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between the two rural areas and is not otherwise eligible under 
section 5307(h) of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, 
That entities that provide eligible service pursuant to the pre-
ceding proviso may use amounts made available in this para-
graph for public transportation capital projects to support any 
ferry service between two rural areas: Provided further, That 
entities eligible for amounts made available in this paragraph 
shall only provide ferry service to rural areas; 
(7) $1,000,000 shall be available for the demonstration 
and deployment of innovative mobility solutions as authorized 
under section 5312 of title 49, United States Code: Provided, 
That such amounts shall be available for competitive grants 
or cooperative agreements for the development of software to 
facilitate the provision of demand-response public transpor-
tation service that dispatches public transportation fleet 
vehicles through riders mobile devices or other advanced means: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall evaluate the poten-
tial for software developed with grants or cooperative agree-
ments to be shared for use by public transportation agencies; 
(8) $1,000,000 shall be for the accelerating innovative 
mobility initiative as authorized under section 5312 of title 
49, United States Code: Provided, That such amounts shall 
be available for competitive grants to improve mobility and 
enhance the rider experience with a focus on innovative service 
delivery models, creative financing, novel partnerships, and 
integrated payment solutions in order to help disseminate 
proven innovation mobility practices throughout the public 
transportation industry; and 
(9) $5,000,000 shall be available to support technical assist-
ance, research, demonstration, or deployment activities or 
projects to accelerate the adoption of zero emission buses in 
public transit as authorized under section 5312 of title 49, 
United States Code: 
Provided further, That amounts made available under this heading 
in this Act shall be derived from the general fund: Provided further, 
That amounts made available under this heading in this Act shall 
not be subject to any limitation on obligations for transit programs 
set forth in this or any other Act. 
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 5314 of title 49, 
United States Code, $7,500,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2024: Provided, That the assistance provided under 
this heading does not duplicate the activities of section 5311(b) 
or section 5312 of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, 
That amounts made available under this heading are in addition 
to any other amounts made available for such purposes: Provided 
further, That amounts made available under this heading shall 
not be subject to any limitation on obligations set forth in this 
or any other Act. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry out fixed guideway capital 
investment grants under section 5309 of title 49, United States 
Code, and section 3005(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface Transpor-
tation Act (Public Law 114–94), $2,210,000,000, to remain available
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until expended: Provided, That of the sums appropriated under 
this heading in this Act— 
(1) $1,772,900,000 shall be available for projects authorized 
under section 5309(d) of title 49, United States Code; 
(2) $100,000,000 shall be available for projects authorized 
under section 5309(e) of title 49, United States Code; 
(3) $215,000,000 shall be available for projects authorized 
under section 5309(h) of title 49, United States Code; and 
(4) $100,000,000 shall be available for projects authorized 
under section 3005(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface Transpor-
tation Act: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall continue to administer 
the capital investment grants program in accordance with the proce-
dural and substantive requirements of section 5309 of title 49, 
United States Code, and of section 3005(b) of the Fixing America’s 
Surface Transportation Act: Provided further, That projects that 
receive a grant agreement under the Expedited Project Delivery 
for Capital Investment Grants Pilot Program under section 3005(b) 
of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act shall be deemed 
eligible for funding provided for projects under section 5309 of 
title 49, United States Code, without further evaluation or rating 
under such section: Provided further, That such funding shall not 
exceed the Federal share under section 3005(b): Provided further, 
That upon submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2024 
President’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall transmit 
to Congress the annual report on capital investment grants, 
including proposed allocations for fiscal year 2024. 
GRANTS TO THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT 
AUTHORITY 
For grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit 
Authority as authorized under section 601 of division B of the 
Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (Public 
Law 110–432), $150,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation shall approve grants 
for capital and preventive maintenance expenditures for the Wash-
ington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority only after receiving 
and reviewing a request for each specific project: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall determine that the Washington Metropoli-
tan Area Transit Authority has placed the highest priority on 
those investments that will improve the safety of the system before 
approving such grants. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 160. The limitations on obligations for the programs of 
the Federal Transit Administration shall not apply to any authority 
under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously made available for obligation, 
or to any other authority previously made available for obligation. 
SEC. 161. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
appropriated or limited by this Act under the heading ‘‘Capital 
Investment Grants’’ of the Federal Transit Administration for 
projects specified in this Act not obligated by September 30, 2026, 
and other recoveries, shall be directed to projects eligible to use 
the funds for the purposes for which they were originally provided.
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SEC. 162. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
funds appropriated before October 1, 2022, under any section of 
chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, that remain available 
for expenditure, may be transferred to and administered under 
the most recent appropriation heading for any such section. 
SEC. 163. None of the funds made available by this Act or 
any other Act shall be used to adjust apportionments or withhold 
funds from apportionments pursuant to section 9503(e)(4) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9503(e)(4)). 
SEC. 164. None of the funds made available by this Act or 
any other Act shall be used to impede or hinder project advancement 
or approval for any project seeking a Federal contribution from 
the capital investment grants program of greater than 40 percent 
of project costs as authorized under section 5309 of title 49, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 165. For an additional amount for ‘‘Department of 
Transportation—Federal Transit Administration—Capital Invest-
ment Grants’’, $425,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
for allocation to recipients with existing full funding grant agree-
ments under sections 5309(d) and 5309(e) of title 49, United States 
Code: Provided, That allocations shall be made only to recipients— 
(1) that have received allocations for fiscal year 2022 or 
that have expended 100 percent of the funds allocated under 
section 3401(b)(4) of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 
(Public Law 117–2); and 
(2) that have a non-capital investment grant share of at 
least $800,000,000 and either a capital investment grant share 
of 40 percent or less or signed a full funding grant agreement 
between January 20, 2017 and January 20, 2021; and 
(3) that have expended at least 75 percent of the allocations 
received under paragraph (4) of section 3401(b) of the American 
Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2) or expended at 
least 50 percent of the Federal operating assistance allocations 
received under section 5307 of title 49, United States Code, 
in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act 
(Public Law 116–136), the Coronavirus Response and Relief 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (division M of Public 
Law 116–260), or the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public 
Law 117–2): 
Provided further, That recipients with projects open for revenue 
service shall not be eligible to receive an allocation of funding 
under this section: Provided further, That amounts shall be provided 
to recipients proportionally based on the non-capital investment 
grant share of the project: Provided further, That no project may 
receive an allocation of more than 15 percent of the total amount 
in this section: Provided further, That the Secretary shall propor-
tionally distribute funds in excess of such 15 percent to recipients 
for which the percent of funds does not exceed 15 percent: Provided 
further, That amounts allocated pursuant to this section shall be 
provided to eligible recipients notwithstanding the limitation of 
any calculation of the maximum amount of Federal financial assist-
ance for the project under section 5309(k)(2)(C)(ii) of title 49, United 
States Code: Provided further, That the Federal Transit Administra-
tion shall allocate amounts under this section no later than 30 
days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 166. (a) The remaining unobligated balances, as of Sep-
tember 30, 2023, from amounts made available to the Department
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of Transportation in section 422 under title IV of division L of 
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117–103) 
are hereby rescinded, and an amount of additional new budget 
authority equivalent to the amount rescinded is hereby appropriated 
on September 30, 2023, for an additional amount for fiscal year 
2023, to remain available until September 30, 2025, and shall 
be available for the same purposes and under the same authorities 
for which such amounts were originally provided in the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2019 (Public Law 116–6). 
(b) The remaining unobligated balances, as of September 30, 
2023, from amounts made available to the Department of Transpor-
tation under the heading ‘‘Federal Transit Administration—Capital 
Investment Grants’’ in division H of the Further Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94) are hereby rescinded, 
and an amount of additional new budget authority equivalent to 
the amount rescinded is hereby appropriated on September 30, 
2023, for an additional amount for fiscal year 2023, to remain 
available until September 30, 2025, and shall be available for the 
same purposes and under the same authorities for which such 
amounts were originally provided in Public Law 116–94. 
SEC. 167. Any unexpended balances from amounts previously 
appropriated for low or no emission vehicle component assessment 
under 49 U.S.C. 5312(h) under the headings ‘‘Transit Formula 
Grants’’ and ‘‘Transit Infrastructure Grants’’ in fiscal years 2021 
and 2022 may be used by the facilities selected for such vehicle 
component assessment for capital projects in order to build new 
infrastructure and enhance existing facilities in order to expand 
component testing capability, in accordance with the industry stake-
holder testing objectives and capabilities as outlined through the 
work of the Federal Transit Administration Transit Vehicle Innova-
tion and Deployment Centers program and included in the Center 
for Transportation and the Environment report submitted to the 
Federal Transit Administration for review. 
GREAT LAKES ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 
The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora-
tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the 
limits of funds and borrowing authority available to the Corporation, 
and in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commit-
ments without regard to fiscal year limitations, as provided by 
section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as may be necessary 
in carrying out the programs set forth in the Corporation’s budget 
for the current fiscal year. 
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 
(HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses to conduct the operations, maintenance, 
and capital infrastructure activities on portions of the St. Lawrence 
Seaway owned, operated, and maintained by the Great Lakes St. 
Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, $38,500,000, to be 
derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to 
section 210 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 
U.S.C. 2238): Provided, That of the amounts made available under 
this heading, not less than $14,800,000 shall be for the seaway 
infrastructure program.
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MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a U.S.-flag 
merchant fleet as authorized under chapter 531 of title 46, United 
States Code, to serve the national security needs of the United 
States, $318,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That of the unobligated balances from prior year appropriations 
available under this heading, $55,000,000 are hereby permanently 
rescinded. 
CABLE SECURITY FLEET 
For the cable security fleet program, as authorized under 
chapter 532 of title 46, United States Code, $10,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
TANKER SECURITY PROGRAM 
For Tanker Security Fleet payments, as authorized under sec-
tion 53406 of title 46, United States Code, $60,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses of operations and training activities 
authorized by law, $213,181,000: Provided, That of the sums appro-
priated under this heading— 
(1) $87,848,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2024, for the operations of the United States Merchant Marine 
Academy; 
(2) $11,900,000 shall remain available until expended, for 
facilities maintenance and repair, and equipment, at the United 
States Merchant Marine Academy; 
(3) $31,921,000 shall remain available until expended, for 
capital improvements at the United States Merchant Marine 
Academy; 
(4) $6,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2024, for the Maritime Environmental and Technical Assistance 
program authorized under section 50307 of title 46, United 
States Code; and 
(5) $10,000,000 shall remain available until expended, for 
the America’s Marine Highway Program to make grants for 
the purposes authorized under paragraphs (1) and (3) of section 
55601(b) of title 46, United States Code: 
Provided further, That the Administrator of the Maritime Adminis-
tration shall transmit to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations the annual report on sexual assault and sexual 
harassment at the United States Merchant Marine Academy as 
required pursuant to section 3510 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for fiscal year 2017 (46 U.S.C. 51318): Provided 
further, That available balances under this heading for the Short 
Sea Transportation Program (now known as the America’s Marine 
Highway Program) from prior year recoveries shall be available
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to carry out activities authorized under paragraphs (1) and (3) 
of section 55601(b) of title 46, United States Code. 
STATE MARITIME ACADEMY OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of operations, support, and training 
activities for State Maritime Academies, $120,700,000: Provided, 
That of the sums appropriated under this heading— 
(1) $30,500,000 shall remain available until expended, for 
maintenance, repair, life extension, insurance, and capacity 
improvement of National Defense Reserve Fleet training ships, 
and for support of training ship operations at the State Mari-
time Academies, of which not more than $8,000,000 shall be 
for expenses related to training mariners, and for costs associ-
ated with training vessel sharing pursuant to section 
51504(g)(3) of title 46, United States Code, for costs associated 
with mobilizing, operating and demobilizing the vessel; travel 
costs for students, faculty and crew; and the costs of the general 
agent, crew costs, fuel, insurance, operational fees, and vessel 
hire costs, as determined by the Secretary; 
(2) $75,000,000 shall remain available until expended, for 
the National Security Multi-Mission Vessel Program, including 
funds for construction, planning, administration, and design 
of school ships and, as determined by the Secretary, necessary 
expenses to design, plan, construct infrastructure, and purchase 
equipment necessary to berth such ships; 
(3) $2,400,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2027, for the Student Incentive Program; 
(4) $6,800,000 shall remain available until expended, for 
training ship fuel assistance; and 
(5) $6,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2024, for direct payments for State Maritime Academies: 
Provided further, That the Administrator of the Maritime Adminis-
tration may use the funds made available under paragraph (2) 
and the funds provided for shoreside infrastructure improvements 
in Public Law 117–103 for the purposes described in paragraph 
(2): Provided further, That such funds may be used to reimburse 
State Maritime Academies for costs incurred prior to the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
ASSISTANCE TO SMALL SHIPYARDS 
To make grants to qualified shipyards as authorized under 
section 54101 of title 46, United States Code, $20,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
SHIP DISPOSAL 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses related to the disposal of obsolete ves-
sels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the Maritime Adminis-
tration, $6,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That of the unobligated balances from prior year appropriations 
made available under this heading, $12,000,000 are hereby perma-
nently rescinded.
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MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan 
program, $3,000,000, which shall be transferred to and merged 
with the appropriations for ‘‘Maritime Administration—Operations 
and Training’’. 
PORT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 
To make grants to improve port facilities as authorized under 
section 54301 of title 46, United States Code, $212,203,512, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That projects eligible 
for amounts made available under this heading in this Act shall 
be projects for coastal seaports, inland river ports, or Great Lakes 
ports: Provided further, That of the amounts made available under 
this heading in this Act, not less than $187,203,512 shall be for 
coastal seaports or Great Lakes ports: Provided further, That the 
requirements under section 3501(a)(12) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81) shall 
apply to amounts made available under this heading in this Act: 
Provided further, That for grants awarded under this heading in 
this Act, the minimum grant size shall be $1,000,000: Provided 
further, That for amounts made available under this heading in 
this Act, the requirement under section 54301(a)(6)(A)(ii) of title 
46, United States Code, shall not apply to projects located in non-
contiguous States or territories. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
in addition to any existing authority, the Maritime Administration 
is authorized to furnish utilities and services and make necessary 
repairs in connection with any lease, contract, or occupancy 
involving Government property under control of the Maritime 
Administration: Provided, That payments received therefor shall 
be credited to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof 
and shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
rental payments under any such lease, contract, or occupancy for 
items other than such utilities, services, or repairs shall be depos-
ited into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. 
PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONAL EXPENSES 
For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline and Haz-
ardous Materials Safety Administration, $29,936,000, of which 
$4,500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2025. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous materials 
safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 
Administration, $70,743,000, of which $12,070,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2025, of which $1,000,000 shall be 
made available for carrying out section 5107(i) of title 49, United
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States Code: Provided, That up to $800,000 in fees collected under 
section 5108(g) of title 49, United States Code, shall be deposited 
in the general fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided 
further, That there may be credited to this appropriation, to be 
available until expended, funds received from States, counties, 
municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources for 
expenses incurred for training, for reports publication and dissemi-
nation, and for travel expenses incurred in performance of haz-
ardous materials exemptions and approvals functions. 
PIPELINE SAFETY 
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND) 
(OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND) 
For expenses necessary to carry out a pipeline safety program, 
as authorized by section 60107 of title 49, United States Code, 
and to discharge the pipeline program responsibilities of the Oil 
Pollution Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–380), $190,385,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2025, of which $29,000,000 shall 
be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which 
$153,985,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund; of 
which $400,000 shall be derived from the fees collected under 
section 60303 of title 49, United States Code, and deposited in 
the Liquefied Natural Gas Siting Account for compliance reviews 
of liquefied natural gas facilities; and of which $7,000,000 shall 
be derived from fees collected under section 60302 of title 49, 
United States Code, and deposited in the Underground Natural 
Gas Storage Facility Safety Account for the purpose of carrying 
out section 60141 of title 49, United States Code: Provided, That 
not less than $1,058,000 of the amounts made available under 
this heading shall be for the One-Call State grant program: Provided 
further, That any amounts made available under this heading in 
this Act or in prior Acts for research contracts, grants, cooperative 
agreements or research other transactions agreements (‘‘OTAs’’) 
shall require written notification to the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations not less than 3 full business days before 
such research contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, or research 
OTAs are announced by the Department of Transportation: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall transmit to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations the report on pipeline safety 
testing enhancement as required pursuant to section 105 of the 
Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety 
Act of 2020 (division R of Public Law 116–260): Provided further, 
That the Secretary may obligate amounts made available under 
this heading to engineer, erect, alter, and repair buildings or make 
any other public improvements for research facilities at the 
Transportation Technology Center after the Secretary submits an 
updated research plan and the report in the preceding proviso 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and after 
such plan and report in the preceding proviso are approved by 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
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EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND) 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Emergency Prepared-
ness Grants program, not more than $28,318,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2025, from amounts made available 
by section 5116(h) and subsections (b) and (c) of section 5128 
of title 49, United States Code: Provided, That notwithstanding 
section 5116(h)(4) of title 49, United States Code, not more than 
4 percent of the amounts made available from this account shall 
be available to pay the administrative costs of carrying out sections 
5116, 5107(e), and 5108(g)(2) of title 49, United States Code: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding subsections (b) and (c) of sec-
tion 5128 of title 49, United States Code, and the limitation on 
obligations provided under this heading, prior year recoveries recog-
nized in the current year shall be available to develop and deliver 
hazardous materials emergency response training for emergency 
responders, including response activities for the transportation of 
crude oil, ethanol, flammable liquids, and other hazardous commod-
ities by rail, consistent with National Fire Protection Association 
standards, and to make such training available through an elec-
tronic format: Provided further, That the prior year recoveries made 
available under this heading shall also be available to carry out 
sections 5116(a)(1)(C), 5116(h), 5116(i), 5116(j), and 5107(e) of title 
49, United States Code. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General to 
carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
as amended, $108,073,000: Provided, That the Inspector General 
shall have all necessary authority, in carrying out the duties speci-
fied in the Inspector General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.), 
to investigate allegations of fraud, including false statements to 
the government (18 U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity that 
is subject to regulation by the Department of Transportation. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 180. (a) During the current fiscal year, applicable appro-
priations to the Department of Transportation shall be available 
for maintenance and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles and aircraft; purchase of liability insurance for motor 
vehicles operating in foreign countries on official department busi-
ness; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 
5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code. 
(b) During the current fiscal year, applicable appropriations 
to the Department and its operating administrations shall be avail-
able for the purchase, maintenance, operation, and deployment 
of unmanned aircraft systems that advance the missions of the 
Department of Transportation or an operating administration of 
the Department of Transportation.