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not to exceed 10 percent of fiscal year 2023 collections, shall be 
available until expended in the Department’s Working Capital Fund 
to provide 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 obligated 
or expended for retention or senior executive bonuses for an 
employee of the Department of Transportation 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 Administrative 
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 return full cost of transferred assets. 
SEC. 107. None of the funds provided in this Act to the Depart-
ment 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 Appropriations; the Committee on Environment and Public 
Works and the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs 
of the Senate; and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-
ture of the House of Representatives: Provided, That such notifica-
tion shall include, but not be limited to, the name of the project 
sponsor; a description of the project; whether credit assistance 
will be provided as a direct loan, loan guarantee, or line of credit; 
and the amount of credit assistance. 
SEC. 108. For an additional amount for necessary expenses 
of the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, as authorized 
in section 328 of title 49, United States Code, $4,500,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
SEC. 109. (a) The remaining unobligated balances, as of Sep-
tember 30, 2023, from amounts made available in section 157(a) 
of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2023 (division A of Public 
Law 117–180) are hereby permanently rescinded, and an amount 
of additional new budget authority equivalent to the amount 
rescinded is hereby appropriated on September 30, 2023, to remain 
available until September 30, 2024, and shall be available, without 
additional competition, for completing the funding of awards made 
pursuant to the fiscal year 2020 national infrastructure investments 
program, in addition to other funds as may be available for such 
purposes. 
(b) The remaining unobligated balances, as of September 30, 
2023, from amounts made available in section 157(b) of the Con-
tinuing Appropriations Act, 2023 (division A of Public Law 117– 
180) are hereby permanently rescinded, and an amount of additional 
new budget authority equivalent to the amount rescinded is hereby 
appropriated on September 30, 2023, to remain available until 
September 30, 2024, and shall be available, without additional 
competition, for completing the funding of awards made pursuant 
to the fiscal year 2019 national infrastructure investments program, 
in addition to other funds as may be available for such purposes. 
SEC. 109A. (a) Amounts made available to the Secretary of 
Transportation or the Department of Transportation’s operating 
administrations in this Act or in Public Law 117–103 for the costs
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of award, administration, or oversight of financial assistance under 
the programs identified in subsection (c) may be transferred to 
the account identified in section 801 of division J of Public Law 
117–58, to remain available until expended, for the necessary 
expenses of award, administration, or oversight of any financial 
assistance programs in the Department of Transportation. 
(b) Amounts transferred under the authority in this section 
are available in addition to amounts otherwise available for such 
purpose. 
(c) The program from which funds made available under this 
Act or in Public Law 117–103 may be transferred under subsection 
(a) is the local and regional project assistance program under section 
6702 of title 49, United States Code. 
SEC. 109B. Of the amounts made available under the heading 
‘‘National Infrastructure Investments’’, not less than $1,000,000 
and not greater than $25,000,000 shall be available to complete 
port infrastructure projects that received awards from the national 
infrastructure investments program under title I of division G of 
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 (Public Law 116–6) or 
rail infrastructure projects that received awards from the national 
infrastructure investments program under title I of division L of 
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141): 
Provided, That an award funded under this section may allow 
the total award to a recipient to be greater than $25,000,000: 
Provided further, That sponsors of projects eligible for funds made 
available under this section shall provide sufficient written justifica-
tion describing, at a minimum, the current project cost estimate, 
why the project cannot be completed with the obligated grant 
amount, and any other relevant information, as determined by 
the Secretary: Provided further, That the allocation under the pre-
ceding proviso will be for the amounts necessary to cover increases 
to eligible project costs since the grant was obligated, based on 
the information provided: Provided further, That section 200.204 
of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations, shall not apply to amounts 
made available under this section: Provided further, That the 
amounts made available under this section shall not be part of 
the Federal share of total project costs and shall be up to 100 
percent: Provided further, That section 6702(c)(3) of title 49, United 
States Code, shall not apply to amounts made available under 
this section: Provided further, That section 6702(f) of title 49, United 
States Code, shall not apply to amounts made available under 
this section: Provided further, That of amounts made available 
under this section, the Secretary may award to rail infrastructure 
projects only amounts that the Secretary determines are not needed 
to complete port infrastructure projects. 
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Administration, 
not otherwise provided for, including operations and research activi-
ties related to commercial space transportation, administrative 
expenses for research and development, establishment of air naviga-
tion facilities, the operation (including leasing) and maintenance
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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, $11,915,000,000, 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 available under this heading— 
(1) not less than $1,630,794,000 shall be available for avia-
tion safety activities; 
(2) $8,812,537,000 shall be available for air traffic organiza-
tion activities; 
(3) $37,854,000 shall be available for commercial space 
transportation activities; 
(4) $918,049,000 shall be available for finance and manage-
ment activities; 
(5) $65,581,000 shall be available for NextGen and oper-
ations planning activities; 
(6) $152,509,000 shall be available for security and haz-
ardous materials safety activities; and 
(7) $297,676,000 shall be available for staff offices: 
Provided further, That not to exceed 5 percent of any budget 
activity, except for aviation safety budget activity, may be trans-
ferred to any budget activity under this heading: 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 excess of 5 percent shall be treated as a reprogramming 
of funds under section 405 of this Act and shall not be available 
for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the proce-
dures set forth in that section: Provided further, That not later 
than 60 days after the submission of the budget request, the 
Administrator of the Federal Aviation 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 this heading shall 
be reduced by $100,000 for each day after 60 days after the submis-
sion 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 com-
prehensive strategy for staffing, hiring, and training flight stand-
ards 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 fur-
ther, 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 avia-
tion safety standards: Provided further, 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 the enactment of 
this Act: Provided further, That there may be credited to this
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appropriation, as offsetting collections, funds received from States, 
counties, municipalities, foreign authorities, other public authori-
ties, 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 modi-
fication of certificates, including airman, aircraft, and repair station 
certificates, or for tests related thereto, or for processing major 
repair or alteration forms: Provided 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 contract 
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: 
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act or any other Act may be used to elimi-
nate the Contract Weather Observers program at any airport. 
FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for acquisi-
tion, establishment, technical support services, improvement by 
contract or purchase, and hire of national airspace systems and 
experimental facilities and equipment, 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 acquisi-
tion of necessary sites by lease or grant; construction and furnishing 
of quarters and related accommodations for officers and employees 
of the Federal Aviation Administration stationed at remote localities 
where such accommodations are not available; and the purchase, 
lease, or transfer of aircraft from funds made available under this 
heading, including aircraft for aviation regulation and certification; 
to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, 
$2,945,000,000, of which $570,000,000 is for personnel and related 
expenses and shall remain available until September 30, 2024, 
$2,221,200,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2025, 
and $153,800,000 is for terminal facilities and shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2027: Provided, That there may be credited 
to this appropriation funds received from States, counties, munici-
palities, other public authorities, and private sources, for expenses 
incurred in the establishment, improvement, and modernization 
of national airspace 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 investment 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 Management 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