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lent to the maximum rate payable for senior-level positions 
under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor vehicles and 
aircraft; purchase of medical equipment; purchase of reprints; 
purchase, renovation, and erection of modular buildings and 
renovation of existing facilities; payments for telephone serv-
ice in private residences in the field, when authorized under 
regulations approved by the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services; uniforms, or allowances therefor as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 5901–5902; and for expenses of attendance at meet-
ings that relate to the functions or activities of the Indian 
Health Service: Provided, That in accordance with the provi-
sions of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, non-In-
dian patients may be extended health care at all tribally ad-
ministered or Indian Health Service facilities, subject to 
charges, and the proceeds along with funds recovered under 
the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651– 
2653) shall be credited to the account of the facility pro-
viding the service and shall be available without fiscal year 
limitation: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
law or regulation, funds transferred from the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development to the Indian Health Serv-
ice shall be administered under Public Law 86–121, the In-
dian Sanitation Facilities Act and Public Law 93–638: Pro-
vided further, That funds appropriated to the Indian Health 
Service in this Act, except those used for administrative and
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program direction purposes, shall not be subject to limita-
tions directed at curtailing Federal travel and transportation: 
Provided further, That none of the funds made available to 
the Indian Health Service in this Act shall be used for any 
assessments or charges by the Department of Health and 
Human Services unless such assessments or charges are iden-
tified in the budget justification and provided in this Act, or 
approved by the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions through the reprogramming process: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds pre-
viously or herein made available to a tribe or tribal organiza-
tion through a contract, grant, or agreement authorized by 
title I or title V of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), may 
be deobligated and reobligated to a self-determination con-
tract under title I, or a self-governance agreement under title 
V of such Act and thereafter shall remain available to the 
tribe or tribal organization without fiscal year limitation: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds made available to the 
Indian Health Service in this Act shall be used to implement 
the final rule published in the Federal Register on September 
16, 1987, by the Department of Health and Human Services, 
relating to the eligibility for the health care services of the 
Indian Health Service until the Indian Health Service has 
submitted a budget request reflecting the increased costs as-
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sociated with the proposed final rule, and such request has 
been included in an appropriations Act and enacted into law: 
Provided further, That with respect to functions transferred 
by the Indian Health Service to tribes or tribal organizations, 
the Indian Health Service is authorized to provide goods and 
services to those entities on a reimbursable basis, including 
payments in advance with subsequent adjustment, and the re-
imbursements received therefrom, along with the funds re-
ceived from those entities pursuant to the Indian Self-Deter-
mination Act, may be credited to the same or subsequent ap-
propriation account from which the funds were originally de-
rived, with such amounts to remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That reimbursements for training, technical 
assistance, or services provided by the Indian Health Service 
will contain total costs, including direct, administrative, and 
overhead costs associated with the provision of goods, serv-
ices, or technical assistance: Provided further, That the In-
dian Health Service may provide to civilian medical personnel 
serving in hospitals operated by the Indian Health Service 
housing allowances equivalent to those that would be provided 
to members of the Commissioned Corps of the United States 
Public Health Service serving in similar positions at such 
hospitals: Provided further, That the appropriation structure 
for the Indian Health Service may not be altered without ad-
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vance notification to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 
SCIENCES 
For necessary expenses for the National Institute of En-
vironmental Health Sciences in carrying out activities set 
forth in section 311(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 
U.S.C. 9660(a)) and section 126(g) of the Superfund Amend-
ments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, $79,714,000. 
AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY 
TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH 
For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Sub-
stances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out ac-
tivities set forth in sections 104(i) and 111(c)(4) of the Com-
prehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Li-
ability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) and section 3019 of the Solid 
Waste Disposal Act, $81,619,000: Provided, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, in lieu of performing a 
health assessment under section 104(i)(6) of CERCLA, the 
Administrator of ATSDR may conduct other appropriate 
health studies, evaluations, or activities, including, without 
limitation, biomedical testing, clinical evaluations, medical 
monitoring, and referral to accredited healthcare providers:
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Provided further, That in performing any such health assess-
ment or health study, evaluation, or activity, the Adminis-
trator of ATSDR shall not be bound by the deadlines in sec-
tion 104(i)(6)(A) of CERCLA: Provided further, That none of 
the funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 
for ATSDR to issue in excess of 40 toxicological profiles pur-
suant to section 104(i) of CERCLA during fiscal year 2024, 
and existing profiles may be updated as necessary. 
OTHER RELATED AGENCIES 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 
COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF 
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 
For necessary expenses to continue functions assigned to 
the Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environ-
mental Quality pursuant to the National Environmental Pol-
icy Act of 1969, the Environmental Quality Improvement Act 
of 1970, and Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1977, and not to 
exceed $750 for official reception and representation ex-
penses, $4,629,000: Provided, That notwithstanding section 
202 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1970, the 
Council shall consist of one member, appointed by the Presi-
dent, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, serv-
ing as chairman and exercising all powers, functions, and du-
ties of the Council.
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CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pursu-
ant to section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, including hire 
of passenger vehicles, uniforms or allowances therefor, as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, and for services authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates for individuals not to exceed 
the per diem equivalent to the maximum rate payable for sen-
ior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376, $14,400,000: Pro-
vided, That the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation 
Board (Board) shall have not more than three career Senior 
Executive Service positions: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the individual appointed 
to the position of Inspector General of the Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA) shall, by virtue of such appoint-
ment, also hold the position of Inspector General of the 
Board: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, the Inspector General of the Board shall utilize 
personnel of the Office of Inspector General of EPA in per-
forming the duties of the Inspector General of the Board, and 
shall not appoint any individuals to positions within the 
Board.
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OFFICE OF NAVAJO AND HOPI INDIAN RELOCATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and Hopi 
Indian Relocation as authorized by Public Law 93–531, 
$5,024,000, to remain available until expended, which shall 
be derived from unobligated balances from prior year appro-
priations available under this heading: Provided, That funds 
provided in this or any other appropriations Act are to be 
used to relocate eligible individuals and groups including 
evictees from District 6, Hopi-partitioned lands residents, 
those in significantly substandard housing, and all others cer-
tified as eligible and not included in the preceding categories: 
Provided further, That none of the funds contained in this or 
any other Act may be used by the Office of Navajo and Hopi 
Indian Relocation to evict any single Navajo or Navajo family 
who, as of November 30, 1985, was physically domiciled on 
the lands partitioned to the Hopi Tribe unless a new or re-
placement home is provided for such household: Provided fur-
ther, That no relocatee will be provided with more than one 
new or replacement home: Provided further, That the Office 
shall relocate any certified eligible relocatees who have se-
lected and received an approved homesite on the Navajo res-
ervation or selected a replacement residence off the Navajo 
reservation or on the land acquired pursuant to section 11 of 
Public Law 93–531 (88 Stat. 1716).
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INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE 
CULTURE AND ARTS DEVELOPMENT 
PAYMENT TO THE INSTITUTE 
For payment to the Institute of American Indian and 
Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development, as authorized 
by part A of title XV of Public Law 99–498 (20 U.S.C. 4411 
et seq.), $13,482,000, which shall become available on July 
1, 2024, and shall remain available until September 30, 
2025. 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institution, 
as authorized by law, including research in the fields of art, 
science, and history; development, preservation, and docu-
mentation of the National Collections; presentation of public 
exhibits and performances; collection, preparation, dissemina-
tion, and exchange of information and publications; conduct 
of education, training, and museum assistance programs; 
maintenance, alteration, operation, lease agreements of no 
more than 30 years, and protection of buildings, facilities, 
and approaches; not to exceed $100,000 for services as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and purchase, rental, repair, and 
cleaning of uniforms for employees, $892,855,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2025, except as otherwise pro-
vided herein; of which not to exceed $28,000,000 for the in-
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strumentation program, collections acquisition, exhibition re-
installation, Smithsonian American Women’s History Mu-
seum, National Museum of the American Latino, and the re-
patriation of skeletal remains program shall remain available 
until expended; and including such funds as may be necessary 
to support American overseas research centers: Provided, 
That funds appropriated herein are available for advance 
payments to independent contractors performing research 
services or participating in official Smithsonian presentations: 
Provided further, That the Smithsonian Institution may ex-
pend Federal appropriations designated in this Act for lease 
or rent payments, as rent payable to the Smithsonian Institu-
tion, and such rent payments may be deposited into the gen-
eral trust funds of the Institution to be available as trust 
funds for expenses associated with the purchase of a portion 
of the building at 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, 
DC, to the extent that federally supported activities will be 
housed there: Provided further, That the use of such amounts 
in the general trust funds of the Institution for such purpose 
shall not be construed as Federal debt service for, a Federal 
guarantee of, a transfer of risk to, or an obligation of the 
Federal Government: Provided further, That no appropriated 
funds may be used directly to service debt which is incurred 
to finance the costs of acquiring a portion of the building at 
600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, DC, or of planning,
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designing, and constructing improvements to such building: 
Provided further, That any agreement entered into by the 
Smithsonian Institution for the sale of its ownership interest, 
or any portion thereof, in such building so acquired may not 
take effect until the expiration of a 30 day period which be-
gins on the date on which the Secretary of the Smithsonian 
submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and Senate, the Committees on House Ad-
ministration and Transportation and Infrastructure of the 
House of Representatives, and the Committee on Rules and 
Administration of the Senate a report, as outlined in the ex-
planatory statement described in section 4 of the Further 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94; 
133 Stat. 2536) on the intended sale. 
FACILITIES CAPITAL 
For necessary expenses of repair, revitalization, and al-
teration of facilities owned or occupied by the Smithsonian 
Institution, by contract or otherwise, as authorized by section 
2 of the Act of August 22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), and for con-
struction, including necessary personnel, $197,645,000, to re-
main available until expended, of which not to exceed 
$10,000 shall be for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
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NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For the upkeep and operations of the National Gallery 
of Art, the protection and care of the works of art therein, 
and administrative expenses incident thereto, as authorized 
by the Act of March 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51), as amended by 
the public resolution of April 13, 1939 (Public Resolution 9, 
76th Congress), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109; payment in advance when authorized by the treasurer 
of the Gallery for membership in library, museum, and art 
associations or societies whose publications or services are 
available to members only, or to members at a price lower 
than to the general public; purchase, repair, and cleaning of 
uniforms for guards, and uniforms, or allowances therefor, 
for other employees as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901– 
5902); purchase or rental of devices and services for pro-
tecting buildings and contents thereof, and maintenance, al-
teration, improvement, and repair of buildings, approaches, 
and grounds; and purchase of services for restoration and re-
pair of works of art for the National Gallery of Art by con-
tracts made, without advertising, with individuals, firms, or 
organizations at such rates or prices and under such terms 
and 
conditions 
as 
the 
Gallery 
may 
deem 
proper, 
$174,760,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025,
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of which not to exceed $3,875,000 for the special exhibition 
program shall remain available until expended. 
REPAIR, RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of repair, restoration, and ren-
ovation of buildings, grounds and facilities owned or occupied 
by the National Gallery of Art, by contract or otherwise, for 
operating lease agreements of no more than 10 years, that 
address space needs created by the ongoing renovations in the 
Master Facilities Plan, as authorized, $34,480,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of this amount, 
$24,574,000 shall be available for design and construction of 
an off-site art storage facility in partnership with the Smith-
sonian Institution and may be transferred to the Smithsonian 
Institution for such purposes: Provided further, That con-
tracts awarded for environmental systems, protection sys-
tems, and exterior repair or renovation of buildings of the 
National Gallery of Art may be negotiated with selected con-
tractors and awarded on the basis of contractor qualifications 
as well as price. 
JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS 
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 
For necessary expenses for the operation, maintenance, 
and security of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Per-
forming Arts, including rent of temporary office space in the
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District of Columbia during renovations of such Center, 
$32,293,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025. 
CAPITAL REPAIR AND RESTORATION 
For necessary expenses for capital repair and restoration 
of the existing features of the building and site of the John 
F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, $12,633,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of 
the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 1356) 
including hire of passenger vehicles and services as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $15,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025. 
NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE 
HUMANITIES 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS 
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foun-
dation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 
$207,000,000 shall be available to the National Endowment 
for the Arts for the support of projects and productions in 
the arts, including arts education and public outreach activi-
ties, through assistance to organizations and individuals pur-
suant to section 5 of the Act, for program support, and for
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administering the functions of the Act, to remain available 
until expended. 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES 
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foun-
dation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 
$207,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$192,000,000 shall be available for support of activities in 
the humanities, pursuant to section 7(c) of the Act and for 
administering the functions of the Act; and $15,000,000 shall 
be available to carry out the matching grants program pursu-
ant to section 10(a)(2) of the Act, including $13,000,000 for 
the purposes of section 7(h): Provided, That appropriations 
for carrying out section 10(a)(2) shall be available for obliga-
tion only in such amounts as may be equal to the total 
amounts of gifts, bequests, devises of money, and other prop-
erty accepted by the chairman or by grantees of the National 
Endowment for the Humanities under the provisions of sec-
tions 11(a)(2)(B) and 11(a)(3)(B) during the current and 
preceding fiscal years for which equal amounts have not pre-
viously been appropriated. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
None of the funds appropriated to the National Founda-
tion on the Arts and the Humanities may be used to process 
any grant or contract documents which do not include the
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text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided, That none of the funds ap-
propriated to the National Foundation on the Arts and the 
Humanities may be used for official reception and representa-
tion expenses: Provided further, That funds from non-
appropriated sources may be used as necessary for official re-
ception and representation expenses: Provided further, That 
the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts may 
approve grants of up to $10,000, if in the aggregate the 
amount of such grants does not exceed 5 percent of the sums 
appropriated for grantmaking purposes per year: Provided 
further, That such small grant actions are taken pursuant to 
the terms of an expressed and direct delegation of authority 
from the National Council on the Arts to the Chairperson. 
COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses of the Commission of Fine Arts under 
chapter 91 of title 40, United States Code, $3,661,000: Pro-
vided, That the Commission is authorized to charge fees to 
cover the full costs of its publications, and such fees shall be 
credited to this account as an offsetting collection, to remain 
available until expended without further appropriation: Pro-
vided further, That the Commission is authorized to accept 
gifts, including objects, papers, artwork, drawings and arti-
facts, that pertain to the history and design of the Nation’s 
Capital or the history and activities of the Commission of
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Fine Arts, for the purpose of artistic display, study, or edu-
cation: Provided further, That one-tenth of one percent of the 
funds provided under this heading may be used for official re-
ception and representation expenses. 
NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS 
For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law 99– 
190 (20 U.S.C. 956a), $5,000,000: Provided, That the item 
relating to ‘‘National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs’’ in 
the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 1986, as enacted into law by section 101(d) of 
Public Law 99–190 (20 U.S.C. 956a), shall be applied in fis-
cal year 2024 in the second paragraph by inserting ‘‘, cal-
endar year 2020 excluded’’ before the first period: Provided 
further, That in determining an eligible organization’s annual 
income for calendar years 2021, 2022, and 2023, funds or 
grants received by the eligible organization from any supple-
mental appropriations made available in 2020 and 2021 in 
connection with the public health emergency declared by the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services on January 31, 
2020 (including renewals thereof) shall be counted as part of 
the eligible organization’s annual income. 
ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on His-
toric Preservation (Public Law 89–665), $8,585,000.
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NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Capital Planning 
Commission under chapter 87 of title 40, United States 
Code, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$8,750,000: Provided, That one-quarter of 1 percent of the 
funds provided under this heading may be used for official re-
ception and representational expenses associated with hosting 
international visitors engaged in the planning and physical 
development of world capitals. 
UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM 
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM 
For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Museum, as au-
thorized by Public Law 106–292 (36 U.S.C. 2301–2310), 
$65,231,000, of which $1,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2026, for the Museum’s equipment re-
placement program; and of which $4,000,000 for the Muse-
um’s repair and rehabilitation program and $1,264,000 for 
the Museum’s outreach initiatives program shall remain avail-
able until expended. 
PRESIDIO TRUST 
The Presidio Trust is authorized to issue obligations to 
the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to section 104(d)(3) 
of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of
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1996 (Public Law 104–333), in an amount not to exceed 
$90,000,000. 
UNITED STATES SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For 
necessary 
expenses 
of 
the 
United 
States 
Semiquincentennial Commission to plan and coordinate ob-
servances and activities associated with the 250th anniversary 
of the founding of the United States, as authorized by Public 
Law 116–282, the technical amendments to Public Law 114– 
196, $15,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2025.
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TITLE IV 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS AND RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 401. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act shall be available for any activity or the publication or 
distribution of literature that in any way tends to promote 
public support or opposition to any legislative proposal on 
which Congressional action is not complete other than to 
communicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 
U.S.C. 1913. 
OBLIGATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 402. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
DISCLOSURE OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
SEC. 403. The amount and basis of estimated overhead 
charges, deductions, reserves, or holdbacks, including working 
capital fund charges, from programs, projects, activities and 
subactivities to support government-wide, departmental, agen-
cy, or bureau administrative functions or headquarters, re-
gional, or central operations shall be presented in annual 
budget justifications and subject to approval by the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and
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the Senate. Changes to such estimates shall be presented to 
the Committees on Appropriations for approval. 
MINING APPLICATIONS 
SEC. 404. (a) LIMITATION OF FUNDS.—None of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to 
this Act shall be obligated or expended to accept or process 
applications for a patent for any mining or mill site claim lo-
cated under the general mining laws. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) shall not apply if the 
Secretary of the Interior determines that, for the claim con-
cerned: (1) a patent application was filed with the Secretary 
on or before September 30, 1994; and (2) all requirements 
established under sections 2325 and 2326 of the Revised 
Statutes (30 U.S.C. 29 and 30) for vein or lode claims, sec-
tions 2329, 2330, 2331, and 2333 of the Revised Statutes 
(30 U.S.C. 35, 36, and 37) for placer claims, and section 
2337 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 42) for mill site 
claims, as the case may be, were fully complied with by the 
applicant by that date. 
(c) REPORT.—On September 30, 2025, the Secretary of 
the Interior shall file with the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations and the Committee on Natural Resources 
of the House and the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
sources of the Senate a report on actions taken by the De-
partment under the plan submitted pursuant to section
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314(c) of the Department of the Interior and Related Agen-
cies Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104–208). 
(d) MINERAL EXAMINATIONS.—In order to process pat-
ent applications in a timely and responsible manner, upon the 
request of a patent applicant, the Secretary of the Interior 
shall allow the applicant to fund a qualified third-party con-
tractor to be selected by the Director of the Bureau of Land 
Management to conduct a mineral examination of the mining 
claims or mill sites contained in a patent application as set 
forth in subsection (b). The Bureau of Land Management 
shall have the sole responsibility to choose and pay the third- 
party contractor in accordance with the standard procedures 
employed by the Bureau of Land Management in the reten-
tion of third-party contractors. 
CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS, PRIOR YEAR LIMITATION 
SEC. 405. Sections 405 and 406 of division F of the 
Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 
2015 (Public Law 113–235) shall continue in effect in fiscal 
year 2024. 
CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS, FISCAL YEAR 2024 LIMITATION 
SEC. 406. Amounts provided by this Act for fiscal year 
2024 under the headings ‘‘Department of Health and Human 
Services, Indian Health Service, Contract Support Costs’’ 
and ‘‘Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs 
and Bureau of Indian Education, Contract Support Costs’’
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are the only amounts available for contract support costs 
arising out of self-determination or self-governance contracts, 
grants, compacts, or annual funding agreements for fiscal 
year 2024 with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of In-
dian Education, and the Indian Health Service: Provided, 
That such amounts provided by this Act are not available for 
payment of claims for contract support costs for prior years, 
or for repayments of payments for settlements or judgments 
awarding contract support costs for prior years. 
FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS 
SEC. 407. The Secretary of Agriculture shall not be con-
sidered to be in violation of section 6(f)(5)(A) of the Forest 
and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 
(16 U.S.C. 1604(f)(5)(A)) solely because more than 15 years 
have passed without revision of the plan for a unit of the Na-
tional Forest System. Nothing in this section exempts the 
Secretary from any other requirement of the Forest and 
Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act (16 U.S.C. 
1600 et seq.) or any other law: Provided, That if the Sec-
retary is not acting expeditiously and in good faith, within 
the funding available, to revise a plan for a unit of the Na-
tional Forest System, this section shall be void with respect 
to such plan and a court of proper jurisdiction may order 
completion of the plan on an accelerated basis.
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PROHIBITION WITHIN NATIONAL MONUMENTS 
SEC. 408. No funds provided in this Act may be ex-
pended to conduct preleasing, leasing and related activities 
under either the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) 
or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 
et seq.) within the boundaries of a National Monument estab-
lished pursuant to the Act of June 8, 1906 (16 U.S.C. 431 
et seq.) as such boundary existed on January 20, 2001, ex-
cept where such activities are allowed under the Presidential 
proclamation establishing such monument. 
LIMITATION ON TAKINGS 
SEC. 409. Unless otherwise provided herein, no funds 
appropriated in this Act for the acquisition of lands or inter-
ests in lands may be expended for the filing of declarations 
of taking or complaints in condemnation without the approval 
of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided, That this provision shall not apply to funds appro-
priated to implement the Everglades National Park Protec-
tion and Expansion Act of 1989, or to funds appropriated for 
Federal assistance to the State of Florida to acquire lands 
for Everglades restoration purposes. 
PROHIBITION ON NO-BID CONTRACTS 
SEC. 410. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act to executive branch agencies may 
be used to enter into any Federal contract unless such con-
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tract is entered into in accordance with the requirements of 
Chapter 33 of title 41, United States Code, or Chapter 137 
of title 10, United States Code, and the Federal Acquisition 
Regulation, unless— 
(1) Federal law specifically authorizes a contract to 
be entered into without regard for these requirements, 
including formula grants for States, or federally recog-
nized Indian tribes; 
(2) such contract is authorized by the Indian Self- 
Determination and Education Assistance Act (Public 
Law 93–638, 25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) or by any other 
Federal laws that specifically authorize a contract within 
an Indian tribe as defined in section 4(e) of that Act (25 
U.S.C. 5304(e)); or 
(3) such contract was awarded prior to the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
POSTING OF REPORTS 
SEC. 411. (a) Any agency receiving funds made available 
in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on 
the public website of that agency any report required to be 
submitted by the Congress in this or any other Act, upon the 
determination by the head of the agency that it shall serve 
the national interest. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if—
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(1) the public posting of the report compromises na-
tional security; or 
(2) the report contains proprietary information. 
(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall do 
so only after such report has been made available to the re-
questing Committee or Committees of Congress for no less 
than 45 days. 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS GRANT GUIDELINES 
SEC. 412. Of the funds provided to the National Endow-
ment for the Arts— 
(1) The Chairperson shall only award a grant to an 
individual if such grant is awarded to such individual for 
a literature fellowship, National Heritage Fellowship, or 
American Jazz Masters Fellowship. 
(2) The Chairperson shall establish procedures to 
ensure that no funding provided through a grant, except 
a grant made to a State or local arts agency, or regional 
group, may be used to make a grant to any other organi-
zation or individual to conduct activity independent of 
the direct grant recipient. Nothing in this subsection 
shall prohibit payments made in exchange for goods and 
services. 
(3) No grant shall be used for seasonal support to 
a group, unless the application is specific to the contents 
of the season, including identified programs or projects.
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NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS PROGRAM PRIORITIES 
SEC. 413. (a) In providing services or awarding financial 
assistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and 
the Humanities Act of 1965 from funds appropriated under 
this Act, the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the 
Arts shall ensure that priority is given to providing services 
or awarding financial assistance for projects, productions, 
workshops, or programs that serve underserved populations. 
(b) In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘underserved population’’ means a 
population of individuals, including urban minorities, 
who have historically been outside the purview of arts 
and humanities programs due to factors such as a high 
incidence of income below the poverty line or to geo-
graphic isolation. 
(2) The term ‘‘poverty line’’ means the poverty line 
(as defined by the Office of Management and Budget, 
and revised annually in accordance with section 673(2) 
of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 
9902(2))) applicable to a family of the size involved. 
(c) In providing services and awarding financial assist-
ance under the National Foundation on the Arts and Hu-
manities Act of 1965 with funds appropriated by this Act, 
the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts 
shall ensure that priority is given to providing services or
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awarding financial assistance for projects, productions, work-
shops, or programs that will encourage public knowledge, 
education, understanding, and appreciation of the arts. 
(d) With funds appropriated by this Act to carry out 
section 5 of the National Foundation on the Arts and Hu-
manities Act of 1965— 
(1) the Chairperson shall establish a grant category 
for projects, productions, workshops, or programs that 
are of national impact or availability or are able to tour 
several States; 
(2) the Chairperson shall not make grants exceed-
ing 15 percent, in the aggregate, of such funds to any 
single State, excluding grants made under the authority 
of paragraph (1); 
(3) the Chairperson shall report to the Congress an-
nually and by State, on grants awarded by the Chair-
person in each grant category under section 5 of such 
Act; and 
(4) the Chairperson shall encourage the use of 
grants to improve and support community-based music 
performance and education. 
STATUS OF BALANCES OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 414. The Department of the Interior, the Environ-
mental Protection Agency, the Forest Service, and the Indian 
Health Service shall provide the Committees on Appropria-
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tions of the House of Representatives and Senate quarterly 
reports on the status of balances of appropriations including 
all uncommitted, committed, and unobligated funds in each 
program and activity within 60 days of enactment of this Act. 
EXTENSION OF GRAZING PERMITS 
SEC. 415. The terms and conditions of section 325 of 
Public Law 108–108 (117 Stat. 1307), regarding grazing 
permits issued by the Forest Service on any lands not subject 
to administration under section 402 of the Federal Lands 
Policy and Management Act (43 U.S.C. 1752), shall remain 
in effect for fiscal year 2024. 
FUNDING PROHIBITION 
SEC. 416. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer network 
unless such network is designed to block access to pornog-
raphy websites. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds 
necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforce-
ment agency or any other entity carrying out criminal inves-
tigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 
HUMANE TRANSFER AND TREATMENT OF ANIMALS 
SEC. 417. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to land admin-
istered by the Bureau of Land Management, or the Secretary 
of Agriculture, with respect to land administered by the For-
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est Service (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary con-
cerned’’), may transfer excess wild horses and burros that 
have been removed from land administered by the Secretary 
concerned to other Federal, State, and local government 
agencies for use as work animals. 
(b) The Secretary concerned may make a transfer under 
subsection (a) immediately on the request of a Federal, State, 
or local government agency. 
(c) An excess wild horse or burro transferred under sub-
section (a) shall lose status as a wild free-roaming horse or 
burro (as defined in section 2 of Public Law 92–195 (com-
monly known as the ‘‘Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros 
Act’’) (16 U.S.C. 1332)). 
(d) A Federal, State, or local government agency receiv-
ing an excess wild horse or burro pursuant to subsection (a) 
shall not— 
(1) destroy the horse or burro in a manner that re-
sults in the destruction of the horse or burro into a com-
mercial product; 
(2) sell or otherwise transfer the horse or burro in 
a manner that results in the destruction of the horse or 
burro for processing into a commercial product; or 
(3) euthanize the horse or burro, except on the rec-
ommendation of a licensed veterinarian in a case of se-
vere injury, illness, or advanced age.
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(e) Amounts appropriated by this Act shall not be avail-
able for— 
(1) the destruction of any healthy, unadopted, and 
wild horse or burro under the jurisdiction of the Sec-
retary concerned (including a contractor); or 
(2) the sale of a wild horse or burro that results in 
the destruction of the wild horse or burro for processing 
into a commercial product. 
FOREST SERVICE FACILITY REALIGNMENT AND 
ENHANCEMENT AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION 
SEC. 418. Section 503(f) of Public Law 109–54 (16 
U.S.C. 580d note) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2024’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2019’’. 
USE OF AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL 
SEC. 419. (a)(1) None of the funds made available by 
a State water pollution control revolving fund as authorized 
by section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 
300j–12) shall be used for a project for the construction, al-
teration, maintenance, or repair of a public water system or 
treatment works unless all of the iron and steel products used 
in the project are produced in the United States. 
(2) In this section, the term ‘‘iron and steel’’ products 
means the following products made primarily of iron or steel: 
lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers and other 
municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, pipe clamps and
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restraints, valves, structural steel, reinforced precast con-
crete, and construction materials. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or cat-
egory of cases in which the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency (in this section referred to as the 
‘‘Administrator’’) finds that— 
(1) applying subsection (a) would be inconsistent 
with the public interest; 
(2) iron and steel products are not produced in the 
United States in sufficient and reasonably available 
quantities and of a satisfactory quality; or 
(3) inclusion of iron and steel products produced in 
the United States will increase the cost of the overall 
project by more than 25 percent. 
(c) If the Administrator receives a request for a waiver 
under this section, the Administrator shall make available to 
the public on an informal basis a copy of the request and in-
formation available to the Administrator concerning the re-
quest, and shall allow for informal public input on the request 
for at least 15 days prior to making a finding based on the 
request. The Administrator shall make the request and ac-
companying information available by electronic means, includ-
ing on the official public Internet Web site of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency.
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(d) This section shall be applied in a manner consistent 
with United States obligations under international agree-
ments. 
(e) The Administrator may retain up to 0.25 percent of 
the funds appropriated in this Act for the Clean and Drink-
ing Water State Revolving Funds for carrying out the provi-
sions described in subsection (a)(1) for management and 
oversight of the requirements of this section. 
LOCAL
COOPERATOR
TRAINING
AGREEMENTS
AND
TRANS-
FERS
OF
EXCESS
EQUIPMENT
AND
SUPPLIES
FOR 
WILDFIRES 
SEC. 420. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to 
enter into grants and cooperative agreements with volunteer 
fire departments, rural fire departments, rangeland fire pro-
tection associations, and similar organizations to provide for 
wildland fire training and equipment, including supplies and 
communication devices. Notwithstanding section 121(c) of 
title 40, United States Code, or section 521 of title 40, 
United States Code, the Secretary is further authorized to 
transfer title to excess Department of the Interior firefighting 
equipment no longer needed to carry out the functions of the 
Department’s wildland fire management program to such or-
ganizations.
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RECREATION FEES 
SEC. 421. Section 810 of the Federal Lands Recreation 
Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6809) shall be applied by sub-
stituting ‘‘October 1, 2025’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2019’’. 
REPROGRAMMING GUIDELINES 
SEC. 422. None of the funds made available in this Act, 
in this and prior fiscal years, may be reprogrammed without 
the advance approval of the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations in accordance with the reprogramming 
procedures contained in the explanatory statement described 
in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this con-
solidated Act). 
LOCAL CONTRACTORS 
SEC. 423. Section 412 of division E of Public Law 112– 
74 shall be applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2024’’ for 
‘‘fiscal year 2019’’. 
SHASTA-TRINITY MARINA FEE AUTHORITY AUTHORIZATION 
EXTENSION 
SEC. 424. Section 422 of division F of Public Law 110– 
161 (121 Stat 1844), as amended, shall be applied by sub-
stituting ‘‘fiscal year 2024’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’. 
INTERPRETIVE ASSOCIATION AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION 
SEC. 425. Section 426 of division G of Public Law 113– 
76 (16 U.S.C. 565a–1 note) shall be applied by substituting 
‘‘September 30, 2024’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2019’’.
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FOREST BOTANICAL PRODUCTS FEE COLLECTION 
AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION 
SEC. 426. Section 339 of the Department of the Interior 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as enacted 
into law by Public Law 106–113; 16 U.S.C. 528 note), as 
amended by section 335(6) of Public Law 108–108 and sec-
tion 432 of Public Law 113–76, shall be applied by sub-
stituting ‘‘fiscal year 2024’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’. 
CHACO CANYON 
SEC. 427. None of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used to accept a nomination for oil and gas leasing 
under 43 CFR 3120.3 et seq., or to offer for oil and gas leas-
ing, any Federal lands within the withdrawal area identified 
on the map of the Chaco Culture National Historical Park 
prepared by the Bureau of Land Management and dated 
April 2, 2019, prior to the completion of the cultural re-
sources investigation identified in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 in the matter preceding division A of 
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116– 
260). 
TRIBAL LEASES 
SEC. 428. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, in the case of any lease under section 105(l) of the In-
dian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25
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U.S.C. 5324(l)), the initial lease term shall commence no ear-
lier than the date of receipt of the lease proposal. 
(b) The Secretaries of the Interior and Health and 
Human Services shall, jointly or separately, during fiscal year 
2024 consult with tribes and tribal organizations through 
public solicitation and other means regarding the require-
ments for leases under section 105(l) of the Indian Self-De-
termination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 
5324(l)) on how to implement a consistent and transparent 
process for the payment of such leases. 
FOREST ECOSYSTEM HEALTH AND RECOVERY FUND 
SEC. 429. The authority provided under the heading 
‘‘Forest Ecosystem Health and Recovery Fund’’ in title I of 
Public Law 111–88, as amended by section 117 of division 
F of Public Law 113–235, shall be applied by substituting 
‘‘fiscal year 2024’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 2020’’ each place it ap-
pears. 
ALLOCATION OF PROJECTS, NATIONAL PARKS AND PUBLIC 
LAND
LEGACY
RESTORATION
FUND
AND
LAND
AND 
WATER CONSERVATION FUND 
SEC. 430. (a)(1) Within 45 days of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall allocate amounts 
made available from the National Parks and Public Land 
Legacy Restoration Fund for fiscal year 2024 pursuant to 
subsection (c) of section 200402 of title 54, United States
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Code, and as provided in subsection (e) of such section of 
such title, to the agencies of the Department of the Interior 
and the Department of Agriculture specified, in the amounts 
specified, for the stations and unit names specified, and for 
the projects and activities specified in the table titled ‘‘Alloca-
tion of Funds: National Parks and Public Land Legacy Res-
toration Fund Fiscal Year 2024’’ in the explanatory state-
ment described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division 
A of this consolidated Act). 
(2) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, as ap-
propriate, shall allocate amounts made available for expendi-
ture from the Land and Water Conservation Fund for fiscal 
year 2024 pursuant to subsection (a) of section 200303 of 
title 54, United States Code, to the agencies and accounts 
specified, in the amounts specified, and for the projects and 
activities specified in the table titled ‘‘Allocation of Funds: 
Land and Water Conservation Fund Fiscal Year 2024’’ in 
the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the mat-
ter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
(b) Except as otherwise provided by subsection (c) of 
this section, neither the President nor his designee may allo-
cate any amounts that are made available for any fiscal year 
under subsection (c) of section 200402 of title 54, United 
States Code, or subsection (a) of section 200303 of title 54,
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United States Code, other than in amounts and for projects 
and activities that are allocated by subsections (a)(1) and 
(a)(2) of this section: Provided, That in any fiscal year, the 
matter preceding this proviso shall not apply to the allocation 
of amounts for continuing administration of programs allo-
cated funds from the National Parks and Public Land Leg-
acy Restoration Fund or the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund, which may be allocated only in amounts that are no 
more than the allocation for such purposes in subsections 
(a)(1) and (a)(2) of this section. 
(c) The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
Agriculture may reallocate amounts from each agency’s 
‘‘Contingency Fund’’ line in the table titled ‘‘Allocation of 
Funds: National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration 
Fund Fiscal Year 2024’’ to any project funded by the Na-
tional Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund with-
in the same agency, from any fiscal year, that experienced a 
funding deficiency due to unforeseen cost overruns, in accord-
ance with the following requirements: 
(1) ‘‘Contingency Fund’’ amounts may only be re-
allocated if there is a risk to project completion resulting 
from unforeseen cost overruns; 
(2) ‘‘Contingency Fund’’ amounts may only be re-
allocated for cost of adjustments and changes within the 
original scope of effort for projects funded by the Na-
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tional Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund; 
and 
(3) The Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary 
of Agriculture must provide written notification to the 
Committees on Appropriations 30 days before taking any 
actions authorized by this subsection if the amount re-
allocated from the ‘‘Contingency Fund’’ line for a 
project is projected to be 10 percent or greater than the 
following, as applicable: 
(A) The amount allocated to that project in the 
table titled ‘‘Allocation of Funds: National Parks 
and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund Fiscal 
Year 2024’’ in the explanatory statement described 
in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act); or 
(B) The initial estimate in the most recent re-
port submitted, prior to enactment of this Act, to 
the Committees on Appropriations pursuant to sec-
tion 431(e) of division G of the Consolidated Appro-
priations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117–328). 
(d)(1) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of 
the President for fiscal year 2025, the Secretary of the Inte-
rior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall each submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate project data sheets for the projects in
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the ‘‘Submission of Annual List of Projects to Congress’’ re-
quired by section 200402(h) of title 54, United States Code: 
Provided, That the ‘‘Submission of Annual List of Projects 
to Congress’’ must include a ‘‘Contingency Fund’’ line for 
each agency within the allocations defined in subsection (e) 
of section 200402 of title 54, United States Code: Provided 
further, That in the event amounts allocated by this Act or 
any prior Act for the National Parks and Public Land Leg-
acy Restoration Fund are no longer needed to complete a 
specified project, such amounts may be reallocated in such 
submission to that agency’s ‘‘Contingency Fund’’ line: Pro-
vided further, That any proposals to change the scope of or 
terminate a previously approved project must be clearly iden-
tified in such submission. 
(2)(A) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of 
the President for fiscal year 2025, the Secretary of the Inte-
rior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall each submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate a list of supplementary allocations for 
Federal land acquisition and Forest Legacy Projects at the 
National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 
the Bureau of Land Management, and the U.S. Forest Serv-
ice that are in addition to the ‘‘Submission of Cost Esti-
mates’’ required by section 200303(c)(1) of title 54, United 
States Code, that are prioritized and detailed by account,
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program, and project, and that total no less than half the full 
amount allocated to each account for that land management 
Agency under the allocations submitted under section 
200303(c)(1) of title 54, United States Code: Provided, That 
in the event amounts allocated by this Act or any prior Act 
pursuant to subsection (a) of section 200303 of title 54, 
United States Code are no longer needed because a project 
has been completed or can no longer be executed, such 
amounts must be clearly identified if proposed for reallocation 
in the annual budget submission. 
(B) The Federal land acquisition and Forest Legacy 
projects in the ‘‘Submission of Cost Estimates’’ required by 
section 200303(c)(1) of title 54, United States Code, and on 
the list of supplementary allocations required by subpara-
graph (A) shall be comprised only of projects for which a will-
ing seller has been identified and for which an appraisal or 
market research has been initiated. 
(C) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of 
the President for fiscal year 2025, the Secretary of the Inte-
rior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall each submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate project data sheets in the same format 
and containing the same level of detailed information that is 
found on such sheets in the Budget Justifications annually 
submitted by the Department of the Interior with the Presi-
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dent’s Budget for the projects in the ‘‘Submission of Cost Es-
timates’’ required by section 200303(c)(1) of title 54, United 
States Code, and in the same format and containing the same 
level of detailed information that is found on such sheets sub-
mitted to the Committees pursuant to section 427 of division 
D of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 
(Public Law 116–94) for the list of supplementary allocations 
required by subparagraph (A). 
(e) The Department of the Interior and the Department 
of Agriculture shall provide the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and Senate quarterly 
reports on the status of balances of projects and activities 
funded by the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Res-
toration Fund for amounts allocated pursuant to subsection 
(a)(1) of this section and the status of balances of projects 
and activities funded by the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund for amounts allocated pursuant to subsection (a)(2) of 
this section, including all uncommitted, committed, and unob-
ligated funds, and, for amounts allocated pursuant to sub-
section (a)(1) of this section, National Parks and Public 
Land Legacy Restoration Fund amounts reallocated pursuant 
to subsection (c) of this section. 
POLICIES RELATING TO BIOMASS ENERGY 
SEC. 431. To support the key role that forests in the 
United States can play in addressing the energy needs of the
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United States, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Ag-
riculture, and the Administrator of the Environmental Pro-
tection Agency shall, consistent with their missions, jointly— 
(1) ensure that Federal policy relating to forest bio-
energy— 
(A) is consistent across all Federal depart-
ments and agencies; and 
(B) recognizes the full benefits of the use of 
forest biomass for energy, conservation, and respon-
sible forest management; and 
(2) establish clear and simple policies for the use of 
forest biomass as an energy solution, including policies 
that— 
(A) reflect the carbon neutrality of forest bio-
energy and recognize biomass as a renewable energy 
source, provided the use of forest biomass for en-
ergy production does not cause conversion of forests 
to non-forest use; 
(B) encourage private investment throughout 
the forest biomass supply chain, including in— 
(i) working forests; 
(ii) harvesting operations; 
(iii) forest improvement operations; 
(iv) forest bioenergy production; 
(v) wood products manufacturing; or
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(vi) paper manufacturing; 
(C) encourage forest management to improve 
forest health; and 
(D) recognize State initiatives to produce and 
use forest biomass. 
SMALL REMOTE INCINERATORS 
SEC. 432. None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used to implement or enforce the regulation issued 
on March 21, 2011 at 40 CFR part 60 subparts CCCC and 
DDDD with respect to units in the State of Alaska that are 
defined as ‘‘small, remote incinerator’’ units in those regula-
tions and, until a subsequent regulation is issued, the Admin-
istrator shall implement the law and regulations in effect 
prior to such date. 
TIMBER SALE REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 433. No timber sale in Alaska’s Region 10 shall be 
advertised if the indicated rate is deficit (defined as the value 
of the timber is not sufficient to cover all logging and stump-
age costs and provide a normal profit and risk allowance 
under the Forest Service’s appraisal process) when appraised 
using a residual value appraisal. The western red cedar tim-
ber from those sales which is surplus to the needs of the do-
mestic processors in Alaska, shall be made available to do-
mestic processors in the contiguous 48 United States at pre-
vailing domestic prices. All additional western red cedar vol-
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ume not sold to Alaska or contiguous 48 United States do-
mestic processors may be exported to foreign markets at the 
election of the timber sale holder. All Alaska yellow cedar 
may be sold at prevailing export prices at the election of the 
timber sale holder. 
TRANSFER AUTHORITY TO FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRA-
TION
FOR
THE
NATIONAL
PARKS
AND
PUBLIC
LAND 
LEGACY RESTORATION FUND 
SEC. 434. Funds made available or allocated in this Act 
to the Department of the Interior or the Department of Agri-
culture that are subject to the allocations and limitations in 
54 U.S.C. 200402(e) and prohibitions in 54 U.S.C. 
200402(f) may be further allocated or reallocated to the Fed-
eral Highway Administration for transportation projects of 
the covered agencies defined in 54 U.S.C. 200401(2). 
PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 435. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds made available in this Act or any other Act 
may be used to promulgate or implement any regulation re-
quiring the issuance of permits under title V of the Clean Air 
Act (42 U.S.C. 7661 et seq.) for carbon dioxide, nitrous 
oxide, water vapor, or methane emissions resulting from bio-
logical processes associated with livestock production.
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GREENHOUSE GAS REPORTING RESTRICTIONS 
SEC. 436. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds made available in this or any other Act 
may be used to implement any provision in a rule, if that pro-
vision requires mandatory reporting of greenhouse gas emis-
sions from manure management systems. 
FUNDING PROHIBITION 
SEC. 437. None of the funds made available by this or 
any other Act may be used to regulate the lead content of 
ammunition, ammunition components, or fishing tackle under 
the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) 
or any other law. 
FIREFIGHTER PAY CAP 
SEC. 438. Section 1701 of division B of the Extending 
Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance 
Act (5 U.S.C. 5547 note), as amended by Public Law 117– 
103, is further amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking the last sen-
tence and inserting ‘‘Any Services during a given cal-
endar year that generate payments payable in the subse-
quent calendar year shall be disregarded in applying this 
subsection’’; and 
(2) in subsections (a), (b), and (c) by inserting ‘‘or 
2024’’ after ‘‘or 2023’’ each place it appears.
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TECHNICAL CORRECTION 
SEC. 439. In the table entitled ‘‘Interior and Environ-
ment Incorporation of Community Project Funding Items/ 
Congressionally Directed Spending Items’’ in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 in the matter preceding divi-
sion A of Public Law 117–328 and in the table under the 
heading ‘‘Disclosure of Earmarks and Congressionally Di-
rected Spending Items’’ in such explanatory statement, the 
project relating to ‘‘Historic Campbell Chapel Restoration 
Committee for the Restoration of Historic Campbell Chapel’’ 
is deemed to be amended by striking ‘‘Historic Preservation 
Fund—Save America’s Treasures Grants’’ and inserting 
‘‘Historic Preservation Fund—Historic Preservation Fund 
Grants’’. 
ALASKA NATIVE REGIONAL HEALTH ENTITIES 
AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION 
SEC. 440. Section 424(a) of title IV of division G of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 (Public Law 113–76) 
shall be applied by substituting ‘‘October 1, 2024’’ for ‘‘De-
cember 24, 2022’’. 
LAVA RIDGE WIND PROJECT 
SEC. 441. (a) None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be obligated or expended for the purpose of grant-
ing, issuing, or renewing a right-of-way under section 501 of 
the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43
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U.S.C. 1761) for the Lava Ridge Wind Project, unless or 
until the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau 
of Land Management, has analyzed, in consultation with local 
elected officials and stakeholders, action alternatives designed 
to reduce impacts to wildlife, cultural resources, transpor-
tation, hunting, wetlands and the connected surface and 
ground waters. The Secretary shall complete such consulta-
tions, and seek feedback regarding action alternatives, not 
later than September 30, 2024, and no funds made available 
in this Act shall be used for granting, issuing, or renewing 
a right-of-way under section 501 of the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1761) for the Lava 
Ridge Wind Project while such consultations and efforts are 
ongoing. 
(b) Prior to granting, issuing, or renewing a right-of-way 
under section 501 of the Federal Land Policy and Manage-
ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1761) for the Lava Ridge Wind 
Project, the Secretary shall periodically report to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations on the status of 
consultations required under subsection (a) and, once such 
consultations are complete, provide a briefing to the Commit-
tees on the action alternatives and the feedback of local elect-
ed officials and stakeholders.
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LIMITATION 
SEC. 442. If requested by the claimant of any mining 
claim located within the area covered by Public Land Order 
7921, the Bureau of Land Management shall prioritize com-
pletion of a validity determination for such claim. The Bu-
reau of Land Management shall strive to complete any such 
validity determination not later than 3 years of receipt of the 
request. 
GOOD NEIGHBOR AUTHORITY 
SEC. 443. Section 8206 of the Agriculture Act of 2014 
(16 U.S.C. 2113a), as amended by section 8624 of the Agri-
culture Improvement Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–334) and 
the Consolidated Appropriation Act, 2023 (Public Law 117– 
328), is further amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(3)(A), by adding before the pe-
riod: ‘‘; or’’ 
‘‘(iii) National Park System land; or 
‘‘(iv) National Wildlife Refuge Land’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)(4)(B)(i), by striking ‘‘or’’ after 
‘‘National Forest System’’ and inserting ‘‘,’’; 
(3) in subsection (a)(4)(B)(i), by inserting ‘‘, Na-
tional Park Service, or National Wildlife Refuge’’ after 
‘‘Bureau of Land Management’’; 
(4) in subsection (b)(2)(C)(ii), by striking ‘‘2023’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2024’’;
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(5) in subsection (b)(4) by striking ‘‘land or’’ and 
inserting ‘‘,’’; and 
(6) in subsection (b)(4) by inserting ‘‘, National 
Park System, or U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’’ after 
‘‘Bureau of Land Management’’. 
FOREST SERVICE NONRECURRING EXPENSE FUND 
SEC. 444. There is hereby established in the Treasury 
of the United States a fund to be known as the ‘‘Forest Serv-
ice Nonrecurring Expenses Fund’’ (the Fund): Provided, 
That unobligated balances of expired discretionary funds, and 
discretionary no-year funds at least four years old and 
deemed by the Chief of the Forest Service no longer needed 
for their intended purpose, appropriated for this or any suc-
ceeding fiscal year from the general fund of the Treasury to 
the Forest Service by this or any other Act may be trans-
ferred into the Fund: Provided further, That amounts depos-
ited in the Fund shall be available until expended, and in ad-
dition to such other funds as may be available, for informa-
tion technology; administrative expenses such as, but not lim-
ited to, utility and lease payments; facilities infrastructure 
maintenance, improvements, and construction; and roads in-
frastructure maintenance, subject to approval by the Office of 
Management and Budget: Provided further, That amounts in 
the Fund may not be obligated without written notification 
to and the prior approval of the Committees on Appropria-
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tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate in con-
formance with the reprogramming guidelines described in this 
Act. 
WORLD WAR I CENTENNIAL COMMISSION 
SEC. 445. In addition to the authority provided by sec-
tion 6(g) of the World War I Centennial Commission Act, as 
authorized by the World War I Centennial Commission Act 
(Public Law 112–272) and the Carl Levin and Howard P. 
‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291), the World War I Com-
mission may accept money, in-kind personnel services, con-
tractual support, or any appropriate support from any execu-
tive branch agency for activities of the Commission. 
RESCISSION 
SEC. 446. Of the unobligated balances from discre-
tionary amounts made available for fiscal year 2020 or prior 
fiscal years and derived from the Land and Water Conserva-
tion Fund, the following are hereby permanently rescinded— 
(1) $89,000,000 from National Park Service grant 
programs with unobligated carryover balances; and 
(2) $5,000,000 from the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment: 
Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts 
that were designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget
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or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
RESCISSION 
SEC. 447. Of the unobligated balances from amounts 
made available by section 11001 of Public Law 117–2, 
$350,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded. 
RESCISSION 
SEC. 448. Of the unobligated balances from amounts 
made available for fiscal year 2023 or prior fiscal years under 
the heading ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services— 
Indian Health Service—Indian Health Services’’ for costs re-
lated to or resulting from accreditation emergencies, 
$90,000,000 are hereby rescinded: Provided, That no 
amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursu-
ant to a concurrent resolution on the Budget or the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the In-
terior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2024’’.
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DIVISION 
F—TRANSPORTATION, 
HOUSING 
AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RE-
LATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 
2024 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
$191,295,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025: 
Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this head-
ing— 
(1) $3,770,000 shall be available for the immediate 
Office of the Secretary; 
(2) $1,370,000 shall be available for the immediate 
Office of the Deputy Secretary; 
(3) $32,272,000 shall be available for the Office of 
the General Counsel; 
(4) $20,064,000 shall be available for the Office of 
the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy, of 
which $2,000,000 is for the Office for Multimodal 
Freight Infrastructure and Policy: Provided, That the 
Secretary must obtain reprogramming approval from the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations under
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section 405 of this Act prior to executing the authorities 
of section 118(g)(2)–(3) of title 49, United States Code; 
(5) $22,724,000 shall be available for the Office of 
the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs; 
(6) $7,138,000 shall be available for the Office of 
the Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs; 
(7) $43,284,000 shall be available for the Office of 
the Assistant Secretary for Administration; 
(8) $6,244,000 shall be available for the Office of 
Public Affairs and Public Engagement; 
(9) $2,515,000 shall be available for the Office of 
the Executive Secretariat; 
(10) $16,506,000 shall be available for the Office of 
Intelligence, Security, and Emergency Response; 
(11) $33,879,000 shall be available for the Office of 
the Chief Information Officer; and 
(12) $1,529,000 shall be available for the Office of 
Tribal Government Affairs: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Transportation (re-
ferred to in this title as the ‘‘Secretary’’) is authorized to 
transfer funds appropriated for any office of the Office of the 
Secretary to any other office of the Office of the Secretary: 
Provided further, That no appropriation for any office shall 
be increased or decreased by more than 7 percent by all such 
transfers: Provided further, That notice of any change in
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funding greater than 7 percent shall be submitted for ap-
proval to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That not to exceed $70,000 shall be 
for allocation within the Department for official reception and 
representation expenses as the Secretary may determine: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, there may be credited to this appropriation up to 
$2,500,000 in funds received in user fees. 
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses related to the Office of the As-
sistant Secretary for Research and Technology, $49,040,000, 
of which $22,500,000 shall remain available until expended: 
Provided, That of such amounts that are available until ex-
pended, $10,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses of the 
Advanced Research Projects Agency—Infrastructure (ARPA– 
I) as authorized by section 119 of title 49, United States 
Code: Provided further, That within the funds made available 
under the preceding proviso, not less than $8,000,000 shall 
be available for research on durability, resiliency, and sustain-
ability of bridges and other infrastructure and shall be di-
rected to an accredited university of higher education in the 
northeast United States that has experience leading a re-
gional university transportation center and a proven record of 
developing, patenting, deploying, and commercializing innova-
tive composite materials and technologies for bridge and
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other transportation applications, as well as conducting re-
search and developing prototypes using very large-scale poly-
mer-based additive manufacturing: Provided further, That 
there may be credited to this appropriation, to be available 
until expended, funds received from States, counties, munici-
palities, other public authorities, and private sources for ex-
penses incurred for training: Provided further, That any ref-
erence in law, regulation, judicial proceedings, or elsewhere to 
the Research and Innovative Technology Administration shall 
continue to be deemed to be a reference to the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology of the De-
partment of Transportation. 
NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out a local and regional 
project assistance grant program under section 6702 of title 
49, United States Code, $345,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That section 6702(f)(2) of title 49, 
United States Code, shall not apply to amounts made avail-
able under this heading in this Act: Provided further, That 
of the amounts made available under this heading in this Act, 
not less than 5 percent shall be awarded to projects in his-
torically disadvantaged communities or areas of persistent 
poverty as defined under section 6702(a)(1) of title 49, 
United States Code: Provided further, That grants awarded
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under this heading in this Act for eligible projects for plan-
ning, preparation, or design shall not be subject to a min-
imum grant size: Provided further, That in distributing 
amounts made available under this heading in this Act, the 
Secretary shall take such measures so as to ensure an equi-
table geographic distribution of funds, an appropriate balance 
in addressing the needs of urban and rural areas, including 
Tribal areas, and the investment in a variety of transpor-
tation modes: Provided further, That for amounts made avail-
able under this heading in this Act, the Secretary shall give 
priority to projects that require a contribution of Federal 
funds in order to complete an overall financing package: Pro-
vided further, That section 6702(f)(1) of title 49, United 
States Code, shall not apply to amounts made available under 
this heading in this Act: Provided further, That of the 
amounts awarded under this heading in this Act, not more 
than 50 percent shall be allocated for eligible projects located 
in rural areas and not more than 50 percent shall be allo-
cated for eligible projects located in urbanized areas: Provided 
further, That for the purpose of determining if an award for 
planning, preparation, or design under this heading in this 
Act is an urban award, the project location is the location of 
the project being planned, prepared, or designed: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may retain up to 2 percent of the 
amounts made available under this heading in this Act, and
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may transfer portions of such amounts to the Administrators 
of the Federal Aviation Administration, the Federal Highway 
Administration, the Federal Transit Administration, the Fed-
eral Railroad Administration and the Maritime Administra-
tion to fund the award and oversight of grants and credit as-
sistance made under the program authorized under section 
6702 of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That 
for amounts made available under this heading in this Act, 
the Secretary shall consider and award projects based solely 
on the selection criteria as identified under section 
6702(d)(3) and (d)(4) of title 49, United States Code. 
NATIONAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AND INNOVATIVE 
FINANCE BUREAU 
For necessary expenses of the National Surface Trans-
portation and Innovative Finance Bureau as authorized by 49 
U.S.C. 116, $9,558,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That the Secretary may collect and spend fees, as 
authorized by title 23, United States Code, to cover the costs 
of services of expert firms, including counsel, in the field of 
municipal and project finance to assist in the underwriting 
and servicing of Federal credit instruments and all or a por-
tion of the costs to the Federal Government of servicing such 
credit instruments: Provided further, That such fees are avail-
able until expended to pay for such costs: Provided further, 
That such amounts are in addition to other amounts made
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available for such purposes and are not subject to any obliga-
tion limitation or the limitation on administrative expenses 
under section 608 of title 23, United States Code. 
RURAL AND TRIBAL INFRASTRUCTURE ADVANCEMENT 
For necessary expenses to carry out rural and Tribal in-
frastructure advancement as authorized in section 21205 of 
Public Law 117–58, $25,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2026: Provided, That the Secretary may enter 
into cooperative agreements with philanthropic entities, non- 
profit organizations, other Federal agencies, State or local 
governments and their agencies, Indian Tribes, or other tech-
nical assistance providers, to provide such technical assist-
ance, planning, and capacity building to State, local, or Trib-
al governments, United States territories, metropolitan plan-
ning organizations, transit agencies, or other political subdivi-
sions of State or local governments. 
RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT FINANCING 
PROGRAM 
The Secretary is authorized to issue direct loans and 
loan guarantees pursuant to chapter 224 of title 49, United 
States Code, and such authority shall exist as long as any 
such direct loan or loan guarantee is outstanding. 
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CAPITAL 
For necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing the 
Department of Transportation’s financial systems and re-en-
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gineering business processes, $5,000,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2025. 
CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVES 
For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, in-
cluding necessary upgrades to network and information tech-
nology infrastructure, improvement of identity management 
and authentication capabilities, securing and protecting data, 
implementation of Federal cyber security initiatives, and im-
plementation of enhanced security controls on agency com-
puters and mobile devices, $49,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2025. 
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$18,228,000. 
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND DEVELOPMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 
planning, research, systems development, development activi-
ties, and making grants, $24,369,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That of such amount, $5,436,000 
shall be for necessary expenses of the Interagency Infrastruc-
ture Permitting Improvement Center (IIPIC): Provided fur-
ther, That there may be transferred to this appropriation, to 
remain available until expended, amounts transferred from 
other Federal agencies for expenses incurred under this head-
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ing for IIPIC activities not related to transportation infra-
structure: Provided further, That the tools and analysis devel-
oped by the IIPIC shall be available to other Federal agencies 
for the permitting and review of major infrastructure projects 
not related to transportation only to the extent that other 
Federal agencies provide funding to the Department in ac-
cordance with the preceding proviso: Provided further, That 
of the amounts made available under this heading, 
$3,443,000 shall be made available for the purposes, and in 
amounts, specified for Congressionally Directed Spending in 
the table entitled ‘‘Community Project Funding/Congression-
ally Directed Spending’’ included in the explanatory state-
ment described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division 
A of this consolidated Act). 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for operating costs and capital 
outlays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed 
$522,165,000, shall be paid from appropriations made avail-
able to the Department of Transportation: Provided, That 
such services shall be provided on a competitive basis to enti-
ties within the Department of Transportation: Provided fur-
ther, That the limitation in the preceding proviso on oper-
ating expenses shall not apply to entities external to the De-
partment of Transportation or for funds provided in Public
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Law 117–58: Provided further, That no funds made available 
by this Act to an agency of the Department shall be trans-
ferred to the Working Capital Fund without majority ap-
proval of the Working Capital Fund Steering Committee and 
approval of the Secretary: Provided further, That no assess-
ments may be levied against any program, budget activity, 
subactivity, or project funded by this Act unless notice of 
such assessments and the basis therefor are presented to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are ap-
proved by such Committees. 
SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS UTILIZATION AND 
OUTREACH 
For necessary expenses for small and disadvantaged 
business utilization and outreach activities, $5,330,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2025: Provided, That not-
withstanding section 332 of title 49, United States Code, 
such amounts may be used for business opportunities related 
to any mode of transportation: Provided further, That appro-
priations made available under this heading shall be available 
for any purpose consistent with prior year appropriations 
that were made available under the heading ‘‘Office of the 
Secretary—Minority Business Resource Center Program’’.
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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 
sections 41731 through 41742 of title 49, United States 
Code, $348,554,000, to be derived from the Airport and Air-
way Trust Fund, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That in determining between or among carriers com-
peting 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 re-
quirements shall not include the 15-passenger capacity re-
quirement under section 41732(b)(3) of title 49, United 
States Code: Provided further, That amounts authorized to be 
distributed for the essential air service program under section 
41742(b) of title 49, United States Code, shall be made avail-
able immediately from amounts otherwise provided to the Ad-
ministrator of the Federal Aviation Administration: Provided 
further, That the Administrator may reimburse such amounts 
from fees credited to the account established under section 
45303 of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, 
That, notwithstanding section 41733 of title 49, United 
States Code, for fiscal year 2024, the requirements estab-
lished under subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 
41731(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code, and the subsidy
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cap established by section 332 of the Department of Trans-
portation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000, 
shall not apply to maintain eligibility under section 41731 of 
title 49, United States Code. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
OF TRANSPORTATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. None of the funds made available by this Act 
to the Department of Transportation may be obligated for 
the Office of the Secretary of Transportation to approve as-
sessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining to funds 
appropriated to the operating administrations in this Act, ex-
cept for activities underway on the date of enactment of this 
Act, unless such assessments or agreements have completed 
the normal reprogramming process for congressional notifica-
tion. 
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 Fi-
nance 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 Work-
ing Capital Fund is authorized to provide partial or full pay-
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ments in advance and accept subsequent reimbursements 
from all Federal agencies from available funds for transit 
benefit distribution services that are necessary to carry out 
the Federal transit pass transportation fringe benefit pro-
gram under Executive Order No. 13150 and section 3049 of 
SAFETEA–LU (5 U.S.C. 7905 note): Provided, That the 
Department shall maintain a reasonable operating reserve in 
the Working Capital Fund, to be expended in advance to pro-
vide uninterrupted transit benefits to Government employees: 
Provided further, That such reserve shall not exceed 1 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 shall be fully reim-
bursed by each customer agency from available funds for the 
actual cost of the transit benefit. 
SEC. 104. Receipts collected in the Department’s Work-
ing Capital Fund, as authorized by section 327 of title 49, 
United States Code, for unused transit and van pool benefits, 
in an amount not to exceed 10 percent of fiscal year 2024 
collections, shall be available until expended in the Depart-
ment’s Working Capital Fund to provide contractual services 
in support of section 189 of this Act: Provided, That obliga-
tions in fiscal year 2024 of such collections shall not exceed 
$1,000,000.
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SEC. 105. None of the funds in this title may be obli-
gated or expended for retention or senior executive bonuses 
for an employee of the Department of Transportation without 
the prior written approval of the Assistant Secretary for Ad-
ministration. 
SEC. 106. In addition to authority provided by section 
327 of title 49, United States Code, the Department’s Ad-
ministrative Working Capital Fund is hereby authorized to 
transfer information technology equipment, software, and sys-
tems from departmental sources or other entities and collect 
and maintain a reserve at rates which will return full cost of 
transferred assets. 
SEC. 107. None of the funds provided in this Act to the 
Department of Transportation may be used to provide credit 
assistance unless not less than 3 days before any application 
approval to provide credit assistance under sections 603 and 
604 of title 23, United States Code, the Secretary provides 
notification in writing to the following committees: the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations; the Committee on 
Environment and Public Works and the Committee on Bank-
ing, Housing and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
Representatives: Provided, That such notification shall in-
clude, but not be limited to, the name of the project sponsor; 
a description of the project; whether credit assistance will be
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provided as a direct loan, loan guarantee, or line of credit; 
and the amount of credit assistance. 
SEC. 108. Of the unobligated balances from amounts 
made available for ‘‘Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement 
Financing Program’’ in section 109 of division L of Public 
Law 117–103, $8,948,237.30 is hereby permanently re-
scinded. 
SEC. 109. The Secretary of Transportation may transfer 
amounts awarded to a federally recognized Tribe under a 
funding agreement entered into under part 29 of title 49, 
Code of Federal Regulations, from the Department of Trans-
portation’s Operating Administrations to the Office of Tribal 
Government Affairs: Provided, That any amounts retroceded 
or reassumed under such part may be transferred back to the 
appropriate Operating Administration. 
SEC. 109A. (a) Amounts made available to the Secretary 
of Transportation or the Department of Transportation’s op-
erating administrations in this Act for the costs of award, ad-
ministration, or oversight of financial assistance under the 
programs identified in subsection (c) may be transferred to 
the account identified in section 801 of division J of Public 
Law 117–58, to remain available until expended, for the nec-
essary expenses of award, administration, or oversight of any 
financial assistance programs in the Department of Trans-
portation.
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(b) Amounts transferred under the authority in this sec-
tion are available in addition to amounts otherwise available 
for such purpose. 
(c) The program from which funds made available under 
this Act may be transferred under subsection (a) are— 
(1) the local and regional project assistance pro-
gram under section 6702 of title 49, United States Code; 
and 
(2) the university transportation centers program 
under section 5505 of title 49, United States Code. 
SEC. 109B. Of the amounts made available under the 
heading ‘‘National Infrastructure Investments’’, up to 
$35,000,000 shall be available— 
(1) First, to fully fund the projects at the amounts 
for which they applied under section 109B of the Con-
solidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (division L of Public 
Law 117–328) and were not fully funded; and 
(2) Second, to fund highway infrastructure projects 
for which the initial grant agreement was executed be-
tween January 14, 2021 and February 14, 2021 for 
awards made from the national infrastructure invest-
ments program under title I of division G of the Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2019 (Public Law 116–6): 
Provided, That sponsors of projects eligible for funds 
made available under subsection shall provide sufficient
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written justification describing, at a minimum, the cur-
rent project cost estimate, why the project cannot be 
completed with the obligated grant amount, and any 
other relevant information, as determined by the Sec-
retary: Provided further, That funds made available 
under this subsection shall be allocated to projects eligi-
ble to receive funding under this section in order of the 
date the grant agreements were initially executed: Pro-
vided further, That the allocation under the previous pro-
viso will be for the amounts necessary to cover increases 
to eligible project costs since the grant was obligated, 
based on the information provided: Provided further, 
That section 200.204 of title 2, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, shall not apply to amounts made available under 
this section: Provided further, That the amounts made 
available under this section shall not be subject to limita-
tions under section 6702(c) of title 49, United States 
Code: Provided further, That the amounts made available 
under this section shall not be part of the Federal share 
of total project costs under section 6702(e)(1) of title 
49, United States Code: Provided further, That section 
6702(f) of title 49, United States Code, shall not apply 
to amounts made available under this section: Provided 
further, That the Office of the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall provide the amounts allocated to projects
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under this section no later than 120 days after the date 
the sufficient written justifications required under this 
section have been submitted. 
SEC. 109C. For amounts provided for this fiscal year 
and prior fiscal years, section 24112(c)(2)(B) of Public Law 
117–58 shall be applied by substituting ‘‘30 percent’’ for ‘‘40 
percent’’. 
SEC. 109D. The remaining unobligated balances, as of 
September 30, 2024, from amounts made available for the 
‘‘Department of Transportation—Office of the Secretary— 
National Infrastructure Investments’’ in division L of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116– 
260) are hereby permanently rescinded, and an amount of 
additional new budget authority equivalent to the amount re-
scinded is hereby appropriated on September 30, 2024, to re-
main available until September 30, 2027, and shall be avail-
able, without additional competition, for completing the fund-
ing of awards made pursuant to the fiscal year 2021 national 
infrastructure investments program, in addition to other 
funds as may be available for such purposes: Provided, That 
no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursu-
ant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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SEC. 109E. For amounts provided for fiscal year 2024 
under the heading ‘‘National Infrastructure Investments’’ in 
title VIII of division J of the Infrastructure Investment and 
Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58) to carry out section 6702 of 
title 49, United States Code, the set aside for historically dis-
advantaged communities or areas of persistent poverty under 
subsection (f)(2) of such section shall be applied by sub-
stituting ‘‘5 percent’’ for ‘‘1 percent’’ in this fiscal year: Pro-
vided, That amounts repurposed pursuant to this section that 
were previously designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budg-
et are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
section 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 2024 budget enforce-
ment in the House of Representatives. 
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration, not otherwise provided for, including operations and 
research activities related to commercial space transportation, 
administrative expenses for research and development, estab-
lishment of air navigation facilities, the operation (including 
leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, subsidizing the cost of
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aeronautical charts and maps sold to the public, the lease or 
purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, 
$12,729,627,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2025, of which $12,093,150,000 to be derived from the Air-
port and Airway Trust Fund: Provided, That of the amounts 
made available under this heading— 
(1) not less than $1,745,532,000 shall be available 
for aviation safety activities; 
(2) $9,439,068,000 shall be available for air traffic 
organization activities; 
(3) $42,018,000 shall be available for commercial 
space transportation activities; 
(4) $948,211,000 shall be available for finance and 
management activities; 
(5) $67,818,000 shall be available for NextGen and 
operations planning activities; 
(6) $162,155,000 shall be available for security and 
hazardous materials safety activities; and 
(7) $324,825,000 shall be available for staff offices: 
Provided further, That not to exceed 5 percent of any budget 
activity, except for aviation safety budget activity, may be 
transferred to any budget activity under this heading: Pro-
vided further, That no transfer may increase or decrease any 
appropriation under this heading by more than 5 percent: 
Provided further, That any transfer in excess of 5 percent
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shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 
405 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or 
expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set 
forth in that section: Provided further, That not later than 60 
days after the submission of the budget request, the Adminis-
trator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall transmit 
to Congress an annual update to the report submitted to 
Congress in December 2004 pursuant to section 221 of the 
Vision 100-Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act (49 
U.S.C. 40101 note): Provided further, That the amounts 
made available under this heading shall be reduced by 
$100,000 for each day after 60 days after the submission of 
the budget request that such report has not been transmitted 
to Congress: Provided further, That not later than 60 days 
after the submission of the budget request, the Administrator 
shall transmit to Congress a companion report that describes 
a comprehensive strategy for staffing, hiring, and training 
flight standards and aircraft certification staff in a format 
similar to the one utilized for the controller staffing plan, in-
cluding stated attrition estimates and numerical hiring goals 
by fiscal year: Provided further, That the amounts made 
available under this heading shall be reduced by $100,000 for 
each day after the date that is 60 days after the submission 
of the budget request that such report has not been sub-
mitted to Congress: Provided further, That funds may be used
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to enter into a grant agreement with a nonprofit standard- 
setting organization to assist in the development of aviation 
safety standards: Provided further, That none of the funds 
made available by this Act shall be available for new appli-
cants for the second career training program: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds made available by this Act shall 
be available for the Federal Aviation Administration to final-
ize or implement any regulation that would promulgate new 
aviation user fees not specifically authorized by law after the 
date of the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That 
there may be credited to this appropriation, as offsetting col-
lections, funds received from States, counties, municipalities, 
foreign authorities, other public authorities, and private 
sources for expenses incurred in the provision of agency serv-
ices, including receipts for the maintenance and operation of 
air navigation facilities, and for issuance, renewal or modi-
fication of certificates, including airman, aircraft, and repair 
station certificates, or for tests related thereto, or for proc-
essing major repair or alteration forms: Provided further, 
That of the amounts made available under this heading, not 
less than $205,376,000 shall be used to fund direct oper-
ations of the current air traffic control towers in the contract 
tower program, including the contract tower cost share pro-
gram, and any airport that is currently qualified or that will 
qualify for the program during the fiscal year: Provided fur-
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ther, That none of the funds made available by this Act for 
aeronautical charting and cartography are available for activi-
ties conducted by, or coordinated through, the Working Cap-
ital Fund: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available by this Act or any other 
Act may be used to eliminate the contract weather observers 
program at any airport. 
FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
acquisition, establishment, technical support services, im-
provement by contract or purchase, and hire of national air-
space systems and experimental facilities and equipment, as 
authorized under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United 
States Code, including initial acquisition of necessary sites by 
lease or grant; engineering and service testing, including con-
struction of test facilities and acquisition of necessary sites 
by lease or grant; construction and furnishing of quarters 
and related accommodations for officers and employees of the 
Federal Aviation Administration stationed at remote localities 
where such accommodations are not available; and the pur-
chase, lease, or transfer of aircraft from funds made available 
under this heading, including aircraft for aviation regulation 
and certification; to be derived from the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund, $3,191,250,000, of which $634,739,370 is for
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personnel and related expenses and shall remain available 
until September 30, 2025, $2,496,360,630 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2026, and $60,150,000 is for ter-
minal facilities and shall remain available until September 30, 
2028: Provided, That there may be credited to this appropria-
tion funds received from States, counties, municipalities, 
other public authorities, and private sources, for expenses in-
curred in the establishment, improvement, and modernization 
of national airspace systems: Provided further, That not later 
than 60 days after submission of the budget request, the Sec-
retary of Transportation shall transmit to the Congress an 
investment plan for the Federal Aviation Administration 
which includes funding for each budget line item for fiscal 
years 2025 through 2029, with total funding for each year 
of the plan constrained to the funding targets for those years 
as estimated and approved by the Office of Management and 
Budget: Provided further, That section 405 of this Act shall 
apply to amounts made available under this heading in title 
VIII of the Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Appropria-
tions Act (division J of Public Law 117–58): Provided fur-
ther, That the amounts in the table entitled ‘‘Allocation of 
Funds for FAA Facilities and Equipment from the Infra-
structure Investment and Jobs Act—Fiscal Year 2024’’ in 
the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the mat-
ter preceding division A of this consolidated Act) shall be the
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baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer au-
thorities for the current fiscal year pursuant to paragraph (7) 
of such section 405 for amounts referred to in the preceding 
proviso: Provided further, That, notwithstanding paragraphs 
(5) and (6) of such section 405, unless prior approval is re-
ceived from the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions, not to exceed 10 percent of any funding level specified 
for projects and activities in the table referred to in the pre-
ceding proviso may be transferred to any other funding level 
specified for projects and activities in such table and no 
transfer of such funding levels may increase or decrease any 
funding level in such table by more than 10 percent: Provided 
further, That of the amounts made available under this head-
ing for terminal facilities, $15,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for the purposes, and in amounts, specified for Commu-
nity Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending in 
the table entitled ‘‘Community Project Funding/Congression-
ally Directed Spending’’ included in the explanatory state-
ment described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division 
A of this consolidated Act). 
RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
research, engineering, and development, as authorized under 
part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, includ-
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ing construction of experimental facilities and acquisition of 
necessary sites by lease or grant, $280,000,000, to be derived 
from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to remain 
available until September 30, 2026: Provided, That there may 
be credited to this appropriation as offsetting collections, 
funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other 
public authorities, and private sources, which shall be avail-
able for expenses incurred for research, engineering, and de-
velopment: Provided further, That amounts made available 
under this heading shall be used in accordance with the ex-
planatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided further, 
That not to exceed 10 percent of any funding level specified 
under this heading in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consoli-
dated Act) may be transferred to any other funding level 
specified under this heading in the explanatory statement de-
scribed in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act): Provided further, That no transfer 
may increase or decrease any funding level by more than 10 
percent: Provided further, That any transfer in excess of 10 
percent shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under 
section 405 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga-
tion or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures 
set forth in that section.
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GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in-aid 
for airport planning and development, and noise compatibility 
planning and programs as authorized under subchapter I of 
chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 of title 49, 
United States Code, and under other law authorizing such 
obligations; for procurement, installation, and commissioning 
of runway incursion prevention devices and systems at air-
ports of such title; for grants authorized under section 41743 
of title 49, United States Code; and for inspection activities 
and administration of airport safety programs, including 
those related to airport operating certificates under section 
44706 of title 49, United States Code, $3,350,000,000, to be 
derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That none of the 
amounts made available under this heading shall be available 
for the planning or execution of programs the obligations for 
which are in excess of $3,350,000,000, in fiscal year 2024, 
notwithstanding section 47117(g) of title 49, United States 
Code: Provided further, That none of the amounts made avail-
able under this heading shall be available for the replacement
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of baggage conveyor systems, reconfiguration of terminal bag-
gage areas, or other airport improvements that are necessary 
to install bulk explosive detection systems: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding section 47109(a) of title 49, United 
States Code, the Government’s share of allowable project 
costs under paragraph (2) of such section for subgrants or 
paragraph (3) of such section shall be 95 percent for a 
project at other than a large or medium hub airport that is 
a successive phase of a multi-phased construction project for 
which the project sponsor received a grant in fiscal year 2011 
for the construction project: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, of amounts limited under 
this heading, not less than $152,148,000 shall be available 
for administration, $15,000,000 shall be available for the air-
port cooperative research program, $41,801,000 shall be 
available for airport technology research, and $10,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, shall be available and trans-
ferred to ‘‘Office of the Secretary, Salaries and Expenses’’ to 
carry out the small community air service development pro-
gram: Provided further, That in addition to airports eligible 
under section 41743 of title 49, United States Code, such 
program may include the participation of an airport that 
serves a community or consortium that is not larger than a 
small hub airport, according to FAA hub classifications effec-
tive at the time the Office of the Secretary issues a request
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for proposals: Provided further, That the Secretary may pro-
vide grants to any commercial service airport, notwith-
standing the requirement for the airport to be located in an 
air quality nonattainment or maintenance area or to be able 
to receive emission credits in section 47102(3)(K) and 
47102(3)(L) of title 49, United States Code, for work nec-
essary to construct or modify airport facilities to provide low- 
emission fuel systems, gate electrification, other related air 
quality improvements, acquisition of airport-owned vehicles or 
ground support equipment with low-emission technology, pro-
vided such vehicles are used exclusively on airport property 
or to transport passengers and employees between the airport 
and the airport’s consolidated rental facility or an intermodal 
surface transportation facility adjacent to the airport. 
GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Grants-In-Aid for Air-
ports’’, to enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 
grants for projects as authorized by subchapter 1 of chapter 
471 and subchapter 1 of chapter 475 of title 49, United 
States Code, $532,392,074, to remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2026: Provided, That amounts made available 
under this heading shall be derived from the general fund, 
and such funds shall not be subject to apportionment for-
mulas, special apportionment categories, or minimum per-
centages under chapter 471 of title 49, United States Code:
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Provided further, That of the sums appropriated under this 
heading— 
(1) $482,392,074 shall be made available for the 
purposes, and in amounts, specified for Community 
Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending in 
the table entitled ‘‘Community Project Funding/Congres-
sionally Directed Spending’’ included in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided, 
That funds made available under this section shall not 
be subject to or considered under section 47115(j)(3)(B) 
of title 49, United States Code; 
(2) up to $50,000,000 shall be made available to 
the Secretary to distribute as discretionary grants to air-
ports; and 
(3) not less than $3,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for two remaining projects under section 190 of the 
FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115– 
254): Provided, That, notwithstanding subsection (j)(2) 
of section 190 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 
(Public Law 115–254), such grants shall be made avail-
able for conducting testing activities in support of study-
ing the effectiveness of existing federally funded sound 
insulation in residential areas located within the 65 
DNL noise contour of a large-hub airport that will facili-
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tate future environmental mitigation projects in these 
areas: Provided further, That, with respect to a project 
funded under the previous proviso, the allowable project 
cost for such project shall be calculated without consid-
eration of any costs that were previously paid by the 
Government: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may make discretionary 
grants to primary airports for airport-owned infrastructure 
required for the on-airport distribution or storage of sustain-
able aviation fuels that achieve at least a 50 percent reduc-
tion in lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions, using a method-
ology determined by the Secretary, including, but not limited 
to, on-airport construction or expansion of pipelines, rail lines 
and spurs, loading and off-loading facilities, blending facili-
ties, and storage tanks: Provided further, That the Secretary 
may make discretionary grants with funds made available 
under this heading to primary or nonprimary airports for the 
acquisition or construction costs related to airport-owned, 
revenue-producing aeronautical fuel farms and fueling sys-
tems, including mobile systems, that the Secretary determines 
will promote the use of unleaded or sustainable aviation fuels 
on a non-exclusive basis: Provided further, That the Secretary 
may make discretionary grants for airport development im-
provements of primary runways, taxiways, and aprons nec-
essary at a nonhub, small hub, medium hub, or large hub air-
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port to increase operational resilience for the purpose of re-
suming commercial service flight operations following flood-
ing, high water, hurricane, storm surge, tidal wave, tornado, 
tsunami, wind driven water, or winter storms: Provided fur-
ther, That the amounts made available under this heading 
shall not be subject to any limitation on obligations for the 
Grants-in-Aid for Airports program set forth in any Act: Pro-
vided further, That the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration may retain up to 0.5 percent of the amounts 
made available under this heading to fund the award and 
oversight by the Administrator of grants made under this 
heading. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 110. None of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used to compensate in excess of 600 technical staff- 
years under the federally funded research and development 
center contract between the Federal Aviation Administration 
and the Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development 
during fiscal year 2024. 
SEC. 111. None of the funds made available by this Act 
shall be used to pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations re-
quiring airport sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation 
Administration without cost building construction, mainte-
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nance, utilities and expenses, or space in airport sponsor- 
owned buildings for services relating to air traffic control, air 
navigation, or weather reporting: Provided, That the prohibi-
tion on the use of funds in this section does not apply to ne-
gotiations between the agency and airport sponsors to achieve 
agreement on ‘‘below-market’’ rates for these items or to 
grant assurances that require airport sponsors to provide 
land without cost to the Federal Aviation Administration for 
air traffic control facilities. 
SEC. 112. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration may reimburse amounts made available to 
satisfy section 41742(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code, 
from fees credited under section 45303 of title 49, United 
States Code, and any amount remaining in such account at 
the close of any fiscal year may be made available to satisfy 
section 41742(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code, for the 
subsequent fiscal year. 
SEC. 113. Amounts collected under section 40113(e) of 
title 49, United States Code, shall be credited to the appro-
priation current at the time of collection, to be merged with 
and available for the same purposes as such appropriation. 
SEC. 114. None of the funds made available by this Act 
shall be available for paying premium pay under section 
5546(a) of title 5, United States Code, to any Federal Avia-
tion Administration employee unless such employee actually
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performed work during the time corresponding to such pre-
mium 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 Adminis-
trator 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. 
SEC. 118. None of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used to increase fees pursuant to section 44721 of
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title 49, United States Code, until the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration provides to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations a report that justifies all fees related to 
aeronautical navigation products 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 Fed-
eral Aviation Administration or reduce its services unless the 
Administrator notifies the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations not less than 90 full business days in advance. 
SEC. 119A. None of the funds made available by or lim-
ited 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 Avia-
tion Administration to withhold from consideration and ap-
proval any new application for participation in the contract 
tower program, or for reevaluation of cost-share program par-
ticipants so long as the Federal Aviation Administration has 
received an application from the airport, and so long as the 
Administrator determines such tower is eligible using the fac-
tors set forth in Federal Aviation Administration published 
establishment criteria.
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SEC. 119C. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to open, close, redesignate as a lesser office, 
or reorganize a regional office, the aeronautical center, or the 
technical center unless the Administrator submits a request 
for the reprogramming of funds under section 405 of this 
Act. 
SEC. 119D. The Federal Aviation Administration Ad-
ministrative Services Franchise Fund may be reimbursed 
after performance or paid in advance from funds available to 
the Federal Aviation Administration and other Federal agen-
cies for which the Fund performs services. 
SEC. 119E. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available to the FAA may be used to carry out the 
FAA’s obligations under section 44502(e) of title 49, United 
States Code, unless the eligible air traffic system or equip-
ment to be transferred to the FAA under section 44502(e) 
of title 49, United States Code, was purchased by the trans-
feror airport— 
(1) during the period of time beginning on October 
5, 2018 and ending on December 31, 2021; or 
(2) on or after January 1, 2022 for transferor air-
ports located in a non-contiguous States. 
SEC. 119F. Of the funds provided under the heading 
‘‘Grants-in-aid for Airports’’, up to $3,500,000 shall be for 
necessary expenses, including an independent verification re-
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gime, to provide reimbursement to airport sponsors that do 
not provide gateway operations and providers of general avia-
tion ground support services, or other aviation tenants, lo-
cated at those airports closed during a temporary flight re-
striction (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 ac-
tions of the Federal Government: Provided, That no funds 
shall be obligated or distributed to airport sponsors that do 
not provide gateway operations and providers of general avia-
tion 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 fur-
ther, 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. 119G. Of the unobligated balances available to the 
Federal Aviation Administration, the following funds are 
hereby permanently rescinded: 
(1) $1,590,528.89 from funds made available for 
‘‘Federal Aviation Administration—Facilities and Equip-
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ment’’, which were to remain available until expended, 
by title I of Public Law 104–50; and 
(2) $2,878.02 from funds made available for ‘‘Fed-
eral Aviation Administration—Facilities and Equip-
ment’’ by chapter 10, division B, of Public Law 108– 
324. 
SEC. 119H. None of the funds made available in this or 
any other Act shall be used to facilitate the assignment of in-
dividuals from a private-sector organization to the FAA to 
serve on a temporary basis. 
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Not to exceed $483,551,671 together with advances and 
reimbursements received by the Federal Highway Administra-
tion, shall be obligated for necessary expenses for administra-
tion 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.
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FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
Funds available for the implementation or execution of 
authorized Federal-aid highway and highway safety construc-
tion programs shall not exceed total obligations of 
$60,095,782,888 for fiscal year 2024: Provided, That the lim-
itation 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. 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For the payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
authorized Federal-aid highway and highway safety construc-
tion programs, $60,834,782,888 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) 
There 
is 
hereby 
appropriated 
to 
the 
Secretary 
$2,224,676,687: Provided, That the funds made available 
under this heading shall be derived from the general fund, 
shall be in addition to any funds provided for fiscal year 2024 
in this or any other Act for: (1) ‘‘Federal-aid Highways’’
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under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code; (2) the Ap-
palachian 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) the Northern Border Re-
gional Commission (40 U.S.C. 15101 et seq.); or (5) the 
Denali Commission, 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 and the 
Denali Commission, section 11101(e) of Public Law 117–58 
shall apply to funds made available under this heading: Pro-
vided further, That unless otherwise specified, amounts made 
available under this heading shall be available until Sep-
tember 30, 2027, and 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 appro-
priated under this heading— 
(1) $1,884,176,687 shall be for the purposes, and 
in the amounts, specified for Community Project Fund-
ing/Congressionally Directed Spending in the table enti-
tled ‘‘Community Project Funding/Congressionally Di-
rected Spending’’ included in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division
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A of this consolidated Act): 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: 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) $100,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses 
for construction of the Appalachian development high-
way system, as authorized under section 1069(y) of Pub-
lic Law 102–240: Provided, That for the purposes of 
funds made available under this paragraph, the term 
‘‘Appalachian State’’ means a State that contains 1 or 
more counties (including any political subdivision located 
within the area) in the Appalachian region as defined in 
section 14102(a) of title 40, United States Code: Pro-
vided further, That funds made available under this 
heading for construction of the Appalachian development 
highway system shall remain available until expended:
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highway system corridor, as reported in the 2020 Appa-
lachian Development Highway System Future Outlook: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall adjust appor-
tionments made under the preceding proviso so that no 
Appalachian State shall be apportioned an amount in ex-
cess of 30 percent of the amount made available for con-
struction of the Appalachian development highway sys-
tem under this heading: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall consult with the Appalachian Regional Com-
mission 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; 
(3) $150,000,000 shall be for activities eligible 
under the Tribal transportation 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 paragraph 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 sub-
sections (a)(6), (c), and (e) of section 202 of such title 
shall not apply to funds made available under this para-
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graph: 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; 
(4) $5,000,000 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 dem-
onstrate the capabilities of wood-based infrastructure 
projects: 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; 
(5) $4,500,000 shall be transferred to the Denali 
Commission for activities eligible under section 307(e) of 
the Denali Commission Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 3121 
note; Public Law 105–277): Provided, That funds made 
available under this paragraph shall not be subject to 
section 311 of such Act: Provided further, That except 
as otherwise provided under section 307(e) of such Act 
or this heading, funds made available under this para-
graph shall be administered as if directly appropriated to 
the Denali Commission and subject to applicable provi-
sions of such Act, including the requirement in section 
307(e) of such Act that the local community provides a
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10 percent non-Federal match in the form of any nec-
essary land or planning and design funds: Provided fur-
ther, 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 percent; 
(6) $13,500,000 shall be transferred to the Denali 
Commission to carry out the Denali access system pro-
gram 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 ad-
ministered as if directly appropriated to the Denali Com-
mission and subject to applicable provisions of such Act: 
Provided further, That funds made available under this 
paragraph shall not be subject to section 309(j)(2) of 
such Act: Provided further, That funds made available 
under this paragraph 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; 
(7) $10,000,000 shall be for the regional infrastruc-
ture accelerator demonstration program authorized
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under section 1441 of the FAST Act (23 U.S.C. 601 
note): Provided, That for funds made available under 
this paragraph, the Federal share of the costs shall be, 
at the option of the recipient, up to 100 percent: Pro-
vided further, That funds made available under this 
paragraph may be transferred to the Office of the Sec-
retary; 
(8) $7,500,000 shall be for the national scenic by-
ways program under section 162 of title 23, United 
States Code: Provided, That, except as otherwise pro-
vided under this heading, the funds made available 
under this paragraph shall be administered as if appor-
tioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code; 
and 
(9) $50,000,000, in addition to amounts made 
available in section 126 of this Act, shall be for a com-
petitive highway bridge program for States that— 
(A) have a population density of less than 115 
individuals per square mile; and 
(B) have— 
(i) less than 26 percent of total bridges 
classified as in good condition; or 
(ii) greater than or equal to 5.2 percent of 
total bridges classified as in poor condition:
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Provided, That any such State with more than 14 per-
cent of total bridges classified as in poor condition shall 
receive not less than $32,500,000 of the funds made 
available in this paragraph or in section 126 of this Act 
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 in-
sufficient 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 the funds made available under 
this paragraph shall be used for highway bridge replace-
ment or rehabilitation projects on public roads that dem-
onstrate 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 fur-
ther, 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 cal-
culate population density figures based on the latest 
available data from the decennial census conducted 
under section 141(a) of title 13, United States Code:
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Provided further, That for purposes of this paragraph, 
the Secretary shall calculate the percentages of bridge 
counts (including the percentages of bridge counts classi-
fied as in poor and good condition) based on the national 
bridge inventory as of June 2023. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2024, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall— 
(1) not distribute from the obligation limitation for 
Federal-aid highways— 
(A) amounts authorized for administrative ex-
penses and programs by section 104(a) of title 23, 
United States Code; and 
(B) amounts authorized for the Bureau of 
Transportation Statistics; 
(2) not distribute an amount from the obligation 
limitation for Federal-aid highways that is equal to the 
unobligated balance of amounts— 
(A) made available from the Highway Trust 
Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for 
Federal-aid highway and highway safety construc-
tion programs for previous fiscal years the funds for 
which are allocated by the Secretary (or appor-
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tioned by the Secretary under section 202 or 204 
of title 23, United States Code); and 
(B) for which obligation limitation was pro-
vided in a previous fiscal year; 
(3) determine the proportion that— 
(A) the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 
highways, less the aggregate of amounts not distrib-
uted under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this sub-
section; bears to 
(B) the total of the sums authorized to be ap-
propriated for the Federal-aid highway and highway 
safety construction programs (other than sums au-
thorized to be appropriated for provisions of law de-
scribed in paragraphs (1) through (11) of sub-
section (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 highways, less the aggregate amounts not distributed 
under paragraphs (1) and (2), for each of the programs 
(other than programs to which paragraph (1) applies) 
that are allocated by the Secretary under authorized
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Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction 
programs, or apportioned by the Secretary under section 
202 or 204 of title 23, United States Code, by multi-
plying— 
(A) the proportion determined under para-
graph (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 highways, less the aggregate amounts not distributed 
under paragraphs (1) and (2) and the amounts distrib-
uted under paragraph (4), for Federal-aid highway and 
highway safety construction programs that are appor-
tioned by the Secretary under title 23, United States 
Code (other than the amounts apportioned for the na-
tional 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 ap-
portioned under sections 202 and 204 of that title) in 
the proportion that— 
(A) amounts authorized to be appropriated for 
the programs that are apportioned under title 23, 
United States Code, to each State for such fiscal 
year; bears to
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(B) the total of the amounts authorized to be 
appropriated 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 As-
sistance 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 Assist-
ance Act of 1987 (101 Stat. 198); 
(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);
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(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 fis-
cal years); 
(9) Federal-aid highway programs for which obliga-
tion authority was made available under the Transpor-
tation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 107) 
or subsequent Acts for multiple years or to remain avail-
able until expended, but only to the extent that the obli-
gation 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 fis-
cal years); 
(11) section 1603 of SAFETEA–LU (23 U.S.C. 
118 note; 119 Stat. 1248), to the extent that funds obli-
gated 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 2024, only 
in an amount equal to $639,000,000). 
(c) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED OBLIGATION AUTHOR-
ITY.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall, 
after August 1 of such fiscal year—
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(1) revise a distribution of the obligation limitation 
made available under subsection (a) if an amount dis-
tributed 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 
TRANSPORTATION 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 re-
search programs carried out under— 
(A) chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code; 
(B) title VI of the Fixing America’s Surface 
Transportation Act; and 
(C) title III of division A of the Infrastructure 
Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58). 
(2) EXCEPTION.—Obligation authority made avail-
able under paragraph (1) shall— 
(A) remain available for a period of 4 fiscal 
years; and
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(B) be in addition to the amount of any limita-
tion imposed on obligations for Federal-aid highway 
and highway safety construction programs for fu-
ture fiscal years. 
(e) 
REDISTRIBUTION
OF
CERTAIN
AUTHORIZED 
FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date of distribution of obligation limitation under sub-
section (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 allo-
cated 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 obliga-
tion, for such fiscal year because of the imposition 
of any obligation limitation for such fiscal year. 
(2) RATIO.—Funds shall be distributed under para-
graph (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 pur-
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pose described in section 133(b) of title 23, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 121. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re-
ceived by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the 
sale of data products, for necessary expenses incurred pursu-
ant 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 Federal-aid highways projects, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall make an informal public notice and comment op-
portunity 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 notification 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 pro-
posed 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
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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 limita-
tion: 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— 
(1) congressionally directed spending, as defined in 
rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate, identi-
fied in a prior law, report, or joint explanatory state-
ment, which was authorized to be appropriated or appro-
priated more than 10 fiscal years prior to the current 
fiscal year, and administered by the Federal Highway 
Administration; or
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(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 authorized to be appropriated or appropriated 
more than 10 fiscal years prior to the current fiscal 
year, and administered by the Federal Highway Admin-
istration. 
(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 ap-
plied 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 unex-
pended 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 annu-
ally to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 125. (a) Of the unallocated and unobligated bal-
ances available to the Federal Highway Administration, the 
following funds are hereby permanently rescinded, subject to 
subsections (b) and (c), from the following accounts and pro-
grams in the specified amounts:
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(1) $48,346,377.35 from funds available in the 
‘‘Surface Transportation Priorities’’ account (69 X 
0538); 
(2) $1,839,129.40 from funds available in the 
‘‘Delta Regional Transportation Development Program’’ 
account (69 X 0551); 
(3) $11,064,579.57 from funds available in the 
‘‘Appalachian Development Highway System’’ account 
(69 X 0640); 
(4) $9,264.22 from funds available in the ‘‘Highway 
Beautification’’ account (69 X 0540); 
(5) $1,375,400 from funds available in the ‘‘State 
Infrastructure Banks’’ account (69 X 0549); 
(6) $90,435 from funds available in the ‘‘Railroad- 
Highway Crossings Demonstration Projects’’ account 
(69 X 0557); 
(7) $5,211,248.53 from funds available in the 
‘‘Interstate Transfer Grants—Highway’’ account (69 X 
0560); 
(8) $133,231.12 from funds available in the ‘‘Ken-
tucky Bridge Project’’ account (69 X 0572); 
(9) $2,887.56 from funds available in the ‘‘Highway 
Demonstration Project—Preliminary Engineering’’ ac-
count (69 X 0583);
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(10) $149,083.06 from funds available in the 
‘‘Highway Demonstration Projects’’ account (69 X 
0598); and 
(11) $68,438.40 from funds available in the ‘‘Mis-
cellaneous Highway Projects’’ account (69 X 0641). 
(b) No amounts may be rescinded under subsection (a) 
from any funds for which a State exercised its authority 
under section 125 of division L of Public Law 114–113, sec-
tion 422 of division K of Public Law 115–31, section 126 of 
division L of Public Law 115–141, section 125 of division G 
of Public Law 116–6, section 125 of division H of Public 
Law 116–94, section 124 of division L of Public Law 116– 
260, section 124 of division L of Public Law 117–103, or 
section 124 of division L of Public Law 117–328. 
(c) No amounts may be rescinded under subsection (a) 
from any amounts that were designated by the Congress as 
an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolu-
tion on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 126. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, $200,000,000 from the funds described in subsection 
(b), in addition to amounts made available in paragraph (9) 
under the heading ‘‘Highway Infrastructure Programs’’, shall 
be available for a competitive highway bridge program for 
States that—
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(1) have a population density of less than 115 indi-
viduals per square mile; and 
(2) have— 
(A) less than 26 percent of total bridges classi-
fied as in good condition; or 
(B) greater than or equal to 5.2 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 under this 
subsection or in paragraph (9) under the heading ‘‘Highway 
Infrastructure Programs’’ for grant applications for projects 
eligible under this subsection: Provided further, That if the 
Secretary determines that eligible applications from any such 
State meeting the criteria under the preceding proviso are in-
sufficient to make awards of at least $32,500,000, the Sec-
retary shall use the unutilized amounts to provide other 
grants to States eligible under this subsection: Provided fur-
ther, That the funds made available under this subsection 
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 oth-
erwise provided in this section, shall be administered as if ap-
portioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code: 
Provided further, That the requirements of section 144(j)(5)
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of title 23, United States Code, shall not apply to funds made 
available under this subsection: Provided further, That for 
purposes of this subsection, the Secretary shall calculate pop-
ulation 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 subsection, the Secretary shall calculate the percent-
ages 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 2023: Provided further, 
That section 11101(e) of the Infrastructure Investment and 
Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58) shall apply to funds made 
available under this subsection. 
(b) Funds described in this subsection are any funds 
that— 
(1) are unobligated on the date of enactment of this 
Act; and 
(2) were made available for credit assistance 
under— 
(A) the transportation infrastructure finance 
and innovation program under subchapter II of 
chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, as in ef-
fect prior to August 10, 2005; or
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(B) the transportation infrastructure finance 
and innovation program under chapter 6 of title 23, 
United States Code. 
(c) Funds made available under subsection (a) for a 
competitive highway bridge program for States shall— 
(1) be subject to the obligation limitation for Fed-
eral-aid highway and highway safety construction pro-
grams; and 
(2) unless otherwise specified in this section, remain 
available until September 30, 2027. 
(d) The obligation limitation made available under sec-
tion 120(a)(2) that is associated with funds made available 
under subsection (a) shall— 
(1) remain available until September 30, 2027; and 
(2) be in addition to the amount of any limitation 
imposed on obligations for Federal-aid highway and 
highway safety construction programs for future fiscal 
years. 
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 implementa-
tion, execution and administration of motor carrier safety op-
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erations and programs pursuant to section 31110 of title 49, 
United States Code, as amended by the Infrastructure Invest-
ment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58), $346,000,000, to 
be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the 
Mass Transit Account), together with advances and reim-
bursements received by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Ad-
ministration, the sum of which shall remain available until 
expended: Provided, That funds available for implementation, 
execution, or administration of motor carrier safety oper-
ations and programs authorized under title 49, United States 
Code, shall not exceed total obligations of $411,000,000, for 
‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Operations and Programs’’ for fiscal 
year 2024, of which $14,073,000, to remain available for ob-
ligation until September 30, 2026, is for the research and 
technology program, and of which not less than $99,098,000, 
to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2026, 
is for development, modernization, enhancement, and contin-
ued operation and maintenance of information technology and 
information management. 
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out sec-
tions 31102, 31103, 31104, and 31313 of title 49, United
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States Code, $516,300,000, to be derived from the Highway 
Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) and to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That funds avail-
able for the implementation or execution of motor carrier 
safety programs shall not exceed total obligations of 
$516,300,000 in fiscal year 2024 for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety 
Grants’’: Provided further, That of the amounts made avail-
able under this heading— 
(1) $406,500,000, to remain available for obligation 
until September 30, 2025, shall be for the motor carrier 
safety assistance program; 
(2) $43,500,000, to remain available for obligation 
until September 30, 2025, shall be for the commercial 
driver’s license program implementation program; 
(3) $60,000,000, to remain available for obligation 
until September 30, 2025, shall be for the high priority 
program; 
(4) $1,300,000, to remain available for obligation 
until September 30, 2025, shall be for the commercial 
motor vehicle operators grant program; and 
(5) $5,000,000, to remain available for obligation 
until September 30, 2025, shall be for the commercial 
motor vehicle enforcement training and support grant 
program.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER 
SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 130. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Adminis-
tration shall send notice of section 385.308 of title 49, Code 
of Federal Regulations, violations by certified mail, registered 
mail, or another manner of delivery, which records the receipt 
of the notice by the persons responsible for the violations. 
SEC. 131. 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 imple-
ment, 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 com-
mercial 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. 
NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the 
Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety, author-
ized under chapter 301 and part C of subtitle VI of title 49, 
United States Code, $223,000,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2025.
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OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the 
provisions of section 403 of title 23, United States Code, in-
cluding behavioral research on automated driving systems 
and advanced driver assistance systems and improving con-
sumer responses to safety recalls, section 25024 of the Infra-
structure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58), 
and chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code, 
$201,200,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund 
(other than the Mass Transit Account) and to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That none of the funds in this 
Act shall be available for the planning or execution of pro-
grams the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 2024, are 
in excess of $201,200,000: Provided further, That of the 
sums appropriated under this heading— 
(1) $194,000,000 shall be for programs authorized 
under section 403 of title 23, United States Code, in-
cluding behavioral research on automated driving sys-
tems and advanced driver assistance systems and im-
proving consumer responses to safety recalls, and section 
25024 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 
(Public Law 117–58); and
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(2) $7,200,000 shall be for the national driver reg-
ister authorized under chapter 303 of title 49, United 
States Code: 
Provided further, That within the $201,200,000 obligation 
limitation for operations and research, $57,500,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2025, and shall be in ad-
dition to the amount of any limitation imposed on obligations 
for future years: Provided further, That amounts for behav-
ioral 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 2024 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 pro-
visions of sections 402, 404, and 405 of title 23, United 
States Code, and grant administration expenses under chap-
ter 4 of title 23, United States Code, to remain available 
until expended, $813,300,800, to be derived from the High-
way Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account): Pro-
vided, 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 2024 are in excess of $813,300,800
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for programs authorized under sections 402, 404, and 405 of 
title 23, United States Code, and grant administration ex-
penses under chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code: Pro-
vided further, That of the sums appropriated under this head-
ing— 
(1) $378,400,000 shall be for highway safety pro-
grams under section 402 of title 23, United States Code; 
(2) $353,500,000 shall be for national priority safe-
ty programs under section 405 of title 23, United States 
Code; 
(3) $40,300,000 shall be for the high visibility en-
forcement program under section 404 of title 23, United 
States Code; and 
(4) $41,100,800 shall be for grant administrative 
expenses under chapter 4 of title 23, United States 
Code: 
Provided further, That none of these funds shall be used for 
construction, rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or for office 
furnishings and fixtures for State, local or private buildings 
or structures: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 
of the funds made available for national priority safety pro-
grams under section 405 of title 23, United States Code, for 
impaired driving countermeasures (as described in subsection 
(d) of that section) shall be available for technical assistance 
to the States: Provided further, That with respect to the
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‘‘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 grant-
ed 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 pro-
grams of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administra-
tion 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. An additional $130,000 shall be made avail-
able 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 develop-
ment training and related expenses for highway safety staff.
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FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 
SAFETY AND OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Adminis-
tration, not otherwise provided for, $267,799,000, of which 
$25,000,000 shall remain available until expended. 
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for railroad research and devel-
opment, $54,000,000, 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 construc-
tion, alteration, and repair of buildings and improvements at 
the Transportation Technology Center. 
FEDERAL-STATE PARTNERSHIP FOR INTERCITY PASSENGER 
RAIL 
For necessary expenses related to Federal-state partner-
ship for intercity passenger rail grants as authorized by sec-
tion 24911 of title 49, United States Code, $75,000,000, 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.
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CONSOLIDATED RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY 
IMPROVEMENTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses related to consolidated rail infra-
structure and safety improvements grants, as authorized by 
section 22907 of title 49, United States Code, $198,957,997, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading in this Act, 
$98,957,997 shall be made 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 
in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Pro-
vided further, That requirements under subsections (g) and 
(l) of section 22907 of title 49, United States Code, shall not 
apply to the preceding proviso: Provided further, That any re-
maining funds available after the distribution of the Commu-
nity Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending de-
scribed in this paragraph shall be available to the Secretary 
to distribute as discretionary grants under this heading: Pro-
vided 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 re-
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gional 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 
analysis of project alternatives): Provided further, That sec-
tion 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 sys-
tems 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 trans-
ferred 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, eligi-
ble 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 fur-
ther, 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 
22907(e)(1)(A) of title 49, United States Code, shall not 
apply to amounts made available under this heading in pre-
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vious 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 (divi-
sion J of Public Law 117–58): Provided further, That unobli-
gated balances remaining after 6 years from the date of en-
actment 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 per-
cent 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 associated with the Northeast Corridor as author-
ized by section 22101(a) of the Infrastructure Investment 
and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58), $1,141,442,000, to re-
main 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 ‘‘Na-
tional Network Grants to the National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation’’ heading in this Act to fund the costs of project
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management 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 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs 
Act (Public Law 117–58), the Secretary may retain up to 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 associated with the National Network as authorized 
by section 22101(b) of the Infrastructure Investment and 
Jobs Act (division B of Public Law 117–58), $1,286,321,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the Sec-
retary may retain up to an additional $3,000,000 of the 
funds provided under this heading in this Act to fund ex-
penses associated with the State-Supported Route Committee 
established under section 24712 of title 49, United States 
Code: Provided further, 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
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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 rail-
road’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 otherwise discontinue, reduce the frequency of, suspend, or 
substantially alter the route of rail service on any portion of 
such route operated in fiscal year 2018, including implemen-
tation of service permitted by section 24305(a)(3)(A) of title 
49, United States Code, in lieu of rail service: Provided fur-
ther, 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 development activities as 
authorized by section 22101(h) of division B of Public Law 
117–58: Provided further, That $40,000,000 of the amounts 
made available under this heading in this Act shall be for de-
sign and construction activities to improve the concourse and 
related infrastructure for the station at the major hub of Am-
trak’s National Network.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
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 Administration, in this and prior Acts, may be 
transferred to the Federal Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Finan-
cial Assistance Oversight and Technical Assistance’’ account 
for the necessary expenses to support the award, administra-
tion, project management oversight, and technical 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 Con-
gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent 
resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 151. None of the funds made available to the Na-
tional 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 preceding proviso for specific employees
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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 Appropriations no 
later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
a summary of all overtime payments incurred by Amtrak for 
2023 and the three prior calendar years: Provided further, 
That such summary shall include the total number of employ-
ees that received waivers and the total overtime payments 
Amtrak paid to employees receiving waivers for each month 
for 2023 and for the three prior calendar years. 
SEC. 152. None of the funds made available to the Na-
tional Railroad Passenger Corporation under the headings 
‘‘Northeast Corridor Grants to the National Railroad Pas-
senger Corporation’’ and ‘‘National Network Grants to the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ may be used to re-
duce the total number of Amtrak Police Department uni-
formed officers patrolling on board passenger trains or at sta-
tions, facilities or rights-of-way below the staffing level on 
May 1, 2019. 
SEC. 153. None of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation 
in contravention of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining 
Notification Act (29 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.).
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SEC. 154. Of the unobligated balances of funds remain-
ing from— 
(1) ‘‘Northeast Corridor Improvement Program’’ 
account totaling $126,348 appropriated by Public Law 
114–113 is hereby permanently rescinded; 
(2) ‘‘Railroad Safety Grants’’ account totaling 
$81,257.66 appropriated by Public Law 113–235 is 
hereby permanently rescinded; 
(3) ‘‘Capital Assistance for High Speed Rail Cor-
ridors and Intercity Passenger Rail Service’’ account to-
taling $53,118,096.83 appropriated by Public Law 111– 
117 is hereby permanently rescinded; 
(4) ‘‘Next Generation High-Speed Rail’’ account to-
taling $94.94 appropriated by Public Law 108–447 is 
hereby permanently rescinded; and 
(5) ‘‘Grants to the National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation’’ account totaling $678.16 appropriated by 
Public Law 108–447 is hereby permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 155. It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) long-distance passenger rail routes provide 
much-needed transportation access for 4,700,000 riders 
in 325 communities in 40 States and are particularly 
important in rural areas; and 
(2) long-distance passenger rail routes and services 
should be sustained to ensure connectivity throughout
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the National Network (as defined in section 24102 of 
title 49, United States Code). 
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION 
TRANSIT FORMULA GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in the Federal pub-
lic transportation assistance program in this account, 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), 5334, 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, section 
20005(b) of Public Law 112–141, and section 3006(b) of 
Public Law 114–94, $13,990,000,000, to be derived from the 
Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund and to re-
main 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), 5334, 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, section 
20005(b) of Public Law 112–141, and section 3006(b) of 
Public Law 114–94, shall not exceed total obligations of 
$13,990,000,000 in fiscal year 2024. 
TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS 
For an additional amount for ferry boats grants under 
section 5307(h) of title 49, United States Code, Tribal tech-
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nical assistance under section 5311(b)(3)(C) of such title, bus 
testing facilities under section 5318 of such title, accelerating 
the adoption of zero emission buses under section 5312 of 
such title, Community Project Funding/Congressionally Di-
rected Spending for projects and activities eligible under 
chapter 53 of such title, and ferry service for rural commu-
nities under section 71103 of division G of Public Law 117– 
58, $252,386,844, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of the sums provided under this heading in this 
Act— 
(1) $20,000,000 shall be available for ferry boat 
grants as authorized under section 5307(h) of such title: 
Provided, That of the amounts provided under this para-
graph, no less than $5,000,000 shall be available for low 
or zero emission ferries or ferries using electric battery 
or fuel cell components and the infrastructure to support 
such ferries; 
(2) $500,000 shall be available for technical assist-
ance and resources to Tribes through the national rural 
transportation assistance program authorized under sec-
tion 5311(b)(3)(C) of such title; 
(3) $1,500,000 shall be available for the operation 
and maintenance of the bus testing facilities selected 
under section 5318 of such title;
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(4) $206,817,976 shall be available for the pur-
poses, and in amounts, specified for Community Project 
Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending in the table 
entitled ‘‘Community Project Funding/Congressionally 
Directed Spending’’ included in the explanatory state-
ment described in section 4 (in the matter preceding di-
vision A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That unless 
otherwise specified, applicable requirements under chap-
ter 53 of title 49, United States Code, shall apply to 
amounts made available in this paragraph, except that 
the Federal share of the costs for a project in this para-
graph shall be in an amount equal to 80 percent of the 
net costs of the project, unless the Secretary approves a 
higher maximum Federal share of the net costs of the 
project consistent with administration of similar projects 
funded under chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code; 
(5) $20,000,000 shall be available for ferry service 
for rural communities under section 71103 of division G 
of Public Law 117–58: Provided, That for amounts 
made available in this paragraph, notwithstanding sec-
tion 71103(a)(2)(B), eligible service shall include pas-
senger ferry service that serves at least two rural areas 
with a single segment over 15 miles between the two 
rural areas and is not otherwise eligible under section 
5307(h) of title 49, United States Code: Provided fur-
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ther, That entities that provide eligible service pursuant 
to the preceding proviso may use amounts made avail-
able in this paragraph for public transportation capital 
projects to support any ferry service between two rural 
areas; and 
(6) $3,568,868 shall be available to support tech-
nical assistance, research, demonstration, or deployment 
activities or projects to accelerate the adoption of zero 
emission buses in public transit as authorized under sec-
tion 5312 of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided further, That amounts made available under this 
heading in this Act shall be derived from the general fund: 
Provided further, That amounts made available under this 
heading in this Act shall not be subject to any limitation on 
obligations for transit programs set forth in this or any other 
Act. 
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 5314 of title 
49, United States Code, $7,500,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025: Provided, That the assistance provided 
under this heading does not duplicate the activities of section 
5311(b) or section 5312 of title 49, United States Code: Pro-
vided further, That amounts made available under this head-
ing are in addition to any other amounts made available for 
such purposes: Provided further, That amounts made avail-
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able under this heading shall not be subject to any limitation 
on obligations set forth in this or any other Act. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry out fixed guideway cap-
ital investment grants under section 5309 of title 49, United 
States Code, and section 3005(b) of the Fixing America’s 
Surface 
Transportation 
Act 
(Public 
Law 
114–94), 
$2,205,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That of the sums appropriated under this heading in this 
Act— 
(1) $2,130,950,000 shall be available for projects 
authorized under section 5309(d) of title 49, United 
States Code; and 
(2) up to $52,000,000 shall be available for projects 
authorized under section 3005(b) of the Fixing Amer-
ica’s Surface Transportation Act: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall continue to admin-
ister the capital investment grants program in accordance 
with the procedural and substantive requirements of section 
5309 of title 49, United States Code, and of section 3005(b) 
of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act: Provided 
further, That projects that receive a grant agreement under 
the expedited project delivery for capital investment grants 
pilot program under section 3005(b) of the Fixing America’s 
Surface Transportation Act shall be deemed eligible for fund-
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ing provided for projects under section 5309 of title 49, 
United States Code, without further evaluation or rating 
under such section: Provided further, That such funding shall 
not exceed the Federal share under section 3005(b): Provided 
further, That for funds made available under this heading in 
division J of Public Law 117–58 the second through sixth 
provisos shall be treated as inapplicable for fiscal year 2024: 
Provided further, That amounts repurposed pursuant to the 
preceding proviso that were previously designated by the Con-
gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent 
resolution on the budget are designated as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 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 
2024 budget enforcement in the House of Representatives. 
GRANTS TO THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT 
AUTHORITY 
For grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit 
Authority as authorized under section 601 of division B of 
the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 
(Public Law 110–432), $150,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall approve grants for capital and preventive mainte-
nance expenditures for the Washington Metropolitan Area 
Transit Authority only after receiving and reviewing a re-
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quest 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 RESCISSION) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
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 Adminis-
tration for projects specified in this Act not obligated by Sep-
tember 30, 2027, and other recoveries, shall be directed to 
projects eligible to use the funds for the purposes for which 
they were originally provided. 
SEC. 162. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
any funds appropriated before October 1, 2023, under any 
section of chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, that re-
main available for expenditure, may be transferred to and ad-
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ministered 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 apportionments 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. 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 grants program of 
greater than 40 percent of project costs as authorized under 
section 5309 of title 49, United States Code. 
SEC. 165. Of the unobligated balances made available 
before October 1, 2013 for ‘‘Transit Research’’ in Treasury 
Account 69–X–1137, $977,955 is hereby permanently re-
scinded. 
GREAT LAKES ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT 
CORPORATION 
The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development 
Corporation is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, 
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 limi-
tations, as provided by section 9104 of title 31, United States
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Code, as may be necessary in carrying 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, main-
tenance, and capital infrastructure activities on portions of 
the St. Lawrence Seaway owned, operated, and maintained 
by the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Cor-
poration, $40,288,000, to be derived from the Harbor Main-
tenance Trust Fund, pursuant to section 210 of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2238): Pro-
vided, That of the amounts made available under this head-
ing, not less than $16,300,000 shall be for the seaway infra-
structure program. 
MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
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 security needs 
of the United States, $318,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That of the unobligated balances from 
prior year appropriations available under this heading, 
$17,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded.
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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. 
TANKER SECURITY PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
For Tanker Security Fleet payments, as authorized 
under section 53406 of title 46, United States Code, 
$60,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That funds appropriated for the tanker security fleet pro-
gram in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public 
Law 117–103) shall be available as authorized under section 
53406 of title 46, United States Code, and for the Secretary 
to timely reimburse each program participant up to 
$2,500,000 for each of its vessels covered by an operating 
agreement under section 53403 of title 46, United States 
Code, for verifiable training and other costs incurred to en-
sure that mariners on such vessels are fully qualified to meet 
the specialized requirements to serve on product tank vessels: 
Provided further, That of the unobligated balances from prior 
year 
appropriations 
available 
under 
this 
heading, 
$21,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded.
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OPERATIONS AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses of operations and training activi-
ties authorized by law, $267,775,000: Provided, That of the 
sums appropriated under this heading— 
(1) $92,729,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025, for the operations of the United States 
Merchant Marine Academy; 
(2) $22,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for facilities maintenance and repair, and equip-
ment, at the United States Merchant Marine Academy; 
(3) $70,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for capital improvements at the United States 
Merchant Marine Academy; 
(4) $7,500,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025, for the maritime environmental and 
technical assistance program authorized under section 
50307 of title 46, United States Code; and 
(5) $5,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended, for the United States marine highway program 
to make grants for the purposes authorized under sec-
tion 55601 of title 46, United States Code: 
Provided further, That the Administrator of the Maritime Ad-
ministration shall transmit to the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations the annual report on sexual assault 
and sexual harassment at the United States Merchant Marine
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Academy as required pursuant to section 3510 of the Na-
tional 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 
or America’s marine highway program (now known as the 
United States marine highway program) from prior year re-
coveries shall be available to carry out activities authorized 
under section 55601 of title 46, United States Code. 
STATE MARITIME ACADEMY OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of operations, support, and 
training 
activities 
for 
State 
Maritime 
Academies, 
$125,788,000: Provided, That of the sums appropriated 
under this heading— 
(1) $22,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for maintenance, repair, and life extension of 
training ships at the State Maritime Academies; 
(2) $86,588,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for the national security multi-mission vessel pro-
gram, including funds for construction, planning, admin-
istration, and design of school ships and, as determined 
by the Secretary, necessary expenses to design, plan, 
construct infrastructure, and purchase equipment nec-
essary to berth such ships, of which up to $8,900,000 
may be used for expenses related to the oversight and 
management of school ships to include the purchase of
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equipment and the repair and maintenance of training 
vessels: Provided, That such funds may be used to reim-
burse State Maritime Academies for costs incurred prior 
to the date of enactment of this Act; 
(3) $2,400,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2028, for the student incentive program; 
(4) $8,800,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for training ship fuel assistance; and 
(5) $6,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025, 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, 
$8,750,000, to remain available until expended. 
SHIP DISPOSAL 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
For necessary expenses related to the disposal of obso-
lete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the Mar-
itime Administration, $6,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That of the unobligated balances from 
prior year appropriations made available under this heading, 
$3,664,000 are hereby permanently rescinded.
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as if this provision was in effect when the system was pur-
chased, 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 defined in 
section 2725(3) of title 18, United States Code) obtained by 
a State department of motor vehicles in connection with a 
motor vehicle record as defined in section 2725(1) of title 18, 
United States Code, except as provided in section 2721 of 
title 18, United States Code, for a use permitted under sec-
tion 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 provision. 
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 Department of 
Transportation: Provided, That none of the personnel covered 
by this provision may be assigned on temporary detail outside 
the Department of Transportation.