Provided further, That such cooperative agreements shall 
facilitate the planning and development of transportation 
and community revitalization activities supported by the 
Department of Transportation under titles 23, 46, and 49, 
United States Code, that increase mobility, reduce pollu-
tion from transportation sources, expand affordable trans-
portation options, facilitate efficient land use, preserve or 
expand jobs, improve housing conditions, enhance connec-
tions to health care, education, and food security, or im-
prove health outcomes: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may prioritize assistance provided with amounts 
made available under this heading to communities that 
have disproportionate rates of pollution and poor air qual-
ity, communities experiencing disproportionate effects (as 
defined by Executive Order No. 12898), areas of per-
sistent poverty as defined in section 6702(a)(1) of title 
49, United States Code, or historically disadvantaged com-
munities: Provided further, That the preceding proviso 
shall not prevent the Secretary from providing assistance 
with amounts made available under this heading to enti-
ties described in the second proviso under this heading 
that request assistance through the thriving communities 
program: Provided further, That planning and technical 
assistance made available under this heading may include 
pre-application assistance for capital projects eligible 
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under titles 23, 46, and 49, United States Code: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may retain amounts made 
available under this heading for the necessary administra-
tive expenses of (1) developing and disseminating best 
practices, modeling, and cost-benefit analysis methodolo-
gies to assist entities described in the second proviso under 
this heading with applications for financial assistance pro-
grams under titles 23, 46, and 49, United States Code, 
and (2) award, administration, and oversight of coopera-
tive agreements to carry out the provisions under this 
heading: Provided further, That such amounts and pay-
ments as may be necessary to carry out the thriving com-
munities program may be transferred to appropriate ac-
counts of other operating administrations within the De-
partment of Transportation: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall notify the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations not later than 3 business days prior to 
a transfer carried out under the preceding proviso. 
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, $3,800,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the Secretary may collect 
and spend fees, as authorized by title 23, United States 
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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 so 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, 2024. 
CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVES 
For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, 
including necessary upgrades to network and information 
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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, $48,100,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2024. 
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$15,000,000. 
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, $19,648,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 
$7,136,000 shall be for necessary expenses of the Inter-
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 
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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 
$505,285,000, 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-
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 
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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, $7,094,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2024: 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’’. 
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, $354,827,000, 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 
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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. 
ELECTRIC VEHICLE FLEET 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for the Department’s transi-
tion to the General Services Administration’s leased vehi-
cle fleet, and for the purchase of zero emission passenger 
motor vehicles and supporting charging or fueling infra-
structure, $11,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025: Provided, That such amounts are in ad-
dition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes: 
Provided further, That amounts made available under this 
heading may be transferred to other accounts of the De-
partment of Transportation for the purposes specified 
under this heading: Provided further, That the Secretary 
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shall notify the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations not later than 3 business days prior to a transfer 
carried out under the preceding proviso. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—OFFICE OF THE 
SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION 
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. 
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 
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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 2023 collections, shall be available until ex-
pended in the Department’s Working Capital Fund to pro-
vide contractual services in support of section 189 of this 
Act: Provided, That obligations in fiscal year 2023 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-
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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-
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 
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provided as a direct loan, loan guarantee, or line of credit; 
and the amount of credit assistance. 
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, $11,870,000,000, to remain 
available 
until 
September 
30, 
2024, 
of 
which 
$9,993,821,000 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 $1,645,018,000 shall be avail-
able for aviation safety activities; 
(2) $8,760,044,000 shall be available for air 
traffic organization activities; 
(3) $33,675,000 shall be available for commer-
cial space transportation activities; 
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(4) $915,049,000 shall be available for finance 
and management activities; 
(5) $65,581,000 shall be available for NextGen 
and operations planning activities; 
(6) $153,447,000 shall be available for security 
and hazardous materials safety; and 
(7) $297,186,000 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 
of Aviation Reauthorization Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note): 
Provided further, That the amounts made available under 
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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 
any regulation that would promulgate new aviation user 
fees not specifically authorized by law after the date of 
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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 $187,800,000 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 
be used to eliminate the Contract Weather Observers pro-
gram at any airport. 
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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, $2,900,000,000, of which $570,000,000 is for per-
sonnel and related expenses and shall remain available 
until September 30, 2024, $1,803,600,000 is for equip-
ment and shall remain available until September 30, 2025, 
and $526,400,000 is for facilities and shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2027: Provided, That there may 
be credited to this appropriation funds received from 
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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 2024 through 2028, 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 Investments and 
Jobs Appropriations Act (division J of Public Law 117– 
58): Provided further, That the amounts specified for each 
Budget Line Item in the table included in the ‘‘Facilities 
and Equipment Spend Plan for Fiscal Year 2023 Infra-
structure Investment and Jobs Act Funding’’ section of 
the Federal Aviation Administration FY 2023 President’s 
Budget, as submitted to the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations, shall be the baseline for applica-
tion of reprogramming and transfer authorities for the 
current fiscal year pursuant to paragraph (7) of such sec-
tion 405 for amounts referred to in the preceding proviso: 
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Provided further, That, notwithstanding paragraphs (5) 
and (6) of such section 405, unless prior approval is re-
ceived from the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations, not to exceed 10 percent of any funding level 
specified for projects and activities in the table referred 
to in the preceding proviso may be transferred to any 
other funding level specified for projects and activities in 
such table and no transfer of such funding levels may in-
crease or decrease any funding level in such table by more 
than 10 percent. 
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, 
$260,500,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund and to remain available until September 30, 
2025: 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 
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heading shall be used in accordance with the report accom-
panying this Act: Provided further, That not to exceed 10 
percent of any funding level specified under this heading 
in the report accompanying this Act may be transferred 
to any other funding level specified under this heading 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 reprogram-
ming of funds under section 405 of this Act and shall not 
be available for obligation or expenditure except in compli-
ance with the procedures set forth in that section. 
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 
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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 2023, notwith-
standing section 47117(g) of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided further, That none of the amounts made available 
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 
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provision of law, of amounts limited under this heading, 
not less than $137,372,000 shall be available for adminis-
tration, $15,000,000 shall be available for the Airport Co-
operative Research Program, $40,828,000 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 
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, $272,604,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2025: 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, 
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or minimum percentages under chapter 471 of title 49, 
United States Code: Provided further, That of the amounts 
made available under this heading, $172,604,000 is for 
Community Project Funding for the purposes, and in the 
amounts, specified for this account in the table titled 
‘‘Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Incor-
poration of Community Project Funding Items’’ included 
in the report accompanying this Act: Provided further, 
That any funds made available under this heading in this 
Act that remain available after the distribution of funds 
under the preceding proviso shall be available to the Sec-
retary to distribute as discretionary grants to airports: 
Provided further, That the amounts made available under 
this heading shall not be subject to any limitation on obli-
gations for the Grants-in-Aid for Airports program set 
forth in any Act: Provided further, That the Administrator 
of the Federal Aviation Administration may retain up to 
0.5 percent of the amounts made available under this 
heading to fund the award and oversight by the Adminis-
trator of grants made under this heading. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 110. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to compensate in excess of 600 technical 
staff-years under the federally funded research and devel-
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opment center contract between the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration and the Center for Advanced Aviation Sys-
tems Development during fiscal year 2023. 
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 $476,783,991 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 or transferred to the Appalachian Regional 
Commission for administrative activities associated with 
the Appalachian Development Highway System. 
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
Funds available for the implementation or execution 
of authorized Federal-aid highway and highway safety 
construction programs shall not exceed total obligations 
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of $58,764,510,674 for fiscal year 2023: 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, $59,503,510,674 derived from the 
Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Ac-
count), to remain available until expended. 
HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
There is hereby appropriated to the Secretary 
$1,755,060,641: 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 
2023 in this or any other Act for: (1) ‘‘Federal-aid High-
ways’’ under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code; 
or (2) the Appalachian Development Highway System as 
authorized under section 1069(y) of Public Law 102–240, 
and shall not affect the distribution or amount of funds 
provided in any other Act: Provided further, That section 
11101(e) of Public Law 117-58 shall apply to amounts 
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made available under this heading: Provided further, That 
unless otherwise specified, amounts made available under 
this heading shall be available until September 30, 2026, 
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 appropria-
tions: Provided further, That of the funds made available 
under this heading, the Federal Highway Administration 
may retain an amount of $3,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, to fund the oversight of projects carried 
out with funds made available under this heading: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds made available under this 
heading— 
(1) $1,275,060,641 shall be made available for 
Community Project Funding for the purposes, and 
in the amounts, specified for this account in the 
table titled ‘‘Transportation, Housing and Urban 
Development Incorporation of Community Project 
Funding Items’’ 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 
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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- 
21 (as amended by Public Law 117-58), shall not 
apply to such funds; 
(2) $100,000,000 shall be for necessary ex-
penses for construction of the Appalachian Develop-
ment Highway System as authorized under section 
1069(y) of Public Law 102–240: Provided, That for 
the purposes of funds made available under this 
paragraph, the term ‘‘Appalachian State’’ means a 
State that contains 1 or more counties (including 
any political subdivision located within the area) in 
the Appalachian region as defined in section 
14102(a) of title 40, United States Code: Provided 
further, That funds made available under this head-
ing for construction of the Appalachian Development 
Highway System shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That, except as provided 
in the following proviso, funds made available under 
this heading for construction of the Appalachian De-
velopment Highway System shall be administered as 
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if apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United 
States Code: Provided further, That a project carried 
out with funds made available under this heading for 
construction of the Appalachian Development High-
way System shall be carried out in the same manner 
as a project under section 14501 of title 40, United 
States Code: Provided further, That subject to the 
following proviso, funds made available under this 
heading for construction of the Appalachian Devel-
opment Highway System shall be apportioned to the 
Appalachian States according to the percentages de-
rived from the 2021 Appalachian Development 
Highway System Cost-to-Complete Estimate, adopt-
ed in Appalachian Regional Commission Resolution 
Number 788, and confirmed as each Appalachian 
State’s relative share of the estimated remaining 
need to complete the Appalachian Development 
Highway System, adjusted to exclude those corridors 
that such States have no current plans to complete, 
as reported in the 2013 Appalachian Development 
Highway System Completion Report, unless those 
States have modified and assigned a higher priority 
for completion of an Appalachian Development 
Highway System corridor, as reported in the 2021 
Appalachian Development Highway System Future 
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Outlook: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
adjust apportionments made under the preceding 
proviso so that no Appalachian State shall be appor-
tioned an amount in excess of 30 percent of the 
amount made available for construction of the Appa-
lachian Development Highway System under this 
heading: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
consult with the Appalachian Regional Commission 
in making adjustments under the preceding two pro-
visos: Provided further, That the Federal share of 
the costs for which an expenditure is made for con-
struction of the Appalachian Development Highway 
System under this heading shall be up to 100 per-
cent; 
(3) $75,000,000 shall be for the nationally sig-
nificant Federal lands and Tribal projects program 
under section 1123 of the FAST Act (23 U.S.C. 201 
note), of which not less than $37,500,000 shall be 
for competitive grants to tribal governments; 
(4) $12,000,000 shall be for the regional infra-
structure accelerator demonstration program author-
ized under section 1441 of the FAST Act (23 
U.S.C. 601 note): Provided, That for funds made 
available under this paragraph, the Federal share of 
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the costs shall be, at the option of the recipient, up 
to 100 percent; 
(5) $30,000,000 shall be for the national scenic 
byways program under section 162 of title 23, 
United States Code: 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; 
(6) $100,000,000 shall be for the safe streets 
and roads for all grant program under section 
24112 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs 
Act (23 U.S.C. 402 note), to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That notwithstanding section 
24112(c)(2)(B) of Pub. L. 117-58, of the total 
amount made available under this paragraph in this 
Act, the Secretary may award less than 40 percent 
to eligible projects described in 24112(a)(3)(A) of 
Pub. L. 117-58, but shall award not less than 20 
percent to such projects: Provided further, That 
amounts made available under this paragraph in this 
Act may be transferred to and merged with the ap-
propriations for ‘‘Office of the Secretary’’; 
(7) $100,000,000 shall be for the active trans-
portation infrastructure investment program under 
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