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at which the funds were initially made available for 
obligation; and 
(12) section 119 of title 23, United States Code 
(but, for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2026, 
only in an amount equal to $639,000,000). 
(c) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED OBLIGATION AU-
THORITY.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall, after August 1 of such fiscal year— 
(1) revise a distribution of the obligation limita-
tion made available under subsection (a) if an 
amount distributed cannot be obligated during that 
fiscal year; and 
(2) redistribute sufficient amounts to those 
States able to obligate amounts in addition to those 
previously distributed during that fiscal year, giving 
priority to those States having large unobligated bal-
ances 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 para-
graph (2), the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 
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highways shall apply to contract authority for trans-
portation research programs carried out under— 
(A) chapter 5 of title 23, United States 
Code; 
(B) title VI of the Fixing America’s Sur-
face Transportation Act; and 
(C) title III of division A of the Infrastruc-
ture Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 
117–58). 
(2) EXCEPTION.—Obligation authority made 
available under paragraph (1) shall— 
(A) remain available for a period of 4 fis-
cal years; and 
(B) 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. 
(e) REDISTRIBUTION
OF
CERTAIN
AUTHORIZED 
FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of distribution of obligation limitation 
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall distribute 
to the States any funds (excluding funds authorized 
for the program under section 202 of title 23, 
United States Code) that— 
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(A) are authorized to be appropriated for 
such fiscal year for Federal-aid highway pro-
grams; and 
(B) the Secretary determines will not be 
allocated to the States (or will not be appor-
tioned to the States under section 204 of title 
23, United States Code), and will not be avail-
able for obligation, for such fiscal year because 
of the imposition of any obligation limitation for 
such fiscal year. 
(2) RATIO.—Funds shall be distributed under 
paragraph (1) in the same proportion as the dis-
tribution of obligation authority under subsection 
(a)(5). 
(3) AVAILABILITY.—Funds distributed to each 
State under paragraph (1) shall be available for any 
purpose described in section 133(b) of title 23, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 121. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re-
ceived by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the 
sale of data products, for necessary expenses incurred pur-
suant 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. 
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SEC. 122. Not less than 15 days prior to waiving, 
under his or her statutory authority, any Buy America re-
quirement for Federal-aid highways projects, the Sec-
retary of Transportation shall make an informal public no-
tice and comment opportunity on the intent to issue such 
waiver and the reasons therefor: Provided, That the Sec-
retary 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 sec-
tion 117 of title 23, United States Code, unless the Sec-
retary, 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 proposed grant award. 
SEC. 124. (a) A State or territory, as defined in sec-
tion 165 of title 23, United States Code, may use for any 
project eligible under section 133(b) of title 23 or section 
165 of title 23 and located within the boundary of the 
State or territory any earmarked amount, and any associ-
ated obligation limitation: Provided, That the Department 
of Transportation for the State or territory for which the 
earmarked amount was originally designated or directed 
notifies the Secretary of its intent to use its authority 
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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 re-
main 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 de-
fined in rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the 
Senate, identified in a prior law, report, or joint ex-
planatory statement, which was authorized to be ap-
propriated or appropriated more than 10 fiscal years 
prior to the current fiscal year, and administered by 
the Federal Highway Administration; or 
(2) a congressional earmark, as defined in rule 
XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives, 
identified in a prior law, report, or joint explanatory 
statement, which was authorized to be appropriated 
or appropriated more than 10 fiscal years prior to 
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the current fiscal year, and administered by the Fed-
eral Highway Administration. 
(c) The authority under subsection (a) may be exer-
cised only for those projects or activities that have obli-
gated less than 10 percent of the amount made available 
for obligation as of October 1 of the current fiscal year, 
and shall be applied to projects within the same general 
geographic area within 25 miles for which the funding was 
designated, except that a State or territory may apply 
such authority to unexpended balances of funds from 
projects or activities the State or territory certifies have 
been closed and for which payments have been made under 
a final voucher. 
(d) The Secretary shall submit consolidated reports 
of the information provided by the States and territories 
annually to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations. 
SEC. 125. The remaining unobligated balances, as of 
September 30, 2026, from amounts made available for 
‘‘Department of Transportation—Federal Highway Ad-
ministration—Highway Infrastructure Programs’’ in divi-
sion J of Public Law 117–58 for the Nationally Signifi-
cant Freight and Highway Projects program under section 
117 of title 23, United States Code, for fiscal year 2023 
are hereby permanently rescinded, and an amount of addi-
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tional new budget authority equivalent to the amount re-
scinded pursuant to this section is hereby appropriated on 
September 30, 2026, for an additional amount for fiscal 
year 2026, to remain available until September 30, 2031, 
and shall be available, without additional competition, for 
completing the funding of awards made pursuant to sec-
tion 117 of title 23, United States Code, for fiscal year 
2023 funding, in addition to other funds as may be avail-
able for such purposes: Provided, That the amounts re-
scinded pursuant to this section that were previously des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 4112(a) of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th 
Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fis-
cal year 2018, and to section 251(b) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res 14 (117th Con-
gress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 
year 2022, and to legislation establishing fiscal year 2026 
budget enforcement in the House of Representatives: Pro-
vided further, That the amount of additional new budget 
authority provided by this section is designated by the 
Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 
to such section 4001(a)(1) and to legislation establishing 
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fiscal year 2026 budget enforcement in the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
SEC. 126. The remaining unobligated balances, as of 
September 30, 2026, from amounts made available for 
‘‘Department of Transportation—Federal Highway Ad-
ministration—Highway Infrastructure Programs’’ in divi-
sion J of Public Law 117–58 for the bridge investment 
program under section 124 of title 23, United States 
Code, for fiscal year 2023 are hereby permanently re-
scinded, and an amount of additional new budget author-
ity equivalent to the amount rescinded pursuant to this 
section is hereby appropriated on September 30, 2026, for 
an additional amount for fiscal year 2026, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2031, and shall be available, 
without additional competition, for completing the funding 
of awards made pursuant to section 124 of title 23, United 
States Code, for fiscal year 2023 funding, in addition to 
other funds as may be available for such purposes: Pro-
vided, That the amounts rescinded pursuant to this sec-
tion that were previously designated by the Congress as 
an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4112(a) of 
H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent resolu-
tion on the budget for fiscal year 2018, and to section 
251(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress as 
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an emergency requirement pursuant to 4001(a)(1) of S. 
Con. Res 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution 
on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and to legislation es-
tablishing fiscal year 2026 budget enforcement in the 
House of Representatives: Provided further, That the 
amount of additional new budget authority provided by 
this section is designated by the Congress as being for an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
such 
section 
4001(a)(1) and to legislation establishing fiscal year 2026 
budget enforcement in the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 127. The remaining unobligated balances, as of 
September 30, 2026, from amounts made available for 
‘‘Department of Transportation—Federal Highway Ad-
ministration—Highway Infrastructure Programs’’ in divi-
sion L of Public Law 117–328 for competitive awards for 
activities 
eligible 
under 
section 
176(d)(4)(A) 
and 
176(d)(4)(C) of title 23, United States Code, for fiscal 
year 2023 are hereby permanently rescinded, and an 
amount of additional new budget authority equivalent to 
the amount rescinded pursuant to this section is hereby 
appropriated on September 30, 2026, for an additional 
amount for fiscal year 2026, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2031, and shall be available, without additional 
competition, for completing the funding of awards made 
pursuant to section 176 of title 23, United States Code, 
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for fiscal year 2023 funding, in addition to other funds 
as may be available for such purposes. 
FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in the implemen-
tation, execution and administration of motor carrier safe-
ty operations and programs pursuant to section 31110 of 
title 49, United States Code, as amended by the Infra-
structure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58), 
$390,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust 
Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), together 
with advances and reimbursements received by the Fed-
eral Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the sum of 
which shall remain available until expended: Provided, 
That funds available for implementation, execution, or ad-
ministration of motor carrier safety operations and pro-
grams authorized under title 49, United States Code, shall 
not exceed total obligations of $390,000,000, for ‘‘Motor 
Carrier Safety Operations and Programs’’ for fiscal year 
2026: Provided further, That of the amounts made avail-
able under this heading— 
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(1) not less than $63,098,000, to remain avail-
able for obligation until September 30, 2028, shall 
be for development, modernization, enhancement, 
and continued operation and maintenance of infor-
mation technology and information management; 
and 
(2) $14,073,000, to remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 2028, shall be for the re-
search and technology program: 
Provided further, That the activities funded in paragraphs 
(1) and (2) in the preceding proviso may be accomplished 
through direct expenditures, direct research activities, 
grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, intra-agency or 
interagency agreements, or other agreements with public 
organizations. 
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
sections 31102, 31103, 31104, and 31313 of title 49, 
United States Code, $536,600,000, to be derived from the 
Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Ac-
count) and to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That funds available for the implementation or execution 
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of motor carrier safety programs shall not exceed total ob-
ligations of $541,600,000 in fiscal year 2026 for ‘‘Motor 
Carrier Safety Grants’’: Provided further, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading— 
(1) $422,500,000, to remain available for obli-
gation until September 30, 2027, shall be for the 
motor carrier safety assistance program; 
(2) $45,200,000, to remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 2027, shall be for the com-
mercial driver’s license program implementation pro-
gram; 
(3) $62,400,000, to remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 2027, shall be for the high 
priority program; 
(4) $1,500,000, to remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 2027, shall be for the com-
mercial motor vehicle operators grant program; and 
(5) $10,000,000, to remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 2027, shall be for the com-
mercial motor vehicle enforcement training and sup-
port grant program, of which $5,000,000 shall be 
made available from prior year unobligated contract 
authority made available for Motor Carrier Safety 
Grants in section 23001 of the Infrastructure In-
vestment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58): Pro-
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vided, That such prior year unobligated contract au-
thority shall be available to complete the fiscal year 
2024 commercial motor vehicle enforcement training 
and support grant program notice of funding oppor-
tunity and shall be available to all applicants other-
wise eligible under such notice of funding oppor-
tunity. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL MOTOR 
CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 130. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available to the Department of Transportation 
by this Act or any other Act may be obligated or expended 
to implement, administer, or enforce the requirements of 
section 31137 of title 49, United States Code, or any regu-
lation issued by the Secretary pursuant to such section, 
with respect to the use of electronic logging devices by op-
erators of commercial motor vehicles, as defined in section 
31132(1) of such title, transporting livestock as defined 
in section 602 of the Emergency Livestock Feed Assist-
ance Act of 1988 (7 U.S.C. 1471) or insects. 
SEC. 131. The Secretary shall update the Depart-
ment’s regulations to ensure that non-compliance with sec-
tion 391.11(b)(2) of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, 
triggers an out-of-service order. 
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NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of 
the Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety, 
authorized under chapter 301 and part C of subtitle VI 
of title 49, United States Code, $200,000,000, of which 
$65,000,000 shall remain available through September 
30, 2027, and of which $129,000,000 shall be derived by 
transfer from the unobligated balances of amounts pre-
viously appropriated in title VIII of division J of the Infra-
structure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58) 
as follows: (1) $79,000,000 from amounts previously ap-
propriated for fiscal years 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026 
in paragraph (3) under the heading ‘‘Department of 
Transportation—National Highway Traffic Safety Admin-
istration—Supplemental Highway Traffic Safety Pro-
grams’’; and (2) $50,000,000 from amounts previously ap-
propriated for fiscal year 2026 under the heading ‘‘De-
partment of Transportation—National Highway Traffic 
Safety Administration—Crash Data’’: Provided, That 
amounts derived by transfer as described in the matter 
preceding this proviso shall continue to be treated as 
amounts specified in section 103(b) of division A of Public 
Law 118–5. 
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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, including behavioral research on automated driving 
systems and advanced driver assistance systems and im-
proving consumer responses to safety recalls, section 
25024 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 
(Public Law 117–58), and chapter 303 of title 49, United 
States Code, $209,600,000, to be derived from the High-
way Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) 
and to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the 
planning or execution of programs the total obligations for 
which, in fiscal year 2026, are in excess of $209,600,000: 
Provided further, That of the sums appropriated under 
this heading— 
(1) $202,000,000 shall be for programs author-
ized under section 403 of title 23, United States 
Code, including behavioral research on automated 
driving systems and advanced driver assistance sys-
tems and improving consumer responses to safety 
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recalls, and section 25024 of the Infrastructure In-
vestment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58); and 
(2) $7,600,000 shall be for the national driver 
register authorized under chapter 303 of title 49, 
United States Code: 
Provided further, That within the $209,600,000 obligation 
limitation for operations and research, $57,500,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2027, and shall be 
in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed on 
obligations for future years: Provided further, That 
amounts for behavioral research on automated driving sys-
tems and advanced driver assistance systems and improv-
ing consumer responses to safety recalls are in addition 
to any other funds provided for those purposes for fiscal 
year 2026 in this Act. 
HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
provisions of sections 402, 404, and 405 of title 23, 
United States Code, and grant administration expenses 
under chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code, to remain 
available until expended, $849,654,625, to be derived from 
the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 
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Account): Provided, That none of the funds in this Act 
shall be available for the planning or execution of pro-
grams for which the total obligations in fiscal year 2026 
are in excess of $849,654,625 for programs authorized 
under sections 402, 404, and 405 of title 23, United 
States Code, and grant administration expenses under 
chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code: Provided further, 
That of the sums appropriated under this heading— 
(1) $393,400,000 shall be for highway safety 
programs under section 402 of title 23, United 
States Code; 
(2) $367,500,000 shall be for national priority 
safety programs under section 405 of title 23, 
United States Code; 
(3) $44,300,000 shall be for the high visibility 
enforcement program under section 404 of title 23, 
United States Code; and 
(4) $44,454,625 shall be for grant administra-
tive 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 ex-
ceed $500,000 of the funds made available for national 
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priority safety programs 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 ‘‘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 au-
thority for such amounts: Provided further, That the Ad-
ministrator shall notify the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations of any exercise of the authority granted 
under the preceding proviso or under section 405(a)(10) 
of title 23, United States Code, within 5 days. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—NATIONAL HIGHWAY 
TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 140. The limitations on obligations for the pro-
grams of the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis-
tration 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 au-
thority has not lapsed or been used. 
SEC. 141. None of the funds provided in this Act may 
be used to encourage illegal drug or alcohol use in the 
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s im-
paired driving advertising campaigns. 
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SEC. 142. An additional $130,000 shall be made 
available to the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis-
tration, out of the amount limited for section 402 of title 
23, United States Code, to pay for travel and related ex-
penses for State management reviews and to pay for core 
competency development training and related expenses for 
highway safety staff. 
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 
SAFETY AND OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Ad-
ministration, not otherwise provided for, $264,761,000, of 
which $25,000,000 shall remain available until expended. 
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for railroad research and de-
velopment, $40,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That of the amounts provided under 
this heading, up to $3,000,000 shall be available pursuant 
to section 20108(d) of title 49, United States Code, for 
the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and 
improvements at the Transportation Technology Center: 
Provided further, That of the amounts provided under this 
heading, not less than $2,500,000 shall be available pursu-
ant to section 20108(j) of title 49, United States Code, 
to establish and maintain a center of excellence. 
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FEDERAL-STATE PARTNERSHIP FOR INTERCITY 
PASSENGER RAIL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses related to Federal-State part-
nership for intercity passenger rail grants as authorized 
by section 24911 of title 49, United States Code, 
$65,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, 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 over-
sight of grants carried out under title 49, United States 
Code: Provided further, That of the amounts made avail-
able under this heading, $40,000,000 shall be derived by 
transfer from the unobligated balances of amounts pre-
viously appropriated for fiscal years 2025 and 2026 for 
the costs of award and project management oversight of 
grants, including amounts transferred to the ‘‘Financial 
Assistance Oversight and Technical Assistance’’ account 
(excluding amounts transferred to the Office of Inspector 
General of the Department of Transportation and to the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation Office of Inspec-
tor General) under the heading ‘‘Federal Railroad Admin-
istration—Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Pas-
senger Rail Grants’’ in title VIII of division J of the Infra-
structure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58): 
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Provided further, That amounts transferred pursuant to 
the preceding proviso shall continue to be treated as 
amounts specified in section 103(b) of division A of Public 
Law 118–5: Provided further, That, of amounts made 
available under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for a 
grant to the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation to 
rehabilitate and repair the Washington Union Station 
complex, and section 24911(f)(2) of title 49, United States 
Code, shall not apply to that grant. 
CONSOLIDATED RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY 
IMPROVEMENTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses related to consolidated rail 
infrastructure and safety improvements grants, as author-
ized by section 22907 of title 49, United States Code, 
$137,426,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading in this Act— 
(1) $87,426,000 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 for this 
division in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
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consolidated Act): Provided further, That amounts 
made available in the preceding proviso for such 
purposes shall not diminish or prejudice any applica-
tion or geographic region for other discretionary 
grant or loan awards made by the Department of 
Transportation: Provided further, That requirements 
under subsections (g) and (l) of section 22907 of 
title 49, United States Code, shall not apply to the 
funds made available under this paragraph: Provided 
further, That any remaining funds available after the 
distribution of the Community Project Funding/Con-
gressionally Directed Spending described in this 
paragraph shall be available to the Secretary to dis-
tribute as discretionary grants under this heading; 
and 
(2) $50,000,000 shall be available to the Sec-
retary to distribute as discretionary grants under 
this heading in this Act: 
Provided further, That of the amounts made available 
under this heading— 
(1) $20,000,000 shall be derived by transfer 
from the unobligated balances of amounts previously 
appropriated for fiscal year 2026 for the costs of 
award and project management oversight of grants, 
including amounts transferred to the ‘‘Financial As-
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sistance Oversight and Technical Assistance’’ ac-
count (excluding amounts transferred to the Office 
of Inspector General of the Department of Trans-
portation and to the National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation Office of Inspector General) under the 
heading ‘‘Federal Railroad Administration—Consoli-
dated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements’’ 
in title VIII of division J of the Infrastructure In-
vestment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58); and 
(2) $110,000,000 shall be derived by transfer 
from the unobligated balances of amounts previously 
appropriated for fiscal years 2025 and 2026 for the 
costs of award and project management oversight of 
grants, including amounts transferred to the ‘‘Fi-
nancial Assistance Oversight and Technical Assist-
ance’’ account (excluding amounts transferred to the 
Office of Inspector General of the Department of 
Transportation and to the National Railroad Pas-
senger Corporation Office of Inspector General) 
under the heading ‘‘Federal Railroad Administra-
tion—Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Pas-
senger Rail Grants’’ in title VIII of division J of the 
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 
117–58): 
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Provided further, That amounts transferred pursuant to 
the preceding proviso shall continue to be treated as 
amounts specified in section 103(b) of division A of Public 
Law 118–5: Provided further, That for amounts made 
available under this heading in this Act, eligible projects 
under section 22907(c)(8) of title 49, United States Code, 
shall also include railroad systems planning (including the 
preparation of regional intercity passenger rail plans and 
State rail plans) and railroad project development activi-
ties (including railroad project planning, preliminary engi-
neering, design, environmental analysis, feasibility studies, 
and the development and analysis of project alternatives): 
Provided further, That section 22905(f) of title 49, United 
States Code, shall not apply to amounts made available 
under this heading in this Act for projects that implement 
or sustain positive train control systems otherwise eligible 
under section 22907(c)(1) of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided further, That amounts made available under this 
heading in this Act for projects selected for commuter rail 
passenger transportation may be transferred by the Sec-
retary, after selection, to the appropriate agencies to be 
administered in accordance with chapter 53 of title 49, 
United States Code: Provided further, That for amounts 
made available under this heading in this Act, eligible re-
cipients under section 22907(b)(7) of title 49, United 
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States Code, shall include any holding company of a Class 
II railroad or Class III railroad (as those terms are de-
fined in section 20102 of title 49, United States Code): 
Provided further, That section 22907(e)(1)(A) of title 49, 
United States Code, shall not apply to amounts made 
available under this heading in this Act: Provided further, 
That section 22907(e)(1)(A) of title 49, United States 
Code, shall not apply to amounts made available under 
this heading in previous fiscal years if such funds are an-
nounced in a notice of funding opportunity that includes 
funds made available under this heading in this Act: Pro-
vided further, That the preceding proviso shall not apply 
to funds made available under this heading in the Infra-
structure Investment and Jobs Act (division J of Public 
Law 117–58): Provided further, That unobligated balances 
remaining after 6 years from the date of enactment of this 
Act may be used for any eligible project under section 
22907(c) of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may withhold up to 2 percent of the 
amounts made available under this heading in this Act for 
the costs of award and project management oversight of 
grants carried out under title 49, United States Code. 
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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 au-
thorized by section 22101(a) of the Infrastructure Invest-
ment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58), $850,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 
Secretary may retain up to one-half of 1 percent of the 
amounts made available under both this heading in this 
Act and the ‘‘National Network Grants to the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ heading in this Act to 
fund the costs of project management and oversight of ac-
tivities authorized by section 22101(c) of the Infrastruc-
ture Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58): Pro-
vided 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 shall retain an additional $5,000,000 
of the amounts made available under this heading in this 
Act to fund expenses associated with the Northeast Cor-
ridor Commission established under section 24905 of title 
49, United States Code. 
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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 author-
ized by section 22101(b) of the Infrastructure Investment 
and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58), $1,577,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That the Sec-
retary shall retain an additional $3,000,000 of the funds 
provided under this heading in this Act to fund expenses 
associated with the State-Supported Route Committee es-
tablished 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 title 49, United States Code, with respect to long-dis-
tance routes (as defined in section 24102 of title 49, 
United States Code) on which Amtrak is the sole operator 
on a host railroad’s line and a positive train control system 
is not required by law or regulation, or, except in an emer-
gency or during maintenance or construction outages im-
pacting 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 implementation of service permitted 
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by section 24305(a)(3)(A) of title 49, United States Code, 
in lieu of rail service: Provided further, That the National 
Railroad 
Passenger 
Corporation 
may 
use 
up 
to 
$66,000,000 of the amounts made available under this 
heading in this Act for corridor development activities as 
authorized by section 22101(h) of Public Law 117–58: 
Provided further, That $5,000,000 of the amounts made 
available under this heading in this Act shall be for the 
modernization project identified under this heading in-
cluded for this division in the explanatory statement de-
scribed in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A 
of this consolidated Act). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
SEC. 150. The amounts made available to the Sec-
retary 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 Adminis-
tration’s ‘‘Financial Assistance Oversight and Technical 
Assistance’’ account for the necessary expenses to support 
the award, administration, project management oversight, 
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and technical assistance of financial assistance adminis-
tered by the Federal Railroad Administration, in the same 
manner as appropriated for in this and prior Acts: Pro-
vided, That this section shall not apply to amounts that 
were previously designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on 
the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def-
icit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 151. None of the funds made available to the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation may be used to 
fund any overtime costs in excess of $35,000 for any indi-
vidual employee: Provided, That the President of Amtrak 
may waive the cap set in the preceding proviso for specific 
employees when the President of Amtrak determines such 
a cap poses a risk to the safety and operational efficiency 
of the system: Provided further, That the President of Am-
trak shall report to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations no later than 60 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, a summary of all overtime payments 
incurred by Amtrak for 2025 and the 3 prior calendar 
years: Provided further, That such summary shall include 
the total number of employees that received waivers and 
the total overtime payments Amtrak paid to employees re-
ceiving waivers for each month for 2025 and for the 3 
prior calendar years. 
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SEC. 152. None of the funds made available to the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation under the head-
ings ‘‘Northeast Corridor Grants to the National Railroad 
Passenger Corporation’’ and ‘‘National Network Grants to 
the National Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ may be 
used to reduce the total number of Amtrak Police Depart-
ment uniformed officers patrolling on board passenger 
trains or at stations, facilities or rights-of-way below the 
staffing level on May 1, 2019. 
SEC. 153. For amounts made available under the 
heading ‘‘Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Pas-
senger Rail’’ for fiscal year 2026 in this Act and in title 
VIII of division J of Public Law 117–58, the Union Sta-
tion Redevelopment Corporation shall be considered an en-
tity eligible to receive a grant under section 24911(a) of 
title 49, United States Code: Provided, That section 
24911(f)(2) of title 49 shall not apply to grants made 
available to the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation 
under the authority as provided in this section: Provided 
further, That the Union Station Redevelopment Corpora-
tion and the National Railroad Passenger Corporation 
shall adhere to Public Law 97–125 and ensure the historic 
preservation and improvements to Washington Union Sta-
tion are achieved with maximum reliance on the private 
sector and minimum requirement for Federal assistance. 
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SEC. 154. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the National Railroad Passenger Cor-
poration in contravention of the Worker Adjustment and 
Retraining Notification Act (29 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.). 
SEC. 155. It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) long-distance passenger rail routes provide 
much-needed transportation access for 4,200,000 
riders in 39 States and the District of Columbia and 
are particularly important in rural areas; and 
(2) long-distance passenger rail routes and 
services should be sustained to ensure connectivity 
throughout the National Network (as defined in sec-
tion 24102 of title 49, United States Code). 
SEC. 156. Of the unobligated balances of funds re-
maining from— 
(1) ‘‘Railroad Safety Grants’’ account totaling 
$795,331.70 appropriated by Public Law 114–113 is 
hereby permanently rescinded; 
(2) ‘‘Grants to the National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation’’ account totaling $20 appropriated by 
Public Law 104–50 is hereby permanently rescinded; 
(3) ‘‘Capital Assistance to States—Intercity 
Passenger Rail Grant Program’’ account totaling 
$292,181.41 appropriated by Public Law 111–8 is 
hereby permanently rescinded; 
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(4) ‘‘Capital Assistance for High Speed Rail 
Corridors and Intercity Passenger Rail Service’’ ac-
count totaling $9,912.54 appropriated by Public 
Law 111–117 is hereby permanently rescinded; 
(5) ‘‘Railroad Research and Development’’ ac-
count totaling $1,008,385 appropriated by Public 
Law 109–115 is hereby permanently rescinded; 
(6) ‘‘National Network Grants to the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ account totaling 
$76,633.70 appropriated by Public Law 115–31 is 
hereby permanently rescinded; 
(7) ‘‘Magnetic Levitation Technology Deploy-
ment Program’’ account totaling $14,000,000 appro-
priated by the following public laws are hereby per-
manently rescinded: 
(A) 
Public 
Law 
116–6 
a 
total 
of 
$10,000,000; 
(B) Public Law 116–94 a total of 
$2,000,000; and 
(C) Public Law 116–260 a total of 
$2,000,000; 
(8) ‘‘Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safe-
ty Improvements’’ account totaling $5,000,000 ap-
propriated 
by 
Public 
Law 
117–328 
for 
preconstruction planning activities and capital costs 
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related to the deployment of magnetic levitation 
transportation projects is hereby permanently re-
scinded; and 
(9) ‘‘Capital Assistance for High Speed Rail 
Corridors and Intercity Passenger Rail Service’’ ac-
count totaling $928,620,000 appropriated by Public 
Law 111–117 is hereby permanently rescinded. 
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION 
TRANSIT FORMULA GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in the Federal 
public transportation assistance program in this 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, $14,642,000,000, 
to be derived from the Mass Transit Account of the High-
way Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That funds available for the implementation or 
execution of programs authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5305, 
5307, 5310, 5311, 5312, 5314, 5318, 5329(e)(6), 5334, 
5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, section 20005(b) of Public 
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Law 112–141, and section 3006(b) of Public Law 114– 
94, shall not exceed total obligations of $14,642,000,000 
in fiscal year 2026. 
TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ferry boat grants under 
section 5307(h) of title 49, United States Code, bus test-
ing facilities under section 5318 of such title, accelerating 
innovative mobility initiative grants under section 5312 of 
such title, Community Project Funding/Congressionally 
Directed Spending for projects and activities eligible under 
chapter 53 of such title, ferry service for rural commu-
nities under section 71103 of division G of Public Law 
117–58, and operating assistance to improve public safety 
in transit systems, $211,423,390, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That of the sums provided under this 
heading in this Act— 
(1) $25,000,000 shall be available for ferry 
boat grants as authorized under section 5307(h) of 
such title: Provided, That of the amounts provided 
in this paragraph, no less than $4,000,000 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; 
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(2) $1,500,000 shall be available for the oper-
ation and maintenance of the bus testing facilities 
selected under section 5318 of such title; 
(3) $2,000,000 shall be available for the accel-
erating innovative mobility initiative as authorized 
under section 5312 of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided, That such amounts shall be available for 
competitive grants to improve mobility and enhance 
the rider experience with a focus on innovative serv-
ice delivery models, creative financing, novel partner-
ships, and integrated payment solutions in order to 
help disseminate proven innovation mobility prac-
tices throughout the public transportation industry; 
(4) $147,923,390 shall be available for the pur-
poses, and in the amounts, specified for Community 
Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending 
in the table entitled ‘‘Community Project Funding/ 
Congressionally Directed Spending’’ included for this 
division in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act): Provided, That amounts made 
available in this paragraph for such purposes shall 
not diminish or prejudice any application or geo-
graphic region for other discretionary grant or loan 
awards made by the Department of Transportation: 
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Provided further, That unless otherwise specified, ap-
plicable requirements under chapter 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 paragraph 
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, notwith-
standing section 71103(a)(2)(B), eligible service 
shall include passenger ferry service that serves at 
least two rural areas with a single segment over 15 
miles between the two rural areas: Provided further, 
That for (1) amounts made available in this para-
graph, (2) unobligated balances from amounts made 
available pursuant to section 1101(a)(12) of division 
A of the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and 
Extensions Act, 2025 (Public Law 119–4) for ferry 
service for rural communities previously appro-
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priated in paragraph (5) under this heading in divi-
sion F of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 
(Public Law 118–42), and (3) unobligated balances 
from amounts made available in paragraph (5) 
under this heading in division F of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law 118–42), not-
withstanding section 71103(e)(2), eligible service 
shall include passenger ferry service that receives 
funds apportioned under chapter 53 of title 49, 
United States Code: Provided further, That entities 
that provide eligible service pursuant to the pre-
ceding two provisos may use amounts made available 
in this paragraph for public transportation capital 
projects to support any ferry service between two 
rural areas; and 
(6) $15,000,000 shall be available for costs re-
lated to operating equipment and facilities for use in 
public transportation to improve public safety in 
transit systems: Provided, That the Secretary shall 
provide amounts made available in this paragraph as 
if such amounts were provided under section 5307 
of title 49, United States Code, as applicable: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding subsection 
(a)(1) or (a)(2) of section 5307 of such title, 
amounts made available in this paragraph shall be 
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available for the operating cost of equipment and fa-
cilities for use in public transportation eligible under 
section 5307 of such title: Provided further, That 
amounts made available in this paragraph shall be 
for eligible recipients under section 5307 of such 
title for such operating costs to improve public safe-
ty, reduce crime, and increase security in transit 
systems: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
allocate amounts made available in this paragraph to 
the 10 eligible recipients with the highest ridership 
in fiscal year 2024: Provided further, That amounts 
shall be provided to eligible recipients proportionally 
based on ridership in fiscal year 2024: Provided fur-
ther, That no eligible recipient may receive an alloca-
tion of more than 50 percent of the total amounts 
made available in this paragraph: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall allocate any excess funds 
above the 50 percent threshold in the preceding pro-
viso to all other eligible recipients in this paragraph 
proportionally based on ridership in fiscal year 2024: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall allocate 
amounts made available in this paragraph to eligible 
recipients no later than 30 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act: 
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Provided further, That amounts made available under this 
heading shall be derived from the general fund, of which— 
(1) $40,795,000 shall be derived from amounts 
previously appropriated for fiscal year 2026 for ad-
ministrative and oversight expenses as authorized 
under section 5334 and section 5338(c) of title 49, 
United States Code, (excluding amounts transferred 
to the Office of Inspector General of the Department 
of Transportation) under the heading ‘‘Federal 
Transit 
Administration—Transit 
Infrastructure 
Grants’’ in title VIII of division J of the Infrastruc-
ture Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58); 
(2) $4,975,000 shall be derived by transfer 
from the unobligated balances of amounts previously 
appropriated for fiscal years 2022, 2023, 2024, 
2025, and 2026 for administrative and oversight ex-
penses as authorized under section 5334 and section 
5338(c) of title 49, United States Code, (excluding 
amounts transferred to the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral of the Department of Transportation) under the 
heading ‘‘Federal Transit Administration—Electric 
or Low-Emitting Ferry Program’’ in title VIII of di-
vision J of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs 
Act (Public Law 117–58); 
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(3) $4,601,000 shall be derived by transfer 
from the unobligated balances of amounts previously 
appropriated for fiscal years 2022, 2023, 2024, 
2025, and 2026 for administrative and oversight ex-
penses as authorized under section 5334 and section 
5338(c) of title 49, United States Code, (excluding 
amounts transferred to the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral of the Department of Transportation) under the 
heading ‘‘Federal Transit Administration—Ferry 
Service for Rural Communities’’ in title VIII of divi-
sion J of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs 
Act (Public Law 117–58); and 
(4) $138,000,000 shall be derived by transfer 
from the unobligated balances of amounts previously 
appropriated for fiscal years 2025 and 2026 for the 
costs of award and project management oversight of 
grants, including amounts transferred to the ‘‘Fi-
nancial Assistance Oversight and Technical Assist-
ance’’ account (excluding amounts transferred to the 
Office of Inspector General of the Department of 
Transportation and to the National Railroad Pas-
senger Corporation Office of Inspector General) 
under the heading ‘‘Federal Railroad Administra-
tion—Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Pas-
senger Rail Grants’’ in title VIII of division J of the 
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Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 
117–58): 
Provided further, That amounts transferred pursuant to 
the preceding proviso shall continue to be treated as 
amounts specified in section 103(b) of division A of Public 
Law 118–5: Provided further, That amounts made avail-
able 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 avail-
able until September 30, 2027: Provided, That the assist-
ance provided under this heading does not duplicate the 
activities of section 5311(b) or section 5312 of title 49, 
United States Code: Provided further, That amounts made 
available under this heading are in addition to any other 
amounts made available for such purposes: Provided fur-
ther, That amounts made available under this heading 
shall not be subject to any limitation on obligations set 
forth in this or any other Act. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out fixed guideway 
capital investment grants under section 5309 of title 49, 
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United States Code, and section 3005(b) of the Fixing 
America’s Surface Transportation Act (Public Law 114– 
94), $1,700,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this head-
ing in this Act— 
(1) $1,357,300,000 shall be available for 
projects authorized under section 5309(d) of title 
49, United States Code; 
(2) $200,000,000 shall be available for projects 
authorized under section 5309(e) of title 49, United 
States Code; 
(3) $25,700,000 shall be available for projects 
authorized under section 5309(h) of title 49, United 
States Code; and 
(4) $100,000,000 shall be available for projects 
authorized under section 3005(b) of the Fixing 
America’s Surface Transportation Act: 
Provided further, That the amounts made available under 
this heading in this or any prior appropriations Act shall 
be available for the purposes, and in amounts, specified 
in the table entitled ‘‘Allocation of FTA Capital Invest-
ment Grants Funding’’ included for this division in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the mat-
ter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall make allocations for 
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amounts made available under this heading in this or any 
prior appropriations Act in accordance with the table re-
ferred to in the second proviso under this heading in this 
Act no later than 120 days after the enactment of this 
Act: Provided further, That not to exceed 10 percent of 
any funding level specified in the table referred to in the 
second proviso under this heading in this Act may be 
transferred to any other funding level specified in such 
table: Provided further, That no transfer of such funding 
levels may increase or decrease any funding level in the 
table referred to in the second proviso under this heading 
in this Act by more than 10 percent: Provided further, 
That the preceding two provisos shall not apply to projects 
with full funding grant agreements under section 5309(d) 
of title 49, United States Code, included in the table re-
ferred to in the second proviso under this heading in this 
Act: Provided further, That for funds made available under 
this heading in division J of Public Law 117–58 the sec-
ond through sixth provisos shall be treated as inapplicable 
for fiscal year 2026: Provided further, That for funds 
made available under this heading in division J of Public 
Law 117–58, $734,900,000 may be available for projects 
authorized under section 5309(d) of title 49, United 
States Code: Provided further, That for funds made avail-
able under this heading in division J of Public Law 117– 
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58, $849,500,000 may be available for projects authorized 
under section 5309(h) of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided further, That amounts repurposed under this 
heading in this Act shall continue to be treated as 
amounts specified in section 103(b) of division A of Public 
Law 118–5: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
continue to administer the capital investment grants pro-
gram 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 Sur-
face 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 Trans-
portation Act shall be deemed eligible for funding provided 
for projects under section 5309 of title 49, United States 
Code, without further evaluation or rating under such sec-
tion: Provided further, That such funding shall not exceed 
the Federal share under section 3005(b). 
GRANTS TO THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA 
TRANSIT AUTHORITY 
For grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area 
Transit Authority as authorized under section 601 of divi-
sion B of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement 
Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–432), $150,000,000, to re-
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main available until expended: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of Transportation shall approve grants for capital 
and preventive maintenance expenditures for the Wash-
ington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority only after re-
ceiving and reviewing a request for each specific project: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall determine that 
the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has 
placed the highest priority on those investments that will 
improve the safety of the system before approving such 
grants. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING 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 Administration for projects specified in this Act 
not obligated by September 30, 2029, and other recov-
eries, shall be directed to projects eligible to use the funds 
for the purposes for which they were originally provided. 
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SEC. 162. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, any funds appropriated before October 1, 2025, under 
any section of chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, 
that remain available for expenditure, may be transferred 
to and administered under the most recent appropriation 
heading for any such section. 
SEC. 163. None of the funds made available by this 
Act or any other Act shall be used to adjust apportion-
ments or withhold funds from apportionments pursuant 
to section 9503(e)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 (26 U.S.C. 9503(e)(4)). 
SEC. 164. 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 
for the following programs authorized by Public Law 109– 
59, the Secretary shall make $94,316,766 available for 
transportation assistance, including assistance with tran-
sit planning, capital projects, and operating assistance, for 
surface, commuter, and public transportation systems nec-
essary to support the mobility needs of the international 
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quadrennial Olympic and Paralympic events as authorized 
by section 1223(e) of Public Law 105–178— 
(1) ‘‘Alternatives Analysis Program’’ under sec-
tion 5339 of title 49, United States Code; 
(2) ‘‘bus and bus-related equipment and facili-
ties’’ under section 5309 of title 49, United States 
Code; and 
(3) ‘‘Alternative Transportation in Parks and 
Public Lands’’ under section 5320 of title 49, 
United States Code: 
Provided, That such assistance shall be for any eligible 
entity as defined by section 6702 of title 49, United States 
Code, that serves or supports service to a venue that is 
part of the 2028 international quadrennial Olympic or 
Paralympic events: Provided further, That such assistance 
may be provided through direct grants or cooperative 
agreements for which the Federal share shall not exceed 
80 percent, with the exception of assistance for a supple-
mental public transportation bus system which shall be no 
less than 90 percent: Provided further, That these 
amounts shall be in addition to other amounts made avail-
able for such purpose: Provided further, That amounts 
made available in this section may be transferred to other 
operating administrations of the Department to admin-
ister the amounts made available in this section as appro-
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priate: Provided further, That amounts made available in 
this section shall only be available for obligation for the 
purposes specifically authorized in this section in this Act 
for a period not to exceed 2 fiscal years after the official 
closing of the 2028 international quadrennial Olympic and 
Paralympic events. 
SEC. 166. Of the unobligated balances made available 
for the following programs authorized by Public Law 109– 
59 and Public Law 105–178, the Secretary shall make 
$100,250,212 available for grants to transit agencies for 
costs related to eligible planning, capital, and operating 
expenses for equipment and facilities in support of 
matches or other public events held in domestic host cities 
for the FIFA World Cup 2026— 
(1) ‘‘Clean Fuels Grant Program’’ under sec-
tion 5308 of title 49, United States Code; 
(2) ‘‘Job Access and Reverse Commute For-
mula Grants’’ under section 5316 of title 49, United 
States Code; 
(3) ‘‘New Freedom’’ under section 5317 of title 
49, United States Code, as amended by Public Law 
109–59; and 
(4) ‘‘Rural Transportation Accessibility Incen-
tive Program’’ under section 3038 of Public Law 
105–178: 
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Provided, That the Secretary shall apportion such 
amounts not later than 30 days after enactment of this 
Act so that the transit agencies in each of the domestic 
host cities for the FIFA World Cup 2026 are each entitled 
to receive an amount equal to— 
(1) 70 percent of the total amount apportioned 
multiplied by a ratio equal to the FIFA estimated 
stadium capacity of the host stadium at the time of 
apportionment divided by the total FIFA estimated 
stadium capacity of all host stadiums at the time of 
apportionment; and 
(2) 30 percent of the total amount apportioned 
multiplied by a ratio equal to the number of matches 
to be held in the host stadium divided by the total 
number of matches to be held in all host cities in the 
United States: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding subsection (a)(1) 
or (b) of section 5307 of title 49, United States Code, 
amounts made available in this section are available for 
the planning, capital, and operating expenses of transit 
agencies for hosting matches or other public events held 
in domestic host cities for the FIFA World Cup 2026, eli-
gible under section 5307 of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided further, That such planning, capital, and oper-
ating expenses are not required to be included in a trans-
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portation improvement program, long-range transpor-
tation, statewide transportation plan, or a statewide trans-
portation improvement program: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall not waive the requirements of section 
5333 of title 49, United States Code, for amounts made 
available in this section: Provided further, That unless oth-
erwise specified, applicable requirements under chapter 53 
of title 49, United States Code, shall apply to amounts 
made available in this section, except that the Federal 
share of the costs for which any grant is made according 
to this section shall be, at the option of the recipient, up 
to 100 percent: Provided further, That amounts made 
available in this section shall only be available for obliga-
tion for the purposes specifically authorized in this section 
in this Act for a period not to exceed 1 fiscal year after 
the official closing of the FIFA World Cup 2026 events. 
GREAT LAKES ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT 
CORPORATION 
The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development 
Corporation is hereby authorized to make such expendi-
tures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority 
available to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and 
to make such contracts and commitments without regard 
to fiscal year limitations, as provided by section 9104 of 
title 31, United States Code, as may be necessary in car-
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rying out the programs set forth in the Corporation’s 
budget for the current fiscal year. 
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 
(HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses to conduct the operations, 
maintenance, and capital infrastructure activities on por-
tions of the St. Lawrence Seaway owned, operated, and 
maintained by the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway De-
velopment Corporation, $38,080,000, to be derived from 
the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to section 
210 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 
U.S.C. 2238): Provided, That of the amounts made avail-
able under this heading, not less than $15,950,000 shall 
be for the seaway infrastructure 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 secu-
rity needs of the United States, $390,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of the unobli-
gated balances remaining from fiscal year 2021, 2022, 
2023, 2024, and 2025 appropriations made available 
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under this heading, $38,400,000 are hereby permanently 
rescinded. 
CABLE SECURITY FLEET 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
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: Pro-
vided, That of the unobligated balances remaining from 
fiscal year 2021 and 2022 appropriations made available 
under this heading, $12,392,000 are hereby permanently 
rescinded. 
TANKER SECURITY PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
For Tanker Security Fleet payments, as authorized 
under section 53406 of title 46, United States Code, 
$81,600,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of the unobligated balances remaining from 
fiscal year 2022, 2023, and 2024 appropriations made 
available under this heading, $42,808,000 are hereby per-
manently rescinded. 
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses of operations and training ac-
tivities authorized by law, $275,791,000: Provided, That 
of the sums appropriated under this heading— 
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(1) $101,500,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2027, for the operations of the 
United States Merchant Marine Academy; 
(2) $50,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for facilities maintenance and repair, and 
equipment, at the United States Merchant Marine 
Academy; 
(3) $50,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for the capital improvement program at the 
United States Merchant Marine Academy; 
(4) $2,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2027, 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 pro-
gram to make grants for the purposes authorized 
under section 55601 of title 46, United States Code: 
Provided further, That the Administrator of the Maritime 
Administration shall transmit to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations the annual report on sexual 
assault and sexual harassment at the United States Mer-
chant Marine Academy as required pursuant to section 
3510 of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 
year 2017 (46 U.S.C. 51318): Provided further, That the 
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Administrator of the Maritime Administration shall trans-
mit to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions an annual capital improvement program plan not 
later than 30 days after the submission of the budget re-
quest: 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 
recoveries shall be available to carry out activities author-
ized 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, 
$138,900,000: Provided, That of the sums appropriated 
under this heading— 
(1) $7,800,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for maintenance, repair, and life extension of 
training ships at the State Maritime Academies; 
(2) $110,000,000 shall remain available until 
expended for the national security multi-mission ves-
sel program, of which— 
(A) not less than $55,000,000 shall be for 
necessary expenses to design, plan, construct 
infrastructure, and purchase equipment nec-
essary to berth such ships, as determined by 
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the Secretary: Provided, That such funds may 
be used to reimburse State Maritime Academies 
for costs incurred prior to the date of enact-
ment of this Act; and 
(B) up to $55,000,000 shall be for ex-
penses related to the operation, integration, 
oversight, and management of national security 
multi-mission vessel school ships, including in-
surance, maintenance, repair, and equipment 
costs; 
(3) $4,800,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2030, for the student incentive program; 
(4) $9,300,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for training ship fuel assistance; and 
(5) $7,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2027, for direct payments for State Mar-
itime Academies: Provided, That each institution eli-
gible for such payments receives no more than 
$1,000,000. 
ASSISTANCE TO SMALL SHIPYARDS 
To make grants to qualified shipyards as authorized 
under section 54101 of title 46, United States Code, 
$35,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
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SHIP DISPOSAL 
For necessary expenses related to the disposal of ob-
solete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the 
Maritime Administration, $6,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the guaran-
teed loan program, $3,940,000, which shall be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriations for ‘‘Maritime Ad-
ministration—Operations and Training’’. 
PORT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 
To make grants to improve port facilities as author-
ized under section 54301 of title 46, United States Code, 
and section 3501(b) of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for fiscal year 2026 (Public Law 119–60), 
$103,330,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading 
in this Act— 
(1) $38,628,000 shall be for projects for coastal 
seaports, inland river ports, or Great Lakes ports: 
Provided, That for grants awarded under this para-
graph in this Act, the minimum grant size shall be 
$1,000,000; and 
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(2) $64,702,000 shall be for the purposes, and 
in the amounts, specified for Community Project 
Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending in the 
table entitled ‘‘Community Project Funding/Con-
gressionally Directed Spending’’ included for this di-
vision in the explanatory statement described in sec-
tion 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act): Provided, That amounts made 
available in this paragraph for such purposes shall 
not diminish or prejudice any applicant or geo-
graphic region for other discretionary grant or loan 
awards made by the Department of Transportation. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, in addition to any existing authority, the Mari-
time Administration is authorized to furnish utilities and 
services and make necessary repairs in connection with 
any lease, contract, or occupancy involving Government 
property under control of the Maritime Administration: 
Provided, That payments received therefor shall be cred-
ited to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof and 
shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That rental payments under any such lease, contract, or 
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occupancy for items other than such utilities, services, or 
repairs shall be deposited into the Treasury as miscella-
neous receipts. 
SEC. 171. Of the unobligated balances from prior 
year appropriations available under the heading ‘‘Mari-
time Administration—Maritime Guaranteed Loan (Title 
XI) Program Account’’, $34,000,000 are hereby re-
scinded. 
PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONAL EXPENSES 
For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline 
and 
Hazardous 
Materials 
Safety 
Administration, 
$28,647,000, of which $4,500,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2028: Provided, That not less than 
$2,000,000 of the amounts made available under this 
heading shall be for pipeline safety information grants to 
communities as authorized under section 60130 of title 
49, United States Code: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall issue a notice of funding opportunity for such 
funds not later than 120 days after enactment of this Act. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous 
materials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous 
Materials Safety Administration, $66,050,000, of which 
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$8,570,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2028, of which $1,000,000 shall be made available for car-
rying out section 5107(i) of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided, That up to $800,000 in fees collected under sec-
tion 5108(g) of title 49, United States Code, shall be de-
posited in the general fund of the Treasury as offsetting 
receipts: Provided further, That there may be credited to 
this appropriation, to be available until expended, funds 
received from States, counties, municipalities, other public 
authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for 
training, for reports publication and dissemination, and 
for travel expenses incurred in performance of hazardous 
materials exemptions and approvals functions. 
PIPELINE SAFETY 
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND) 
(OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND) 
For expenses necessary to carry out a pipeline safety 
program, as authorized by section 60107 of title 49, 
United States Code, and to discharge the pipeline program 
responsibilities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (Public 
Law 101–380), $214,807,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2028, of which $30,000,000 shall be de-
rived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which 
$177,407,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety 
Fund; of which $200,000 shall be derived from the fees 
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collected under section 60303 of title 49, United States 
Code, and deposited in the Liquefied Natural Gas Siting 
Account for compliance reviews of liquefied natural gas 
facilities; of which $200,000 shall be derived from the fees 
collected under section 60117, of title 49, United States 
Code, and deposited in the Pipeline Safety Design Review 
Account for facility design safety reviews; and of which 
$7,000,000 shall be derived from fees collected under sec-
tion 60302 of title 49, United States Code, and deposited 
in the Underground Natural Gas Storage Facility Safety 
Account for the purpose of carrying out section 60141 of 
title 49, United States Code: Provided, That not less than 
$1,058,000 of the amounts made available under this 
heading shall be for the one-call state grant program: Pro-
vided further, That any amounts made available under this 
heading in this Act or in prior Acts for research contracts, 
grants, cooperative agreements or research other trans-
actions agreements (OTAs) shall require written notifica-
tion to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions not less than 3 full business days before such re-
search contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, or re-
search OTAs are announced by the Department of Trans-
portation: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
transmit to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations the report on pipeline safety testing enhance-
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ment as required pursuant to section 105 of the Pro-
tecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing 
Safety Act of 2020 (division R of Public Law 116–260): 
Provided further, That the Secretary may obligate 
amounts made available under this heading to engineer, 
erect, alter, and repair buildings or make any other public 
improvements for research facilities at the Transportation 
Technology Center after the Secretary submits an updated 
research plan and the report in the preceding proviso to 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and 
after such plan and report in the preceding proviso are 
approved by the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided further, That of the amounts made 
available under this heading, not less than $5,000,000 is 
for the National Center of Excellence for Liquefied Nat-
ural Gas Safety authorized under section 111 of the Pro-
tecting Our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing 
Safety Act of 2020 (PIPES) Act. 
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND) 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Emergency 
Preparedness 
Grants 
program, 
not 
more 
than 
$46,825,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2028, from amounts made available by section 5116(h) 
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and subsections (b) and (c) of section 5128 of title 49, 
United States Code: Provided, That notwithstanding sec-
tion 5116(h)(4) of title 49, United States Code, not more 
than 4 percent of the amounts made available from this 
account shall be available to pay the administrative costs 
of carrying out sections 5116, 5107(e), and 5108(g)(2) 
of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding subsections (b) and (c) of section 5128 
of title 49, United States Code, and the limitation on obli-
gations provided under this heading, prior year recoveries 
recognized in the current year shall be available to develop 
and deliver hazardous materials emergency response train-
ing for emergency responders, including response activities 
for the transportation of crude oil, ethanol, flammable liq-
uids, and other hazardous commodities by rail, consistent 
with National Fire Protection Association standards, and 
to make such training available through an electronic for-
mat: Provided further, That the prior year recoveries made 
available under this heading shall also be available to carry 
out sections 5116(a)(1)(C), 5116(h), 5116(i), 5116(j), 
and 5107(e) of title 49, United States Code. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector Gen-
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eral Act of 1978, as amended, $113,000,000: Provided, 
That the Inspector General shall have all necessary au-
thority, in carrying out the duties specified in the Inspec-
tor General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.), to inves-
tigate allegations of fraud, including false statements to 
the government (18 U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity 
that is subject to regulation by the Department of Trans-
portation: Provided further, That none of the funds made 
available by this Act or any other Act shall be used to 
impede or prevent the Inspector General (or Acting In-
spector General) of the Department of Transportation 
from exercising the independent authority over all per-
sonnel decisions, as authorized under section 406 of title 
5, United States Code. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF 
TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 180. (a) During the current fiscal year, applica-
ble appropriations to the Department of Transportation 
shall be available for maintenance and operation of air-
craft; hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; pur-
chase of liability insurance for motor vehicles operating 
in foreign countries on official department business; and 
uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 
5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code. 
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(b) During the current fiscal year, applicable appro-
priations to the Department and its operating administra-
tions shall be available for the purchase, maintenance, op-
eration, and deployment of unmanned aircraft systems 
that advance the missions of the Department of Transpor-
tation or an operating administration of the Department 
of Transportation. 
(c) Any unmanned aircraft system purchased, pro-
cured, or contracted for by the Department prior to the 
date of enactment of this Act shall be deemed authorized 
by Congress as if this provision was in effect when the 
system was purchased, procured, or contracted for. 
SEC. 181. Appropriations contained in this Act for 
the Department of Transportation shall be available for 
services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 
States Code, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the 
per diem rate equivalent to the rate for an Executive Level 
IV. 
SEC. 182. (a) No recipient of amounts made available 
by this Act shall disseminate personal information (as de-
fined in section 2725(3) of title 18, United States Code) 
obtained by a State department of motor vehicles in con-
nection with a motor vehicle record as defined in section 
2725(1) of title 18, United States Code, except as pro-
vided in section 2721 of title 18, United States Code, for 
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a use permitted under section 2721 of title 18, United 
States Code. 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall not withhold amounts made available by this Act for 
any grantee if a State is in noncompliance with this provi-
sion. 
SEC. 183. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be available for salaries and expenses of more 
than 125 political and Presidential appointees in the De-
partment of Transportation: Provided, That none of the 
personnel covered by this provision may be assigned on 
temporary detail outside the Department of Transpor-
tation. 
SEC. 184. Funds received by the Federal Highway 
Administration and Federal Railroad Administration from 
States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, 
and private sources for expenses incurred for training may 
be credited respectively to the Federal Highway Adminis-
tration’s ‘‘Federal-Aid Highways’’ account and to the Fed-
eral Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Operations’’ 
account, except for State rail safety inspectors partici-
pating in training pursuant to section 20105 of title 49, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 185. None of the funds made available by this 
Act or in title VIII of division J of Public Law 117–58 
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to the Department of Transportation may be used to 
make, withdraw, terminate, or rescind (except at the re-
quest of the recipient) a loan, loan guarantee, line of cred-
it, letter of intent, federally funded cooperative agreement, 
full funding grant agreement, or discretionary grant un-
less the Secretary of Transportation notifies the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than 
3 full business days before any project competitively se-
lected to receive any discretionary grant award, letter of 
intent, loan commitment, loan guarantee commitment, line 
of credit commitment, federally funded cooperative agree-
ment, or full funding grant agreement is announced or is 
notified of such changes by the Department or its oper-
ating administrations: Provided, That the Secretary of 
Transportation shall provide the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations with a comprehensive list of all 
such loans, loan guarantees, lines of credit, letters of in-
tent, federally funded cooperative agreements, full funding 
grant agreements, and discretionary grants prior to the 
notification required under the preceding proviso: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary gives concurrent notifi-
cation to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions for any ‘‘quick release’’ of funds from the emergency 
relief program: Provided further, That no notification shall 
involve funds that are not available for obligation. 
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SEC. 186. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, 
minor fees, and other funds received by the Department 
of Transportation from travel management centers, 
charge card programs, the subleasing of building space, 
and miscellaneous sources are to be credited to appropria-
tions of the Department of Transportation and allocated 
to organizational units of the Department of Transpor-
tation using fair and equitable criteria and such funds 
shall be available until expended. 
SEC. 187. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, if any funds provided by or limited by this Act are 
subject to a reprogramming action that requires notice to 
be provided to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations, transmission of such reprogramming notice 
shall be provided solely to the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations, and such reprogramming action 
shall be approved or denied solely by the House and Sen-
ate Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That the 
Secretary of Transportation may provide notice to other 
congressional committees of the action of the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations on such reprogram-
ming but not sooner than 30 days after the date on which 
the reprogramming action has been approved or denied by 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
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SEC. 188. Funds appropriated by this Act to the op-
erating administrations may be obligated for the Office of 
the Secretary for the costs related to assessments or reim-
bursable agreements only when such amounts are for the 
costs of goods and services that are purchased to provide 
a direct benefit to the applicable operating administration 
or administrations. 
SEC. 189. The Secretary of Transportation is author-
ized to carry out a program that establishes uniform 
standards for developing and supporting agency transit 
pass and transit benefits authorized under section 7905 
of title 5, United States Code, including distribution of 
transit benefits by various paper and electronic media. 
SEC. 190. The Department of Transportation may 
use funds provided by this Act, or any other Act, to assist 
a contract under title 49 or 23 of the United States Code 
utilizing geographic, economic, or any other hiring pref-
erence not otherwise authorized by law, or to amend a 
rule, regulation, policy or other measure that forbids a re-
cipient of a Federal Highway Administration or Federal 
Transit Administration grant from imposing such hiring 
preference on a contract or construction project with 
which the Department of Transportation is assisting, only 
if the grant recipient certifies the following: 
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(1) that except with respect to apprentices or 
trainees, a pool of readily available but unemployed 
individuals possessing the knowledge, skill, and abil-
ity to perform the work that the contract requires 
resides in the jurisdiction; 
(2) that the grant recipient will include appro-
priate provisions in its bid document ensuring that 
the contractor does not displace any of its existing 
employees in order to satisfy such hiring preference; 
and 
(3) that any increase in the cost of labor, train-
ing, or delays resulting from the use of such hiring 
preference does not delay or displace any transpor-
tation project in the applicable statewide transpor-
tation improvement program or transportation im-
provement program. 
SEC. 191. The Secretary of Transportation shall co-
ordinate with the Secretaries of Homeland Security and 
Commerce to ensure that best practices for Industrial 
Control Systems Procurement are up-to-date and are con-
sidered for all systems procured with funds provided under 
this title. 
SEC. 192. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in contravention of the American Secu-
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rity Drone Act of 2023 (subtitle B of title XVIII of divi-
sion A of Public Law 118–31). 
SEC. 193. None of the funds appropriated or made 
available by this title for the Department of Transpor-
tation for fiscal year 2026 may be used to enforce a mask 
mandate in response to the COVID–19 virus. 
SEC. 194. The Secretary shall issue a new notice of 
funding opportunity for six new university transportation 
centers, as authorized under section 5505 of title 49, 
United States Code: Provided, That in selecting such uni-
versity transportation center awards, the Secretary shall 
first prioritize (a) any applicants that had previously been 
selected as a university transportation center focusing on 
transportation infrastructure durability and composite 
materials and were required to re-compete before the end 
of the typical 5-year term and who currently participate 
in the Department of Transportation’s Advanced Research 
Projects Agency—Infrastructure program and (b) any ap-
plicant that had their university transportation center des-
ignation cancelled in May 2025 by the Department of 
Transportation and such university transportation center 
designation remains cancelled on the date of enactment 
of this Act: Provided further, That such university trans-
portation center awards shall be made available using any 
unobligated amounts remaining from the university trans-
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portation centers program, which have not been committed 
to any existing university transportation center grantees: 
Provided further, That any such unobligated amounts shall 
include funds made available in section 11101(c)(1)(E) of 
the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 
117–58) and funds made available under the heading 
‘‘Federal Highway Administration—Highway Infrastruc-
ture Programs’’ in title VIII of division J of the Infra-
structure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58): 
Provided further, That amounts repurposed or transferred 
pursuant to this section shall continue to be treated as 
amounts specified in section 103(b) of division A of Public 
Law 118–5. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans-
portation Appropriations Act, 2026’’. 
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TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
EXECUTIVE OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Executive Of-
fices, which shall be comprised of the offices of the Sec-
retary, Deputy Secretary, Adjudicatory Services, Congres-
sional and Intergovernmental Relations, Public Affairs, 
Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, and the 
Center for Faith, $17,500,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2027: Provided, That of the sums appro-
priated under this heading not less than $2,500,000 shall 
be for the Office of the Deputy Secretary, of which not 
less than $500,000 shall be for the Office of Gender-Based 
Violence Prevention and not less than $1,500,000 shall 
be for the Office of Disaster Management: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $25,000 of the amount made 
available under this heading shall be available to the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development (referred to 
in this title as ‘‘the Secretary’’) for official reception and 
representation expenses as the Secretary may determine. 
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Administra-
tive Support Offices, $595,000,000, to remain available 
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until September 30, 2027: Provided, That of the sums ap-
propriated under this heading— 
(1) $103,200,000 shall be available for the Of-
fice of the Chief Financial Officer; 
(2) $93,000,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the General Counsel; 
(3) $218,000,000 shall be available for the Of-
fice of Administration; 
(4) $53,000,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Chief Human Capital Officer; 
(5) $29,500,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Chief Procurement Officer; 
(6) $40,000,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Field Policy and Management; 
(7) $3,300,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Departmental Equal Employment Opportunity; 
and 
(8) $55,000,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Chief Information Officer: 
Provided further, That funds made available under this 
heading may be used for necessary administrative and 
non-administrative expenses of the Department, not other-
wise provided for, including purchase of uniforms, or al-
lowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 
5902 of title 5, United States Code; hire of passenger 
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motor vehicles; and services as authorized by section 3109 
of title 5, United States Code: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, funds appro-
priated under this heading may be used for advertising 
and promotional activities that directly support program 
activities funded in this title: Provided further, That none 
of the funds made available by this or any prior Act may 
be used in contravention of section 3535(p) of title 42, 
United States Code. 
PROGRAM OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Program Of-
fices, $842,500,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2027: Provided, That of the sums appropriated under 
this heading— 
(1) $233,000,000 shall be available for the Of-
fice of Public and Indian Housing; 
(2) $129,000,000 shall be available for the Of-
fice of Community Planning and Development; 
(3) $380,000,000 shall be available for the Of-
fice of Housing; 
(4) $31,500,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Policy Development and Research; 
(5) $60,000,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity; and 
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(6) $9,000,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes. 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FUND 
For Department-wide and program-specific informa-
tion technology systems and infrastructure, $345,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2028: Provided, 
That not later than 30 days after the end of each quarter, 
the Secretary shall brief the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations on all information technology mod-
ernization efforts as required in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division 
A of this consolidated Act). 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the working capital fund for the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development (referred to in this para-
graph as the ‘‘Fund’’), pursuant, in part, to section 7(f) 
of the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
Act (42 U.S.C. 3535(f)), amounts transferred, including 
reimbursements pursuant to section 7(f), to the Fund 
under this heading shall be available only for Federal 
shared services used by offices and agencies of the Depart-
ment, and for any such portion of any office or agency’s 
printing, records management, space renovation, fur-
niture, or supply services the Secretary has determined 
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shall be provided through the Fund, and the operational 
expenses of the Fund: Provided, That amounts within the 
Fund shall not be available to provide services not specifi-
cally authorized under this heading: Provided further, 
That upon a determination by the Secretary that any 
other service (or portion thereof) authorized under this 
heading shall be provided through the Fund, amounts 
made available in this title for salaries and expenses under 
the headings ‘‘Executive Offices’’, ‘‘Administrative Sup-
port Offices’’, ‘‘Program Offices’’, and ‘‘Government Na-
tional Mortgage Association’’, for such services shall be 
transferred to the Fund, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That the Secretary shall notify 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations of 
its plans for executing such transfers at least 15 days in 
advance of such transfers. 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
For activities and assistance for the provision of ten-
ant-based rental assistance authorized under the United 
States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 
et seq.) (in this heading ‘‘the Act’’), not otherwise pro-
vided for, $34,438,557,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, which shall be available on October 1, 2025 (in 
addition to the $4,000,000,000 previously appropriated 
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under this heading that shall be available on October 1, 
2025), and $4,000,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, which shall be available on October 1, 2026: Pro-
vided, That of the sums appropriated under this head-
ing— 
(1) $34,957,000,000 shall be available for re-
newals of expiring section 8 tenant-based annual 
contributions contracts (including renewals of en-
hanced vouchers under any provision of law author-
izing such assistance under section 8(t) of the Act) 
and including renewal of other special purpose incre-
mental vouchers: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, from amounts provided 
under this paragraph and any carryover, the Sec-
retary for the calendar year 2026 funding cycle shall 
provide renewal funding for each public housing 
agency based on validated voucher management sys-
tem (VMS) or successor system leasing and cost 
data for the prior calendar year and by applying an 
inflation factor as established by the Secretary, by 
notice published in the Federal Register, and by 
making any necessary adjustments for the costs as-
sociated with the first-time renewal of vouchers 
under this paragraph including tenant protection 
and choice neighborhoods vouchers: Provided further, 
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That none of the funds provided under this para-
graph may be used to fund a total number of unit 
months under lease which exceeds a public housing 
agency’s authorized level of units under contract, ex-
cept for public housing agencies participating in the 
moving to work (MTW) demonstration, which are in-
stead governed in accordance with the requirements 
of the MTW demonstration program or their MTW 
agreements, if any, or as necessary on a temporary 
basis and within available resources to facilitate the 
transition of residents assisted by emergency hous-
ing vouchers (Public Law 117–2; 135 Stat. 58) to 
tenant-based rental assistance under the housing as-
sistance payment contract under section 8(o) of the 
Act: Provided further, That any leasing or associated 
costs authorized for emergency housing vouchers in 
the preceding proviso above the public housing agen-
cy’s authorized level of units under contract shall 
not be included in the calculation of the agency’s re-
newal funding allocation for any subsequent fiscal 
year: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, to 
the extent necessary to stay within the amount spec-
ified under this paragraph (except as otherwise 
modified under this paragraph), prorate each public 
housing agency’s allocation otherwise established 
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pursuant to this paragraph: Provided further, That 
except as provided in the following provisos, the en-
tire amount specified under this paragraph (except 
as otherwise modified under this paragraph) shall be 
obligated to the public housing agencies based on the 
allocation and pro rata method described above, and 
the Secretary shall notify public housing agencies of 
their annual budget by the latter of 60 days after 
enactment of this Act or March 1, 2026: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may extend the notifica-
tion period only after the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations are notified at least 10 
business days in advance of the deadline: Provided 
further, That public housing agencies participating 
in the MTW demonstration shall be funded in ac-
cordance with the requirements of the MTW dem-
onstration program or their MTW agreements, if 
any, and shall be subject to the same pro rata ad-
justments under the preceding provisos: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may perform a statutory 
offset of public housing agencies’ calendar year 2026 
allocations based on the excess amounts of public 
housing agencies’ net restricted assets accounts, in-
cluding HUD-held programmatic reserves (in ac-
cordance with VMS or successor system data in cal-
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endar year 2025 that is verifiable and complete), as 
determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That 
public housing agencies participating in the MTW 
demonstration shall also be subject to the statutory 
offset: Provided further, That for amounts subject to 
the single fund budget authority provisions of their 
MTW agreements, excess amounts shall be offset 
only to the extent permitted by section 239 of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (Public Law 
114–113): Provided further, That for public housing 
agencies in the MTW demonstration subject to sin-
gle fund budget authority provisions, the Secretary 
shall provide not less than 60 days to appeal such 
offsets and shall not offset amounts that have been 
committed to capital improvement, development, and 
other repositioning activities that are scheduled to 
close within 12 months of enactment of this Act, as 
evidenced in funding applications, project schedules, 
or other commitments to third parties implementing 
such activities, to the extent that reserve amounts 
excluded from offset under such section 239 are in-
sufficient to cover such commitments: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall not offset any portion 
of a public housing agency’s excess amounts if off-
setting such portion would result in a public housing 
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agency being put in a shortfall position in calendar 
year 2026, as estimated by HUD prior to the off-
set’s implementation, as determined by the Sec-
retary: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
use any such offset amounts referred to in the pre-
ceding five provisos throughout the calendar year to 
prevent the termination of rental assistance for fam-
ilies as the result of insufficient funding, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, and to avoid or reduce the 
proration of renewal funding allocations: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may waive or specify al-
ternative requirements for section 5A and section 
8(o) of the Act or any regulation applicable to such 
statutes related to the administration of waiting 
lists, local preferences, portability, and public hous-
ing agency plan and public hearing requirements to 
facilitate or expedite the transition of residents as-
sisted by emergency housing vouchers (Public Law 
117–2; 135 Stat. 58) to tenant-based rental assist-
ance under the housing assistance payment contract 
under section 8(o) of the Act: Provided further, That 
up to $400,000,000 shall be available only: 
(A) for adjustments in the allocations for 
public housing agencies, after application for an 
adjustment by a public housing agency that ex-
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perienced a significant increase, as determined 
by the Secretary, in renewal costs of vouchers 
resulting from unforeseen circumstances or 
from portability under section 8(r) of the Act; 
(B) for vouchers that were not in use dur-
ing the previous 12-month period in order to be 
available to meet a commitment pursuant to 
section 8(o)(13) of the Act, or an adjustment 
for a funding obligation not yet expended in the 
previous calendar year for a MTW-eligible ac-
tivity to develop affordable housing for an agen-
cy added to the MTW demonstration under the 
expansion authority provided in section 239 of 
the Transportation, Housing and Urban Devel-
opment, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2016 (division L of Public Law 114–113); 
(C) for adjustments for costs associated 
with HUD–Veterans Affairs Supportive Hous-
ing (HUD–VASH) vouchers; 
(D) for public housing agencies that de-
spite taking reasonable cost savings measures, 
as determined by the Secretary, would other-
wise be required to terminate rental assistance 
for families as a result of insufficient funding; 
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(E) for adjustments in the allocations for 
public housing agencies that— 
(i) are leasing a lower-than-average 
percentage of their authorized vouchers, 
(ii) have low amounts of budget au-
thority in their net restricted assets ac-
counts and HUD-held programmatic re-
serves, relative to other agencies, and 
(iii) are not participating in the MTW 
demonstration, to enable such agencies to 
lease more vouchers; 
(F) for withheld payments in accordance 
with section 8(o)(8)(A)(ii) of the Act for 
months in the previous calendar year that were 
subsequently paid by the public housing agency 
after the agency’s actual costs were validated; 
(G) for public housing agencies that have 
experienced increased costs or loss of units in 
an area for which the President declared a dis-
aster under title IV of the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5170 et seq.); and 
(H) for costs associated with mainstream 
vouchers: 
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Provided further, That the Secretary shall allocate 
amounts under the preceding proviso based on need, 
as determined by the Secretary; 
(2) $600,622,000 shall be available for section 
8 rental assistance for relocation and replacement of 
housing units that are demolished or disposed of 
pursuant to section 18 of the Act, conversion of sec-
tion 23 projects to assistance under section 8, relo-
cation of witnesses (including victims of violent 
crimes) in connection with efforts to combat crime 
in public and assisted housing pursuant to a request 
from a law enforcement or prosecution agency, en-
hanced vouchers under any provision of law author-
izing such assistance under section 8(t) of the Act, 
choice neighborhood vouchers, mandatory and vol-
untary conversions, and tenant protection assistance 
including replacement and relocation assistance or 
for project-based assistance to prevent the displace-
ment of unassisted elderly tenants currently residing 
in section 202 properties financed between 1959 and 
1974 that are refinanced pursuant to Public Law 
106–569, as amended, or under the authority as 
provided under this Act: Provided, That when a pub-
lic housing development is submitted for demolition 
or disposition under section 18 of the Act, the Sec-
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retary may provide section 8 rental assistance when 
the units pose an imminent health and safety risk to 
residents: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
provide section 8 rental assistance from amounts 
made available under this paragraph for units as-
sisted under a project-based subsidy contract funded 
under the ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’’ head-
ing under this title where the owner has received a 
Notice of Default and the units pose an imminent 
health and safety risk to residents: Provided further, 
That of the amounts made available under this para-
graph, no less than $5,000,000 may be available to 
provide tenant protection assistance, not otherwise 
provided under this paragraph, to residents residing 
in low vacancy areas and who may have to pay rents 
greater than 30 percent of household income, as the 
result of: (A) the maturity of a HUD-insured, HUD- 
held or section 202 loan that requires the permission 
of the Secretary prior to loan prepayment; (B) the 
expiration of a rental assistance contract for which 
the tenants are not eligible for enhanced voucher or 
tenant protection assistance under existing law; or 
(C) the expiration of affordability restrictions accom-
panying a mortgage or preservation program admin-
istered by the Secretary: Provided further, That such 
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tenant protection assistance made available under 
the preceding proviso may be provided under the au-
thority of section 8(t) or section 8(o)(13) of the Act: 
Provided further, That any tenant protection voucher 
made available from amounts under this paragraph 
shall not be reissued by any public housing agency, 
except the replacement vouchers as defined by the 
Secretary by notice, when the initial family that re-
ceived any such voucher no longer receives such 
voucher, and the authority for any public housing 
agency to issue any such voucher shall cease to exist: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may only pro-
vide replacement vouchers for units that were occu-
pied within the previous 24 months that cease to be 
available as assisted housing, subject only to the 
availability of funds: Provided further, That amounts 
made available under this paragraph may be avail-
able to provide calendar year 2026 assistance to 
public housing agencies that would otherwise be re-
quired to terminate emergency housing vouchers 
(Public Law 117–2; 135 Stat. 58) for families as a 
result of insufficient funding; 
(3) $2,835,935,000 shall be available for ad-
ministrative and other expenses of public housing 
agencies in administering the section 8 tenant-based 
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rental 
assistance 
program, 
of 
which 
up 
to 
$30,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary to al-
locate to public housing agencies that need addi-
tional funds to administer their section 8 programs, 
including fees associated with section 8 tenant pro-
tection rental assistance, the administration of dis-
aster related vouchers, HUD–VASH vouchers, and 
other special purpose incremental vouchers: Pro-
vided, That no less than $2,805,935,000 of the 
amount provided in this paragraph shall be allocated 
to public housing agencies for the calendar year 
2026 funding cycle based on section 8(q) of the Act 
(and related appropriations Act provisions) as in ef-
fect immediately before the enactment of the Quality 
Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (Pub-
lic Law 105–276): Provided further, That if the 
amounts made available under this paragraph are 
insufficient to pay the amounts determined under 
the preceding proviso, the Secretary may decrease 
the amounts allocated to agencies by a uniform per-
centage applicable to all agencies receiving funding 
under this paragraph or may, to the extent nec-
essary to provide full payment of amounts deter-
mined under the preceding proviso, utilize unobli-
gated balances, including recaptures and carryover, 
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remaining from funds appropriated under this head-
ing from prior fiscal years, excluding special purpose 
vouchers, notwithstanding the purposes for which 
such amounts were appropriated: Provided further, 
That all public housing agencies participating in the 
MTW demonstration shall be funded in accordance 
with the requirements of the MTW demonstration 
program or their MTW agreements, if any, and shall 
be subject to the same uniform percentage decrease 
as under the preceding proviso: Provided further, 
That amounts provided under this paragraph shall 
be only for activities related to the provision of ten-
ant-based rental assistance authorized under section 
8, including related development activities; 
(4) $15,000,000 shall be available for incre-
mental rental voucher assistance for use through a 
supported housing program administered in conjunc-
tion with the Department of Veterans Affairs as au-
thorized under section 8(o)(19) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937: Provided, That the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development shall make such 
funding available, notwithstanding section 203 (com-
petition provision) of this title, to public housing 
agencies that partner with eligible VA medical cen-
ters or other entities as designated by the Secretary 
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of the Department of Veterans Affairs, based on 
geographical need for such assistance as identified 
by the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs, public housing agency administrative perform-
ance, and other factors as specified by the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development in consultation 
with the Secretary of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs: Provided further, That the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development may waive, or 
specify alternative requirements for (in consultation 
with the Secretary of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs), any provision of any statute or regulation 
that the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment administers in connection with the use of 
funds made available under this paragraph (except 
for requirements related to fair housing, non-
discrimination, labor standards, and the environ-
ment), upon a finding by the Secretary that any 
such waivers or alternative requirements are nec-
essary for the effective delivery and administration 
of such voucher assistance: Provided further, That 
assistance made available under this paragraph shall 
continue to remain available for homeless veterans 
upon turn-over: Provided further, That of the total 
amount made available under this paragraph, up to 
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$10,000,000 may be for additional fees established 
by and allocated pursuant to a method determined 
by the Secretary for administrative and other ex-
penses (including those eligible activities defined by 
notice to facilitate leasing, such as security deposit 
assistance and costs related to the retention and 
support of participating owners) of public housing 
agencies in administering HUD–VASH vouchers; 
(5) $30,000,000 shall be available for the fam-
ily unification program as authorized under section 
8(x) of the Act: Provided, That the amounts made 
available under this paragraph are provided as fol-
lows: 
(A) $5,000,000 shall be available for new 
incremental voucher assistance, which shall con-
tinue to remain available for family unification 
upon turnover; and 
(B) $25,000,000 shall be available for new 
incremental voucher assistance to assist eligible 
youth as defined by such section 8(x)(2)(B) of 
the Act, which shall continue to remain avail-
able for such eligible youth upon turnover: Pro-
vided, That such amounts shall be available on 
a noncompetitive basis to public housing agen-
cies that partner with public child welfare agen-
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cies to identify such eligible youth, that request 
such assistance to timely assist such eligible 
youth, and that meet any other criteria as spec-
ified by the Secretary: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall review utilization of such as-
sistance and assistance originating from appro-
priations made available for youth under this 
heading in any prior Act that the Secretary 
made available on a noncompetitive basis, at an 
interval to be determined by the Secretary, and 
unutilized voucher assistance that is no longer 
needed based on such review shall be recaptured 
by the Secretary and reallocated pursuant to 
the preceding proviso: 
Provided further, That any public housing agency 
administering new incremental voucher assistance 
originating from appropriations made available for 
the family unification program under this heading in 
this or any prior Act that the Secretary made avail-
able on a competitive basis that determines it no 
longer has an identified need for such assistance 
upon turnover shall notify the Secretary, and the 
Secretary shall recapture such assistance from the 
agency and reallocate it to any other public housing 
agency or agencies based on need for voucher assist-
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ance in connection with such specified program or 
eligible youth, as applicable; and 
(6) the Secretary shall separately track all spe-
cial purpose vouchers funded under this heading and 
continue to provide timely updates on budget, utili-
zation, spending and leasing trends for all vouchers 
by purpose on the voucher data dashboard on the 
publicly accessible website of the Department: Pro-
vided, That upon turnover, special purpose vouchers 
issued pursuant to section 811 of the Cranston-Gon-
zalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
8013) funded under this or any other heading in 
this or prior Acts, shall be provided to non-elderly 
persons with disabilities. 
HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
Unobligated balances, including recaptures and car-
ryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development under this 
heading, the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted 
Housing’’ and the heading ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assist-
ance’’, for fiscal year 2026 and prior years may be used 
for renewal of or amendments to section 8 project-based 
contracts and for performance-based contract administra-
tors, notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds 
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were appropriated: Provided, That any obligated balances 
of contract authority from fiscal year 1974 and prior fiscal 
years that have been terminated shall be rescinded: Pro-
vided further, That amounts heretofore recaptured, or re-
captured during the current fiscal year, from section 8 
project-based contracts from source years fiscal year 1975 
through fiscal year 1987 are hereby rescinded, and an 
amount of additional new budget authority, equivalent to 
the amount rescinded is hereby appropriated, to remain 
available until expended, for the purposes set forth under 
this heading, in addition to amounts otherwise available. 
PUBLIC HOUSING FUND 
For 2026 payments to public housing agencies for the 
operation and management of public housing, as author-
ized by section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)) (the ‘‘Act’’), and to carry out 
capital and management activities for public housing 
agencies, as authorized under section 9(d) of the Act (42 
U.S.C. 1437g(d)), $8,319,393,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2029: Provided, That of the sums ap-
propriated under this heading— 
(1) $4,687,393,000 shall be available for the 
Secretary to allocate pursuant to the operating fund 
formula at part 990 of title 24, Code of Federal 
Regulations, for 2026 payments; 
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(2) $337,000,000 shall be available for the Sec-
retary to allocate pursuant to a need-based applica-
tion process, notwithstanding section 203 of this 
title, not subject to such operating fund formula, 
and without regard to unit count, to public housing 
agencies that experience, or are at risk of, financial 
shortfalls, as determined by the Secretary: Provided, 
That the Secretary shall notify public housing agen-
cies of their estimated shortfall eligibility no later 
than 60 days of the enactment of this Act; 
(3) $3,200,000,000 shall be available for the 
Secretary to allocate pursuant to the capital fund 
formula at section 905.400 of title 24, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations: Provided, That for funds described 
under this paragraph, the limitation in section 
9(g)(1) of the Act shall be 25 percent: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary may waive the limitation in 
the preceding proviso to allow public housing agen-
cies to fund activities authorized under section 
9(e)(1)(C) of the Act: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall notify public housing agencies re-
questing waivers under the preceding proviso if the 
request is approved or denied within 14 days of sub-
mitting the request: Provided further, That from the 
funds made available under this paragraph, the Sec-
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retary shall provide bonus awards in fiscal year 
2026 to public housing agencies that are designated 
high performers: Provided further, That the Depart-
ment shall notify public housing agencies of their 
formula allocation within 60 days of enactment of 
this Act; 
(4) $30,000,000 shall be available for the Sec-
retary to make grants, notwithstanding section 203 
of this title, to public housing agencies for emer-
gency capital needs, including safety and security 
measures necessary to address crime and drug-re-
lated activity, as well as needs resulting from unfore-
seen or unpreventable emergencies and natural dis-
asters excluding Presidentially declared emergencies 
and natural disasters under the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 
et seq.) occurring in fiscal year 2026: Provided, That 
of the amount made available under this paragraph, 
not less than $10,000,000 shall be for safety and se-
curity measures: Provided further, That in addition 
to the amount in the preceding proviso for such 
safety and security measures, any amounts that re-
main available, after all applications received on or 
before September 30, 2027, for emergency capital 
needs have been processed, shall be allocated to pub-
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lic housing agencies for such safety and security 
measures; 
(5) $50,000,000 shall be available for competi-
tive grants to public housing agencies to evaluate 
and reduce residential health hazards in public hous-
ing, including lead-based paint (by carrying out the 
activities of risk assessments, abatement, and in-
terim controls, as those terms are defined in section 
1004 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard 
Reduction Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4851b)), carbon 
monoxide, mold, radon, and fire safety: Provided, 
That not less than $25,000,000 of the amounts pro-
vided under this paragraph shall be awarded for 
evaluating and reducing lead-based paint hazards, 
except that if such amount is undersubscribed any 
remaining amounts may be awarded to qualified ap-
plicants for other purposes under this paragraph: 
Provided further, That for purposes of environmental 
review, a grant under this paragraph shall be consid-
ered funds for projects or activities under title I of 
the Act for purposes of section 26 of the Act (42 
U.S.C. 1437x) and shall be subject to the regula-
tions implementing such section; and 
(6) $15,000,000 shall be available to support 
the costs of administrative and judicial receiverships 
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and for competitive grants to public housing agen-
cies in receivership, designated troubled or sub-
standard, or otherwise at risk, as determined by the 
Secretary, for costs associated with public housing 
asset improvement, in addition to other amounts for 
that purpose provided under any heading under this 
title: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law or regulation, during fiscal year 2026, the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development may not dele-
gate to any Department official other than the Deputy 
Secretary and the Assistant Secretary for Public and In-
dian Housing any authority under paragraph (2) of sec-
tion 9(j) of the Act regarding the extension of the time 
periods under such section: Provided further, That for pur-
poses of such section 9(j), the term ‘‘obligate’’ means, with 
respect to amounts, that the amounts are subject to a 
binding agreement that will result in outlays, immediately 
or in the future: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
authorize a public housing agency with at least one prop-
erty with a low physical inspection score to use operating 
reserve funds or any amounts allocated to such agency 
pursuant to the operating fund formula from amounts 
made available in this and prior Acts for any eligible ac-
tivities under section 9(d)(1) of the United States Housing 
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Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d)(1)) under such condi-
tions or criteria as established by the Secretary, including 
that such use would not put such agency at risk of finan-
cial shortfall. 
ASSISTED HOUSING INSPECTIONS AND RISK 
ASSESSMENTS 
For the Department’s inspection and assessment pro-
grams, including travel, training, and program support 
contracts, $50,000,000 to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2028: Provided, That unobligated balances, in-
cluding recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds 
appropriated under the heading ‘‘Public Housing Fund’’ 
in prior Acts to support ongoing public housing financial 
and physical assessment activities shall be available for the 
purposes authorized under this heading in addition to the 
purposes for which such funds originally were appro-
priated. 
CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVE 
For competitive grants under the choice neighbor-
hoods initiative (subject to section 24 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v) (the ‘‘Act’’) un-
less otherwise specified under this heading), for trans-
formation, rehabilitation, and replacement housing needs 
of both public and HUD-assisted housing and to trans-
form neighborhoods of poverty into functioning, sustain-
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able, mixed-income neighborhoods with appropriate serv-
ices, schools, public assets, transportation, and access to 
jobs, $25,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2030: Provided, That grant funds may be used for 
resident and community services, community development, 
and affordable housing needs in the community, and for 
conversion of vacant or foreclosed properties to affordable 
housing: Provided further, That the use of amounts made 
available under this heading shall not be deemed to be for 
public housing, notwithstanding section 3(b)(1) of the Act: 
Provided further, That grantees shall commit to an addi-
tional period of affordability determined by the Secretary 
of not fewer than 20 years: Provided further, That grant-
ees shall provide a match in State, local, other Federal, 
or private funds: Provided further, That grantees may in-
clude local governments, Tribal entities, public housing 
agencies, and nonprofit organizations: Provided further, 
That for-profit developers may apply jointly with a public 
entity: Provided further, That for purposes of environ-
mental review, a grantee shall be treated as a public hous-
ing agency under section 26 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437x), 
and grants made with amounts available under this head-
ing shall be subject to the regulations issued by the Sec-
retary to implement such section: Provided further, That 
of the amounts made available under this heading, not less 
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than $12,500,000 shall be awarded to public housing 
agencies: Provided further, That such grantees shall create 
partnerships with other local organizations, including as-
sisted housing owners, service agencies, and resident orga-
nizations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall con-
sult with the Secretaries of Education, Labor, Transpor-
tation, Health and Human Services, Agriculture, and 
Commerce, the Attorney General, and the Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency to coordinate and 
leverage other appropriate Federal resources: Provided 
further, That not more than $10,000,000 of the amounts 
made available under this heading may be provided as 
grants to undertake comprehensive local planning with 
input from residents and the community: Provided further, 
That none of the funds made available under this heading 
may be obligated for main street housing grants under 
section 24(n) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437v(n)): Provided 
further, That unobligated balances, including recaptures, 
remaining from amounts made available under the head-
ing ‘‘Revitalization of Severely Distressed Public Housing 
(HOPE VI)’’ in fiscal year 2011 and prior fiscal years 
may be used for purposes under this heading, notwith-
standing the purposes for which such amounts were appro-
priated: Provided further, That the Secretary shall make 
grant awards not later than 1 year after the date of enact-
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ment of this Act in such amounts that the Secretary deter-
mines: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
24(o) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437v(o)), the Secretary may, 
until September 30, 2026, obligate any available unobli-
gated balances made available under this heading in this 
or any prior Act. 
SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAMS 
For activities and assistance related to self-suffi-
ciency programs, to remain available until September 30, 
2029, $206,400,000: Provided, That of the sums appro-
priated under this heading— 
(1) $156,400,000 shall be available for the fam-
ily self-sufficiency program to support family self- 
sufficiency coordinators under section 23 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437u), to promote the development of local strate-
gies to coordinate the use of assistance under sec-
tions 8 and 9 of such Act with public and private 
resources, and enable eligible families to achieve eco-
nomic independence and self-sufficiency: Provided, 
That the Secretary may use recaptured amounts 
made available under this paragraph in prior Acts to 
provide bonus awards to programs that are assigned 
a ranking of performance category 1 based on their 
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publicly available family self-sufficiency achievement 
metrics (FAM) scores; 
(2) $40,000,000 shall be available for the resi-
dent opportunity and self-sufficiency program to 
provide for supportive services, service coordinators, 
and congregate services as authorized by section 34 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437z–6) and the Native American Housing 
Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 
U.S.C. 4101 et seq.): Provided, That amounts made 
available under this paragraph may be used to renew 
resident opportunity and self-sufficiency program 
grants to allow the public housing agency, or a new 
owner, to continue to serve (or restart service to) 
residents of a project with assistance converted from 
public housing to project-based rental assistance 
under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) or assistance under section 
8(o)(13) of such Act under the heading ‘‘Rental As-
sistance Demonstration’’ in the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development Appropriations 
Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–55), as amended (42 
U.S.C. 1437f note); and 
(3) $10,000,000 shall be available for a jobs- 
plus initiative, modeled after the jobs-plus dem-
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onstration: Provided, That funding provided under 
this paragraph shall be available for competitive 
grants to partnerships between public housing agen-
cies, local workforce investment boards established 
under section 107 of the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act of 2014 (29 U.S.C. 3122), and 
other agencies and organizations that provide sup-
port to help public housing residents obtain employ-
ment and increase earnings: Provided further, That 
applicants must demonstrate the ability to provide 
services to residents, partner with workforce invest-
ment boards, and leverage service dollars: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may allow public housing 
agencies to request exemptions from rent and in-
come limitation requirements under sections 3 and 6 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437a, 1437d), as necessary to implement 
the jobs-plus program, on such terms and conditions 
as the Secretary may approve upon a finding by the 
Secretary that any such waivers or alternative re-
quirements are necessary for the effective implemen-
tation of the jobs-plus initiative as a voluntary pro-
gram for residents: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall publish by notice in the Federal Register 
any waivers or alternative requirements pursuant to 
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the preceding proviso no later than 10 days before 
the effective date of such notice. 
NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS 
For activities and assistance authorized under title 
I of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self- 
Determination 
Act 
of 
1996 
(in 
this 
heading 
‘‘NAHASDA’’) (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), title I of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 
U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) with respect to Indian tribes, and 
for related activities and assistance, $1,354,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2030: Provided, 
That of the sums appropriated under this heading— 
(1) $1,111,000,000 shall be available for the 
Native American housing block grants program, as 
authorized under title I of NAHASDA: Provided, 
That, notwithstanding NAHASDA, to determine the 
amount of the allocation under title I of such Act for 
each Indian tribe, the Secretary shall apply the for-
mula under section 302 of such Act with the need 
component based on single-race census data and 
with the need component based on multi-race census 
data, and the amount of the allocation for each In-
dian tribe shall be the greater of the two resulting 
allocation amounts: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall notify grantees of their formula alloca-
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tion not later than 60 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act; 
(2) $125,000,000 shall be available for competi-
tive grants under the Native American housing block 
grants program, as authorized under title I of 
NAHASDA: Provided, That the Secretary shall obli-
gate such amount for competitive grants to eligible 
recipients authorized under NAHASDA that apply 
for funds: Provided further, That in awarding 
amounts made available in this paragraph, the Sec-
retary shall consider need and administrative capac-
ity, and shall give priority to projects that will spur 
construction and rehabilitation of housing: Provided 
further, That any amounts transferred for the nec-
essary costs of administering and overseeing the ob-
ligation and expenditure of such additional amounts 
in prior Acts may also be used for the necessary 
costs of administering and overseeing such addi-
tional amount; 
(3) $10,000,000 shall be available for non-
competitive grants to recipients that received a Trib-
al HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing grant 
in prior years, to be available under the same terms 
and conditions as funds specified under paragraph 
(5) under the heading ‘‘Public and Indian Housing– 
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Tenant-Based Rental Assistance’’ in Public Law 
118–42: Provided, That the Secretary may reallo-
cate, as determined by the Secretary, amounts re-
turned or recaptured from awards under the Tribal 
HUD–VASH program under prior Acts to existing 
recipients under the Tribal HUD–VASH program; 
(4) $1,000,000 shall be available for the cost of 
guaranteed notes and other obligations, as author-
ized by title VI of NAHASDA: Provided, That such 
costs, including the cost of modifying such notes and 
other obligations, shall be as defined in section 502 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 
661a): Provided further, That amounts made avail-
able in this and prior Acts for the cost of such guar-
anteed notes and other obligations that are unobli-
gated, including recaptures and carryover, may be 
available to subsidize the total principal amount of 
any notes and other obligations, any part of which 
is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $60,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2027; 
(5) $100,000,000 shall be available for grants 
to Indian tribes for carrying out the Indian commu-
nity development block grant program under title I 
of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
1974, notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of such 
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Act, of which, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law (including section 203 of this Act), not more 
than $10,000,000 may be used for emergencies that 
constitute imminent threats to health and safety: 
Provided, That not to exceed 20 percent of any 
grant made with amounts made available in this 
paragraph shall be expended for planning and man-
agement development and administration; and 
(6) $7,000,000, in addition to amounts other-
wise available for such purpose, shall be available for 
providing training and technical assistance to Indian 
tribes, Indian housing authorities, and tribally des-
ignated housing entities, to support the inspection of 
Indian housing units, for contract expertise, and for 
training and technical assistance related to amounts 
made available under this heading and other head-
ings in this Act for the needs of Native American 
families and Indian country: Provided, That of the 
amounts made available in this paragraph, not less 
than $2,000,000 shall be for a national organization 
as authorized under section 703 of NAHASDA (25 
U.S.C. 4212): Provided further, That amounts made 
available in this paragraph may be used, contracted, 
or competed as determined by the Secretary: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding chapter 63 of 
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title 31, United States Code (commonly known as 
the Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreements Act 
of 1977), the amounts made available in this para-
graph may be used by the Secretary to enter into co-
operative agreements with public and private organi-
zations, agencies, institutions, and other technical 
assistance providers to support the administration of 
negotiated 
rulemaking 
under 
section 
106 
of 
NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4116), the administration of 
the allocation formula under section 302 of 
NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4152), and the administra-
tion of performance tracking and reporting under 
section 407 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4167). 
INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by 
section 184 of the Housing and Community Development 
Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a), $1,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That such costs, 
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a): Provided further, That an addi-
tional $400,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be available for administrative contract expenses including 
management processes to carry out the loan guarantee 
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program: Provided further, That amounts made available 
in this and prior Acts for the cost of guaranteed loans, 
as authorized by section 184 of the Housing and Commu-
nity Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a), 
that are unobligated, including recaptures and carryover, 
may be available to subsidize total loan principal, any part 
of 
which 
is 
to 
be 
guaranteed, 
not 
to 
exceed 
$1,800,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2027. 
NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANT 
For the Native Hawaiian housing block grant pro-
gram, as authorized under title VIII of the Native Amer-
ican Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 
1996 (25 U.S.C. 4221 et seq.), $22,300,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2030: Provided, That not-
withstanding section 812(b) of such Act, the Department 
of Hawaiian Home Lands may not invest grant amounts 
made available under this heading in investment securities 
and other obligations: Provided further, That amounts 
made available under this heading in this and prior fiscal 
years may be used to provide rental assistance to eligible 
Native Hawaiian families both on and off the Hawaiian 
Home Lands, notwithstanding any other provision of law: 
Provided further, That up to $1,000,000 of the amounts 
made available under this heading may be for training and 
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technical assistance related to amounts made available 
under this heading and other headings in this Act for the 
needs of Native Hawaiians and the Department of Hawai-
ian Home Lands. 
NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
New commitments to guarantee loans, as authorized 
by section 184A of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13b), any part of 
which is to be guaranteed, shall not exceed $28,000,000 
in total loan principal, to remain available until September 
30, 2027: Provided, That the Secretary may enter into 
commitments to guarantee loans used for refinancing. 
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS 
For carrying out the housing opportunities for per-
sons with AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS 
Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), 
$529,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2029: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew or replace 
all expiring contracts for permanent supportive housing 
that initially were funded under section 854(c)(5) of such 
Act from funds made available under this heading in fiscal 
year 2010 and prior fiscal years that meet all program 
requirements before awarding funds for new contracts 
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under such section: Provided further, That the process for 
submitting amendments and approving replacement con-
tracts shall be established by the Secretary in a notice: 
Provided further, That the Department shall notify grant-
ees of their formula allocation within 60 days of enactment 
of this Act. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND 
For assistance to States and units of general local 
government, and other entities, for economic and commu-
nity 
development 
activities, 
and 
other 
purposes, 
$6,995,244,120, to remain available until September 30, 
2029: Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this 
heading— 
(1) $3,300,000,000 shall be available for car-
rying out the community development block grant 
program under title I of the Housing and Commu-
nity Development Act of 1974, as amended (42 
U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) (in this heading ‘‘the Act’’): 
Provided, That not to exceed 20 percent of any 
grant made with funds made available under this 
paragraph shall be expended for planning and man-
agement development and administration: Provided 
further, That a metropolitan city, urban county, unit 
of general local government, or insular area that di-
rectly or indirectly receives funds under this para-
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graph may not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer all 
or any portion of such funds to another such entity 
in exchange for any other funds, credits, or non- 
Federal considerations, but shall use such funds for 
activities eligible under title I of the Act: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding section 105(e)(1) of 
the Act, no funds made available under this para-
graph may be provided to a for-profit entity for an 
economic 
development 
project 
under 
section 
105(a)(17) unless such project has been evaluated 
and selected in accordance with guidelines required 
under subsection (e)(2) of section 105; 
(2) $50,000,000 shall be available for the Sec-
retary to award grants on a competitive basis to 
State and local governments, metropolitan planning 
organizations, and multijurisdictional entities for ad-
ditional activities under title I of the Act for the 
identification and removal of barriers to affordable 
housing production and preservation, including new 
housing construction: Provided, That eligible uses of 
such grants include activities to further develop, 
evaluate, and implement housing policy plans, im-
prove housing strategies, and facilitate affordable 
housing production and preservation: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall select applicants that 
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(A) have enacted or implemented (or caused another 
entity to enact or implement) less restrictive zoning, 
land use, or permitting laws and regulations, that 
are reasonably expected to preserve or produce new 
housing units; and (B) can demonstrate an acute 
need for housing affordable to households with in-
comes below 100 percent of the area median income: 
Provided further, That grantees shall report to the 
Secretary on their activities and housing supply out-
comes: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
analyze observable housing production, preservation, 
and cost trends in the participating jurisdictions or 
geographic areas: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall annually report to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations, and make publicly 
available, a summary of the information collected in 
the preceding two provisos: Provided further, That 
funds allocated for such grants shall not adversely 
affect the amount of any formula assistance received 
by a jurisdiction under paragraph (1) of this head-
ing: Provided further, That in administering such 
amounts the Secretary may waive or specify alter-
native requirements for any provision of title I of the 
Act except for requirements related to fair housing, 
nondiscrimination, labor standards, the environment, 
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and requirements that activities benefit persons of 
low- and moderate-income, upon a finding that any 
such waivers or alternative requirements are nec-
essary to expedite or facilitate the use of such 
amounts: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
issue a notice of funding opportunity not later than 
120 days after the date of enactment of this Act; 
(3) $30,000,000 shall be available for activities 
authorized under section 8071 of the SUPPORT for 
Patients and Communities Act (Public Law 115– 
271): Provided, That funds allocated pursuant to 
this paragraph shall not adversely affect the amount 
of any formula assistance received by a State under 
paragraph (1) of this heading: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall allocate the funds for such 
activities based on the notice establishing the fund-
ing formula published in 84 FR 16027 (April 17, 
2019) except that the formula shall use age-adjusted 
rates of drug overdose deaths for 2023 based on 
data from the Centers for Disease Control and Pre-
vention; and 
(4) $3,615,244,120 shall be available for grants 
for the economic development initiative (EDI) for 
the purposes, and in amounts, specified for Commu-
nity 
Project 
Funding/Congressionally 
Directed 
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Spending in the table entitled ‘‘Community Project 
Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in-
cluded for this division in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding divi-
sion A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That 
amounts made available under this paragraph for 
such purposes shall not diminish or prejudice any 
application or geographic region for other discre-
tionary grant or loan awards made by the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development: Provided 
further, That eligible expenses of such grants in this 
and prior Acts may include administrative, planning, 
operations and maintenance, and other costs: Pro-
vided further, That such grants for the EDI shall be 
available for reimbursement of otherwise eligible ex-
penses incurred on or after the date of enactment of 
this Act and prior to the date of grant execution: 
Provided further, That none of the amounts made 
available under this paragraph for grants for the 
EDI shall be used for reimbursement of expenses in-
curred prior to the date of enactment of this Act: 
Provided further, That for amounts made available under 
paragraphs (1) and (3), the Secretary shall notify grantees 
of their formula allocation within 60 days of enactment 
of this Act. 
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a), during fiscal year 2026, 
commitments to guarantee loans under section 108 of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 
U.S.C. 5308), any part of which is guaranteed, shall not 
exceed a total principal amount of $300,000,000, notwith-
standing any aggregate limitation on outstanding obliga-
tions guaranteed in subsection (k) of such section 108: 
Provided, That the Secretary shall collect fees from bor-
rowers, notwithstanding subsection (m) of such section 
108, to result in a credit subsidy cost of zero for guaran-
teeing such loans, and any such fees shall be collected in 
accordance with section 502(7) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That such commit-
ment authority funded by fees may be used to guarantee, 
or make commitments to guarantee, notes or other obliga-
tions issued by any State on behalf of non-entitlement 
communities in the State in accordance with the require-
ments of such section 108: Provided further, That any 
State receiving such a guarantee or commitment under the 
preceding proviso shall distribute all funds subject to such 
guarantee to the units of general local government in non- 
entitlement areas that received the commitment. 
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HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM 
For the HOME investment partnerships program, as 
authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na-
tional Affordable Housing Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
12721 et seq.), $1,250,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2029: Provided, That the threshold reduc-
tion requirements in sections 216(10) and 217(b)(4) of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 12746(10), 12747(b)(4)) shall not 
apply to the amounts made available under this heading: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 231(b) of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 12771(b)), all unobligated balances 
remaining from amounts recaptured pursuant to such sec-
tion that remain available until expended shall be com-
bined with amounts made available under this heading and 
allocated in accordance with the formula under section 
217(b)(1)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12747(b)(1)(A)): 
Provided further, That the Department shall notify grant-
ees of their formula allocations within 60 days after enact-
ment of this Act: Provided further, That section 218(g) 
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12748(g)) shall not apply with re-
spect to the right of a jurisdiction to draw funds from 
its HOME Investment Trust Fund that otherwise expired 
or would expire in any calendar year from 2020 through 
2028 under that section: Provided further, That section 
231(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12771(b)) shall not apply 
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to any uninvested funds that otherwise were deducted or 
would be deducted from the line of credit in the partici-
pating jurisdiction’s HOME Investment Trust Fund in 
any calendar year from 2020 through 2028 under that 
section. 
SELF-HELP AND ASSISTED HOMEOWNERSHIP 
OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM 
For the self-help and assisted homeownership oppor-
tunity program, as authorized under section 11 of the 
Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996 (42 
U.S.C. 12805 note), and for related activities and assist-
ance, $65,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2028: Provided, That of the sums appropriated under 
this heading— 
(1) $12,000,000 shall be available for the self- 
help homeownership opportunity program as author-
ized under such section 11; 
(2) $46,000,000 shall be available for the sec-
ond, third, and fourth capacity building entities 
specified in section 4(a) of the HUD Demonstration 
Act of 1993 (III Stat 201; 42 U.S.C. 9816 note), 
of which not less than $5,000,000 shall be for rural 
capacity building activities; and 
(3) $7,000,000 shall be available for capacity 
building by national rural housing organizations hav-
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ing experience assessing national rural conditions 
and providing financing, training, technical assist-
ance, information, and research to local nonprofit or-
ganizations, local governments, and Indian tribes 
serving high need rural communities. 
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For assistance under title IV of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360 et seq.), and 
for related activities and assistance, $4,417,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2028: Provided, 
That of the sums appropriated under this heading— 
(1) $290,000,000 shall be available for the 
emergency solutions grants program authorized 
under subtitle B of such title IV (42 U.S.C. 11371 
et seq.): Provided, That the Department shall notify 
grantees of their formula allocation from amounts 
allocated (which may represent initial or final 
amounts allocated) for the emergency solutions 
grant program not later than 60 days after enact-
ment of this Act; 
(2) $4,010,000,000 shall be available for the 
continuum of care program authorized under sub-
title C of such title IV (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) 
and the rural housing stability assistance programs 
authorized under subtitle D of such title IV (42 
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U.S.C. 11408): Provided, That the Secretary shall 
prioritize funding under the continuum of care pro-
gram to continuums of care that have demonstrated 
a capacity to reallocate funding from lower per-
forming projects to higher performing projects: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall make reason-
able adjustments to renewal amounts to enable re-
newal projects to operate at substantially the same 
levels, including cost-of-living adjustments for sup-
portive services from the prior grant: Provided fur-
ther, That in allocating and awarding amounts made 
available under this paragraph, the Secretary shall 
select projects totaling not less than 60 percent of 
the annual renewal demand for each collaborative 
applicant based on rankings determined by the local 
continuum of care and consistent with 42 U.S.C. 
11381 et seq.: Provided further, That the Secretary 
may establish by notice an alternative maximum 
amount for administrative costs related to the re-
quirements described in sections 402(f)(1) and 
402(f)(2) of subtitle A of such title IV of no more 
than 5 percent or $50,000, whichever is greater, 
notwithstanding the 3 percent limitation in section 
423(a)(10) of such subtitle C: Provided further, That 
of the amounts made available for the continuum of 
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(C) rent supplement payments under sec-
tion 101 of the Housing and Urban Develop-
ment Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); 
(D) interest reduction payments under sec-
tion 236 and/or additional assistance payments 
under section 236(f)(2) of the National Hous-
ing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1); 
(E) assistance payments made under sec-
tion 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 
U.S.C. 1701q(c)(2)); and 
(F) assistance payments made under sec-
tion 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na-
tional Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
8013(d)(2)); 
(4) the term ‘‘receiving project or projects’’ 
means the multifamily housing project or projects to 
which some or all of the project-based assistance, 
debt, and statutorily required low-income and very 
low-income use restrictions are to be transferred; 
(5) the term ‘‘transferring project’’ means the 
multifamily housing project which is transferring 
some or all of the project-based assistance, debt, and 
the statutorily required low-income and very low-in-
come use restrictions to the receiving project or 
projects; and 
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(1) the item relating to ‘‘Kansas Rail Safety 
Improvement Project’’ is deemed to be amended by 
striking recipient ‘‘Pittsburg Port Authority (KS)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Kansas Department of Transpor-
tation’’; 
(2) the item relating to ‘‘The Barkers Creek In-
dustrial Park Power Expansion’’ is deemed to be 
amended by striking ‘‘The Barkers Creek Industrial 
Park Power Expansion’’ and inserting ‘‘Barkers 
Creek Industrial Park Access Bridge, Phase II’’; 
(3) the item relating to ‘‘Acquisition of new 
commercial space’’ is deemed to be amended by 
striking project ‘‘Acquisition of new commercial 
space’’ and inserting ‘‘Renovation of commercial 
space’’; 
(4) the item relating to ‘‘Electric school bus 
and associated electric vehicle (EV) charging infra-
structure’’ is deemed to be amended by striking re-
cipient ‘‘Falls Church City Public Schools’’ and in-
serting ‘‘City of Falls Church’’; 
(5) the item relating to ‘‘North Commons Re-
gional Vision’’ is deemed to be amended by striking 
recipient ‘‘Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board’’ 
and inserting ‘‘City of Minneapolis’’; 
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