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DIVISION D—TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING 
AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RE-
LATED 
AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS 
ACT, 2026 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
$187,344,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2027: Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this 
heading— 
(1) $3,764,000 shall be available for the imme-
diate Office of the Secretary; 
(2) $1,348,000 shall be available for the imme-
diate Office of the Deputy Secretary; 
(3) $27,780,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the General Counsel: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of Transportation (referred to in this title as 
‘‘the Secretary’’) shall report to the House and Sen-
ate Committees on Appropriations on the implemen-
tation of all sections under title V of the FAA Reau-
thorization Act of 2024 (Public Law 118–63) not 
later than 90 days after enactment of this Act; 
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(4) $21,358,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy, 
of which $5,000,000 is for the Office for Multimodal 
Freight Infrastructure and Policy: Provided, That 
the Secretary must obtain reprogramming approval 
from the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations under section 405 of this Act prior to exe-
cuting the authorities of section 118(g)(2)–(3) of 
title 49, United States Code; 
(5) $21,505,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Pro-
grams; 
(6) $3,807,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs; 
(7) $16,181,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Assistant Secretary for Administration; 
(8) $5,664,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Public Affairs and Public Engagement; 
(9) $2,332,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Executive Secretariat; 
(10) $19,388,000 shall be available for the Of-
fice of Intelligence, Security, and Emergency Re-
sponse; 
(11) $1,707,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Chief Information Officer; 
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(12) $1,517,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Tribal Government Affairs; and 
(13) $60,993,000 shall be available for shared 
services as authorized in section 327 of title 49, 
United States Code, for the Office of the Secretary 
that would otherwise be provided by the Working 
Capital Fund, in addition to amounts otherwise 
available for such purposes: 
Provided further, That the Secretary is authorized to 
transfer funds appropriated under this heading among the 
purposes specified in the first proviso under this heading: 
Provided further, That such transfers combined shall not 
increase or decrease the amount appropriated for any pur-
pose specified in the first proviso under this heading by 
more than 7 percent: Provided further, That notice of any 
change in funding greater than 7 percent shall be sub-
mitted for approval to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations not later than 7 business days in ad-
vance of any such change: Provided further, That not to 
exceed $70,000 shall be for allocation within the Depart-
ment for official reception and representation expenses as 
the Secretary may determine: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, there may be 
credited to this appropriation up to $2,500,000 in funds 
received in user fees. 
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RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses related to the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, 
$74,471,000, of which $56,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended: Provided, That of such amounts that are 
available until expended, $9,000,000 shall be for necessary 
expenses of the Advanced Research Projects Agency—In-
frastructure (ARPA–I) as authorized by section 119 of 
title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That within 
the funds made available under the preceding proviso, not 
less than $7,000,000 shall be available for research on du-
rability, resiliency, and sustainability of bridges and other 
infrastructure and shall be directed to an accredited uni-
versity of higher education in the northeast United States 
that has experience leading a regional university transpor-
tation center and a proven record of developing, patenting, 
deploying, and commercializing innovative composite ma-
terials and technologies for bridge and other transpor-
tation applications, as well as conducting research and de-
veloping prototypes using very large-scale polymer-based 
additive manufacturing: Provided further, That of such 
amounts that are available until expended, $4,000,000 
shall be for the Highly Automated Systems Safety Center 
of Excellence as authorized in section 105 of title I of divi-
sion H of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
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2020 (Public Law 116–94): Provided further, That of such 
amounts that are available until expended, $3,000,000 
shall be for activities relating to complementary posi-
tioning, navigation, and timing technologies demonstra-
tions as identified in the U.S. Department of Transpor-
tation Complementary PNT Action Plan (March 2024): 
Provided further, That of such amounts that are available 
until expended, $10,000,000 shall be for the drone infra-
structure inspection grant program authorized in section 
912 of Public Law 118–63: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding subsection (g)(2) of such section 912, 
amounts made available under section 106(k) of title 49, 
United States Code, shall not be available to carry out 
such program: Provided further, That of amounts made 
available for the drone infrastructure inspection grant pro-
gram, $1,000,000 shall be available for administrative ex-
penses: Provided further, That of such amounts that are 
available until expended, $30,000,000 shall be for research 
on transportation resilience and nuclear technology and 
shall be directed, without competition, to a university of 
higher education, as defined under 20 U.S.C. 1067(q)(1), 
that has a nuclear engineering program and experience as 
a consortium member of a university transportation center 
that conducts research on transportation cybersecurity 
and resiliency: Provided further, That there may be cred-
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ited to this appropriation, to be available until expended, 
funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other 
public authorities, and private sources for expenses in-
curred 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 deemed to be a reference to the Office of 
the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology of 
the Department of Transportation. 
NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out a local and re-
gional project assistance grant program under section 
6702 of title 49, United States Code, $145,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That section 
6702(f)(2) of title 49, United States Code, shall not apply 
to amounts made available under this heading in this Act: 
Provided further, That of the amounts made available 
under this heading in this Act, not less than 5 percent 
shall be awarded to projects in historically disadvantaged 
communities or areas of persistent poverty as defined 
under section 6702(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided further, That grants awarded under this heading 
in this Act for eligible projects for planning, preparation, 
or design shall not be subject to a minimum grant size: 
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Provided further, That in distributing amounts made avail-
able under this heading in this Act, the Secretary shall 
take such measures so as to ensure an equitable geo-
graphic distribution of funds, an appropriate balance in 
addressing the needs of urban and rural areas, including 
Tribal areas, and the investment in a variety of transpor-
tation modes: Provided further, That for amounts made 
available under this heading in this Act, the Secretary 
shall give priority to projects that require a contribution 
of Federal funds in order to complete an overall financing 
package: Provided further, That section 6702(f)(1) of title 
49, United States Code, shall not apply to amounts made 
available under this heading in this Act: Provided further, 
That of the amounts awarded under this heading in this 
Act, not more than 50 percent shall be allocated for eligi-
ble projects located in rural areas and not more than 50 
percent shall be allocated for eligible projects located in 
urbanized areas: Provided further, That for the purpose 
of determining if an award for planning, preparation, or 
design under this heading in this Act is an urban award, 
the project location is the location of the project being 
planned, prepared, or designed: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may retain up to 2 percent of the amounts made 
available under this heading in this Act, and may transfer 
portions of such amounts to the Administrators of the 
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Federal Aviation Administration, the Federal Highway 
Administration, the Federal Transit Administration, the 
Federal Railroad Administration and the Maritime Ad-
ministration to fund the award and oversight of grants 
and credit assistance made under the program authorized 
under section 6702 of title 49, United States Code: Pro-
vided further, That for amounts made available under this 
heading in this Act, the Secretary shall consider and 
award projects based solely on the selection criteria as 
identified under section 6702(d)(3) and (d)(4) of title 49, 
United States Code. 
NATIONAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AND INNOVATIVE 
FINANCE BUREAU 
For necessary expenses of the National Surface 
Transportation and Innovative Finance Bureau as author-
ized by 49 U.S.C. 116, $9,250,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the Secretary may collect 
and spend fees, as authorized by title 23, United States 
Code, to cover the costs of services of expert firms, includ-
ing counsel, in the field of municipal and project finance 
to assist in the underwriting and servicing of Federal cred-
it instruments and all or a portion of the costs to the Fed-
eral Government of servicing such credit instruments: Pro-
vided further, That such fees are available until expended 
to pay for such costs: Provided further, That such amounts 
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are in addition to other amounts made available for such 
purposes and are not subject to any obligation limitation 
or the limitation on administrative expenses under section 
608 of title 23, United States Code. 
RURAL AND TRIBAL INFRASTRUCTURE ADVANCEMENT 
For necessary expenses to carry out rural and Tribal 
infrastructure advancement as authorized in section 
21205 of Public Law 117–58, $10,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2028: Provided, That the 
Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with 
philanthropic entities, non-profit organizations, other Fed-
eral agencies, State or local governments and their agen-
cies, Indian Tribes, or other technical assistance providers, 
to provide such technical assistance, planning, and capac-
ity building to State, local, or Tribal governments, United 
States territories, metropolitan planning organizations, 
transit agencies, or other political subdivisions of State or 
local governments. 
RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT 
FINANCING PROGRAM 
The Secretary is authorized to issue direct loans and 
loan guarantees pursuant to chapter 224 of title 49, 
United States Code, and such authority shall exist as long 
as any such direct loan or loan guarantee is outstanding. 
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FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CAPITAL 
For necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing 
the Department of Transportation’s financial systems and 
re-engineering business processes, $5,000,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2027. 
CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVES 
For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, 
including necessary upgrades to network and information 
technology infrastructure, improvement of identity man-
agement and authentication capabilities, securing and pro-
tecting data, implementation of Federal cyber security ini-
tiatives, and implementation of enhanced security controls 
on agency computers and mobile devices, $60,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2027. 
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$11,761,000. 
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND 
DEVELOPMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 
planning, research, systems development, development ac-
tivities, and making grants, $32,043,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 
$5,436,000 shall be for necessary expenses of the Inter-
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agency Infrastructure Permitting Improvement Center 
(IIPIC): Provided further, That there may be transferred 
to this appropriation, to remain available until expended, 
amounts transferred from other Federal agencies for ex-
penses incurred under this heading for IIPIC activities not 
related to transportation infrastructure: Provided further, 
That the tools and analysis developed by the IIPIC shall 
be available to other Federal agencies for the permitting 
and review of major infrastructure projects not related to 
transportation only to the extent that other Federal agen-
cies provide funding to the Department in accordance with 
the preceding proviso: Provided further, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading, $9,647,000 
shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified 
for Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed 
Spending in the table entitled ‘‘Community Project Fund-
ing/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ included for this 
division in the explanatory statement described in section 
4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act): Provided further, That amounts made available in 
the preceding proviso for such purposes shall not diminish 
or prejudice any application or geographic region for other 
discretionary grant or loan awards made by the Depart-
ment of Transportation: Provided further, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading, $2,000,000 
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shall be made available for an independent review of air-
space design, civil-military coordination, and operational 
safety in the National Capital Region, with particular 
focus on airspace activities at Ronald Reagan Washington 
National Airport, as specified under the paragraph enti-
tled ‘‘Flight 5342’’ in Senate Report 119–47. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for operating costs and cap-
ital outlays of the Working Capital Fund as authorized 
in section 327 of title 49, United States Code, not to ex-
ceed $764,965,000, shall be paid from appropriations 
made available to the Department of Transportation: Pro-
vided, That such services shall be provided on a competi-
tive basis to entities within the Department of Transpor-
tation: Provided further, That the limitation under this 
heading on operating expenses shall not apply to entities 
external to the Department of Transportation or for funds 
provided in Public Law 117–58: Provided further, That 
no funds made available by this Act to an agency of the 
Department shall be transferred to the Working Capital 
Fund without majority approval of the Working Capital 
Fund Steering Committee and approval of the Secretary: 
Provided further, That no assessments may be levied 
against any program, budget activity, subactivity, or 
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project funded by this Act unless notice of such assess-
ments and the basis therefor are presented to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are ap-
proved by such Committees: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may provide non-commodity information tech-
nology and procurement services in a consolidated or 
shared manner for operating administrations through the 
Working Capital Fund: Provided further, That the pre-
ceding proviso shall not apply to the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration, the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway De-
velopment Corporation, and the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral: Provided further, That an operating administration 
may determine that certain non-commodity information 
technology and procurement services do not provide a di-
rect benefit to the operating administration and shall not 
be required to obligate funds appropriated by this Act to 
the Office of the Secretary pursuant to section 188 of this 
Act: Provided further, That if the determination in the pre-
ceding proviso concludes that non-commodity information 
technology and procurement services do not provide a di-
rect benefit to the operating administration, those services 
shall remain within the operating administration: Provided 
further, That not less than 30 days prior to using the au-
thority provided in the preceding four provisos, the Sec-
retary shall provide the House and Senate Committees on 
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Appropriations a plan describing the non-commodity infor-
mation technology and procurement services consolidated 
or shared through the Working Capital Fund: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall provide monthly briefings 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
on all activities relating to non-commodity information 
technology and procurement services as authorized under 
this heading, including: (1) the amount of funding partici-
pating operating administrations provide the Working 
Capital Fund for programming and full time equivalent 
positions, including reimbursable and non-reimbursable 
details, to support non-commodity information technology 
and procurement services as authorized under this head-
ing; and (2) the number of full time equivalent positions 
in the Office of the Chief Information Officer within the 
Office of the Secretary and the Office of the Assistant Sec-
retary for Administration within the Office of the Sec-
retary to support non-commodity information technology 
and procurement services as authorized under this head-
ing: Provided further, That the Secretary shall include 
funding for programming and full time equivalent posi-
tions to support non-commodity information technology 
and procurement services, as authorized under this head-
ing, in the congressional budget justification for fiscal year 
2027 for the Working Capital Fund, the Office of the 
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Chief Information Officer within the Office of the Sec-
retary, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Adminis-
tration within the Office of the Secretary, and each par-
ticipating operating administration: Provided further, That 
unless otherwise specified under this heading, the Working 
Capital Fund shall only deliver services consisting of ad-
ministration and commodity information technology: Pro-
vided further, That the departmental consolidation of ac-
tivities including human resources, governmental affairs, 
public affairs and public engagement, and civil rights in 
the Working Capital Fund are prohibited: Provided fur-
ther, That amounts within the Working Capital Fund are 
not available to provide services not specifically authorized 
under this heading. 
SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS UTILIZATION AND 
OUTREACH 
For necessary expenses for small and disadvantaged 
business utilization and outreach activities, $5,330,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided, 
That not less than 6 small business transportation re-
source centers shall be maintained and operated: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding section 332 of title 49, 
United States Code, such amounts may be used for busi-
ness opportunities related to any mode of transportation: 
Provided further, That appropriations made available 
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under this heading shall be available for any purpose con-
sistent with prior year appropriations that were made 
available under the heading ‘‘Office of the Secretary—Mi-
nority Business Resource Center Program’’. 
PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
In addition to funds made available from any other 
source to carry out the essential air service program under 
sections 41731 through 41742 of title 49, United States 
Code, $513,637,231, to be derived from the Airport and 
Airway Trust Fund, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That in determining between or among carriers 
competing to provide service to a community, the Sec-
retary may consider the relative subsidy requirements of 
the carriers: Provided further, That basic essential air 
service minimum requirements shall not include the 15- 
passenger capacity requirement under section 41732(b)(3) 
of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That 
amounts authorized to be distributed for the essential air 
service program under section 41742(b) of title 49, United 
States Code, shall be made available immediately from 
amounts otherwise provided to the Administrator of the 
Federal Aviation Administration: Provided further, That 
the Administrator may reimburse such amounts from fees 
credited to the account established under section 45303 
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of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That, 
notwithstanding section 41733 of title 49, United States 
Code, for fiscal year 2026, the requirements established 
under subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 41731(a)(1) 
of title 49, United States Code, shall not apply to maintain 
eligibility under section 41731 of title 49, United States 
Code. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—OFFICE OF THE 
SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. None of the funds made available by this 
Act to the Department of Transportation may be obligated 
for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation to ap-
prove assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining 
to funds appropriated to the operating administrations in 
this Act, except for activities underway on the date of en-
actment of this Act, unless such assessments or agree-
ments have completed the normal reprogramming process 
for congressional notification. 
SEC. 102. The Secretary shall post on the website 
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 
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Credit and Finance to record the decisions and actions 
of each meeting. 
SEC. 103. In addition to authority provided by section 
327 of title 49, United States Code, the Department’s 
Working Capital Fund is authorized to provide partial or 
full payments in advance and accept subsequent reim-
bursements from all Federal agencies from available funds 
for transit benefit distribution services that are necessary 
to carry out the Federal transit pass transportation fringe 
benefit program under Executive Order No. 13150 and 
section 3049 of SAFETEA–LU (5 U.S.C. 7905 note): 
Provided, That the Department shall maintain a reason-
able operating reserve in the Working Capital Fund, to 
be expended in advance to provide uninterrupted transit 
benefits to Government employees: Provided further, That 
such reserve shall not exceed 1 month of benefits payable 
and may be used only for the purpose of providing for 
the continuation of transit benefits: Provided further, That 
the Working Capital Fund shall be fully reimbursed by 
each customer agency from available funds for the actual 
cost of the transit benefit. 
SEC. 104. Receipts collected in the Department’s 
Working Capital Fund, as authorized by section 327 of 
title 49, United States Code, for unused transit and van 
pool benefits, in an amount not to exceed 10 percent of 
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fiscal year 2026 collections, shall be available until ex-
pended in the Department’s Working Capital Fund to pro-
vide contractual services in support of section 189 of this 
Act: Provided, That obligations in fiscal year 2026 of such 
collections shall not exceed $1,000,000. 
SEC. 105. None of the funds in this title may be obli-
gated or expended for retention or senior executive bo-
nuses for an employee of the Department of Transpor-
tation without the prior written approval of the Assistant 
Secretary for Administration. 
SEC. 106. In addition to authority provided by section 
327 of title 49, United States Code, the Department’s Ad-
ministrative Working Capital Fund is hereby authorized 
to transfer information technology equipment, software, 
and systems from departmental sources or other entities 
and collect and maintain a reserve at rates which will re-
turn full cost of transferred assets. 
SEC. 107. None of the funds provided in this Act to 
the Department of Transportation may be used to provide 
credit assistance unless not less than 3 days before any 
application approval to provide credit assistance under 
sections 603 and 604 of title 23, United States Code, the 
Secretary provides notification in writing to the following 
committees: the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations; the Committee on Environment and Public 
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Works and the Committee on Banking, Housing and 
Urban Affairs of the Senate; and the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa-
tives: Provided, That such notification shall include, but 
not be limited to, the name of the project sponsor; a de-
scription of the project; whether credit assistance will be 
provided as a direct loan, loan guarantee, or line of credit; 
and the amount of credit assistance. 
SEC. 108. (a) Amounts made available to the Sec-
retary of Transportation or the Department of Transpor-
tation’s operating administrations in this Act for the costs 
of award, administration, or oversight of financial assist-
ance under the programs identified in subsection (c) may 
be transferred to the account identified in section 801 of 
division J of Public Law 117–58, as amended by section 
425 of title IV of division L of Public Law 117–103, to 
remain available until expended, for the necessary ex-
penses of award, administration, or oversight of any finan-
cial assistance programs in the Department of Transpor-
tation. 
(b) Amounts transferred under the authority in this 
section are available in addition to amounts otherwise 
available for such purpose. 
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(c) The programs from which funds made available 
under this Act may be transferred under subsection (a) 
are— 
(1) the local and regional project assistance 
program under section 6702 of title 49, United 
States Code; 
(2) the university transportation centers pro-
gram under section 5505 of title 49, United States 
Code; and 
(3) the drone infrastructure inspection grant 
program as authorized by section 912 of title IX of 
Public Law 118–63. 
SEC. 109. The Secretary of Transportation may 
transfer amounts awarded to a federally recognized Tribe 
under a funding agreement entered into under part 29 of 
title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, from the Depart-
ment of Transportation’s operating administrations to the 
Office of Tribal Government Affairs: Provided, That any 
amounts retroceded or reassumed under such part may 
be transferred back to the appropriate operating adminis-
tration. 
SEC. 109A. For amounts provided for this fiscal year 
and prior fiscal years, section 24112(c)(2)(B) of Public 
Law 117–58 shall be applied by substituting ‘‘30 percent’’ 
for ‘‘40 percent’’: Provided, That if the Secretary deter-
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mines that there are insufficient merit-worthy applications 
for the amounts provided for fiscal year 2022 through fis-
cal year 2026 in division J of Public Law 117–58 for com-
petitive grants as authorized in section 24112 of division 
B of Public Law 117–58 to meet the requirement in sec-
tion 24112(c)(2)(B) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall 
use the unutilized amounts to make other grants as au-
thorized in section 24112 of division B of Public Law 
117–58: Provided further, That amounts repurposed pur-
suant to this section shall continue to be treated as 
amounts specified in section 103(b) of division A of Public 
Law 118–5. 
SEC. 109B. The remaining unobligated balances, as 
of September 30, 2026, from amounts made available for 
‘‘Department of Transportation—Office of the Sec-
retary—National Infrastructure Investments’’ in division 
J of Public Law 117–58 for local and regional project as-
sistance under section 6702 of title 49, United States 
Code, for fiscal year 2022 are hereby permanently re-
scinded, and an amount of additional new budget author-
ity equivalent to the amount rescinded pursuant to this 
section is hereby appropriated on September 30, 2026, for 
an additional amount for fiscal year 2026, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2031, and shall be available, 
without additional competition, for completing the funding 
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of awards made pursuant to section 6702 of title 49, 
United States Code, for fiscal year 2022 funding, in addi-
tion to other funds as may be available for such purposes: 
Provided, That the amounts rescinded pursuant to this 
section that were previously designated by the Congress 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4112(a) 
of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent reso-
lution on the budget for fiscal year 2018, and to section 
251(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress as 
an emergency requirement pursuant to 4001(a)(1) of S. 
Con. Res 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution 
on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and to legislation es-
tablishing fiscal year 2026 budget enforcement in the 
House of Representatives: Provided further, That the 
amount of additional new budget authority is designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 
pursuant to such section 4001(a) and to legislation estab-
lishing fiscal year 2026 budget enforcement in the House 
of Representatives. 
SEC. 109C. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act shall be used to cancel or seek to renego-
tiate an existing contract under the essential air service 
program under subchapter II of chapter 417 of title 49, 
United States Code, before the standard period of rebid-
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ding occurring prior to a contract’s expiration unless in 
response to an explicit written request from the EAS Com-
munity: Provided, That this section shall only apply to ex-
isting contracts under which the carrier is in compliance 
with the contract terms. 
SEC. 109D. Of the unobligated balances of funds re-
maining from— 
(1) ‘‘Transportation Planning, Research, and 
Development’’ account in title I of division A of 
Public Law 111–117, $108,147.49 is hereby perma-
nently rescinded; and 
(2) ‘‘Transportation Planning, Research, and 
Development’’ account in title I of division F of 
Public Law 108–199, $744,000 is hereby perma-
nently rescinded. 
SEC. 109E. Of the unobligated balances from 
amounts made available for ‘‘Railroad Rehabilitation and 
Improvement Financing Program’’ in section 420 of title 
IV of division G of Public Law 116–6, $25,476 is hereby 
permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 109F. Of the unobligated balances from 
amounts made available for ‘‘Department of Transpor-
tation—Office of the Secretary—Salaries and Expenses’’ 
in Public Law 119–4, $10,368,826 is hereby permanently 
rescinded. 
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SEC. 109G. Of the unobligated balances from 
amounts made available until expended for ‘‘Department 
of Transportation—Office of the Secretary—Research and 
Technology’’ in division L of title I of Public Law 117– 
103, $1,272,800.79 is hereby permanently rescinded. 
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration (FAA), not otherwise provided for, including 
operations and research activities related to commercial 
space transportation, administrative expenses for research 
and development, establishment of air navigation facilities, 
the operation (including leasing) and maintenance of air-
craft, subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps 
sold to the public, the lease or purchase of passenger 
motor vehicles for replacement only, $13,710,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2027, of which 
$13,040,600,000 to be derived from the Airport and Air-
way Trust Fund: Provided, That of the amounts made 
available under this heading— 
(1) not less than $1,842,037,000 shall be avail-
able for aviation safety activities; 
(2) $10,340,667,000 shall be available for air 
traffic organization activities; 
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(3) $41,755,000 shall be available for commer-
cial space transportation activities; 
(4) $963,410,000 shall be available for finance 
and management activities; 
(5) $65,813,000 shall be available for NextGen 
and operations planning activities; 
(6) $154,896,000 shall be available for security 
and hazardous materials safety activities; and 
(7) $301,422,000 shall be available for staff of-
fices: 
Provided further, That of the amounts allocated under the 
previous proviso— 
(A) not less than $379,223,000 shall be for air-
craft certification service; 
(B) not less than $100,000,000 shall be for the 
Office of Aerospace Medicine; 
(C) not less than $279,200,000 shall be used to 
fund direct operations of the current air traffic con-
trol towers in the contract tower program, including 
the contract tower cost share program, and any air-
port that is currently qualified or that will qualify 
for the program during the fiscal year; 
(D) $6,000,000 shall be for the pilot program 
to convert high activity air traffic control towers op-
erating under the contract tower program to FAA 
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staffed visual flight rules towers, as authorized 
under section 625 of the FAA Reauthorization Act 
of 2024, and to prioritize the contract towers as re-
quired under section 625(a)(2) of such Act; 
(E) not less than $16,000,000 shall be for the 
Office of Spectrum Engineering; 
(F) $6,000,000 shall be for unmanned aircraft 
system test ranges; 
(G) not less than $7,500,000 shall be for the 
internship program authorized under section 404 of 
the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 (Public Law 
118–63); 
(H) not less than $1,000,000 shall be for the 
human intervention motivation study contract and 
the flight attendant drug and alcohol program con-
tract; and 
(I) $3,000,000 shall be for the FAA’s veterans’ 
pilot training program: 
Provided further, 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 head-
ing: Provided further, That no transfer may increase or 
decrease any appropriation under this heading by more 
than 5 percent: Provided further, That any transfer in ex-
cess of 5 percent shall be treated as a reprogramming of 
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funds under section 405 of this Act and shall not be avail-
able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 
with the procedures set forth in that section: Provided fur-
ther, That not later than 45 days after the submission of 
the budget request, the Administrator of the Federal Avia-
tion Administration shall transmit to Congress an annual 
update to the report submitted to Congress in December 
2004 pursuant to section 221 of the Vision 100-Century 
of Aviation Reauthorization Act (49 U.S.C. 44506 note): 
Provided further, That not later than 45 days after the 
submission of the budget request, the Administrator shall 
transmit to Congress reports that describe a comprehen-
sive strategy for staffing, hiring, and training of flight 
standards and aircraft certification staff, and airway 
transportation system specialists in a format similar to the 
one utilized for the controller staffing plan, including stat-
ed attrition estimates and numerical hiring goals by fiscal 
year: Provided further, That the amounts made available 
under this heading shall be reduced by $100,000 for each 
day after 45 days after the submission of the budget re-
quest that reports containing the information described in 
the preceding two provisos have not been transmitted 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 avia-
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tion safety standards: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available by this Act shall be available for new 
applicants for the second career training program: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds made available by 
this Act shall be available for the Federal Aviation Admin-
istration to finalize or implement any regulation that 
would promulgate new aviation user fees not specifically 
authorized by law after the date of the enactment of this 
Act: Provided further, That there may be credited to this 
appropriation, as offsetting 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 re-
ceipts for the maintenance and operation of air navigation 
facilities, and for issuance, renewal or modification of cer-
tificates, including airman, aircraft, and repair station cer-
tificates, or for tests related thereto, or for processing 
major repair or alteration forms: Provided further, That 
not later than 120 days after enactment of this Act, the 
Administrator shall transmit to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations a report on all expenditures 
related to the contract tower program from the most re-
cent fiscal year, including a breakout for administrative 
costs, contract support expenses, insurance, equipment 
procured and installed in contract towers, new starts, and 
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aggregate payments for operating the contract towers: 
Provided further, That not later than 180 days after enact-
ment of this Act, the Administrator shall transmit to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a report 
on the FAA’s ongoing efforts and future plans to equip 
contract towers with radar displays and other technology 
that the FAA believes are necessary to enhance aviation 
safety: Provided further, That none of the funds made 
available by this Act for aeronautical charting and cartog-
raphy are available for activities conducted by, or coordi-
nated through, the Working Capital Fund: Provided fur-
ther, That not less than $4,000,000 of amounts made 
available for staff offices shall be used to establish the Of-
fice of the Assistant Administrator for Rulemaking and 
Regulatory Improvement as authorized under section 
106(c) of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, 
That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act or any other Act may be used to 
eliminate the contract weather observers program at any 
airport. 
FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
for acquisition, establishment, technical support services, 
improvement by contract or purchase, and hire of national 
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airspace systems and experimental facilities and equip-
ment, as authorized under part A of subtitle VII of title 
49, United States Code, including initial acquisition of 
necessary sites by lease or grant; engineering and service 
testing, including construction of test facilities and acqui-
sition of necessary sites by lease or grant; construction 
and furnishing of quarters and related accommodations 
for officers and employees of the Federal Aviation Admin-
istration stationed at remote localities where such accom-
modations are not available; and the purchase, lease, or 
transfer of aircraft from funds made available under this 
heading, including aircraft for aviation regulation and cer-
tification; to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust 
Fund, $4,000,000,000, of which $697,850,000 is for per-
sonnel and related expenses and shall remain available 
until September 30, 2027, and $3,302,150,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2028: Provided, That 
the sums appropriated under this heading in this Act shall 
be made available for the purposes, and in the amounts, 
specified for spending in the table entitled ‘‘Allocation of 
FAA Facilities and Equipment Funding in This Act—Fis-
cal Year 2026’’ included for this division in the explana-
tory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided fur-
ther, That the sums appropriated under this heading in 
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title VIII of division J of the Infrastructure Investment 
and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58) shall be made available 
for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified for spend-
ing in the table entitled ‘‘Allocation of FAA Facilities and 
Equipment Funding in the Infrastructure Investment and 
Jobs Act—Fiscal Year 2026’’ included for this division in 
the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Pro-
vided further, That amounts repurposed pursuant to the 
preceding proviso shall continue to be treated as amounts 
specified in section 103(b) of division A of Public Law 
118–5: Provided further, That there may be credited to 
this appropriation funds received from States, counties, 
municipalities, other public authorities, and private 
sources, for expenses incurred in the establishment, im-
provement, and modernization of national airspace sys-
tems: Provided further, That not later than 30 days after 
submission of the budget request, the Secretary of Trans-
portation shall transmit to the Congress an investment 
plan for the Federal Aviation Administration which in-
cludes funding for each budget line item for fiscal years 
2027 through 2031, 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: Provided further, That section 405 of this Act 
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shall apply to amounts made available under the heading 
in this Act and in title VIII of the Infrastructure Invest-
ment and Jobs Act (division J of Public Law 117–58): 
Provided further, That, notwithstanding subsections (a)(5) 
and (a)(6) of such section 405, unless prior approval is 
received from the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations, not to exceed 7 percent of any funding level 
specified for projects and activities in the tables incor-
porated by reference under this heading may be trans-
ferred to any other funding level specified for projects and 
activities in such tables and no transfer of such funding 
levels may increase or decrease any funding level in such 
tables by more than 7 percent. 
RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
for research, engineering, and development, as authorized 
under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States 
Code, including construction of experimental facilities and 
acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant, 
$290,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund and to remain available until September 30, 
2028: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro-
priation as offsetting collections, funds received from 
States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, 
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facturing and military aviation employment opportu-
nities. 
GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in- 
aid for airport planning and development, and noise com-
patibility planning and programs as authorized under sub-
chapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 
of title 49, United States Code, and under other law au-
thorizing such obligations; for procurement, installation, 
and commissioning of runway incursion prevention devices 
and systems at airports of such title; for grants authorized 
under section 41743 of title 49, United States Code; and 
for inspection activities and administration of airport safe-
ty programs, including those related to airport operating 
certificates under section 44706 of title 49, United States 
Code, $4,000,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and 
Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That none of the amounts made avail-
able under this heading shall be available for the planning 
or execution of programs the obligations for which are in 
excess of $4,000,000,000, in fiscal year 2026, notwith-
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standing section 47117(g) of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided further, That none of the amounts made available 
under this heading shall be available for the replacement 
of baggage conveyor systems, reconfiguration of terminal 
baggage areas, or other airport improvements that are 
necessary to install bulk explosive detection systems: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding section 47109(a) of 
title 49, United States Code, the Government’s share of 
allowable project costs under paragraph (2) of such sec-
tion for subgrants or paragraph (3) of such section shall 
be 95 percent for a project at other than a large or me-
dium hub airport that is a successive phase of a multi- 
phased construction project for which the project sponsor 
received a grant in fiscal year 2011 for the construction 
project: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, of amounts limited under this heading, 
not less than $160,000,000 shall be available for adminis-
tration, $15,000,000 shall be available for the airport co-
operative research program, $41,827,000 shall be avail-
able for the airport technology research program and of 
which, $6,000,000 shall be available for the airfield tech-
nology program authorized under section 1014 of Public 
Law 118–63, of which $3,000,000 is for concrete pave-
ment research and $3,000,000 is for asphalt pavement re-
search, and $15,000,000, to remain available until ex-
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pended, shall be available and transferred to ‘‘Office of 
the Secretary, Salaries and Expenses’’ to carry out the 
small community air service development program: Pro-
vided further, That in addition to airports eligible under 
section 41743 of title 49, United States Code, such pro-
gram may include the participation of an airport that 
serves a community or consortium that is not larger than 
a small hub airport, according to Federal Aviation Admin-
istration hub classifications effective at the time the Office 
of the Secretary issues a request for proposals. 
GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Grants-In-Aid for Air-
ports’’, to enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 
grants for projects as authorized by subchapter 1 of chap-
ter 471 of title 49, United States Code, subchapter 1 of 
chapter 475 of such title, and section 767 of the FAA 
Reauthorization Act of 2024 (Public Law 118–63), 
$577,356,000, to remain available through September 30, 
2028: Provided, That amounts made available under this 
heading shall be derived from the general fund, and such 
funds shall not be subject to apportionment formulas, spe-
cial apportionment categories, or minimum percentages 
under chapter 471 of title 49, United States Code: Pro-
vided further, That the amounts made available under this 
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heading shall not be subject to any limitation on obliga-
tions for the Grants-in-Aid for Airports program set forth 
in any Act: Provided further, That of the sums appro-
priated under this heading— 
(1) $542,356,000 shall be made available for 
the purposes, and in the amounts, specified for Com-
munity Project Funding/Congressionally Directed 
Spending in the table entitled ‘‘Community Project 
Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ for 
this division in the explanatory statement described 
in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act): Provided, That amounts 
made available in the preceding proviso for such 
purposes shall not diminish or prejudice any applica-
tion or geographic region for other discretionary 
grant or loan awards made by the Department of 
Transportation: Provided further, That funds made 
available under this section shall not be subject to 
or 
considered 
under 
section 
47115(j)(3)(B), 
47115(j)(3)(C), or 47115(j)(3)(D) of title 49, 
United States Code; and 
(2) up to $35,000,000 shall be made available 
to the Secretary to distribute as discretionary grants 
to airports that include, but are not limited to, 
projects 
that 
are 
eligible 
under 
section 
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47115(j)(3)(D) of title 49, United States Code: Pro-
vided, That of amounts made available under this 
heading, $20,000,000 shall be made available for the 
Secretary to distribute as discretionary grants for 
airports with scheduled commercial service in cal-
endar year 2024, that serve essential air service 
markets as reported in October 2024, reported and 
certified zero dollars total debt at end of year on the 
form FAA–5100–127 submitted before the date of 
enactment of this Act for fiscal year 2024, and were 
allocated an amount under the heading ‘‘Grants-in- 
Aid for Airports’’ in division B of Public Law 116– 
136 equal to or less than the amount designated for 
a regional airport under paragraph (4) under such 
heading: Provided further, That the funds made 
available under the preceding proviso shall be 
prioritized for airports participating in the FAA 
Contract Tower Program: 
Provided further, That of the amounts made available 
under this heading— 
(1) $300,000,000 shall be derived by transfer 
from the unobligated balances of amounts previously 
appropriated for fiscal years 2023, 2024, 2025, and 
2026 for personnel, contracting, and other costs to 
administer and oversee grants (excluding amounts 
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transferred to the Office of Inspector General of the 
Department of Transportation) under the heading 
‘‘Federal Aviation Administration—Airport Infra-
structure Grants’’ in title VIII of division J of the 
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 
117–58); and 
(2) $68,670,000 shall be derived by transfer 
from the unobligated balances of amounts previously 
appropriated for fiscal years 2023, 2024, 2025, and 
2026 for personnel, contracting, and other costs to 
administer and oversee grants (excluding amounts 
transferred to the Office of Inspector General of the 
Department of Transportation) under the heading 
‘‘Federal Aviation Administration—Airport Ter-
minal Program’’ in title VIII of division J of the In-
frastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 
117–58): 
Provided further, That amounts transferred pursuant to 
the preceding provisos shall continue to be treated as 
amounts specified in section 103(b) of division A of Public 
Law 118–5. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 110. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to compensate in excess of 600 technical 
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staff-years under the federally funded research and devel-
opment center contract between the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration and the Center for Advanced Aviation Sys-
tems Development during fiscal year 2026. 
SEC. 111. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be used to pursue or adopt guidelines or regula-
tions requiring airport sponsors to provide to the Federal 
Aviation Administration without cost building construc-
tion, maintenance, utilities and expenses, including related 
accommodation services, or space in airport sponsor- 
owned buildings for services relating to air traffic control, 
air navigation, or weather reporting: Provided, That the 
prohibition on the use of funds in this section does not 
apply to negotiations between the agency and airport 
sponsors to achieve agreement on ‘‘below-market’’ rates 
for these items or to grant assurances that require airport 
sponsors to provide land without cost to the Federal Avia-
tion Administration for air traffic control facilities. 
SEC. 112. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration may reimburse amounts made available to 
satisfy section 41742(a)(1) of title 49, United States 
Code, from fees credited under section 45303 of title 49, 
United States Code, and any amount remaining in such 
account at the close of any fiscal year may be made avail-
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able to satisfy section 41742(a)(1) of title 49, United 
States Code, for the subsequent fiscal year. 
SEC. 113. Amounts collected under section 40113(e) 
of title 49, United States Code, shall be credited to the 
appropriation current at the time of collection, to be 
merged with and available for the same purposes as such 
appropriation. 
SEC. 114. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be available for paying premium pay under sec-
tion 5546(a) of title 5, United States Code, to any Federal 
Aviation Administration employee unless such employee 
actually performed work during the time corresponding to 
such premium pay. 
SEC. 115. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be obligated or expended for an employee of the 
Federal Aviation Administration to purchase a store gift 
card or gift certificate through use of a Government-issued 
credit card. 
SEC. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds made available under this Act or 
any prior Act may be used to implement or to continue 
to implement any limitation on the ability of any owner 
or operator of a private aircraft to obtain, upon a request 
to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion, a blocking of that owner’s or operator’s aircraft reg-
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istration number, Mode S transponder code, flight identi-
fication, call sign, or similar identifying information from 
any ground based display to the public that would allow 
the real-time or near real-time flight tracking of that air-
craft’s movements, except data made available to a Gov-
ernment agency, for the noncommercial flights of that 
owner or operator. 
SEC. 117. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be available for salaries and expenses of more 
than nine political and Presidential appointees in the Fed-
eral Aviation Administration: Provided, That of the nine 
political and Presidential appointee positions in the Fed-
eral Aviation Administration, not less than one position 
shall be within each of the following offices and no ap-
pointee shall be in any other office: the Office of the Ad-
ministrator, the Office of the Deputy Administrator, the 
Office of the General Counsel, the Office of Government 
and Industry Affairs, the Office of Communications, the 
Office of Airports, and the Office for Policy, International 
Affairs, and Environment. 
SEC. 118. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to increase fees pursuant to section 
44721 of title 49, United States Code, until the Federal 
Aviation Administration provides to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations a report that justifies all 
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fees related to aeronautical navigation products and ex-
plains how such fees are consistent with Executive Order 
No. 13642. 
SEC. 119. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to close a regional operations center of 
the Federal Aviation Administration or reduce its services 
or personnel unless the Administrator notifies the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than 
90 full business days in advance. 
SEC. 119A. None of the funds made available by or 
limited by this Act may be used to change weight restric-
tions or prior permission rules at Teterboro airport in 
Teterboro, New Jersey. 
SEC. 119B. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Administrator of the Federal Avia-
tion Administration to withhold from consideration and 
approval any new application for participation in the con-
tract tower program, or for reevaluation of cost-share pro-
gram participants so long as the Federal Aviation Admin-
istration has received an application from the airport, and 
so long as the Administrator determines such tower is eli-
gible using the factors set forth in Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration published establishment criteria. 
SEC. 119C. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to open, close, redesignate as a lesser 
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office, or reorganize a regional office, the aeronautical cen-
ter, or the technical center unless the Administrator does 
so in compliance with section 405 of this Act. 
SEC. 119D. Notwithstanding subsection (a)(7) of sec-
tion 405, activities creating, reorganizing, or restructuring 
an organizational unit of the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion are not subject to the requirements of section 405 
unless those activities would change the organization chart 
provided as an exhibit to section 1 of the President’s 
Budget justification. 
SEC. 119E. For an additional amount for ‘‘Grants- 
in-aid for Airports’’, up to $3,500,000 shall be available 
through September 30, 2028, for necessary expenses, in-
cluding an independent verification regime, to provide re-
imbursement to airport sponsors that do not provide gate-
way operations and providers of general aviation ground 
support services, or other aviation tenants, located at 
those airports closed during a temporary flight restriction 
(TFR) for any residence of the President that is des-
ignated or identified to be secured by the United States 
Secret Service, and for direct and incremental financial 
losses incurred while such airports are closed solely due 
to the actions of the Federal Government: Provided, That 
such amounts shall be derived from balances remaining 
from amounts appropriated for such purposes in prior 
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Acts: Provided further, That such amounts shall not be 
subject to any limitation on obligations for the Grants- 
in-Aid for Airports program set forth in any Act: Provided 
further, That no funds shall be obligated or distributed 
to airport sponsors that do not provide gateway operations 
and providers of general aviation ground support services 
until an independent audit is completed: Provided further, 
That losses incurred as a result of violations of law, or 
through fault or negligence, of such operators and service 
providers or of third parties (including airports) are not 
eligible for reimbursements: Provided further, That obliga-
tion and expenditure of funds are conditional upon full 
release of the United States Government for all claims for 
financial losses resulting from such actions. 
SEC. 119F. Section 44502(e) of title 49, United 
States Code, shall be applied by inserting the following 
after paragraph (4): 
‘‘(5) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) SYSTEMS
OR
EQUIPMENT.—Eligible 
air traffic systems or equipment identified in 
subparagraphs (A) through (C) of paragraph 
(3) of this subsection to be transferred to the 
Administrator under this subsection must have 
been purchased by the transferor airport on or 
after October 5, 2018. 
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‘‘(B) OTHER SYSTEMS OR EQUIPMENT.— 
Eligible air traffic systems or equipment identi-
fied in subparagraph (D) of paragraph (3) of 
this subsection to be transferred to the Admin-
istrator under this subsection must have been 
purchased by the transferor airport on or after 
October 1, 2024. 
‘‘(6) AIRPORTS
CLASSIFIED
AS
A
BASIC
OR 
LOCAL
GENERAL
AVIATION
AIRPORT.—An airport 
that is categorized as a basic or local general avia-
tion airport under the most recently published na-
tional plan of integrated airport systems under sec-
tion 47103 may only transfer an eligible air traffic 
system or equipment under this subsection in ac-
cordance with the exception provided in paragraph 
(4) if such system or equipment was purchased by 
the transferor airport on or after October 1, 2024.’’. 
SEC. 119G. None of the funds in this or any other 
Act shall be used to plan, design, or implement the privat-
ization or separation of the air traffic organization func-
tions of the Federal Aviation Administration. 
SEC. 119H. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act may be used 
for the construction of a new Air Traffic Control Training 
Academy except for the Federal Aviation Administration’s 
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existing Training Academy located at the Mike Monroney 
Aeronautical Center. 
SEC. 119I. Notwithstanding section 40122(c) of title 
49, United States Code, for this year and thereafter, the 
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, in 
consultation with the Federal Air Surgeon, may increase 
the annual rate of basic pay for positions in the Office 
of Aerospace Medicine requiring a medical degree up to 
the annual compensation paid under section 102 of title 
3, United States Code. 
SEC. 119J. The Administrator of the Federal Avia-
tion Administration is directed to provide a spend plan 
and a briefing within 30 days of enactment of this Act, 
and each month thereafter during fiscal year 2026, to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on all 
activities and efforts funded by this Act and section 40003 
of Public Law 119–21 for the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration’s air traffic control modernization efforts: Pro-
vided, That the Administrator shall make available for 
each briefing the Federal Aviation Administration’s Chief 
Financial Officer and the Assistant Administrator for Pol-
icy, International Affairs, and Environment, and the Fed-
eral Aviation Administration’s Air Traffic Organization’s 
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer. 
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FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Not to exceed $504,187,977 together with advances 
and reimbursements received by the Federal Highway Ad-
ministration, shall be obligated for necessary expenses for 
administration and operation of the Federal Highway Ad-
ministration: Provided, That in addition, $3,248,000 shall 
be transferred to the Appalachian Regional Commission 
in accordance with section 104(a) of title 23, United 
States Code. 
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
Funds available for the implementation or execution 
of authorized Federal-aid highway and highway safety 
construction programs shall not exceed total obligations 
of $62,657,105,821 for fiscal year 2026: Provided, That 
the limitation on obligations under this heading shall only 
apply to contract authority authorized from the Highway 
Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), un-
less otherwise specified in law. 
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(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For the payment of obligations incurred in carrying 
out authorized Federal-aid highway and highway safety 
construction programs, $63,396,105,821 shall be derived 
from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Tran-
sit Account), to remain available until expended. 
HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the purposes as described under this heading, 
$2,395,880,591, of which $927,212,591 shall be appro-
priated from the general fund, and of which— 
(1) $1,093,756,000 shall be derived from the 
unobligated balances of amounts previously appro-
priated under the heading ‘‘Federal Highway Ad-
ministration—Highway Infrastructure Programs’’ in 
title VIII of division J of Public Law 117–58, as fol-
lows: 
(A) $125,000,000 from amounts previously 
appropriated for fiscal years 2023, 2024, 2025, 
and 2026 for operations and administration of 
the Federal Highway Administration (excluding 
amounts transferred to the Office of Inspector 
General of the Department of Transportation); 
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(B) $75,000,000 from amounts previously 
appropriated for fiscal year 2022 in paragraph 
(2) of such title VIII for the Joint Office of En-
ergy and Transportation; 
(C) $300,000,000 from amounts previously 
appropriated for fiscal years 2024, 2025, and 
2026 in paragraph (2) of such title VIII for 
grants to States or localities that require addi-
tional assistance to strategically deploy electric 
vehicle charging infrastructure; 
(D) $503,756,000 from amounts pre-
viously appropriated for fiscal years 2022, 
2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026 in paragraph (2) 
of such title VIII that were distributed among 
the States, to be derived on a proportional basis 
from such unobligated amounts based on the 
unobligated balances from fiscal year 2022 by 
State as of January 31, 2026; and 
(E) $90,000,000 from amounts previously 
appropriated for fiscal years 2024, 2025, and 
2026 under paragraph (5) of such title VIII for 
the reduction of truck emissions at port facili-
ties program: 
Provided, That amounts derived from the unobli-
gated balances as described in the matter preceding 
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this proviso shall continue to be treated as amounts 
specified in section 103(b) of division A of Public 
Law 118–5; 
(2) $20,000,000 shall be derived by transfer 
from the unobligated balances of amounts previously 
appropriated for fiscal years 2025 and 2026 under 
the heading ‘‘Federal Motor Carrier Safety Adminis-
tration—Motor Carrier Safety Operations and Pro-
gram’’ in title VIII of division J of Public Law 117– 
58: Provided, That amounts derived by transfer as 
described in the matter preceding this proviso shall 
continue to be treated as amounts specified in sec-
tion 103(b) of division A of Public Law 118–5; 
(3) $204,912,000 shall be derived by transfer 
from the unobligated balances of amounts previously 
appropriated for fiscal years 2022, 2023, 2024, 
2025, and 2026 under the heading ‘‘Office of the 
Secretary—Strengthening Mobility and Revolution-
izing Transportation Grant Program’’ in title VIII 
of division J of Public Law 117–58: Provided, That 
amounts derived by transfer as described in the mat-
ter preceding this proviso shall continue to be treat-
ed as amounts specified in section 103(b) of division 
A of Public Law 118–5; 
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