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Provided further, That the Secretary may withhold up to 
2 percent of the amounts made available under this head-
ing for the costs of award and project management over-
sight of grants carried out under section 22907 of title 
49, United States Code. 
MAGNETIC LEVITATION TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT 
PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses related to the deployment of 
magnetic levitation transportation projects, consistent 
with language in subsections (a) through (c) of section 
1307 of SAFETEA–LU (Public Law 109–59), as amend-
ed by section 102 of the SAFETEA–LU Technical Correc-
tions Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–244) (23 U.S.C. 322 
note), $5,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
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 11101(a) of the Fixing America’s Sur-
face Transportation Act (division A of Public Law 114– 
94), $1,200,000,000 (reduced by $5,000,000) (increased 
by $5,000,000), to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary may retain up to one-half of 
1 percent of the amounts made available under both this 
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heading and the ‘‘National Network Grants to the Na-
tional Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ heading to fund 
the costs of project management and oversight of activities 
authorized by section 11101(c) of the Fixing America’s 
Surface Transportation Act (division A of Public Law 
114–94): Provided further, That in addition to the project 
management oversight funds authorized under section 
11101(c) of such Act, the Secretary may retain up to an 
additional $6,000,000 of the amounts made available 
under this heading to fund expenses associated with the 
Northeast Corridor Commission established under section 
24905 of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, 
That of the amounts made available under this heading 
and the ‘‘National Network Grants to the National Rail-
road Passenger Corporation’’ heading, not less than 
$75,000,000 shall be made available to bring Amtrak- 
served facilities and stations into compliance with the 
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 
et seq.). 
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 11101(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface 
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Transportation Act (division A of Public Law 114–94), 
$1,500,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary may retain up to an additional 
$3,000,000 of the amounts made available under this 
heading to fund expenses associated with the State-Sup-
ported Route Committee established under section 24712 
of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That 
none of the funds made available under this heading shall 
be used by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation 
to give notice under subsection (a) or (b) of section 24706 
of title 49, United States Code, with respect to long-dis-
tance routes (as defined in section 24102 of title 49, 
United States Code) on which the National Railroad Pas-
senger Corporation is the sole operator on a host railroad’s 
line and a positive train control system is not required by 
law or regulation, or, except in an emergency or during 
maintenance or construction outages impacting such 
routes, to otherwise discontinue, reduce the frequency of, 
suspend, or substantially alter the route of rail service on 
any portion of such route operated in fiscal year 2018, 
including implementation of service permitted by section 
24305(a)(3)(A) of title 49, United States Code, in lieu of 
rail service. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 150. None of the funds made available to the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation may be used to 
fund any overtime costs in excess of $35,000 for any indi-
vidual employee: Provided, That the President of Amtrak 
may waive the cap set in the preceding proviso for specific 
employees when the President of Amtrak determines such 
a cap poses a risk to the safety and operational efficiency 
of the system: Provided further, That the President of Am-
trak shall report to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations no later than 60 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, a summary of all overtime payments 
incurred by Amtrak for 2021 and the 3 prior calendar 
years: Provided further, That such summary shall include 
the total number of employees that received waivers and 
the total overtime payments Amtrak paid to employees re-
ceiving waivers for each month for 2021 and for the 3 
prior calendar years. 
SEC. 151. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the National Railroad Passenger Cor-
poration in contravention of the Worker Adjustment and 
Retraining Notification Act (29 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.). 
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SEC. 152. The amounts made available to the Sec-
retary or to the Federal Railroad Administration for the 
costs of award and project management oversight of 
grants which are administered by the Federal Railroad 
Administration, in this and prior Acts, may be merged to 
support activities relating to award and project manage-
ment oversight of grants administered by the Federal 
Railroad Administration, in the same manner as appro-
priated for in this and prior Acts: Provided, That this sec-
tion shall not apply to the amounts made available under 
the headings ‘‘Northeast Corridor Grants to the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ and ‘‘National Network 
Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ 
in this and prior Acts: Provided further, That this section 
shall not apply to amounts that were previously designated 
by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant 
to a concurrent resolution on the budget or section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 153. Of the unobligated balances of funds re-
maining from— 
(1) ‘‘Railroad Safety Grants’’ accounts totaling 
$1,715,414.34 appropriated by the following public 
laws are hereby permanently rescinded: 
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