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Provided further, That none of the funds made available 
by this Act for aeronautical charting and cartography are 
available for activities conducted by, or coordinated 
through, the Working Capital Fund: Provided further, 
That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act or any other Act may be used to 
eliminate the Contract Weather Observers program at any 
airport. 
FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
for acquisition, establishment, technical support services, 
improvement by contract or purchase, and hire of national 
airspace systems and experimental facilities and equip-
ment, as authorized under part A of subtitle VII of title 
49, United States Code, including initial acquisition of 
necessary sites by lease or grant; engineering and service 
testing, including construction of test facilities and acqui-
sition of necessary sites by lease or grant; construction 
and furnishing of quarters and related accommodations 
for officers and employees of the Federal Aviation Admin-
istration stationed at remote localities where such accom-
modations are not available; and the purchase, lease, or 
transfer of aircraft from funds made available under this 
heading, including aircraft for aviation regulation and cer-
tification; to be derived from the general fund,
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$3,045,000,000 (reduced by $9,000,000) (increased by 
$9,000,000), of which $550,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2022, and $2,495,000,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2023: Provided, 
That there may be credited to this appropriation funds 
received from States, counties, municipalities, other public 
authorities, and private sources, for expenses incurred in 
the establishment, improvement, and modernization of na-
tional airspace systems: Provided further, That not later 
than 60 days after submission of the budget request, the 
Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to Congress an 
investment plan for the Federal Aviation Administration 
which includes funding for each budget line item for fiscal 
years 2022 through 2026, with total funding for each year 
of the plan constrained to the funding targets for those 
years as estimated and approved by the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget. 
RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
for research, engineering, and development, as authorized 
under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States 
Code, including construction of experimental facilities and 
acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant, 
$192,665,000 (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by 
$1,000,000), to be derived from the general fund and to
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remain available until September 30, 2023: Provided, 
That there may be credited to this appropriation as offset-
ting collections, funds received from States, counties, mu-
nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources, 
which shall be available for expenses incurred for research, 
engineering, and development: Provided further, That 
amounts made available under this heading shall be used 
in accordance with the report accompanying this Act: Pro-
vided further, That not to exceed 10 percent of any fund-
ing level specified under this heading in the report accom-
panying this Act may be transferred to any other funding 
level specified under this heading in the report accom-
panying this Act: Provided further, That no transfer may 
increase or decrease any funding level by more than 10 
percent: Provided further, That any transfer in excess of 
10 percent shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds 
under section 405 of this Act and shall not be available 
for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the 
procedures set forth in that section.
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GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in- 
aid for airport planning and development, and noise com-
patibility planning and programs as authorized under sub-
chapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 
of title 49, United States Code, and under other law au-
thorizing such obligations; for procurement, installation, 
and commissioning of runway incursion prevention devices 
and systems at airports of such title; for grants authorized 
under section 41743 of title 49, United States Code; and 
for inspection activities and administration of airport safe-
ty programs, including those related to airport operating 
certificates under section 44706 of title 49, United States 
Code, $3,350,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and 
Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That none of the amounts made avail-
able under this heading shall be available for the planning 
or execution of programs the obligations for which are in 
excess of $3,350,000,000, in fiscal year 2021, notwith-
standing section 47117(g) of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided further, That none of the amounts made available
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under this heading shall be available for the replacement 
of baggage conveyor systems, reconfiguration of terminal 
baggage areas, or other airport improvements that are 
necessary to install bulk explosive detection systems: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding section 47109(a) of 
title 49, United States Code, the Government’s share of 
allowable project costs under paragraph (2) of such sec-
tion for subgrants or paragraph (3) of such section shall 
be 95 percent for a project at other than a large or me-
dium hub airport that is a successive phase of a multi- 
phased construction project for which the project sponsor 
received a grant in fiscal year 2011 for the construction 
project: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, of amounts limited under this heading, 
not more than $119,402,000 shall be available for admin-
istration, not less than $15,000,000 shall be available for 
the Airport Cooperative Research Program, not less than 
$40,666,000 shall be available for Airport Technology Re-
search, and $10,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be available and transferred to ‘‘Office of 
the Secretary, Salaries and Expenses’’ to carry out the 
Small Community Air Service Development Program: Pro-
vided further, That in addition to airports eligible under 
section 41743 of title 49, United States Code, such pro-
gram may include the participation of an airport that
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serves a community or consortium that is not larger than 
a small hub airport, according to FAA hub classifications 
effective at the time the Office of the Secretary issues a 
request for proposals. 
GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Grants-In-Aid for Air-
ports’’, to enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 
grants for projects as authorized by subchapter 1 of chap-
ter 471 and subchapter 1 of chapter 475 of title 49, 
United 
States 
Code, 
$500,000,000 
(increased 
by 
$5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000), to remain available 
through September 30, 2023: Provided, That amounts 
made available under this heading shall be derived from 
the general fund, and such amounts shall not be subject 
to apportionment formulas, special apportionment cat-
egories, or minimum percentages under chapter 471 of 
title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall distribute amounts made available under 
this heading as discretionary grants to airports: Provided 
further, That the amounts made available under this head-
ing shall not be subject to any limitation on obligations 
for the Grants-in-Aid for Airports program set forth in 
any Act: Provided further, That the Administrator of the 
Federal Aviation Administration may retain up to 0.5 per-
cent of the amounts made available under this heading
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to fund the award and oversight by the Administrator of 
grants described under this heading. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 110. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to compensate in excess of 600 technical 
staff-years under the federally funded research and devel-
opment center contract between the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration and the Center for Advanced Aviation Sys-
tems Development during fiscal year 2021. 
SEC. 111. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be used to pursue or adopt guidelines or regula-
tions requiring airport sponsors to provide to the Federal 
Aviation Administration without cost building construc-
tion, maintenance, utilities and expenses, or space in air-
port sponsor-owned buildings for services relating to air 
traffic control, air navigation, or weather reporting: Pro-
vided, That the prohibition on the use of funds in this 
section does not apply to negotiations between the agency 
and airport sponsors to achieve agreement on ‘‘below-mar-
ket’’ rates for these items or to grant assurances that re-
quire airport sponsors to provide land without cost to the 
Federal Aviation Administration for air traffic control fa-
cilities.
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SEC. 112. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration may reimburse amounts made available to 
satisfy section 41742(a)(1) of title 49, United States 
Code, from fees credited under section 45303 of title 49, 
United States Code, and any amount remaining in such 
account at the close of any fiscal year may be made avail-
able to satisfy section 41742(a)(1) of title 49, United 
States Code, for the subsequent fiscal year. 
SEC. 113. Amounts collected under section 40113(e) 
of title 49, United States Code, shall be credited to the 
appropriation current at the time of collection, to be 
merged with and available for the same purposes as such 
appropriation. 
SEC. 114. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be available for paying premium pay under sub-
section 5546(a) of title 5, United States Code, to any Fed-
eral Aviation Administration employee unless such em-
ployee actually performed work during the time cor-
responding to such premium pay. 
SEC. 115. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be obligated or expended for an employee of the 
Federal Aviation Administration to purchase a store gift 
card or gift certificate through use of a Government-issued 
credit card.
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SEC. 116. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be obligated or expended for retention bonuses 
for an employee of the Federal Aviation Administration 
without the prior written approval of the Assistant Sec-
retary for Administration of the Department of Transpor-
tation. 
SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds made available by this Act or any 
prior Act may be used to implement or to continue to im-
plement any limitation on the ability of any owner or oper-
ator of a private aircraft to obtain, upon a request to the 
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, a 
blocking of that owner’s or operator’s aircraft registration 
number from any display of the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration’s Aircraft Situational Display to Industry data 
that is made available to the public, except data made 
available to a Government agency, for the noncommercial 
flights of that owner or operator. 
SEC. 118. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be available for salaries and expenses of more 
than nine political and Presidential appointees in the Fed-
eral Aviation Administration. 
SEC. 119. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to increase fees pursuant to section 
44721 of title 49, United States Code, until the Federal
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Aviation Administration provides to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations a report that justifies all 
fees related to aeronautical navigation products and ex-
plains how such fees are consistent with Executive Order 
No. 13642. 
SEC. 119A. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to close a regional operations center of 
the Federal Aviation Administration or reduce its services 
unless the Administrator notifies the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations not less than 90 full busi-
ness days in advance. 
SEC. 119B. None of the funds made available by or 
limited by this Act may be used to change weight restric-
tions or prior permission rules at Teterboro airport in 
Teterboro, New Jersey. 
SEC. 119C. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Administrator of the Federal Avia-
tion Administration to withhold from consideration and 
approval any new application for participation in the Con-
tract Tower Program, or for reevaluation of Cost-share 
Program participants so long as the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration has received an application from the airport, 
and so long as the Administrator determines such tower 
is eligible using the factors set forth in Federal Aviation 
Administration published establishment criteria.
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SEC. 119D. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to open, close, redesignate as a lesser 
office, or reorganize a regional office, the aeronautical cen-
ter, or the technical center unless the Administrator sub-
mits a request for the reprogramming of funds under sec-
tion 405 of this Act. 
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Not to exceed $478,897,049, together with advances 
and reimbursements received by the Federal Highway Ad-
ministration, shall be obligated for necessary expenses for 
administration and operation of the Federal Highway Ad-
ministration: Provided, That up to $3,248,000 shall be 
transferred to the Appalachian Regional Commission in 
accordance with section 104(a) of title 23, United States 
Code. 
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
Funds available for the implementation or execution 
of Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction 
programs authorized under titles 23 and 49, United States 
Code, and the provisions of the Fixing America’s Surface
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Transportation Act (Public Law 114–94), or any suc-
cessor surface transportation reauthorization Act author-
izing appropriations for fiscal year 2021, shall not exceed 
total obligations of $61,130,000,000 (increased by 
$1,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) for fiscal year 2021: 
Provided, That the Secretary may collect and spend fees, 
as authorized by title 23, United States Code, to cover 
the costs of services of expert firms, including counsel, in 
the field of municipal and project finance to assist in the 
underwriting and servicing of Federal credit instruments 
and all or a portion of the costs to the Federal Govern-
ment of servicing such credit instruments: Provided fur-
ther, That such fees are available until expended to pay 
for such costs: Provided further, That such fees are in ad-
dition to administrative expenses that are also available 
for such purpose, and are not subject to any obligation 
limitation or the limitation on administrative expenses 
under section 608 of title 23, United States Code: Pro-
vided further, That for amounts subject to the obligation 
limitation under this heading during fiscal year 2021, the 
Federal share of activities undertaken pursuant to chap-
ters 1 or 2 of title 23, United States Code shall be, at 
the option of the State, District of Columbia, territory, 
Puerto Rico, or Indian Tribe, as applicable, up to 100 per-
cent: Provided further, That the preceding proviso does not
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apply to programs authorized under sections 115 and 117 
of title 23, United States Code. 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For the payment of obligations incurred in carrying 
out Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction 
programs authorized under title 23, United States Code, 
$61,869,000,000 derived from the Highway Trust Fund 
(other than the Mass Transit Account), to remain avail-
able until expended. 
HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS 
There is hereby appropriated to the Secretary of 
Transportation $1,000,000,000: Provided, That the funds 
made available under this heading shall be derived from 
the general fund, shall be in addition to any funds pro-
vided for fiscal year 2021 in this Act or any other Act 
for: (1) ‘‘Federal-aid Highways’’ under chapter 1 of title 
23, United States Code; or (2) the Appalachian Develop-
ment Highway System as authorized under section 
1069(y) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi-
ciency Act (Public Law 102–240), and shall not affect the 
distribution or amount of funds provided in any other Act: 
Provided further, That section 1101(b) of the FAST Act 
(Public Law 114–94) shall apply to funds made available 
under this heading: Provided further, That unless other-
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wise specified, amounts made available under this heading 
shall be available until September 30, 2024: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds made available under this head-
ing— 
(1) $632,220,000 shall be for activities under 
section 133(b) of title 23, United States Code, and 
to provide necessary charging infrastructure along 
corridor-ready or corridor-pending alternative fuel 
corridors designated pursuant to section 151 of title 
23, United States Code; 
(2) $100,000,000 shall be for necessary ex-
penses for construction of the Appalachian Develop-
ment Highway System as authorized under section 
1069(y) of the Intermodal Transportation Efficiency 
Act of 1991 (Public Law 102–240); 
(3) $3,150,000 shall be for activities eligible 
under the Puerto Rico Highway Program as de-
scribed in section 165(b)(2)(C) of title 23, United 
States Code; 
(4) $630,000 shall be for activities eligible 
under the Territorial Highway Program, as de-
scribed in section 165(c)(6) of title 23, United 
States Code;
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(5) $150,000,000 shall be for the nationally 
significant Federal lands and Tribal projects pro-
gram under section 1123 of the FAST Act; 
(6) $50,000,000 shall be for competitive grants 
for activities described in section 130(a) of title 23, 
United States Code; 
(7) $30,000,000 shall be for the Tribal Trans-
portation program as authorized under section 202 
of title 23, United States Code; 
(8) $15,000,000 shall be for grants for Ad-
vanced Digital Construction Management Systems; 
(9) $12,000,000 shall be for the Regional Infra-
structure Accelerator Demonstration Program au-
thorized under section 1441 of the FAST Act; 
(10) $5,000,000 shall be for a National Road 
Network Pilot Program for the Federal Highway 
Administration to create a national level, geo-spatial 
dataset that uses data already collected under the 
Highway Performance Monitoring System; and 
(11) $2,000,000 shall be for research that leads 
to decreases in highway and pedestrian fatalities 
among Tribal populations: 
Provided further, That for the purposes of funds made 
available under paragraph (1) of the fourth proviso, the 
term ‘‘State’’ means any of the 50 States or the District
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of Columbia: Provided further, That the funds made avail-
able under paragraph (1) shall be sub-allocated in the 
manner described in section 133(d) of title 23, United 
States Code, except that the set-aside described in section 
133(h) of such title shall not apply to funds made avail-
able under this heading: Provided further, That the funds 
made available under paragraph (1) shall be administered 
as if apportioned under chapter 1 of such title and shall 
be apportioned to the States in the same ratio as the obli-
gation limitation for fiscal year 2021 is distributed among 
the States in section 120(a)(5) of this Act: Provided fur-
ther, That for amounts made available under paragraphs 
(1), (2), (3), (4), (6), and (7), the Federal share of the 
costs shall be, at the option of the recipient, up to 100 
percent: Provided further, That except as provided in the 
following proviso, the funds made available under this 
heading for activities eligible under the Puerto Rico High-
way Program and activities eligible under the Territorial 
Highway Program shall be administered as if allocated 
under sections 165(b) and 165(c), respectively, of title 23, 
United States Code: Provided further, That the funds 
made available under this heading for activities eligible 
under the Puerto Rico Highway Program shall not be sub-
ject to the requirements of section 165(b)(2)(A) or 
165(b)(2)(B) of such title: Provided further, That the
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funds made available for the Tribal Transportation Pro-
gram shall be sub-allocated in the manner described in 
section 202(b)(3)(A)(i)(IV) of such title, except that the 
set-asides described in subparagraph (C) of section 
202(b)(3) of such title and subsections (a)(6), (c), (d), and 
(e) of section 202 of such title shall not apply to funds 
made available under this heading: Provided further, That 
the funds made available under this heading, in paragraph 
(6) of the fourth proviso, shall be available for projects 
eligible under section 130(a) of such title, for commuter 
authorities, as defined in section 24102(2) of title 49, 
United States Code, that experienced at least one accident 
investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board 
between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2018, and 
for which the National Transportation Safety Board 
issued an accident report: Provided further, That for the 
purposes of funds made available under this heading for 
construction of the Appalachian Development Highway 
System (ADHS), the term ‘‘Appalachian State’’ means a 
State that contains one or more counties (including any 
political subdivision located within the area) in the Appa-
lachian region as defined in section 14102(a) of title 40, 
United States Code: Provided further, That funds made 
available under this heading for construction of the ADHS 
shall remain available until expended: Provided further,
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That a project carried out with funds made available 
under this heading for construction of the ADHS shall be 
carried out in the same manner as a project under section 
14501 of title 40, United States Code: Provided further, 
That subject to the following proviso, funds made available 
under this heading for construction of the ADHS shall be 
apportioned to Appalachian States according to the per-
centages derived from the 2012 Appalachian Development 
Highway System Cost to Complete Estimate adopted in 
Appalachian Regional Commission Resolution Number 
736, and confirmed as each Appalachian State’s relative 
share of the estimated remaining need to complete the 
ADHS, adjusted to exclude corridors that such States 
have no current plans to complete, as reported in the 2013 
Appalachian Development Highway System Completion 
Report, unless such States have modified and assigned a 
higher priority for completion of an ADHS corridor, as 
reported in the 2020 ADHS Future Outlook: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall adjust apportionments 
made under the preceding proviso so that no Appalachian 
State shall be apportioned an amount in excess of 25 per-
cent of the amount made available for construction of the 
Appalachian Development Highway System under this 
heading: Provided further, That the Secretary shall consult
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with the Appalachian Regional Commission in making ad-
justments under the preceding two provisos. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2021, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall— 
(1) not distribute from the obligation limitation 
for Federal-aid highways— 
(A) amounts authorized for administrative 
expenses and programs by section 104(a) of 
title 23, United States Code; 
(B) amounts authorized for the Bureau of 
Transportation Statistics; and 
(C) amounts authorized as special 1-year 
funding under any successor surface transpor-
tation reauthorization Act authorizing appro-
priations for fiscal year 2021; 
(2) not distribute an amount from the obliga-
tion limitation for Federal-aid highways that is equal 
to the unobligated balance of amounts— 
(A) made available from the Highway 
Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Ac-
count) for Federal-aid highway and highway 
safety construction programs for previous fiscal 
years the funds for which are allocated by the
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Secretary (or apportioned by the Secretary 
under section 202 or 204 of title 23, United 
States Code); and 
(B) for which obligation limitation was 
provided in a previous fiscal year; 
(3) determine the proportion that— 
(A) the obligation limitation for Federal- 
aid highways, less the aggregate of amounts not 
distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of 
this subsection; bears to 
(B) the total of the sums authorized to be 
appropriated for the Federal-aid highway and 
highway safety construction programs (other 
than sums authorized to be appropriated for 
provisions of law described in paragraphs (1) 
through (11) of subsection (b) and sums au-
thorized to be appropriated for section 119 of 
title 23, United States Code, equal to the 
amount referred to in subsection (b)(12) for 
such fiscal year), less the aggregate of the 
amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) 
and (2) of this subsection; 
(4) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed-
eral-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not 
distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), for each
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of the programs (other than programs to which 
paragraph (1) applies) that are allocated by the Sec-
retary under the Fixing America’s Surface Trans-
portation Act and title 23, United States Code, or 
apportioned by the Secretary under section 202 or 
204 of that title, by multiplying— 
(A) the proportion determined under para-
graph (3); by 
(B) the amounts authorized to be appro-
priated for each such program for such fiscal 
year; and 
(5) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed-
eral-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not 
distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) and the 
amounts distributed under paragraph (4), for Fed-
eral-aid highway and highway safety construction 
programs that are apportioned by the Secretary 
under title 23, United States Code (other than the 
amounts apportioned for the National Highway Per-
formance Program in section 119 of title 23, United 
States Code, that are exempt from the limitation 
under subsection (b)(12) and the amounts appor-
tioned under sections 202 and 204 of that title) in 
the proportion that—
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(A) amounts authorized to be appropriated 
for the programs that are apportioned under 
title 23, United States Code, to each State for 
such fiscal year; bears to 
(B) the total of the amounts authorized to 
be appropriated for the programs that are ap-
portioned under title 23, United States Code, to 
all States for such fiscal year. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS FROM OBLIGATION LIMITATION.— 
The obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways shall 
not apply to obligations under or for— 
(1) section 125 of title 23, United States Code; 
(2) section 147 of the Surface Transportation 
Assistance Act of 1978 (23 U.S.C. 144 note; 92 
Stat. 2714); 
(3) section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act 
of 1981 (95 Stat. 1701); 
(4) subsections (b) and (j) of section 131 of the 
Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (96 
Stat. 2119); 
(5) subsections (b) and (c) of section 149 of the 
Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation As-
sistance Act of 1987 (101 Stat. 198);
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(6) sections 1103 through 1108 of the Inter-
modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 
1991 (105 Stat. 2027); 
(7) section 157 of title 23, United States Code 
(as in effect on June 8, 1998); 
(8) section 105 of title 23, United States Code 
(as in effect for fiscal years 1998 through 2004, but 
only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each 
of those fiscal years); 
(9) Federal-aid highway programs for which ob-
ligation authority was made available under the 
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century 
(112 Stat. 107) or subsequent Acts for multiple 
years or to remain available until expended, but only 
to the extent that the obligation authority has not 
lapsed or been used; 
(10) section 105 of title 23, United States Code 
(as in effect for fiscal years 2005 through 2012, but 
only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each 
of those fiscal years); 
(11) section 1603 of SAFETEA–LU (23 
U.S.C. 118 note; 119 Stat. 1248), to the extent that 
funds obligated in accordance with that section were 
not subject to a limitation on obligations at the time
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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 2021, 
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), (except for 
the obligation limitation made available under sec-
tion (a)(1)(C)), 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; and 
(B) title VI of the Fixing America’s Sur-
face Transportation Act. 
(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— 
(A) are authorized to be appropriated for 
such fiscal year for Federal-aid highway pro-
grams; and
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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 provide an annual report to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations on any waivers 
granted under the Buy America requirements. 
SEC. 123. None of the funds made available in this 
Act to the Department of Transportation may be used to 
provide credit assistance unless not less than 3 days before 
any application approval to provide credit assistance under 
sections 603 and 604 of title 23, United States Code, the 
Secretary of Transportation provides notification in writ-
ing to the following committees: the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations; the Committee on Envi-
ronment and Public Works and the Committee on Bank-
ing, Housing and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 
House of Representatives: Provided, That such notifica-
tion shall include, but not be limited to, the name of the 
project sponsor; a description of the project; whether cred-
it assistance will be provided as a direct loan, loan guar-
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antee, or line of credit; and the amount of credit assist-
ance. 
SEC. 124. 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: Pro-
vided, That the written notification required in the pre-
ceding proviso shall be made not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 125. (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, United 
States Code, or section 165 of title 23, United States 
Code, and located within the boundary of the State or ter-
ritory any earmarked amount, and any associated obliga-
tion limitation: Provided, That the Department of Trans-
portation for the State or territory for which the ear-
marked amount was originally designated or directed noti-
fies the Secretary of Transportation of its intent to use 
its authority under this section and submits a quarterly 
report to the Secretary identifying the projects to which
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the funding would be applied. Notwithstanding the origi-
nal period of availability of funds to be obligated under 
this section, such funds and associated obligation limita-
tion shall remain available for obligation for a period of 
3 fiscal years after the fiscal year in which the Secretary 
of Transportation 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 
the current fiscal year, and administered by the Fed-
eral Highway Administration.
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(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 5 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 
each quarter to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations. 
SEC. 126. Until final guidance is published, the Ad-
ministrator of the Federal Highway Administration shall 
adjudicate requests for Buy America waivers under the 
rules and regulations that were in effect prior to April 17, 
2017. The Administrator shall process such requests not 
later than 90 days after receipt of the request or such 
waivers will be granted automatically. 
SEC. 127. Amounts for which a limitation on obliga-
tions that otherwise would have expired at the end of fiscal 
year 2020 that has been extended through the end of fiscal
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year 2021 shall not be subject to section 120(a)(2) of this 
Act. 
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 
safety operations and programs pursuant to section 31110 
of title 49, United States Code, as amended by the Fixing 
America’s Surface Transportation Act or any successor 
surface transportation reauthorization Act authorizing ap-
propriations for fiscal year 2021, $379,500,000, to be de-
rived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass 
Transit Account), together with advances and reimburse-
ments received by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Ad-
ministration, the sum of which shall remain available until 
expended: Provided, That funds available for implementa-
tion, execution, or administration of motor carrier safety 
operations and programs authorized under title 49, United 
States Code, shall not exceed total obligations of 
$379,500,000 for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Operations and 
Programs’’ for fiscal year 2021, of which not less than 
$85,000,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep-
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tember 30, 2023, is for the development, modernization, 
and enhancement of information technology and informa-
tion management systems and for the continuing oper-
ation of and maintenance of such systems: Provided fur-
ther, That not less than $13,073,000, to remain available 
for obligation until September 30, 2023, is for the re-
search and technology program, of which not less than 
$3,300,000 shall be available to begin the Large Truck 
Crash Causal Factors study: Provided further, That 
$20,000,000 for carrying out activities under this heading, 
including the modernization and maintenance of border fa-
cilities, is to remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 2025. 
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, as amended by the Fixing America’s 
Surface Transportation Act or any successor surface 
transportation reauthorization Act authorizing appropria-
tions for fiscal year 2021, $506,200,000 to be derived 
from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Tran-
sit Account) to remain available until expended: Provided,
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the Secretary: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall review utilization of the assistance 
made available under the preceding proviso, at 
an interval to be determined by the Secretary, 
and unutilized voucher assistance that is no 
longer needed shall be recaptured by the Sec-
retary and reallocated pursuant to the pre-
ceding proviso: Provided further, That for any 
public housing agency administering voucher 
assistance appropriated in a prior Act under the 
family unification program, or made available 
and competitively selected under this para-
graph, that determines that it no longer has an 
identified need for such assistance upon turn-
over, such agency shall notify the Secretary, 
and the Secretary shall recapture such assist-
ance from the agency and reallocate it to any 
other public housing agency or agencies based 
on need for voucher assistance in connection 
with such specified program or eligible youths, 
as applicable; and 
(8) $250,000,000 shall be for incremental rent-
al voucher assistance under section 8(o) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 for use by indi-
viduals and families who are homeless, as defined in