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SEC. 239. (a) Amounts made available under the 
heading ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment—Community Planning and Development—Commu-
nity Development Fund’’ in chapter 9 of title X of the 
Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 (Public Law 
113–2, division A; 127 Stat. 36) shall remain available 
through September 30, 2025 for the liquidation of valid 
obligations of such funding. 
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the 
case of any grantee of funds referred to in subsection (a) 
of this section that provides assistance that duplicates 
benefits available to a person for the same purpose from 
another source, the grantee itself shall— 
(1) be subject to remedies for noncompliance; or 
(2) bear responsibility for absorbing such cost 
of duplicative benefits and returning an amount 
equal to any duplicative benefits paid to the grant-
ee’s funds available for use under such heading, un-
less the Secretary, upon the request of a grantee 
issues a public determination by publication in the 
Federal Register that it is not in the best interest 
of the Federal Government to pursue such remedies. 
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
grantee of funds referred to in subsection (a) of this sec-
tion may request a waiver from the Secretary of Housing
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and Urban Development of any recoupment by the Sec-
retary of such funds for amounts owed by persons who 
have received such assistance from such funds and who 
have been defrauded, or after receiving assistance, have 
filed for bankruptcy, gone through a foreclosure procedure 
on property that received such assistance, or are deceased. 
If the grantee self-certifies to the Secretary in such re-
quest that it has verified that the individual conditions of 
each person it is requesting a waiver for meets one of the 
conditions specified in the preceding sentence, the Sec-
retary may grant such waivers on the basis of grantee self- 
certification, issue a public determination by publication 
in the Federal Register that it is not in the best interest 
of the Federal Government to pursue such recoupment, 
and may conduct oversight to verify grantee self-certifi-
cation and subject the grantee to remedies for noncompli-
ance for any amounts that have not met such require-
ments. 
(d) Amounts repurposed pursuant to this section that 
were previously designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated by 
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2021’’. 
TITLE III 
RELATED AGENCIES 
ACCESS BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Access Board, as au-
thorized by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 
(29 U.S.C. 792), $9,200,000: Provided, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, there may be credited 
to this appropriation funds received for publications and 
training expenses. 
FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime 
Commission as authorized by section 201(d) of the Mer-
chant Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. 307), including serv-
ices as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 
section 1343(b) of title 31, United States Code; and uni-
forms or allowances therefore, as authorized by sections 
5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code, 
$29,800,000: Provided, That not to exceed $5,000 shall 
be for official reception and representation expenses.
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NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation 
to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act 
of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 3), $26,248,000: Provided, That 
the Inspector General shall have all necessary authority, 
in carrying out the duties specified in such Act, to inves-
tigate allegations of fraud, including false statements to 
the Government under section 1001 of title 18, United 
States Code, by any person or entity that is subject to 
regulation by the National Railroad Passenger Corpora-
tion: Provided further, That the Inspector General may 
enter into contracts and other arrangements for audits, 
studies, analyses, and other services with public agencies 
and with private persons, subject to the applicable laws 
and regulations that govern the obtaining of such services 
within the National Railroad Passenger Corporation: Pro-
vided further, That the Inspector General may select, ap-
point, and employ such officers and employees as may be 
necessary for carrying out the functions, powers, and du-
ties of the Office of Inspector General, subject to the appli-
cable laws and regulations that govern such selections, ap-
pointments, and employment within the National Railroad
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Passenger Corporation: Provided further, That concurrent 
with the President’s budget request for fiscal year 2022, 
the Inspector General shall submit to the House and Sen-
ate Committees on Appropriations a budget request for 
fiscal year 2022 in similar format and substance to budget 
requests submitted by executive agencies of the Federal 
Government. 
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Transpor-
tation Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles and aircraft; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per 
diem rate equivalent to the rate for a GS–15; uniforms, 
or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902), $118,400,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 
may be used for official reception and representation ex-
penses. The amounts made available to the National 
Transportation Safety Board in this Act include amounts 
necessary to make lease payments on an obligation in-
curred in fiscal year 2001 for a capital lease.
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NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION 
PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT 
CORPORATION 
For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cor-
poration for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, 
as authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corpora-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 8101–8107), $208,500,000, of which 
$5,000,000 shall be for a multi-family rental housing pro-
gram: Provided, That of the total amount made available 
under this heading, $25,000,000 shall be for competitive 
grants to: redevelop abandoned or distressed properties; 
provide homeownership and financing assistance to house-
holds with income of not more than 120 percent of the 
area median income; purchase properties that are aban-
doned or distressed to sell, rent, or redevelop; establish 
or operate land banks to acquire, redevelop, or sell prop-
erties that are abandoned or distressed; demolish aban-
doned or distressed structures, as part of a redevelopment 
effort to increase affordable rental and owner-occupied 
housing; or engage in community development activities 
in areas with high rates of abandoned or distressed prop-
erties.
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Surface Transpor-
tation Board, including services authorized by section 
3109 of title 5, United States Code, $37,500,000: Pro-
vided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
not to exceed $1,250,000 from fees established by the Sur-
face Transportation Board shall be credited to this appro-
priation as offsetting collections and used for necessary 
and authorized expenses under this heading: Provided fur-
ther, That the amounts made available under this heading 
from the general fund shall be reduced on a dollar-for- 
dollar basis as such offsetting collections are received dur-
ing fiscal year 2021, to result in a final appropriation from 
the general fund estimated at not more than $36,250,000. 
UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON 
HOMELESSNESS 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses (including payment of sala-
ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
and rental of conference rooms) of the United States 
Interagency Council on Homelessness in carrying out the 
functions pursuant to title II of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11311 et. seq.), as 
amended, $3,800,000, to remain available until September
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30, 2022: Provided, That not more than $15,000 may be 
used for travel expenses by the Executive Director: Pro-
vided further, That the Executive Director may not engage 
in any official travel except for travel paid out of such 
amounts: Provided further, That no funds may be used 
to promote homelessness interventions unless those inter-
ventions include support for evidence-based interventions 
including the Housing First model and Permanent Sup-
portive Housing. 
TITLE IV 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 
SEC. 401. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 
expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 
intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings 
funded in this Act. 
SEC. 402. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria-
tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 403. The expenditure of any appropriation 
under this Act for any consulting service through a pro-
curement contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code, shall be limited to those contracts 
where such expenditures are a matter of public record and
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available for public inspection, except where otherwise pro-
vided under existing law, or under existing Executive order 
issued pursuant to existing law. 
SEC. 404. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be obligated or expended for any employee 
training that— 
(1) does not meet identified needs for knowl-
edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the 
performance of official duties; 
(2) contains elements likely to induce high lev-
els of emotional response or psychological stress in 
some participants; 
(3) does not require prior employee notification 
of the content and methods to be used in the train-
ing and written end of course evaluation; 
(4) contains any methods or content associated 
with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 
‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Em-
ployment 
Opportunity 
Commission 
Notice 
N– 
915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or 
(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par-
ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the 
workplace.
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(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 
otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 
bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 
SEC. 405. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 
none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by pre-
vious appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities fund-
ed in this Act that remain available for obligation or ex-
penditure in fiscal year 2021, or provided from any ac-
counts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 
and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure through a re-
programming of funds that— 
(1) creates a new program; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel for any pro-
gram, project, or activity for which funds have been 
denied or restricted by the Congress; 
(4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific 
activity by either the House or Senate Committees 
on Appropriations for a different purpose; 
(5) augments existing programs, projects, or ac-
tivities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, which-
ever is less;
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(6) reduces existing programs, projects, or ac-
tivities by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 
less; or 
(7) creates, reorganizes, or restructures a 
branch, division, office, bureau, board, commission, 
agency, administration, or department different from 
the budget justifications submitted to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations or the table accompanying 
the report accompanying this Act, whichever is more 
detailed, unless prior approval is received from the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided, That not later than 60 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, each agency funded by this 
Act shall submit a report to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the Senate and of the House of Rep-
resentatives to establish the baseline for application 
of reprogramming and transfer authorities for the 
current fiscal year: Provided further, That the report 
shall include— 
(A) a table for each appropriation with a 
separate column to display the prior year en-
acted level, the President’s budget request, ad-
justments made by Congress, adjustments due 
to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 
fiscal year enacted level;
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(B) a delineation in the table for each ap-
propriation and its respective prior year enacted 
level by object class and program, project, and 
activity as detailed in this Act, the table accom-
panying the report accompanying this Act, ac-
companying reports of the House and Senate 
Committee on Appropriations, or in the budget 
appendix for the respective appropriations, 
whichever is more detailed, and shall apply to 
all items for which a dollar amount is specified 
and to all programs for which new budget 
(obligational) authority is provided, as well as 
to discretionary grants and discretionary grant 
allocations; and 
(C) an identification of items of special 
congressional interest. 
SEC. 406. Except as otherwise specifically provided 
by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 
remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2021 from 
appropriations made available for salaries and expenses 
for fiscal year 2021 in this Act, shall remain available 
through September 30, 2022, for each such account for 
the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall 
be submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations for approval prior to the expenditure of such
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funds: Provided further, That these requests shall be made 
in compliance with reprogramming guidelines under sec-
tion 405 of this Act. 
SEC. 407. No funds in this Act may be used to sup-
port any Federal, State, or local projects that seek to use 
the power of eminent domain, unless eminent domain is 
employed only for a public use: Provided, That for pur-
poses of this section, public use shall not be construed to 
include economic development that primarily benefits pri-
vate entities: Provided further, That any use of funds for 
mass transit, railroad, airport, seaport or highway 
projects, as well as utility projects which benefit or serve 
the general public (including energy-related, communica-
tion-related, water-related and wastewater-related infra-
structure), other structures designated for use by the gen-
eral public or which have other common-carrier or public- 
utility functions that serve the general public and are sub-
ject to regulation and oversight by the government, and 
projects for the removal of an immediate threat to public 
health and safety or brownfields as defined in the Small 
Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization 
Act (Public Law 107–118) shall be considered a public 
use for purposes of eminent domain. 
SEC. 408. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
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strumentality of the United States Government, except 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 409. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person 
filling a position, other than a temporary position, for-
merly held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed 
Forces of the United States and has satisfactorily com-
pleted his or her period of active military or naval service, 
and has within 90 days after his or her release from such 
service or from hospitalization continuing after discharge 
for a period of not more than 1 year, made application 
for restoration to his or her former position and has been 
certified by the Office of Personnel Management as still 
qualified to perform the duties of his or her former posi-
tion and has not been restored thereto. 
SEC. 410. No funds appropriated pursuant to this 
Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees 
that in expending the assistance the entity will comply 
with sections 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 
(41 U.S.C. 8301–8305, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy 
American Act’’). 
SEC. 411. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act shall be made available to any
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person or entity that has been convicted of violating the 
Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 8301–8305). 
SEC. 412. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for first-class airline accommodations in 
contravention of sections 301–10.122 and 301–10.123 of 
title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 413. (a) None of the funds made available by 
this Act may be used to approve a new foreign air carrier 
permit under sections 41301 through 41305 of title 49, 
United States Code, or exemption application under sec-
tion 40109 of that title of an air carrier already holding 
an air operators certificate issued by a country that is 
party to the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport 
Agreement where such approval would contravene United 
States law or Article 17 bis of the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Nor-
way Air Transport Agreement. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict or 
otherwise preclude the Secretary of Transportation from 
granting a foreign air carrier permit or an exemption to 
such an air carrier where such authorization is consistent 
with the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agree-
ment and United States law. 
SEC. 414. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend-
ance of more than 50 employees of a single agency or de-
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partment of the United States Government, who are sta-
tioned in the United States, at any single international 
conference unless the relevant Secretary reports to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations at least 
5 days in advance that such attendance is important to 
the national interest: Provided, That for purposes of this 
section the term ‘‘international conference’’ shall mean a 
conference occurring outside of the United States attended 
by representatives of the United States Government and 
of foreign governments, international organizations, or 
nongovernmental organizations. 
SEC. 415. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available under this Act may be used by the 
Surface Transportation Board to charge or collect any fil-
ing fee for rate or practice complaints filed with the Board 
in an amount in excess of the amount authorized for dis-
trict court civil suit filing fees under section 1914 of title 
28, United States Code. 
SEC. 416. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Department of Transportation, 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development, or 
any other Federal agency to lease or purchase new light 
duty vehicles for any executive fleet, or for an agency’s 
fleet inventory, except in accordance with Presidential
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Memorandum—Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 
24, 2011. 
SEC. 417. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
network unless such network blocks the viewing, 
downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, Tribal, or local 
law enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out 
criminal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activi-
ties. 
SEC. 418. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to deny an Inspector General funded 
under this Act timely access to any records, documents, 
or other materials available to the department or agency 
over which that Inspector General has responsibilities 
under the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), 
or to prevent or impede that Inspector General’s access 
to such records, documents, or other materials, under any 
provision of law, except a provision of law that expressly 
refers to the Inspector General and expressly limits the 
Inspector General’s right of access. 
(b) A department or agency covered by this section 
shall provide its Inspector General with access to all such
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records, documents, and other materials in a timely man-
ner. 
(c) Each Inspector General shall ensure compliance 
with statutory limitations on disclosure relevant to the in-
formation provided by the establishment over which that 
Inspector General has responsibilities under the Inspector 
General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 
(d) Each Inspector General covered by this section 
shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate within 5 cal-
endar days any failures to comply with this requirement. 
SEC. 419. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to pay award 
or incentive fees for contractors whose performance has 
been judged to be below satisfactory, behind schedule, over 
budget, or has failed to meet the basic requirements of 
a contract, unless the Agency determines that any such 
deviations are due to unforeseeable events, government- 
driven scope changes, or are not significant within the 
overall scope of the project and/or program unless such 
awards or incentive fees are consistent with 16.401(e)(2) 
of the Federal Acquisition Regulations. 
SEC. 420. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 2635.702 of 
title 5, Code of Federal Regulations.
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SEC. 421. (a) For the duration of the national emer-
gency declared by the President under the National Emer-
gencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) related to the pan-
demic of SARS–CoV–2 or coronavirus disease 2019 
(COVID–19), an air carrier operating under part 121 of 
title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, shall— 
(1) require each passenger and cabin crew-
member to wear a mask or protective face covering 
while on board an aircraft of the air carrier; 
(2) require each flight crewmember to wear a 
mask or protective face covering while on board an 
aircraft but outside the flight deck; 
(3) submit to the Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration a proposal to permit flight 
crew members of the air carrier to wear a mask or 
protective face covering while at their stations in the 
flight deck, including a safety risk assessment with 
respect to such proposal; 
(4) provide flight and cabin crewmembers, air-
port customer service agents, and other employees 
whose job responsibilities involve interaction with 
passengers with masks or protective face coverings, 
gloves, and hand sanitizer and wipes with sufficient 
alcohol content;
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(5) ensure aircraft, including the cockpit and 
cabin, operated by such carrier are cleaned, dis-
infected, and sanitized after each use in accordance 
with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
guidance; 
(6) ensure enclosed facilities owned, operated, 
or used by such air carrier, including facilities used 
for flight or cabin crewmember training or perform-
ance of indoor maintenance, repair, or overhaul 
work, are cleaned, disinfected, and sanitized fre-
quently in accordance with Centers for Disease Con-
trol and Prevention guidance; 
(7) provide air carrier employees whose job re-
sponsibilities involve cleaning, disinfecting, and sani-
tizing aircraft or enclosed facilities described in 
paragraphs (5) and (6) with masks or protective 
face coverings and gloves, and ensure that each con-
tractor of the air carrier provides employees of such 
contractor with such materials; and 
(8) establish guidelines, or adhere to applicable 
guidelines, for notifying employees of a confirmed 
COVID–19 diagnosis of an employee of such air car-
rier and for identifying other air carrier employees 
whom such employee contacted in the 48-hour period 
before the employee developed symptoms.
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(b)(1) IN GENERAL.—For the duration of the na-
tional emergency declared by the President under the Na-
tional Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) related 
to the pandemic of SARS–CoV–2 or coronavirus disease 
(COVID–19), Amtrak shall— 
(A) require each passenger and employee of 
Amtrak, including engineers, conductors, and on-
board service workers, to wear a mask or other pro-
tective face covering while onboard an Amtrak train; 
(B) take such actions as are reasonable to en-
sure passenger compliance with the requirement 
under subparagraph (A); 
(C) provide masks or protective face coverings, 
gloves, and hand sanitizer and sanitizing wipes with 
sufficient alcohol content to— 
(i) conductors, engineers, and onboard 
service workers; 
(ii) ticket agents, station agents, and red 
cap agents; and 
(iii) any other employees whose job respon-
sibilities include interaction with passengers; 
(D) ensure Amtrak trains, including the loco-
motive cab and passenger cars, are cleaned, dis-
infected, and sanitized frequently in accordance with 
guidance issued by the Centers for Disease Control
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and Prevention and ensure that employees whose job 
responsibilities include such cleaning, disinfecting, or 
sanitizing are provided masks or protective face cov-
erings and gloves; 
(E) ensure stations and enclosed facilities that 
Amtrak owns and operates including facilities used 
for training or the performance of indoor mainte-
nance, repair, or overhaul work, are cleaned, dis-
infected, and sanitized frequently in accordance with 
guidance issued by the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention and ensure that employees whose job 
responsibilities include such cleaning, disinfecting, or 
sanitizing are provided masks or protective face cov-
erings and gloves; 
(F) take such actions as are reasonable to en-
sure that stations or facilities served or used by Am-
trak that Amtrak does not own are cleaned, dis-
infected, and sanitized frequently in accordance with 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guid-
ance; 
(G) ensure that each contractor of Amtrak pro-
vides masks or protective face coverings and gloves 
to employees of such contractor whose job respon-
sibilities include those described in subparagraphs 
(D) and (E); and
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(H) establish guidelines, or adhere to existing 
applicable guidelines, for notifying employees of a 
confirmed diagnosis of COVID–19 of an employee of 
Amtrak. 
(2) AVAILABILITY.—If Amtrak is unable to acquire 
any of the items necessary to comply with subparagraphs 
(C), (D), and (E) of paragraph (1) due to market unavail-
ability, Amtrak shall— 
(A) prepare and make public documentation 
demonstrating what actions have been taken to ac-
quire such items; and 
(B) continue efforts to acquire such items until 
such items become available. 
(c)(1) IN GENERAL.—For the duration of the na-
tional emergency declared by the President under the Na-
tional Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) related 
to the pandemic of SARS–CoV–2 or coronavirus disease 
2019 (COVID–19), recipients of funds under section 5307 
of title 49, United States Code, that serve an urbanized 
area with a population of at least 500,000 individuals and 
that provided a minimum of 20,000,000 unlinked pas-
senger trips in the most recent year for which data is 
available shall—
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(A) require each passenger to wear a mask or 
protective face covering while on board a public 
transportation vehicle; 
(B) provide masks or protective face coverings, 
gloves, and hand santizer and wipes with sufficient 
alcohol content to operators, station managers, and 
other employees or contractors whose job respon-
sibilities include interaction with passengers; 
(C) ensure public transportation vehicles oper-
ated by such public transportation provider are 
cleaned, disinfected, and sanitized frequently in ac-
cordance with Centers for Disease Control and Pre-
vention guidance and ensure that employees or con-
tractors whose job responsibilities involve such clean-
ing, disinfecting, or sanitizing are provided masks or 
protective face coverings and gloves; 
(D) ensure stations and enclosed facilities 
owned, operated, or used by such public transpor-
tation provider, including facilities used for training 
or performance of indoor maintenance, repair, or 
overhaul work, are cleaned, disinfected, and sani-
tized frequently in accordance with Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention guidance and ensure 
that employees or contractors whose job responsibil-
ities include such cleaning, disinfecting, or sanitizing
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are provided masks or other protective face cov-
erings and gloves; and 
(E) establish guidelines, or adhere to applicable 
guidelines, for notifying employees of a confirmed 
COVID–19 diagnosis of an employee of such public 
transportation provider. 
(2) IMPLEMENTATION.—The implementation of the 
requirement under paragraph (1)(A) shall be carried out 
in a manner determined by the provider of public trans-
portation. 
(3) AVAILABILITY.—If a provider of public transpor-
tation is unable to acquire a subparagraph (B), (C), or 
(D) of paragraph (1) due to market unavailability, such 
provider shall— 
(A) prepare and make public documentation 
demonstrating what actions have been taken to ac-
quire such items; and 
(B) continue efforts to acquire such items until 
they become available.
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TITLE V 
ADDITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS 
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘National Infrastruc-
ture Investments’’, $3,000,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2022: Provided, That such additional 
amount shall be subject to the provisions under this head-
ing in title I of this Act, except as modified by this heading 
in this title: Provided further, That of the amounts made 
available under this heading in this title, the Secretary 
shall use an amount not less than $60,000,000 for the 
planning, preparation, or design of projects eligible for 
amounts made available under this heading in this title, 
with an emphasis on transit, transit oriented development, 
and multimodal projects: Provided further, That grants 
awarded under the preceding proviso shall not be subject 
to a minimum grant size: Provided further, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading in this title, 
the Secretary shall use an amount not less than 
$300,000,000 for eligible projects located in or to directly 
benefit areas of persistent poverty: Provided further, That 
a grant award under this heading in this title shall be not
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less 
than 
$20,000,000 
and 
not 
greater 
than 
$300,000,000: Provided further, That not more than 20 
percent of the amounts made available under this heading 
in this title may be awarded to projects in a single State 
that are not port infrastructure investments (including in-
land port infrastructure and land ports of entry): Provided 
further, That an award under this heading in this title is 
an urban award if it is to a project located within or on 
the boundary of an urbanized area, as designated by the 
Bureau of the Census, that had a population greater than 
250,000 in the 2010 decennial census: Provided further, 
That for the purpose of determining if an award for plan-
ning, preparation, or design is an urban award, the project 
location is the location of the project being planned, pre-
pared, or designed: Provided further, That for the purpose 
of determining if an award for eligible projects located in 
or to directly benefit areas of persistent poverty is an 
urban award, the project location is the location of the 
eligible project in or to directly benefit areas of persistent 
poverty: Provided further, That each award under this 
heading in this title that is not an urban award is a rural 
award: Provided further, That of the amounts awarded 
under this heading in this title, 60 percent shall be award-
ed as urban awards and 40 percent shall be awarded as 
rural awards: Provided further, That for rural awards and
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awards for eligible projects located in or to directly benefit 
areas of persistent poverty, the minimum grant size shall 
be $5,000,000 and the Secretary may increase the Federal 
share of costs above 80 percent: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may retain up to $30,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2023, of the amounts made 
available under this heading in this title, and may transfer 
portions of such amounts to the Administrators of the 
Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Transit Ad-
ministration, the Federal Railroad Administration, and 
the Maritime Administration to fund the award and over-
sight of grants and credit assistance made under the na-
tional infrastructure investments program: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall issue the Notice of Funding 
Opportunity for amounts made available under this head-
ing in this title not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That such No-
tice of Funding Opportunity shall require application sub-
missions 90 days after the publishing of such Notice: Pro-
vided further, That of the applications submitted under the 
preceding two provisos, the Secretary shall make grants 
not later than 390 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act in such amounts that the Secretary determines: 
Provided further, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant
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to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Cyber Security Initia-
tives’’, $10,500,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2022: Provided, That such amount is designated by 
the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 
FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Facilities and Equip-
ment’’, $500,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2023: Provided, That amounts made available under 
this heading in this title shall be derived from the general 
fund: Provided further, That funding provided under this 
heading shall be used to make improvements (including 
activities that improve water and energy efficiency or re-
duce the risk of harm to occupants or property from nat-
ural hazards) or to replace air route traffic control centers, 
air traffic control towers, terminal radar approach control 
facilities, and navigation and landing equipment: Provided 
further, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
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tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS 
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 and subchapter 1 of chapter 475 of title 49, 
United States Code, $2,500,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2023: Provided, That amounts made 
available under this heading in this title shall be derived 
from the general fund, and such funds shall not be subject 
to apportionment formulas, special apportionment cat-
egories, or minimum percentages under such chapter 471: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall distribute funds 
provided under this heading as discretionary grants to air-
ports: Provided further, That the amount made available 
under this heading in this title 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 not 
less than $250,000,000 of the grants awarded under this 
heading in this title shall be for airport sustainability ac-
tivities focused on reducing energy consumption, noise im-
pacts, waste, and pollution or improving water quality, 
community relations, and wildlife compatibility: Provided 
further, That priority consideration shall be based on
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project justification and completeness of pre-grant actions: 
Provided further, That the Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration may retain up to 0.1 percent of 
the funds provided under this heading in this title to fund 
the award and oversight by the Administrator of grants 
made under this heading: Provided further, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 
CONSOLIDATED RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY 
IMPROVEMENTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Consolidated Rail In-
frastructure and Safety Improvements’’, $5,000,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2022: Provided, 
That such additional amount shall be subject to the provi-
sions under this heading in title I of this Act, except as 
modified by this heading in this title: Provided further, 
That of the amounts made available under this heading 
in this title— 
(1) not less than $1,500,000,000 shall be for 
projects eligible under section 22907(c) of title 49, 
United States Code; and
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(2) not less than $3,500,000,000 shall be for 
projects 
eligible 
under 
sections 
22907(c)(2), 
22907(c)(3), 22907(c)(4), and 22907(c)(9) of title 
49, United States Code, that contribute to the devel-
opment, initiation, expansion, or restoration of inter-
city passenger rail service including alignments for 
existing routes: Provided, That amounts made avail-
able in this paragraph shall be for such eligible 
projects with a total project cost greater than 
$500,000,000: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing section 22907(g)(1) of title 49, United 
States Code, not more than 25 percent of the 
amounts made available in this paragraph shall be 
for such eligible projects in rural areas: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall issue the Notice 
of Funding Opportunity for amounts made available under 
this heading in this title not later than 150 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That 
such Notice of Funding Opportunity shall require applica-
tion submissions 90 days after the publishing of such No-
tice: Provided further, That the Secretary shall announce 
the selection of projects to receive awards for amounts 
made available under this heading in this title not later 
than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act: Pro-
vided further, That such amount is designated by the Con-