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shall remain available until expended to invest in the Social Secu-
rity Administration information technology and telecommunications 
hardware and software infrastructure, including related equipment 
and non-payroll administrative expenses associated solely with this 
information technology and telecommunications infrastructure, 
except unobligated balances of funds described in the first proviso 
of this paragraph at the end of fiscal year 2026 not needed for 
fiscal year 2026 shall remain available until expended to invest 
in the Social Security Advisory Board information technology: Pro-
vided further, That the Commissioner of Social Security shall notify 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate prior to making unobligated balances available 
under the authority in the previous proviso: Provided further, That 
reimbursement to the trust funds under this heading for expendi-
tures for official time for employees of the Social Security Adminis-
tration pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 7131, and for facilities or support 
services for labor organizations pursuant to policies, regulations, 
or procedures referred to in section 7135(b) of such title shall 
be made by the Secretary of the Treasury, with interest, from 
amounts in the general fund not otherwise appropriated, as soon 
as possible after such expenditures are made. 
From funds provided under the first paragraph under this 
heading, not more than $2,397,000,000, to remain available through 
March 31, 2027, is for the costs associated with continuing disability 
reviews under titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act, including 
work-related continuing disability reviews to determine whether 
earnings derived from services demonstrate an individual’s ability 
to engage in substantial gainful activity, for the cost associated 
with conducting redeterminations of eligibility under title XVI of 
the Social Security Act, for the cost of co-operative disability inves-
tigation units, and for the cost associated with the prosecution 
of fraud in the programs and operations of the Social Security 
Administration by Special Assistant United States Attorneys: Pro-
vided, That, of such amount, $273,000,000 is provided to meet 
the terms of a concurrent resolution on the budget and 
$2,124,000,000 is additional new budget authority specified for pur-
poses of a concurrent resolution on the budget: Provided further, 
That, of the additional new budget authority described in the pre-
ceding proviso, up to $24,600,000 may be transferred to the ‘‘Office 
of Inspector General’’, Social Security Administration, for the cost 
of jointly operated co-operative disability investigation units: Pro-
vided further, That such transfer authority is in addition to any 
other transfer authority provided by law: Provided further, That 
the Commissioner shall provide to the Congress (at the conclusion 
of the fiscal year) a report on the obligation and expenditure of 
these funds, similar to the reports that were required by section 
103(d)(2) of Public Law 104–121 for fiscal years 1996 through 
2002: Provided further, That none of the funds described in this 
paragraph shall be available for transfer or reprogramming except 
as specified in this paragraph. 
In addition, $170,000,000 to be derived from administration 
fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary payment collected pursu-
ant to section 1616(d) of the Social Security Act or section 212(b)(3) 
of Public Law 93–66, which shall remain available until expended: 
Provided, That to the extent that the amounts collected pursuant 
to such sections in fiscal year 2026 exceed $170,000,000, the
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amounts shall be available in fiscal year 2027 only to the extent 
provided in advance in appropriations Acts. 
In addition, up to $1,000,000 to be derived from fees collected 
pursuant to section 303(c) of the Social Security Protection Act, 
which shall remain available until expended. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General 
in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 
1978, $32,000,000, together with not to exceed $82,665,000, to be 
transferred and expended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of 
the Social Security Act from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors 
Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust 
Fund: Provided, That $2,000,000 shall remain available until 
expended for information technology modernization, including 
related hardware and software infrastructure and equipment, and 
for administrative expenses directly associated with information 
technology modernization. 
In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the total 
provided in this appropriation may be transferred from the ‘‘Limita-
tion on Administrative Expenses’’, Social Security Administration, 
to be merged with this account, to be available for the time and 
purposes for which this account is available: Provided, That notice 
of such transfers shall be transmitted promptly to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.
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TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 501. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Serv-
ices, and Education are authorized to transfer unexpended balances 
of prior appropriations to accounts corresponding to current appro-
priations provided in this Act. Such transferred balances shall 
be used for the same purpose, and for the same periods of time, 
for which they were originally appropriated. 
SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year 
unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 503. (a) No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of Public Law 111– 
148 shall be used, other than for normal and recognized executive- 
legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, for 
the preparation, distribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, 
publication, electronic communication, radio, television, or video 
presentation designed to support or defeat the enactment of legisla-
tion before the Congress or any State or local legislature or legisla-
tive body, except in presentation to the Congress or any State 
or local legislature itself, or designed to support or defeat any 
proposed or pending regulation, administrative action, or order 
issued by the executive branch of any State or local government, 
except in presentation to the executive branch of any State or 
local government itself. 
(b) No part of any appropriation contained in this Act or trans-
ferred pursuant to section 4002 of Public Law 111–148 shall be 
used to pay the salary or expenses of any grant or contract recipient, 
or agent acting for such recipient, related to any activity designed 
to influence the enactment of legislation, appropriations, regulation, 
administrative action, or Executive order proposed or pending before 
the Congress or any State government, State legislature or local 
legislature or legislative body, other than for normal and recognized 
executive-legislative relationships or participation by an agency or 
officer of a State, local or Tribal government in policymaking and 
administrative processes within the executive branch of that govern-
ment. 
(c) The prohibitions in subsections (a) and (b) shall include 
any activity to advocate or promote any proposed, pending or future 
Federal, State or local tax increase, or any proposed, pending, 
or future requirement or restriction on any legal consumer product, 
including its sale or marketing, including but not limited to the 
advocacy or promotion of gun control. 
SEC. 504. The Secretaries of Labor and Education are author-
ized to make available not to exceed $28,000 and $20,000, respec-
tively, from funds available for salaries and expenses under titles 
I and III, respectively, for official reception and representation 
expenses; the Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation 
Service is authorized to make available for official reception and 
representation expenses not to exceed $5,000 from the funds avail-
able for ‘‘Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, Salaries and 
Expenses’’; and the Chairman of the National Mediation Board
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is authorized to make available for official reception and representa-
tion expenses not to exceed $5,000 from funds available for 
‘‘National Mediation Board, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
SEC. 505. When issuing statements, press releases, requests 
for proposals, bid solicitations and other documents describing 
projects or programs funded in whole or in part with Federal 
money, all grantees receiving Federal funds included in this Act, 
including but not limited to State and local governments and recipi-
ents of Federal research grants, shall clearly state— 
(1) the percentage of the total costs of the program or 
project which will be financed with Federal money; 
(2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the project 
or program; and 
(3) percentage and dollar amount of the total costs of the 
project or program that will be financed by non-governmental 
sources. 
SEC. 506. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and 
none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are appropriated 
in this Act, shall be expended for any abortion. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and none of 
the funds in any trust fund to which funds are appropriated in 
this Act, shall be expended for health benefits coverage that includes 
coverage of abortion. 
(c) The term ‘‘health benefits coverage’’ means the package 
of services covered by a managed care provider or organization 
pursuant to a contract or other arrangement. 
SEC. 507. (a) The limitations established in the preceding sec-
tion shall not apply to an abortion— 
(1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or 
incest; or 
(2) in the case where a woman suffers from a physical 
disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, including a life- 
endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the 
pregnancy itself, that would, as certified by a physician, place 
the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is performed. 
(b) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as 
prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, entity, or private 
person of State, local, or private funds (other than a State’s or 
locality’s contribution of Medicaid matching funds). 
(c) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as 
restricting the ability of any managed care provider from offering 
abortion coverage or the ability of a State or locality to contract 
separately with such a provider for such coverage with State funds 
(other than a State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid matching 
funds). 
(d)(1) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
made available to a Federal agency or program, or to a State 
or local government, if such agency, program, or government sub-
jects any institutional or individual health care entity to discrimina-
tion on the basis that the health care entity does not provide, 
pay for, provide coverage of, or refer for abortions. 
(2) In this subsection, the term ‘‘health care entity’’ includes 
an individual physician or other health care professional, a hospital, 
a provider-sponsored organization, a health maintenance organiza-
tion, a health insurance plan, or any other kind of health care 
facility, organization, or plan.
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SEC. 508. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used for— 
(1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos for research 
purposes; or 
(2) research in which a human embryo or embryos are 
destroyed, discarded, or knowingly subjected to risk of injury 
or death greater than that allowed for research on fetuses 
in utero under 45 CFR 46.204(b) and section 498(b) of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)). 
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘human embryo 
or embryos’’ includes any organism, not protected as a human 
subject under 45 CFR 46 as of the date of the enactment of this 
Act, that is derived by fertilization, parthenogenesis, cloning, or 
any other means from one or more human gametes or human 
diploid cells. 
SEC. 509. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used for any activity that promotes the legalization of 
any drug or other substance included in schedule I of the schedules 
of controlled substances established under section 202 of the Con-
trolled Substances Act except for normal and recognized executive- 
congressional communications. 
(b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply when there 
is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic advantage to the 
use of such drug or other substance or that federally sponsored 
clinical trials are being conducted to determine therapeutic advan-
tage. 
SEC. 510. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to promulgate or adopt any final standard under section 
1173(b) of the Social Security Act providing for, or providing for 
the assignment of, a unique health identifier for an individual 
(except in an individual’s capacity as an employer or a health 
care provider), until legislation is enacted specifically approving 
the standard. 
SEC. 511. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be obligated or expended to enter into or renew a contract with 
an entity if— 
(1) such entity is otherwise a contractor with the United 
States and is subject to the requirement in 38 U.S.C. 4212(d) 
regarding submission of an annual report to the Secretary 
of Labor concerning employment of certain veterans; and 
(2) such entity has not submitted a report as required 
by that section for the most recent year for which such require-
ment was applicable to such entity. 
SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of 
the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made 
by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appro-
priation Act. 
SEC. 513. None of the funds made available by this Act to 
carry out the Library Services and Technology Act may be made 
available to any library covered by paragraph (1) of section 224(f) 
of such Act, as amended by the Children’s Internet Protection 
Act, unless such library has made the certifications required by 
paragraph (4) of such section. 
SEC. 514. (a) None of the funds provided under this Act, or 
provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded 
by this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure
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in fiscal year 2026, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury 
of the United States derived by the collection of fees available 
to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation 
or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that— 
(1) creates new programs; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any 
project or activity for which funds have been denied or 
restricted; 
(4) relocates an office or employees; 
(5) reorganizes or renames offices; 
(6) reorganizes programs or activities; or 
(7) contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities 
presently performed by Federal employees; 
unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in advance of such 
reprogramming or of an announcement of intent relating to such 
reprogramming, whichever occurs earlier, and are notified in writing 
10 days in advance of such reprogramming. 
(b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or provided 
under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this 
Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 
year 2026, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the 
United States derived by the collection of fees available to the 
agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or 
expenditure through a reprogramming of funds in excess of $500,000 
or 10 percent, whichever is less, that— 
(1) 
augments 
existing 
programs, 
projects 
(including 
construction projects), or activities; 
(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, 
project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent 
as approved by Congress; or 
(3) results from any general savings from a reduction in 
personnel which would result in a change in existing programs, 
activities, or projects as approved by Congress; 
unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in advance of such 
reprogramming or of an announcement of intent relating to such 
reprogramming, whichever occurs earlier, and are notified in writing 
10 days in advance of such reprogramming. 
SEC. 515. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used to request that a candidate for appointment to a 
Federal scientific advisory committee disclose the political affiliation 
or voting history of the candidate or the position that the candidate 
holds with respect to political issues not directly related to and 
necessary for the work of the committee involved. 
(b) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
used to disseminate information that is deliberately false or mis-
leading. 
SEC. 516. Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, each depart-
ment and related agency funded through this Act shall submit 
an operating plan that details at the program, project, and activity 
level any funding allocations for fiscal year 2026 that are different 
than those specified in this Act, the explanatory statement described 
in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act) or the fiscal year 2026 budget request.
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SEC. 517. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Serv-
ices, and Education shall each prepare and submit to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate a report on the number and amount of contracts, grants, 
and cooperative agreements exceeding $500,000, individually or 
in total for a particular project, activity, or programmatic initiative, 
in value and awarded by the Department on a non-competitive 
basis during each quarter of fiscal year 2026, but not to include 
grants awarded on a formula basis or directed by law. Such report 
shall include the name of the contractor or grantee, the amount 
of funding, the governmental purpose, including a justification for 
issuing the award on a non-competitive basis. Such report shall 
be transmitted to the Committees within 30 days after the end 
of the quarter for which the report is submitted. 
SEC. 518. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
be expended or obligated by the Commissioner of Social Security, 
for purposes of administering Social Security benefit payments 
under title II of the Social Security Act, to process any claim 
for credit for a quarter of coverage based on work performed under 
a social security account number that is not the claimant’s number 
and the performance of such work under such number has formed 
the basis for a conviction of the claimant of a violation of section 
208(a)(6) or (7) of the Social Security Act. 
SEC. 519. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be used by the Commissioner of Social Security or the Social Secu-
rity Administration to pay the compensation of employees of the 
Social Security Administration to administer Social Security benefit 
payments, under any agreement between the United States and 
Mexico establishing totalization arrangements between the social 
security system established by title II of the Social Security Act 
and the social security system of Mexico, which would not otherwise 
be payable but for such agreement. 
SEC. 520. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used to maintain or establish a computer network unless 
such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging 
of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds nec-
essary for any Federal, State, Tribal, or local law enforcement 
agency or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, 
prosecution, or adjudication activities. 
SEC. 521. For purposes of carrying out Executive Order 13589, 
Office of Management and Budget Memorandum M–12–12 dated 
May 11, 2012, and requirements contained in the annual appropria-
tions bills relating to conference attendance and expenditures: 
(1) the operating divisions of HHS shall be considered 
independent agencies; and 
(2) attendance at and support for scientific conferences 
shall be tabulated separately from and not included in agency 
totals. 
SEC. 522. Federal agencies funded under this Act shall clearly 
state within the text, audio, or video used for advertising or edu-
cational purposes, including emails or Internet postings, that the 
communication is printed, published, or produced and disseminated 
at United States taxpayer expense. The funds used by a Federal 
agency to carry out this requirement shall be derived from amounts 
made available to the agency for advertising or other communica-
tions regarding the programs and activities of the agency.
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SEC. 523. Not later than 30 days after the end of each calendar 
quarter, beginning with the first month of fiscal year 2026 the 
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education 
and the Social Security Administration shall provide the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate 
a report on the status of balances of appropriations: Provided, 
That for balances that are unobligated and uncommitted, com-
mitted, and obligated but unexpended, the monthly reports shall 
separately identify the amounts attributable to each source year 
of appropriation (beginning with fiscal year 2012, or, to the extent 
feasible, earlier fiscal years) from which balances were derived. 
SEC. 524. The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Serv-
ices, and Education and the Corporation for National and Commu-
nity Service shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate not less than 3 full busi-
ness days prior to announcing or providing notice of— 
(1) any new or non-competing continuation grant, including 
supplements, issued at the discretion of such Departments 
(other than emergency response grants at any time of the 
year or for grant awards made during the last 10 business 
days of the fiscal year, or if applicable, of the program year); 
and 
(2) the termination or non-continuation of any grant, 
including a short description of the reason for the termination 
or non-continuation. 
SEC. 525. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
no funds appropriated in this Act shall be used to purchase sterile 
needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug: 
Provided, That such limitation does not apply to the use of funds 
for elements of a program other than making such purchases if 
the relevant State or local health department, in consultation with 
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, determines that 
the State or local jurisdiction, as applicable, is experiencing, or 
is at risk for, a significant increase in hepatitis infections or an 
HIV outbreak due to injection drug use, and such program is 
operating in accordance with State and local law. 
SEC. 526. Each department and related agency funded through 
this Act shall provide answers to questions submitted for the record 
by members of the Committee within 45 business days after receipt. 
SEC. 527. Of amounts deposited in the Child Enrollment Contin-
gency Fund under section 2104(n)(2) of the Social Security Act 
and the income derived from investment of those funds pursuant 
to section 2104(n)(2)(C) of that Act, $12,340,000,000 shall not be 
available for obligation in this fiscal year. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 528. Of the unobligated balances of amounts made avail-
able 
in 
section 
10301(1)(A)(iii) 
of 
Public 
Law 
117–169, 
$11,661,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 529. (a) This section applies to: (1) the Administration 
for Children and Families in the Department of Health and Human 
Services; and (2) the Chief Evaluation Office and the statistical- 
related cooperative and interagency agreements and contracting 
activities of the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the Department 
of Labor.
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(b) Amounts made available under this Act which are either 
appropriated, allocated, advanced on a reimbursable basis, or trans-
ferred to the functions and organizations identified in subsection 
(a) for research, evaluation, or statistical purposes shall be available 
for obligation through September 30, 2030: Provided, That when 
an office referenced in subsection (a) receives research and evalua-
tion funding from multiple appropriations, such offices may use 
a single Treasury account for such activities, with funding advanced 
on a reimbursable basis. 
(c) Amounts referenced in subsection (b) that are unexpended 
at the time of completion of a contract, grant, or cooperative agree-
ment may be deobligated and shall immediately become available 
and may be reobligated in that fiscal year or the subsequent fiscal 
year for the research, evaluation, or statistical purposes for which 
such amounts are available. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 530. Of the unobligated balances of funds made available 
by sections 2023, 2206, 2301, 2302, 2303, 2401, 2402, 2403, 2404, 
2501, 2502, 2601, 2602, 2603, 2605, 2701, 2702, 2703, 2704, 2705, 
2706, 2707, 2708, 2709, 2710, 2711, 2712, 2713, 2904, 2912, 3101, 
and 9911 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 
117–2), $2,000,000,000 are hereby rescinded: Provided, That not 
later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate a report specifying the unobligated balances rescinded 
pursuant to this section by both account and amount from each 
applicable appropriation in Public Law 117–2. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of Labor, Health 
and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 2026’’.
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DIVISION D—TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPRO-
PRIATIONS ACT, 2026 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
$187,344,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027: Pro-
vided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading— 
(1) $3,764,000 shall be available for the immediate Office 
of the Secretary; 
(2) $1,348,000 shall be available for the immediate Office 
of the Deputy Secretary; 
(3) $27,780,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
General Counsel: Provided, That the Secretary of Transpor-
tation (referred to in this title as ‘‘the Secretary’’) shall report 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on 
the implementation of all sections under title V of the FAA 
Reauthorization Act of 2024 (Public Law 118–63) not later 
than 90 days after enactment of this Act; 
(4) $21,358,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy, of which 
$5,000,000 is for the Office for Multimodal Freight Infrastruc-
ture and Policy: Provided, That the Secretary must obtain 
reprogramming approval from the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations under section 405 of this Act prior 
to executing the authorities of section 118(g)(2)–(3) of title 
49, United States Code; 
(5) $21,505,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs; 
(6) $3,807,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assist-
ant Secretary for Governmental Affairs; 
(7) $16,181,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Administration; 
(8) $5,664,000 shall be available for the Office of Public 
Affairs and Public Engagement; 
(9) $2,332,000 shall be available for the Office of the Execu-
tive Secretariat; 
(10) $19,388,000 shall be available for the Office of Intel-
ligence, Security, and Emergency Response; 
(11) $1,707,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Chief Information Officer; 
(12) $1,517,000 shall be available for the Office of Tribal 
Government Affairs; and 
(13) $60,993,000 shall be available for shared services as 
authorized in section 327 of title 49, United States Code, for 
the Office of the Secretary that would otherwise be provided 
by the Working Capital Fund, in addition to amounts otherwise 
available for such purposes:
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Provided further, That the Secretary is authorized to transfer funds 
appropriated under this heading among the purposes specified in 
the first proviso under this heading: Provided further, That such 
transfers combined shall not increase or decrease the amount appro-
priated for any purpose specified in the first proviso under this 
heading by more than 7 percent: Provided further, That notice 
of any change in funding greater than 7 percent shall be submitted 
for approval to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
not later than 7 business days in advance of any such change: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $70,000 shall be for allocation 
within the Department for official reception and representation 
expenses as the Secretary may determine: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding 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, $74,471,000, of which 
$56,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That 
of such amounts that are available until expended, $9,000,000 
shall be for necessary expenses of the Advanced Research Projects 
Agency—Infrastructure (ARPA–I) as authorized by section 119 of 
title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That within the 
funds made available under the preceding proviso, not less than 
$7,000,000 shall be available for research on durability, resiliency, 
and sustainability of bridges and other infrastructure and shall 
be directed to an accredited university of higher education in the 
northeast United States that has experience leading a regional 
university transportation center and a proven record of developing, 
patenting, deploying, and commercializing innovative composite 
materials and technologies for bridge and other transportation 
applications, as well as conducting research and developing proto-
types using very large-scale polymer-based additive manufacturing: 
Provided further, That of such amounts that are available until 
expended, $4,000,000 shall be for the Highly Automated Systems 
Safety Center of Excellence as authorized in section 105 of title 
I of division H of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2020 (Public Law 116–94): Provided further, That of such amounts 
that are available until expended, $3,000,000 shall be for activities 
relating to complementary positioning, navigation, and timing tech-
nologies demonstrations as identified in the U.S. Department of 
Transportation Complementary PNT Action Plan (March 2024): 
Provided further, That of such amounts that are available until 
expended, $10,000,000 shall be for the drone infrastructure inspec-
tion grant program authorized in section 912 of Public Law 118– 
63: Provided further, That, notwithstanding subsection (g)(2) of 
such section 912, amounts made available under section 106(k) 
of title 49, United States Code, shall not be available to carry 
out such program: Provided further, That of amounts made available 
for the drone infrastructure inspection grant program, $1,000,000 
shall be available for administrative expenses: Provided further, 
That of such amounts that are available until expended, $30,000,000 
shall be for research on transportation resilience and nuclear tech-
nology and shall be directed, without competition, to a university 
of higher education, as defined under 20 U.S.C. 1067(q)(1), that
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has a nuclear engineering program and experience as a consortium 
member of a university transportation center that conducts research 
on transportation cybersecurity and resiliency: 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: Provided further, That any reference in law, regulation, 
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 Assistant Secretary for Research 
and Technology of the Department of Transportation. 
NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out a local and regional project 
assistance grant program under section 6702 of title 49, United 
States Code, $145,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That section 6702(f)(2) of title 49, United States Code, 
shall not apply to amounts made available under this heading 
in this Act: Provided further, That of the amounts made available 
under this heading in this Act, not less than 5 percent shall be 
awarded to projects in historically disadvantaged communities or 
areas of persistent poverty as defined under section 6702(a)(1) 
of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That grants 
awarded under this heading in this Act for eligible projects for 
planning, preparation, or design shall not be subject to a minimum 
grant size: Provided further, That in distributing amounts made 
available under this heading in this Act, the Secretary shall take 
such measures so as to ensure an equitable geographic distribution 
of funds, an appropriate balance in addressing the needs of urban 
and rural areas, including Tribal areas, and the investment in 
a variety of transportation modes: Provided further, That for 
amounts made available under this heading in this Act, the Sec-
retary shall give priority to projects that require a contribution 
of Federal funds in order to complete an overall financing package: 
Provided further, That section 6702(f)(1) of title 49, United States 
Code, shall not apply to amounts made available under this heading 
in this Act: Provided further, That of the amounts awarded under 
this heading in this Act, not more than 50 percent shall be allocated 
for eligible projects located in rural areas and not more than 50 
percent shall be allocated for eligible projects located in urbanized 
areas: Provided further, That for the purpose of determining if 
an award for planning, preparation, or design under this heading 
in this Act is an urban award, the project location is the location 
of the project being planned, prepared, or designed: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary may retain up to 2 percent of the amounts 
made available under this heading in this Act, and may transfer 
portions of such amounts to the Administrators of the Federal 
Aviation Administration, the Federal Highway Administration, the 
Federal Transit Administration, the Federal Railroad Administra-
tion and the Maritime Administration to fund the award and over-
sight of grants and credit assistance made under the program 
authorized under section 6702 of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided further, That for amounts made available under this 
heading in this Act, the Secretary shall consider and award projects
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based solely on the selection criteria as identified under section 
6702(d)(3) and (d)(4) of title 49, United States Code. 
NATIONAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AND INNOVATIVE FINANCE 
BUREAU 
For necessary expenses of the National Surface Transportation 
and Innovative Finance Bureau as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 116, 
$9,250,000, 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, including counsel, in the field of municipal and project finance 
to assist in the underwriting and servicing of Federal credit 
instruments and all or a portion of the costs to the Federal Govern-
ment of servicing such credit instruments: Provided further, That 
such fees are available until expended to pay for such costs: Pro-
vided further, That such amounts are in addition to other amounts 
made available for such purposes and are not subject to any obliga-
tion limitation or the limitation on administrative expenses under 
section 608 of title 23, United States Code. 
RURAL AND TRIBAL INFRASTRUCTURE ADVANCEMENT 
For necessary expenses to carry out rural and Tribal infrastruc-
ture advancement as authorized in section 21205 of Public Law 
117–58, $10,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028: 
Provided, That the Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements 
with philanthropic entities, non-profit organizations, other Federal 
agencies, State or local governments and their agencies, Indian 
Tribes, or other technical assistance providers, to provide such 
technical assistance, planning, and capacity building to State, local, 
or Tribal governments, United States territories, metropolitan plan-
ning organizations, transit agencies, or other political subdivisions 
of State or local governments. 
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. 
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, 2027. 
CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVES 
For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, including 
necessary upgrades to network and information technology infra-
structure, improvement of identity management and authentication 
capabilities, securing and protecting data, implementation of Fed-
eral cyber security initiatives, and implementation of enhanced 
security controls on agency computers and mobile devices, 
$60,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027.
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OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$11,761,000. 
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND DEVELOPMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for conducting transportation planning, 
research, systems development, development activities, and making 
grants, $32,043,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That of such amount, $5,436,000 shall be for necessary expenses 
of the Interagency Infrastructure Permitting Improvement Center 
(IIPIC): Provided further, That there may be transferred to this 
appropriation, to remain available until expended, amounts trans-
ferred from other Federal agencies for expenses incurred under 
this heading for IIPIC activities not related to transportation infra-
structure: 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 agencies 
provide funding to the Department in accordance with the preceding 
proviso: Provided further, That of the amounts made available 
under this heading, $9,647,000 shall be for the purposes, and in 
the amounts, specified for Community Project Funding/Congression-
ally Directed Spending in the table entitled ‘‘Community Project 
Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ included for this divi-
sion in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided 
further, That amounts made available in the preceding proviso 
for such purposes shall not diminish or prejudice any application 
or geographic region for other discretionary grant or loan awards 
made by the Department of Transportation: Provided further, That 
of the amounts made available under this heading, $2,000,000 
shall be made available for an independent review of airspace 
design, civil-military coordination, and operational safety in the 
National Capital Region, with particular focus on airspace activities 
at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, as specified under 
the paragraph entitled ‘‘Flight 5342’’ in Senate Report 119–47. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for operating costs and capital outlays 
of the Working Capital Fund as authorized in section 327 of title 
49, United States Code, not to exceed $764,965,000, shall be paid 
from appropriations made available to the Department of Transpor-
tation: Provided, That such services shall be provided on a competi-
tive basis to entities within the Department of Transportation: 
Provided further, That the limitation under this heading on oper-
ating expenses shall not apply to entities external to the Depart-
ment of Transportation or for funds provided in Public Law 117– 
58: Provided further, That no funds made available by this Act 
to an agency of the Department shall be transferred to the Working 
Capital Fund without majority approval of the Working Capital 
Fund Steering Committee and approval of the Secretary: Provided