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Kabul, Afghanistan that are accessible to both 
women and men in a coeducational environ-
ment, including for the costs for operations and 
security for such institutions; 
(C) shall be made available for programs 
that protect and strengthen the rights of Afghan 
women and girls and promote the political and 
economic empowerment of women including their 
meaningful inclusion in political processes: Pro-
vided, That such assistance to promote the eco-
nomic empowerment of women shall be made 
available as grants to Afghan organizations, to 
the maximum extent practicable; and 
(D) may not be made available for any pro-
gram, project, or activity pursuant to section 
7044(a)(1)(C) of the Department of State, For-
eign Operations, and Related Programs Appro-
priations Act, 2019 (division F of Public Law 
116–6). 
(2) AFGHAN WOMEN.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State 
shall promote the meaningful participation of 
Afghan women in ongoing peace and reconcili-
ation processes in Afghanistan in a manner con-
sistent with the Women, Peace, and Security Act
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of 2017 (Public Law 115–68), including advo-
cacy for the inclusion of Afghan women leaders 
in ongoing and future dialogue and negotiations 
and efforts to ensure that any peace agreement 
reached with the Taliban protects the rights of 
women and girls and ensures their freedom of 
movement, rights to education and work, and ac-
cess to healthcare and legal representation. 
(B) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act and prior Acts making appropriations 
for the Department of State, foreign operations, 
and related programs under the heading ‘‘Eco-
nomic Support Fund’’ shall be made available 
for an endowment pursuant to paragraph 
(3)(A)(iv) of this subsection for an institution of 
higher education in Kabul, Afghanistan that is 
accessible to both women and men in a coeduca-
tional environment: Provided, That such endow-
ment shall be established in partnership with a 
United States-based American higher education 
institution that will serve on its board of trust-
ees: Provided further, That prior to the obliga-
tion of funds for such an endowment, the Admin-
istrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development shall submit a report to
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the Committees on Appropriations describing the 
governance structure, including a proposed board 
of trustees, and financial safeguards, including 
regular audit and reporting requirements, in 
any endowment agreement: Provided further, 
That the USAID Administrator shall provide a 
report on the expenditure of funds generated 
from such an endowment to the Committees on 
Appropriations on an annual basis. 
(3) AUTHORITIES.— 
(A) Funds appropriated by this Act under 
titles III through VI that are made available for 
assistance for Afghanistan may be made avail-
able— 
(i) notwithstanding section 7012 of 
this Act or any similar provision of law 
and section 660 of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961; 
(ii) for reconciliation programs and 
disarmament, 
demobilization, 
and 
re-
integration activities for former combatants 
who have renounced violence against the 
Government of Afghanistan, including in 
accordance with section 7046(a)(2)(B)(ii) of 
the Department of State, Foreign Oper-
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ations, and Related Programs Appropria-
tions Act, 2012 (division I of Public Law 
112–74); 
(iii) for an endowment to empower 
women and girls; and 
(iv) for an endowment for higher edu-
cation. 
(B) Section 7046(a)(2)(A) of the Depart-
ment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act, 2012 (division I 
of Public Law 112–74) shall apply to funds ap-
propriated by this Act for assistance for Afghani-
stan. 
(C) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, up 
to $3,000,000 may be transferred to any other 
appropriation of any department or agency of 
the United States Government, upon the concur-
rence of the head of such department or agency, 
to support operations in, and assistance for, Af-
ghanistan and to carry out the provisions of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided, That 
any such transfer shall be subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Ap-
propriations.
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(4) AGREEMENT
AND
CERTIFICATION.—Funds 
appropriated by this Act shall be made available for 
the following purposes— 
(A) the submission to the appropriate con-
gressional committees by the President of a copy 
of any agreement or arrangement between the 
Government of the United States and the 
Taliban relating to the United States presence in 
Afghanistan or Taliban commitments on the fu-
ture of Afghanistan, which shall be submitted not 
later than 30 days after finalizing such an 
agreement or arrangement; and 
(B) the submission to the appropriate con-
gressional committees of a joint certification by 
the Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense 
that such agreement or arrangement will further 
the objective of setting conditions for the long- 
term defeat of al Qaeda and Islamic State and 
will not make the United States more vulnerable 
to terrorist attacks originating from Afghanistan 
or supported by terrorist elements in Afghani-
stan. 
(5) BASING RIGHTS AGREEMENT.—None of the 
funds made available by this Act may be used by the 
United States Government to enter into a permanent
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basing rights agreement between the United States 
and Afghanistan. 
(b) BANGLADESH.—Of the funds appropriated under 
titles III and IV of this Act, not less than $198,323,000 
shall be made available for assistance for Bangladesh, of 
which— 
(1) not less than $23,500,000 shall be made 
available to address the needs of communities im-
pacted by refugees from Burma; 
(2) not less than $10,000,000 shall be made 
available for programs to protect freedom of expres-
sion and due process of law; and 
(3) not less than $23,300,000 shall be made 
available for democracy programs, of which not less 
than $2,000,000 shall be made available for such pro-
grams for the Rohingya community in Bangladesh. 
(c) NEPAL.— 
(1) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated 
under titles III and IV of this Act, not less than 
$130,265,000 shall be made available for assistance 
for Nepal, including for earthquake recovery and re-
construction programs and democracy programs. 
(2) FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM.— 
Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ shall only be
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made available for humanitarian and disaster relief 
and reconstruction activities in Nepal, and in sup-
port of international peacekeeping operations: Pro-
vided, That such funds may only be made available 
for any additional uses if the Secretary of State cer-
tifies and reports to the Committees on Appropria-
tions that the Government of Nepal is investigating 
and prosecuting violations of human rights and the 
laws of war, and the Nepal Army is cooperating fully 
with civilian judicial authorities in such cases. 
(d) PAKISTAN.— 
(1) TERMS
AND
CONDITIONS.—The terms and 
conditions of section 7044(c) of the Department of 
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Ap-
propriations Act, 2019 (division F of Public Law 
116–6) shall continue in effect during fiscal year 
2020. 
(2) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated 
under title III of this Act that are made available for 
assistance for Pakistan, not less than $15,000,000 
shall be made available for democracy programs and 
not less than $10,000,000 shall be made available for 
gender programs. 
(e) SRI LANKA.—
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(1) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated under 
title III of this Act shall be made available for assist-
ance for Sri Lanka for democracy and economic de-
velopment programs, particularly in areas recovering 
from ethnic and religious conflict: Provided, That 
such funds shall be made available for programs to 
assist in the identification and resolution of cases of 
missing persons. 
(2) CERTIFICATION.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act for assistance for the central Government of 
Sri Lanka, except for funds made available for hu-
manitarian assistance, victims of trauma, and tech-
nical assistance to promote fiscal transparency and 
sovereignty, may be made available only if the Sec-
retary of State certifies and reports to the Committees 
on Appropriations that such Government is taking ef-
fective and consistent steps to— 
(A) respect and uphold the rights and free-
doms of the people of Sri Lanka regardless of 
ethnicity and religious belief, including by inves-
tigating violations of human rights and holding 
perpetrators of such violations accountable; 
(B) assert its sovereignty against inter-
ference by the People’s Republic of China; and
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(C) promote reconciliation between ethnic 
and religious groups arising from past conflict 
in Sri Lanka, including by addressing land con-
fiscation and ownership issues, resolving cases of 
missing persons, and reducing the presence of the 
armed forces in former conflict zones. 
(3) INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE.—Of 
the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, not to exceed 
$500,000 may be made available for assistance for 
Sri Lanka: Provided, That such funds may be made 
available only for programs to support humanitarian 
and disaster response preparedness and maritime se-
curity, including professionalization and training for 
the navy and coast guard: Provided further, That 
funds made available under the heading ‘‘Peace-
keeping Operations’’ may only be made available sub-
ject to the regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations. 
(f) REGIONAL PROGRAMS.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act shall be made available for assistance for Afghani-
stan, Pakistan, and other countries in South and Central 
Asia to significantly increase the recruitment, training, 
and retention of women in the judiciary, police, and other 
security forces, and to train judicial and security personnel
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in such countries to prevent and address gender-based vio-
lence, human trafficking, and other practices that dis-
proportionately harm women and girls. 
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 
SEC. 7045. (a) CENTRAL AMERICA.— 
(1) ASSISTANCE.— 
(A) FISCAL YEAR 2020.—Of the funds ap-
propriated by this Act under titles III and IV, 
not less than $519,885,000 should be made avail-
able for assistance for Belize, Costa Rica, El Sal-
vador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and 
Panama, including through the Central America 
Regional Security Initiative: Provided, That 
such assistance shall be prioritized for programs 
and activities that addresses the key factors that 
contribute to the migration of unaccompanied, 
undocumented minors to the United States and 
such funds shall be made available for global 
health, humanitarian, development, democracy, 
border security, and law enforcement programs 
for such countries, including for programs to re-
duce violence against women and girls and to 
combat corruption, and for support of commis-
sions against corruption and impunity, as ap-
propriate: Provided further, That not less than
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$45,000,000 shall be for support of offices of At-
torneys General and of other entities and activi-
ties to combat corruption and impunity in such 
countries. 
(B) FISCAL YEAR 2019.—Of the funds ap-
propriated under titles III and IV of the Depart-
ment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs Appropriations Act, 2019 (division F 
of 
Public 
Law 
116–6), 
not 
less 
than 
$527,600,000 should be made available for assist-
ance for Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guate-
mala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama, in-
cluding through the Central America Regional 
Security Initiative: Provided, That such funds 
shall be made available subject to the conditions 
in paragraph (2) of this subsection and notwith-
standing paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 
7045(a) of the Department of State, Foreign Op-
erations, and Related Programs Appropriations 
Act, 2019 (division F of Public Law 116–6). 
(2) NORTHERN TRIANGLE.— 
(A) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO CER-
TAIN
CENTRAL
GOVERNMENTS.—Of the funds 
made available pursuant to paragraph (1) under 
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and
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under title IV of this Act that are made available 
for assistance for each of the central governments 
of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, 50 
percent may only be obligated after the Secretary 
of State certifies and reports to the appropriate 
congressional committees that such government 
is— 
(i) combating corruption and impu-
nity, including prosecuting corrupt govern-
ment officials; 
(ii) implementing reforms, policies, 
and programs to increase transparency and 
strengthen public institutions; 
(iii) protecting the rights of civil soci-
ety, opposition political parties, and the 
independence of the media; 
(iv) providing effective and accountable 
law enforcement and security for its citi-
zens, and upholding due process of law; 
(v) implementing policies to reduce 
poverty and promote equitable economic 
growth and opportunity; 
(vi) supporting the independence of the 
judiciary and of electoral institutions; 
(vii) improving border security;
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(viii) combating human smuggling and 
trafficking and countering the activities of 
criminal 
gangs, 
drug 
traffickers, 
and 
transnational criminal organizations; and 
(ix) informing its citizens of the dan-
gers of the journey to the southwest border 
of the United States. 
(B) REPROGRAMMING.—If the Secretary is 
unable to make the certification required by sub-
paragraph (A) for one or more of the govern-
ments, such assistance for such central govern-
ment shall be reprogrammed for assistance for 
other countries in Latin America and the Carib-
bean, notwithstanding the minimum funding re-
quirements of this subsection and of section 7019 
of this Act: Provided, That any such reprogram-
ming shall be subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(C) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitation of sub-
paragraph (A) shall not apply to funds appro-
priated by this Act that are made available for— 
(i) the Mission to Support the Fight 
Against Corruption and Impunity in Hon-
duras, 
the 
International 
Commission 
Against Impunity in El Salvador, and sup-
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port of offices of Attorneys General and of 
other entities and activities related to com-
bating corruption and impunity; 
(ii) programs to combat gender-based 
violence; 
(iii) humanitarian assistance; and 
(iv) food security programs. 
(b) COLOMBIA.— 
(1) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act under titles III and IV, not less than 
$448,253,000 shall be made available for assistance 
for Colombia: Provided, That such funds shall be 
made available for the programs and activities de-
scribed under this section in the explanatory state-
ment described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act). 
(2) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.— 
(A) COUNTERNARCOTICS.—Of the funds ap-
propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Inter-
national Narcotics Control and Law Enforce-
ment’’ and made available for assistance for Co-
lombia, 20 percent may be obligated only after 
the Secretary of State certifies and reports to the 
Committees on Appropriations that the Govern-
ment of Colombia is continuing to implement a
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national whole-of-government counternarcotics 
strategy intended to reduce by 50 percent cocaine 
production and coca cultivation levels in Colom-
bia by 2023. 
(B) HUMAN RIGHTS.—Of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Foreign 
Military Financing Program’’ and made avail-
able for assistance for Colombia, 20 percent may 
be obligated only after the Secretary of State cer-
tifies and reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations that— 
(i) the Special Jurisdiction for Peace 
and other judicial authorities are taking ef-
fective steps to hold accountable perpetrators 
of gross violations of human rights in a 
manner consistent with international law, 
including for command responsibility, and 
sentence them to deprivation of liberty; 
(ii) the Government of Colombia is 
taking effective steps to prevent attacks 
against human rights defenders and other 
civil society activists, trade unionists, and 
journalists, and judicial authorities are 
prosecuting those responsible for such at-
tacks; and
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(iii) senior military officers responsible 
for ordering, committing, and covering up 
cases of false positives are being held ac-
countable, including removal from active 
duty if found guilty through criminal or 
disciplinary proceedings. 
(3) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations of paragraph 
(2) shall not apply to funds made available for avia-
tion instruction and maintenance, and maritime and 
riverine security programs. 
(4) AUTHORITY.—Aircraft supported by funds 
appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making ap-
propriations for the Department of State, foreign op-
erations, and related programs and made available 
for assistance for Colombia may be used to transport 
personnel and supplies involved in drug eradication 
and interdiction, including security for such activi-
ties, and to provide transport in support of alter-
native development programs and investigations by 
civilian judicial authorities. 
(5) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act or prior Acts making appropria-
tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, 
and related programs that are made available for as-
sistance for Colombia may be made available for pay-
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ment of reparations to conflict victims or compensa-
tion to demobilized combatants associated with a 
peace agreement between the Government of Colombia 
and illegal armed groups. 
(c) HAITI.— 
(1) CERTIFICATION.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’ that are made available for assistance for 
Haiti may not be made available for assistance for 
the central Government of Haiti unless the Secretary 
of State certifies and reports to the Committees on 
Appropriations that such government is taking effec-
tive steps, which are steps taken since the certification 
and report submitted during the prior year, if appli-
cable, to— 
(A) strengthen the rule of law in Haiti, in-
cluding by— 
(i) selecting judges in a transparent 
manner based on merit; 
(ii) reducing pre-trial detention; 
(iii) respecting the independence of the 
judiciary; and 
(iv) improving governance by imple-
menting reforms to increase transparency
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and accountability, including through the 
penal and criminal codes; 
(B) combat corruption, including by imple-
menting the anti-corruption law enacted in 2014 
and prosecuting corrupt officials; 
(C) increase government revenues, including 
by implementing tax reforms, and increasing ex-
penditures on public services; and 
(D) resolve commercial disputes between 
United States entities and the Government of 
Haiti. 
(2) HAITIAN COAST GUARD.—The Government of 
Haiti shall be eligible to purchase defense articles and 
services under the Arms Export Control Act (22 
U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) for the Coast Guard. 
(3) LIMITATION.—None of the funds made avail-
able by this Act may be used to provide assistance to 
the armed forces of Haiti. 
(d) THE CARIBBEAN.—Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act under titles III and IV, not less than $60,000,000 
shall be made available for the Caribbean Basin Security 
Initiative. 
(e) VENEZUELA.— 
(1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than
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$30,000,000 shall be made available for democracy 
programs for Venezuela. 
(2) Funds appropriated under title III of this 
Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the De-
partment of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs shall be made available for assistance for 
communities in countries supporting or otherwise im-
pacted by refugees from Venezuela, including Colom-
bia, Peru, Ecuador, Curacao, and Trinidad and To-
bago: Provided, That such amounts are in addition to 
funds otherwise made available for assistance for such 
countries, subject to prior consultation with, and the 
regular notification procedures of, the Committees on 
Appropriations. 
EUROPE AND EURASIA 
SEC. 7046. (a) ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) GEORGIA.—Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act under titles III and IV, not less than 
$132,025,000 shall be made available for assistance 
for Georgia. 
(2) UKRAINE.—Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act under titles III and IV, not less than 
$448,000,000 shall be made available for assistance 
for Ukraine.
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(2) any assistance provided by the Trade and 
Development Agency under section 661 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961; 
(3) any activity carried out by a member of the 
United States and Foreign Commercial Service while 
acting within his or her official capacity; 
(4) any insurance, reinsurance, guarantee, or 
other assistance provided by the United States Inter-
national Development Finance Corporation as au-
thorized by the BUILD Act of 2018 (division F of 
Public Law 115–254); 
(5) any financing provided under the Export- 
Import Bank Act of 1945 (Public Law 79–173); or 
(6) humanitarian assistance. 
(d) TURKEY.—None of the funds made available by 
this Act may be used to facilitate or support the sale of 
defense articles or defense services to the Turkish Presi-
dential Protection Directorate (TPPD) under Chapter 2 of 
the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761 et seq.) unless 
the Secretary of State determines and reports to the appro-
priate congressional committees that members of the TPPD 
that are named in the July 17, 2017, indictment by the 
Superior Court of the District of Columbia, and against 
whom there are pending charges, have returned to the 
United States to stand trial in connection with the offenses
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contained in such indictment or have otherwise been 
brought to justice: Provided, That the limitation in this 
paragraph shall not apply to the use of funds made avail-
able by this Act for border security purposes, for North At-
lantic Treaty Organization or coalition operations, or to 
enhance the protection of United States officials and facili-
ties in Turkey. 
COUNTERING RUSSIAN INFLUENCE AND AGGRESSION 
SEC. 7047. (a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act may be made available for assistance 
for the central Government of the Russian Federation. 
(b) ANNEXATION OF CRIMEA.— 
(1) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act may be made available for assist-
ance for the central government of a country that the 
Secretary of State determines and reports to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations has taken affirmative steps 
intended to support or be supportive of the Russian 
Federation annexation of Crimea or other territory in 
Ukraine: Provided, That except as otherwise provided 
in subsection (a), the Secretary may waive the re-
striction on assistance required by this paragraph if 
the Secretary determines and reports to such Commit-
tees that to do so is in the national interest of the
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United States, and includes a justification for such 
interest. 
(2) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act may be made available for— 
(A) the implementation of any action or 
policy that recognizes the sovereignty of the Rus-
sian Federation over Crimea or other territory 
in Ukraine; 
(B) the facilitation, financing, or guarantee 
of United States Government investments in Cri-
mea or other territory in Ukraine under the con-
trol of Russian-backed separatists, if such activ-
ity includes the participation of Russian Gov-
ernment officials, or other Russian owned or con-
trolled financial entities; or 
(C) assistance for Crimea or other territory 
in Ukraine under the control of Russian-backed 
separatists, if such assistance includes the par-
ticipation of Russian Government officials, or 
other Russian owned or controlled financial enti-
ties. 
(3) INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.— 
The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 
United States executive directors of each international 
financial institution to use the voice and vote of the
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United States to oppose any assistance by such insti-
tution (including any loan, credit, or guarantee) for 
any program that violates the sovereignty or terri-
torial integrity of Ukraine. 
(4) DURATION.—The requirements and limita-
tions of this subsection shall cease to be in effect if the 
Secretary of State determines and reports to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations that the Government of 
Ukraine has reestablished sovereignty over Crimea 
and other territory in Ukraine under the control of 
Russian-backed separatists. 
(c) OCCUPATION OF THE GEORGIAN TERRITORIES OF 
ABKHAZIA AND TSKHINVALI REGION/SOUTH OSSETIA.— 
(1) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act may be made available for assist-
ance for the central government of a country that the 
Secretary of State determines and reports to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations has recognized the inde-
pendence of, or has established diplomatic relations 
with, the Russian Federation occupied Georgian terri-
tories of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region/South 
Ossetia: Provided, That the Secretary shall publish on 
the Department of State website a list of any such 
central governments in a timely manner: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may waive the restriction
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on assistance required by this paragraph if the Sec-
retary determines and reports to the Committees on 
Appropriations that to do so is in the national inter-
est of the United States, and includes a justification 
for such interest. 
(2) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appro-
priated by this Act may be made available to support 
the Russian Federation occupation of the Georgian 
territories of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region/South 
Ossetia. 
(3) INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.— 
The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 
United States executive directors of each international 
financial institution to use the voice and vote of the 
United States to oppose any assistance by such insti-
tution (including any loan, credit, or guarantee) for 
any program that violates the sovereignty and terri-
torial integrity of Georgia. 
(d) COUNTERING RUSSIAN INFLUENCE FUND.— 
(1) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated by 
this Act under the headings ‘‘Assistance for Europe, 
Eurasia and Central Asia’’, ‘‘International Narcotics 
Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘International Mili-
tary Education and Training’’, and ‘‘Foreign Mili-
tary Financing Program’’, not less than $290,000,000
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shall be made available to carry out the purposes of 
the Countering Russian Influence Fund, as author-
ized by section 254 of the Countering Russian Influ-
ence in Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017 (Public Law 
115–44; 22 U.S.C. 9543) and notwithstanding the 
country limitation in subsection (b) of such section, 
and programs to enhance the capacity of law enforce-
ment and security forces in countries in Europe, Eur-
asia, and Central Asia and strengthen security co-
operation between such countries and the United 
States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 
as appropriate. 
(2) ECONOMICS
AND
TRADE.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act and made available for assistance 
for the Eastern Partnership countries shall be made 
available to advance the implementation of Associa-
tion Agreements and trade agreements with the Euro-
pean Union, and to reduce their vulnerability to ex-
ternal economic and political pressure from the Rus-
sian Federation. 
(e) DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act shall be made available to support democracy pro-
grams in the Russian Federation and other countries in 
Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia, including to promote 
Internet freedom: Provided, That not later than 90 days
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and providing the United States Government 
with necessary access to such financial and per-
formance audits; 
(B) effectively implementing and enforcing 
policies and procedures which meet or exceed best 
practices in the United States for the protection 
of whistleblowers from retaliation, including— 
(i) protection against retaliation for 
internal and lawful public disclosures; 
(ii) legal burdens of proof; 
(iii) statutes of limitation for reporting 
retaliation; 
(iv) access to binding independent ad-
judicative bodies, including shared cost and 
selection external arbitration; and 
(v) results that eliminate the effects of 
proven retaliation, including provision for 
the restoration of prior employment; and 
(C) effectively implementing and enforcing 
policies and procedures on the appropriate use of 
travel funds, including restrictions on first class 
and business class travel. 
(2) WAIVER.—The restrictions imposed by or 
pursuant to paragraph (1) may be waived on a case- 
by-case basis if the Secretary of State determines and
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reports to the Committees on Appropriations that 
such waiver is necessary to avert or respond to a hu-
manitarian crisis. 
(b) RESTRICTIONS ON UNITED NATIONS DELEGATIONS 
AND ORGANIZATIONS.— 
(1) RESTRICTIONS ON UNITED STATES DELEGA-
TIONS.—None of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used to pay expenses for any United States 
delegation to any specialized agency, body, or com-
mission of the United Nations if such agency, body, 
or commission is chaired or presided over by a coun-
try, the government of which the Secretary of State 
has determined, for purposes of section 1754(c) of the 
Export Reform Control Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 
4813(c)), supports international terrorism. 
(2) RESTRICTIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS.—None of 
the funds made available by this Act may be used by 
the Secretary of State as a contribution to any orga-
nization, agency, commission, or program within the 
United Nations system if such organization, agency, 
commission, or program is chaired or presided over 
by a country the government of which the Secretary 
of State has determined, for purposes of section 620A 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, section 40 of 
the Arms Export Control Act, section 1754(c) of the
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Export Reform Control Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 
4813(c)), or any other provision of law, is a govern-
ment that has repeatedly provided support for acts of 
international terrorism. 
(3) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State may waive 
the restriction in this subsection if the Secretary de-
termines and reports to the Committees on Appro-
priations that to do so is important to the national 
interest of the United States, including a description 
of the national interest served. 
(c) UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL.— 
None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made 
available in support of the United Nations Human Rights 
Council unless the Secretary of State determines and re-
ports to the Committees on Appropriations that participa-
tion in the Council is important to the national interest 
of the United States and that such Council is taking signifi-
cant steps to remove Israel as a permanent agenda item 
and ensure integrity in the election of members to such 
Council: Provided, That such report shall include a descrip-
tion of the national interest served and the steps taken to 
remove Israel as a permanent agenda item and ensure in-
tegrity in the election of members to such Council: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of State shall report to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations not later than September 30,
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2020, on the resolutions considered in the United Nations 
Human Rights Council during the previous 12 months, and 
on steps taken to remove Israel as a permanent agenda item 
and ensure integrity in the election of members to such 
Council. 
(d) UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY.— 
Prior to the initial obligation of funds for the United Na-
tions Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the Secretary of 
State shall report to the Committees on Appropriations, in 
writing, on whether UNRWA is— 
(1) utilizing Operations Support Officers in the 
West Bank, Gaza, and other fields of operation to in-
spect UNRWA installations and reporting any inap-
propriate use; 
(2) acting promptly to address any staff or bene-
ficiary violation of its own policies (including the 
policies on neutrality and impartiality of employees) 
and the legal requirements under section 301(c) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; 
(3) implementing procedures to maintain the 
neutrality of its facilities, including implementing a 
no-weapons policy, and conducting regular inspec-
tions of its installations, to ensure they are only used 
for humanitarian or other appropriate purposes;
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(4) taking necessary and appropriate measures 
to ensure it is operating in compliance with the con-
ditions of section 301(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 and continuing regular reporting to the De-
partment of State on actions it has taken to ensure 
conformance with such conditions; 
(5) taking steps to ensure the content of all edu-
cational materials currently taught in UNRWA-ad-
ministered schools and summer camps is consistent 
with the values of human rights, dignity, and toler-
ance and does not induce incitement; 
(6) not engaging in operations with financial in-
stitutions or related entities in violation of relevant 
United States law, and is taking steps to improve the 
financial transparency of the organization; and 
(7) in compliance with the United Nations 
Board of Auditors’ biennial audit requirements and 
is implementing in a timely fashion the Board’s rec-
ommendations. 
(e) PROHIBITION OF PAYMENTS TO UNITED NATIONS 
MEMBERS.—None of the funds appropriated or made avail-
able pursuant to titles III through VI of this Act for car-
rying out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, may be used 
to pay in whole or in part any assessments, arrearages, 
or dues of any member of the United Nations or, from funds
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appropriated by this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part 
I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the costs for partici-
pation of another country’s delegation at international con-
ferences held under the auspices of multilateral or inter-
national organizations. 
(f) REPORT.—Not later than 45 days after enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to 
the Committees on Appropriations detailing the amount of 
funds available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 
2020 for contributions to any organization, department, 
agency, or program within the United Nations system or 
any international program that are withheld from obliga-
tion or expenditure due to any provision of law: Provided, 
That the Secretary shall update such report each time addi-
tional funds are withheld by operation of any provision of 
law: Provided further, That the reprogramming of any 
withheld funds identified in such report, including updates 
thereof, shall be subject to prior consultation with, and the 
regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Ap-
propriations. 
(g) SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE IN PEACE-
KEEPING OPERATIONS.—The Secretary of State should 
withhold assistance to any unit of the security forces of a 
foreign country if the Secretary has credible information 
that such unit has engaged in sexual exploitation or abuse,
903 
including while serving in a United Nations peacekeeping 
operation, until the Secretary determines that the govern-
ment of such country is taking effective steps to hold the 
responsible members of such unit accountable and to pre-
vent future incidents: Provided, That the Secretary shall 
promptly notify the government of each country subject to 
any withholding of assistance pursuant to this paragraph, 
and shall notify the appropriate congressional committees 
of such withholding not later than 10 days after a deter-
mination to withhold such assistance is made: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, assist such government in bringing the responsible 
members of such unit to justice. 
(h) ADDITIONAL AVAILABILITY.—Subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
tions, funds appropriated by this Act which are returned 
or not made available due to the implementation of sub-
section (a), the third proviso under the heading ‘‘Contribu-
tions for International Peacekeeping Activities’’ in title I 
of this Act, or section 307(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2227(a)), shall remain available for obli-
gation until September 30, 2021: Provided, That the re-
quirement to withhold funds for programs in Burma under 
section 307(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall 
not apply to funds appropriated by this Act.
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(i) NATIONAL SECURITY INTEREST WITHHOLDING.— 
(1) WITHHOLDING.—The Secretary of State shall 
withhold 5 percent of the funds appropriated by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Contributions to Inter-
national Organizations’’ for a specialized agency or 
other entity of the United Nations if the Secretary, in 
consultation with the United States Ambassador to 
the United Nations, determines and reports to the 
Committees on Appropriations that such agency or 
entity has taken an official action that is against the 
national security interest of the United States or an 
ally of the United States, including Israel. 
(2) RELEASE
OF
FUNDS.—The Secretary of 
State, in consultation with the United States Ambas-
sador to the United Nations, may release funds with-
held pursuant to paragraph (1) if the Secretary deter-
mines and reports to the Committees on Appropria-
tions that such agency or entity is taking steps to ad-
dress the action that resulted in the withholding of 
such funds. 
(3) REPROGRAMMING.—Should the Secretary of 
State be unable to make a determination pursuant to 
paragraph (2) regarding the release of withheld funds, 
such funds may be reprogrammed for other purposes
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under the heading ‘‘Contributions to International 
Organizations’’. 
(4) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State, following 
consultation with the Committees on Appropriations, 
may waive the requirements of this subsection if the 
Secretary determines that to do so in the national in-
terest. 
WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS 
SEC. 7049. (a) If the President determines that doing 
so will contribute to a just resolution of charges regarding 
genocide or other violations of international humanitarian 
law, the President may direct a drawdown pursuant to sec-
tion 552(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of up to 
$30,000,000 of commodities and services for the United Na-
tions War Crimes Tribunal established with regard to the 
former Yugoslavia by the United Nations Security Council 
or such other tribunals or commissions as the Council may 
establish or authorize to deal with such violations, without 
regard to the ceiling limitation contained in paragraph (2) 
thereof: Provided, That the determination required under 
this section shall be in lieu of any determinations otherwise 
required under section 552(c): Provided further, That funds 
made available pursuant to this section shall be made avail-
able subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
Committees on Appropriations.
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(b) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be made available for a United States contribution to the 
International Criminal Court: Provided, That funds may 
be made available for technical assistance, training, assist-
ance for victims, protection of witnesses, and law enforce-
ment support related to international investigations, appre-
hensions, prosecutions, and adjudications of genocide, 
crimes against humanity, and war crimes: Provided fur-
ther, That the previous proviso shall not apply to investiga-
tions, apprehensions, or prosecutions of American service 
members and other United States citizens or nationals, or 
nationals of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
(NATO) or major non-NATO allies initially designated 
pursuant to section 517(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961. 
GLOBAL INTERNET FREEDOM 
SEC. 7050. (a) FUNDING.—Of the funds available for 
obligation during fiscal year 2020 under the headings 
‘‘International Broadcasting Operations’’, ‘‘Economic Sup-
port Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, and ‘‘Assistance for Eu-
rope, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, not less than $65,500,000 
shall be made available for programs to promote Internet 
freedom globally: Provided, That such programs shall be 
prioritized for countries whose governments restrict freedom 
of expression on the Internet, and that are important to
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the national interest of the United States: Provided further, 
That funds made available pursuant to this section shall 
be matched, to the maximum extent practicable, by sources 
other than the United States Government, including from 
the private sector. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND UNITED STATES 
AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.—Funds 
appropriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Eco-
nomic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, and ‘‘As-
sistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ that 
are made available pursuant to subsection (a) shall 
be— 
(A) coordinated with other democracy pro-
grams funded by this Act under such headings, 
and shall be incorporated into country assistance 
and democracy promotion strategies, as appro-
priate; 
(B) for programs to implement the May 
2011, International Strategy for Cyberspace, the 
Department of State International Cyberspace 
Policy Strategy required by section 402 of the 
Cybersecurity Act of 2015 (division N of Public 
Law 114–113), and the comprehensive strategy 
to promote Internet freedom and access to infor-
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mation in Iran, as required by section 414 of the 
Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human 
Rights Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8754); 
(C) made available for programs that sup-
port the efforts of civil society to counter the de-
velopment of repressive Internet-related laws and 
regulations, including countering threats to 
Internet freedom at international organizations; 
to combat violence against bloggers and other 
users; and to enhance digital security training 
and capacity building for democracy activists; 
(D) made available for research of key 
threats to Internet freedom; the continued devel-
opment of technologies that provide or enhance 
access to the Internet, including circumvention 
tools that bypass Internet blocking, filtering, and 
other censorship techniques used by authori-
tarian governments; and maintenance of the 
technological advantage of the United States 
Government over such censorship techniques: 
Provided, That the Secretary of State, in con-
sultation with the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) 
of the United States Agency for Global Media 
(USAGM), shall coordinate any such research 
and development programs with other relevant
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United States Government departments and 
agencies in order to share information, tech-
nologies, and best practices, and to assess the ef-
fectiveness of such technologies; and 
(E) made available only after the Assistant 
Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and 
Labor, Department of State, concurs that such 
funds are allocated consistent with— 
(i) the strategies referenced in subpara-
graph (B) of this paragraph; 
(ii) best practices regarding security 
for, and oversight of, Internet freedom pro-
grams; and 
(iii) sufficient resources and support 
for the development and maintenance of 
anti-censorship technology and tools. 
(2) UNITED
STATES
AGENCY
FOR
GLOBAL 
MEDIA.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘International Broadcasting Operations’’ 
that are made available pursuant to subsection (a) 
shall be— 
(A) made available only for tools and tech-
niques 
to 
securely 
develop 
and 
distribute 
USAGM digital content, facilitate audience ac-
cess to such content on websites that are
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censored, coordinate the distribution of USAGM 
digital content to targeted regional audiences, 
and to promote and distribute such tools and 
techniques, including digital security techniques; 
(B) coordinated with programs funded by 
this Act under the heading ‘‘International 
Broadcasting Operations’’, and shall be incor-
porated into country broadcasting strategies, as 
appropriate; 
(C) coordinated by the USAGM CEO to 
provide Internet circumvention tools and tech-
niques for audiences in countries that are stra-
tegic priorities for the USAGM and in a manner 
consistent with the USAGM Internet freedom 
strategy; and 
(D) made available for the research and de-
velopment of new tools or techniques authorized 
in subparagraph (A) only after the USAGM 
CEO, in consultation with the Secretary of State 
and other relevant United States Government de-
partments and agencies, evaluates the risks and 
benefits of such new tools or techniques, and es-
tablishes safeguards to minimize the use of such 
new tools or techniques for illicit purposes.
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(c) COORDINATION AND SPEND PLANS.—After con-
sultation among the relevant agency heads to coordinate 
and de-conflict planned activities, but not later than 90 
days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State and 
the USAGM CEO shall submit to the Committees on Appro-
priations spend plans for funds made available by this Act 
for programs to promote Internet freedom globally, which 
shall include a description of safeguards established by rel-
evant agencies to ensure that such programs are not used 
for illicit purposes: Provided, That the Department of State 
spend plan shall include funding for all such programs for 
all relevant Department of State and the United States 
Agency for International Development offices and bureaus. 
(d) SECURITY AUDITS.—Funds made available pursu-
ant to this section to promote Internet freedom globally may 
only be made available to support technologies that undergo 
comprehensive security audits conducted by the Bureau of 
Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of 
State to ensure that such technology is secure and has not 
been compromised in a manner detrimental to the interest 
of the United States or to individuals and organizations 
benefiting from programs supported by such funds: Pro-
vided, That the security auditing procedures used by such 
Bureau shall be reviewed and updated periodically to reflect 
current industry security standards.
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(e) SURGE.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, up to 
$2,500,000 may be made available to surge Internet freedom 
programs in closed societies if the Secretary of State deter-
mines and reports to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees that such use of funds is in the national interest: Pro-
vided, That such funds are in addition to amounts made 
available for such purposes: Provided further, That such 
funds may be transferred to, and merged with, funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘International 
Broadcasting Operations’’ following consultation with, and 
the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on 
Appropriations. 
TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN, OR DEGRADING 
TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT 
SEC. 7051. (a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds made 
available by this Act may be used to support or justify the 
use of torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treat-
ment or punishment by any official or contract employee 
of the United States Government. 
(b) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated under titles III 
and IV of this Act shall be made available, notwithstanding 
section 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and fol-
lowing consultation with the Committees on Appropria-
tions, for assistance to eliminate torture and other cruel,
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inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment by foreign 
police, military or other security forces in countries receiv-
ing assistance from funds appropriated by this Act. 
AIRCRAFT TRANSFER, COORDINATION, AND USE 
SEC. 7052. (a) TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law or regulation, aircraft 
procured with funds appropriated by this Act and prior 
Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, 
foreign operations, and related programs under the head-
ings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, ‘‘International Narcotics 
Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Andean Counterdrug Ini-
tiative’’, and ‘‘Andean Counterdrug Programs’’ may be 
used for any other program and in any region. 
(b) PROPERTY DISPOSAL.—The authority provided in 
subsection (a) shall apply only after the Secretary of State 
determines and reports to the Committees on Appropria-
tions that the equipment is no longer required to meet pro-
grammatic purposes in the designated country or region: 
Provided, That any such transfer shall be subject to prior 
consultation with, and the regular notification procedures 
of, the Committees on Appropriations. 
(c) AIRCRAFT COORDINATION.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—The uses of aircraft purchased 
or leased by the Department of State and the United 
States Agency for International Development with
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funds made available in this Act or prior Acts mak-
ing appropriations for the Department of State, for-
eign operations, and related programs shall be coordi-
nated under the authority of the appropriate Chief of 
Mission: Provided, That notwithstanding section 
7063(b) of this Act, such aircraft may be used to 
transport, on a reimbursable or non-reimbursable 
basis, Federal and non-Federal personnel supporting 
Department of State and USAID programs and ac-
tivities: Provided further, That official travel for other 
agencies for other purposes may be supported on a re-
imbursable basis, or without reimbursement when 
traveling on a space available basis: Provided further, 
That funds received by the Department of State in 
connection with the use of aircraft owned, leased, or 
chartered by the Department of State may be credited 
to the Working Capital Fund of the Department and 
shall be available for expenses related to the purchase, 
lease, maintenance, chartering, or operation of such 
aircraft. 
(2) SCOPE.—The requirement and authorities of 
this subsection shall only apply to aircraft, the pri-
mary purpose of which is the transportation of per-
sonnel.
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(d) AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.—To 
the maximum extent practicable, the costs of operations and 
maintenance, including fuel, of aircraft funded by this Act 
shall be borne by the recipient country. 
PARKING FINES AND REAL PROPERTY TAXES OWED BY 
FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS 
SEC. 7053. The terms and conditions of section 7055 
of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Re-
lated Programs Appropriations Act, 2010 (division F of 
Public Law 111–117) shall apply to this Act: Provided, 
That the date ‘‘September 30, 2009’’ in subsection (f)(2)(B) 
of such section shall be deemed to be ‘‘September 30, 2019’’. 
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND 
SEC. 7054. (a) EXTENSIONS.—The terms and condi-
tions of sections 7086(b) (1) and (2) and 7090(a) of the 
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro-
grams Appropriations Act, 2010 (division F of Public Law 
111–117) shall apply to this Act. 
(b) REPAYMENT.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
instruct the United States Executive Director of the Inter-
national Monetary Fund (IMF) to seek to ensure that any 
loan will be repaid to the IMF before other private or multi-
lateral creditors.
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EXTRADITION 
SEC. 7055. (a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appro-
priated in this Act may be used to provide assistance (other 
than funds provided under the headings ‘‘International Dis-
aster Assistance’’, ‘‘Complex Crises Fund’’, ‘‘International 
Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Migration and 
Refugee Assistance’’, ‘‘United States Emergency Refugee 
and Migration Assistance Fund’’, and ‘‘Nonproliferation, 
Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Assistance’’) for the 
central government of a country which has notified the De-
partment of State of its refusal to extradite to the United 
States any individual indicted for a criminal offense for 
which the maximum penalty is life imprisonment without 
the possibility of parole or for killing a law enforcement 
officer, as specified in a United States extradition request. 
(b) CLARIFICATION.—Subsection (a) shall only apply 
to the central government of a country with which the 
United States maintains diplomatic relations and with 
which the United States has an extradition treaty and the 
government of that country is in violation of the terms and 
conditions of the treaty. 
(c) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State may waive the 
restriction in subsection (a) on a case-by-case basis if the 
Secretary certifies to the Committees on Appropriations
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that such waiver is important to the national interest of 
the United States. 
IMPACT ON JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES 
SEC. 7056. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available under titles III through VI of this Act 
may be obligated or expended to provide— 
(1) any financial incentive to a business enter-
prise currently located in the United States for the 
purpose of inducing such an enterprise to relocate 
outside the United States if such incentive or induce-
ment is likely to reduce the number of employees of 
such business enterprise in the United States because 
United States production is being replaced by such 
enterprise outside the United States; 
(2) assistance for any program, project, or activ-
ity that contributes to the violation of internationally 
recognized workers’ rights, as defined in section 
507(4) of the Trade Act of 1974, of workers in the re-
cipient country, including any designated zone or 
area in that country: Provided, That the application 
of section 507(4)(D) and (E) of such Act (19 U.S.C. 
2467(4)(D) and (E)) should be commensurate with 
the level of development of the recipient country and 
sector, and shall not preclude assistance for the infor-
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mal sector in such country, micro and small-scale en-
terprise, and smallholder agriculture; 
(3) any assistance to an entity outside the 
United States if such assistance is for the purpose of 
directly relocating or transferring jobs from the 
United States to other countries and adversely im-
pacts the labor force in the United States; or 
(4) for the enforcement of any rule, regulation, 
policy, or guidelines implemented pursuant to the 
Supplemental Guidelines for High Carbon Intensity 
Projects approved by the Export-Import Bank of the 
United States on December 12, 2013, when enforce-
ment of such rule, regulation, policy, or guidelines 
would prohibit, or have the effect of prohibiting, any 
coal-fired or other power-generation project the pur-
pose of which is to— 
(A) provide affordable electricity in Inter-
national Development Association (IDA)-eligible 
countries and IDA-blend countries; and 
(B) increase exports of goods and services 
from the United States or prevent the loss of jobs 
from the United States. 
UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND 
SEC. 7057. (a) CONTRIBUTION.—Of the funds made 
available under the heading ‘‘International Organizations
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and Programs’’ in this Act for fiscal year 2020, $32,500,000 
shall be made available for the United Nations Population 
Fund (UNFPA). 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act for UNFPA, that are not made available for 
UNFPA because of the operation of any provision of law, 
shall be transferred to the ‘‘Global Health Programs’’ ac-
count and shall be made available for family planning, ma-
ternal, and reproductive health activities, subject to the reg-
ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
(c) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS IN CHINA.—None 
of the funds made available by this Act may be used by 
UNFPA for a country program in the People’s Republic 
of China. 
(d) CONDITIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds 
made available by this Act for UNFPA may not be made 
available unless— 
(1) UNFPA maintains funds made available by 
this Act in an account separate from other accounts 
of UNFPA and does not commingle such funds with 
other sums; and 
(2) UNFPA does not fund abortions. 
(e) REPORT TO CONGRESS AND DOLLAR-FOR-DOLLAR 
WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.—
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(1) Not later than 4 months after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall sub-
mit a report to the Committees on Appropriations in-
dicating the amount of funds that UNFPA is budg-
eting for the year in which the report is submitted for 
a country program in the People’s Republic of China. 
(2) If a report under paragraph (1) indicates 
that UNFPA plans to spend funds for a country pro-
gram in the People’s Republic of China in the year 
covered by the report, then the amount of such funds 
UNFPA plans to spend in the People’s Republic of 
China shall be deducted from the funds made avail-
able to UNFPA after March 1 for obligation for the 
remainder of the fiscal year in which the report is 
submitted. 
GLOBAL HEALTH ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 7058. (a) IN GENERAL.—Funds appropriated by 
titles III and IV of this Act that are made available for 
bilateral assistance for child survival activities or disease 
programs including activities relating to research on, and 
the prevention, treatment and control of, HIV/AIDS may 
be made available notwithstanding any other provision of 
law except for provisions under the heading ‘‘Global Health 
Programs’’ and the United States Leadership Against HIV/ 
AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (117 Stat.
921 
711; 22 U.S.C. 7601 et seq.), as amended: Provided, That 
of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, not 
less than $575,000,000 should be made available for family 
planning/reproductive health, including in areas where 
population growth threatens biodiversity or endangered spe-
cies. 
(b) INFECTIOUS DISEASE OUTBREAKS.— 
(1) EXTRAORDINARY
MEASURES.—If the Sec-
retary of State determines and reports to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations that an international infec-
tious disease outbreak is sustained, severe, and is 
spreading internationally, or that it is in the na-
tional interest to respond to a Public Health Emer-
gency of International Concern, funds appropriated 
by this Act under the headings ‘‘Global Health Pro-
grams’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘International 
Disaster Assistance’’, ‘‘Complex Crises Fund’’, ‘‘Eco-
nomic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, ‘‘Assist-
ance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, ‘‘Migra-
tion and Refugee Assistance’’, and ‘‘Millennium Chal-
lenge Corporation’’ may be made available to combat 
such infectious disease or public health emergency, 
and may be transferred to, and merged with, funds 
appropriated under such headings for the purposes of 
this paragraph.
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(2) 
EMERGENCY
RESERVE
FUND.—Up 
to 
$10,000,000 of the funds made available under the 
heading ‘‘Global Health Programs’’ may be made 
available for the Emergency Reserve Fund established 
pursuant to section 7058(c)(1) of the Department of 
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Ap-
propriations Act, 2017 (division J of Public Law 
115–31): Provided, That such funds shall be made 
available under the same terms and conditions of such 
section. 
(3) EBOLA
VIRUS
DISEASE.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act and prior Acts making appro-
priations for the Department of State, foreign oper-
ations, and related programs under the heading 
‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’ that are made 
available to respond to the Ebola virus disease out-
break in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in-
cluding in countries affected by, or at risk of being 
affected by, such outbreak, shall be the responsibility 
of the Assistant Administrator for Democracy, Con-
flict, and Humanitarian Assistance, USAID, or suc-
cessor official responsible for USAID Ebola response. 
(4) CONSULTATION AND NOTIFICATION.—Funds 
made available by this subsection shall be subject to 
prior consultation with the appropriate congressional
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committees and the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations. 
GENDER EQUALITY 
SEC. 7059. (a) WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT.— 
(1) GENDER EQUALITY.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act shall be made available to promote gender 
equality in United States Government diplomatic and 
development efforts by raising the status, increasing 
the participation, and protecting the rights of women 
and girls worldwide. 
(2) WOMEN’S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT.—Funds 
appropriated by this Act are available to implement 
the Women’s Entrepreneurship and Economic Em-
powerment Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–428): Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of State and the Adminis-
trator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, as appropriate, shall consult with the 
Committees on Appropriations on the implementation 
of such Act. 
(3) WOMEN’S GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROS-
PERITY FUND.—Of the funds appropriated under title 
III of this Act, up to $100,000,000 may be made 
available for the Women’s Global Development and 
Prosperity Fund.
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(b) WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP.—Of the funds appro-
priated by title III of this Act, not less than $50,000,000 
shall be made available for programs specifically designed 
to increase leadership opportunities for women in countries 
where women and girls suffer discrimination due to law, 
policy, or practice, by strengthening protections for wom-
en’s political status, expanding women’s participation in 
political parties and elections, and increasing women’s op-
portunities for leadership positions in the public and pri-
vate sectors at the local, provincial, and national levels. 
(c) GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE.— 
(1) Of the funds appropriated under titles III 
and IV of this Act, not less than $165,000,000 shall 
be made available to implement a multi-year strategy 
to prevent and respond to gender-based violence in 
countries where it is common in conflict and non-con-
flict settings. 
(2) Funds appropriated under titles III and IV 
of this Act that are available to train foreign police, 
judicial, and military personnel, including for inter-
national peacekeeping operations, shall address, where 
appropriate, prevention and response to gender-based 
violence and trafficking in persons, and shall promote 
the integration of women into the police and other se-
curity forces.
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(d) WOMEN, PEACE, AND SECURITY.—Funds appro-
priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Development As-
sistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Eu-
rope, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, and ‘‘International Nar-
cotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ should be made 
available to support a multi-year strategy to expand, and 
improve coordination of, United States Government efforts 
to empower women as equal partners in conflict prevention, 
peace building, transitional processes, and reconstruction 
efforts in countries affected by conflict or in political transi-
tion, and to ensure the equitable provision of relief and re-
covery assistance to women and girls. 
(e) WOMEN AND GIRLS AT RISK FROM EXTREMISM 
AND CONFLICT.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not less than 
$15,000,000 shall be made available to support women and 
girls who are at risk from extremism and conflict, and for 
the activities described in section 7059(e)(1) of the Depart-
ment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 2018 (division K of Public Law 115– 
141): Provided, That such funds are in addition to amounts 
otherwise made available by this Act for such purposes, and 
shall be made available following consultation with, and the 
regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Ap-
propriations.
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SECTOR ALLOCATIONS 
SEC. 7060. (a) BASIC EDUCATION AND HIGHER EDU-
CATION.— 
(1) BASIC EDUCATION.—(A) Of the funds appro-
priated under title III of this Act, not less than 
$875,000,000 shall be made available for assistance 
for basic education, and such funds may be made 
available notwithstanding any other provision of law 
that restricts assistance to foreign countries: Provided, 
That such funds shall also be used for secondary edu-
cation activities: Provided further, That the Adminis-
trator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, following consultation with the Com-
mittees on Appropriations, may reprogram such 
funds between countries: Provided further, That funds 
made available under the headings ‘‘Development As-
sistance’’ and ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for the sup-
port of non-state schools in this Act and prior Acts 
making appropriations for the Department of State, 
foreign operations, and related programs shall be sub-
ject to the regular notification procedures of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations. 
(B) Of the funds appropriated under title 
III of this Act for assistance for basic education 
programs, not less than $125,000,000 shall be
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made available for contributions to multilateral 
partnerships that support education. 
(2) HIGHER EDUCATION.—Of the funds appro-
priated by title III of this Act, not less than 
$235,000,000 shall be made available for assistance 
for higher education: Provided, That such funds may 
be made available notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law that restricts assistance to foreign coun-
tries, and shall be subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided further, That of such amount, not less than 
$35,000,000 shall be made available for new and on-
going partnerships between higher education institu-
tions in the United States and developing countries 
focused on building the capacity of higher education 
institutions and systems in developing countries: Pro-
vided further, That not later than 45 days after en-
actment of this Act, the USAID Administrator shall 
consult with the Committees on Appropriations on the 
proposed uses of funds for such partnerships. 
(b) DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.—Of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Development Assist-
ance’’, not less than $17,000,000 shall be made available 
for cooperative development programs of USAID and not
928 
less than $30,000,000 shall be made available for the Amer-
ican Schools and Hospitals Abroad program. 
(c) ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMS.— 
(1)(A) Funds appropriated by this Act to carry 
out the provisions of sections 103 through 106, and 
chapter 4 of part II, of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 may be used, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, except for the provisions of this sub-
section, to support environment programs. 
(B) Funds made available pursuant to this sub-
section shall be subject to the regular notification pro-
cedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
(2)(A) Of the funds appropriated under title III 
of this Act, not less than $315,000,000 shall be made 
available for biodiversity conservation programs. 
(B) Not less than $100,664,000 of the funds ap-
propriated under titles III and IV of this Act shall 
be made available to combat the transnational threat 
of wildlife poaching and trafficking. 
(C) None of the funds appropriated under title 
IV of this Act may be made available for training or 
other assistance for any military unit or personnel 
that the Secretary of State determines has been 
credibly alleged to have participated in wildlife 
poaching or trafficking, unless the Secretary reports
929 
to the appropriate congressional committees that to do 
so is in the national security interest of the United 
States. 
(D) Funds appropriated by this Act for biodiver-
sity programs shall not be used to support the expan-
sion of industrial scale logging or any other indus-
trial scale extractive activity into areas that were pri-
mary/intact tropical forests as of December 30, 2013, 
and the Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 
United States executive directors of each international 
financial institutions (IFI) to use the voice and vote 
of the United States to oppose any financing of any 
such activity. 
(3) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct 
the United States executive director of each IFI that 
it is the policy of the United States to use the voice 
and vote of the United States, in relation to any loan, 
grant, strategy, or policy of such institution, regard-
ing the construction of any large dam consistent with 
the criteria set forth in Senate Report 114–79, while 
also considering whether the project involves impor-
tant foreign policy objectives. 
(4) Of the funds appropriated under title III of 
this Act, not less than $135,000,000 shall be made 
available for sustainable landscapes programs.
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(5) Of the funds appropriated under title III of 
this Act, not less than $177,000,000 shall be made 
available for adaptation programs. 
(6) Of the funds appropriated under title III of 
this Act, not less than $179,000,000 shall be made 
available for renewable energy programs. 
(d) FOOD SECURITY AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOP-
MENT.—Of the funds appropriated by title III of this Act, 
not less than $1,005,600,000 shall be made available for 
food security and agricultural development programs to 
carry out the purposes of the Global Food Security Act of 
2016 (Public Law 114–195): Provided, That funds may be 
made available for a contribution as authorized by section 
3202 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 
(Public Law 110–246), as amended by section 3310 of the 
Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (Public Law 115– 
334). 
(e) MICRO, SMALL, AND
MEDIUM-SIZED
ENTER-
PRISES.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act, not less 
than $265,000,000 shall be made available to support the 
development of, and access to financing for, micro, small, 
and medium-sized enterprises that benefit the poor, espe-
cially women. 
(f) PROGRAMS TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING
IN PER-
SONS.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the
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headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, 
and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforce-
ment’’, not less than $67,000,000 shall be made available 
for activities to combat trafficking in persons internation-
ally, of which not less than $45,000,000 shall be from funds 
made available under the heading ‘‘International Narcotics 
Control and Law Enforcement’’: Provided, That funds ap-
propriated by this Act that are made available for programs 
to end modern slavery shall be in addition to funds made 
available by this subsection to combat trafficking in per-
sons. 
(g) RECONCILIATION PROGRAMS.—Of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Development Assist-
ance’’, not less than $30,000,000 shall be made available 
to support people-to-people reconciliation programs which 
bring together individuals of different ethnic, religious, and 
political backgrounds from areas of civil strife and war, in-
cluding between Israelis and Palestinians living in the West 
Bank and Gaza: Provided, That the USAID Administrator 
shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations, prior 
to the initial obligation of funds, on the uses of such funds, 
and such funds shall be subject to the regular notification 
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
further, That to the maximum extent practicable, such
932 
funds shall be matched by sources other than the United 
States Government: Provided further, That such funds shall 
be administered by the Office of Conflict Management and 
Mitigation, USAID. 
(h) WATER AND SANITATION.—Of the funds appro-
priated by this Act, not less than $450,000,000 shall be 
made available for water supply and sanitation projects 
pursuant to section 136 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, of which not less than $225,000,000 shall be for pro-
grams in sub-Saharan Africa, and of which not less than 
$15,000,000 shall be made available to support initiatives 
by local communities in developing countries to build and 
maintain safe latrines. 
BUDGET DOCUMENTS 
SEC. 7061. (a) OPERATING PLANS.—Not later than 45 
days after enactment of this Act, each department, agency, 
or organization funded in titles I, II, and VI of this Act, 
and the Department of the Treasury and Independent Agen-
cies funded in title III of this Act, including the Inter- 
American Foundation and the United States African Devel-
opment Foundation, shall submit to the Committees on Ap-
propriations an operating plan for funds appropriated to 
such department, agency, or organization in such titles of 
this Act, or funds otherwise available for obligation in fiscal 
year 2020, that provides details of the uses of such funds
933 
at the program, project, and activity level: Provided, That 
such plans shall include, as applicable, a comparison be-
tween the congressional budget justification funding levels, 
the most recent congressional directives or approved fund-
ing levels, and the funding levels proposed by the depart-
ment or agency; and a clear, concise, and informative de-
scription/justification: Provided further, That operating 
plans that include changes in levels of funding for pro-
grams, projects, and activities specified in the congressional 
budget justification, in this Act, or amounts specifically 
designated in the respective tables included in the explana-
tory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act), as applicable, 
shall be subject to the notification and reprogramming re-
quirements of section 7015 of this Act. 
(b) SPEND PLANS.— 
(1) Not later than 90 days after enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of State or Administrator of 
the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment, as appropriate, shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations a spend plan for funds made 
available by this Act, for— 
(A) assistance for Afghanistan, Iraq, Leb-
anon, Pakistan, Colombia, and countries in Cen-
tral America;
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(B) assistance made available pursuant to 
section 7047(d) of this Act to counter Russian 
influence and aggression, except that such plan 
shall be on a country-by-country basis; 
(C) assistance made available pursuant to 
section 7059 of this Act; 
(D) the Indo-Pacific Strategy; 
(E) democracy programs, Power Africa, 
and sectors enumerated in subsections (a), (c), 
(d), (e), (f), (g) and (h) of section 7060 of this 
Act; 
(F) funds provided under the heading 
‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law En-
forcement’’ for International Organized Crime 
and for Cybercrime and Intellectual Property 
Rights: Provided, That the spend plans shall in-
clude bilateral and global programs funded 
under such heading along with a brief descrip-
tion of the activities planned for each country; 
and 
(G) the regional security initiatives de-
scribed under this heading in Senate Report 
116–126. 
(2) Not later than 90 days after enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit
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to the Committees on Appropriations a detailed spend 
plan for funds made available by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Department of the Treasury, International 
Affairs Technical Assistance’’ in title III. 
(c) SPENDING REPORT.—Not later than 45 days after 
enactment of this Act, the USAID Administrator shall sub-
mit to the Committees on Appropriations a detailed report 
on spending of funds made available during fiscal year 
2019 under the heading ‘‘Development Credit Authority’’. 
(d) CLARIFICATION.—The spend plans referenced in 
subsection (b) shall not be considered as meeting the notifi-
cation requirements in this Act or under section 634A of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 
(e) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET JUSTIFICATION.— 
(1) SUBMISSION.—The congressional budget jus-
tification for Department of State operations and for-
eign operations shall be provided to the Committees 
on Appropriations concurrent with the date of sub-
mission of the President’s budget for fiscal year 2021: 
Provided, That the appendices for such justification 
shall be provided to the Committees on Appropria-
tions not later than 10 calendar days thereafter. 
(2) MULTI-YEAR
AVAILABILITY
OF
CERTAIN 
FUNDS.—The Secretary of State and the USAID Ad-
ministrator shall include in the congressional budget
936 
justification a detailed justification for multi-year 
availability for any funds requested under the head-
ings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ and ‘‘Operating Ex-
penses’’. 
REORGANIZATION 
SEC. 7062. (a) OVERSIGHT.— 
(1) PRIOR CONSULTATION AND NOTIFICATION.— 
Funds appropriated by this Act, prior Acts making 
appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs, or any other Act 
may not be used to implement a reorganization, rede-
sign, or other plan described in paragraph (2) by the 
Department of State, the United States Agency for 
International Development, or any other Federal de-
partment, agency, or organization funded by this Act 
without prior consultation by the head of such depart-
ment, agency, or organization with the appropriate 
congressional committees: Provided, That such funds 
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures 
of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur-
ther, That any such notification submitted to such 
Committees shall include a detailed justification for 
any proposed action, including the information speci-
fied under section 7073 of the joint explanatory state-
ment accompanying the Department of State, Foreign
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Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations 
Act, 2019 (division F of Public Law 116–6): Provided 
further, That congressional notifications submitted in 
prior fiscal years pursuant to similar provisions of 
law in prior Acts making appropriations for the De-
partment of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs may be deemed to meet the notification re-
quirements of this section. 
(2) DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES.—Pursuant to 
paragraph (1), a reorganization, redesign, or other 
plan shall include any action to— 
(A) expand, eliminate, consolidate, or 
downsize covered departments, agencies, or orga-
nizations, including bureaus and offices within 
or between such departments, agencies, or orga-
nizations, including the transfer to other agen-
cies of the authorities and responsibilities of such 
bureaus and offices; 
(B) expand, eliminate, consolidate, or 
downsize the United States official presence over-
seas, including at bilateral, regional, and multi-
lateral diplomatic facilities and other platforms; 
or 
(C) expand or reduce the size of the perma-
nent Civil Service, Foreign Service, eligible fam-
938 
ily member, and locally employed staff workforce 
of the Department of State and USAID from the 
levels specified in sections 7063(d)(1) and 
7064(i)(1) of this Act. 
(b) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) USAID REORGANIZATION.—Not later than 
30 days after enactment of this Act, and quarterly 
thereafter until September 30, 2021, the USAID Ad-
ministrator shall submit a report to the appropriate 
congressional committees on the status of USAID’s re-
organization in the manner described in House Re-
port 116–78. 
(2) BUREAU OF POPULATION, REFUGEES, AND 
MIGRATION, DEPARTMENT
OF
STATE.—None of the 
funds appropriated by this Act, prior Acts making 
appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs, or any other Act 
may be used to downsize, downgrade, consolidate, 
close, move, or relocate the Bureau of Population, Ref-
ugees, and Migration, Department of State, or any 
activities of such Bureau, to another Federal agency. 
(3) ADMINISTRATION OF FUNDS.—Funds made 
available by this Act— 
(A) under the heading ‘‘Migration and Ref-
ugee Assistance’’ shall be administered by the As-
939 
sistant Secretary for Population, Refugees, and 
Migration, Department of State, and this re-
sponsibility shall not be delegated; and 
(B) that are made available for the Office of 
Global Women’s Issues shall be administered by 
the United States Ambassador-at-Large for Glob-
al Women’s Issues, Department of State, and 
this responsibility shall not be delegated. 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE MANAGEMENT 
SEC. 7063. (a) FINANCIAL SYSTEMS IMPROVEMENT.— 
Funds appropriated by this Act for the operations of the 
Department of State under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic Pro-
grams’’ and ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ shall be made 
available to implement the recommendations contained in 
the Foreign Assistance Data Review Findings Report 
(FADR) and the Office of Inspector General (OIG) report 
entitled ‘‘Department Financial Systems Are Insufficient to 
Track and Report on Foreign Assistance Funds’’: Provided, 
That not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations an update to the plan required under sec-
tion 7006 of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, 
and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2017 (division 
J of Public Law 115–31) for implementing the FADR and 
OIG recommendations: Provided further, That such funds
940 
may not be obligated for enhancements to, or expansions 
of, the Budget System Modernization Financial System, 
Central Resource Management System, Joint Financial 
Management System, or Foreign Assistance Coordination 
and Tracking System until such updated plan is submitted 
to the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 
That such funds may not be obligated for new, or expansion 
of existing, ad hoc electronic systems to track commitments, 
obligations, or expenditures of funds unless the Secretary 
of State, following consultation with the Chief Information 
Officer of the Department of State, has reviewed and cer-
tified that such new system or expansion is consistent with 
the FADR and OIG recommendations. 
(b) WORKING CAPITAL FUND.—Funds appropriated 
by this Act or otherwise made available to the Department 
of State for payments to the Working Capital Fund may 
only be used for the service centers included in the Congres-
sional Budget Justification, Department of State, Foreign 
Operations, and Related Programs, Fiscal Year 2020: Pro-
vided, That the amounts for such service centers shall be 
the amounts included in such budget justification, except 
as provided in section 7015(b) of this Act: Provided further, 
That Federal agency components shall be charged only for 
their direct usage of each Working Capital Fund service: 
Provided further, That prior to increasing the percentage
941 
charged to Department of State bureaus and offices for pro-
curement-related activities, the Secretary of State shall in-
clude the proposed increase in the Department of State 
budget justification or, at least 60 days prior to the in-
crease, provide the Committees on Appropriations a jus-
tification for such increase, including a detailed assessment 
of the cost and benefit of the services provided by the pro-
curement fee: Provided further, That Federal agency compo-
nents may only pay for Working Capital Fund services that 
are consistent with the purpose and authorities of such com-
ponents: Provided further, That the Working Capital Fund 
shall be paid in advance or reimbursed at rates which will 
return the full cost of each service. 
(c) CERTIFICATION.— 
(1) COMPLIANCE.—Not later than 45 days after 
the initial obligation of funds appropriated under ti-
tles III and IV of this Act that are made available 
to a Department of State bureau or office with re-
sponsibility for the management and oversight of such 
funds, the Secretary of State shall certify and report 
to the Committees on Appropriations, on an indi-
vidual bureau or office basis, that such bureau or of-
fice is in compliance with Department and Federal 
financial and grants management policies, proce-
dures, and regulations, as applicable.
942 
(2) CONSIDERATIONS.—When making a certifi-
cation required by paragraph (1), the Secretary of 
State shall consider the capacity of a bureau or office 
to— 
(A) account for the obligated funds at the 
country and program level, as appropriate; 
(B) identify risks and develop mitigation 
and monitoring plans; 
(C) establish performance measures and in-
dicators; 
(D) review activities and performance; and 
(E) assess final results and reconcile fi-
nances. 
(3) PLAN.—If the Secretary of State is unable to 
make a certification required by paragraph (1), the 
Secretary shall submit a plan and timeline detailing 
the steps to be taken to bring such bureau or office 
into compliance. 
(d) PERSONNEL LEVELS.— 
(1) Funds made available by this Act are made 
available to support the permanent Foreign Service 
and Civil Service staff levels of the Department of 
State at not less than the hiring targets established in 
the fiscal year 2019 operating plan.
943 
(2) Not later than 60 days after enactment of 
this Act, and every 60 days thereafter until September 
30, 2021, the Secretary of State shall report to the ap-
propriate congressional committees on the on-board 
personnel levels, hiring, and attrition of the Civil 
Service, Foreign Service, eligible family member, and 
locally employed staff workforce of the Department of 
State, on an operating unit-by-operating unit basis: 
Provided, That such report shall also include a hiring 
plan, including timelines, for maintaining the agen-
cy-wide, on-board Foreign Service and Civil Service 
at not less than the levels specified in paragraph (1). 
(e) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM.— 
(1) None of the funds appropriated in title I of 
this Act under the heading ‘‘Administration of For-
eign Affairs’’ may be made available for a new major 
information technology (IT) investment without the 
concurrence of the Chief Information Officer, Depart-
ment of State. 
(2) None of the funds made available by this Act 
and prior Acts making appropriations for the De-
partment of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs may be used by an agency to submit a 
project proposal to the Technology Modernization 
Board for funding from the Technology Modernization
944 
Fund unless, not later than 15 days in advance of 
submitting the project proposal to the Board, the head 
of the agency— 
(A) notifies the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the proposed submission of the project 
proposal; and 
(B) submits to the Committees on Appro-
priations a copy of the project proposal. 
(3) None of the funds made available by this Act 
and prior Acts making appropriations for the De-
partment of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs may be used by an agency to carry out a 
project that is approved by the Board unless the head 
of the agency— 
(A) submits to the Committees on Appro-
priations a copy of the approved project pro-
posal, including the terms of reimbursement of 
funding received for the project; and 
(B) agrees to submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations a copy of each report relating to 
the project that the head of the agency submits 
to the Board.
945 
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT 
SEC. 7064. (a) AUTHORITY.—Up to $100,000,000 of 
the funds made available in title III of this Act pursuant 
to or to carry out the provisions of part I of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, including funds appropriated under 
the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central 
Asia’’, may be used by the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development to hire and employ individuals in 
the United States and overseas on a limited appointment 
basis pursuant to the authority of sections 308 and 309 of 
the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3948 and 3949). 
(b) RESTRICTION.—The authority to hire individuals 
contained in subsection (a) shall expire on September 30, 
2021. 
(c) PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
CHARGED.—The account 
charged for the cost of an individual hired and employed 
under the authority of this section shall be the account to 
which the responsibilities of such individual primarily re-
late: Provided, That funds made available to carry out this 
section may be transferred to, and merged with, funds ap-
propriated by this Act in title II under the heading ‘‘Oper-
ating Expenses’’. 
(d) FOREIGN SERVICE LIMITED EXTENSIONS.—Indi-
viduals hired and employed by USAID, with funds made
946 
available in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations 
for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs, pursuant to the authority of section 309 of the 
Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3949), may be ex-
tended for a period of up to 4 years notwithstanding the 
limitation set forth in such section. 
(e) DISASTER SURGE CAPACITY.—Funds appropriated 
under title III of this Act to carry out part I of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, including funds appropriated under 
the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central 
Asia’’, may be used, in addition to funds otherwise avail-
able for such purposes, for the cost (including the support 
costs) of individuals detailed to or employed by USAID 
whose primary responsibility is to carry out programs in 
response to natural disasters, or man-made disasters subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
Appropriations. 
(f) PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTORS.—Funds ap-
propriated by this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I, 
chapter 4 of part II, and section 667 of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, and title II of the Food for Peace Act 
(Public Law 83–480; 7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.), may be used 
by USAID to employ up to 40 personal services contractors 
in the United States, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, for the purpose of providing direct, interim support
947 
for new or expanded overseas programs and activities man-
aged by the agency until permanent direct hire personnel 
are hired and trained: Provided, That not more than 15 
of such contractors shall be assigned to any bureau or office: 
Provided further, That such funds appropriated to carry 
out title II of the Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83–480; 
7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.), may be made available only for per-
sonal services contractors assigned to the Office of Food for 
Peace. 
(g) SMALL BUSINESS.—In entering into multiple 
award indefinite-quantity contracts with funds appro-
priated by this Act, USAID may provide an exception to 
the fair opportunity process for placing task orders under 
such contracts when the order is placed with any category 
of small or small disadvantaged business. 
(h) SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE LIMITED APPOINT-
MENTS.—Individuals hired pursuant to the authority pro-
vided by section 7059(o) of the Department of State, For-
eign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations 
Act, 2010 (division F of Public Law 111–117) may be as-
signed to or support programs in Afghanistan or Pakistan 
with funds made available in this Act and prior Acts mak-
ing appropriations for the Department of State, foreign op-
erations, and related programs. 
(i) PERSONNEL LEVELS.—
948 
(1) Funds made available by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ are made available to 
support 1,850 permanent Foreign Service Officers 
and 1,600 permanent Civil Service staff. 
(2) Not later than 60 days after enactment of 
this Act, and every 60 days thereafter until September 
30, 2021, the USAID Administrator shall report to 
the appropriate congressional committees on the on- 
board personnel levels, hiring, and attrition of the 
Civil Service, Foreign Service, and foreign service na-
tional workforce of USAID, on an operating unit-by- 
operating unit basis: Provided, That such report shall 
also include a hiring plan, including timelines, for 
maintaining the agency-wide, on-board Foreign Serv-
ice Officers and Civil Service staff at not less than the 
levels specified in paragraph (1). 
STABILIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN REGIONS IMPACTED 
BY EXTREMISM AND CONFLICT 
SEC. 7065. (a) RELIEF AND RECOVERY FUND.— 
(1) FUNDS AND TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—Of the 
funds appropriated by this Act under the headings 
‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘International Narcotics 
Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Nonproliferation, 
Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs’’, 
‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military
949 
Financing Program’’, not less than $200,000,000 
shall be made available for the Relief and Recovery 
Fund for assistance for areas liberated or at risk 
from, or under the control of, the Islamic State of 
Iraq and Syria, other terrorist organizations, or vio-
lent extremist organizations, including for stabiliza-
tion assistance for vulnerable ethnic and religious mi-
nority communities affected by conflict: Provided, 
That unless specifically designated in this Act or in 
the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in 
the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act) for assistance for countries, such funds are in 
addition to amounts otherwise made available for 
such purposes: Provided further, That such funds ap-
propriated under such headings may be transferred 
to, and merged with, funds appropriated under such 
headings: Provided further, That such transfer au-
thority is in addition to any other transfer authority 
provided by this Act or any other Act, and is subject 
to the regular notification procedures of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations. 
(2) TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE.—Of the funds ap-
propriated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic 
Support Fund’’ and ‘‘International Narcotics Control 
and Law Enforcement’’ that are made available for
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the Relief and Recovery Fund, not less than 
$10,000,000 shall be made available for programs to 
promote accountability for genocide, crimes against 
humanity, and war crimes, including in Iraq and 
Syria, which shall be in addition to any other funds 
made available by this Act for such purposes: Pro-
vided, That such programs shall include components 
to develop local investigative and judicial skills, and 
to collect and preserve evidence and maintain the 
chain of custody of evidence, including for use in 
prosecutions, and may include the establishment of, 
and assistance for, transitional justice mechanisms: 
Provided further, That such funds shall be adminis-
tered by the Special Coordinator for the Office of 
Global Criminal Justice, Department of State: Pro-
vided further, That funds made available by this 
paragraph shall be made available on an open and 
competitive basis. 
(b) COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISM IN ASIA.—Of 
the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Eco-
nomic Support Fund’’, not less than $2,500,000 shall be 
made available for programs to counter violent extremism 
in Asia, including within the Buddhist community: Pro-
vided, That such funds are in addition to funds otherwise 
made available by this Act for such purposes.
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(c) GLOBAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND RESIL-
IENCE FUND.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act and 
prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
State, foreign operations, and related programs under the 
heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, $5,000,000 shall be 
made available to the Global Community Engagement and 
Resilience Fund (GCERF), including as a contribution: 
Provided, That any such funds made available for the 
GCERF shall be made available on a cost-matching basis 
from sources other than the United States Government, to 
the maximum extent practicable, and shall be subject to the 
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
(d) GLOBAL CONCESSIONAL FINANCING FACILITY.—Of 
the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Eco-
nomic Support Fund’’, $25,000,000 shall be made available 
for the Global Concessional Financing Facility of the World 
Bank to provide financing to support refugees and host 
communities: Provided, That such funds shall be in addi-
tion to funds allocated for bilateral assistance in the report 
required by section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, and may only be made available subject to prior to 
consultation with the Committees on Appropriations.
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DISABILITY PROGRAMS 
SEC. 7066. (a) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by 
this Act under the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’ shall 
be made available for programs and activities administered 
by the United States Agency for International Development 
to address the needs and protect and promote the rights of 
people with disabilities in developing countries, including 
initiatives that focus on independent living, economic self- 
sufficiency, advocacy, education, employment, transpor-
tation, sports, and integration of individuals with disabil-
ities, including for the cost of translation. 
(b) MANAGEMENT, OVERSIGHT, AND TECHNICAL SUP-
PORT.—Of the funds made available pursuant to this sec-
tion, 5 percent may be used by USAID for management, 
oversight, and technical support. 
DEBT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT 
SEC. 7067. In order to enhance the continued partici-
pation of nongovernmental organizations in debt-for-devel-
opment and debt-for-nature exchanges, a nongovernmental 
organization which is a grantee or contractor of the United 
States Agency for International Development may place in 
interest bearing accounts local currencies which accrue to 
that organization as a result of economic assistance pro-
vided under title III of this Act and, subject to the regular 
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria-
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tions, any interest earned on such investment shall be used 
for the purpose for which the assistance was provided to 
that organization. 
ENTERPRISE FUNDS 
SEC. 7068. (a) NOTIFICATION.—None of the funds 
made available under titles III through VI of this Act may 
be made available for Enterprise Funds unless the appro-
priate congressional committees are notified at least 15 
days in advance. 
(b) DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS PLAN.—Prior to the dis-
tribution of any assets resulting from any liquidation, dis-
solution, or winding up of an Enterprise Fund, in whole 
or in part, the President shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a plan for the distribution of the 
assets of the Enterprise Fund. 
(c) TRANSITION OR OPERATING PLAN.—Prior to a 
transition to and operation of any private equity fund or 
other parallel investment fund under an existing Enterprise 
Fund, the President shall submit such transition or oper-
ating plan to the appropriate congressional committees. 
RESCISSIONS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 7069. (a) ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND.— 
(1) Of the unobligated balances available under 
the Economic Support Fund, identified by Treasury
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Appropriation Fund Symbol 72 X 1037, $32,000,000 
are rescinded. 
(2) Of the unobligated and unexpended balances 
available to the President for bilateral economic as-
sistance under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 
Fund’’ from prior Acts making appropriations for the 
Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs, $200,000,000 shall be deobligated, as ap-
propriate, and shall be rescinded. 
(3) For the purposes of this subsection, no 
amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were 
designated by Congress as an emergency requirement 
or for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 
on Terrorism pursuant to a concurrent resolution on 
the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
(b) EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAIN-
TENANCE.—Of the unobligated balances from amounts 
available under the heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Construc-
tion, and Maintenance’’ in title II of the Security Assist-
ance Appropriations Act, 2017 (division B of Public Law 
114–254), $242,462,000 are rescinded: Provided, That such 
funds that were previously designated by the Congress for 
Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget
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and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated 
by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Glob-
al War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) 
of such Act. 
(c) COMPLEX CRISES FUND.—Of the unobligated bal-
ances from amounts made available under title VIII in 
prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
State, foreign operations, and related programs under the 
heading ‘‘Complex Crises Fund’’, $40,000,000 are re-
scinded: Provided, That such funds that were previously 
designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper-
ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress 
for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-
rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of such Act. 
(d) 
EXPORT-IMPORT
BANK
OF
THE
UNITED 
STATES.—Of the unobligated balances available under the 
heading ‘‘Export and Investment Assistance, Export-Im-
port Bank of the United States, Subsidy Appropriation’’ 
for tied-aid grants from prior Acts making appropriations 
for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related 
programs, $64,282,000 are rescinded.
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This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of 
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appro-
priations Act, 2020’’. 
DIVISION H—TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING 
AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RE-
LATED 
AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS 
ACT, 2020 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
$115,490,000, of which not to exceed $3,100,000 shall be 
available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to 
exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the immediate Of-
fice of the Deputy Secretary; not to exceed $21,000,000 shall 
be available for the Office of the General Counsel; not to 
exceed $10,500,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy; not to exceed 
$15,000,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to exceed 
$2,650,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Governmental Affairs; not to exceed 
$29,244,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Administration; not to exceed $2,142,000 shall
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be available for the Office of Public Affairs; not to exceed 
$1,859,000 shall be available for the Office of the Executive 
Secretariat; not to exceed $12,181,000 shall be available for 
the Office of Intelligence, Security, and Emergency Re-
sponse; and not to exceed $16,814,000 shall be available for 
the Office of the Chief Information Officer: Provided, That 
the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to transfer 
funds appropriated for any office of the Office of the Sec-
retary to any other office of the Office of the Secretary: Pro-
vided further, That no appropriation for any office shall 
be increased or decreased by more than 7 percent by all 
such transfers: Provided further, That notice of any change 
in funding greater than 7 percent shall be submitted for 
approval to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided further, That not to exceed $60,000 
shall be for allocation within the Department for official 
reception and representation expenses as the Secretary may 
determine: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, excluding fees authorized in Public 
Law 107–71, there may be credited to this appropriation 
up to $2,500,000 in funds received in user fees: Provided 
further, That none of the funds provided in this Act shall 
be available for the position of Assistant Secretary for Pub-
lic Affairs.
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RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses related to the Office of the As-
sistant 
Secretary 
for 
Research 
and 
Technology, 
$21,000,000, of which $14,218,000 shall remain available 
until expended for (1) $5,000,000 for new competitive 
grants under section 5505 of title 49, United States Code, 
for Tier I University Transportation Centers, (2) 
$1,000,000 for the establishment of an emergency planning 
transportation data initiative to conduct research and de-
velop models for data integration of geo-located weather and 
roadways information for emergency and other severe 
weather conditions to improve public safety and emergency 
evacuation and response capabilities, (3) $1,000,000 for the 
Secretary of Transportation to enter into an agreement 
with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and 
Medicine to conduct a study through the Transportation 
Research Board on effective ways to measure the resilience 
of transportation systems and services to natural disasters, 
natural hazards, and other potential disruptions, and (4) 
$5,000,000 for the establishment of a Highly Automated 
Systems Safety Center of Excellence as required in section 
105 of this Act: Provided, That such amounts are in addi-
tion to amounts previously provided for Tier I University 
Transportation Centers: Provided further, That such 
amounts for additional Tier I University Transportation
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Centers under this heading are provided notwithstanding 
section 5505(c)(4)(A) of title 49, United States Code: Pro-
vided further, That there may be credited to this appropria-
tion, to be available until expended, funds received from 
States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, 
and private sources for expenses incurred for training: Pro-
vided further, That any reference in law, regulation, judi-
cial proceedings, or elsewhere to the Research and Innova-
tive Technology Administration shall continue to be deemed 
to be a reference to the Office of the Assistant Secretary 
for Research and Technology of the Department of Trans-
portation. 
NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS 
For capital investments in surface transportation in-
frastructure, $1,000,000,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2022: Provided, That the Secretary of Trans-
portation shall distribute funds provided under this heading 
as discretionary grants to be awarded to a State, local gov-
ernment, transit agency, port authority, or a collaboration 
among such entities on a competitive basis for projects that 
will have a significant local or regional impact: Provided 
further, That projects eligible for funding provided under 
this heading shall include, but not be limited to, highway 
or bridge projects eligible under title 23, United States 
Code; public transportation projects eligible under chapter
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53 of title 49, United States Code; passenger and freight 
rail transportation projects; port infrastructure investments 
(including inland port infrastructure and land ports of 
entry); and projects investing in surface transportation fa-
cilities that are located on tribal land and for which title 
or maintenance responsibility is vested in the Federal Gov-
ernment: Provided further, That of the amount made avail-
able under this heading, the Secretary shall use an amount 
not less than $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: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary may use up to 20 percent 
of the funds made available under this heading for the pur-
pose of paying the subsidy and administrative costs of 
projects eligible for Federal 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 Sec-
retary finds that such use of the funds would advance the 
purposes of this paragraph: Provided further, That in dis-
tributing funds provided under this heading, the Secretary 
shall take such measures so as to ensure an equitable geo-
graphic distribution of funds, an appropriate balance in 
addressing the needs of urban and rural areas, and the in-
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vestment 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 Fed-
eral 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 Fed-
eral funds in order to complete an overall financing pack-
age: Provided further, That an award under this heading 
is an urban award if it is to a project located within or 
on the boundary of an Urbanized Area (UA), as designated 
by the U.S. Census Bureau, that had a population greater 
than 200,000 in the 2010 Census: Provided further, That 
for the purpose of determining if an award for planning, 
preparation or design is an urban award, the project loca-
tion is the location of the project being planned, prepared 
or designed: Provided further, That each award under this 
heading that is not an urban award is a rural award: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds awarded under this head-
ing, not more than 50 percent shall be awarded as urban 
awards and rural awards, respectively: Provided further, 
That for rural awards, the minimum grant size shall be
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$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 heading 
must comply with the requirements of subchapter IV of 
chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall conduct a new competition to select 
the grants and credit assistance awarded under this head-
ing: 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 Administra-
tors of the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal 
Transit Administration, the Federal Railroad Administra-
tion, and the Maritime Administration to fund the award 
and oversight of grants and credit assistance made under 
the National Infrastructure Investments program: Provided 
further, That none of the funds provided in the previous 
proviso may be used to hire additional personnel: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall consider and award 
projects based solely on the selection criteria from the fiscal 
year 2017 Notice of Funding Opportunity: Provided fur-
ther, That, notwithstanding the previous proviso, the Sec-
retary shall not use the Federal share or an applicant’s 
ability to generate non-Federal revenue as a selection cri-
teria in awarding projects: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall issue the Notice of Funding Opportunity no
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later than 60 days after enactment of this Act: Provided 
further, That such Notice of Funding Opportunity shall re-
quire application submissions 90 days after the publishing 
of such Notice: Provided further, That of the applications 
submitted under the previous two provisos, the Secretary 
shall make 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 in-
frastructure investments for multimodal safety projects 
under title VIII of division F of the Consolidated and Fur-
ther Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (Public Law 
113–6; 127 Stat. 423) shall remain available through fiscal 
year 2024 for the liquidation of valid obligations of active 
grants awarded with this funding: Provided further, That 
the preceding proviso shall be applied as if it were in effect 
on September 30, 2019. 
NATIONAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AND INNOVATIVE 
FINANCE BUREAU 
For necessary expenses of the National Surface Trans-
portation and Innovative Finance Bureau as authorized by 
49 U.S.C. 116, $5,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That the Secretary shall notify the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations no less than 15 
days prior to exercising the transfer authority granted 
under section 116(h) of title 49, United States Code.
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FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CAPITAL 
For necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing 
the Department of Transportation’s financial systems and 
re-engineering business processes, $2,000,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2021. 
CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVES 
For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, 
including necessary upgrades to wide area network and in-
formation technology infrastructure, improvement of net-
work perimeter controls and identity management, testing 
and assessment of information technology against business, 
security, and other requirements, implementation of Fed-
eral cyber security initiatives and information infrastruc-
ture enhancements, and implementation of enhanced secu-
rity controls on network devices, $15,000,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2021. 
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, $10,879,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That of such amount,
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$1,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses of the Interagency 
Infrastructure Permitting Improvement Center (IIPIC): 
Provided further, That there may be transferred to this ap-
propriation, to remain available until expended, amounts 
transferred from other Federal agencies for expenses in-
curred 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 agencies provide fund-
ing to the Department as provided for under the previous 
proviso. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For necessary expenses for operating costs and capital 
outlays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed 
$319,793,000, 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 Cap-
ital Fund without majority approval of the Working Cap-
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ital Fund Steering Committee and approval of the Sec-
retary: Provided further, That no assessments may be levied 
against any program, budget activity, subactivity or project 
funded by this Act unless notice of such assessments and 
the basis therefor are presented to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations and are approved by such 
Committees. 
SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS UTILIZATION AND 
OUTREACH 
For necessary expenses for small and disadvantaged 
business utilization and outreach activities, $4,646,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That 
notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be used 
for business opportunities related to any mode of transpor-
tation: Provided further, That appropriations made avail-
able under this heading shall be available for any purpose 
consistent with prior year appropriations that were made 
available under the heading ‘‘Minority Business Resource 
Center Program’’. 
PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
In addition to funds made available from any other 
source to carry out the essential air service program under 
49 U.S.C. 41731 through 41742, $162,000,000, to be derived 
from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to remain avail-
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able until expended: Provided, That in determining between 
or among carriers competing to provide service to a commu-
nity, the Secretary may consider the relative subsidy re-
quirements of the carriers: Provided further, That basic es-
sential air service minimum requirements shall not include 
the 15-passenger capacity requirement under section 
41732(b)(3) of title 49, United States Code: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds in this Act or any other Act 
shall be used to enter into a new contract with a community 
located less than 40 miles from the nearest small hub air-
port before the Secretary has negotiated with the commu-
nity over a local cost share: Provided further, That amounts 
authorized to be distributed for the essential air service pro-
gram under section 41742(b) of title 49, United States Code, 
shall be made available immediately from amounts other-
wise provided to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration: Provided further, That the Administrator 
may reimburse such amounts from fees credited to the ac-
count established 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 approve
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assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining to funds 
appropriated to the modal administrations in this Act, ex-
cept for activities underway on the date of enactment of 
this Act, unless such assessments or agreements have com-
pleted 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 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 Work-
ing Capital Fund is hereby authorized to provide partial 
or full payments in advance and accept subsequent reim-
bursements from all Federal agencies from available funds 
for transit benefit distribution services that are necessary 
to carry out the Federal transit pass transportation fringe 
benefit program under Executive Order No. 13150 and sec-
tion 3049 of Public Law 109–59: Provided, That the De-
partment shall maintain a reasonable operating reserve in 
the Working Capital Fund, to be expended in advance to 
provide uninterrupted transit benefits to Government em-
ployees: Provided further, That such reserve will not exceed 
one month of benefits payable and may be used only for
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the purpose of providing for the continuation of transit ben-
efits: Provided further, That the Working Capital Fund will 
be fully reimbursed by each customer agency from available 
funds for the actual cost of the transit benefit. 
SEC. 104. No later than May 1, 2020, the Secretary 
shall announce the selection of all projects to receive awards 
for all competitive grants provided in Public Law 116–6 
under the headings: ‘‘Federal Railroad Administration— 
Federal–State Partnership for State of Good Repair’’, 
‘‘Federal Railroad Administration—Consolidated Rail In-
frastructure and Safety Improvements’’, ‘‘Federal Railroad 
Administration—Restoration and Enhancement’’, ‘‘Federal 
Railroad Administration—Magnetic Levitation Technology 
Deployment Program’’, and ‘‘Maritime Administration— 
Port Infrastructure Development Program’’. 
SEC. 105. (a) The Secretary shall establish a Highly 
Automated Systems Safety Center of Excellence within the 
Department of Transportation, in order to have a Depart-
ment of Transportation workforce capable of reviewing, as-
sessing, and validating the safety of automated technologies. 
(b) The Highly Automated Systems Safety Center of 
Excellence shall— 
(1) serve as a central location within the Depart-
ment of Transportation for expertise in automation 
and human factors, computer science, data analytics,
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machine learning, sensors, and other technologies in-
volving automated systems; 
(2) collaborate with and provide support on 
highly automated systems to all Operating Adminis-
trations of the Department of Transportation; and 
(3) have a workforce composed of Department of 
Transportation employees, including direct hires or 
detailees from Operating Administrations of the De-
partment of Transportation and other Federal agen-
cies. 
(c) Employees of the Highly Automated Systems Safe-
ty Center of Excellence, in conjunction with the relevant 
Operating Administrations of the Department of Transpor-
tation, shall review, assess, and validate highly automated 
systems to ensure their safety. 
(d) The Highly Automated Systems Safety Center of 
Excellence shall not supersede laws or regulations granting 
certification authorities to Operating Administrations of 
the Department of Transportation. 
(e) No later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall report to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate on staffing needs and the staffing plan for the High-
ly Automated Systems Safety Center of Excellence.
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SEC. 106. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be used to terminate the Intelligent Transpor-
tation System Program Advisory Committee established 
under section 5305(h) of SAFETEA–LU (23 U.S.C. 512 
note; Public Law 109–59). 
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Admin-
istration, not otherwise provided for, including operations 
and research activities related to commercial space trans-
portation, administrative expenses for research and develop-
ment, establishment of air navigation facilities, the oper-
ation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, sub-
sidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold to 
the public, the lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles 
for replacement only, $10,630,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2021, of which $10,519,000,000 shall 
be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund: Pro-
vided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading— 
(1) not less than $1,404,096,000 shall be avail-
able for aviation safety activities; 
(2) $7,970,734,000 shall be available for air traf-
fic organization activities;
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(3) $26,040,000 shall be available for commercial 
space transportation activities; 
(4) $800,646,000 shall be available for finance 
and management activities; 
(5) $61,538,000 shall be available for NextGen 
and operations planning activities; 
(6) $118,642,000 shall be available for security 
and hazardous materials safety; and 
(7) $248,304,000 shall be available for staff of-
fices: 
Provided further, That not to exceed 5 percent of any budget 
activity, except for aviation safety budget activity, may be 
transferred to any budget activity under this heading: Pro-
vided further, That no transfer may increase or decrease 
any appropriation by more than 5 percent: Provided fur-
ther, That any transfer in excess of 5 percent shall be treat-
ed as a reprogramming 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 60 days after 
the submission of the budget request, the Administrator of 
the Federal Aviation Administration shall transmit to Con-
gress an annual update to the report submitted to Congress 
in December 2004 pursuant to section 221 of Public Law 
108–176: Provided further, That the amount herein appro-
973 
priated shall be reduced by $100,000 for each day after the 
date that is 60 days after the submission of the budget re-
quest that such report has not been submitted to the Con-
gress: Provided further, That not later than 60 days after 
the submission of the budget request, the Administrator 
shall transmit to Congress a companion report that de-
scribes 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 staff-
ing plan, including stated attrition estimates and numer-
ical hiring goals by fiscal year: Provided further, That the 
amount herein appropriated shall be reduced by $100,000 
per day for each day after the date that is 60 days after 
the submission of the budget request 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 applicants for the second career training program: 
Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall 
be available for the Federal Aviation Administration to fi-
nalize 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,
974 
That there may be credited to this appropriation, as offset-
ting collections, funds received from States, counties, mu-
nicipalities, foreign authorities, other public authorities, 
and private sources for expenses incurred in the provision 
of agency services, including receipts for the maintenance 
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 alteration forms: 
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 
heading, not less than $170,000,000 shall be used to fund 
direct operations of the current 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: Provided further, That none of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act 
or any other Act may be used to eliminate the Contract 
Weather Observers program at any airport.
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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, im-
provement 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 nec-
essary sites by lease or grant; engineering and service test-
ing, including construction of test facilities and acquisition 
of necessary sites by lease or grant; construction and fur-
nishing of quarters and related accommodations for officers 
and employees of the Federal Aviation Administration sta-
tioned at remote localities where such accommodations are 
not available; and the purchase, lease, or transfer of aircraft 
from funds available under this heading, including aircraft 
for aviation regulation and certification; to be derived from 
the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, $3,045,000,000, of 
which $515,000,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2021, $2,409,473,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2022, and $120,527,000 shall remain available 
until expended: Provided, That there may be credited to this 
appropriation funds received from States, counties, munici-
palities, other public authorities, and private sources, for 
expenses incurred in the establishment, improvement, and
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modernization of national airspace systems: Provided fur-
ther, That not later than 60 days after submission of the 
budget request, the Secretary of Transportation shall trans-
mit to the Congress an investment plan for the Federal 
Aviation Administration which includes funding for each 
budget line item for fiscal years 2021 through 2025, with 
total funding for each year of the plan constrained to the 
funding targets for those years as estimated and approved 
by the Office of Management and Budget. 
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 acqui-
sition of necessary sites by lease or grant, $192,665,000, to 
be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and 
to remain available until September 30, 2022: Provided, 
That there may be credited to this appropriation as offset-
ting collections, funds received from States, counties, mu-
nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources, 
which shall be available for expenses incurred for research, 
engineering, and development: Provided further, That funds 
made available under this heading shall be used in accord-
ance with the explanatory statement described in section
977 
4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act): Provided further, That not to exceed 10 percent of any 
funding level specified under this heading in the explana-
tory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act) may be trans-
ferred to any other funding level specified under this head-
ing in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in 
the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): 
Provided further, That no transfer may increase or decrease 
any funding level by more than 10 percent: Provided fur-
ther, That any transfer in excess of 10 percent shall be treat-
ed as a reprogramming 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. 
GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in- 
aid for airport planning and development, and noise com-
patibility planning and programs as authorized under sub-
chapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 
of title 49, United States Code, and under other law author-
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izing such obligations; for procurement, installation, and 
commissioning of runway incursion prevention devices and 
systems at airports of such title; for grants authorized under 
section 41743 of title 49, United States Code; and for in-
spection activities and administration of airport safety pro-
grams, including those related to airport operating certifi-
cates under section 44706 of title 49, United States Code, 
$3,000,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That none of the funds under this heading shall be 
available for the planning or execution of programs the obli-
gations for which are in excess of $3,350,000,000 in fiscal 
year 2020, notwithstanding section 47117(g) of title 49, 
United States Code: Provided further, That none of the 
funds under this heading shall be available for the replace-
ment of baggage conveyor systems, reconfiguration of ter-
minal baggage areas, or other airport improvements that 
are necessary to install bulk explosive detection systems: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 47109(a) of 
title 49, United States Code, the Government’s share of al-
lowable project costs under paragraph (2) for subgrants or 
paragraph (3) of that section shall be 95 percent for a 
project at other than a large or medium hub airport that 
is a successive phase of a multi-phased construction project 
for which the project sponsor received a grant in fiscal year
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2011 for the construction project: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, of funds lim-
ited under this heading, not more than $116,500,000 shall 
be available for administration, not less than $15,000,000 
shall be available for the Airport Cooperative Research Pro-
gram, not less than $39,224,000 shall be available for Air-
port Technology Research, and $10,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be available and transferred 
to ‘‘Office of the Secretary, Salaries and Expenses’’ to carry 
out the Small Community Air Service Development Pro-
gram: Provided further, That in addition to airports eligi-
ble under section 41743 of title 49, United States Code, such 
program may include the participation of an airport that 
serves a community or consortium that is not larger than 
a small hub airport, according to FAA hub classifications 
effective at the time the Office of the Secretary issues a re-
quest for proposals. 
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 chapter 
471 and subchapter 1 of chapter 475 of title 49, United 
States Code, $400,000,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2022: Provided, That amounts made avail-
able under this heading shall be derived from the general
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fund, and such funds shall not be subject to apportionment 
formulas, special apportionment categories, or minimum 
percentages under chapter 471: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall distribute funds provided under this head-
ing as discretionary grants to airports: Provided further, 
That the amount made available under this heading 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 the Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration may retain up to 0.5 percent of 
the funds provided under this heading to fund the award 
and oversight by the Administrator of grants made under 
this heading. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 110. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
to compensate in excess of 600 technical staff-years under 
the federally funded research and development center con-
tract between the Federal Aviation Administration and the 
Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development during 
fiscal year 2020. 
SEC. 111. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
to pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring air-
port sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration without cost building construction, maintenance,
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utilities and expenses, or space in airport sponsor-owned 
buildings for services relating to air traffic control, air 
navigation, or weather reporting: Provided, That the prohi-
bition of funds in this section does not apply to negotiations 
between the agency and airport sponsors to achieve agree-
ment on ‘‘below-market’’ rates for these items or to grant 
assurances that require airport sponsors to provide land 
without cost to the Federal Aviation Administration for air 
traffic control facilities. 
SEC. 112. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration may reimburse amounts made available to 
satisfy 49 U.S.C. 41742(a)(1) from fees credited under 49 
U.S.C. 45303 and any amount remaining in such account 
at the close of that fiscal year may be made available to 
satisfy section 41742(a)(1) for the subsequent fiscal year. 
SEC. 113. Amounts collected under section 40113(e) of 
title 49, United States Code, shall be credited to the appro-
priation current at the time of collection, to be merged with 
and available for the same purposes of such appropriation. 
SEC. 114. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for paying premium pay under subsection 5546(a) of 
title 5, United States Code, to any Federal Aviation Admin-
istration employee unless such employee actually performed 
work during the time corresponding to such premium pay.
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SEC. 115. None of the funds in this Act may be obli-
gated or expended for an employee of the Federal Aviation 
Administration to purchase a store gift card or gift certifi-
cate through use of a Government-issued credit card. 
SEC. 116. None of the funds in this Act may be obli-
gated or expended for retention bonuses for an employee of 
the Federal Aviation Administration without the prior 
written approval of the Assistant Secretary for Administra-
tion of the Department of Transportation. 
SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds made available under this Act or any 
prior Act may be used to implement or to continue to im-
plement any limitation on the ability of any owner or oper-
ator of a private aircraft to obtain, upon a request to the 
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, a 
blocking of that owner’s or operator’s aircraft registration 
number from any display of the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration’s Aircraft Situational Display to Industry data 
that is made available to the public, except data made 
available to a Government agency, for the noncommercial 
flights of that owner or operator. 
SEC. 118. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for salaries and expenses of more than nine political 
and Presidential appointees in the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration.
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SEC. 119. None of the funds made available under this 
Act may be used to increase fees pursuant to section 44721 
of title 49, United States Code, until the Federal Aviation 
Administration provides to the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations a report that justifies all fees related 
to aeronautical navigation products and explains how such 
fees are consistent with Executive Order No. 13642. 
SEC. 119A. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
to close a regional operations center of the Federal Aviation 
Administration or reduce its services unless the Adminis-
trator notifies the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations not less than 90 full business days in advance. 
SEC. 119B. None of the funds appropriated or limited 
by this Act may be used to change weight restrictions or 
prior permission rules at Teterboro airport in Teterboro, 
New Jersey. 
SEC. 119C. None of the funds provided under this Act 
may be used by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration to withhold from consideration and ap-
proval any new application for participation in the Con-
tract Tower Program, or for reevaluation of Cost-share Pro-
gram participants as long as the Federal Aviation Admin-
istration has received an application from the airport, and 
as long as the Administrator determines such tower is eligi-
984 
ble using the factors set forth in Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration published establishment criteria. 
SEC. 119D. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to open, close, redesignate as a lesser office, 
or reorganize a regional office, the aeronautical center, or 
technical center unless the Administrator submits a request 
for the reprogramming of funds under section 405 of this 
Act. 
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Not to exceed $453,549,689, together with advances 
and reimbursements received by the Federal Highway Ad-
ministration, shall be obligated for necessary expenses for 
administration and operation of the Federal Highway Ad-
ministration. In addition, $3,248,000 shall be transferred 
to the Appalachian Regional Commission in accordance 
with section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code. 
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
Funds available for the implementation or execution 
of Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction 
programs authorized under titles 23 and 49, United States
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Code, and the provisions of the Fixing America’s Surface 
Transportation (FAST) Act (Public Law 114–94) shall not 
exceed total obligations of $46,365,092,000 for fiscal year 
2020: Provided, That the Secretary may collect and spend 
fees, as authorized by title 23, United States Code, to cover 
the costs of services of expert firms, including counsel, in 
the field of municipal and project finance to assist in the 
underwriting and servicing of Federal credit instruments 
and all or a portion of the costs to the Federal Government 
of servicing such credit instruments: Provided further, That 
such fees are available until expended to pay for such costs: 
Provided further, That such amounts are in addition to ad-
ministrative expenses that are also available for such pur-
pose, and are not subject to any obligation limitation or 
the limitation on administrative expenses under section 608 
of title 23, United States Code. 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For the payment of obligations incurred in carrying 
out Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction 
programs authorized under title 23, United States Code, 
$47,104,092,000 derived from the Highway Trust Fund 
(other than the Mass Transit Account), to remain available 
until expended.
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HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS 
There is hereby appropriated to the Secretary of 
Transportation $2,166,140,392: Provided, That the funds 
made available under this heading shall be derived from 
the general fund, shall be in addition to any funds provided 
for fiscal year 2020 in this or any other Act for: (1) ‘‘Fed-
eral-aid Highways’’ under chapter 1 of title 23, United 
States Code; or (2) the Appalachian Development Highway 
System as authorized under section 1069(y) of Public Law 
102–240, and shall not affect the distribution or amount 
of funds provided in any other Act: Provided further, That 
section 1101(b) of Public Law 114–94 shall apply to funds 
made available under this heading: Provided further, That 
of the funds made available under this heading— 
(1) $781,140,392 shall be for activities eligible 
under sections 133(b)(1) and 133(b)(4) of title 23, 
United States Code, and to provide necessary charg-
ing infrastructure along corridor-ready or corridor- 
pending alternative fuel corridors designated pursu-
ant to section 151 of title 23, United States Code; 
(2) $1,150,000,000 shall be for a bridge replace-
ment and rehabilitation program; 
(3) $100,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses 
for construction of the Appalachian Development
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Highway System as authorized under section 1069(y) 
of Public Law 102–240; 
(4) $3,500,000 shall be for activities eligible 
under the Puerto Rico Highway Program as described 
in section 165(b)(2)(C) of title 23, United States 
Code; 
(5) $1,500,000 shall be for activities eligible 
under the Territorial Highway Program, as described 
in section 165(c)(6) of title 23, United States Code; 
(6) $70,000,000 shall be for the nationally sig-
nificant Federal lands and tribal projects program 
under section 1123 of the FAST Act; 
(7) $50,000,000 shall be for competitive grants 
for activities described in section 130(a) of title 23, 
United States Code; 
(8) $5,000,000 shall be for the Regional Infra-
structure Accelerator Demonstration Program author-
ized under section 1441 of the FAST Act; and 
(9) $5,000,000 shall be for a National Road Net-
work Pilot Program for the Federal Highway Admin-
istration to create a national level, geo-spatial dataset 
that uses data already collected under the Highway 
Performance Monitoring System: 
Provided further, That for the purposes of funds made 
available under this heading for activities eligible under
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sections 133(b)(1) and 133(b)(4) of title 23, United States 
Code, and to provide necessary charging infrastructure 
along corridor-ready or corridor-pending alternative fuel 
corridors designated pursuant to section 151 of title 23, 
United States Code, the term ‘‘State’’ means any of the 50 
States or the District of Columbia: Provided further, That 
the funds made available under this heading for activities 
eligible under sections 133(b)(1) and 133(b)(4) of title 23, 
United States Code, and to provide necessary charging in-
frastructure along corridor-ready or corridor-pending alter-
native fuel corridors designated pursuant to section 151 of 
title 23, United States Code, shall be suballocated in the 
manner described in section 133(d) of such title, except that 
the set-aside described in section 133(h) of such title shall 
not apply to funds made available under this heading: Pro-
vided further, That the funds made available under this 
heading for activities eligible under sections 133(b)(1) and 
133(b)(4) of title 23, United States Code, and to provide 
necessary charging infrastructure along corridor-ready or 
corridor-pending alternative fuel corridors designated pur-
suant to section 151 of title 23, United States Code, shall 
be administered as if apportioned under chapter 1 of such 
title and shall remain available through September 30, 
2023: Provided further, That the funds made available 
under this heading for activities eligible under sections
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133(b)(1) and 133(b)(4) of title 23, United States Code, and 
to provide necessary charging infrastructure along corridor- 
ready or corridor-pending alternative fuel corridors des-
ignated pursuant to section 151 of title 23, United States 
Code, shall be apportioned to the States in the same ratio 
as the obligation limitation for fiscal year 2020 is distrib-
uted among the States in section 120(a)(5) of this Act: Pro-
vided further, That, except as provided in the following pro-
viso, the funds made available under this heading for activi-
ties eligible under the Puerto Rico Highway Program and 
activities eligible under the Territorial Highway Program 
shall be administered as if allocated under sections 165(b) 
and 165(c), respectively, of title 23, United States Code, and 
shall remain available through September 30, 2023: Pro-
vided further, That the funds made available under this 
heading for activities eligible under the Puerto Rico High-
way Program shall not be subject to the requirements of 
sections 165(b)(2)(A) or 165(b)(2)(B) of such title: Provided 
further, That the funds made available under this heading 
for the nationally significant Federal lands and tribal 
projects program under section 1123 of the FAST Act shall 
remain available through September 30, 2023: Provided 
further, That for the purposes of funds made available 
under this heading for a bridge replacement and rehabilita-
tion program, (1) the term ‘‘State’’ means any of the 50
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States or the District of Columbia, and (2) the term ‘‘quali-
fying 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: Provided further, That, 
of the funds made available under this heading 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 for a bridge replacement and 
rehabilitation program to each qualifying State by the pro-
portion that the percentage of total deck area of bridges clas-
sified as in poor condition in such qualifying State bears 
to the sum of the percentages of total deck area of bridges 
classified as in poor condition in all qualifying States: Pro-
vided further, That for the bridge replacement and rehabili-
tation program: 
(1) no qualifying State shall receive more than 
$50,000,000; 
(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 ex-
cess of $50,000,000 shall be redistributed equally
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among each State that does not meet the definition of 
a qualifying State: 
Provided further, That the funds made available under this 
heading for a bridge replacement and rehabilitation pro-
gram shall be used for highway bridge replacement or reha-
bilitation projects on public roads: Provided further, That 
for purposes of this heading for the bridge replacement and 
rehabilitation program, the Secretary shall calculate the 
percentages of total deck area of bridges (including the per-
centages of total deck area classified as in poor condition) 
based on the National Bridge Inventory as of December 31, 
2018: Provided further, That the funds made available 
under this heading for a bridge replacement and rehabilita-
tion program shall be administered as if apportioned under 
chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, and shall remain 
available through September 30, 2023: Provided further, 
That the funds made available under this heading, in para-
graph (7) in the third proviso, shall be available for projects 
eligible under section 130(a) of title 23, United States Code, 
for commuter authorities, as defined in section 24102(2) of 
title 49, United States Code, that experienced at least one 
accident investigated by the National Transportation Safe-
ty Board between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2018 
and for which the National Transportation Safety Board 
issued an accident report: Provided further, That the funds
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made available under this heading, in paragraph (7) of the 
third proviso, shall be administered as if apportioned under 
chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code: Provided further, 
That for the purposes of funds made available under this 
heading for construction of the Appalachian Development 
Highway System, the term ‘‘Appalachian State’’ means a 
State that contains 1 or more counties (including any polit-
ical subdivision located within the area) in the Appa-
lachian 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 Appa-
lachian Development Highway System shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided further, That a project car-
ried 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: Pro-
vided further, That subject to the following proviso, funds 
made available under this heading for construction of the 
Appalachian Development Highway System shall be appor-
tioned to Appalachian States according to the percentages 
derived from the 2012 Appalachian Development Highway 
System Cost-to-Complete Estimate, adopted in Appalachian 
Regional Commission Resolution Number 736, and con-
firmed as each Appalachian State’s relative share of the es-
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timated remaining need to complete the Appalachian Devel-
opment Highway System, adjusted to exclude those cor-
ridors that such States have no current plans to complete, 
as reported in the 2013 Appalachian Development Highway 
System Completion Report: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall adjust apportionments made under the pre-
ceding proviso so that no Appalachian State shall be appor-
tioned an amount in excess of 30 percent of the amount 
made available for construction of the Appalachian Devel-
opment Highway System under this heading: Provided fur-
ther, 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 con-
struction of the Appalachian Development Highway System 
under this heading shall be up to 100 percent: Provided fur-
ther, That amounts provided under this heading in para-
graphs (7), (8), and (9) shall remain available until ex-
pended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2020, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall— 
(1) not distribute from the obligation limitation 
for Federal-aid highways—
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(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 
Transportation Statistics; 
(2) not distribute an amount from the obligation 
limitation for Federal-aid highways that is equal to 
the unobligated balance of amounts— 
(A) made available from the Highway Trust 
Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for 
Federal-aid highway and highway safety con-
struction programs for previous fiscal years the 
funds for which are allocated by the Secretary 
(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 dis-
tributed under paragraphs (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 construction programs (other
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than sums authorized to be appropriated for pro-
visions of law described in paragraphs (1) 
through (11) of subsection (b) and sums author-
ized to be appropriated for section 119 of title 
23, United States Code, equal to the amount re-
ferred to in subsection (b)(12) for such fiscal 
year), less the aggregate of the amounts not dis-
tributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this 
subsection; 
(4) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed-
eral-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not dis-
tributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), for each of the 
programs (other than programs to which paragraph 
(1) applies) that are allocated by the Secretary under 
the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act and 
title 23, United States Code, or apportioned by the 
Secretary under sections 202 or 204 of that title, by 
multiplying— 
(A) the proportion determined under para-
graph (3); by 
(B) the amounts authorized to be appro-
priated for each such program for such fiscal 
year; and 
(5) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed-
eral-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not dis-
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tributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) and the 
amounts distributed under paragraph (4), for Fed-
eral-aid highway and highway safety construction 
programs that are apportioned by the Secretary 
under title 23, United States Code (other than the 
amounts apportioned for the National Highway Per-
formance Program in section 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 programs 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 appropriated for the programs that are ap-
portioned 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;
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(2) section 147 of the Surface Transportation As-
sistance Act of 1978 (23 U.S.C. 144 note; 92 Stat. 
2714); 
(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 As-
sistance 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 ob-
ligation 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 ex-
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tent 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 ob-
ligated in accordance with that section were not sub-
ject to a limitation on obligations at the time at 
which the funds were initially made available for ob-
ligation; and 
(12) section 119 of title 23, United States Code 
(but, for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2020, only 
in an amount equal to $639,000,000). 
(c) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED OBLIGATION AU-
THORITY.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall, after August 1 of such fiscal year— 
(1) revise a distribution of the obligation limita-
tion 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 pre-
viously distributed during that fiscal year, giving pri-
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ority to those States having large unobligated bal-
ances of funds apportioned under sections 144 (as in 
effect on the day before the date of enactment of Pub-
lic Law 112–141) and 104 of title 23, United States 
Code. 
(d) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS TO 
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PROGRAMS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 
highways shall apply to contract authority for trans-
portation research programs carried out under— 
(A) chapter 5 of title 23, United States 
Code; and 
(B) title VI of the Fixing America’s Surface 
Transportation Act. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—Obligation authority made 
available under paragraph (1) shall— 
(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 highway safety construction 
programs for future fiscal years. 
(e) REDISTRIBUTION
OF
CERTAIN
AUTHORIZED 
FUNDS.—
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(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 pro-
grams; and 
(B) the Secretary determines will not be al-
located 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 distribu-
tion 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 re-
ceived by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the
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sale of data products, for necessary expenses incurred pur-
suant to chapter 63 of title 49, United States Code, may 
be credited to the Federal-aid highways account for the pur-
pose 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 re-
quirement for Federal-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 pro-
vide 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 provided in this Act to 
the Department of Transportation may be used to provide 
credit assistance unless not less than 3 days before any ap-
plication approval to provide credit assistance under sec-
tions 603 and 604 of title 23, United States Code, the Sec-
retary of Transportation provides notification in writing 
to the following committees: the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations; the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works and the Committee on Banking, Housing and
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Urban Affairs of the Senate; and the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa-
tives: Provided, That such notification shall include, but not 
be limited to, the name of the project sponsor; a description 
of the project; whether credit assistance will be provided as 
a direct loan, loan guarantee, or line of credit; and the 
amount of credit assistance. 
SEC. 124. None of the funds provided 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 notification to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations of the proposed grant, including an eval-
uation and justification for the project and the amount of 
the proposed grant award: Provided, That the written noti-
fication required in the previous proviso shall be made no 
later than 180 days after enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 125. (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 obli-
gation limitation: Provided, That the Department of Trans-
portation for the State or territory for which the earmarked 
amount was originally designated or directed notifies the
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Secretary of Transportation of its intent to use its authority 
under this section and submits a quarterly 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 of Transportation 
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 Fed-
eral 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 authorized to be appropriated 
or appropriated more than 10 fiscal years prior to
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the current fiscal year, and administered by the Fed-
eral Highway Administration. 
(c) The authority under subsection (a) may be exer-
cised only for those projects or activities that have obligated 
less than 10 percent of the amount made available for obli-
gation 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 each 
quarter to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions. 
SEC. 126. The following are repealed: 
(1) Section 352 of the National Highway System 
Designation Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–59, 109 
Stat. 568). 
(2) Section 324 of the Department of Transpor-
tation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1986 (Public Law 99–190; 99 Stat. 1288).
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(3) Section 325 of the Department of Transpor-
tation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1996 (Public Law 104–50; 109 Stat. 456). 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, tolls collected 
for motor vehicles on any bridge connecting the boroughs 
of Brooklyn, New York, and Staten Island, New York, shall 
be collected for any such vehicles exiting from such bridge 
in both Staten Island and Brooklyn. 
SEC. 127. Section 125(d) of title 23, United States 
Code, is amended by striking paragraph (4). 
SEC. 128. Until final guidance is published, the Ad-
ministrator of the Federal Highway Administration shall 
make determinations on Buy America waivers for those 
waivers that were submitted before April 17, 2018, as if 
the notice of proposed rulemaking of that date was not in 
effect. 
SEC. 129. Section 1948 of SAFETEA–LU (Public 
Law 109–59; 119 Stat. 1514) is repealed. 
SEC. 129A. Section 119(e)(5) of title 23, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(5) REQUIREMENT FOR PLAN.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 120, each fiscal year, if the Secretary deter-
mines that a State has not developed and imple-
mented a State asset management plan con-
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sistent with this section, the Federal share pay-
able on account of any project or activity for 
which funds are obligated by the State in that 
fiscal year under this section shall be 65 percent. 
‘‘(B) DETERMINATION.—The Secretary shall 
make the determination under subparagraph (A) 
for a fiscal year not later than the day before the 
beginning of such fiscal year.’’. 
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 implemen-
tation, execution and administration of motor carrier safe-
ty operations and programs pursuant to section 31110 of 
title 49, United States Code, as amended by the Fixing 
America’s Surface Transportation Act, $288,000,000, to be 
derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass 
Transit Account), together with advances and reimburse-
ments received by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Admin-
istration, the sum of which shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That funds available for implementation, 
execution or administration of motor carrier safety oper-
ations and programs authorized under title 49, United
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States Code, shall not exceed total obligations of 
$288,000,000 for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Operations and 
Programs’’ for fiscal year 2020, of which $9,073,000, to re-
main available for obligation until September 30, 2022, is 
for the research and technology program, and of which 
$35,334,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 2022, is for 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 Fixing America’s Surface 
Transportation Act, $391,135,561, to be derived from the 
Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Ac-
count) and to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That funds available for the implementation or execution 
of motor carrier safety programs shall not exceed total obli-
gations of $391,135,561 in fiscal year 2020 for ‘‘Motor Car-
rier Safety Grants’’: Provided further, That of the sums ap-
propriated under this heading: 
(1) $308,700,000 shall be available for the motor 
carrier safety assistance program;
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(2) $33,200,000 shall be available for the com-
mercial driver’s license program implementation pro-
gram; 
(3) $45,900,000 shall be available for the high 
priority activities program, of which $1,000,000 is to 
be made available from prior year unobligated con-
tract authority provided for Motor Carrier Safety in 
the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century 
(Public Law 105–178), SAFETEA–LU (Public Law 
109–59), or other appropriations or authorization 
Acts; and 
(4) $3,335,561 shall be made available for com-
mercial motor vehicle operators grants, of which 
$2,335,561 is to be made available from prior year 
unobligated contract authority provided for Motor 
Carrier Safety in the Transportation Equity Act for 
the 21st Century (Public Law 105–178), SAFETEA– 
LU (Public Law 109–59), or other appropriations or 
authorization Acts. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER 
SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 130. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Adminis-
tration shall send notice of 49 CFR section 385.308 viola-
tions by certified mail, registered mail, or another manner
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of delivery, which records the receipt of the notice by the 
persons responsible for the violations. 
SEC. 131. 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 imple-
ment, 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 re-
spect 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. 
SEC. 132. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Adminis-
tration shall update annual inspection regulations under 
Appendix G to subchapter B of chapter III of title 49, Code 
of Federal Regulations, as recommended by GAO–19–264. 
NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the 
Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety au-
thorized under chapter 301 and part C of subtitle VI of 
title 49, United States Code, $194,000,000, of which 
$40,000,000 shall remain available through September 30, 
2021.
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OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403, including behavioral re-
search on Automated Driving Systems and Advanced Driv-
er Assistance Systems and improving consumer responses 
to safety recalls, section 4011 of the Fixing America’s Sur-
face Transportation Act (Public Law 114–94), and chapter 
303 of title 49, United States Code, $155,300,000, to be de-
rived 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 avail-
able for the planning or execution of programs the total ob-
ligations for which, in fiscal year 2020, are in excess of 
$155,300,000: Provided further, That of the sums appro-
priated under this heading— 
(1) $149,800,000 shall be for programs author-
ized under 23 U.S.C. 403, including behavioral re-
search on Automated Driving Systems and Advanced 
Driver Assistance Systems and improving consumer 
responses to safety recalls, and section 4011 of the 
Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (Public 
Law 114–94); and
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(2) $5,500,000 shall be for the National Driver 
Register authorized under chapter 303 of title 49, 
United States Code: 
Provided further, That within the $155,300,000 obligation 
limitation for operations and research, $20,000,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2021, and shall be 
in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed on 
obligations for future years: Provided further, That 
amounts for behavioral research on Automated Driving 
Systems and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems and im-
proving consumer responses to safety recalls are in addition 
to any other funds provided for those purposes for fiscal 
year 2020 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 23 U.S.C. 402, 404, and 405, and section 
4001(a)(6) of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation 
Act, to remain available until expended, $623,017,000, 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
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2020 are in excess of $623,017,000 for programs authorized 
under 23 U.S.C. 402, 404, and 405, and section 4001(a)(6) 
of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act: Pro-
vided further, That of the sums appropriated under this 
heading— 
(1) $279,800,000 shall be for ‘‘Highway Safety 
Programs’’ under 23 U.S.C. 402; 
(2) $285,900,000 shall be for ‘‘National Priority 
Safety Programs’’ under 23 U.S.C. 405; 
(3) $30,500,000 shall be for the ‘‘High Visibility 
Enforcement Program’’ under 23 U.S.C. 404; and 
(4) $26,817,000 shall be for ‘‘Administrative Ex-
penses’’ under section 4001(a)(6) of the Fixing Amer-
ica’s Surface Transportation Act: 
Provided further, That none of these funds shall be used for 
construction, rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or for of-
fice furnishings and fixtures for State, local or private 
buildings or structures: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$500,000 of the funds made available for ‘‘National Priority 
Safety Programs’’ under 23 U.S.C. 405 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 23 U.S.C. 405(a)(8), any 
amounts transferred to increase the amounts made avail-
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able under section 402 shall include the obligation authority 
for such amounts: Provided further, That the Administrator 
shall notify the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations of any exercise of the authority granted under the 
previous proviso or under 23 U.S.C. 405(a)(8) within 5 
days. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—NATIONAL HIGHWAY 
TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 140. An additional $130,000 shall be made avail-
able to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administra-
tion, out of the amount limited for section 402 of title 23, 
United States Code, to pay for travel and related expenses 
for State management reviews and to pay for core com-
petency development training and related expenses for high-
way safety staff. 
SEC. 141. The limitations on obligations for the pro-
grams of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administra-
tion 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. In addition to the amounts made available 
under the heading, ‘‘Operations and Research (Liquidation 
of Contract Authorization) (Limitation on Obligations) 
(Highway Trust Fund)’’ for carrying out the provisions of
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section 403 of title 23, United States Code, $17,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2021, shall be made 
available to the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis-
tration from the general fund: Provided, That of the sums 
provided under this provision— 
(1) not to exceed $7,000,000 shall be available to pro-
vide funding for grants, pilot program activities, and inno-
vative solutions to reduce impaired-driving fatalities in col-
laboration with eligible entities under section 403 of title 
23, United States Code; and 
(2) not to exceed $10,000,000 shall be available to con-
tinue a high visibility enforcement paid-media campaign 
regarding highway-rail grade crossing safety in collabora-
tion with the Federal Railroad Administration. 
SEC. 143. None of the funds in this Act or any other 
Act shall be used to enforce the requirements of 23 U.S.C. 
405(a)(9). 
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 
SAFETY AND OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Admin-
istration, not otherwise provided for, $224,198,000, of which 
$20,000,000 shall remain available until expended. 
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for railroad research and devel-
opment, $40,600,000, to remain available until expended.
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RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT FINANCING 
PROGRAM 
The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to issue 
direct loans and loan guarantees pursuant to sections 501 
through 504 of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory 
Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–210), as amended, such 
authority shall exist as long as any such direct loan or loan 
guarantee is outstanding. 
FEDERAL-STATE PARTNERSHIP FOR STATE OF GOOD 
REPAIR 
For necessary expenses related to Federal-State Part-
nership for State of Good Repair Grants as authorized by 
section 24911 of title 49, United States Code, $200,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the Sec-
retary may withhold up to one percent of the amount pro-
vided under this heading for the costs of award and project 
management oversight of grants carried out under section 
24911 of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall issue the Notice of Funding Oppor-
tunity for funds provided under this heading consistent 
with section 24911 of title 49, United States Code, no later 
than 180 days after enactment of this Act: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall review all applications received in 
response to the Notice of Funding Opportunity required in 
the previous proviso: Provided further, That the Secretary
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shall announce the selection of projects to receive awards 
for the funds described in the previous two provisos no later 
than 1 year of enactment of this Act. 
CONSOLIDATED RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY 
IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses related to Consolidated Rail 
Infrastructure and Safety Improvements Grants, as author-
ized by section 22907 of title 49, United States Code, 
$325,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That section 22905(f) of title 49, United States Code, 
shall not apply to projects for the implementation of posi-
tive train control systems otherwise eligible under section 
22907(c)(1) of title 49, United States Code: Provided fur-
ther, That amounts available under this heading for projects 
selected for commuter rail passenger transportation may be 
transferred by the Secretary, after selection, to the appro-
priate agencies to be administered in accordance with chap-
ter 53 of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall not limit eligible projects from con-
sideration for funding for planning, engineering, environ-
mental, construction, and design elements of the same 
project in the same application: Provided further, That un-
obligated balances remaining after 4 years from the date 
of enactment may be used for any eligible project under sec-
tion 22907(c) of title 49, United States Code: Provided fur-
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ther, That the Secretary may withhold up to one percent 
of the amount provided under this heading for the costs of 
award and project management oversight of grants carried 
out under section 22907 of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided further, That of the sums appropriated under this 
heading, $45,000,000 shall be available for projects eligible 
under section 22907(c)(2) of title 49, United States Code, 
that require the acquisition of rights-of-way, track, or track 
structure to support the development of new intercity pas-
senger rail service routes: Provided further, That for 
amounts available under this heading eligible recipients 
under section 22907(b) 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 the Secretary shall issue the Notice of Funding Oppor-
tunity that encompasses funds provided under this heading 
in this Act no later than 120 days after enactment of this 
Act and announce the selection of projects to receive awards 
for such funds no later than 300 days after the enactment 
of this Act: Provided further, That the Notice of Funding 
Opportunity under the previous proviso shall require appli-
cation submissions 60 days after the publishing of such No-
tice.
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MAGNETIC LEVITATION TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT 
PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses related to the deployment of 
magnetic levitation transportation projects, consistent with 
language in section 1307(a) through (c) of Public Law 109– 
59, as amended by section 102 of Public Law 110–244 (sec-
tion 322 of title 23, United States Code), $2,000,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
RESTORATION AND ENHANCEMENT 
For necessary expenses related to Restoration and En-
hancement Grants, as authorized by section 24408 of title 
49, United States Code, $2,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the Secretary may withhold 
up to one percent of the funds provided under this heading 
to fund the costs of award and project management and 
oversight. 
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 associated with the Northeast Corridor as author-
ized by section 11101(a) of the Fixing America’s Surface 
Transportation Act (division A of Public Law 114–94), 
$700,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary may retain up to one-half of 1
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percent of the funds provided under both this heading and 
the ‘‘National Network Grants to the National Railroad 
Passenger Corporation’’ heading to fund the costs of project 
management and oversight of activities authorized by sec-
tion 11101(c) of division A of Public Law 114–94: Provided 
further, That in addition to the project management over-
sight funds authorized under section 11101(c) of division 
A of Public Law 114–94, the Secretary may retain up to 
an additional $5,000,000 of the funds provided under this 
heading to fund expenses associated with the Northeast Cor-
ridor Commission established under section 24905 of title 
49, United States Code: Provided further, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading and the ‘‘Na-
tional Network Grants to the National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation’’ heading, not less than $50,000,000 shall be 
made available to bring Amtrak-served facilities and sta-
tions into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities 
Act: Provided further, That of the amounts made available 
under this heading and the ‘‘National Network Grants to 
the National Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ heading, 
$100,000,000 shall be made available to fund the replace-
ment of the single-level passenger cars used on Northeast 
Corridor, State Supported Corridor, and Long Distance 
routes.
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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 associated with the National Network as author-
ized by section 11101(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface 
Transportation Act (division A of Public Law 114–94), 
$1,300,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary may retain up to an additional 
$2,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading to fund 
expenses associated with the State-Supported Route Com-
mittee established under section 24712 of title 49, United 
States Code: Provided further, That at least $50,000,000 of 
the amount provided under this heading shall be available 
for the development, installation and operation of railroad 
safety technology, including the implementation of a posi-
tive train control system, on State-supported routes as de-
fined under section 24102(13) of title 49, United States 
Code, on which positive train control systems are not re-
quired by law or regulation: Provided further, That none 
of the funds provided under this heading shall be used by 
Amtrak to give notice under subsection (a) or (b) 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
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on a host railroad’s line and a positive train control system 
is not required by law or regulation, or, except in an emer-
gency or during maintenance or construction outages im-
pacting such routes, to otherwise discontinue, reduce the fre-
quency 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 sec-
tion 24305(a)(3)(A) of title 49, United States Code, in lieu 
of rail service. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 150. None of the funds provided to the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation may be used to fund any 
overtime costs in excess of $35,000 for any individual em-
ployee: Provided, That the President of Amtrak may waive 
the cap set in the previous 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 Appropriations 
within 60 days of enactment of this Act, a summary of all 
overtime payments incurred by the Corporation for 2019 
and the three prior calendar years: Provided further, That 
such summary shall include the total number of employees 
that received waivers and the total overtime payments the
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Corporation paid to those employees receiving waivers for 
each month for 2019 and for the three prior calendar years. 
SEC. 151. None of the funds provided to the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation under the headings 
‘‘Northeast Corridor Grants to the National Railroad Pas-
senger Corporation’’ and ‘‘National Network Grants to the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ may be used to 
reduce the total number of Amtrak Police Department uni-
formed officers patrolling on board passenger trains or at 
stations, facilities or rights-of-way below the staffing level 
on May 1, 2019. 
SEC. 152. It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) long-distance passenger rail routes provide 
much-needed transportation access for 4,700,000 rid-
ers in 325 communities in 40 States and are particu-
larly important in rural areas; and 
(2) long-distance passenger rail routes and serv-
ices should be sustained to ensure connectivity 
throughout the National Network (as defined in sec-
tion 24102 of title 49, United States Code). 
SEC. 153. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the National Railroad Passenger Cor-
poration in contravention of the Worker Adjustment and 
Retraining Notification Act (29 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.).
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FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal 
Transit Administration’s programs authorized by chapter 
53 of title 49, United States Code, $117,000,000, of which 
$15,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2021, and up to $1,000,000 shall be available to carry out 
the provisions of section 5326 of such title: Provided, That 
upon submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2021 
President’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall 
transmit to Congress the annual report on Capital Invest-
ment Grants, including proposed allocations for fiscal year 
2021. 
TRANSIT FORMULA GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in the Federal 
Public Transportation Assistance Program in this account, 
and for payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 5312, 
5314, 5318, 5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, as 
amended by the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation 
Act, section 20005(b) of Public Law 112–141, and section 
3006(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation
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Act, $10,800,000,000, to be derived from the Mass Transit 
Account of the Highway Trust Fund and to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That funds available for the 
implementation or execution of programs authorized under 
49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 5312, 5314, 5318, 
5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, as amended by the 
Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, section 
20005(b) of Public Law 112–141, and section 3006(b) of 
the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, shall not 
exceed total obligations of $10,150,348,462 in fiscal year 
2020: Provided further, That the Federal share of the cost 
of activities carried out under 49 U.S.C. section 5312 shall 
not exceed 80 percent, except that if there is substantial 
public interest or benefit, the Secretary may approve a 
greater Federal share: Provided further, That in addition 
to the amounts appropriated for purposes of 49 U.S.C. 
5338(e), not less than 2 percent of the funds appropriated 
or available for the purposes of 49 U.S.C. 5338(f) shall be 
available for the purposes of 49 U.S.C. 5338(e). 
TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS 
For an additional amount for buses and bus facilities 
grants under section 5339 of title 49, United States Code, 
low or no emission grants under section 5339(c) of such 
title, formula grants to rural areas under section 5311 of 
such title, high density state apportionments under section
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5340(d) of such title, the demonstration and deployment of 
innovative mobility solutions as authorized under section 
5312 of such title, bus testing facilities under sections 5312 
and 5318 of such title, and for grants to areas of persistent 
poverty, $510,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That of the sums provided under this heading— 
(1) $338,000,000 shall be available for the buses 
and bus facilities competitive grants as authorized 
under 
section 
5339 
of 
such 
title, 
of 
which 
$168,000,000 shall be available for the buses and bus 
facilities formula grants as authorized under section 
5339(a) of such title, and $170,000,000 shall be avail-
able for buses and bus facilities competitive grants as 
authorized under section 5339(b) of such title; 
(2) $75,000,000 shall be available for the low or 
no emission grants as authorized under section 
5339(c) of such title: Provided, That the minimum 
grant award shall be not less than $750,000; 
(3) $40,000,000 shall be available for formula 
grants for rural areas as authorized under section 
5311 of such title; 
(4) $40,000,000 shall be available for the high 
density state apportionments as authorized under sec-
tion 5340(d) of such title;
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(5) Notwithstanding section 5318(a) of such title, 
$3,000,000 shall be available for the operation and 
maintenance of bus testing facilities by institutions of 
higher education selected pursuant to section 5312(h): 
Provided, That the Secretary shall enter into a con-
tract or cooperative agreement with, or make a grant 
to, each institution of higher education selected pursu-
ant to section 5312(h) of such title, to operate and 
maintain a facility to conduct the testing of low or 
no emission vehicle new bus models using the stand-
ards established pursuant to section 5318(e)(2) of 
such title: Provided further, That the term ‘‘low or no 
emission vehicle’’ has the meaning given the term in 
section 5312(e)(6) of such title: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall pay 80 percent of the cost of test-
ing a low or no emission vehicle new bus model at 
each selected institution of higher education: Provided 
further, That the entity having the vehicle tested shall 
pay 20 percent of the cost of testing: Provided further, 
That a low or no emission vehicle new bus model test-
ed that receives a passing aggregate test score in ac-
cordance with the standards established under section 
5318(e)(2) of such title, shall be deemed to be in com-
pliance with the requirements of section 5318(e) of 
such title;
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(6) $5,500,000 shall be available for the dem-
onstration and deployment of innovative mobility so-
lutions as authorized under section 5312 of such title; 
and 
(7) $8,500,000 shall be available for competitive 
grants to eligible entities to assist areas of persistent 
poverty: Provided, That areas of persistent poverty 
means any county that has consistently had 20 per-
cent or more of the population living in poverty over 
the 30 years preceding the date of enactment of this 
Act, as measured by the 1990 and 2000 decennial 
census and the most recent Small Area Income and 
Poverty Estimates, or any census tract with a poverty 
rate of at least 20 percent as measured by the 2013– 
2017 5-year data series available from the American 
Community Survey of the Census Bureau: Provided 
further, That grants shall be for planning, engineer-
ing, or development of technical, or financing plans 
for projects eligible under chapter 53 of title 49, 
United States Code: Provided further, That eligible 
entities are those defined as eligible recipients or sub-
recipients under sections 5307, 5310 or 5311 of title 
49, United States Code, and are in areas of persistent 
poverty: Provided further, That the Federal Transit 
Administration should complete outreach to such
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counties and the departments of transportation with-
in applicable States via personal contact, webinars, 
web materials and other appropriate methods deter-
mined by the Administrator: Provided further, That 
State departments of transportation may apply on 
behalf of eligible entities within their States: Provided 
further, That the Federal Transit Administration 
should encourage grantees to work with non-profits or 
other entities of their choosing in order to develop 
planning, technical, engineering, or financing plans: 
Provided further, That the Federal Transit Adminis-
tration should encourage grantees to partner with 
non-profits that can assist with making projects low 
or no emissions: Provided further, That projects fund-
ed under paragraph (7) of this heading shall be for 
not less than 90 percent of the net total project cost: 
Provided further, That amounts made available by this 
heading shall be derived from the general fund: Provided 
further, That the amounts made available under this head-
ing shall not be subject to any limitation on obligations 
for transit programs set forth in any Act. 
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5314, 
$5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021, 
of which not less than $2,500,000 shall be for a cooperative
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agreement through which the Federal Transit Administra-
tion assists transit recipients with frontline workforce devel-
opment and standards based training in maintenance and 
operations through an agreement with a national nonprofit 
organization with a demonstrated capacity to develop and 
provide such programs though labor management partner-
ships and apprenticeships: Provided, That the assistance 
provided under this heading does not duplicate the activi-
ties of 49 U.S.C. 5311(b) or 49 U.S.C. 5312. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry out fixed guideway 
capital investment grants under section 5309 of title 49, 
United States Code, and section 3005(b) of the Fixing 
America’s Surface Transportation Act, $1,978,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2023: Provided, That 
of the amounts made available under this heading, 
$1,681,300,000 shall be allocated by December 31, 2021: 
Provided further, That of the amounts made available 
under this heading, $1,458,000,000 shall be available for 
projects authorized under section 5309(d) of title 49, United 
States Code, $300,000,000 shall be available for projects au-
thorized under section 5309(e) of title 49, United States 
Code, $100,000,000 shall be available for projects authorized 
under section 5309(h) of title 49, United States Code, and 
$100,000,000 shall be available for projects authorized
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under section 3005(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface 
Transportation Act: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall continue to administer the capital investment grants 
program in accordance with the procedural and substantive 
requirements of section 5309 of title 49, United States Code, 
and of section 3005(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface 
Transportation Act: Provided further, That projects that re-
ceive a grant agreement under the Expedited Project Deliv-
ery for Capital Investment Grants Pilot Program under 
section 3005(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface Transpor-
tation Act shall be deemed eligible for funding provided for 
projects under section 5309 of title 49, United States Code, 
without further evaluation or rating under such section: 
Provided further, That such funding shall not exceed the 
Federal share under section 3005(b). 
GRANTS TO THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA 
TRANSIT AUTHORITY 
For grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area Tran-
sit Authority as authorized under section 601 of division 
B of Public Law 110–432, $150,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of Trans-
portation shall approve grants for capital and preventive 
maintenance expenditures for the Washington Metropolitan 
Area Transit Authority only after receiving and reviewing 
a request for each specific project: Provided further, That