Foreign Agricultural Service, 
‘‘Food for Peace Title II Grants’’ account; and 
(B) not less than $1,500,000 shall be transferred to, 
and merged with, funds appropriated by this title under 
the heading ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ for the United States 
Agency for International Development. 
(2) Funds appropriated by this title in the second paragraph 
under the heading ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’ may be 
transferred to, and merged with, funds appropriated by this 
title under the heading ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’. 
(3) The transfer authority of this subsection is in addition 
to any transfer authority otherwise available under any other 
provision of law, and shall be for famine prevention, relief, 
and mitigation. 
(b) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Not later than 30 days after 
enactment of this Act and every 45 days thereafter until September 
30, 2018, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 
in consultation with the Secretary of State and Administrator of 
the United States Agency for International Development, shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations a report on the pro-
posed use of funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘International 
Disaster Assistance’’ from this Act and prior Acts making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs, for famine prevention, relief, and mitigation: Provided, 
That such report shall include the requirements enumerated under 
this section in the explanatory statement described in section 4 
(in the matter preceding division A of this Consolidated Act). 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of State, Foreign 
Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2017’’.
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DIVISION K—TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPRO-
PRIATIONS ACT, 2017 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
$114,000,000, of which not to exceed $2,758,000 shall be available 
for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to exceed $1,040,000 
shall be available for the immediate Office of the Deputy Secretary; 
not to exceed $20,772,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
General Counsel; not to exceed $10,033,000 shall be available for 
the Office of the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy; 
not to exceed $14,019,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to exceed 
$2,546,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant Sec-
retary for Governmental Affairs; not to exceed $29,356,000 shall 
be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administra-
tion; not to exceed $2,142,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Public Affairs; not to exceed $1,760,000 shall be available for 
the Office of the Executive Secretariat; not to exceed $11,089,000 
shall be available for the Office of Intelligence, Security, and Emer-
gency Response; and not to exceed $18,485,000 shall be available 
for the Office of the Chief Information Officer: Provided, That 
the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to transfer funds 
appropriated for any office of the Office of the Secretary to any 
other office of the Office of the Secretary: Provided further, That 
no appropriation for any office shall be increased or decreased 
by more than 5 percent by all such transfers: Provided further, 
That notice of any change in funding greater than 5 percent shall 
be submitted for approval to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations: Provided further, That not to exceed $60,000 
shall be for allocation within the Department for official reception 
and representation expenses as the Secretary may determine: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
excluding fees authorized in Public Law 107–71, there may be 
credited to this appropriation up to $2,500,000 in funds received 
in user fees: Provided further, That none of the funds provided 
in this Act shall be available for the position of Assistant Secretary 
for Public Affairs. 
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses related to the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Research and Technology, $13,000,000, of which 
$8,218,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2019: Pro-
vided, That there may be credited to this appropriation, to be 
available until expended, funds received from States, counties, 
municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources for 
expenses incurred for training: Provided further, That any reference 
in law, regulation, judicial proceedings, or elsewhere to the Research 
and Innovative Technology Administration shall continue to be
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deemed to be a reference to the Office of the Assistant Secretary 
for Research and Technology of the Department of Transportation. 
NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS 
For capital investments in surface transportation infrastruc-
ture, $500,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2020: 
Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation shall distribute 
funds provided under this heading as discretionary grants to be 
awarded to a State, local government, transit agency, or a collabora-
tion among such entities on a competitive basis for projects that 
will have a significant impact on the Nation, a metropolitan area, 
or a region: Provided further, That projects eligible for funding 
provided under this heading shall include, but not be limited to, 
highway or bridge projects eligible under title 23, United States 
Code; public transportation projects eligible under chapter 53 of 
title 49, United States Code; passenger and freight rail transpor-
tation projects; and port infrastructure investments (including 
inland port infrastructure and land ports of entry): Provided further, 
That the Secretary may use up to 20 percent of the funds made 
available under this heading for the purpose of paying the subsidy 
and administrative costs of projects eligible for Federal credit assist-
ance under chapter 6 of title 23, United States Code, if the Secretary 
finds that such use of the funds would advance the purposes of 
this paragraph: Provided further, That in distributing funds pro-
vided under this heading, the Secretary shall take such measures 
so as to ensure an equitable geographic distribution of funds, an 
appropriate balance in addressing the needs of urban and rural 
areas, and the investment in a variety of transportation modes: 
Provided further, That a grant funded under this heading shall 
be not less than $5,000,000 and not greater than $25,000,000: 
Provided further, That not more than 10 percent of the funds 
made available under this heading may be awarded to projects 
in a single State: Provided further, That the Federal share of 
the costs for which an expenditure is made under this heading 
shall be, at the option of the recipient, up to 80 percent: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall give priority to projects that 
require a contribution of Federal funds in order to complete an 
overall financing package: Provided further, That not less than 
20 percent of the funds provided under this heading shall be for 
projects located in rural areas: Provided further, That for projects 
located in rural areas, the minimum grant size shall be $1,000,000 
and the Secretary may increase the Federal share of costs above 
80 percent: Provided further, That projects conducted using funds 
provided under this heading must comply with the requirements 
of subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall conduct a new competi-
tion to select the grants and credit assistance awarded under this 
heading: Provided further, That the Secretary may retain up to 
$20,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading, and may 
transfer portions of those funds to the Administrators of the Federal 
Highway Administration, the Federal Transit Administration, the 
Federal Railroad Administration and the Maritime Administration, 
to fund the award and oversight of grants and credit assistance 
made under the National Infrastructure Investments program.
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NATIONAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AND INNOVATIVE FINANCE 
BUREAU 
For necessary expenses for the establishment and administra-
tion of a new National Surface Transportation and Innovative 
Finance Bureau (the Bureau) within the Office of the Secretary 
of Transportation, $3,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation shall use such 
amount for the necessary expenses to establish the Bureau and 
to fulfill the responsibilities of the Bureau, as detailed in section 
9001 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act 
(Public Law 114–94) (49 U.S.C. 116): Provided further, That the 
Secretary is required to receive the advance approval of the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations prior to exercising the 
authorities of 49 U.S.C. 116(h): Provided further, That the program 
be available to other Federal agencies, States, municipalities and 
project sponsors seeking Federal transportation expertise in 
obtaining financing. 
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CAPITAL 
For necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing the 
Department 
of 
Transportation’s 
financial 
systems 
and 
re- 
engineering business processes, $4,000,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2018. 
CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVES 
For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, including 
necessary upgrades to wide area network and information tech-
nology infrastructure, improvement of network perimeter controls 
and identity management, testing and assessment of information 
technology against business, security, and other requirements, 
implementation of Federal cyber security initiatives and information 
infrastructure enhancements, and implementation of enhanced 
security controls on network devices, $15,000,000, to remain avail-
able through September 30, 2018. 
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, $9,751,000. 
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for conducting transportation planning, 
research, systems development, development activities, and making 
grants, to remain available until expended, $12,000,000: Provided, 
That of such amount, $3,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses 
of the Interagency Infrastructure Permitting Improvement Center 
(IIPIC): Provided further, That there may be transferred to this 
appropriation, to remain available until expended, amounts from 
other Federal agencies for expenses incurred under this heading 
for IIPIC activities not related to transportation infrastructure: 
Provided further, That the tools and analysis developed by the 
IIPIC shall be available to other Federal agencies for the permitting 
and review of major infrastructure projects not related to transpor-
tation only to the extent that other Federal agencies provide funding 
to the Department as provided for under the previous proviso.
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WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For necessary expenses for operating costs and capital outlays 
of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed $190,389,000 shall 
be paid from appropriations made available to the Department 
of Transportation: Provided, That such services shall be provided 
on a competitive basis to entities within the Department of 
Transportation: Provided further, That the above limitation on oper-
ating expenses shall not apply to non-DOT entities: Provided fur-
ther, That no funds appropriated in this Act to an agency of the 
Department shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund with-
out majority approval of the Working Capital Fund Steering Com-
mittee and approval of the Secretary: Provided further, That no 
assessments may be levied against any program, budget activity, 
subactivity or project funded by this Act unless notice of such 
assessments and the basis therefor are presented to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are approved by 
such Committees. 
MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $339,000, as authorized by 
49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these 
funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of 
which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $18,367,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
guaranteed loan program, $602,000. 
SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS UTILIZATION AND OUTREACH 
For necessary expenses for small and disadvantaged business 
utilization and outreach activities, $4,646,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2018: Provided, That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 
332, these funds may be used for business opportunities related 
to any mode of transportation. 
PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
In addition to funds made available from any other source 
to carry out the essential air service program under 49 U.S.C. 
41731 through 41742, $150,000,000, to be derived from the Airport 
and Airway Trust Fund, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That in determining between or among carriers competing 
to provide service to a community, the Secretary may consider 
the relative subsidy requirements of the carriers: Provided further, 
That basic essential air service minimum requirements shall not 
include the 15-passenger capacity requirement under subsection 
41732(b)(3) of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That 
none of the funds in this Act or any other Act shall be used 
to enter into a new contract with a community located less than 
40 miles from the nearest small hub airport before the Secretary 
has negotiated with the community over a local cost share: Provided 
further, That amounts authorized to be distributed for the essential 
air service program under subsection 41742(b) of title 49, United
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States Code, shall be made available immediately from amounts 
otherwise provided to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration: Provided further, That the Administrator may 
reimburse such amounts from fees credited to the account estab-
lished under section 45303 of title 49, United States Code. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF 
TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 101. None of the funds made available in this Act to 
the Department of Transportation may be obligated for the Office 
of the Secretary of Transportation to approve assessments or 
reimbursable agreements pertaining to funds appropriated to the 
modal administrations in this Act, except for activities underway 
on the date of enactment of this Act, unless such assessments 
or agreements have completed the normal reprogramming process 
for Congressional notification. 
SEC. 102. In addition to authority provided by section 327 
of title 49, United States Code, the Department’s Working Capital 
Fund is hereby authorized to provide partial or full payments 
in advance and accept subsequent reimbursements from all Federal 
agencies from available funds for transit benefit distribution serv-
ices that are necessary to carry out the Federal transit pass 
transportation fringe benefit program under Executive Order 13150 
and section 3049 of Public Law 109–59: Provided, That the Depart-
ment shall maintain a reasonable operating reserve in the Working 
Capital Fund, to be expended in advance to provide uninterrupted 
transit benefits to Government employees: Provided further, That 
such reserve will not exceed one month of benefits payable and 
may be used only for the purpose of providing for the continuation 
of transit benefits: Provided further, That the Working Capital 
Fund will be fully reimbursed by each customer agency from avail-
able funds for the actual cost of the transit benefit. 
SEC. 103. The Secretary shall post on the Web site of the 
Department of Transportation a schedule of all meetings of the 
Council on Credit and Finance, including the agenda for each 
meeting, and require the Council on Credit and Finance to record 
the decisions and actions of each meeting. 
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Administration, 
not otherwise provided for, including operations and research activi-
ties related to commercial space transportation, administrative 
expenses for research and development, establishment of air naviga-
tion facilities, the operation (including leasing) and maintenance 
of aircraft, subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps 
sold to the public, lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles 
for replacement only, in addition to amounts made available by 
Public Law 112–95, $10,025,852,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2018, of which $9,173,000,000 shall be derived from 
the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, of which not to exceed 
$7,559,785,000 shall be available for air traffic organization activi-
ties; not to exceed $1,298,482,000 shall be available for aviation
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safety activities; not to exceed $19,826,000 shall be available for 
commercial 
space 
transportation 
activities; 
not 
to 
exceed 
$771,342,000 shall be available for finance and management activi-
ties; not to exceed $60,155,000 shall be available for NextGen 
and operations planning activities; not to exceed $107,161,000 shall 
be available for security and hazardous materials safety; and not 
to exceed $209,101,000 shall be available for staff offices: Provided, 
That not to exceed 5 percent of any budget activity, except for 
aviation safety budget activity, may be transferred to any budget 
activity under this heading: Provided further, That no transfer 
may increase or decrease any appropriation by more than 5 percent: 
Provided further, That any transfer in excess of 5 percent shall 
be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 405 of this 
Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: Provided 
further, That not later than March 31 of each fiscal year hereafter, 
the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall 
transmit to Congress an annual update to the report submitted 
to Congress in December 2004 pursuant to section 221 of Public 
Law 108–176: Provided further, That the amount herein appro-
priated shall be reduced by $100,000 for each day after March 
31 that such report has not been submitted to the Congress: Pro-
vided further, That not later than March 31 of each fiscal year 
hereafter, the Administrator shall transmit to Congress a com-
panion report that describes a comprehensive strategy for staffing, 
hiring, and training flight standards and aircraft certification staff 
in a format similar to the one utilized for the controller staffing 
plan, including stated attrition estimates and numerical hiring goals 
by fiscal year: Provided further, That the amount herein appro-
priated shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for each day after 
March 31 that such report has not been submitted to Congress: 
Provided further, That funds may be used to enter into a grant 
agreement with a nonprofit standard-setting organization to assist 
in the development of aviation safety standards: Provided further, 
That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for new 
applicants for the second career training program: Provided further, 
That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the 
Federal Aviation Administration to finalize or implement any regu-
lation that would promulgate new aviation user fees not specifically 
authorized by law after the date of the enactment of this Act: 
Provided further, That there may be credited to this appropriation, 
as offsetting collections, funds received from States, counties, 
municipalities, foreign authorities, other public authorities, and 
private sources for expenses incurred in the provision of agency 
services, including receipts for the maintenance and operation of 
air navigation facilities, and for issuance, renewal or modification 
of certificates, including airman, aircraft, and repair station certifi-
cates, or for tests related thereto, or for processing major repair 
or alteration forms: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 
under this heading, not less than $159,000,000 shall be for the 
contract tower program, including the contract tower cost share 
program: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act 
for aeronautical charting and cartography are available for activities 
conducted by, or coordinated through, the Working Capital Fund: 
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act or any other Act may be used to elimi-
nate the Contract Weather Observers program at any airport.
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FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for acquisi-
tion, establishment, technical support services, improvement by 
contract or purchase, and hire of national airspace systems and 
experimental facilities and equipment, as authorized under part 
A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, including initial 
acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; engineering and 
service testing, including construction of test facilities and acquisi-
tion of necessary sites by lease or grant; construction and furnishing 
of quarters and related accommodations for officers and employees 
of the Federal Aviation Administration stationed at remote localities 
where such accommodations are not available; and the purchase, 
lease, or transfer of aircraft from funds available under this 
heading, including aircraft for aviation regulation and certification; 
to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, 
$2,855,000,000, of which $486,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2017, and $2,369,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2019: Provided, That there may be credited 
to this appropriation funds received from States, counties, munici-
palities, other public authorities, and private sources, for expenses 
incurred in the establishment, improvement, and modernization 
of national airspace systems: Provided further, That no later than 
March 31, the Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to the 
Congress an investment plan for the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion which includes funding for each budget line item for fiscal 
years 2018 through 2022, with total funding for each year of the 
plan constrained to the funding targets for those years as estimated 
and approved by the Office of Management and Budget. 
RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
research, engineering, and development, as authorized under part 
A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, including construc-
tion of experimental facilities and acquisition of necessary sites 
by lease or grant, $176,500,000, to be derived from the Airport 
and Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until September 
30, 2019: Provided, That there may be credited to this appropriation 
as offsetting collections, funds received from States, counties, 
municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources, which 
shall be available for expenses incurred for research, engineering, 
and development.
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GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in-aid for air-
port planning and development, and noise compatibility planning 
and programs as authorized under subchapter I of chapter 471 
and subchapter I of chapter 475 of title 49, United States Code, 
and under other law authorizing such obligations; for procurement, 
installation, and commissioning of runway incursion prevention 
devices and systems at airports of such title; for grants authorized 
under section 41743 of title 49, United States Code; and for inspec-
tion activities and administration of airport safety programs, 
including those related to airport operating certificates under sec-
tion 44706 of title 49, United States Code, $3,750,000,000, to be 
derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds under 
this heading shall be available for the planning or execution of 
programs the obligations for which are in excess of $3,350,000,000 
in fiscal year 2017, notwithstanding section 47117(g) of title 49, 
United States Code: Provided further, That none of the funds under 
this heading shall be available for the replacement of baggage 
conveyor systems, reconfiguration of terminal baggage areas, or 
other airport improvements that are necessary to install bulk explo-
sive detection systems: Provided further, That notwithstanding sec-
tion 47109(a) of title 49, United States Code, the Government’s 
share of allowable project costs under paragraph (2) for subgrants 
or paragraph (3) of that section shall be 95 percent for a project 
at other than a large or medium hub airport that is a successive 
phase of a multi-phased construction project for which the project 
sponsor received a grant in fiscal year 2011 for the construction 
project: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, of funds limited under this heading, not more than 
$107,691,000 shall be available for administration, not less than 
$15,000,000 shall be available for the Airport Cooperative Research 
Program, not less than $31,375,000 shall be available for Airport 
Technology Research, and $10,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be available and transferred to ‘‘Office of the Sec-
retary, Salaries and Expenses’’ to carry out the Small Community 
Air Service Development Program: Provided further, That in addi-
tion to airports eligible under section 41743 of title 49, such program 
may include the participation of an airport that serves a community 
or consortium that is not larger than a small hub airport, according 
to FAA hub classifications effective at the time the Office of the 
Secretary issues a request for proposals. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 110. None of the funds in this Act may be used to com-
pensate in excess of 600 technical staff-years under the federally
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funded research and development center contract between the Fed-
eral Aviation Administration and the Center for Advanced Aviation 
Systems Development during fiscal year 2017. 
SEC. 111. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to 
pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring airport sponsors 
to provide to the Federal Aviation Administration without cost 
building construction, maintenance, utilities and expenses, or space 
in airport sponsor-owned buildings for services relating to air traffic 
control, air navigation, or weather reporting: Provided, That the 
prohibition of funds in this section does not apply to negotiations 
between the agency and airport sponsors to achieve agreement 
on ‘‘below-market’’ rates for these items or to grant assurances 
that require airport sponsors to provide land without cost to the 
FAA for air traffic control facilities. 
SEC. 112. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration may reimburse amounts made available to satisfy 49 U.S.C. 
41742(a)(1) from fees credited under 49 U.S.C. 45303 and any 
amount remaining in such account at the close of that fiscal year 
may be made available to satisfy section 41742(a)(1) for the subse-
quent fiscal year. 
SEC. 113. Amounts collected under section 40113(e) of title 
49, United States Code, shall be credited to the appropriation 
current at the time of collection, to be merged with and available 
for the same purposes of such appropriation. 
SEC. 114. None of the funds in this Act shall be available 
for paying premium pay under subsection 5546(a) of title 5, United 
States Code, to any Federal Aviation Administration employee 
unless such employee actually performed work during the time 
corresponding to such premium pay. 
SEC. 115. None of the funds in this Act may be obligated 
or expended for an employee of the Federal Aviation Administration 
to purchase a store gift card or gift certificate through use of 
a Government-issued credit card. 
SEC. 116. None of the funds in this Act may be obligated 
or expended for retention bonuses for an employee of the Federal 
Aviation Administration without the prior written approval of the 
Assistant Secretary for Administration of the Department of 
Transportation. 
SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
of the funds made available under this Act or any prior Act may 
be used to implement or to continue to implement any limitation 
on the ability of any owner or operator of a private aircraft to 
obtain, upon a request to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration, a blocking of that owner’s or operator’s aircraft 
registration number from any display of the Federal Aviation 
Administration’s Aircraft Situational Display to Industry data that 
is made available to the public, except data made available to 
a Government agency, for the noncommercial flights of that owner 
or operator. 
SEC. 118. None of the funds in this Act shall be available 
for salaries and expenses of more than nine political and Presi-
dential appointees in the Federal Aviation Administration. 
SEC. 119. None of the funds made available under this Act 
may be used to increase fees pursuant to section 44721 of title 
49, United States Code, until the Federal Aviation Administration 
provides to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
a report that justifies all fees related to aeronautical navigation
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products and explains how such fees are consistent with Executive 
Order 13642. 
SEC. 119A. None of the funds in this Act may be used to 
close a regional operations center of the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration or reduce its services unless the Administrator notifies 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than 
90 full business days in advance. 
SEC. 119B. None of the funds appropriated or limited by this 
Act may be used to change weight restrictions or prior permission 
rules at Teterboro airport in Teterboro, New Jersey. 
SEC. 119C. None of the funds provided under this Act may 
be used by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration 
to withhold from consideration and approval any application for 
participation in the Contract Tower Program, or for reevaluation 
of Cost-share Program participants, pending as of January 1, 2016, 
as long as the Federal Aviation Administration has received an 
application from the airport, and as long as the Administrator 
determines such tower is eligible using the factors set forth in 
the Federal Aviation Administration report, Establishment and Dis-
continuance Criteria for Airport Traffic Control Towers (FAA–APO– 
90–7 as of August, 1990). 
SEC. 119D. For fiscal year 2017, the Secretary of Transportation 
shall apportion to the sponsor of a primary airport under section 
47114(c)(1)(A) of title 49, United States Code, an amount based 
on the number of passenger boardings at the airport during calendar 
year 2012 if the airport had— 
(1) fewer than 10,000 passenger boardings during the cal-
endar year used to calculate the apportionment for fiscal year 
2017; and 
(2) 10,000 or more passenger boardings during calendar 
year 2012. 
SEC. 119E. Section 47109(c)(2) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended to read as follows: ‘‘The Government’s share of allowable 
project costs determined under this subsection shall not exceed 
the lesser of 93.75 percent or the highest percentage Government 
share applicable to any project in any State under subsection (b), 
except that at a primary non-hub and non-primary commercial 
service airport located in a State as set forth in paragraph (1) 
of this subsection that is within 15 miles of another State as 
set forth in paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Government’s 
share shall be an average of the Government share applicable 
to any project in each of the States.’’. 
SEC. 119F. (a) Subchapter I of chapter 471, as amended by 
this subtitle, is further amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘§ 47144. Use of funds for repairs for runway safety repairs 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation may make 
project grants under this subchapter to an airport described in 
subsection (b) from funds under section 47114 apportioned to that 
airport or funds available for discretionary grants to that airport 
under section 47115 to conduct airport development to repair the 
runway safety area of the airport damaged as a result of a natural 
disaster in order to maintain compliance with the regulations of 
the Federal Aviation Administration relating to runway safety 
areas, without regard to whether construction of the runway safety 
area damaged was carried out using amounts the airport received 
under this subchapter.
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‘‘(b) AIRPORTS DESCRIBED.—An airport is described in this sub-
section if— 
‘‘(1) the airport is a public-use airport; 
‘‘(2) the airport is listed in the National Plan of Integrated 
Airport Systems of the Federal Aviation Administration; 
‘‘(3) the runway safety area of the airport was damaged 
as a result of a natural disaster; 
‘‘(4) the airport was denied funding under the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 4121 et seq.) with respect to the disaster; 
‘‘(5) the operator of the airport has exhausted all legal 
remedies, including legal action against any parties (or insurers 
thereof) whose action or inaction may have contributed to the 
need for the repair of the runway safety area; 
‘‘(6) there is still a demonstrated need for the runway 
safety area to accommodate current or imminent aeronautical 
demand; and 
‘‘(7) the cost of repairing or replacing the runway safety 
area is reasonable in relation to the anticipated operational 
benefit of repairing the runway safety area, as determined 
by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.’’. 
(b) The analysis for chapter 471, as amended by this subtitle, 
is further amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
47143 the following: 
‘‘47144. Use of funds for repairs for runway safety repairs.’’. 
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Not to exceed $432,547,000, together with advances and 
reimbursements received by the Federal Highway Administration, 
shall be obligated for necessary expenses for administration and 
operation of the Federal Highway Administration. In addition, not 
to exceed $3,248,000 shall be transferred to the Appalachian 
Regional Commission in accordance with section 104(a) of title 
23, United States Code. 
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 $43,266,100,000 for fiscal year 2017: Provided, 
That the Secretary may collect and spend fees, as authorized by 
title 23, United States Code, to cover the costs of services of expert 
firms, including counsel, in the field of municipal and project finance 
to assist in the underwriting and servicing of Federal credit
H. R. 244—602 
instruments and all or a portion of the costs to the Federal Govern-
ment of servicing such credit instruments: Provided further, That 
such fees are available until expended to pay for such costs: Pro-
vided 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 administra-
tive expenses under section 608 of title 23, United States Code. 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For the payment of obligations incurred in carrying out Federal- 
aid highway and highway safety construction programs authorized 
under title 23, United States Code, $44,005,100,000 derived from 
the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), 
to remain available until expended. 
(RESCISSION) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
Of the unobligated balances of funds apportioned among the 
States under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, a total 
of $857,000,000 is hereby permanently rescinded on June 30, 2017: 
Provided, That such rescission shall not apply to funds distributed 
in accordance with sections 104(b)(3) and 130(f) of title 23, United 
States Code; section 133(d)(1)(A) of such title; the first sentence 
of section 133(d)(3)(A) of such title, as in effect on the day before 
the date of enactment of MAP–21 (Public Law 112–141); sections 
133(d)(1) and 163 of such title, as in effect on the day before 
the date of enactment of SAFETEA–LU (Public Law 109–59); and 
section 104(b)(5) of such title, as in effect on the day before the 
date of enactment of MAP–21 (Public Law 112–141): Provided fur-
ther, That such rescission shall not apply to funds that are exempt 
from the obligation limitation or subject to special no-year obligation 
limitation: Provided further, That the amount to be rescinded from 
a State shall be determined by multiplying the total amount of 
the rescission by the ratio that the unobligated balances subject 
to the rescission as of May 31, 2017, for the State; bears to the 
unobligated balances subject to the rescission as of May 31, 2017, 
for all States: Provided further, That the amount to be rescinded 
under this section from each program to which the rescission applies 
within a State shall be determined by multiplying the rescission 
amount calculated for such State by the ratio that the unobligated 
balance as of May 31, 2017, for such program in such State; bears 
to the unobligated balances as of May 31, 2017, for all programs 
to which the rescission applies in such State. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2017, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation 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
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(B) amounts authorized for the Bureau of Transpor-
tation Statistics; 
(2) not distribute an amount from the obligation limitation 
for Federal-aid highways that is equal to the unobligated bal-
ance of amounts— 
(A) made available from the Highway Trust Fund 
(other than the Mass Transit Account) for Federal-aid high-
way and highway safety construction programs for previous 
fiscal years the funds for which are allocated by the Sec-
retary (or apportioned by the Secretary under sections 202 
or 204 of title 23, United States Code); and 
(B) for which obligation limitation was provided in 
a previous fiscal year; 
(3) determine the proportion that— 
(A) the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways, 
less the aggregate of amounts not distributed under para-
graphs (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 construc-
tion programs (other than sums authorized to be appro-
priated for provisions of law described in paragraphs (1) 
through (11) of subsection (b) and sums authorized to be 
appropriated for section 119 of title 23, United States Code, 
equal to the amount referred to in subsection (b)(12) for 
such fiscal year), less the aggregate of the amounts not 
distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection; 
(4) distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid high-
ways, less the aggregate amounts not distributed under para-
graphs (1) and (2), for each of the programs (other than pro-
grams to which paragraph (1) applies) that are allocated by 
the Secretary under the Fixing America’s Surface Transpor-
tation Act and title 23, United States Code, or apportioned 
by the Secretary under sections 202 or 204 of that title, by 
multiplying— 
(A) the proportion determined under paragraph (3); 
by 
(B) the amounts authorized to be appropriated for each 
such program for such fiscal year; and 
(5) distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid high-
ways, less the aggregate amounts not distributed under para-
graphs (1) and (2) and the amounts distributed under para-
graph (4), for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construc-
tion programs that are apportioned by the Secretary under 
title 23, United States Code (other than the amounts appor-
tioned for the National Highway Performance Program in sec-
tion 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 pro-
grams 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 appro-
priated for the programs that are apportioned under title 
23, United States Code, to all States for such fiscal year.
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(b) EXCEPTIONS FROM OBLIGATION LIMITATION.—The obligation 
limitation for Federal-aid highways shall not apply to obligations 
under or for— 
(1) section 125 of title 23, United States Code; 
(2) section 147 of the Surface Transportation Assistance 
Act of 1978 (23 U.S.C. 144 note; 92 Stat. 2714); 
(3) section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981 (95 
Stat. 1701); 
(4) subsections (b) and (j) of section 131 of the Surface 
Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (96 Stat. 2119); 
(5) subsections (b) and (c) of section 149 of the Surface 
Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance 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 only in an amount 
equal to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years); 
(9) Federal-aid highway programs for which obligation 
authority was made available under the Transportation Equity 
Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 107) or subsequent Acts 
for multiple years or to remain available until expended, but 
only to the extent that the obligation authority has not lapsed 
or been used; 
(10) section 105 of title 23, United States Code (as in 
effect for fiscal years 2005 through 2012, but only in an amount 
equal to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years); 
(11) section 1603 of SAFETEA–LU (23 U.S.C. 118 note; 
119 Stat. 1248), to the extent that funds obligated in accordance 
with that section were not subject to a limitation on obligations 
at the time at which the funds were initially made available 
for obligation; and 
(12) section 119 of title 23, United States Code (but, for 
each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017, only in an amount 
equal to $639,000,000). 
(c) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED OBLIGATION AUTHORITY.—Not-
withstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall, after August 1 
of such fiscal year— 
(1) revise a distribution of the obligation limitation made 
available under subsection (a) if an amount distributed cannot 
be obligated during that fiscal year; and 
(2) redistribute sufficient amounts to those States able 
to obligate amounts in addition to those previously distributed 
during that fiscal year, giving priority to those States having 
large unobligated balances of funds apportioned under sections 
144 (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment 
of Public Law 112–141) and 104 of title 23, United States 
Code. 
(d) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS TO TRANSPOR-
TATION RESEARCH PROGRAMS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways shall apply to 
contract authority for transportation research programs carried 
out under— 
(A) chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code; and
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(B) title VI of the Fixing America’s Surface Transpor-
tation Act. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—Obligation authority made available under 
paragraph (1) shall— 
(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 high-
way 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 programs; and 
(B) the Secretary determines will not be allocated 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. 
(2) RATIO.—Funds shall be distributed under paragraph 
(1) in the same proportion as the distribution 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 received by 
the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the sale of data prod-
ucts, for necessary expenses incurred pursuant to chapter 63 of 
title 49, United States Code, may be credited to the Federal-aid 
highways account for the purpose of reimbursing the Bureau for 
such expenses: Provided, That such funds shall be subject to the 
obligation limitation for Federal-aid highway and highway safety 
construction programs. 
SEC. 122. (a) TRANSFER OF AMOUNTS.— 
(1) STATE OF VIRGINIA.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the total amount apportioned to 
the State of Virginia under section 104 of title 23, United 
States Code, for fiscal year 2017, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall, by the later of November 30, 2016, or 30 
days after the enactment of this Act, transfer to the 
National Park Service— 
(i) an amount equal to— 
(I) $30,000,000; multiplied by 
(II) the ratio that— 
(aa) the amount apportioned to the State 
of Virginia under such section 104; bears to 
(bb) the combined amount apportioned to 
the State of Virginia and the District of 
Columbia under such section 104; and 
(ii) an amount of obligation limitation equal to 
the amount calculated under clause (i).
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(B) SOURCE AND AMOUNT.—For purpose of the transfer 
under subparagraph (A), the State of Virginia shall select 
at the discretion of the State— 
(i) the programs (among those for which funding 
is apportioned as described in that subparagraph) from 
which to transfer the amount specified in that subpara-
graph; and 
(ii) the amount to transfer from each of those 
programs (equal in aggregate to the amount calculated 
under subparagraph (A)(i)). 
(2) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the total amount apportioned to 
the District of Columbia under section 104 of title 23, 
United States Code, for fiscal year 2017, the Secretary 
of Transportation shall, by the later of November 30, 2016, 
or 30 days after the enactment of this Act, transfer to 
the National Park Service— 
(i) an amount equal to— 
(I) $30,000,000; multiplied by 
(II) the ratio that— 
(aa) the amount apportioned to the Dis-
trict of Columbia under such section 104; bears 
to 
(bb) the combined amount apportioned to 
the State of Virginia and the District of 
Columbia under such section 104; and 
(ii) an amount of obligation limitation equal to 
the amount calculated under clause (i). 
(B) SOURCE AND AMOUNT.—For purpose of the transfer 
under subparagraph (A), the District of Columbia shall 
select at the discretion of the District— 
(i) the programs (among those for which funding 
is apportioned as described in that subparagraph) from 
which to transfer the amount specified in that subpara-
graph; and 
(ii) the amount to transfer from each of those 
programs (equal in aggregate to the amount calculated 
under subparagraph (A)(i)). 
(3) FEDERAL
LANDS
TRANSPORTATION
PROGRAM.—Of the 
amounts otherwise made available to the National Park Service 
under section 203 of title 23, United States Code, not less 
than 10 percent shall be set aside for purposes of this section. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY AND FEDERAL SHARE.—The amounts under sub-
section (a) shall be— 
(1) available to the National Park Service only for projects 
that— 
(A) are eligible under section 203 of title 23, United 
States Code; and 
(B) are located on bridges on the National Highway 
System that were originally constructed before 1945 and 
are in poor condition; and 
(2) subject to the Federal share described in section 
201(b)(7)(A) of title 23, United States Code. 
(c) OTHER FUNDS AND OBLIGATION LIMITATION.—Any funds and 
obligation limitation transferred under subsection (a) shall be in 
addition to funds or obligation limitation otherwise made available
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to the National Park Service under sections 203 and 204 of title 
23, United States Code. 
SEC. 123. Not less than 15 days prior to waiving, under his 
or her statutory authority, any Buy America requirement for Fed-
eral-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 provide an annual report to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations on any waivers granted 
under the Buy America requirements. 
SEC. 124. None of the funds in this Act to the Department 
of Transportation may be used to provide credit assistance unless 
not less than 3 days before any application approval to provide 
credit assistance under sections 603 and 604 of title 23, United 
States Code, the Secretary of Transportation provides notification 
in writing to the following committees: the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations; the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works and the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban 
Affairs of the Senate; and the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives: Provided, That such 
notification shall include, but not be limited to, the name of the 
project sponsor; a description of the project; whether credit assist-
ance will be provided as a direct loan, loan guarantee, or line 
of credit; and the amount of credit assistance. 
SEC. 125. None of the funds in this Act may be used to make 
a grant for a project under section 117 of title 23, United States 
Code, unless the Secretary, at least 60 days before making a grant 
under that section, provides written notification to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations of the proposed grant, 
including an evaluation and justification for the project and the 
amount of the proposed grant award. 
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 implementation, 
execution and administration of motor carrier safety operations 
and programs pursuant to section 31110 of title 49, United States 
Code, as amended by the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation 
Act, $277,200,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund 
(other than the Mass Transit Account), together with advances 
and reimbursements received by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration, the sum of which shall remain available until 
expended: Provided, That funds available for implementation, 
execution or administration of motor carrier safety operations and 
programs authorized under title 49, United States Code, shall not 
exceed total obligations of $277,200,000 for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety 
Operations and Programs’’ for fiscal year 2017, of which $9,180,000, 
to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2019, is 
for the research and technology program.
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MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out sections 
31102, 31103, 31104, and 31313 of title 49, United States Code, 
as amended by the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, 
$367,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other 
than the Mass Transit Account) and to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That funds available for the implementation 
or execution of motor carrier safety programs shall not exceed 
total obligations of $367,000,000 in fiscal year 2017 for ‘‘Motor 
Carrier Safety Grants’’; of which $292,600,000 shall be available 
for the motor carrier safety assistance program, $31,200,000 shall 
be 
available 
for 
the 
commercial 
driver’s 
license 
program 
implementation program, $42,200,000 shall be available for the 
high priority activities program, and $1,000,000 shall be available 
for the commercial motor vehicle operators grant program. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 130. Funds appropriated or limited in this Act shall be 
subject to the terms and conditions stipulated in section 350 of 
Public Law 107–87 and section 6901 of Public Law 110–28. 
SEC. 131. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration 
shall send notice of 49 CFR section 385.308 violations 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. None of the funds made available by this Act or 
previous appropriations Acts under the heading ‘‘Motor Carrier 
Safety Operations and Programs’’ shall be used to pay for costs 
associated with design, development, testing, or implementation 
of a wireless roadside inspection program until 180 days after 
the Secretary of Transportation certifies to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations that such program does not conflict 
with existing non-Federal electronic screening systems, create 
capabilities already available, or require additional statutory 
authority to incorporate generated inspection data into safety deter-
minations or databases, and has restrictions to specifically address 
privacy concerns of affected motor carriers and operators. 
NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Sec-
retary, with respect to traffic and highway safety authorized under 
chapter 301 and part C of subtitle VI of title 49, United States 
Code, $180,075,000, of which $20,000,000 shall remain available 
through September 30, 2018.
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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 available to 
the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 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 competency development training and related 
expenses for highway safety staff. 
SEC. 141. The limitations on obligations for the programs of 
the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration set in this 
Act shall not apply to obligations for which obligation authority 
was made available in previous public laws but only to the extent 
that the obligation authority has not lapsed or been used. 
SEC. 142. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to obligate or award funds for the National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration’s National Roadside Survey. 
SEC. 143. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to mandate global positioning system (GPS) tracking in 
private passenger motor vehicles without providing full and appro-
priate consideration of privacy concerns under 5 U.S.C. chapter 
5, subchapter II. 
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 
SAFETY AND OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Administration, 
not otherwise provided for, $218,298,000, of which $15,900,000 shall 
remain available until expended. 
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for railroad research and development, 
$40,100,000, 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 Reform Act of 1976 
(Public Law 94–210), as amended, such authority shall exist as 
long as any such direct loan or loan guarantee is outstanding: 
Provided, That pursuant to section 502 of such Act, as amended, 
no new direct loans or loan guarantee commitments shall be made 
using Federal funds for the credit risk premium during fiscal year 
2017, except for Federal funds awarded in accordance with section 
3028(c) of Public Law 114–94. 
FEDERAL-STATE PARTNERSHIP FOR STATE OF GOOD REPAIR GRANTS 
For necessary expenses related to Federal-State Partnership 
for State of Good Repair Grants as authorized by section 24911
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of title 49, United States Code, $25,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the Secretary may withhold up 
to one percent of the amount provided under this heading for 
the costs of project management oversight of grants carried out 
under section 24911 of title 49, United States Code. 
CONSOLIDATED RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS 
GRANTS 
For necessary expenses related to Consolidated Rail Infrastruc-
ture and Safety Improvements Grants as authorized by section 
24407 of title 49, United States Code, $68,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, for projects eligible under sections 24407(c)(1) 
through 24407(c)(10) of title 49, United States Code, of which 
$10,000,000 shall be available for eligible projects under section 
24407(c)(2) of title 49, United States Code, that contribute to the 
initiation or restoration of intercity passenger rail service: Provided, 
That the Secretary may withhold up to one percent of the amount 
provided under this heading for the costs of project management 
oversight of grants carried out under section 24407 of title 49, 
United States Code. 
RESTORATION AND ENHANCEMENT GRANTS 
For necessary expenses related to Restoration and Enhance-
ment Grants, as authorized by section 24408 of title 49, United 
States Code, $5,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary may withhold up to one percent of the 
funds provided under this heading to fund the costs of project 
management and oversight. 
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 associ-
ated with the Northeast Corridor as authorized by section 11101(a) 
of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (division A 
of Public Law 114–94), $328,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That the Secretary may retain up to one- 
half of 1 percent of the funds provided under both this heading 
and the National Network Grants to the National Railroad Pas-
senger Corporation heading to fund the costs of project management 
and oversight of activities authorized by section 11101(c) of division 
A of Public Law 114–94: Provided further, That in addition to 
the project management oversight 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 National Network Grants to the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation heading, not less than 
$50,000,000 shall be made available to bring Amtrak-served facili-
ties and stations into compliance with the Americans with Disabil-
ities Act.
H. R. 244—612 
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 associ-
ated with the National Network as authorized by section 11101(b) 
of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (division A 
of Public Law 114–94), $1,167,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That the Secretary may retain up to an addi-
tional $2,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading to fund 
expenses associated with the State-Supported Route Committee 
established under 24712 of title 49, United States Code. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 150. None of the funds provided to the National Railroad 
Passenger Corporation may be used to fund any overtime costs 
in excess of $35,000 for any individual employee: Provided, That 
the President of Amtrak may waive the cap set in the previous 
proviso for specific employees when the President of Amtrak deter-
mines 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 
each quarter within 30 days of such quarter of the calendar year 
on waivers granted to employees and amounts paid above the 
cap for each month within such quarter and delineate the reasons 
each waiver was granted: Provided further, That the President 
of Amtrak shall report to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations by March 1, 2017, a summary of all overtime pay-
ments incurred by the Corporation for 2016 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 2016 and for the three prior 
calendar years. 
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 2018 President’s 
budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to Congress 
the annual report on New Starts, including proposed allocations 
for fiscal year 2018.
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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, and section 20005(b) of Public Law 112–141, 
and sections 3006(b) and 3028 of the Fixing America’s Surface 
Transportation Act, $10,800,000,000, to be derived from the Mass 
Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund and to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That funds available for the implementa-
tion 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 Transpor-
tation Act, and section 20005(b) of Public Law 112–141, and sections 
3006(b) and 3028 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation 
Act, shall not exceed total obligations of $9,733,706,043 in fiscal 
year 2017: Provided further, That the Federal share of the cost 
of activities carried out under 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. 
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5314, $5,000,000. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5309 and section 
3005(b) of the FAST Act, $2,412,631,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
GRANTS TO THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT 
AUTHORITY 
For grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit 
Authority as authorized under section 601 of division B of Public 
Law 110–432, $150,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation shall approve grants 
for capital and preventive maintenance expenditures for the Wash-
ington 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 system in response 
to the Federal Transit Administration’s 2015 safety management 
inspection: Provided further, That prior to approving such grants, 
the Secretary shall certify that the Washington Metropolitan Area 
Transit Authority is making progress toward full implementation 
of the corrective actions identified in the 2014 Financial Manage-
ment Oversight Review Report: Provided further, That the Secretary
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shall determine that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit 
Authority has placed the highest priority on those investments 
that will improve the safety of the system before approving such 
grants: Provided further, That the Secretary, in order to ensure 
safety throughout the rail system, may waive the requirements 
of section 601(e)(1) of division B of Public Law 110–432 (112 Stat. 
4968). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
SEC. 160. The limitations on obligations for the programs of 
the Federal Transit Administration shall not apply to any authority 
under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously made available for obligation, 
or to any other authority previously made available for obligation. 
SEC. 161. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
appropriated or limited by this Act under the heading ‘‘Fixed Guide-
way Capital Investment’’ of the Federal Transit Administration 
for projects specified in this Act or identified in reports accom-
panying this Act not obligated by September 30, 2021, and other 
recoveries, shall be directed to projects eligible to use the funds 
for the purposes for which they were originally provided. 
SEC. 162. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
funds appropriated before October 1, 2016, under any section of 
chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, that remain available 
for expenditure, may be transferred to and administered under 
the most recent appropriation heading for any such section. 
SEC. 163. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), none of 
the funds in this or any other Act may be available to advance 
in any way a new light or heavy rail project towards a full funding 
grant agreement as defined by 49 U.S.C. 5309 for the Metropolitan 
Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas if the proposed capital 
project is constructed on or planned to be constructed on Richmond 
Avenue west of South Shepherd Drive or on Post Oak Boulevard 
north of Richmond Avenue in Houston, Texas. 
(b) The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas, 
may attempt to construct or construct a new fixed guideway capital 
project, including light rail, in the locations referred to in subsection 
(a) if— 
(1) voters in the jurisdiction that includes such locations 
approve a ballot proposition that specifies routes on Richmond 
Avenue west of South Shepherd Drive or on Post Oak Boulevard 
north of Richmond Avenue in Houston, Texas; and 
(2) the proposed construction of such routes is part of 
a comprehensive, multi-modal, service-area wide transportation 
plan that includes multiple additional segments of fixed guide-
way capital projects, including light rail for the jurisdiction 
set forth in the ballot proposition. The ballot language shall 
include reasonable cost estimates, sources of revenue to be 
used and the total amount of bonded indebtedness to be 
incurred as well as a description of each route and the begin-
ning and end point of each proposed transit project. 
SEC. 164. Any unobligated amounts made available for fiscal 
year 2012 or prior fiscal years to carry out the discretionary job 
access and reverse commute program under section 3037 of the 
transportation equity act for the 21st century are hereby rescinded:
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of funds and borrowing authority available to the Corporation, 
and in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commit-
ments 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 of those portions of the St. 
Lawrence Seaway owned, operated, and maintained by the Saint 
Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, $36,028,000, to be 
derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to 
Public Law 99–662. 
MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a U.S.-flag 
merchant fleet to serve the national security needs of the United 
States, $300,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses of operations and training activities 
authorized by law, $175,560,000, of which $22,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended for maintenance and repair of training 
ships at State Maritime Academies, and of which $6,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended for National Security Multi-Mission 
Vessel Program for State Maritime Academies and National Secu-
rity, and of which $2,400,000 shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2018, for the Student Incentive Program at State Mari-
time Academies, and of which $1,800,000 shall remain available 
until expended for training ship fuel assistance payments, and 
of which $14,218,000 shall remain available until expended for 
facilities maintenance and repair, equipment, and capital improve-
ments at the United States Merchant Marine Academy, and of 
which $3,000,000 shall remain available through September 30, 
2018, for Maritime Environment and Technology Assistance pro-
gram authorized under section 50307 of title 46, United States 
Code, and of which $5,000,000 shall remain available until expended 
for the Short Sea Transportation Program (America’s Marine High-
ways) to make grants for the purposes authorized under sections 
55601(b)(1) and (3) of title 46, United States Code: Provided, That 
not later than January 12, 2018, the Administrator of the Maritime 
Administration shall transmit to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations the annual report on sexual assault and sexual 
harassment at the United States Merchant Marine Academy as 
required pursuant to section 3507 of Public Law 110–417. 
ASSISTANCE TO SMALL SHIPYARDS 
To make grants to qualified shipyards as authorized under 
section 54101 of title 46, United States Code, as amended by Public
H. R. 244—617 
Law 113–281, $10,000,000 to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary shall issue the Notice of Funding Avail-
ability no later than 15 days after enactment of this Act: Provided 
further, That from applications submitted under the previous pro-
viso, the Secretary of Transportation shall make grants no later 
than 120 days after enactment of this Act in such amounts as 
the Secretary determines: Provided further, That not to exceed 
2 percent of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be 
available for necessary costs of grant administration. 
SHIP DISPOSAL 
For necessary expenses related to the disposal of obsolete ves-
sels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the Maritime Adminis-
tration, $34,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$24,000,000 shall be for the decommissioning of the Nuclear Ship 
Savannah. 
MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed 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 services and make necessary 
repairs in connection with any lease, contract, or occupancy 
involving Government property under control of the Maritime 
Administration: Provided, That payments received therefor shall 
be 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 occupancy for 
items other than such utilities, services, or repairs shall be covered 
into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. 
SEC. 171. None of the funds available or appropriated in this 
Act shall be used by the United States Department of Transpor-
tation or the United States Maritime Administration to negotiate 
or otherwise execute, enter into, facilitate or perform fee-for-service 
contracts for vessel disposal, scrapping or recycling, unless there 
is no qualified domestic ship recycler that will pay any sum of 
money to purchase and scrap or recycle a vessel owned, operated 
or managed by the Maritime Administration or that is part of 
the National Defense Reserve Fleet: Provided, That such sales 
offers must be consistent with the solicitation and provide that 
the work will be performed in a timely manner at a facility qualified 
within the meaning of section 3502 of Public Law 106–398: Provided 
further, That nothing contained herein shall affect the Maritime 
Administration’s authority to award contracts at least cost to the 
Federal Government and consistent with the requirements of 54 
U.S.C. 308704, section 3502, or otherwise authorized under the 
Federal Acquisition Regulation.
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PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONAL EXPENSES 
For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline and Haz-
ardous Materials Safety Administration, $22,500,000: Provided, 
That the Secretary of Transportation shall issue a final rule to 
expand the applicability of comprehensive oil spill response plans 
no later than August 1, 2017: Provided further, That $1,500,000 
shall be for ‘‘Pipeline Safety Information Grants to Communities’’ 
as authorized under section 60130 of title 49, United States Code. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous materials 
safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 
Administration, $57,000,000, of which $7,570,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2019: 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 be 
available until expended, funds received from States, counties, 
municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources for 
expenses incurred for training, for reports publication and dissemi-
nation, and for travel expenses incurred in performance of haz-
ardous materials exemptions and approvals functions. 
PIPELINE SAFETY 
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND) 
(OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND) 
For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of the pipeline 
safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out a pipeline safety 
program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 60107, and to discharge the 
pipeline program responsibilities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 
$156,288,000, of which $20,288,000 shall be derived from the Oil 
Spill Liability Trust Fund and shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019; and of which $128,000,000 shall be derived from 
the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which $63,335,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2019; and of which $8,000,000 shall be 
derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund as provided in 49 U.S.C. 
60302 (section 12 of the PIPES Act of 2016 (Public Law 114– 
183)) from the Underground Natural Gas Storage Facility Safety 
Account for the purpose of carrying out 49 U.S.C. 60141 of such 
Act (section 12 of the PIPES Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–183)), 
of which $6,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2019: 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 be made available for obliga-
tion in fiscal year 2017 from amounts made available by 49 U.S.C.
H. R. 244—619 
5116(h), and 5128(b) and (c): Provided, That notwithstanding 49 
U.S.C. 5116(h)(4), not more than 4 percent of the amounts made 
available from 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 Secretary of Transpor-
tation, or his or her designee: Provided further, That notwith-
standing 49 U.S.C. 5128(b) and (c) and the current year obligation 
limitation, prior year recoveries recognized in the current year 
shall be available to develop a hazardous materials response 
training curriculum for emergency responders, including response 
activities for the transportation of crude oil, ethanol and other 
flammable liquids by rail, consistent with National Fire Protection 
Association standards, and to make such training available through 
an electronic format: Provided further, That the prior year recov-
eries made available under this heading shall also be available 
to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5116(a)(1)(C) and 5116(i). 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector General 
to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
as amended, $90,152,000: Provided, That the Inspector General 
shall have all necessary authority, in carrying out the duties speci-
fied 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: Pro-
vided 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 practices and unfair 
methods of competition by domestic and foreign air carriers and 
ticket agents; and (2) the compliance of domestic and foreign air 
carriers with respect to item (1) of this proviso. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 180. (a) During the current fiscal year, applicable appro-
priations to the Department of Transportation shall be available 
for maintenance and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles and aircraft; purchase of liability insurance for motor 
vehicles operating in foreign countries on official department busi-
ness; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law 
(5 U.S.C. 5901–5902). 
(b) During the current fiscal year, applicable appropriations 
to the Department and its operating administrations shall be avail-
able for the purchase, maintenance, operation, and deployment 
of unmanned aircraft systems that advance the Department’s, or 
its operating administrations’, missions. 
(c) Any unmanned aircraft system purchased or procured by 
the Department prior to the enactment of this Act shall be deemed 
authorized. 
SEC. 181. Appropriations contained in this Act for the Depart-
ment 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.