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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 160. The limitations on obligations for the pro-
grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not 
apply to any authority under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously 
made available for obligation, or to any other authority 
previously made available for obligation. 
SEC. 161. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds appropriated or limited by this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Capital Investment Grants’’ of the Federal 
Transit Administration for projects specified in this Act 
or identified in reports accompanying this Act not obli-
gated by September 30, 2024, and other recoveries, shall 
be directed to projects eligible to use the funds for the 
purposes for which they were originally provided. 
SEC. 162. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, any funds appropriated before October 1, 2019, for 
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 
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to section 9503(e)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 (26 U.S.C. 9503(e)(4)). 
SEC. 164. An eligible recipient of a grant under sec-
tion 5339(c) may submit an application in partnership 
with other entities, including a transit vehicle manufac-
turer, that intend to participate in the implementation of 
a project under section 5339(c) of title 49, United States 
Code, and a project awarded with such partnership shall 
be treated as satisfying the requirement for a competitive 
procurement under section 5325(a) of title 49, United 
States Code, for the named entity. 
SEC. 165. None of the funds made available by this 
Act or any other Act shall be used to impede or hinder 
project advancement or approval for any project seeking 
a Federal contribution from the capital investment grant 
program of greater than 40 percent of project costs as 
authorized under section 5309 of title 49, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 166. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for the implementation or furtherance 
of new policies detailed in the ‘‘Dear Colleague’’ letter dis-
tributed by the Federal Transit Administration to capital 
investment grant program project sponsors on June 29, 
2018. 
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SEC. 167. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Department of Transportation 
to implement any policy that requires a capital investment 
grant project to receive a medium or higher project rating 
before taking actions to finalize an environmental impact 
statement. 
SEC. 168. Of the unobligated amounts made available 
for prior fiscal years to Formula Grants in Treasury Ac-
count 69–X–1129, a total of $1,606,849 are hereby per-
manently rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may be 
rescinded from amounts that were designated by the Con-
gress as an emergency or disaster relief requirement pur-
suant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 169. Of the unobligated amounts made available 
for the Job Access and Reverse Commute program, as au-
thorized by Public Law 105–178, as amended, a total of 
$320,230 are hereby permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 169A. Of the unobligated amounts made avail-
able for Research, Training, and Human Resources, as 
authorized by Public Law 95–599, as amended, a total 
of $31,634 are hereby permanently rescinded. 
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SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT 
CORPORATION 
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora-
tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, with-
in 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 carrying out 
the programs set forth in the Corporation’s budget for the 
current fiscal year. 
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 
(HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses to conduct the operations, 
maintenance, and capital infrastructure activities on por-
tions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway owned, operated, and 
maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development 
Corporation, $40,000,000, to be derived from the Harbor 
Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to section 210 of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 
2238): Provided, That of the amounts made available 
under this heading, not less than $15,800,000 shall be for 
the seaway infrastructure program. 
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MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a 
U.S.-flag merchant fleet as authorized under chapter 531 
of title 46, United States Code, to serve the national secu-
rity needs of the United States, $314,007,780, to remain 
available until expended. 
CABLE SECURITY FLEET PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to establish and maintain a 
fleet of United States-documented cable vessels as author-
ized under chapter 532 of title 46, United States Code, 
to meet the national security requirements of the United 
States, $10,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of operations and training ac-
tivities authorized by law, $161,417,000: Provided, That 
of the amounts made available under this heading— 
(1) $82,289,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2022, shall be for the operations of the 
United States Merchant Marine Academy; 
(2) $5,500,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for facilities maintenance and re-
pair, and equipment, at the United States Merchant 
Marine Academy; 
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(3) $3,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2022, shall be for the Maritime Environ-
mental and Technical Assistance program authorized 
under section 50307 of title 46, United States Code; 
and 
(4) $14,775,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for the Short Sea Transportation 
Program (America’s Marine Highways) to make 
grants for the purposes authorized under paragraphs 
(1) and (3) of section 55601(b) of title 46, United 
States Code: 
Provided further, That not later than 120 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, 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 Merchant Marine Academy as required pursuant 
to section 3507 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (46 U.S.C. 51301 
note): Provided further, That available balances under this 
heading for the Short Sea Transportation Program 
(America’s Marine Highways) from prior year recoveries 
shall be available to carry out activities authorized under 
paragraphs (1) and (3) of section 55601(b) of title 46, 
United States Code: Provided further, That for amounts 
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made available under paragraphs (3) and (4) of the first 
proviso, the Secretary of Transportation shall make grants 
not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act in such amounts as the Secretary determines: 
Provided further, That any unobligated balances and obli-
gated balances not yet expended from previous appropria-
tions under this heading for programs and activities sup-
porting State Maritime Academies shall be transferred to 
and merged with the appropriations for ‘‘Maritime Admin-
istration—State Maritime Academy Operations’’ and shall 
be made available for the same purposes as the appropria-
tions for ‘‘Maritime Administration—State Maritime 
Academy Operations’’. 
STATE MARITIME ACADEMY OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of operations, support, and 
training 
activities 
for 
State 
Maritime 
Academies, 
$431,700,000: Provided, That of the amounts made avail-
able under this heading— 
(1) $30,500,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for maintenance, repair, life exten-
sion, marine insurance, and capacity improvement of 
National Defense Reserve Fleet training ships in 
support of State Maritime Academies, of which 
$8,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be for expenses related to training mariners for costs 
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associated with training vessel sharing pursuant to 
section 51504(g)(3) of title 46, United States Code, 
for costs associated with mobilizing, operating, and 
demobilizing the vessel, including travel costs for 
students, faculty, and crew, the costs of the general 
agent, crew costs, fuel, insurance, operational fees, 
and vessel hire costs, as determined by the Sec-
retary; 
(2) $389,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for the National Security Multi-Mis-
sion Vessel Program, including funds for construc-
tion, planning, administration, and design of school 
ships; 
(3) $2,400,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2022, shall be for the Student Incentive 
Program; 
(4) $3,800,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for training ship fuel assistance; 
and 
(5) $6,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2022, shall be for direct payments for 
State Maritime Academies. 
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ASSISTANCE TO SMALL SHIPYARDS 
To make grants to qualified shipyards as authorized 
under section 54101 of title 46, United States Code, 
$20,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
SHIP DISPOSAL 
For necessary expenses related to the disposal of ob-
solete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the 
Maritime Administration, $5,000,000, 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, $3,000,000, 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 50302(c) of title 46, United States 
Code, $300,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That projects eligible for amounts made avail-
able under this heading shall be projects for coastal sea-
ports, inland river ports, or Great Lakes ports: Provided 
further, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading, not less than $275,000,000 shall be for coastal 
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seaports or Great Lakes ports: Provided further, That the 
Maritime Administration shall distribute amounts made 
available under this heading as discretionary grants to 
port authorities or commissions or their subdivisions and 
agents under existing authority, as well as to a State or 
political subdivision of a State or local government, a Trib-
al Government, a public agency or publicly chartered au-
thority established by one or more States, a special pur-
pose district with a transportation function, a multistate 
or multijurisdictional group of entities, or a lead entity 
described above jointly with a private entity or group of 
private entities: Provided further, That projects eligible for 
amounts made available under this heading shall be de-
signed to improve the safety, efficiency, or reliability of 
the movement of goods into, out of, around, or within a 
port and located— 
(1) within the boundary of a port; or 
(2) outside the boundary of a port, and directly 
related to port operations, or to an intermodal con-
nection to a port: 
Provided further, That project awards eligible under this 
heading shall be only for— 
(1) port gate improvements; 
(2) road improvements both within and con-
necting to the port; 
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(3) rail improvements both within and con-
necting to the port; 
(4) 
berth 
improvements 
(including 
docks, 
wharves, piers and dredging incidental to the im-
provement project); 
(5) fixed landside improvements in support of 
cargo operations (such as silos, elevators, conveyors, 
container terminals, Ro/Ro structures including 
parking garages necessary for intermodal freight 
transfer, warehouses including refrigerated facilities, 
lay-down areas, transit sheds, and other such facili-
ties); 
(6) utilities necessary for safe operations (in-
cluding lighting, stormwater, and other such im-
provements that are incidental to a larger infrastruc-
ture project); or 
(7) a combination of activities described above: 
Provided further, That the Federal share of the costs for 
which an amount is provided under this heading shall be 
up to 80 percent: Provided further, That section 
50302(c)(6)(B)(i) of title 46, United States Code, shall 
not apply to amounts made available under this heading: 
Provided further, That for grants awarded under this 
heading, the minimum grant size shall be $1,000,000: 
Provided further, That for grant awards less than 
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$10,000,000, the Secretary shall prioritize ports that han-
dled less than 10,000,000 short tons in 2017, as identified 
by the Corps of Engineers: Provided further, That for 
grant awards less than $10,000,000, the Secretary may 
increase the Federal share of costs above 80 percent: Pro-
vided further, That the proceeds of Federal credit assist-
ance under chapter 6 of title 23, United States Code, or 
sections 501 through 504 of the Railroad and Revitaliza-
tion and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94– 
210) shall be considered to be part of the non-Federal 
share of project costs if the loan is repayable from non- 
Federal funds, unless otherwise requested by the project 
sponsor: Provided further, That not to exceed 2 percent 
of the amounts made available under this heading shall 
be available for necessary costs of grant administration. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, in addition to any existing authority, the Mari-
time Administration is authorized to furnish utilities and 
services and make necessary repairs in connection with 
any lease, contract, or occupancy involving Government 
property under control of the Maritime Administration: 
Provided, That payments received therefor shall be cred-
ited to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof and 
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shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That rental payments under any such lease, contract, or 
occupancy for items other than such utilities, services, or 
repairs shall be deposited into the Treasury as miscella-
neous receipts. 
SEC. 171. For fiscal year 2021, in addition to pay-
ments made pursuant to section 53106 of title 46, United 
States Code, the Secretary shall pay to the contractor for 
an operating agreement entered into pursuant to chapter 
531 of title 46, United States Code, for each vessel that 
is covered by such operating agreement as of the date of 
enactment of this Act, an amount equal to $500,000: Pro-
vided, That payments authorized by this section shall be 
paid not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act: Provided further, That any unobligated bal-
ances remaining from the amounts made available for pay-
ments under the heading ‘‘Maritime Administration— 
Maritime Security Program’’ in any prior Act may be used 
for such payments. 
PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONAL EXPENSES 
For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline 
and 
Hazardous 
Materials 
Safety 
Administration, 
$25,715,000 (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by 
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$1,000,000), of which $1,500,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2023. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous 
materials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous 
Materials Safety Administration, $62,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2023: Provided, That up to 
$800,000 in fees collected under section 5108(g) of title 
49, United States Code, shall be deposited in the general 
fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided fur-
ther, That there may be credited to this appropriation, to 
be available until expended, funds received from States, 
counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and pri-
vate sources for expenses incurred for training, for reports 
publication and dissemination, and for travel expenses in-
curred in performance of hazardous materials exemptions 
and approvals functions. 
PIPELINE SAFETY 
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND) 
(OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND) 
For expenses necessary to carry out a pipeline safety 
program, as authorized by section 60107 of title 49, 
United States Code, and to discharge the pipeline program 
responsibilities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (Public 
Law 101–380), $173,000,000, to remain available until 
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September 30, 2023, of which $23,000,000 shall be de-
rived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which 
$140,000,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety 
Fund; and of which $10,000,000 shall be derived from 
fees collected under section 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. 
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND) 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Emergency 
Preparedness 
Grants 
program, 
not 
more 
than 
$28,318,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2023, from amounts made available by section 5116(h) 
and subsections (b) and (c) of section 5128 of title 49, 
United States Code: Provided, That notwithstanding sec-
tion 5116(h)(4) of title 49, United States Code, not more 
than 4 percent of the amounts made available from this 
account shall be available to pay administrative costs: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding subsections (b) and 
(c) of section 5128 of title 49, United States Code, and 
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the limitation on obligations provided under this heading, 
prior year recoveries recognized in the current year shall 
be available to develop and deliver hazardous materials 
emergency response training for emergency responders, in-
cluding response activities for the transportation of crude 
oil, ethanol, flammable liquids, and other hazardous com-
modities by rail, consistent with National Fire Protection 
Association standards, and to make such training avail-
able through an electronic format: Provided further, That 
the prior year recoveries made available under this head-
ing shall also be available to carry out sections 
5116(a)(1)(C), 5116(h), 5116(i), and 5107(e) of title 49, 
United States Code. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector 
General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978, as amended, $98,150,000: Provided, 
That the Inspector General shall have all necessary au-
thority, in carrying out the duties specified in the Inspec-
tor General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to inves-
tigate allegations of fraud, including false statements to 
the Government (18 U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity 
that is subject to regulation by the Department of Trans-
portation. 
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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. 
(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 
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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 
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 
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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. (a) None of the funds made available by 
this Act to the Department of Transportation may be used 
to make a loan, loan guarantee, line of credit, cooperative 
agreement, or discretionary grant unless the Secretary of 
Transportation notifies the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations not less than 3 full business days before 
any project competitively selected to receive any discre-
tionary grant award, letter of intent, loan commitment, 
loan guarantee commitment, line of credit commitment, 
cooperative agreement, or full funding grant agreement is 
announced by the Department or its operating administra-
tions: Provided, That the Secretary gives concurrent noti-
fication to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations for any ‘‘quick release’’ of funds from the emer-
gency relief program: Provided further, That no notifica-
tion shall involve funds that are not available for obliga-
tion. 
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(b) In addition to the notification required in sub-
section (a), none of the funds made available by this Act 
to the Department of Transportation may be used to make 
a loan, loan guarantee, line of credit, cooperative agree-
ment, or discretionary grant unless the Secretary of 
Transportation provides the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations a comprehensive list of all such 
loans, loan guarantees, lines of credit, cooperative agree-
ments, or discretionary grants that will be announced not 
less the 3 full business days before such announcement: 
Provided, That the Department of Transportation shall 
provide the list required in this subsection prior to the no-
tification required in subsection (a): Provided further, 
That the requirement to provide a list in this subsection 
does not apply to any ‘‘quick release’’ of funds from the 
emergency relief program: Provided further, That no list 
shall involve funds that are not available for obligation. 
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 elements of the Department of Transportation using 
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fair and equitable criteria and such funds shall be avail-
able until expended. 
SEC. 187. Amounts made available by this Act or any 
prior Act that the Secretary determines represent im-
proper payments by the Department of Transportation to 
a third-party contractor under a financial assistance 
award, which are recovered pursuant to law, shall be avail-
able— 
(1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred 
by the Department of Transportation in recovering 
improper payments: Provided, That amounts made 
available by this Act shall be available until ex-
pended; and 
(2) to pay contractors for services provided in 
recovering improper payments or contractor support 
in the implementation of the Improper Payments In-
formation Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–300), as 
amended by the Improper Payments Elimination 
and Recovery Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–204) 
and Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery 
Improvement Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–248), 
and Fraud Reduction and Data Analytics Act of 
2015 (Public Law 114–186): Provided, That 
amounts in excess of that required for paragraphs 
(1) and (2)— 
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(A) shall be credited to and merged with 
the appropriation from which the improper pay-
ments were made, and shall be available for the 
purposes and period for which such appropria-
tions are available: Provided further, That 
where specific project or accounting information 
associated with the improper payment or pay-
ments is not readily available, the Secretary 
may credit an appropriate account, which shall 
be available for the purposes and period associ-
ated with the account so credited; or 
(B) if no such appropriation remains avail-
able, shall be deposited in the Treasury as mis-
cellaneous receipts: Provided further, That prior 
to depositing such recovery in the Treasury, the 
Secretary shall notify the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations of the amount 
and reasons for such transfer: Provided further, 
That for purposes of this section, the term ‘‘im-
proper payments’’ has the same meaning as 
that provided in section 2(e)(2) of the Improper 
Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 
2010 (Public Law 111–204). 
SEC. 188. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, if any funds provided by or limited by this Act are 
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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. 
SEC. 189. 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. 190. 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 
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of title 5, United States Code, including distribution of 
transit benefits by various paper and electronic media. 
SEC. 191. The Department of Transportation may 
use funds provided by this Act, or any other Act, to assist 
a contract under title 49 or title 23 of the United States 
Code utilizing geographic, economic, or any other hiring 
preference not otherwise authorized by law, or to amend 
a rule, regulation, policy or other measure that forbids a 
recipient 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: 
(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. 
(3) That any increase in the cost of labor, 
training, or delays resulting from the use of such 
hiring preference does not delay or displace any 
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transportation project in the applicable Statewide 
Transportation Improvement Program or Transpor-
tation Improvement Program. 
SEC. 192. The Secretary of Transportation shall co-
ordinate with the Secretary of Homeland Security to en-
sure that best practices for Industrial Control Systems 
Procurement are up-to-date and shall ensure that systems 
procured with funds provided under this title were pro-
cured using such practices. 
SEC. 193. Notwithstanding the Department of Trans-
portation Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111– 
117), de-obligated funds associated with Cooperative 
Agreement No. FR–HSR–0118–12–01–01 may not be 
made available for any purpose, including award, transfer, 
or obligation to any other program or recipient, until the 
final determination of any litigation concerning such 
funds. 
SEC. 194. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be available to consolidate governmental affairs 
activities across the Department of Transportation in the 
Office of Governmental Affairs in the Office of the Sec-
retary or public affairs activities across the Department 
of Transportation in the Office of Public Affairs in the 
Office of the Secretary: Provided, That the operating ad-
ministrations of the Department of Transportation shall 
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not transfer personnel to the Office of Governmental Af-
fairs in the Office of the Secretary or the Office of Public 
Affairs in the Office of the Secretary. 
SEC. 195. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to eliminate dining services on long-dis-
tance routes (as such term is defined in section 24102 of 
title 49, United States Code). 
SEC. 196. None of the funds made available by divi-
sion G of this Act to the Department of Transportation 
may be used in contravention of section 306108 of title 
54, United States Code. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans-
portation Appropriations Act, 2021’’. 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
EXECUTIVE OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Executive Of-
fices, which shall be comprised of the offices of the Sec-
retary, Deputy Secretary, Adjudicatory Services, Congres-
sional and Intergovernmental Relations, Public Affairs, 
Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, and the 
Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, 
$15,000,000 (reduced by $2,000,000), to remain available 
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until September 30, 2022: Provided, That not to exceed 
$20,000 of the amount made available under this heading 
shall be available to the Secretary for official reception and 
representation expenses as the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development (in this title ‘‘the Secretary’’) may de-
termine: Provided further, That the Secretary shall issue 
the report required by House Report 114–129 not later 
than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act: Pro-
vided further, that such report shall include (1) the De-
partment’s strategy for continuing to ensure that lesbian, 
gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals have access to 
Department of Housing and Urban Development (in this 
title the ‘‘Department’’ or ‘‘HUD’’) programs for which 
they are eligible, to be provided by the Office of Fair 
Housing and Equal Opportunity; and (2) the plan for dis-
seminating this information to public housing agencies, to 
be provided by the Office of Public and Indian Housing: 
Provided further, That the amount made available under 
this heading for the ‘‘Office of the Secretary’’ shall be re-
duced by $10,000 for each day after the date that is 30 
days after enactment of this Act that such report has not 
been submitted to the Congress. 
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Administra-
tive 
Support 
Offices, 
$600,000,000 
(reduced 
by 
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$3,000,000) (reduced by $3,000,000), to remain available 
until September 30, 2022: Provided, That of the amounts 
made available under this heading— 
(1) not to exceed $71,576,000 shall be available 
for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer; 
(2) not to exceed $109,044,000 shall be avail-
able for the Office of the General Counsel, of which 
not less than $18,700,000 shall be for the Depart-
mental Enforcement Center; 
(3) not to exceed $286,258,000 (reduced by 
$3,000,000) (reduced by $3,000,000) shall be avail-
able for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Ad-
ministration, of which not less than $20,000,000 
shall be for modernizing the Weaver Building and 
space consolidation, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2023; 
(4) not to exceed $65,200,000 shall be available 
for the Office of Field Policy and Management; 
(5) not to exceed $4,535,000 shall be available 
for the Office of Departmental Equal Employment 
Opportunity; and 
(6) not less than $63,387,000 shall be available 
for the Office of the Chief Information Officer: 
Provided further, That funds made available under this 
heading may be used for necessary administrative and 
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non-administrative expenses of the Department, not other-
wise provided for, including purchase of uniforms, or al-
lowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 
5902 of title 5, United States Code; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; and services as authorized by section 3109 
of title 5, United States Code: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, funds appro-
priated under this heading may be used for advertising 
and promotional activities that directly support program 
activities funded in this title: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall provide the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations quarterly written notification regarding 
the status of pending congressional reports: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall provide in electronic form 
all signed reports required by Congress: Provided further, 
That none of the funds made available under this heading 
for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer for the finan-
cial transformation initiative shall be available for obliga-
tion until after the Secretary publishes the necessary ad-
ministrative requirements for amounts made available to 
provide enhanced or improved electrical power systems 
under the heading ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban 
Development—Community Development Fund’’ in Public 
Law 115–123: Provided further, That only after the terms 
and conditions of the preceding proviso have been met, 
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not more than 10 percent of the funds made available 
under this heading for the Office of the Chief Financial 
Officer for the financial transformation initiative may be 
obligated until the Secretary submits to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations, for approval, a 
plan for expenditure that includes the financial and inter-
nal control capabilities to be delivered and the mission 
benefits to be realized, key milestones to be met, and the 
relationship between the proposed use of funds made avail-
able under this heading and the projected total cost and 
scope of the initiative. 
PROGRAM OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Program Of-
fices, $909,595,000 (reduced by $1,000,000), to remain 
available until September 30, 2022: Provided, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading— 
(1) not to exceed $245,000,000 shall be avail-
able for the Office of Public and Indian Housing; 
(2) not to exceed $138,290,000 (reduced by 
$1,000,000) shall be available for the Office of Com-
munity Planning and Development; 
(3) not to exceed $400,000,000 (reduced by 
$1,000,000) shall be available for the Office of 
Housing, of which not less than $12,300,000 shall 
be for the Office of Recapitalization; 
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(4) not to exceed $35,443,000 shall be available 
for the Office of Policy Development and Research; 
(5) not less than $81,000,000 (increased by 
$1,000,000) shall be available for the Office of Fair 
Housing and Equal Opportunity; and 
(6) not less than $9,862,000 shall be available 
for the Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy 
Homes. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the working capital fund for the Department 
(‘‘the Fund’’), pursuant, in part, to section 7(f) of the De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development Act (42 
U.S.C. 3535(f)), amounts transferred to the Fund under 
this heading, including reimbursements pursuant to sec-
tion 7(f), shall be available only for Federal shared serv-
ices used by offices and agencies of the Department, and 
for any such portion of any office or agency’s information 
technology customer devices and support; talent manage-
ment; printing; records management; space renovation; 
furniture; or supply services the Secretary has determined 
shall be provided through the Fund, and for the oper-
ational expenses of the Fund: Provided, That amounts 
from the Fund shall not be available to provide services 
not specifically authorized under this heading: Provided 
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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 under this title for salaries and expenses 
under the headings ‘‘Executive Offices’’, ‘‘Administrative 
Support Offices’’, ‘‘Program Offices’’, and ‘‘Government 
National 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: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may transfer not to exceed an additional 
$10,000,000, in aggregate, from all such appropriations, 
to be merged with the Fund and to remain available until 
expended for any purpose under this heading. 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
For activities and assistance for the provision of ten-
ant-based rental assistance authorized under the United 
States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 
et seq.) (in this title ‘‘the Act’’), not otherwise provided 
for, $21,739,312,000, to remain available until expended, 
which shall be available on October 1, 2020 (in addition 
to the $4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this 
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heading that shall be available on October 1, 2020), and 
$4,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, which 
shall be available on October 1, 2021: Provided, That the 
amounts made available under this heading are provided 
as follows— 
(1) $22,852,000,000 shall be for renewals of 
expiring section 8 tenant-based annual contributions 
contracts (including renewals of enhanced vouchers 
under any provision of law authorizing such assist-
ance under section 8(t) of the Act and as authorized 
under 613(b) of the Cranston-Gonzales National Af-
fordable Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 4125(b))) and in-
cluding renewal of other special purpose incremental 
vouchers: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, from amounts provided under this 
paragraph and any carryover, the Secretary shall for 
the calendar year 2021 funding cycle, provide re-
newal funding for each public housing agency based 
on validated voucher management system (VMS) 
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 Reg-
ister, and by making any necessary adjustments for 
the costs associated with the first-time renewal of 
vouchers under this paragraph including tenant pro-
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