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Eating Fish, From the Environmental Protection Agency 
and Food and Drug Administration; Revised Fish Advice; 
Availability’’ (82 Fed. Reg. 6571 (January 19, 2017)), in 
a manner that is consistent with nutrition science recog-
nized by the Food and Drug Administration on the net ef-
fects of seafood consumption. 
SEC. 765. In administering the pilot program estab-
lished by section 779 of division A of the Consolidated Ap-
propriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141), the Sec-
retary of Agriculture shall— 
(1) ensure that applicants that are determined to 
be ineligible for the pilot program have a means of 
appealing or otherwise challenging that determination 
in a timely fashion; and 
(2) in determining whether an entity may over-
build or duplicate broadband expansion efforts made 
by any entity that has received a broadband loan 
from the Rural Utilities Service, not consider loans 
that were rescinded or defaulted on, or loans the terms 
and conditions of which were not met, if the entity 
under consideration has not previously defaulted on, 
or failed to meet the terms and conditions of, a Rural 
Utilities Service loan or had a Rural Utilities Service 
loan rescinded.
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1890 LAND-GRANT COLLEGES, INCLUDING TUSKEGEE 
UNIVERSITY 
SEC. 767. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, the amounts made available by this Act to carry 
out sections 1444 and 1445, respectively, of the National 
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act 
of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3221, 3222) shall each be increased by 
$3,000,000. 
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
the amount made available under the heading ‘‘(INCLUDING 
TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)’’ under the heading ‘‘AGRICULTURE 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES’’ under the heading ‘‘AGRI-
CULTURAL PROGRAMS’’ in title I shall be decreased by 
$6,000,000. 
SEC. 768. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be used to enforce the requirement in the final 
rule entitled ‘‘Food Labeling: Revision of the Nutrition and 
Supplement Facts Labels’’, published in the Federal Reg-
ister on May 27, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 33742), that any single 
ingredient sugar, honey, agave, or syrup (including maple 
syrup) that is packaged and offered for sale as a single in-
gredient food bear the declaration ‘‘Includes ‘X’g Added 
Sugars’’.
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This division may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019’’.
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DIVISION D—TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING 
AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RE-
LATED 
AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS 
ACT, 2019 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban 
Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2019, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
$113,535,000, of which not to exceed $3,001,000 shall be 
available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to 
exceed $1,040,000 shall be available for the immediate Of-
fice of the Deputy Secretary; not to exceed $20,428,000 shall 
be available for the Office of the General Counsel; not to 
exceed $10,265,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy; not to exceed 
$14,019,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to exceed 
$2,550,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Governmental Affairs; not to exceed
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$29,244,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Administration; not to exceed $2,142,000 shall 
be available for the Office of Public Affairs; not to exceed 
$1,835,000 shall be available for the Office of the Executive 
Secretariat; not to exceed $12,325,000 shall be available for 
the Office of Intelligence, Security, and Emergency Re-
sponse; and not to exceed $16,686,000 shall be available for 
the Office of the Chief Information Officer: Provided, That 
the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to transfer 
funds appropriated for any office of the Office of the Sec-
retary to any other office of the Office of the Secretary: Pro-
vided further, That no appropriation for any office shall 
be increased or decreased by more than 5 percent by all 
such transfers: Provided further, That notice of any change 
in funding greater than 5 percent shall be submitted for 
approval to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations: Provided further, That not to exceed $60,000 
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, excluding fees authorized in Public 
Law 107–71, there may be credited to this appropriation 
up to $2,500,000 in funds received in user fees: Provided 
further, That none of the funds provided in this Act shall
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be available for the position of Assistant Secretary for Pub-
lic Affairs. 
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses related to the Office of the As-
sistant Secretary for Research and Technology, $8,471,000, 
of which $2,218,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2021: Provided, That there may be credited to this ap-
propriation, to be available until expended, funds received 
from States, counties, municipalities, other public authori-
ties, and private sources for expenses incurred for training: 
Provided further, That any reference in law, regulation, ju-
dicial proceedings, or elsewhere to the Research and Innova-
tive 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 Trans-
portation. 
NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS 
For capital investments in surface transportation in-
frastructure, $1,000,000,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2021: Provided, That the Secretary of Trans-
portation shall distribute funds provided under this heading 
as discretionary grants to be awarded to a State, local gov-
ernment, transit agency, port authority, or a collaboration 
among such entities on a competitive basis for projects that 
will have a significant local or regional impact: Provided
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further, That projects eligible for funding provided under 
this heading shall include, but not be limited to, highway 
or bridge projects eligible under title 23, United States 
Code; public transportation projects eligible under chapter 
53 of title 49, United States Code; passenger and freight 
rail transportation projects; and port infrastructure invest-
ments (including inland port infrastructure and land ports 
of entry): Provided further, That of the amount made avail-
able under this heading, the Secretary may use an amount 
not to exceed $15,000,000 for the planning, preparation or 
design of projects eligible for funding under this heading: 
Provided further, That grants awarded under the previous 
proviso shall not be subject to a minimum grant size: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary may use up to 20 percent 
of the funds made available under this heading for the pur-
pose of paying the subsidy and administrative costs of 
projects eligible for Federal credit assistance under chapter 
6 of title 23, United States Code, or sections 501 through 
504 of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform 
Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–210), as amended, if the Sec-
retary finds that such use of the funds would advance the 
purposes of this paragraph: Provided further, That in dis-
tributing funds provided under this heading, the Secretary 
shall take such measures so as to ensure an equitable geo-
graphic distribution of funds, an appropriate balance in
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addressing the needs of urban and rural areas, and the in-
vestment in a variety of transportation modes: Provided 
further, That a grant funded under this heading shall be 
not less than $5,000,000 and not greater than $25,000,000: 
Provided further, That not more than 10 percent of the 
funds made available under this heading may be awarded 
to projects in a single State: Provided further, That the Fed-
eral share of the costs for which an expenditure is made 
under this heading shall be, at the option of the recipient, 
up to 80 percent: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
give priority to projects that require a contribution of Fed-
eral funds in order to complete an overall financing pack-
age: Provided further, That not less than 30 percent of the 
funds provided under this heading shall be for projects lo-
cated in rural areas: Provided further, That for projects lo-
cated in rural areas, the minimum grant size shall be 
$1,000,000 and the Secretary may increase the Federal 
share of costs above 80 percent: Provided further, That 
projects conducted using funds provided under this heading 
must comply with the requirements of subchapter IV of 
chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall conduct a new competition to select 
the grants and credit assistance awarded under this head-
ing: Provided further, That the Secretary may retain up 
to $25,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading,
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and may transfer portions of those funds to the Administra-
tors of the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal 
Transit Administration, the Federal Railroad Administra-
tion, and the Maritime Administration to fund the award 
and oversight of grants and credit assistance made under 
the National Infrastructure Investments program: Provided 
further, That none of the funds provided in the previous 
proviso may be used to hire additional personnel: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall consider and award 
projects based solely on the selection criteria from the fiscal 
year 2016 Notice of Funding Opportunity: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall not use the Federal share or 
an applicant’s ability to generate non-Federal revenue as 
a selection criteria in awarding projects: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall issue the Notice of Funding Oppor-
tunity no later than 60 days after enactment of this Act: 
Provided further, That the Notice of Funding Opportunity 
shall require application submissions 90 days after the pub-
lishing of such Notice: Provided further, That of the appli-
cations submitted under the previous two provisos, the Sec-
retary shall make grants no later than 270 days after enact-
ment of this Act in such amounts that the Secretary deter-
mines: Provided further, That such sums provided for na-
tional infrastructure investments for passenger rail trans-
portation projects under title I of division C of the Consoli-
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dated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 
(Public Law 112–55; 125 Stat. 641), shall remain available 
for expenditure through fiscal year 2019 for the liquidation 
of valid obligations of active grants incurred in fiscal year 
2012: Provided further, That such sums provided for na-
tional infrastructure investments for port infrastructure 
projects under title VIII of division F of the Consolidated 
and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (Public 
Law 113–6; 127 Stat. 432) shall remain available through 
fiscal year 2020 for the liquidation of valid obligations of 
active grants incurred in fiscal year 2013: Provided further, 
That the 2 preceding provisos shall be applied as if they 
were in effect on September 30, 2018: Provided further, 
That after calculating the distribution of obligation limita-
tion for Federal-aid highways for fiscal year 2019 under 
section 120(a), the obligation limitation shall be reduced 
by $52,000,000 to a total of $45,216,596,000: Provided fur-
ther, That the reduction in the preceding proviso shall be 
applied to the obligation limitation determined under sec-
tion 120(a)(4) for the TIFIA program (as defined in section 
601(a) of title 23, United States Code). 
NATIONAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AND INNOVATIVE 
FINANCE BUREAU 
For necessary expenses of the National Surface Trans-
portation and Innovative Finance Bureau as authorized by
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49 U.S.C. 116, $2,987,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CAPITAL 
For necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing 
the Department of Transportation’s financial systems and 
re-engineering business processes, $2,000,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2020. 
CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVES 
For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, 
including necessary upgrades to wide area network and in-
formation technology infrastructure, improvement of net-
work perimeter controls and identity management, testing 
and assessment of information technology against business, 
security, and other requirements, implementation of Fed-
eral cyber security initiatives and information infrastruc-
ture enhancements, and implementation of enhanced secu-
rity controls on network devices, $15,000,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2020. 
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$9,470,000. 
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND 
DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 
planning, research, systems development, development ac-
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tivities, and making grants, $7,879,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 
$1,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses for 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 and 
review of major infrastructure projects not related to trans-
portation only to the extent that other Federal agencies pro-
vide funding to the Department as provided for under the 
previous proviso. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For necessary expenses for operating costs and capital 
outlays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed 
$203,883,000, 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 above limitation on operating ex-
penses shall not apply to non-DOT entities: Provided fur-
ther, That no funds appropriated in this Act to an agency
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of the Department shall be transferred to the Working Cap-
ital Fund without majority approval of the Working Cap-
ital Fund Steering Committee and approval of the Sec-
retary: Provided further, That no assessments may be levied 
against any program, budget activity, subactivity or project 
funded by this Act unless notice of such assessments and 
the basis therefor are presented to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations and are approved by such 
Committees. 
MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses of the Minority Business Re-
source Center, the provision of financial education outreach 
activities to eligible transportation-related small businesses, 
the monitoring of existing loans in the guaranteed loan pro-
gram, and the modification of such loans of the Minority 
Business Resource Center, $249,000, as authorized by 49 
U.S.C. 332: Provided, That notwithstanding that section, 
these funds may be for business opportunities related to any 
mode of transportation. 
SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS UTILIZATION AND 
OUTREACH 
For necessary expenses for small and disadvantaged 
business utilization and outreach activities, $3,488,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That 
notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be used
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for business opportunities related to any mode of transpor-
tation. 
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 
49 U.S.C. 41731 through 41742, $175,000,000, to be derived 
from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That in determining between 
or among carriers competing to provide service to a commu-
nity, the Secretary may consider the relative subsidy re-
quirements of the carriers: Provided further, That basic es-
sential air service minimum requirements shall not include 
the 15-passenger capacity requirement under subsection 
41732(b)(3) of title 49, United States Code: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds in this Act or any other Act 
shall be used to enter into a new contract with a community 
located less than 40 miles from the nearest small hub air-
port before the Secretary has negotiated with the commu-
nity over a local cost share: Provided further, That amounts 
authorized to be distributed for the essential air service pro-
gram under subsection 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 Ad-
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ministrator may reimburse such amounts from fees credited 
to the account established under section 45303 of title 49, 
United States Code. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
OF TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 101. None of the funds made available in this 
Act to the Department of Transportation may be obligated 
for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation to approve 
assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining to funds 
appropriated to the modal administrations in this Act, ex-
cept for activities underway on the date of enactment of 
this Act, unless such assessments or agreements have com-
pleted 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 Work-
ing Capital Fund is hereby authorized to provide partial 
or full payments in advance and accept subsequent reim-
bursements from all Federal agencies from available funds 
for transit benefit distribution services that are necessary
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to carry out the Federal transit pass transportation fringe 
benefit program under Executive Order No. 13150 and sec-
tion 3049 of Public Law 109–59: Provided, That the De-
partment shall maintain a reasonable operating reserve in 
the Working Capital Fund, to be expended in advance to 
provide uninterrupted transit benefits to Government em-
ployees: Provided further, That such reserve will not exceed 
one month of benefits payable and may be used only for 
the purpose of providing for the continuation of transit ben-
efits: Provided further, That the Working Capital Fund will 
be fully reimbursed by each customer agency from available 
funds for the actual cost of the transit benefit. 
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Admin-
istration, not otherwise provided for, including operations 
and research activities related to commercial space trans-
portation, administrative expenses for research and develop-
ment, establishment of air navigation facilities, the oper-
ation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, sub-
sidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold to 
the public, the lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles 
for replacement only, in addition to amounts made avail-
able by Public Law 112–95, $10,410,758,000, to remain
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available 
until 
September 
30, 
2020, 
of 
which 
$9,833,400,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Air-
way Trust Fund, of which not to exceed $7,843,427,000 
shall be available for air traffic organization activities; not 
to exceed $1,334,377,000 shall be available for aviation safe-
ty activities; not to exceed $24,981,000 shall be available 
for commercial space transportation activities; not to exceed 
$816,562,000 shall be available for finance and manage-
ment activities; not to exceed $61,796,000 shall be available 
for NextGen and operations planning activities; not to ex-
ceed $114,312,000 shall be available for security and haz-
ardous materials safety; and not to exceed $215,303,000 
shall be available for staff offices: Provided, That not to ex-
ceed 5 percent of any budget activity, except for aviation 
safety budget activity, may be transferred to any budget 
activity under this heading: Provided further, That no 
transfer may increase or decrease any appropriation 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 avail-
able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with 
the procedures set forth in that section: Provided further, 
That not later than March 31 of each fiscal year hereafter, 
the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration 
shall transmit to Congress an annual update to the report
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submitted to Congress in December 2004 pursuant to sec-
tion 221 of Public Law 108–176: Provided further, That 
the amount herein appropriated shall be reduced by 
$100,000 for each day after March 31 that such report has 
not been submitted to the Congress: Provided further, That 
not later than March 31 of each fiscal year hereafter, the 
Administrator shall transmit to Congress a companion re-
port that describes a comprehensive strategy for staffing, 
hiring, and training flight standards and aircraft certifi-
cation 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 amount herein appropriated shall be reduced by 
$100,000 per day for each day after March 31 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 in this Act shall be available 
for new applicants for the second career training program: 
Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall 
be available for the Federal Aviation Administration to fi-
nalize 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,
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That there may be credited to this appropriation, as offset-
ting collections, funds received from States, counties, mu-
nicipalities, foreign authorities, other public authorities, 
and private sources for expenses incurred in the provision 
of agency services, including receipts for the maintenance 
and operation 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: 
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 
heading, not less than $168,000,000 shall be used to fund 
direct operations of the current 254 air traffic control tow-
ers 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 in 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 eliminate the Contract 
Weather Observers program at any airport: Provided fur-
ther, That of the amount appropriated under this heading, 
up to $6,000,000 shall be used for providing matching funds 
to qualified commercial entities seeking to demonstrate or
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validate technologies that the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion considers essential to the safe integration of unmanned 
aircraft systems (UAS) in the National Airspace System 
at Federal Aviation Administration designated UAS test 
sites: Provided further, That not later than 60 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 
Federal Aviation Administration shall identify essential in-
tegration technologies that could be demonstrated or vali-
dated at test sites designated in accordance with the pre-
ceding proviso. 
FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
acquisition, establishment, technical support services, im-
provement 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 nec-
essary sites by lease or grant; engineering and service test-
ing, including construction of test facilities and acquisition 
of necessary sites by lease or grant; construction and fur-
nishing of quarters and related accommodations for officers 
and employees of the Federal Aviation Administration sta-
tioned at remote localities where such accommodations are 
not available; and the purchase, lease, or transfer of aircraft
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from funds available under this heading, including aircraft 
for aviation regulation and certification; to be derived from 
the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, $3,000,000,000, of 
which $512,823,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2020, $2,362,977,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2021, and $124,200,000 shall remain available 
until expended: 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 fur-
ther, That no later than March 31, the Secretary of Trans-
portation shall transmit to the Congress an investment plan 
for the Federal Aviation Administration which includes 
funding for each budget line item for fiscal years 2020 
through 2024, with total funding for each year of the plan 
constrained to the funding targets for those years as esti-
mated and approved by the Office of Management and 
Budget. 
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 acqui-
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sition of necessary sites by lease or grant, $191,000,000, to 
be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and 
to remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided, 
That there may be credited to this appropriation as offset-
ting collections, funds received from States, counties, mu-
nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources, 
which shall be available for expenses incurred for research, 
engineering, and development. 
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 author-
izing such obligations; for procurement, installation, and 
commissioning of runway incursion prevention devices and 
systems at airports of such title; for grants authorized under 
section 41743 of title 49, United States Code; and for in-
spection activities and administration of airport safety pro-
grams, including those related to airport operating certifi-
cates under section 44706 of title 49, United States Code,
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$3,000,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That none of the funds under this heading shall be 
available for the planning or execution of programs the obli-
gations for which are in excess of $3,350,000,000 in fiscal 
year 2019, notwithstanding section 47117(g) of title 49, 
United States Code: Provided further, That none of the 
funds under this heading shall be available for the replace-
ment of baggage conveyor systems, reconfiguration of ter-
minal baggage areas, or other airport improvements that 
are necessary to install bulk explosive detection systems: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 47109(a) of 
title 49, United States Code, the Government’s share of al-
lowable project costs under paragraph (2) for subgrants or 
paragraph (3) of that section shall be 95 percent for a 
project at other than a large or medium 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 provision of law, of funds lim-
ited under this heading, not more than $112,600,000 shall 
be available for administration, not less than $15,000,000 
shall be available for the Airport Cooperative Research Pro-
gram, not less than $33,210,000 shall be available for Air-
port Technology Research, and $10,000,000, to remain
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available until expended, shall be available and transferred 
to ‘‘Office of the Secretary, Salaries and Expenses’’ to carry 
out the Small Community Air Service Development Pro-
gram: Provided further, That in addition to airports eligi-
ble 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 re-
quest 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 chapter 
471 and subchapter 1 of chapter 475 of title 49, United 
States Code, $750,000,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2021: Provided, That amounts made avail-
able under this heading shall be derived from the general 
fund, and such funds shall not be subject to apportionment 
formulas, special apportionment categories, or minimum 
percentages under chapter 471: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall distribute funds provided under this head-
ing as discretionary grants to airports: Provided further, 
That the amount made available under this heading shall 
not be subject to any limitation on obligations for the
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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 funds provided under this heading to fund the award 
and oversight by the Administrator of grants made under 
this heading. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 110. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
to compensate in excess of 600 technical staff-years under 
the federally funded research and development center con-
tract between the Federal Aviation Administration and the 
Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development during 
fiscal year 2019. 
SEC. 111. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
to pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring air-
port sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration without cost building construction, maintenance, 
utilities and expenses, or space in airport sponsor-owned 
buildings for services relating to air traffic control, air 
navigation, or weather reporting: Provided, That the prohi-
bition of funds in this section does not apply to negotiations 
between the agency and airport sponsors to achieve agree-
ment on ‘‘below-market’’ rates for these items or to grant 
assurances that require airport sponsors to provide land
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without cost to the Federal Aviation Administration for air 
traffic control facilities. 
SEC. 112. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration may reimburse amounts made available to 
satisfy 49 U.S.C. 41742(a)(1) from fees credited under 49 
U.S.C. 45303 and any amount remaining in such account 
at the close of that fiscal year may be made available to 
satisfy section 41742(a)(1) for the subsequent fiscal year. 
SEC. 113. Amounts collected under section 40113(e) of 
title 49, United States Code, shall be credited to the appro-
priation current at the time of collection, to be merged with 
and available for the same purposes of such appropriation. 
SEC. 114. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for paying premium pay under subsection 5546(a) of 
title 5, United States Code, to any Federal Aviation Admin-
istration employee unless such employee actually performed 
work during the time corresponding to such premium pay. 
SEC. 115. None of the funds in this Act may be obli-
gated or expended for an employee of the Federal Aviation 
Administration to purchase a store gift card or gift certifi-
cate through use of a Government-issued credit card. 
SEC. 116. None of the funds in this Act may be obli-
gated or expended for retention bonuses for an employee of 
the Federal Aviation Administration without the prior
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written approval of the Assistant Secretary for Administra-
tion of the Department of Transportation. 
SEC. 117. 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 im-
plement any limitation on the ability of any owner or oper-
ator of a private aircraft to obtain, upon a request to the 
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, a 
blocking of that owner’s or operator’s aircraft registration 
number from any display of the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration’s Aircraft Situational Display to Industry data 
that is made available to the public, except data made 
available to a Government agency, for the noncommercial 
flights of that owner or operator. 
SEC. 118. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for salaries and expenses of more than eight political 
and Presidential appointees in the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration. 
SEC. 119. None of the funds made available under 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 Commit-
tees on Appropriations a report that justifies all fees related 
to aeronautical navigation products and explains how such 
fees are consistent with Executive Order 13642.
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SEC. 119A. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
to close a regional operations center of the Federal Aviation 
Administration or reduce its services unless the Adminis-
trator notifies the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations not less than 90 full business days in advance. 
SEC. 119B. None of the funds appropriated or limited 
by this Act may be used to change weight restrictions or 
prior permission rules at Teterboro airport in Teterboro, 
New Jersey. 
SEC. 119C. None of the funds provided under this Act 
may be used by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration to withhold from consideration and ap-
proval any new application for participation in the Con-
tract Tower Program, or for reevaluation of Cost-share Pro-
gram participants, as long as the Federal Aviation Admin-
istration has received an application from the airport, and 
as long as the Administrator determines such tower is eligi-
ble using the factors set forth in the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration report, Establishment and Discontinuance 
Criteria for Airport Traffic Control Towers (FAA–APO– 
90–7 as of August, 1990). 
SEC. 119D. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds made available in this Act may be 
obligated or expended to limit the use of an Organization 
Designation Authorization’s (ODA) delegated functions doc-
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umented in its procedures manual on a type certification 
project unless the Administrator documents a systemic air-
worthiness noncompliance performance issue as a result of 
inspection or oversight that the safety of air commerce re-
quires a limitation with regard to a specific authorization 
or where an ODA’s capability has not been previously es-
tablished in terms of a new compliance method or design 
feature: Provided, That in such cases the Federal Aviation 
Administration shall work with the ODA holder if requested 
to develop the capability to execute that function safely, effi-
ciently and effectively. 
SEC. 119E. (a) TERMINAL AERODROME FORECAST.— 
The Administrator shall permit an air carrier operation 
under part 121 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, 
to operate to a destination determined to be under visual 
flight rules without a Terminal Aerodrome Forecast or Me-
teorological Aerodrome Report if a current Area Forecast, 
supplemented by other local weather observations or reports, 
is available, and an alternate airport that has an available 
Terminal Aerodrome Forecast and weather report is speci-
fied. The air carrier shall have approved procedures for dis-
patch and en route weather evaluation and shall operate 
under instrument flight rules en route to the destination. 
(b) LIMITATION.—Without a written finding of neces-
sity, based on objective and historical evidence of imminent
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threat to safety, the Administrator shall not promulgate 
any operation specification, policy, or guidance document 
that is more restrictive than, or requires procedures that 
are not expressly stated in, the regulations. 
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 providers of general 
aviation ground support services 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 
Government: Provided, That no funds shall be obligated or 
distributed 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-
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 airports) are 
not eligible for reimbursements: Provided further, That obli-
gation and expenditure of funds are conditional upon full
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release of the United States Government for all claims for 
financial losses resulting from such actions. 
REPORT ON NEXTGEN IMPLEMENTATION 
SEC. 119G. (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator 
shall submit to Congress a report on the implementation 
of NextGen at commercial service airports in the United 
States. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall include the following: 
(1) The number and percentage of commercial 
service airports in the United States that have fully 
implemented NextGen. 
(2) The percentage completion of NextGen imple-
mentation at each commercial service airport in the 
United States. 
(c) DEVELOPMENT OF STANDARD TO DETERMINE PER-
CENTAGE IMPLEMENTATION OF NEXTGEN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall de-
velop a standard for determining under subsection 
(b)(2) the percentage completion of NextGen imple-
mentation at commercial service airports in the 
United States based on factors that may include an 
accounting of efficiency benefits achieved, the degree of
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NextGen technology and infrastructure installed, and 
the extent of controller training on NextGen. 
(2) INCLUSION IN REPORT.—The Administrator 
shall include in the report submitted under subsection 
(a) the standard developed under paragraph (1). 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 
ADMINISTRATOR.—The 
term 
‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Federal Avia-
tion Administration. 
(2) NEXTGEN.—The term ‘‘NextGen’’ means the 
Next Generation Air Transportation System. 
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Not to exceed $446,444,304, 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. In addition, $3,248,000 shall be transferred 
to the Appalachian Regional Commission in accordance 
with section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code.