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local government, transit agency, port authority, or a col-
laboration among such entities on a competitive basis for 
projects that will have a significant local or regional im-
pact: Provided further, That projects eligible for funding 
provided under this heading shall include, but not be lim-
ited to, highway or bridge projects eligible under title 23, 
United States Code; public transportation projects eligible 
under chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code; pas-
senger and freight rail transportation projects; and port 
infrastructure investments (including inland port infra-
structure and land ports of entry): Provided further, That 
of the amount made available under this heading, the Sec-
retary may use an amount not to exceed $15,000,000 for 
the planning, preparation or design of projects eligible for 
funding under this heading: Provided further, That grants 
awarded under the previous proviso shall not be subject 
to a minimum grant size: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may use up to 20 percent of the funds made avail-
able under this heading for the purpose of paying the sub-
sidy and administrative costs of projects eligible for Fed-
eral credit assistance under chapter 6 of title 23, United 
States Code, or sections 501 through 504 of the Railroad 
Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public 
Law 94–210), as amended, if the Secretary finds that 
such use of the funds would advance the purposes of this 
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paragraph: Provided further, That in distributing funds 
provided under this heading, the Secretary shall take such 
measures so as to ensure an equitable geographic distribu-
tion of funds, an appropriate balance in addressing the 
needs of urban and rural areas, and the investment in a 
variety of transportation modes: Provided further, That a 
grant funded under this heading shall be not less than 
$5,000,000 and not greater than $25,000,000: Provided 
further, That not more than 10 percent of the funds made 
available under this heading may be awarded to projects 
in a single State: Provided further, That the Federal share 
of the costs for which an expenditure is made under this 
heading shall be, at the option of the recipient, up to 80 
percent: Provided further, That the Secretary shall give 
priority to projects that require a contribution of Federal 
funds in order to complete an overall financing package: 
Provided further, That not less than 30 percent of the 
funds provided under this heading shall be for projects lo-
cated in rural areas: Provided further, That for projects 
located in rural areas, the minimum grant size shall be 
$1,000,000 and the Secretary may increase the Federal 
share of costs above 80 percent: Provided further, That 
projects conducted using funds provided under this head-
ing must comply with the requirements of subchapter IV 
of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code: Provided 
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further, That the Secretary shall conduct a new competi-
tion to select the grants and credit assistance awarded 
under this heading: Provided further, That the Secretary 
may retain up to $25,000,000 of the funds provided under 
this heading, and may transfer portions of those funds to 
the Administrators of the Federal Highway Administra-
tion, the Federal Transit Administration, the Federal 
Railroad Administration, and the Maritime Administra-
tion to fund the award and oversight of grants and credit 
assistance made under the National Infrastructure Invest-
ments program: Provided further, That none of the funds 
provided in the previous proviso may be used to hire addi-
tional personnel: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall consider and award projects based solely on the selec-
tion criteria from the fiscal year 2016 Notice of Funding 
Opportunity: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
not use the Federal share or an applicant’s ability to gen-
erate non-Federal revenue as a selection criteria in award-
ing projects: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
issue the Notice of Funding Opportunity no later than 60 
days after enactment of this Act: Provided further, That 
the Notice of Funding Opportunity shall require applica-
tion submissions 90 days after the publishing of such No-
tice: Provided further, That of the applications submitted 
under the previous two provisos, the Secretary shall make 
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grants no later than 270 days after enactment of this Act 
in such amounts that the Secretary determines: Provided 
further, That such sums provided for national infrastruc-
ture investments for passenger rail transportation projects 
under title I of division C of the Consolidated and Further 
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112– 
55; 125 Stat. 641), shall remain available for expenditure 
through fiscal year 2019 for the liquidation of valid obliga-
tions of active grants incurred in fiscal year 2012: Pro-
vided further, That such sums provided for national infra-
structure investments for port infrastructure projects 
under title VIII of division F of the Consolidated and Fur-
ther Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (Public Law 
113–6; 127 Stat. 432) shall remain available through fis-
cal year 2020 for the liquidation of valid obligations of 
active grants incurred in fiscal year 2013: Provided fur-
ther, That the 2 preceding provisos shall be applied as if 
they were in effect on September 30, 2018: Provided fur-
ther, That after calculating the distribution of obligation 
limitation for Federal-aid highways for fiscal year 2019 
under section 120(a), the obligation limitation shall be re-
duced by $52,000,000 to a total of $45,216,596,000: Pro-
vided further, That the reduction in the preceding proviso 
shall be applied to the obligation limitation determined 
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under section 120(a)(4) for the TIFIA program (as de-
fined in section 601(a) of title 23, 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, $2,987,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CAPITAL 
For necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing 
the Department of Transportation’s financial systems and 
re-engineering business processes, $2,000,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2020. 
CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVES 
For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, 
including necessary upgrades to wide area network and 
information technology infrastructure, improvement of 
network perimeter controls and identity management, 
testing and assessment of information technology against 
business, security, and other requirements, implementa-
tion of Federal cyber security initiatives and information 
infrastructure enhancements, and implementation of en-
hanced security controls on network devices, $15,000,000, 
to remain available through September 30, 2020. 
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OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$9,470,000. 
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND 
DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 
planning, research, systems development, development ac-
tivities, and making grants, $7,879,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 
$1,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses for the Inter-
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 as provided for 
under the previous proviso. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For necessary expenses for operating costs and cap-
ital outlays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed 
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$203,883,000, shall be paid from appropriations made 
available to the Department of Transportation: Provided, 
That such services shall be provided on a competitive basis 
to entities within the Department of Transportation: Pro-
vided further, That the above limitation on operating ex-
penses shall not apply to non-DOT entities: Provided fur-
ther, That no funds appropriated in this Act to an agency 
of the Department shall be transferred to the Working 
Capital Fund 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 
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. 
MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses of the Minority Business Re-
source Center, the provision of financial education out-
reach activities to eligible transportation-related small 
businesses, the monitoring of existing loans in the guaran-
teed loan program, and the modification of such loans of 
the Minority Business Resource Center, $249,000, as au-
thorized by 49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That notwith-
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standing that section, these funds may be for business op-
portunities related to any mode of transportation. 
SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS UTILIZATION AND 
OUTREACH 
For necessary expenses for small and disadvantaged 
business utilization and outreach activities, $3,488,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, 
That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be 
used for business opportunities related to any mode of 
transportation. 
PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
In addition to funds made available from any other 
source to carry out the essential air service program under 
49 U.S.C. 41731 through 41742, $175,000,000, to be de-
rived 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 Secretary may consider the relative 
subsidy requirements of the carriers: Provided further, 
That basic essential air service minimum requirements 
shall not include the 15-passenger capacity requirement 
under subsection 41732(b)(3) of title 49, United States 
Code: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act 
or any other Act shall be used to enter into a new contract 
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with a community located less than 40 miles from the 
nearest small hub airport before the Secretary has nego-
tiated with the community over a local cost share: Pro-
vided further, That amounts authorized to be distributed 
for the essential air service program under subsection 
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 estab-
lished under section 45303 of title 49, United States Code. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—OFFICE OF THE 
SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 101. None of the funds made available in this 
Act to the Department of Transportation may be obligated 
for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation to ap-
prove assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining 
to funds appropriated to the modal administrations in this 
Act, except for activities underway on the date of enact-
ment of this Act, unless such assessments or agreements 
have completed the normal reprogramming process for 
Congressional notification. 
SEC. 102. The Secretary shall post on the Web site 
of the Department of Transportation a schedule of all 
meetings of the Council on Credit and Finance, including 
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the agenda for each meeting, and require the Council on 
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 hereby authorized to provide 
partial or full payments in advance and accept subsequent 
reimbursements from all Federal agencies from available 
funds for transit benefit distribution services that are nec-
essary to carry out the Federal transit pass transportation 
fringe benefit program under Executive Order No. 13150 
and section 3049 of Public Law 109–59: Provided, That 
the Department shall maintain a reasonable operating re-
serve in the Working Capital Fund, to be expended in ad-
vance to provide uninterrupted transit benefits to Govern-
ment employees: Provided further, That such reserve will 
not exceed one month of benefits payable and may be used 
only for the purpose of providing for the continuation of 
transit benefits: Provided further, That the Working Cap-
ital Fund will be fully reimbursed by each customer agen-
cy from available funds for the actual cost of the transit 
benefit. 
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FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration, not otherwise provided for, including oper-
ations 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 aircraft, 
subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold 
to the public, the lease or purchase of passenger motor 
vehicles for replacement only, in addition to amounts made 
available by Public Law 112–95, $10,410,758,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2020, of which 
$9,833,400,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Air-
way Trust Fund, of which not to exceed $7,843,427,000 
shall be available for air traffic organization activities; not 
to exceed $1,334,377,000 shall be available for aviation 
safety activities; not to exceed $24,981,000 shall be avail-
able for commercial space transportation activities; not to 
exceed $816,562,000 shall be available for finance and 
management activities; not to exceed $61,796,000 shall be 
available for NextGen and operations planning activities; 
not to exceed $114,312,000 shall be available for security 
and hazardous materials safety; and not to exceed 
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$215,303,000 shall be available for staff offices: Provided, 
That not to exceed 5 percent of any budget activity, except 
for aviation safety budget activity, may be transferred to 
any budget activity under this heading: Provided further, 
That no transfer may increase or decrease any appropria-
tion by more than 5 percent: Provided further, That any 
transfer in excess of 5 percent shall be treated as a re-
programming of funds under section 405 of this Act and 
shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: 
Provided further, That not later than March 31 of each 
fiscal year hereafter, the Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration shall transmit to Congress an an-
nual update to the report submitted to Congress in De-
cember 2004 pursuant to section 221 of Public Law 108– 
176: Provided further, That the amount herein appro-
priated shall be reduced by $100,000 for each day after 
March 31 that such report has not been submitted to the 
Congress: Provided further, That not later than March 31 
of each fiscal year hereafter, the Administrator shall 
transmit to Congress a companion report that describes 
a comprehensive strategy for staffing, hiring, and training 
flight standards and aircraft certification staff in a format 
similar to the one utilized for the controller staffing plan, 
including stated attrition estimates and numerical hiring 
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goals by fiscal year: Provided further, That the amount 
herein appropriated shall be reduced by $100,000 per day 
for each day after March 31 that such report has not been 
submitted to Congress: Provided further, That funds may 
be used to enter into a grant agreement with a nonprofit 
standard-setting organization to assist in the development 
of aviation safety standards: Provided further, That none 
of the funds in this Act shall be available for new appli-
cants for the second career training program: Provided 
further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for the Federal Aviation Administration 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 off-
setting collections, funds received from States, counties, 
municipalities, foreign authorities, other public authori-
ties, and private sources for expenses incurred in the pro-
vision of agency services, including receipts for the mainte-
nance and operation of air navigation facilities, and for 
issuance, renewal or modification of certificates, including 
airman, aircraft, and repair station certificates, or for 
tests related thereto, or for processing major repair or al-
teration forms: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated under this heading, not less than $168,000,000 
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shall be used to fund direct operations of the current 254 
air traffic control towers in the contract tower program, 
including the contract tower cost share program, and any 
airport that is currently qualified or that will qualify for 
the program during the fiscal year: Provided further, That 
none of the funds in this Act for aeronautical charting 
and cartography are available for activities conducted by, 
or coordinated through, the Working Capital Fund: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this Act or any other Act may 
be used to eliminate the Contract Weather Observers pro-
gram at any airport: Provided further, That of the amount 
appropriated under this heading, up to $6,000,000 shall 
be used for providing matching funds to qualified commer-
cial entities seeking to demonstrate or validate tech-
nologies that the Federal Aviation Administration con-
siders essential to the safe integration of unmanned air-
craft systems (UAS) in the National Airspace System at 
Federal Aviation Administration designated UAS test 
sites: Provided further, That not later than 60 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 
the Federal Aviation Administration shall identify essen-
tial integration technologies that could be demonstrated 
or validated at test sites designated in accordance with 
the preceding proviso. 
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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 
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 available under this head-
ing, including aircraft for aviation regulation and certifi-
cation; to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust 
Fund, $3,000,000,000, of which $512,823,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2020, $2,362,977,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2021, and 
$124,200,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That there may be credited to this appropriation 
funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other 
public authorities, and private sources, for expenses in-
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curred in the establishment, improvement, and moderniza-
tion of national airspace systems: Provided further, That 
no later than March 31, the Secretary of Transportation 
shall transmit to the Congress an investment plan for the 
Federal Aviation Administration which includes funding 
for each budget line item for fiscal years 2020 through 
2024, with total funding for each year of the plan con-
strained to the funding targets for those years as esti-
mated and approved by the Office of Management and 
Budget. 
RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
for research, engineering, and development, as authorized 
under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States 
Code, including construction of experimental facilities and 
acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant, 
$191,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund and to remain available until September 30, 
2021: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro-
priation as offsetting collections, funds received from 
States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, 
and private sources, which shall be available for expenses 
incurred for research, engineering, and development. 
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