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Union Calendar No. 169 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3353 
[Report No. 115–237] 
Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing 
and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 21, 2017 
Mr. DIAZ-BALART, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the fol-
lowing bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for the Departments of Transpor-
tation, and Housing and Urban Development, and re-
lated agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2018, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban 
Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year end-
ing September 30, 2018, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
$108,899,000, of which not to exceed $2,758,000 shall be 
available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not 
to exceed $1,040,000 shall be available for the immediate 
Office of the Deputy Secretary; not to exceed $20,772,000 
shall be available for the Office of the General Counsel; 
not to exceed $10,033,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy; not 
to exceed $14,019,000 shall be available for the Office of 
the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to 
exceed $2,546,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs; not to ex-
ceed $24,255,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Administration; not to exceed 
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$2,142,000 shall be available for the Office of Public Af-
fairs; not to exceed $1,760,000 shall be available for the 
Office of the Executive Secretariat; not to exceed 
$11,089,000 shall be available for the Office of Intel-
ligence, Security, and Emergency Response; and not to ex-
ceed $18,485,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Chief Information Officer: Provided, That the Secretary 
of Transportation is authorized to transfer funds appro-
priated for any office of the Office of the Secretary to any 
other office of the Office of the Secretary: Provided fur-
ther, That no appropriation for any office shall be in-
creased or decreased by more than 10 percent by all such 
transfers: Provided further, That notice of any change in 
funding greater than 10 percent shall be submitted for 
approval to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided further, That not to exceed $60,000 
shall be for allocation within the Department for official 
reception and representation expenses as the Secretary 
may determine: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, excluding fees authorized in 
Public Law 107–71, there may be credited to this appro-
priation up to $2,500,000 in funds received in user fees. 
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses related to the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, 
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$8,465,109, of which $2,618,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2020: Provided, That there may be 
credited to this appropriation, to be available until ex-
pended, funds received from States, counties, municipali-
ties, other public authorities, and private sources for ex-
penses incurred for training: Provided further, That any 
reference in law, regulation, judicial proceedings, or else-
where to the Research and Innovative Technology Admin-
istration shall continue to be deemed to be a reference to 
the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and 
Technology of the Department of Transportation. 
NATIONAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AND INNOVATIVE 
FINANCE BUREAU 
For necessary expenses of the National Surface 
Transportation and Innovative Finance Bureau author-
ized by 49 U.S.C. 116, $1,000,000 Provided, That the 
Secretary is required to notify the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations prior to exercising the authori-
ties of 49 U.S.C. 116(h). 
CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVES 
For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, 
including necessary upgrades to wide area network and 
information technology infrastructure, improvement of 
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network perimeter controls and identity management, 
testing and assessment of information technology against 
business, security, and other requirements, implementa-
tion of Federal cyber security initiatives and information 
infrastructure enhancements, and implementation of en-
hanced security controls on network devices, $15,000,000, 
to remain available through September 30, 2019. 
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$9,500,000. 
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND 
DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 
planning, research, systems development, development ac-
tivities, and making grants, to remain available until ex-
pended, $8,500,001: Provided, That of such amount, 
$3,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses of the Inter-
agency Infrastructure Permitting Improvement Center 
(IIPIC): Provided further, That there may be transferred 
to this appropriation, to remain available until expended, 
amounts transferred from other Federal agencies for ex-
penses incurred under this heading for IIPIC activities not 
related to transportation infrastructure: Provided further, 
That the tools and analysis developed by the IIPIC shall 
be available to other Federal agencies for the permitting 
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and review of major infrastructure projects not related to 
transportation only to the extent that other Federal agen-
cies provide funding to the Department as provided for 
under the previous proviso. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For necessary expenses for operating costs and cap-
ital outlays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed 
$202,245,000 shall be paid from appropriations made 
available to the Department of Transportation: Provided, 
That such services shall be provided on a competitive basis 
to entities within the Department of Transportation: Pro-
vided further, That the above limitation on operating ex-
penses shall not apply to non-DOT entities: Provided fur-
ther, That no funds appropriated in this Act to an agency 
of the Department shall be transferred to the Working 
Capital Fund without majority approval of the Working 
Capital Fund Steering Committee and approval of the 
Secretary: Provided further, That no assessments may be 
levied against any program, budget activity, subactivity or 
project funded by this Act unless notice of such assess-
ments and the basis therefor are presented to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are ap-
proved by such Committees. 
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MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses of the Minority Business Re-
source Center, the provision of financial education out-
reach activities to eligible transportation-related small 
businesses, the monitoring of existing loans in the guaran-
teed loan program, and the modification of such loans of 
the Minority Business Resource Center, $500,301, as au-
thorized by 49 U.S.C. 332; Provided, That notwith-
standing that section, these funds may be for business op-
portunities related to any mode of transportation. 
SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS UTILIZATION AND 
OUTREACH 
For necessary expenses for small and disadvantaged 
business utilization and outreach activities, $3,999,093, to 
remain available until September 30, 2019: Provided, 
That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be 
used for business opportunities related to any mode of 
transportation. 
PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
In addition to funds made available from any other 
source to carry out the essential air service program under 
49 U.S.C. 41731 through 41742, $150,000,000, to be de-
rived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That in determining 
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between or among carriers competing to provide service 
to a community, the Secretary may consider the relative 
subsidy requirements of the carriers: Provided further, 
That basic essential air service minimum requirements 
shall not include the 15-passenger capacity requirement 
under subsection 41732(b)(3) of title 49, United States 
Code: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act 
or any other Act shall be used to enter into a new contract 
with a community located less than 40 miles from the 
nearest small hub airport before the Secretary has nego-
tiated with the community over a local cost share: Pro-
vided further, That amounts authorized to be distributed 
for the essential air service program under subsection 
41742(b) of title 49, United States Code, shall be made 
available immediately from amounts otherwise provided to 
the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration: 
Provided further, That the Administrator may reimburse 
such amounts from fees credited to the account estab-
lished under section 45303 of title 49, United States Code. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—OFFICE OF THE 
SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. None of the funds made available in this 
Act to the Department of Transportation may be obligated 
for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation to ap-
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prove assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining 
to funds appropriated to the modal administrations in this 
Act, except for activities underway on the date of enact-
ment of this Act, unless such assessments or agreements 
have completed the normal reprogramming process for 
Congressional notification. 
SEC. 102. The Secretary shall post on the Web site 
of the Department of Transportation a schedule of all 
meetings of the Council on Credit and Finance, including 
the agenda for each meeting, and require the Council on 
Credit and Finance to record the decisions and actions 
of each meeting. 
SEC. 103. In addition to authority provided by section 
327 of title 49, United States Code, the Department’s 
Working Capital Fund is hereby authorized to provide 
partial or full payments in advance and accept subsequent 
reimbursements from all Federal agencies from available 
funds for transit benefit distribution services that are nec-
essary to carry out the Federal transit pass transportation 
fringe benefit program under Executive Order 13150 and 
section 3049 of Public Law 109–59: Provided, That the 
Department shall maintain a reasonable operating reserve 
in the Working Capital Fund, to be expended in advance 
to provide uninterrupted transit benefits to Government 
employees; Provided further, That such reserve will not ex-
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ceed one month of benefits payable and may be used only 
for the purpose of providing for the continuation of transit 
benefits; Provided further, That the Working Capital Fund 
will be fully reimbursed by each customer agency for the 
actual cost of the transit benefit. 
SEC. 104. Hereafter, the Secretary may transfer to 
the National Surface Transportation and Innovative Fi-
nance Bureau, for the purposes of the Bureau, funds allo-
cated to the administrative costs of processing applications 
for the programs referred to in 49 U.S.C. 116(d)(1) and 
funds allocated to any office or office function that the 
Secretary determines has duties, responsibilities, re-
sources, or expertise that support the purposes of the Bu-
reau: Provided, That any such funds, or portions thereof, 
transferred to the Bureau may be transferred back to and 
merged with the original account. 
SEC. 105. Section 503(l)(4) of the Railroad Revital-
ization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (45 U.S.C. 
823(l)(4)) is amended— 
(1) by striking the heading ‘‘SAFETY AND OP-
ERATIONS ACCOUNT’’ and inserting the heading 
‘‘NATIONAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AND INNO-
VATIVE FINANCE BUREAU ACCOUNT, OFFICE
OF 
THE SECRETARY’’; and 
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