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expenses authorized under section 501(a)(4)(F) of the 
1990 Act, which, notwithstanding the provisions of section 
198P shall be awarded by CNCS on a competitive basis: 
Provided further, That for the purposes of carrying out 
the 1990 Act, satisfying the requirements in section 
122(c)(1)(D) may include a determination of need by the 
local community. 
PAYMENT TO THE NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For payment to the National Service Trust estab-
lished under subtitle D of title I of the 1990 Act, 
$212,342,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That CNCS may transfer additional funds from the 
amount provided within ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ allocated 
to grants under subtitle C of title I of the 1990 Act to 
the National Service Trust upon determination that such 
transfer is necessary to support the activities of national 
service participants and after notice is transmitted to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate: Provided further, That amounts ap-
propriated for or transferred to the National Service Trust 
may be invested under section 145(b) of the 1990 Act 
without regard to the requirement to apportion funds 
under 31 U.S.C. 1513(b). 
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of administration as provided 
under section 501(a)(5) of the 1990 Act and under section 
504(a) of the 1973 Act, including payment of salaries, au-
thorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental 
of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, the em-
ployment of experts and consultants authorized under 5 
U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,500 for official recep-
tion and representation expenses, $86,737,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$6,750,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. CNCS shall make any significant changes 
to program requirements, service delivery or policy only 
through public notice and comment rulemaking. For fiscal 
year 2021, during any grant selection process, an officer 
or employee of CNCS shall not knowingly disclose any cov-
ered grant selection information regarding such selection, 
directly or indirectly, to any person other than an officer 
or employee of CNCS that is authorized by CNCS to re-
ceive such information. 
SEC. 402. AmeriCorps programs receiving grants 
under the National Service Trust program shall meet an 
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overall minimum share requirement of 24 percent for the 
first 3 years that they receive AmeriCorps funding, and 
thereafter shall meet the overall minimum share require-
ment as provided in section 2521.60 of title 45, Code of 
Federal Regulations, without regard to the operating costs 
match requirement in section 121(e) or the member sup-
port Federal share limitations in section 140 of the 1990 
Act, and subject to partial waiver consistent with section 
2521.70 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 403. Donations made to CNCS under section 
196 of the 1990 Act for the purposes of financing pro-
grams and operations under titles I and II of the 1973 
Act or subtitle B, C, D, or E of title I of the 1990 Act 
shall be used to supplement and not supplant current pro-
grams and operations. 
SEC. 404. In addition to the requirements in section 
146(a) of the 1990 Act, use of an educational award for 
the purpose described in section 148(a)(4) shall be limited 
to individuals who are veterans as defined under section 
101 of the Act. 
SEC. 405. For the purpose of carrying out section 
189D of the 1990 Act— 
(1) entities described in paragraph (a) of such 
section shall be considered ‘‘qualified entities’’ under 
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section 3 of the National Child Protection Act of 
1993 (‘‘NCPA’’); 
(2) individuals described in such section shall 
be considered ‘‘volunteers’’ under section 3 of 
NCPA; and 
(3) State Commissions on National and Com-
munity Service established pursuant to section 178 
of the 1990 Act, are authorized to receive criminal 
history record information, consistent with Public 
Law 92–544. 
SEC. 406. Notwithstanding sections 139(b), 146 and 
147 of the 1990 Act, an individual who successfully com-
pletes a term of service of not less than 1,200 hours dur-
ing a period of not more than 1 year may receive a na-
tional service education award having a value of 70 per-
cent of the value of a national service education award 
determined under section 147(a) of the Act. 
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING 
For payment to the Corporation for Public Broad-
casting (‘‘CPB’’), as authorized by the Communications 
Act of 1934, an amount which shall be available within 
limitations specified by that Act, for the fiscal year 2023, 
$515,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds made 
available to CPB by this Act shall be used to pay for re-
ceptions, parties, or similar forms of entertainment for 
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Government officials or employees: Provided further, That 
none of the funds made available to CPB by this Act shall 
be available or used to aid or support any program or ac-
tivity from which any person is excluded, or is denied ben-
efits, or is discriminated against, on the basis of race, 
color, national origin, religion, or sex: Provided further, 
That none of the funds made available to CPB by this 
Act shall be used to apply any political test or qualification 
in selecting, appointing, promoting, or taking any other 
personnel action with respect to officers, agents, and em-
ployees of CPB. 
In addition, for the costs associated with replacing 
and upgrading the public broadcasting interconnection 
system and other technologies and services that create in-
frastructure and efficiencies within the public media sys-
tem, $20,000,000. 
FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation 
and Conciliation Service (‘‘Service’’) to carry out the func-
tions vested in it by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 
1947, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; for ex-
penses necessary for the Labor-Management Cooperation 
Act of 1978; and for expenses necessary for the Service 
to carry out the functions vested in it by the Civil Service 
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Reform Act, $48,600,000, including up to $900,000 to re-
main available through September 30, 2022, for activities 
authorized by the Labor-Management Cooperation Act of 
1978: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, 
fees charged, up to full-cost recovery, for special training 
activities and other conflict resolution services and tech-
nical assistance, including those provided to foreign gov-
ernments and international organizations, and for arbitra-
tion services shall be credited to and merged with this ac-
count, and shall remain available until expended: Provided 
further, That fees for arbitration services shall be available 
only for education, training, and professional development 
of the agency workforce: Provided further, That the Direc-
tor of the Service is authorized to accept and use on behalf 
of the United States gifts of services and real, personal, 
or other property in the aid of any projects or functions 
within the Director’s jurisdiction. 
FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety 
and Health Review Commission, $17,184,000. 
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INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES 
OFFICE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES: GRANTS 
AND ADMINISTRATION 
For carrying out the Museum and Library Services 
Act of 1996 and the National Museum of African Amer-
ican History and Culture Act, $257,000,000 (reduced by 
$10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000). 
MEDICAID AND CHIP PAYMENT AND ACCESS 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1900 of 
the Social Security Act, $8,780,000. 
MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of 
the Social Security Act, $12,905,000, to be transferred to 
this appropriation from the Federal Hospital Insurance 
Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical In-
surance Trust Fund. 
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the National Council on 
Disability as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation 
Act of 1973, $3,350,000. 
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NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the National Labor Rela-
tions Board to carry out the functions vested in it by the 
Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and other laws, 
$277,824,000 of which $1,000,000 shall be used to de-
velop a system and procedures to conduct union represen-
tation elections electronically: Provided, That the National 
Labor Relations Board shall use funds provided under this 
heading to expand the number of regional full-time equiva-
lent staff above the amount on-board at the end of the 
fourth quarter of fiscal year 2019: Provided further, That 
the system and procedures described in the previous pro-
viso shall be available to conduct union representation 
elections electronically no later than 30 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 407. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement , enforce, or take any action 
in furtherance of the final rule on ‘‘The Standard for De-
termining Joint-Employer Status’’ published by the Na-
tional Labor Relations Board in the Federal Register on 
February 26, 2020 (85 Fed. Reg. 11184 et seq.). 
SEC. 408. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement, enforce, or take any ac-
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tions in furtherance of, the final rule on ‘‘Representation- 
Case Procedures’’ published by the National Labor Rela-
tions Board in the Federal Register on December 18, 
2019 (84 Fed. Reg. 69524 et seq.). 
SEC. 409. (a) None of the funds made available by 
this Act may be used to restructure or realign the National 
Labor Relations Board until 240 days after the National 
Labor Relations Board submits to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Committees on Ap-
propriations’’) and to the Comptroller General of the 
United States, the proposed restructuring or realignment 
plan of the National Labor Relations Board. 
(b) Not later than 180 days after the National Labor 
Relations Board submits to the Committees on Appropria-
tions the plan described in subsection (a), the Comptroller 
General shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
a report assessing such plan. 
NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 
of the Railway Labor Act, including emergency boards ap-
pointed by the President, $14,300,000. 
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OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety 
and Health Review Commission, $13,225,000. 
RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 
DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT 
For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Ac-
count, authorized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Re-
tirement Act of 1974, $13,000,000, which shall include 
amounts becoming available in fiscal year 2021 pursuant 
to section 224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 98–76; and in addi-
tion, an amount, not to exceed 2 percent of the amount 
provided herein, shall be available proportional to the 
amount by which the product of recipients and the average 
benefit received exceeds the amount available for payment 
of vested dual benefits: Provided, That the total amount 
provided herein shall be credited in 12 approximately 
equal amounts on the first day of each month in the fiscal 
year. 
FEDERAL PAYMENTS TO THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT 
ACCOUNTS 
For payment to the accounts established in the 
Treasury for the payment of benefits under the Railroad 
Retirement Act for interest earned on unnegotiated 
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checks, $150,000, to remain available through September 
30, 2022, which shall be the maximum amount available 
for payment pursuant to section 417 of Public Law 98– 
76. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement 
Board (‘‘Board’’) for administration of the Railroad Re-
tirement Act and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance 
Act, $126,500,000, to be derived in such amounts as de-
termined by the Board from the railroad retirement ac-
counts and from moneys credited to the railroad unem-
ployment insurance administration fund: Provided, That 
notwithstanding section 7(b)(9) of the Railroad Retire-
ment Act this limitation may be used to hire attorneys 
only through the excepted service: Provided further, That 
the previous proviso shall not change the status under 
Federal employment laws of any attorney hired by the 
Railroad Retirement Board prior to January 1, 2013: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding section 7(b)(9) of the 
Railroad Retirement Act, this limitation may be used to 
hire students attending qualifying educational institutions 
or individuals who have recently completed qualifying edu-
cational programs using current excepted hiring authori-
ties established by the Office of Personnel Management: 
Provided further, That $10,000,000, to remain available 
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until expended, shall be used to supplement, not supplant, 
existing resources devoted to operations and improvements 
for the Board’s Information Technology Investment Initia-
tives. 
LIMITATION ON THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 
General for audit, investigatory and review activities, as 
authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, not more 
than $11,000,000, to be derived from the railroad retire-
ment accounts and railroad unemployment insurance ac-
count. 
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
PAYMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS 
For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors 
Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insur-
ance Trust Fund, as provided under sections 201(m) and 
1131(b)(2) of the Social Security Act, $11,000,000. 
SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM 
For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Se-
curity Act, section 401 of Public Law 92–603, section 212 
of Public Law 93–66, as amended, and section 405 of 
Public Law 95–216, including payment to the Social Secu-
rity trust funds for administrative expenses incurred pur-
suant to section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, 
$40,172,492,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
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vided, That any portion of the funds provided to a State 
in the current fiscal year and not obligated by the State 
during that year shall be returned to the Treasury: Pro-
vided further, That not more than $86,000,000 shall be 
available for research and demonstrations under sections 
1110, 1115, and 1144 of the Social Security Act, and re-
main available through September 30, 2023. 
For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, 
benefit payments to individuals under title XVI of the So-
cial Security Act, for unanticipated costs incurred for the 
current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. 
For making benefit payments under title XVI of the 
Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 
2022, $19,600,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including the hire of two pas-
senger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $20,000 for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses, not more than 
$12,834,945,000 may be expended, as authorized by sec-
tion 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, from any one 
or all of the trust funds referred to in such section: Pro-
vided, That not less than $2,500,000 shall be for the So-
cial Security Advisory Board: Provided further, That 
$45,000,000 shall remain available until expended for in-
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formation technology modernization, including related 
hardware and software infrastructure and equipment, and 
for administrative expenses directly associated with infor-
mation technology modernization: Provided further, That 
of the amount made available in the preceding proviso, 
$4,000,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspector 
General’’, Social Security Administration, for information 
technology modernization, including related hardware and 
software infrastructure and equipment, and for adminis-
trative expenses directly associated with information tech-
nology modernization: Provided further, That such trans-
fer authority is in addition to any other transfer authority 
provided by law: Provided further, That $50,000,000 shall 
remain available through September 30, 2022, for activi-
ties to address the disability hearings backlog within the 
Office of Hearings Operations: Provided further, That un-
obligated balances of funds provided under this paragraph 
at the end of fiscal year 2021 not needed for fiscal year 
2021 shall remain available until expended to invest in the 
Social Security Administration information technology 
and telecommunications hardware and software infra-
structure, including related equipment and non-payroll ad-
ministrative expenses associated solely with this informa-
tion technology and telecommunications infrastructure: 
Provided further, That the Commissioner of Social Secu-
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rity shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate prior to making 
unobligated balances available under the authority in the 
previous proviso: Provided further, That reimbursement to 
the trust funds under this heading for expenditures for 
official time for employees of the Social Security Adminis-
tration pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 7131, and for facilities or 
support services for labor organizations pursuant to poli-
cies, regulations, or procedures referred to in section 
7135(b) of such title shall be made by the Secretary of 
the Treasury, with interest, from amounts in the general 
fund not otherwise appropriated, as soon as possible after 
such expenditures are made. 
Of the total amount made available in the first para-
graph under this heading, not more than $1,575,000,000, 
to remain available through March 31, 2022, is for the 
costs associated with continuing disability reviews under 
titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act, including 
work-related continuing disability reviews to determine 
whether earnings derived from services demonstrate an in-
dividual’s ability to engage in substantial gainful activity, 
for the cost associated with conducting redeterminations 
of eligibility under title XVI of the Social Security Act, 
for the cost of co-operative disability investigation units, 
and for the cost associated with the prosecution of fraud 
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in the programs and operations of the Social Security Ad-
ministration by Special Assistant United States Attorneys: 
Provided, That, of such amount, $273,000,000 is provided 
to meet the terms of section 251(b)(2)(B)(ii)(III) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985, as amended, and $1,302,000,000 is additional new 
budget authority specified for purposes of section 
251(b)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided further, That, of the 
additional new budget authority described in the preceding 
proviso, up to $11,200,000 may be transferred to the ‘‘Of-
fice of Inspector General’’, Social Security Administration, 
for the cost of jointly operated co-operative disability in-
vestigation units: Provided further, That such transfer au-
thority is in addition to any other transfer authority pro-
vided by law: Provided further, That the Commissioner 
shall provide to the Congress (at the conclusion of the fis-
cal year) a report on the obligation and expenditure of 
these funds, similar to the reports that were required by 
section 103(d)(2) of Public Law 104–121 for fiscal years 
1996 through 2002. 
In addition, $135,000,000 to be derived from admin-
istration fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary pay-
ment collected pursuant to section 1616(d) of the Social 
Security Act or section 212(b)(3) of Public Law 93–66, 
which shall remain available until expended: Provided, 
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That to the extent that the amounts collected pursuant 
to such sections in fiscal year 2021 exceed $135,000,000, 
the amounts shall be available in fiscal year 2022 only 
to the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts. 
In addition, up to $1,000,000 to be derived from fees 
collected pursuant to section 303(c) of the Social Security 
Protection Act, which shall remain available until ex-
pended. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $30,000,000, together with not to 
exceed $75,500,000, to be transferred and expended as 
authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act 
from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 
Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund. 
In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of 
the total provided in this appropriation may be transferred 
from the ‘‘Limitation on Administrative Expenses’’, Social 
Security Administration, to be merged with this account, 
to be available for the time and purposes for which this 
account is available: Provided, That notice of such trans-
fers shall be transmitted promptly to the Committees on 
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Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 
TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 501. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education are authorized to transfer 
unexpended balances of prior appropriations to accounts 
corresponding to current appropriations provided in this 
Act. Such transferred balances shall be used for the same 
purpose, and for the same periods of time, for which they 
were originally appropriated. 
SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 503. (a) No part of any appropriation contained 
in this Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of 
Public Law 111–148 shall be used, other than for normal 
and recognized executive-legislative relationships, for pub-
licity or propaganda purposes, for the preparation, dis-
tribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, 
electronic communication, radio, television, or video pres-
entation designed to support or defeat the enactment of 
legislation before the Congress or any State or local legis-
lature or legislative body, except in presentation to the 
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Congress or any State or local legislature itself, or de-
signed to support or defeat any proposed or pending regu-
lation, administrative action, or order issued by the execu-
tive branch of any State or local government, except in 
presentation to the executive branch of any State or local 
government itself. 
(b) No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of Public Law 
111–148 shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of 
any grant or contract recipient, or agent acting for such 
recipient, related to any activity designed to influence the 
enactment of legislation, appropriations, regulation, ad-
ministrative action, or Executive order proposed or pend-
ing before the Congress or any State Government, State 
legislature or local legislature or legislative body, other 
than for normal and recognized executive-legislative rela-
tionships or participation by an agency or officer of a 
State, local or Tribal government in policymaking and ad-
ministrative processes within the executive branch of that 
government. 
(c) The prohibitions in subsections (a) and (b) shall 
include any activity to advocate or promote any proposed, 
pending or future Federal, State or local tax increase, or 
any proposed, pending, or future requirement or restric-
tion on any legal consumer product, including its sale or 
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marketing, including but not limited to the advocacy or 
promotion of gun control. 
SEC. 504. The Secretaries of Labor and Education 
are authorized to make available not to exceed $28,000 
and $20,000, respectively, from funds available for sala-
ries and expenses under titles I and III, respectively, for 
official reception and representation expenses; the Direc-
tor of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is 
authorized to make available for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses not to exceed $5,000 from the funds 
available for ‘‘Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, 
Salaries and Expenses’’; and the Chairman of the Na-
tional Mediation Board is authorized to make available for 
official reception and representation expenses not to ex-
ceed $5,000 from funds available for ‘‘National Mediation 
Board, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
SEC. 505. When issuing statements, press releases, 
requests for proposals, bid solicitations and other docu-
ments describing projects or programs funded in whole or 
in part with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal 
funds included in this Act, including but not limited to 
State and local governments and recipients of Federal re-
search grants, shall clearly state— 
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(1) the percentage of the total costs of the pro-
gram or project which will be financed with Federal 
money; 
(2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the 
project or program; and 
(3) percentage and dollar amount of the total 
costs of the project or program that will be financed 
by non-governmental sources. 
SEC. 506. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 
Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which 
funds are appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for 
any abortion. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and 
none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are 
appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for health ben-
efits coverage that includes coverage of abortion. 
(c) The term ‘‘health benefits coverage’’ means the 
package of services covered by a managed care provider 
or organization pursuant to a contract or other arrange-
ment. 
SEC. 507. (a) The limitations established in the pre-
ceding section shall not apply to an abortion— 
(1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of 
rape or incest; or 
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(2) in the case where a woman suffers from a 
physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, 
including a life-endangering physical condition 
caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that 
would, as certified by a physician, place the woman 
in danger of death unless an abortion is performed. 
(b) Nothing in the preceding section shall be con-
strued as prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, 
entity, or private person of State, local, or private funds 
(other than a State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid 
matching funds). 
(c) Nothing in the preceding section shall be con-
strued as restricting the ability of any managed care pro-
vider from offering abortion coverage or the ability of a 
State or locality to contract separately with such a pro-
vider for such coverage with State funds (other than a 
State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid matching 
funds). 
(d)(1) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be made available to a Federal agency or program, 
or to a State or local government, if such agency, program, 
or government subjects any institutional or individual 
health care entity to discrimination on the basis that the 
health care entity does not provide, pay for, provide cov-
erage of, or refer for abortions. 
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(2) In this subsection, the term ‘‘health care entity’’ 
includes an individual physician or other health care pro-
fessional, a hospital, a provider-sponsored organization, a 
health maintenance organization, a health insurance plan, 
or any other kind of health care facility, organization, or 
plan. 
SEC. 508. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used for— 
(1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos 
for research purposes; or 
(2) research in which a human embryo or em-
bryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly sub-
jected to risk of injury or death greater than that 
allowed for research on fetuses in utero under 45 
CFR 46.204(b) and section 498(b) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)). 
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘human 
embryo or embryos’’ includes any organism, not protected 
as a human subject under 45 CFR 46 as of the date of 
the enactment of this Act, that is derived by fertilization, 
parthenogenesis, cloning, or any other means from one or 
more human gametes or human diploid cells. 
SEC. 509. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used for any activity that promotes the 
legalization of any drug or other substance included in 
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schedule I of the schedules of controlled substances estab-
lished under section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act 
except for normal and recognized executive-congressional 
communications. 
(b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply 
when there is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic 
advantage to the use of such drug or other substance or 
that federally sponsored clinical trials are being conducted 
to determine therapeutic advantage. 
SEC. 510. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be obligated or expended to enter into or renew 
a contract with an entity if— 
(1) such entity is otherwise a contractor with 
the United States and is subject to the requirement 
in 38 U.S.C. 4212(d) regarding submission of an 
annual report to the Secretary of Labor concerning 
employment of certain veterans; and 
(2) such entity has not submitted a report as 
required by that section for the most recent year for 
which such requirement was applicable to such enti-
ty. 
SEC. 511. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except 
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pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 
SEC. 512. None of the funds made available by this 
Act to carry out the Library Services and Technology Act 
may be made available to any library covered by para-
graph (1) of section 224(f) of such Act, as amended by 
the Children’s Internet Protection Act, unless such library 
has made the certifications required by paragraph (4) of 
such section. 
SEC. 513. (a) None of the funds provided under this 
Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 
agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli-
gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2021, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 
by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 
by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds that— 
(1) creates new programs; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel by any means 
for any project or activity for which funds have been 
denied or restricted; or 
(4) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 
activities presently performed by Federal employees; 
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unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in 
advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement 
of intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever oc-
curs earlier, and are notified in writing 10 days in advance 
of such reprogramming. 
(b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or 
provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agen-
cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 
or expenditure in fiscal year 2021, or provided from any 
accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 
the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by 
this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds in excess of $500,000 
or 10 percent, whichever is less, that— 
(1) augments existing programs, projects (in-
cluding construction projects), or activities; 
(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist-
ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per-
sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 
(3) results from any general savings from a re-
duction in personnel which would result in a change 
in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap-
proved by Congress; 
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unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in 
advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement 
of intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever oc-
curs earlier, and are notified in writing 10 days in advance 
of such reprogramming. 
(c) None of the funds provided under this Act, or pro-
vided under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies 
funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 
expenditure in the current year fiscal year, or provided 
from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States 
derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies 
funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or ex-
penditure that— 
(1) relocates an office or employees; 
(2) reorganizes or renames offices; or 
(3) reorganizes programs or activities; 
unless the relocation, renaming, or reorganization was in-
cluded in the President’s fiscal year 2021 budget proposal, 
including the accompanying justification documents sub-
mitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate, and such committees 
are consulted at least 15 days in advance of such reloca-
tion, renaming, or reorganization. 
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SEC. 514. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to request that a candidate for ap-
pointment to a Federal scientific advisory committee dis-
close the political affiliation or voting history of the can-
didate or the position that the candidate holds with re-
spect to political issues not directly related to and nec-
essary for the work of the committee involved. 
(b) None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to disseminate information that is deliberately 
false or misleading. 
SEC. 515. Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, 
each department and related agency funded through this 
Act shall submit an operating plan that details at the pro-
gram, project, and activity level any funding allocations 
for fiscal year 2021 that are different than those specified 
in this Act, the detailed table in the committee report ac-
companying this Act, or the fiscal year 2021 budget re-
quest. 
SEC. 516. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education shall each prepare and 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate a report on the number 
and amount of contracts, grants, and cooperative agree-
ments exceeding $500,000, individually or in total for a 
particular project, activity, or programmatic initiative, in 
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value and awarded by the Department on a non-competi-
tive basis during each quarter of fiscal year 2021, but not 
to include grants awarded on a formula basis or directed 
by law. Such report shall include the name of the con-
tractor or grantee, the amount of funding, the govern-
mental purpose, including a justification for issuing the 
award on a non-competitive basis. Such report shall be 
transmitted to the Committees within 30 days after the 
end of the quarter for which the report is submitted. 
SEC. 517. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall be expended or obligated by the Commissioner of So-
cial Security, for purposes of administering Social Security 
benefit payments under title II of the Social Security Act, 
to process any claim for credit for a quarter of coverage 
based on work performed under a social security account 
number that is not the claimant’s number and the per-
formance of such work under such number has formed the 
basis for a conviction of the claimant of a violation of sec-
tion 208(a)(6) or (7) of the Social Security Act. 
SEC. 518. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used by the Commissioner of Social Security or 
the Social Security Administration to pay the compensa-
tion of employees of the Social Security Administration 
to administer Social Security benefit payments, under any 
agreement between the United States and Mexico estab-
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lishing totalization arrangements between the social secu-
rity system established by title II of the Social Security 
Act and the social security system of Mexico, which would 
not otherwise be payable but for such agreement. 
SEC. 519. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
network unless such network blocks the viewing, 
downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, Tribal, or local 
law enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out 
criminal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activi-
ties. 
SEC. 520. For purposes of carrying out Executive 
Order No. 13589, Office of Management and Budget 
Memorandum M–12–12 dated May 11, 2012, and require-
ments contained in the annual appropriations bills relating 
to conference attendance and expenditures— 
(1) the operating divisions of HHS shall be con-
sidered independent agencies; and 
(2) attendance at and support for scientific con-
ferences shall be tabulated separately from and not 
included in agency totals. 
SEC. 521. Federal agencies funded under this Act 
shall clearly state within the text, audio, or video used for 
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advertising or educational purposes, including emails or 
internet postings, that the communication is printed, pub-
lished, or produced and disseminated at U.S. taxpayer ex-
pense. The funds used by a Federal agency to carry out 
this requirement shall be derived from amounts made 
available to the agency for advertising or other commu-
nications regarding the programs and activities of the 
agency. 
SEC. 522. (a) Federal agencies may use Federal dis-
cretionary funds that are made available in this Act to 
carry out up to 10 Performance Partnership Pilots. Such 
Pilots shall be governed by the provisions of section 526 
of division H of Public Law 113–76, except that in car-
rying out such Pilots section 526 shall be applied by sub-
stituting ‘‘FISCAL YEAR 2021’’ for ‘‘FISCAL YEAR 2014’’ 
in the title of subsection (b) and by substituting ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2025’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2018’’ each place 
it appears: Provided, That such pilots shall include com-
munities that have experienced civil unrest. 
(b) In addition, Federal agencies may use Federal 
discretionary funds that are made available in this Act to 
participate in Performance Partnership Pilots that are 
being carried out pursuant to the authority provided by 
section 526 of division H of Public Law 113–76, section 
524 of division G of Public Law 113–235, section 525 of 
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division H of Public Law 114–113, section 525 of division 
H of Public Law 115–31, section 525 of division H of 
Public Law 115–141, and section 524 of division A of 
Public Law 116–94. 
(c) Pilot sites selected under authorities in this Act 
and prior appropriations Acts may be granted by relevant 
agencies up to an additional 5 years to operate under such 
authorities. 
SEC. 523. Not later than 30 days after the end of 
each calendar quarter, beginning with the first month of 
fiscal year 2021, the Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services and Education and the Social Security 
Administration shall provide the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and Senate a 
report on the status of balances of appropriations: Pro-
vided, That for balances that are unobligated and uncom-
mitted, committed, and obligated but unexpended, the 
monthly reports shall separately identify the amounts at-
tributable to each source year of appropriation (beginning 
with fiscal year 2012, or, to the extent feasible, earlier 
fiscal years) from which balances were derived. 
SEC. 524. The Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, or Education shall provide to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate a comprehensive list of any new or com-
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petitive grant award notifications, including supplements, 
issued at the discretion of such Departments not less than 
3 full business days before any entity selected to receive 
a grant award is announced by the Department or its of-
fices (other than emergency response grants at any time 
of the year or for grant awards made during the last 10 
business days of the fiscal year, or if applicable, of the 
program year). 
SEC. 525. Each department and related agency fund-
ed through this Act shall provide answers to questions 
submitted for the record by members of the Committee 
within 45 business days after receipt. 
SEC. 526. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
may be used to finalize or implement the proposed regula-
tion titled ‘‘Rules Regarding the Frequency and Notice of 
Continuing Disability Reviews’’ published by the Social 
Security Administration on November 18, 2019 (84 Fed. 
Reg. 63588 et seq.). 
SEC. 527. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
may be used to finalize or implement the notice of pro-
posed rulemaking titled ‘‘Hearings Held by Administrative 
Appeals Judges of the Appeals Council’’ published by the 
Social Security Administration on December 20, 2019 (84 
Fed. Reg. 70080 et seq.). 
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(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 528. Of the unobligated balances made available 
by 
section 
301(b)(3) 
of 
Public 
Law 
114–10, 
$5,185,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 529. Of the unobligated balances made available 
for purposes of carrying out section 2105(a)(3) of the So-
cial Security Act, $6,566,000,000 shall not be available 
for obligation in this fiscal year. 
SEC. 530. (a) Any funds made available by this Act 
that are used to fund an apprenticeship or apprenticeship 
program shall only be used for, or provided to, an appren-
ticeship or apprenticeship program that meets the defini-
tion in subsection (b), including any funds awarded for 
the purposes of grants, contracts, or cooperative agree-
ments, or the development, implementation, or administra-
tion, of an apprenticeship or an apprenticeship program. 
(b) The term ‘‘apprenticeship’’ or ‘‘apprenticeship 
program’’ means an apprenticeship program registered 
under the Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly known as 
the ‘‘National Apprenticeship Act’’; 50 Stat. 664, chapter 
663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.), including any requirement, 
standard, or rule promulgated under such Act, as such 
requirement, standard, or rule was in effect on December 
30, 2019. 
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TITLE VI 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES 
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION 
CDC-WIDE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘CDC-Wide Activities 
and Program Support’’, $9,000,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2025, for public health and emer-
gency preparedness and response, domestically or inter-
nationally: Provided, That of the amount made available 
under this heading, $2,000,000,000 shall be for public 
health emergency preparedness cooperative agreements 
under section 319C–1 of the PHS Act: Provided further, 
That of the amount made available under this heading, 
$1,000,000,000 shall be for epidemiology and laboratory 
capacity cooperative agreements under section 2821 of the 
PHS: Provided further, That funds made available in the 
preceding proviso may be used for construction, alteration, 
or renovation of non-federally owned facilities, or the pur-
chase of equipment: Provided further, That all construc-
tion, alteration, or renovation work, carried out in whole 
or in part with funds appropriated under this heading in 
this Act, shall be subject to the requirements of section 
1621(b)(1)(I) of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 300s- 
1(b)(1)(I)): Provided further, That of the amount made 
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available under this heading for specified programs, not 
less than $150,000,000 shall be allocated to Tribes, Tribal 
organizations, urban Indian health organizations, or 
health service providers to Tribes: Provided further, That 
of the amount made available under this heading, 
$1,000,000,000 shall be for global disease detection and 
emergency response: Provided further, That of the amount 
made available under this heading, $4,000,000,000 shall 
be for a vaccination campaign, including preparedness, op-
erations, and distribution, and a comprehensive campaign 
to achieve coverage goals, and for an enhanced influenza 
vaccination campaign, including purchase of vaccine as 
necessary to increase coverage: Provided further, That the 
Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Preven-
tion shall provide a briefing to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
at least 1 week prior to obligating funds made available 
in the preceding proviso on the CDC’s plans for vaccina-
tion campaigns in fiscal year 2021: Provided further, That 
of the amount made available under this heading, 
$400,000,000 shall be for public health data surveillance 
and analytics infrastructure modernization: Provided fur-
ther, That of the amount made available under this head-
ing, $200,000,000 shall be for activities to support public 
health workforce development, including the Epidemic In-
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telligence Service fellowship program: Provided further, 
That of the amount made available under this heading, 
$400,000,000 shall be transferred to and merged with 
amounts in the Infectious Diseases Rapid Response Re-
serve Fund, established by section 231 of division B of 
Public Law 115–245: Provided further, That such amount 
is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of the Direc-
tor’’, $5,000,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2025: Provided, That funds made available under this 
heading may be used to offset the costs related to reduc-
tions in laboratory productivity resulting from interrup-
tions or shutdowns of research activity in fiscal year 2020: 
Provided further, That funds made available under this 
heading may be transferred to the accounts of the Insti-
tutes and Centers of the National Institutes of Health 
(‘‘NIH’’): Provided further, That the transfer authority in 
the preceding proviso is in addition to any other transfer 
authority available to the NIH: Provided further, That of 
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the amount made available under this heading, the Direc-
tor of NIH shall transfer not less than $2,500,000,000 
to the accounts of the Institutes and Centers of the NIH 
in proportion to the amounts otherwise made available to 
such Institutes and Centers under the heading ‘‘National 
Institutes of Health’’ in division A of the Further Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94): 
Provided further, That of the amount made available 
under this heading, the Director of NIH shall transfer to 
‘‘Buildings and Facilities’’ an amount equal to the amount 
made available for buildings and facilities at the NIH in 
section 237 of division A of such Act: Provided further, 
That the Director of the NIH shall provide a briefing to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate at least 1 week prior to obli-
gating funds made available under this heading on the 
NIH’s plans for obligating emergency funds: Provided fur-
ther, That such amount is designated by the Congress as 
being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY 
FUND 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Public Health and So-
cial Services Emergency Fund’’, $4,500,000,000 (in-
creased by $100,000,000) (reduced by $100,000,000), to 
remain available until September 30, 2025, for the devel-
opment of necessary countermeasures and vaccines, 
prioritizing platform-based technologies with U.S.-based 
manufacturing capabilities, the purchase of vaccines, 
therapeutics, diagnostics, and necessary medical supplies, 
as well as initial advance manufacturing and novel dis-
pensing: Provided, That funds made available under this 
heading may be used to develop and demonstrate innova-
tions and enhancements to manufacturing platforms to 
support such capabilities: Provided further, That products 
purchased with funds appropriated under this heading 
may, at the discretion of the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, be deposited in the Strategic National 
Stockpile under section 319F–2 of the PHS Act: Provided 
further, That funds made available under this heading 
may be transferred to, and merged with, the fund author-
ized by section 319F–4, the Covered Countermeasure 
Process Fund, of the PHS Act: Provided further, That of 
the 
amount 
made 
available 
under 
this 
heading, 
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$3,500,000,000 shall be available to the Biomedical Ad-
vanced Research and Development Authority for necessary 
expenses of advanced research, development, manufac-
turing, production, and purchase of vaccines and thera-
peutics: Provided further, That the Director of the Bio-
medical Advanced Research and Development Authority 
shall provide a briefing to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate at 
least 1 week prior to obligating funds made available in 
the preceding proviso on the Department’s plans to 
produce a sufficient supply of vaccine for the U.S. popu-
lation: Provided further, That of the amount made avail-
able under this heading, $500,000,000 shall be available 
to the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development 
Authority for the construction, renovation, or equipping 
of U.S.-based next generation manufacturing facilities, 
other than facilities owned by the United States Govern-
ment: Provided further, That of the amount made available 
under 
this 
heading, 
$500,000,000 
(increased 
by 
$200,000,000) (reduced by $200,000,000) shall be avail-
able to the Biomedical Advanced Research and Develop-
ment Authority to promote innovation in antibacterial re-
search and development: Provided further, That funds 
made available under this heading may be used for grants 
for the rent, lease, purchase, acquisition, construction, al-
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teration, or renovation of non-federally owned facilities to 
improve preparedness and response capability at the State 
and local levels: Provided further, That funds made avail-
able under this heading may be used for the construction, 
alteration, renovation or equipping of non-federally owned 
facilities for the production of vaccines, therapeutics, 
diagnostics, and medicines and other items purchased 
under section 319F–2(a) of the PHS Act where the Sec-
retary determines that such use is necessary to assure suf-
ficient domestic production of such supplies: Provided fur-
ther, That all construction, alteration, or renovation work, 
carried out in whole or in part with funds made available 
under this heading, shall be subject to the requirements 
of section 1621(b)(1)(I) of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 300s– 
1(b)(1)(I)): Provided further, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY FUND 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Public Health Emer-
gency Fund’’, $5,000,000,000 (reduced by $1,000,000) 
(increased by $1,000,000), to remain available until ex-
pended, to be deposited into the Public Health Emergency 
Fund, as established under section 319(b) of the Public 
Health Service Act: Provided, That products purchased 
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with funds appropriated under this heading may, at the 
discretion of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
be deposited in the Strategic National Stockpile under sec-
tion 319F–2 of the Public Health Service Act: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
(or the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Re-
sponse on behalf of the Secretary) shall provide a briefing 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate at least 1 week prior to obli-
gating funds made available under this heading on the De-
partment’s plans for obligating emergency funds: Provided 
further, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 601. The amounts provided by the first proviso 
following paragraph (6) under the heading ‘‘Department 
of Labor—Employment and Training Administration— 
State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service 
Operations’’ in title I of this Act are designated by the 
Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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SEC. 602. Not later than 30 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall provide a detailed spend plan of an-
ticipated uses of funds made available to the Department 
of Health and Human Services in this title, including esti-
mated personnel and administrative costs, to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate: Provided, That such plans shall be up-
dated and submitted to such Committees every 60 days 
until September 30, 2025: Provided further, That the 
spend plans shall be accompanied by a listing of each con-
tract obligation incurred that exceeds $5,000,000 which 
has not previously been reported, including the amount of 
each such obligation. 
SEC. 603. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement, enforce, or otherwise give 
effect to the rule entitled ‘‘Religious Exemptions and Ac-
commodations for Coverage of Certain Preventive Services 
Under the Affordable Care Act’’ (83 Fed. Reg. 57536 
(November 15, 2018)), or the rule entitled ‘‘Moral Exemp-
tions and Accommodations for Coverage of Certain Pre-
ventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act’’ (83 Fed. 
Reg. 57592 (November 15, 2018)). 
SEC. 604. For ‘‘Department of Health and Human 
Services—Office of the Secretary—public health and so-
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cial services emergency fund’’ for a military and civilian 
partnership for trauma readiness grant program, as au-
thorized by section 1291 of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 300d–91), there is hereby appropriated, and 
the amount otherwise provided by this Act for ‘‘Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services—office of the Sec-
retary—general departmental management’’ is hereby re-
duced by, $11,500,000. 
SEC. 605. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement or enforce the guidance 
contained in WHD Field Bulletin No. 2020–2. 
SEC. 606. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this Act may be made available 
to enter into any new contract, grant, or cooperative 
agreement with any entity listed in subsection (b). 
(b) The entities listed in this subsection are the fol-
lowing: 
Trump International 
Hotel & Tower Chi-
cago, Chicago, IL 
Trump International 
Hotel & Golf Links 
Ireland (formerly The 
Lodge at Doonbeg), 
Doonbeg, Ireland 
Trump International 
Hotel Las Vegas, Las 
Vegas, NV 
Trump National Doral 
Miami, Miami, FL 
Trump International 
Hotel & Tower New 
York, New York City, 
NY 
Trump SoHo New York, 
New York City, NY 
Trump International 
Hotel & Tower, Van-
couver, Vancouver, 
Canada 
Trump International 
Hotel Waikiki, Hono-
lulu, HI 
Trump International 
Hotel Washington, DC 
Trump Tower, 721 Fifth 
Avenue, New York 
City, New York 
Trump World Tower, 
845 United Nations 
Plaza, New York City, 
New York 
Trump Park Avenue, 
502 Park Avenue, 
New York City, New 
York 
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Trump International 
Hotel & Tower, NY 
Trump Parc East, 100 
Central Park South, 
New York City, New 
York 
Trump Palace, 200 East 
69th Street, New York 
City, New York 
Heritage, Trump Place, 
240 Riverside Blvd, 
New York City, New 
York 
Trump Place, 220 River-
side Blvd, New York 
City, New York 
Trump Place, 200 River-
side Blvd, New York 
City, New York 
Trump Grande, Sunny 
Isles, FL 
Trump Hollywood Flor-
ida, Hollywood, Flor-
ida 
Trump Plaza, New Ro-
chelle, NY 
Trump Tower at City 
Center, Westchester, 
NY 
Trump Park Residences, 
Yorktown, NY 
Trump Parc Stamford, 
Stamford, Connecticut 
Trump Plaza Residences, 
Jersey City, NJ 
The Estate at Trump 
National, Los Angeles, 
CA 
Trump Towers Pune, 
India, Pune, India 
Trump Tower Mumbai, 
India, Mumbai, India 
Trump Towers Makati, 
Philippines, Makati, 
Philippines 
Trump International 
Vancouver, Vancouver, 
Canada 
Trump Towers Istanbul, 
Sisli, Istanbul, Sisli 
Trump Tower Punta Del 
Este, Uruguay, Punta 
Sel Este, Uruguay 
Briar Hall Operations 
LLC, New York, New 
York 
DT Dubai Golf Manager 
LLC, New York, New 
York 
DT Dubai Golf Manager 
Member Corp, New 
York, New York 
DT Dubai II Golf Man-
ager LLC, New York, 
New York 
DT Home Marks Inter-
national LLC, New 
York, New York 
DT Home Marks Inter-
national Member 
Corp, New York, New 
York 
DT India Venture LLC, 
New York, New York 
DT India Venture Man-
aging Member Corp, 
New York, New York 
DT Marks Baku LLC, 
New York, New York 
DT Marks Baku Man-
aging Member Corp, 
New York, New York 
DT Marks Dubai LLC, 
New York, New York 
DT Marks Dubai Mem-
ber Corp, New York, 
New York 
DT Marks Dubai II 
LLC, New York, New 
York 
DT Marks Dubai II 
Member Corp, New 
York, New York 
DT Marks Gurgaon 
LLC, New York, New 
York 
DT Marks Gurgaon 
Managing Member 
Corp, New York, New 
York 
DT Marks Jersey City 
LLC, New York, New 
York 
DT Marks Jupiter LLC, 
New York, New York 
DT Mark Qatar LLC, 
New York, New York 
DT Marks Qatar Mem-
ber Corp, New York, 
New York 
DT Marks Products 
International LLC, 
New York, New York 
DT Marks Product 
International Member 
Corp, New York, New 
York 
DT Marks Pune LLC, 
New York, New York 
DT Marks Pune Man-
aging Member Corp, 
New York, New York 
DT MARKS PUNE II 
LLC, New York, New 
York 
DT Marks Pune II Man-
aging Member Corp, 
New York, New York 
DT Marks Rio LLC, 
New York, New York 
DT Marks Rio Member 
Corp, New York, New 
York 
DT Marks Vancouver 
LP, New York, New 
York 
DT Marks Vancouver 
Managing Member 
Corp, New York, New 
York 
DT Marks Worli LLC, 
New York, New York 
DT Marks Worli Member 
Corp, New York, New 
York 
DT Tower Gurgaon 
LLC, New York, New 
York 
DT Tower Gurgaon 
Managing Member 
Corp, New York, New 
York 
Indian Hills Holdings 
LLC f/k/a Indian Hills 
Development LLC, 
New York, New York 
Jupiter Golf Club LLC 
(Trump National Gold 
Club-Jupiter), New 
York, New York 
Jupiter Golf Club Man-
aging Member Corp, 
New York, New York 
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Lamington Family Hold-
ings LLC, New York, 
New York 
Lawrence Towers Apart-
ments, New York, 
New York 
LFB Acquisition LLC, 
New York, New York 
LFB Acquisition Mem-
ber Corp, New York, 
New York 
MAR-A-LAGO CLUB, 
L.L.C., Palm Beach, 
Florida 
Mar A Lago Club, 
L.L.C, New York, 
New York 
Nitto World Co, Limited, 
Turnberry, Scotland 
OPO Hotel Manager 
LLC, New York, New 
York 
OPO Hotel Manager 
Member Corp, New 
York, New York 
OWO Developer LLC, 
New York, New York 
TIGL Ireland Enter-
prises Limited (Trump 
International Golf 
Links- Doonbeg), 
Doonbeg, Ireland 
TIGL Ireland Manage-
ment Limited, 
Doonbeg, Ireland 
Ace Entertainment Hold-
ings Inc (f/k/a Trump 
Casinos Inc and for-
merly Trump Taj 
Mahal, Inc), Atlantic 
City, NJ 
Trump Chicago Com-
mercial Member Corp, 
New York, New York 
Trump Chicago Com-
mercial Manager LLC, 
New York, New York 
Trump Chicago Develop-
ment LLC, New York, 
New York 
Trump Chicago Hotel 
Member Corp, New 
York, New York 
Trump Chicago Hotel 
Manager LLC, New 
York, New York 
Trump Chicago Man-
aging Member LLC, 
New York, New York 
Trump Chicago Member 
LLC, New York, New 
York 
Trump Chicago Residen-
tial Member Corp, 
New York, New York 
Trump Chicago Residen-
tial Manager LLC, 
New York, New York 
Trump Chicago Retail 
LLC, New York, New 
York 
Trump Chicago Retail 
Manager LLC, New 
York, New York 
Trump Chicago Retail 
Member Corp, New 
York, New York 
Trump Drinks Israel 
Holdings LLC, New 
York, New York 
Trump Drinks Israel 
Holdings Member 
Corp, New York, New 
York 
Trump Drinks Israel 
LLC, New York, New 
York 
Trump Drinks Israel 
Member Corp, New 
York, New York 
Trump Endeavor 12 
LLC (Trump National 
Doral), New York, 
New York 
Trump Endeavor 12 
Manager Corp, New 
York, New York 
Trump Golf Acquisitions 
LLC, New York, New 
York 
Trump Golf Coco Beach 
LLC, New York, New 
York 
Trump Golf Coco Beach 
Member Corp, New 
York, New York 
Trump International De-
velopment LLC, New 
York, New York 
Trump International 
Golf Club LC (Trump 
International Golf 
Club- Florida), New 
York, New York 
Trump International 
Golf Club Scotland 
Limited, Aberdeen, 
Scotland 
Trump International 
Golf Club, Inc, Palm 
Beach, Florida 
Trump International 
Hotel and Tower Con-
dominium, New York, 
New York 
Trump International 
Hotel Hawaii LLC, 
New York, New York 
Trump International Ho-
tels Management 
LLC, New York, New 
York 
Trump International 
Management Corp, 
New York, New York 
Trump Korean Projects 
LLC, New York, New 
York 
Trump Marks Atlanta 
LLC, New York, New 
York 
Trump Marks Atlanta 
Member Corp, New 
York, New York 
Trump Marks Baja 
Corp, New York, New 
York 
Trump Marks Baja 
LLC, New York, New 
York 
Trump Marks Batumi, 
LLC, New York, New 
York 
Trump Marks Beverages 
Corp, New York, New 
York 
Trump Marks Bev-
erages, LLC New 
York, New York 
Trump Marks Canouan 
Corp, New York, New 
York 
Trump Marks Canouan, 
LLC New York, New 
York 
Trump Marks Chicago 
LLC, New York, New 
York 
Trump Marks Chicago 
Member Corp, New 
York, New York 
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Trump Miami Resort 
Management LLC, 
New York, New York 
Trump Miami Resort 
Management Member 
Corp, New York, New 
York 
Trump National Golf 
Club Colts Neck LLC, 
New York, New York 
Trump National Golf 
Club Colts Neck Mem-
ber Corp, New York, 
New York 
Trump National Golf 
Club LLC (Trump 
National Golf Club- 
Westchester), New 
York, New York 
Trump National Golf 
Club Member Corp, 
New York, New York 
Trump National Golf 
Club Washington DC 
LCC, New York, New 
York 
Trump National Golf 
Club Washington DC 
Member Corp, New 
York, New York 
Trump Old Post Office 
LLC, New York, New 
York 
Trump Old Post Office 
Member Corp, New 
York, New York 
Trump On the Ocean 
LLC, New York, New 
York 
Trump Organization 
LLC, New York, New 
York 
The Trump Organiza-
tion, New York, New 
York 
Trump Pageants, Inc, 
New York, New York 
Trump Palace Condo-
minium, New York, 
New York 
Trump Palace/Parc 
LLC, New York, New 
York 
Trump Panama Condo-
minium Management 
LLC, New York, New 
York 
Trump Panama Condo-
minium Member Corp, 
New York, New York 
Trump Panama Hotel 
Management LLC, 
New York, New York 
Trump Panama Hotel 
Management Member 
Corp, New York, New 
York 
Trump Parc East Con-
dominium, New York, 
New York 
Trump Park Avenue Ac-
quisition LLC, New 
York, New York 
Trump Park Avenue 
LLC, New York, New 
York 
Trump Payroll Chicago 
LLC, New York, New 
York 
Trump Payroll Corp, 
New York, New York 
Trump Phoenix Develop-
ment LLC, New York, 
New York 
Trump Plaza LLC, New 
York, New York 
Trump Plaza Member 
Inc (F/K/A Trump 
Plaza Corp), New 
York, New York 
Trump Productions LLC 
(former Rancho Lien 
LLC), New York, New 
York 
Trump Production Man-
aging Member Inc, 
New York, New York 
Trump Project Manager 
Corp, New York, New 
York 
Trump Restaurants 
LLC, New York, New 
York 
Trump Riverside Man-
agement LLC, New 
York, New York 
Trump Ruffin Commer-
cial LLC, New York, 
New York 
Trump Ruffin LLC, Las 
Vegas, NV 
Trump Ruffin Tower I 
LLC, Las Vegas, NV 
Trump Sales & Leasing 
Chicago LLC, Chi-
cago, IL 
Trump Sales & Leasing 
Chicago Member Corp, 
Chicago, IL 
Trump Scotland Member 
Inc, Aberdeen, Scot-
land 
Trump Scotsborough 
Square LLC, 
Scotsborough Square, 
VA 
Trump SoHo Hotel Con-
dominium New York, 
New York, New York 
Trump SoHo Member 
LLC, New York, New 
York 
Trump Toronto Develop-
ment Inc, New York, 
New York 
Trump Toronto Member 
Corp (formally Trump 
Toronto Management 
Member Corp), New 
York, New York 
Trump Tower Commer-
cial LLC, New York, 
New York 
Trump Tower Managing 
Member Inc, New 
York, New York 
Trump Village Construc-
tion Corp, New York, 
New York 
Trump Vineyard Estates 
LLC, New York, New 
York 
Trump Vineyard Estates 
Manager Corp, New 
York, New York 
Trump Vineyard Estates 
Lot 3 Owner LLC (F/ 
K/A Eric Trump Land 
Holdings LLC), New 
York, New York 
Trump Virginia Acquisi-
tions LLC (fka Vir-
ginia Acquisitions 
LLC), New York, New 
York 
Trump Virginia Acquisi-
tions Manager Corp, 
New York, New York 
Trump Virginia Lot 5 
LLC, New York, New 
York 
Trump Virginia Lot 5 
Manager Corp, New 
York, New York 
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Trump Wine Marks 
LLC, New York, New 
York 
Trump Wine Marks 
Member Corp, New 
York, New York 
Trump World Produc-
tions LLC, New York, 
New York 
Trump World Produc-
tions Manager Corp, 
New York, New York 
Trump World Publica-
tions LLC, New York, 
New York 
Trump/New World Prop-
erty Management 
LLC, New York, New 
York 
Trump’s Castle Manage-
ment Corp, Atlantic 
City, NJ 
Trump Marks White 
Plains Corp, New 
York, New York 
Turnberry Scotland 
Managing Member 
Corp, Turnberry, 
Scotland 
Turnberry Scotland 
LLC, Turnberry, Scot-
land 
TW Venture I LLC, 
Palm Beach, Florida 
TW Venture II LLC, 
Doonbeg, Ireland 
TW Venture I Managing 
Member Corp, Palm 
Beach, Florida 
TW Venture II Man-
aging Member Corp, 
Doonbeg, Ireland 
Ultimate Air Corp, New 
York, New York 
Unit 2502 Enterprises 
Corp, Chicago, IL 
Unit 2502 Enterprises 
LLC, Chicago, IL 
VHPS LLC, Los Ange-
les, CA 
West Palm Operations 
LLC, WPB, Florida 
Wexford Hall Inc., New 
York, New York 
White Course LLC, 
Miami, FL 
White Course Managing 
Member Corp, Miami 
FL 
Wilshire Hall LLC, New 
York, New York 
Wollman Rink Oper-
ations LLC, New 
York, New York 
Yorktown Real Estate 
LLC (F/K/A/ York-
town Development As-
sociates LLC), New 
York, New York 
The Fred C. Trump De-
cember 16, 1976 
Trust- F/B/O Donald 
J. Trump, New York, 
New York 
The Fred C. Trump De-
cember 16, 1976 
Trust- F/B/O Robert 
S. Trump, New York, 
New York 
The Fred C. Trump De-
cember 16, 1976 
Trust- F/B/O Eliza-
beth J. Trump, New 
York, New York 
Fred C. Trump GRAT 
Trust- F/B/O Eliza-
beth Trump Grau, 
New York, New York 
Trust U/W/O Fred C. 
Trump- F/B/O Eliza-
beth Trump Grau, 
New York, New York 
Maryanne Trump GRAT 
Trust- F/B/O Eliza-
beth Trump Grau, 
New York, New York 
Trust U/W/O Fred C. 
Trump- F/B/O the 
grandchildren of Fred 
C. Trump, New York, 
New York 
The Donald J. Trump 
grantor Trust - DJT 
is the Trustee Suc-
cessor - Trustee is 
Donald J. Trump, Jr., 
New York, New York 
The Donald J. Trump 
Revocable Trust, New 
York, New York 
The Police Athletic 
League, Inc, New 
York, New York 
DT Bali Golf Manager 
LLC, New York, New 
York 
DT Bali Golf Manager 
Member Corp, New 
York, New York 
DT Bali Hotel Manager 
LLC, New York, New 
York 
DT Bali Hotel Manager 
Member Corp, New 
York, New York 
DT Bali Technical Serv-
ices Manager LLC, 
New York, New York 
DT Bali Technical Serv-
ices Manager Member 
Corp, New York, New 
York 
DT Connect Europe 
Limited, Turnberry, 
Scotland 
DT Endeavor I LLC, 
New York, New York 
DT Endeavor I Member 
Corp, New York, New 
York 
DT Lido Golf Manager 
LLC, New York, New 
York 
DT Lido Golf Manager 
Member Corp, New 
York, New York 
DT Lido Hotel Manager 
LLC, New York, New 
York 
DT Lido Hotel Manager 
Member Corp, New 
York, New York 
DT Marks Bali LLC, 
New York, New York 
DT Marks Bali Member 
Corp, New York, New 
York 
DT Marks Lido LLC, 
New York, New York 
DT Marks Lido Member 
Corp, New York, New 
York 
DT Tower I LLC, New 
York, New York 
DT Tower I Member 
Corp, New York, New 
York 
DT Tower II LLC, New 
York, New York 
DT Tower II Member 
Corp, New York, New 
York 
DT Tower Kolkata LLC, 
New York, New York 
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DT Tower Kolkata Man-
aging Member Corp, 
New York, New York 
DT Venture I LLC, New 
York, New York 
DT Venture I Member 
Corp, New York, New 
York 
DT Venture II LLC, 
New York, New York 
DT Venture II Member 
Corp, New York, New 
York 
DTTM Operations LLC, 
New York, New York 
DTTM Operations Man-
aging Member, New 
York, New York 
EID Venture II LLC, 
New York, New York 
EID Venture II Member 
Corp, New York, New 
York 
THC DC Restaurant 
Hospitality LLC, New 
York, New York 
Lamington Farm Club 
(TRUMP NATIONAL 
GOLF CLUB- 
BEDMINSTER)*, 
Bedminster, NJ 
Mobile Payroll Construc-
tion LLC, New York, 
New York 
Mobile Payroll Construc-
tion Manager Corp, 
New York, New York 
C DEVELOPMENT 
VENTURES LLC, 
New York, New York 
C DEVELOPMENT 
VENTURES MEM-
BER CORP, New 
York, New York 
TC MARKS BUENOS 
AIRES LLC, New 
York, New York 
Midland Associates, New 
York, New York 
Miss Universe L.P., 
LLLP (formerly 
Trump Pageants, 
L.P.), New York, New 
York 
Trump Central Park 
West Corp, New York, 
New York 
DT Marks Qatar LLC, 
New York, New York 
40 Wall Street LLC, 
New York, New York 
401 North Wabash Ven-
ture LLC, Chicago, IL 
809 North Canon LLC, 
Beverly Hills, CA 
Caribuslness Invest-
ments, S.R.L., Domin-
ican Republic 
County Properties, LLC, 
Norfolk, VA 
DJT Aerospace LLC, 
New York, New York 
DJT Operations I LLC, 
New York, New York 
DT Connect II LLC, 
Palm Beach, Florida 
Excel Venture I LLC, 
St. Martin, French 
West Indies 
Fifty-Seventh Street As-
sociates LLC, New 
York, New York 
Pine Hill Development 
LLC, Pine Hill, NJ 
Seven Springs LLC, Mt. 
Kisco, NY 
Trump Turnberry , 
Turnberry, Scotland 
The East 61 Street Com-
pany, LP, New York, 
New York 
The Trump Corporation, 
New York, New York 
TIHT Commercial LLC, 
New York, New York 
TIHT Holding Company 
LLC, New York, New 
York 
Trump National Golf 
Club - Hudson Valley, 
Hopewell Junction, 
NY 
Trump National Golf 
Club - Charlotte, 
Charlotte, NC 
Trump National Golf 
Club - Philadelphia, 
Pine Hill, NJ 
Trump International 
Golf Links - Scotland, 
Aberdeen, Scotland 
Trump Las Vegas Devel-
opment LLC, Las 
Vegas, NV 
Trump Marks Asia LLC, 
Sterling, VA 
Trump Model Manage-
ment LLC, New York, 
New York 
Trump National Golf 
Club - Washington 
DC, Potomac Falls, 
VA 
1125 South Ocean LLC, 
Palm Beach, Florida 
T Promotions LLC, New 
York, New York 
HWA 555 Owners, LLC, 
San Francisco, CA 
1290 Avenue of the 
Americas, A Tenancy- 
In-Common, New 
York, New York 
Trump Tower Triplex, 
New York, New York 
N/K/A DTW VEN-
TURE LLC, Palm 
Beach, Florida 
THC Vancouver Manage-
ment Corp, Vancouver, 
Canada 
TNGC Jupiter Manage-
ment Corp, Jupiter, 
FL 
Trump Toronto Hotel 
Management Corp, 
New York, New York 
Trump Management 
Inc., Manhasset, NY 
THC Miami Restaurant 
Hospitality LLC, 
Miami, FL 
THC IMEA Develop-
ment LLC, New York, 
New York 
DT Lido Technical Serv-
ices Manager LLC, 
Lido, Indonesia 
Trump Las Vegas Sales 
& Marketing, Inc., Las 
Vegas, NV 
Albemarle Estate, Char-
lottesville, VA 
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MacLeod House & 
Lodge, Aberdeen, 
Scotland 
Trump Golf Links at 
Ferry Point, New 
York City, New York 
Trump International 
Golf Club, Dubai, 
UAE 
Trump World Golf Club 
Dubai, UAE 
Trump International Re-
sort & Golf Club Lido, 
Lido City, Indonesia 
Seven Springs, Bedford, 
NY 
Le Chateau des 
Palmiers, St. Martin, 
French West Indies 
Trump World, Seoul, 
South Korea 
Trump Towers, Sunny 
Isles, FL 
D B Pace Acquisition, 
LLC, New York, NY 
DJT HOLDINGS LLC, 
New York, NY 
Golf Productions LLC, 
New York, NY 
T International Realty 
LLC, New York, NY 
THC CENTRAL RES-
ERVATIONS LLC, 
New York, NY 
THC CHINA DEVEL-
OPMENT LLC, New 
York, NY 
THC SALES & MAR-
KETING LLC, New 
York, NY 
The Trump-Equitable 
Fifth Avenue Com-
pany, New York, NY 
TRUMP 106 CPS LLC, 
New York, NY 
TRUMP BOOKS LLC 
/THE MIDAS 
TOUCH, New York, 
NY 
TRUMP CAROUSEL 
LLC, New York, NY 
TRUMP CPS LLC, New 
York, NY 
TRUMP FERRY 
POINT LLC, New 
York, NY 
TRUMP HOME 
MARKS LLC, New 
York, NY 
TRUMP ICE LLC, New 
York, NY 
STORAGE 106 LLC, 
New York, NY 
SC CLEVELAND MS 
MANAGEMENT 
LLC, Cleveland, MS 
T RETAIL LLC, New 
York, NY 
WESTMINSTER 
HOTEL MANAGE-
MENT LLC, Living-
ston, NJ 
GOLF RECREATION 
SCOTLAND LIM-
ITED, Turnberry, 
Scotland 
TRUMP DEVELOP-
MENT SERVICES 
LLC, New York, NY 
4T HOLDINGS TWO 
LLC, New York, NY 
T EXPRESS LLC, New 
York, NY 
SEC. 607. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement or enforce the ‘‘Order 
Under Sections 362 and 365 of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 265 and 268); Order Suspending Introduc-
tion of Certain Persons From Countries Where a Commu-
nicable Disease Exists’’ issued on March 20, 2020, and 
published on March 26, 2020, in the Federal Register. 
SEC. 608. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Office of Refugee Resettlement 
or the Department of Health and Human Services to con-
tract with any for-profit entity to house unaccompanied 
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alien children (as such term is defined in section 462(g) 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g))). 
SEC. 609. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to enforce the interim final rule entitled 
‘‘CARES Act Programs; Equitable Services to Students 
and Teachers in Non-Public Schools’’ published by the De-
partment of Education in the Federal Register on July 
1, 2020 (85 Fed. Reg. 39479). 
SEC. 610. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Department of Education for Edu-
cation Freedom Scholarships. 
SEC. 611. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to reject any application for a grant 
available under funds appropriated by this Act because of 
the use of the terms ‘‘vulnerable’’, ‘‘entitlement’’, ‘‘diver-
sity’’, ‘‘transgender’’, ‘‘fetus’’, ‘‘evidence-based’’, or 
‘‘science-based’’ in the application. 
SEC. 612. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to finalize, implement, or enforce the pro-
posed rule titled ‘‘Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Re-
quirements for Long-Term Care Facilities: Regulatory 
Provisions To Promote Efficiency, and Transparency’’ 
published in the Federal Register by the Centers for Medi-
care & Medicaid Services on July 18, 2019 (84 Fed. Reg. 
34737 et seq.). 
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SEC. 613. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to require hospitals, hospital laboratories, 
and acute care facilities to report COVID–19 data using 
the ‘‘teletracking.protect.hhs.gov’’ website that was an-
nounced by the Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices in the document titled ‘‘COVID–19 Guidance for Hos-
pital Reporting and FAQs For Hospitals, Hospital Lab-
oratory, and Acute Care Facility Data Reporting Updated 
July 10, 2020’’. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of 
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021’’. 
DIVISION F—TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING 
AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RE-
LATED 
AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS 
ACT, 2021 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban 
Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year end-
ing September 30, 2021, and for other purposes, namely: 
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TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
$126,174,000 (reduced by $2,000,000) (reduced by 
$1,000,000), of which not to exceed $3,360,000 shall be 
available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not 
to exceed $1,200,000 shall be available for the immediate 
Office of the Deputy Secretary; not to exceed $22,210,000 
shall be available for the Office of the General Counsel; 
not to exceed $11,797,000 (reduced by $1,000,000) shall 
be available for the Office of the Under Secretary of 
Transportation for Policy; not to exceed $16,394,000 shall 
be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
Budget and Programs; not to exceed $3,010,000 shall be 
available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Gov-
ernmental Affairs; not to exceed $32,239,000 (reduced by 
$2,000,000) shall be available for the Office of the Assist-
ant 
Secretary 
for 
Administration; 
not 
to 
exceed 
$2,610,000 shall be available for the Office of Public Af-
fairs; not to exceed $2,018,000 shall be available for the 
Office of the Executive Secretariat; not to exceed 
$13,576,000 shall be available for the Office of Intel-
ligence, Security, and Emergency Response; and not to ex-
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ceed $17,760,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Chief Information Officer: Provided, That the Secretary 
of Transportation is authorized to transfer funds appro-
priated for any office of the Office of the Secretary to any 
other office of the Office of the Secretary: Provided fur-
ther, That no appropriation for any office shall be in-
creased 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 ap-
proval to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That not to exceed $60,000 shall 
be for allocation within the Department for official recep-
tion and representation expenses as the Secretary may de-
termine: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, there may be credited to this appropria-
tion up to $2,500,000 in funds received in user fees: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds made available by 
this Act shall be available for the position of Assistant Sec-
retary for Public Affairs. 
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses related to the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, 
$19,800,000, of which $12,718,000 shall remain available 
until expended: Provided, That of the amounts made avail-
able under this heading, $3,000,000, to remain available 
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until expended, shall be for the Highly Automated Sys-
tems Safety Center of Excellence established by section 
105 of title I of division H of the Further Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94): Provided 
further, That there may be credited to this appropriation, 
to be available until expended, funds received from States, 
counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and pri-
vate sources for expenses incurred for training: Provided 
further, That any reference in law, regulation, judicial pro-
ceedings, or elsewhere to the Research and Innovative 
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 Transpor-
tation. 
NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For capital investments in surface transportation in-
frastructure, $1,000,000,000 (reduced by $2,000,000) 
(increased by $2,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (re-
duced by $1,000,000), to remain available until September 
30, 2026: Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation 
shall distribute amounts made available under this head-
ing as discretionary grants to be awarded to a State, local, 
or Tribal government, U.S. territory, transit agency, port 
authority, metropolitan planning organization, political 
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subdivision of a State or local government, or a collabora-
tion among such entities on a competitive basis for 
projects that will have a significant local or regional im-
pact: Provided further, That projects eligible for amounts 
made available under this heading shall include highway 
or bridge projects eligible under title 23, United States 
Code; public transportation projects eligible under chapter 
53 of title 49, United States Code; passenger and freight 
rail transportation projects; port infrastructure invest-
ments (including inland port infrastructure and land ports 
of entry); and projects investing in surface transportation 
facilities that are located on Tribal land and for which 
title or maintenance responsibility is vested in the Federal 
Government: Provided further, That of the amounts made 
available under this heading, the Secretary shall use an 
amount not less than $20,000,000 for the planning, prep-
aration, or design of projects eligible for amounts made 
available under this heading, with an emphasis on transit, 
transit oriented development, and multimodal projects: 
Provided further, That of the amounts made available 
under this heading, the Secretary shall use an amount not 
less than $20,000,000 for the planning, preparation, or 
design of projects eligible for amounts made available 
under this heading located in or to directly benefit areas 
of persistent poverty: Provided further, That the term 
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‘‘areas of persistent poverty’’ means any county that has 
consistently had 20 percent or more of the population liv-
ing in poverty during the 30-year period preceding the 
date of enactment of this Act, as measured by the 1990 
and 2000 decennial census and the most recent annual 
Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates as estimated 
by the Bureau of the Census; any census tract with a pov-
erty rate of at least 20 percent as measured by the 2014– 
2018 5-year data series available from the American Com-
munity Survey of the Bureau of the Census; or any terri-
tory or possession of the United States: Provided further, 
That grants awarded under the preceding three provisos 
shall not be subject to a minimum grant size: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may use up to 20 percent of 
the amounts made available under this heading for the 
purpose of paying the subsidy and administrative costs of 
projects eligible for Federal credit assistance under chap-
ter 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), if the Secretary 
finds that such use of funds would advance the purposes 
of this heading: Provided further, That in distributing 
amounts made available under this heading, the Secretary 
shall take such measures so as to ensure an equitable geo-
graphic distribution of funds, an equitable distribution of 
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funds between urban and rural areas, including Tribal 
areas, and the investment in a variety of transportation 
modes, including public transit, passenger rail, and pedes-
trian improvements: Provided further, That a grant award 
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 amounts made available 
under this heading may be awarded to projects in a single 
State that are not port infrastructure investments (includ-
ing inland port infrastructure and land ports of entry): 
Provided further, That the Federal share of the costs for 
which an amount is provided under this heading shall be, 
at the option of the recipient, up to 80 percent: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall give priority to projects 
that require a contribution of Federal funds in order to 
complete an overall financing package: Provided further, 
That 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, as designated by the Bureau of the Cen-
sus, that had a population greater than 250,000 in the 
2010 decennial census: Provided further, That for the pur-
pose of determining if an award for planning, preparation, 
or design is an urban award, the project location is the 
location of the project being planned, prepared, or de-
signed: Provided further, That each award under this 
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heading that is not an urban award is a rural award: Pro-
vided further, That of the amounts awarded under this 
heading, 60 percent shall be awarded as urban awards and 
40 percent shall be awarded as rural awards: Provided fur-
ther, That for rural awards, the minimum grant size shall 
be $1,000,000 and the Secretary may increase the Federal 
share of costs above 80 percent: Provided further, That 
projects conducted using amounts made available under 
this heading shall comply with the requirements of sub-
chapter 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 heading: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may retain up to $25,000,000 of the amounts 
made available under this heading, and may transfer por-
tions of such amounts to the Administrators of the Fed-
eral Highway Administration, the Federal Transit Admin-
istration, the Federal Railroad Administration, 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: Provided further, 
That, notwithstanding the preceding proviso, the Sec-
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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 not 
later than 60 days after the date of 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 preceding two pro-
visos, the Secretary shall make grants not later than 270 
days after the date of enactment of this Act in such 
amounts that the Secretary determines. 
NATIONAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AND INNOVATIVE 
FINANCE BUREAU 
For necessary expenses of the National Surface 
Transportation and Innovative Finance Bureau as author-
ized by section 116 of title 49, United States Code, 
$15,500,000 (increased by $1,000,000), to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That of the amounts made 
available under this heading, $10,000,000 (increased by 
$1,000,000) shall be for planning grants to assist areas 
of persistent poverty: Provided further, That the term 
‘‘areas of persistent poverty’’ means any county that has 
consistently had 20 percent or more of the population liv-
ing in poverty during the 30-year period preceding the 
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date of enactment of this Act, as measured by the 1990 
and 2000 decennial census and the most recent annual 
Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates as estimated 
by the Bureau of the Census; any census tract with a pov-
erty rate of at least 20 percent as measured by the 2014– 
2018 5-year data series available from the American Com-
munity Survey of the Bureau of the Census; or any terri-
tory or possession of the United States: Provided further, 
That planning grants under this heading shall be in the 
form of competitive grants to eligible entities to support 
pre-construction activities including planning, engineering, 
design, environmental analysis, feasibility studies, and fi-
nance plans for eligible projects: Provided further, That 
eligible entities for planning grants under this heading 
shall include a State, local, or Tribal government, a U.S. 
territory, a transit agency, a port authority or commission, 
a metropolitan planning organization, other political sub-
divisions of a State or a local government, or a collabora-
tion among such entities: Provided further, That eligible 
projects for planning grants under this heading shall in-
clude highway, bridge, and bicycle and pedestrian projects 
eligible under title 23, United States Code; public trans-
portation projects eligible under chapter 53 of title 49, 
United States Code; passenger and freight rail transpor-
tation projects; port infrastructure improvement projects; 
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airport improvement projects; and intermodal projects 
that are located in or to directly benefit areas of persistent 
poverty: Provided further, That the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall conduct outreach to eligible entities for plan-
ning grants under this heading through personal contact, 
webinars, web materials, or other appropriate methods de-
termined by the Secretary, to ensure such eligible entities 
are aware of the availability of planning grants under this 
heading and are able to apply for such grants: Provided 
further, That the Federal share of the costs for planning 
grants under this heading shall be, at the option of the 
eligible entity, not less than 90 percent of the net total 
project cost: Provided further, That the Secretary shall not 
use the requested amount of the Federal share or an eligi-
ble entities’ ability to generate non-Federal revenue as a 
selection criteria in awarding planning grants under this 
heading: Provided further, That a planning grant funded 
under this heading shall be not less than $100,000 and 
not greater than $500,000: Provided further, That for 
planning grants under this heading priority consideration 
shall be, without regard to rural or urban areas of per-
sistent poverty, based on project justification and dem-
onstrated need: Provided further, That for planning grants 
under this heading the Secretary shall consider factors 
such as improving safety and state of good repair, reduc-
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ing congestion and vehicle emissions, and increasing 
connectivity and quality of life when considering dem-
onstrated need: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
withhold up to 1 percent of the amounts made available 
for planning grants under this heading for the costs of 
award and grant administration. 
RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT 
FINANCING PROGRAM 
For the cost of modifications, as defined by section 
502 of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of direct 
loans issued pursuant to sections 501 through 504 of the 
Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 
1976 (Public Law 94–210), and included in cohort 3, as 
defined by the Department of Transportation’s memo-
randum to the Office of Management and Budget dated 
November 5, 2018, $70,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That, for a direct loan included in 
such cohort 3 that has satisfied all obligations attached 
to such loan, the Secretary shall repay the credit risk pre-
miums of such loan, with interest accrued thereon, not 
later than 60 days after the enactment of this Act or, for 
a direct loan included in such cohort 3 with obligations 
that have not yet been satisfied, not later than 60 days 
after the date on which all obligations attached to such 
loan have been satisfied: Provided further, That the Sec-
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retary 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), and such authority shall 
exist so long as any such direct loan or loan guarantee 
is outstanding. 
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CAPITAL 
For necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing 
the Department of Transportation’s financial systems and 
reengineering business processes, $2,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2022. 
CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVES 
For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, 
including necessary upgrades to network and information 
technology infrastructure, improvement of identity man-
agement and authentication capabilities, securing and pro-
tecting data, implementation of Federal cyber security ini-
tiatives, and implementation of enhanced security controls 
on agency computers and mobile devices, $19,300,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2022. 
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$9,600,000. 
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TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND 
DEVELOPMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
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, 
$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-
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 in accordance with 
the preceding proviso. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for operating costs and cap-
ital outlays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed 
$372,016,000, shall be paid from appropriations made 
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available to the Department of Transportation: Provided, 
That such services shall be provided on a competitive basis 
to entities within the Department of Transportation 
(DOT): Provided further, That the limitation in the pre-
ceding proviso on operating expenses shall not apply to 
non-DOT entities: Provided further, That no funds made 
available by this Act to an agency of the Department shall 
be transferred to the Working Capital Fund without ma-
jority approval of the Working Capital Fund Steering 
Committee and approval of the Secretary: Provided fur-
ther, That no assessments may be levied against any pro-
gram, 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 Commit-
tees on Appropriations and are approved by such Commit-
tees. 
SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS UTILIZATION AND 
OUTREACH 
For necessary expenses for small and disadvantaged 
business utilization and outreach activities, $4,714,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2022: Provided, 
That notwithstanding section 332 of title 49, United 
States Code, such amounts may be used for business op-
portunities related to any mode of transportation: Pro-
vided further, That appropriations made available under 
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this heading shall be available for any purpose consistent 
with prior year appropriations that were made available 
under the heading ‘‘Office of the Secretary—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 
sections 41731 through 41742 of title 49, United States 
Code, $162,000,000, to be derived 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 Sec-
retary may consider the relative subsidy requirements of 
the carriers: Provided further, That basic essential air 
service minimum requirements shall not include the 15- 
passenger capacity requirement under section 41732(b)(3) 
of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That 
amounts authorized to be distributed for the essential air 
service program under section 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 
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credited to the account established under section 45303 
of title 49, United States Code. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—OFFICE OF THE 
SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 101. None of the funds made available by 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 operating administrations in 
this Act, except for activities underway on the date of en-
actment of this Act, unless such assessments or agree-
ments have completed the normal reprogramming process 
for congressional notification. 
SEC. 102. The Secretary shall post on the website 
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 authorized to provide partial or 
full payments in advance and accept subsequent reim-
bursements from all Federal agencies from available funds 
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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 
section 3049 of SAFETEA–LU (5 U.S.C. 7905 note): 
Provided, That the Department shall maintain a reason-
able operating reserve in the Working Capital Fund, to 
be expended in advance to provide uninterrupted transit 
benefits to Government employees: Provided further, That 
such reserve shall not exceed 1 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 Capital Fund shall be fully reimbursed by 
each customer agency from available funds for the actual 
cost of the transit benefit. 
SEC. 104. Notwithstanding section 3324 of title 31, 
United States Code, in addition to authority provided by 
section 327 of title 49, United States Code, the Depart-
ment’s Working Capital Fund is authorized to provide 
payments in advance to vendors that are necessary to 
carry out the Federal transit pass transportation fringe 
benefit program under Executive Order No. 13150 and 
section 3049 of SAFETEA–LU (5 U.S.C. 7905 note): 
Provided, That the Department shall include adequate 
safeguards in the contract with the vendors to ensure 
timely and high-quality performance under the contract. 
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SEC. 105. Receipts collected in the Department’s 
Working Capital Fund, as authorized by section 327 of 
title 49, United States Code, for unused van pool benefits, 
in an amount not to exceed 10 percent of fiscal year 2021 
collections, shall be available until expended in the Depart-
ment’s Working Capital Fund to provide contractual serv-
ices in support of section 190 of this Act: Provided, That 
obligations in fiscal year 2021 of such collections shall not 
exceed $1,000,000. 
SEC. 106. (a) The remaining unobligated balances, 
as of September 30, 2020, from amounts made available 
for the ‘‘Department of Transportation—Office of the 
Secretary—National Infrastructure Investments’’ in divi-
sion K of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 
(Public Law 115–31) are hereby permanently rescinded, 
and an amount of additional new budget authority equiva-
lent to the amount rescinded is hereby appropriated on 
September 30, 2020, to remain available until September 
30, 2021, and shall be available, without additional com-
petition, for completing the funding of awards made pur-
suant to the fiscal year 2017 national infrastructure in-
vestments program. 
(b) The remaining unobligated balances, as of Sep-
tember 30, 2020, from amounts made available for the 
‘‘Department of Transportation—Office of the Sec-
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retary—National Infrastructure Investments’’ in division 
L of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public 
Law 115–141) are hereby permanently rescinded, and an 
amount of additional new budget authority equivalent to 
the amount rescinded is hereby appropriated on Sep-
tember 30, 2020, to remain available until September 30, 
2022, and shall be available, without additional competi-
tion, for completing the funding of awards made pursuant 
to the fiscal year 2018 national infrastructure investments 
program. 
(c) The remaining unobligated balances, as of Sep-
tember 30, 2021, from amounts made available for the 
‘‘Department of Transportation—Office of the Sec-
retary—National Infrastructure Investments’’ in division 
G of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 (Public 
Law 116–6) are hereby permanently rescinded, and an 
amount of additional new budget authority equivalent to 
the amount rescinded is hereby appropriated on Sep-
tember 30, 2021, to remain available until September 30, 
2023, and shall be available, without additional competi-
tion, for completing the funding of awards made pursuant 
to the fiscal year 2019 national infrastructure investments 
program. 
(d) The remaining unobligated balances, as of Sep-
tember 30, 2022, from amounts made available for the 
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‘‘Department of Transportation—Office of the Sec-
retary—National Infrastructure Investments’’ in division 
H of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 
(Public Law 116–94) are hereby permanently rescinded, 
and an amount of additional new budget authority equiva-
lent to the amount rescinded is hereby appropriated on 
September 30, 2022, to remain available until September 
30, 2025, and shall be available, without additional com-
petition, for completing the funding of awards made pur-
suant to the fiscal year 2020 national infrastructure in-
vestments program. 
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration, not otherwise provided for, including oper-
ations and research activities related to commercial space 
transportation, administrative expenses for research and 
development, establishment of air navigation facilities, the 
operation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, 
subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold 
to the public, the lease or purchase of passenger motor 
vehicles for replacement only, $11,051,500,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2022, to be derived from the 
general fund: Provided, That of the amounts made avail-
able under this heading— 
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(1) not less than $1,500,000,000 shall be avail-
able for aviation safety activities; 
(2) not to exceed $8,231,000,000 shall be avail-
able for air traffic organization activities; 
(3) not to exceed $27,555,000 (increased by 
$5,483,000) shall be available for commercial space 
transportation activities; 
(4) not to exceed $836,000,000 (reduced by 
$5,483,000) shall be available for finance and man-
agement activities; 
(5) not to exceed $62,862,000 shall be available 
for NextGen and operations planning activities; 
(6) not to exceed $129,000,000 shall be avail-
able for security and hazardous materials safety; and 
(7) not to exceed $265,083,000 shall be avail-
able for staff offices, of which $7,500,000 is for the 
Minority Serving Institutions internship program: 
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 under this heading by more 
than 5 percent: Provided further, That any transfer in ex-
cess of 5 percent shall be treated as a reprogramming of 
funds under section 405 of this Act and shall not be avail-
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able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 
with the procedures set forth in that section: Provided fur-
ther, That not later than 60 days after the submission of 
the budget request, the Administrator of the Federal Avia-
tion Administration shall transmit to Congress an annual 
update to the report submitted to Congress in December 
2004 pursuant to section 221 of the Vision 100-Century 
of Aviation Reauthorization Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note): 
Provided further, That the amounts made available under 
this heading shall be reduced by $100,000 for each day 
after 60 days after the submission of the budget request 
that such report has not been transmitted to Congress: 
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 describes 
a comprehensive strategy for staffing, hiring, and training 
flight standards and aircraft certification staff in a format 
similar to the one utilized for the controller staffing plan, 
including stated attrition estimates and numerical hiring 
goals by fiscal year: Provided further, That the amounts 
made available under this heading shall be reduced 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 Congress: Provided further, That 
funds may be used to enter into a grant agreement with 
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a nonprofit standard-setting organization to assist in the 
development of aviation safety standards: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds made available by 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 Avia-
tion Administration to finalize or implement any regula-
tion that would promulgate new aviation user fees not spe-
cifically authorized by law after the date of the enactment 
of this Act: Provided further, That there may be credited 
to this appropriation, as offsetting collections, funds re-
ceived from States, counties, municipalities, foreign au-
thorities, other public authorities, and private sources for 
expenses incurred in the provision of agency services, in-
cluding receipts for the maintenance and operation of air 
navigation facilities, and for issuance, renewal or modifica-
tion of certificates, including airman, aircraft, and repair 
station certificates, or for tests related thereto, or for proc-
essing major repair or alteration forms: Provided further, 
That of the amounts made available under this heading, 
not less than $172,800,000 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: 
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Provided further, That none of the funds made available 
by 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. 
FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT 
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 made available under this 
heading, including aircraft for aviation regulation and cer-
tification; to be derived from the general fund, 
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$3,045,000,000 (reduced by $9,000,000) (increased by 
$9,000,000), of which $550,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2022, and $2,495,000,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2023: Provided, 
That there may be credited to this appropriation funds 
received from States, counties, municipalities, other public 
authorities, and private sources, for expenses incurred in 
the establishment, improvement, and modernization of na-
tional airspace systems: Provided further, That not later 
than 60 days after submission of the budget request, the 
Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to Congress an 
investment plan for the Federal Aviation Administration 
which includes funding for each budget line item for fiscal 
years 2022 through 2026, 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 Manage-
ment and Budget. 
RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT 
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, 
$192,665,000 (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by 
$1,000,000), to be derived from the general fund and to 
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remain available until September 30, 2023: 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 
amounts made available under this heading shall be used 
in accordance with the report accompanying this Act: Pro-
vided further, That not to exceed 10 percent of any fund-
ing level specified under this heading in the report accom-
panying this Act may be transferred to any other funding 
level specified under this heading in the report accom-
panying 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 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. 
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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 
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, $3,350,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and 
Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That none of the amounts made avail-
able under this heading shall be available for the planning 
or execution of programs the obligations for which are in 
excess of $3,350,000,000, in fiscal year 2021, notwith-
standing section 47117(g) of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided further, That none of the amounts made available 
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under this heading shall be available for the replacement 
of baggage conveyor systems, reconfiguration of terminal 
baggage areas, or other airport improvements that are 
necessary to install bulk explosive detection systems: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding section 47109(a) of 
title 49, United States Code, the Government’s share of 
allowable project costs under paragraph (2) of such sec-
tion for subgrants or paragraph (3) of such section shall 
be 95 percent for a project at other than a large or me-
dium 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 construction 
project: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, of amounts limited under this heading, 
not more than $119,402,000 shall be available for admin-
istration, not less than $15,000,000 shall be available for 
the Airport Cooperative Research Program, not less than 
$40,666,000 shall be available for Airport Technology Re-
search, and $10,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be available and transferred to ‘‘Office of 
the Secretary, Salaries and Expenses’’ to carry out the 
Small Community Air Service Development Program: Pro-
vided further, That in addition to airports eligible under 
section 41743 of title 49, United States Code, such pro-
gram may include the participation of an airport that 
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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 
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 
(increased 
by 
$5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000), to remain available 
through September 30, 2023: Provided, That amounts 
made available under this heading shall be derived from 
the general fund, and such amounts shall not be subject 
to apportionment formulas, special apportionment cat-
egories, or minimum percentages under chapter 471 of 
title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall distribute amounts made available under 
this heading as discretionary grants to airports: Provided 
further, That the amounts made available under this head-
ing 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 per-
cent of the amounts made available under this heading 
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to fund the award and oversight by the Administrator of 
grants described under this heading. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 110. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to compensate in excess of 600 technical 
staff-years under the federally funded research and devel-
opment center contract between the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration and the Center for Advanced Aviation Sys-
tems Development during fiscal year 2021. 
SEC. 111. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be used to pursue or adopt guidelines or regula-
tions requiring airport sponsors to provide to the Federal 
Aviation Administration without cost building construc-
tion, maintenance, utilities and expenses, or space in air-
port sponsor-owned buildings for services relating to air 
traffic control, air navigation, or weather reporting: Pro-
vided, That the prohibition on the use of funds in this 
section does not apply to negotiations between the agency 
and airport sponsors to achieve agreement on ‘‘below-mar-
ket’’ rates for these items or to grant assurances that re-
quire airport sponsors to provide land without cost to the 
Federal Aviation Administration for air traffic control fa-
cilities. 
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SEC. 112. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration may reimburse amounts made available to 
satisfy section 41742(a)(1) of title 49, United States 
Code, from fees credited under section 45303 of title 49, 
United States Code, and any amount remaining in such 
account at the close of any fiscal year may be made avail-
able to satisfy section 41742(a)(1) of title 49, United 
States Code, 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 as such 
appropriation. 
SEC. 114. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be available for paying premium pay under sub-
section 5546(a) of title 5, United States Code, to any Fed-
eral Aviation Administration employee unless such em-
ployee actually performed work during the time cor-
responding to such premium pay. 
SEC. 115. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be obligated or expended for an employee of the 
Federal Aviation Administration to purchase a store gift 
card or gift certificate through use of a Government-issued 
credit card. 
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SEC. 116. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be obligated or expended for retention bonuses 
for an employee of the Federal Aviation Administration 
without the prior written approval of the Assistant Sec-
retary for Administration of the Department of Transpor-
tation. 
SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds made available by 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 made available by this 
Act shall be available for salaries and expenses of more 
than nine political and Presidential appointees in the Fed-
eral Aviation Administration. 
SEC. 119. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to increase fees pursuant to section 
44721 of title 49, United States Code, until the Federal 
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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 
No. 13642. 
SEC. 119A. None of the funds made available by 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 busi-
ness days in advance. 
SEC. 119B. None of the funds made available by or 
limited by this Act may be used to change weight restric-
tions or prior permission rules at Teterboro airport in 
Teterboro, New Jersey. 
SEC. 119C. None of the funds made available by 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 so long as the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration has received an application from the airport, 
and so long as the Administrator determines such tower 
is eligible using the factors set forth in Federal Aviation 
Administration published establishment criteria. 
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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 cen-
ter, or the technical center unless the Administrator sub-
mits a request for the reprogramming of funds under sec-
tion 405 of this Act. 
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Not to exceed $478,897,049, 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: Provided, That up to $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 Act (Public Law 114–94), or any suc-
cessor surface transportation reauthorization Act author-
izing appropriations for fiscal year 2021, shall not exceed 
total obligations of $61,130,000,000 (increased by 
$1,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) for fiscal year 2021: 
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 Govern-
ment of servicing such credit instruments: Provided fur-
ther, That such fees are available until expended to pay 
for such costs: Provided further, That such fees are in ad-
dition to administrative expenses that are also available 
for such purpose, and are not subject to any obligation 
limitation or the limitation on administrative expenses 
under section 608 of title 23, United States Code: Pro-
vided further, That for amounts subject to the obligation 
limitation under this heading during fiscal year 2021, the 
Federal share of activities undertaken pursuant to chap-
ters 1 or 2 of title 23, United States Code shall be, at 
the option of the State, District of Columbia, territory, 
Puerto Rico, or Indian Tribe, as applicable, up to 100 per-
cent: Provided further, That the preceding proviso does not 
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apply to programs authorized under sections 115 and 117 
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, 
$61,869,000,000 derived from the Highway Trust Fund 
(other than the Mass Transit Account), to remain avail-
able until expended. 
HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS 
There is hereby appropriated to the Secretary of 
Transportation $1,000,000,000: Provided, That the funds 
made available under this heading shall be derived from 
the general fund, shall be in addition to any funds pro-
vided for fiscal year 2021 in this Act or any other Act 
for: (1) ‘‘Federal-aid Highways’’ under chapter 1 of title 
23, United States Code; or (2) the Appalachian Develop-
ment Highway System as authorized under section 
1069(y) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi-
ciency Act (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 the FAST Act 
(Public Law 114–94) shall apply to funds made available 
under this heading: Provided further, That unless other-
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wise specified, amounts made available under this heading 
shall be available until September 30, 2024: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds made available under this head-
ing— 
(1) $632,220,000 shall be for activities under 
section 133(b) 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; 
(2) $100,000,000 shall be for necessary ex-
penses for construction of the Appalachian Develop-
ment Highway System as authorized under section 
1069(y) of the Intermodal Transportation Efficiency 
Act of 1991 (Public Law 102–240); 
(3) $3,150,000 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; 
(4) $630,000 shall be for activities eligible 
under the Territorial Highway Program, as de-
scribed in section 165(c)(6) of title 23, United 
States Code; 
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(5) $150,000,000 shall be for the nationally 
significant Federal lands and Tribal projects pro-
gram under section 1123 of the FAST Act; 
(6) $50,000,000 shall be for competitive grants 
for activities described in section 130(a) of title 23, 
United States Code; 
(7) $30,000,000 shall be for the Tribal Trans-
portation program as authorized under section 202 
of title 23, United States Code; 
(8) $15,000,000 shall be for grants for Ad-
vanced Digital Construction Management Systems; 
(9) $12,000,000 shall be for the Regional Infra-
structure Accelerator Demonstration Program au-
thorized under section 1441 of the FAST Act; 
(10) $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 
(11) $2,000,000 shall be for research that leads 
to decreases in highway and pedestrian fatalities 
among Tribal populations: 
Provided further, That for the purposes of funds made 
available under paragraph (1) of the fourth proviso, the 
term ‘‘State’’ means any of the 50 States or the District 
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of Columbia: Provided further, That the funds made avail-
able under paragraph (1) shall be sub-allocated in the 
manner described in section 133(d) of title 23, United 
States Code, except that the set-aside described in section 
133(h) of such title shall not apply to funds made avail-
able under this heading: Provided further, That the funds 
made available under paragraph (1) shall be administered 
as if apportioned under chapter 1 of such title and shall 
be apportioned to the States in the same ratio as the obli-
gation limitation for fiscal year 2021 is distributed among 
the States in section 120(a)(5) of this Act: Provided fur-
ther, That for amounts made available under paragraphs 
(1), (2), (3), (4), (6), and (7), the Federal share of the 
costs shall be, at the option of the recipient, up to 100 
percent: Provided further, That except as provided in the 
following proviso, the funds made available under this 
heading for activities eligible under the Puerto Rico High-
way 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: Provided further, That the funds 
made available under this heading for activities eligible 
under the Puerto Rico Highway Program shall not be sub-
ject to the requirements of section 165(b)(2)(A) or 
165(b)(2)(B) of such title: Provided further, That the 
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funds made available for the Tribal Transportation Pro-
gram shall be sub-allocated in the manner described in 
section 202(b)(3)(A)(i)(IV) of such title, except that the 
set-asides described in subparagraph (C) of section 
202(b)(3) of such title and subsections (a)(6), (c), (d), and 
(e) of section 202 of such title shall not apply to funds 
made available under this heading: Provided further, That 
the funds made available under this heading, in paragraph 
(6) of the fourth proviso, shall be available for projects 
eligible under section 130(a) of such title, 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, and 
for which the National Transportation Safety Board 
issued an accident report: Provided further, That for the 
purposes of funds made available under this heading for 
construction of the Appalachian Development Highway 
System (ADHS), the term ‘‘Appalachian State’’ means a 
State that contains one or more counties (including any 
political 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 ADHS 
shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 
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That a project carried out with funds made available 
under this heading for construction of the ADHS shall be 
carried out in the same manner as a project under section 
14501 of title 40, United States Code: Provided further, 
That subject to the following proviso, funds made available 
under this heading for construction of the ADHS shall be 
apportioned to Appalachian States according to the per-
centages derived from the 2012 Appalachian Development 
Highway System Cost to Complete Estimate adopted in 
Appalachian Regional Commission Resolution Number 
736, and confirmed as each Appalachian State’s relative 
share of the estimated remaining need to complete the 
ADHS, adjusted to exclude corridors that such States 
have no current plans to complete, as reported in the 2013 
Appalachian Development Highway System Completion 
Report, unless such States have modified and assigned a 
higher priority for completion of an ADHS corridor, as 
reported in the 2020 ADHS Future Outlook: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall adjust apportionments 
made under the preceding proviso so that no Appalachian 
State shall be apportioned an amount in excess of 25 per-
cent of the amount made available for construction of the 
Appalachian Development Highway System under this 
heading: Provided further, That the Secretary shall consult 
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with the Appalachian Regional Commission in making ad-
justments under the preceding two provisos. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2021, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall— 
(1) not distribute from the obligation limitation 
for Federal-aid highways— 
(A) amounts authorized for administrative 
expenses and programs by section 104(a) of 
title 23, United States Code; 
(B) amounts authorized for the Bureau of 
Transportation Statistics; and 
(C) amounts authorized as special 1-year 
funding under any successor surface transpor-
tation reauthorization Act authorizing appro-
priations for fiscal year 2021; 
(2) not distribute an amount from the obliga-
tion 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 Ac-
count) for Federal-aid highway and highway 
safety construction programs for previous fiscal 
years the funds for which are allocated by the 
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Secretary (or apportioned by the Secretary 
under section 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 
distributed 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 
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 
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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 section 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 
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— 
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(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; 
(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); 
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(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); 
(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 extent 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 obligated in accordance with that section were 
not subject to a limitation on obligations at the time 
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at which the funds were initially made available for 
obligation; and 
(12) section 119 of title 23, United States Code 
(but, for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2021, 
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), (except for 
the obligation limitation made available under sec-
tion (a)(1)(C)), 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 
previously distributed during that fiscal year, giving 
priority 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 
Public 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 
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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 Sur-
face Transportation Act. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—Obligation authority made 
available under paragraph (1) shall— 
(A) remain available for a period of 4 fis-
cal 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.— 
(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 
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(B) the Secretary determines will not be 
allocated to the States (or will not be appor-
tioned to the States under section 204 of title 
23, United States Code), and will not be avail-
able 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 dis-
tribution 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 
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 
purpose of reimbursing the Bureau for such expenses: 
Provided, That such funds shall be subject to the obliga-
tion limitation for Federal-aid highway and highway safety 
construction programs. 
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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 Sec-
retary of Transportation shall make an informal public no-
tice and comment opportunity on the intent to issue such 
waiver and the reasons therefor: Provided, That the Sec-
retary shall provide 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 made available in this 
Act to the Department of Transportation may be used to 
provide credit assistance unless not less than 3 days before 
any application approval to provide credit assistance under 
sections 603 and 604 of title 23, United States Code, the 
Secretary of Transportation provides notification in writ-
ing to the following committees: the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations; the Committee on Envi-
ronment and Public Works and the Committee on Bank-
ing, Housing and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 
House of Representatives: Provided, That such notifica-
tion shall include, but not be limited to, the name of the 
project sponsor; a description of the project; whether cred-
it assistance will be provided as a direct loan, loan guar-
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antee, or line of credit; and the amount of credit assist-
ance. 
SEC. 124. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to make a grant for a project under sec-
tion 117 of title 23, United States Code, unless the Sec-
retary, 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 evaluation and justification for the 
project and the amount of the proposed grant award: Pro-
vided, That the written notification required in the pre-
ceding proviso shall be made not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 125. (a) A State or territory, as defined in sec-
tion 165 of title 23, United States Code, may use for any 
project eligible under section 133(b) of title 23, United 
States Code, or section 165 of title 23, United States 
Code, and located within the boundary of the State or ter-
ritory any earmarked amount, and any associated obliga-
tion limitation: Provided, That the Department of Trans-
portation for the State or territory for which the ear-
marked amount was originally designated or directed noti-
fies the 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 
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the funding would be applied. Notwithstanding the origi-
nal period of availability of funds to be obligated under 
this section, such funds and associated obligation limita-
tion 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 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. 
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(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. 
(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 Ap-
propriations. 
SEC. 126. Until final guidance is published, the Ad-
ministrator of the Federal Highway Administration shall 
adjudicate requests for Buy America waivers under the 
rules and regulations that were in effect prior to April 17, 
2017. The Administrator shall process such requests not 
later than 90 days after receipt of the request or such 
waivers will be granted automatically. 
SEC. 127. Amounts for which a limitation on obliga-
tions that otherwise would have expired at the end of fiscal 
year 2020 that has been extended through the end of fiscal 
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year 2021 shall not be subject to section 120(a)(2) of this 
Act. 
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 
safety operations and programs pursuant to section 31110 
of title 49, United States Code, as amended by the Fixing 
America’s Surface Transportation Act or any successor 
surface transportation reauthorization Act authorizing ap-
propriations for fiscal year 2021, $379,500,000, to be de-
rived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass 
Transit Account), together with advances and reimburse-
ments received by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Ad-
ministration, the sum of which shall remain available until 
expended: Provided, That funds available for implementa-
tion, execution, or administration of motor carrier safety 
operations and programs authorized under title 49, United 
States Code, shall not exceed total obligations of 
$379,500,000 for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Operations and 
Programs’’ for fiscal year 2021, of which not less than 
$85,000,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep-
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tember 30, 2023, is for the development, modernization, 
and enhancement of information technology and informa-
tion management systems and for the continuing oper-
ation of and maintenance of such systems: Provided fur-
ther, That not less than $13,073,000, to remain available 
for obligation until September 30, 2023, is for the re-
search and technology program, of which not less than 
$3,300,000 shall be available to begin the Large Truck 
Crash Causal Factors study: Provided further, That 
$20,000,000 for carrying out activities under this heading, 
including the modernization and maintenance of border fa-
cilities, is to remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 2025. 
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 or any successor surface 
transportation reauthorization Act authorizing appropria-
tions for fiscal year 2021, $506,200,000 to be derived 
from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Tran-
sit Account) to remain available until expended: Provided, 
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That funds available for the implementation or execution 
of motor carrier safety programs shall not exceed total ob-
ligations of $506,200,000 in fiscal year 2021 for ‘‘Motor 
Carrier Safety Grants’’: Provided further, That of the 
sums appropriated under this heading— 
(1) $389,212,000 shall be available for the 
motor carrier safety assistance program; 
(2) $56,880,000 shall be available for the com-
mercial driver’s license program implementation pro-
gram; 
(3) $59,108,000 shall be available for the high 
priority activities program; and 
(4) $1,000,000 shall be made available for com-
mercial motor vehicle operators grants. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL MOTOR 
CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 130. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Admin-
istration shall send notice of section 385.308 of title 49, 
Code of Federal Regulations, violations by certified mail, 
registered mail, or another manner of delivery, which 
records the receipt of the notice by the persons responsible 
for the violations. 
SEC. 131. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Admin-
istration shall update annual inspection regulations under 
appendix G to subchapter B of chapter III of title 49, 
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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 
authorized under chapter 301 and part C of subtitle VI 
of title 49, United States Code, $214,073,440, of which 
$40,000,000 shall remain available through September 
30, 2022. 
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
the provisions of section 403 of title 23, United States 
Code, including behavioral research on Automated Driving 
Systems and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems and im-
proving consumer responses to safety recalls, section 4011 
of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (Pub-
lic Law 114–94) or any successor surface transportation 
reauthorization Act authorizing appropriations for fiscal 
year 2021, and chapter 303 of title 49, United States 
Code, $170,612,000 to be derived from the Highway 
Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) and 
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to remain available until expended: Provided, That none 
of the funds made available by this Act shall be available 
for the planning or execution of programs the total obliga-
tions for which, in fiscal year 2021, are in excess of 
$170,612,000: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated under this heading— 
(1) $165,112,000 shall be for programs author-
ized under section 403 of title 23, United States 
Code, including behavioral research 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 
(2) $5,500,000 shall be for the National Driver 
Register authorized under chapter 303 of title 49, 
United States Code: 
Provided further, That of the $170,612,000 obligation lim-
itation for operations and research, $20,000,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2022, and $3,000,000, 
for impaired driving detection, shall remain available until 
expended, and shall be in addition to the amount of any 
limitation imposed on obligations for future years: Pro-
vided further, That amounts for behavioral research on 
Automated Driving Systems and Advanced Driver Assist-
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ance Systems and improving consumer responses to safety 
recalls are in addition to any other funds provided for 
those purposes for fiscal year 2021 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 sections 402, 404, and 405 of title 23, 
United States Code, and section 4001(a)(6) of the Fixing 
America’s Surface Transportation Act, to remain available 
until expended, $855,488,000, to be derived from the 
Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Ac-
count): Provided, That none of the funds made available 
by this Act shall be available for the planning or execution 
of programs for which the total obligations in fiscal year 
2021 are in excess of $855,488,000 for programs author-
ized under sections 402, 404, and 405 of title 23, United 
States Code, and section 4001(a)(6) of the Fixing Amer-
ica’s Surface Transportation Act: Provided further, That 
of the sums appropriated under this heading— 
(1) $384,800,000 shall be for ‘‘Highway Safety 
Programs’’ under section 402 of title 23, United 
States Code; 
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(2) $390,900,000 shall be for ‘‘National Pri-
ority Safety Programs’’ under section 405 of title 
23, United States Code; 
(3) $49,702,000 shall be for the ‘‘High Visi-
bility Enforcement Program’’ under section 404 of 
title 23, United States Code; and 
(4) $30,086,000 shall be for ‘‘Administrative 
Expenses’’ under section 4001(a)(6) of the Fixing 
America’s Surface Transportation Act: 
Provided further, That for amounts subject to the obliga-
tion limitation under this heading during fiscal year 2021, 
the Federal share of activities undertaken pursuant to 
chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code, shall be, at the 
option of the recipient, up to 100 percent: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds made available by this Act 
shall be used for construction, rehabilitation, or remod-
eling costs, or for office 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 section 405 
of title 23, United States Code, 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 ‘Trans-
fers’ provision under section 405(a)(8) of title 23, United 
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States Code, any amounts transferred to increase the 
amounts made available under section 402 shall include 
the obligation authority for such amounts: Provided fur-
ther, That the Administrator shall notify the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations of any exercise of 
the authority granted under the preceding proviso or 
under section 405(a)(8) of title 23, United States Code, 
not later than 5 days after exercising such authority. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—NATIONAL HIGHWAY 
TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 140. An additional $130,000 shall be made 
available to the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis-
tration, out of the amount limited for section 402 of title 
23, United States Code, to pay for travel and related ex-
penses for State management reviews and to pay for core 
competency development training and related expenses for 
highway safety staff. 
SEC. 141. The limitations on obligations for the pro-
grams of the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis-
tration 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 au-
thority has not lapsed or been used. 
SEC. 142. In addition to the amounts made available 
under the heading, ‘‘Operations and Research (Liquida-
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tion of Contract Authorization) (Limitation on Obliga-
tions) (Highway Trust Fund)’’ for carrying out the provi-
sions of section 403 of title 23, United States Code, 
$17,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2022, shall be made available to the National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration from the general fund: Pro-
vided, That of the sums provided under this provision— 
(1) not to exceed $7,000,000 shall be available 
to provide funding for grants, pilot program activi-
ties, and innovative solutions to reduce impaired- 
driving fatalities in collaboration with eligible enti-
ties under section 403 of title 23, United States 
Code; and 
(2) not to exceed $10,000,000 shall be available 
to continue a high visibility enforcement paid-media 
campaign regarding highway-rail grade crossing 
safety in collaboration with the Federal Railroad Ad-
ministration. 
SEC. 143. None of the funds in this Act or any other 
Act shall be used to enforce the requirements of section 
405(a)(9) of title 23, United States Code. 
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 
SAFETY AND OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Ad-
ministration, not otherwise provided for, $236,134,000 
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(reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (in-
creased by $2,000,000) (reduced by $2,000,000), of which 
$30,000,000 shall remain available until expended. 
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for railroad research and de-
velopment, $41,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
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 (reduced by $5,000,000) (increased by 
$5,000,000), to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That the Secretary may withhold up to 2 percent of the 
amounts made available under this heading for the costs 
of award and project management oversight of grants car-
ried out under section 24911 of title 49, United States 
Code: Provided further, That expenses incidental to the ac-
quisition or construction (including designing, engineer-
ing, location surveying, mapping, environmental studies, 
and acquiring rights-of-way) of a capital project as defined 
under section 24911(a)(2) of title 49, United States Code, 
are eligible for funding independently or in conjunction 
with proposed funding for construction: Provided further, 
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(1) not less than $60,000,000 shall be for 
projects eligible under section 22907(c)(5) of title 
49, United States Code; 
(2) not less than $90,000,000 shall be for 
projects eligible under section 22907(c)(2) of title 
49, United States Code, that support the develop-
ment of new intercity passenger rail service routes 
including alignments for existing routes: Provided, 
That the Secretary shall give preference for pre-con-
struction elements including preliminary engineering 
and final design of such projects; and 
(3) not less than $25,000,000 shall be for cap-
ital projects and engineering solutions targeting tres-
passing: Provided, That the Secretary shall give 
preference for such projects that are located in coun-
ties with the most pedestrian trespasser casualties as 
identified in the Federal Railroad Administration’s 
National Strategy to Prevent Trespassing on Rail-
road Property: 
Provided further, That section 22905(f) of title 49, United 
States Code, shall not apply to projects for the implemen-
tation of positive train control systems otherwise eligible 
under section 22907(c)(1) of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided further, That amounts made available under this 
heading for projects selected for commuter rail passenger 
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transportation may be transferred by the Secretary, after 
selection, to the appropriate agencies to be administered 
in accordance with chapter 53 of title 49, United States 
Code: Provided further, That the Secretary shall not limit 
eligible projects from consideration for funding for plan-
ning, engineering, environmental, construction, and design 
elements of the same project in the same application: Pro-
vided further, That for amounts made available under this 
heading eligible recipients under section 22907(b) of title 
49, United States Code, shall include any non-profit asso-
ciation representing Class II railroads or Class III rail-
roads (as such terms are defined in section 20102 of title 
49, United States Code) or rail carriers that provide inter-
city rail passenger transportation (as defined in section 
24102 of title 49, United States Code) and any holding 
company of a Class II railroad or Class III railroad (as 
such terms are defined in section 20102 of title 49, United 
States 
Code): 
Provided 
further, 
That 
section 
22907(e)(1)(A) of title 49, United States Code, shall not 
apply to amounts made available under this heading: Pro-
vided further, That section 22907(e)(1)(A) of title 49, 
United States Code, shall not apply to amounts made 
available under this heading in previous fiscal years if such 
funds are announced in a Notice of Funding Opportunity 
that includes funds made available under this heading: 
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Provided further, That unobligated balances remaining 
after 6 years from the date of enactment of this Act may 
be used for any eligible project under section 22907(c) of 
title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may withhold up to 2 percent of the amounts 
made available 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: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall issue the Notice 
of Funding Opportunity for amounts made available under 
this heading not later than 30 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act: Provided further, That such Notice of 
Funding Opportunity shall require application submis-
sions 90 days after the publishing of such Notice: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall announce the selection 
of projects to receive awards for amounts made available 
under this heading not later than 210 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
MAGNETIC LEVITATION TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT 
PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses related to the deployment of 
magnetic levitation transportation projects, consistent 
with language in subsections (a) through (c) of section 
1307 of SAFETEA–LU (Public Law 109–59), as amend-
ed by section 102 of the SAFETEA–LU Technical Correc-
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tions Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–244) (23 U.S.C. 322 
note), $5,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
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 au-
thorized by section 11101(a) of the Fixing America’s Sur-
face Transportation Act (division A of Public Law 114– 
94), $750,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That the Secretary may retain up to one half 
of 1 percent of the amounts made available under both 
this heading and the ‘‘National Network Grants to the Na-
tional Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ heading to fund 
the costs of project management and oversight of activities 
authorized by section 11101(c) of the Fixing America’s 
Surface Transportation Act (division A of Public Law 
114–94): Provided further, That in addition to the project 
management oversight funds authorized under section 
11101(c) of such Act, the Secretary may retain up to an 
additional $5,000,000 of the amounts made available 
under this heading to fund expenses associated with the 
Northeast Corridor Commission established under section 
24905 of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, 
That of the amounts made available under this heading, 
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not less than $200,000,000 shall be made available to ad-
vance capital projects, including rehabilitation and up-
grade of railroad infrastructure, that increase reliability 
or expand passenger rail capacity on the Amtrak-owned 
portion of the Northeast Corridor (as defined in section 
24102(8) of title 49, United States Code) on which more 
than 380 trains traveled per day in fiscal year 2019: Pro-
vided further, That of the amounts made available under 
this heading and the ‘‘National Network Grants to the Na-
tional Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ heading, not less 
than $75,000,000 shall be made available to bring Am-
trak-served facilities and stations into compliance with the 
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 2101 
et seq.). 
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 amounts made available under this 
heading to fund expenses associated with the State-Sup-
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ported Route Committee established under section 24712 
of title 49, United States Code: 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 re-
spect to long-distance routes (as defined in section 24102 
of title 49, United States Code) on which Amtrak is the 
sole operator on a host railroad’s line and a positive train 
control system is not required by law or regulation, or, 
except in an emergency or during maintenance or con-
struction outages impacting such routes, to otherwise dis-
continue, reduce the frequency of, suspend, or substan-
tially alter the route of rail service on any portion of such 
route operated in fiscal year 2018, including implementa-
tion of service permitted by section 24305(a)(3)(A) of title 
49, United States Code, in lieu of rail service. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 150. None of the funds made available to the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation may be used to 
fund any overtime costs in excess of $35,000 for any indi-
vidual employee: Provided, That the President of Amtrak 
may waive the cap set in the preceding proviso for specific 
employees when the President of Amtrak determines such 
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a cap poses a risk to the safety and operational efficiency 
of the system: Provided further, That the President of Am-
trak shall report to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations no later than 60 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, a summary of all overtime payments 
incurred by Amtrak for 2020 and the 3 prior calendar 
years: Provided further, That such summary shall include 
the total number of employees that received waivers and 
the total overtime payments Amtrak paid to employees re-
ceiving waivers for each month for 2020 and for the 3 
prior calendar years. 
SEC. 151. None of the funds made available to the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation under the head-
ings ‘‘Northeast Corridor Grants to the National Railroad 
Passenger Corporation’’ and ‘‘National Network Grants to 
the National Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ may be 
used to reduce the total number of Amtrak Police Depart-
ment uniformed officers patrolling on board passenger 
trains or at stations, facilities or rights-of-way below the 
staffing level on May 1, 2019. 
SEC. 152. 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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SEC. 153. The matter under the heading ‘‘Depart-
ment of Transportation—Federal Railroad Administra-
tion—Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Im-
provements’’— 
(1) in division G of the Consolidated Appropria-
tions Act, 2019 (Public Law 116–6) is amended by 
striking ‘‘4 years’’ and inserting ‘‘6 years’’ in the 
fourth proviso; and 
(2) in division H of the Further Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94) is 
amended by striking ‘‘4 years’’ and inserting ‘‘6 
years’’ in the fourth proviso. 
SEC. 154. Of the unobligated balances of funds re-
maining from— 
(1) ‘‘Capital and Debt Service Grants to the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ accounts 
totaling $10,414,449.82 appropriated by the fol-
lowing public laws are hereby permanently rescinded: 
(A) Public Law 112–10 a total of 
$289,234.48; 
(B) Public Law 112–55 a total of 
$4,760,000.00; 
(C) Public Law 113–76 a total of 
$792,502.52; 
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(D) Public Law 113–235 a total of 
$1,698,806.61; and 
(E) Public Law 114–113 a total of 
$2,873,906.21; 
(2) ‘‘Railroad Safety Technology Program’’ ac-
count totaling $613,252.29 appropriated by Public 
Law 111–117 is hereby permanently rescinded; 
(3) ‘‘Capital Assistance to States—Intercity 
Passenger 
Rail 
Service’’ 
account 
totaling 
$9,867,630.69 appropriated by Public Law 111–8 is 
hereby permanently rescinded; 
(4) ‘‘Rail Line Relocation and Improvement 
Program’’ accounts totaling $12,650,365.14 appro-
priated by the following public laws are hereby per-
manently rescinded: 
(A) Public Law 110–161 a total of 
$923,214.63; 
(B) 
Public 
Law 
111–8 
a 
total 
of 
$5,558,233.95; 
(C) Public Law 111–117 a total of 
$3,763,767.95; and 
(D) Public Law 112–10 a total of 
$2,405,148.61; and 
(5) ‘‘Next Generation High-Speed Rail’’ ac-
counts totaling $3,019,483.21 appropriated by the 
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following public laws are hereby permanently re-
scinded: 
(A) Public Law 104–50 a total of 
$610,807.00; 
(B) Public Law 104–205 a total of 
$5,963.71; 
(C) Public Law 105–66 a total of 
$1,218,742.47; 
(D) Public Law 105–277 a total of 
$17,097.00; 
(E) Public Law 106–69 a total of 
$1,005,969.00; 
(F) 
Public 
Law 
108–7 
a 
total 
of 
$43,951.57; 
(G) Public Law 108–199 a total of 
$24,263.48; and 
(H) Public Law 108–447 a total of 
$92,688.98. 
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, $121,052,000, of which 
$15,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2022, and up to $1,000,000 shall be available to carry 
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out the provisions of section 5326 of such title: Provided, 
That upon submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 
2022 President’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation 
shall transmit to Congress the annual report on Capital 
Investment Grants, including proposed allocations for fis-
cal year 2022. 
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 ac-
count, 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 Trans-
portation Act, section 20005(b) of Public Law 112–141, 
and section 3006(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface 
Transportation Act, or any successor surface transpor-
tation reauthorization Act authorizing appropriations for 
fiscal year 2021, $16,595,000,000, to be derived from the 
Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund and 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds 
available for the implementation or execution of programs 
authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 
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5312, 5314, 5318, 5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339, and 
5340, as amended by the Fixing America’s Surface Trans-
portation Act, section 20005(b) of Public Law 112–141, 
and section 3006(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface 
Transportation Act, or any successor surface transpor-
tation reauthorization Act authorizing appropriations for 
fiscal year 2021, shall not exceed total obligations of 
$15,945,200,000 in fiscal year 2021: Provided further, 
That the Federal share of the cost of activities carried 
out under 49 U.S.C. 5312 shall not exceed 80 percent, 
except that if there is substantial public interest or benefit, 
the Secretary may approve a greater Federal share: Pro-
vided further, That until September 30, 2021, for amounts 
subject to the obligation limitation under this heading dur-
ing fiscal year 2021, the Federal share of costs for any 
grant made for activities undertaken pursuant to chapter 
53 of title 49, United States Code, shall be, at the option 
of the recipient, up to 100 percent but solely for funds 
that have not been obligated to a grant prior to September 
30, 2020: Provided further, That the preceding proviso 
shall not apply to grants made pursuant to a competitive 
application process in fiscal year 2021 or any prior fiscal 
year: Provided further, That not including any amounts 
provided under the heading ‘‘Transit Infrastructure 
Grants’’ in title XII of division B of the CARES Act (Pub-
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lic Law 116–136), an urbanized area or State may obli-
gate not more than 50 percent of its unobligated balances 
authorized under sections 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 
5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340 of title 49, 
United States Code, as of September 30, 2020, under this 
proviso. 
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, the passenger ferry grant program as authorized 
under section 5307(h) of such title, and the demonstration 
and deployment of innovative mobility solutions as author-
ized under section 5312 of such title, $510,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading— 
(1) $374,000,000 (reduced by $1,500,000) 
shall be available for the buses and bus facilities 
competitive grants as authorized under section 
5339(b) of title 49, United States Code: Provided, 
That activities that increase green space sur-
rounding a bus transportation hub structure are eli-
gible for a grant under this paragraph: Provided fur-
ther, That the minimum grant award shall be not 
less than $1,000,000; 
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(2) $125,000,000 (increased by $1,500,000) 
shall be available for the low or no emission grants 
as authorized under section 5339(c) of title 49, 
United States Code: Provided, That the minimum 
grant award shall be not less than $1,250,000; 
(3) $10,000,000 shall be available for the pas-
senger ferry grant program as authorized under sec-
tion 5307(h) of title 49, United States Code: Pro-
vided, That the funds provided under this heading 
shall only be available for low or zero-emission fer-
ries or ferries using electric battery or fuel cell com-
ponents and the infrastructure to support such fer-
ries; and 
(4) $1,000,000 shall be shall be available for 
the demonstration and deployment of innovative mo-
bility solutions as authorized under section 5312 of 
title 49, United States Code: Provided, that such 
amounts shall be available for competitive grants or 
cooperative agreements for the development of soft-
ware to facilitate the provision of demand-response 
public transportation service that dispatches public 
transportation fleet vehicles through riders mobile 
devices or other advanced means: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall evaluate the potential for 
software developed with grants or cooperative agree-
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ments to be shared for use by public transportation 
agencies: 
Provided further, That the Federal share of the costs for 
which any grant is made under this heading shall be, at 
the option of the recipient, up to 100 percent: Provided 
further, That amounts made available under this heading 
shall be derived from the general fund and shall not be 
subject to any limitation on obligation for transit pro-
grams set forth in any Act. 
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 5314 of 
title 49, United States Code, $7,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2022: Provided, That the assist-
ance provided under this heading does not duplicate the 
activities of section 5311(b) or section 5312 of title 49, 
United States Code. 
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 (49 U.S.C. 5309 
note), $2,175,000,000 (increased by $2,000,000), to re-
main available until September 30, 2024: Provided, That 
of the amounts made available under this heading, 
$1,848,000,000 shall be allocated by December 31, 2022: 
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shall be deemed eligible for funding provided for projects 
under section 5309 of title 49, United States Code, with-
out further evaluation or rating under such section: Pro-
vided further, That such funding shall not exceed the Fed-
eral share under section 3005(b). 
GRANTS TO THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA 
TRANSIT AUTHORITY 
For grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area 
Transit Authority as authorized under section 601 of divi-
sion B of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement 
Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–432), $150,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of Transportation shall approve grants for capital 
and preventive maintenance expenditures for the Wash-
ington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority only after re-
ceiving and reviewing a request for each specific project: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall determine that 
the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has 
placed the highest priority on those investments that will 
improve the safety of the system before approving such 
grants: Provided further, That the Secretary, in order to 
ensure safety throughout the rail system, may waive the 
requirements of section 601(e)(1) of division B of the Pas-
senger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 
(Public Law 110–432). 
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