and Federal lands, the Secretary shall have the 
authority to redistribute unobligated funds 
within the respective program for which the 
funds were appropriated. 
(D) Up to four percent of the funding pro-
vided for Indian Reservation Roads may be 
used by the Secretary of the Interior for pro-
gram management and oversight and project-re-
lated administrative expenses. 
(11) JOB
TRAINING.—Of the funds provided 
under this subsection, $50,000,000 shall be set aside 
for the development and administration of transpor-
tation training programs under section 140(b) title 
23, United States Code. 
(A) Funds set aside under this subsection 
shall be competitively awarded and used for the 
purpose of providing training, apprenticeship 
(including Registered Apprenticeship), skill de-
velopment, and skill improvement programs, as 
well as summer transportation institutes and 
may be transferred to, or administered in part-
nership with, the Secretary of Labor and shall 
demonstrate to the Secretary of Transportation 
program outcomes, including— 
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(i) impact on areas with transpor-
tation workforce shortages; 
(ii) diversity of training participants; 
(iii) number of participants obtaining 
certifications or credentials required for 
specific types of employment; 
(iv) employment outcome metrics, 
such as job placement and job retention 
rates, established in consultation with the 
Secretary of Labor and consistent with 
metrics used by programs under the Work-
force Investment Act; 
(v) to the extent practical, evidence 
that the program did not preclude workers 
that participate in training or apprentice-
ship activities under the program from 
being referred to, or hired on, projects 
funded under this chapter; and 
(vi) identification of areas of collabo-
ration with the Department of Labor pro-
grams, including co-enrollment. 
(B) To be eligible to receive a competitively 
awarded grant under this subsection, a State 
must certify that at least 0.1 percent of the 
amounts apportioned under the Surface Trans-
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portation Program and Bridge Program will be 
obligated in the first fiscal year after the date 
of enactment of this Act for job training activi-
ties consistent with section 140(b) of title 23, 
United States Code. 
(12) 
DISADVANTAGED
BUSINESS
ENTER-
PRISES.—Of the funds provided under this sub-
section, $10,000,000 shall be set aside for training 
programs and assistance programs under section 
140(c) of title 23, United States Code. Funds set 
aside under this paragraph should be allocated to 
businesses that have proven success in adding staff 
while effectively completing projects. 
(13) STATE
PLANNING
AND
OVERSIGHT
EX-
PENSES.—Of amounts apportioned under paragraph 
(4) of this subsection, a State may use up to 0.5 
percent for activities related to projects funded 
under this subsection, including activities eligible 
under sections 134 and 135 of title 23, United 
States Code, State administration of subgrants, and 
State oversight of subrecipients. 
(14) CONDITIONS.— 
(A) Funds made available under this sub-
section shall be administered as if apportioned 
under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, 
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except for funds made available for investments 
in transportation at Indian reservations and 
Federal lands, and for the territorial highway 
program, which shall be administered in accord-
ance with chapter 2 of title 23, United States 
Code, and except for funds made available for 
disadvantaged business enterprises bonding as-
sistance, which shall be administered in accord-
ance with subpart A of part 26 of title 49, Code 
of Federal Regulations. 
(B) Funds made available under this sub-
section shall not be obligated for the purposes 
authorized under section 115(b) of title 23, 
United States Code. 
(C) Funding provided under this sub-
section shall be in addition to any and all funds 
provided for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 in any 
other Act for ‘‘Federal-aid Highways’’ and shall 
not affect the distribution of funds provided for 
‘‘Federal-aid Highways’’ in any other Act. 
(D) Section 1101(b) of Public Law 109–59 
shall apply to funds apportioned under this sub-
section. 
(15) OVERSIGHT.—The Administrator of the 
Federal Highway Administration may set aside up 
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to 0.15 percent of the funds provided under this 
subsection to fund the oversight by the Adminis-
trator of projects and activities carried out with 
funds made available to the Federal Highway Ad-
ministration in this Act, and such funds shall be 
available through September 30, 2018. 
(d) CAPITAL ASSISTANCE FOR HIGH-SPEED RAIL 
CORRIDORS
AND INTERCITY PASSENGER RAIL SERV-
ICE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is made available to 
the Secretary of Transportation $4,000,000,000 for 
grants for high-speed rail projects as authorized 
under sections 26104 and 26106 of title 49, United 
States Code, capital investment grants to support 
intercity passenger rail service as authorized under 
section 24406 of title 49, United States Code, and 
congestion grants as authorized under section 24105 
of title 49, United States Code, and to enter into co-
operative agreements for these purposes as author-
ized, except that the Administrator of the Federal 
Railroad Administration may retain up to one per-
cent of the funds provided under this heading to 
fund the award and oversight by the Administrator 
of grants made under this subsection, which retained 
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amount shall remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2018. 
(2) AVAILABILITY.—The amounts made avail-
able under this subsection shall be available for obli-
gation until the date that is 2 years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. The Secretary shall ob-
ligate amounts totaling not less than 50 percent of 
the funds made available not later that 1 year of the 
date of enactment of this Act and obligate remaining 
amounts not later than 2 years after the date of 
such enactment. 
(3) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share pay-
able of the costs for which a grant or cooperative 
agreements is made under this subsection shall be, 
at the option of the recipient, up to 100 percent. 
(4) INTERIM GUIDANCE.—The Secretary shall 
issue interim guidance to applicants covering appli-
cation procedures and administer the grants pro-
vided under this subsection pursuant to that guid-
ance until final regulations are issued. 
(5) INTERCITY PASSENGER RAIL CORRIDORS.— 
Not less than 85 percent of the funds provided 
under this subsection shall be for cooperative agree-
ments that lead to the development of entire seg-
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ments or phases of intercity or high-speed rail cor-
ridors. 
(6) CONDITIONS.— 
(A) In addition to the provisions of title 
49, United States Code, that apply to each of 
the individual programs funded under this sub-
section, sections 24402(a)(2), 24402(i), and 
24403 (a) and (c) of title 49, United States 
Code, shall also apply to the provision of funds 
provided under this subsection. 
(B) A project need not be in a State rail 
plan developed under chapter 227 of title 49, 
United States Code, to be eligible for assistance 
under this subsection. 
(C) Recipients of grants under this para-
graph shall conduct all procurement trans-
actions using such grant funds in a manner 
that provides full and open competition, as de-
termined by the Secretary, in compliance with 
existing labor agreements. 
(e) CAPITAL GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD 
PASSENGER CORPORATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—There is made available 
$2,000,000,000 to enable the Secretary of Transpor-
tation to make capital grants to the National Rail-
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road Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), as authorized 
by section 101(c) of the Passenger Rail Investment 
and Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110– 
432). 
(2) AVAILABILITY.—The amounts made avail-
able under this subsection shall be available for obli-
gation until the date that is 2 years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. The Secretary shall ob-
ligate amounts totaling not less than 50 percent of 
the funds made available not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act and obligate re-
maining amounts not later than 2 years after date 
of such enactment. 
(3) PROJECT PRIORITY.—The priority for the 
use of funds shall be given to projects for the repair, 
rehabilitation, or upgrade of railroad assets or infra-
structure, and for capital projects that expand pas-
senger rail capacity including the rehabilitation of 
rolling stock. 
(4) CONDITIONS.— 
(A) None of the funds under this sub-
section shall be used to subsidize the operating 
losses of Amtrak. 
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(B) The funds provided under this sub-
section shall be awarded not later than 90 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(C) The Secretary shall take measures to 
ensure that projects funded under this sub-
section shall be completed within 2 years of 
date of enactment of this Act, and shall serve 
to supplement and not supplant planned ex-
penditures for such activities from other Fed-
eral, State, local and corporate sources. The 
Secretary shall certify to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations in writing com-
pliance with the preceding sentence. 
(5) OVERSIGHT.—The Administrator of the 
Federal Railroad Administration may set aside 0.5 
percent of the funds provided under this subsection 
to fund the oversight by the Administrator of 
projects and activities carried out with funds made 
available in this subsection, and such funds shall be 
available through September 30, 2018. 
(f) TRANSIT CAPITAL ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is made available to 
the Secretary of Transportation $3,000,000,000 for 
grants for transit capital assistance grants as de-
fined by section 5302(a)(1) of title 49, United 
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States Code. Notwithstanding any provision of chap-
ter 53 of title 49, a recipient of funding under this 
subsection may use up to 10 percent of the amount 
provided for the operating costs of equipment and 
facilities for use in public transportation or for other 
eligible activities. 
(2) FEDERAL SHARE; LIMITATION ON OBLIGA-
TIONS.—The applicable requirements of chapter 53 
of title 49, United States Code, shall apply to fund-
ing provided under this subsection, except that the 
Federal share of the costs for which any grant is 
made under this subsection shall be, at the option of 
the recipient, up to 100 percent. The amount made 
available under this subsection shall not be subject 
to any limitation on obligations for transit programs 
set forth in any Act or chapter 53 of title 49. 
(3) AVAILABILITY.—The amounts made avail-
able under this subsection shall be available for obli-
gation until the date that is 2 years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. The Secretary shall ob-
ligate amounts totaling not less than 50 percent of 
the funds made available within 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act and obligate remaining 
amounts not later than 2 years after date of such 
enactment. 
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(4) DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.—The Secretary 
of Transportation shall— 
(A) provide 80 percent of the funds appro-
priated under this subsection for grants under 
section 5307 of title 49, United States Code, 
and apportion such funds in accordance with 
section 5336 of such title; 
(B) provide 10 percent of the funds appro-
priated under this subsection in accordance 
with section 5340 of such title; and 
(C) provide 10 percent of the funds appro-
priated under this subsection for grants under 
section 5311 of title 49, United States Code, 
and apportion such funds in accordance with 
such section. 
(5) APPORTIONMENT.—The funds apportioned 
under this subsection shall be apportioned not later 
than 21 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(6) REDISTRIBUTION.— 
(A) The Secretary shall, 180 days after the 
date of apportionment, under this subsection, 
withdraw from each urbanized area or State an 
amount equal to 50 percent of the funds appor-
tioned to such urbanized areas or States less 
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the amount of funding obligated, and the Sec-
retary shall redistribute such amounts to other 
urbanized areas or States that have had no 
funds withdrawn under this proviso utilizing 
whatever method the Secretary considers appro-
priate to ensure that all funds redistributed 
under this proviso shall be utilized promptly. 
(B) One year following the date of appor-
tionment, the Secretary shall withdraw from 
each urbanized area or State any unobligated 
funds, and the Secretary shall redistribute such 
amounts to other urbanized areas or States 
that have had no funds withdrawn under this 
proviso utilizing whatever method the Secretary 
deems appropriate to ensure that all funds re-
distributed under this proviso shall be utilized 
promptly. 
(C) At the request of an urbanized area or 
State, the Secretary of Transportation may pro-
vide an extension of such 1-year period if the 
Secretary determines that the urbanized area or 
State has encountered an unworkable bidding 
environment 
or 
other 
extenuating 
cir-
cumstances. Before granting an extension, the 
Secretary shall notify in writing the Committee 
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