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(4) $12,000,000 shall be for the regional infrastructure 
accelerator demonstration program authorized under section 
1441 of the FAST Act (23 U.S.C. 601 note); 
(5) $1,145,000,000 shall be for a bridge replacement and 
rehabilitation program; 
(6) $6,000,000 shall be for the national scenic byways pro-
gram under section 162 of title 23, United States Code; 
(7) $10,000,000 shall be transferred to the Northern Border 
Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 15101 et seq.) to make grants, 
in addition to amounts otherwise made available to the 
Northern Border Regional Commission for such purpose, to 
carry out pilot projects that demonstrate the capabilities of 
wood-based infrastructure projects; and 
(8) $200,000,000 shall be for competitive awards for activi-
ties eligible under section 176(d)(4)(A) of title 23, United States 
Code, and $50,000,000 shall be for competitive awards for 
activities eligible under section 176(d)(4)(C) of title 23, United 
States Code: 
Provided further, That, except as otherwise provided under this 
heading, the funds made available under this heading, in para-
graphs (1), (5), (6), and (8) of the fourth proviso, shall be adminis-
tered as if apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States 
Code: Provided further, That funds made available under this 
heading, in paragraph (1) of the fourth proviso, that are used 
for Tribal projects shall be administered as if allocated under 
chapter 2 of title 23, United States Code, except that the set- 
asides described in subparagraph (C) of section 202(b)(3) of title 
23, United States Code, and subsections (a)(6), (c), and (e) of section 
202 of such title, and section 1123(h)(1) of MAP–21 (as amended 
by Public Law 117–58), shall not apply to such funds: Provided 
further, That not less than 50 percent of the funds made available 
under this heading, in paragraph (3) of the fourth proviso, for 
the nationally significant Federal lands and tribal projects program 
under section 1123 of the FAST Act shall be for competitive grants 
to tribal governments: Provided further, That for funds made avail-
able under this heading, in paragraph (4) of the fourth proviso, 
the Federal share of the costs shall be, at the option of the recipient, 
up to 100 percent: Provided further, That, for the purposes of 
funds made available under this heading, in paragraph (5) of the 
fourth proviso, for a bridge replacement and rehabilitation program, 
(1) the term ‘‘State’’ means any of the 50 States or the District 
of Columbia, and (2) the term ‘‘qualifying State’’ means any State 
in which the percentage of total deck area of bridges classified 
as in poor condition in such State is at least 5 percent or in 
which the percentage of total bridges classified as in poor condition 
in such State is at least 5 percent: Provided further, That, of 
the funds made available under this heading, in paragraph (5) 
of the fourth proviso, for a bridge replacement and rehabilitation 
program, the Secretary shall reserve $6,000,000 for each State 
that does not meet the definition of a qualifying State: Provided 
further, That, after making the reservations under the preceding 
proviso, the Secretary shall distribute the remaining funds made 
available under this heading, in paragraph (5) of the fourth proviso, 
for a bridge replacement and rehabilitation program to each quali-
fying State by the proportion that the percentage of total deck 
area of bridges classified as in poor condition in such qualifying 
State bears to the sum of the percentages of total deck area of
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bridges classified as in poor condition in all qualifying States: 
Provided further, That, of the funds made available under this 
heading, in paragraph (5) of the fourth proviso, for the bridge 
replacement and rehabilitation program: 
(1) no qualifying State shall receive more than $40,000,000; 
(2) each State shall receive an amount not less than 
$6,000,000; and 
(3) after calculating the distribution of funds pursuant 
to the preceding proviso, any amount in excess of $40,000,000 
shall be redistributed equally among each State that does not 
meet the definition of a qualifying State: 
Provided further, That the funds made available under this heading, 
in paragraph (5) of the fourth proviso, for a bridge replacement 
and rehabilitation program shall be used for highway bridge replace-
ment or rehabilitation projects on public roads: Provided further, 
That for purposes of this heading for the bridge replacement and 
rehabilitation program, the Secretary shall calculate the percent-
ages of total deck area of bridges (including the percentages of 
total deck area classified as in poor condition) and the percentages 
of total bridge counts (including the percentages of total bridges 
classified as in poor condition) based on the National Bridge Inven-
tory as of December 31, 2018: Provided further, That for the pur-
poses of funds made available under this heading, in paragraph 
(2) of the fourth proviso, for construction of the Appalachian 
Development Highway System, the term ‘‘Appalachian State’’ means 
a State that contains 1 or more counties (including any political 
subdivision located within the area) in the Appalachian region 
as defined in section 14102(a) of title 40, United States Code: 
Provided further, That funds made available under this heading 
for construction of the Appalachian Development Highway System 
shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That, 
except as provided in the following proviso, funds made available 
under this heading for construction of the Appalachian Development 
Highway System shall be administered as if apportioned under 
chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code: Provided further, That 
a project carried out with funds made available under this heading 
for construction of the Appalachian Development Highway System 
shall be carried out in the same manner as a project under section 
14501 of title 40, United States Code: Provided further, That subject 
to the following proviso, funds made available under this heading 
for construction of the Appalachian Development Highway System 
shall be apportioned to Appalachian States according to the percent-
ages derived from the 2012 Appalachian Development Highway 
System 
Cost-to-Complete 
Estimate, 
adopted 
in 
Appalachian 
Regional Commission Resolution Number 736, and confirmed as 
each Appalachian State’s relative share of the estimated remaining 
need to complete the Appalachian Development Highway System, 
adjusted to exclude those corridors that such States have no current 
plans to complete, as reported in the 2013 Appalachian Development 
Highway System Completion Report, unless those States have modi-
fied and assigned a higher priority for completion of an Appalachian 
Development Highway System corridor, as reported in the 2020 
Appalachian Development Highway System Future Outlook: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall adjust apportionments made 
under the preceding proviso so that no Appalachian State shall 
be apportioned an amount in excess of 30 percent of the amount 
made available for construction of the Appalachian Development
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Highway System under this heading: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall consult with the Appalachian Regional Commission 
in making adjustments under the preceding two provisos: Provided 
further, That the Federal share of the costs for which an expenditure 
is made for construction of the Appalachian Development Highway 
System under this heading shall be up to 100 percent: Provided 
further, That a grant made with funds made available under this 
heading, in paragraph (7) of the fourth proviso, shall be adminis-
tered in the same manner as a grant made under subtitle V of 
title 40, United States Code: Provided further, That, except as 
otherwise provided under this heading, funds made available under 
this heading, in paragraph (8) of the fourth proviso, for competitive 
awards for activities eligible under sections 176(d)(4)(A) and 
176(d)(4)(C) of title 23, United States Code, shall be administered 
as if made available to carry out section 176(d) of such title: Pro-
vided further, That, for purposes of the calculation under section 
176(d)(5)(G)(ii) of title 23, United States Code, amounts made avail-
able under this heading for competitive awards for activities eligible 
under sections 176(d)(4)(A) and 176(d)(4)(C) of such title shall be 
included in the calculation of the total amount provided for fiscal 
year 2022 under section 176(d) of such title: Provided further, 
That for purposes of applying the set-asides under section 
176(d)(5)(H)(ii) and (iii) of title 23, United States Code, amounts 
made available under this heading for competitive awards for activi-
ties eligible under sections 176(d)(4)(A) and 176(d)(4)(C) of such 
title shall be included in the calculation of the amounts made 
available to carry out section 176(d) of such title for fiscal year 
2022: Provided further, That, the Secretary may retain not more 
than a total of 5 percent of the amounts made available under 
this heading for competitive awards for activities eligible under 
sections 176(d)(4)(A) and 176(d)(4)(C) of such title to carry out 
paragraph (8) of the fourth proviso and to review applications 
for grants under paragraph (8) of the fourth proviso, and may 
transfer portions of the funds retained under this proviso to the 
relevant Administrators to fund the award and oversight of grants 
provided under paragraph (8) of the fourth proviso: Provided further, 
That a project assisted with funds made available under this 
heading for competitive awards for activities eligible under sections 
176(d)(4)(A) or 176(d)(4)(C) of title 23, United States Code, shall 
be treated as a project on a Federal-aid highway. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2022, 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 
(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—
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(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 authorized Federal-aid highway and high-
way safety construction programs, or apportioned by the Sec-
retary under sections 202 or 204 of title 23, United States 
Code, 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. 
(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);
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(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 2022, 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; 
(B) title VI of the Fixing America’s Surface Transpor-
tation Act; and 
(C) title III of division A of the Infrastructure Invest-
ment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58). 
(2) EXCEPTION.—Obligation authority made available under 
paragraph (1) shall—
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(A) remain available for a period of 4 fiscal years; 
and 
(B) be in addition to the amount of any limitation 
imposed on obligations for Federal-aid highway and 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. 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. 123. None of the funds made available 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 notifica-
tion 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: Provided, 
That the written notification required in the preceding proviso 
shall be made not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 124. (a) A State or territory, as defined in section 165 
of title 23, United States Code, may use for any project eligible 
under section 133(b) of title 23 or section 165 of title 23 and 
located within the boundary of the State or territory any earmarked 
amount, and any associated obligation limitation: Provided, That 
the Department of Transportation for the State or territory for
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which the earmarked amount was originally designated or directed 
notifies the Secretary of its intent to use its authority under this 
section and submits an annual report to the Secretary identifying 
the projects to which the funding would be applied. Notwithstanding 
the original period of availability of funds to be obligated under 
this section, such funds and associated obligation limitation shall 
remain available for obligation for a period of 3 fiscal years after 
the fiscal year in which the Secretary is notified. The Federal 
share of the cost of a project carried out with funds made available 
under this section shall be the same as associated with the earmark. 
(b) In this section, the term ‘‘earmarked amount’’ means— 
(1) congressionally directed spending, as defined in rule 
XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate, identified in a 
prior law, report, or joint explanatory statement, which was 
authorized to be appropriated or appropriated more than 10 
fiscal years prior to the current fiscal year, and administered 
by the Federal Highway Administration; or 
(2) a congressional earmark, as defined in rule XXI of 
the Rules of the House of Representatives, identified in a prior 
law, report, or joint explanatory statement, which was author-
ized to be appropriated or appropriated more than 10 fiscal 
years prior to the current fiscal year, and administered by 
the Federal Highway Administration. 
(c) The authority under subsection (a) may be exercised only 
for those projects or activities that have obligated less than 10 
percent of the amount made available for obligation as of October 
1 of the current fiscal year, and shall be applied to projects within 
the same general geographic area within 25 miles for which the 
funding was designated, except that a State or territory may apply 
such authority to unexpended balances of funds from projects or 
activities the State or territory certifies have been closed and for 
which payments have been made under a final voucher. 
(d) The Secretary shall submit consolidated reports of the 
information provided by the States and territories annually to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 125. Until final guidance is published, the Administrator 
of the Federal Highway Administration shall adjudicate requests 
for Buy America waivers under the criteria that were in effect 
prior to April 17, 2018. 
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 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 
(Public Law 117–58), $360,000,000, to be derived from the Highway 
Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), together with 
advances and reimbursements received by the Federal Motor Car-
rier Safety Administration, the sum of which shall remain available
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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 $360,000,000, for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety 
Operations and Programs’’ for fiscal year 2022, of which 
$14,073,000, to remain available for obligation until September 
30, 2024, is for the research and technology program, and of which 
not less than $41,277,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2024, is for development, modernization, enhance-
ment, continued operation, and maintenance of information tech-
nology and information management. 
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out sections 
31102, 31103, 31104, and 31313 of title 49, United States Code, 
as amended by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public 
Law 117–58), $496,000,000, 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 implementa-
tion or execution of motor carrier safety programs shall not exceed 
total obligations of $496,000,000 in fiscal year 2022 for ‘‘Motor 
Carrier Safety Grants’’: Provided further, That of the sums appro-
priated under this heading: 
(1) $390,500,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2023, shall be available for the motor carrier 
safety assistance program; 
(2) $41,800,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2023, shall be available for the commercial 
driver’s license program implementation program; 
(3) $57,600,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2023, shall be available for the high priority 
activities program (other than the commercial motor vehicle 
enforcement training and support grant program); 
(4) $1,100,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 2023, shall be available for the commercial motor 
vehicle operators grant program; and 
(5) $5,000,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 2023, shall be available for the commercial motor 
vehicle enforcement training and support grant program. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 130. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration 
shall send notice of section 385.308 of title 49, Code of Federal 
Regulations, 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. 131. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration 
shall update annual inspection regulations under Appendix G to
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subchapter B of chapter III of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, 
as recommended by GAO–19–264. 
SEC. 132. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available to the Department of Transportation by this Act or any 
other Act may be obligated or expended to implement, administer, 
or enforce the requirements of section 31137 of title 49, United 
States Code, or any regulation issued by the Secretary pursuant 
to such section, with respect to the use of electronic logging devices 
by operators of commercial motor vehicles, as defined in section 
31132(1) of such title, transporting livestock as defined in section 
602 of the Emergency Livestock Feed Assistance Act of 1988 (7 
U.S.C. 1471) or insects. 
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, $200,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 
2023. 
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provi-
sions of section 403 of title 23, United States Code, including 
behavioral research on Automated Driving Systems and Advanced 
Driver Assistance Systems and improving consumer responses to 
safety recalls, section 25024 of the Infrastructure Investment and 
Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58), and chapter 303 of title 49, United 
States Code, $192,800,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust 
Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) and to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall 
be available for the planning or execution of programs the total 
obligations for which, in fiscal year 2022, are in excess of 
$192,800,000: Provided further, That of the sums appropriated 
under this heading— 
(1) $186,000,000 shall be for programs authorized under 
section 403 of title 23, United States Code, including behavioral 
research on Automated Driving Systems and Advanced Driver 
Assistance Systems and improving consumer responses to 
safety recalls, and section 25024 of the Infrastructure Invest-
ment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58); and 
(2) $6,800,000 shall be for the National Driver Register 
authorized under chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided further, That within the $192,800,000 obligation limitation 
for operations and research, $20,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2023, and up to $7,000,000, for mobility 
research on older drivers, shall remain available until expended, 
and shall be in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed 
on obligations for future years: Provided further, That amounts
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for behavioral research on Automated Driving Systems and 
Advanced Driver Assistance Systems and improving consumer 
responses to safety recalls are in addition to any other funds pro-
vided for those purposes for fiscal year 2022 in this Act. 
HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out provisions 
of sections 402, 404, and 405 of title 23, United States Code, 
and grant administration expenses under chapter 4 of title 23, 
United 
States 
Code, 
to 
remain 
available 
until 
expended, 
$774,300,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other 
than the Mass Transit Account): Provided, That none of the funds 
in this Act shall be available for the planning or execution of 
programs for which the total obligations in fiscal year 2022 are 
in excess of $774,300,000 for programs authorized under sections 
402, 404, and 405 of title 23, United States Code, and grant adminis-
tration expenses under chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code: 
Provided further, That of the sums appropriated under this 
heading— 
(1) $363,400,000 shall be for ‘‘Highway Safety Programs’’ 
under section 402 of title 23, United States Code; 
(2) $336,500,000 shall be for ‘‘National Priority Safety Pro-
grams’’ under section 405 of title 23, United States Code; 
(3) $36,400,000 shall be for the ‘‘High Visibility Enforce-
ment Program’’ under section 404 of title 23, United States 
Code; and 
(4) $38,000,000 shall be for grant administrative expenses 
under chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code: 
Provided further, That none of these funds shall be used for 
construction, rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or for office fur-
nishings and fixtures for State, local or private buildings or struc-
tures: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 of the funds 
made available for ‘‘National Priority Safety Programs’’ under sec-
tion 405 of title 23, United States Code, for ‘‘Impaired Driving 
Countermeasures’’ (as described in subsection (d) of that section) 
shall be available for technical assistance to the States: Provided 
further, That with respect to the ‘‘Transfers’’ provision under section 
405(a)(8) of title 23, United States Code, any amounts transferred 
to increase the amounts made available under section 402 shall 
include the obligation authority for such amounts: Provided further, 
That the Administrator shall notify the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations of any exercise of the authority granted 
under the preceding proviso or under section 405(a)(8) of title 23, 
United States Code, 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,
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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 in this Act or any other Act 
shall be used to enforce the requirements of section 405(a)(9) of 
title 23, United States Code. 
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 
SAFETY AND OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Administration, 
not otherwise provided for, $240,757,000, of which $25,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended. 
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for railroad research and development, 
$43,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
of the amounts provided under this heading, up to $2,100,000 
shall be available pursuant to section 20108(d) of title 49, United 
States Code, for the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings 
and improvements at the Transportation Technology Center. 
FEDERAL-STATE PARTNERSHIP FOR INTERCITY PASSENGER RAIL 
For necessary expenses related to Federal-State Partnership 
for Intercity Passenger Rail grants as authorized by section 24911 
of title 49, United States Code, $100,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the Secretary may withhold up 
to 2 percent of the amount provided under this heading in this 
Act for the costs of award and project management oversight of 
grants carried out under title 49, United States Code. 
CONSOLIDATED RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses related to Consolidated Rail Infrastruc-
ture and Safety Improvements grants, as authorized by section 
22907 of title 49, United States Code, $625,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of the amounts made 
available under this heading in this Act— 
(1) not less than $150,000,000 shall be for projects eligible 
under section 22907(c)(2) of title 49, United States Code, that 
support the development of new intercity passenger rail service 
routes including alignments for existing routes; 
(2) not less than $25,000,000 shall be for projects eligible 
under section 22907(c)(11) of title 49, United States Code: Pro-
vided, That for amounts made available in this paragraph, 
the Secretary shall give preference to projects that are located 
in counties with the most pedestrian trespasser casualties;
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(3) $120,860,000 shall be made available for the purposes, 
and in amounts, specified for Community Project Funding/ 
Congressionally Directed Spending in the table entitled 
‘‘Community 
Project 
Funding/Congressionally 
Directed 
Spending’’ included in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act): Provided, That any remaining funds available after the 
distribution of the Community Project Funding/Congressionally 
Directed Spending described in this paragraph shall be avail-
able to the Secretary to distribute as discretionary grants under 
this heading: Provided further, That requirements under sub-
sections (g) and (l) of section 22907 of title 49, United States 
Code, shall not apply to this paragraph (3); and 
(4) not more than $5,000,000 shall be for preconstruction 
planning activities and capital costs related to the deployment 
of magnetic levitation transportation projects: 
Provided further, That section 22905(f) of title 49, United States 
Code, shall not apply to amounts made available under this heading 
in this Act for projects that implement or sustain positive train 
control systems otherwise eligible under section 22907(c)(1) of title 
49, United States Code: Provided further, That amounts made avail-
able under this heading in this Act for projects selected for com-
muter rail passenger transportation may be transferred by the 
Secretary, after selection, to the appropriate agencies to be adminis-
tered in accordance with chapter 53 of title 49, United States 
Code: Provided further, That for amounts made available under 
this heading in this Act, eligible recipients under section 22907(b)(7) 
of title 49, United States Code, shall include any holding company 
of a Class II railroad or Class III railroad (as those terms are 
defined in section 20102 of title 49, United States Code): Provided 
further, That section 22907(e)(1)(A) of title 49, United States Code, 
shall not apply to amounts made available under this heading 
in this Act: Provided further, That section 22907(e)(1)(A) of title 
49, United States Code, shall not apply to amounts made available 
under this heading in previous fiscal years if such funds are 
announced in a notice of funding opportunity that includes funds 
made available under this heading in this Act: Provided further, 
That the preceding proviso shall not apply to funds made available 
under this heading in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 
(division J of Public Law 117–58): Provided further, That unobli-
gated balances remaining after 6 years from the date of enactment 
of this Act may be used for any eligible project under section 
22907(c) of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may withhold up to 2 percent of the amounts made 
available under this heading in this Act for the costs of award 
and project management oversight of grants carried out under 
title 49, United States Code. 
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 22101(a) 
of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (division B of Public 
Law 117–58), $874,501,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That the Secretary may retain up to one-half of 1 percent
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of the funds provided under both this heading in this Act and 
the ‘‘National Network Grants to the National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation’’ heading in this Act to fund the costs of project manage-
ment and oversight of activities authorized by section 22101(c) 
of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (division B of Public 
Law 117–58): Provided further, That in addition to the project 
management oversight funds authorized under section 22101(c) of 
the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (division B of Public 
Law 117–58), the Secretary may retain up to an additional 
$1,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading in this Act 
to fund expenses associated with the Northeast Corridor Commis-
sion established under section 24905 of title 49, United States 
Code. 
NATIONAL NETWORK GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER 
CORPORATION 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to 
the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for activities associ-
ated with the National Network as authorized by section 22101(b) 
of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (division B of Public 
Law 117–58), $1,456,870,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That at least $50,000,000 of the amount provided under 
this heading in this Act shall be available for the development, 
installation and operation of railroad safety improvements, 
including the implementation of a positive train control system, 
on State-supported routes as defined under section 24102(13) of 
title 49, United States Code, on which positive train control systems 
are not required by law or regulation as identified on or before 
the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That any 
unexpended balances from amounts provided under this heading 
in this Act and in prior fiscal years for the development, installation 
and operation of railroad safety technology on State-supported 
routes on which positive train control systems are not required 
by law or regulation shall also be available for railroad safety 
improvements on State-supported routes as identified on or before 
the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That none 
of the funds provided under this heading in this Act shall be 
used by Amtrak to give notice under subsection (a) or (c) of section 
24706 of title 49, United States Code, with respect to long-distance 
routes (as defined in section 24102 of title 49, United States Code) 
on which Amtrak is the sole operator on a host railroad’s line 
and a positive train control system is not required by law or 
regulation, or, except in an emergency or during maintenance or 
construction outages impacting such routes, to otherwise dis-
continue, reduce the frequency of, suspend, or substantially alter 
the route of rail service on any portion of such route operated 
in fiscal year 2018, including implementation of service permitted 
by section 24305(a)(3)(A) of title 49, United States Code, in lieu 
of rail service.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 150. None of the funds made available 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 pre-
ceding proviso for specific employees when the President of Amtrak 
determines such a cap poses a risk to the safety and operational 
efficiency of the system: Provided further, That the President of 
Amtrak shall report to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations no later than 60 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, a summary of all overtime payments incurred by Amtrak 
for 2021 and the 3 prior calendar years: Provided further, That 
such summary shall include the total number of employees that 
received waivers and the total overtime payments Amtrak paid 
to employees receiving waivers for each month for 2021 and for 
the 3 prior calendar years. 
SEC. 151. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation in con-
travention of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification 
Act (29 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.). 
SEC. 152. The amounts made available to the Secretary or 
to the Federal Railroad Administration for the costs of award, 
administration, and project management oversight of financial 
assistance which are administered by the Federal Railroad Adminis-
tration, in this and prior Acts, may be transferred to the Federal 
Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Financial Assistance Oversight and 
Technical Assistance’’ account for the necessary expenses to support 
the award, administration, project management oversight, and tech-
nical assistance of financial assistance administered by the Federal 
Railroad Administration, in the same manner as appropriated for 
in this and prior Acts: Provided, That this section shall not apply 
to amounts that were previously designated by the Congress as 
an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution 
on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985. 
SEC. 153. Of the unobligated balances of funds remaining 
from— 
(1) 
‘‘Railroad 
Safety 
Grants’’ 
accounts 
totaling 
$1,715,414.34 appropriated by the following public laws are 
hereby permanently rescinded: 
(A) Public Law 105–277 a total of $7,052.79 under 
the heading ‘‘Railroad Safety’’; 
(B) Public Law 113–235 a total of $190,265.91 from 
section 153 under the heading ‘‘Administrative Provisions— 
Federal Railroad Administration’’; and 
(C) Public Law 114–113 a total of $1,518,095.64; and 
(2) ‘‘Capital Assistance for High Speed Rail Corridors and 
Intercity 
Passenger 
Rail 
Service’’ 
account 
totaling 
$13,327,006.39 appropriated by Public Law 111–117 is hereby 
permanently rescinded.