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suant to this section shall be provided to eligible recipients 
notwithstanding the limitation of any calculation of the 
maximum amount of Federal financial assistance for the 
project under section 5309(k)(2)(C)(ii) of title 49, United 
States Code: Provided further, That the Federal Transit Ad-
ministration shall allocate amounts under this section no 
later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 166. (a) The remaining unobligated balances, as 
of September 30, 2023, from amounts made available to the 
Department of Transportation in section 422 under title 
IV of division L of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2022 (Public Law 117–103) are hereby rescinded, and an 
amount of additional new budget authority equivalent to 
the amount rescinded is hereby appropriated on September 
30, 2023, for an additional amount for fiscal year 2023, 
to remain available until September 30, 2025, and shall 
be available for the same purposes and under the same au-
thorities for which such amounts were originally provided 
in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 (Public Law 
116–6). 
(b) The remaining unobligated balances, as of Sep-
tember 30, 2023, from amounts made available to the De-
partment of Transportation under the heading ‘‘Federal 
Transit Administration—Capital Investment Grants’’ in 
division H of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act,
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2020 (Public Law 116–94) are hereby rescinded, and an 
amount of additional new budget authority equivalent to 
the amount rescinded is hereby appropriated on September 
30, 2023, for an additional amount for fiscal year 2023, 
to remain available until September 30, 2025, and shall 
be available for the same purposes and under the same au-
thorities for which such amounts were originally provided 
in Public Law 116–94. 
SEC. 167. Any unexpended balances from amounts 
previously appropriated for low or no emission vehicle com-
ponent assessment under 49 U.S.C. 5312(h) under the head-
ings ‘‘Transit Formula Grants’’ and ‘‘Transit Infrastruc-
ture Grants’’ in fiscal years 2021 and 2022 may be used 
by the facilities selected for such vehicle component assess-
ment for capital projects in order to build new infrastruc-
ture and enhance existing facilities in order to expand com-
ponent testing capability, in accordance with the industry 
stakeholder testing objectives and capabilities as outlined 
through the work of the Federal Transit Administration 
Transit Vehicle Innovation and Deployment Centers pro-
gram and included in the Center for Transportation and 
the Environment report submitted to the Federal Transit 
Administration for review.
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GREAT LAKES ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT 
CORPORATION 
The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development 
Corporation is hereby authorized to make such expendi-
tures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority 
available to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and 
to make such contracts and commitments without regard 
to fiscal year limitations, as provided by section 9104 of 
title 31, United States Code, as may be necessary in car-
rying out the programs set forth in the Corporation’s budget 
for the current fiscal year. 
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 
(HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses to conduct the operations, 
maintenance, and capital infrastructure activities on por-
tions of the St. Lawrence Seaway owned, operated, and 
maintained by the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway De-
velopment Corporation, $38,500,000, to be derived from the 
Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to section 210 
of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 
2238): Provided, That of the amounts made available under 
this heading, not less than $14,800,000 shall be for the sea-
way infrastructure program.
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MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a 
U.S.-flag merchant fleet as authorized under chapter 531 
of title 46, United States Code, to serve the national security 
needs of the United States, $318,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That of the unobligated bal-
ances from prior year appropriations available under this 
heading, $55,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded. 
CABLE SECURITY FLEET 
For the cable security fleet program, as authorized 
under chapter 532 of title 46, United States Code, 
$10,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
TANKER SECURITY PROGRAM 
For Tanker Security Fleet payments, as authorized 
under section 53406 of title 46, United States Code, 
$60,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses of operations and training ac-
tivities authorized by law, $213,181,000: Provided, That of 
the sums appropriated under this heading— 
(1) $87,848,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2024, for the operations of the United 
States Merchant Marine Academy;
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(2) $11,900,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended, for facilities maintenance and repair, and 
equipment, at the United States Merchant Marine 
Academy; 
(3) $31,921,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended, for capital improvements at the United 
States Merchant Marine Academy; 
(4) $6,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2024, for the Maritime Environmental 
and Technical Assistance program authorized under 
section 50307 of title 46, United States Code; and 
(5) $10,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended, for the America’s Marine Highway Program 
to make grants for the purposes authorized under 
paragraphs (1) and (3) of section 55601(b) of title 46, 
United States Code: 
Provided further, That the Administrator of the Maritime 
Administration shall transmit to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations the annual report on sexual 
assault and sexual harassment at the United States Mer-
chant Marine Academy as required pursuant to section 
3510 of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 
year 2017 (46 U.S.C. 51318): Provided further, That avail-
able balances under this heading for the Short Sea Trans-
portation Program (now known as the America’s Marine
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Highway Program) from prior year recoveries shall be 
available to carry out activities authorized under para-
graphs (1) and (3) of section 55601(b) of title 46, United 
States Code. 
STATE MARITIME ACADEMY OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of operations, support, and 
training 
activities 
for 
State 
Maritime 
Academies, 
$120,700,000: Provided, That of the sums appropriated 
under this heading— 
(1) $30,500,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended, for maintenance, repair, life extension, insur-
ance, and capacity improvement of National Defense 
Reserve Fleet training ships, and for support of train-
ing ship operations at the State Maritime Academies, 
of which not more than $8,000,000 shall be for ex-
penses related to training mariners, and for costs as-
sociated with training vessel sharing pursuant to sec-
tion 51504(g)(3) of title 46, United States Code, for 
costs associated with mobilizing, operating and de-
mobilizing the vessel; travel costs for students, faculty 
and crew; and the costs of the general agent, crew 
costs, fuel, insurance, operational fees, and vessel hire 
costs, as determined by the Secretary; 
(2) $75,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended, for the National Security Multi-Mission Ves-
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sel Program, including funds for construction, plan-
ning, administration, and design of school ships and, 
as determined by the Secretary, necessary expenses to 
design, plan, construct infrastructure, and purchase 
equipment necessary to berth such ships; 
(3) $2,400,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2027, for the Student Incentive Program; 
(4) $6,800,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended, for training ship fuel assistance; and 
(5) $6,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2024, for direct payments for State Mari-
time Academies: 
Provided further, That the Administrator of the Maritime 
Administration may use the funds made available under 
paragraph (2) and the funds provided for shoreside infra-
structure improvements in Public Law 117–103 for the pur-
poses described in paragraph (2): Provided further, That 
such funds may be used to reimburse State Maritime Acad-
emies for costs incurred prior to the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
ASSISTANCE TO SMALL SHIPYARDS 
To make grants to qualified shipyards as authorized 
under section 54101 of title 46, United States Code, 
$20,000,000, to remain available until expended.
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SHIP DISPOSAL 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses related to the disposal of obso-
lete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the Mar-
itime Administration, $6,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That of the unobligated balances 
from prior year appropriations made available under this 
heading, $12,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded. 
MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the guaran-
teed loan program, $3,000,000, which shall be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriations for ‘‘Maritime Ad-
ministration—Operations and Training’’. 
PORT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 
To make grants to improve port facilities as authorized 
under section 54301 of title 46, United States Code, 
$212,203,512, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That projects eligible for amounts made available 
under this heading in this Act shall be projects for coastal 
seaports, inland river ports, or Great Lakes ports: Provided 
further, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading in this Act, not less than $187,203,512 shall be for 
coastal seaports or Great Lakes ports: Provided further,
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That the requirements under section 3501(a)(12) of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Pub-
lic Law 117–81) shall apply to amounts made available 
under this heading in this Act: Provided further, That for 
grants awarded under this heading in this Act, the min-
imum grant size shall be $1,000,000: Provided further, That 
for amounts made available under this heading in this Act, 
the requirement under section 54301(a)(6)(A)(ii) of title 46, 
United States Code, shall not apply to projects located in 
noncontiguous States or territories. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act, in addition to any existing authority, the Maritime 
Administration is authorized to furnish utilities and serv-
ices and make necessary repairs in connection with any 
lease, contract, or occupancy involving Government prop-
erty under control of the Maritime Administration: Pro-
vided, That payments received therefor shall be credited to 
the appropriation charged with the cost thereof and shall 
remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
rental payments under any such lease, contract, or occu-
pancy for items other than such utilities, services, or repairs 
shall be deposited into the Treasury as miscellaneous re-
ceipts.
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PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONAL EXPENSES 
For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline and 
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, $29,936,000, 
of which $4,500,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2025. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous ma-
terials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous Ma-
terials Safety Administration, $70,743,000, of which 
$12,070,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2025, of which $1,000,000 shall be made available for car-
rying out section 5107(i) of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided, That up to $800,000 in fees collected under sec-
tion 5108(g) of title 49, United States Code, shall be depos-
ited in the general fund of the Treasury as offsetting re-
ceipts: Provided further, That there may be credited to this 
appropriation, to be available until expended, funds re-
ceived from States, counties, municipalities, other public 
authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for 
training, for reports publication and dissemination, and for 
travel expenses incurred in performance of hazardous mate-
rials exemptions and approvals functions.
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PIPELINE SAFETY 
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND) 
(OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND) 
For expenses necessary to carry out a pipeline safety 
program, as authorized by section 60107 of title 49, United 
States Code, and to discharge the pipeline program respon-
sibilities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (Public Law 101– 
380), $190,385,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2025, of which $29,000,000 shall be derived from the 
Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which $153,985,000 shall 
be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund; of which 
$400,000 shall be derived from the fees collected under sec-
tion 60303 of title 49, United States Code, and deposited 
in the Liquefied Natural Gas Siting Account for compliance 
reviews of liquefied natural gas facilities; and of which 
$7,000,000 shall be derived from fees collected under section 
60302 of title 49, United States Code, and deposited in the 
Underground Natural Gas Storage Facility Safety Account 
for the purpose of carrying out section 60141 of title 49, 
United States Code: Provided, That not less than 
$1,058,000 of the amounts made available under this head-
ing shall be for the One-Call State grant program: Provided 
further, That any amounts made available under this head-
ing in this Act or in prior Acts for research contracts, 
grants, cooperative agreements or research other trans-
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actions agreements (‘‘OTAs’’) shall require written notifica-
tion to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions not less than 3 full business days before such research 
contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, or research OTAs 
are announced by the Department of Transportation: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall transmit to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations the report 
on pipeline safety testing enhancement as required pursu-
ant to section 105 of the Protecting our Infrastructure of 
Pipelines and Enhancing Safety Act of 2020 (division R 
of Public Law 116–260): Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may obligate amounts made available under this 
heading to engineer, erect, alter, and repair buildings or 
make any other public improvements for research facilities 
at the Transportation Technology Center after the Secretary 
submits an updated research plan and the report in the pre-
ceding proviso to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations and after such plan and report in the pre-
ceding proviso are approved by the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations. 
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND) 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Emergency 
Preparedness Grants program, not more than $28,318,000
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shall remain available until September 30, 2025, from 
amounts made available by section 5116(h) and subsections 
(b) and (c) of section 5128 of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided, That notwithstanding section 5116(h)(4) of title 
49, United States Code, not more than 4 percent of the 
amounts made available from this account shall be avail-
able to pay the administrative costs of carrying out sections 
5116, 5107(e), and 5108(g)(2) of title 49, United States 
Code: Provided further, That notwithstanding subsections 
(b) and (c) of section 5128 of title 49, United States Code, 
and the limitation on obligations provided under this head-
ing, prior year recoveries recognized in the current year 
shall be available to develop and deliver hazardous mate-
rials emergency response training for emergency responders, 
including response activities for the transportation of crude 
oil, ethanol, flammable liquids, and other hazardous com-
modities by rail, consistent with National Fire Protection 
Association standards, and to make such training available 
through an electronic format: Provided further, That the 
prior year recoveries made available under this heading 
shall also be available to carry out sections 5116(a)(1)(C), 
5116(h), 5116(i), 5116(j), and 5107(e) of title 49, United 
States Code.