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 Adminis-
trators of the Federal Highway Administration, the Fed-
eral Transit Administration, the Federal Railroad Admin-
istration, 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 the Secretary shall consider and 
award projects based solely on the selection criteria from 
the fiscal year 2017 Notice of Funding Opportunity: Pro-
vided further, That, notwithstanding the previous proviso, 
the Secretary shall not use the Federal share or an appli-
cant’s ability to generate non-Federal revenue as a selec-
tion criteria in awarding projects: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall issue the Notice of Funding Oppor-
tunity no later than 60 days after enactment of this Act: 
Provided further, That such Notice of Funding Oppor-
tunity shall require application submissions 90 days after 
the publishing of such Notice: Provided further, That of 
the applications submitted under the previous two pro-
visos, the Secretary shall make grants no later than 270 
days after enactment of this Act in such amounts that 
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the Secretary determines: Provided further, That such 
sums provided for national infrastructure investments for 
multimodal safety projects under title VIII of division F 
of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropria-
tions Act, 2013 (Public Law 113–6; 127 Stat. 432) shall 
remain available through fiscal year 2024 for the liquida-
tion 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 
Transportation and Innovative Finance Bureau as author-
ized by 49 U.S.C. 116, $5,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: 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. 
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. 
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CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVES 
For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, 
including necessary upgrades to wide area network and 
information technology infrastructure, improvement of 
network perimeter controls and identity management, 
testing and assessment of information technology against 
business, security, and other requirements, implementa-
tion of Federal cyber security initiatives and information 
infrastructure enhancements, and implementation of en-
hanced security controls on network devices, $15,000,000, 
to remain available through September 30, 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, $15,879,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 
$1,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses of the Inter-
agency Infrastructure Permitting Improvement Center 
(IIPIC): Provided further, That there may be transferred 
to this appropriation, to remain available until expended, 
amounts transferred from other Federal agencies for ex-
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penses incurred under this heading for IIPIC activities not 
related to transportation infrastructure: Provided further, 
That the tools and analysis developed by the IIPIC shall 
be available to other Federal agencies for the permitting 
and review of major infrastructure projects not related to 
transportation only to the extent that other Federal agen-
cies provide funding to the Department as provided for 
under the previous proviso. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For necessary expenses for operating costs and cap-
ital outlays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed 
$424,901,000, shall be paid from appropriations made 
available to the Department of Transportation: Provided, 
That such services shall be provided on a competitive basis 
to entities within the Department of Transportation: Pro-
vided further, That the above limitation on operating ex-
penses shall not apply to non-DOT entities: Provided fur-
ther, That no funds appropriated in this Act to an agency 
of the Department shall be transferred to the Working 
Capital Fund without majority approval of the Working 
Capital Fund Steering Committee and approval of the 
Secretary: Provided further, That no assessments may be 
levied against any program, budget activity, subactivity or 
project funded by this Act unless notice of such assess-
ments and the basis therefor are presented to the House 
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and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are ap-
proved 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 
transportation: Provided further, That appropriations 
made available under this heading shall be available for 
any purpose consistent with prior year appropriations that 
were made available under the heading ‘‘Minority Busi-
ness 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, $175,000,000, to be de-
rived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That in determining 
between or among carriers competing to provide service 
to a community, the Secretary may consider the relative 
subsidy requirements of the carriers: Provided further, 
That basic essential air service minimum requirements 
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shall not include the 15-passenger capacity requirement 
under subsection 41732(b)(3) of title 49, United States 
Code: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act 
or any other Act shall be used to enter into a new contract 
with a community located less than 40 miles from the 
nearest small hub airport before the Secretary has nego-
tiated with the community over a local cost share: Pro-
vided further, That amounts authorized to be distributed 
for the essential air service program under subsection 
41742(b) of title 49, United States Code, shall be made 
available immediately from amounts otherwise provided to 
the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration: 
Provided further, That the Administrator may reimburse 
such amounts from fees credited to the account estab-
lished under section 45303 of title 49, United States Code. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—OFFICE OF THE 
SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 101. None of the funds made available in this 
Act to the Department of Transportation may be obligated 
for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation to ap-
prove assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining 
to funds appropriated to the modal administrations in this 
Act, except for activities underway on the date of enact-
ment of this Act, unless such assessments or agreements 
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have completed the normal reprogramming process for 
Congressional notification. 
SEC. 102. The Secretary shall post on the Web site 
of the Department of Transportation a schedule of all 
meetings of the Council on Credit and Finance, including 
the agenda for each meeting, and require the Council on 
Credit and Finance to record the decisions and actions 
of each meeting. 
SEC. 103. In addition to authority provided by section 
327 of title 49, United States Code, the Department’s 
Working Capital Fund is hereby authorized to provide 
partial or full payments in advance and accept subsequent 
reimbursements from all Federal agencies from available 
funds for transit benefit distribution services that are nec-
essary to carry out the Federal transit pass transportation 
fringe benefit program under Executive Order No. 13150 
and section 3049 of Public Law 109–59: Provided, That 
the Department shall maintain a reasonable operating re-
serve in the Working Capital Fund, to be expended in ad-
vance to provide uninterrupted transit benefits to Govern-
ment employees: Provided further, That such reserve will 
not exceed one month of benefits payable and may be used 
only for the purpose of providing for the continuation of 
transit benefits: Provided further, That the Working Cap-
ital Fund will be fully reimbursed by each customer agen-
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cy from available funds for the actual cost of the transit 
benefit. 
SEC. 104. For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of 
the Secretary—Salaries and Expenses’’, $2,052,000, to 
become available on the date on which the Secretary an-
nounces the selection of projects to receive awards for each 
of the following competitive grants, with respect to funds 
made available for fiscal year 2017 or fiscal year 2018 
for such grants: 
(a) Federal-State Partnership for State of Good Re-
pair Grants, as authorized by section 24911 of title 49, 
United States Code, and as funded under the heading 
‘‘Federal Railroad Administration—Federal-State Part-
nership for State of Good Repair Grants’’ by Public Law 
115–31 and as funded under the heading ‘‘Federal Rail-
road Administration—Federal-State Partnership for State 
of Good Repair’’ by Public Law 115–141; 
(b) Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Im-
provements Grants, as authorized by section 22907 of title 
49, United States Code, and as funded under the heading 
‘‘Federal Railroad Administration—Consolidated Rail In-
frastructure and Safety Improvements’’ by Public Law 
115–141; and 
(c) Restoration and Enhancement Grants, as author-
ized by section 22908 of title 49, United States Code, and 
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as funded under the heading ‘‘Federal Railroad Adminis-
tration—Restoration and Enhancement Grants’’ by Public 
Law 115–31 and as funded under the heading ‘‘Federal 
Railroad Administration—Restoration and Enhancement’’ 
by Public Law 115–141. 
SEC. 105. (a) Of the amount made available to ‘‘Of-
fice of the Secretary—Research and Technology’’, 
$1,000,000 shall be for the Secretary of Transportation 
to enter into an arrangement 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. 
(b) The study conducted pursuant to subsection (a) 
shall— 
(1) identify and examine approaches used by 
Federal agencies, States, metropolitan planning or-
ganizations, local governments, and other organiza-
tions, including approaches described in academic 
literature, to develop metrics for transportation resil-
ience, including methodologies used for quantitative 
and qualitative data collection and analysis; and 
(2) provide findings and recommendations on 
approaches to measuring resilience that have shown 
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or promise success, and strategies to overcome chal-
lenges in measuring resilience. 
(c) No later than 30 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall enter 
into the arrangement described in subsection (a). 
(d) No later than 210 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the National Academies of Sciences, En-
gineering, and Medicine shall provide an interim report 
of its findings to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and Senate. 
(e) No later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and Senate the final study developed by the 
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medi-
cine. 
SEC. 106. (a) Of the amount made available to ‘‘Of-
fice of the Secretary—Research and Technology’’, 
$10,000,000 shall be for the establishment of a Highly 
Automated Systems Safety Center of Excellence within 
the Department of Transportation, in order to have a De-
partment of Transportation workforce capable of review-
ing, validating, and certifying the safety of automated 
technologies. 
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(b) The Highly Automated Systems Safety Center of 
Excellence shall –— 
(1) serve as a single place within the Depart-
ment of Transportation for expertise in automation 
and human behavior, computer science, machine 
learning, sensors, and other technologies involving 
automated systems; 
(2) support all Operating Administrations of 
the Department of Transportation; and 
(3) have a workforce composed of Department 
of Transportation employees, including direct hires 
or detailees from Operating Administrations. 
(c) Employees of the Highly Automated Systems 
Safety Center of Excellence shall audit, inspect, and cer-
tify highly automated systems to ensure their safety. 
(d) 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 
Highly Automated Systems Safety Center of Excellence. 
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration, not otherwise provided for, including oper-
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ations and research activities related to commercial space 
transportation, administrative expenses for research and 
development, establishment of air navigation facilities, the 
operation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, 
subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold 
to the public, the lease or purchase of passenger motor 
vehicles for replacement only, $10,677,758,000, to remain 
available 
until 
September 
30, 
2021, 
of 
which 
$9,833,400,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Air-
way Trust Fund: Provided, That of the sums appropriated 
under this heading — 
(1) not less than $1,603,969,000 shall be avail-
able for aviation safety activities; 
(2) not to exceed $7,841,720,000 shall be avail-
able for air traffic organization activities; 
(3) not to exceed $24,949,000 shall be available 
for commercial space transportation activities; 
(4) not to exceed $816,398,000 shall be avail-
able for finance and management activities; 
(5) not to exceed $61,258,000 shall be available 
for NextGen and operations planning activities; 
(6) not to exceed $114,165,000 shall be avail-
able for security and hazardous materials safety; and 
(7) not to exceed $215,299,000 shall be avail-
able for staff offices, of which $5,000,000 is for the 
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Minority Serving Institutions internship program, 
$5,000,000 is for the aviation maintenance techni-
cian development program (as described in section 
625 of Public Law 115–254), and $5,000,000 is for 
the aviation workforce development program (as de-
scribed in section 625 of Public Law 115–254): 
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 head-
ing: Provided further, That no transfer may increase or 
decrease any appropriation by more than 5 percent: Pro-
vided further, That any transfer in excess of 5 percent 
shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec-
tion 405 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga-
tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce-
dures set forth in that section: Provided further, That not 
later than 60 days after the submission of the budget re-
quest, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration shall transmit to Congress an annual update to 
the report submitted to Congress in December 2004 pur-
suant to section 221 of Public Law 108–176: Provided fur-
ther, That the amount herein appropriated shall be re-
duced by $100,000 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 the Congress: Provided 
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further, That not later than 60 days after the submission 
of the budget request, the Administrator shall transmit 
to Congress a companion report that describes a com-
prehensive strategy for staffing, hiring, and training flight 
standards and aircraft certification staff in a format simi-
lar to the one utilized for the controller staffing plan, in-
cluding stated attrition estimates and numerical 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 sub-
mission 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 non-
profit standard-setting organization to assist in the devel-
opment 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 fur-
ther, That there may be credited to this appropriation, as 
offsetting collections, funds received from States, counties, 
municipalities, foreign authorities, other public authori-
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ties, and private sources for expenses incurred in the pro-
vision of agency services, including receipts for the mainte-
nance and operation of air navigation facilities, and for 
issuance, renewal or modification of certificates, including 
airman, aircraft, and repair station certificates, or for 
tests related thereto, or for processing major repair or al-
teration forms: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated under this heading, not less than $169,000,000 
shall be used to fund direct operations of the current air 
traffic control towers in the contract tower program, in-
cluding the contract tower cost share program, and any 
airport that is currently qualified or that will qualify for 
the program during the fiscal year: Provided further, That 
none of the funds in this Act for aeronautical charting 
and cartography are available for activities conducted by, 
or coordinated through, the Working Capital Fund: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this Act or any other Act may 
be used to eliminate the Contract Weather Observers pro-
gram at any airport: Provided further, That the opening, 
closing, reorganization, or redesignation of field or re-
gional offices shall be subject to the requirements of sec-
tion 405 of this Act. 
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FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
for acquisition, establishment, technical support services, 
improvement by contract or purchase, and hire of national 
airspace systems and experimental facilities and equip-
ment, as authorized under part A of subtitle VII of title 
49, United States Code, including initial acquisition of 
necessary sites by lease or grant; engineering and service 
testing, including construction of test facilities and acqui-
sition of necessary sites by lease or grant; construction 
and furnishing of quarters and related accommodations 
for officers and employees of the Federal Aviation Admin-
istration stationed at remote localities where such accom-
modations are not available; and the purchase, lease, or 
transfer of aircraft from funds available under this head-
ing, including aircraft for aviation regulation and certifi-
cation; to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust 
Fund, $3,000,000,000, of which $512,823,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2021, $2,372,127,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2022, and 
$115,050,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That there may be credited to this appropriation 
funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other 
public authorities, and private sources, for expenses in-
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curred in the establishment, improvement, and moderniza-
tion of national airspace systems: Provided further, That 
no later than 60 days after the submission of the budget 
request, the Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to 
the Congress an investment plan for the Federal Aviation 
Administration which includes funding for each budget 
line item for fiscal years 2021 through 2025, with total 
funding for each year of the plan constrained to the fund-
ing 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 
acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant, 
$191,100,000, 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 appro-
priation as offsetting collections, funds received from 
States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, 
and private sources, which shall be available for expenses 
incurred for research, engineering, and development: Pro-
vided further, That funds made available under this head-
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ing shall be used in accordance with the report accom-
panying this Act: Provided further, That not to exceed 10 
percent of any funding level specified under this heading 
in the report accompanying this Act may be transferred 
to any other funding level specified under this heading in 
the report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That 
no transfer may increase or decrease any funding level by 
more than 10 percent: Provided further, That any transfer 
in excess of 10 percent shall be treated as a reprogram-
ming of funds under section 405 of this Act and shall not 
be available for obligation or expenditure except in compli-
ance 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 au-
thorizing such obligations; for procurement, installation, 
and commissioning of runway incursion prevention devices 
and systems at airports of such title; for grants authorized 
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under section 41743 of title 49, United States Code; and 
for inspection activities and administration of airport safe-
ty programs, including those related to airport operating 
certificates 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 ex-
pended: Provided, That none of the funds under this head-
ing shall be available for the planning or execution of pro-
grams the obligations for which are in excess of 
$3,350,000,000 in fiscal year 2020, notwithstanding sec-
tion 47117(g) of title 49, United States Code: Provided 
further, That none of the funds under this heading shall 
be available for the replacement of baggage conveyor sys-
tems, reconfiguration of terminal baggage areas, or other 
airport improvements that are necessary to install bulk ex-
plosive detection systems: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 47109(a) of title 49, United States Code, 
the Government’s share of allowable project costs under 
paragraph (2) for subgrants or paragraph (3) of that sec-
tion 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 2011 for the con-
struction project: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, of funds limited under this 
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heading, not more than $112,600,000 shall be available 
for administration, not less than $15,000,000 shall be 
available for the Airport Cooperative Research Program, 
not less than $33,210,000 shall be available for Airport 
Technology Research, and $10,000,000, to remain avail-
able 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 classifica-
tions effective at the time the Office of the Secretary 
issues a request 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 chap-
ter 471 and subchapter 1 of chapter 475 of title 49, 
United States Code, $500,000,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2022: Provided, That amounts 
made available under this heading shall be derived from 
the general fund, and such funds shall not be subject to 
apportionment formulas, special apportionment categories, 
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or minimum percentages under chapter 471: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall distribute funds provided 
under this heading as discretionary grants to airports: 
Provided further, That the amount made available under 
this heading shall not be subject to any limitation on obli-
gations 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: Provided further, That
section 47115(j) of title 49, United States Code, shall not 
apply with respect to amounts made available under this 
heading: Provided further, That priority consideration 
shall be, without regard to airport size, based on project 
justification and completeness of pre-grant actions. 
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 dur-
ing fiscal year 2020. 
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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, 
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 pro-
hibition of funds in this section does not apply to negotia-
tions between the agency and airport sponsors to achieve 
agreement 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 ac-
count 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 
appropriation current at the time of collection, to be 
merged with and available for the same purposes of such 
appropriation. 
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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 Ad-
ministration employee unless such employee actually per-
formed work during the time corresponding to such pre-
mium pay. 
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 Adminis-
tration 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 implement any limitation on the ability of any owner 
or operator of a private aircraft to obtain, upon a request 
to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion, a blocking of that owner’s or operator’s aircraft reg-
istration number from any display of the Federal Aviation 
Administration’s Aircraft Situational Display to Industry 
data that is made available to the public, except data made 
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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 eight political 
and Presidential appointees in the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration. 
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 
Committees on Appropriations a report that justifies all 
fees related to aeronautical navigation products and ex-
plains how such fees are consistent with Executive Order 
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 
Administrator notifies the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations not less than 90 full business days in 
advance. 
SEC. 119B. None of the funds appropriated or lim-
ited by this Act may be used to change weight restrictions 
or prior permission rules at Teterboro airport in 
Teterboro, New Jersey. 
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SEC. 119C. None of the funds provided under this 
Act may be used by the Administrator of the Federal Avia-
tion Administration to withhold from consideration and 
approval any new application for participation in the Con-
tract Tower Program, or for reevaluation of Cost-share 
Program participants as long as the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration has received an application from the airport, 
and as long as the Administrator determines such tower 
is eligible. 
SEC. 119D. Of the funds provided under the heading 
‘‘Grants-in-aid for Airports’’, up to $3,500,000 may be for 
necessary expenses, including an independent verification 
regime, to provide reimbursement to airport sponsors that 
do not provide gateway operations and providers of gen-
eral aviation ground support services located at those air-
ports closed during a temporary flight restriction (TFR) 
for any residence of the President that is designated or 
identified to be secured by the United States Secret Serv-
ice, and for direct and incremental financial losses in-
curred while such airports are closed solely due to the ac-
tions of the Federal Government: Provided, That no funds 
shall be obligated or distributed to airport sponsors that 
do not provide gateway operations and providers of gen-
eral aviation ground support services until an independent 
audit is completed: Provided further, That losses incurred 
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as a result of violations of law, or through fault or neg-
ligence, of such operators and service providers or of third 
parties (including airports) are not eligible for reimburse-
ments: Provided further, That obligation and expenditure 
of funds are conditional upon full release of the United 
States Government for all claims for financial losses re-
sulting from such actions. 
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 
Code, and the provisions of the Fixing America’s Surface 
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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 administrative expenses that are also avail-
able for such purpose, and are not subject to any obliga-
tion 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 avail-
able until expended. 
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HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS 
There is hereby appropriated to the Secretary of 
Transportation $1,750,000,000: Provided, That the 
amounts made available under this heading shall be de-
rived from the general fund, shall be in addition to any 
funds provided for fiscal year 2020 in this or any other 
Act for ‘‘Federal-aid Highways’’ under chapter 1 of title 
23, United States Code, and shall not affect the distribu-
tion or amount of funds provided in any other Act: Pro-
vided further, That of the sums made available under this 
heading: 
(1) $1,493,100,000 shall be for activities eligi-
ble under section 133(b) of title 23, United States 
Code, for the elimination of hazards and the installa-
tion of protective devices at railway-highway cross-
ings, and to provide necessary charging infrastruc-
ture along corridor ready or corridor pending alter-
native fuel corridors as defined under 23 U.S.C. 
151; 
(2) $5,451,000 shall be for activities eligible 
under the Puerto Rico Highway Program as de-
scribed in section 165(b)(2)(C) of title 23, United 
States Code; 
(3) $1,449,000 shall be for activities eligible 
under the Territorial Highway Program, as de-
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scribed in section 165(c)(6) of title 23, United 
States Code; 
(4) $166,000,000 shall be for the nationally 
significant Federal lands and tribal projects program 
under section 1123 of the FAST Act; 
(5) $50,000,000 shall be for competitive grants 
for activities described in section 130(a) of title 23, 
United States Code; 
(6) $15,000,000 shall be for grants for Ad-
vanced Digital Construction Management Systems; 
(7) $12,000,0000 shall be for the Regional In-
frastructure Accelerator Demonstration Program au-
thorized under section 1441 of the FAST Act; 
(8) $5,000,000 shall be for a National Road 
Network Pilot Program for the Federal Highway 
Administration to create a national level, geo-spatial 
dataset that uses data already collected under the 
Highway Performance Monitoring System; and 
(9) $2,000,000 shall be for research that leads 
to decreases in highway and pedestrian fatalities 
among Tribal populations: 
Provided further, That the funds made available under this 
heading for activities eligible under section 133(b) of title 
23, United States Code, for the elimination of hazards and 
the installation of protective devices at railway-highway 
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crossings, and to provide charging infrastructure for alter-
native fuel corridors, 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 title 23, United 
States Code shall not apply to funds made available under 
this heading: Provided further, That the funds made avail-
able under this heading in paragraph (1), shall be admin-
istered as if apportioned under chapter 1 of such title and 
shall remain available through September 30, 2023: Pro-
vided further, That the funds made available under this 
heading in paragraph (1), shall be apportioned to the 
States in the same ratio as the obligation limitation for 
fiscal year 2020 is distributed among the States in section 
120(a)(5) of this Act: Provided further, That, except as 
provided in the following proviso, the funds made available 
under this heading for activities 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 such title and shall remain available through September 
30, 2023: Provided further, That the funds made available 
under this heading for activities eligible under the Puerto 
Rico Highway Program shall not be subject to the require-
ments of sections 165(b)(2)(A) or 165(b)(2)(B) of such 
title: Provided further, That the funds made available 
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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 the funds made available 
under this heading in paragraph (5) for the elimination 
of hazards and the installation of protective devices at rail-
way-highway crossings shall be available for projects eligi-
ble under section 22907(c) of title 49, 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 
Safety Board between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 
2018: Provided further, That amounts provided under this 
heading in paragraphs (5), (6), (7), (8), and (9) shall re-
main available until expended: Provided further, That 
funds made available under this heading for Advanced 
Digital Construction Management Systems shall be for 
competitive grants to State and local governments to de-
velop and expand the capacity to use and deploy Advanced 
Digital Construction Management Systems and the min-
imum grant amount shall be $500,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2020, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall— 
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(B) the total of the sums authorized to be 
appropriated for the Federal-aid highway and 
highway safety construction programs (other 
than sums authorized to be appropriated for 
provisions of law described in paragraphs (1) 
through (11) of subsection (b) and sums au-
thorized to be appropriated for section 119 of 
title 23, United States Code, equal to the 
amount referred to in subsection (b)(12) for 
such fiscal year), less the aggregate of the 
amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) 
and (2) of this subsection; 
(4) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed-
eral-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not 
distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), for each 
of the programs (other than programs to which 
paragraph (1) applies) that are allocated by the Sec-
retary under the Fixing America’s Surface Trans-
portation 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 
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(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 
distributed 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. 
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(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; 
(2) section 147 of the Surface Transportation 
Assistance 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 Inter-
modal 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); 
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(1) congressionally directed spending, as de-
fined in rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the 
Senate, identified in a prior law, report, or joint ex-
planatory statement, which was authorized to be ap-
propriated or appropriated more than 10 fiscal years 
prior to the current fiscal year, and administered by 
the Federal 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 
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 obli-
gated less than 10 percent of the amount made available 
for obligation as of October 1 of the current fiscal year, 
and shall be applied to projects within the same general 
geographic area within 5 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. 
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