Title: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance

Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
Highlights:
This bill provides FY2018 appropriations for the Department of Transportation (DOT), the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and several related agencies.
The bill includes both discretionary and mandatory funding. The HUD budget is primarily discretionary spending, and most of the DOT budget is mandatory spending, in the form of contract authority from the Highway Trust Fund.
The bill increases overall discretionary spending for Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies above FY2017 levels and include increases for both DOT and HUD.
Full Summary:
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018
TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Department of Transportation Appropriations Act, 2018
Provides FY2018 appropriations for the Department of Transportation (DOT).
Provides appropriations for the Office of the Secretary, including:
(Sec. 101) Prohibits DOT from approving assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining to funds appropriated to the modal administrations in this bill except for activities underway on the date of enactment, unless the reprogramming process has been completed.
(Sec. 102) Permits DOT to use the Working Capital Fund to provide payments in advance and accept subsequent reimbursements from all federal agencies for transit benefit distribution services that are necessary to carry out the federal transit pass transportation fringe benefit program.
(Sec. 103) Requires DOT to: (1) post on its website the schedule and agenda for all meetings of the Council on Credit and Finance, and (2) require the council to record the decisions and actions of each meeting.
(Sec. 104) Permits DOT to transfer specified funds necessary to carry out the duties of the National Surface Transportation and Innovative Finance Bureau.
(Sec. 105) Amends the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 to transfer the deposit of certain fees related to loans and loan guarantees from the Federal Railroad Administration's Safety and Operations account to the National Surface Transportation and Innovative Finance Bureau account.
(Sec. 106) Lifts the suspension of the comment period imposed by DOT on its Request for Information titled "Exploring Industry Practices on Distribution and Display of Airline Fare, Schedule and Availability Information." Requires DOT to accept additional public comment for 30 days after enactment of this bill.
Provides appropriations to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for:
Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used for:
Permits funds received from specified public, private, and foreign sources for expenses incurred to be credited to the appropriation.
(Sec. 110) Limits technical staff-years under the federally funded research and development center contract between the FAA and the Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development.
(Sec. 111) Prohibits the FAA from requiring airport sponsors to provide the FAA without cost building construction, maintenance, utilities and expenses, or space in sponsor-owned buildings for air traffic control, air navigation, or weather reporting. Specifies that the prohibition does not apply to negotiations between the FAA and airport sponsors to achieve agreement on "below-market" rates for these items or to grant assurances that require airport sponsors to provide land without cost to the FAA for air traffic control facilities.
(Sec. 112) Permits the FAA to reimburse amounts made available from certain fees to carry out the Essential Air Service program, which was established to ensure that small communities have a minimum level of air service.
(Sec. 113) Permits amounts collected by the FAA for providing technical assistance to foreign aviation authorities to be credited to the Operations account.
(Sec. 114) Prohibits the FAA from paying Sunday premium pay except if an individual worked on a Sunday.
(Sec. 115) Prohibits the FAA from using funds provided by this bill to purchase a store gift card or gift certificate using a government-issued credit card.
(Sec. 116) Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used for retention bonuses for FAA employees without prior approval of the Assistant Secretary for Administration of DOT.
(Sec. 117) Requires the FAA, upon the request of an owner or operator, to block the display of the owner's or operator's aircraft registration number in the Aircraft Situational Display to Industry program.
(Sec. 118) Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used to pay the salaries and expenses of more than seven political and presidential FAA appointees.
(Sec. 119) Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used to increase fees for navigation products until the FAA provides Congress with a justification for all fees for aeronautical navigation products.
(Sec. 119A) Requires the FAA to notify Congress prior to closing a regional operations center or reducing the services it provides.
(Sec. 119B) Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used to change weight restrictions or prior permission rules at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey.
(Sec. 119C) Prohibits the FAA from withholding consideration and approval of any application for participation in the Contract Tower Program, including applications from cost-share program participants, if the tower meets the criteria included in the FAA report entitled "Establishment and Discontinuance Criteria for Airport Traffic Control Towers."
(Sec. 119D) Permits airports that met the 10,000 enplanement qualification for Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funds in calendar year 2012 to continue to receive AIP funds in FY2018.
(Sec. 119E) Allows certain foreign air carriers traveling to or from Cuba to make transit stops in the United States for refueling and other technical services.
(Sec. 119F) Provides transfer authority to prevent the furlough of FAA employees or disruptions or delays to NextGen programs, projects or activities.
(Sec. 119G) Exempts certain airports from cost share requirements under the FAA's Contract Tower Program.
(Sec. 119H) Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used to limit certain certification activities unless the FAA documents a systemic airworthiness noncompliance performance issue.
(Sec. 119I) Specifies requirements that must be met for the FAA to accept mandatory compliance airworthiness instructions issued by an aeronautical safety authority of a foreign country by issuing a final rule and a request for comments.
(Sec. 119J) Requires DOT to take appropriate actions to:
(Sec. 119K) Requires DOT to issue regulations to prohibit cell phone voice communications on aircraft during a flight with exceptions for members of the flight crew and federal law enforcement officers.
(Sec. 119L) Increases the amount of passenger facility charges that airports may impose on paying passengers to finance certain airport-related projects.
(Sec. 119M) Prohibits the FAA from transferring the exclusive sovereignty of the operational and regulatory authority over the National Airspace System.
(Sec. 119N) Requires the FAA to permit intermittent large cargo air carriers to land in remote areas using a mix of available local meteorological weather reports, in place of National Weather Service forecast reports where they do not provide weather coverage.
Provides funding from the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) for Administrative Expenses and Federal-Aid Highways.
(Most of DOT's budget is mandatory budget authority rather than discretionary budget authority. The mandatory budget authority is primarily in the form of contract authority derived from the Highway Trust Fund (HTF). Contract authority is the authority to obligate funds in advance of an appropriation Act.
Spending from the HTF is determined both by authorization bills and appropriations bills. Authorization bills provide contract authority for highway programs, and appropriations bills include obligation limitations that determine how much of the contract authority may be used in a given year.)
(Sec. 120) Specifies allocations and requirements for distributing obligation authority from the HTF among federal-aid highway programs.
(Sec. 121) Credits funds received by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the sale of data products to the Federal-Aid Highways account to reimburse the bureau for expenses.
(Sec. 122) Requires DOT to: (1) provide an informal public notice and comment opportunity prior to waiving the Buy America requirement for federal-aid highway projects, and (2) report to Congress annually on waivers.
(Sec. 123) Requires DOT to notify Congress prior to providing credit assistance under the Transportation Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) program, which provides credit to finance surface transportation projects of national and regional significance.
(Sec. 124) Requires DOT to notify Congress 60 days in advance before making grants for nationally significant freight and highway projects (FASTLANE grants).
(Sec. 125) Permits states to repurpose certain highway project funding to be used within 50 miles of its original designation.
(Sec. 126) Modifies an existing high priority corridor on the national highway system in Arkansas.
(Sec. 127) Requires DOT to remove a specified road in Colorado from the national highway system.
(Sec. 128) Permits states to use funds provided under the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement (CMAQ) Program for operating assistance on certain state-supported Amtrak routes with no time limitation.
(Sec. 129) Permits DOT, upon the request of a state, to modify a toll agreement to remove certain restrictions on the use of excess toll revenues for certain highways if the state: (1) certifies annually that the tolled facility is being adequately maintained, and (2) agrees to comply with certain audit requirements.
(Sec. 129A) Increases the truck weight limits for highways in North Dakota.
(Sec. 129B) Makes a technical correction to the existing truck weight exemption for New Hampshire.
Provides funding from the HTF to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) for: (1) Motor Carrier Safety Operations and Programs, and (2) Motor Carrier Safety Grants.
Rescinds specified funds that were provided by the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (SAFETEA-LU) or other appropriation or authorization acts prior to FY2017 for certain motor carrier safety programs.
(Sec. 130) Directs the FMCSA to require certain Mexican motor carriers to meet specified safety requirements when applying to operate beyond U.S. municipalities and commercial zones on the U.S.-Mexico border.
(Sec. 131) Requires the FMCSA to send notices of violations of certain safety procedures and regulations that could require expedited safety audits, compliance reviews, or corrective actions using certified mail, registered mail, or another manner of delivery, which records the receipt of the notice by the persons responsible for the violation.
Provides appropriations to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for Operations and Research.
Provides funding from the HTF to NHTSA for Operations and Research and Highway Traffic Safety Grants.
(Sec. 140) Provides additional funding to NHTSA for travel and related expenses associated with state management reviews and core competency development training for highway safety staff.
(Sec. 141) Exempts from the current fiscal year's obligation limitation for NHTSA programs any obligation authority that was made available in previous public laws and has not lapsed or been used.
Provides appropriations to the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for:
(Sec. 150) Limits overtime for Amtrak employees. Permits Amtrak to waive the limit for specific employees due to safety or operational efficiency reasons. Requires Amtrak to report to Congress on waivers granted and overtime payments incurred.
Provides appropriations to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for:
Provides funding from the HTF to the FTA for Transit Formula Grants.
(Sec. 160) Exempts previously made transit obligations from limitations on obligations.
(Sec. 161) Permits funds appropriated before October 1, 2017, that remain available for expenditure to be transferred from older accounts to new accounts with similar current activities.
Provides appropriations to the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation for Operations and Maintenance.
Provides appropriations for the Maritime Administration (MARAD) for:
(Sec. 170) Permits MARAD to furnish utilities and services and make repairs in connection with any lease, contract, or occupancy involving government property under the control of MARAD. Requires rental payments received pursuant to this provision to be credited to the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.
Provides appropriations to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) for:
Provides appropriations to the Office of Inspector General.
(Sec. 180) Permits DOT to use funds for maintenance and operation of aircraft, hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft, insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign countries on official department business, and uniforms.
Permits DOT to use funds for the purchase, maintenance, operation, and deployment of unmanned aircraft systems that advance DOT's, or its operating administrations' missions.
Deems any unmanned aircraft system purchased or procured by DOT prior to the enactment of this bill to be authorized.
(Sec. 181) Permits DOT to use funds provided by this bill for the employment of temporary or intermittent experts and consultants if the rates do not exceed the rate for an Executive Level IV.
(Sec. 182) Prohibits: (1) funds provided by this bill from being used for more than 110 DOT presidential or political appointees, and (2) any of the appointees from being assigned on temporary detail outside of DOT.
(Sec. 183) Prohibits recipients of funds provided by this bill from releasing certain personal information and photographs from a driver's license or motor vehicle record without the consent of the affected individual. Prohibits DOT from withholding funds for any grantee if a state is not in compliance with this provision.
(Sec. 184) Permits funds received by the FHWA and the FRA from states or other private or public sources for training expenses to be credited to specified agency accounts, subject to an exception for state rail safety inspectors participating in certain training required under current law.
(Sec. 185) Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used for certain loans, loan guarantees, lines of credit, or grants unless DOT notifies Congress at least three business days in advance of announcing competitively selected projects.
Requires DOT to provide concurrent notification to Congress regarding any ''quick release'' of funds from the FHWA's Emergency Relief Program. (The program provides funding for the repair or reconstruction of federal-aid highways and roads on federal lands which have suffered serious damage as a result of natural disasters or catastrophic failures from an external cause.)
Requires DOT to provide a comprehensive list of all loans, loan guarantees, lines of credit, and discretionary grants that will be announced with a three-day advance notice to Congress.
(Sec. 186) Permits rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor fees, and other funds received by DOT from travel management centers, charge card programs, the subleasing of building space, and miscellaneous sources to be credited to DOT appropriations and allocated to elements of DOT using fair and equitable criteria.
(Sec. 187) Permits DOT to use amounts recovered from improper payments to a third party contractor for expenses incurred in the recovery.
(Sec. 188) Requires reprogramming action notifications to be transmitted to and approved or denied solely by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
(Sec. 189) Permits funds provided by this bill for modal administrations to be obligated to the Office of the Secretary for assessments or reimbursable agreements only if the funds provide a direct benefit to the applicable modal administration.
(Sec. 190) Permits DOT to set uniform standards for developing and supporting agency transit passes and transit benefits.
(Sec. 191) Prohibits the use of funds for any geographic, economic, or other hiring preference not otherwise authorized by law, unless certain requirements are met related to availability of local labor, displacement of existing employees, and delays in transportation plans.
TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2018
Provides FY2018 appropriations for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
Provides appropriations for Management and Administration, including for Executive Offices and Administrative Support Offices.
Provides appropriations for Program Office Salaries and Expenses, including:
Permits HUD to transfer specified funds provided by this title for salaries and expenses to the Working Capital Fund to fund centralized activities.
Provides appropriations for Public and Indian Housing, including:
Provides appropriations for Community Planning and Development, including:
Provides appropriations for Housing Programs, including:
Provides appropriations and establishes limits on loan commitments for the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), which includes: (1) the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Program Account, and (2) the General and Special Risk Program Account.
Provides appropriation and establishes limits on loan commitments for the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae).
Provides appropriations to HUD for:
(Sec. 201) Requires 50% of the funds that are recaptured from the refinancing of state or locally financed projects under the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 to be rescinded or, in the case of cash, remitted to the Treasury.
Requires the funds that are not rescinded or returned to Treasury to be used by state housing finance agencies or local governments for certain projects approved by HUD.
Permits HUD to award up to 15% of the funds that are recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to the Treasury to provide project owners with incentives to refinance projects at lower interest rates.
(Sec. 202) Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used to investigate or prosecute under the Fair Housing Act any lawful activities, including the filing or maintaining of a nonfrivolous legal action to achieve or prevent action by a government entity or a court.
(Sec. 203) Requires any grant, cooperative agreement, or other assistance made pursuant to this title to be made on a competitive basis and in accordance with provisions of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 regarding HUD accountability.
(Sec. 204) Permits specified funds to be used, without regard to limitations on administrative expenses, for: (1) legal services; and (2) payment for services and facilities of the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), Ginnie Mae, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), the Federal Financing Bank, Federal Reserve banks, Federal Home Loan banks, and any bank insured under the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Act.
(Sec. 205) Prohibits HUD appropriations from being used for any program, project, or activity in excess of amounts included in the budget estimates submitted to Congress, unless otherwise provided by this bill or through reprogramming.
(Sec. 206) Permits HUD corporations and agencies subject to the Government Corporation Control Act to utilize funds and make contracts and commitments, without regard to fiscal year limitations and subject to specified restrictions, to implement the FY2018 budget.
(Sec. 207) Requires HUD to provide quarterly reports to Congress regarding uncommitted, unobligated, recaptured, and excess funds for each program and activity.
(Sec. 208) Requires the President's budget request and HUD's congressional budget justifications to use the same account and sub-account structure included in this bill.
(Sec. 209) Exempts Ginnie Mae from certain requirements of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990.
(Sec. 210) Permits HUD to authorize the transfer of project-based assistance, debt, and low-income and very low-income use restrictions associated with a multifamily housing project from obsolete or economically nonviable housing to a viable project if no additional costs are incurred and other specified conditions are met.
(Sec. 211) Sets forth eligibility requirements for section 8 housing assistance vouchers.
(Sec. 212) Requires Native American Housing Block Grant funds to be distributed to the same Native Alaskans that received funds in FY2005.
(Sec. 213) Permits HUD to insure home equity conversion mortgages (HECMs or reverse mortgages) for elderly homeowners through FY2018, notwithstanding limitations on insurance authority included in the National Housing Act, only to the extent that the net credit subsidy cost for the insurance does not exceed zero.
(Sec. 214) Sets forth requirements for HUD regarding the managing and disposing of any multifamily housing property that is held or owned by HUD. Specifies requirements for maintaining any rental assistance payments under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 and other programs that are attached to any dwelling units in the property.
(Sec. 215) Permits Community Development Loan Guarantee funds to be used to guarantee notes or other obligations issued by any state on behalf of its non-entitlement communities.
(Sec. 216) Permits certain public housing agencies (PHAs) that own and operate 400 or fewer public housing units to elect to be exempt from asset management requirements imposed by HUD in connection with the operating fund rule.
(Sec. 217) Prohibits HUD from using public housing funds to impose any requirement or guideline relating to asset management that restricts or limits the use of capital funds for central office costs, up to the limits established in the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998.
(Sec. 218) Prohibits the designation of a HUD official or employee as an allotment holder unless the Chief Financial Officer has determined that the employee has: (1) implemented an adequate system of funds control, and (2) received training in funds control procedures and directives.
(Sec. 219) Requires HUD to publish on the Internet all competitively awarded Notices of Funding Availability for FY2018.
(Sec. 220) Sets forth limitations and reporting requirements for the payment of attorney fees in program-related litigation.
(Sec. 221) Sets forth requirements for transferring and reprogramming funds within specified HUD Administrative Support Office and Program Office Salaries and Expenses accounts.
(Sec. 222) Requires HUD to take specified actions against owners who are receiving rental subsidies and do not maintain safe properties.
(Sec. 223) Limits compensation for PHA officials and employees.
(Sec. 224) Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to extend the HOPE VI program through FY2018. (The program provides funds to renovate or demolish existing public housing and replace it with mixed-income housing.)
(Sec. 225) Requires HUD to notify Congress at least three business days before announcing the recipients of grant awards.
(Sec. 226) Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used to require or enforce the Physical Needs Assessment (PNA).
(Sec. 227) Prohibits the FHA, Ginnie Mae, or HUD from using funds provided by this bill to finance mortgages for properties that have been subject to eminent domain.
(Sec. 228) Prohibits the use of funds made available by this bill to terminate the status of a unit of general local government as a metropolitan city with respect to community development grants under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974.
(Sec. 229) Permits Office of Policy Development and Research funds for research, evaluation, and statistical purposes that are unexpended at the completion of a contract, grant or cooperative agreement to be used for additional research, subject to reprogramming requirements.
(Sec. 230) Prohibits HUD employees who have been subject to administrative discipline in FY2017 or FY2018, including suspension from work, from receiving awards, including performance, special act, or spot.
(Sec. 231) Permits HUD to use funds provided for Homeless Assistance Grants to participate in the multiagency Performance Partnerships Pilots program on a limited basis.
(Sec. 232) Permits costs paid by the program income of grant recipients to count toward the recipient's matching requirements for 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 Continuum of Care funds. (The program awards project sponsors or unified funding agencies competitive grants focused on addressing the long-term housing and services needs of homeless individuals and families.)
(Sec. 233) Permits HUD to use funds provided by this bill for Homeless Assistance Grants to award one-year grants to transition from one Continuum of Care program component to another.
(The program awards project sponsors or unified funding agencies competitive grants focused on addressing the long-term housing and services needs of homeless individuals and families.)
Specifies that no more than 50% of each transition grant may be used for the costs of eligible activities of the program component originally funded.
(Sec. 234) Prohibits provisions of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act regarding the expiration of the right to draw funds from applying to the right of a jurisdiction to draw funds from its HOME Investment Trust Fund that otherwise expired or would expire in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, or 2020 under current law.
(Sec. 235) Prohibits HUD from using funds provided by this bill to direct a grantee to undertake specific changes to existing zoning laws as part of carrying out the final rule entitled "Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing" or the notice entitled "Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Assessment Tool."
(Sec. 236) Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2012 to modify the requirements for the Rental Assistance Demonstration Program.
(Sec. 237) Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used to interfere with state and local inspections of public housing dwelling units.
(Sec. 238) Maintains existing Promise Zone designations and agreements.
TITLE III--RELATED AGENCIES
Provides FY2018 appropriations to:
TITLE IV--GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS ACT
(Sec. 401) Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used to compensate or pay the expenses of non-federal parties intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this bill.
(Sec. 402) Prohibits transfers of funds to other appropriations or obligations beyond the current fiscal year, unless expressly permitted in this bill.
(Sec. 403) Limits expenditures for consulting services to contracts where the expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public inspection, unless otherwise provided by law or an executive order.
(Sec. 404) Prohibits the use of funds provided by this bill for employee training not specifically related to the performance of official duties.
(Sec. 405) Specifies procedures, restrictions, and reporting requirements for the reprogramming of funds provided by this bill.
(Sec. 406) Permits up to 50% of unobligated balances remaining at the end of FY2018 from appropriations for salaries and expenses to remain available through FY2019, subject to congressional approval and reprogramming guidelines.
(Sec. 407) Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used for any project that seeks to use eminent domain unless eminent domain is employed only for a public use.
(Sec. 408) Prohibits the transfer of funds provided by this bill to a department, agency, or instrumentality of the U.S. government unless the transfer is pursuant to an appropriations Act.
(Sec. 409) Prohibits the use of funds provided by this bill to permanently replace an employee intent on returning to his or her previous occupation after completing military service.
(Sec. 410) Requires expenditures of funds provided by this bill to comply with the Buy American Act.
(Sec. 411) Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being made available to any person or entity that has been convicted of violating the Buy American Act.
(Sec. 412) Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used to purchase first class or premium airline travel in violation of specified federal travel regulations.
(Sec. 413) Prohibits the use of funds provided by this bill to approve a new foreign air carrier permit or exemption application if the approval would contravene U.S. law or specified provisions of the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agreement.
(Sec. 414) Restricts the number of employees that agencies funded in this bill may send to international conferences.
(Sec. 415) Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used to purchase new light-duty vehicles, except in accordance with Presidential Memorandum- Federal Fleet Performance, which establishes requirements for purchasing alternative fueled vehicles.
(Sec. 416) Limits Surface Transportation Board fees for the filing of rate or practice complaints.
(Sec. 417) Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used to plan, design, or implement the privatization of the air traffic organization functions of the FAA.
(Sec. 418) Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used to deny an Inspector General (IG) timely access to any records, documents, or other materials available to the department or agency over which that IG has responsibilities, or to prevent or impede that IG's access. Requires each IG to comply with: (1) specified statutory limitations on disclosure of the information provided, and (2) reporting requirements regarding violations of this section.

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                                                       Calendar No. 185
115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1655

                          [Report No. 115-138]

   Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and 
Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 27, 2017

    Ms. Collins, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the 
    following original bill; which was read twice and placed on the 
                                calendar

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                                 A BILL


 
   Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and 
Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 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, 2018, 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, 
$112,813,000, 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 Office of the Deputy Secretary; not to 
exceed $20,555,000 shall be available for the Office of the General 
Counsel; not to exceed $10,331,000 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 $2,546,000 shall be 
available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Governmental 
Affairs; not to exceed $29,356,000 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 
$1,760,000 shall be available for the Office of the Executive 
Secretariat; not to exceed $11,318,000 shall be available for the 
Office of Intelligence, Security, and Emergency Response; and not to 
exceed $16,745,000 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 Secretary to any other office of the Office of the Secretary:  
Provided 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 Appropriations:  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 be 
available for the position of Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs.

                        research and technology

    For necessary expenses related to the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Research and Technology, $8,465,000, of which $2,618,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2021:  Provided, That there 
may be credited to this appropriation, to be available until expended, 
funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other public 
authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for training:  
Provided further, That any reference in law, regulation, judicial 
proceedings, or elsewhere to the Research and Innovative Technology 
Administration shall continue to be deemed to be a reference to the 
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology of the 
Department of Transportation.

                  national infrastructure investments

    For capital investments in surface transportation infrastructure, 
$550,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2020:  
Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation shall distribute funds 
provided under this heading as discretionary grants to be awarded to a 
State, local government, transit agency, or a collaboration among such 
entities on a competitive basis for projects that will have a 
significant local or regional impact:  Provided 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 investments (including 
inland port infrastructure and land ports of entry):  Provided further, 
That the Secretary may use up to 20 percent of the funds made available 
under this heading for the purpose of paying the subsidy and 
administrative costs of projects eligible for Federal credit assistance 
under chapter 6 of title 23, United States Code, if the Secretary finds 
that such use of the funds would advance the purposes of this 
paragraph:  Provided further, That in distributing funds provided under 
this heading, the Secretary shall take such measures so as to ensure an 
equitable geographic distribution of funds, an appropriate balance in 
addressing the needs of urban and rural areas, and the investment 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 5 percent of 
the funds made available under this heading may be awarded to projects 
in a single State:  Provided further, That the Federal 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 Federal funds in order to complete an overall financing 
package:  Provided further, That not less than 30 percent of the funds 
provided under this heading shall be for projects located in rural 
areas:  Provided further, That for projects located 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 heading:  Provided further, That the Secretary may retain up 
to $20,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading, and may 
transfer portions of those funds to the Administrators of the Federal 
Highway Administration, the Federal Transit Administration, the Federal 
Railroad Administration, 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 
the Secretary shall consider and award projects based solely on the 
selection criteria from the fiscal year 2016 Notice of Funding 
Opportunity:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall not use the 
Federal share as a selection criteria in awarding projects:  Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall issue the Notice of Funding 
Opportunity under the previous proviso no later than 45 days after 
enactment of this Act:  Provided further, That the Notice of Funding 
Opportunity shall require application submissions 60 days after the 
publishing of such Notice:  Provided further, That of the applications 
submitted under the previous two provisos, the Secretary shall make 
grants no later than 225 days after enactment of this Act in such 
amounts that the Secretary determines.

     national surface transportation and innovative finance bureau

    For necessary expenses for the administration of the National 
Surface Transportation and Innovative Finance Bureau (the Bureau) 
within the Office of the Secretary of Transportation, $3,000,000, to 
remain available until expended:  Provided, That the Secretary of 
Transportation shall use such amount for the necessary expenses to 
fulfill the responsibilities of the Bureau, as detailed in section 9001 
of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (Public Law 
114-94) (49 U.S.C. 116):  Provided further, That the Secretary is 
required to receive the advance approval of the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations prior to exercising the authorities of 49 
U.S.C. 116(h):  Provided further, That the program be available to 
other Federal agencies, States, municipalities and project sponsors 
seeking Federal transportation expertise in obtaining financing.

                      financial management capital

    For necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing the Department 
of Transportation's financial systems and re-engineering business 
processes, $3,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2019.

                       cyber security initiatives

    For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, including 
necessary upgrades to wide area network and information technology 
infrastructure, improvement of network perimeter controls and identity 
management, testing and assessment of information technology against 
business, security, and other requirements, implementation of Federal 
cyber security initiatives and information infrastructure enhancements, 
and implementation of enhanced security controls on network devices, 
$15,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2019.

                         office of civil rights

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, $9,500,000.

           transportation planning, research, and development

    For necessary expenses for conducting transportation planning, 
research, systems development, development activities, and making 
grants, to remain available until expended, $8,500,000:  Provided, That 
of such amount, $1,500,000 shall be for necessary expenses of the 
Interagency Infrastructure Permitting Improvement Center (IIPIC):  
Provided further, That there may be transferred to this appropriation, 
to remain available until expended, amounts from other Federal agencies 
for expenses 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 transportation only to the extent that other 
Federal agencies provide 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 $202,245,000, 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:  Provided further, 
That the above limitation on operating expenses shall not apply to non-
DOT entities:  Provided further, That no funds appropriated in this Act 
to an agency of the Department shall be transferred to the Working 
Capital Fund without majority approval of the Working Capital Fund 
Steering Committee and approval of the Secretary:  Provided 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 the cost of guaranteed loans, $339,000, as authorized by 49 
U.S.C. 332:  Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974:  Provided further, That these funds are available 
to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be 
guaranteed, not to exceed $18,367,000.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
guaranteed loan program, $602,000.

       small and disadvantaged business utilization and outreach

    For necessary expenses for small and disadvantaged business 
utilization and outreach activities, $4,646,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2019:  Provided, That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 
332, these funds may be used for business opportunities related to any 
mode of transportation.

                        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, $155,000,000, 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 Secretary may consider the relative subsidy requirements 
of the carriers:  Provided further, That basic essential air service 
minimum requirements shall not include the 15-passenger capacity 
requirement under subsection 41732(b)(3) of title 49, United States 
Code:  Provided further, 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 airport before 
the Secretary has negotiated with the community over a local cost 
share:  Provided further, That amounts authorized to be distributed for 
the essential air service program 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 Administrator 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, except for activities underway on the date 
of enactment of this Act, unless such assessments or agreements have 
completed the normal reprogramming process for Congressional 
notification.
    Sec. 102.  In addition to authority provided by section 327 of 
title 49, United States Code, the Department's Working Capital Fund is 
hereby authorized to provide partial or full payments in advance and 
accept subsequent reimbursements from all Federal agencies from 
available funds for transit benefit distribution services that are 
necessary to carry out the Federal transit pass transportation fringe 
benefit program under Executive Order 13150 and section 3049 of Public 
Law 109-59:  Provided, That the Department shall maintain a reasonable 
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 will not exceed one 
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 will be fully reimbursed by each customer 
agency from available funds for the actual cost of the transit benefit.
    Sec. 103.  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. 104.  Hereafter, the Secretary may transfer to the National 
Surface Transportation and Innovative Finance Bureau, for the purposes 
of the Bureau, funds allocated to the administrative costs of 
processing applications for the programs referred to in 49 U.S.C. 
116(d)(1) and funds allocated to any office or office function that the 
Secretary determines has duties, responsibilities, resources, or 
expertise that support the purposes of the Bureau:  Provided, That any 
such funds, or portions thereof, transferred to the Bureau may be 
transferred back to and merged with the original account.
    Sec. 105.  Section 503(l)(4) of the Railroad Revitalization and 
Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (45 U.S.C. 823(l)(4)) is amended--
            (1) by striking the heading ``Safety and Operations 
        Account'' and inserting the heading ``National Surface 
        Transportation and Innovative Finance Bureau Account, Office of 
        the Secretary''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (A) by striking ``the Safety and 
        Operations Account of the Federal Railroad Administration'' and 
        inserting ``the National Surface Transportation and Innovative 
        Finance Bureau Account''.
    Sec. 106.  The suspension of the comment period imposed by the 
Department of Transportation on its Request for Information titled 
``Exploring Industry Practices on Distribution and Display of Airline 
Fare, Schedule and Availability Information'' is hereby lifted, and the 
Department shall accept additional public comment for 30 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act.

                    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 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, in addition to amounts made available by Public Law 
112-95, $10,186,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, 
of which $8,947,000,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund, of which not to exceed $7,692,032,000 shall be available 
for air traffic organization activities; not to exceed $1,310,000,000 
shall be available for aviation safety activities; not to exceed 
$21,587,000 shall be available for commercial space transportation 
activities; not to exceed $777,506,000 shall be available for finance 
and management activities; not to exceed $60,000,000 shall be available 
for NextGen and operations planning activities; not to exceed 
$112,622,000 shall be available for security and hazardous materials 
safety; and not to exceed $212,253,000 shall be available for staff 
offices:  Provided, 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 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 available 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 submitted to Congress in December 2004 pursuant to section 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 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 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 further, 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 made available in this Act or 
any other Act shall be used to transfer authority to modify air traffic 
procedures for airport arrivals and departures:  Provided further, That 
none of the funds in 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 appropriation, as offsetting 
collections, 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 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 $162,000,000 shall be used to fund direct 
operations of the current 253 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 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.

                        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 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 
acquisition 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 available under 
this heading, including aircraft for aviation regulation and 
certification; to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, 
$3,005,000,000, of which $498,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2019, $2,392,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2020, and $115,000,000 shall remain available until 
expended:  Provided, That there may be credited to this appropriation 
funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other public 
authorities, and private sources, for expenses incurred in the 
establishment, improvement, and modernization of national airspace 
systems:  Provided further, That none of the funds made available in 
this Act or any other Act shall be used to plan or implement the 
liquidation of the FAA's federally-owned assets, or the intellectual 
property rights of the air traffic organization:  Provided further, 
That no later than March 31, 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 2019 through 2023, 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.

                 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, $179,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust 
Fund and to remain available until September 30, 2020:  Provided, That 
there may be credited to this appropriation 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.

                       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 compatibility planning and 
programs as authorized under subchapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter 
I of chapter 475 of title 49, United States Code, and under other law 
authorizing 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 inspection activities and 
administration of airport safety programs, including those related to 
airport operating certificates under section 44706 of title 49, United 
States Code, $3,250,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund and to remain available until expended:  Provided, That none 
of the funds under this heading shall be available for the planning or 
execution of programs the obligations for which are in excess of 
$3,600,000,000 in fiscal year 2018, 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 replacement of baggage 
conveyor systems, reconfiguration of terminal 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 
allowable 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 
limited under this heading, not more than $111,863,000 shall be 
available for administration, not less than $15,000,000 shall be 
available for the Airport Cooperative Research Program, not less than 
$33,210,000 shall be available 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 Expenses'' to 
carry out the Small Community Air Service Development Program:  
Provided further, That in addition to airports eligible under section 
41743 of title 49, 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.

       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 contract between the Federal Aviation 
Administration and the Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development 
during fiscal year 2018.
    Sec. 111.  None of the funds in this Act shall be used to pursue or 
adopt guidelines or regulations requiring airport sponsors to provide 
to the Federal Aviation Administration 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 prohibition 
of funds in this section does not apply to negotiations between the 
agency and airport sponsors to achieve agreement on ``below-market'' 
rates for these items or to grant assurances that require airport 
sponsors to provide land 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 appropriation 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 available for 
paying premium pay under subsection 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 in 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.  None of the funds in this Act may be obligated or 
expended for retention bonuses for an employee of the Federal Aviation 
Administration without the prior written approval of the Assistant 
Secretary for Administration 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 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 Administration, a blocking 
of that owner's or operator's aircraft registration number from any 
display of the Federal Aviation Administration'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 available for 
salaries and expenses of more than seven political and Presidential 
appointees in the Federal Aviation Administration.
    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 Committees on Appropriations a report that justifies 
all fees related to aeronautical navigation products and explains how 
such fees are consistent with Executive Order 13642.
    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 Administrator notifies the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations 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 approval any application for participation in 
the Contract Tower Program, or for reevaluation of Cost-share Program 
participants, pending as of January 1, 2016, as long as the Federal 
Aviation Administration has received an application from the airport, 
and as long as the Administrator determines such tower is eligible 
using the factors set forth in the Federal Aviation Administration 
report, Establishment and Discontinuance Criteria for Airport Traffic 
Control Towers (FAA-APO-90-7 as of August, 1990).
    Sec. 119D.  The Secretary of Transportation shall apportion to the 
sponsor of a primary airport under section 47114(c)(1)(A) of title 49, 
United States Code, an amount based on the number of passenger 
boardings at the airport during calendar year 2012 if the airport had--
            (1) fewer than 10,000 passenger boardings during the 
        calendar year used to calculate the apportionment for fiscal 
        year 2018; and
            (2) 10,000 or more passenger boardings during calendar year 
        2012.
    Sec. 119E. (a) Notwithstanding section 102(h) of the Cuban Liberty 
and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6032(h)) 
and section 910(b) of the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement 
Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7209(b)), and except as provided in subsection 
(b), none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 
Act or by any other Act may be used to implement any law, regulation, 
or policy that prohibits the provision of technical services otherwise 
permitted under an international air transportation agreement in the 
United States for an aircraft of a foreign air carrier that is en route 
to or from Cuba based on the restrictions set forth in part 515 of 
title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (commonly known as the ``Cuban 
Assets Control Regulations''):  Provided, That passengers on such 
aircraft engaged in a stop for non-traffic purposes as permitted under 
the agreement shall be exempt from part 515 of title 31, Code of 
Federal Regulations.
    (b) This section shall not apply to foreign carriers that--
            (1) are owned by the Government of Cuba or are based in 
        Cuba; or
            (2) do not otherwise have a license to make transit stops 
        in the United States.
    (c) Nothing in this section may be construed to limit the authority 
of the President to restrict stops for non-traffic purposes described 
in subsection (a), or any transaction incident to such transit stops, 
on a case-by-case basis, if such restriction is important to the 
national security of the United States.
    Sec. 119F. (a) Notwithstanding any other transfer restriction in 
this Act, the Secretary of Transportation may transfer during fiscal 
year 2018 an amount equal to the amount specified in subsection (c) to 
any appropriation made available by this Act for the current fiscal 
year for the Federal Aviation Administration, for any activity or 
activities funded by that account, from the amount made available for 
obligation in that fiscal year as discretionary grants-in-aid for 
airports pursuant to section 47117(f) of title 49, United States Code.
    (b) An amount transferred under subsection (a)(1) shall--
            (1) be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 
        405 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 
        unless approval is received from the Committees on 
        Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives; 
        and
            (2) be deemed as obligated for grants-in-aid for airports 
        under part B of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, 
        for purposes of complying with the limitation on incurring 
        obligations under the heading ``Grants-in-Aid for Airports'' in 
        this or any other appropriations Act.
    (c) The amount specified in this subsection is the amount, not to 
exceed the lower of either 10 percent of funds limited by this Act 
under the heading ``Grants-in-Aid for Airports'' or 10 percent of all 
appropriations to which the amount will be transferred, that the 
Secretary of Transportation determines to be necessary to prevent the 
furlough of Federal Aviation Administration employees or disruptions or 
delays to NextGen programs, projects or activities.
    Sec. 119G.  Section 47124(b)(3)(D) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following: ``Airports with both 
Part 121 air service and more than 25,000 passenger enplanements in 
calendar year 2014 shall be exempt from any cost share requirement 
under the Cost-share Program.''.
    Sec. 119H.  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 Authorizations (ODA) documented 
in its procedures manual on a type certification project unless the 
Administrator documents a systemic airworthiness noncompliance 
performance issue as a result of inspection or oversight that the 
safety of air commerce requires a limitation with regard to a specific 
authorization or where an ODA's capability has not been previously 
established in terms of a new compliance method or design feature and 
in such cases FAA shall work with the ODA holder to develop the 
capability to execute that function safely and efficiently.
    Sec. 119I.  Section 44701(e) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) Mandatory compliance airworthiness instructions 
        issued by foreign countries.--
                    ``(A) Acceptance.--The Administrator may accept 
                mandatory compliance airworthiness instructions issued 
                by an aeronautical safety authority of a foreign 
                country by issuing a final rule and a request for 
                comments, if--
                            ``(i) the country is the state of design 
                        for the product that is the subject of the 
                        instructions;
                            ``(ii) the United States has a bilateral 
                        safety agreement relating to aircraft 
                        certification with the country;
                            ``(iii) as part of the bilateral safety 
                        agreement with the country, the Administrator 
                        has determined that the aeronautical safety 
                        authority has an aircraft certification system 
                        relating to safety that produces a level of 
                        safety equivalent to the level produced by the 
                        system of the Federal Aviation Administration; 
                        and
                            ``(iv) the aeronautical safety authority 
                        utilizes an open and transparent public notice 
                        and comment process in the issuance of 
                        mandatory compliance airworthiness 
                        instructions.
                    ``(B) Alternative approval process.--
                Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the Administrator may 
                issue a Federal Aviation Administration airworthiness 
                directive instead of accepting mandatory compliance 
                airworthiness instructions issued by the aeronautical 
                safety authority of a foreign country if the 
                Administrator determines that such issuance is 
                necessary for safety or operational reasons due to the 
                complexity or unique features of the Federal Aviation 
                Administration airworthiness directive or the United 
                States aviation system.
                    ``(C) Alternative means of compliance.--The 
                Administrator may--
                            ``(i) accept an alternative means of 
                        compliance, with respect to mandatory 
                        compliance airworthiness instructions under 
                        subparagraph (A), that was approved by the 
                        aeronautical safety authority of the foreign 
                        country that issued the instructions; or
                            ``(ii) notwithstanding subparagraph (A), 
                        and at the request of any person affected by 
                        mandatory compliance airworthiness instructions 
                        under that subparagraph, the Administrator may 
                        approve an alternative means of compliance with 
                        respect to the instructions.''.
    Sec. 119J.  Section 40104 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Promotion of United States Aerospace Standards, Products, and 
Services Abroad.--The Secretary shall take appropriate actions--
            ``(1) to promote United States aerospace-related safety 
        standards abroad;
            ``(2) to facilitate and vigorously defend approvals of 
        United States aerospace products and services abroad;
            ``(3) with respect to bilateral partners, to use bilateral 
        safety agreements and other mechanisms to improve validation of 
        type certificated aeronautical products and services and 
        enhance mutual acceptance in order to eliminate redundancies 
        and unnecessary costs; and
            ``(4) with respect to the aeronautical safety authorities 
        of a foreign country, to streamline validation and facilitate 
        acceptance of United States aerospace standards, products, and 
        services.''.
    Sec. 119K. (a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 417 of title 
49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 41725 Prohibition on certain cell phone voice communications
    ``(a) Prohibition.--The Secretary of Transportation shall issue 
regulations--
            ``(1) to prohibit an individual on an aircraft from 
        engaging in voice communications using a mobile communications 
        device during a flight of that aircraft in scheduled passenger 
        interstate air transportation or intrastate air transportation; 
        and
            ``(2) that exempt from the prohibition described in 
        paragraph (1)--
                    ``(A) any member of the flight crew on duty on an 
                aircraft; and
                    ``(B) any Federal law enforcement officer acting in 
                an official capacity.
    ``(b) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Flight.--The term `flight' means, with respect to an 
        aircraft, the period beginning when the aircraft takes off and 
        ending when the aircraft lands.
            ``(2) Mobile communications device.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `mobile communications 
                device' means any portable wireless telecommunications 
                equipment utilized for the transmission or reception of 
                voice data.
                    ``(B) Limitation.--The term `mobile communications 
                device' does not include a phone installed on an 
                aircraft.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 417 of 
title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 41724 the following new item:

``41725. Prohibition on certain cell phone voice communications.''.
    Sec. 119L. (a) Section 40117 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (b)(4), by striking ``$4.00 or $4.50'' and 
        inserting ``$4.00 or any whole- or half-dollar increment up to 
        $8.50''; and
            (2) in subsection (e), by adding a new paragraph (3) as 
        follows:
            ``(3) The maximum passenger facility charge that may be 
        collected from a passenger boarding a second flight on a one-
        way trip or on a trip in each direction of a round trip through 
        an airport that imposes a charge may not exceed $4.50.''.
    (b) Section 47114(f) of such title 49 is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``paragraph (3)'' and inserting 
                ``paragraph (4)'';
                    (B) by striking ``percent'' and inserting 
                ``percent, but not more than 1.0 percent'';
            (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs 
        (3) and (4); and
            (3) by inserting a new paragraph (2) as follows:
            ``(2) Large hub rule.--Subject to paragraph (4), an amount 
        that would be apportioned under this section (except subsection 
        (c)(2)) in a fiscal year to the sponsor of an airport having 
        1.0 percent or more of the total number of boardings each year 
        in the United States and for which a charge is imposed in the 
        fiscal year under section 40117 of this title shall be reduced 
        by an amount equal to 100 percent of the projected revenues 
        from the charge in the fiscal year but not by more than 100 
        percent of the amount that otherwise would be apportioned under 
        this section.''.
    Sec. 119M.  Unless otherwise authorized by law, none of the funds 
made available under this Act or any prior Act may be used to transfer 
any authority under 49 U.S.C. 40103(b):  Provided, That the prohibition 
of funds in this section does not apply to the Administrator entering 
into any contracts, leases, cooperative agreements, and other 
transactions (i) with State, local, or tribal governments for programs 
under which the Administrator provides technical assistance to and 
coordinates efforts with such governments; (ii) with a department, 
agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government; (iii) 
related to the Administration's contract towers program, flight 
services program, existing non-Federally controlled towers, and other 
similar transfers or delegations of authority that exist as of the date 
of this Act; (iv) related to pilot programs or studies providing 
unmanned aircraft system traffic management, or other programs or 
services surrounding such traffic management; (v) related to the 
provision of remote towers services; (vi) related to commercial space 
transportation; and (vii) for other programs similar in nature or 
purposes to the above.
    Sec. 119N. (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 
Meteorological 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 
Aerodome Forecast and weather report is specified. The air carrier 
shall have approved procedures for dispatch and enroute weather 
evaluation and shall operate under instrument flight rules enroute to 
the destination.
    (b) Limitation.--Without a written finding of necessity, based on 
objective and historical evidence of imminent 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.

                     Federal Highway Administration

                 limitation on administrative expenses

                          (highway trust fund)

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Not to exceed $439,443,925, together with advances and 
reimbursements received by the Federal Highway Administration, shall be 
obligated for necessary expenses for administration and operation of 
the Federal Highway Administration:  Provided, That in addition, not to 
exceed $3,248,000 shall be transferred to the Appalachian Regional 
Commission in accordance with section 104(a) of title 23, United States 
Code.

                          federal-aid highways

                      (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

    Funds available for the implementation or execution of Federal-aid 
highway and highway safety construction programs authorized under 
titles 23 and 49, United States Code, and the provisions of the Fixing 
America's Surface Transportation Act shall not exceed total obligations 
of $44,234,212,000 for fiscal year 2018:  Provided, That the Secretary 
may collect and spend fees, as authorized by title 23, United States 
Code, to cover the costs of services of expert firms, including 
counsel, in the field of municipal and project finance to assist in the 
underwriting and servicing of Federal credit instruments and all or a 
portion of the costs to the Federal Government of servicing such credit 
instruments:  Provided further, That such fees are available until 
expended to pay for such costs:  Provided further, That such amounts 
are in addition to administrative expenses that are also available for 
such purpose, and are not subject to any obligation limitation or the 
limitation on administrative expenses under section 608 of title 23, 
United States Code.

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                          (highway trust fund)

    For the payment of obligations incurred in carrying out Federal-aid 
highway and highway safety construction programs authorized under title 
23, United States Code, $44,973,212,000 derived from the Highway Trust 
Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), to remain available until 
expended.

       administrative provisions--federal highway administration

    Sec. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2018, the Secretary of Transportation 
shall--
            (1) not distribute from the obligation limitation for 
        Federal-aid highways--
                    (A) amounts authorized for administrative expenses 
                and programs by section 104(a) of title 23, United 
                States Code; and
                    (B) amounts authorized for the Bureau of 
                Transportation Statistics;
            (2) not distribute an amount from the obligation limitation 
        for Federal-aid highways that is equal to the unobligated 
        balance of amounts--
                    (A) made available from the Highway Trust Fund 
                (other than the Mass Transit Account) for Federal-aid 
                highway and highway safety construction programs for 
                previous fiscal years the funds for which are allocated 
                by the Secretary (or apportioned by the Secretary under 
                sections 202 or 204 of title 23, United States Code); 
                and
                    (B) for which obligation limitation was provided in 
                a previous fiscal year;
            (3) determine the proportion that--
                    (A) the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 
                highways, less the aggregate of amounts not distributed 
                under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection; bears 
                to
                    (B) the total of the sums authorized to be 
                appropriated for the Federal-aid highway and highway 
                safety construction programs (other than sums 
                authorized to be appropriated for provisions of law 
                described in paragraphs (1) through (11) of subsection 
                (b) and sums authorized to be appropriated for section 
                119 of title 23, United States Code, equal to the 
                amount referred to in subsection (b)(12) for such 
                fiscal year), less the aggregate of the amounts not 
                distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this 
                subsection;
            (4) distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 
        highways, less the aggregate amounts not distributed under 
        paragraphs (1) and (2), for each of the programs (other than 
        programs to which paragraph (1) applies) that are allocated by 
        the Secretary under the Fixing America's Surface Transportation 
        Act and title 23, United States Code, or apportioned by the 
        Secretary under sections 202 or 204 of that title, by 
        multiplying--
                    (A) the proportion determined under paragraph (3); 
                by
                    (B) the amounts authorized to be appropriated for 
                each such program for such fiscal year; and
            (5) distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 
        highways, less the aggregate amounts not distributed under 
        paragraphs (1) and (2) and the amounts distributed under 
        paragraph (4), for Federal-aid highway and highway safety 
        construction programs that are apportioned by the Secretary 
        under title 23, United States Code (other than the amounts 
        apportioned for the National Highway Performance Program in 
        section 119 of title 23, United States Code, that are exempt 
        from the limitation under subsection (b)(12) and the amounts 
        apportioned under sections 202 and 204 of that title) in the 
        proportion that--
                    (A) amounts authorized to be appropriated for the 
                programs that are apportioned under title 23, United 
                States Code, to each State for such fiscal year; bears 
                to
                    (B) the total of the amounts authorized to be 
                appropriated for the programs that are apportioned 
                under title 23, United States Code, to all States for 
                such fiscal year.
    (b) Exceptions From Obligation Limitation.--The obligation 
limitation for Federal-aid highways shall not apply to obligations 
under or for--
            (1) section 125 of title 23, United States Code;
            (2) section 147 of the Surface Transportation Assistance 
        Act of 1978 (23 U.S.C. 144 note; 92 Stat. 2714);
            (3) section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981 (95 
        Stat. 1701);
            (4) subsections (b) and (j) of section 131 of the Surface 
        Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (96 Stat. 2119);
            (5) subsections (b) and (c) of section 149 of the Surface 
        Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987 
        (101 Stat. 198);
            (6) sections 1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal Surface 
        Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2027);
            (7) section 157 of title 23, United States Code (as in 
        effect on June 8, 1998);
            (8) section 105 of title 23, United States Code (as in 
        effect for fiscal years 1998 through 2004, but only in an 
        amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years);
            (9) Federal-aid highway programs for which obligation 
        authority was made available under the Transportation Equity 
        Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 107) or subsequent Acts for 
        multiple years or to remain available until expended, but only 
        to the extent that the obligation authority has not lapsed or 
        been used;
            (10) section 105 of title 23, United States Code (as in 
        effect for fiscal years 2005 through 2012, but only in an 
        amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years);
            (11) section 1603 of SAFETEA-LU (23 U.S.C. 118 note; 119 
        Stat. 1248), to the extent that funds obligated in accordance 
        with that section were not subject to a limitation on 
        obligations at the time at which the funds were initially made 
        available for obligation; and
            (12) section 119 of title 23, United States Code (but, for 
        each of fiscal years 2013 through 2018, only in an amount equal 
        to $639,000,000).
    (c) Redistribution of Unused Obligation Authority.--Notwithstanding 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall, after August 1 of such fiscal 
year--
            (1) revise a distribution of the obligation limitation made 
        available under subsection (a) if an amount distributed cannot 
        be obligated during that fiscal year; and
            (2) redistribute sufficient amounts to those States able to 
        obligate amounts in addition to those previously distributed 
        during that fiscal year, giving priority to those States having 
        large unobligated balances of funds apportioned under sections 
        144 (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of 
        Public Law 112-141) and 104 of title 23, United States Code.
    (d) Applicability of Obligation Limitations to Transportation 
Research Programs.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
        obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways shall apply to 
        contract authority for transportation research programs carried 
        out under--
                    (A) chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code; and
                    (B) title VI of the Fixing America's Surface 
                Transportation Act.
            (2) Exception.--Obligation authority made available under 
        paragraph (1) shall--
                    (A) remain available for a period of 4 fiscal 
                years; and
                    (B) be in addition to the amount of any limitation 
                imposed on obligations for Federal-aid highway and 
                highway safety construction programs for future fiscal 
                years.
    (e) Redistribution of Certain Authorized Funds.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
        distribution of obligation limitation under subsection (a), the 
        Secretary shall distribute to the States any funds (excluding 
        funds authorized for the program under section 202 of title 23, 
        United States Code) that--
                    (A) are authorized to be appropriated for such 
                fiscal year for Federal-aid highway programs; and
                    (B) the Secretary determines will not be allocated 
                to the States (or will not be apportioned to the States 
                under section 204 of title 23, United States Code), and 
                will not be available for obligation, for such fiscal 
                year because of the imposition of any obligation 
                limitation for such fiscal year.
            (2) Ratio.--Funds shall be distributed under paragraph (1) 
        in the same proportion as the distribution of obligation 
        authority under subsection (a)(5).
            (3) Availability.--Funds distributed to each State under 
        paragraph (1) shall be available for any purpose described in 
        section 133(b) of title 23, United States Code.
    Sec. 121.  Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received by the 
Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the sale of data products, for 
necessary expenses incurred pursuant to chapter 63 of title 49, United 
States Code, may be credited to the Federal-aid highways account for 
the purpose of reimbursing the Bureau for such expenses:  Provided, 
That such funds shall be subject to the obligation limitation for 
Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs.
    Sec. 122.  Not less than 15 days prior to waiving, under his or her 
statutory authority, any Buy America requirement for Federal-aid 
highways projects, the Secretary of Transportation shall make an 
informal public notice and comment opportunity on the intent to issue 
such waiver and the reasons therefor:  Provided, That the Secretary 
shall provide an annual report to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations on any waivers granted under the Buy America 
requirements.
    Sec. 123.  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 of Transportation 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 Infrastructure of the House of 
Representatives:  Provided, That such notification 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. 124.  None of the funds in this Act may be used to make a 
grant for a project under section 117 of title 23, United States Code, 
unless the Secretary, at least 60 days before making a grant under that 
section, provides written notification to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations of the proposed grant, including an 
evaluation and justification for the project and the amount of the 
proposed grant award:  Provided, That the written notification required 
in the previous proviso shall be made no later than 180 days after 
enactment of this Act.
    Sec. 125. (a) A State or territory, as defined in section 165 of 
title 23, United States Code, may use for any project eligible under 
section 133(b) of title 23 or section 165 of title 23 and located 
within the boundary of the State or territory any earmarked amount, and 
any associated obligation limitation:  Provided, That the Department of 
Transportation for the State or territory for which the earmarked 
amount was originally designated or directed notifies the Secretary of 
Transportation of its intent to use its authority under this section 
and submits a quarterly report to the Secretary identifying the 
projects to which the funding would be applied. Notwithstanding the 
original period of availability of funds to be obligated under this 
section, such funds and associated obligation limitation shall remain 
available for obligation for a period of 3 fiscal years after the 
fiscal year in which the Secretary of Transportation is notified. The 
Federal share of the cost of a project carried out with funds made 
available under this section shall be the same as associated with the 
earmark.
    (b) In this section, the term ``earmarked amount'' means--
            (1) congressionally directed spending, as defined in rule 
        XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate, identified in a prior 
        law, report, or joint explanatory statement, which was 
        administered by the Federal Highway Administration; or
            (2) a congressional earmark, as defined in rule XXI of the 
        Rules of the House of Representatives identified in a prior 
        law, report, or joint explanatory statement, which was 
        administered by the Federal Highway Administration.
    (c) The authority under subsection (a) may be exercised only for 
those projects or activities that have obligated less than 10 percent 
of the amount made available for obligation as of October 1 of the 
current fiscal year, and shall be applied to projects within the same 
general geographic area within 100 miles for which the funding was 
designated, except that a State or territory may apply such authority 
to unexpended balances of funds from projects or activities the State 
or territory certifies have been closed and for which payments have 
been made under a final voucher.
    (d) The Secretary shall submit consolidated reports of the 
information provided by the States and territories each quarter to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
    Sec. 126.  Section 1105(c)(89) of Public Law 102-240, as amended, 
is amended to read as follows:
            ``(89) I-57 Corridor Extension as follows: In Arkansas, the 
        corridor shall follow United States Route 67 in North Little 
        Rock, Arkansas, from I-40 to United States Route 412, then 
        continuing generally northeast to the State line, and in 
        Missouri, the corridor shall continue generally north from the 
        Arkansas State line to Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and then follow 
        United States Route 60 to I-57.''.
    Sec. 127.  Within 30 days of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall remove from the National Highway System the 4.3-mile section of 
Pena Boulevard from Highway E-470 east to the Denver International 
Airport.
    Sec. 128.  Section 149(m) of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended by adding ``or on a State-Supported Amtrak route with a valid 
cost-sharing agreement under section 209 of the Passenger Rail 
Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 and no current nonattainment 
areas under subsection (d),'' after ``2012,''.
    Sec. 129.  Section 1012(e) of Public Law 102-240 is amended by 
inserting ``(1)'' before ``Notwithstanding'' and adding at the end the 
following:
            ``(2) Upon the request of any State Department of 
        Transportation that was authorized to enter into a tolling 
        agreement under section 120(c) of Public Law 100-17 (101 STAT. 
        159), the Secretary is authorized to modify the agreement 
        entered into under Public Law 100-17, as follows. The Secretary 
        shall authorize the use of excess toll revenues for any other 
        purpose for which Federal funds may be obligated under title 
        23, United States Code, provided the State--
                    ``(A) certifies annually that the tolled facility 
                is being adequately maintained; and
                    ``(B) agrees to comply with the audit requirements 
                in section 129(a)(3)(B) of title 23, United States 
                Code.
            ``(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2), `excess toll 
        revenues' means revenues in excess of amounts necessary for 
        operation and maintenance; debt service; reasonable return on 
        investment of any private person or entity that may be 
        authorized by the State to operate and maintain the facility; 
        and any cost necessary for improvement, including 
        reconstruction, resurfacing, restoration, and 
        rehabilitation.''.
    Sec. 129A.  Section 127 of title 23, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following:
    ``(u) Vehicles in North Dakota.--A vehicle limited or prohibited 
under this section from operating on a segment of the Interstate System 
in the State of North Dakota may operate on such a segment if such 
vehicle--
            ``(1) has a gross vehicle weight of 129,000 pounds or less;
            ``(2) other than gross vehicle weight, complies with the 
        single axle, tandem axle, and bridge formula limits set forth 
        in subsection (a); and
            ``(3) is authorized to operate on such segment under North 
        Dakota State law.''.
    Sec. 129B.  Notwithstanding the vehicle weight limitations set 
forth in section 127 of title 23, United States Code, effective June 
30, 2016, with respect to Interstate Routes 89, 93, and 95 in the State 
of New Hampshire, a combination of truck-tractor and dump trailer 
equipped with 6 axles or more with a gross weight of up to 99,000 
pounds shall be permitted if the distances between the extreme axles, 
excluding the steering axle, is 28 feet or more.

              Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

              motor carrier safety operations and programs

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                      (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

    For payment of obligations incurred in the implementation, 
execution and administration of motor carrier safety operations and 
programs pursuant to section 31110 of title 49, United States Code, as 
amended by the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, 
$283,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the 
Mass Transit Account), together with advances and reimbursements 
received by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the sum of 
which shall remain available until expended:  Provided, That funds 
available for implementation, execution or administration of motor 
carrier safety operations and programs authorized under title 49, 
United States Code, shall not exceed total obligations of $283,000,000 
for ``Motor Carrier Safety Operations and Programs'' for fiscal year 
2018, of which $9,073,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2020, is for the research and technology program, and of 
which $34,824,000, to remain available for obligation until September 
30, 2020, is for information management.

                              (rescission)

                          (highway trust fund)

    Of the unobligated balances of funds provided in the Transportation 
Equity Act for the 21st Century (Public Law 105-178), SAFETEA-LU 
(Public Law 109-59), or other appropriation or authorization acts prior 
to fiscal year 2017 for motor carrier safety operations and programs, 
$13,914,757 is hereby permanently rescinded.

                          motor carrier safety

                              (rescission)

                          (highway trust fund)

    Of the unobligated balances of funds provided in the Transportation 
Equity Act for the 21st Century (Public Law 105-178) or other 
appropriation or authorization acts prior to fiscal year 2017 for the 
motor carrier safety program, $2,929,772 is hereby permanently 
rescinded.

                     national motor carrier safety

                              (rescission)

                          (highway trust fund)

    Of the unobligated balances of funds provided in the Transportation 
Equity Act for the 21st Century (Public Law 105-178) or other 
appropriation or authorization acts prior to fiscal year 2017 for the 
national motor carrier safety program, $9,419,390 is hereby permanently 
rescinded.

                      motor carrier safety grants

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                      (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

    For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out sections 31102, 
31103, 31104, and 31313 of title 49, United States Code, as amended by 
the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, $374,800,000, to be 
derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 
Account) and to remain available until expended:  Provided, That funds 
available for the implementation or execution of motor carrier safety 
programs shall not exceed total obligations of $374,800,000 in fiscal 
year 2018 for ``Motor Carrier Safety Grants''; of which $298,900,000 
shall be available for the motor carrier safety assistance program, 
$31,800,000 shall be available for the commercial driver's license 
program implementation program, $43,100,000 shall be available for the 
high priority activities program, and $1,000,000 shall be available for 
the commercial motor vehicle operators grant program:  Provided 
further, That of the unobligated amounts provided for Commercial 
Vehicle Information Systems Network Development or other Motor Carrier 
Safety grants in the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century 
(Public Law 105-178), SAFETEA-LU (Public Law 109-59), or other 
appropriation or authorization acts prior to fiscal year 2017, 
$87,000,000 in additional obligation limitation is provided for the 
modernization and maintenance of border facilities, and shall remain 
available until September 30, 2020:  Provided further, That such funds 
as necessary for payment of obligations incurred in carrying out this 
section shall be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the 
Mass Transit Account), to be available until expended.

                              (rescission)

                          (highway trust fund)

    Of the unobligated balances of funds provided in the Transportation 
Equity Act for the 21st Century (Public Law 105-178), SAFETEA-LU 
(Public Law 109-59), or other appropriation or authorization acts prior 
to fiscal year 2017 for motor carrier safety grants, $91,451,870 is 
hereby permanently rescinded.

 administrative provisions--federal motor carrier safety administration

    Sec. 130.  Funds appropriated or limited in this Act shall be 
subject to the terms and conditions stipulated in section 350 of Public 
Law 107-87 and section 6901 of Public Law 110-28.
    Sec. 131.  The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration shall 
send notice of 49 CFR section 385.308 violations by certified mail, 
registered mail, or another manner of delivery, which records the 
receipt of the notice by the persons responsible for the violations.

             National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

                        operations and research

    For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Secretary, 
with respect to traffic and highway safety authorized under chapter 301 
and part C of subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code, 
$162,000,000, of which $20,000,000 shall remain available through 
September 30, 2019.

                        operations and research

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                      (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

    For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions 
of 23 U.S.C. 403, section 4011 of the FAST Act (Public Law 114-94), and 
chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code, $149,000,000, to be 
derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 
Account) and to remain available until expended:  Provided, That none 
of the funds in this Act shall be available for the planning or 
execution of programs the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 
2018, are in excess of $149,000,000, of which $143,700,000 shall be for 
programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 403 and $5,300,000 shall be for the 
National Driver Register authorized under chapter 303 of title 49, 
United States Code:  Provided further, That within the $149,000,000 
obligation limitation for operations and research, $20,000,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2019, and shall be in addition to 
the amount of any limitation imposed on obligations for future years.

                     highway traffic safety grants

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                      (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

    For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out provisions of 
23 U.S.C. 402, 404, and 405, and section 4001(a)(6) of the Fixing 
America's Surface Transportation Act, to remain available until 
expended, $597,629,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund 
(other than the Mass Transit Account):  Provided, That none of the 
funds in this Act shall be available for the planning or execution of 
programs the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 2018, are in 
excess of $597,629,000 for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 402, 
404, and 405, and section 4001(a)(6) of the Fixing America's Surface 
Transportation Act, of which $261,200,000 shall be for ``Highway Safety 
Programs'' under 23 U.S.C. 402; $280,200,000 shall be for ``National 
Priority Safety Programs'' under 23 U.S.C. 405; $29,900,000 shall be 
for ``High Visibility Enforcement Program'' under 23 U.S.C. 404; 
$26,329,000 shall be for ``Administrative Expenses'' under section 
4001(a)(6) of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act:  
Provided further, That none of these funds shall be used for 
construction, rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or for office 
furnishings and fixtures for State, local or private buildings or 
structures:  Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 of the funds 
made available for ``National Priority Safety Programs'' under 23 
U.S.C. 405 for ``Impaired Driving Countermeasures'' (as described in 
subsection (d) of that section) shall be available for technical 
assistance to the States:  Provided further, That with respect to the 
``Transfers'' provision under 23 U.S.C. 405(a)(8), any amounts 
transferred to increase the amounts made available under section 402 
shall include the obligation authority for such amounts:  Provided 
further, That the Administrator shall notify the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations of any exercise of the authority granted 
under the previous proviso or under 23 U.S.C. 405(a)(8) within 5 days.

      administrative provisions--national highway traffic safety 
                             administration

    Sec. 140.  An additional $130,000 shall be made available to the 
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, out of the amount 
limited for section 402 of title 23, United States Code, to pay for 
travel and related expenses for State management reviews and to pay for 
core competency development training and related expenses for highway 
safety staff.
    Sec. 141.  The limitations on obligations for the programs of the 
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration set in this Act shall 
not apply to obligations for which obligation authority was made 
available in previous public laws but only to the extent that the 
obligation authority has not lapsed or been used.

                    Federal Railroad Administration

                         safety and operations

    For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Administration, not 
otherwise provided for, $210,000,000, of which $15,900,000 shall remain 
available until expended, and of which up to $350,000 shall be 
available for the Secretary of Transportation to assist Class II and 
Class III railroads in preparing to apply and applying for direct loans 
and loan guarantees for eligible projects pursuant to sections 501 
through 504 of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 
1976 (Public Law 94-210) to also remain available until expended.

                   railroad research and development

    For necessary expenses for railroad research and development, 
$40,100,000, to remain available until expended.

       railroad rehabilitation and improvement financing program

    The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to issue direct loans 
and loan guarantees pursuant to sections 501 through 504 of the 
Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 
94-210), as amended, such authority to exist as long as any such direct 
loan or loan guarantee is outstanding.

        consolidated rail infrastructure and safety improvements

    For necessary expenses related to Consolidated Rail Infrastructure 
and Safety Improvements Grants as authorized by section 24407 of title 
49, United States Code, $92,547,000, to remain available until 
expended, for projects eligible under section 24407 of title 49, United 
States Code, of which $35,547,000 shall be available for eligible 
projects under section 24407(c)(2) of title 49, United States Code, 
that contribute to the initiation or restoration of intercity passenger 
rail service:  Provided, That the Secretary may withhold up to one 
percent of the amount provided under this heading for the costs of 
award and project management oversight of grants carried out under 
section 24407 of title 49, United States Code.

           federal-state partnership for state of good repair

    For necessary expenses related to Federal-State Partnership for 
State of Good Repair Grants as authorized by section 24911 of title 49, 
United States Code, $26,000,000, to remain available until expended:  
Provided, That the Secretary may withhold up to one percent of the 
amount provided under this heading for the costs of award and project 
management oversight of grants carried out under section 24911 of title 
49, United States Code.

                      restoration and enhancement

    For necessary expenses related to Restoration and Enhancement 
Grants, as authorized by section 24408 of title 49, United States Code, 
$5,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That the 
Secretary may withhold up to one percent of the funds provided under 
this heading to fund the costs of award and project management and 
oversight.

     northeast corridor grants to the national railroad passenger 
                              corporation

    To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation for activities associated with 
the Northeast Corridor as authorized by section 11101(a) of the Fixing 
America's Surface Transportation Act (division A of Public Law 114-94), 
$358,400,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That the 
Secretary may retain up to one-half of 1 percent of the funds provided 
under both this heading and the ``National Network Grants to the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation'' heading to fund the costs of 
project management and oversight of activities authorized by section 
11101(c) of division A of Public Law 114-94:  Provided further, That in 
addition to the project management oversight funds authorized under 
section 11101(c) of division A of Public Law 114-94, the Secretary may 
retain up to an additional $5,000,000 of the funds provided under this 
heading to fund expenses associated with the Northeast Corridor 
Commission established under section 24905 of title 49, United States 
Code:  Provided further, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading and the ``National Network Grants to the National Railroad 
Passenger Corporation'' heading, not less than $50,000,000 shall be 
made available to bring Amtrak-served facilities and stations into 
compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

 national network grants to the national railroad passenger corporation

    To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation for activities associated with 
the National Network as authorized by section 11101(b) of the Fixing 
America's Surface Transportation Act (division A of Public Law 114-94), 
$1,241,600,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That the 
Secretary may retain up to an additional $2,000,000 of the funds 
provided under this heading to fund expenses associated with the State-
Supported Route Committee established under section 24712 of title 49, 
United States Code:  Provided further, That up to $5,000,000 of the 
amount provided under this heading shall be available for costs 
associated with any matters Amtrak may elect to bring before the 
Surface Transportation Board related to the restoration of passenger 
rail service over routes previously served by Amtrak.

       administrative provisions--federal railroad administration

    Sec. 150.  None of the funds provided to the National Railroad 
Passenger Corporation may be used to fund any overtime costs in excess 
of $35,000 for any individual employee:  Provided, That the President 
of Amtrak may waive the cap set in the previous proviso for specific 
employees when the President of Amtrak determines such a cap poses a 
risk to the safety and operational efficiency of the system:  Provided 
further, That the President of Amtrak shall report to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations each quarter within 30 days of such 
quarter of the calendar year on waivers granted to employees and 
amounts paid above the cap for each month within such quarter and 
delineate the reasons each waiver was granted:  Provided further, That 
the President of Amtrak shall report to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations by March 1, 2018, a summary of all overtime payments 
incurred by the Corporation for 2017 and the three prior calendar 
years:  Provided further, That such summary shall include the total 
number of employees that received waivers and the total overtime 
payments the Corporation paid to those employees receiving waivers for 
each month for 2017 and for the three prior calendar years.

                     Federal Transit Administration

                        administrative expenses

    For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal Transit 
Administration's programs authorized by chapter 53 of title 49, United 
States Code, $113,165,000:  Provided, That none of the funds provided 
or limited in this Act may be used to create a permanent office of 
transit security under this heading:  Provided further, That upon 
submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2019 President's budget, 
the Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to Congress the annual 
report on New Starts, including proposed allocations for fiscal year 
2019.

                         transit formula grants

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                      (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

    For payment of obligations incurred in the Federal Public 
Transportation Assistance Program in this account, and for payment of 
obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5305, 
5307, 5310, 5311, 5312, 5314, 5318, 5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339, and 
5340, as amended by the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, 
and section 20005(b) of Public Law 112-141, and sections 3006(b) and 
3028 of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, 
$10,300,000,000, to be derived from the Mass Transit Account of the 
Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
That funds available for the implementation or execution of programs 
authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 5312, 5314, 5318, 
5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, as amended by the Fixing 
America's Surface Transportation Act, and section 20005(b) of Public 
Law 112-141, and sections 3006(b) and 3028 of the Fixing America's 
Surface Transportation Act, shall not exceed total obligations of 
$9,733,353,407 in fiscal year 2018:  Provided further, That the Federal 
share of the cost of activities carried out under section 5312 shall 
not exceed 80 percent, except that if there is substantial public 
interest or benefit, the Secretary may approve a greater Federal share.

                       capital investment grants

    For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5309 and section 
3005(b) of the FAST Act, $2,132,910,000 to remain available until 
September 30, 2021:  Provided, That $8,900,000 in New Starts recoveries 
from prior year obligations from fiscal years 2000 to 2015 and 
$5,500,000 in Bus and Bus Facilities recoveries from prior year 
obligations from fiscal years 2000 to 2005 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2021 to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5309:  Provided further, That 
of the amounts made available in the previous provisos, $1,007,910,000 
shall be available for payments on previously executed New Starts full 
funding grant agreements, $454,000,000 shall be available for new New 
Starts full funding grant agreements, $200,000,000 shall be available 
for payments on previously executed Core Capacity full funding grant 
agreements, $145,700,000 shall be available for new Core Capacity full 
funding grant agreements, $149,900,000 shall be available to complete 
payments on partially funded Small Starts projects, and $168,400,000 
shall be available for new grant agreements for Small Starts projects:  
Provided, That the Secretary shall administer the program and assist 
project sponsors according to 49 U.S.C. 5309 and make payments 
available to project sponsors in accordance with the report 
accompanying this Act.

      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 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 Washington Metropolitan 
Area Transit Authority only after receiving and reviewing a request for 
each specific project:  Provided further, That prior to approving such 
grants, the Secretary shall certify that the Washington Metropolitan 
Area Transit Authority is making progress to improve its safety 
management system in response to the Federal Transit Administration's 
2015 safety management inspection:  Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall determine that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit 
Authority has placed the highest priority on those investments that 
will improve the safety of the system before approving such grants:  
Provided further, That the Secretary, in order to ensure safety 
throughout the rail system, may waive the requirements of section 
601(e)(1) of division B of Public Law 110-432.

       administrative provisions--federal transit administration

    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, any funds 
appropriated before October 1, 2017, 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.

             Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation

    The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation 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 commitments without regard to 
fiscal year limitations, as provided by section 104 of the Government 
Corporation Control Act, as amended, 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 asset renewal activities of those portions of the St. Lawrence 
Seaway owned, operated, and maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway 
Development Corporation, $36,028,000, to be derived from the Harbor 
Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99-662.

                        Maritime Administration

                       maritime security program

    For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a U.S.-flag 
merchant fleet to serve the national security needs of the United 
States, $300,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                        operations and training

    For necessary expenses of operations and training activities 
authorized by law, $228,642,000, of which $22,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended for maintenance and repair of training ships 
at State Maritime Academies, and of which $50,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended for the National Security Multi-Mission 
Vessel, and of which $2,400,000 shall remain available through 
September 30, 2019, for the Student Incentive Program at State Maritime 
Academies, and of which $1,800,000 shall remain available until 
expended for training ship fuel assistance payments, and of which 
$14,179,000 shall remain available until expended for facilities 
maintenance and repair, equipment, and capital improvements at the 
United States Merchant Marine Academy, and of which $3,000,000 shall 
remain available through September 30, 2019, for Maritime Environment 
and Technology Assistance program authorized under section 50307 of 
title 46, United States Code, and of which $7,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended for the Short Sea Transportation Program 
(America's Marine Highways) to make grants for the purposes authorized 
under sections 55601(b)(1) and (3) of title 46, United States Code:  
Provided, That not later than January 12, 2019, the Administrator of 
the Maritime Administration 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 3507 of Public Law 110-417.

                     assistance to small shipyards

    To make grants to qualified shipyards as authorized under section 
54101 of title 46, United States Code, as amended by Public Law 113-
281, $10,000,000 to remain available until expended:  Provided, That 
the Secretary shall issue the Notice of Funding Opportunity no later 
than 15 days after enactment of this Act:  Provided further, That from 
applications submitted under the previous proviso, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall make grants no later than 120 days after enactment 
of this Act in such amounts as the Secretary determines:  Provided 
further, That not to exceed 2 percent of the funds appropriated under 
this heading shall be available for necessary costs of grant 
administration:  Provided further, That available balances under this 
heading from prior year recoveries shall be available to carry out 
activities authorized under section 54101 of title 46, United States 
Code, as amended by Public Law 113-281.

                             ship disposal

    For necessary expenses related to the disposal of obsolete vessels 
in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the Maritime Administration, 
$9,000,000, to remain available until expended.

          maritime guaranteed loan (title xi) program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For the cost of guaranteed loans, $30,000,000, of which $27,000,000 
shall remain available until expended:  Provided, That such costs, 
including the costs of modifying such loans, shall be defined in 
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended:  
Provided further, That not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be for 
administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, which 
shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriations for 
``Operations and Training'', Maritime Administration.

           administrative provisions--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 covered into the Treasury as 
miscellaneous receipts.

         Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

                          operational expenses

    For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline and Hazardous 
Materials Safety Administration, $23,000,000, of which $1,500,000 shall 
be for ``Pipeline Safety Information Grants to Communities'' as 
authorized under section 60130 of title 49, United States Code:  
Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation shall issue a final rule 
to expand the applicability of comprehensive oil spill response plans 
no later than 5 days of enactment of this Act.

                       hazardous materials safety

    For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous materials safety 
functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 
Administration, $59,000,000, of which $7,570,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2020:  Provided, That up to $800,000 in fees 
collected under 49 U.S.C. 5108(g) 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 dissemination, and for travel 
expenses incurred in performance of hazardous materials exemptions and 
approvals functions.

                            pipeline safety

                         (pipeline safety fund)

                    (oil spill liability trust fund)

    For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of the pipeline 
safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out a pipeline safety 
program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 60107, and to discharge the 
pipeline program responsibilities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 
$162,000,000, of which $23,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill 
Liability Trust Fund and shall remain available until September 30, 
2020; and of which $131,000,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline 
Safety Fund, of which $64,736,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2020; and of which $8,000,000 shall be derived from the 
Pipeline Safety Fund as provided in 49 U.S.C. 60302 (section 12 of the 
PIPES Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-183)) from the Underground Natural 
Gas Storage Facility Safety Account for the purpose of carrying out 49 
U.S.C. 60141 of such Act (section 12 of the PIPES Act of 2016 (Public 
Law 114-183)), of which $6,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2020:  Provided, That not less than $1,058,000 of the 
funds provided under this heading shall be for the One-Call State grant 
program.

                     emergency preparedness grants

                     (emergency preparedness fund)

    Notwithstanding the fiscal year limitation specified in 49 U.S.C. 
5116, not more than $28,318,000 shall be made available for obligation 
in fiscal year 2018 from amounts made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(h), 
and 5128(b) and (c):  Provided, That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 
5116(h)(4), not more than 4 percent of the amounts made available from 
this account shall be available to pay administrative costs:  Provided 
further, That none of the funds made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(h), 
5128(b), or 5128(c) shall be made available for obligation by 
individuals other than the Secretary of Transportation, or his or her 
designee.

                      Office of Inspector General

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector General to 
carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
amended, $92,100,000:  Provided, That the Inspector General shall have 
all necessary authority, in carrying out the duties specified in the 
Inspector General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), 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:  Provided further, That the funds 
made available under this heading may be used to investigate, pursuant 
to section 41712 of title 49, United States Code: (1) unfair or 
deceptive practices and unfair methods of competition by domestic and 
foreign air carriers and ticket agents; and (2) the compliance of 
domestic and foreign air carriers with respect to item (1) of this 
proviso.

            General Provisions--Department of Transportation

    Sec. 180. (a) During the current fiscal year, applicable 
appropriations 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 
business; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 
U.S.C. 5901-5902).
    (b) During the current fiscal year, applicable appropriations to 
the Department and its operating administrations shall be available for 
the purchase, maintenance, operation, and deployment of unmanned 
aircraft systems that advance the Department's, or its operating 
administrations', missions.
    (c) Any unmanned aircraft system purchased or procured by the 
Department prior to the enactment of this Act shall be deemed 
authorized.
    Sec. 181.  Appropriations contained in this Act for the Department 
of Transportation shall be available for services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem 
rate equivalent to the rate for an Executive Level IV.
    Sec. 182.  None of the funds in this Act shall be available for 
salaries and expenses of more than 110 political and Presidential 
appointees in the Department of Transportation:  Provided, That none of 
the personnel covered by this provision may be assigned on temporary 
detail outside the Department of Transportation.
    Sec. 183. (a) No recipient of funds made available in this Act 
shall disseminate personal information (as defined in 18 U.S.C. 
2725(3)) obtained by a State department of motor vehicles in connection 
with a motor vehicle record as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1), except as 
provided in 18 U.S.C. 2721 for a use permitted under 18 U.S.C. 2721.
    (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall not 
withhold funds provided in this Act for any grantee if a State is in 
noncompliance with this provision.
    Sec. 184.  Funds received by the Federal Highway Administration and 
Federal Railroad Administration from States, counties, municipalities, 
other public authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for 
training may be credited respectively to the Federal Highway 
Administration's ``Federal-Aid Highways'' account and to the Federal 
Railroad Administration's ``Safety and Operations'' account, except for 
State rail safety inspectors participating in training pursuant to 49 
U.S.C. 20105.
    Sec. 185. (a) None of the funds provided in this Act to the 
Department of Transportation may be used to make a loan, loan 
guarantee, line of credit, or discretionary grant unless the Secretary 
of Transportation notifies the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations not less than 3 full business days before any project 
competitively selected to receive any discretionary grant award, letter 
of intent, loan commitment, loan guarantee commitment, line of credit 
commitment, or full funding grant agreement is announced by the 
Department or its modal administrations:  Provided, That the Secretary 
gives concurrent notification to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations for any ``quick release'' of funds from the emergency 
relief program:  Provided further, That no notification shall involve 
funds that are not available for obligation.
    (b) In addition to the notification required in subsection (a), 
none of the funds made available in this Act to the Department of 
Transportation may be used to make a loan, loan guarantee, line of 
credit, or discretionary grant unless the Secretary of Transportation 
provides the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a 
comprehensive list of all such loans, loan guarantees, lines of credit, 
or discretionary grants that will be announced not less the 3 full 
business days before such announcement:  Provided, That the requirement 
to provide a list in this subsection does not apply to any ``quick 
release'' of funds from the emergency relief program:  Provided 
further, That no list shall involve funds that are not available for 
obligation.
    Sec. 186.  Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor fees and 
other funds received by the Department of Transportation from travel 
management centers, charge card programs, the subleasing of building 
space, and miscellaneous sources are to be credited to appropriations 
of the Department of Transportation and allocated to elements of the 
Department of Transportation using fair and equitable criteria and such 
funds shall be available until expended.
    Sec. 187.  Amounts made available in this or any prior Act that the 
Secretary determines represent improper payments by the Department of 
Transportation to a third-party contractor under a financial assistance 
award, which are recovered pursuant to law, shall be available--
            (1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred by the 
        Department of Transportation in recovering improper payments:  
        Provided, That amounts made available in this Act shall be 
        available until expended; and
            (2) to pay contractors for services provided in recovering 
        improper payments or contractor support in the implementation 
        of the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002:  Provided, 
        That amounts in excess of that required for paragraphs (1) and 
        (2)--
                    (A) shall be credited to and merged with the 
                appropriation from which the improper payments were 
                made, and shall be available for the purposes and 
                period for which such appropriations are available:  
                Provided further, That where specific project or 
                accounting information associated with the improper 
                payment or payments is not readily available, the 
                Secretary may credit an appropriate account, which 
                shall be available for the purposes and period 
                associated with the account so credited; or
                    (B) if no such appropriation remains available, 
                shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous 
                receipts:  Provided further, That prior to the transfer 
                of any such recovery to an appropriations account, the 
                Secretary shall notify the House and Senate Committees 
                on Appropriations of the amount and reasons for such 
                transfer:  Provided further, That for purposes of this 
                section, the term ``improper payments'' has the same 
                meaning as that provided in section 2(d)(2) of Public 
                Law 107-300.
    Sec. 188.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if any funds 
provided in or limited by this Act are subject to a reprogramming 
action that requires notice to be provided to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations, transmission of said reprogramming notice 
shall be provided solely to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations, and said reprogramming action shall be approved or 
denied solely by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations:  
Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation may provide notice to 
other congressional committees of the action of the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations on such reprogramming but not sooner than 
30 days following the date on which the reprogramming action has been 
approved or denied by the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations.
    Sec. 189.  Funds appropriated in this Act to the modal 
administrations may be obligated for the Office of the Secretary for 
the costs related to assessments or reimbursable agreements only when 
such amounts are for the costs of goods and services that are purchased 
to provide a direct benefit to the applicable modal administration or 
administrations.
    Sec. 190.  The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to carry 
out a program that establishes uniform standards for developing and 
supporting agency transit pass and transit benefits authorized under 
section 7905 of title 5, United States Code, including distribution of 
transit benefits by various paper and electronic media.
    Sec. 191.  The Department of Transportation may use funds provided 
by this Act, or any other Act, to assist a contract under title 49 
U.S.C. or title 23 U.S.C. utilizing geographic, economic, or any other 
hiring preference not otherwise authorized by law, or to amend a rule, 
regulation, policy or other measure that forbids a recipient of a 
Federal Highway Administration or Federal Transit Administration grant 
from imposing such hiring preference on a contract or construction 
project with which the Department of Transportation is assisting, only 
if the grant recipient certifies the following:
            (1) that except with respect to apprentices or trainees, a 
        pool of readily available but unemployed individuals possessing 
        the knowledge, skill, and ability to perform the work that the 
        contract requires resides in the jurisdiction;
            (2) that the grant recipient will include appropriate 
        provisions in its bid document ensuring that the contractor 
        does not displace any of its existing employees in order to 
        satisfy such hiring preference; and
            (3) that any increase in the cost of labor, training, or 
        delays resulting from the use of such hiring preference does 
        not delay or displace any transportation project in the 
        applicable Statewide Transportation Improvement Program or 
        Transportation Improvement Program.
    This title may be cited as the ``Department of Transportation 
Appropriations Act, 2018''.

                                TITLE II

              DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                     Management and Administration

                           executive offices

    For necessary salaries and expenses for Executive Offices, which 
shall be comprised of the offices of the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, 
Adjudicatory Services, Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations, 
Public Affairs, Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, and the 
Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, $15,645,000:  
Provided, That not to exceed $25,000 of the amount made available under 
this heading shall be available to the Secretary for official reception 
and representation expenses as the Secretary may determine.

                     administrative support offices

    For necessary salaries and expenses for Administrative Support 
Offices, $520,190,000, of which $52,200,000 shall be available for the 
Office of the Chief Financial Officer; $95,400,000 shall be available 
for the Office of the General Counsel; $206,140,000 shall be available 
for the Office of Administration; $39,300,000 shall be available for 
the Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer; $53,500,000 shall be 
available for the Office of Field Policy and Management; $19,500,000 
shall be available for the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer; 
$3,800,000 shall be available for the Office of Departmental Equal 
Employment Opportunity; $4,950,000 shall be available for the Office of 
Strategic Planning and Management; and $45,400,000 shall be available 
for the Office of the Chief Information Officer:  Provided, That funds 
provided under this heading may be used for necessary administrative 
and non-administrative expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, not otherwise provided for, including purchase of 
uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; and services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109:  Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, funds appropriated under this heading may be used for 
advertising and promotional activities that directly support program 
activities funded in this title:  Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall provide the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
quarterly written notification regarding the status of pending 
congressional reports:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
provide in electronic form all signed reports required by Congress.

                  Program Office Salaries and Expenses

                       public and indian housing

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Public and 
Indian Housing, $222,000,000.

                   community planning and development

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Community 
Planning and Development, $108,300,000.

                                housing

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Housing, 
$383,000,000.

                    policy development and research

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Policy 
Development and Research, $25,400,000.

                   fair housing and equal opportunity

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Fair Housing 
and Equal Opportunity, $72,400,000.

            office of lead hazard control and healthy homes

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Lead Hazard 
Control and Healthy Homes, $8,200,000.

                          working capital fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For the working capital fund for the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development (referred to in this paragraph as the ``Fund''), 
pursuant, in part, to section 7(f) of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3535(f)), amounts transferred to the 
Fund under this heading shall be available for Federal shared services 
used by offices and agencies of the Department, and for such portion of 
any office or agency's printing, records management, space renovation, 
furniture, or supply services as the Secretary determines shall be 
derived from centralized sources made available by the Department to 
all offices and agencies and funded through the Fund:  Provided, That 
of the amounts made available in this title for salaries and expenses 
under the headings ``Executive Offices'', ``Administrative Support 
Offices'', ``Program Office Salaries and Expenses'', and ``Government 
National Mortgage Association'', the Secretary shall transfer to the 
Fund such amounts, to remain available until expended, as are necessary 
to fund services, specified in the matter preceding the first proviso, 
for which the appropriation would otherwise have been available, and 
may transfer not to exceed an additional $5,000,000, in aggregate, from 
all such appropriations, to be merged with the Fund and to remain 
available until expended for use for any office or agency:  Provided 
further, That amounts in the Fund shall be the only amounts available 
to each office or agency of the Department for the services, or portion 
of services, specified in the matter preceding the first proviso:  
Provided further, That with respect to the Fund, the authorities and 
conditions under this heading shall supplement the authorities and 
conditions provided under section 7(f).

                       Public and Indian Housing

                     tenant-based rental assistance

    For activities and assistance for the provision of tenant-based 
rental assistance authorized under the United States Housing Act of 
1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (``the Act'' herein), not 
otherwise provided for, $17,365,120,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be available on October 1, 2017 (in addition to the 
$4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this heading that shall be 
available on October 1, 2017), and $4,000,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be available on October 1, 2018:  Provided, That 
the amounts made available under this heading are provided as follows:
            (1) $19,370,000,000 shall be available for renewals of 
        expiring section 8 tenant-based annual contributions contracts 
        (including renewals of enhanced vouchers under any provision of 
        law authorizing such assistance under section 8(t) of the Act) 
        and including renewal of other special purpose incremental 
        vouchers:  Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision 
        of law, from amounts provided under this paragraph and any 
        carryover, the Secretary for the calendar year 2018 funding 
        cycle shall provide renewal funding for each public housing 
        agency based on validated voucher management system (VMS) 
        leasing and cost data for the prior calendar year and by 
        applying an inflation factor as established by the Secretary, 
        by notice published in the Federal Register, and by making any 
        necessary adjustments for the costs associated with the first-
        time renewal of vouchers under this paragraph including tenant 
        protection, HOPE VI, and Choice Neighborhoods vouchers:  
        Provided further, That none of the funds provided under this 
        paragraph may be used to fund a total number of unit months 
        under lease which exceeds a public housing agency's authorized 
        level of units under contract, except for public housing 
        agencies participating in the MTW demonstration, which are 
        instead governed by the terms and conditions of their MTW 
        agreements:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall, to the 
        extent necessary to stay within the amount specified under this 
        paragraph (except as otherwise modified under this paragraph), 
        prorate each public housing agency's allocation otherwise 
        established pursuant to this paragraph:  Provided further, That 
        except as provided in the following provisos, the entire amount 
        specified under this paragraph (except as otherwise modified 
        under this paragraph) shall be obligated to the public housing 
        agencies based on the allocation and pro rata method described 
        above, and the Secretary shall notify public housing agencies 
        of their annual budget by the latter of 60 days after enactment 
        of this Act or March 1, 2018:  Provided further, That the 
        Secretary may extend the notification period with the prior 
        written approval of the House and Senate Committees on 
        Appropriations:  Provided further, That public housing agencies 
        participating in the MTW demonstration shall be funded pursuant 
        to their MTW agreements and shall be subject to the same pro 
        rata adjustments under the previous provisos:  Provided 
        further, That the Secretary may offset public housing agencies' 
        calendar year 2018 allocations based on the excess amounts of 
        public housing agencies' net restricted assets accounts, 
        including HUD-held programmatic reserves (in accordance with 
        VMS data in calendar year 2017 that is verifiable and 
        complete), as determined by the Secretary:  Provided further, 
        That public housing agencies participating in the MTW 
        demonstration shall also be subject to the offset, as 
        determined by the Secretary, excluding amounts subject to the 
        single fund budget authority provisions of their MTW 
        agreements, from the agencies' calendar year 2018 MTW funding 
        allocation:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall use any 
        offset referred to in the previous two provisos throughout the 
        calendar year to prevent the termination of rental assistance 
        for families as the result of insufficient funding, as 
        determined by the Secretary, and to avoid or reduce the 
        proration of renewal funding allocations:  Provided further, 
        That up to $75,000,000 shall be available only: (1) for 
        adjustments in the allocations for public housing agencies, 
        after application for an adjustment by a public housing agency 
        that experienced a significant increase, as determined by the 
        Secretary, in renewal costs of vouchers resulting from 
        unforeseen circumstances or from portability under section 8(r) 
        of the Act; (2) for vouchers that were not in use during the 
        previous 12-month period in order to be available to meet a 
        commitment pursuant to section 8(o)(13) of the Act; (3) for 
        adjustments for costs associated with HUD-Veterans Affairs 
        Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) vouchers; and (4) for public 
        housing agencies that despite taking reasonable cost savings 
        measures, as determined by the Secretary, would otherwise be 
        required to terminate rental assistance for families as a 
        result of insufficient funding:  Provided further, That the 
        Secretary shall allocate amounts under the previous proviso 
        based on need, as determined by the Secretary;
            (2) $75,000,000 shall be for section 8 rental assistance 
        for relocation and replacement of housing units that are 
        demolished or disposed of pursuant to section 18 of the Act, 
        conversion of section 23 projects to assistance under section 
        8, the family unification program under section 8(x) of the 
        Act, relocation of witnesses in connection with efforts to 
        combat crime in public and assisted housing pursuant to a 
        request from a law enforcement or prosecution agency, enhanced 
        vouchers under any provision of law authorizing such assistance 
        under section 8(t) of the Act, HOPE VI and Choice Neighborhood 
        vouchers, mandatory and voluntary conversions, and tenant 
        protection assistance including replacement and relocation 
        assistance or for project-based assistance to prevent the 
        displacement of unassisted elderly tenants currently residing 
        in section 202 properties financed between 1959 and 1974 that 
        are refinanced pursuant to Public Law 106-569, as amended, or 
        under the authority as provided under this Act:  Provided, That 
        when a public housing development is submitted for demolition 
        or disposition under section 18 of the Act, the Secretary may 
        provide section 8 rental assistance when the units pose an 
        imminent health and safety risk to residents:  Provided 
        further, That the Secretary may only provide replacement 
        vouchers for units that were occupied within the previous 24 
        months that cease to be available as assisted housing, subject 
        only to the availability of funds:  Provided further, That of 
        the amounts made available under this paragraph, $5,000,000 may 
        be available to provide tenant protection assistance, not 
        otherwise provided under this paragraph, to residents residing 
        in low vacancy areas and who may have to pay rents greater than 
        30 percent of household income, as the result of: (A) the 
        maturity of a HUD-insured, HUD-held or section 202 loan that 
        requires the permission of the Secretary prior to loan 
        prepayment; (B) the expiration of a rental assistance contract 
        for which the tenants are not eligible for enhanced voucher or 
        tenant protection assistance under existing law; or (C) the 
        expiration of affordability restrictions accompanying a 
        mortgage or preservation program administered by the Secretary: 
         Provided further, That such tenant protection assistance made 
        available under the previous proviso may be provided under the 
        authority of section 8(t) or section 8(o)(13) of the United 
        States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(t)):  Provided 
        further, That any tenant protection voucher made available from 
        amounts under this paragraph shall not be reissued by any 
        public housing agency, except the replacement vouchers as 
        defined by the Secretary by notice, when the initial family 
        that received any such voucher no longer receives such voucher, 
        and the authority for any public housing agency to issue any 
        such voucher shall cease to exist:  Provided further, That the 
        Secretary may provide section 8 rental assistance from amounts 
        made available under this paragraph for units assisted under a 
        project-based subsidy contract funded under the ``Project-Based 
        Rental Assistance'' heading under this title where the owner 
        has received a Notice of Default and the units pose an imminent 
        health and safety risk to residents:  Provided further, That to 
        the extent that the Secretary determines that such units are 
        not feasible for continued rental assistance payments or 
        transfer of the subsidy contract associated with such units to 
        another project or projects and owner or owners, any remaining 
        amounts associated with such units under such contract shall be 
        recaptured and used to reimburse amounts used under this 
        paragraph for rental assistance under the preceding proviso;
            (3) $1,725,000,000 shall be for administrative and other 
        expenses of public housing agencies in administering the 
        section 8 tenant-based rental assistance program, of which up 
        to $10,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary to allocate 
        to public housing agencies that need additional funds to 
        administer their section 8 programs, including fees associated 
        with section 8 tenant protection rental assistance, the 
        administration of disaster related vouchers, Veterans Affairs 
        Supportive Housing vouchers, and other special purpose 
        incremental vouchers:  Provided, That no less than 
        $1,715,000,000 of the amount provided in this paragraph shall 
        be allocated to public housing agencies for the calendar year 
        2018 funding cycle based on section 8(q) of the Act (and 
        related Appropriation Act provisions) as in effect immediately 
        before the enactment of the Quality Housing and Work 
        Responsibility Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-276):  Provided 
        further, That if the amounts made available under this 
        paragraph are insufficient to pay the amounts determined under 
        the previous proviso, the Secretary may decrease the amounts 
        allocated to agencies by a uniform percentage applicable to all 
        agencies receiving funding under this paragraph or may, to the 
        extent necessary to provide full payment of amounts determined 
        under the previous proviso, utilize unobligated balances, 
        including recaptures and carryovers, remaining from funds 
        appropriated to the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
        under this heading from prior fiscal years, excluding special 
        purpose vouchers, notwithstanding the purposes for which such 
        amounts were appropriated:  Provided further, That all public 
        housing agencies participating in the MTW demonstration shall 
        be funded pursuant to their MTW agreements, and shall be 
        subject to the same uniform percentage decrease as under the 
        previous proviso:  Provided further, That amounts provided 
        under this paragraph shall be only for activities related to 
        the provision of tenant-based rental assistance authorized 
        under section 8, including related development activities;
            (4) $130,120,000 for the renewal of tenant-based assistance 
        contracts under section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
        Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), including necessary 
        administrative expenses:  Provided, That administrative and 
        other expenses of public housing agencies in administering the 
        special purpose vouchers in this paragraph shall be funded 
        under the same terms and be subject to the same pro rata 
        reduction as the percent decrease for administrative and other 
        expenses to public housing agencies under paragraph (3) of this 
        heading:  Provided further, That any amounts provided under 
        this paragraph in this Act or prior Acts, remaining available 
        after funding renewals and administrative expenses under this 
        paragraph, shall be available for incremental tenant-based 
        assistance contracts under such section 811, including 
        necessary administrative expenses;
            (5) $5,000,000 shall be for rental assistance and 
        associated administrative fees for Tribal HUD-VA Supportive 
        Housing to serve Native American veterans that are homeless or 
        at-risk of homelessness living on or near a reservation or 
        other Indian areas:  Provided, That such amount shall be made 
        available for renewal grants to recipients that received 
        assistance under prior Acts under the Tribal HUD-VA Supportive 
        Housing program:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall be 
        authorized to specify criteria for renewal grants, including 
        data on the utilization of assistance reported by grant 
        recipients:  Provided further, That such assistance shall be 
        administered in accordance with program requirements under the 
        Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act 
        of 1996 and modeled after the HUD-VASH program:  Provided 
        further, That the Secretary shall be authorized to waive, or 
        specify alternative requirements for any provision of any 
        statute or regulation that the Secretary administers in 
        connection with the use of funds made available under this 
        paragraph (except for requirements related to fair housing, 
        nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the environment), upon 
        a finding by the Secretary that any such waivers or alternative 
        requirements are necessary for the effective delivery and 
        administration of such assistance:  Provided further, That 
        grant recipients shall report to the Secretary on utilization 
        of such rental assistance and other program data, as prescribed 
        by the Secretary:  Provided further, That the Secretary may 
        reallocate, as determined by the Secretary, amounts returned or 
        recaptured from awards under prior acts;
            (6) $40,000,000 for incremental rental voucher assistance 
        for use through a supported housing program administered in 
        conjunction with the Department of Veterans Affairs as 
        authorized under section 8(o)(19) of the United States Housing 
        Act of 1937:  Provided, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
        Development shall make such funding available, notwithstanding 
        section 203 (competition provision) of this title, to public 
        housing agencies that partner with eligible VA Medical Centers 
        or other entities as designated by the Secretary of the 
        Department of Veterans Affairs, based on geographical need for 
        such assistance as identified by the Secretary of the 
        Department of Veterans Affairs, public housing agency 
        administrative performance, and other factors as specified by 
        the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in consultation 
        with the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs:  
        Provided further, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
        Development may waive, or specify alternative requirements for 
        (in consultation with the Secretary of the Department of 
        Veterans Affairs), any provision of any statute or regulation 
        that the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development administers 
        in connection with the use of funds made available under this 
        paragraph (except for requirements related to fair housing, 
        nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the environment), upon 
        a finding by the Secretary that any such waivers or alternative 
        requirements are necessary for the effective delivery and 
        administration of such voucher assistance:  Provided further, 
        That assistance made available under this paragraph shall 
        continue to remain available for homeless veterans upon turn-
        over;
            (7) $20,000,000 shall be made available for new incremental 
        voucher assistance through the family unification program as 
        authorized by section 8(x) of the Act:  Provided, That the 
        assistance made available under this paragraph shall continue 
        to remain available for family unification upon turnover:  
        Provided further, That for any public housing agency 
        administering voucher assistance appropriated in a prior Act 
        under the family unification program that determines that it no 
        longer has an identified need for such assistance upon 
        turnover, such agency shall notify the Secretary, and the 
        Secretary shall recapture such assistance from the agency and 
        reallocate it to any other public housing agency or agencies 
        based on need for voucher assistance in connection with such 
        program; and
            (8) the Secretary shall separately track all special 
        purpose vouchers funded under this heading.

                        housing certificate fund

                        (including rescissions)

    Unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining 
from funds appropriated to the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development under this heading, the heading ``Annual Contributions for 
Assisted Housing'' and the heading ``Project-Based Rental Assistance'', 
for fiscal year 2018 and prior years may be used for renewal of or 
amendments to section 8 project-based contracts and for performance-
based contract administrators, notwithstanding the purposes for which 
such funds were appropriated:  Provided, That any obligated balances of 
contract authority from fiscal year 1974 and prior that have been 
terminated shall be rescinded:  Provided further, That amounts 
heretofore recaptured, or recaptured during the current fiscal year, 
from section 8 project-based contracts from source years fiscal year 
1975 through fiscal year 1987 are hereby rescinded, and an amount of 
additional new budget authority, equivalent to the amount rescinded is 
hereby appropriated, to remain available until expended, for the 
purposes set forth under this heading, in addition to amounts otherwise 
available.

                      public housing capital fund

    For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to carry out capital 
and management activities for public housing agencies, as authorized 
under section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437g) (the ``Act'') $1,945,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2021:  Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law or regulation, during fiscal year 2018, the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development may not delegate to any Department official other 
than the Deputy Secretary and the Assistant Secretary for Public and 
Indian Housing any authority under paragraph (2) of section 9(j) 
regarding the extension of the time periods under such section:  
Provided further, That for purposes of such section 9(j), the term 
``obligate'' means, with respect to amounts, that the amounts are 
subject to a binding agreement that will result in outlays, immediately 
or in the future:  Provided further, That up to $8,300,000 shall be to 
support ongoing public housing financial and physical assessment 
activities:  Provided further, That up to $1,000,000 shall be to 
support the costs of administrative and judicial receiverships:  
Provided further, That of the total amount provided under this heading, 
not to exceed $21,500,000 shall be available for the Secretary to make 
grants, notwithstanding section 203 of this Act, to public housing 
agencies for emergency capital needs including safety and security 
measures necessary to address crime and drug-related activity as well 
as needs resulting from unforeseen or unpreventable emergencies and 
natural disasters excluding Presidentially declared emergencies and 
natural disasters under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) occurring in fiscal year 2018:  
Provided further, That of the amount made available under the previous 
proviso, not less than $5,000,000 shall be for safety and security 
measures:  Provided further, That in addition to the amount in the 
previous proviso for such safety and security measures, any amounts 
that remain available, after all applications received on or before 
September 30, 2019, for emergency capital needs have been processed, 
shall be allocated to public housing agencies for such safety and 
security measures:  Provided further, That of the total amount provided 
under this heading, $25,000,000 shall be for supportive services, 
service coordinators and congregate services as authorized by section 
34 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437z-6) and the Native American Housing 
Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.): 
 Provided further, That of the total amount made available under this 
heading, $15,000,000 shall be for a Jobs-Plus initiative modeled after 
the Jobs-Plus demonstration:  Provided further, That the funding 
provided under the previous proviso shall provide competitive grants to 
partnerships between public housing authorities, local workforce 
investment boards established under section 117 of the Workforce 
Investment Act of 1998, and other agencies and organizations that 
provide support to help public housing residents obtain employment and 
increase earnings:  Provided further, That applicants must demonstrate 
the ability to provide services to residents, partner with workforce 
investment boards, and leverage service dollars:  Provided further, 
That the Secretary may allow public housing agencies to request 
exemptions from rent and income limitation requirements under sections 
3 and 6 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 as necessary to 
implement the Jobs-Plus program, on such terms and conditions as the 
Secretary may approve upon a finding by the Secretary that any such 
waivers or alternative requirements are necessary for the effective 
implementation of the Jobs-Plus initiative as a voluntary program for 
residents:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall publish by 
notice in the Federal Register any waivers or alternative requirements 
pursuant to the preceding proviso no later than 10 days before the 
effective date of such notice:  Provided further, That for funds 
provided under this heading, the limitation in section 9(g)(1) of the 
Act shall be 25 percent:  Provided further, That the Secretary may 
waive the limitation in the previous proviso to allow public housing 
agencies to fund activities authorized under section 9(e)(1)(C) of the 
Act:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall notify public housing 
agencies requesting waivers under the previous proviso if the request 
is approved or denied within 14 days of submitting the request:  
Provided further, That from the funds made available under this 
heading, the Secretary shall provide bonus awards in fiscal year 2018 
to public housing agencies that are designated high performers:  
Provided further, That the Department shall notify public housing 
agencies of their formula allocation within 60 days of enactment of 
this Act.

                     public housing operating fund

    For 2018 payments to public housing agencies for the operation and 
management of public housing, as authorized by section 9(e) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $4,500,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2019.

                    choice neighborhoods initiative

    For competitive grants under the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative 
(subject to section 24 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437v), unless otherwise specified under this heading), for 
transformation, rehabilitation, and replacement housing needs of both 
public and HUD-assisted housing and to transform neighborhoods of 
poverty into functioning, sustainable mixed income neighborhoods with 
appropriate services, schools, public assets, transportation and access 
to jobs, $50,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020:  
Provided, That grant funds may be used for resident and community 
services, community development, and affordable housing needs in the 
community, and for conversion of vacant or foreclosed properties to 
affordable housing:  Provided further, That the use of funds made 
available under this heading shall not be deemed to be public housing 
notwithstanding section 3(b)(1) of such Act:  Provided further, That 
grantees shall commit to an additional period of affordability 
determined by the Secretary of not fewer than 20 years:  Provided 
further, That grantees shall provide a match in State, local, other 
Federal or private funds:  Provided further, That grantees may include 
local governments, tribal entities, public housing agencies, and 
nonprofits:  Provided further, That for-profit developers may apply 
jointly with a public entity:  Provided further, That for purposes of 
environmental review, a grantee shall be treated as a public housing 
agency under section 26 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437x), and grants under this heading shall be subject to the 
regulations issued by the Secretary to implement such section:  
Provided further, That of the amount provided, not less than 
$25,000,000 shall be awarded to public housing agencies:  Provided 
further, That such grantees shall create partnerships with other local 
organizations including assisted housing owners, service agencies, and 
resident organizations:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
consult with the Secretaries of Education, Labor, Transportation, 
Health and Human Services, Agriculture, and Commerce, the Attorney 
General, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
to coordinate and leverage other appropriate Federal resources:  
Provided further, That no more than $5,000,000 of funds made available 
under this heading may be provided as grants to undertake comprehensive 
local planning with input from residents and the community:  Provided 
further, That unobligated balances, including recaptures and remaining 
from funds appropriated under the heading ``Revitalization of Severely 
Distressed Public Housing (HOPE VI)'' in fiscal year 2011 and prior 
fiscal years may be used for purposes under this heading, 
notwithstanding the purposes for which such amounts were appropriated.

                        family self-sufficiency

    For the Family Self-Sufficiency program to support family self-
sufficiency coordinators under section 23 of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937, to promote the development of local strategies to 
coordinate the use of assistance under sections 8(o) and 9 of such Act 
with public and private resources, and enable eligible families to 
achieve economic independence and self-sufficiency, $75,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2019:  Provided, That the 
Secretary may, by Federal Register notice, waive or specify alternative 
requirements under sections b(3), b(4), b(5), or c(1) of section 23 of 
such Act in order to facilitate the operation of a unified self-
sufficiency program for individuals receiving assistance under 
different provisions of the Act, as determined by the Secretary:  
Provided further, That owners of a privately owned multifamily property 
with a section 8 contract may voluntarily make a Family Self-
Sufficiency program available to the assisted tenants of such property 
in accordance with procedures established by the Secretary:  Provided 
further, That such procedures established pursuant to the previous 
proviso shall permit participating tenants to accrue escrow funds in 
accordance with section 23(d)(2) and shall allow owners to use funding 
from residual receipt accounts to hire coordinators for their own 
Family Self-Sufficiency program.

                  native american housing block grants

    For the Native American Housing Block Grants program, as authorized 
under title I of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-
Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), 
$655,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022:  Provided, 
That, notwithstanding NAHASDA, to determine the amount of the 
allocation under title I of such Act for each Indian tribe, the 
Secretary shall apply the formula under section 302 of such Act with 
the need component based on single-race census data and with the need 
component based on multi-race census data, and the amount of the 
allocation for each Indian tribe shall be the greater of the two 
resulting allocation amounts:  Provided further, That of the amounts 
made available under this heading, $7,000,000 shall be for providing 
training and technical assistance to Indian housing authorities and 
tribally designated housing entities, to support the inspection of 
Indian housing units, contract expertise, and for training and 
technical assistance related to funding provided under this heading and 
other headings under this Act for the needs of Native American families 
and Indian country:  Provided further, That amounts made available 
under the previous proviso may be used, contracted, or competed as 
determined by the Secretary:  Provided further, That of the amount 
provided under this heading, $2,000,000 shall be made available for the 
cost of guaranteed notes and other obligations, as authorized by title 
VI of NAHASDA:  Provided further, That such costs, including the costs 
of modifying such notes and other obligations, shall be as defined in 
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended:  
Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize the total 
principal amount of any notes and other obligations, any part of which 
is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $17,391,304:  Provided further, That 
the Department will notify grantees of their formula allocation within 
60 days of the date of enactment of this Act:  Provided further, That 
no Indian tribe shall receive an allocation amount greater than 10 
percent of the total amount made available under this paragraph.

           indian housing loan guarantee fund program account

    For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by section 184 of 
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-
13a), $1,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That 
such costs, including the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as 
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:  
Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize total 
loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, up to 
$270,270,270, to remain available until expended:  Provided further, 
That up to $750,000 of this amount may be for administrative contract 
expenses including management processes and systems to carry out the 
loan guarantee program.

                  native hawaiian housing block grant

    For the Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant program, as authorized 
under title VIII of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-
Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $1,000,000 to 
remain available until September 30, 2019:  Provided, That 
notwithstanding section 812(b) of such Act, the Department of Hawaiian 
Home Lands may not invest grant amounts provided under this heading in 
investment securities and other obligations:  Provided further, That 
the language under the first proviso under the heading ``Native 
Hawaiian Housing Block Grant'' in the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development Appropriations Act, 2015 (Public Law 113-235) is amended by 
striking ``Hawaii-based'':  Provided further, That amounts made 
available under this heading in this and prior fiscal years may be used 
to provide rental assistance to eligible Native Hawaiian families both 
on and off the Hawaiian Home Lands, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law.

                   Community Planning and Development

              housing opportunities for persons with aids

    For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS 
program, as authorized by the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 
12901 et seq.), $330,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2019, except that amounts allocated pursuant to section 854(c)(5) of 
such Act shall remain available until September 30, 2020:  Provided, 
That the Secretary shall renew all expiring contracts for permanent 
supportive housing that initially were funded under competitive grants 
from funds made available under this heading in fiscal year 2010 and 
prior fiscal years that meet all program requirements before awarding 
funds for new contracts under section 854(c)(5) of such Act:  Provided 
further, That the Department shall notify grantees of their formula 
allocation within 60 days of enactment of this Act.

                       community development fund

    For assistance to units of State and local government, and to other 
entities, for economic and community development activities, and for 
other purposes, $3,060,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2020, unless otherwise specified:  Provided, That of the total amount 
provided, $3,000,000,000 is for carrying out the community development 
block grant program under title I of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974, as amended (``the Act'' herein) (42 U.S.C. 
5301 et seq.):  Provided further, That unless explicitly provided for 
under this heading, not to exceed 20 percent of any grant made with 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be expended for planning 
and management development and administration:  Provided further, That 
a metropolitan city, urban county, unit of general local government, 
Indian tribe, or insular area that directly or indirectly receives 
funds under this heading may not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer all 
or any portion of such funds to another such entity in exchange for any 
other funds, credits or non-Federal considerations, but must use such 
funds for activities eligible under title I of the Act:  Provided 
further, That notwithstanding section 105(e)(1) of the Act, no funds 
provided under this heading may be provided to a for-profit entity for 
an economic development project under section 105(a)(17) unless such 
project has been evaluated and selected in accordance with guidelines 
required under subparagraph (e)(2):  Provided further, That the 
Department shall notify grantees of their formula allocation within 60 
days of enactment of this Act:  Provided further, That of the total 
amount provided under this heading, $60,000,000 shall be for grants to 
Indian tribes notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of such Act, of which, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law (including section 203 of 
this Act), up to $4,000,000 may be used for emergencies that constitute 
imminent threats to health and safety.

         community development loan guarantees program account

    Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 
during fiscal year 2018, commitments to guarantee loans under section 
108 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 
5308), any part of which is guaranteed, shall not exceed a total 
principal amount of $300,000,000, notwithstanding any aggregate 
limitation on outstanding obligations guaranteed in subsection (k) of 
such section 108:  Provided, That the Secretary shall collect fees from 
borrowers, notwithstanding subsection (m) of such section 108, to 
result in a credit subsidy cost of zero for guaranteeing such loans, 
and any such fees shall be collected in accordance with section 502(7) 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

                  home investment partnerships program

    For the HOME Investment Partnerships program, as authorized under 
title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, as 
amended, $950,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021:  
Provided, That notwithstanding the amount made available under this 
heading, the threshold reduction requirements in sections 216(10) and 
217(b)(4) of such Act shall not apply to allocations of such amount:  
Provided further, That the Department shall notify grantees of their 
formula allocation within 60 days of enactment of this Act.

        self-help and assisted homeownership opportunity program

    For the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Opportunity Program, 
as authorized under section 11 of the Housing Opportunity Program 
Extension Act of 1996, as amended, $50,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2020:  Provided, That of the total amount provided 
under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be made available to the Self-
Help Homeownership Opportunity Program as authorized under section 11 
of the Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996, as amended:  
Provided further, That of the total amount provided under this heading, 
$35,000,000 shall be made available for the second, third, and fourth 
capacity building activities authorized under section 4(a) of the HUD 
Demonstration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816 note), of which not less than 
$5,000,000 shall be made available for rural capacity building 
activities:  Provided further, That of the total amount provided under 
this heading, $5,000,000 shall be made available for capacity building 
by national rural housing organizations with experience assessing 
national rural conditions and providing financing, training, technical 
assistance, information, and research to local nonprofits, local 
governments, and Indian Tribes serving high need rural communities:  
Provided further, That an additional $4,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be for a program to rehabilitate and modify homes 
of disabled or low-income veterans, as authorized under section 1079 of 
Public Law 113-291.

                       homeless assistance grants

    For the Emergency Solutions Grants program as authorized under 
subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, 
as amended; the Continuum of Care program as authorized under subtitle 
C of title IV of such Act; and the Rural Housing Stability Assistance 
program as authorized under subtitle D of title IV of such Act, 
$2,456,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020:  
Provided, That any rental assistance amounts that are recaptured under 
such Continuum of Care program shall remain available until expended:  
Provided further, That not less than $270,000,000 of the funds 
appropriated under this heading shall be available for such Emergency 
Solutions Grants program:  Provided further, That not less than 
$2,099,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be 
available for such Continuum of Care and Rural Housing Stability 
Assistance programs:  Provided further, That of the amounts made 
available under this heading, up to $25,000,000 shall be made available 
for grants for rapid re-housing projects and supportive service 
projects providing coordinated entry, and for eligible activities the 
Secretary determines to be critical in order to assist survivors of 
domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking:  Provided further, 
That such projects shall be eligible for renewal under the continuum of 
care program subject to the same terms and conditions as other renewal 
applicants:  Provided further, That up to $7,000,000 of the funds 
appropriated under this heading shall be available for the national 
homeless data analysis project:  Provided further, That all funds 
awarded for supportive services under the Continuum of Care program and 
the Rural Housing Stability Assistance program shall be matched by not 
less than 25 percent in cash or in kind by each grantee:  Provided 
further, That for all match requirements applicable to funds made 
available under this heading for this fiscal year and prior years, a 
grantee may use (or could have used) as a source of match funds other 
funds administered by the Secretary and other Federal agencies unless 
there is (or was) a specific statutory prohibition on any such use of 
any such funds:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall collect 
system performance measures for each continuum of care, and that 
relative to fiscal year 2015, under the Continuum of Care competition 
with respect to funds made available under this heading, the Secretary 
shall base an increasing share of the score on performance criteria:  
Provided further, That none of the funds provided under this heading 
shall be available to provide funding for new projects, except for 
projects created through reallocation, unless the Secretary determines 
that the continuum of care has demonstrated that projects are evaluated 
and ranked based on the degree to which they improve the continuum of 
care's system performance:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
prioritize funding under the Continuum of Care program to continuums of 
care that have demonstrated a capacity to reallocate funding from lower 
performing projects to higher performing projects:  Provided further, 
That all awards of assistance under this heading shall be required to 
coordinate and integrate homeless programs with other mainstream 
health, social services, and employment programs for which homeless 
populations may be eligible:  Provided further, That any unobligated 
amounts remaining from funds appropriated under this heading in fiscal 
year 2012 and prior years for project-based rental assistance for 
rehabilitation projects with 10-year grant terms may be used for 
purposes under this heading, notwithstanding the purposes for which 
such funds were appropriated:  Provided further, That all balances for 
Shelter Plus Care renewals previously funded from the Shelter Plus Care 
Renewal account and transferred to this account shall be available, if 
recaptured, for Continuum of Care renewals in fiscal year 2018:  
Provided further, That the Department shall notify grantees of their 
formula allocation from amounts allocated (which may represent initial 
or final amounts allocated) for the Emergency Solutions Grant program 
within 60 days of enactment of this Act:  Provided further, That up to 
$55,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be to 
implement projects to demonstrate how a comprehensive approach to 
serving homeless youth, age 24 and under, in up to 15 communities, 
including at least five communities with substantial rural populations, 
can dramatically reduce youth homelessness:  Provided further, That of 
the amount made available under the previous proviso, up to $5,000,000 
shall be available to provide technical assistance on youth 
homelessness, and collection, analysis, and reporting of data and 
performance measures under the comprehensive approaches to serve 
homeless youth, in addition to and in coordination with other technical 
assistance funds provided under this title:  Provided further, That 
such projects shall be eligible for renewal under the continuum of care 
program subject to the same terms and conditions as other renewal 
applicants:  Provided further, That youth aged 24 and under seeking 
assistance under this heading shall not be required to provide third 
party documentation to establish their eligibility under 42 U.S.C. 
11302(a) or (b) to receive services:  Provided further, That 
unaccompanied youth aged 24 and under or families headed by youth aged 
24 and under who are living in unsafe situations may be served by 
youth-serving providers funded under this heading.

                            Housing Programs

                    rental assistance demonstration

    For continuing activities under the heading ``Rental Assistance 
Demonstration'' in the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112-55), $4,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2021:  Provided, That such funds shall 
only be available to properties converting from assistance under 
section 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q(c)(2)).

                    project-based rental assistance

    For activities and assistance for the provision of project-based 
subsidy contracts under the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (``the Act''), not otherwise provided for, 
$11,107,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be available 
on October 1, 2017 (in addition to the $400,000,000 previously 
appropriated under this heading that became available October 1, 2017), 
and $400,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
available on October 1, 2018:  Provided, That the amounts made 
available under this heading shall be available for expiring or 
terminating section 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including 
section 8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for amendments to section 
8 project-based subsidy contracts (including section 8 moderate 
rehabilitation contracts), for contracts entered into pursuant to 
section 441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
11401), for renewal of section 8 contracts for units in projects that 
are subject to approved plans of action under the Emergency Low Income 
Housing Preservation Act of 1987 or the Low-Income Housing Preservation 
and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990, and for administrative and 
other expenses associated with project-based activities and assistance 
funded under this paragraph:  Provided further, That of the total 
amounts provided under this heading, not to exceed $285,000,000 shall 
be available for performance-based contract administrators for section 
8 project-based assistance, for carrying out 42 U.S.C. 1437(f):  
Provided further, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
may also use such amounts in the previous proviso for performance-based 
contract administrators for the administration of: interest reduction 
payments pursuant to section 236(a) of the National Housing Act (12 
U.S.C. 1715z-1(a)); rent supplement payments pursuant to section 101 of 
the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); 
section 236(f)(2) rental assistance payments (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1(f)(2)); 
project rental assistance contracts for the elderly under section 
202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); project rental 
assistance contracts for supportive housing for persons with 
disabilities under section 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013(d)(2)); project assistance 
contracts pursuant to section 202(h) of the Housing Act of 1959 (Public 
Law 86-372; 73 Stat. 667); and loans under section 202 of the Housing 
Act of 1959 (Public Law 86-372; 73 Stat. 667):  Provided further, That 
amounts recaptured under this heading, the heading ``Annual 
Contributions for Assisted Housing'', or the heading ``Housing 
Certificate Fund'', may be used for renewals of or amendments to 
section 8 project-based contracts or for performance-based contract 
administrators, notwithstanding the purposes for which such amounts 
were appropriated:  Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, upon the request of the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development, project funds that are held in residual receipts 
accounts for any project subject to a section 8 project-based Housing 
Assistance Payments contract that authorizes HUD or a Housing Finance 
Agency to require that surplus project funds be deposited in an 
interest-bearing residual receipts account and that are in excess of an 
amount to be determined by the Secretary, shall be remitted to the 
Department and deposited in this account, to be available until 
expended:  Provided further, That amounts deposited pursuant to the 
previous proviso shall be available in addition to the amount otherwise 
provided by this heading for uses authorized under this heading.

                        housing for the elderly

    For amendments to capital advance contracts, for housing for the 
elderly, as authorized by section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as 
amended, and for project rental assistance for the elderly under 
section 202(c)(2) of such Act, including amendments to contracts for 
such assistance and renewal of expiring contracts for such assistance 
for up to a 1-year term, and for senior preservation rental assistance 
contracts, including renewals, as authorized by section 811(e) of the 
American Housing and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000, as amended, and 
for supportive services associated with the housing, $573,000,000 to 
remain available until September 30, 2021:  Provided, That of the 
amount provided under this heading, up to $90,000,000 shall be for 
service coordinators and the continuation of existing congregate 
service grants for residents of assisted housing projects:  Provided 
further, That amounts under this heading shall be available for Real 
Estate Assessment Center inspections and inspection-related activities 
associated with section 202 projects:  Provided further, That the 
Secretary may waive the provisions of section 202 governing the terms 
and conditions of project rental assistance, except that the initial 
contract term for such assistance shall not exceed 5 years in duration: 
 Provided further, That upon request of the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development, project funds that are held in residual receipts 
accounts for any project subject to a section 202 project rental 
assistance contract, and that upon termination of such contract are in 
excess of an amount to be determined by the Secretary, shall be 
remitted to the Department and deposited in this account, to be 
available until September 30, 2021:  Provided further, That amounts 
deposited in this account pursuant to the previous proviso shall be 
available, in addition to the amounts otherwise provided by this 
heading, for amendments and renewals:  Provided further, That 
unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining 
from funds transferred to or appropriated under this heading shall be 
available for amendments and renewals notwithstanding the purposes for 
which such funds originally were appropriated.

                 housing for persons with disabilities

    For amendments to capital advance contracts for supportive housing 
for persons with disabilities, as authorized by section 811 of the 
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), for 
project rental assistance for supportive housing for persons with 
disabilities under section 811(d)(2) of such Act, for project 
assistance contracts pursuant to section 202(h) of the Housing Act of 
1959 (Public Law 86-372; 73 Stat. 667), including amendments to 
contracts for such assistance and renewal of expiring contracts for 
such assistance for up to a 1-year term, for project rental assistance 
to State housing finance agencies and other appropriate entities, as 
authorized under section 811(b)(3) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
Housing Act, and for supportive services associated with the housing 
for persons with disabilities, as authorized by section 811(b)(1) of 
such Act, $147,00,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021:  
Provided, That amounts made available under this heading shall be 
available for Real Estate Assessment Center inspections and inspection-
related activities associated with section 811 projects:  Provided 
further, That, in this fiscal year, upon the request of the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development, project funds that are held in 
residual receipts accounts for any project subject to a section 811 
project rental assistance contract and that upon termination of such 
contract are in excess of an amount to be determined by the Secretary 
shall be remitted to the Department and deposited in this account, to 
be available until September 30, 2021:  Provided further, That amounts 
deposited in this account pursuant to the previous proviso shall be 
available in addition to the amounts otherwise provided by this heading 
for amendments and renewals:  Provided further, That unobligated 
balances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds 
transferred to or appropriated under this heading shall be used for 
amendments and renewals notwithstanding the purposes for which such 
funds originally were appropriated.

                     housing counseling assistance

    For contracts, grants, and other assistance excluding loans, as 
authorized under section 106 of the Housing and Urban Development Act 
of 1968, as amended, $47,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2019, including up to $4,500,000 for administrative contract 
services:  Provided, That grants made available from amounts provided 
under this heading shall be awarded within 180 days of enactment of 
this Act:  Provided further, That funds shall be used for providing 
counseling and advice to tenants and homeowners, both current and 
prospective, with respect to property maintenance, financial management 
or literacy, and such other matters as may be appropriate to assist 
them in improving their housing conditions, meeting their financial 
needs, and fulfilling the responsibilities of tenancy or homeownership; 
for program administration; and for housing counselor training:  
Provided further, That for purposes of providing such grants from 
amounts provided under this heading, the Secretary may enter into 
multiyear agreements, as appropriate, subject to the availability of 
annual appropriations.

                       rental housing assistance

    For amendments to contracts under section 101 of the Housing and 
Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s) and section 236(f)(2) 
of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1) in State-aided, 
noninsured rental housing projects, $14,000,000, to remain available 
until expended:  Provided, That such amount, together with unobligated 
balances from recaptured amounts appropriated prior to fiscal year 2006 
from terminated contracts under such sections of law, and any 
unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining 
from funds appropriated under this heading after fiscal year 2005, 
shall also be available for extensions of up to one year for expiring 
contracts under such sections of law.

            payment to manufactured housing fees trust fund

    For necessary expenses as authorized by the National Manufactured 
Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 
et seq.), up to $11,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $11,000,000 is to be derived from the Manufactured Housing Fees 
Trust Fund:  Provided, That not to exceed the total amount appropriated 
under this heading shall be available from the general fund of the 
Treasury to the extent necessary to incur obligations and make 
expenditures pending the receipt of collections to the Fund pursuant to 
section 620 of such Act:  Provided further, That the amount made 
available under this heading from the general fund shall be reduced as 
such collections are received during fiscal year 2018 so as to result 
in a final fiscal year 2018 appropriation from the general fund 
estimated at zero, and fees pursuant to such section 620 shall be 
modified as necessary to ensure such a final fiscal year 2018 
appropriation:  Provided further, That for the dispute resolution and 
installation programs, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
may assess and collect fees from any program participant:  Provided 
further, That such collections shall be deposited into the Fund, and 
the Secretary, as provided herein, may use such collections, as well as 
fees collected under section 620, for necessary expenses of such Act:  
Provided further, That, notwithstanding the requirements of section 620 
of such Act, the Secretary may carry out responsibilities of the 
Secretary under such Act through the use of approved service providers 
that are paid directly by the recipients of their services.

                     Federal Housing Administration

               mutual mortgage insurance program account

    New commitments to guarantee single family loans insured under the 
Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund shall not exceed $400,000,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2019:  Provided, That during 
fiscal year 2018, obligations to make direct loans to carry out the 
purposes of section 204(g) of the National Housing Act, as amended, 
shall not exceed $5,000,000:  Provided further, That the foregoing 
amount in the previous proviso shall be for loans to nonprofit and 
governmental entities in connection with sales of single family real 
properties owned by the Secretary and formerly insured under the Mutual 
Mortgage Insurance Fund:  Provided further, That for administrative 
contract expenses of the Federal Housing Administration, $130,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2019:  Provided further, That 
to the extent guaranteed loan commitments exceed $200,000,000,000 on or 
before April 1, 2018, an additional $1,400 for administrative contract 
expenses shall be available for each $1,000,000 in additional 
guaranteed loan commitments (including a pro rata amount for any amount 
below $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made available by this 
proviso exceed $30,000,000.

                general and special risk program account

    New commitments to guarantee loans insured under the General and 
Special Risk Insurance Funds, as authorized by sections 238 and 519 of 
the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-3 and 1735c), shall not 
exceed $30,000,000,000 in total loan principal, any part of which is to 
be guaranteed, to remain available until September 30, 2019:  Provided, 
That during fiscal year 2018, gross obligations for the principal 
amount of direct loans, as authorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, 
and 519(a) of the National Housing Act, shall not exceed $5,000,000, 
which shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities in 
connection with the sale of single family real properties owned by the 
Secretary and formerly insured under such Act.

                Government National Mortgage Association

guarantees of mortgage-backed securities loan guarantee program account

    New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out the purposes of 
section 306 of the National Housing Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 
1721(g)), shall not exceed $500,000,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2019:  Provided, That $24,000,000 shall be available for 
necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Government National 
Mortgage Association:  Provided further, That to the extent that 
guaranteed loan commitments exceed $155,000,000,000 on or before April 
1, 2018, an additional $100 for necessary salaries and expenses shall 
be available until expended for each $1,000,000 in additional 
guaranteed loan commitments (including a pro rata amount for any amount 
below $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made available by this 
proviso exceed $3,000,000:  Provided further, That receipts from 
Commitment and Multiclass fees collected pursuant to title III of the 
National Housing Act, as amended, shall be credited as offsetting 
collections to this account.

                    Policy Development and Research

                        research and technology

    For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of programs of 
research and studies relating to housing and urban problems, not 
otherwise provided for, as authorized by title V of the Housing and 
Urban Development Act of 1970 (12 U.S.C. 1701z-1 et seq.), including 
carrying out the functions of the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development under section 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 
1968, and for technical assistance, $85,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2019:  Provided, That with respect to amounts made 
available under this heading, notwithstanding section 203 of this 
title, the Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements funded with 
philanthropic entities, other Federal agencies, State or local 
governments and their agencies, or colleges or universities for 
research projects:  Provided further, That with respect to the previous 
proviso, such partners to the cooperative agreements must contribute at 
least a 50 percent match toward the cost of the project:  Provided 
further, That for non-competitive agreements entered into in accordance 
with the previous two provisos, the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development shall comply with section 2(b) of the Federal Funding 
Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-282, 31 
U.S.C. note) in lieu of compliance with section 102(a)(4)(C) with 
respect to documentation of award decisions:  Provided further, That 
prior to obligation of technical assistance funding, the Secretary 
shall submit a plan, for approval, to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations on how it will allocate funding for this activity:  
Provided further, That none of the funds provided under this heading 
may be available for the doctoral dissertation research grant program.

                   Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity

                        fair housing activities

    For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not otherwise provided 
for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as 
amended by the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, and section 561 of 
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987, as amended, 
$65,300,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019:  Provided, 
That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary may assess and 
collect fees to cover the costs of the Fair Housing Training Academy, 
and may use such funds to provide such training:  Provided further, 
That no funds made available under this heading shall be used to lobby 
the executive or legislative branches of the Federal Government in 
connection with a specific contract, grant, or loan:  Provided further, 
That of the funds made available under this heading, $300,000 shall be 
available to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for the 
creation and promotion of translated materials and other programs that 
support the assistance of persons with limited English proficiency in 
utilizing the services provided by the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development.

            Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes

                         lead hazard reduction

    For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as authorized by section 
1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992, 
$160,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019, of which 
$30,000,000 shall be for the Healthy Homes Initiative pursuant to 
sections 501 and 502 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970, 
that shall include research, studies, testing, and demonstration 
efforts, including education and outreach concerning lead-based paint 
poisoning and other housing-related diseases and hazards:  Provided, 
That for purposes of environmental review, pursuant to the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and other 
provisions of the law that further the purposes of such Act, a grant 
under the Healthy Homes Initiative, or the Lead Technical Studies 
program under this heading or under prior appropriations Acts for such 
purposes under this heading, shall be considered to be funds for a 
special project for purposes of section 305(c) of the Multifamily 
Housing Property Disposition Reform Act of 1994:  Provided further, 
That not less than $65,000,000 of the amounts made available under this 
heading for the award of grants pursuant to section 1011 of the 
Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 shall be 
provided to areas with the highest lead-based paint abatement needs:  
Provided further, That each applicant shall certify adequate capacity 
that is acceptable to the Secretary to carry out the proposed use of 
funds pursuant to a notice of funding availability:  Provided further, 
That amounts made available under this heading in this or prior 
appropriations Acts, and that still remain available, may be used for 
any purpose under this heading notwithstanding the purpose for which 
such amounts were appropriated if a program competition is 
undersubscribed and there are other program competitions under this 
heading that are oversubscribed.

                      Information Technology Fund

    For the development of, modifications to, and infrastructure for 
Department-wide and program-specific information technology systems, 
for the continuing operation and maintenance of both Department-wide 
and program-specific information systems, and for program-related 
maintenance activities, $250,000,000, shall remain available until 
September 30, 2019:  Provided, That any amounts transferred to this 
Fund under this Act shall remain available until expended:  Provided 
further, That any amounts transferred to this Fund from amounts 
appropriated by previously enacted appropriations Acts may be used for 
the purposes specified under this Fund, in addition to any other 
information technology purposes for which such amounts were 
appropriated.

                      Office of Inspector General

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 
$126,000,000:  Provided, That the Inspector General shall have 
independent authority over all personnel issues within this office.

    General Provisions--Department of Housing and Urban Development

                     (including transfer of funds)

                         (including rescission)

    Sec. 201.  Fifty percent of the amounts of budget authority, or in 
lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts associated with such budget 
authority, that are recaptured from projects described in section 
1012(a) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act 
of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) shall be rescinded or in the case of 
cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such amounts of budget 
authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to the 
Treasury shall be used by State housing finance agencies or local 
governments or local housing agencies with projects approved by the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for which settlement 
occurred after January 1, 1992, in accordance with such section. 
Notwithstanding the previous sentence, the Secretary may award up to 15 
percent of the budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or 
remitted to the Treasury to provide project owners with incentives to 
refinance their project at a lower interest rate.
    Sec. 202.  None of the amounts made available under this Act may be 
used during fiscal year 2018 to investigate or prosecute under the Fair 
Housing Act any otherwise lawful activity engaged in by one or more 
persons, including the filing or maintaining of a nonfrivolous legal 
action, that is engaged in solely for the purpose of achieving or 
preventing action by a Government official or entity, or a court of 
competent jurisdiction.
    Sec. 203.  Except as explicitly provided in law, any grant, 
cooperative agreement or other assistance made pursuant to title II of 
this Act shall be made on a competitive basis and in accordance with 
section 102 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform 
Act of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 3545).
    Sec. 204.  Funds of the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
subject to the Government Corporation Control Act or section 402 of the 
Housing Act of 1950 shall be available, without regard to the 
limitations on administrative expenses, for legal services on a 
contract or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment for 
services and facilities of the Federal National Mortgage Association, 
Government National Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan Mortgage 
Corporation, Federal Financing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or any 
member thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, and any insured bank within 
the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, as 
amended (12 U.S.C. 1811-1).
    Sec. 205.  Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or through a 
reprogramming of funds, no part of any appropriation for the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development shall be available for any program, 
project or activity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget 
estimates submitted to Congress.
    Sec. 206.  Corporations and agencies of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development which are subject to the Government Corporation 
Control Act are hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the 
limits of funds and borrowing authority available to each such 
corporation or agency and in accordance with law, and to make such 
contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as 
provided by section 104 of such Act as may be necessary in carrying out 
the programs set forth in the budget for 2018 for such corporation or 
agency except as hereinafter provided:  Provided, That collections of 
these corporations and agencies may be used for new loan or mortgage 
purchase commitments only to the extent expressly provided for in this 
Act (unless such loans are in support of other forms of assistance 
provided for in this or prior appropriations Acts), except that this 
proviso shall not apply to the mortgage insurance or guaranty 
operations of these corporations, or where loans or mortgage purchases 
are necessary to protect the financial interest of the United States 
Government.
    Sec. 207.  The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall 
provide quarterly reports to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations regarding all uncommitted, unobligated, recaptured and 
excess funds in each program and activity within the jurisdiction of 
the Department and shall submit additional, updated budget information 
to these Committees upon request.
    Sec. 208.  The President's formal budget request for fiscal year 
2019, as well as the Department of Housing and Urban Development's 
congressional budget justifications to be submitted to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall 
use the identical account and sub-account structure provided under this 
Act.
    Sec. 209.  No funds provided under this title may be used for an 
audit of the Government National Mortgage Association that makes 
applicable requirements under the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 
U.S.C. 661 et seq.).
    Sec. 210. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, subject 
to the conditions listed under this section, for fiscal years 2018 and 
2019, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may authorize the 
transfer of some or all project-based assistance, debt held or insured 
by the Secretary and statutorily required low-income and very low-
income use restrictions if any, associated with one or more multifamily 
housing project or projects to another multifamily housing project or 
projects.
    (b) Phased Transfers.--Transfers of project-based assistance under 
this section may be done in phases to accommodate the financing and 
other requirements related to rehabilitating or constructing the 
project or projects to which the assistance is transferred, to ensure 
that such project or projects meet the standards under subsection (c).
    (c) The transfer authorized in subsection (a) is subject to the 
following conditions:
            (1) Number and bedroom size of units.--
                    (A) For occupied units in the transferring project: 
                The number of low-income and very low-income units and 
                the configuration (i.e., bedroom size) provided by the 
                transferring project shall be no less than when 
                transferred to the receiving project or projects and 
                the net dollar amount of Federal assistance provided to 
                the transferring project shall remain the same in the 
                receiving project or projects.
                    (B) For unoccupied units in the transferring 
                project: The Secretary may authorize a reduction in the 
                number of dwelling units in the receiving project or 
                projects to allow for a reconfiguration of bedroom 
                sizes to meet current market demands, as determined by 
                the Secretary and provided there is no increase in the 
                project-based assistance budget authority.
            (2) The transferring project shall, as determined by the 
        Secretary, be either physically obsolete or economically 
        nonviable.
            (3) The receiving project or projects shall meet or exceed 
        applicable physical standards established by the Secretary.
            (4) The owner or mortgagor of the transferring project 
        shall notify and consult with the tenants residing in the 
        transferring project and provide a certification of approval by 
        all appropriate local governmental officials.
            (5) The tenants of the transferring project who remain 
        eligible for assistance to be provided by the receiving project 
        or projects shall not be required to vacate their units in the 
        transferring project or projects until new units in the 
        receiving project are available for occupancy.
            (6) The Secretary determines that this transfer is in the 
        best interest of the tenants.
            (7) If either the transferring project or the receiving 
        project or projects meets the condition specified in subsection 
        (d)(2)(A), any lien on the receiving project resulting from 
        additional financing obtained by the owner shall be subordinate 
        to any FHA-insured mortgage lien transferred to, or placed on, 
        such project by the Secretary, except that the Secretary may 
        waive this requirement upon determination that such a waiver is 
        necessary to facilitate the financing of acquisition, 
        construction, and/or rehabilitation of the receiving project or 
        projects.
            (8) If the transferring project meets the requirements of 
        subsection (d)(2), the owner or mortgagor of the receiving 
        project or projects shall execute and record either a 
        continuation of the existing use agreement or a new use 
        agreement for the project where, in either case, any use 
        restrictions in such agreement are of no lesser duration than 
        the existing use restrictions.
            (9) The transfer does not increase the cost (as defined in 
        section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as 
        amended) of any FHA-insured mortgage, except to the extent that 
        appropriations are provided in advance for the amount of any 
        such increased cost.
    (d) For purposes of this section--
            (1) the terms ``low-income'' and ``very low-income'' shall 
        have the meanings provided by the statute and/or regulations 
        governing the program under which the project is insured or 
        assisted;
            (2) the term ``multifamily housing project'' means housing 
        that meets one of the following conditions--
                    (A) housing that is subject to a mortgage insured 
                under the National Housing Act;
                    (B) housing that has project-based assistance 
                attached to the structure including projects undergoing 
                mark to market debt restructuring under the Multifamily 
                Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Housing Act;
                    (C) housing that is assisted under section 202 of 
                the Housing Act of 1959, as amended by section 801 of 
                the Cranston-Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act;
                    (D) housing that is assisted under section 202 of 
                the Housing Act of 1959, as such section existed before 
                the enactment of the Cranston-Gonzales National 
                Affordable Housing Act;
                    (E) housing that is assisted under section 811 of 
                the Cranston-Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act; 
                or
                    (F) housing or vacant land that is subject to a use 
                agreement;
            (3) the term ``project-based assistance'' means--
                    (A) assistance provided under section 8(b) of the 
                United States Housing Act of 1937;
                    (B) assistance for housing constructed or 
                substantially rehabilitated pursuant to assistance 
                provided under section 8(b)(2) of such Act (as such 
                section existed immediately before October 1, 1983);
                    (C) rent supplement payments under section 101 of 
                the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965;
                    (D) interest reduction payments under section 236 
                and/or additional assistance payments under section 
                236(f)(2) of the National Housing Act;
                    (E) assistance payments made under section 
                202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959; and
                    (F) assistance payments made under section 
                811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
                Housing Act;
            (4) the term ``receiving project or projects'' means the 
        multifamily housing project or projects to which some or all of 
        the project-based assistance, debt, and statutorily required 
        low-income and very low-income use restrictions are to be 
        transferred;
            (5) the term ``transferring project'' means the multifamily 
        housing project which is transferring some or all of the 
        project-based assistance, debt, and the statutorily required 
        low-income and very low-income use restrictions to the 
        receiving project or projects; and
            (6) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Housing 
        and Urban Development.
    (e) Research Report.--The Secretary shall conduct an evaluation of 
the transfer authority under this section, including the effect of such 
transfers on the operational efficiency, contract rents, physical and 
financial conditions, and long-term preservation of the affected 
properties.
    Sec. 211. (a) No assistance shall be provided under section 8 of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) to any 
individual who--
            (1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of higher 
        education (as defined under section 102 of the Higher Education 
        Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002));
            (2) is under 24 years of age;
            (3) is not a veteran;
            (4) is unmarried;
            (5) does not have a dependent child;
            (6) is not a person with disabilities, as such term is 
        defined in section 3(b)(3)(E) of the United States Housing Act 
        of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(3)(E)) and was not receiving 
        assistance under such section 8 as of November 30, 2005;
            (7) is not a youth who left foster care at age 14 or older 
        and is at risk of becoming homeless; and
            (8) is not otherwise individually eligible, or has parents 
        who, individually or jointly, are not eligible, to receive 
        assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 
        1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f).
    (b) For purposes of determining the eligibility of a person to 
receive assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), any financial assistance (in excess of amounts 
received for tuition and any other required fees and charges) that an 
individual receives under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1001 et seq.), from private sources, or an institution of higher 
education (as defined under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1002)), shall be considered income to that individual, except for a 
person over the age of 23 with dependent children.
    Sec. 212.  The funds made available for Native Alaskans under the 
heading ``Native American Housing Block Grants'' in title II of this 
Act shall be allocated to the same Native Alaskan housing block grant 
recipients that received funds in fiscal year 2005.
    Sec. 213.  Notwithstanding the limitation in the first sentence of 
section 255(g) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-20(g)), the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may, until September 30, 
2018, insure and enter into commitments to insure mortgages under such 
section 255 only to the extent that the net credit subsidy cost for 
such insurance does not exceed zero.
    Sec. 214.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in fiscal 
year 2018, in managing and disposing of any multifamily property that 
is owned or has a mortgage held by the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development, and during the process of foreclosure on any property with 
a contract for rental assistance payments under section 8 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 or other Federal programs, the Secretary 
shall maintain any rental assistance payments under section 8 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 and other programs that are attached 
to any dwelling units in the property. To the extent the Secretary 
determines, in consultation with the tenants and the local government, 
that such a multifamily property owned or held by the Secretary is not 
feasible for continued rental assistance payments under such section 8 
or other programs, based on consideration of (1) the costs of 
rehabilitating and operating the property and all available Federal, 
State, and local resources, including rent adjustments under section 
524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 
1997 (``MAHRAA'') and (2) environmental conditions that cannot be 
remedied in a cost-effective fashion, the Secretary may, in 
consultation with the tenants of that property, contract for project-
based rental assistance payments with an owner or owners of other 
existing housing properties, or provide other rental assistance. The 
Secretary shall also take appropriate steps to ensure that project-
based contracts remain in effect prior to foreclosure, subject to the 
exercise of contractual abatement remedies to assist relocation of 
tenants for imminent major threats to health and safety after written 
notice to and informed consent of the affected tenants and use of other 
available remedies, such as partial abatements or receivership. After 
disposition of any multifamily property described under this section, 
the contract and allowable rent levels on such properties shall be 
subject to the requirements under section 524 of MAHRAA.
    Sec. 215.  The commitment authority funded by fees as provided 
under the heading ``Community Development Loan Guarantees Program 
Account'' may be used to guarantee, or make commitments to guarantee, 
notes, or other obligations issued by any State on behalf of non-
entitlement communities in the State in accordance with the 
requirements of section 108 of the Housing and Community Development 
Act of 1974:  Provided, That any State receiving such a guarantee or 
commitment shall distribute all funds subject to such guarantee to the 
units of general local government in non-entitlement areas that 
received the commitment.
    Sec. 216.  Public housing agencies that own and operate 400 or 
fewer public housing units may elect to be exempt from any asset 
management requirement imposed by the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development in connection with the operating fund rule:  Provided, That 
an agency seeking a discontinuance of a reduction of subsidy under the 
operating fund formula shall not be exempt from asset management 
requirements.
    Sec. 217.  With respect to the use of amounts provided in this Act 
and in future Acts for the operation, capital improvement and 
management of public housing as authorized by sections 9(d) and 9(e) of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d) and (e)), the 
Secretary shall not impose any requirement or guideline relating to 
asset management that restricts or limits in any way the use of capital 
funds for central office costs pursuant to section 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2) 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(g)(1), (2)):  
Provided, That a public housing agency may not use capital funds 
authorized under section 9(d) for activities that are eligible under 
section 9(e) for assistance with amounts from the operating fund in 
excess of the amounts permitted under section 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2).
    Sec. 218.  No official or employee of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development shall be designated as an allotment holder unless the 
Office of the Chief Financial Officer has determined that such 
allotment holder has implemented an adequate system of funds control 
and has received training in funds control procedures and directives. 
The Chief Financial Officer shall ensure that there is a trained 
allotment holder for each HUD sub-office under the accounts ``Executive 
Offices'' and ``Administrative Support Offices,'' as well as each 
account receiving appropriations for ``Program Office Salaries and 
Expenses'', ``Government National Mortgage Association--Guarantees of 
Mortgage-Backed Securities Loan Guarantee Program Account'', and 
``Office of Inspector General'' within the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development.
    Sec. 219.  The Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development shall, for fiscal year 2018, notify the public through the 
Federal Register and other means, as determined appropriate, of the 
issuance of a notice of the availability of assistance or notice of 
funding availability (NOFA) for any program or discretionary fund 
administered by the Secretary that is to be competitively awarded. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for fiscal year 2018, the 
Secretary may make the NOFA available only on the Internet at the 
appropriate Government web site or through other electronic media, as 
determined by the Secretary.
    Sec. 220.  Payment of attorney fees in program-related litigation 
shall be paid from the individual program office and Office of General 
Counsel salaries and expenses appropriations. The annual budget 
submission for the program offices and the Office of General Counsel 
shall include any such projected litigation costs for attorney fees as 
a separate line item request. No funds provided in this title may be 
used to pay any such litigation costs for attorney fees until the 
Department submits for review a spending plan for such costs to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
    Sec. 221.  The Secretary is authorized to transfer up to 10 percent 
or $5,000,000, whichever is less, of funds appropriated for any office 
under the heading ``Administrative Support Offices'' or for any account 
under the general heading ``Program Office Salaries and Expenses'' to 
any other such office or account:  Provided, That no appropriation for 
any such office or account shall be increased or decreased by more than 
10 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, without prior written 
approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations:  
Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide notification to such 
Committees three business days in advance of any such transfers under 
this section up to 10 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less.
    Sec. 222. (a) Any entity receiving housing assistance payments 
shall maintain decent, safe, and sanitary conditions, as determined by 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (in this section 
referred to as the ``Secretary''), and comply with any standards under 
applicable State or local laws, rules, ordinances, or regulations 
relating to the physical condition of any property covered under a 
housing assistance payment contract.
    (b) The Secretary shall take action under subsection (c) when a 
multifamily housing project with a section 8 contract or contract for 
similar project-based assistance--
            (1) receives a Uniform Physical Condition Standards (UPCS) 
        score of 60 or less; or
            (2) fails to certify in writing to the Secretary within 3 
        days that all Exigent Health and Safety deficiencies identified 
        by the inspector at the project have been corrected.
Such requirements shall apply to insured and noninsured projects with 
assistance attached to the units under section 8 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), but do not apply to such units 
assisted under section 8(o)(13) (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)) or to public 
housing units assisted with capital or operating funds under section 9 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g).
    (c)(1) Within 15 days of the issuance of the REAC inspection, the 
Secretary must provide the owner with a Notice of Default with a 
specified timetable, determined by the Secretary, for correcting all 
deficiencies. The Secretary must also provide a copy of the Notice of 
Default to the tenants, the local government, any mortgagees, and any 
contract administrator. If the owner's appeal results in a UPCS score 
of 60 or above, the Secretary may withdraw the Notice of Default. 
Thirty days following the issuance of a Notice of Default for failure 
to provide decent, safe and sanitary conditions or notice of violation 
of a regulatory agreement for failure to maintain a property in 
accordance with HUD regulations, and when a physical inspection score 
underlying such notices has not been successfully appealed, the project 
owner shall pay to residents occupying units 25 percent of the HUD 
contract rent for such unit each month until owner has certified to HUD 
that the project has been restored to decent, safe and sanitary 
condition. These payments cannot be made from Federal funds including 
housing assistance payments by HUD. Projects exempted from this 
provision are those under a HUD-approved corrective action plan of a 
third party sale. Owners shall post in the management office all 
notices of violation and-or default by HUD, owner's HUD-approved 
corrective action plan and owners certification that the property is 
decent, safe and sanitary. This creates a private right of action 
limited to enforcing payment of 25 percent of HUD contract rent for 
residents of these properties.
    (2) At the end of the time period for correcting all deficiencies 
specified in the Notice of Default, if the owner fails to fully correct 
such deficiencies, the Secretary may--
            (A) require immediate replacement of project management 
        with a management agent approved by the Secretary;
            (B) impose civil money penalties, which shall be used 
        solely for the purpose of supporting safe and sanitary 
        conditions at applicable properties, as designated by the 
        Secretary, with priority given to the tenants of the property 
        affected by the penalty;
            (C) abate the section 8 contract, including partial 
        abatement, as determined by the Secretary, until all 
        deficiencies have been corrected;
            (D) pursue transfer of the project to an owner, approved by 
        the Secretary under established procedures, which will be 
        obligated to promptly make all required repairs and to accept 
        renewal of the assistance contract as long as such renewal is 
        offered;
            (E) transfer the existing section 8 contract to another 
        project or projects and owner or owners;
            (F) pursue exclusionary sanctions, including suspensions or 
        debarments from Federal programs;
            (G) seek judicial appointment of a receiver to manage the 
        property and cure all project deficiencies or seek a judicial 
        order of specific performance requiring the owner to cure all 
        project deficiencies;
            (H) work with the owner, lender, or other related party to 
        stabilize the property in an attempt to preserve the property 
        through compliance, transfer of ownership, or an infusion of 
        capital provided by a third-party that requires time to 
        effectuate; or
            (I) take any other regulatory or contractual remedies 
        available as deemed necessary and appropriate by the Secretary.
    (3) For purposes of this section and notwithstanding any provision 
of law, the amount of the civil money penalties under paragraph (2) 
shall be the higher of one percent of the housing assistance payment 
contract budget authority for such project or the applicable civil 
money penalty under current law.
    (d) The Secretary shall also take appropriate steps to ensure that 
project-based contracts remain in effect, subject to the exercise of 
contractual abatement remedies to assist relocation of tenants for 
major threats to health and safety after written notice to the affected 
tenants. To the extent the Secretary determines, in consultation with 
the tenants and the local government, that the property is not feasible 
for continued rental assistance payments under such section 8 or other 
programs, based on consideration of--
            (1) the costs of rehabilitating and operating the property 
        and all available Federal, State, and local resources, 
        including rent adjustments under section 524 of the Multifamily 
        Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 
        (``MAHRAA''); and
            (2) environmental conditions that cannot be remedied in a 
        cost-effective fashion, the Secretary may contract for project-
        based rental assistance payments with an owner or owners of 
        other existing housing properties, or provide other rental 
        assistance.
    (e) The Secretary shall report quarterly on all properties covered 
by this section that are assessed through the Real Estate Assessment 
Center and have UPCS physical inspection scores of less than 60 or have 
received an unsatisfactory management and occupancy review within the 
past 36 months. The report shall include--
            (1) the enforcement actions being taken to address such 
        conditions, including imposition of civil money penalties and 
        termination of subsidies, and identify properties that have 
        such conditions multiple times;
            (2) actions that the Department of Housing and Urban 
        Development is taking to protect tenants of such identified 
        properties; and
            (3) any administrative or legislative recommendations to 
        further improve the living conditions at properties covered 
        under a housing assistance payment contract.
This report shall be due to the Senate and House Committees on 
Appropriations no later than 30 days after the enactment of this Act, 
and on the first business day of each Federal fiscal year quarter 
thereafter while this section remains in effect. For each day after the 
due dates herein that this report has not been submitted to such 
Committees, the appropriations under this title for the ``Executive 
Offices'' account, the ``Housing'' account, and for the Office of the 
Chief Financial Officer under the ``Administrative Support Offices'' 
account shall each be reduced by $50,000.
    Sec. 223.  None of the funds made available by this Act, or any 
other Act, for purposes authorized under section 8 (only with respect 
to the tenant-based rental assistance program) and section 9 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.), may be used 
by any public housing agency for any amount of salary, including 
bonuses, for the chief executive officer of which, or any other 
official or employee of which, that exceeds the annual rate of basic 
pay payable for a position at level IV of the Executive Schedule at any 
time during any public housing agency fiscal year 2018.
    Sec. 224.  Section 24 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437v) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (m)(1), by striking ``fiscal year'' and 
        all that follows through the period at the end and inserting 
        ``fiscal year 2018.''; and
            (2) in subsection (o), by striking ``September'' and all 
        that follows through the period at the end and inserting 
        ``September 30, 2018.''.
    Sec. 225.  None of the funds in this Act provided to the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development may be used to make a grant award 
unless the Secretary notifies the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations not less than 3 full business days before any project, 
State, locality, housing authority, tribe, nonprofit organization, or 
other entity selected to receive a grant award is announced by the 
Department or its offices.
    Sec. 226.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to require or enforce the Physical Needs Assessment (PNA).
    Sec. 227.  None of the funds made available in this Act shall be 
used by the Federal Housing Administration, the Government National 
Mortgage Administration, or the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development to insure, securitize, or establish a Federal guarantee of 
any mortgage or mortgage backed security that refinances or otherwise 
replaces a mortgage that has been subject to eminent domain 
condemnation or seizure, by a State, municipality, or any other 
political subdivision of a State.
    Sec. 228.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to terminate the status of a unit of general local government as a 
metropolitan city (as defined in section 102 of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302)) with respect to 
grants under section 106 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5306).
    Sec. 229.  Amounts made available under this Act which are either 
appropriated, allocated, advanced on a reimbursable basis, or 
transferred to the Office of Policy Development and Research in the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development and functions thereof, for 
research, evaluation, or statistical purposes, and which are unexpended 
at the time of completion of a contract, grant, or cooperative 
agreement, may be deobligated and shall immediately become available 
and may be reobligated in that fiscal year or the subsequent fiscal 
year for the research, evaluation, or statistical purposes for which 
the amounts are made available to that Office subject to reprogramming 
requirements in section 405 of this Act.
    Sec. 230.  None of the funds provided in this Act or any other act 
may be used for awards, including performance, special act, or spot, 
for any employee of the Department of Housing and Urban Development who 
has been subject to administrative discipline in fiscal years 2017 or 
2018, including suspension from work.
    Sec. 231.  Funds made available in this title under the heading 
``Homeless Assistance Grants'' may be used by the Secretary to 
participate in Performance Partnership Pilots authorized under section 
526 of division H of Public Law 113-76, section 524 of division G of 
Public Law 113-235, section 525 of division H of Public Law 114-113, 
and such authorities as are enacted for Performance Partnership Pilots 
in an appropriations Act for fiscal year 2018:  Provided, That such 
participation shall be limited to no more than 10 continuums of care 
and housing activities to improve outcomes for disconnected youth.
    Sec. 232.  With respect to grant amounts awarded under the heading 
``Homeless Assistance Grants'' for fiscal years 2015, 2016, 2017, and 
2018 for the continuum of care (CoC) program as authorized under 
subtitle C of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, 
costs paid by program income of grant recipients may count toward 
meeting the recipient's matching requirements, provided the costs are 
eligible CoC costs that supplement the recipient's CoC program.
    Sec. 233. (a) From amounts made available under this title under 
the heading ``Homeless Assistance Grants'', the Secretary may award 1-
year transition grants to recipients of funds for activities under 
subtitle C of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
11381 et seq.) to transition from one CoC program component to another.
    (b) No more than 50 percent of each transition grant may be used 
for costs of eligible activities of the program component originally 
funded.
    (c) Transition grants made under this section are eligible for 
renewal in subsequent fiscal years for the eligible activities of the 
new program component.
    (d) In order to be eligible to receive a transition grant, the 
funding recipient must have the consent of the CoC and meet standards 
determined by the Secretary.
    Sec. 234.  Section 218(g) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12748(g)) shall not apply with 
respect to the right of a jurisdiction to draw funds from its HOME 
Investment Trust Fund that otherwise expired or would expire in 2016, 
2017, 2018, 2019, or 2020 under that section.
    Sec. 235.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to direct a grantee 
to undertake specific changes to existing zoning laws as part of 
carrying out the final rule entitled ``Affirmatively Furthering Fair 
Housing'' (80 Fed. Reg. 42272 (July 16, 2015)) or the notice entitled 
``Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Assessment Tool'' (79 Fed. Reg. 
57949 (September 26, 2014)).
    Sec. 236.  The language under the heading ``Rental Assistance 
Demonstration'' in the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112-55), as amended by Public Law 
113-76, Public Law 113-235, Public Law 114-113, and Public Law 115-31, 
is amended--
            (1) in the second proviso, by striking ``until September 
        30, 2018'' and inserting ``for fiscal year 2012 and 
        thereafter'';
            (2) in matter preceding the first proviso, by inserting the 
        following before the colon: ``(herein the `First Component')'';
            (3) by striking the fourth proviso;
            (4) in the thirteenth proviso, as reordered above, by--
                    (A) inserting ``or nonprofit'' before ``entity, 
                then a capable entity,''; and
                    (B) striking ``preserves its interest'' and 
                inserting ``or a nonprofit entity preserves an 
                interest'';
            (5) in the seventeenth proviso, as reordered above, by--
                    (A) inserting ``or with a project rental assistance 
                contract under section 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 
                1959,'' after ``section 8(o) of the Act,'';
                    (B) inserting ``the subordination, restructuring, 
                or both, of any mortgage or other agreements securing a 
                capital advance previously provided by the Secretary 
                under section 202(c)(1) of the Housing Act of 1959 in 
                connection with the conversion of assistance,'' 
                following ``including but not limited to'';
                    (C) inserting ``or assistance contracts'' after 
                ``for such vouchers''; and
                    (D) inserting the following before the colon: 
                ``(herein the `Second Component')'';
            (6) by inserting the following provisos after the 
        seventeenth proviso, as reordered above:
`` Provided further, That contracts provided to properties converting 
assistance from section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 
1965 or section 236(f)(2) of the National Housing Act located in high-
cost areas shall have initial rents set at comparable market rents for 
the market area:  Provided further, That conversions of assistance 
under the Second Component may not be the basis for re-screening or 
termination of assistance or eviction of any tenant family in a 
property participating in the demonstration and such a family shall not 
be considered a new admission for any purpose, including compliance 
with income targeting:'';
            (7) in the twentieth proviso, as reordered above, by 
        striking ``the previous proviso'' and all that follows through 
        the end of the proviso and inserting ``the Second Component 
        shall be available for project-based subsidy contracts entered 
        into pursuant to the Second Component:'';
            (8) in the twenty-first proviso, as reordered above, by 
        striking ``the previous two provisos'' and inserting ``the 
        Second Component, except for conversion of section 202 project 
        rental assistance contracts,'';
            (9) in the twenty-second proviso, as reordered above, by 
        striking ``the three previous provisos'' and inserting ``the 
        Second Component, except for conversion of section 202 project 
        rental assistance contracts,'';
            (10) by inserting the following proviso before the final 
        proviso:
`` Provided further, That the Secretary may transfer amounts made 
available under the headings `Housing for the Elderly' and `Rental 
Assistance Demonstration' to the accounts under the headings `Project-
Based Rental Assistance' or `Tenant-Based Rental Assistance' to 
facilitate any section 202 project rental assistance contract 
conversion under the Second Component, and any increase in cost for 
`Project-Based Rental Assistance' or `Tenant-Based Rental Assistance' 
associated with such conversion shall be equal to amounts so 
transferred:''; and
            (11) in the final proviso, by striking ``the previous four 
        provisos'' and inserting ``the Second Component''.
    Sec. 237.  None of the funds made available under this Act may be 
used to interfere with State and local inspections of public housing 
dwelling units.
    Sec. 238.  The Promise Zone designations and Promise Zone 
Designation Agreements entered into pursuant to such designations, made 
by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in prior fiscal 
years, shall remain in effect in accordance with the terms and 
conditions of such agreements.
    This title may be cited as the ``Department of Housing and Urban 
Development Appropriations Act, 2018''.

                               TITLE III

                            RELATED AGENCIES

                              Access Board

                         salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary for the Access Board, as authorized by 
section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, $8,190,000:  
Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, there may 
be credited to this appropriation funds received for publications and 
training expenses.

                      Federal Maritime Commission

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime Commission as 
authorized by section 201(d) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as 
amended (46 U.S.C. 307), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 
1343(b); and uniforms or allowances therefore, as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 5901-5902, $27,490,000:  Provided, That not to exceed $2,000 
shall be available for official reception and representation expenses.

                National Railroad Passenger Corporation

                      Office of Inspector General

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General for the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation to carry out the provisions of 
the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $23,274,000:  Provided, 
That the Inspector General shall have all necessary authority, in 
carrying out the duties specified in the Inspector General Act, as 
amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), 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 National Railroad 
Passenger Corporation:  Provided further, That the Inspector General 
may enter into contracts and other arrangements for audits, studies, 
analyses, and other services with public agencies and with private 
persons, subject to the applicable laws and regulations that govern the 
obtaining of such services within the National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation:  Provided further, That the Inspector General may select, 
appoint, and employ such officers and employees as may be necessary for 
carrying out the functions, powers, and duties of the Office of 
Inspector General, subject to the applicable laws and regulations that 
govern such selections, appointments, and employment within the 
Corporation:  Provided further, That concurrent with the President's 
budget request for fiscal year 2019, the Inspector General shall submit 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a budget request 
for fiscal year 2019 in similar format and substance to those submitted 
by executive agencies of the Federal Government.

                  National Transportation Safety Board

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the National Transportation Safety Board, 
including hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed 
the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for a GS-15; uniforms, or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902), 
$110,400,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 may be used for official 
reception and representation expenses. The amounts made available to 
the National Transportation Safety Board in this Act include amounts 
necessary to make lease payments on an obligation incurred in fiscal 
year 2001 for a capital lease.

                 Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation

          payment to the neighborhood reinvestment corporation

    For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation for use in 
neighborhood reinvestment activities, as authorized by the Neighborhood 
Reinvestment Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 8101-8107), $140,000,000, of 
which $5,000,000 shall be for a multi-family rental housing program.

                      Surface Transportation Board

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation Board, 
including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $37,100,000:  Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed 
$1,250,000 from fees established by the Chairman of the Surface 
Transportation Board shall be credited to this appropriation as 
offsetting collections and used for necessary and authorized expenses 
under this heading:  Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated 
from the general fund shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis as 
such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2018, to 
result in a final appropriation from the general fund estimated at no 
more than $35,850,000.

           United States Interagency Council on Homelessness

                           operating expenses

    For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries, authorized 
travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of conference 
rooms, and the employment of experts and consultants under section 3109 
of title 5, United States Code) of the United States Interagency 
Council on Homelessness in carrying out the functions pursuant to title 
II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amended, 
$3,600,000:  Provided, That title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11311 et seq.) is amended by: (1) in section 
208 (42 U.S.C. 11318), by striking ``to carry out this subchapter 
$3,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and such sums as may be necessary for 
fiscal years 2011'' and inserting ``such sums as may be necessary to 
carry out this title''; (2) by striking section 209 (42 U.S.C. 11319); 
and (3) by redesignating section 210 (42 U.S.C. 11320) as section 209.

                                TITLE IV

                      GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS ACT

    Sec. 401.  None of the funds in this Act shall be used for the 
planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses of, or 
otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties intervening in regulatory or 
adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act.
    Sec. 402.  None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall remain 
available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, nor may any be 
transferred to other appropriations, unless expressly so provided 
herein.
    Sec. 403.  The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for 
any consulting service through a procurement contract pursuant to 
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited to those 
contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record and 
available for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under 
existing law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to 
existing law.
    Sec. 404. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
obligated or expended for any employee training that--
            (1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, skills, 
        and abilities bearing directly upon the performance of official 
        duties;
            (2) contains elements likely to induce high levels of 
        emotional response or psychological stress in some 
        participants;
            (3) does not require prior employee notification of the 
        content and methods to be used in the training and written end 
        of course evaluation;
            (4) contains any methods or content associated with 
        religious or quasi-religious belief systems or ``new age'' 
        belief systems as defined in Equal Employment Opportunity 
        Commission Notice N-915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or
            (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, participants' 
        personal values or lifestyle outside the workplace.
    (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or otherwise 
preclude an agency from conducting training bearing directly upon the 
performance of official duties.
    Sec. 405.  Except as otherwise provided in this Act, none of the 
funds provided in this Act, provided by previous appropriations Acts to 
the agencies or entities funded in this Act that remain available for 
obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2018, or provided from any 
accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees and 
available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for 
obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that--
            (1) creates a new program;
            (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;
            (3) increases funds or personnel for any program, project, 
        or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted by 
        the Congress;
            (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific activity 
        by either the House or Senate Committees on Appropriations for 
        a different purpose;
            (5) augments existing programs, projects, or activities in 
        excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less;
            (6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activities by 
        $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or
            (7) creates, reorganizes, or restructures a branch, 
        division, office, bureau, board, commission, agency, 
        administration, or department different from the budget 
        justifications submitted to the Committees on Appropriations or 
        the table accompanying the explanatory statement accompanying 
        this Act, whichever is more detailed, unless prior approval is 
        received from the House and Senate Committees on 
        Appropriations:  Provided, That not later than 60 days after 
        the date of enactment of this Act, each agency funded by this 
        Act shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 
        of the Senate and of the House of Representatives to establish 
        the baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer 
        authorities for the current fiscal year:  Provided further, 
        That the report shall include--
                    (A) a table for each appropriation with a separate 
                column to display the prior year enacted level, the 
                President's budget request, adjustments made by 
                Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if 
                appropriate, and the fiscal year enacted level;
                    (B) a delineation in the table for each 
                appropriation and its respective prior year enacted 
                level by object class and program, project, and 
                activity as detailed in the budget appendix for the 
                respective appropriation; and
                    (C) an identification of items of special 
                congressional interest.
    Sec. 406.  Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, not to 
exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining available at the 
end of fiscal year 2018 from appropriations made available for salaries 
and expenses for fiscal year 2018 in this Act, shall remain available 
through September 30, 2019, for each such account for the purposes 
authorized:  Provided, That a request shall be submitted to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations for approval prior to the 
expenditure of such funds:  Provided further, That these requests shall 
be made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines under section 405 
of this Act.
    Sec. 407.  No funds in this Act may be used to support any Federal, 
State, or local projects that seek to use the power of eminent domain, 
unless eminent domain is employed only for a public use:  Provided, 
That for purposes of this section, public use shall not be construed to 
include economic development that primarily benefits private entities:  
Provided further, That any use of funds for mass transit, railroad, 
airport, seaport or highway projects, as well as utility projects which 
benefit or serve the general public (including energy-related, 
communication-related, water-related and wastewater-related 
infrastructure), other structures designated for use by the general 
public or which have other common-carrier or public-utility functions 
that serve the general public and are subject to regulation and 
oversight by the government, and projects for the removal of an 
immediate threat to public health and safety or brownfields as defined 
in the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization 
Act (Public Law 107-118) shall be considered a public use for purposes 
of eminent domain.
    Sec. 408.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer 
authority provided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act.
    Sec. 409.  No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be available to pay the salary for any person filling a position, other 
than a temporary position, formerly held by an employee who has left to 
enter the Armed Forces of the United States and has satisfactorily 
completed his or her period of active military or naval service, and 
has within 90 days after his or her release from such service or from 
hospitalization continuing after discharge for a period of not more 
than 1 year, made application for restoration to his or her former 
position and has been certified by the Office of Personnel Management 
as still qualified to perform the duties of his or her former position 
and has not been restored thereto.
    Sec. 410.  No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may be 
expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in expending the 
assistance the entity will comply with sections 2 through 4 of the Act 
of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 8301-8305, popularly known as the ``Buy 
American Act'').
    Sec. 411.  No funds appropriated or otherwise made available under 
this Act shall be made available to any person or entity that has been 
convicted of violating the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 8301-8305).
    Sec. 412.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
for first-class airline accommodations in contravention of sections 
301-10.122 and 301-10.123 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations.
    Sec. 413. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act may be 
used to approve a new foreign air carrier permit under sections 41301 
through 41305 of title 49, United States Code, or exemption application 
under section 40109 of that title of an air carrier already holding an 
air operators certificate issued by a country that is party to the 
U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agreement where such approval 
would contravene United States law or Article 17 bis of the U.S.-E.U.-
Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agreement.
    (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict or otherwise 
preclude the Secretary of Transportation from granting a foreign air 
carrier permit or an exemption to such an air carrier where such 
authorization is consistent with the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air 
Transport Agreement and United States law.
    Sec. 414.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to send or otherwise pay for the attendance of more than 50 employees 
of a single agency or department of the United States Government, who 
are stationed in the United States, at any single international 
conference unless the relevant Secretary reports to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations at least 5 days in advance that 
such attendance is important to the national interest:  Provided, That 
for purposes of this section the term ``international conference'' 
shall mean a conference occurring outside of the United States attended 
by representatives of the United States Government and of foreign 
governments, international organizations, or nongovernmental 
organizations.
    Sec. 415.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
by the Department of Transportation, the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, or any other Federal agency to lease or purchase new 
light duty vehicles for any executive fleet, or for an agency's fleet 
inventory, except in accordance with Presidential Memorandum--Federal 
Fleet Performance, dated May 24, 2011.
    Sec. 416.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act may be used by the Surface Transportation 
Board to charge or collect any filing fee for rate or practice 
complaints filed with the Board in an amount in excess of the amount 
authorized for district court civil suit filing fees under section 1914 
of title 28, United States Code.
    Sec. 417.  None of the funds in this Act shall be used to plan, 
design, or implement the privatization of the air traffic organization 
functions of the Federal Aviation Administration.
    Sec. 418. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
used to deny an Inspector General funded under this Act timely access 
to any records, documents, or other materials available to the 
department or agency over which that Inspector General has 
responsibilities under the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
App.), or to prevent or impede that Inspector General's access to such 
records, documents, or other materials, under any provision of law, 
except a provision of law that expressly refers to the Inspector 
General and expressly limits the Inspector General's right of access.
    (b) A department or agency covered by this section shall provide 
its Inspector General with access to all such records, documents, and 
other materials in a timely manner.
    (c) Each Inspector General shall ensure compliance with statutory 
limitations on disclosure relevant to the information provided by the 
establishment over which that Inspector General has responsibilities 
under the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).
    (d) Each Inspector General covered by this section shall report to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate within 5 calendar days any failures to comply with this 
requirement.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Transportation, Housing and Urban 
Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018''.
                                                       Calendar No. 185

115th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                S. 1655

                          [Report No. 115-138]

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                                 A BILL

   Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and 
Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes.

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                             July 27, 2017

                 Read twice and placed on the calendar