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5, United States Code, to any Federal Aviation Administration 
employee unless such employee actually performed work during 
the time corresponding to such premium pay. 
SEC. 115. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be obligated or expended for an employee of the Federal Aviation 
Administration to purchase a store gift card or gift certificate 
through use of a Government-issued credit card. 
SEC. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
of the funds made available under this Act or any prior Act may 
be used to implement or to continue to implement any limitation 
on the ability of any owner or operator of a private aircraft to 
obtain, upon a request to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration, a blocking of that owner’s or operator’s aircraft 
registration number, Mode S transponder code, flight identification, 
call sign, or similar identifying information from any ground based 
display to the public that would allow the real-time or near real- 
time flight tracking of that aircraft’s movements, except data made 
available to a Government agency, for the noncommercial flights 
of that owner or operator. 
SEC. 117. None of the funds made available by this Act shall 
be available for salaries and expenses of more than nine political 
and Presidential appointees in the Federal Aviation Administration: 
Provided, That of the nine political and Presidential appointee 
positions in the Federal Aviation Administration, not less than 
one position shall be within each of the following offices and no 
appointee shall be in any other office: the Office of the Adminis-
trator, the Office of the Deputy Administrator, the Office of the 
General Counsel, the Office of Government and Industry Affairs, 
the Office of Communications, the Office of Airports, and the Office 
for Policy, International Affairs, and Environment. 
SEC. 118. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to increase fees pursuant to section 44721 of title 49, 
United States Code, until the Federal Aviation Administration pro-
vides to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a 
report that justifies all fees related to aeronautical navigation prod-
ucts and explains how such fees are consistent with Executive 
Order No. 13642. 
SEC. 119. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to close a regional operations center of the Federal Aviation 
Administration or reduce its services or personnel unless the 
Administrator notifies the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations not less than 90 full business days in advance. 
SEC. 119A. None of the funds made available by or limited 
by this Act may be used to change weight restrictions or prior 
permission rules at Teterboro airport in Teterboro, New Jersey. 
SEC. 119B. None of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration to withhold from consideration and approval any new 
application for participation in the contract tower program, or for 
reevaluation of cost-share program participants so long as the Fed-
eral Aviation Administration has received an application from the 
airport, and so long as the Administrator determines such tower 
is eligible using the factors set forth in Federal Aviation Administra-
tion published establishment criteria. 
SEC. 119C. None of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used to open, close, redesignate as a lesser office, or reorga-
nize a regional office, the aeronautical center, or the technical
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center unless the Administrator does so in compliance with section 
405 of this Act. 
SEC. 119D. Notwithstanding subsection (a)(7) of section 405, 
activities creating, reorganizing, or restructuring an organizational 
unit of the Federal Aviation Administration are not subject to 
the requirements of section 405 unless those activities would change 
the organization chart provided as an exhibit to section 1 of the 
President’s Budget justification. 
SEC. 119E. For an additional amount for ‘‘Grants-in-aid for 
Airports’’, up to $3,500,000 shall be available through September 
30, 2028, for necessary expenses, including an independent 
verification regime, to provide reimbursement to airport sponsors 
that do not provide gateway operations and providers of general 
aviation ground support services, or other aviation tenants, located 
at those airports closed during a temporary flight restriction (TFR) 
for any residence of the President that is designated or identified 
to be secured by the United States Secret Service, and for direct 
and incremental financial losses incurred while such airports are 
closed solely due to the actions of the Federal Government: Pro-
vided, That such amounts shall be derived from balances remaining 
from amounts appropriated for such purposes in prior Acts: Pro-
vided further, That such amounts shall not be subject to any limita-
tion on obligations for the Grants-in-Aid for Airports program set 
forth in any Act: Provided further, That no funds shall be obligated 
or distributed to airport sponsors that do not provide gateway 
operations and providers of general aviation ground support services 
until an independent audit is completed: Provided further, That 
losses incurred as a result of violations of law, or through fault 
or negligence, of such operators and service providers or of third 
parties (including airports) are not eligible for reimbursements: 
Provided further, That obligation and expenditure of funds are 
conditional upon full release of the United States Government for 
all claims for financial losses resulting from such actions. 
SEC. 119F. Section 44502(e) of title 49, United States Code, 
shall be applied by inserting the following after paragraph (4): 
‘‘(5) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) SYSTEMS OR EQUIPMENT.—Eligible air traffic sys-
tems or equipment identified in subparagraphs (A) through 
(C) of paragraph (3) of this subsection to be transferred 
to the Administrator under this subsection must have been 
purchased by the transferor airport on or after October 
5, 2018. 
‘‘(B) OTHER
SYSTEMS
OR
EQUIPMENT.—Eligible air 
traffic systems or equipment identified in subparagraph 
(D) of paragraph (3) of this subsection to be transferred 
to the Administrator under this subsection must have been 
purchased by the transferor airport on or after October 
1, 2024. 
‘‘(6) AIRPORTS CLASSIFIED AS A BASIC OR LOCAL GENERAL 
AVIATION AIRPORT.—An airport that is categorized as a basic 
or local general aviation airport under the most recently pub-
lished national plan of integrated airport systems under section 
47103 may only transfer an eligible air traffic system or equip-
ment under this subsection in accordance with the exception 
provided in paragraph (4) if such system or equipment was 
purchased by the transferor airport on or after October 1, 
2024.’’.
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SEC. 119G. None of the funds in this or any other Act shall 
be used to plan, design, or implement the privatization or separation 
of the air traffic organization functions of the Federal Aviation 
Administration. 
SEC. 119H. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this or any other Act may be used for the construction 
of a new Air Traffic Control Training Academy except for the 
Federal Aviation Administration’s existing Training Academy 
located at the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center. 
SEC. 119I. Notwithstanding section 40122(c) of title 49, United 
States Code, for this year and thereafter, the Administrator of 
the Federal Aviation Administration, in consultation with the Fed-
eral Air Surgeon, may increase the annual rate of basic pay for 
positions in the Office of Aerospace Medicine requiring a medical 
degree up to the annual compensation paid under section 102 
of title 3, United States Code. 
SEC. 119J. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration is directed to provide a spend plan and a briefing within 
30 days of enactment of this Act, and each month thereafter during 
fiscal year 2026, to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions on all activities and efforts funded by this Act and section 
40003 of Public Law 119–21 for the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion’s air traffic control modernization efforts: Provided, That the 
Administrator shall make available for each briefing the Federal 
Aviation Administration’s Chief Financial Officer and the Assistant 
Administrator for Policy, International Affairs, and Environment, 
and the Federal Aviation Administration’s Air Traffic Organization’s 
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer. 
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Not to exceed $504,187,977 together with advances and 
reimbursements received by the Federal Highway Administration, 
shall be obligated for necessary expenses for administration and 
operation of the Federal Highway Administration: Provided, That 
in addition, $3,248,000 shall be transferred to the Appalachian 
Regional Commission in accordance with section 104(a) of title 
23, United States Code. 
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
Funds available for the implementation or execution of author-
ized Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs 
shall not exceed total obligations of $62,657,105,821 for fiscal year 
2026: Provided, That the limitation on obligations under this 
heading shall only apply to contract authority authorized from 
the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), 
unless otherwise specified in law.
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(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For the payment of obligations incurred in carrying out author-
ized Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction pro-
grams, $63,396,105,821 shall be derived from the Highway Trust 
Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), to remain available 
until expended. 
HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For 
the 
purposes 
as 
described 
under 
this 
heading, 
$2,395,880,591, of which $927,212,591 shall be appropriated from 
the general fund, and of which— 
(1) $1,093,756,000 shall be derived from the unobligated 
balances of amounts previously appropriated under the heading 
‘‘Federal Highway Administration—Highway Infrastructure 
Programs’’ in title VIII of division J of Public Law 117–58, 
as follows: 
(A) $125,000,000 from amounts previously appro-
priated for fiscal years 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026 for 
operations and administration of the Federal Highway 
Administration (excluding amounts transferred to the 
Office of Inspector General of the Department of Transpor-
tation); 
(B) $75,000,000 from amounts previously appropriated 
for fiscal year 2022 in paragraph (2) of such title VIII 
for the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation; 
(C) $300,000,000 from amounts previously appro-
priated for fiscal years 2024, 2025, and 2026 in paragraph 
(2) of such title VIII for grants to States or localities that 
require additional assistance to strategically deploy electric 
vehicle charging infrastructure; 
(D) $503,756,000 from amounts previously appro-
priated for fiscal years 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026 
in paragraph (2) of such title VIII that were distributed 
among the States, to be derived on a proportional basis 
from such unobligated amounts based on the unobligated 
balances from fiscal year 2022 by State as of January 
31, 2026; and 
(E) $90,000,000 from amounts previously appropriated 
for fiscal years 2024, 2025, and 2026 under paragraph 
(5) of such title VIII for the reduction of truck emissions 
at port facilities program: 
Provided, That amounts derived from the unobligated balances 
as described in the matter preceding this proviso shall continue 
to be treated as amounts specified in section 103(b) of division 
A of Public Law 118–5; 
(2) $20,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the unobli-
gated balances of amounts previously appropriated for fiscal 
years 2025 and 2026 under the heading ‘‘Federal Motor Carrier 
Safety Administration—Motor Carrier Safety Operations and 
Program’’ in title VIII of division J of Public Law 117–58: 
Provided, That amounts derived by transfer as described in 
the matter preceding this proviso shall continue to be treated
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as amounts specified in section 103(b) of division A of Public 
Law 118–5; 
(3) $204,912,000 shall be derived by transfer from the 
unobligated balances of amounts previously appropriated for 
fiscal years 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026 under the heading 
‘‘Office of the Secretary—Strengthening Mobility and Revolu-
tionizing Transportation Grant Program’’ in title VIII of division 
J of Public Law 117–58: Provided, That amounts derived by 
transfer as described in the matter preceding this proviso shall 
continue to be treated as amounts specified in section 103(b) 
of division A of Public Law 118–5; 
(4) $50,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the unobli-
gated balances of amounts made available by transfer pursuant 
to section 801 in title VIII of division J of Public Law 117– 
58 (excluding amounts transferred to the Office of Inspector 
General of the Department of Transportation): Provided, That 
amounts derived by transfer as described in the matter pre-
ceding this proviso shall continue to be treated as amounts 
specified in section 103(b) of division A of Public Law 118– 
5; and 
(5) $100,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the 
unobligated balances of amounts previously appropriated for 
fiscal year 2026 under the heading ‘‘Pipeline and Hazardous 
Materials Safety Administration—Natural Gas Distribution 
Infrastructure Safety and Modernization Grant Program’’ in 
title VIII of division J of Public Law 117–58 (excluding amounts 
transferred to the Office of Inspector General of the Department 
of Transportation): Provided, That amounts derived by transfer 
as described in the matter preceding this proviso shall continue 
to be treated as amounts specified in section 103(b) of division 
A of Public Law 118–5: 
Provided further, That the funds made available under this heading 
shall be in addition to any funds provided for fiscal year 2026 
in this or any other Act for: (1) ‘‘Federal-aid Highways’’ under 
chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code; (2) the Appalachian 
development highway system as authorized under section 1069(y) 
of Public Law 102–240; (3) activities eligible under the Tribal 
transportation program under section 202 of title 23, United States 
Code; (4) activities eligible under the Federal lands transportation 
program under section 203 of such title; (5) activities eligible under 
the Federal land access program under section 204 of such title; 
(6) the Northern Border Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 15101 
et seq.); (7) the Southwest Border Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 
15101 et seq.); (8) the Denali Commission; or (9) activities eligible 
under chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code, and shall not 
affect the distribution or amount of funds provided in any other 
Act: Provided further, That, except for the funds made available 
under this heading for the Northern Border Regional Commission, 
the Southwest Border Regional Commission, and the Denali 
Commission, section 11101(e) of Public Law 117–58 shall apply 
to funds made available under this heading: Provided further, That 
amounts made available under this heading shall not be subject 
to any limitation on obligations for Federal-aid highways or highway 
safety construction programs set forth in any Act making annual 
appropriations: Provided further, That of the sums appropriated 
or otherwise made available under this heading—
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(1) $1,514,721,091, which shall be available until Sep-
tember 30, 2029, shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, 
specified for Community Project Funding/Congressionally 
Directed Spending in the table entitled ‘‘Community Project 
Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ included for this 
division in the explanatory statement described in section 4 
(in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): 
Provided, That amounts made available in the preceding pro-
viso for such purposes shall not diminish or prejudice any 
application or geographic region for other discretionary grant 
or loan awards made by the Department of Transportation: 
Provided further, That, except as otherwise provided under 
this heading, the funds made available under this paragraph 
shall be administered as if apportioned under chapter 1 of 
title 23, United States Code: Provided further, That funds made 
available under this paragraph that are used for Tribal projects 
shall be administered as if allocated under chapter 2 of title 
23, United States Code, except that the set-asides described 
in subparagraph (C) of section 202(b)(3) of title 23, United 
States Code, and subsections (a)(6), (c), and (e) of section 202 
of such title, and section 1123(h)(1) of MAP–21 (as amended 
by Public Law 117–58), shall not apply to such funds; 
(2) $200,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2029, shall be for activities eligible under the Tribal transpor-
tation program, as described in section 202 of title 23, United 
States Code: Provided, That, except as otherwise provided 
under this heading, the funds made available under this para-
graph shall be administered as if allocated under chapter 2 
of title 23, United States Code: Provided further, That the 
set-asides described in subparagraph (C) of section 202(b)(3) 
of title 23, United States Code, and subsections (a)(6), (c), 
and (e) of section 202 of such title shall not apply to funds 
made available under this paragraph: Provided further, That 
the set-aside described in section 1123(h)(1) of MAP–21 (as 
amended by Public Law 117–58), shall not apply to such funds; 
(3) $200,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be to carry out the Nationally Significant Multimodal Freight 
and Highway Projects program under section 117 of title 23, 
United States Code: Provided, That the funds made available 
under this paragraph shall be for projects to provide public 
parking for commercial motor vehicles: Provided further, That 
such projects shall be within reasonable access to or in the 
right of way of an Interstate highway, the National Highway 
System, or the National Highway Freight Network: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall reserve not less than 50 per-
cent of the amounts made available under this paragraph to 
make grants for projects that do not satisfy the minimum 
threshold under section 117(d)(1)(B) of such title: Provided fur-
ther, That, of the amount reserved under the preceding proviso, 
not less than 30 percent shall be used for projects in rural 
areas: Provided further, That each grant made with funds 
reserved under the third proviso of this paragraph shall be 
in an amount that is at least $5,000,000: Provided further, 
That in addition to other applicable requirements, in making 
grants with funds reserved under the third proviso of this 
paragraph, the Secretary shall take into consideration the 
project selection considerations described in section 117(e)(3)
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of such title: Provided further, That, except as described in 
the preceding proviso, subsections (e) and (i) of section 117 
of such title shall not apply to funds made available under 
this paragraph: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
reserve not less than 25 percent of the amounts made available 
under this paragraph to make grants for projects located in 
rural areas: Provided further, That if qualified applications 
will not allow for the amount reserved under the preceding 
proviso to be fully utilized, the Secretary shall combine the 
unutilized amounts with the amounts reserved under the fourth 
proviso of this paragraph: Provided further, That the require-
ments in section 117(g) of such title shall not apply to a project 
assisted with a grant under this paragraph that does not meet 
the minimum threshold under section 117(d)(1)(B): Provided 
further, That, except as described in the following proviso, 
the Federal share of the cost of a project assisted with a 
grant under this paragraph may not exceed 60 percent: Pro-
vided further, That the Federal share of the cost of a project 
that does not meet the minimum threshold under section 
117(d)(1)(B) of such title shall be 80 percent: Provided further, 
That an eligible applicant that receives a grant under this 
paragraph may partner with a private entity to fund the 
development, capacity expansion, or operation or maintenance 
of a facility: Provided further, That no fees may be charged 
by an eligible applicant receiving a grant under this paragraph 
to a commercial motor vehicle driver to use parking constructed, 
expanded, opened, maintained, or improved with a grant under 
this paragraph: Provided further, That the funds made available 
under this paragraph shall not be used for the construction, 
or development phase activities that would enable the construc-
tion, of charging or fueling infrastructure for the propulsion 
of a vehicle, including a commercial motor vehicle: Provided 
further, That for purposes of this paragraph, (1) the term 
‘‘commercial motor vehicle’’ has the meaning given the term 
in section 31132 of title 49, United States Code, and (2) the 
term ‘‘rural area’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
117(i)(3) of title 23, United States Code; 
(4) $5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2029, shall be to carry out section 11502 of the Infrastructure 
Investment and Jobs Act (23 U.S.C. 148 note): Provided, That, 
except as otherwise provided under such section or this heading, 
the funds made available under this paragraph shall be 
administered as if apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, 
United States Code; 
(5) $5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2029, shall be to carry out the regional infrastructure accel-
erator demonstration program under section 1441 of the FAST 
Act (23 U.S.C. 601 note): Provided, That for funds made avail-
able under this paragraph, the Federal share of the costs shall 
be, at the option of the recipient, up to 100 percent: Provided 
further, That funds made available under this paragraph may 
be transferred to the Office of the Secretary; 
(6) $20,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses for construc-
tion of the Appalachian development highway system, as 
authorized under section 1069(y) of Public Law 102–240: Pro-
vided, That for the purposes of funds made available under 
this paragraph, the term ‘‘Appalachian State’’ means a State
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that contains 1 or more counties (including any political subdivi-
sion located within the area) in the Appalachian region as 
defined in section 14102(a) of title 40, United States Code: 
Provided further, That funds made available under this heading 
for construction of the Appalachian development highway 
system shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That, except as provided in the following proviso, funds made 
available under this heading for construction of the Appalachian 
development highway system shall be administered as if appor-
tioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code: Provided 
further, That a project carried out with funds made available 
under this heading for construction of the Appalachian develop-
ment highway system shall be carried out in the same manner 
as a project under section 14501 of title 40, United States 
Code: Provided further, That subject to the following proviso, 
funds made available under this heading for construction of 
the Appalachian development highway system shall be appor-
tioned to Appalachian States according to the percentages 
derived from the 2012 Appalachian development highway 
system cost-to-complete estimate, adopted in Appalachian 
Regional Commission Resolution Number 736, and confirmed 
as each Appalachian State’s relative share of the estimated 
remaining need to complete the Appalachian development high-
way system, adjusted to exclude those corridors that such States 
have no current plans to complete, as reported in the 2013 
Appalachian Development Highway System Completion Report, 
unless those States have modified and assigned a higher pri-
ority for completion of an Appalachian development highway 
system corridor, as reported in the 2020 Appalachian Develop-
ment Highway System Future Outlook: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall adjust apportionments made under the pre-
ceding proviso so that no Appalachian State shall be appor-
tioned an amount in excess of 30 percent of the amount made 
available for construction of the Appalachian development high-
way system under this heading: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall consult with the Appalachian Regional Commis-
sion in making adjustments under the preceding two provisos: 
Provided further, That the Federal share of the costs for which 
an expenditure is made for construction of the Appalachian 
development highway system under this heading shall be up 
to 100 percent; 
(7) $3,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2029, shall be transferred to the Southwest Border Regional 
Commission (40 U.S.C. 15101 et seq.) to make grants, in addi-
tion to amounts otherwise made available to the Southwest 
Border Regional Commission for such purpose, for authorized 
activities, including for administration of grants or cooperative 
agreements to support interjurisdictional planning activities 
advancing transportation infrastructure: Provided, That a grant 
made with funds made available under this paragraph shall 
be administered in the same manner as a grant made under 
subtitle V of title 40, United States Code; 
(8) $5,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be transferred to the Northern Border Regional Commission 
(40 U.S.C. 15101 et seq.) to make grants, in addition to amounts 
otherwise made available to the Northern Border Regional 
Commission for such purpose, to carry out pilot projects that
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demonstrate the capabilities of wood-based infrastructure 
projects: Provided, That a grant made with funds made avail-
able under this paragraph shall be administered in the same 
manner as a grant made under subtitle V of title 40, United 
States Code; 
(9) $5,000,000 shall be transferred to the Denali Commis-
sion for activities eligible under section 307(d) of the Denali 
Commission Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 3121 note; Public Law 
105–277): Provided, That funds made available under this para-
graph shall not be subject to section 311 of such Act: Provided 
further, That except as otherwise provided under section 307(d) 
of such Act or this heading, funds made available under this 
paragraph shall be administered as if directly appropriated 
to the Denali Commission and subject to applicable provisions 
of such Act, including the requirement in section 307(d) of 
such Act that the local community provides a 10 percent non- 
Federal match in the form of any necessary land or planning 
and design funds: Provided further, That such funds shall be 
available until expended: Provided further, That the Federal 
share of the costs for which an expenditure is made with 
funds transferred under this paragraph shall be up to 90 per-
cent; 
(10) $15,000,000 shall be transferred to the Denali Commis-
sion to carry out the Denali access system program under 
section 309 of the Denali Commission Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 
3121 note; Public Law 105–277): Provided, That a transfer 
under this paragraph shall not be subject to section 311 of 
such Act: Provided further, That except as otherwise provided 
under this heading, funds made available under this paragraph 
shall be administered as if directly appropriated to the Denali 
Commission and subject to applicable provisions of such Act: 
Provided further, That funds made available under this para-
graph shall not be subject to section 309(j)(2) of such Act: 
Provided further, That funds made available under this para-
graph shall be available until expended: Provided further, That 
the Federal share of the costs for which an expenditure is 
made with funds transferred under this paragraph shall be 
up to 100 percent; 
(11) $2,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2029, shall be to carry out the pollinator-friendly practices 
on roadsides and highway rights-of-way program under section 
332 of title 23, United States Code; 
(12) $10,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2029, shall be for the national scenic byways program under 
section 162 of title 23, United States Code: Provided, That, 
except as otherwise provided under this heading, the funds 
made available under this paragraph shall be administered 
as if apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States 
Code; 
(13) $350,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2029, shall be for a competitive highway bridge program for 
States that— 
(A) have— 
(i) a population density of less than 115 individuals 
per square mile; or 
(ii) a population of less than 1,100,000 individuals; 
and
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(B) have— 
(i) less than 26 percent of total bridges classified 
as in good condition; or 
(ii) greater than or equal to 4.9 percent of total 
bridges classified as in poor condition: 
Provided, That any such State with more than 14 percent 
of total bridges classified as in poor condition shall receive 
not less than $32,500,000 of the funds made available in this 
paragraph for grant applications for projects eligible under 
this paragraph: Provided further, That if the Secretary deter-
mines that eligible applications from any such State meeting 
the criteria under the preceding proviso are insufficient to 
make awards of at least $32,500,000, the Secretary shall use 
the unutilized amounts to provide other grants to States eligible 
under this paragraph: Provided further, That no State shall 
be awarded more than $55,000,000 in awards from funds made 
available under this paragraph for grant applications for 
projects eligible under this paragraph: Provided further, That 
the funds made available under this paragraph shall be used 
for highway bridge replacement or rehabilitation projects on 
public roads that demonstrate cost savings by bundling multiple 
highway bridge projects and, except as otherwise provided in 
this heading, shall be administered as if apportioned under 
chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code: Provided further, 
That the requirements of section 144(j)(5) of title 23, United 
States Code, shall not apply to funds made available under 
this paragraph: Provided further, That for purposes of this 
paragraph, the Secretary shall calculate population and popu-
lation density figures based on the latest available data from 
the decennial census conducted under section 141(a) of title 
13, United States Code: Provided further, That for purposes 
of this paragraph, the Secretary shall calculate the percentages 
of bridge counts (including the percentages of bridge counts 
classified as in poor and good condition) based on the national 
bridge inventory as of June 2024; 
(14) $25,000,000 shall be for a competitive Type 3 highway 
bridge program for the replacement or rehabilitation of bridges 
that—(A) are owned by a county; (B) are classified as a Type 
3 bridge by the Bureau of Reclamation; (C) are eligible under 
the Federal lands access program, as described in section 204 
of title 23, United States Code; and (D) cross a water convey-
ance structure owned by the Bureau of Reclamation: Provided, 
That the Secretary, in consultation with the Bureau of Reclama-
tion, shall prioritize awards to projects that will lead to— 
(i) improved water delivery; (ii) improved bridge conditions; 
and (iii) improved safety, efficiency, and reliability of the move-
ment of people and goods over Type 3 bridges crossing a water 
conveyance structure owned by the Bureau of Reclamation: 
Provided further, That only a county owning a bridge meeting 
the conditions in this paragraph shall be an eligible applicant 
for a grant under this paragraph: Provided further, That, except 
as otherwise provided under this heading, funds made available 
under this paragraph shall be administered as if allocated 
under section 204 of such title, except that such funds shall 
not be subject to subsections (b) or (c) of such section: Provided 
further, That for the purposes of funds made available under
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this paragraph, the term ‘‘Type 3 bridge’’ means a bridge classi-
fied as a Type 3 bridge by the Bureau of Reclamation as 
defined in its Reclamation Manual Directives and Standards 
FAC 07–01 (as updated on June 9, 2023): Provided further, 
That funds made available under this paragraph shall remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That the Federal 
share of the costs for which an expenditure is made with 
funds made available under this paragraph shall be 100 per-
cent: Provided further, That the Secretary of Transportation 
shall issue the notice of funding opportunity for the funds 
made available under this paragraph no later than 60 days 
after enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of Transportation shall make grants for the funds made 
available under this paragraph no later than 270 days after 
enactment of this Act; 
(15) $6,159,500, to remain available until expended, shall 
be for research leading to sustainable stormwater management 
technologies and techniques to reduce the impacts of 6PPD 
and 6PPD-quinone on salmon-bearing streams: Provided, That 
the Federal Highway Administration shall implement this 
research as specified under the paragraph entitled ‘‘Stormwater 
Management’’ in Senate Report 119–47; and 
(16) $30,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be for capital construction grants under the Reconnecting 
Communities Pilot Program as authorized under section 
11509(d) of division A of the Infrastructure Investment and 
Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58): Provided, That funds made 
available under this paragraph shall only be available for 
projects in States in which the Department of Transportation 
previously awarded a competitive grant award and signed a 
grant agreement of not less than $145,000,000 under section 
177 of title 23, United States Code, and any amount of such 
funds were subsequently rescinded by an Act of Congress. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2026, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall— 
(1) not distribute from the obligation limitation for Federal- 
aid highways— 
(A) amounts authorized for administrative expenses 
and programs by section 104(a) of title 23, United States 
Code; and 
(B) amounts authorized for the Bureau of Transpor-
tation Statistics; 
(2) not distribute an amount from the obligation limitation 
for Federal-aid highways that is equal to the unobligated bal-
ance of amounts— 
(A) made available from the Highway Trust Fund 
(other than the Mass Transit Account) for Federal-aid high-
way and highway safety construction programs for previous 
fiscal years the funds for which are allocated by the Sec-
retary (or apportioned by the Secretary under section 202 
or 204 of title 23, United States Code); and
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(B) for which obligation limitation was provided in 
a previous fiscal year; 
(3) determine the proportion that— 
(A) the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways, 
less the aggregate of amounts not distributed under para-
graphs (1) and (2) of this subsection; bears to 
(B) the total of the sums authorized to be appropriated 
for the Federal-aid highway and highway safety construc-
tion programs (other than sums authorized to be appro-
priated for provisions of law described in paragraphs (1) 
through (11) of subsection (b) and sums authorized to be 
appropriated for section 119 of title 23, United States Code, 
equal to the amount referred to in subsection (b)(12) for 
such fiscal year), less the aggregate of the amounts not 
distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection; 
(4) distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid high-
ways, less the aggregate amounts not distributed under para-
graphs (1) and (2), for each of the programs (other than pro-
grams to which paragraph (1) applies) that are allocated by 
the Secretary under authorized Federal-aid highway and high-
way safety construction programs, or apportioned by the Sec-
retary under section 202 or 204 of title 23, United States 
Code, by multiplying— 
(A) the proportion determined under paragraph (3); 
by 
(B) the amounts authorized to be appropriated for each 
such program for such fiscal year; and 
(5) distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid high-
ways, less the aggregate amounts not distributed under para-
graphs (1) and (2) and the amounts distributed under para-
graph (4), for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construc-
tion programs that are apportioned by the Secretary under 
title 23, United States Code (other than the amounts appor-
tioned for the national highway performance program in section 
119 of title 23, United States Code, that are exempt from 
the limitation under subsection (b)(12) and the amounts appor-
tioned under sections 202 and 204 of that title) in the proportion 
that— 
(A) amounts authorized to be appropriated for the pro-
grams that are apportioned under title 23, United States 
Code, to each State for such fiscal year; bears to 
(B) the total of the amounts authorized to be appro-
priated for the programs that are apportioned under title 
23, United States Code, to all States for such fiscal year. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS FROM OBLIGATION LIMITATION.—The obligation 
limitation for Federal-aid highways shall not apply to obligations 
under or for— 
(1) section 125 of title 23, United States Code; 
(2) section 147 of the Surface Transportation Assistance 
Act of 1978 (23 U.S.C. 144 note; 92 Stat. 2714); 
(3) section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981 (95 
Stat. 1701); 
(4) subsections (b) and (j) of section 131 of the Surface 
Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (96 Stat. 2119); 
(5) subsections (b) and (c) of section 149 of the Surface 
Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987 
(101 Stat. 198);
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(6) sections 1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal Surface 
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2027); 
(7) section 157 of title 23, United States Code (as in effect 
on June 8, 1998); 
(8) section 105 of title 23, United States Code (as in effect 
for fiscal years 1998 through 2004, but only in an amount 
equal to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years); 
(9) Federal-aid highway programs for which obligation 
authority was made available under the Transportation Equity 
Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 107) or subsequent Acts 
for multiple years or to remain available until expended, but 
only to the extent that the obligation authority has not lapsed 
or been used; 
(10) section 105 of title 23, United States Code (as in 
effect for fiscal years 2005 through 2012, but only in an amount 
equal to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years); 
(11) section 1603 of SAFETEA–LU (23 U.S.C. 118 note; 
119 Stat. 1248), to the extent that funds obligated in accordance 
with that section were not subject to a limitation on obligations 
at the time at which the funds were initially made available 
for obligation; and 
(12) section 119 of title 23, United States Code (but, for 
each of fiscal years 2013 through 2026, only in an amount 
equal to $639,000,000). 
(c) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED OBLIGATION AUTHORITY.—Not-
withstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall, after August 1 
of such fiscal year— 
(1) revise a distribution of the obligation limitation made 
available under subsection (a) if an amount distributed cannot 
be obligated during that fiscal year; and 
(2) redistribute sufficient amounts to those States able 
to obligate amounts in addition to those previously distributed 
during that fiscal year, giving priority to those States having 
large unobligated balances of funds apportioned under sections 
144 (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment 
of Public Law 112–141) and 104 of title 23, United States 
Code. 
(d) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS TO TRANSPOR-
TATION RESEARCH PROGRAMS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways shall apply to 
contract authority for transportation research programs carried 
out under— 
(A) chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code; 
(B) title VI of the Fixing America’s Surface Transpor-
tation Act; and 
(C) title III of division A of the Infrastructure Invest-
ment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58). 
(2) EXCEPTION.—Obligation authority made available under 
paragraph (1) shall— 
(A) remain available for a period of 4 fiscal years; 
and 
(B) be in addition to the amount of any limitation 
imposed on obligations for Federal-aid highway and high-
way safety construction programs for future fiscal years. 
(e) REDISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN AUTHORIZED FUNDS.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the date 
of distribution of obligation limitation under subsection (a), 
the Secretary shall distribute to the States any funds (excluding 
funds authorized for the program under section 202 of title 
23, United States Code) that— 
(A) are authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal 
year for Federal-aid highway programs; and 
(B) the Secretary determines will not be allocated to 
the States (or will not be apportioned to the States under 
section 204 of title 23, United States Code), and will not 
be available for obligation, for such fiscal year because 
of the imposition of any obligation limitation for such fiscal 
year. 
(2) RATIO.—Funds shall be distributed under paragraph 
(1) in the same proportion as the distribution of obligation 
authority under subsection (a)(5). 
(3) AVAILABILITY.—Funds distributed to each State under 
paragraph (1) shall be available for any purpose described 
in section 133(b) of title 23, United States Code. 
SEC. 121. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received by 
the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the sale of data prod-
ucts, for necessary expenses incurred pursuant to chapter 63 of 
title 49, United States Code, may be credited to the Federal-aid 
highways account for the purpose of reimbursing the Bureau for 
such expenses. 
SEC. 122. Not less than 15 days prior to waiving, under his 
or her statutory authority, any Buy America requirement for Fed-
eral-aid highways projects, the Secretary of Transportation shall 
make an informal public notice and comment opportunity on the 
intent to issue such waiver and the reasons therefor: Provided, 
That the Secretary shall post on a website any waivers granted 
under the Buy America requirements. 
SEC. 123. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to make a grant for a project under section 117 of title 
23, United States Code, unless the Secretary, at least 60 days 
before making a grant under that section, provides written notifica-
tion to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations of 
the proposed grant, including an evaluation and justification for 
the project and the amount of the proposed grant award. 
SEC. 124. (a) A State or territory, as defined in section 165 
of title 23, United States Code, may use for any project eligible 
under section 133(b) of title 23 or section 165 of title 23 and 
located within the boundary of the State or territory any earmarked 
amount, and any associated obligation limitation: Provided, That 
the Department of Transportation for the State or territory for 
which the earmarked amount was originally designated or directed 
notifies the Secretary of its intent to use its authority under this 
section and submits an annual report to the Secretary identifying 
the projects to which the funding would be applied. Notwithstanding 
the original period of availability of funds to be obligated under 
this section, such funds and associated obligation limitation shall 
remain available for obligation for a period of 3 fiscal years after 
the fiscal year in which the Secretary is notified. The Federal 
share of the cost of a project carried out with funds made available 
under this section shall be the same as associated with the earmark. 
(b) In this section, the term ‘‘earmarked amount’’ means—
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(1) congressionally directed spending, as defined in rule 
XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate, identified in a 
prior law, report, or joint explanatory statement, which was 
authorized to be appropriated or appropriated more than 10 
fiscal years prior to the current fiscal year, and administered 
by the Federal Highway Administration; or 
(2) a congressional earmark, as defined in rule XXI of 
the Rules of the House of Representatives, identified in a prior 
law, report, or joint explanatory statement, which was author-
ized to be appropriated or appropriated more than 10 fiscal 
years prior to the current fiscal year, and administered by 
the Federal Highway Administration. 
(c) The authority under subsection (a) may be exercised only 
for those projects or activities that have obligated less than 10 
percent of the amount made available for obligation as of October 
1 of the current fiscal year, and shall be applied to projects within 
the same general geographic area within 25 miles for which the 
funding was designated, except that a State or territory may apply 
such authority to unexpended balances of funds from projects or 
activities the State or territory certifies have been closed and for 
which payments have been made under a final voucher. 
(d) The Secretary shall submit consolidated reports of the 
information provided by the States and territories annually to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 125. The remaining unobligated balances, as of September 
30, 2026, from amounts made available for ‘‘Department of 
Transportation—Federal Highway Administration—Highway Infra-
structure Programs’’ in division J of Public Law 117–58 for the 
Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects program under 
section 117 of title 23, United States Code, for fiscal year 2023 
are hereby permanently rescinded, and an amount of additional 
new budget authority equivalent to the amount rescinded pursuant 
to this section is hereby appropriated on September 30, 2026, for 
an additional amount for fiscal year 2026, to remain available 
until September 30, 2031, and shall be available, without additional 
competition, for completing the funding of awards made pursuant 
to section 117 of title 23, United States Code, for fiscal year 2023 
funding, in addition to other funds as may be available for such 
purposes: Provided, That the amounts rescinded pursuant to this 
section that were previously designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 4112(a) of H. Con. 
Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget 
for fiscal year 2018, and to section 251(b) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated by the 
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 4001(a)(1) of 
S. Con. Res 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on 
the budget for fiscal year 2022, and to legislation establishing 
fiscal year 2026 budget enforcement in the House of Representa-
tives: Provided further, That the amount of additional new budget 
authority provided by this section is designated by the Congress 
as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to such section 
4001(a)(1) and to legislation establishing fiscal year 2026 budget 
enforcement in the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 126. The remaining unobligated balances, as of September 
30, 2026, from amounts made available for ‘‘Department of 
Transportation—Federal Highway Administration—Highway Infra-
structure Programs’’ in division J of Public Law 117–58 for the
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bridge investment program under section 124 of title 23, United 
States Code, for fiscal year 2023 are hereby permanently rescinded, 
and an amount of additional new budget authority equivalent to 
the amount rescinded pursuant to this section is hereby appro-
priated on September 30, 2026, for an additional amount for fiscal 
year 2026, to remain available until September 30, 2031, and shall 
be available, without additional competition, for completing the 
funding of awards made pursuant to section 124 of title 23, United 
States Code, for fiscal year 2023 funding, in addition to other 
funds as may be available for such purposes: Provided, That the 
amounts rescinded pursuant to this section that were previously 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 4112(a) of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concur-
rent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018, and to section 
251(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985 are designated by the Congress as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res 14 (117th Congress), 
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and 
to legislation establishing fiscal year 2026 budget enforcement in 
the House of Representatives: Provided further, That the amount 
of additional new budget authority provided by this section is des-
ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 
pursuant to such section 4001(a)(1) and to legislation establishing 
fiscal year 2026 budget enforcement in the House of Representa-
tives. 
SEC. 127. The remaining unobligated balances, as of September 
30, 2026, from amounts made available for ‘‘Department of 
Transportation—Federal Highway Administration—Highway Infra-
structure Programs’’ in division L of Public Law 117–328 for 
competitive awards for activities eligible under section 176(d)(4)(A) 
and 176(d)(4)(C) of title 23, United States Code, for fiscal year 
2023 are hereby permanently rescinded, and an amount of addi-
tional new budget authority equivalent to the amount rescinded 
pursuant to this section is hereby appropriated on September 30, 
2026, for an additional amount for fiscal year 2026, to remain 
available until September 30, 2031, and shall be available, without 
additional competition, for completing the funding of awards made 
pursuant to section 176 of title 23, United States Code, for fiscal 
year 2023 funding, in addition to other funds as may be available 
for such purposes. 
FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in the implementation, 
execution and administration of motor carrier safety operations 
and programs pursuant to section 31110 of title 49, United States 
Code, as amended by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 
(Public Law 117–58), $390,000,000, to be derived from the Highway 
Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), together with
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advances and reimbursements received by the Federal Motor Car-
rier Safety Administration, the sum of which shall remain available 
until expended: Provided, That funds available for implementation, 
execution, or administration of motor carrier safety operations and 
programs authorized under title 49, United States Code, shall not 
exceed total obligations of $390,000,000, for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety 
Operations and Programs’’ for fiscal year 2026: Provided further, 
That of the amounts made available under this heading— 
(1) not less than $63,098,000, to remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 2028, shall be for development, mod-
ernization, enhancement, and continued operation and mainte-
nance of information technology and information management; 
and 
(2) $14,073,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2028, shall be for the research and technology 
program: 
Provided further, That the activities funded in paragraphs (1) and 
(2) in the preceding proviso may be accomplished through direct 
expenditures, direct research activities, grants, cooperative agree-
ments, contracts, intra-agency or interagency agreements, or other 
agreements with public organizations. 
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out sections 
31102, 31103, 31104, and 31313 of title 49, United States Code, 
$536,600,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other 
than the Mass Transit Account) and to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That funds available for the implementation 
or execution of motor carrier safety programs shall not exceed 
total obligations of $541,600,000 in fiscal year 2026 for ‘‘Motor 
Carrier Safety Grants’’: Provided further, That of the amounts made 
available under this heading— 
(1) $422,500,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2027, shall be for the motor carrier safety assist-
ance program; 
(2) $45,200,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2027, shall be for the commercial driver’s license 
program implementation program; 
(3) $62,400,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2027, shall be for the high priority program; 
(4) $1,500,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 2027, shall be for the commercial motor vehicle 
operators grant program; and 
(5) $10,000,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2027, shall be for the commercial motor vehicle 
enforcement training and support grant program, of which 
$5,000,000 shall be made available from prior year unobligated 
contract authority made available for Motor Carrier Safety 
Grants in section 23001 of the Infrastructure Investment and 
Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58): Provided, That such prior year 
unobligated contract authority shall be available to complete
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the fiscal year 2024 commercial motor vehicle enforcement 
training and support grant program notice of funding oppor-
tunity and shall be available to all applicants otherwise eligible 
under such notice of funding opportunity. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 130. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available to the Department of Transportation by this Act or any 
other Act may be obligated or expended to implement, administer, 
or enforce the requirements of section 31137 of title 49, United 
States Code, or any regulation issued by the Secretary pursuant 
to such section, with respect to the use of electronic logging devices 
by operators of commercial motor vehicles, as defined in section 
31132(1) of such title, transporting livestock as defined in section 
602 of the Emergency Livestock Feed Assistance Act of 1988 (7 
U.S.C. 1471) or insects. 
SEC. 131. The Secretary shall update the Department’s regula-
tions to ensure that non-compliance with section 391.11(b)(2) of 
title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, triggers an out-of-service 
order. 
NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Sec-
retary, with respect to traffic and highway safety, authorized under 
chapter 301 and part C of subtitle VI of title 49, United States 
Code, $200,000,000, of which $65,000,000 shall remain available 
through September 30, 2027, and of which $129,000,000 shall be 
derived by transfer from the unobligated balances of amounts pre-
viously appropriated in title VIII of division J of the Infrastructure 
Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58) as follows: (1) 
$79,000,000 from amounts previously appropriated for fiscal years 
2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026 in paragraph (3) under the heading 
‘‘Department of Transportation—National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration—Supplemental Highway Traffic Safety Programs’’; 
and (2) $50,000,000 from amounts previously appropriated for fiscal 
year 2026 under the heading ‘‘Department of Transportation— 
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration—Crash Data’’: Pro-
vided, That amounts derived by transfer as described in the matter 
preceding this proviso shall continue to be treated as amounts 
specified in section 103(b) of division A of Public Law 118–5. 
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provi-
sions of section 403 of title 23, United States Code, including
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behavioral research on automated driving systems and advanced 
driver assistance systems and improving consumer responses to 
safety recalls, section 25024 of the Infrastructure Investment and 
Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58), and chapter 303 of title 49, United 
States Code, $209,600,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust 
Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) and to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall 
be available for the planning or execution of programs the total 
obligations for which, in fiscal year 2026, are in excess of 
$209,600,000: Provided further, That of the sums appropriated 
under this heading— 
(1) $202,000,000 shall be for programs authorized under 
section 403 of title 23, United States Code, including behavioral 
research on automated driving systems and advanced driver 
assistance systems and improving consumer responses to safety 
recalls, and section 25024 of the Infrastructure Investment 
and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58); and 
(2) $7,600,000 shall be for the national driver register 
authorized under chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided further, That within the $209,600,000 obligation limitation 
for operations and research, $57,500,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2027, and shall be in addition to the amount 
of any limitation imposed on obligations for future years: Provided 
further, That amounts for behavioral research on automated driving 
systems and advanced driver assistance systems and improving 
consumer responses to safety recalls are in addition to any other 
funds provided for those purposes for fiscal year 2026 in this Act. 
HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out provisions 
of sections 402, 404, and 405 of title 23, United States Code, 
and grant administration expenses under chapter 4 of title 23, 
United 
States 
Code, 
to 
remain 
available 
until 
expended, 
$849,654,625, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other 
than the Mass Transit Account): Provided, That none of the funds 
in this Act shall be available for the planning or execution of 
programs for which the total obligations in fiscal year 2026 are 
in excess of $849,654,625 for programs authorized under sections 
402, 404, and 405 of title 23, United States Code, and grant adminis-
tration expenses under chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code: 
Provided further, That of the sums appropriated under this 
heading— 
(1) $393,400,000 shall be for highway safety programs 
under section 402 of title 23, United States Code; 
(2) $367,500,000 shall be for national priority safety pro-
grams under section 405 of title 23, United States Code; 
(3) $44,300,000 shall be for the high visibility enforcement 
program under section 404 of title 23, United States Code; 
and 
(4) $44,454,625 shall be for grant administrative expenses 
under chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code:
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Provided further, That none of these funds shall be used for 
construction, rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or for office fur-
nishings and fixtures for State, local or private buildings or struc-
tures: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 of the funds 
made available for national priority safety programs under section 
405 of title 23, United States Code, for impaired driving counter-
measures (as described in subsection (d) of that section) shall be 
available for technical assistance to the States: Provided further, 
That with respect to the ‘‘Transfers’’ provision under section 
405(a)(10) of title 23, United States Code, any amounts transferred 
to increase the amounts made available under section 402 shall 
include the obligation authority for such amounts: Provided further, 
That the Administrator shall notify the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations of any exercise of the authority granted 
under the preceding proviso or under section 405(a)(10) of title 
23, United States Code, within 5 days. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 140. The limitations on obligations for the programs of 
the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration set in this 
Act shall not apply to obligations for which obligation authority 
was made available in previous public laws but only to the extent 
that the obligation authority has not lapsed or been used. 
SEC. 141. None of the funds provided in this Act may be 
used to encourage illegal drug or alcohol use in the National High-
way Traffic Safety Administration’s impaired driving advertising 
campaigns. 
SEC. 142. An additional $130,000 shall be made available to 
the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, out of the 
amount limited for section 402 of title 23, United States Code, 
to pay for travel and related expenses for State management reviews 
and to pay for core competency development training and related 
expenses for highway safety staff. 
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 
SAFETY AND OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Administration, 
not otherwise provided for, $264,761,000, of which $25,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended. 
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for railroad research and development, 
$40,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
of the amounts provided under this heading, up to $3,000,000 
shall be available pursuant to section 20108(d) of title 49, United 
States Code, for the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings 
and improvements at the Transportation Technology Center: Pro-
vided further, That of the amounts provided under this heading, 
not less than $2,500,000 shall be available pursuant to section 
20108(j) of title 49, United States Code, to establish and maintain 
a center of excellence.
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FEDERAL-STATE PARTNERSHIP FOR INTERCITY PASSENGER RAIL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses related to Federal-State partnership 
for intercity passenger rail grants as authorized by section 24911 
of title 49, United States Code, $65,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the Secretary may withhold up 
to 2 percent of the amounts made available under this heading 
in this Act for the costs of award and project management oversight 
of grants carried out under title 49, United States Code: Provided 
further, That of the amounts made available under this heading, 
$40,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the unobligated bal-
ances of amounts previously appropriated for fiscal years 2025 
and 2026 for the costs of award and project management oversight 
of grants, including amounts transferred to the ‘‘Financial Assist-
ance Oversight and Technical Assistance’’ account (excluding 
amounts transferred to the Office of Inspector General of the 
Department of Transportation and to the National Railroad Pas-
senger Corporation Office of Inspector General) under the heading 
‘‘Federal Railroad Administration—Federal-State Partnership for 
Intercity Passenger Rail Grants’’ in title VIII of division J of the 
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58): Pro-
vided further, That amounts transferred pursuant to the preceding 
proviso shall continue to be treated as amounts specified in section 
103(b) of division A of Public Law 118–5: Provided further, That, 
of amounts made available under this heading, $5,000,000 shall 
be for a grant to the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation 
to rehabilitate and repair the Washington Union Station complex, 
and section 24911(f)(2) of title 49, United States Code, shall not 
apply to that grant. 
CONSOLIDATED RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses related to consolidated rail infrastruc-
ture and safety improvements grants, as authorized by section 
22907 of title 49, United States Code, $137,426,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of the amounts made 
available under this heading in this Act— 
(1) $87,426,000 shall be available for the purposes, and 
in amounts, specified for Community Project Funding/Congres-
sionally Directed Spending in the table entitled ‘‘Community 
Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ included 
for this division in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act): Provided further, That amounts made available in the 
preceding proviso for such purposes shall not diminish or preju-
dice any application or geographic region for other discretionary 
grant or loan awards made by the Department of Transpor-
tation: Provided further, That requirements under subsections 
(g) and (l) of section 22907 of title 49, United States Code, 
shall not apply to the funds made available under this para-
graph: Provided further, That any remaining funds available 
after the distribution of the Community Project Funding/ 
Congressionally Directed Spending described in this paragraph
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shall be available to the Secretary to distribute as discretionary 
grants under this heading; and 
(2) $50,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary to dis-
tribute as discretionary grants under this heading in this Act: 
Provided further, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading— 
(1) $20,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the unobli-
gated balances of amounts previously appropriated for fiscal 
year 2026 for the costs of award and project management 
oversight of grants, including amounts transferred to the 
‘‘Financial Assistance Oversight and Technical Assistance’’ 
account (excluding amounts transferred to the Office of 
Inspector General of the Department of Transportation and 
to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation Office of 
Inspector General) under the heading ‘‘Federal Railroad 
Administration—Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety 
Improvements’’ in title VIII of division J of the Infrastructure 
Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58); and 
(2) $110,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the 
unobligated balances of amounts previously appropriated for 
fiscal years 2025 and 2026 for the costs of award and project 
management oversight of grants, including amounts transferred 
to the ‘‘Financial Assistance Oversight and Technical Assist-
ance’’ account (excluding amounts transferred to the Office 
of Inspector General of the Department of Transportation and 
to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation Office of 
Inspector General) under the heading ‘‘Federal Railroad 
Administration—Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Pas-
senger Rail Grants’’ in title VIII of division J of the Infrastruc-
ture Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58): 
Provided further, That amounts transferred pursuant to the pre-
ceding proviso shall continue to be treated as amounts specified 
in section 103(b) of division A of Public Law 118–5: Provided further, 
That for amounts made available under this heading in this Act, 
eligible projects under section 22907(c)(8) of title 49, United States 
Code, shall also include railroad systems planning (including the 
preparation of regional intercity passenger rail plans and State 
rail plans) and railroad project development activities (including 
railroad project planning, preliminary engineering, design, environ-
mental analysis, feasibility studies, and the development and anal-
ysis of project alternatives): Provided further, That section 22905(f) 
of title 49, United States Code, shall not apply to amounts made 
available under this heading in this Act for projects that implement 
or sustain positive train control systems otherwise eligible under 
section 22907(c)(1) of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, 
That amounts made available under this heading in this Act for 
projects selected for commuter rail passenger transportation may 
be transferred by the Secretary, after selection, to the appropriate 
agencies to be administered in accordance with chapter 53 of title 
49, United States Code: Provided further, That for amounts made 
available under this heading in this Act, eligible recipients under 
section 22907(b)(7) of title 49, United States Code, shall include 
any holding company of a Class II railroad or Class III railroad 
(as those terms are defined in section 20102 of title 49, United 
States Code): Provided further, That section 22907(e)(1)(A) of title 
49, United States Code, shall not apply to amounts made available 
under this heading in this Act: Provided further, That section
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22907(e)(1)(A) of title 49, United States Code, shall not apply to 
amounts made available under this heading in previous fiscal years 
if such funds are announced in a notice of funding opportunity 
that includes funds made available under this heading in this 
Act: Provided further, That the preceding proviso shall not apply 
to funds made available under this heading in the Infrastructure 
Investment and Jobs Act (division J of Public Law 117–58): Provided 
further, That unobligated balances remaining after 6 years from 
the date of enactment of this Act may be used for any eligible 
project under section 22907(c) of title 49, United States Code: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary may withhold up to 2 percent 
of the amounts made available under this heading in this Act 
for the costs of award and project management oversight of grants 
carried out under title 49, United States Code. 
NORTHEAST CORRIDOR GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD 
PASSENGER CORPORATION 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to 
the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for activities associ-
ated with the Northeast Corridor as authorized by section 22101(a) 
of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117– 
58), $850,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That the Secretary may retain up to one-half of 1 percent of the 
amounts made available under both this heading in this Act and 
the ‘‘National Network Grants to the National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation’’ heading in this Act to fund the costs of project manage-
ment and oversight of activities authorized by section 22101(c) 
of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117– 
58): Provided further, That in addition to the project management 
oversight funds authorized under section 22101(c) of the Infrastruc-
ture Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58), the Secretary 
shall retain an additional $5,000,000 of the amounts made available 
under this heading in this Act to fund expenses associated with 
the Northeast Corridor Commission established under section 24905 
of title 49, United States Code. 
NATIONAL NETWORK GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER 
CORPORATION 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to 
the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for activities associ-
ated with the National Network as authorized by section 22101(b) 
of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117– 
58), $1,577,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That the Secretary shall retain an additional $3,000,000 of the 
funds provided under this heading in this Act to fund expenses 
associated with the State-Supported Route Committee established 
under section 24712 of title 49, United States Code: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds provided under this heading in this 
Act shall be used by Amtrak to give notice under subsection (a) 
or (c) of section 24706 of title 49, United States Code, with respect 
to long-distance routes (as defined in section 24102 of title 49, 
United States Code) on which Amtrak is the sole operator on 
a host railroad’s line and a positive train control system is not 
required by law or regulation, or, except in an emergency or during 
maintenance or construction outages impacting such routes, to
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otherwise discontinue, reduce the frequency of, suspend, or substan-
tially alter the route of rail service on any portion of such route 
operated in fiscal year 2018, including implementation of service 
permitted by section 24305(a)(3)(A) of title 49, United States Code, 
in lieu of rail service: Provided further, That the National Railroad 
Passenger Corporation may use up to $66,000,000 of the amounts 
made available under this heading in this Act for corridor develop-
ment activities as authorized by section 22101(h) of Public Law 
117–58: Provided further, That $5,000,000 of the amounts made 
available under this heading in this Act shall be for the moderniza-
tion project identified under this heading included for this division 
in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
SEC. 150. The amounts made available to the Secretary or 
to the Federal Railroad Administration for the costs of award, 
administration, and project management oversight of financial 
assistance which are administered by the Federal Railroad Adminis-
tration, in this and prior Acts, may be transferred to the Federal 
Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Financial Assistance Oversight and 
Technical Assistance’’ account for the necessary expenses to support 
the award, administration, project management oversight, and tech-
nical assistance of financial assistance administered by the Federal 
Railroad Administration, in the same manner as appropriated for 
in this and prior Acts: Provided, That this section shall not apply 
to amounts that were previously designated by the Congress as 
an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution 
on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985. 
SEC. 151. None of the funds made available to the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation may be used to fund any overtime 
costs in excess of $35,000 for any individual employee: Provided, 
That the President of Amtrak may waive the cap set in the pre-
ceding proviso for specific employees when the President of Amtrak 
determines such a cap poses a risk to the safety and operational 
efficiency of the system: Provided further, That the President of 
Amtrak shall report to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations no later than 60 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, a summary of all overtime payments incurred by Amtrak 
for 2025 and the 3 prior calendar years: Provided further, That 
such summary shall include the total number of employees that 
received waivers and the total overtime payments Amtrak paid 
to employees receiving waivers for each month for 2025 and for 
the 3 prior calendar years. 
SEC. 152. None of the funds made available to the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation under the headings ‘‘Northeast Cor-
ridor Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ and 
‘‘National Network Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Cor-
poration’’ may be used to reduce the total number of Amtrak Police 
Department uniformed officers patrolling on board passenger trains