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the Secretary for the costs related to assessments or reim-
bursable agreements only when such amounts are for the 
costs of goods and services that are purchased to provide 
a direct benefit to the applicable modal administration or 
administrations. 
SEC. 190. The Secretary of Transportation is author-
ized to carry out a program that establishes uniform 
standards for developing and supporting agency transit 
pass and transit benefits authorized under section 7905 
of title 5, United States Code, including distribution of 
transit benefits by various paper and electronic media. 
SEC. 191. The Department of Transportation may 
use funds provided by this Act, or any other Act, to assist 
a contract under title 49 U.S.C. or title 23 U.S.C. utilizing 
geographic, economic, or any other hiring preference not 
otherwise authorized by law, or to amend a rule, regula-
tion, policy or other measure that forbids a recipient of 
a Federal Highway Administration or Federal Transit Ad-
ministration grant from imposing such hiring preference 
on a contract or construction project with which the De-
partment of Transportation is assisting, only if the grant 
recipient certifies the following: 
(1) that except with respect to apprentices or 
trainees, a pool of readily available but unemployed 
individuals possessing the knowledge, skill, and abil-
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ity to perform the work that the contract requires 
resides in the jurisdiction; 
(2) that the grant recipient will include appro-
priate provisions in its bid document ensuring that 
the contractor does not displace any of its existing 
employees in order to satisfy such hiring preference; 
and 
(3) that any increase in the cost of labor, train-
ing, or delays resulting from the use of such hiring 
preference does not delay or displace any transpor-
tation project in the applicable Statewide Transpor-
tation Improvement Program or Transportation Im-
provement Program. 
SEC. 192. Not later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations and 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and 
the Committees on Appropriations and Transportation 
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a re-
port on efforts by the Department of Transportation to 
engage with local communities, metropolitan planning or-
ganizations, and regional transportation commissions on 
advancing data and intelligent transportation systems 
technologies and other smart cities solutions. 
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SEC. 193. The Secretary of Transportation shall con-
sult with the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil 
Works to identify any existing authorities and any addi-
tional authorities that may be needed to leverage funds 
from Department of Transportation programs for pur-
poses of inland waterway project costs. 
SEC. 194. (a) Subject to subsections (c) and (d), none 
of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available to 
the Department of Transportation by this or any other 
Act may be obligated or expended to enforce or require 
the enforcement of section 127(a) of title 23, United 
States Code, with respect to a segment described in para-
graph (1) or (2) of subsection (b) if the segment is des-
ignated as a route of the Interstate System. 
(b) The segments referred to in subsection (a) are 
the following: 
(1) The William H. Natcher Parkway (to be 
designated as a spur of Interstate Route 65) from 
Interstate Route 65 in Bowling Green, Kentucky, to 
United States Route 60 in Owensboro, Kentucky. 
(2) The Julian M. Carroll (Purchase) Parkway 
(to be designated as Interstate Route 69) in the 
State of Kentucky from the Tennessee State line to 
the interchange with Interstate Route 24, near Cal-
vert City, Kentucky. 
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(c) Only a vehicle that could operate legally on a seg-
ment described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (b) 
before the date of designation of the segment as a route 
of the Interstate System may continue to operate on that 
segment, subject to the condition that, except as provided 
in subsection (d), the gross vehicle weight of such a vehicle 
shall not exceed 120,000 pounds. 
(d) Nothing in this section prohibits a State from 
issuing a permit for a nondivisible load or vehicle with a 
gross vehicle weight that exceeds 120,000 pounds. 
SEC. 195. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available to the Department of Transportation 
may be obligated or expended to implement, administer, 
or enforce the requirements of section 31137 of title 49, 
United States Code, or any regulation issued by the Sec-
retary pursuant to such section, with respect to the use 
of electronic logging devices by operators of commercial 
motor vehicles, as defined in section 31132(1) of such 
title, transporting livestock, as defined in section 602 of 
the Emergency Livestock Feed Assistance Act of 1988 (7 
U.S.C. 1471) or insects. 
SEC. 196. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available to the Federal Transit Administra-
tion under this title to carry out sections 5307, 5311, 
5337, and 5339 of title 49, United States Code, may be 
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used in awarding a contract or subcontract to an entity 
on or after the date of enactment of this Act for the pro-
curement of rolling stock for use in public transportation 
if the manufacturer of the rolling stock is incorporated 
in or has manufacturing facilities in the United States and 
receives support from the government of a country that— 
(1) is identified as a nonmarket economy coun-
try (as defined in section 771(18) of the Tariff Act 
of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677(18))) as of the date of en-
actment of this Act; 
(2) was identified by the United States Trade 
Representative in the most recent report required by 
section 182 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
2242) as a priority foreign country under subsection 
(a)(2) of that section; and 
(3) is subject to monitoring by the Trade Rep-
resentative under section 306 of the Trade Act of 
1974 (19 U.S.C. 2416). 
(b) This section shall be applied in a manner con-
sistent with the obligations of the United States under 
international agreements. 
(c)(1) This section shall not apply to the award of 
a contract or subcontract made by a public transportation 
agency with a rail rolling stock manufacturer described in 
subsection (a) if the manufacturer produces rail rolling 
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stock for an eligible public transportation agency through 
a contract executed prior to the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
(2) A rail rolling stock manufacturer described in 
subsection (a) may not use funds provided under a con-
tract or subcontract described in paragraph (1) to expand 
the manufacturer’s production of rail rolling stock within 
the United States to an amount of rolling stock vehicles 
or railcars that is greater than the amount required under 
contractual obligations of the manufacturer as of the date 
of enactment of this Act including all options for addi-
tional rolling stock. 
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply 
to funds that are not appropriated or otherwise made 
available to the Federal Transit Administration under this 
title. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans-
portation Appropriations Act, 2019’’. 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
EXECUTIVE OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Executive Of-
fices, which shall be comprised of the offices of the Sec-
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retary, Deputy Secretary, Adjudicatory Services, Congres-
sional and Intergovernmental Relations, Public Affairs, 
Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, and the 
Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, 
$14,898,000: Provided, That not to exceed $25,000 of the 
amount made available under this heading shall be avail-
able to the Secretary for official reception and representa-
tion expenses as the Secretary may determine. 
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Administra-
tive Support Offices, $556,000,000, of which $76,600,000 
shall be available for the Office of the Chief Financial Offi-
cer, (and of which $25,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2021, shall be for the financial trans-
formation initiative); $98,000,000 shall be available for 
the Office of the General Counsel, of which not less than 
$15,000,000 shall be for the Departmental Enforcement 
Center; $213,300,000 shall be available for the Office of 
Administration; $40,200,000 shall be available for the Of-
fice of the Chief Human Capital Officer; $54,000,000 
shall be available for the Office of Field Policy and Man-
agement; $20,000,000 shall be available for the Office of 
the Chief Procurement Officer; $3,600,000 shall be avail-
able for the Office of Departmental Equal Employment 
Opportunity; $4,300,000 shall be available for the Office 
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of Business Transformation; and $46,00,000 shall be 
available for the Office of the Chief Information Officer: 
Provided, That funds provided under this heading may be 
used for necessary administrative and non-administrative 
expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment, not otherwise provided for, including purchase of 
uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 5901–5902; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
appropriated under this heading may be used for adver-
tising and promotional activities that directly support pro-
gram activities funded in this title: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall provide the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations quarterly written notification re-
garding the status of pending congressional reports: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall provide in elec-
tronic form all signed reports required by Congress: Pro-
vided further, That not more than 10 percent of the funds 
made available under this heading for the Office of Chief 
Financial Officer for the financial transformation initia-
tive may be obligated until the Secretary submits to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, for ap-
proval, a plan for expenditure that includes the financial 
and internal control capabilities to be delivered and the 
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mission benefits to be realized, key milestones to be met, 
and the relationship between the proposed use of funds 
made available under this heading and the projected total 
cost and scope of the initiative. 
PROGRAM OFFICE SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Public and Indian Housing, $222,000,000. 
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Community Planning and Development, $110,000,000. 
HOUSING 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Housing, 
$390,000,000, 
of 
which 
not 
less 
than 
$12,500,000 shall be for the Office of Recapitalization. 
POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Policy Development and Research, $26,000,000. 
FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, $71,500,000. 
OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL AND HEALTHY 
HOMES 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes, $7,800,000. 
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WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the working capital fund for the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development (referred to in this para-
graph as the ‘‘Fund’’), pursuant, in part, to section 7(f) 
of the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
Act (42 U.S.C. 3535(f)), amounts transferred, including 
reimbursements pursuant to section 7(f), to the Fund 
under this heading shall be available for Federal shared 
services used by offices and agencies of the Department, 
and for such portion of any office or agency’s printing, 
records management, space renovation, furniture, or sup-
ply services as the Secretary determines shall be derived 
from centralized sources made available by the Depart-
ment to all offices and agencies and funded through the 
Fund: Provided, That of the amounts made available in 
this title for salaries and expenses under the headings 
‘‘Executive Offices’’, ‘‘Administrative Support Offices’’, 
‘‘Program Office Salaries and Expenses’’, and ‘‘Govern-
ment National Mortgage Association’’, the Secretary shall 
transfer to the Fund such amounts, to remain available 
until expended, as are necessary to fund services, specified 
in the matter preceding the first proviso, for which the 
appropriation would otherwise have been available, and 
may transfer not to exceed an additional $5,000,000, in 
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aggregate, from all such appropriations, to be merged with 
the Fund and to remain available until expended for any 
purpose under this heading: Provided further, That 
amounts in the Fund shall be the only amounts available 
to each office or agency of the Department for the serv-
ices, or portion of services, specified in the matter pre-
ceding the first proviso: Provided further, That with re-
spect to the Fund, the authorities and conditions under 
this heading shall supplement the authorities and condi-
tions provided under section 7(f). 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
For activities and assistance for the provision of ten-
ant-based rental assistance authorized under the United 
States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 
et seq.) (‘‘the Act’’ herein), not otherwise provided for, 
$18,780,987,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be available on October 1, 2018 (in addition to the 
$4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this head-
ing that shall be available on October 1, 2018), and 
$4,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be available on October 1, 2019: Provided, That the 
amounts made available under this heading are provided 
as follows: 
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(1) $20,520,000,000 shall be available for re-
newals of expiring section 8 tenant-based annual 
contributions contracts (including renewals of en-
hanced vouchers under any provision of law author-
izing such assistance under section 8(t) of the Act) 
and including renewal of other special purpose incre-
mental vouchers: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, from amounts provided 
under this paragraph and any carryover, the Sec-
retary for the calendar year 2019 funding cycle shall 
provide renewal funding for each public housing 
agency based on validated voucher management sys-
tem (VMS) leasing and cost data for the prior cal-
endar year and by applying an inflation factor as es-
tablished by the Secretary, by notice published in 
the Federal Register, and by making any necessary 
adjustments for the costs associated with the first- 
time renewal of vouchers under this paragraph in-
cluding tenant protection and Choice Neighborhoods 
vouchers: Provided further, That none of the funds 
provided under this paragraph may be used to fund 
a total number of unit months under lease which ex-
ceeds a public housing agency’s authorized level of 
units under contract, except for public housing agen-
cies participating in the MTW demonstration, which 
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are instead governed by the terms and conditions of 
their MTW agreements: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall, to the extent necessary to stay with-
in the amount specified under this paragraph (ex-
cept as otherwise modified under this paragraph), 
prorate each public housing agency’s allocation oth-
erwise established pursuant to this paragraph: Pro-
vided further, That except as provided in the fol-
lowing provisos, the entire amount specified under 
this paragraph (except as otherwise modified under 
this paragraph) shall be obligated to the public hous-
ing agencies based on the allocation and pro rata 
method described above, and the Secretary shall no-
tify public housing agencies of their annual budget 
by the latter of 60 days after enactment of this Act 
or March 1, 2019: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may extend the notification period with the 
prior written approval of the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 
That public housing agencies participating in the 
MTW demonstration shall be funded pursuant to 
their MTW agreements and shall be subject to the 
same pro rata adjustments under the previous pro-
visos: Provided further, That the Secretary may off-
set public housing agencies’ calendar year 2019 allo-
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cations based on the excess amounts of public hous-
ing agencies’ net restricted assets accounts, includ-
ing HUD-held programmatic reserves (in accordance 
with VMS data in calendar year 2018 that is 
verifiable and complete), as determined by the Sec-
retary: Provided further, That public housing agen-
cies participating in the MTW demonstration shall 
also be subject to the offset, as determined by the 
Secretary, excluding amounts subject to the single 
fund budget authority provisions of their MTW 
agreements, from the agencies’ calendar year 2019 
MTW funding allocation: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall use any offset referred to in the pre-
vious two provisos throughout the calendar year to 
prevent the termination of rental assistance for fam-
ilies as the result of insufficient funding, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, and to avoid or reduce the 
proration of renewal funding allocations: Provided 
further, That up to $100,000,000 shall be available 
only: (1) for adjustments in the allocations for public 
housing agencies, after application for an adjust-
ment by a public housing agency that experienced a 
significant increase, as determined by the Secretary, 
in renewal costs of vouchers resulting from unfore-
seen circumstances or from portability under section 
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8(r) of the Act; (2) for vouchers that were not in use 
during the previous 12-month period in order to be 
available to meet a commitment pursuant to section 
8(o)(13) of the Act; (3) for adjustments for costs as-
sociated with HUD–Veterans Affairs Supportive 
Housing (HUD–VASH) vouchers; and (4) for public 
housing agencies that despite taking reasonable cost 
savings measures, as determined by the Secretary, 
would otherwise be required to terminate rental as-
sistance for families as a result of insufficient fund-
ing: Provided further, That the Secretary shall allo-
cate amounts under the previous proviso based on 
need, as determined by the Secretary; 
(2) $85,000,000 shall be for section 8 rental as-
sistance for relocation and replacement of housing 
units that are demolished or disposed of pursuant to 
section 18 of the Act, conversion of section 23 
projects to assistance under section 8, the family 
unification program under section 8(x) of the Act, 
relocation of witnesses in connection with efforts to 
combat crime in public and assisted housing pursu-
ant to a request from a law enforcement or prosecu-
tion agency, enhanced vouchers under any provision 
of law authorizing such assistance under section 8(t) 
of the Act, Choice Neighborhood vouchers, manda-
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tory and voluntary conversions, and tenant protec-
tion assistance including replacement and relocation 
assistance or for project-based assistance to prevent 
the displacement of unassisted elderly tenants cur-
rently residing in section 202 properties financed be-
tween 1959 and 1974 that are refinanced pursuant 
to Public Law 106–569, as amended, or under the 
authority as provided under this Act: Provided, That 
when a public housing development is submitted for 
demolition or disposition under section 18 of the 
Act, the Secretary may provide section 8 rental as-
sistance when the units pose an imminent health 
and safety risk to residents: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may only provide replacement vouch-
ers for units that were occupied within the previous 
24 months that cease to be available as assisted 
housing, subject only to the availability of funds: 
Provided further, That of the amounts made avail-
able under this paragraph, $5,000,000 may be avail-
able to provide tenant protection assistance, not oth-
erwise provided under this paragraph, to residents 
residing in low vacancy areas and who may have to 
pay rents greater than 30 percent of household in-
come, as the result of: (A) the maturity of a HUD- 
insured, HUD-held or section 202 loan that requires 
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