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Union Calendar No. 122 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4820 
[Report No. 118–154] 
Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing 
and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2024, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 24, 2023 
Mr. COLE, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill; 
which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State 
of the Union and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for the Departments of Transpor-
tation, and Housing and Urban Development, and re-
lated agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2024, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban 
Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year end-
ing September 30, 2024, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
$176,859,000 to remain available until September 30, 
2025: Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this 
heading— 
(1) $3,569,000 shall be available for the imme-
diate Office of the Secretary; 
(2) $1,277,000 shall be available for the imme-
diate Office of the Deputy Secretary; 
(3) $28,089,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the General Counsel; 
(4) $22,769,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy, 
of which $7,300,000 is for the Office for Multimodal 
Freight Infrastructure and Policy; 
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(5) $21,026,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Pro-
grams; 
(6) $3,968,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs; 
(7) $41,399,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Assistant Secretary for Administration; 
(8) $2,093,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Public Affairs and Public Engagement; 
(9) $2,312,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Executive Secretariat; 
(10) $15,533,000 shall be available for the Of-
fice of Intelligence, Security, and Emergency Re-
sponse; 
(11) $33,195,000 shall be available for the Of-
fice of the Chief Information Officer; and 
(12) $1,629,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Tribal Government Affairs: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Transportation 
(referred to in this title as the ‘‘Secretary’’) is authorized 
to transfer funds appropriated for any office of the Office 
of the Secretary to any other office of the Office of the 
Secretary: Provided further, That no appropriation for any 
office shall be increased or decreased by more than 7 per-
cent by all such transfers: Provided further, That notice 
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of any change in funding greater than 7 percent shall be 
submitted for approval to the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That not to ex-
ceed $10,000 shall be for allocation within the Department 
for official reception and representation expenses as the 
Secretary may determine: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, there may be credited 
to this appropriation up to $2,500,000 in funds received 
in user fees. 
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses related to the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, 
$41,713,000, of which $30,259,000 shall remain available 
until expended: Provided, 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: Provided further, That any reference in law, reg-
ulation, judicial proceedings, or elsewhere to the Research 
and Innovative Technology Administration shall continue 
to be deemed to be a reference to the Office of the Assist-
ant Secretary for Research and Technology of the Depart-
ment of Transportation. 
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NATIONAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AND INNOVATIVE 
FINANCE BUREAU 
For necessary expenses of the National Surface 
Transportation and Innovative Finance Bureau as author-
ized by 49 U.S.C. 116, $10,550,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the Secretary may collect 
and spend fees, as authorized by title 23, United States 
Code, to cover the costs of services of expert firms, includ-
ing counsel, in the field of municipal and project finance 
to assist in the underwriting and servicing of Federal cred-
it instruments and all or a portion of the costs to the Fed-
eral Government of servicing such credit instruments: Pro-
vided further, That such fees are available until expended 
to pay for such costs: Provided further, That such amounts 
are in addition to other amounts made available for such 
purposes and are not subject to any obligation limitation 
or the limitation on administrative expenses under section 
608 of title 23, United States Code. 
RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT 
FINANCING PROGRAM 
The Secretary is authorized to issue direct loans and 
loan guarantees pursuant to chapter 224 of title 49, 
United States Code, and such authority shall exist as long 
as any such direct loan or loan guarantee is outstanding. 
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FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CAPITAL 
For necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing 
the Department of Transportation’s financial systems and 
re-engineering business processes, $5,000,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2025. 
CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVES 
For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, 
including necessary upgrades to network and information 
technology infrastructure, improvement of identity man-
agement and authentication capabilities, securing and pro-
tecting data, implementation of Federal cyber security ini-
tiatives, and implementation of enhanced security controls 
on agency computers and mobile devices, $49,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2025. 
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$14,800,000. 
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND 
DEVELOPMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 
planning, research, systems development, development ac-
tivities, and making grants, $25,017,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 
$8,517,000 shall be for necessary expenses of the Inter-
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agency Infrastructure Permitting Improvement Center 
(IIPIC): Provided further, That there may be transferred 
to this appropriation, to remain available until expended, 
amounts transferred from other Federal agencies for ex-
penses incurred under this heading for IIPIC activities not 
related to transportation infrastructure: Provided further, 
That the tools and analysis developed by the IIPIC shall 
be available to other Federal agencies for the permitting 
and review of major infrastructure projects not related to 
transportation only to the extent that other Federal agen-
cies provide funding to the Department in accordance with 
the preceding proviso. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for operating costs and cap-
ital outlays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed 
$522,165,000, shall be paid from appropriations made 
available to the Department of Transportation: Provided, 
That such services shall be provided on a competitive basis 
to entities within the Department of Transportation: Pro-
vided further, That the limitation in the preceding proviso 
on operating expenses shall not apply to entities external 
to the Department of Transportation or for funds pro-
vided in Public Law 117–58: Provided further, That no 
funds made available by this Act to an agency of the De-
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partment shall be transferred to the Working Capital 
Fund without majority approval of the Working Capital 
Fund Steering Committee and approval of the Secretary: 
Provided further, That no assessments may be levied 
against any program, budget activity, subactivity, or 
project funded by this Act unless notice of such assess-
ments and the basis therefor are presented to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are ap-
proved by such Committees. 
SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS UTILIZATION AND 
OUTREACH 
For necessary expenses for small and disadvantaged 
business utilization and outreach activities, $5,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2025: Provided, 
That notwithstanding section 332 of title 49, United 
States Code, such amounts may be used for business op-
portunities related to any mode of transportation: Pro-
vided further, That appropriations made available under 
this heading shall be available for any purpose consistent 
with prior year appropriations that were made available 
under the heading ‘‘Office of the Secretary—Minority 
Business Resource Center Program’’. 
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PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
In addition to funds made available from any other 
source to carry out the essential air service program under 
sections 41731 through 41742 of title 49, United States 
Code, $348,554,000, to be derived from the Airport and 
Airway Trust Fund, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That in determining between or among carriers 
competing to provide service to a community, the Sec-
retary may consider the relative subsidy requirements of 
the carriers: Provided further, That basic essential air 
service minimum requirements shall not include the 15- 
passenger capacity requirement under section 41732(b)(3) 
of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That 
amounts authorized to be distributed for the essential air 
service program under section 41742(b) of title 49, United 
States Code, shall be made available immediately from 
amounts otherwise provided to the Administrator of the 
Federal Aviation Administration: Provided further, That 
the Administrator may reimburse such amounts from fees 
credited to the account established under section 45303 
of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That, 
notwithstanding section 41733 of title 49, United States 
Code, for fiscal year 2024, the requirements established 
under subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 41731(a)(1) 
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of title 49, United States Code, and the subsidy cap estab-
lished by section 332 of the Department of Transportation 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000, shall not 
apply to maintain eligibility under section 41731 of title 
49, United States Code. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—OFFICE OF THE 
SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. None of the funds made available by this 
Act to the Department of Transportation may be obligated 
for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation to ap-
prove assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining 
to funds appropriated to the operating administrations in 
this Act, except for activities underway on the date of en-
actment of this Act, unless such assessments or agree-
ments have completed the normal reprogramming process 
for congressional notification. 
SEC. 102. The Secretary shall post on the web site 
of the Department of Transportation a schedule of all 
meetings of the Council on Credit and Finance, including 
the agenda for each meeting, and require the Council on 
Credit and Finance to record the decisions and actions 
of each meeting. 
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SEC. 103. In addition to authority provided by section 
327 of title 49, United States Code, the Department’s 
Working Capital Fund is authorized to provide partial or 
full payments in advance and accept subsequent reim-
bursements from all Federal agencies from available funds 
for transit benefit distribution services that are necessary 
to carry out the Federal transit pass transportation fringe 
benefit program under Executive Order No. 13150 and 
section 3049 of SAFETEA–LU (5 U.S.C. 7905 note): 
Provided, That the Department shall maintain a reason-
able operating reserve in the Working Capital Fund, to 
be expended in advance to provide uninterrupted transit 
benefits to Government employees: Provided further, That 
such reserve shall not exceed 1 month of benefits payable 
and may be used only for the purpose of providing for 
the continuation of transit benefits: Provided further, That 
the Working Capital Fund shall be fully reimbursed by 
each customer agency from available funds for the actual 
cost of the transit benefit. 
SEC. 104. Receipts collected in the Department’s 
Working Capital Fund, as authorized by section 327 of 
title 49, United States Code, for unused transit and van 
pool benefits, in an amount not to exceed 10 percent of 
fiscal year 2024 collections, shall be available until ex-
pended in the Department’s Working Capital Fund to pro-
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vide contractual services in support of section 189 of this 
Act: Provided, That obligations in fiscal year 2024 of such 
collections shall not exceed $1,000,000. 
SEC. 105. None of the funds in this title may be obli-
gated or expended for retention or senior executive bo-
nuses for an employee of the Department of Transpor-
tation without the prior written approval of the Assistant 
Secretary for Administration. 
SEC. 106. In addition to authority provided by section 
327 of title 49, United States Code, the Department’s Ad-
ministrative Working Capital Fund is hereby authorized 
to transfer information technology equipment, software, 
and systems from Departmental sources or other entities 
and collect and maintain a reserve at rates which will re-
turn full cost of transferred assets. 
SEC. 107. None of the funds provided in this Act to 
the Department of Transportation may be used to provide 
credit assistance unless not less than 3 days before any 
application approval to provide credit assistance under 
sections 603 and 604 of title 23, United States Code, the 
Secretary provides notification in writing to the following 
committees: the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations; the Committee on Environment and Public 
Works and the Committee on Banking, Housing and 
Urban Affairs of the Senate; and the Committee on Trans-
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portation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa-
tives: Provided, That such notification shall include, but 
not be limited to, the name of the project sponsor; a de-
scription of the project; whether credit assistance will be 
provided as a direct loan, loan guarantee, or line of credit; 
and the amount of credit assistance. 
SEC. 108. Of the unobligated balances from amounts 
made available for ‘‘Railroad Rehabilitation and Improve-
ment Financing Program’’ in title I of division L of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117– 
103), $8,948,237.30 is hereby permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 109. With respect to amounts provided under 
the heading ‘‘National Infrastructure Investments’’ in title 
VIII of division J of the Infrastructure Investment and 
Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58) for fiscal year 2024 to 
carry out section 6702 of title 49, United States Code, 
the set aside for historically disadvantaged communities 
or areas of persistent poverty under subsection (f)(2) of 
such section shall be treated as not less than 5 percent 
for fiscal year 2024. 
SEC. 109A. The Secretary of Transportation may 
transfer amounts awarded to a Federally recognized Tribe 
under a funding agreement entered into under part 29 of 
title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, from the Depart-
ment of Transportation’s Operating Administrations to 
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the Office of Tribal Government Affairs: Provided, That 
any amounts retroceded or reassumed under such part 
may be transferred back to the appropriate Operating Ad-
ministration. 
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration, not otherwise provided for, including oper-
ations and research activities related to commercial space 
transportation, administrative expenses for research and 
development, establishment of air navigation facilities, the 
operation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, 
subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold 
to the public, the lease or purchase of passenger motor 
vehicles for replacement only, $12,729,627,000, to remain 
available 
until 
September 
30, 
2025, 
of 
which 
$8,740,627,000 to be derived from the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund: Provided, That of the amounts made avail-
able under this heading— 
(1) not less than $1,745,532,000 shall be avail-
able for aviation safety activities; 
(2) $9,439,068,000 shall be available for air 
traffic organization activities; 
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(3) $47,018,000 shall be available for commer-
cial space transportation activities; 
(4) $949,376,000 shall be available for finance 
and management activities; 
(5) $70,097,000 shall be available for NextGen 
and operations planning activities; 
(6) $163,951,000 shall be available for security 
and hazardous materials safety activities; and 
(7) $314,585,000 shall be available for staff of-
fices: 
Provided further, That not to exceed 5 percent of any 
budget activity, except for aviation safety budget activity, 
may be transferred to any budget activity under this head-
ing: Provided further, That no transfer may increase or 
decrease any appropriation under this heading by more 
than 5 percent: Provided further, That any transfer in ex-
cess of 5 percent shall be treated as a reprogramming of 
funds under section 405 of this Act and shall not be avail-
able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 
with the procedures set forth in that section: Provided fur-
ther, That not later than 60 days after the submission of 
the budget request, the Administrator of the Federal Avia-
tion Administration shall transmit to Congress an annual 
update to the report submitted to Congress in December 
2004 pursuant to section 221 of the Vision 100-Century 
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of Aviation Reauthorization Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note): 
Provided further, That the amounts made available under 
this heading shall be reduced by $100,000 for each day 
after 60 days after the submission of the budget request 
that such report has not been transmitted to Congress: 
Provided further, That not later than 60 days after the 
submission of the budget request, the Administrator shall 
transmit to Congress a companion report that describes 
a comprehensive strategy for staffing, hiring, and training 
flight standards and aircraft certification staff in a format 
similar to the one utilized for the controller staffing plan, 
including stated attrition estimates and numerical hiring 
goals by fiscal year: Provided further, That the amounts 
made available under this heading shall be reduced by 
$100,000 for each day after the date that is 60 days after 
the submission of the budget request that such report has 
not been submitted to Congress: Provided further, That 
funds may be used to enter into a grant agreement with 
a nonprofit standard-setting organization to assist in the 
development of aviation safety standards: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds made available by this Act 
shall be available for new applicants for the second career 
training program: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available by this Act shall be available for the 
Federal Aviation Administration to finalize or implement 
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any regulation that would promulgate new aviation user 
fees not specifically authorized by law after the date of 
the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That there 
may be credited to this appropriation, as offsetting collec-
tions, funds received from States, counties, municipalities, 
foreign authorities, other public authorities, and private 
sources for expenses incurred in the provision of agency 
services, including receipts for the maintenance and oper-
ation of air navigation facilities, and for issuance, renewal 
or modification of certificates, including airman, aircraft, 
and repair station certificates, or for tests related thereto, 
or for processing major repair or alteration forms: Pro-
vided further, That of the amounts made available under 
this heading, not less than $194,000,000 shall be used to 
fund direct operations of the current air traffic control 
towers in the contract tower program, including the con-
tract tower cost share program, and any airport that is 
currently qualified or that will qualify for the program 
during the fiscal year: 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: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this Act or any other Act may 
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be used to eliminate the Contract Weather Observers pro-
gram at any airport. 
FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
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 Airport and Airway Trust 
Fund, $2,972,949,000, of which $617,020,000 is for per-
sonnel and related expenses and shall remain available 
until September 30, 2025; $2,330,929,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2026; and $25,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended: Provided, That there may 
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be credited to this appropriation funds received from 
States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, 
and private sources, for expenses incurred in the establish-
ment, improvement, and modernization of national air-
space systems: Provided further, That not later than 60 
days after submission of the budget request, the Secretary 
of Transportation shall transmit to the Congress an in-
vestment plan for the Federal Aviation Administration 
which includes funding for each budget line item for fiscal 
years 2025 through 2029, with total funding for each year 
of the plan constrained to the funding targets for those 
years as estimated and approved by the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget: Provided further, That section 405 of 
this Act shall apply to amounts made available under this 
heading in title VIII of the Infrastructure Investment and 
Jobs Act (division J of Public Law 117–58). 
RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
for research, engineering, and development, as authorized 
under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States 
Code, including construction of experimental facilities and 
acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant, 
$196,050,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund and to remain available until September 30, 
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2026: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro-
priation as offsetting collections, funds received from 
States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, 
and private sources, which shall be available for expenses 
incurred for research, engineering, and development: Pro-
vided further, That amounts made available under this 
heading shall be used in accordance with the Report ac-
companying this Act: Provided further, That not to exceed 
10 percent of any funding level specified under this head-
ing in the Report accompanying this Act may be trans-
ferred to any other funding level specified under this head-
ing in the Report accompanying 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 re-
programming of funds under section 405 of this Act and 
shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: 
Provided further, That any activity carried out using funds 
made available under this heading for counter-unmanned 
aerial systems research, testing, and evaluation may be 
carried out notwithstanding section 46502 of title 49, 
United States Code, or sections 32, 1030, or 1367 and 
chapters 119 and 206 of title 18 of such code. 
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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 2024, 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 less than $157,475,000 shall be available for adminis-
tration, $15,000,000 shall be available for the Airport Co-
operative Research Program, $41,801,000 shall be avail-
able for Airport Technology Research, and $10,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, shall be available and 
transferred to ‘‘Office of the Secretary, Salaries and Ex-
penses’’ to carry out the Small Community Air Service De-
velopment Program: Provided further, That in addition to 
airports eligible under section 41743 of title 49, United 
States Code, such program may include the participation 
of an airport that serves a community or consortium that 
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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, $303,921,257 to remain available 
through September 30, 2026: Provided, That amounts 
made available under this heading shall be derived from 
the general fund, and such funds shall not be subject to 
apportionment formulas, special apportionment categories, 
or minimum percentages under chapter 471 of title 49, 
United States Code: Provided further, That the sums ap-
propriated under this heading shall be made available for 
the purposes, and in amounts, specified for Community 
Project Funding in the table entitled ‘‘Community Project 
Funding’’ included in the Report accompanying this Act. 
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-
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ministration and the Center for Advanced Aviation Sys-
tems Development during fiscal year 2024. 
SEC. 111. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be used to pursue or adopt guidelines or 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. 
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. 
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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 sec-
tion 5546(a) of title 5, United States Code, to any Federal 
Aviation Administration employee unless such employee 
actually performed work during the time corresponding 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. 
SEC. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds made available under this Act or 
any prior Act may be used to implement or to continue 
to implement any limitation on the ability of any owner 
or operator of a private aircraft to obtain, upon a request 
to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion, a blocking of that owner’s or operator’s aircraft reg-
istration number, Mode S transponder code, flight identi-
fication, call sign, or similar identifying information from 
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any ground based display to the public that would allow 
the real-time or near real-time flight tracking of that air-
craft’s movements, except data made available to a Gov-
ernment agency, for the noncommercial flights of that 
owner or operator. 
SEC. 117. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be available for salaries and expenses of more 
than nine political and Presidential appointees in the Fed-
eral Aviation Administration. 
SEC. 118. 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 
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. 119. 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. 119A. None of the funds made available by or 
limited by this Act may be used to change weight restric-
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tions or prior permission rules at Teterboro airport in 
Teterboro, New Jersey. 
SEC. 119B. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Administrator of the Federal Avia-
tion Administration to withhold from consideration and 
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. 
SEC. 119C. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to open, close, redesignate as a lesser 
office, or reorganize a regional office, the aeronautical 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. 
SEC. 119D. The Federal Aviation Administration Ad-
ministrative Services Franchise Fund may be reimbursed 
after performance or paid in advance from funds available 
to the Federal Aviation Administration and other Federal 
agencies for which the Fund performs services. 
SEC. 119E. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available to the FAA may be used to carry out 
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the FAA’s obligations under section 44502(e) of title 49, 
United States Code, unless the eligible air traffic system 
or equipment to be transferred to the FAA under section 
44502(e) of title 49, United States Code, was purchased 
by the transferor airport— 
(1) during the period of time beginning on Oc-
tober 5, 2018 and ending on December 31, 2021; or 
(2) on or after January 1, 2022 for transferor 
airports located in a non-contiguous States. 
SEC. 119F. Of the funds provided under the heading 
‘‘Grants-in-aid for Airports’’, up to $3,500,000 shall be 
for 
necessary 
expenses, 
including 
an 
independent 
verification regime, to provide reimbursement to airport 
sponsors that do not provide gateway operations and pro-
viders of general aviation ground support services, or other 
aviation tenants, located at those airports closed during 
a temporary flight restriction (TFR) for any residence of 
the President that is designated or identified to be secured 
by the United States Secret Service, and for direct and 
incremental financial losses incurred while such airports 
are closed solely due to the actions of the Federal Govern-
ment: Provided, That no funds shall be obligated or dis-
tributed to airport sponsors that do not provide gateway 
operations and providers of general aviation ground sup-
port services until an independent audit is completed: Pro-
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vided further, That losses incurred as a result of violations 
of law, or through fault or negligence, of such operators 
and service providers or of third parties (including air-
ports) are not eligible for reimbursements: Provided fur-
ther, That obligation and expenditure of funds are condi-
tional upon full release of the United States Government 
for all claims for financial losses resulting from such ac-
tions. 
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Not to exceed $483,551,671 together with advances 
and reimbursements received by the Federal Highway Ad-
ministration, shall be obligated for necessary expenses for 
administration and operation of the Federal Highway Ad-
ministration: Provided, That in addition, $3,248,000 shall 
be transferred to the Appalachian Regional Commission 
in accordance with section 104(a) of title 23, United 
States Code. 
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
Funds available for the implementation or execution 
of authorized Federal-aid highway and highway safety 
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construction programs shall not exceed total obligations 
of $60,095,782,888 for fiscal year 2024: Provided, That 
the limitation on obligations under this heading shall only 
apply to contract authority authorized from the Highway 
Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), un-
less otherwise specified in law. 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For the payment of obligations incurred in carrying 
out authorized Federal-aid highway and highway safety 
construction programs, $60,834,782,888 shall be derived 
from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Tran-
sit Account), to remain available until expended. 
HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
There is hereby appropriated to the Secretary 
$1,361,627,349: Provided, That the funds made available 
under this heading shall be derived from the general fund, 
shall be in addition to any funds provided for fiscal year 
2024 in this or any other Act for: (1) ‘‘Federal-aid High-
ways’’ under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code; 
or (2) activities eligible under the Tribal Transportation 
Program under section 202 of such title, and shall not 
affect the distribution or amount of funds provided in any 
other Act: Provided further, That section 11101(e) of Pub-
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lic Law 117–58 shall apply to funds made available under 
this heading: Provided further, That amounts made avail-
able under this heading shall be available until September 
30, 2027, and shall not be subject to any limitation on 
obligations for Federal-aid highways or highway safety 
construction programs set forth in any Act making annual 
appropriations: Provided further, That of the sums made 
available under this heading— 
(1) $1,211,627,349 shall be for the purposes, 
and in the amounts, specified for Community 
Project Funding in the table entitled ‘‘Community 
Project Funding’’ included in the Report accom-
panying this Act: Provided, That, except as other-
wise provided under this heading, the funds made 
available under this paragraph shall be administered 
as if apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United 
States Code: Provided further, That funds made 
available under this paragraph that are used for 
Tribal projects shall be administered as if allocated 
under chapter 2 of title 23, United States Code, ex-
cept that the set-asides described in subparagraph 
(C) of section 202(b)(3) of title 23, United States 
Code, and subsections (a)(6), (c), and (e) of section 
202 of such title, and section 1123(h)(1) of MAP– 
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21 (as amended by Public Law 117–58), shall not 
apply to such funds; and 
(2) $150,000,000 shall be available for activi-
ties eligible under the Tribal Transportation Pro-
gram, as described in section 202 of title 23, United 
States Code: Provided, That, except as otherwise 
provided under this heading, the funds made avail-
able under this paragraph shall be administered as 
if allocated under chapter 2 of title 23, United 
States Code: Provided further, That the set-asides 
described in subparagraph (C) of section 202(b)(3) 
of title 23, United States Code, and subsections 
(a)(6), (c), (d), and (e) of section 202 of such title 
shall not apply to funds made available under this 
paragraph: Provided further, That the set-aside de-
scribed in section 1123(h)(1) of MAP–21 (as 
amended by Public Law 117–58), shall not apply to 
such funds. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2024, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall— 
(1) not distribute from the obligation limitation 
for Federal-aid highways— 
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(A) amounts authorized for administrative 
expenses and programs by section 104(a) of 
title 23, United States Code; and 
(B) amounts authorized for the Bureau of 
Transportation Statistics; 
(2) not distribute an amount from the 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 
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 
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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 
of the programs (other than programs to which 
paragraph (1) applies) that are allocated by the Sec-
retary under authorized Federal-aid highway and 
highway safety construction programs, or appor-
tioned by the Secretary under section 202 or 204 of 
title 23, United States Code, 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 
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(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— 
(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; 
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(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); 
(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 
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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 
at which the funds were initially made available for 
obligation; and 
(12) section 119 of title 23, United States Code 
(but, for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2024, 
only in an amount equal to $639,000,000). 
(c) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED OBLIGATION 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 
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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 
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- 
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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 
(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). 
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(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. 
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 
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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 
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 
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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. 
(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 
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annually to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations. 
SEC. 125. (a) Of the unallocated and unobligated bal-
ances available to the Federal Highway Administration, 
the following funds are hereby permanently cancelled, sub-
ject to subsections (b) and (c), from the following accounts 
and programs in the specified amounts: 
(1) $53,160,115 from funds available in the 
‘‘Surface Transportation Priorities’’ account (69 X 
0538); 
(2) $1,839,130 from funds available in the 
‘‘Delta Regional Transportation Development Pro-
gram’’ account (69 X 0551); 
(3) $11,814,580 from funds available in the 
‘‘Appalachian Development Highway System’’ ac-
count (69 X 0640); 
(4) $392,112 from funds available in the 
‘‘Bridge Capacity Improvements’’ account (69 X 
8057); 
(5) $30,640,110 from funds available in the 
‘‘Miscellaneous Highway Project’’ account (69 X 
8058); and 
(6) $7,063,307 from funds available in the 
‘‘Highway Projects’’ account (69 X 8382). 
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(b) No amounts may be cancelled under subsection 
(a) from any funds for which a State exercised its author-
ity under section 125 of division L of Public Law 114– 
113, section 422 of division K of Public Law 115–31, sec-
tion 126 of division L of Public Law 115–141, section 125 
of division G of Public Law 116–6, section 125 of division 
H of Public Law 116–94, section 124 of division L of Pub-
lic Law 116–260, section 124 of division L of Public Law 
117–103, or section 124 of division L of Public Law 117– 
328. 
(c) No amounts may be cancelled under subsection 
(a) from any amounts that were designated by the Con-
gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concur-
rent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 126. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to finalize, implement, ad-
minister, or enforce the proposed rule entitled ‘‘National 
Performance Management Measures; Assessing Perform-
ance of the National Highway System, Greenhouse Gas 
Emissions Measure’’ published by the Federal Highway 
Administration in the Federal Register on July 15, 2022 
(87 Fed. Reg. 42401) or successor regulation. 
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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), 
$375,000,000, 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 $375,000,000, for ‘‘Motor 
Carrier Safety Operations and Programs’’ for fiscal year 
2024, of which $14,073,000, to remain available for obli-
gation until September 30, 2026, is for the research and 
technology program, and of which not less than 
$63,098,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 2026, is for development, modernization, en-
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hancement, and continued operation and maintenance of 
information technology and information management. 
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
sections 31102, 31103, 31104, and 31313 of title 49, 
United States Code, $516,300,000, 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 
of motor carrier safety programs shall not exceed total ob-
ligations of $516,300,000 in fiscal year 2024 for ‘‘Motor 
Carrier Safety Grants’’: Provided further, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading— 
(1) $406,500,000, to remain available for obli-
gation until September 30, 2025, shall be for the 
motor carrier safety assistance program; 
(2) $43,500,000, to remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 2025, shall be for the com-
mercial driver’s license program implementation pro-
gram; 
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(3) $60,000,000, to remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 2025, shall be for the high 
priority program; 
(4) $1,300,000, to remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 2025, shall be for the com-
mercial motor vehicle operators grant program; and 
(5) $5,000,000, to remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 2025, shall be for the com-
mercial motor vehicle enforcement training and sup-
port grant program. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL MOTOR 
CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 130. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Admin-
istration shall send notice of section 385.308 of title 49, 
Code of Federal Regulations, violations by certified mail, 
registered mail, or another manner of delivery, which 
records the receipt of the notice by the persons responsible 
for the violations. 
SEC. 131. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act or any other Act may be 
used to promulgate any rule or regulation to require vehi-
cles with a gross vehicle weight of more than 26,000 
pounds operating in interstate commerce to be equipped 
with a speed limiting device set to a maximum speed. 
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SEC. 132. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act or any other Act may be 
used to require the use of inward facing cameras as a con-
dition for participation in the apprenticeship pilot program 
under section 23022 of the Infrastructure Investment and 
Jobs Act (49 U.S.C. 31315 note). 
SEC. 133. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act or any other Act may be 
used to implement a policy or regulation for the require-
ment that a motor carrier register an apprenticeship pro-
gram with the Department of Labor, including registra-
tion under part 29 of title 29, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, in order to participate in the apprenticeship pilot 
program under section 23022 of the Infrastructure Invest-
ment and Jobs Act (49 U.S.C. 31315 note). 
SEC. 134. 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 
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in section 602 of the Emergency Livestock Feed Assist-
ance Act of 1988 (7 U.S.C. 1471) or insects. 
NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of 
the Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety, 
authorized under chapter 301 and part C of subtitle VI 
of title 49, United States Code, $260,000,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2025. 
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, $201,200,000, 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 
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which, in fiscal year 2024, are in excess of $201,200,000: 
Provided further, That of the sums appropriated under 
this heading— 
(1) $194,000,000 shall be for programs author-
ized under section 403 of title 23, United States 
Code, including behavioral research on Automated 
Driving Systems and Advanced Driver Assistance 
Systems and improving consumer responses to safety 
recalls, and section 25024 of the Infrastructure In-
vestment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58); and 
(2) $7,200,000 shall be for the National Driver 
Register authorized under chapter 303 of title 49, 
United States Code: 
Provided further, That within the $201,200,000 obligation 
limitation for operations and research, $57,500,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2025, 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 
Systems and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems and im-
proving consumer responses to safety recalls are in addi-
tion to any other funds provided for those purposes for 
fiscal year 2024 in this Act. 
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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, $813,300,800, to be derived from 
the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 
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 2024 
are in excess of $813,300,800 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) $378,400,000 shall be for ‘‘Highway Safety 
Programs’’ under section 402 of title 23, United 
States Code; 
(2) $353,500,000 shall be for ‘‘National Pri-
ority Safety Programs’’ under section 405 of title 
23, United States Code; 
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(3) $40,300,000 shall be for the ‘‘High Visi-
bility Enforcement Program’’ under section 404 of 
title 23, United States Code; and 
(4) $41,100,800 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 
Priority Safety Programs’’ under section 405 of title 23, 
United States Code, for ‘‘Impaired Driving Counter-
measures’’ (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)(8) of title 23, United 
States Code, any amounts transferred to increase the 
amounts made available under section 402 shall include 
the obligation authority for such amounts: Provided fur-
ther, That the Administrator 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)(8) of title 23, United States Code, 
within 5 days. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—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. 
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 
SAFETY AND OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Ad-
ministration, not otherwise provided for, $273,458,000, of 
which $25,000,000 shall remain available until expended. 
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for railroad research and de-
velopment, $44,000,000, 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. 
CONSOLIDATED RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY 
IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses related to Consolidated Rail 
Infrastructure and Safety Improvements grants, as au-
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thorized by section 22907 of title 49, United States Code, 
$258,464,439 to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading in this Act, $28,864,439 shall be made available 
for the purposes, and in amounts, specified for Community 
Project Funding in the table entitled ‘‘Community Project 
Funding’’ included in the Report accompanying this Act: 
Provided further, That amounts made available for Com-
munity Project Funding under this heading in this Act 
shall be available for railroad project planning activities 
of projects otherwise eligible under 22907(c): Provided 
further, That requirements under subsections (g) and (l) 
of section 22907 of title 49, United States Code, shall not 
apply to the amounts made available under this heading 
in this Act for Community Project Funding: Provided fur-
ther, That for amounts made available under this heading 
in this Act, eligible recipients under section 22907(b)(7) 
of title 49, United States Code, shall include any holding 
company of a Class II railroad or Class III railroad (as 
those terms are defined in section 20102 of title 49, 
United States Code): Provided further, That the Secretary 
may withhold up to 2 percent of the amounts made avail-
able 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), $99,231,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 
Secretary may retain up to one-half of one 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). 
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 division B of the Infrastruc-
ture Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58), 
$776,376,000, to remain available until expended. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
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, 
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 
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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 2023 and the three 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 2023 and for the three 
prior calendar years. 
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. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available under this Act or any other Act may 
be provided to the State of California for a high-speed rail 
corridor development project that is the same or substan-
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tially similar to the project that is the subject of Coopera-
tive Agreement No. FR-HSR-0118-12-01-01 entered into 
between the California High-Speed Rail Authority and the 
Federal Railroad Administration. 
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 ac-
count, 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, as amended by the Infrastructure Investment 
and Jobs Act, section 20005(b) of Public Law 112–141, 
and section 3006(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface 
Transportation Act, $13,990,000,000, to be derived from 
the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund 
and to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
funds available for the implementation or execution of pro-
grams authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 
5311, 5312, 5314, 5318, 5329(e)(6), 5334, 5335, 5337, 
5339, and 5340, as amended by the Infrastructure Invest-
ment and Jobs Act, section 20005(b) of Public Law 112– 
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141, and section 3006(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface 
Transportation Act, shall not exceed total obligations of 
$13,990,000,000 in fiscal year 2024. 
TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS 
For an additional amount for Community Project 
Funding for projects and activities eligible under chapter 
53 of such title, $130,828,124, to remain available until 
expended, for the purposes, and in amounts, specified for 
Community Project Funding in the table entitled ‘‘Com-
munity Project Funding’’ included in the Report accom-
panying this Act: Provided, That unless otherwise speci-
fied, applicable 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 administra-
tion of similar projects funded under chapter 53 of title 
49, United States Code: Provided further, That amounts 
made available under this heading in this Act shall be de-
rived from the general fund: Provided further, That 
amounts made available under this heading in this Act 
shall not be subject to any limitation on obligations for 
transit programs set forth in this or any other Act. 
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TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 5314 of 
title 49, United States Code, $8,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2025, of which $500,000 shall 
be for the purpose of providing technical assistance and 
resources to Federally Recognized Tribes through the Na-
tional Rural Transportation Assistance Program author-
ized under 5311(b)(3)(C) of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided, That the assistance provided under this heading 
does not duplicate the activities of 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 
further, 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 
For necessary expenses to carry out fixed guideway 
capital investment grants under section 5309 of title 49, 
United States Code, and section 3005(b) of the Fixing 
America’s Surface Transportation Act (Public Law 114– 
94), $392,204,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $388,281,960 shall be available for projects author-
ized under section 5309(d) of title 49, United States Code. 
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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-
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 
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 
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heading ‘‘Capital Investment Grants’’ of the Federal 
Transit Administration for projects specified in this Act 
not obligated by September 30, 2027, and other recov-
eries, shall be directed to projects eligible to use the funds 
for the purposes for which they were originally provided. 
SEC. 162. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, any funds appropriated before October 1, 2023, under 
any section of chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, 
that 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)). 
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, $40,288,000, 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 $16,300,000 shall 
be for the seaway infrastructure program. 
MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
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, $318,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of the unobli-
gated balances from prior year appropriations available 
under this heading, $6,000,000 are hereby permanently 
rescinded. 
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CABLE SECURITY FLEET 
For the cable security fleet program, as authorized 
under chapter 532 of title 46, United States Code, 
$10,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
TANKER SECURITY PROGRAM 
For Tanker Security Fleet payments, as authorized 
under section 53406 of title 46, United States Code, 
$60,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That funds appropriated for the Tanker Security 
Fleet Program in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2022 (P.L. 117–103) shall be available as authorized 
under section 53406 of title 46, United States Code, and 
for the Secretary to timely reimburse each program partic-
ipant up to $2,500,000 for each of its vessels covered by 
an operating agreement under section 53403 of title 46, 
United States Code, for verifiable training and other costs 
incurred to ensure that mariners on such vessels are fully 
qualified to meet the specialized requirements to serve on 
product tank vessels. 
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses of operations and training ac-
tivities authorized by law, $210,181,000: Provided, That 
of the sums appropriated under this heading— 
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(1) $89,507,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2025, for the operations of the 
United States Merchant Marine Academy; 
(2) $11,900,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended, for facilities maintenance and repair, and 
equipment, at the United States Merchant Marine 
Academy; 
(3) $31,921,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended, for capital improvements at the United 
States Merchant Marine Academy; 
(4) $6,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025, for the Maritime Environmental 
and Technical Assistance program authorized under 
section 50307 of title 46, United States Code; and 
(5) $10,000,000 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 
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available balances under this heading for the Short Sea 
Transportation Program or America’s Marine Highway 
Program (now known as the United States Marine High-
way Program) from prior year recoveries shall be available 
to carry out activities authorized under section 55601 of 
title 46, United States Code. 
STATE MARITIME ACADEMY OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of operations, support, and 
training 
activities 
for 
State 
Maritime 
Academies, 
$56,400,000: Provided, That of the sums appropriated 
under this heading— 
(1) $22,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended, for maintenance, repair, and life extension 
of training ships at the State Maritime Academies; 
(2) $19,200,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended, for the National Security Multi-Mission Ves-
sel Program, including funds for construction, plan-
ning, administration, and design of school ships and, 
as determined by the Secretary, necessary expenses 
to design, plan, construct infrastructure, and pur-
chase equipment necessary to berth such ships; 
(3) $2,400,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2028, for the Student Incentive Pro-
gram; 
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(4) $6,800,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended, for training ship fuel assistance; and 
(5) $6,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025, for direct payments for State Mar-
itime Academies: 
Provided further, That the Administrator of the Maritime 
Administration may use the funds made available under 
paragraph (2) and the funds provided for shoreside infra-
structure improvements in Public Law 117–103 for the 
purposes described in paragraph (2): Provided further, 
That such funds may be used to reimburse State Maritime 
Academies for costs incurred prior to the date of enact-
ment of this Act: Provided further, That such funds shall 
be available for reimbursement only for those costs in-
curred in compliance with all applicable Federal law, in-
cluding the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and the National Historic Pres-
ervation Act (54 U.S.C. 300101 et seq.). 
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 
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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, $3,000,000, 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 54301 of title 46, United States Code, 
$69,727,566 to remain available until expended, for the 
purposes, and in the amounts, specified for Community 
Project Funding in the table entitled ‘‘Community Project 
Funding’’ included in the Report accompanying this Act. 
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-
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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 
occupancy for items other than such utilities, services, or 
repairs shall be deposited into the Treasury as miscella-
neous receipts. 
SEC. 171. In addition to amounts otherwise made 
available by this or any other Act, there is hereby appro-
priated $6,000,000, to remain available until expended, to 
carry out section 3546 of Public Law 117–263, Recapital-
ization of National Defense Reserve Fleet. 
PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONAL EXPENSES 
For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline 
and 
Hazardous 
Materials 
Safety 
Administration, 
$31,681,000, of which $4,500,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2026. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous 
materials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous 
Materials Safety Administration, $80,874,000; of which 
$14,070,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2026, of which $1,000,000 shall be made available for car-
rying out section 5107(i) of title 49, United States Code: 
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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), $197,441,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2026, of which $30,000,000 shall be de-
rived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which 
$160,041,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety 
Fund; of which $400,000 shall be derived from the fees 
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 
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facilities; and of which $7,000,000 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: Provided 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 transactions agreements 
(‘‘OTAs’’) shall require written notification to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than 
3 full business days before such research contracts, grants, 
cooperative agreements, or research OTAs are announced 
by the Department of Transportation. 
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, 
2026, 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-
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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 section 404 of title 
5, United States Code, as amended, $121,001,000: Pro-
vided, That the Inspector General shall have all necessary 
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authority, in carrying out the duties specified in the In-
spector General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.), to in-
vestigate 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 
Transportation: Provided further, That the Inspector Gen-
eral shall have independent authority over all personnel 
issues within this office. 
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. 
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(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 
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. 
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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 
to the Department of Transportation may be used to make 
a loan, loan guarantee, line of credit, letter of intent, fed-
erally funded cooperative agreement, full funding grant 
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 
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any project competitively selected to receive any discre-
tionary grant award, letter of intent, loan commitment, 
loan guarantee commitment, line of credit commitment, 
federally funded cooperative agreement, or full funding 
grant agreement is announced by the Department or its 
operating 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. 
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-
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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. 
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. 
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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: 
(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 
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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 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. 192. None of the funds made available in this 
Act or any other Act may be used to require information, 
criteria, reporting requirements, or submissions with re-
spect to any grant program of the Department of Trans-
portation in accordance with an equity action plan, includ-
ing the Equity Action Plan of the Department of Trans-
portation published in January 2022. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans-
portation Appropriations Act, 2024’’. 
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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-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, 
$18,699,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2025: Provided, That not to exceed $25,000 of the amount 
made available under this heading shall be available to the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (referred 
to in this title as ‘‘the Secretary’’) for official reception 
and representation expenses as the Secretary may deter-
mine. 
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Administra-
tive Support Offices, $664,287,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2025: Provided, That of the sums ap-
propriated under this heading— 
(1) $90,380,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Chief Financial Officer; 
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(2) $125,833,000 shall be available for the Of-
fice of the General Counsel, of which not less than 
$20,300,000 shall be for the Departmental Enforce-
ment Center; 
(3) $226,682,000 shall be available for the Of-
fice of Administration, of which not less than 
$4,680,000 may be for modernization and deferred 
maintenance of the Weaver Building; 
(4) $51,743,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Chief Human Capital Officer; 
(5) $28,137,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Chief Procurement Officer; 
(6) $66,130,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Field Policy and Management; 
(7) $4,630,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Departmental Equal Employment Opportunity; 
and 
(8) $70,752,000 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. 
PROGRAM OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Program Of-
fices, $1,062,065,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2025: Provided, That of the sums appropriated under 
this heading— 
(1) $280,117,000 shall be available for the Of-
fice of Public and Indian Housing; 
(2) $164,507,000 shall be available for the Of-
fice of Community Planning and Development; 
(3) $468,286,000 shall be available for the Of-
fice of Housing, of which not less than $13,300,000 
shall be for the Office of Recapitalization; 
(4) $39,884,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Policy Development and Research; 
(5) $98,081,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity; and 
(6) $11,190,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes. 
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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 
information technology end-user devices and wireless sup-
port, printing, records management, space renovation, fur-
niture, or supply services the Secretary has determined 
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 
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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 title ‘‘the Act’’), not otherwise provided 
for, $27,131,600,000 to remain available until expended, 
which shall be available on October 1, 2023 (in addition 
to the $4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this 
heading that shall be available on October 1, 2023), and 
$4,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, which 
shall be available on October 1, 2024: Provided, That of 
the sums appropriated under this heading— 
(1) $27,374,554,000 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), 
including renewal of other special purpose incre-
mental vouchers: Provided, That notwithstanding 
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any other provision of law, from amounts provided 
under this paragraph and any carryover, the Sec-
retary for the calendar year 2024 funding cycle shall 
provide renewal funding for each public housing 
agency based on validated voucher management sys-
tem (VMS) leasing and cost data for the prior cal-
endar year and by applying an inflation factor as es-
tablished by the Secretary, by notice published in 
the Federal Register, and by making any necessary 
adjustments for the costs associated with the first- 
time renewal of vouchers under this paragraph in-
cluding tenant protection and Choice Neighborhoods 
vouchers: Provided further, That none of the funds 
provided under this paragraph may be used to fund 
a total number of unit months under lease which ex-
ceeds a public housing agency’s authorized level of 
units under contract, except for public housing agen-
cies participating in the Moving to Work (MTW) 
demonstration, which are instead governed in ac-
cordance with the requirements of the MTW dem-
onstration program or their MTW agreements, if 
any: 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 
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housing agency’s allocation otherwise established 
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, 2024: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may extend the notifica-
tion period with the prior written approval of the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided further, That public housing agencies par-
ticipating in the MTW demonstration shall be fund-
ed in accordance with the requirements of the MTW 
demonstration 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 offset public hous-
ing agencies’ calendar year 2024 allocations based 
on the excess amounts of public housing agencies’ 
net restricted assets accounts, including HUD-held 
programmatic reserves (in accordance with VMS 
data in calendar year 2023 that is verifiable and 
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complete), as determined by the Secretary: Provided 
further, That public housing agencies participating 
in the MTW demonstration shall also be subject to 
the offset, as determined by the Secretary, excluding 
amounts subject to the single fund budget authority 
provisions of their MTW agreements, from the agen-
cies’ calendar year 2024 MTW funding allocation: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall use any 
offset referred to in the preceding two provisos 
throughout the calendar year to prevent the termi-
nation of rental assistance for families as the result 
of insufficient funding, as determined by the Sec-
retary, and to avoid or reduce the proration of re-
newal funding allocations: Provided further, That up 
to $100,000,000 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-
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 
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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; 
(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 
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(iii) are not participating in the Mov-
ing to Work 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; 
and 
(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.): 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall allocate 
amounts under the preceding proviso based on need, 
as determined by the Secretary; 
(2) $337,000,000 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 
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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-
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, 
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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 
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 
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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; 
(3) $2,734,046,000 shall be available for ad-
ministrative and other expenses of public housing 
agencies in administering the section 8 tenant-based 
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 $2,704,046,000 of the 
amount provided in this paragraph shall be allocated 
to public housing agencies for the calendar year 
2024 funding cycle based on section 8(q) of the Act 
(and related appropriation 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 
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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, 
remaining from funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development under this 
heading from prior fiscal years, excluding special 
purpose vouchers, notwithstanding the purposes for 
which such amounts were appropriated: Provided 
further, That all public housing agencies partici-
pating 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 per-
centage decrease as under the preceding proviso: 
Provided further, That amounts provided under this 
paragraph shall be only for activities related to the 
provision of tenant-based rental assistance author-
ized under section 8, including related development 
activities; 
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(4) $686,000,000 shall be available for the re-
newal of tenant-based assistance contracts under 
section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af-
fordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), including 
necessary administrative expenses: Provided, That 
administrative and other expenses of public housing 
agencies in administering the special purpose vouch-
ers in this paragraph shall be funded under the 
same terms and be subject to the same pro rata re-
duction as the percent decrease for administrative 
and other expenses to public housing agencies under 
paragraph (3) of this heading: Provided further, 
That up to $10,000,000 shall be available only— 
(A) for adjustments in the allocation for 
public housing agencies, after applications for 
an adjustment by a public housing agency that 
experienced a significant increase, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, in Mainstream renewal 
costs resulting from unforeseen circumstances; 
and 
(B) for public housing agencies that de-
spite taking reasonable cost savings measures, 
as determined by the Secretary, would other-
wise be required to terminate the rental assist-
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ance for Mainstream families as a result of in-
sufficient funding: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall allocate 
amounts under the preceding proviso based on need, 
as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, 
That upon turnover, section 811 special purpose 
vouchers funded under this heading in this or prior 
Acts, or under any other heading in prior Acts, shall 
be provided to non-elderly persons with disabilities; 
(5) Of the amounts provided under paragraph 
(1), up to $5,000,000 shall be available for rental 
assistance and associated administrative fees for 
Tribal HUD–VASH to serve Native American vet-
erans that are homeless or at-risk of homelessness 
living on or near a reservation or other Indian areas: 
Provided, That such amount shall be made available 
for renewal grants to recipients that received assist-
ance under prior Acts under the Tribal HUD–VASH 
program: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
be authorized to specify criteria for renewal grants, 
including data on the utilization of assistance re-
ported by grant recipients: Provided further, That 
such assistance shall be administered in accordance 
with program requirements under the Native Amer-
ican Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act 
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of 1996 and modeled after the HUD–VASH pro-
gram: Provided further, That the Secretary shall be 
authorized to waive, or specify alternative require-
ments for any provision of any statute or regulation 
that the Secretary administers in connection with 
the use of funds made available under this para-
graph (except for requirements related to fair hous-
ing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the en-
vironment), upon a finding by the Secretary that 
any such waivers or alternative requirements are 
necessary for the effective delivery and administra-
tion of such assistance: Provided further, That grant 
recipients shall report to the Secretary on utilization 
of such rental assistance and other program data, as 
prescribed by the Secretary: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may reallocate, as determined by the 
Secretary, amounts returned or recaptured from 
awards under the Tribal HUD–VASH program 
under prior Acts to existing recipients under the 
Tribal HUD–VASH program; and 
(6) The Secretary shall separately track all spe-
cial purpose vouchers funded under this heading. 
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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 2024 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 
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 2024 payments to public housing agencies for the 
operation and management of public housing, as author-
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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)), $8,363,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2027: Provided, That of the sums ap-
propriated under this heading— 
(1) $5,103,000,000 shall be available for the 
Secretary to allocate pursuant to the Operating 
Fund formula at part 990 of title 24, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations, for 2024 payments; 
(2) $25,000,000 shall be available for the Sec-
retary to allocate pursuant to a need-based applica-
tion process notwithstanding section 203 of this title 
and not subject to such Operating Fund formula to 
public housing agencies that experience, or are at 
risk of, financial shortfalls, as determined by the 
Secretary: Provided, That after all such shortfall 
needs are met, the Secretary may distribute any re-
maining funds to all public housing agencies on a 
pro-rata basis pursuant to such Operating Fund for-
mula; 
(3) $3,180,000,000 shall be available for the 
Secretary to allocate pursuant to the Capital Fund 
formula at section 905.400 of title 24, Code of Fed-
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eral Regulations: Provided, That for funds provided 
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-
retary shall provide bonus awards in fiscal year 
2024 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) $40,000,000 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-
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100 
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 2024: Provided, That 
of the amount made available under this paragraph, 
not less than $20,000,000 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, 2025, for emergency capital 
needs have been processed, shall be allocated to pub-
lic housing agencies for such safety and security 
measures; and 
(5) $15,000,000 shall be available to support 
the costs of administrative and judicial receiverships 
and for competitive grants to PHAs in receivership, 
designated troubled or substandard, or otherwise at 
risk, as determined by the Secretary, for costs asso-
ciated with public housing asset improvement, in ad-
dition to other amounts for that purpose provided 
under any heading under this title: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law or regulation, during fiscal year 
2024, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
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101 
ment may not delegate to any Department official 
other than the Deputy Secretary and the Assistant 
Secretary for Public and Indian Housing any au-
thority under paragraph (2) of section 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. 
OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND RISK 
ASSESSMENTS 
For the Department’s inspection and assessment pro-
grams, including travel, training, and program support 
contracts, $51,000,000 to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2027: Provided, That unobligated balances, in-
cluding recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds 
appropriated under the heading ‘‘Public Housing Fund’’ 
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 appropriated. 
SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAMS 
For activities and assistance related to Self-Suffi-
ciency Programs, to remain available until September 30, 
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102 
2027, $175,000,000: Provided, That of the sums appro-
priated under this heading— 
(1) $125,000,000 shall be available for the 
Family 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; 
(2) $35,000,000 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 
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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) $15,000,000 shall be available for a Jobs- 
Plus Initiative, modeled after the Jobs-Plus dem-
onstration: Provided, That funding provided under 
this paragraph shall be available for competitive 
grants to partnerships between public housing au-
thorities, local workforce investment boards estab-
lished under section 107 of the Workforce Innova-
tion and Opportunity Act of 2014 (29 U.S.C. 3122), 
and other agencies and organizations that provide 
support to help public housing residents obtain em-
ployment and increase earnings: Provided further, 
That applicants must demonstrate the ability to pro-
vide services to residents, partner with workforce in-
vestment boards, and leverage service dollars: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary may allow public 
housing agencies to request exemptions from rent 
and income limitation requirements under sections 3 
and 6 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
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U.S.C. 1437a, 1437d), as necessary to implement 
the Jobs-Plus program, on such terms and condi-
tions as the Secretary may approve upon a finding 
by the Secretary that any such waivers or alternative 
requirements are necessary for the effective imple-
mentation of the Jobs-Plus Initiative as a voluntary 
program for residents: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall publish by notice in the Federal Reg-
ister any waivers or alternative requirements pursu-
ant to 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 
related training and technical assistance, $1,344,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2028: Provided, 
That of the sums appropriated under this heading— 
(1) $1,110,000,000 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 
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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-
tion not later than 60 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act; 
(2) $150,000,000 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 
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(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 
(6) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development. 
(e) RESEARCH REPORT.—The Secretary shall con-
duct an evaluation of the transfer authority under this sec-
tion, including the effect of such transfers on the oper-
ational efficiency, contract rents, physical and financial 
conditions, and long-term preservation of the affected 
properties. 
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