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(A) Public Law 105–277 a total of 
$7,052.79 under the heading ‘‘Railroad Safe-
ty’’; 
(B) Public Law 113–235 a total of 
$190,265.91 from section 153 under the head-
ing ‘‘Administrative Provisions—Federal Rail-
road Administration’’; and 
(C) Public Law 114–113 a total of 
$1,518,095.64; and 
(2) ‘‘Capital Assistance for High Speed Rail 
Corridors and Intercity Passenger Rail Service’’ ac-
count totaling $13,327,006.39 appropriated by Pub-
lic Law 111–117 is hereby permanently rescinded. 
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, $132,500,000 which 
shall remain available until September 30, 2023: Provided, 
That of the amounts made available under this heading, 
no more than $1,000,000 shall be available for the nec-
essary expenses of administering funds made available in 
paragraph (1) under the heading ‘‘Highway Infrastructure 
Programs’’ and shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided further, That upon submission to the Congress of 
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the fiscal year 2023 President’s budget, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall transmit to Congress the annual re-
port on capital investment grants, including proposed allo-
cations for fiscal year 2023. 
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 2022, $13,000,000,000, 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, 
5312, 5314, 5318, 5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339, and 
5340, as amended by the Fixing America’s Surface Trans-
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portation Act, section 20005(b) of Public Law 112–141, 
and section 3006(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface 
Transportation Act, shall not exceed total obligations of 
$12,150,348,462 in fiscal year 2022: Provided further, 
That the Federal share of the cost of activities carried 
out under 49 U.S.C. section 5312 shall not exceed 80 per-
cent, except that if there is substantial public interest or 
benefit, the Secretary may approve a greater Federal 
share. 
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, technical assistance and workforce development 
under section 5314 of such title, competitive grants under 
sections 5307 and 5311 of such title related to planning 
for zero emission vehicles, ferry boats grants under section 
5307(h) of such title, bus testing facilities under section 
5318 of such title, innovative mobility solutions grants 
under section 5312 of such title and grants to improve 
the resilience of transit assets, $580,000,000 (increased 
by $2,400,000) (increased by $1,500,000) (increased by 
$1,500,000), to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That of the sums provided under this heading— 
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(1) $203,000,000 shall be available for the 
buses and bus facilities grants as authorized under 
section 5339(b) of such title: Provided, That activi-
ties that increase green space surrounding a bus 
transportation hub structure are eligible for a grant 
under this paragraph; 
(2) $240,000,000 (increased by $2,400,000) 
(increased by $1,500,000) shall be available for the 
low or no emission grants as authorized under sec-
tion 5339(c) of such title: Provided, That the min-
imum grant award shall be not less than $750,000: 
Provided further, That grants authorized under this 
paragraph shall only be available for zero-emission 
buses and the facilities to support those buses; 
(3) $5,000,000 shall be provided under section 
5314 of such title for two centers to provide tech-
nical assistance and coordinate the bus industry 
transition to zero-emission buses; 
(4) $5,000,000 shall be available for competi-
tive grants to recipients eligible under sections 5307 
and 5311 of such title for the planning of public 
transportation service associated with the transition 
to zero-emission bus fleets: Provided, That no less 
than $1,000,000 shall be available to recipients with 
fewer than 150 buses within their bus fleets and no 
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less than $2,000,000 shall be available to recipients 
with at least 150 but not more than 500 buses with-
in their bus fleets; 
(5) $20,000,000 shall be available for ferry 
boat grants as authorized under section 5307(h) of 
such title: Provided, That amounts made available 
under this subparagraph shall only be available for 
low or zero-emission ferries or ferries using electric 
battery or fuel cell components and the infrastruc-
ture to support such ferries; 
(6) $2,000,000 shall be available for the oper-
ation and maintenance of the bus testing facilities 
selected under section 5318 of such title, and the 
Federal cost share for such amounts shall be 100 
percent; 
(7) $25,000,000 shall be available for the dem-
onstration and deployment of innovative mobility so-
lutions as authorized under section 5312 of title 49, 
United States Code, and the Federal cost share for 
such amounts shall be 100 percent: Provided, That 
such amounts shall be available for competitive re-
search or cooperative agreements that will transform 
transit systems by modeling, simulating, and imple-
menting scenario plans with an emphasis on projects 
that use artificial intelligence to facilitate planning: 
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Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide 
preference to projects that will improve access to 
jobs, housing, health care, education, and address 
food insecurity and shall also address how individ-
uals without access to advanced technology will ben-
efit from such solutions: Provided further, That any 
applicant from an urbanized area shall integrate the 
payment structures of all transit agencies within 
that urbanized area and, to the extent possible, 
other mobility solutions: Provided further, That 
grants shall be awarded to no more than 5 recipients 
and the Secretary shall require applicants to provide 
initial plans before selecting finalists; 
(8) $50,000,000 shall be available for not more 
than five competitive integrated smart mobility 
grants to recipients eligible under sections 5307 and 
5311 of title 49, United States Code, for planning 
and capital projects that support the adoption of in-
novative approaches to mobility that will improve 
safety, accessibility, air-quality, and equity in access 
to community services and economic opportunities, 
including first and last mile options such as opti-
mizing transit route planning and using integrated 
travel planning and payment systems: Provided, 
That the Secretary shall provide preference to 
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projects that will improve access to jobs, housing, 
health care, education, and address food insecurity 
and shall also address how individuals without ac-
cess to advanced technology will benefit from such 
solutions: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
provide preference to projects that include job reten-
tion and retraining for current employees: Provided 
further, That an eligible subrecipient is any entity el-
igible to be a recipient: Provided further, That the 
Federal share for projects funded under this para-
graph shall not exceed 80 percent of the net project 
cost; and 
(9) $30,000,000 (increased by $1,500,000) 
shall be available for competitive climate resilience 
and adaptation grants to recipients eligible under 
sections 5307 and 5311 of title 49, United States 
Code, for capital projects that improve the resilience 
of transit assets related to climate hazards by pro-
tecting transit infrastructure, including stations, 
tunnels, and tracks, from flooding, extreme tempera-
tures, and other climate-related hazards: Provided, 
That an eligible subrecipient is any entity eligible to 
be a recipient: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall take such measures as to ensure an equitable 
geographic distribution of funds and an equitable 
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distribution of funds among recipients eligible under 
sections 5307, 5311, and 5337 of title 49, United 
States Code: Provided further, That not more than 
15 percent of the amounts made available under this 
heading may be awarded to projects in a single 
state: Provided further, That the Federal share for 
projects funded under this paragraph shall not ex-
ceed 80 percent of the net project cost, except that 
if there is a substantial public interest or benefit, 
the Secretary may approve a greater Federal share: 
Provided further, That amounts made available by this 
heading shall be derived from the general fund: Provided 
further, That the amounts made available under this head-
ing shall not be subject to any limitation on obligations 
for transit programs set forth in any Act. 
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 5314 of 
title 49, United States Code, $7,500,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2023: 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, 
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United States Code, and section 3005(b) of the Fixing 
America’s Surface Transportation Act (Public Law 114– 
94), $2,473,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2025: Provided, That the Secretary shall continue to 
administer the Capital Investment Grants Program in ac-
cordance with the procedural and substantive require-
ments of section 5309 of title 49, United States Code, and 
of section 3005(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface Trans-
portation Act: Provided further, That projects that receive 
a grant agreement under the Expedited Project Delivery 
for Capital Investment Grants Pilot Program under sec-
tion 3005(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface Transpor-
tation Act shall be deemed eligible for funding provided 
for projects under section 5309 of title 49, United States 
Code, without further evaluation or rating under such sec-
tion: Provided further, That such funding shall not exceed 
the Federal 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 
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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. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 160. The limitations on obligations for the pro-
grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not 
apply to any authority under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously 
made available for obligation, or to any other authority 
previously made available for obligation. 
SEC. 161. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds appropriated or limited by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Capital Investment Grants’’ of the Federal 
Transit Administration for projects specified in this Act 
or identified in the report accompanying this Act not obli-
gated by September 30, 2025, and other recoveries, shall 
be directed to projects eligible to use the funds for the 
purposes for which they were originally provided. 
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SEC. 162. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, any funds appropriated before October 1, 2021, under 
any section of chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, 
that remain available for expenditure, may be transferred 
to and administered under the most recent appropriation 
heading for any such section. 
SEC. 163. None of the funds made available by this 
Act or any other Act shall be used to adjust apportion-
ments or withhold funds from apportionments pursuant 
to section 9503(e)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 (26 U.S.C. 9503(e)(4)). 
SEC. 164. An eligible recipient of a grant under sec-
tion 5339(c) may submit an application in partnership 
with other entities, including a transit vehicle manufac-
turer, that intend to participate in the implementation of 
a project under section 5339(c) of title 49, United States 
Code, and a project awarded with such partnership shall 
be treated as satisfying the requirement for a competitive 
procurement under section 5325(a) of title 49, United 
States Code, for the named entity. 
SEC. 165. None of the funds made available by this 
Act or any other Act shall be used to impede or hinder 
project advancement or approval for any project seeking 
a Federal contribution from the capital investment grant 
program of greater than 40 percent of project costs as 
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authorized under section 5309 of title 49, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 166. Of the unobligated amounts made available 
for prior fiscal years to Formula Grants in Treasury Ac-
count 69–X–1129, a total of $6,734,356 are hereby per-
manently rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may be 
rescinded from amounts that were designated by the Con-
gress as an emergency or disaster relief requirement pur-
suant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
GREAT LAKES ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT 
CORPORATION 
The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development 
Corporation is hereby authorized to make such expendi-
tures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority 
available to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and 
to make such contracts and commitments without regard 
to fiscal year limitations, as provided by section 9104 of 
title 31, United States Code, as may be necessary in car-
rying out the programs set forth in the Corporation’s 
budget for the current fiscal year. 
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 
(HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses to conduct the operations, 
maintenance, and capital infrastructure activities on por-
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tions of the St. Lawrence Seaway owned, operated, and 
maintained by the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway De-
velopment Corporation, $40,000,000, to be derived from 
the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to section 
210 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 
U.S.C. 2238): Provided, That of the amounts made avail-
able under this heading, not more than $14,500,000 shall 
be for the seaway infrastructure program: Provided fur-
ther, That $1,500,000 of the unobligated balances from 
the amounts made available for capital asset renewal ac-
tivities under the heading ‘‘Saint Lawrence Seaway Devel-
opment Corporation—Operations and Maintenance’’ in 
any prior Act may be used to conduct the operations and 
maintenance of the Seaway International Bridge. 
MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a 
U.S.-flag merchant fleet as authorized under chapter 531 
of title 46, United States Code, to serve the national secu-
rity needs of the United States, $318,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
CABLE SECURITY FLEET 
For the cable security fleet program, as authorized 
under chapter 532 of title 46, United States Code, 
$10,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
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TANKER SECURITY FLEET 
For necessary expenses to establish and maintain a 
fleet of United States-flagged product tank vessels as au-
thorized under chapter 534 of title 46, United States 
Code, $60,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That the amounts made available under this 
heading shall become available on the effective date speci-
fied in section 3511(d)(1) of the William M. (Mac) Thorn-
berry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2021 (Public Law 116–283). 
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses of operations and training ac-
tivities authorized by law, $171,253,000: Provided, That 
of the amounts made available under this heading— 
(1) $83,675,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2023, shall be for the operations of the 
United States Merchant Marine Academy; 
(2) $10,500,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for facilities maintenance and re-
pair, equipment, and capital improvements at the 
United States Merchant Marine Academy; 
(3) $6,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2023, shall be for the Maritime Environ-
mental and Technical Assistance program authorized 
under section 50307 of title 46, United States Code: 
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Provided, That not less than $4,000,000 shall be for 
activities authorized under subparagraphs (A) and 
(B) of section 50307(b)(1) of title 46, United States 
Code, that reduce vessel and port air emissions; and 
(4) $14,819,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for the America’s Marine Highway 
Program to make grants for the purposes authorized 
under paragraphs (1) and (3) of section 55601(b) of 
title 46, United States Code: Provided, That the 
Secretary shall give preference to those projects that 
reduce air emissions and vehicle miles traveled: 
Provided further, That the Administrator of the Maritime 
Administration shall transmit to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations the annual report on sexual 
assault and sexual harassment at the United States Mer-
chant Marine Academy as required pursuant to section 
3510 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2017 (46 U.S.C. 51318): Provided further, That 
available balances under this heading for the Short Sea 
Transportation Program (now known as the America’s 
Marine Highway Program) from prior year recoveries 
shall be available to carry out activities authorized under 
paragraphs (1) and (3) of section 55601(b) of title 46, 
United States Code. 
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STATE MARITIME ACADEMY OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of operations, support, and 
training 
activities 
for 
State 
Maritime 
Academies, 
$363,300,000: Provided, That of the amounts made avail-
able under this heading— 
(1) $30,500,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for maintenance, repair, life exten-
sion, insurance, and capacity improvement of Na-
tional Defense Reserve Fleet training ships, and for 
support of training ship operations at the State 
Maritime Academies, of which not more than 
$8,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be for expenses related to training mariners; and for 
costs associated with training vessel sharing pursu-
ant to section 51504(g)(3) of title 46, United States 
Code, for costs associated with mobilizing, operating 
and demobilizing the vessel, including travel costs 
for students, faculty and crew, the costs of the gen-
eral agent, crew costs, fuel, insurance, operational 
fees, and vessel hire costs, as determined by the Sec-
retary; 
(2) $320,600,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for the National Security Multi-Mis-
sion Vessel Program, including funds for construc-
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tion, planning, administration, and design of school 
ships; 
(3) $2,400,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2026, shall be for the Student Incentive 
Program; 
(4) $3,800,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for training ship fuel assistance; 
and 
(5) $6,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2023, shall be for direct payments for 
State Maritime Academies. 
ASSISTANCE TO SMALL SHIPYARDS 
To make grants to qualified shipyards as authorized 
under section 54101 of title 46, United States Code, 
$20,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
SHIP DISPOSAL 
For necessary expenses related to the disposal of ob-
solete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the 
Maritime Administration, $7,508,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the guaran-
teed loan program, $3,019,000, which shall be transferred 
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to and merged with the appropriations for ‘‘Maritime Ad-
ministration—Operations and Training’’. 
PORT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 
To make grants to improve port facilities as author-
ized under section 50302(c) of title 46, United States 
Code, $300,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That projects eligible for amounts made avail-
able under this heading shall be projects for coastal sea-
ports, inland river ports, or Great Lakes ports: Provided 
further, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading, not less than $275,000,000 shall be for coastal 
seaports or Great Lakes ports: Provided further, That the 
Maritime Administration shall distribute amounts made 
available under this heading as discretionary grants to 
port authorities or commissions or their subdivisions and 
agents under existing authority, as well as to a State or 
political subdivision of a State or local government, a trib-
al government, a public agency or publicly chartered au-
thority established by one or more States, a special pur-
pose district with a transportation function, a multistate 
or multijurisdictional group of entities, or a lead entity 
described above jointly with a private entity or group of 
private entities: Provided further, That projects eligible for 
amounts made available under this heading shall be de-
signed to improve the safety, efficiency, or reliability of 
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the movement of goods into, out of, around, or within a 
port and located— 
(1) within the boundary of a port; or 
(2) outside the boundary of a port, and directly 
related to port operations, or to an intermodal con-
nection to a port: 
Provided further, That projects eligible for amounts made 
available under this heading shall be only for— 
(1) port gate improvements; 
(2) road improvements both within and con-
necting to the port; 
(3) rail improvements both within and con-
necting to the port; 
(4) 
berth 
improvements 
(including 
docks, 
wharves, piers and dredging incidental to the im-
provement project); 
(5) fixed landside improvements in support of 
cargo operations (such as silos, elevators, conveyors, 
container terminals, Ro/Ro structures including 
parking garages necessary for intermodal freight 
transfer, warehouses including refrigerated facilities, 
lay-down areas, transit sheds, and other such facili-
ties); 
(6) utilities necessary for safe operations (in-
cluding lighting, stormwater, and other such im-
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provements that are incidental to a larger infrastruc-
ture project); 
(7) facilities improvements that reduce port air 
emissions and environmental impacts (such as elec-
trification of port facilities, electric vehicle charging, 
zero emission vehicle infrastructure, alternative fuel 
infrastructure, shorepower, and non-road vehicles, 
engines, and other such facilities used in support of 
cargo operations); 
(8) construction activities that improve natural 
disaster preparedness and resiliency (including miti-
gation and adaptation planning); or 
(9) a combination of activities described above: 
Provided further, That projects eligible for amounts made 
available under this heading may not include the purchase 
or installation of fully automated cargo handling equip-
ment or terminal infrastructure that is designed for fully 
automated cargo handling equipment: Provided further, 
That for the purposes of the preceding proviso, ‘‘fully 
automated cargo handling equipment’’ means cargo han-
dling equipment that is remotely operated or remotely 
monitored and does not require the exercise of human 
intervention or control: Provided further, That a grant 
award under this heading shall be not less than 
$1,000,000: Provided further, That the proceeds of Fed-
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eral credit assistance under chapter 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) shall be considered to be part of the non- 
Federal share of project costs if the loan is repayable from 
non-Federal funds, unless otherwise requested. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—MARITIME 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, in addition to any existing authority, the Mari-
time Administration is authorized to furnish utilities and 
services and make necessary repairs in connection with 
any lease, contract, or occupancy involving Government 
property under control of the Maritime Administration: 
Provided, That payments received therefor shall be cred-
ited to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof and 
shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That rental payments under any such lease, contract, or 
occupancy for items other than such utilities, services, or 
repairs shall be deposited into the Treasury as miscella-
neous receipts. 
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PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONAL EXPENSES 
For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline 
and 
Hazardous 
Materials 
Safety 
Administration, 
$29,100,000, of which $4,500,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2024: Provided, That the Secretary 
of Transportation shall issue a final rule on automatic and 
remote-controlled shut-off valves and hazardous liquid 
pipeline facilities leak detection systems as required under 
section 4 and section 8 of the Pipeline Safety, Regulatory 
Certainty, and Job Creation Act of 2011 (Public Law 
112–90), respectively, not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the 
amounts made available under this heading shall be re-
duced by $5,000 per day for each day that such rule has 
not been issued following the expiration of the deadline 
set forth in the preceding proviso. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous 
materials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous 
Materials Safety Administration, $66,391,500, to remain 
available until September 30, 2024: Provided, That up to 
$800,000 in fees collected under section 5108(g) of title 
49, United States Code, shall be deposited in the general 
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fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided fur-
ther, 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, for reports 
publication and dissemination, and for travel expenses in-
curred in performance of hazardous materials exemptions 
and approvals functions. 
PIPELINE SAFETY 
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND) 
(OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND) 
For expenses necessary to carry out a pipeline safety 
program, as authorized by section 60107 of title 49, 
United States Code, and to discharge the pipeline program 
responsibilities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (Public 
Law 101–380), $182,650,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2024, of which $27,650,000 shall be de-
rived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which 
$146,600,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety 
Fund; of which $400,000 shall be derived from the fees 
collected under section 60303 of title 49, United States 
Code, and deposited in the Liquefied Natural Gas Siting 
Account for compliance reviews of liquefied natural gas 
facilities; and of which $8,000,000 shall be derived from 
fees collected under section 60302 of title 49, United 
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States Code, and deposited in the Underground Natural 
Gas Storage Facility Safety Account for the purpose of 
carrying out section 60141 of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided, That not less than $1,058,000 of the amounts 
made available under this heading shall be for the One- 
Call State grant program: Provided further, That any 
amounts made available under this heading in this Act or 
in prior Acts for research contracts, grants, cooperative 
agreements or research other transactions agreements 
(‘‘OTAs’’) shall require written notification to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than 
3 full business days before such research contracts, grants, 
cooperative agreements, or research OTAs are announced 
by the Department of Transportation: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall transmit to the House and Sen-
ate Committees on Appropriations the report on pipeline 
safety testing enhancement as required pursuant to sec-
tion 105 of the Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines 
and Enhancing Safety Act of 2020 (division R of Public 
Law 116–260): Provided further, That the Secretary may 
obligate amounts made available under this heading to en-
gineer, erect, alter, and repair buildings or make any other 
public improvements for research facilities at the Trans-
portation Technology Center after the Secretary submits 
an updated research plan and the report in the preceding 
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proviso to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations and after such plan and report in the preceding 
proviso are approved by the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations. 
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND) 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Emergency 
Preparedness 
Grants 
program, 
not 
more 
than 
$28,318,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2024, from amounts made available by section 5116(h) 
and subsections (b) and (c) of section 5128 of title 49, 
United States Code: Provided, That notwithstanding sec-
tion 5116(h)(4) of title 49, United States Code, not more 
than 4 percent of the amounts made available from this 
account shall be available to pay administrative costs of 
carrying out sections 5116, 5107(e), and 5108(g)(2) of 
title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That not-
withstanding subsections (b) and (c) of section 5128 of 
title 49, United States Code, and the limitation on obliga-
tions provided under this heading, prior year recoveries 
recognized in the current year shall be available to develop 
and deliver hazardous materials emergency response train-
ing for emergency responders, including response activities 
for the transportation of crude oil, ethanol, flammable liq-
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uids, and other hazardous commodities by rail, consistent 
with National Fire Protection Association standards, and 
to make such training available through an electronic for-
mat: Provided further, That the prior year recoveries made 
available under this heading shall also be available to carry 
out sections 5116(a)(1)(C), 5116(h), 5116(i), and 5107(e) 
of title 49, United States Code. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978, as amended, $103,150,000: Provided, 
That the Inspector General shall have all necessary au-
thority, in carrying out the duties specified in the Inspec-
tor General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to inves-
tigate allegations of fraud, including false statements to 
the government (18 U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity 
that is subject to regulation by the Department of Trans-
portation. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF 
TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 180. (a) During the current fiscal year, applica-
ble appropriations to the Department of Transportation 
shall be available for maintenance and operation of air-
craft; hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; pur-
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chase of liability insurance for motor vehicles operating 
in foreign countries on official department business; and 
uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 
5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code. 
(b) During the current fiscal year, applicable appro-
priations to the Department and its operating administra-
tions shall be available for the purchase, maintenance, op-
eration, and deployment of unmanned aircraft systems 
that advance the missions of the Department of Transpor-
tation or an operating administration of the Department 
of Transportation. 
(c) Any unmanned aircraft system purchased, pro-
cured, or contracted for by the Department prior to the 
date of enactment of this Act shall be deemed authorized 
by Congress as if this provision was in effect when the 
system was purchased, procured, or contracted for. 
SEC. 181. Appropriations contained in this Act for 
the Department of Transportation shall be available for 
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 an Executive Level 
IV. 
SEC. 182. (a) No recipient of amounts made available 
by this Act shall disseminate personal information (as de-
fined in section 2725(3) of title 18, United States Code) 
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obtained by a State department of motor vehicles in con-
nection with a motor vehicle record as defined in section 
2725(1) of title 18, United States Code, except as pro-
vided in section 2721 of title 18, United States Code, for 
a use permitted under section 2721 of title 18, United 
States Code. 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall not withhold amounts made available by this Act for 
any grantee if a State is in noncompliance with this provi-
sion. 
SEC. 183. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be available for salaries and expenses of more 
than 125 political and Presidential appointees in the De-
partment of Transportation: Provided, That none of the 
personnel covered by this provision may be assigned on 
temporary detail outside the Department of Transpor-
tation. 
SEC. 184. Funds received by the Federal Highway 
Administration and Federal Railroad Administration from 
States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, 
and private sources for expenses incurred for training may 
be credited respectively to the Federal Highway Adminis-
tration’s ‘‘Federal-Aid Highways’’ account and to the Fed-
eral Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Operations’’ 
account, except for State rail safety inspectors partici-
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pating in training pursuant to section 20105 of title 49, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 185. None of the funds made available by this 
Act to the Department of Transportation may be used to 
make a loan, loan guarantee, line of credit, letter of intent, 
federally funded cooperative agreement, full funding grant 
agreement, or discretionary grant unless the Secretary of 
Transportation notifies the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations not less than 3 full business days before 
any project competitively selected to receive any discre-
tionary grant award, letter of intent, loan commitment, 
loan guarantee commitment, line of credit commitment, 
federally funded cooperative agreement, or full funding 
grant agreement is announced by the Department or its 
operating administrations: Provided, That the Secretary 
of Transportation shall provide the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations with a comprehensive list 
of all such loans, loan guarantees, lines of credit, letters 
of intent, federally funded cooperative agreements, full 
funding grant agreements, and discretionary grants prior 
to the notification required under the preceding proviso: 
Provided further, That the Secretary gives concurrent noti-
fication to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations for any ‘‘quick release’’ of funds from the emer-
gency relief program: Provided further, That no notifica-
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tion shall involve funds that are not available for obliga-
tion. 
SEC. 186. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, 
minor fees, and other funds received by the Department 
of Transportation from travel management centers, 
charge card programs, the subleasing of building space, 
and miscellaneous sources are to be credited to appropria-
tions of the Department of Transportation and allocated 
to organizational units of the Department of Transpor-
tation using fair and equitable criteria and such funds 
shall be available until expended. 
SEC. 187. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, if any funds provided by or limited by this Act are 
subject to a reprogramming action that requires notice to 
be provided to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations, transmission of such reprogramming notice 
shall be provided solely to the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations, and such reprogramming action 
shall be approved or denied solely by the House and Sen-
ate Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That the 
Secretary of Transportation may provide notice to other 
congressional committees of the action of the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations on such reprogram-
ming but not sooner than 30 days after the date on which 
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the reprogramming action has been approved or denied by 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 188. Funds appropriated by this Act to the op-
erating administrations may be obligated for the Office of 
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 operating administration 
or administrations. 
SEC. 189. 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. 190. The Department of Transportation may 
use funds provided by this Act, or any other Act, to assist 
a contract under title 49 or 23 of the United States Code 
utilizing geographic, economic, or any other hiring pref-
erence not otherwise authorized by law, or to amend a 
rule, regulation, policy or other measure that forbids a re-
cipient of a Federal Highway Administration or Federal 
Transit Administration grant from imposing such hiring 
preference on a contract or construction project with 
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which the Department 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-
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. 191. The Secretary of Transportation shall co-
ordinate with the Secretary of Homeland Security to en-
sure that best practices for Industrial Control Systems 
Procurement are up-to-date and shall ensure that systems 
procured with funds provided under this title were pro-
cured using such practices. 
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This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans-
portation Appropriations Act, 2022’’. 
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-
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, 
$15,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2023: Provided, That not to exceed $25,000 of the amount 
made available under this heading shall be available to the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (referred 
to in this title as the ‘‘Secretary’’) for official reception 
and representation expenses as the Secretary may deter-
mine. 
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Administra-
tive 
Support 
Offices, 
$594,418,000 
(reduced 
by 
$2,000,000) (increased by $594,418,000) (reduced by 
$594,418,000), to remain available until September 30, 
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2023: Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this 
heading— 
(1) $77,906,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Chief Financial Officer; 
(2) $112,274,000 shall be available for the Of-
fice of the General Counsel, of which not less than 
$20,000,000 shall be for the Departmental Enforce-
ment Center; 
(3) $276,843,000 (reduced by $2,000,000) 
shall be available for the Office of the Assistant Sec-
retary for Administration (which includes the Office 
of Administration, the Office of the Chief Human 
Capital Officer, and the Office of the Chief Procure-
ment Officer), of which not more than $5,143,000 
may be for modernization and deferred maintenance 
of the Weaver Building; 
(4) $59,652,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Field Policy and Management; 
(5) $4,300,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Departmental Equal Employment Opportunity; 
and 
(6) $63,443,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Chief Information Officer: 
Provided further, That funds made available under this 
heading may be used for necessary administrative and 
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non-administrative expenses of the Department, not other-
wise provided for, including purchase of uniforms, or al-
lowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 
5902 of title 5, United States Code; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; and services as authorized by section 3109 
of title 5, United States Code: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, funds appro-
priated under this heading may be used for advertising 
and promotional activities that directly support program 
activities funded in this title: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall provide the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations quarterly written notification regarding 
the status of pending congressional reports: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall provide in electronic form 
all signed reports required by Congress. 
PROGRAM OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Program Of-
fices, $950,329,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2023: Provided, That of the sums appropriated under 
this heading— 
(1) $258,896,000 shall be available for the Of-
fice of Public and Indian Housing, of which not less 
than $39,000,000 shall be for the Office of Native 
American Programs; 
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(2) $142,381,000 (reduced by $1,000,000) 
shall be available for the Office of Community Plan-
ning and Development; 
(3) $412,703,000 shall be available for the Of-
fice of Housing, of which not less than $13,300,000 
shall be for the Office of Recapitalization; 
(4) $37,320,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Policy Development and Research; 
(5) $88,726,000 (increased by $1,000,000) 
shall be available for the Office of Fair Housing and 
Equal Opportunity; and 
(6) $10,303,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes. 
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 only for Federal 
shared services used by offices and agencies of the Depart-
ment, and for any such portion of any office or agency’s 
printing, records management, space renovation, fur-
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niture, or supply services the Secretary has determined 
shall be provided through the Fund, and the operational 
expenses of the Fund: Provided, That amounts within the 
Fund shall not be available to provide services not specifi-
cally authorized under this heading: Provided further, 
That upon a determination by the Secretary that any 
other service (or portion thereof) authorized under this 
heading shall be provided through the Fund, amounts 
made available in this title for salaries and expenses under 
the headings ‘‘Executive Offices’’, ‘‘Administrative Sup-
port Offices’’, ‘‘Program Offices’’, and ‘‘Government Na-
tional Mortgage Association’’, for such services shall be 
transferred to the Fund, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That the Secretary shall notify 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations of 
its plans for executing such transfers at least 15 days in 
advance of such transfers. 
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.) (in this title ‘‘the Act’’), not otherwise provided 
for, $25,215,714,000, to remain available until expended, 
which shall be available on October 1, 2021 (in addition 
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to the $4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this 
heading that shall be available on October 1, 2021), and 
$4,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, which 
shall be available on October 1, 2022: Provided, That the 
amounts made available under this heading are provided 
as follows: 
(1) $24,950,926,000 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 2022 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 
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vouchers: Provided further, That costs associated 
with any foregone increases in tenant rent payments 
due to the implementation of rent incentives as au-
thorized pursuant to waivers or alternative require-
ments of the Jobs-Plus initiative as described under 
the heading ‘‘Self-Sufficiency Programs’’ shall be re-
newed: Provided further, That funds provided under 
this paragraph in this Act and prior Acts may be 
used to fund a total number of unit months under 
lease which exceeds a public housing agency’s au-
thorized level of units under contract, except for 
public housing agencies participating in the Moving 
to Work (MTW) demonstration, which are instead 
governed in accordance with the requirements of the 
MTW demonstration program or their MTW agree-
ments, if any: Provided further, That amounts 
repurposed pursuant to the preceding proviso that 
were previously designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
or a concurrent resolution on the budget are des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 1(f), or as being for dis-
aster relief pursuant to section 1(g), respectively, of 
H. Res. 467 as engrossed in the House of Rep-
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resentatives on June 14, 2021: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall, to the extent necessary to 
stay within the amount specified under this para-
graph (except as otherwise modified under this para-
graph), prorate each public housing agency’s alloca-
tion otherwise established pursuant to this para-
graph: Provided further, That except as provided in 
the following provisos, the entire amount specified 
under this paragraph (except as otherwise modified 
under this paragraph) shall be obligated to the pub-
lic housing agencies based on the allocation and pro 
rata method described above, and the Secretary shall 
notify public housing agencies of their annual budget 
by the latter of 60 days after enactment of this Act 
or March 1, 2022: 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 in accordance 
with the requirements of the MTW demonstration 
program or their MTW agreements, if any, and shall 
be subject to the same pro rata adjustments under 
the previous provisos: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may offset public housing agencies’ cal-
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endar year 2022 allocations based on the excess 
amounts of public housing agencies’ net restricted 
assets accounts, including HUD-held programmatic 
reserves (in accordance with VMS data in calendar 
year 2021 that is verifiable and complete), as deter-
mined by the Secretary: Provided further, That pub-
lic housing agencies participating in the MTW dem-
onstration shall also be subject to the offset, as de-
termined by the Secretary, excluding amounts sub-
ject to the single fund budget authority provisions of 
their MTW agreements, from the agencies’ calendar 
year 2022 MTW funding allocation: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall use any offset referred 
to in the previous two provisos throughout the cal-
endar year to prevent the termination of rental as-
sistance for families as the result of insufficient 
funding, as determined by the Secretary, and to 
avoid or reduce the proration of renewal funding al-
locations: Provided further, That up to $100,000,000 
shall be available only: (1) for adjustments in the al-
locations for public housing agencies, after applica-
tion for an adjustment by a public housing agency 
that experienced a significant increase, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, in renewal costs of vouchers 
(including Mainstream vouchers) resulting from un-
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foreseen circumstances or from portability under 
section 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 pursu-
ant to section 8(o)(13) of the Act, or an adjustment 
for a funding obligation not yet expended in the pre-
vious calendar year for a MTW-eligible activity to 
develop affordable housing for an agency added to 
the MTW demonstration under the expansion au-
thority provided in section 239 of the Transpor-
tation, Housing and Urban Development, and Re-
lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (division L 
of Public Law 114–113); (3) for adjustments for 
costs associated with HUD–Veterans Affairs Sup-
portive Housing (HUD–VASH) vouchers; (4) for 
public housing agencies that despite taking reason-
able cost savings measures, as determined by the 
Secretary, would otherwise be required to terminate 
rental assistance for families, including Mainstream 
families, as a result of insufficient funding; (5) for 
adjustments in the allocations for public housing 
agencies that (i) are leasing a lower-than-average 
percentage of their authorized vouchers, (ii) have low 
amounts of budget authority in their net restricted 
assets accounts and HUD-held programmatic re-
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serves, relative to other agencies, and (iii) are not 
participating in the Moving to Work demonstration, 
to enable such agencies to lease more vouchers; and 
(6) for public housing agencies that have experi-
enced increased costs or loss of units in an area for 
which the President declared a disaster under title 
IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 et seq.): 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall allocate 
amounts under the previous proviso based on need, 
as determined by the Secretary; 
(2) $100,000,000 shall be for section 8 rental 
assistance 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 (including victims of violent 
crimes) in connection with efforts to combat crime 
in public and assisted housing pursuant to a request 
from a law enforcement or prosecution agency, en-
hanced vouchers under any provision of law author-
izing such assistance under section 8(t) of the Act, 
Choice Neighborhood vouchers, mandatory and vol-
untary conversions, and tenant protection assistance 
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including replacement and relocation assistance or 
for project-based assistance to prevent the displace-
ment of unassisted elderly tenants currently residing 
in section 202 properties financed between 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 of the 
amounts made available under this paragraph, up to 
$10,000,000 shall be available to provide public 
housing agencies with enhanced vouchers for fami-
lies residing in State-assisted projects financed be-
tween 1970 and 1979 that were subject to a use 
agreement under the Low-Income Housing Preserva-
tion and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990 (title 
VI of Public Law 101–625; LIHPRHA) or the 
Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation Act 
of 1987 (title II of Public Law 100–242; ELIHPA) 
on the date the affordability protections at such 
projects expire or terminate during calendar years 
2021 and 2022: Provided further, That the State 
housing finance agency shall submit the request to 
the Secretary for enhanced vouchers for families re-
siding in such eligible State-assisted projects no 
later than the latter of 120 days prior to the expira-
tion or termination of affordability protections at 
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such projects or 120 days after enactment of this 
Act: Provided further, That such enhanced vouchers 
shall not be considered replacement vouchers: Pro-
vided further, That when a public housing develop-
ment is submitted for demolition or disposition 
under section 18 of the Act, the Secretary shall pro-
vide section 8 rental assistance when the units pose 
an imminent health and safety risk to residents: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may provide 
section 8 rental assistance from amounts made 
available under this paragraph for units assisted 
under a project-based subsidy contract funded under 
the ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’’ heading 
under this title where the owner has received a No-
tice of Default and the units pose an imminent 
health and safety risk to residents: Provided further, 
That to the extent that the Secretary determines 
that such units are not feasible for continued rental 
assistance payments or transfer of the subsidy con-
tract associated with such units to another project 
or projects and owner or owners, any remaining 
amounts associated with such units under such con-
tract shall be recaptured and such recaptured 
amounts, in an amount equal to the cost of rental 
assistance provided pursuant to the previous proviso, 
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up to the total amounts recaptured, shall be trans-
ferred to and merged with amounts used under this 
paragraph: Provided further, That of the amounts 
made available under this paragraph, no less than 
$5,000,000 may be available to provide tenant pro-
tection assistance, not otherwise provided under this 
paragraph, to residents residing in low vacancy 
areas and who may have to pay rents greater than 
30 percent of household income, as the result of: (A) 
the maturity of a HUD-insured, HUD-held, or sec-
tion 202 loan that requires the permission of the 
Secretary prior to loan prepayment; (B) the expira-
tion of a rental assistance contract for which the 
tenants are not eligible for enhanced voucher or ten-
ant protection assistance under existing law; or (C) 
the expiration of affordability restrictions accom-
panying a mortgage or preservation program admin-
istered by the Secretary: Provided further, That such 
tenant protection assistance made available under 
the previous proviso may be provided under the au-
thority of section 8(t) or section 8(o)(13) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f(t)): Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
issue guidance to implement the previous provisos, 
including, but not limited to, requirements for defin-
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