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SEC. 243. Section 4024 of the CARES Act (15 
U.S.C. 9058) is amended by striking subsection (c). 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2025’’. 
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TITLE III 
RELATED AGENCIES 
ACCESS BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Access Board, as au-
thorized by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 
(29 U.S.C. 792), $9,955,000: Provided, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, there may be credited 
to this appropriation funds received for publications and 
training expenses. 
FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime 
Commission as authorized by section 46107 of title 46, 
United States Code, including services as authorized by 
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles as authorized by section 1343(b) of 
title 31, United States Code; and uniforms or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 
5, United States Code, $43,000,000, of which $2,000,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2026: Provided, 
That not to exceed $3,500 shall be for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
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NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation 
to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act 
of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 3), $32,100,000: Provided, That 
the Inspector General shall have all necessary authority, 
in carrying out the duties specified in such Act, to inves-
tigate allegations of fraud, including false statements to 
the Government under section 1001 of title 18, United 
States Code, by any person or entity that is subject to 
regulation by the National Railroad Passenger Corpora-
tion: Provided further, That the Inspector General may 
enter into contracts and other arrangements for audits, 
studies, analyses, and other services with public agencies 
and with private persons, subject to the applicable laws 
and regulations that govern the obtaining of such services 
within the National Railroad Passenger Corporation: Pro-
vided further, That the Inspector General may select, ap-
point, and employ such officers and employees as may be 
necessary for carrying out the functions, powers, and du-
ties of the Office of Inspector General, subject to the appli-
cable laws and regulations that govern such selections, ap-
pointments, and employment within the National Railroad 
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Passenger Corporation: Provided further, That concurrent 
with the President’s budget request for fiscal year 2026, 
the Inspector General shall submit to the House and Sen-
ate Committees on Appropriations a budget request for 
fiscal year 2026 in similar format and substance to budget 
requests submitted by executive agencies of the Federal 
Government. 
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Transpor-
tation Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles and aircraft; services as authorized by section 3109 
of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals 
not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for 
a GS–15; uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized 
by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code, 
$145,000,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 may be used 
for official reception and representation expenses. 
NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION 
PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT 
CORPORATION 
For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cor-
poration for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, 
as authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corpora-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 8101–8107), $158,000,000. 
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Surface Transpor-
tation Board, including services authorized by section 
3109 of title 5, United States Code, $50,646,000: Pro-
vided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
not to exceed $1,250,000 from fees established by the Sur-
face Transportation Board shall be credited to this appro-
priation as offsetting collections and used for necessary 
and authorized expenses under this heading: Provided fur-
ther, That the amounts made available under this heading 
from the general fund shall be reduced on a dollar-for- 
dollar basis as such offsetting collections are received dur-
ing fiscal year 2025, to result in a final appropriation from 
the general fund estimated at not more than $49,396,000. 
UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON 
HOMELESSNESS 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including payment of sala-
ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
the rental of conference rooms, and the employment of ex-
perts and consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United 
States Code, of the United States Interagency Council on 
Homelessness in carrying out the functions pursuant to 
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title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, 
as amended, $4,288,000. 
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TITLE IV 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 
SEC. 401. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 
expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 
intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings 
funded in this Act. 
SEC. 402. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria-
tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 403. The expenditure of any appropriation 
under this Act for any consulting service through a pro-
curement contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code, shall be limited to those contracts 
where such expenditures are a matter of public record and 
available for public inspection, except where otherwise pro-
vided under existing law, or under existing Executive 
Order issued pursuant to existing law. 
SEC. 404. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be obligated or expended for any employee 
training that— 
(1) does not meet identified needs for knowl-
edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the 
performance of official duties; 
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(2) contains elements likely to induce high lev-
els of emotional response or psychological stress in 
some participants; 
(3) does not require prior employee notification 
of the content and methods to be used in the train-
ing and written end of course evaluation; 
(4) contains any methods or content associated 
with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 
‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Em-
ployment 
Opportunity 
Commission 
Notice 
N– 
915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or 
(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par-
ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the 
workplace. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 
otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 
bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 
SEC. 405. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 
none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by pre-
vious appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities fund-
ed in this Act that remain available for obligation or ex-
penditure in fiscal year 2025, or provided from any ac-
counts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 
and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
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available for obligation or expenditure through a re-
programming of funds that— 
(1) creates a new program; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel for any pro-
gram, project, or activity for which funds have been 
denied or restricted by the Congress; 
(4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific 
activity by either the House or Senate Committees 
on Appropriations for a different purpose; 
(5) augments existing programs, projects, or ac-
tivities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, which-
ever is less; 
(6) reduces existing programs, projects, or ac-
tivities by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 
less; or 
(7) creates, reorganizes, or restructures a 
branch, division, office, bureau, board, commission, 
agency, administration, or department different from 
the budget justifications submitted to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations or the table accompanying 
the Report accompanying this Act, whichever is 
more detailed, unless prior approval is received from 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions: 
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Provided, That not later than 60 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, each agency funded by this Act 
shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the Senate and of the House of Representatives to es-
tablish the baseline for application of reprogramming and 
transfer authorities for the current fiscal year: Provided 
further, That the report shall include— 
(A) a table for each appropriation with a 
separate column to display the prior year en-
acted level, the President’s budget request, ad-
justments made by Congress, adjustments due 
to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 
fiscal year enacted level; 
(B) a delineation in the table for each ap-
propriation and its respective prior year enacted 
level by object class and program, project, and 
activity as detailed in this Act, the table accom-
panying the Report accompanying this Act, or 
in the budget appendix for the respective appro-
priations, whichever is more detailed, and shall 
apply to all items for which a dollar amount is 
specified and to all programs for which new 
budget (obligational) authority is provided, as 
well as to discretionary grants and discretionary 
grant allocations; and 
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(C) an identification of items of special 
congressional interest. 
SEC. 406. Except as otherwise specifically provided 
by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 
remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2025 from 
appropriations made available for salaries and expenses 
for fiscal year 2025 in this Act, shall remain available 
through September 30, 2026, for each such account for 
the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall 
be submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations for approval prior to the expenditure of such 
funds: Provided further, That these requests shall be made 
in compliance with reprogramming guidelines under sec-
tion 405 of this Act. 
SEC. 407. No funds in this Act may be used to sup-
port any Federal, State, or local projects that seek to use 
the power of eminent domain, unless eminent domain is 
employed only for a public use: Provided, That for pur-
poses of this section, public use shall not be construed to 
include economic development that primarily benefits pri-
vate entities: Provided further, That any use of funds for 
mass transit, railroad, airport, seaport or highway 
projects, as well as utility projects which benefit or serve 
the general public (including energy-related, communica-
tion-related, water-related and wastewater-related infra-
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structure), other structures designated for use by the gen-
eral public or which have other common-carrier or public- 
utility functions that serve the general public and are sub-
ject to regulation and oversight by the government, and 
projects for the removal of an immediate threat to public 
health and safety or brownfields as defined in the Small 
Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization 
Act (Public Law 107–118) shall be considered a public 
use for purposes of eminent domain. 
SEC. 408. 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 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 409. No funds appropriated pursuant to this 
Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees 
that in expending the assistance the entity will comply 
with sections 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 
(41 U.S.C. 8301–8305, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy 
American Act’’). 
SEC. 410. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act shall be made available to any 
person or entity that has been convicted of violating the 
Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 8301–8305). 
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SEC. 411. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for first-class airline accommodations in 
contravention of sections 301–10.122 and 301–10.123 of 
title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 412. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend-
ance of more than 50 employees of a single agency or de-
partment of the United States Government, who are sta-
tioned in the United States, at any single international 
conference unless the relevant Secretary reports to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations at least 
5 days in advance that such attendance is important to 
the national interest: Provided, That for purposes of this 
section the term ‘‘international conference’’ shall mean a 
conference occurring outside of the United States attended 
by representatives of the United States Government and 
of foreign governments, international organizations, or 
nongovernmental organizations. 
SEC. 413. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available under this Act may be used by the 
Surface Transportation Board to charge or collect any fil-
ing fee for rate or practice complaints filed with the Board 
in an amount in excess of the amount authorized for dis-
trict court civil suit filing fees under section 1914 of title 
28, United States Code. 
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SEC. 414. (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 crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 
SEC. 415. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to deny an Inspector General funded 
under this Act timely access to any records, documents, 
or other materials available to the department or agency 
over which that Inspector General has responsibilities 
under the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), 
or to prevent or impede that Inspector General’s access 
to such records, documents, or other materials, under any 
provision of law, except a provision of law that expressly 
refers to the Inspector General and expressly limits the 
Inspector General’s right of access. 
(b) A department or agency covered by this section 
shall provide its Inspector General with access to all such 
records, documents, and other materials in a timely man-
ner. 
(c) Each Inspector General shall ensure compliance 
with statutory limitations on disclosure relevant to the in-
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formation provided by the establishment over which that 
Inspector General has responsibilities under the Inspector 
General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 
(d) Each Inspector General covered by this section 
shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate within 5 cal-
endar days any failures to comply with this requirement. 
SEC. 416. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to pay award 
or incentive fees for contractors whose performance has 
been judged to be below satisfactory, behind schedule, over 
budget, or has failed to meet the basic requirements of 
a contract, unless the Agency determines that any such 
deviations are due to unforeseeable events, government- 
driven scope changes, or are not significant within the 
overall scope of the project and/or program unless such 
awards or incentive fees are consistent with 16.401(e)(2) 
of the Federal Acquisition Regulations. 
SEC. 417. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person 
filling a position, other than a temporary position, for-
merly held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed 
Forces of the United States and has satisfactorily com-
pleted his or her period of active military or naval service, 
and has within 90 days after his or her release from such 
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service or from hospitalization continuing after discharge 
for a period of not more than 1 year, made application 
for restoration to his or her former position and has been 
certified by the Office of Personnel Management as still 
qualified to perform the duties of his or her former posi-
tion and has not been restored thereto. 
SEC. 418. (a) None of the funds made available by 
this Act may be used to approve a new foreign air carrier 
permit under sections 41301 through 41305 of title 49, 
United States Code, or exemption application under sec-
tion 40109 of that title of an air carrier already holding 
an air operators certificate issued by a country that is 
party to the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport 
Agreement where such approval would contravene United 
States law or Article 17 bis of the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Nor-
way Air Transport Agreement. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict or 
otherwise preclude the Secretary of Transportation from 
granting a foreign air carrier permit or an exemption to 
such an air carrier where such authorization is consistent 
with the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agree-
ment and United States law. 
SEC. 419. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development in contravention of section 312 of the Robert 
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T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5155). 
SEC. 420. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of existing Federal law 
regarding non-citizen eligibility and ineligibility for occu-
pancy in federally assisted housing or for participation in 
and assistance under Federal housing programs, including 
section 214 of the Housing and Community Development 
Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 1436a) and title IV of the Per-
sonal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation 
Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.). 
SEC. 421. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to provide any education, training, or 
professional development that utilizes, promotes, or teach-
es Critical Race Theory, any concept associated with Crit-
ical Race Theory, or that teaches or trains any idea or 
concept that condones an individual being discriminated 
against or receiving adverse or beneficial treatment based 
on race or sex, that condones an individual feeling discom-
fort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological dis-
tress on account of that individual’s race or sex, as well 
as any idea or concept that regards one race as inherently 
superior to another race, the United States or its institu-
tions as being systemically racist or sexist, an individual 
as being inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive by virtue 
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of that individual’s race or sex, an individual’s moral char-
acter as being necessarily determined by race or sex, an 
individual as bearing responsibility for actions committed 
in the past by other members of the same race or sex, 
or meritocracy being racist, sexist, or having been created 
by a particular race to oppress another race. 
SEC. 422. (a) No part of any appropriation contained 
in this Act or division J of Public Law 117–58, including 
funds for the National Passenger Railroad Corporation, 
shall be used, other than for normal and recognized execu-
tive legislative relationships, for the preparation, distribu-
tion, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, elec-
tronic communication, radio, television, or video presen-
tation designed to support or defeat the enactment of leg-
islation before the Congress, except in presentation to the 
Congress. 
(b) No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act or division J of Public Law 117–58, including funds 
for the National Passenger Railroad Corporation, 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 
or appropriations proposed or pending before the Con-
gress, other than for normal and recognized executive-leg-
islative relationships. 
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(c) Amounts repurposed pursuant to subsections (a) 
and (b) shall continue to be treated as amounts specified 
in section 103(b) of division A of Public Law 118–5. 
SEC. 423. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be made available 
to implement, administer, apply, enforce, or carry out eq-
uity action plans of the Department of Transportation, the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, or any 
other Federal agency diversity, equity, or inclusion initia-
tive, as well as Executive Order 13985 of January 20, 
2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 7009, relating to advancing racial eq-
uity and support for underserved communities through the 
Federal Government), Executive Order 14035 of June 21, 
2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 34596, relating to diversity, equity, 
inclusion, and accessibility in the Federal workforce), or 
Executive Order 14091 of February 16, 2023 (88 Fed. 
Reg. 10825, relating to further advancing racial equity 
and support for underserved communities through the 
Federal Government). 
SEC. 424. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement, enforce, or otherwise carry 
out the following: (1) Executive Order 14037, relating to 
strengthening American leadership in clean cars and 
trucks; (2) Executive Order 14057, relating to catalyzing 
clean energy industries and jobs through federal sustain-
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ability; (3) Executive Order 14096, relating to revitalizing 
our Nation’s commitment to environmental justice for all; 
(4) Executive Order 13990, relating to Protecting Public 
Health and the Environment and Restoring Science To 
Tackle the Climate Crisis; (5) Executive Order 14008, re-
lating to Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and 
Abroad; (6) Section 6 of Executive Order 14013, relating 
to Rebuilding and Enhancing Programs To Resettle Refu-
gees and Planning for the Impact of Climate Change on 
Migration; (7) Executive Order 14030, relating to Cli-
mate-Related Financial Risk; and (8) Executive Order 
14082, relating to Implementation of the Energy and In-
frastructure Provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act of 
2022. 
SEC. 425. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 7 of title 1, United States Code, section 1738C of 
title 28, United States Code, or any other provision of law, 
none of the funds provided by this Act, or previous appro-
priations Acts, shall be used in whole or in part to take 
any discriminatory action against a person, wholly or par-
tially, on the basis that such person speaks, or acts, in 
accordance with a sincerely held religious belief, or moral 
conviction, that marriage is, or should be recognized as, 
a union of one man and one woman. 
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(b) DISCRIMINATORY ACTION DEFINED.—As 
used in subsection (a), a discriminatory action means any 
action taken by the Federal Government to— 
(1) alter in any way the Federal tax treatment 
of, or cause any tax, penalty, or payment to be as-
sessed against, or deny, delay, or revoke an exemp-
tion from taxation under section 501(a) of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 of, any person referred to 
in subsection (a); 
(2) disallow a deduction for Federal tax pur-
poses of any charitable contribution made to or by 
such person; 
(3) withhold, reduce the amount or funding for, 
exclude, terminate, or otherwise make unavailable or 
deny, any Federal grant, contract, subcontract, co-
operative agreement, guarantee, loan, scholarship, li-
cense, certification, accreditation, employment, or 
other similar position or status from or to such per-
son; 
(4) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth-
erwise make unavailable or deny, any entitlement or 
benefit under a Federal benefit program, including 
admission to, equal treatment in, or eligibility for a 
degree from an educational program, from or to 
such person; or 
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(5) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth-
erwise make unavailable or deny access or an entitle-
ment to Federal property, facilities, educational in-
stitutions, speech fora (including traditional, limited, 
and nonpublic fora), or charitable fundraising cam-
paigns from or to such person. 
(c) ACCREDITATION; LICENSURE; CERTIFI-
CATION.—The Federal Government shall consider ac-
credited, licensed, or certified for purposes of Federal law 
any person that would be accredited, licensed, or certified, 
respectively, for such purposes but for a determination 
against such person wholly or partially on the basis that 
the person speaks, or acts, in accordance with a sincerely 
held religious belief or moral conviction described in sub-
section (a). 
SEC. 426. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be obligated or expended to fly or display a flag 
over a facility of a Department or agency funded by this 
Act other than the flag of the United States; the flag of 
a State, insular area, or the District of Columbia; the flag 
of a Federally recognized Tribal entity; the official flag 
of the Secretary of Transportation or the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development; the official flag of a 
U.S. Department or agency; or the POW/MIA flag. 
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SEC. 427. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to facilitate new scheduled air transpor-
tation originating from the United States if such flights 
would land on, or pass through, property confiscated by 
the Cuban Government, including property in which a mi-
nority interest was confiscated, as the terms confiscated, 
by the Cuban Government, and property are defined in 
paragraphs (4), (5), and (12)(A), respectively, of section 
4 of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity 
(LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6023 (4), (5), and 
7 (12)(A)): Provided, That for this section, new scheduled 
air transportation shall include any flights not already reg-
ularly scheduled prior to May 2022. 
SEC. 428. (a) In the table of projects in the explana-
tory statement referenced in section 417 of the Transpor-
tation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022 (division L of Public 
Law 117–103)— 
(1) the item relating to ‘‘Acquisition of new commer-
cial space’’ is deemed to be amended by striking project 
‘‘Acquisition of new commercial space’’ and inserting 
‘‘Renovation of commercial space’’; 
(2) the item relating to ‘‘Electric school bus and asso-
ciated electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure’’ is 
deemed to be amended by striking recipient ‘‘Falls Church 
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City Public Schools’’ and inserting ‘‘City of Falls 
Church’’; 
(3) the item relating to ‘‘North Commons Regional 
Vision’’ is deemed to be amended by striking recipient 
‘‘Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board’’ and inserting 
‘‘City of Minneapolis’’; 
(4) the item relating to ‘‘Orangewood Parkette’’ is 
deemed to be amended by striking project ‘‘Orangewood 
Parkette’’ and inserting ‘‘Orangewood Complete Streets’’; 
(5) the item relating to ‘‘Replacing Five Elevators in 
a Public Housing Development’’ is deemed to be amended 
by striking project ‘‘Replacing Five Elevators in a Public 
Housing Development’’ and inserting ‘‘Replacing Ele-
vators in a Public Housing Development’’; 
(6) the item relating to ‘‘Long Branch Stream Valley 
Park Pedestrian Bridge Replacements and ADA Improve-
ments’’ is deemed to be amended by striking recipient 
‘‘Montgomery County Government’’ and inserting ‘‘Mary-
land National Capital Park and Planning Commission’’; 
and 
(7) the item relating to ″Washington Gorge Action 
Programs—Goldendale Childcare and Early Learning 
Center″ 
is 
deemed 
to 
be 
amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘Goldendale’’. 
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(b) In the table of projects entitled ‘‘Community 
Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in-
cluded in the explanatory statement that accompanied the 
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023 (division L of 
Public Law 117–328)— 
(1) the item relating to ‘‘Supportive Living, Commu-
nity Day Services, and Housing Site Project for Adults 
with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities’’ is 
deemed to be amended by striking project ‘‘Supportive 
Living, Community Day Services, and Housing Site 
Project for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental 
Disabilities’’ and inserting ‘‘Community Day Services and 
Housing Expansion for Adults with Intellectual and Devel-
opmental Disabilities’’; 
(2) the item relating to ‘‘Public Library Addition’’ 
is deemed to be amended by striking project ‘‘Public Li-
brary Addition’’ and inserting ‘‘Public Library Renova-
tions’’; 
(3) the item relating to ‘‘Renovation of Snelling Motel 
to Affordable Housing for Veterans’’ is deemed to be 
amended by striking project ‘‘Renovation of Snelling Motel 
to Affordable Housing for Veterans’’ and inserting ‘‘Ac-
quisition for Affordable Housing for Veterans’’; 
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(4) the item relating to ‘‘El Centro de la Raza-Patti-
son’s West Community Campus Property Acquisition’’ is 
deemed to be amended by striking project ‘‘El Centro de 
la Raza-Pattison’s West Community Campus Property Ac-
quisition’’ and inserting ‘‘Pattison’s West Community 
Campus’’; 
(5) the item relating to ‘‘Riverbrook Regional 
YMCA’’ is deemed to be amended by striking recipient 
‘‘Riverbrook Regional Young Men’s Christian Association, 
Inc.’’ and inserting ‘‘City of Norwalk’’; 
(6) the item relating to ‘‘The SE1 Rehab’’ is deemed 
to be amended by striking recipient ‘‘The Skid Row Hous-
ing Trust’’ and inserting ‘‘PATH Ventures’’ and striking 
project ‘‘The SE1 Rehab’’ and inserting ‘‘Skid Row Per-
manent Supportive Housing Rehabilitation’’; 
(7) the item relating to ‘‘Community Aging & Retire-
ment Services, Inc.’’ is deemed to be amended by striking 
recipient ‘‘Community Aging & Retirement Services, Inc.’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Pasco County,’’ and striking project 
‘‘CARES One Stop Senior Center Acquisition and Con-
struction’’ and inserting ‘‘Senior Center Acquisition and 
Construction’’; 
(8) the item relating to ‘‘Western Flyer Coast Guard 
Pier Repair and Classroom Design’’ is deemed to be 
amended by striking project ‘‘Western Flyer Coast Guard 
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Pier Repair and Classroom Design’’ and inserting ‘‘West-
ern Flyer Pier and Classroom Repair’’; and 
(9) the item relating to ‘‘NYCHA ADA Accessibility 
and Security Lighting Project’’ is deemed to be amended 
by striking project ‘‘NYCHA ADA Accessibility and Secu-
rity Lighting Project’’ and inserting ‘‘Installation of Exte-
rior Lighting at Borinquen Plaza II’’. 
(c) In the table of projects entitled ‘‘Community 
Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in-
cluded in the explanatory statement that accompanied the 
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (division F of 
Public Law 118–42)— 
(1) the item relating to ‘‘Pawtucket Library, Sayles 
Building Re-Pointing’’ is deemed to be amended by strik-
ing project ‘‘Pawtucket Library, Sayles Building Re- 
Pointing’’ and inserting ‘‘Pawtucket Library, Sayles 
Building Renovation’’; 
(2) the item relating to ‘‘Germany Road Relocation 
Project’’ is deemed to be amended by striking project 
‘‘Germany Road Relocation Project’’ and inserting ‘‘Sewer 
Improvements’’; 
(3) the item relating to ‘‘Community Center Expan-
sion and Land Acquisition’’ is deemed to be amended by 
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striking ‘‘Expansion and Land Acquisition’’ and inserting 
‘‘Planning and Design’’; 
(4) the item relating to ‘‘Laconia, NH Hill Street Pe-
destrian Bridge Replacement’’ is deemed to be amended 
by striking ‘‘Hill Street’’ and inserting ‘‘Mill Street’’; 
(5) the item relating to ‘‘Sunnyside Community Rein-
vestment as Cultura & Traditions: Tucson, AZ’’ is deemed 
to be amended by striking recipient ‘‘Sunnyside Founda-
tion’’ and inserting ‘‘Sunnyside Unified School District’’; 
and 
(6) the item relating to ‘‘Boys and Girls Clubs of 
Puerto Rico Arecibo Clubhouse Construction Project’’ is 
deemed to be amended by striking ‘‘Boys and Girls Clubs 
of Puerto Rico Arecibo Clubhouse Construction Project’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Rehabilitation of San Lorenzo Community 
Facility of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Puerto Rico’’. 
SEC. 429. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds 
made available, limited, or otherwise affected by this Act 
shall be used to approve or otherwise authorize the imposi-
tion of any toll on any segment of highway or bridge lo-
cated on the Federal-aid system in the Commonwealth of 
Pennsylvania that— 
(1) as of the date of enactment of this Act, is not 
tolled; 
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(2) is constructed with Federal assistance provided 
under title 23, United States Code; 
(3) is constructed with Federal assistance provided 
under section 141 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; 
and 
(4) is in actual operation as of the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.— 
(1) NUMBER OF TOLL LANES.—Subsection (a) 
shall not apply to any segment of highway on the Federal- 
aid system described in that subsection that, as of the date 
on which a toll is imposed on the segment, will have the 
same number of non-toll lanes as were in existence prior 
to that date. 
(2) HIGH-OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANES.—A 
high-occupancy vehicle lane that is converted to a toll lane 
shall not be subject to this section, and shall not be consid-
ered to be a non-toll lane for purposes of determining 
whether a highway will have fewer non-toll lanes than 
prior to the date of imposition of the toll, if— 
(A) high-occupancy vehicles occupied by the 
number of passengers specified by the entity oper-
ating the toll lane may use the toll lane without pay-
ing a toll, unless otherwise specified by the appro-
priate county, town, municipal or other local govern-
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ment entity, or public toll road or transit authority; 
or 
(B) each high-occupancy vehicle lane that was 
converted to a toll lane was constructed as a tem-
porary lane to be replaced by a toll lane under a 
plan approved by the appropriate county, town, mu-
nicipal, or other local government entity or public 
toll road or transit authority. 
SEC. 430. None of the funds made available by this 
Act or any other Act may be used to consider or incor-
porate the social cost of carbon or greenhouse gases (1) 
as part of any cost-benefit analysis required or performed 
pursuant to (A) any law; (B) Executive Order No. 13990 
(86 Fed. Reg. 7037; relating to protecting public health 
and the environment and restoring science to tackle the 
climate crisis); (C) Executive Order No. 14094 (88 Fed. 
Reg. 21879; relating to modernizing regulatory review); 
(D) the Presidential memorandum entitled ‘‘Modernizing 
Regulatory Review’’ issued by the President on January 
20, 2021; (E) any revisions to Office of Management and 
Budget Circular A-4 proposed or finalized under Execu-
tive Order No. 14094; or (F) ‘‘Technical Support Docu-
ment: Social Cost of Carbon, Methane, and Nitrous Oxide 
Interim Estimates under Executive Order 13990,’’ pub-
lished under the Interagency Working Group on the Social 
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Cost of Greenhouse Gases, in February of 2021; (2) in 
any rulemaking; (3) in the issuance of guidance; (4) in 
taking any other agency action; or (5) as justification for 
any rulemaking, guidance document, or agency action. 
SEC. 431. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for air travel by the Secretary of Trans-
portation other than in economy class on a commercial 
flight. 
SEC. 432. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to purchase, install, maintain, or operate 
automated traffic enforcement cameras for purposes of 
red-light enforcement, speed enforcement, or stop sign en-
forcement. 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 433. $0. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation, Hous-
ing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 2025’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 484 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9028 
[Report No. 118–584] 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for the Departments of 
Transportation, and Housing and Urban Devel-
opment, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2025, and for other pur-
poses. 
JULY 12, 2024 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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