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2	2	Calendar No. 143
3	3	118THCONGRESS
4	4	1
5	5	STSESSION S. 2437
6	6	[Report No. 118–70]
7	7	Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing
8	8	and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending
9	9	September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.
10	10	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
11	11	JULY20, 2023
12	12	Mr. S
13	13	CHATZ, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following
14	14	original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar
15	15	A BILL
16	16	Making appropriations for the Departments of Transpor-
17	17	tation, and Housing and Urban Development, and re-
18	18	lated agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30,
19	19	2024, and for other purposes.
20	20	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
21	21	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
22	22	That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 3
23	23	money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 4
24	24	Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban 5 2
25	25	•S 2437 RS
26	26	Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year end-1
27	27	ing September 30, 2024, and for other purposes, namely: 2
28	28	TITLE I 3
29	29	DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 4
30	30	O
31	31	FFICE OF THESECRETARY 5
32	32	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 6
33	33	For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 7
34	34	$191,295,000: Provided, That of the sums appropriated 8
35	35	under this heading— 9
36	36	(1) $3,770,000 shall be available for the imme-10
37	37	diate Office of the Secretary; 11
38	38	(2) $1,370,000 shall be available for the imme-12
39	39	diate Office of the Deputy Secretary; 13
40	40	(3) $32,272,000 shall be available for the Office 14
41	41	of the General Counsel; 15
42	42	(4) $20,064,000 shall be available for the Office 16
43	43	of the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy, 17
44	44	of which $2,000,000 is for the Office for Multimodal 18
45	45	Freight Infrastructure and Policy: Provided, That 19
46	46	the Secretary must obtain reprogramming approval 20
47	47	from the House and Senate Committees on Appro-21
48	48	priations under section 405 of this Act prior to exe-22
49	49	cuting the authorities of section 118(g)(2)–(3) of 23
50	50	title 49, United States Code; 24 3
51	51	•S 2437 RS
52	52	(5) $22,724,000 shall be available for the Office 1
53	53	of the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Pro-2
54	54	grams; 3
55	55	(6) $7,138,000,000 shall be available for the 4
56	56	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Governmental 5
57	57	Affairs; 6
58	58	(7) $43,284,000 shall be available for the Office 7
59	59	of the Assistant Secretary for Administration; 8
60	60	(8) $6,244,000 shall be available for the Office 9
61	61	of Public Affairs and Public Engagement; 10
62	62	(9) $2,515,000 shall be available for the Office 11
63	63	of the Executive Secretariat; 12
64	64	(10) $16,506,000 shall be available for the Of-13
65	65	fice of Intelligence, Security, and Emergency Re-14
66	66	sponse; 15
67	67	(11) $33,879,000 shall be available for the Of-16
68	68	fice of the Chief Information Officer; and 17
69	69	(12) $1,529,000 shall be available for the Office 18
70	70	of Tribal Government Affairs: 19
71	71	Provided further, That the Secretary of Transportation 20
72	72	(referred to in this title as the ‘‘Secretary’’) is authorized 21
73	73	to transfer funds appropriated for any office of the Office 22
74	74	of the Secretary to any other office of the Office of the 23
75	75	Secretary: Provided further, That no appropriation for any 24
76	76	office shall be increased or decreased by more than 7 per-25 4
77	77	•S 2437 RS
78	78	cent by all such transfers: Provided further, That notice 1
79	79	of any change in funding greater than 7 percent shall be 2
80	80	submitted for approval to the House and Senate Commit-3
81	81	tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That not to ex-4
82	82	ceed $70,000 shall be for allocation within the Department 5
83	83	for official reception and representation expenses as the 6
84	84	Secretary may determine: Provided further, That notwith-7
85	85	standing any other provision of law, there may be credited 8
86	86	to this appropriation up to $2,500,000 in funds received 9
87	87	in user fees. 10
88	88	RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 11
89	89	For necessary expenses related to the Office of the 12
90	90	Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, 13
91	91	$51,358,000, of which $35,745,000 shall remain available 14
92	92	until expended: Provided, That of such amounts that are 15
93	93	available until expended, $14,750,000 shall be for nec-16
94	94	essary expenses of the Advanced Research Projects Agen-17
95	95	cy—Infrastructure (ARPA–I) as authorized by section 18
96	96	119 of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That 19
97	97	within the funds made available under the previous pro-20
98	98	viso, not less than $8,000,000 shall be available for re-21
99	99	search on durability, resiliency, and sustainability of 22
100	100	bridges and other infrastructure and shall be directed to 23
101	101	an accredited university of higher education in the north-24
102	102	east United States that has experience leading a regional 25 5
103	103	•S 2437 RS
104	104	University Transportation Center and a proven record of 1
105	105	developing, patenting, deploying, and commercializing in-2
106	106	novative composite materials and technologies for bridge 3
107	107	and other transportation applications, as well as con-4
108	108	ducting research and developing prototypes using very 5
109	109	large-scale polymer-based additive manufacturing: Pro-6
110	110	vided further, That there may be credited to this appro-7
111	111	priation, to be available until expended, funds received 8
112	112	from States, counties, municipalities, other public authori-9
113	113	ties, and private sources for expenses incurred for train-10
114	114	ing: Provided further, That any reference in law, regula-11
115	115	tion, judicial proceedings, or elsewhere to the Research 12
116	116	and Innovative Technology Administration shall continue 13
117	117	to be deemed to be a reference to the Office of the Assist-14
118	118	ant Secretary for Research and Technology of the Depart-15
119	119	ment of Transportation. 16
120	120	NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS 17
121	121	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 18
122	122	For necessary expenses to carry out a local and re-19
123	123	gional project assistance grant program under section 20
124	124	6702 of title 49, United States Code, $800,000,000, to 21
125	125	remain available until expended: Provided, That section 22
126	126	6702(f)(2) of title 49, United States Code, shall not apply 23
127	127	to amounts made available under this heading in this Act: 24
128	128	Provided further, That of the amounts made available 25 6
129	129	•S 2437 RS
130	130	under this heading in this Act, not less than $20,000,000 1
131	131	shall be awarded to projects in historically disadvantaged 2
132	132	communities or areas of persistent poverty as defined 3
133	133	under section 6702(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code: 4
134	134	Provided further, That section 6702(g) of title 49, United 5
135	135	States Code, shall not apply to amounts made available 6
136	136	under this heading in this Act: Provided further, That of 7
137	137	the amounts made available under this heading in this 8
138	138	Act, not less than 5 percent shall be made available for 9
139	139	the planning, preparation, or design of eligible projects: 10
140	140	Provided further, That grants awarded under this heading 11
141	141	in this Act for eligible projects for planning, preparation, 12
142	142	or design shall not be subject to a minimum grant size: 13
143	143	Provided further, That in distributing amounts made avail-14
144	144	able under this heading in this Act, the Secretary shall 15
145	145	take such measures so as to ensure an equitable geo-16
146	146	graphic distribution of funds, an appropriate balance in 17
147	147	addressing the needs of urban and rural areas, including 18
148	148	Tribal areas, and the investment in a variety of transpor-19
149	149	tation modes: Provided further, That section 20
150	150	6702(c)(2)(C) of title 49, United States Code, shall not 21
151	151	apply to amounts made available under this heading in 22
152	152	this Act: Provided further, That a grant award under this 23
153	153	heading in this Act shall be not greater than $45,000,000: 24
154	154	Provided further, That section 6702(c)(3) of title 49, 25 7
155	155	•S 2437 RS
156	156	United States Code, shall not apply to amounts made 1
157	157	available under this heading in this Act: Provided further, 2
158	158	That not more than 15 percent of the amounts made avail-3
159	159	able under this heading in this Act may be awarded to 4
160	160	projects in a single State: Provided further, That for 5
161	161	amounts made available under this heading in this Act, 6
162	162	the Secretary shall give priority to projects that require 7
163	163	a contribution of Federal funds in order to complete an 8
164	164	overall financing package: Provided further, That section 9
165	165	6702(f)(1) of title 49, United States Code, shall not apply 10
166	166	to amounts made available under this heading in this Act: 11
167	167	Provided further, That of the amounts awarded under this 12
168	168	heading in this Act, not more than 50 percent shall be 13
169	169	allocated for eligible projects located in rural areas and 14
170	170	not more than 50 percent shall be allocated for eligible 15
171	171	projects located in urbanized areas: Provided further, That 16
172	172	for the purpose of determining if an award for planning, 17
173	173	preparation, or design under this heading in this Act is 18
174	174	an urban award, the project location is the location of the 19
175	175	project being planned, prepared, or designed: Provided fur-20
176	176	ther, That the Secretary may retain up to 2 percent of 21
177	177	the amounts made available under this heading in this 22
178	178	Act, and may transfer portions of such amounts to the 23
179	179	Administrators of the Federal Aviation Administration, 24
180	180	the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Transit 25 8
181	181	•S 2437 RS
182	182	Administration, the Federal Railroad Administration and 1
183	183	the Maritime Administration to fund the award and over-2
184	184	sight of grants and credit assistance made under the pro-3
185	185	gram authorized under section 6702 of title 49, United 4
186	186	States Code: Provided further, That for amounts made 5
187	187	available under this heading in this Act, the Secretary 6
188	188	shall consider and award projects based solely on the selec-7
189	189	tion criteria as identified under section 6702(d)(3) and 8
190	190	(d)(4) of title 49, United States Code. 9
191	191	NATIONAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AND INNOVATIVE 10
192	192	FINANCE BUREAU 11
193	193	For necessary expenses of the National Surface 12
194	194	Transportation and Innovative Finance Bureau as author-13
195	195	ized by 49 U.S.C. 116, $9,558,000, to remain available 14
196	196	until expended: Provided, That the Secretary may collect 15
197	197	and spend fees, as authorized by title 23, United States 16
198	198	Code, to cover the costs of services of expert firms, includ-17
199	199	ing counsel, in the field of municipal and project finance 18
200	200	to assist in the underwriting and servicing of Federal cred-19
201	201	it instruments and all or a portion of the costs to the Fed-20
202	202	eral Government of servicing such credit instruments: Pro-21
203	203	vided further, That such fees are available until expended 22
204	204	to pay for such costs: Provided further, That such amounts 23
205	205	are in addition to other amounts made available for such 24
206	206	purposes and are not subject to any obligation limitation 25 9
207	207	•S 2437 RS
208	208	or the limitation on administrative expenses under section 1
209	209	608 of title 23, United States Code. 2
210	210	RURAL AND TRIBAL INFRASTRUCTURE ADVANCEMENT 3
211	211	For necessary expenses to carry out rural and Tribal 4
212	212	infrastructure advancement as authorized in section 5
213	213	21205 of Public Law 117–58, $25,000,000, to remain 6
214	214	available until September 30, 2026: Provided, That the 7
215	215	Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with 8
216	216	philanthropic entities, non-profit organizations, other Fed-9
217	217	eral agencies, State or local governments and their agen-10
218	218	cies, Indian Tribes, or other technical assistance providers, 11
219	219	to provide such technical assistance, planning, and capac-12
220	220	ity building to State, local, or Tribal governments, United 13
221	221	States territories, metropolitan planning organizations, 14
222	222	transit agencies, or other political subdivisions of State or 15
223	223	local governments. 16
224	224	RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT 17
225	225	FINANCING PROGRAM 18
226	226	The Secretary is authorized to issue direct loans and 19
227	227	loan guarantees pursuant to chapter 224 of title 49, 20
228	228	United States Code, and such authority shall exist as long 21
229	229	as any such direct loan or loan guarantee is outstanding. 22
230	230	FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CAPITAL 23
231	231	For necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing 24
232	232	the Department of Transportation’s financial systems and 25 10
233	233	•S 2437 RS
234	234	re-engineering business processes, $5,000,000, to remain 1
235	235	available through September 30, 2025. 2
236	236	CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVES 3
237	237	For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, 4
238	238	including necessary upgrades to network and information 5
239	239	technology infrastructure, improvement of identity man-6
240	240	agement and authentication capabilities, securing and pro-7
241	241	tecting data, implementation of Federal cyber security ini-8
242	242	tiatives, and implementation of enhanced security controls 9
243	243	on agency computers and mobile devices, $49,000,000, to 10
244	244	remain available until September 30, 2025. 11
245	245	OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 12
246	246	For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 13
247	247	$18,228,000. 14
248	248	TRANSPORTATION PLANNING , RESEARCH, AND 15
249	249	DEVELOPMENT 16
250	250	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 17
251	251	For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 18
252	252	planning, research, systems development, development ac-19
253	253	tivities, and making grants, $24,069,000, to remain avail-20
254	254	able until expended: Provided, That of such amount, 21
255	255	$5,436,000 shall be for necessary expenses of the Inter-22
256	256	agency Infrastructure Permitting Improvement Center 23
257	257	(IIPIC): Provided further, That there may be transferred 24
258	258	to this appropriation, to remain available until expended, 25 11
259	259	•S 2437 RS
260	260	amounts transferred from other Federal agencies for ex-1
261	261	penses incurred under this heading for IIPIC activities not 2
262	262	related to transportation infrastructure: Provided further, 3
263	263	That the tools and analysis developed by the IIPIC shall 4
264	264	be available to other Federal agencies for the permitting 5
265	265	and review of major infrastructure projects not related to 6
266	266	transportation only to the extent that other Federal agen-7
267	267	cies provide funding to the Department in accordance with 8
268	268	the preceding proviso: Provided further, That of the 9
269	269	amounts made available under this heading, $3,443,000 10
270	270	shall be made available for the purposes, and in amounts, 11
271	271	specified for Congressionally Directed Spending in the 12
272	272	table entitled ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spending’’ in-13
273	273	cluded in the report accompanying this Act. 14
274	274	WORKING CAPITAL FUND 15
275	275	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 16
276	276	For necessary expenses for operating costs and cap-17
277	277	ital outlays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed 18
278	278	$522,165,000, shall be paid from appropriations made 19
279	279	available to the Department of Transportation: Provided, 20
280	280	That such services shall be provided on a competitive basis 21
281	281	to entities within the Department of Transportation: Pro-22
282	282	vided further, That the limitation in the preceding proviso 23
283	283	on operating expenses shall not apply to entities external 24
284	284	to the Department of Transportation or for funds pro-25 12
285	285	•S 2437 RS
286	286	vided in Public Law 117–58: Provided further, That no 1
287	287	funds made available by this Act to an agency of the De-2
288	288	partment shall be transferred to the Working Capital 3
289	289	Fund without majority approval of the Working Capital 4
290	290	Fund Steering Committee and approval of the Secretary: 5
291	291	Provided further, That no assessments may be levied 6
292	292	against any program, budget activity, subactivity, or 7
293	293	project funded by this Act unless notice of such assess-8
294	294	ments and the basis therefor are presented to the House 9
295	295	and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are ap-10
296	296	proved by such Committees. 11
297	297	SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS UTILIZATION AND 12
298	298	OUTREACH 13
299	299	For necessary expenses for small and disadvantaged 14
300	300	business utilization and outreach activities, $5,330,000, to 15
301	301	remain available until September 30, 2025: Provided, 16
302	302	That notwithstanding section 332 of title 49, United 17
303	303	States Code, such amounts may be used for business op-18
304	304	portunities related to any mode of transportation: Pro-19
305	305	vided further, That appropriations made available under 20
306	306	this heading shall be available for any purpose consistent 21
307	307	with prior year appropriations that were made available 22
308	308	under the heading ‘‘Office of the Secretary—Minority 23
309	309	Business Resource Center Program’’. 24 13
310	310	•S 2437 RS
311	311	PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS 1
312	312	(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 2
313	313	In addition to funds made available from any other 3
314	314	source to carry out the essential air service program under 4
315	315	sections 41731 through 41742 of title 49, United States 5
316	316	Code, $348,554,000, to be derived from the Airport and 6
317	317	Airway Trust Fund, to remain available until expended: 7
318	318	Provided, That in determining between or among carriers 8
319	319	competing to provide service to a community, the Sec-9
320	320	retary may consider the relative subsidy requirements of 10
321	321	the carriers: Provided further, That basic essential air 11
322	322	service minimum requirements shall not include the 15- 12
323	323	passenger capacity requirement under section 41732(b)(3) 13
324	324	of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That 14
325	325	amounts authorized to be distributed for the essential air 15
326	326	service program under section 41742(b) of title 49, United 16
327	327	States Code, shall be made available immediately from 17
328	328	amounts otherwise provided to the Administrator of the 18
329	329	Federal Aviation Administration: Provided further, That 19
330	330	the Administrator may reimburse such amounts from fees 20
331	331	credited to the account established under section 45303 21
332	332	of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That, 22
333	333	notwithstanding section 41733 of title 49, United States 23
334	334	Code, for fiscal year 2024, the requirements established 24
335	335	under subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 41731(a)(1) 25 14
336	336	•S 2437 RS
337	337	of title 49, United States Code, and the subsidy cap estab-1
338	338	lished by section 332 of the Department of Transportation 2
339	339	and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000, shall not 3
340	340	apply to maintain eligibility under section 41731 of title 4
341	341	49, United States Code. 5
342	342	ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS —OFFICE OF THE 6
343	343	SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION 7
344	344	(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 8
345	345	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 9
346	346	S
347	347	EC. 101. None of the funds made available by this 10
348	348	Act to the Department of Transportation may be obligated 11
349	349	for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation to ap-12
350	350	prove assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining 13
351	351	to funds appropriated to the operating administrations in 14
352	352	this Act, except for activities underway on the date of en-15
353	353	actment of this Act, unless such assessments or agree-16
354	354	ments have completed the normal reprogramming process 17
355	355	for congressional notification. 18
356	356	S
357	357	EC. 102. The Secretary shall post on the web site 19
358	358	of the Department of Transportation a schedule of all 20
359	359	meetings of the Council on Credit and Finance, including 21
360	360	the agenda for each meeting, and require the Council on 22
361	361	Credit and Finance to record the decisions and actions 23
362	362	of each meeting. 24 15
363	363	•S 2437 RS
364	364	SEC. 103. In addition to authority provided by section 1
365	365	327 of title 49, United States Code, the Department’s 2
366	366	Working Capital Fund is authorized to provide partial or 3
367	367	full payments in advance and accept subsequent reim-4
368	368	bursements from all Federal agencies from available funds 5
369	369	for transit benefit distribution services that are necessary 6
370	370	to carry out the Federal transit pass transportation fringe 7
371	371	benefit program under Executive Order No. 13150 and 8
372	372	section 3049 of SAFETEA–LU (5 U.S.C. 7905 note): 9
373	373	Provided, That the Department shall maintain a reason-10
374	374	able operating reserve in the Working Capital Fund, to 11
375	375	be expended in advance to provide uninterrupted transit 12
376	376	benefits to Government employees: Provided further, That 13
377	377	such reserve shall not exceed 1 month of benefits payable 14
378	378	and may be used only for the purpose of providing for 15
379	379	the continuation of transit benefits: Provided further, That 16
380	380	the Working Capital Fund shall be fully reimbursed by 17
381	381	each customer agency from available funds for the actual 18
382	382	cost of the transit benefit. 19
383	383	S
384	384	EC. 104. Receipts collected in the Department’s 20
385	385	Working Capital Fund, as authorized by section 327 of 21
386	386	title 49, United States Code, for unused transit and van 22
387	387	pool benefits, in an amount not to exceed 10 percent of 23
388	388	fiscal year 2023 collections, shall be available until ex-24
389	389	pended in the Department’s Working Capital Fund to pro-25 16
390	390	•S 2437 RS
391	391	vide contractual services in support of section 189 of this 1
392	392	Act: Provided, That obligations in fiscal year 2024 of such 2
393	393	collections shall not exceed $1,000,000. 3
394	394	S
395	395	EC. 105. None of the funds in this title may be obli-4
396	396	gated or expended for retention or senior executive bo-5
397	397	nuses for an employee of the Department of Transpor-6
398	398	tation without the prior written approval of the Assistant 7
399	399	Secretary for Administration. 8
400	400	S
401	401	EC. 106. In addition to authority provided by section 9
402	402	327 of title 49, United States Code, the Department’s Ad-10
403	403	ministrative Working Capital Fund is hereby authorized 11
404	404	to transfer information technology equipment, software, 12
405	405	and systems from Departmental sources or other entities 13
406	406	and collect and maintain a reserve at rates which will re-14
407	407	turn full cost of transferred assets. 15
408	408	S
409	409	EC. 107. None of the funds provided in this Act to 16
410	410	the Department of Transportation may be used to provide 17
411	411	credit assistance unless not less than 3 days before any 18
412	412	application approval to provide credit assistance under 19
413	413	sections 603 and 604 of title 23, United States Code, the 20
414	414	Secretary provides notification in writing to the following 21
415	415	committees: the House and Senate Committees on Appro-22
416	416	priations; the Committee on Environment and Public 23
417	417	Works and the Committee on Banking, Housing and 24
418	418	Urban Affairs of the Senate; and the Committee on Trans-25 17
419	419	•S 2437 RS
420	420	portation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa-1
421	421	tives: Provided, That such notification shall include, but 2
422	422	not be limited to, the name of the project sponsor; a de-3
423	423	scription of the project; whether credit assistance will be 4
424	424	provided as a direct loan, loan guarantee, or line of credit; 5
425	425	and the amount of credit assistance. 6
426	426	S
427	427	EC. 108. (a) Amounts made available to the Sec-7
428	428	retary of Transportation or the Department of Transpor-8
429	429	tation’s operating administrations in this Act for the costs 9
430	430	of award, administration, or oversight of financial assist-10
431	431	ance under the programs identified in subsection (c) may 11
432	432	be transferred to the account identified in section 801 of 12
433	433	division J of Public Law 117–58, to remain available until 13
434	434	expended, for the necessary expenses of award, adminis-14
435	435	tration, or oversight of any financial assistance programs 15
436	436	in the Department of Transportation. 16
437	437	(b) Amounts transferred under the authority in this 17
438	438	section are available in addition to amounts otherwise 18
439	439	available for such purpose. 19
440	440	(c) The program from which funds made available 20
441	441	under this Act may be transferred under subsection (a) 21
442	442	are— 22
443	443	(1) the local and regional project assistance 23
444	444	program under section 6702 of title 49, United 24
445	445	States Code; and 25 18
446	446	•S 2437 RS
447	447	(2) the university transportation centers pro-1
448	448	gram under section 5505 of title 49, United States 2
449	449	Code. 3
450	450	S
451	451	EC. 109. Of the amounts made available under the 4
452	452	heading ‘‘National Infrastructure Investments’’, up to 5
453	453	$75,000,000 shall be available— 6
454	454	(1) First, to fully fund the projects at the 7
455	455	amounts for which they applied under section 109B 8
456	456	of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (divi-9
457	457	sion L of Public Law 117–328) and were not fully 10
458	458	funded; and 11
459	459	(2) Second, to fund highway infrastructure 12
460	460	projects for which the initial grant agreement was 13
461	461	executed between January 14, 2021 and February 14
462	462	14, 2021 for awards made from the National Infra-15
463	463	structure Investments program under title I of divi-16
464	464	sion G of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 17
465	465	(Public Law 116–6): Provided, That sponsors of 18
466	466	projects eligible for funds made available under sub-19
467	467	section shall provide sufficient written justification 20
468	468	describing, at a minimum, the current project cost 21
469	469	estimate, why the project cannot be completed with 22
470	470	the obligated grant amount, and any other relevant 23
471	471	information, as determined by the Secretary: Pro-24
472	472	vided further, That funds made available under this 25 19
473	473	•S 2437 RS
474	474	subsection shall be allocated to projects eligible to 1
475	475	receive funding under this section in order of the 2
476	476	date the grant agreements were initially executed: 3
477	477	Provided further, That the allocation under the pre-4
478	478	vious proviso will be for the amounts necessary to 5
479	479	cover increases to eligible project costs since the 6
480	480	grant was obligated, based on the information pro-7
481	481	vided: Provided further, That section 200.204 of title 8
482	482	2, Code of Federal Regulations, shall not apply to 9
483	483	amounts made available under this section: Provided 10
484	484	further, That the amounts made available under this 11
485	485	section shall not be subject to limitations under sec-12
486	486	tion 6702(c) of title 49, United States Code: Pro-13
487	487	vided further, That the amounts made available 14
488	488	under this section shall not be part of the Federal 15
489	489	share of total project costs under section 6702(e)(1) 16
490	490	of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, 17
491	491	That section 6702(f) of title 49, United States Code, 18
492	492	shall not apply to amounts made available under this 19
493	493	section: Provided further, That the Office of the Sec-20
494	494	retary of Transportation shall provide the amounts 21
495	495	allocated to projects under this section no later than 22
496	496	120 days after the date the sufficient written jus-23
497	497	tifications required under this section have been sub-24
498	498	mitted. 25 20
499	499	•S 2437 RS
500	500	SEC. 109A. Of the unobligated balances of funds 1
501	501	made available for ‘‘Railroad Rehabilitation and Improve-2
502	502	ment Financing Program’’ in section 109 of division L 3
503	503	of Public Law 117–103, $8,973,000 are hereby perma-4
504	504	nently rescinded. 5
505	505	S
506	506	EC. 109B. For amounts provided for this fiscal year 6
507	507	and prior fiscal years, section 24112(c)(2)(B) of Public 7
508	508	Law 117–58 shall be applied by substituting ‘‘30 percent’’ 8
509	509	for ‘‘40 percent’’. 9
510	510	F
511	511	EDERALAVIATIONADMINISTRATION 10
512	512	OPERATIONS 11
513	513	(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 12
514	514	For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Ad-13
515	515	ministration, not otherwise provided for, including oper-14
516	516	ations and research activities related to commercial space 15
517	517	transportation, administrative expenses for research and 16
518	518	development, establishment of air navigation facilities, the 17
519	519	operation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, 18
520	520	subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold 19
521	521	to the public, the lease or purchase of passenger motor 20
522	522	vehicles for replacement only, $12,740,627,000, to remain 21
523	523	available until September 30, 2025, of which 22
524	524	$12,103,596,000 to be derived from the Airport and Air-23
525	525	way Trust Fund: Provided, That of the amounts made 24
526	526	available under this heading— 25 21
527	527	•S 2437 RS
528	528	(1) not less than $1,745,532,000 shall be avail-1
529	529	able for aviation safety activities; 2
530	530	(2) $9,444,828,000 shall be available for air 3
531	531	traffic organization activities; 4
532	532	(3) $42,018,000 shall be available for commer-5
533	533	cial space transportation activities; 6
534	534	(4) $949,376,000 shall be available for finance 7
535	535	and management activities; 8
536	536	(5) $70,097,000 shall be available for NextGen 9
537	537	and operations planning activities; 10
538	538	(6) $163,951,000 shall be available for security 11
539	539	and hazardous materials safety activities; and 12
540	540	(7) $324,825,000 shall be available for staff of-13
541	541	fices: 14
542	542	Provided further, That not to exceed 5 percent of any 15
543	543	budget activity, except for aviation safety budget activity, 16
544	544	may be transferred to any budget activity under this head-17
545	545	ing: Provided further, That no transfer may increase or 18
546	546	decrease any appropriation under this heading by more 19
547	547	than 5 percent: Provided further, That any transfer in ex-20
548	548	cess of 5 percent shall be treated as a reprogramming of 21
549	549	funds under section 405 of this Act and shall not be avail-22
550	550	able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 23
551	551	with the procedures set forth in that section: Provided fur-24
552	552	ther, That not later than 60 days after the submission of 25 22
553	553	•S 2437 RS
554	554	the budget request, the Administrator of the Federal Avia-1
555	555	tion Administration shall transmit to Congress an annual 2
556	556	update to the report submitted to Congress in December 3
557	557	2004 pursuant to section 221 of the Vision 100-Century 4
558	558	of Aviation Reauthorization Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note): 5
559	559	Provided further, That the amounts made available under 6
560	560	this heading shall be reduced by $100,000 for each day 7
561	561	after 60 days after the submission of the budget request 8
562	562	that such report has not been transmitted to Congress: 9
563	563	Provided further, That not later than 60 days after the 10
564	564	submission of the budget request, the Administrator shall 11
565	565	transmit to Congress a companion report that describes 12
566	566	a comprehensive strategy for staffing, hiring, and training 13
567	567	flight standards and aircraft certification staff in a format 14
568	568	similar to the one utilized for the controller staffing plan, 15
569	569	including stated attrition estimates and numerical hiring 16
570	570	goals by fiscal year: Provided further, That the amounts 17
571	571	made available under this heading shall be reduced by 18
572	572	$100,000 for each day after the date that is 60 days after 19
573	573	the submission of the budget request that such report has 20
574	574	not been submitted to Congress: Provided further, That 21
575	575	funds may be used to enter into a grant agreement with 22
576	576	a nonprofit standard-setting organization to assist in the 23
577	577	development of aviation safety standards: Provided fur-24
578	578	ther, That none of the funds made available by this Act 25 23
579	579	•S 2437 RS
580	580	shall be available for new applicants for the second career 1
581	581	training program: Provided further, That none of the 2
582	582	funds made available by this Act shall be available for the 3
583	583	Federal Aviation Administration to finalize or implement 4
584	584	any regulation that would promulgate new aviation user 5
585	585	fees not specifically authorized by law after the date of 6
586	586	the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That there 7
587	587	may be credited to this appropriation, as offsetting collec-8
588	588	tions, funds received from States, counties, municipalities, 9
589	589	foreign authorities, other public authorities, and private 10
590	590	sources for expenses incurred in the provision of agency 11
591	591	services, including receipts for the maintenance and oper-12
592	592	ation of air navigation facilities, and for issuance, renewal 13
593	593	or modification of certificates, including airman, aircraft, 14
594	594	and repair station certificates, or for tests related thereto, 15
595	595	or for processing major repair or alteration forms: Pro-16
596	596	vided further, That of the amounts made available under 17
597	597	this heading, not less than $194,000,000 shall be used to 18
598	598	fund direct operations of the current air traffic control 19
599	599	towers in the contract tower program, including the con-20
600	600	tract tower cost share program, and any airport that is 21
601	601	currently qualified or that will qualify for the program 22
602	602	during the fiscal year: Provided further, That none of the 23
603	603	funds made available by this Act for aeronautical charting 24
604	604	and cartography are available for activities conducted by, 25 24
605	605	•S 2437 RS
606	606	or coordinated through, the Working Capital Fund: Pro-1
607	607	vided further, That none of the funds appropriated or oth-2
608	608	erwise made available by this Act or any other Act may 3
609	609	be used to eliminate the Contract Weather Observers pro-4
610	610	gram at any airport. 5
611	611	FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT 6
612	612	(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 7
613	613	For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 8
614	614	for acquisition, establishment, technical support services, 9
615	615	improvement by contract or purchase, and hire of national 10
616	616	airspace systems and experimental facilities and equip-11
617	617	ment, as authorized under part A of subtitle VII of title 12
618	618	49, United States Code, including initial acquisition of 13
619	619	necessary sites by lease or grant; engineering and service 14
620	620	testing, including construction of test facilities and acqui-15
621	621	sition of necessary sites by lease or grant; construction 16
622	622	and furnishing of quarters and related accommodations 17
623	623	for officers and employees of the Federal Aviation Admin-18
624	624	istration stationed at remote localities where such accom-19
625	625	modations are not available; and the purchase, lease, or 20
626	626	transfer of aircraft from funds made available under this 21
627	627	heading, including aircraft for aviation regulation and cer-22
628	628	tification; to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust 23
629	629	Fund, $3,429,000,000, of which $635,000,000 is for per-24
630	630	sonnel and related expenses and shall remain available 25 25
631	631	•S 2437 RS
632	632	until September 30, 2025, $2,692,000,000 shall remain 1
633	633	available until September 30, 2026, and $102,000,000 is 2
634	634	for terminal facilities and shall remain available until Sep-3
635	635	tember 30, 2028: Provided, That there may be credited 4
636	636	to this appropriation funds received from States, counties, 5
637	637	municipalities, other public authorities, and private 6
638	638	sources, for expenses incurred in the establishment, im-7
639	639	provement, and modernization of national airspace sys-8
640	640	tems: Provided further, That not later than 60 days after 9
641	641	submission of the budget request, the Secretary of Trans-10
642	642	portation shall transmit to the Congress an investment 11
643	643	plan for the Federal Aviation Administration which in-12
644	644	cludes funding for each budget line item for fiscal years 13
645	645	2025 through 2029, with total funding for each year of 14
646	646	the plan constrained to the funding targets for those years 15
647	647	as estimated and approved by the Office of Management 16
648	648	and Budget: Provided further, That section 405 of this Act 17
649	649	shall apply to amounts made available under this heading 18
650	650	in title VIII of the Infrastructure Investments and Jobs 19
651	651	Appropriations Act (division J of Public Law 117–58): 20
652	652	Provided further, That the amounts in the table entitled 21
653	653	‘‘Allocation of Funds for FAA Facilities and Equipment 22
654	654	from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act—Fiscal 23
655	655	Year 2024’’ in the report accompanying this Act shall be 24
656	656	the baseline for application of reprogramming and trans-25 26
657	657	•S 2437 RS
658	658	fer authorities for the current fiscal year pursuant to para-1
659	659	graph (7) of such section 405 for amounts referred to in 2
660	660	the preceding proviso: Provided further, That, notwith-3
661	661	standing paragraphs (5) and (6) of such section 405, un-4
662	662	less prior approval is received from the House and Senate 5
663	663	Committees on Appropriations, not to exceed 10 percent 6
664	664	of any funding level specified for projects and activities 7
665	665	in the table referred to in the preceding proviso may be 8
666	666	transferred to any other funding level specified for 9
667	667	projects and activities in such table and no transfer of 10
668	668	such funding levels may increase or decrease any funding 11
669	669	level in such table by more than 10 percent: Provided fur-12
670	670	ther, That of the amounts made available under this head-13
671	671	ing for terminal facilities, $15,000,000 shall be made 14
672	672	available for the purposes, and in amounts, specified for 15
673	673	Congressionally Directed Spending in the table entitled 16
674	674	‘‘Congressionally Directed Spending’’ included in the re-17
675	675	port accompanying this Act: Provided further, That, of the 18
676	676	amounts made available under this heading in this Act, 19
677	677	$469,000,000 is designated by the Congress as being for 20
678	678	an emergency requirement pursuant to section 21
679	679	251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 22
680	680	Deficit Control Act of 1985. 23 27
681	681	•S 2437 RS
682	682	RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT 1
683	683	(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 2
684	684	For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 3
685	685	for research, engineering, and development, as authorized 4
686	686	under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States 5
687	687	Code, including construction of experimental facilities and 6
688	688	acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant, 7
689	689	$260,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway 8
690	690	Trust Fund and to remain available until September 30, 9
691	691	2026: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro-10
692	692	priation as offsetting collections, funds received from 11
693	693	States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, 12
694	694	and private sources, which shall be available for expenses 13
695	695	incurred for research, engineering, and development: Pro-14
696	696	vided further, That amounts made available under this 15
697	697	heading shall be used in accordance with the report accom-16
698	698	panying this Act: Provided further, That not to exceed 10 17
699	699	percent of any funding level specified under this heading 18
700	700	in the report accompanying this Act may be transferred 19
701	701	to any other funding level specified under this heading in 20
702	702	the report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That 21
703	703	no transfer may increase or decrease any funding level by 22
704	704	more than 10 percent: Provided further, That any transfer 23
705	705	in excess of 10 percent shall be treated as a reprogram-24
706	706	ming of funds under section 405 of this Act and shall not 25 28
707	707	•S 2437 RS
708	708	be available for obligation or expenditure except in compli-1
709	709	ance with the procedures set forth in that section. 2
710	710	GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS 3
711	711	(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 4
712	712	(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 5
713	713	(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 6
714	714	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 7
715	715	For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in- 8
716	716	aid for airport planning and development, and noise com-9
717	717	patibility planning and programs as authorized under sub-10
718	718	chapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 11
719	719	of title 49, United States Code, and under other law au-12
720	720	thorizing such obligations; for procurement, installation, 13
721	721	and commissioning of runway incursion prevention devices 14
722	722	and systems at airports of such title; for grants authorized 15
723	723	under section 41743 of title 49, United States Code; and 16
724	724	for inspection activities and administration of airport safe-17
725	725	ty programs, including those related to airport operating 18
726	726	certificates under section 44706 of title 49, United States 19
727	727	Code, $3,350,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and 20
728	728	Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until ex-21
729	729	pended: Provided, That none of the amounts made avail-22
730	730	able under this heading shall be available for the planning 23
731	731	or execution of programs the obligations for which are in 24
732	732	excess of $3,350,000,000, in fiscal year 2024, notwith-25 29
733	733	•S 2437 RS
734	734	standing section 47117(g) of title 49, United States Code: 1
735	735	Provided further, That none of the amounts made available 2
736	736	under this heading shall be available for the replacement 3
737	737	of baggage conveyor systems, reconfiguration of terminal 4
738	738	baggage areas, or other airport improvements that are 5
739	739	necessary to install bulk explosive detection systems: Pro-6
740	740	vided further, That notwithstanding section 47109(a) of 7
741	741	title 49, United States Code, the Government’s share of 8
742	742	allowable project costs under paragraph (2) of such sec-9
743	743	tion for subgrants or paragraph (3) of such section shall 10
744	744	be 95 percent for a project at other than a large or me-11
745	745	dium hub airport that is a successive phase of a multi- 12
746	746	phased construction project for which the project sponsor 13
747	747	received a grant in fiscal year 2011 for the construction 14
748	748	project: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 15
749	749	provision of law, of amounts limited under this heading, 16
750	750	not less than $157,475,000 shall be available for adminis-17
751	751	tration, $15,000,000 shall be available for the Airport Co-18
752	752	operative Research Program, $41,801,000 shall be avail-19
753	753	able for Airport Technology Research, and $10,000,000, 20
754	754	to remain available until expended, shall be available and 21
755	755	transferred to ‘‘Office of the Secretary, Salaries and Ex-22
756	756	penses’’ to carry out the Small Community Air Service De-23
757	757	velopment Program: Provided further, That in addition to 24
758	758	airports eligible under section 41743 of title 49, United 25 30
759	759	•S 2437 RS
760	760	States Code, such program may include the participation 1
761	761	of an airport that serves a community or consortium that 2
762	762	is not larger than a small hub airport, according to FAA 3
763	763	hub classifications effective at the time the Office of the 4
764	764	Secretary issues a request for proposals. 5
765	765	GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS 6
766	766	For an additional amount for ‘‘Grants-In-Aid for Air-7
767	767	ports’’, to enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 8
768	768	grants for projects as authorized by subchapter 1 of chap-9
769	769	ter 471 and subchapter 1 of chapter 475 of title 49, 10
770	770	United States Code, $500,728,000, to remain available 11
771	771	through September 30, 2026: Provided, That amounts 12
772	772	made available under this heading shall be derived from 13
773	773	the general fund, and such funds shall not be subject to 14
774	774	apportionment formulas, special apportionment categories, 15
775	775	or minimum percentages under chapter 471 of title 49, 16
776	776	United States Code: Provided further, That of the sums 17
777	777	appropriated under this heading— 18
778	778	(1) $200,728,000 shall be made available for 19
779	779	the purposes, and in amounts, specified for Congres-20
780	780	sionally Directed Spending in the table entitled 21
781	781	‘‘Congressionally Directed Spending’’ included in the 22
782	782	report accompanying this Act: Provided, That funds 23
783	783	made available under this section shall not be sub-24 31
784	784	•S 2437 RS
785	785	ject to or considered under section 47115(j)(3)(B) of 1
786	786	title 49, United States Code; 2
787	787	(2) up to $300,000,000 shall be made available 3
788	788	to the Secretary to distribute as discretionary grants 4
789	789	to airports, of which not less than $25,000,000 shall 5
790	790	be made available to any commercial service airport, 6
791	791	notwithstanding the requirement for the airport to 7
792	792	be located in an air quality nonattainment or main-8
793	793	tenance area or to be able to receive emission credits 9
794	794	in section 47102(3)(K) and 47102(3)(L) of title 49, 10
795	795	United States Code, for work necessary to construct 11
796	796	or modify airport facilities to provide low-emission 12
797	797	fuel systems, gate electrification, other related air 13
798	798	quality improvements, acquisition of airport-owned 14
799	799	vehicles or ground support equipment with low-emis-15
800	800	sion technology; and 16
801	801	(3) not less than $3,000,000 shall be made 17
802	802	available for two remaining projects under section 18
803	803	190 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Pub-19
804	804	lic Law 115–254): Provided, That, notwithstanding 20
805	805	subsection (j)(2) of section 190 of the FAA Reau-21
806	806	thorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–254), such 22
807	807	grants shall be made available for conducting testing 23
808	808	activities in support of studying the effectiveness of 24
809	809	existing federally funded sound insulation in residen-25 32
810	810	•S 2437 RS
811	811	tial areas located within the 65 DNL noise contour 1
812	812	of a large-hub airport that will facilitate future envi-2
813	813	ronmental mitigation projects in these areas: Pro-3
814	814	vided further, That, with respect to a project funded 4
815	815	under the previous proviso, the allowable project cost 5
816	816	for such project shall be calculated without consider-6
817	817	ation of any costs that were previously paid by the 7
818	818	Government: 8
819	819	Provided further, That the Secretary may make discre-9
820	820	tionary grants to primary airports for airport-owned infra-10
821	821	structure required for the on-airport distribution or stor-11
822	822	age of sustainable aviation fuels that achieve at least a 12
823	823	50 percent reduction in lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions, 13
824	824	using a methodology determined by the Secretary, includ-14
825	825	ing, but not limited to, on-airport construction or expan-15
826	826	sion of pipelines, rail lines and spurs, loading and off-load-16
827	827	ing facilities, blending facilities, and storage tanks: Pro-17
828	828	vided further, That the Secretary may make discretionary 18
829	829	grants with funds made available under this heading to 19
830	830	primary or nonprimary airports for the acquisition or con-20
831	831	struction costs related to airport-owned, revenue-pro-21
832	832	ducing aeronautical fuel farms and fueling systems, in-22
833	833	cluding mobile systems, that the Secretary determines will 23
834	834	promote the use of unleaded or sustainable aviation fuels 24
835	835	on a non-exclusive basis: Provided further, That the Sec-25 33
836	836	•S 2437 RS
837	837	retary may make discretionary grants for airport develop-1
838	838	ment improvements of primary runways, taxiways, and 2
839	839	aprons necessary at a nonhub, small hub, medium hub, 3
840	840	or large hub airport to increase operational resilience for 4
841	841	the purpose of resuming commercial service flight oper-5
842	842	ations following flooding, high water, hurricane, storm 6
843	843	surge, tidal wave, tornado, tsunami, wind driven water, or 7
844	844	winter storms: Provided further, That the amounts made 8
845	845	available under this heading shall not be subject to any 9
846	846	limitation on obligations for the Grants-in-Aid for Airports 10
847	847	program set forth in any Act: Provided further, That the 11
848	848	Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration may 12
849	849	retain up to 0.5 percent of the amounts made available 13
850	850	under this heading to fund the award and oversight by 14
851	851	the Administrator of grants made under this heading. 15
852	852	ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS —FEDERAL AVIATION 16
853	853	ADMINISTRATION 17
854	854	(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 18
855	855	S
856	856	EC. 110. None of the funds made available by this 19
857	857	Act may be used to compensate in excess of 600 technical 20
858	858	staff-years under the federally funded research and devel-21
859	859	opment center contract between the Federal Aviation Ad-22
860	860	ministration and the Center for Advanced Aviation Sys-23
861	861	tems Development during fiscal year 2024. 24 34
862	862	•S 2437 RS
863	863	SEC. 111. None of the funds made available by this 1
864	864	Act shall be used to pursue or adopt guidelines or regula-2
865	865	tions requiring airport sponsors to provide to the Federal 3
866	866	Aviation Administration without cost building construc-4
867	867	tion, maintenance, utilities and expenses, or space in air-5
868	868	port sponsor-owned buildings for services relating to air 6
869	869	traffic control, air navigation, or weather reporting: Pro-7
870	870	vided, That the prohibition on the use of funds in this 8
871	871	section does not apply to negotiations between the agency 9
872	872	and airport sponsors to achieve agreement on ‘‘below-mar-10
873	873	ket’’ rates for these items or to grant assurances that re-11
874	874	quire airport sponsors to provide land without cost to the 12
875	875	Federal Aviation Administration for air traffic control fa-13
876	876	cilities. 14
877	877	S
878	878	EC. 112. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 15
879	879	Administration may reimburse amounts made available to 16
880	880	satisfy section 41742(a)(1) of title 49, United States 17
881	881	Code, from fees credited under section 45303 of title 49, 18
882	882	United States Code, and any amount remaining in such 19
883	883	account at the close of any fiscal year may be made avail-20
884	884	able to satisfy section 41742(a)(1) of title 49, United 21
885	885	States Code, for the subsequent fiscal year. 22
886	886	S
887	887	EC. 113. Amounts collected under section 40113(e) 23
888	888	of title 49, United States Code, shall be credited to the 24
889	889	appropriation current at the time of collection, to be 25 35
890	890	•S 2437 RS
891	891	merged with and available for the same purposes as such 1
892	892	appropriation. 2
893	893	S
894	894	EC. 114. None of the funds made available by this 3
895	895	Act shall be available for paying premium pay under sec-4
896	896	tion 5546(a) of title 5, United States Code, to any Federal 5
897	897	Aviation Administration employee unless such employee 6
898	898	actually performed work during the time corresponding to 7
899	899	such premium pay. 8
900	900	S
901	901	EC. 115. None of the funds made available by this 9
902	902	Act may be obligated or expended for an employee of the 10
903	903	Federal Aviation Administration to purchase a store gift 11
904	904	card or gift certificate through use of a Government-issued 12
905	905	credit card. 13
906	906	S
907	907	EC. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of 14
908	908	law, none of the funds made available under this Act or 15
909	909	any prior Act may be used to implement or to continue 16
910	910	to implement any limitation on the ability of any owner 17
911	911	or operator of a private aircraft to obtain, upon a request 18
912	912	to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administra-19
913	913	tion, a blocking of that owner’s or operator’s aircraft reg-20
914	914	istration number, Mode S transponder code, flight identi-21
915	915	fication, call sign, or similar identifying information from 22
916	916	any ground based display to the public that would allow 23
917	917	the real-time or near real-time flight tracking of that air-24
918	918	craft’s movements, except data made available to a Gov-25 36
919	919	•S 2437 RS
920	920	ernment agency, for the noncommercial flights of that 1
921	921	owner or operator. 2
922	922	S
923	923	EC. 117. None of the funds made available by this 3
924	924	Act shall be available for salaries and expenses of more 4
925	925	than nine political and Presidential appointees in the Fed-5
926	926	eral Aviation Administration. 6
927	927	S
928	928	EC. 118. None of the funds made available by this 7
929	929	Act may be used to increase fees pursuant to section 8
930	930	44721 of title 49, United States Code, until the Federal 9
931	931	Aviation Administration provides to the House and Senate 10
932	932	Committees on Appropriations a report that justifies all 11
933	933	fees related to aeronautical navigation products and ex-12
934	934	plains how such fees are consistent with Executive Order 13
935	935	No. 13642. 14
936	936	S
937	937	EC. 119. None of the funds made available by this 15
938	938	Act may be used to close a regional operations center of 16
939	939	the Federal Aviation Administration or reduce its services 17
940	940	unless the Administrator notifies the House and Senate 18
941	941	Committees on Appropriations not less than 90 full busi-19
942	942	ness days in advance. 20
943	943	S
944	944	EC. 119A. None of the funds made available by or 21
945	945	limited by this Act may be used to change weight restric-22
946	946	tions or prior permission rules at Teterboro airport in 23
947	947	Teterboro, New Jersey. 24 37
948	948	•S 2437 RS
949	949	SEC. 119B. None of the funds made available by this 1
950	950	Act may be used by the Administrator of the Federal Avia-2
951	951	tion Administration to withhold from consideration and 3
952	952	approval any new application for participation in the Con-4
953	953	tract Tower Program, or for reevaluation of Cost-share 5
954	954	Program participants so long as the Federal Aviation Ad-6
955	955	ministration has received an application from the airport, 7
956	956	and so long as the Administrator determines such tower 8
957	957	is eligible using the factors set forth in Federal Aviation 9
958	958	Administration published establishment criteria. 10
959	959	S
960	960	EC. 119C. None of the funds made available by this 11
961	961	Act may be used to open, close, redesignate as a lesser 12
962	962	office, or reorganize a regional office, the aeronautical cen-13
963	963	ter, or the technical center unless the Administrator sub-14
964	964	mits a request for the reprogramming of funds under sec-15
965	965	tion 405 of this Act. 16
966	966	S
967	967	EC. 119D. The Federal Aviation Administration Ad-17
968	968	ministrative Services Franchise Fund may be reimbursed 18
969	969	after performance or paid in advance from funds available 19
970	970	to the Federal Aviation Administration and other Federal 20
971	971	agencies for which the Fund performs services. 21
972	972	S
973	973	EC. 119E. None of the funds appropriated or other-22
974	974	wise made available to the FAA may be used to carry out 23
975	975	the FAA’s obligations under section 44502(e) of title 49, 24
976	976	United States Code, unless the eligible air traffic system 25 38
977	977	•S 2437 RS
978	978	or equipment to be transferred to the FAA under section 1
979	979	44502(e) of title 49, United States Code, was purchased 2
980	980	by the transferor airport— 3
981	981	(1) during the period of time beginning on Oc-4
982	982	tober 5, 2018 and ending on December 31, 2021; or 5
983	983	(2) on or after January 1, 2022 for transferor 6
984	984	airports located in a non-contiguous States. 7
985	985	S
986	986	EC. 119F. Of the unobligated balances available to 8
987	987	the Federal Aviation Administration, the following funds 9
988	988	are hereby permanently rescinded: 10
989	989	(1) $1,590,528.89 from funds made available 11
990	990	for ‘‘Federal Aviation Administration—Facilities 12
991	991	and Equipment’’, which were to remain available 13
992	992	until expended, by title I of Public Law 104–50; and 14
993	993	(2) $2,878.02 from funds made available for 15
994	994	‘‘Federal Aviation Administration—Facilities and 16
995	995	Equipment’’ by chapter 10, division B, of Public 17
996	996	Law 108–324. 18
997	997	S
998	998	EC. 119G. None of the funds made available in this 19
999	999	or any other Act shall be used to facilitate the assignment 20
1000	1000	of individuals from a private-sector organization to the 21
1001	1001	FAA to serve on a temporary basis. 22 39
1002	1002	•S 2437 RS
1003	1003	FEDERALHIGHWAYADMINISTRATION 1
1004	1004	LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 2
1005	1005	(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 3
1006	1006	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 4
1007	1007	Not to exceed $483,551,671 together with advances 5
1008	1008	and reimbursements received by the Federal Highway Ad-6
1009	1009	ministration, shall be obligated for necessary expenses for 7
1010	1010	administration and operation of the Federal Highway Ad-8
1011	1011	ministration: Provided, That in addition, $3,248,000 shall 9
1012	1012	be transferred to the Appalachian Regional Commission 10
1013	1013	in accordance with section 104(a) of title 23, United 11
1014	1014	States Code. 12
1015	1015	FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS 13
1016	1016	(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 14
1017	1017	(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 15
1018	1018	Funds available for the implementation or execution 16
1019	1019	of authorized Federal-aid highway and highway safety 17
1020	1020	construction programs shall not exceed total obligations 18
1021	1021	of $60,095,782,888 for fiscal year 2024: Provided, That 19
1022	1022	the limitation on obligations under this heading shall only 20
1023	1023	apply to contract authority authorized from the Highway 21
1024	1024	Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), un-22
1025	1025	less otherwise specified in law. 23 40
1026	1026	•S 2437 RS
1027	1027	(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 1
1028	1028	(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 2
1029	1029	For the payment of obligations incurred in carrying 3
1030	1030	out authorized Federal-aid highway and highway safety 4
1031	1031	construction programs, $60,792,659,888 shall be derived 5
1032	1032	from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Tran-6
1033	1033	sit Account), to remain available until expended. 7
1034	1034	HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS 8
1035	1035	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 9
1036	1036	There is hereby appropriated to the Secretary 10
1037	1037	$2,046,738,000: Provided, That the funds made available 11
1038	1038	under this heading shall be derived from the general fund, 12
1039	1039	shall be in addition to any funds provided for fiscal year 13
1040	1040	2024 in this or any other Act for: (1) ‘‘Federal-aid High-14
1041	1041	ways’’ under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code; 15
1042	1042	(2) the Appalachian Development Highway System as au-16
1043	1043	thorized under section 1069(y) of Public Law 102–240; 17
1044	1044	(3) the nationally significant Federal lands and Tribal 18
1045	1045	projects program under section 1123 of the FAST Act, 19
1046	1046	as amended (23 U.S.C. 201 note); (4) the Northern Bor-20
1047	1047	der Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 15101 et seq.); or 21
1048	1048	(5) the Denali Commission, and shall not affect the dis-22
1049	1049	tribution or amount of funds provided in any other Act: 23
1050	1050	Provided further, That, except for the funds made avail-24
1051	1051	able under this heading for the Northern Border Regional 25 41
1052	1052	•S 2437 RS
1053	1053	Commission and the Denali Commission, section 11101(e) 1
1054	1054	of Public Law 117–58 shall apply to funds made available 2
1055	1055	under this heading: Provided further, That unless other-3
1056	1056	wise specified, amounts made available under this heading 4
1057	1057	shall be available until September 30, 2027, and shall not 5
1058	1058	be subject to any limitation on obligations for Federal-aid 6
1059	1059	highways or highway safety construction programs set 7
1060	1060	forth in any Act making annual appropriations: Provided 8
1061	1061	further, That of the sums appropriated under this head-9
1062	1062	ing— 10
1063	1063	(1) $701,738,000 shall be for the purposes, and 11
1064	1064	in the amounts, specified for Congressionally Di-12
1065	1065	rected Spending in the table entitled ‘‘Congression-13
1066	1066	ally Directed Spending’’ included in the report ac-14
1067	1067	companying this Act: Provided, That, except as oth-15
1068	1068	erwise provided under this heading, the funds made 16
1069	1069	available under this paragraph shall be administered 17
1070	1070	as if apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United 18
1071	1071	States Code: Provided further, That funds made 19
1072	1072	available under this paragraph that are used for 20
1073	1073	Tribal projects shall be administered as if allocated 21
1074	1074	under chapter 2 of title 23, United States Code, ex-22
1075	1075	cept that the set-asides described in subparagraph 23
1076	1076	(C) of section 202(b)(3) of title 23, United States 24
1077	1077	Code, and subsections (a)(6), (c), and (e) of section 25 42
1078	1078	•S 2437 RS
1079	1079	202 of such title, and section 1123(h)(1) of MAP– 1
1080	1080	21 (as amended by Public Law 117–58), shall not 2
1081	1081	apply to such funds; 3
1082	1082	(2) $100,000,000 shall be for necessary ex-4
1083	1083	penses for construction of the Appalachian Develop-5
1084	1084	ment Highway System, as authorized under section 6
1085	1085	1069(y) of Public Law 102–240: Provided, That for 7
1086	1086	the purposes of funds made available under this 8
1087	1087	paragraph, the term ‘‘Appalachian State’’ means a 9
1088	1088	State that contains 1 or more counties (including 10
1089	1089	any political subdivision located within the area) in 11
1090	1090	the Appalachian region as defined in section 12
1091	1091	14102(a) of title 40, United States Code: Provided 13
1092	1092	further, That funds made available under this head-14
1093	1093	ing for construction of the Appalachian Development 15
1094	1094	Highway System shall remain available until ex-16
1095	1095	pended: Provided further, That, except as provided in 17
1096	1096	the following proviso, funds made available under 18
1097	1097	this heading for construction of the Appalachian De-19
1098	1098	velopment Highway System shall be administered as 20
1099	1099	if apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United 21
1100	1100	States Code: Provided further, That a project carried 22
1101	1101	out with funds made available under this heading for 23
1102	1102	construction of the Appalachian Development High-24
1103	1103	way System shall be carried out in the same manner 25 43
1104	1104	•S 2437 RS
1105	1105	as a project under section 14501 of title 40, United 1
1106	1106	States Code: Provided further, That subject to the 2
1107	1107	following proviso, funds made available under this 3
1108	1108	heading for construction of the Appalachian Devel-4
1109	1109	opment Highway System shall be apportioned to Ap-5
1110	1110	palachian States according to the percentages de-6
1111	1111	rived from the 2012 Appalachian Development 7
1112	1112	Highway System Cost-to-Complete Estimate, adopt-8
1113	1113	ed in Appalachian Regional Commission Resolution 9
1114	1114	Number 736, and confirmed as each Appalachian 10
1115	1115	State’s relative share of the estimated remaining 11
1116	1116	need to complete the Appalachian Development 12
1117	1117	Highway System, adjusted to exclude those corridors 13
1118	1118	that such States have no current plans to complete, 14
1119	1119	as reported in the 2013 Appalachian Development 15
1120	1120	Highway System Completion Report, unless those 16
1121	1121	States have modified and assigned a higher priority 17
1122	1122	for completion of an Appalachian Development 18
1123	1123	Highway System corridor, as reported in the 2020 19
1124	1124	Appalachian Development Highway System Future 20
1125	1125	Outlook: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 21
1126	1126	adjust apportionments made under the preceding 22
1127	1127	proviso so that no Appalachian State shall be appor-23
1128	1128	tioned an amount in excess of 30 percent of the 24
1129	1129	amount made available for construction of the Appa-25 44
1130	1130	•S 2437 RS
1131	1131	lachian Development Highway System under this 1
1132	1132	heading: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 2
1133	1133	consult with the Appalachian Regional Commission 3
1134	1134	in making adjustments under the preceding two pro-4
1135	1135	visos: Provided further, That the Federal share of 5
1136	1136	the costs for which an expenditure is made for con-6
1137	1137	struction of the Appalachian Development Highway 7
1138	1138	System under this heading shall be up to 100 per-8
1139	1139	cent; 9
1140	1140	(3) $10,000,000 shall be for the nationally sig-10
1141	1141	nificant Federal lands and Tribal projects program 11
1142	1142	under section 1123 of the FAST Act (23 U.S.C. 201 12
1143	1143	note); 13
1144	1144	(4) $10,000,000 shall be transferred to the 14
1145	1145	Northern Border Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 15
1146	1146	15101 et seq.) to make grants, in addition to 16
1147	1147	amounts otherwise made available to the Northern 17
1148	1148	Border Regional Commission for such purpose, to 18
1149	1149	carry out pilot projects that demonstrate the capa-19
1150	1150	bilities of wood-based infrastructure projects: Pro-20
1151	1151	vided, That a grant made with funds made available 21
1152	1152	under this paragraph shall be administered in the 22
1153	1153	same manner as a grant made under subtitle V of 23
1154	1154	title 40, United States Code; 24 45
1155	1155	•S 2437 RS
1156	1156	(5) $5,000,000 shall be transferred to the 1
1157	1157	Denali Commission for activities eligible under sec-2
1158	1158	tion 307(e) of the Denali Commission Act of 1998 3
1159	1159	(42 U.S.C. 3121 note; Public Law 105–277): Pro-4
1160	1160	vided, That funds made available under this para-5
1161	1161	graph shall not be subject to section 311 of such 6
1162	1162	Act: Provided further, That except as otherwise pro-7
1163	1163	vided under section 307(e) of such Act or this head-8
1164	1164	ing, funds made available under this paragraph shall 9
1165	1165	be administered as if directly appropriated to the 10
1166	1166	Denali Commission and subject to applicable provi-11
1167	1167	sions of such Act, including the requirement in sec-12
1168	1168	tion 307(e) of such Act that the local community 13
1169	1169	provides a 10 percent non-Federal match in the 14
1170	1170	form of any necessary land or planning and design 15
1171	1171	funds: Provided further, That such funds shall be 16
1172	1172	available until expended: Provided further, That the 17
1173	1173	Federal share of the costs for which an expenditure 18
1174	1174	is made with funds transferred under this paragraph 19
1175	1175	shall be up to 90 percent; 20
1176	1176	(6) $15,000,000 shall be transferred to the 21
1177	1177	Denali Commission to carry out the Denali Access 22
1178	1178	System Program under section 309 of the Denali 23
1179	1179	Commission Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 3121 note; 24
1180	1180	Public Law 105–277): Provided, That a transfer 25 46
1181	1181	•S 2437 RS
1182	1182	under this paragraph shall not be subject to section 1
1183	1183	311 of such Act: Provided further, That except as 2
1184	1184	otherwise provided under this heading, funds made 3
1185	1185	available under this paragraph shall be administered 4
1186	1186	as if directly appropriated to the Denali Commission 5
1187	1187	and subject to applicable provisions of such Act: 6
1188	1188	Provided further, That funds made available under 7
1189	1189	this paragraph shall not be subject to section 8
1190	1190	309(j)(2) of such Act: Provided further, That funds 9
1191	1191	made available under this paragraph shall be avail-10
1192	1192	able until expended: Provided further, That the Fed-11
1193	1193	eral share of the costs for which an expenditure is 12
1194	1194	made with funds transferred under this paragraph 13
1195	1195	shall be up to 100 percent; 14
1196	1196	(7) $12,000,000 shall be for the regional infra-15
1197	1197	structure accelerator demonstration program author-16
1198	1198	ized under section 1441 of the FAST Act (23 17
1199	1199	U.S.C. 601 note): Provided, That for funds made 18
1200	1200	available under this paragraph, the Federal share of 19
1201	1201	the costs shall be, at the option of the recipient, up 20
1202	1202	to 100 percent; 21
1203	1203	(8) $45,000,000 shall be for the active trans-22
1204	1204	portation infrastructure investment program under 23
1205	1205	section 11529 of the Infrastructure Investment and 24
1206	1206	Jobs Act (23 U.S.C. 217 note): Provided, That ex-25 47
1207	1207	•S 2437 RS
1208	1208	cept as otherwise provided under such section or this 1
1209	1209	heading, the funds made available under this para-2
1210	1210	graph shall be administered as if apportioned under 3
1211	1211	chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code: Provided 4
1212	1212	further, That funds made available under this para-5
1213	1213	graph shall remain available until expended; 6
1214	1214	(9) $3,000,000 shall be to carry out the Polli-7
1215	1215	nator-Friendly Practices on Roadsides and Highway 8
1216	1216	Rights-of-Way Program under section 332 of title 9
1217	1217	23, United States Code; 10
1218	1218	(10) $1,145,000,000 shall be for a bridge re-11
1219	1219	placement and rehabilitation program: Provided, 12
1220	1220	That, for the purposes of funds made available 13
1221	1221	under this paragraph, the term ‘‘State’’ means any 14
1222	1222	of the 50 States or the District of Columbia and the 15
1223	1223	term ‘‘qualifying State’’ means any State in which 16
1224	1224	the percentage of total deck area of bridges classi-17
1225	1225	fied as in poor condition in such State is at least 5 18
1226	1226	percent or in which the percentage of total bridges 19
1227	1227	classified as in poor condition in such State is at 20
1228	1228	least 5 percent: Provided further, That, of the funds 21
1229	1229	made available under this paragraph, the Secretary 22
1230	1230	shall reserve $6,000,000 for each State that does 23
1231	1231	not meet the definition of a qualifying State: Pro-24
1232	1232	vided further, That, after making the reservations 25 48
1233	1233	•S 2437 RS
1234	1234	under the preceding proviso, the Secretary shall dis-1
1235	1235	tribute the remaining funds made available under 2
1236	1236	this paragraph to each qualifying State by the pro-3
1237	1237	portion that the percentage of total deck area of 4
1238	1238	bridges classified as in poor condition in such quali-5
1239	1239	fying State bears to the sum of the percentages of 6
1240	1240	total deck area of bridges classified as in poor condi-7
1241	1241	tion in all qualifying States: Provided further, That, 8
1242	1242	of the funds made available under this paragraph— 9
1243	1243	(A) no qualifying State shall receive more 10
1244	1244	than $60,000,000; 11
1245	1245	(B) each State shall receive an amount not 12
1246	1246	less than $6,000,000; and 13
1247	1247	(C) after calculating the distribution of 14
1248	1248	funds pursuant to the preceding proviso, any 15
1249	1249	amount in excess of $60,000,000 shall be redis-16
1250	1250	tributed equally among each State that does not 17
1251	1251	meet the Definition of a qualifying State: 18
1252	1252	Provided further, That the funds made available 19
1253	1253	under this paragraph shall be used for highway 20
1254	1254	bridge replacement or rehabilitation projects on pub-21
1255	1255	lic roads: Provided further, That for purposes of this 22
1256	1256	paragraph, the Secretary shall calculate the percent-23
1257	1257	ages of total deck area of bridges (including the per-24
1258	1258	centages of total deck area classified as in poor con-25 49
1259	1259	•S 2437 RS
1260	1260	dition) and the percentages of total bridge counts 1
1261	1261	(including the percentages of total bridges classified 2
1262	1262	as in poor condition) based on the National Bridge 3
1263	1263	Inventory as of December 31, 2018: Provided fur-4
1264	1264	ther, That, except as otherwise provided under this 5
1265	1265	heading, the funds made available under this para-6
1266	1266	graph shall be administered as if apportioned under 7
1267	1267	chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code. 8
1268	1268	ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS —FEDERAL HIGHWAY 9
1269	1269	ADMINISTRATION 10
1270	1270	(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 11
1271	1271	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 12
1272	1272	S
1273	1273	EC. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2024, the Secretary of 13
1274	1274	Transportation shall— 14
1275	1275	(1) not distribute from the obligation limitation 15
1276	1276	for Federal-aid highways— 16
1277	1277	(A) amounts authorized for administrative 17
1278	1278	expenses and programs by section 104(a) of 18
1279	1279	title 23, United States Code; and 19
1280	1280	(B) amounts authorized for the Bureau of 20
1281	1281	Transportation Statistics; 21
1282	1282	(2) not distribute an amount from the obliga-22
1283	1283	tion limitation for Federal-aid highways that is equal 23
1284	1284	to the unobligated balance of amounts— 24 50
1285	1285	•S 2437 RS
1286	1286	(A) made available from the Highway 1
1287	1287	Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Ac-2
1288	1288	count) for Federal-aid highway and highway 3
1289	1289	safety construction programs for previous fiscal 4
1290	1290	years the funds for which are allocated by the 5
1291	1291	Secretary (or apportioned by the Secretary 6
1292	1292	under section 202 or 204 of title 23, United 7
1293	1293	States Code); and 8
1294	1294	(B) for which obligation limitation was 9
1295	1295	provided in a previous fiscal year; 10
1296	1296	(3) determine the proportion that— 11
1297	1297	(A) the obligation limitation for Federal- 12
1298	1298	aid highways, less the aggregate of amounts not 13
1299	1299	distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of 14
1300	1300	this subsection; bears to 15
1301	1301	(B) the total of the sums authorized to be 16
1302	1302	appropriated for the Federal-aid highway and 17
1303	1303	highway safety construction programs (other 18
1304	1304	than sums authorized to be appropriated for 19
1305	1305	provisions of law described in paragraphs (1) 20
1306	1306	through (11) of subsection (b) and sums au-21
1307	1307	thorized to be appropriated for section 119 of 22
1308	1308	title 23, United States Code, equal to the 23
1309	1309	amount referred to in subsection (b)(12) for 24
1310	1310	such fiscal year), less the aggregate of the 25 51
1311	1311	•S 2437 RS
1312	1312	amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) 1
1313	1313	and (2) of this subsection; 2
1314	1314	(4) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed-3
1315	1315	eral-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not 4
1316	1316	distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), for each 5
1317	1317	of the programs (other than programs to which 6
1318	1318	paragraph (1) applies) that are allocated by the Sec-7
1319	1319	retary under authorized Federal-aid highway and 8
1320	1320	highway safety construction programs, or appor-9
1321	1321	tioned by the Secretary under section 202 or 204 of 10
1322	1322	title 23, United States Code, by multiplying— 11
1323	1323	(A) the proportion determined under para-12
1324	1324	graph (3); by 13
1325	1325	(B) the amounts authorized to be appro-14
1326	1326	priated for each such program for such fiscal 15
1327	1327	year; and 16
1328	1328	(5) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed-17
1329	1329	eral-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not 18
1330	1330	distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) and the 19
1331	1331	amounts distributed under paragraph (4), for Fed-20
1332	1332	eral-aid highway and highway safety construction 21
1333	1333	programs that are apportioned by the Secretary 22
1334	1334	under title 23, United States Code (other than the 23
1335	1335	amounts apportioned for the National Highway Per-24
1336	1336	formance Program in section 119 of title 23, United 25 52
1337	1337	•S 2437 RS
1338	1338	States Code, that are exempt from the limitation 1
1339	1339	under subsection (b)(12) and the amounts appor-2
1340	1340	tioned under sections 202 and 204 of that title) in 3
1341	1341	the proportion that— 4
1342	1342	(A) amounts authorized to be appropriated 5
1343	1343	for the programs that are apportioned under 6
1344	1344	title 23, United States Code, to each State for 7
1345	1345	such fiscal year; bears to 8
1346	1346	(B) the total of the amounts authorized to 9
1347	1347	be appropriated for the programs that are ap-10
1348	1348	portioned under title 23, United States Code, to 11
1349	1349	all States for such fiscal year. 12
1350	1350	(b) E
1351	1351	XCEPTIONSFROMOBLIGATIONLIMITATION.— 13
1352	1352	The obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways shall 14
1353	1353	not apply to obligations under or for— 15
1354	1354	(1) section 125 of title 23, United States Code; 16
1355	1355	(2) section 147 of the Surface Transportation 17
1356	1356	Assistance Act of 1978 (23 U.S.C. 144 note; 92 18
1357	1357	Stat. 2714); 19
1358	1358	(3) section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act 20
1359	1359	of 1981 (95 Stat. 1701); 21
1360	1360	(4) subsections (b) and (j) of section 131 of the 22
1361	1361	Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (96 23
1362	1362	Stat. 2119); 24 53
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1364	1364	(5) subsections (b) and (c) of section 149 of the 1
1365	1365	Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation As-2
1366	1366	sistance Act of 1987 (101 Stat. 198); 3
1367	1367	(6) sections 1103 through 1108 of the Inter-4
1368	1368	modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 5
1369	1369	1991 (105 Stat. 2027); 6
1370	1370	(7) section 157 of title 23, United States Code 7
1371	1371	(as in effect on June 8, 1998); 8
1372	1372	(8) section 105 of title 23, United States Code 9
1373	1373	(as in effect for fiscal years 1998 through 2004, but 10
1374	1374	only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each 11
1375	1375	of those fiscal years); 12
1376	1376	(9) Federal-aid highway programs for which ob-13
1377	1377	ligation authority was made available under the 14
1378	1378	Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century 15
1379	1379	(112 Stat. 107) or subsequent Acts for multiple 16
1380	1380	years or to remain available until expended, but only 17
1381	1381	to the extent that the obligation authority has not 18
1382	1382	lapsed or been used; 19
1383	1383	(10) section 105 of title 23, United States Code 20
1384	1384	(as in effect for fiscal years 2005 through 2012, but 21
1385	1385	only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each 22
1386	1386	of those fiscal years); 23
1387	1387	(11) section 1603 of SAFETEA–LU (23 24
1388	1388	U.S.C. 118 note; 119 Stat. 1248), to the extent that 25 54
1389	1389	•S 2437 RS
1390	1390	funds obligated in accordance with that section were 1
1391	1391	not subject to a limitation on obligations at the time 2
1392	1392	at which the funds were initially made available for 3
1393	1393	obligation; and 4
1394	1394	(12) section 119 of title 23, United States Code 5
1395	1395	(but, for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2024, 6
1396	1396	only in an amount equal to $639,000,000). 7
1397	1397	(c) R
1398	1398	EDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSEDOBLIGATIONAU-8
1399	1399	THORITY.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 9
1400	1400	shall, after August 1 of such fiscal year— 10
1401	1401	(1) revise a distribution of the obligation limita-11
1402	1402	tion made available under subsection (a) if an 12
1403	1403	amount distributed cannot be obligated during that 13
1404	1404	fiscal year; and 14
1405	1405	(2) redistribute sufficient amounts to those 15
1406	1406	States able to obligate amounts in addition to those 16
1407	1407	previously distributed during that fiscal year, giving 17
1408	1408	priority to those States having large unobligated bal-18
1409	1409	ances of funds apportioned under sections 144 (as in 19
1410	1410	effect on the day before the date of enactment of 20
1411	1411	Public Law 112–141) and 104 of title 23, United 21
1412	1412	States Code. 22
1413	1413	(d) A
1414	1414	PPLICABILITY OFOBLIGATIONLIMITATIONS TO 23
1415	1415	T
1416	1416	RANSPORTATIONRESEARCHPROGRAMS.— 24 55
1417	1417	•S 2437 RS
1418	1418	(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-1
1419	1419	graph (2), the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 2
1420	1420	highways shall apply to contract authority for trans-3
1421	1421	portation research programs carried out under— 4
1422	1422	(A) chapter 5 of title 23, United States 5
1423	1423	Code; 6
1424	1424	(B) title VI of the Fixing America’s Sur-7
1425	1425	face Transportation Act; and 8
1426	1426	(C) title III of division A of the Infrastruc-9
1427	1427	ture Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 10
1428	1428	117–58). 11
1429	1429	(2) E
1430	1430	XCEPTION.—Obligation authority made 12
1431	1431	available under paragraph (1) shall— 13
1432	1432	(A) remain available for a period of 4 fis-14
1433	1433	cal years; and 15
1434	1434	(B) be in addition to the amount of any 16
1435	1435	limitation imposed on obligations for Federal- 17
1436	1436	aid highway and highway safety construction 18
1437	1437	programs for future fiscal years. 19
1438	1438	(e) R
1439	1439	EDISTRIBUTION OF CERTAINAUTHORIZED 20
1440	1440	F
1441	1441	UNDS.— 21
1442	1442	(1) I
1443	1443	N GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 22
1444	1444	the date of distribution of obligation limitation 23
1445	1445	under subsection (a), the Secretary shall distribute 24
1446	1446	to the States any funds (excluding funds authorized 25 56
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1448	1448	for the program under section 202 of title 23, 1
1449	1449	United States Code) that— 2
1450	1450	(A) are authorized to be appropriated for 3
1451	1451	such fiscal year for Federal-aid highway pro-4
1452	1452	grams; and 5
1453	1453	(B) the Secretary determines will not be 6
1454	1454	allocated to the States (or will not be appor-7
1455	1455	tioned to the States under section 204 of title 8
1456	1456	23, United States Code), and will not be avail-9
1457	1457	able for obligation, for such fiscal year because 10
1458	1458	of the imposition of any obligation limitation for 11
1459	1459	such fiscal year. 12
1460	1460	(2) R
1461	1461	ATIO.—Funds shall be distributed under 13
1462	1462	paragraph (1) in the same proportion as the dis-14
1463	1463	tribution of obligation authority under subsection 15
1464	1464	(a)(5). 16
1465	1465	(3) A
1466	1466	VAILABILITY.—Funds distributed to each 17
1467	1467	State under paragraph (1) shall be available for any 18
1468	1468	purpose described in section 133(b) of title 23, 19
1469	1469	United States Code. 20
1470	1470	S
1471	1471	EC. 121. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re-21
1472	1472	ceived by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the 22
1473	1473	sale of data products, for necessary expenses incurred pur-23
1474	1474	suant to chapter 63 of title 49, United States Code, may 24 57
1475	1475	•S 2437 RS
1476	1476	be credited to the Federal-aid highways account for the 1
1477	1477	purpose of reimbursing the Bureau for such expenses. 2
1478	1478	S
1479	1479	EC. 122. Not less than 15 days prior to waiving, 3
1480	1480	under his or her statutory authority, any Buy America re-4
1481	1481	quirement for Federal-aid highways projects, the Sec-5
1482	1482	retary of Transportation shall make an informal public no-6
1483	1483	tice and comment opportunity on the intent to issue such 7
1484	1484	waiver and the reasons therefor: Provided, That the Sec-8
1485	1485	retary shall post on a website any waivers granted under 9
1486	1486	the Buy America requirements. 10
1487	1487	S
1488	1488	EC. 123. None of the funds made available in this 11
1489	1489	Act may be used to make a grant for a project under sec-12
1490	1490	tion 117 of title 23, United States Code, unless the Sec-13
1491	1491	retary, at least 60 days before making a grant under that 14
1492	1492	section, provides written notification to the House and 15
1493	1493	Senate Committees on Appropriations of the proposed 16
1494	1494	grant, including an evaluation and justification for the 17
1495	1495	project and the amount of the proposed grant award. 18
1496	1496	S
1497	1497	EC. 124. (a) A State or territory, as defined in sec-19
1498	1498	tion 165 of title 23, United States Code, may use for any 20
1499	1499	project eligible under section 133(b) of title 23 or section 21
1500	1500	165 of title 23 and located within the boundary of the 22
1501	1501	State or territory any earmarked amount, and any associ-23
1502	1502	ated obligation limitation: Provided, That the Department 24
1503	1503	of Transportation for the State or territory for which the 25 58
1504	1504	•S 2437 RS
1505	1505	earmarked amount was originally designated or directed 1
1506	1506	notifies the Secretary of its intent to use its authority 2
1507	1507	under this section and submits an annual report to the 3
1508	1508	Secretary identifying the projects to which the funding 4
1509	1509	would be applied. Notwithstanding the original period of 5
1510	1510	availability of funds to be obligated under this section, 6
1511	1511	such funds and associated obligation limitation shall re-7
1512	1512	main available for obligation for a period of 3 fiscal years 8
1513	1513	after the fiscal year in which the Secretary is notified. The 9
1514	1514	Federal share of the cost of a project carried out with 10
1515	1515	funds made available under this section shall be the same 11
1516	1516	as associated with the earmark. 12
1517	1517	(b) In this section, the term ‘‘earmarked amount’’ 13
1518	1518	means— 14
1519	1519	(1) congressionally directed spending, as de-15
1520	1520	fined in rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the 16
1521	1521	Senate, identified in a prior law, report, or joint ex-17
1522	1522	planatory statement, which was authorized to be ap-18
1523	1523	propriated or appropriated more than 10 fiscal years 19
1524	1524	prior to the current fiscal year, and administered by 20
1525	1525	the Federal Highway Administration; or 21
1526	1526	(2) a congressional earmark, as defined in rule 22
1527	1527	XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives, 23
1528	1528	identified in a prior law, report, or joint explanatory 24
1529	1529	statement, which was authorized to be appropriated 25 59
1530	1530	•S 2437 RS
1531	1531	or appropriated more than 10 fiscal years prior to 1
1532	1532	the current fiscal year, and administered by the Fed-2
1533	1533	eral Highway Administration. 3
1534	1534	(c) The authority under subsection (a) shall be ap-4
1535	1535	plied to projects within the same general geographic area 5
1536	1536	within 25 miles for which the funding was designated. 6
1537	1537	(d) The Secretary shall submit consolidated reports 7
1538	1538	of the information provided by the States and territories 8
1539	1539	annually to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-9
1540	1540	priations. 10
1541	1541	S
1542	1542	EC. 125. (a) Of the unallocated and unobligated bal-11
1543	1543	ances available to the Federal Highway Administration, 12
1544	1544	the following funds are hereby permanently rescinded, 13
1545	1545	subject to subsections (b) and (c), from the following ac-14
1546	1546	counts and programs in the specified amounts: 15
1547	1547	(1) $33,437,074.13 from funds available in the 16
1548	1548	‘‘Surface Transportation Priorities’’ account (69 X 17
1549	1549	0538) (other than funds made available for projects 18
1550	1550	in Kentucky, Maine, Mississippi, or West Virginia); 19
1551	1551	(2) $1,839,129.40 from funds available in the 20
1552	1552	‘‘Delta Regional Transportation Development Pro-21
1553	1553	gram’’ account (69 X 0551); 22
1554	1554	(3) $11,064,579.57 from funds available in the 23
1555	1555	‘‘Appalachian Development Highway System’’ ac-24
1556	1556	count (69 X 0640); 25 60
1557	1557	•S 2437 RS
1558	1558	(4) $9,264.22 from funds available in the 1
1559	1559	‘‘Highway Beautification’’ account (69 X 0540); 2
1560	1560	(5) $1,375,400 from funds available in the 3
1561	1561	‘‘State Infrastructure Banks’’ account (69 X 0549); 4
1562	1562	(6) $90,435 from funds available in the ‘‘Rail-5
1563	1563	road-Highway Crossings Demonstration Projects’’ 6
1564	1564	account (69 X 0557); 7
1565	1565	(7) $5,211,248.53 from funds available in the 8
1566	1566	‘‘Interstate Transfer Grants—Highway’’ account 9
1567	1567	(69 X 0560); 10
1568	1568	(8) $133,231.12 from funds available in the 11
1569	1569	‘‘Kentucky Bridge Project’’ account (69 X 0572); 12
1570	1570	(9) $2,887.56 from funds available in the 13
1571	1571	‘‘Highway Demonstration Project—Preliminary En-14
1572	1572	gineering’’ account (69 X 0583); 15
1573	1573	(10) $149,083.06 from funds available in the 16
1574	1574	‘‘Highway Demonstration Projects’’ account (69 X 17
1575	1575	0598); 18
1576	1576	(11) $68,438.40 from funds available in the 19
1577	1577	‘‘Miscellaneous Highway Projects’’ account (69 X 20
1578	1578	0641); 21
1579	1579	(b) No amounts may be cancelled under subsection 22
1580	1580	(a) from any funds for which a State exercised its author-23
1581	1581	ity under section 125 of division L of Public Law 114– 24
1582	1582	113, section 422 of division K of Public Law 115–31, sec-25 61
1583	1583	•S 2437 RS
1584	1584	tion 126 of division L of Public Law 115–141, section 125 1
1585	1585	of division G of Public Law 116–6, section 125 of division 2
1586	1586	H of Public Law 116–94, section 124 of division L of Pub-3
1587	1587	lic Law 116–260, section 124 of division L of Public Law 4
1588	1588	117–103, or section 124 of division L of Public Law 117– 5
1589	1589	328. 6
1590	1590	(c) No amounts may be cancelled under subsection 7
1591	1591	(a) from any amounts that were designated by the Con-8
1592	1592	gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concur-9
1593	1593	rent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and 10
1594	1594	Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 11
1595	1595	S
1596	1596	EC. 126. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 12
1597	1597	of law, of the funds described in subsection (b)— 13
1598	1598	(1) $20,000,000 shall be made available to the 14
1599	1599	Secretary to carry out the national scenic byways 15
1600	1600	program under section 162 of title 23, United States 16
1601	1601	Code: Provided, That, except as otherwise provided 17
1602	1602	under this section, the funds made available under 18
1603	1603	this paragraph shall be administered as if appor-19
1604	1604	tioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States 20
1605	1605	Code: Provided further, That section 11101(e) of 21
1606	1606	Public Law 117–58 shall apply to funds made avail-22
1607	1607	able under this paragraph; 23
1608	1608	(2) $30,000,000 shall be made available to the 24
1609	1609	Secretary to carry out the nationally significant Fed-25 62
1610	1610	•S 2437 RS
1611	1611	eral lands and Tribal projects program under section 1
1612	1612	1123 of the FAST Act (23 U.S.C. 201 note); and 2
1613	1613	(3) $150,000,000 shall be made available to the 3
1614	1614	Secretary for competitive awards for activities eligi-4
1615	1615	ble under section 176(d)(4) of title 23, United 5
1616	1616	States Code, of which $125,000,000 shall be for 6
1617	1617	such activities eligible under subparagraph (A) of 7
1618	1618	such section and $25,000,000 shall be for such ac-8
1619	1619	tivities eligible under subparagraph (C) of such sec-9
1620	1620	tion: Provided, That, except as otherwise provided 10
1621	1621	under this section, the funds made available under 11
1622	1622	this paragraph shall be administered as if appor-12
1623	1623	tioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States 13
1624	1624	Code: Provided further, That, except as otherwise 14
1625	1625	provided under this section, funds made available 15
1626	1626	under this paragraph shall be administered as if 16
1627	1627	made available to carry out section 176(d) of such 17
1628	1628	title: Provided further, That, for purposes of the cal-18
1629	1629	culation under section 176(d)(5)(G)(ii) of such title, 19
1630	1630	amounts made available under this paragraph shall 20
1631	1631	be included in the calculation of the total amount 21
1632	1632	provided for fiscal year 2024 under section 176(d) 22
1633	1633	of such title: Provided further, That for purposes of 23
1634	1634	applying the set-asides under section 24
1635	1635	176(d)(5)(H)(ii) and (iii) of such title, amounts 25 63
1636	1636	•S 2437 RS
1637	1637	made available under this paragraph for competitive 1
1638	1638	awards for activities eligible under sections 2
1639	1639	176(d)(4)(A) and 176(d)(4)(C) of such title shall be 3
1640	1640	included in the calculation of the amounts made 4
1641	1641	available to carry out section 176(d) of such title for 5
1642	1642	fiscal year 2024: Provided further, That, the Sec-6
1643	1643	retary may retain not more than a total of 5 percent 7
1644	1644	of the amounts made available under this paragraph 8
1645	1645	to carry out this paragraph and to review applica-9
1646	1646	tions for grants under this paragraph, and may 10
1647	1647	transfer portions of the funds retained under this 11
1648	1648	proviso to the relevant Administrators to fund the 12
1649	1649	award and oversight of grants provided under this 13
1650	1650	paragraph: Provided further, That a project assisted 14
1651	1651	with funds made available under this paragraph 15
1652	1652	shall be treated as a project on a Federal-aid high-16
1653	1653	way: Provided further, That section 11101(e) of 17
1654	1654	Public Law 117–58 shall apply to funds made avail-18
1655	1655	able under this paragraph. 19
1656	1656	(b) Funds described in this subsection are any funds 20
1657	1657	that— 21
1658	1658	(1) are unobligated on the date of enactment of 22
1659	1659	this Act; and 23
1660	1660	(2) were made available for credit assistance 24
1661	1661	under— 25 64
1662	1662	•S 2437 RS
1663	1663	(A) the transportation infrastructure fi-1
1664	1664	nance and innovation program under sub-2
1665	1665	chapter II of chapter 1 of title 23, United 3
1666	1666	States Code, as in effect prior to August 10, 4
1667	1667	2005; or 5
1668	1668	(B) the transportation infrastructure fi-6
1669	1669	nance and innovation program under chapter 6 7
1670	1670	of title 23, United States Code. 8
1671	1671	(c) Funds made available under subsection (a) 9
1672	1672	shall— 10
1673	1673	(1) be subject to the obligation limitation for 11
1674	1674	Federal-aid highway and highway safety construc-12
1675	1675	tion programs; and 13
1676	1676	(2) unless otherwise specified under this sec-14
1677	1677	tion, be available until September 30, 2027. 15
1678	1678	S
1679	1679	EC. 127. Section 127 of title 23, United States 16
1680	1680	Code, is amended by inserting at the end the following: 17
1681	1681	‘‘(x) C
1682	1682	ERTAINAGRICULTURAL VEHICLES IN THE 18
1683	1683	S
1684	1684	TATE OFMISSISSIPPI.— 19
1685	1685	‘‘(1) I
1686	1686	N GENERAL.—The State of Mississippi 20
1687	1687	may allow, by special permit, the operation of a cov-21
1688	1688	ered agricultural vehicle on the Interstate System in 22
1689	1689	the State of Mississippi if such vehicle does not ex-23
1690	1690	ceed— 24 65
1691	1691	•S 2437 RS
1692	1692	‘‘(A) a gross vehicle weight of 88,000 1
1693	1693	pounds; and 2
1694	1694	‘‘(B) 110 percent of the maximum weight 3
1695	1695	on any axle or axle group described in sub-4
1696	1696	section (a)(2), including any enforcement toler-5
1697	1697	ance. 6
1698	1698	‘‘(2) C
1699	1699	OVERED AGRICULTURAL VEHICLE DE -7
1700	1700	FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘covered agri-8
1701	1701	cultural vehicle’ means a vehicle that is transporting 9
1702	1702	unprocessed agricultural crops used for food, feed or 10
1703	1703	fiber, or raw or unfinished forest products, including 11
1704	1704	logs, pulpwood, biomass or wood chips. 12
1705	1705	‘‘(y) O
1706	1706	PERATION OFCERTAINVEHICLES INWEST 13
1707	1707	V
1708	1708	IRGINIA.— 14
1709	1709	‘‘(1) I
1710	1710	N GENERAL.—The State of West Virginia 15
1711	1711	may allow, by special permit, the operation of a vehi-16
1712	1712	cle that is transporting materials and equipment on 17
1713	1713	the Interstate System in the State of West Virginia 18
1714	1714	if such vehicle does not exceed 110 percent of the 19
1715	1715	maximum weight on any axle or axle group de-20
1716	1716	scribed in subsection (a)(2), including any enforce-21
1717	1717	ment tolerance, provided the remaining gross vehicle 22
1718	1718	weight requirements of subsection (a) are met. 23
1719	1719	‘‘(2) D
1720	1720	EFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 24
1721	1721	‘materials and equipment’ means materials and 25 66
1722	1722	•S 2437 RS
1723	1723	equipment that are used on a project eligible under 1
1724	1724	this chapter.’’. 2
1725	1725	F
1726	1726	EDERALMOTORCARRIERSAFETYADMINISTRATION 3
1727	1727	MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS 4
1728	1728	(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 5
1729	1729	(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 6
1730	1730	(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 7
1731	1731	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 8
1732	1732	For payment of obligations incurred in the implemen-9
1733	1733	tation, execution and administration of motor carrier safe-10
1734	1734	ty operations and programs pursuant to section 31110 of 11
1735	1735	title 49, United States Code, as amended by the Infra-12
1736	1736	structure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58), 13
1737	1737	$346,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust 14
1738	1738	Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), together 15
1739	1739	with advances and reimbursements received by the Fed-16
1740	1740	eral Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the sum of 17
1741	1741	which shall remain available until expended: Provided, 18
1742	1742	That funds available for implementation, execution, or ad-19
1743	1743	ministration of motor carrier safety operations and pro-20
1744	1744	grams authorized under title 49, United States Code, shall 21
1745	1745	not exceed total obligations of $435,000,000, for ‘‘Motor 22
1746	1746	Carrier Safety Operations and Programs’’ for fiscal year 23
1747	1747	2024, of which $60,000,000 is to be transferred and made 24
1748	1748	available from prior year unobligated contract authority 25 67
1749	1749	•S 2437 RS
1750	1750	provided for Motor Carrier Safety Grants or Motor Car-1
1751	1751	rier Safety Operations and Programs in the current or 2
1752	1752	prior appropriations or authorization Acts: Provided fur-3
1753	1753	ther, That of the sums appropriated under this heading: 4
1754	1754	(1) $14,073,000, to remain available for obliga-5
1755	1755	tion until September 30, 2026, is for the research 6
1756	1756	and technology program; 7
1757	1757	(2) not less than $99,098,000, to remain avail-8
1758	1758	able for obligation until September 30, 2026, is for 9
1759	1759	development, modernization, enhancement, and con-10
1760	1760	tinued operation and maintenance of information 11
1761	1761	technology and information management; and 12
1762	1762	(3) not less than $24,000,000, to remain avail-13
1763	1763	able for obligation until expended, is for a study of 14
1764	1764	the causal factors of fatal medium-duty truck crash-15
1765	1765	es: Provided, That the activities funded by the pre-16
1766	1766	vious proviso may be accomplished through direct 17
1767	1767	expenditure, direct research activities, grants, coop-18
1768	1768	erative agreements, contracts, intra- or inter agency 19
1769	1769	agreements, or other agreements with public organi-20
1770	1770	zations: Provided further, That such amounts, pay-21
1771	1771	ments, and obligation limitation as may be necessary 22
1772	1772	to carry out the study of the causal factors of fatal 23
1773	1773	medium duty truck crashes may be transferred and 24 68
1774	1774	•S 2437 RS
1775	1775	credited to appropriate accounts of other partici-1
1776	1776	pating Federal agencies. 2
1777	1777	MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS 3
1778	1778	(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 4
1779	1779	(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 5
1780	1780	(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 6
1781	1781	For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 7
1782	1782	sections 31102, 31103, 31104, and 31313 of title 49, 8
1783	1783	United States Code, $516,300,000, to be derived from the 9
1784	1784	Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Ac-10
1785	1785	count) and to remain available until expended: Provided, 11
1786	1786	That funds available for the implementation or execution 12
1787	1787	of motor carrier safety programs shall not exceed total ob-13
1788	1788	ligations of $516,300,000 in fiscal year 2024 for ‘‘Motor 14
1789	1789	Carrier Safety Grants’’: Provided further, That of the 15
1790	1790	amounts made available under this heading— 16
1791	1791	(1) $406,500,000, to remain available for obli-17
1792	1792	gation until September 30, 2025, shall be for the 18
1793	1793	motor carrier safety assistance program; 19
1794	1794	(2) $43,500,000, to remain available for obliga-20
1795	1795	tion until September 30, 2025, shall be for the com-21
1796	1796	mercial driver’s license program implementation pro-22
1797	1797	gram; 23 69
1798	1798	•S 2437 RS
1799	1799	(3) $60,000,000, to remain available for obliga-1
1800	1800	tion until September 30, 2025, shall be for the high 2
1801	1801	priority program; 3
1802	1802	(4) $1,300,000, to remain available for obliga-4
1803	1803	tion until September 30, 2025, shall be for the com-5
1804	1804	mercial motor vehicle operators grant program; and 6
1805	1805	(5) $5,000,000, to remain available for obliga-7
1806	1806	tion until September 30, 2025, shall be for the com-8
1807	1807	mercial motor vehicle enforcement training and sup-9
1808	1808	port grant program. 10
1809	1809	ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS —FEDERAL MOTOR 11
1810	1810	CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 12
1811	1811	S
1812	1812	EC. 130. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Admin-13
1813	1813	istration shall send notice of section 385.308 of title 49, 14
1814	1814	Code of Federal Regulations, violations by certified mail, 15
1815	1815	registered mail, or another manner of delivery, which 16
1816	1816	records the receipt of the notice by the persons responsible 17
1817	1817	for the violations. 18
1818	1818	S
1819	1819	EC. 131. None of the funds appropriated or other-19
1820	1820	wise made available to the Department of Transportation 20
1821	1821	by this Act or any other Act may be obligated or expended 21
1822	1822	to implement, administer, or enforce the requirements of 22
1823	1823	section 31137 of title 49, United States Code, or any regu-23
1824	1824	lation issued by the Secretary pursuant to such section, 24
1825	1825	with respect to the use of electronic logging devices by op-25 70
1826	1826	•S 2437 RS
1827	1827	erators of commercial motor vehicles, as defined in section 1
1828	1828	31132(1) of such title, transporting livestock as defined 2
1829	1829	in section 602 of the Emergency Livestock Feed Assist-3
1830	1830	ance Act of 1988 (7 U.S.C. 1471) or insects. 4
1831	1831	S
1832	1832	EC. 132. None of the funds made available by this 5
1833	1833	or any other Act may be used to require the use of inward 6
1834	1834	facing cameras or require a motor carrier to register an 7
1835	1835	apprenticeship program with the Department of Labor as 8
1836	1836	a condition for participation in the Safe Driver Appren-9
1837	1837	ticeship Pilot Program. 10
1838	1838	N
1839	1839	ATIONALHIGHWAYTRAFFICSAFETYADMINISTRATION 11
1840	1840	OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 12
1841	1841	For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of 13
1842	1842	the Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety, 14
1843	1843	authorized under chapter 301 and part C of subtitle VI 15
1844	1844	of title 49, United States Code, $222,000,000, to remain 16
1845	1845	available through September 30, 2025. 17
1846	1846	OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 18
1847	1847	(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 19
1848	1848	(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 20
1849	1849	(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 21
1850	1850	For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 22
1851	1851	the provisions of section 403 of title 23, United States 23
1852	1852	Code, including behavioral research on Automated Driving 24
1853	1853	Systems and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems and im-25 71
1854	1854	•S 2437 RS
1855	1855	proving consumer responses to safety recalls, section 1
1856	1856	25024 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 2
1857	1857	(Public Law 117–58), and chapter 303 of title 49, United 3
1858	1858	States Code, $201,200,000, to be derived from the High-4
1859	1859	way Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) 5
1860	1860	and to remain available until expended: Provided, That 6
1861	1861	none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the 7
1862	1862	planning or execution of programs the total obligations for 8
1863	1863	which, in fiscal year 2024, are in excess of $201,200,000: 9
1864	1864	Provided further, That of the sums appropriated under 10
1865	1865	this heading— 11
1866	1866	(1) $194,000,000 shall be for programs author-12
1867	1867	ized under section 403 of title 23, United States 13
1868	1868	Code, including behavioral research on Automated 14
1869	1869	Driving Systems and Advanced Driver Assistance 15
1870	1870	Systems and improving consumer responses to safety 16
1871	1871	recalls, and section 25024 of the Infrastructure In-17
1872	1872	vestment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58); and 18
1873	1873	(2) $7,200,000 shall be for the National Driver 19
1874	1874	Register authorized under chapter 303 of title 49, 20
1875	1875	United States Code: 21
1876	1876	Provided further, That within the $201,200,000 obligation 22
1877	1877	limitation for operations and research, $57,500,000 shall 23
1878	1878	remain available until September 30, 2025, and shall be 24
1879	1879	in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed on 25 72
1880	1880	•S 2437 RS
1881	1881	obligations for future years: Provided further, That 1
1882	1882	amounts for behavioral research on Automated Driving 2
1883	1883	Systems and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems and im-3
1884	1884	proving consumer responses to safety recalls are in addi-4
1885	1885	tion to any other funds provided for those purposes for 5
1886	1886	fiscal year 2024 in this Act. 6
1887	1887	HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS 7
1888	1888	(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 8
1889	1889	(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 9
1890	1890	(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 10
1891	1891	For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 11
1892	1892	provisions of sections 402, 404, and 405 of title 23, 12
1893	1893	United States Code, and grant administration expenses 13
1894	1894	under chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code, to remain 14
1895	1895	available until expended, $813,300,800, to be derived from 15
1896	1896	the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 16
1897	1897	Account): Provided, That none of the funds in this Act 17
1898	1898	shall be available for the planning or execution of pro-18
1899	1899	grams for which the total obligations in fiscal year 2024 19
1900	1900	are in excess of $813,300,800 for programs authorized 20
1901	1901	under sections 402, 404, and 405 of title 23, United 21
1902	1902	States Code, and grant administration expenses under 22
1903	1903	chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code: Provided further, 23
1904	1904	That of the sums appropriated under this heading— 24 73
1905	1905	•S 2437 RS
1906	1906	(1) $378,400,000 shall be for ‘‘Highway Safety 1
1907	1907	Programs’’ under section 402 of title 23, United 2
1908	1908	States Code; 3
1909	1909	(2) $353,500,000 shall be for ‘‘National Pri-4
1910	1910	ority Safety Programs’’ under section 405 of title 5
1911	1911	23, United States Code; 6
1912	1912	(3) $40,300,000 shall be for the ‘‘High Visi-7
1913	1913	bility Enforcement Program’’ under section 404 of 8
1914	1914	title 23, United States Code; and 9
1915	1915	(4) $41,100,800 shall be for grant administra-10
1916	1916	tive expenses under chapter 4 of title 23, United 11
1917	1917	States Code: 12
1918	1918	Provided further, That none of these funds shall be used 13
1919	1919	for construction, rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or for 14
1920	1920	office furnishings and fixtures for State, local or private 15
1921	1921	buildings or structures: Provided further, That not to ex-16
1922	1922	ceed $500,000 of the funds made available for ‘‘National 17
1923	1923	Priority Safety Programs’’ under section 405 of title 23, 18
1924	1924	United States Code, for ‘‘Impaired Driving Counter-19
1925	1925	measures’’ (as described in subsection (d) of that section) 20
1926	1926	shall be available for technical assistance to the States: 21
1927	1927	Provided further, That with respect to the ‘‘Transfers’’ 22
1928	1928	provision under section 405(a)(8) of title 23, United 23
1929	1929	States Code, any amounts transferred to increase the 24
1930	1930	amounts made available under section 402 shall include 25 74
1931	1931	•S 2437 RS
1932	1932	the obligation authority for such amounts: Provided fur-1
1933	1933	ther, That the Administrator shall notify the House and 2
1934	1934	Senate Committees on Appropriations of any exercise of 3
1935	1935	the authority granted under the preceding proviso or 4
1936	1936	under section 405(a)(8) of title 23, United States Code, 5
1937	1937	within 5 days. 6
1938	1938	ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS —NATIONAL HIGHWAY 7
1939	1939	TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 8
1940	1940	S
1941	1941	EC. 140. An additional $130,000 shall be made 9
1942	1942	available to the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis-10
1943	1943	tration, out of the amount limited for section 402 of title 11
1944	1944	23, United States Code, to pay for travel and related ex-12
1945	1945	penses for State management reviews and to pay for core 13
1946	1946	competency development training and related expenses for 14
1947	1947	highway safety staff. 15
1948	1948	S
1949	1949	EC. 141. The limitations on obligations for the pro-16
1950	1950	grams of the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis-17
1951	1951	tration set in this Act shall not apply to obligations for 18
1952	1952	which obligation authority was made available in previous 19
1953	1953	public laws but only to the extent that the obligation au-20
1954	1954	thority has not lapsed or been used. 21
1955	1955	S
1956	1956	EC. 142. None of the funds in this Act or any other 22
1957	1957	Act shall be used to enforce the requirements of section 23
1958	1958	405(a)(9) of title 23, United States Code. 24 75
1959	1959	•S 2437 RS
1960	1960	FEDERALRAILROADADMINISTRATION 1
1961	1961	SAFETY AND OPERATIONS 2
1962	1962	For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Ad-3
1963	1963	ministration, not otherwise provided for, $267,799,000, of 4
1964	1964	which $25,000,000 shall remain available until expended. 5
1965	1965	RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 6
1966	1966	For necessary expenses for railroad research and de-7
1967	1967	velopment, $59,000,000, to remain available until ex-8
1968	1968	pended: Provided, That of the amounts provided under 9
1969	1969	this heading, up to $3,000,000 shall be available pursuant 10
1970	1970	to section 20108(d) of title 49, United States Code, for 11
1971	1971	the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and 12
1972	1972	improvements at the Transportation Technology Center. 13
1973	1973	FEDERAL-STATE PARTNERSHIP FOR INTERCITY 14
1974	1974	PASSENGER RAIL 15
1975	1975	For necessary expenses related to Federal-State 16
1976	1976	Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail grants as author-17
1977	1977	ized by section 24911 of title 49, United States Code, 18
1978	1978	$100,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-19
1979	1979	vided, That the Secretary may withhold up to 2 percent 20
1980	1980	of the amounts made available under this heading in this 21
1981	1981	Act for the costs of award and project management over-22
1982	1982	sight of grants carried out under title 49, United States 23
1983	1983	Code. 24 76
1984	1984	•S 2437 RS
1985	1985	CONSOLIDATED RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY 1
1986	1986	IMPROVEMENTS 2
1987	1987	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 3
1988	1988	For necessary expenses related to Consolidated Rail 4
1989	1989	Infrastructure and Safety Improvements grants, as au-5
1990	1990	thorized by section 22907 of title 49, United States Code, 6
1991	1991	$572,861,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-7
1992	1992	vided, That of the amounts made available under this 8
1993	1993	heading in this Act— 9
1994	1994	(1) $72,861,000 shall be made available for the 10
1995	1995	purposes, and in amounts, specified for Congression-11
1996	1996	ally Directed Spending in the table entitled ‘‘Con-12
1997	1997	gressionally Directed Spending’’ included in the re-13
1998	1998	port accompanying this Act: Provided further, That 14
1999	1999	requirements under subsections (g) and (l) of section 15
2000	2000	22907 of title 49, United States Code, shall not 16
2001	2001	apply to the preceding proviso: Provided further, 17
2002	2002	That any remaining funds available after the dis-18
2003	2003	tribution of the Congressionally Directed Spending 19
2004	2004	described in this paragraph shall be available to the 20
2005	2005	Secretary to distribute as discretionary grants under 21
2006	2006	this heading; and 22
2007	2007	(2) not less than $5,000,000 shall be available 23
2008	2008	for workforce development and training activities as 24 77
2009	2009	•S 2437 RS
2010	2010	authorized under section 22907(c)(13) of title 49, 1
2011	2011	United States Code: 2
2012	2012	Provided further, That for amounts made available under 3
2013	2013	this heading in this Act, eligible projects under section 4
2014	2014	22907(c)(8) of title 49, United States Code, shall also in-5
2015	2015	clude railroad systems planning (including the preparation 6
2016	2016	of regional intercity passenger rail plans and State Rail 7
2017	2017	Plans) and railroad project development activities (includ-8
2018	2018	ing railroad project planning, preliminary engineering, de-9
2019	2019	sign, environmental analysis, feasibility studies, and the 10
2020	2020	development and analysis of project alternatives): Provided 11
2021	2021	further, That section 22905(f) of title 49, United States 12
2022	2022	Code, shall not apply to amounts made available under 13
2023	2023	this heading in this Act for projects that implement or 14
2024	2024	sustain positive train control systems otherwise eligible 15
2025	2025	under section 22907(c)(1) of title 49, United States Code: 16
2026	2026	Provided further, That amounts made available under this 17
2027	2027	heading in this Act for projects selected for commuter rail 18
2028	2028	passenger transportation may be transferred by the Sec-19
2029	2029	retary, after selection, to the appropriate agencies to be 20
2030	2030	administered in accordance with chapter 53 of title 49, 21
2031	2031	United States Code: Provided further, That for amounts 22
2032	2032	made available under this heading in this Act, eligible re-23
2033	2033	cipients under section 22907(b)(7) of title 49, United 24
2034	2034	States Code, shall include any holding company of a Class 25 78
2035	2035	•S 2437 RS
2036	2036	II railroad or Class III railroad (as those terms are de-1
2037	2037	fined in section 20102 of title 49, United States Code): 2
2038	2038	Provided further, That section 22907(e)(1)(A) of title 49, 3
2039	2039	United States Code, shall not apply to amounts made 4
2040	2040	available under this heading in this Act: Provided further, 5
2041	2041	That section 22907(e)(1)(A) of title 49, United States 6
2042	2042	Code, shall not apply to amounts made available under 7
2043	2043	this heading in previous fiscal years if such funds are an-8
2044	2044	nounced in a notice of funding opportunity that includes 9
2045	2045	funds made available under this heading in this Act: Pro-10
2046	2046	vided further, That the preceding proviso shall not apply 11
2047	2047	to funds made available under this heading in the Infra-12
2048	2048	structure Investment and Jobs Act (division J of Public 13
2049	2049	Law 117–58): Provided further, That unobligated balances 14
2050	2050	remaining after 6 years from the date of enactment of this 15
2051	2051	Act may be used for any eligible project under section 16
2052	2052	22907(c) of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, 17
2053	2053	That the Secretary may withhold up to 2 percent of the 18
2054	2054	amounts made available under this heading in this Act for 19
2055	2055	the costs of award and project management oversight of 20
2056	2056	grants carried out under title 49, United States Code. 21
2057	2057	NORTHEAST CORRIDOR GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL 22
2058	2058	RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION 23
2059	2059	To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 24
2060	2060	grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for 25 79
2061	2061	•S 2437 RS
2062	2062	activities associated with the Northeast Corridor as au-1
2063	2063	thorized by section 22101(a) of the Infrastructure Invest-2
2064	2064	ment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58), $1,141,442,000, 3
2065	2065	to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 4
2066	2066	Secretary may retain up to one-half of 1 percent of the 5
2067	2067	amounts made available under both this heading in this 6
2068	2068	Act and the ‘‘National Network Grants to the National 7
2069	2069	Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ heading in this Act to 8
2070	2070	fund the costs of project management and oversight of ac-9
2071	2071	tivities authorized by section 22101(c) of the Infrastruc-10
2072	2072	ture Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58): Pro-11
2073	2073	vided further, That in addition to the project management 12
2074	2074	oversight funds authorized under section 22101(c) of the 13
2075	2075	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117– 14
2076	2076	58), the Secretary may retain up to an additional 15
2077	2077	$5,000,000 of the amounts made available under this 16
2078	2078	heading in this Act to fund expenses associated with the 17
2079	2079	Northeast Corridor Commission established under section 18
2080	2080	24905 of title 49, United States Code. 19
2081	2081	NATIONAL NETWORK GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL 20
2082	2082	RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION 21
2083	2083	To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 22
2084	2084	grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for 23
2085	2085	activities associated with the National Network as author-24
2086	2086	ized by section 22101(b) of the Infrastructure Investment 25 80
2087	2087	•S 2437 RS
2088	2088	and Jobs Act (division B of Public Law 117–58), 1
2089	2089	$1,313,033,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-2
2090	2090	vided, That the Secretary may retain up to an additional 3
2091	2091	$3,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading in 4
2092	2092	this Act to fund expenses associated with the State-Sup-5
2093	2093	ported Route Committee established under section 24712 6
2094	2094	of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That 7
2095	2095	none of the funds provided under this heading in this Act 8
2096	2096	shall be used by Amtrak to give notice under subsection 9
2097	2097	(a) or (c) of section 24706 of title 49, United States Code, 10
2098	2098	with respect to long-distance routes (as defined in section 11
2099	2099	24102 of title 49, United States Code) on which Amtrak 12
2100	2100	is the sole operator on a host railroad’s line and a positive 13
2101	2101	train control system is not required by law or regulation, 14
2102	2102	or, except in an emergency or during maintenance or con-15
2103	2103	struction outages impacting such routes, to otherwise dis-16
2104	2104	continue, reduce the frequency of, suspend, or substan-17
2105	2105	tially alter the route of rail service on any portion of such 18
2106	2106	route operated in fiscal year 2018, including implementa-19
2107	2107	tion of service permitted by section 24305(a)(3)(A) of title 20
2108	2108	49, United States Code, in lieu of rail service: Provided 21
2109	2109	further, That the National Railroad Passenger Corpora-22
2110	2110	tion may use up to $66,000,000 of the amounts made 23
2111	2111	available under this heading in this Act for corridor devel-24 81
2112	2112	•S 2437 RS
2113	2113	opment activities as authorized by section 22101(h) of di-1
2114	2114	vision B of Public Law 117–58. 2
2115	2115	ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS —FEDERAL RAILROAD 3
2116	2116	ADMINISTRATION 4
2117	2117	(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 5
2118	2118	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 6
2119	2119	S
2120	2120	EC. 150. None of the funds made available by this 7
2121	2121	Act may be used by the National Railroad Passenger Cor-8
2122	2122	poration in contravention of the Worker Adjustment and 9
2123	2123	Retraining Notification Act (29 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.). 10
2124	2124	S
2125	2125	EC. 151. The amounts made available to the Sec-11
2126	2126	retary or to the Federal Railroad Administration for the 12
2127	2127	costs of award, administration, and project management 13
2128	2128	oversight of financial assistance which are administered 14
2129	2129	by the Federal Railroad Administration, in this and prior 15
2130	2130	Acts, may be transferred to the Federal Railroad Adminis-16
2131	2131	tration’s ‘‘Financial Assistance Oversight and Technical 17
2132	2132	Assistance’’ account for the necessary expenses to support 18
2133	2133	the award, administration, project management oversight, 19
2134	2134	and technical assistance of financial assistance adminis-20
2135	2135	tered by the Federal Railroad Administration, in the same 21
2136	2136	manner as appropriated for in this and prior Acts: Pro-22
2137	2137	vided, That this section shall not apply to amounts that 23
2138	2138	were previously designated by the Congress as an emer-24
2139	2139	gency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on 25 82
2140	2140	•S 2437 RS
2141	2141	the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def-1
2142	2142	icit Control Act of 1985. 2
2143	2143	S
2144	2144	EC. 152. Of the unobligated balances of funds re-3
2145	2145	maining from— 4
2146	2146	(1) ‘‘Northeast Corridor Improvement Pro-5
2147	2147	gram’’ account totaling $126,348 appropriated by 6
2148	2148	Public Law 114–113 is hereby permanently re-7
2149	2149	scinded; 8
2150	2150	(2) ‘‘Railroad Safety Grants’’ account totaling 9
2151	2151	$81,257.66 appropriated by Public Law 113–235 is 10
2152	2152	hereby permanently rescinded; 11
2153	2153	(3) ‘‘Capital Assistance for High Speed Rail 12
2154	2154	Corridors and Intercity Passenger Rail Service’’ ac-13
2155	2155	count totaling $53,118,096.83 appropriated by Pub-14
2156	2156	lic Law 111–117 is hereby permanently rescinded; 15
2157	2157	(4) ‘‘Next Generation High-Speed Rail’’ ac-16
2158	2158	count totaling $94.94 appropriated by Public Law 17
2159	2159	108–447 is hereby permanently rescinded; and 18
2160	2160	(5) ‘‘Grants to the National Railroad Passenger 19
2161	2161	Corporation’’ account totaling $678.16 appropriated 20
2162	2162	by Public Law 108–447. 21
2163	2163	S
2164	2164	EC. 153. None of the funds made available to the 22
2165	2165	National Railroad Passenger Corporation may be used to 23
2166	2166	fund any overtime costs in excess of $35,000 for any indi-24
2167	2167	vidual employee: Provided, That the President of Amtrak 25 83
2168	2168	•S 2437 RS
2169	2169	may waive the cap set in the preceding proviso for specific 1
2170	2170	employees when the President of Amtrak determines such 2
2171	2171	a cap poses a risk to the safety and operational efficiency 3
2172	2172	of the system: Provided further, That the President of Am-4
2173	2173	trak shall report to the House and Senate Committees on 5
2174	2174	Appropriations no later than 60 days after the date of en-6
2175	2175	actment of this Act, a summary of all overtime payments 7
2176	2176	incurred by Amtrak for 2023 and the 3 prior calendar 8
2177	2177	years: Provided further, That such summary shall include 9
2178	2178	the total number of employees that received waivers and 10
2179	2179	the total overtime payments Amtrak paid to employees re-11
2180	2180	ceiving waivers for each month for 2023 and for the 3 12
2181	2181	prior calendar years. 13
2182	2182	S
2183	2183	EC. 154. It is the sense of Congress that— 14
2184	2184	(1) long-distance passenger rail routes provide 15
2185	2185	much-needed transportation access for 4,700,000 16
2186	2186	riders in 325 communities in 40 States and are par-17
2187	2187	ticularly important in rural areas; and 18
2188	2188	(2) long-distance passenger rail routes and 19
2189	2189	services should be sustained to ensure connectivity 20
2190	2190	throughout the National Network (as defined in sec-21
2191	2191	tion 24102 of title 49, United States Code). 22 84
2192	2192	•S 2437 RS
2193	2193	FEDERALTRANSITADMINISTRATION 1
2194	2194	TRANSIT FORMULA GRANTS 2
2195	2195	(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 3
2196	2196	(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 4
2197	2197	(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 5
2198	2198	For payment of obligations incurred in the Federal 6
2199	2199	Public Transportation Assistance Program in this ac-7
2200	2200	count, and for payment of obligations incurred in carrying 8
2201	2201	out the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 9
2202	2202	5312, 5314, 5318, 5329(e)(6), 5334, 5335, 5337, 5339, 10
2203	2203	and 5340, section 20005(b) of Public Law 112–141, and 11
2204	2204	section 3006(b) of Public Law 114–94, $13,990,000,000, 12
2205	2205	to be derived from the Mass Transit Account of the High-13
2206	2206	way Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: 14
2207	2207	Provided, That funds available for the implementation or 15
2208	2208	execution of programs authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5305, 16
2209	2209	5307, 5310, 5311, 5312, 5314, 5318, 5329(e)(6), 5334, 17
2210	2210	5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, section 20005(b) of Public 18
2211	2211	Law 112–141, and section 3006(b) of Public Law 114– 19
2212	2212	94, shall not exceed total obligations of $13,990,000,000 20
2213	2213	in fiscal year 2024. 21
2214	2214	TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS 22
2215	2215	For an additional amount for buses and bus facilities 23
2216	2216	grants under section 5339(b) of title 49, United States 24
2217	2217	Code, low or no emission grants under section 5339(c) of 25 85
2218	2218	•S 2437 RS
2219	2219	such title, ferry boats grants under section 5307(h) of 1
2220	2220	such title, bus testing facilities under section 5318 of such 2
2221	2221	title, accelerating innovative mobility initiative grants 3
2222	2222	under section 5312 of such title, accelerating the adoption 4
2223	2223	of zero emission buses under section 5312 of such title, 5
2224	2224	Congressionally Directed Spending for projects and activi-6
2225	2225	ties eligible under chapter 53 of such title, and ferry serv-7
2226	2226	ice for rural communities under section 71103 of division 8
2227	2227	G of Public Law 117–58, $268,261,000, to remain avail-9
2228	2228	able until expended: Provided, That of the sums provided 10
2229	2229	under this heading in this Act— 11
2230	2230	(1) $80,000,000 shall be available for buses and 12
2231	2231	bus facilities competitive grants as authorized under 13
2232	2232	section 5339(b) of such title; 14
2233	2233	(2) $46,000,000 shall be available for the low 15
2234	2234	or no emission grants as authorized under section 16
2235	2235	5339(c) of such title: Provided, That the minimum 17
2236	2236	grant award shall be not less than $750,000; 18
2237	2237	(3) $20,000,000 shall be available for ferry 19
2238	2238	boat grants as authorized under section 5307(h) of 20
2239	2239	such title: Provided, That of the amounts provided 21
2240	2240	under this paragraph, no less than $5,000,000 shall 22
2241	2241	be available for low or zero emission ferries or fer-23
2242	2242	ries using electric battery or fuel cell components 24
2243	2243	and the infrastructure to support such ferries; 25 86
2244	2244	•S 2437 RS
2245	2245	(4) $2,000,000 shall be available for the oper-1
2246	2246	ation and maintenance of the bus testing facilities 2
2247	2247	selected under section 5318 of such title; 3
2248	2248	(5) $82,247,000 shall be available for the pur-4
2249	2249	poses, and in amounts, specified for Congressionally 5
2250	2250	Directed Spending in the table entitled ‘‘Congres-6
2251	2251	sionally Directed Spending’’ included in the report 7
2252	2252	accompanying this Act: Provided, That unless other-8
2253	2253	wise specified, applicable requirements under chapter 9
2254	2254	53 of title 49, United States Code, shall apply to 10
2255	2255	amounts made available in this paragraph, except 11
2256	2256	that the Federal share of the costs for a project in 12
2257	2257	this paragraph shall be in an amount equal to 80 13
2258	2258	percent of the net costs of the project, unless the 14
2259	2259	Secretary approves a higher maximum Federal share 15
2260	2260	of the net costs of the project consistent with admin-16
2261	2261	istration of similar projects funded under chapter 53 17
2262	2262	of title 49, United States Code; 18
2263	2263	(6) $23,014,000 shall be available for ferry 19
2264	2264	service for rural communities under section 71103 of 20
2265	2265	division G of Public Law 117–58: Provided, That for 21
2266	2266	amounts made available in this paragraph, notwith-22
2267	2267	standing section 71103(a)(2)(B), eligible service 23
2268	2268	shall include passenger ferry service that serves at 24
2269	2269	least two rural areas with a single segment over 15 25 87
2270	2270	•S 2437 RS
2271	2271	miles between the two rural areas and is not other-1
2272	2272	wise eligible under section 5307(h) of title 49, 2
2273	2273	United States Code: Provided further, That entities 3
2274	2274	that provide eligible service pursuant to the pre-4
2275	2275	ceding proviso may use amounts made available in 5
2276	2276	this paragraph for public transportation capital 6
2277	2277	projects to support any ferry service between two 7
2278	2278	rural areas: Provided further, That entities eligible 8
2279	2279	for amounts made available in this paragraph shall 9
2280	2280	only provide ferry service to rural areas; 10
2281	2281	(7) $10,000,000 shall be for the accelerating in-11
2282	2282	novative mobility initiative as authorized under sec-12
2283	2283	tion 5312 of title 49, United States Code: Provided, 13
2284	2284	That such amounts shall be available for competitive 14
2285	2285	grants or demonstration projects that improve mo-15
2286	2286	bility and operational effectiveness, enhance the 16
2287	2287	rider experience, create innovative service delivery 17
2288	2288	models, or develop integrated payment solutions in 18
2289	2289	order to help disseminate proven innovation mobility 19
2290	2290	practices throughout the public transportation indus-20
2291	2291	try; and 21
2292	2292	(8) $5,000,000 shall be available to support 22
2293	2293	technical assistance, research, demonstration, or de-23
2294	2294	ployment activities or projects to accelerate the 24
2295	2295	adoption of zero emission buses in public transit as 25 88
2296	2296	•S 2437 RS
2297	2297	authorized under section 5312 of title 49, United 1
2298	2298	States Code: 2
2299	2299	Provided further, That amounts made available under this 3
2300	2300	heading in this Act shall be derived from the general fund: 4
2301	2301	Provided further, That amounts made available under this 5
2302	2302	heading in this Act shall not be subject to any limitation 6
2303	2303	on obligations for transit programs set forth in this or any 7
2304	2304	other Act. 8
2305	2305	TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING 9
2306	2306	For necessary expenses to carry out section 5314 of 10
2307	2307	title 49, United States Code, $7,500,000, to remain avail-11
2308	2308	able until September 30, 2025: Provided, That the assist-12
2309	2309	ance provided under this heading does not duplicate the 13
2310	2310	activities of section 5311(b) or section 5312 of title 49, 14
2311	2311	United States Code: Provided further, That amounts made 15
2312	2312	available under this heading are in addition to any other 16
2313	2313	amounts made available for such purposes: Provided fur-17
2314	2314	ther, That amounts made available under this heading 18
2315	2315	shall not be subject to any limitation on obligations set 19
2316	2316	forth in this or any other Act. 20
2317	2317	CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS 21
2318	2318	For necessary expenses to carry out fixed guideway 22
2319	2319	capital investment grants under section 5309 of title 49, 23
2320	2320	United States Code, and section 3005(b) of the Fixing 24
2321	2321	America’s Surface Transportation Act (Public Law 114– 25 89
2322	2322	•S 2437 RS
2323	2323	94), $2,450,000,000, to remain available until expended: 1
2324	2324	Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this head-2
2325	2325	ing in this Act— 3
2326	2326	(1) $1,910,000,000 shall be available for 4
2327	2327	projects authorized under section 5309(d) of title 5
2328	2328	49, United States Code; 6
2329	2329	(2) up to $100,000,000 shall be available for 7
2330	2330	projects authorized under section 5309(e) of title 49, 8
2331	2331	United States Code; 9
2332	2332	(3) $340,000,000 shall be available for projects 10
2333	2333	authorized under section 5309(h) of title 49, United 11
2334	2334	States Code; and 12
2335	2335	(4) up to $100,000,000 shall be available for 13
2336	2336	projects authorized under section 3005(b) of the 14
2337	2337	Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act: 15
2338	2338	Provided further, That the Secretary shall continue to ad-16
2339	2339	minister the capital investment grants program in accord-17
2340	2340	ance with the procedural and substantive requirements of 18
2341	2341	section 5309 of title 49, United States Code, and of sec-19
2342	2342	tion 3005(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface Transpor-20
2343	2343	tation Act: Provided further, That projects that receive a 21
2344	2344	grant agreement under the Expedited Project Delivery for 22
2345	2345	Capital Investment Grants Pilot Program under section 23
2346	2346	3005(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation 24
2347	2347	Act shall be deemed eligible for funding provided for 25 90
2348	2348	•S 2437 RS
2349	2349	projects under section 5309 of title 49, United States 1
2350	2350	Code, without further evaluation or rating under such sec-2
2351	2351	tion: Provided further, That such funding shall not exceed 3
2352	2352	the Federal share under section 3005(b): Provided further, 4
2353	2353	That funds allocated to any project during fiscal years 5
2354	2354	2015, 2016, or 2017 pursuant to section 5309 of title 49, 6
2355	2355	United States Code, shall remain allocated to that project 7
2356	2356	through fiscal year 2024: Provided further, That upon sub-8
2357	2357	mission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2025 President’s 9
2358	2358	budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to 10
2359	2359	Congress the annual report on capital investment grants, 11
2360	2360	including proposed allocations for fiscal year 2025. 12
2361	2361	GRANTS TO THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA 13
2362	2362	TRANSIT AUTHORITY 14
2363	2363	For grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area 15
2364	2364	Transit Authority as authorized under section 601 of divi-16
2365	2365	sion B of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement 17
2366	2366	Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–432), $150,000,000, to re-18
2367	2367	main available until expended: Provided, That the Sec-19
2368	2368	retary of Transportation shall approve grants for capital 20
2369	2369	and preventive maintenance expenditures for the Wash-21
2370	2370	ington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority only after re-22
2371	2371	ceiving and reviewing a request for each specific project: 23
2372	2372	Provided further, That the Secretary shall determine that 24
2373	2373	the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has 25 91
2374	2374	•S 2437 RS
2375	2375	placed the highest priority on those investments that will 1
2376	2376	improve the safety of the system before approving such 2
2377	2377	grants. 3
2378	2378	ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS —FEDERAL TRANSIT 4
2379	2379	ADMINISTRATION 5
2380	2380	(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 6
2381	2381	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 7
2382	2382	S
2383	2383	EC. 160. The limitations on obligations for the pro-8
2384	2384	grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not 9
2385	2385	apply to any authority under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously 10
2386	2386	made available for obligation, or to any other authority 11
2387	2387	previously made available for obligation. 12
2388	2388	S
2389	2389	EC. 161. Notwithstanding any other provision of 13
2390	2390	law, funds appropriated or limited by this Act under the 14
2391	2391	heading ‘‘Capital Investment Grants’’ of the Federal 15
2392	2392	Transit Administration for projects specified in this Act 16
2393	2393	not obligated by September 30, 2027, and other recov-17
2394	2394	eries, shall be directed to projects eligible to use the funds 18
2395	2395	for the purposes for which they were originally provided. 19
2396	2396	S
2397	2397	EC. 162. Notwithstanding any other provision of 20
2398	2398	law, any funds appropriated before October 1, 2023, under 21
2399	2399	any section of chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, 22
2400	2400	that remain available for expenditure, may be transferred 23
2401	2401	to and administered under the most recent appropriation 24
2402	2402	heading for any such section. 25 92
2403	2403	•S 2437 RS
2404	2404	SEC. 163. None of the funds made available by this 1
2405	2405	Act or any other Act shall be used to adjust apportion-2
2406	2406	ments or withhold funds from apportionments pursuant 3
2407	2407	to section 9503(e)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 4
2408	2408	1986 (26 U.S.C. 9503(e)(4)). 5
2409	2409	S
2410	2410	EC. 164. None of the funds made available by this 6
2411	2411	Act or any other Act shall be used to impede or hinder 7
2412	2412	project advancement or approval for any project seeking 8
2413	2413	a Federal contribution from the capital investment grants 9
2414	2414	program of greater than 40 percent of project costs as 10
2415	2415	authorized under section 5309 of title 49, United States 11
2416	2416	Code. 12
2417	2417	S
2418	2418	EC. 165. Of the unobligated balances made available 13
2419	2419	before October 1, 2013 for ‘‘Transit Research’’ in Treas-14
2420	2420	ury Account 69–X–1137, $581,046 is hereby permanently 15
2421	2421	rescinded. 16
2422	2422	S
2423	2423	EC. 166. (a) Of the unobligated balances made 17
2424	2424	available for the ‘‘Clean Fuels Grant Program’’ under sec-18
2425	2425	tion 5308 of title 49, United States Code, $4,009,637 19
2426	2426	shall be transferred to and administered under section 20
2427	2427	5339(c) of title 49, United States Code. 21
2428	2428	(b) Of the unobligated balances made available for 22
2429	2429	the ‘‘Rural Transportation Accessibility Incentive Pro-23
2430	2430	gram’’ under section 3038 of Public Law 105–178, 24 93
2431	2431	•S 2437 RS
2432	2432	$4,072,214 shall be transferred to and administered under 1
2433	2433	section 5311 of title 49, United States Code. 2
2434	2434	(c) Of the unobligated balances made available for the 3
2435	2435	‘‘Alternatives Analysis Program’’ under section 5339 of 4
2436	2436	title 49, United States Code, $1,975,409 shall be trans-5
2437	2437	ferred to and administered under section 5305 of title 49, 6
2438	2438	United States Code. 7
2439	2439	(d) Of the unobligated balances made available for 8
2440	2440	‘‘Alternative Transportation in Parks and Public Lands’’ 9
2441	2441	under section 5320 of title 49, United States Code, 10
2442	2442	$2,148,414 shall be transferred to and administered under 11
2443	2443	section 5311 of title 49, United States Code. 12
2444	2444	(e) Of the unobligated balances made available for 13
2445	2445	‘‘Job Access and Reverse Commute Formula Grants’’ 14
2446	2446	under section 5316 of title 49, United States Code, 15
2447	2447	$45,187,599 shall be available for competitive grants to 16
2448	2448	eligible entities to assist areas of persistent poverty as de-17
2449	2449	fined under section 6702(a)(1) of title 49, United States 18
2450	2450	Code, or historically disadvantaged communities, for the 19
2451	2451	same purposes for which amounts were provided for 20
2452	2452	grants to areas of persistent poverty under the heading 21
2453	2453	‘‘Federal Transit Administration—Transit Infrastructure 22
2454	2454	Grants’’ in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 23
2455	2455	(Public Law 117–103). 24 94
2456	2456	•S 2437 RS
2457	2457	(f) Of the unobligated balances made available for 1
2458	2458	‘‘New Freedom’’ under section 5317 of title 49, United 2
2459	2459	States Code, $40,536,306 shall be transferred and admin-3
2460	2460	istered under section 5310 of title 49, United States Code. 4
2461	2461	(g) Of the unobligated balances made available for 5
2462	2462	‘‘Bus Capital’’ under section 5039 if title 49, United 6
2463	2463	States Code, $81,863,444 shall be transferred and admin-7
2464	2464	istered under section 5339 of title 49, United States Code. 8
2465	2465	S
2466	2466	EC. 167. (a) Funds obligated in fiscal year 2024 for 9
2467	2467	grants under sections 5310 and 5311 of title 49, United 10
2468	2468	States Code, may be used for up to 100 percent of the 11
2469	2469	eligible net costs of a project, notwithstanding subsection 12
2470	2470	(d) of section 5310 and subsection (g) of section 5311 of 13
2471	2471	such title. 14
2472	2472	(b) Notwithstanding section 5339(b)(6)(B) of title 15
2473	2473	49, United States Code, the Federal share of the costs 16
2474	2474	for which an amount is provided in this Act to a federally 17
2475	2475	recognized Indian Tribe for activities carried out under 18
2476	2476	section 5339(b) of title 49, United States Code, may be, 19
2477	2477	at the option of such Indian Tribe, up to 100 percent. 20
2478	2478	(c) Notwithstanding section 5339(c)(7)(A) of title 49, 21
2479	2479	United States Code, the Federal share of the costs for 22
2480	2480	which an amount is provided in this Act to a federally 23
2481	2481	recognized Indian Tribe for activities carried out under 24 95
2482	2482	•S 2437 RS
2483	2483	section 5339(c) of title 49, United States Code, may be, 1
2484	2484	at the option of such Indian Tribe, up to 100 percent. 2
2485	2485	S
2486	2486	EC. 168. Section 5323 of title 49, United States 3
2487	2487	Code, is amended in subsection (q)— 4
2488	2488	(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 5
2489	2489	striking ‘‘C
2490	2490	ORRIDORPRESERVATION’’ and inserting 6
2491	2491	‘‘R
2492	2492	EALPROPERTYINTERESTS’’; 7
2493	2493	(2) in paragraph (1)— 8
2494	2494	(A) by striking ‘‘right-of-way’’ each time it 9
2495	2495	appears and inserting ‘‘real property interests’’; 10
2496	2496	and 11
2497	2497	(B) by inserting ‘‘acquired’’ after ‘‘may 12
2498	2498	use the’’; and 13
2499	2499	(3) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Right-of- 14
2500	2500	way’’ and inserting ‘‘Real property interests’’. 15
2501	2501	G
2502	2502	REATLAKESST. LAWRENCESEAWAYDEVELOPMENT 16
2503	2503	C
2504	2504	ORPORATION 17
2505	2505	The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development 18
2506	2506	Corporation is hereby authorized to make such expendi-19
2507	2507	tures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority 20
2508	2508	available to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and 21
2509	2509	to make such contracts and commitments without regard 22
2510	2510	to fiscal year limitations, as provided by section 9104 of 23
2511	2511	title 31, United States Code, as may be necessary in car-24 96
2512	2512	•S 2437 RS
2513	2513	rying out the programs set forth in the Corporation’s 1
2514	2514	budget for the current fiscal year. 2
2515	2515	OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 3
2516	2516	(HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND) 4
2517	2517	For necessary expenses to conduct the operations, 5
2518	2518	maintenance, and capital infrastructure activities on por-6
2519	2519	tions of the St. Lawrence Seaway owned, operated, and 7
2520	2520	maintained by the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway De-8
2521	2521	velopment Corporation, $40,288,000, to be derived from 9
2522	2522	the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to section 10
2523	2523	210 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 11
2524	2524	U.S.C. 2238): Provided, That of the amounts made avail-12
2525	2525	able under this heading, not less than $16,300,000 shall 13
2526	2526	be for the seaway infrastructure program. 14
2527	2527	M
2528	2528	ARITIMEADMINISTRATION 15
2529	2529	MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM 16
2530	2530	For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a 17
2531	2531	U.S.-flag merchant fleet as authorized under chapter 531 18
2532	2532	of title 46, United States Code, to serve the national secu-19
2533	2533	rity needs of the United States, $318,000,000, to remain 20
2534	2534	available until expended. 21
2535	2535	CABLE SECURITY FLEET 22
2536	2536	For the cable security fleet program, as authorized 23
2537	2537	under chapter 532 of title 46, United States Code, 24
2538	2538	$10,000,000, to remain available until expended. 25 97
2539	2539	•S 2437 RS
2540	2540	TANKER SECURITY PROGRAM 1
2541	2541	For Tanker Security Fleet payments, as authorized 2
2542	2542	under section 53406 of title 46, United States Code, 3
2543	2543	$120,000,000, to remain available until expended. 4
2544	2544	OPERATIONS AND TRAINING 5
2545	2545	For necessary expenses of operations and training ac-6
2546	2546	tivities authorized by law, $283,546,000: Provided, That 7
2547	2547	of the sums appropriated under this heading— 8
2548	2548	(1) $103,500,000 shall remain available until 9
2549	2549	September 30, 2025, for the operations of the 10
2550	2550	United States Merchant Marine Academy; 11
2551	2551	(2) $22,000,000 shall remain available until ex-12
2552	2552	pended for facilities maintenance and repair, and 13
2553	2553	equipment, at the United States Merchant Marine 14
2554	2554	Academy; 15
2555	2555	(3) $70,000,000 shall remain available until ex-16
2556	2556	pended for capital improvements at the United 17
2557	2557	States Merchant Marine Academy; 18
2558	2558	(4) $7,500,000 shall remain available until Sep-19
2559	2559	tember 30, 2025, for the Maritime Environmental 20
2560	2560	and Technical Assistance program authorized under 21
2561	2561	section 50307 of title 46, United States Code; and 22
2562	2562	(5) $10,000,000 shall remain available until ex-23
2563	2563	pended, for the United States Marine Highway Pro-24 98
2564	2564	•S 2437 RS
2565	2565	gram to make grants for the purposes authorized 1
2566	2566	under section 55601 of title 46, United States Code: 2
2567	2567	Provided further, That the Administrator of the Maritime 3
2568	2568	Administration shall transmit to the House and Senate 4
2569	2569	Committees on Appropriations the annual report on sexual 5
2570	2570	assault and sexual harassment at the United States Mer-6
2571	2571	chant Marine Academy as required pursuant to section 7
2572	2572	3510 of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 8
2573	2573	year 2017 (46 U.S.C. 51318): Provided further, That 9
2574	2574	available balances under this heading for the Short Sea 10
2575	2575	Transportation Program or America’s Marine Highway 11
2576	2576	Program (now known as the United States Marine High-12
2577	2577	way Program) from prior year recoveries shall be available 13
2578	2578	to carry out activities authorized under section 55601 of 14
2579	2579	title 46, United States Code. 15
2580	2580	STATE MARITIME ACADEMY OPERATIONS 16
2581	2581	For necessary expenses of operations, support, and 17
2582	2582	training activities for State Maritime Academies, 18
2583	2583	$131,000,000: Provided, That of the sums appropriated 19
2584	2584	under this heading— 20
2585	2585	(1) $22,000,000 shall remain available until ex-21
2586	2586	pended for maintenance, repair, and life extension of 22
2587	2587	training ships at the State Maritime Academies; 23
2588	2588	(2) $91,800,000 shall remain available until ex-24
2589	2589	pended for the National Security Multi-Mission Ves-25 99
2590	2590	•S 2437 RS
2591	2591	sel Program, including funds for construction, plan-1
2592	2592	ning, administration, and design of school ships and, 2
2593	2593	as determined by the Secretary, necessary expenses 3
2594	2594	to design, plan, construct infrastructure, and pur-4
2595	2595	chase equipment necessary to berth such ships, of 5
2596	2596	which up to $8,900,000 may be used for expenses 6
2597	2597	related to the oversight and management of school 7
2598	2598	ships to include the purchase of equipment and the 8
2599	2599	repair and maintenance of training vessels: Provided, 9
2600	2600	That such funds may be used to reimburse State 10
2601	2601	Maritime Academies for costs incurred prior to the 11
2602	2602	date of enactment of this Act; 12
2603	2603	(3) $2,400,000 shall remain available until Sep-13
2604	2604	tember 30, 2028, for the Student Incentive Pro-14
2605	2605	gram; 15
2606	2606	(4) $8,800,000 shall remain available until ex-16
2607	2607	pended for training ship fuel assistance; and 17
2608	2608	(5) $6,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-18
2609	2609	tember 30, 2025, for direct payments for State Mar-19
2610	2610	itime Academies. 20
2611	2611	ASSISTANCE TO SMALL SHIPYARDS 21
2612	2612	To make grants to qualified shipyards as authorized 22
2613	2613	under section 54101 of title 46, United States Code, 23
2614	2614	$20,000,000, to remain available until expended. 24 100
2615	2615	•S 2437 RS
2616	2616	SHIP DISPOSAL 1
2617	2617	For necessary expenses related to the disposal of ob-2
2618	2618	solete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the 3
2619	2619	Maritime Administration, $6,021,000, to remain available 4
2620	2620	until expended. 5
2621	2621	MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM 6
2622	2622	ACCOUNT 7
2623	2623	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 8
2624	2624	For the cost of guaranteed loans, $103,020,000, of 9
2625	2625	which $100,000,000 shall remain available until expended: 10
2626	2626	Provided, That such costs, including the costs of modifying 11
2627	2627	such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con-12
2628	2628	gressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided fur-13
2629	2629	ther, That not to exceed $3,020,000 shall be for adminis-14
2630	2630	trative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, 15
2631	2631	which shall be transferred to and merged with the appro-16
2632	2632	priations for ‘‘Maritime Administration—Operations and 17
2633	2633	Training’’. 18
2634	2634	PORT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 19
2635	2635	To make grants to improve port facilities as author-20
2636	2636	ized under section 54301 of title 46, United States Code, 21
2637	2637	$213,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-22
2638	2638	vided, That projects eligible for amounts made available 23
2639	2639	under this heading in this Act shall be projects for coastal 24
2640	2640	seaports, inland river ports, or Great Lakes ports: Pro-25 101
2641	2641	•S 2437 RS
2642	2642	vided further, That of the amounts made available under 1
2643	2643	this heading in this Act, not less than $188,000,000 shall 2
2644	2644	be for coastal seaports or Great Lakes ports: Provided fur-3
2645	2645	ther, That the requirements under section 3501(a)(9) of 4
2646	2646	the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 5
2647	2647	2023 (Public Law 117–263) shall apply to amounts made 6
2648	2648	available under this heading in this Act: Provided further, 7
2649	2649	That for grants awarded under this heading in this Act, 8
2650	2650	the minimum grant size shall be $1,000,000: Provided fur-9
2651	2651	ther, That for amounts made available under this heading 10
2652	2652	in this Act, the requirement under section 11
2653	2653	54301(a)(6)(A)(ii) of title 46, United States Code, shall 12
2654	2654	not apply to projects located in noncontiguous States or 13
2655	2655	territories. 14
2656	2656	ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION —MARITIME 15
2657	2657	ADMINISTRATION 16
2658	2658	S
2659	2659	EC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of 17
2660	2660	this Act, in addition to any existing authority, the Mari-18
2661	2661	time Administration is authorized to furnish utilities and 19
2662	2662	services and make necessary repairs in connection with 20
2663	2663	any lease, contract, or occupancy involving Government 21
2664	2664	property under control of the Maritime Administration: 22
2665	2665	Provided, That payments received therefor shall be cred-23
2666	2666	ited to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof and 24
2667	2667	shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 25 102
2668	2668	•S 2437 RS
2669	2669	That rental payments under any such lease, contract, or 1
2670	2670	occupancy for items other than such utilities, services, or 2
2671	2671	repairs shall be deposited into the Treasury as miscella-3
2672	2672	neous receipts. 4
2673	2673	P
2674	2674	IPELINE ANDHAZARDOUSMATERIALSSAFETY 5
2675	2675	A
2676	2676	DMINISTRATION 6
2677	2677	OPERATIONAL EXPENSES 7
2678	2678	For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline 8
2679	2679	and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, 9
2680	2680	$31,681,000, of which $4,500,000 shall remain available 10
2681	2681	until September 30, 2026. 11
2682	2682	HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 12
2683	2683	For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous 13
2684	2684	materials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous 14
2685	2685	Materials Safety Administration, $74,556,000, of which 15
2686	2686	$12,070,000 shall remain available until September 30, 16
2687	2687	2026, of which $1,000,000 shall be made available for car-17
2688	2688	rying out section 5107(i) of title 49, United States Code: 18
2689	2689	Provided, That up to $800,000 in fees collected under sec-19
2690	2690	tion 5108(g) of title 49, United States Code, shall be de-20
2691	2691	posited in the general fund of the Treasury as offsetting 21
2692	2692	receipts: Provided further, That there may be credited to 22
2693	2693	this appropriation, to be available until expended, funds 23
2694	2694	received from States, counties, municipalities, other public 24
2695	2695	authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for 25 103
2696	2696	•S 2437 RS
2697	2697	training, for reports publication and dissemination, and 1
2698	2698	for travel expenses incurred in performance of hazardous 2
2699	2699	materials exemptions and approvals functions. 3
2700	2700	PIPELINE SAFETY 4
2701	2701	(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND) 5
2702	2702	(OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND) 6
2703	2703	For expenses necessary to carry out a pipeline safety 7
2704	2704	program, as authorized by section 60107 of title 49, 8
2705	2705	United States Code, and to discharge the pipeline program 9
2706	2706	responsibilities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (Public 10
2707	2707	Law 101–380), $226,228,000, to remain available until 11
2708	2708	September 30, 2026, of which $30,000,000 shall be de-12
2709	2709	rived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which 13
2710	2710	$188,828,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety 14
2711	2711	Fund; of which $400,000 shall be derived from the fees 15
2712	2712	collected under section 60303 of title 49, United States 16
2713	2713	Code, and deposited in the Liquefied Natural Gas Siting 17
2714	2714	Account for compliance reviews of liquefied natural gas 18
2715	2715	facilities; and of which $7,000,000 shall be derived from 19
2716	2716	fees collected under section 60302 of title 49, United 20
2717	2717	States Code, and deposited in the Underground Natural 21
2718	2718	Gas Storage Facility Safety Account for the purpose of 22
2719	2719	carrying out section 60141 of title 49, United States Code: 23
2720	2720	Provided, That not less than $1,058,000 of the amounts 24
2721	2721	made available under this heading shall be for the One- 25 104
2722	2722	•S 2437 RS
2723	2723	Call State grant program: Provided further, That any 1
2724	2724	amounts made available under this heading in this Act or 2
2725	2725	in prior Acts for research contracts, grants, cooperative 3
2726	2726	agreements or research other transactions agreements 4
2727	2727	(‘‘OTAs’’) shall require written notification to the House 5
2728	2728	and Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than 6
2729	2729	3 full business days before such research contracts, grants, 7
2730	2730	cooperative agreements, or research OTAs are announced 8
2731	2731	by the Department of Transportation: Provided further, 9
2732	2732	That the Secretary shall transmit to the House and Sen-10
2733	2733	ate Committees on Appropriations the report on pipeline 11
2734	2734	safety testing enhancement as required pursuant to sec-12
2735	2735	tion 105 of the Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines 13
2736	2736	and Enhancing Safety Act of 2020 (division R of Public 14
2737	2737	Law 116–260): Provided further, That the Secretary may 15
2738	2738	obligate amounts made available under this heading to en-16
2739	2739	gineer, erect, alter, and repair buildings or make any other 17
2740	2740	public improvements for research facilities at the Trans-18
2741	2741	portation Technology Center after the Secretary submits 19
2742	2742	an updated research plan and the report in the preceding 20
2743	2743	proviso to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-21
2744	2744	priations and after such plan and report in the preceding 22
2745	2745	proviso are approved by the House and Senate Commit-23
2746	2746	tees on Appropriations. 24 105
2747	2747	•S 2437 RS
2748	2748	EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS 1
2749	2749	(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 2
2750	2750	(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND) 3
2751	2751	For expenses necessary to carry out the Emergency 4
2752	2752	Preparedness Grants program, not more than 5
2753	2753	$46,825,000 shall remain available until September 30, 6
2754	2754	2026, from amounts made available by section 5116(h) 7
2755	2755	and subsections (b) and (c) of section 5128 of title 49, 8
2756	2756	United States Code: Provided, That notwithstanding sec-9
2757	2757	tion 5116(h)(4) of title 49, United States Code, not more 10
2758	2758	than 4 percent of the amounts made available from this 11
2759	2759	account shall be available to pay the administrative costs 12
2760	2760	of carrying out sections 5116, 5107(e), and 5108(g)(2) 13
2761	2761	of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That 14
2762	2762	notwithstanding subsections (b) and (c) of section 5128 15
2763	2763	of title 49, United States Code, and the limitation on obli-16
2764	2764	gations provided under this heading, prior year recoveries 17
2765	2765	recognized in the current year shall be available to develop 18
2766	2766	and deliver hazardous materials emergency response train-19
2767	2767	ing for emergency responders, including response activities 20
2768	2768	for the transportation of crude oil, ethanol, flammable liq-21
2769	2769	uids, and other hazardous commodities by rail, consistent 22
2770	2770	with National Fire Protection Association standards, and 23
2771	2771	to make such training available through an electronic for-24
2772	2772	mat: Provided further, That the prior year recoveries made 25 106
2773	2773	•S 2437 RS
2774	2774	available under this heading shall also be available to carry 1
2775	2775	out sections 5116(a)(1)(C), 5116(h), 5116(i), 5116(j), 2
2776	2776	and 5107(e) of title 49, United States Code. 3
2777	2777	O
2778	2778	FFICE OFINSPECTORGENERAL 4
2779	2779	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 5
2780	2780	For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 6
2781	2781	General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector Gen-7
2782	2782	eral Act of 1978, as amended, $116,452,000: Provided, 8
2783	2783	That the Inspector General shall have all necessary au-9
2784	2784	thority, in carrying out the duties specified in the Inspec-10
2785	2785	tor General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.), to inves-11
2786	2786	tigate allegations of fraud, including false statements to 12
2787	2787	the government (18 U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity 13
2788	2788	that is subject to regulation by the Department of Trans-14
2789	2789	portation. 15
2790	2790	G
2791	2791	ENERALPROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF 16
2792	2792	T
2793	2793	RANSPORTATION 17
2794	2794	S
2795	2795	EC. 180. (a) During the current fiscal year, applica-18
2796	2796	ble appropriations to the Department of Transportation 19
2797	2797	shall be available for maintenance and operation of air-20
2798	2798	craft; hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; pur-21
2799	2799	chase of liability insurance for motor vehicles operating 22
2800	2800	in foreign countries on official department business; and 23
2801	2801	uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 24
2802	2802	5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code. 25 107
2803	2803	•S 2437 RS
2804	2804	(b) During the current fiscal year, applicable appro-1
2805	2805	priations to the Department and its operating administra-2
2806	2806	tions shall be available for the purchase, maintenance, op-3
2807	2807	eration, and deployment of unmanned aircraft systems 4
2808	2808	that advance the missions of the Department of Transpor-5
2809	2809	tation or an operating administration of the Department 6
2810	2810	of Transportation. 7
2811	2811	(c) Any unmanned aircraft system purchased, pro-8
2812	2812	cured, or contracted for by the Department prior to the 9
2813	2813	date of enactment of this Act shall be deemed authorized 10
2814	2814	by Congress as if this provision was in effect when the 11
2815	2815	system was purchased, procured, or contracted for. 12
2816	2816	S
2817	2817	EC. 181. Appropriations contained in this Act for 13
2818	2818	the Department of Transportation shall be available for 14
2819	2819	services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 15
2820	2820	States Code, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the 16
2821	2821	per diem rate equivalent to the rate for an Executive Level 17
2822	2822	IV. 18
2823	2823	S
2824	2824	EC. 182. (a) No recipient of amounts made available 19
2825	2825	by this Act shall disseminate personal information (as de-20
2826	2826	fined in section 2725(3) of title 18, United States Code) 21
2827	2827	obtained by a State department of motor vehicles in con-22
2828	2828	nection with a motor vehicle record as defined in section 23
2829	2829	2725(1) of title 18, United States Code, except as pro-24
2830	2830	vided in section 2721 of title 18, United States Code, for 25 108
2831	2831	•S 2437 RS
2832	2832	a use permitted under section 2721 of title 18, United 1
2833	2833	States Code. 2
2834	2834	(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 3
2835	2835	shall not withhold amounts made available by this Act for 4
2836	2836	any grantee if a State is in noncompliance with this provi-5
2837	2837	sion. 6
2838	2838	S
2839	2839	EC. 183. None of the funds made available by this 7
2840	2840	Act shall be available for salaries and expenses of more 8
2841	2841	than 125 political and Presidential appointees in the De-9
2842	2842	partment of Transportation: Provided, That none of the 10
2843	2843	personnel covered by this provision may be assigned on 11
2844	2844	temporary detail outside the Department of Transpor-12
2845	2845	tation. 13
2846	2846	S
2847	2847	EC. 184. Funds received by the Federal Highway 14
2848	2848	Administration and Federal Railroad Administration from 15
2849	2849	States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, 16
2850	2850	and private sources for expenses incurred for training may 17
2851	2851	be credited respectively to the Federal Highway Adminis-18
2852	2852	tration’s ‘‘Federal-Aid Highways’’ account and to the Fed-19
2853	2853	eral Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Operations’’ 20
2854	2854	account, except for State rail safety inspectors partici-21
2855	2855	pating in training pursuant to section 20105 of title 49, 22
2856	2856	United States Code. 23
2857	2857	S
2858	2858	EC. 185. None of the funds made available by this 24
2859	2859	Act or in title VIII of division J of Public Law 117–58 25 109
2860	2860	•S 2437 RS
2861	2861	to the Department of Transportation may be used to make 1
2862	2862	a loan, loan guarantee, line of credit, letter of intent, fed-2
2863	2863	erally funded cooperative agreement, full funding grant 3
2864	2864	agreement, or discretionary grant unless the Secretary of 4
2865	2865	Transportation notifies the House and Senate Committees 5
2866	2866	on Appropriations not less than 3 full business days before 6
2867	2867	any project competitively selected to receive any discre-7
2868	2868	tionary grant award, letter of intent, loan commitment, 8
2869	2869	loan guarantee commitment, line of credit commitment, 9
2870	2870	federally funded cooperative agreement, or full funding 10
2871	2871	grant agreement is announced by the Department or its 11
2872	2872	operating administrations: Provided, That the Secretary of 12
2873	2873	Transportation shall provide the House and Senate Com-13
2874	2874	mittees on Appropriations with a comprehensive list of all 14
2875	2875	such loans, loan guarantees, lines of credit, letters of in-15
2876	2876	tent, federally funded cooperative agreements, full funding 16
2877	2877	grant agreements, and discretionary grants prior to the 17
2878	2878	notification required under the preceding proviso: Pro-18
2879	2879	vided further, That the Secretary gives concurrent notifi-19
2880	2880	cation to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-20
2881	2881	tions for any ‘‘quick release’’ of funds from the emergency 21
2882	2882	relief program: Provided further, That no notification shall 22
2883	2883	involve funds that are not available for obligation. 23
2884	2884	S
2885	2885	EC. 186. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, 24
2886	2886	minor fees, and other funds received by the Department 25 110
2887	2887	•S 2437 RS
2888	2888	of Transportation from travel management centers, 1
2889	2889	charge card programs, the subleasing of building space, 2
2890	2890	and miscellaneous sources are to be credited to appropria-3
2891	2891	tions of the Department of Transportation and allocated 4
2892	2892	to organizational units of the Department of Transpor-5
2893	2893	tation using fair and equitable criteria and such funds 6
2894	2894	shall be available until expended. 7
2895	2895	S
2896	2896	EC. 187. Notwithstanding any other provision of 8
2897	2897	law, if any funds provided by or limited by this Act are 9
2898	2898	subject to a reprogramming action that requires notice to 10
2899	2899	be provided to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-11
2900	2900	propriations, transmission of such reprogramming notice 12
2901	2901	shall be provided solely to the House and Senate Commit-13
2902	2902	tees on Appropriations, and such reprogramming action 14
2903	2903	shall be approved or denied solely by the House and Sen-15
2904	2904	ate Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That the 16
2905	2905	Secretary of Transportation may provide notice to other 17
2906	2906	congressional committees of the action of the House and 18
2907	2907	Senate Committees on Appropriations on such reprogram-19
2908	2908	ming but not sooner than 30 days after the date on which 20
2909	2909	the reprogramming action has been approved or denied by 21
2910	2910	the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 22
2911	2911	S
2912	2912	EC. 188. Funds appropriated by this Act to the op-23
2913	2913	erating administrations may be obligated for the Office of 24
2914	2914	the Secretary for the costs related to assessments or reim-25 111
2915	2915	•S 2437 RS
2916	2916	bursable agreements only when such amounts are for the 1
2917	2917	costs of goods and services that are purchased to provide 2
2918	2918	a direct benefit to the applicable operating administration 3
2919	2919	or administrations. 4
2920	2920	S
2921	2921	EC. 189. The Secretary of Transportation is author-5
2922	2922	ized to carry out a program that establishes uniform 6
2923	2923	standards for developing and supporting agency transit 7
2924	2924	pass and transit benefits authorized under section 7905 8
2925	2925	of title 5, United States Code, including distribution of 9
2926	2926	transit benefits by various paper and electronic media. 10
2927	2927	S
2928	2928	EC. 190. The Department of Transportation may 11
2929	2929	use funds provided by this Act, or any other Act, to assist 12
2930	2930	a contract under title 49 or 23 of the United States Code 13
2931	2931	utilizing geographic, economic, or any other hiring pref-14
2932	2932	erence not otherwise authorized by law, or to amend a 15
2933	2933	rule, regulation, policy or other measure that forbids a re-16
2934	2934	cipient of a Federal Highway Administration or Federal 17
2935	2935	Transit Administration grant from imposing such hiring 18
2936	2936	preference on a contract or construction project with 19
2937	2937	which the Department of Transportation is assisting, only 20
2938	2938	if the grant recipient certifies the following: 21
2939	2939	(1) that except with respect to apprentices or 22
2940	2940	trainees, a pool of readily available but unemployed 23
2941	2941	individuals possessing the knowledge, skill, and abil-24 112
2942	2942	•S 2437 RS
2943	2943	ity to perform the work that the contract requires 1
2944	2944	resides in the jurisdiction; 2
2945	2945	(2) that the grant recipient will include appro-3
2946	2946	priate provisions in its bid document ensuring that 4
2947	2947	the contractor does not displace any of its existing 5
2948	2948	employees in order to satisfy such hiring preference; 6
2949	2949	and 7
2950	2950	(3) that any increase in the cost of labor, train-8
2951	2951	ing, or delays resulting from the use of such hiring 9
2952	2952	preference does not delay or displace any transpor-10
2953	2953	tation project in the applicable Statewide Transpor-11
2954	2954	tation Improvement Program or Transportation Im-12
2955	2955	provement Program. 13
2956	2956	S
2957	2957	EC. 191. The Secretary of Transportation shall co-14
2958	2958	ordinate with the Secretary of Homeland Security to en-15
2959	2959	sure that best practices for Industrial Control Systems 16
2960	2960	Procurement are up-to-date and shall ensure that systems 17
2961	2961	procured with funds provided under this title were pro-18
2962	2962	cured using such practices. 19
2963	2963	This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans-20
2964	2964	portation Appropriations Act, 2024’’. 21 113
2965	2965	•S 2437 RS
2966	2966	TITLE II 1
2967	2967	DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 2
2968	2968	DEVELOPMENT 3
2969	2969	M
2970	2970	ANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 4
2971	2971	EXECUTIVE OFFICES 5
2972	2972	For necessary salaries and expenses for Executive Of-6
2973	2973	fices, which shall be comprised of the offices of the Sec-7
2974	2974	retary, Deputy Secretary, Adjudicatory Services, Congres-8
2975	2975	sional and Intergovernmental Relations, Public Affairs, 9
2976	2976	Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, and the 10
2977	2977	Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, 11
2978	2978	$19,400,000, to remain available until September 30, 12
2979	2979	2025: Provided, That not to exceed $25,000 of the amount 13
2980	2980	made available under this heading shall be available to the 14
2981	2981	Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (referred 15
2982	2982	to in this title as ‘‘the Secretary’’) for official reception 16
2983	2983	and representation expenses as the Secretary may deter-17
2984	2984	mine. 18
2985	2985	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OFFICES 19
2986	2986	For necessary salaries and expenses for Administra-20
2987	2987	tive Support Offices, $698,200,000, to remain available 21
2988	2988	until September 30, 2025: Provided, That of the sums ap-22
2989	2989	propriated under this heading— 23
2990	2990	(1) $95,200,000 shall be available for the Office 24
2991	2991	of the Chief Financial Officer; 25 114
2992	2992	•S 2437 RS
2993	2993	(2) $127,400,000 shall be available for the Of-1
2994	2994	fice of the General Counsel, of which not less than 2
2995	2995	$21,700,000 shall be for the Departmental Enforce-3
2996	2996	ment Center; 4
2997	2997	(3) $241,800,000 shall be available for the Of-5
2998	2998	fice of Administration; 6
2999	2999	(4) $55,800,000 shall be available for the Office 7
3000	3000	of the Chief Human Capital Officer; 8
3001	3001	(5) $32,400,000 shall be available for the Office 9
3002	3002	of the Chief Procurement Officer; 10
3003	3003	(6) $68,300,000 shall be available for the Office 11
3004	3004	of Field Policy and Management; 12
3005	3005	(7) $4,900,000 shall be available for the Office 13
3006	3006	of Departmental Equal Employment Opportunity; 14
3007	3007	and 15
3008	3008	(8) $72,400,000 shall be available for the Office 16
3009	3009	of the Chief Information Officer: 17
3010	3010	Provided further, That funds made available under this 18
3011	3011	heading may be used for necessary administrative and 19
3012	3012	non-administrative expenses of the Department, not other-20
3013	3013	wise provided for, including purchase of uniforms, or al-21
3014	3014	lowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 22
3015	3015	5902 of title 5, United States Code; hire of passenger 23
3016	3016	motor vehicles; and services as authorized by section 3109 24
3017	3017	of title 5, United States Code: Provided further, That not-25 115
3018	3018	•S 2437 RS
3019	3019	withstanding any other provision of law, funds appro-1
3020	3020	priated under this heading may be used for advertising 2
3021	3021	and promotional activities that directly support program 3
3022	3022	activities funded in this title: Provided further, That the 4
3023	3023	Secretary shall provide the House and Senate Committees 5
3024	3024	on Appropriations quarterly written notification regarding 6
3025	3025	the status of pending congressional reports: Provided fur-7
3026	3026	ther, That the Secretary shall provide in electronic form 8
3027	3027	all signed reports required by Congress. 9
3028	3028	PROGRAM OFFICES 10
3029	3029	For necessary salaries and expenses for Program Of-11
3030	3030	fices, $1,114,100,000, to remain available until September 12
3031	3031	30, 2025: Provided, That of the sums appropriated under 13
3032	3032	this heading— 14
3033	3033	(1) $288,500,000 shall be available for the Of-15
3034	3034	fice of Public and Indian Housing; 16
3035	3035	(2) $170,500,000 shall be available for the Of-17
3036	3036	fice of Community Planning and Development; 18
3037	3037	(3) $497,000,000 shall be available for the Of-19
3038	3038	fice of Housing; 20
3039	3039	(4) $44,000,000 shall be available for the Office 21
3040	3040	of Policy Development and Research; 22
3041	3041	(5) $102,900,000 shall be available for the Of-23
3042	3042	fice of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity; and 24 116
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3044	3044	(6) $11,200,000 shall be available for the Office 1
3045	3045	of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes. 2
3046	3046	WORKING CAPITAL FUND 3
3047	3047	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 4
3048	3048	For the working capital fund for the Department of 5
3049	3049	Housing and Urban Development (referred to in this para-6
3050	3050	graph as the ‘‘Fund’’), pursuant, in part, to section 7(f) 7
3051	3051	of the Department of Housing and Urban Development 8
3052	3052	Act (42 U.S.C. 3535(f)), amounts transferred, including 9
3053	3053	reimbursements pursuant to section 7(f), to the Fund 10
3054	3054	under this heading shall be available only for Federal 11
3055	3055	shared services used by offices and agencies of the Depart-12
3056	3056	ment, and for any such portion of any office or agency’s 13
3057	3057	printing, records management, space renovation, fur-14
3058	3058	niture, or supply services the Secretary has determined 15
3059	3059	shall be provided through the Fund, and the operational 16
3060	3060	expenses of the Fund: Provided, That amounts within the 17
3061	3061	Fund shall not be available to provide services not specifi-18
3062	3062	cally authorized under this heading: Provided further, 19
3063	3063	That upon a determination by the Secretary that any 20
3064	3064	other service (or portion thereof) authorized under this 21
3065	3065	heading shall be provided through the Fund, amounts 22
3066	3066	made available in this title for salaries and expenses under 23
3067	3067	the headings ‘‘Executive Offices’’, ‘‘Administrative Sup-24
3068	3068	port Offices’’, ‘‘Program Offices’’, and ‘‘Government Na-25 117
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3070	3070	tional Mortgage Association’’, for such services shall be 1
3071	3071	transferred to the Fund, to remain available until ex-2
3072	3072	pended: Provided further, That the Secretary shall notify 3
3073	3073	the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations of 4
3074	3074	its plans for executing such transfers at least 15 days in 5
3075	3075	advance of such transfers. 6
3076	3076	P
3077	3077	UBLIC ANDINDIANHOUSING 7
3078	3078	TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 8
3079	3079	For activities and assistance for the provision of ten-9
3080	3080	ant-based rental assistance authorized under the United 10
3081	3081	States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 11
3082	3082	et seq.) (in this title ‘‘the Act’’), not otherwise provided 12
3083	3083	for, $27,737,961,000, to remain available until expended, 13
3084	3084	which shall be available on October 1, 2023 (in addition 14
3085	3085	to the $4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this 15
3086	3086	heading that shall be available on October 1, 2023), and 16
3087	3087	$4,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, which 17
3088	3088	shall be available on October 1, 2024: Provided, That of 18
3089	3089	the sums appropriated under this heading— 19
3090	3090	(1) $27,765,512,000 shall be available for re-20
3091	3091	newals of expiring section 8 tenant-based annual 21
3092	3092	contributions contracts (including renewals of en-22
3093	3093	hanced vouchers under any provision of law author-23
3094	3094	izing such assistance under section 8(t) of the Act) 24
3095	3095	and including renewal of other special purpose incre-25 118
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3097	3097	mental vouchers: Provided, That notwithstanding 1
3098	3098	any other provision of law, from amounts provided 2
3099	3099	under this paragraph and any carryover, the Sec-3
3100	3100	retary for the calendar year 2024 funding cycle shall 4
3101	3101	provide renewal funding for each public housing 5
3102	3102	agency based on validated voucher management sys-6
3103	3103	tem (VMS) leasing and cost data for the prior cal-7
3104	3104	endar year and by applying an inflation factor as es-8
3105	3105	tablished by the Secretary, by notice published in 9
3106	3106	the Federal Register, and by making any necessary 10
3107	3107	adjustments for the costs associated with the first- 11
3108	3108	time renewal of vouchers under this paragraph in-12
3109	3109	cluding tenant protection and Choice Neighborhoods 13
3110	3110	vouchers: Provided further, That none of the funds 14
3111	3111	provided under this paragraph may be used to fund 15
3112	3112	a total number of unit months under lease which ex-16
3113	3113	ceeds a public housing agency’s authorized level of 17
3114	3114	units under contract, except for public housing agen-18
3115	3115	cies participating in the Moving to Work (MTW) 19
3116	3116	demonstration, which are instead governed in ac-20
3117	3117	cordance with the requirements of the MTW dem-21
3118	3118	onstration program or their MTW agreements, if 22
3119	3119	any: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, to 23
3120	3120	the extent necessary to stay within the amount spec-24
3121	3121	ified under this paragraph (except as otherwise 25 119
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3123	3123	modified under this paragraph), prorate each public 1
3124	3124	housing agency’s allocation otherwise established 2
3125	3125	pursuant to this paragraph: Provided further, That 3
3126	3126	except as provided in the following provisos, the en-4
3127	3127	tire amount specified under this paragraph (except 5
3128	3128	as otherwise modified under this paragraph) shall be 6
3129	3129	obligated to the public housing agencies based on the 7
3130	3130	allocation and pro rata method described above, and 8
3131	3131	the Secretary shall notify public housing agencies of 9
3132	3132	their annual budget by the latter of 60 days after 10
3133	3133	enactment of this Act or March 1, 2024: Provided 11
3134	3134	further, That the Secretary may extend the notifica-12
3135	3135	tion period only after the House and Senate Com-13
3136	3136	mittees on Appropriations are notified at least 10 14
3137	3137	business days in advance of the extension: Provided 15
3138	3138	further, That public housing agencies participating 16
3139	3139	in the MTW demonstration shall be funded in ac-17
3140	3140	cordance with the requirements of the MTW dem-18
3141	3141	onstration program or their MTW agreements, if 19
3142	3142	any, and shall be subject to the same pro rata ad-20
3143	3143	justments under the preceding provisos: Provided 21
3144	3144	further, That the Secretary may offset public hous-22
3145	3145	ing agencies’ calendar year 2024 allocations based 23
3146	3146	on the excess amounts of public housing agencies’ 24
3147	3147	net restricted assets accounts, including HUD-held 25 120
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3149	3149	programmatic reserves (in accordance with VMS 1
3150	3150	data in calendar year 2023 that is verifiable and 2
3151	3151	complete), as determined by the Secretary: Provided 3
3152	3152	further, That public housing agencies participating 4
3153	3153	in the MTW demonstration shall also be subject to 5
3154	3154	the offset, as determined by the Secretary, excluding 6
3155	3155	amounts subject to the single fund budget authority 7
3156	3156	provisions of their MTW agreements, from the agen-8
3157	3157	cies’ calendar year 2024 MTW funding allocation: 9
3158	3158	Provided further, That the Secretary shall use any 10
3159	3159	offset referred to in the preceding two provisos 11
3160	3160	throughout the calendar year to prevent the termi-12
3161	3161	nation of rental assistance for families as the result 13
3162	3162	of insufficient funding, as determined by the Sec-14
3163	3163	retary, and to avoid or reduce the proration of re-15
3164	3164	newal funding allocations: Provided further, That up 16
3165	3165	to $200,000,000 shall be available only: 17
3166	3166	(A) for adjustments in the allocations for 18
3167	3167	public housing agencies, after application for an 19
3168	3168	adjustment by a public housing agency that ex-20
3169	3169	perienced a significant increase, as determined 21
3170	3170	by the Secretary, in renewal costs of vouchers 22
3171	3171	resulting from unforeseen circumstances or 23
3172	3172	from portability under section 8(r) of the Act; 24 121
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3174	3174	(B) for vouchers that were not in use dur-1
3175	3175	ing the previous 12-month period in order to be 2
3176	3176	available to meet a commitment pursuant to 3
3177	3177	section 8(o)(13) of the Act, or an adjustment 4
3178	3178	for a funding obligation not yet expended in the 5
3179	3179	previous calendar year for a MTW-eligible ac-6
3180	3180	tivity to develop affordable housing for an agen-7
3181	3181	cy added to the MTW demonstration under the 8
3182	3182	expansion authority provided in section 239 of 9
3183	3183	the Transportation, Housing and Urban Devel-10
3184	3184	opment, and Related Agencies Appropriations 11
3185	3185	Act, 2016 (division L of Public Law 114–113); 12
3186	3186	(C) for adjustments for costs associated 13
3187	3187	with HUD–Veterans Affairs Supportive Hous-14
3188	3188	ing (HUD–VASH) vouchers; 15
3189	3189	(D) for public housing agencies that de-16
3190	3190	spite taking reasonable cost savings measures, 17
3191	3191	as determined by the Secretary, would other-18
3192	3192	wise be required to terminate rental assistance 19
3193	3193	for families as a result of insufficient funding; 20
3194	3194	(E) for adjustments in the allocations for 21
3195	3195	public housing agencies that— 22
3196	3196	(i) are leasing a lower-than-average 23
3197	3197	percentage of their authorized vouchers, 24 122
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3199	3199	(ii) have low amounts of budget au-1
3200	3200	thority in their net restricted assets ac-2
3201	3201	counts and HUD-held programmatic re-3
3202	3202	serves, relative to other agencies, and 4
3203	3203	(iii) are not participating in the Mov-5
3204	3204	ing to Work demonstration, to enable such 6
3205	3205	agencies to lease more vouchers; 7
3206	3206	(F) for withheld payments in accordance 8
3207	3207	with section 8(o)(8)(A)(ii) of the Act for 9
3208	3208	months in the previous calendar year that were 10
3209	3209	subsequently paid by the public housing agency 11
3210	3210	after the agency’s actual costs were validated; 12
3211	3211	and 13
3212	3212	(G) for public housing agencies that have 14
3213	3213	experienced increased costs or loss of units in 15
3214	3214	an area for which the President declared a dis-16
3215	3215	aster under title IV of the Robert T. Stafford 17
3216	3216	Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 18
3217	3217	(42 U.S.C. 5170 et seq.): 19
3218	3218	Provided further, That the Secretary shall allocate 20
3219	3219	amounts under the preceding proviso based on need, 21
3220	3220	as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, 22
3221	3221	That the Secretary may establish a demonstration 23
3222	3222	program to continue through fiscal year 2027 at up 24
3223	3223	to 8 public housing agencies in difficult rental mar-25 123
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3225	3225	kets, as determined by the Secretary, for the pur-1
3226	3226	pose of testing whether the provision of additional 2
3227	3227	assistance to facilitate leasing increases the ability of 3
3228	3228	families participating in the program to lease a unit: 4
3229	3229	Provided further, That amounts made available 5
3230	3230	under this paragraph in this and prior Acts to public 6
3231	3231	housing agencies participating in such demonstration 7
3232	3232	program shall be available for making utility and se-8
3233	3233	curity deposit assistance payments (including last 9
3234	3234	month’s rent) and other costs consistent with the 10
3235	3235	terms of the demonstration, in addition to the pur-11
3236	3236	poses for which such funds were appropriated and 12
3237	3237	obligated and in addition to amounts for administra-13
3238	3238	tive and other expenses otherwise available for such 14
3239	3239	payments and costs: Provided further, That any such 15
3240	3240	utility or security deposit payments returned to the 16
3241	3241	public housing agency, including any interest earned 17
3242	3242	while such amounts were held by the owner, shall be 18
3243	3243	available only for future housing assistance payment 19
3244	3244	expenses (including eligible uses during the term of 20
3245	3245	the demonstration): Provided further, That of the 21
3246	3246	amounts provided under this paragraph, 22
3247	3247	$5,289,210,000 is designated by the Congress as 23
3248	3248	being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-24 124
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3250	3250	tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 1
3251	3251	Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985; 2
3252	3252	(2) $445,000,000 shall be available for section 3
3253	3253	8 rental assistance for relocation and replacement of 4
3254	3254	housing units that are demolished or disposed of 5
3255	3255	pursuant to section 18 of the Act, conversion of sec-6
3256	3256	tion 23 projects to assistance under section 8, relo-7
3257	3257	cation of witnesses (including victims of violent 8
3258	3258	crimes) in connection with efforts to combat crime 9
3259	3259	in public and assisted housing pursuant to a request 10
3260	3260	from a law enforcement or prosecution agency, en-11
3261	3261	hanced vouchers under any provision of law author-12
3262	3262	izing such assistance under section 8(t) of the Act, 13
3263	3263	Choice Neighborhood vouchers, mandatory and vol-14
3264	3264	untary conversions, and tenant protection assistance 15
3265	3265	including replacement and relocation assistance or 16
3266	3266	for project-based assistance to prevent the displace-17
3267	3267	ment of unassisted elderly tenants currently residing 18
3268	3268	in section 202 properties financed between 1959 and 19
3269	3269	1974 that are refinanced pursuant to Public Law 20
3270	3270	106–569, as amended, or under the authority as 21
3271	3271	provided under this Act: Provided, That when a pub-22
3272	3272	lic housing development is submitted for demolition 23
3273	3273	or disposition under section 18 of the Act, the Sec-24
3274	3274	retary may provide section 8 rental assistance when 25 125
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3276	3276	the units pose an imminent health and safety risk to 1
3277	3277	residents: Provided further, That the Secretary may 2
3278	3278	provide section 8 rental assistance from amounts 3
3279	3279	made available under this paragraph for units as-4
3280	3280	sisted under a project-based subsidy contract funded 5
3281	3281	under the ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’’ head-6
3282	3282	ing under this title where the owner has received a 7
3283	3283	Notice of Default and the units pose an imminent 8
3284	3284	health and safety risk to residents: Provided further, 9
3285	3285	That of the amounts made available under this para-10
3286	3286	graph, no less than $5,000,000 may be available to 11
3287	3287	provide tenant protection assistance, not otherwise 12
3288	3288	provided under this paragraph, to residents residing 13
3289	3289	in low vacancy areas and who may have to pay rents 14
3290	3290	greater than 30 percent of household income, as the 15
3291	3291	result of: (A) the maturity of a HUD-insured, HUD- 16
3292	3292	held or section 202 loan that requires the permission 17
3293	3293	of the Secretary prior to loan prepayment; (B) the 18
3294	3294	expiration of a rental assistance contract for which 19
3295	3295	the tenants are not eligible for enhanced voucher or 20
3296	3296	tenant protection assistance under existing law; or 21
3297	3297	(C) the expiration of affordability restrictions accom-22
3298	3298	panying a mortgage or preservation program admin-23
3299	3299	istered by the Secretary: Provided further, That such 24
3300	3300	tenant protection assistance made available under 25 126
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3302	3302	the preceding proviso may be provided under the au-1
3303	3303	thority of section 8(t) or section 8(o)(13) of the Act: 2
3304	3304	Provided further, That any tenant protection voucher 3
3305	3305	made available from amounts under this paragraph 4
3306	3306	shall not be reissued by any public housing agency, 5
3307	3307	except the replacement vouchers as defined by the 6
3308	3308	Secretary by notice, when the initial family that re-7
3309	3309	ceived any such voucher no longer receives such 8
3310	3310	voucher, and the authority for any public housing 9
3311	3311	agency to issue any such voucher shall cease to exist: 10
3312	3312	Provided further, That the Secretary may only pro-11
3313	3313	vide replacement vouchers for units that were occu-12
3314	3314	pied within the previous 24 months that cease to be 13
3315	3315	available as assisted housing, subject only to the 14
3316	3316	availability of funds; 15
3317	3317	(3) $2,781,449,000 shall be available for ad-16
3318	3318	ministrative and other expenses of public housing 17
3319	3319	agencies in administering the section 8 tenant-based 18
3320	3320	rental assistance program, of which up to 19
3321	3321	$30,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary to al-20
3322	3322	locate to public housing agencies that need addi-21
3323	3323	tional funds to administer their section 8 programs, 22
3324	3324	including fees associated with section 8 tenant pro-23
3325	3325	tection rental assistance, the administration of dis-24
3326	3326	aster related vouchers, HUD–VASH vouchers, and 25 127
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3328	3328	other special purpose incremental vouchers: Pro-1
3329	3329	vided, That no less than $2,751,449,000 of the 2
3330	3330	amount provided in this paragraph shall be allocated 3
3331	3331	to public housing agencies for the calendar year 4
3332	3332	2024 funding cycle based on section 8(q) of the Act 5
3333	3333	(and related Appropriation Act provisions) as in ef-6
3334	3334	fect immediately before the enactment of the Quality 7
3335	3335	Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (Pub-8
3336	3336	lic Law 105–276): Provided further, That if the 9
3337	3337	amounts made available under this paragraph are 10
3338	3338	insufficient to pay the amounts determined under 11
3339	3339	the preceding proviso, the Secretary may decrease 12
3340	3340	the amounts allocated to agencies by a uniform per-13
3341	3341	centage applicable to all agencies receiving funding 14
3342	3342	under this paragraph or may, to the extent nec-15
3343	3343	essary to provide full payment of amounts deter-16
3344	3344	mined under the preceding proviso, utilize unobli-17
3345	3345	gated balances, including recaptures and carryover, 18
3346	3346	remaining from funds appropriated under this head-19
3347	3347	ing from prior fiscal years, excluding special purpose 20
3348	3348	vouchers, notwithstanding the purposes for which 21
3349	3349	such amounts were appropriated: Provided further, 22
3350	3350	That all public housing agencies participating in the 23
3351	3351	MTW demonstration shall be funded in accordance 24
3352	3352	with the requirements of the MTW demonstration 25 128
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3354	3354	program or their MTW agreements, if any, and shall 1
3355	3355	be subject to the same uniform percentage decrease 2
3356	3356	as under the preceding proviso: Provided further, 3
3357	3357	That amounts provided under this paragraph shall 4
3358	3358	be only for activities related to the provision of ten-5
3359	3359	ant-based rental assistance authorized under section 6
3360	3360	8, including related development activities; 7
3361	3361	(4) $686,000,000 shall be available for the re-8
3362	3362	newal of tenant-based assistance contracts under 9
3363	3363	section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af-10
3364	3364	fordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), including 11
3365	3365	necessary administrative expenses: Provided, That 12
3366	3366	administrative and other expenses of public housing 13
3367	3367	agencies in administering the special purpose vouch-14
3368	3368	ers in this paragraph shall be funded under the 15
3369	3369	same terms and be subject to the same pro rata re-16
3370	3370	duction as the percent decrease for administrative 17
3371	3371	and other expenses to public housing agencies under 18
3372	3372	paragraph (3) of this heading: Provided further, 19
3373	3373	That up to $10,000,000 shall be available only— 20
3374	3374	(A) for adjustments in the allocation for 21
3375	3375	public housing agencies, after applications for 22
3376	3376	an adjustment by a public housing agency that 23
3377	3377	experienced a significant increase, as deter-24
3378	3378	mined by the Secretary, in Mainstream renewal 25 129
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3380	3380	costs resulting from unforeseen circumstances; 1
3381	3381	and 2
3382	3382	(B) for public housing agencies that de-3
3383	3383	spite taking reasonable cost savings measures, 4
3384	3384	as determined by the Secretary, would other-5
3385	3385	wise be required to terminate the rental assist-6
3386	3386	ance for Mainstream families as a result of in-7
3387	3387	sufficient funding: 8
3388	3388	Provided further, That the Secretary shall allocate 9
3389	3389	amounts under the preceding proviso based on need, 10
3390	3390	as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, 11
3391	3391	That upon turnover, section 811 special purpose 12
3392	3392	vouchers funded under this heading in this or prior 13
3393	3393	Acts, or under any other heading in prior Acts, shall 14
3394	3394	be provided to non-elderly persons with disabilities; 15
3395	3395	(5) of the amounts provided under paragraph 16
3396	3396	(1), up to $7,500,000 shall be available for rental 17
3397	3397	assistance and associated administrative fees for 18
3398	3398	Tribal HUD–VASH to serve Native American vet-19
3399	3399	erans that are homeless or at-risk of homelessness 20
3400	3400	living on or near a reservation or other Indian areas: 21
3401	3401	Provided, That such amount shall be made available 22
3402	3402	for renewal grants to recipients that received assist-23
3403	3403	ance under prior Acts under the Tribal HUD–VASH 24
3404	3404	program: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 25 130
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3406	3406	be authorized to specify criteria for renewal grants, 1
3407	3407	including data on the utilization of assistance re-2
3408	3408	ported by grant recipients: Provided further, That 3
3409	3409	such assistance shall be administered in accordance 4
3410	3410	with program requirements under the Native Amer-5
3411	3411	ican Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act 6
3412	3412	of 1996 and modeled after the HUD–VASH pro-7
3413	3413	gram: Provided further, That the Secretary shall be 8
3414	3414	authorized to waive, or specify alternative require-9
3415	3415	ments for any provision of any statute or regulation 10
3416	3416	that the Secretary administers in connection with 11
3417	3417	the use of funds made available under this para-12
3418	3418	graph (except for requirements related to fair hous-13
3419	3419	ing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the en-14
3420	3420	vironment), upon a finding by the Secretary that 15
3421	3421	any such waivers or alternative requirements are 16
3422	3422	necessary for the effective delivery and administra-17
3423	3423	tion of such assistance: Provided further, That grant 18
3424	3424	recipients shall report to the Secretary on utilization 19
3425	3425	of such rental assistance and other program data, as 20
3426	3426	prescribed by the Secretary: Provided further, That 21
3427	3427	the Secretary may reallocate, as determined by the 22
3428	3428	Secretary, amounts returned or recaptured from 23
3429	3429	awards under the Tribal HUD–VASH program 24 131
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3431	3431	under prior Acts to existing recipients under the 1
3432	3432	Tribal HUD–VASH program; 2
3433	3433	(6) $30,000,000 shall be available for incre-3
3434	3434	mental rental voucher assistance for use through a 4
3435	3435	supported housing program administered in conjunc-5
3436	3436	tion with the Department of Veterans Affairs as au-6
3437	3437	thorized under section 8(o)(19) of the United States 7
3438	3438	Housing Act of 1937: Provided, That the Secretary 8
3439	3439	of Housing and Urban Development shall make such 9
3440	3440	funding available, notwithstanding section 203 (com-10
3441	3441	petition provision) of this title, to public housing 11
3442	3442	agencies that partner with eligible VA Medical Cen-12
3443	3443	ters or other entities as designated by the Secretary 13
3444	3444	of the Department of Veterans Affairs, based on 14
3445	3445	geographical need for such assistance as identified 15
3446	3446	by the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Af-16
3447	3447	fairs, public housing agency administrative perform-17
3448	3448	ance, and other factors as specified by the Secretary 18
3449	3449	of Housing and Urban Development in consultation 19
3450	3450	with the Secretary of the Department of Veterans 20
3451	3451	Affairs: Provided further, That the Secretary of 21
3452	3452	Housing and Urban Development may waive, or 22
3453	3453	specify alternative requirements for (in consultation 23
3454	3454	with the Secretary of the Department of Veterans 24
3455	3455	Affairs), any provision of any statute or regulation 25 132
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3457	3457	that the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-1
3458	3458	ment administers in connection with the use of 2
3459	3459	funds made available under this paragraph (except 3
3460	3460	for requirements related to fair housing, non-4
3461	3461	discrimination, labor standards, and the environ-5
3462	3462	ment), upon a finding by the Secretary that any 6
3463	3463	such waivers or alternative requirements are nec-7
3464	3464	essary for the effective delivery and administration 8
3465	3465	of such voucher assistance: Provided further, That 9
3466	3466	assistance made available under this paragraph shall 10
3467	3467	continue to remain available for homeless veterans 11
3468	3468	upon turn-over: Provided further, That of the total 12
3469	3469	amount made available under this paragraph, up to 13
3470	3470	$10,000,000 may be for additional fees established 14
3471	3471	by and allocated pursuant to a method determined 15
3472	3472	by the Secretary for administrative and other ex-16
3473	3473	penses (including those eligible activities defined by 17
3474	3474	notice to facilitate leasing, such as security deposit 18
3475	3475	assistance and costs related to the retention and 19
3476	3476	support of participating owners) of public housing 20
3477	3477	agencies in administering HUD–VASH vouchers; 21
3478	3478	(7) $30,000,000 shall be available for the fam-22
3479	3479	ily unification program as authorized under section 23
3480	3480	8(x) of the Act: Provided, That the amounts made 24 133
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3482	3482	available under this paragraph are provided as fol-1
3483	3483	lows: 2
3484	3484	(A) $5,000,000 shall be available for new 3
3485	3485	incremental voucher assistance, which shall con-4
3486	3486	tinue to remain available for family unification 5
3487	3487	upon turnover; and 6
3488	3488	(B) $25,000,000 shall be available for new 7
3489	3489	incremental voucher assistance to assist eligible 8
3490	3490	youth as defined by such section 8(x)(2)(B) of 9
3491	3491	the Act, which shall continue to remain avail-10
3492	3492	able for such eligible youth upon turnover: Pro-11
3493	3493	vided, That such amounts shall be available on 12
3494	3494	a noncompetitive basis to public housing agen-13
3495	3495	cies that partner with public child welfare agen-14
3496	3496	cies to identify such eligible youth, that request 15
3497	3497	such assistance to timely assist such eligible 16
3498	3498	youth, and that meet any other criteria as spec-17
3499	3499	ified by the Secretary: Provided further, That 18
3500	3500	the Secretary shall review utilization of such as-19
3501	3501	sistance and assistance originating from appro-20
3502	3502	priations made available for youth under this 21
3503	3503	heading in any prior Act that the Secretary 22
3504	3504	made available on a noncompetitive basis, at an 23
3505	3505	interval to be determined by the Secretary, and 24
3506	3506	unutilized voucher assistance that is no longer 25 134
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3508	3508	needed based on such review shall be recaptured 1
3509	3509	by the Secretary and reallocated pursuant to 2
3510	3510	the preceding proviso: 3
3511	3511	Provided further, That any public housing agency 4
3512	3512	administering new incremental voucher assistance 5
3513	3513	originating from appropriations made available for 6
3514	3514	the family unification program under this heading in 7
3515	3515	this or any prior Act that the Secretary made avail-8
3516	3516	able on a competitive basis that determines it no 9
3517	3517	longer has an identified need for such assistance 10
3518	3518	upon turnover shall notify the Secretary, and the 11
3519	3519	Secretary shall recapture such assistance from the 12
3520	3520	agency and reallocate it to any other public housing 13
3521	3521	agency or agencies based on need for voucher assist-14
3522	3522	ance in connection with such specified program or 15
3523	3523	eligible youth, as applicable; and 16
3524	3524	(8) the Secretary shall separately track all spe-17
3525	3525	cial purpose vouchers funded under this heading. 18
3526	3526	HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND 19
3527	3527	(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 20
3528	3528	Unobligated balances, including recaptures and car-21
3529	3529	ryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the Depart-22
3530	3530	ment of Housing and Urban Development under this 23
3531	3531	heading, the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted 24
3532	3532	Housing’’ and the heading ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assist-25 135
3533	3533	•S 2437 RS
3534	3534	ance’’, for fiscal year 2024 and prior years may be used 1
3535	3535	for renewal of or amendments to section 8 project-based 2
3536	3536	contracts and for performance-based contract administra-3
3537	3537	tors, notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds 4
3538	3538	were appropriated: Provided, That any obligated balances 5
3539	3539	of contract authority from fiscal year 1974 and prior fiscal 6
3540	3540	years that have been terminated shall be rescinded: Pro-7
3541	3541	vided further, That amounts heretofore recaptured, or re-8
3542	3542	captured during the current fiscal year, from section 8 9
3543	3543	project-based contracts from source years fiscal year 1975 10
3544	3544	through fiscal year 1987 are hereby rescinded, and an 11
3545	3545	amount of additional new budget authority, equivalent to 12
3546	3546	the amount rescinded is hereby appropriated, to remain 13
3547	3547	available until expended, for the purposes set forth under 14
3548	3548	this heading, in addition to amounts otherwise available. 15
3549	3549	PUBLIC HOUSING FUND 16
3550	3550	For 2024 payments to public housing agencies for the 17
3551	3551	operation and management of public housing, as author-18
3552	3552	ized by section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 19
3553	3553	1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)) (the ‘‘Act’’), and to carry out 20
3554	3554	capital and management activities for public housing 21
3555	3555	agencies, as authorized under section 9(d) of the Act (42 22
3556	3556	U.S.C. 1437g(d)), $8,875,000,000, to remain available 23
3557	3557	until September 30, 2027: Provided, That of the sums ap-24
3558	3558	propriated under this heading— 25 136
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3560	3560	(1) $5,530,000,000 shall be available for the 1
3561	3561	Secretary to allocate pursuant to the Operating 2
3562	3562	Fund formula at part 990 of title 24, Code of Fed-3
3563	3563	eral Regulations, for 2024 payments; 4
3564	3564	(2) $35,000,000 shall be available for the Sec-5
3565	3565	retary to allocate pursuant to a need-based applica-6
3566	3566	tion process notwithstanding section 203 of this title 7
3567	3567	and not subject to such Operating Fund formula to 8
3568	3568	public housing agencies that experience, or are at 9
3569	3569	risk of, financial shortfalls, as determined by the 10
3570	3570	Secretary: Provided, That after all such shortfall 11
3571	3571	needs are met, the Secretary may distribute any re-12
3572	3572	maining funds to all public housing agencies on a 13
3573	3573	pro-rata basis pursuant to such Operating Fund for-14
3574	3574	mula; 15
3575	3575	(3) $3,200,000,000 shall be available for the 16
3576	3576	Secretary to allocate pursuant to the Capital Fund 17
3577	3577	formula at section 905.400 of title 24, Code of Fed-18
3578	3578	eral Regulations: Provided, That for funds provided 19
3579	3579	under this paragraph, the limitation in section 20
3580	3580	9(g)(1) of the Act shall be 25 percent: Provided fur-21
3581	3581	ther, That the Secretary may waive the limitation in 22
3582	3582	the preceding proviso to allow public housing agen-23
3583	3583	cies to fund activities authorized under section 24
3584	3584	9(e)(1)(C) of the Act: Provided further, That the 25 137
3585	3585	•S 2437 RS
3586	3586	Secretary shall notify public housing agencies re-1
3587	3587	questing waivers under the preceding proviso if the 2
3588	3588	request is approved or denied within 14 days of sub-3
3589	3589	mitting the request: Provided further, That from the 4
3590	3590	funds made available under this paragraph, the Sec-5
3591	3591	retary shall provide bonus awards in fiscal year 6
3592	3592	2024 to public housing agencies that are designated 7
3593	3593	high performers: Provided further, That the Depart-8
3594	3594	ment shall notify public housing agencies of their 9
3595	3595	formula allocation within 60 days of enactment of 10
3596	3596	this Act; 11
3597	3597	(4) $30,000,000 shall be available for the Sec-12
3598	3598	retary to make grants, notwithstanding section 203 13
3599	3599	of this title, to public housing agencies for emer-14
3600	3600	gency capital needs, including safety and security 15
3601	3601	measures necessary to address crime and drug-re-16
3602	3602	lated activity, as well as needs resulting from unfore-17
3603	3603	seen or unpreventable emergencies and natural dis-18
3604	3604	asters excluding Presidentially declared emergencies 19
3605	3605	and natural disasters under the Robert T. Stafford 20
3606	3606	Disaster Relief and Emergency Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 21
3607	3607	et seq.) occurring in fiscal year 2024: Provided, That 22
3608	3608	of the amount made available under this paragraph, 23
3609	3609	not less than $10,000,000 shall be for safety and se-24
3610	3610	curity measures: Provided further, That in addition 25 138
3611	3611	•S 2437 RS
3612	3612	to the amount in the preceding proviso for such 1
3613	3613	safety and security measures, any amounts that re-2
3614	3614	main available, after all applications received on or 3
3615	3615	before September 30, 2025, for emergency capital 4
3616	3616	needs have been processed, shall be allocated to pub-5
3617	3617	lic housing agencies for such safety and security 6
3618	3618	measures; 7
3619	3619	(5) $65,000,000 shall be available for competi-8
3620	3620	tive grants to public housing agencies to evaluate 9
3621	3621	and reduce residential health hazards in public hous-10
3622	3622	ing, including lead-based paint (by carrying out the 11
3623	3623	activities of risk assessments, abatement, and in-12
3624	3624	terim controls, as those terms are defined in section 13
3625	3625	1004 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard 14
3626	3626	Reduction Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4851b)), carbon 15
3627	3627	monoxide, mold, radon, and fire safety: Provided, 16
3628	3628	That not less than $25,000,000 of the amounts pro-17
3629	3629	vided under this paragraph shall be awarded for 18
3630	3630	evaluating and reducing lead-based paint hazards: 19
3631	3631	Provided further, That for purposes of environmental 20
3632	3632	review, a grant under this paragraph shall be consid-21
3633	3633	ered funds for projects or activities under title I of 22
3634	3634	the Act for purposes of section 26 of the Act (42 23
3635	3635	U.S.C. 1437x) and shall be subject to the regula-24
3636	3636	tions implementing such section; and 25 139
3637	3637	•S 2437 RS
3638	3638	(6) $15,000,000 shall be available to support 1
3639	3639	the costs of administrative and judicial receiverships 2
3640	3640	and for competitive grants to PHAs in receivership, 3
3641	3641	designated troubled or substandard, or otherwise at 4
3642	3642	risk, as determined by the Secretary, for costs asso-5
3643	3643	ciated with public housing asset improvement, in ad-6
3644	3644	dition to other amounts for that purpose provided 7
3645	3645	under any heading under this title: 8
3646	3646	Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi-9
3647	3647	sion of law or regulation, during fiscal year 2024, the Sec-10
3648	3648	retary of Housing and Urban Development may not dele-11
3649	3649	gate to any Department official other than the Deputy 12
3650	3650	Secretary and the Assistant Secretary for Public and In-13
3651	3651	dian Housing any authority under paragraph (2) of sec-14
3652	3652	tion 9(j) of the Act regarding the extension of the time 15
3653	3653	periods under such section: Provided further, That for pur-16
3654	3654	poses of such section 9(j), the term ‘‘obligate’’ means, with 17
3655	3655	respect to amounts, that the amounts are subject to a 18
3656	3656	binding agreement that will result in outlays, immediately 19
3657	3657	or in the future. 20
3658	3658	ASSISTED HOUSING INSPECTIONS AND RISK 21
3659	3659	ASSESSMENTS 22
3660	3660	For the Department’s inspection and assessment pro-23
3661	3661	grams, including travel, training, and program support 24
3662	3662	contracts, $50,000,000 to remain available until Sep-25 140
3663	3663	•S 2437 RS
3664	3664	tember 30, 2025: Provided, That unobligated balances, in-1
3665	3665	cluding recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds 2
3666	3666	appropriated under the heading ‘‘Public Housing Fund’’ 3
3667	3667	to support ongoing public housing financial and physical 4
3668	3668	assessment activities shall be available for the purposes 5
3669	3669	authorized under this heading in addition to the purposes 6
3670	3670	for which such funds originally were appropriated. 7
3671	3671	CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVE 8
3672	3672	For competitive grants under the Choice Neighbor-9
3673	3673	hoods Initiative (subject to section 24 of the United States 10
3674	3674	Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v) (the ‘‘Act’’) un-11
3675	3675	less otherwise specified under this heading), for trans-12
3676	3676	formation, rehabilitation, and replacement housing needs 13
3677	3677	of both public and HUD-assisted housing and to trans-14
3678	3678	form neighborhoods of poverty into functioning, sustain-15
3679	3679	able, mixed-income neighborhoods with appropriate serv-16
3680	3680	ices, schools, public assets, transportation, and access to 17
3681	3681	jobs, $150,000,000, to remain available until September 18
3682	3682	30, 2028: Provided, That grant funds may be used for 19
3683	3683	resident and community services, community development, 20
3684	3684	and affordable housing needs in the community, and for 21
3685	3685	conversion of vacant or foreclosed properties to affordable 22
3686	3686	housing: Provided further, That the use of amounts made 23
3687	3687	available under this heading shall not be deemed to be for 24
3688	3688	public housing, notwithstanding section 3(b)(1) of the Act: 25 141
3689	3689	•S 2437 RS
3690	3690	Provided further, That grantees shall commit to an addi-1
3691	3691	tional period of affordability determined by the Secretary 2
3692	3692	of not fewer than 20 years: Provided further, That grant-3
3693	3693	ees shall provide a match in State, local, other Federal, 4
3694	3694	or private funds: Provided further, That grantees may in-5
3695	3695	clude local governments, Tribal entities, public housing 6
3696	3696	agencies, and nonprofit organizations: Provided further, 7
3697	3697	That for-profit developers may apply jointly with a public 8
3698	3698	entity: Provided further, That for purposes of environ-9
3699	3699	mental review, a grantee shall be treated as a public hous-10
3700	3700	ing agency under section 26 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437x), 11
3701	3701	and grants made with amounts available under this head-12
3702	3702	ing shall be subject to the regulations issued by the Sec-13
3703	3703	retary to implement such section: Provided further, That 14
3704	3704	of the amounts made available under this heading, not less 15
3705	3705	than $75,000,000 shall be awarded to public housing 16
3706	3706	agencies: Provided further, That such grantees shall create 17
3707	3707	partnerships with other local organizations, including as-18
3708	3708	sisted housing owners, service agencies, and resident orga-19
3709	3709	nizations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall con-20
3710	3710	sult with the Secretaries of Education, Labor, Transpor-21
3711	3711	tation, Health and Human Services, Agriculture, and 22
3712	3712	Commerce, the Attorney General, and the Administrator 23
3713	3713	of the Environmental Protection Agency to coordinate and 24
3714	3714	leverage other appropriate Federal resources: Provided 25 142
3715	3715	•S 2437 RS
3716	3716	further, That not more than $10,000,000 of the amounts 1
3717	3717	made available under this heading may be provided as 2
3718	3718	grants to undertake comprehensive local planning with 3
3719	3719	input from residents and the community: Provided further, 4
3720	3720	That none of the funds made available under this heading 5
3721	3721	may be obligated for main street housing grants under 6
3722	3722	section 24(n) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437v(n)): Provided 7
3723	3723	further, That unobligated balances, including recaptures, 8
3724	3724	remaining from amounts made available under the head-9
3725	3725	ing ‘‘Revitalization of Severely Distressed Public Housing 10
3726	3726	(HOPE VI)’’ in fiscal year 2011 and prior fiscal years 11
3727	3727	may be used for purposes under this heading, notwith-12
3728	3728	standing the purposes for which such amounts were appro-13
3729	3729	priated: Provided further, That the Secretary shall make 14
3730	3730	grant awards not later than 1 year after the date of enact-15
3731	3731	ment of this Act in such amounts that the Secretary deter-16
3732	3732	mines: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 17
3733	3733	24(o) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437v(o)), the Secretary may, 18
3734	3734	until September 30, 2024, obligate any available unobli-19
3735	3735	gated balances made available under this heading in this 20
3736	3736	or any prior Act. 21
3737	3737	SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAMS 22
3738	3738	For activities and assistance related to Self-Suffi-23
3739	3739	ciency Programs, to remain available until September 30, 24 143
3740	3740	•S 2437 RS
3741	3741	2027, $198,000,000: Provided, That of the sums appro-1
3742	3742	priated under this heading— 2
3743	3743	(1) $140,500,000 shall be available for the 3
3744	3744	Family Self-Sufficiency program to support family 4
3745	3745	self-sufficiency coordinators under section 23 of the 5
3746	3746	United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 6
3747	3747	1437u), to promote the development of local strate-7
3748	3748	gies to coordinate the use of assistance under sec-8
3749	3749	tions 8 and 9 of such Act with public and private 9
3750	3750	resources, and enable eligible families to achieve eco-10
3751	3751	nomic independence and self-sufficiency; 11
3752	3752	(2) $42,500,000 shall be available for the Resi-12
3753	3753	dent Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency program to 13
3754	3754	provide for supportive services, service coordinators, 14
3755	3755	and congregate services as authorized by section 34 15
3756	3756	of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 16
3757	3757	U.S.C. 1437z–6) and the Native American Housing 17
3758	3758	Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 18
3759	3759	U.S.C. 4101 et seq.); and 19
3760	3760	(3) $15,000,000 shall be available for a Jobs- 20
3761	3761	Plus Initiative, modeled after the Jobs-Plus dem-21
3762	3762	onstration: Provided, That funding provided under 22
3763	3763	this paragraph shall be available for competitive 23
3764	3764	grants to partnerships between public housing au-24
3765	3765	thorities, local workforce investment boards estab-25 144
3766	3766	•S 2437 RS
3767	3767	lished under section 107 of the Workforce Innova-1
3768	3768	tion and Opportunity Act of 2014 (29 U.S.C. 3122), 2
3769	3769	and other agencies and organizations that provide 3
3770	3770	support to help public housing residents obtain em-4
3771	3771	ployment and increase earnings: Provided further, 5
3772	3772	That applicants must demonstrate the ability to pro-6
3773	3773	vide services to residents, partner with workforce in-7
3774	3774	vestment boards, and leverage service dollars: Pro-8
3775	3775	vided further, That the Secretary may allow public 9
3776	3776	housing agencies to request exemptions from rent 10
3777	3777	and income limitation requirements under sections 3 11
3778	3778	and 6 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 12
3779	3779	U.S.C. 1437a, 1437d), as necessary to implement 13
3780	3780	the Jobs-Plus program, on such terms and condi-14
3781	3781	tions as the Secretary may approve upon a finding 15
3782	3782	by the Secretary that any such waivers or alternative 16
3783	3783	requirements are necessary for the effective imple-17
3784	3784	mentation of the Jobs-Plus Initiative as a voluntary 18
3785	3785	program for residents: Provided further, That the 19
3786	3786	Secretary shall publish by notice in the Federal Reg-20
3787	3787	ister any waivers or alternative requirements pursu-21
3788	3788	ant to the preceding proviso no later than 10 days 22
3789	3789	before the effective date of such notice. 23 145
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3791	3791	NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS 1
3792	3792	For activities and assistance authorized under title 2
3793	3793	I of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self- 3
3794	3794	Determination Act of 1996 (in this heading 4
3795	3795	‘‘NAHASDA’’) (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), title I of the 5
3796	3796	Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 6
3797	3797	U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) with respect to Indian tribes, and 7
3798	3798	related training and technical assistance, $1,081,625,000, 8
3799	3799	to remain available until September 30, 2028: Provided, 9
3800	3800	That of the sums appropriated under this heading— 10
3801	3801	(1) $848,625,000 shall be available for the Na-11
3802	3802	tive American Housing Block Grants program, as 12
3803	3803	authorized under title I of NAHASDA: Provided, 13
3804	3804	That, notwithstanding NAHASDA, to determine the 14
3805	3805	amount of the allocation under title I of such Act for 15
3806	3806	each Indian tribe, the Secretary shall apply the for-16
3807	3807	mula under section 302 of such Act with the need 17
3808	3808	component based on single-race census data and 18
3809	3809	with the need component based on multi-race census 19
3810	3810	data, and the amount of the allocation for each In-20
3811	3811	dian tribe shall be the greater of the two resulting 21
3812	3812	allocation amounts: Provided further, That the Sec-22
3813	3813	retary shall notify grantees of their formula alloca-23
3814	3814	tion not later than 60 days after the date of enact-24
3815	3815	ment of this Act; 25 146
3816	3816	•S 2437 RS
3817	3817	(2) $150,000,000 shall be available for competi-1
3818	3818	tive grants under the Native American Housing 2
3819	3819	Block Grants program, as authorized under title I of 3
3820	3820	NAHASDA: Provided, That the Secretary shall obli-4
3821	3821	gate such amount for competitive grants to eligible 5
3822	3822	recipients authorized under NAHASDA that apply 6
3823	3823	for funds: Provided further, That in awarding 7
3824	3824	amounts made available in this paragraph, the Sec-8
3825	3825	retary shall consider need and administrative capac-9
3826	3826	ity, and shall give priority to projects that will spur 10
3827	3827	construction and rehabilitation of housing: Provided 11
3828	3828	further, That a grant funded pursuant to this para-12
3829	3829	graph shall be in an amount not greater than 13
3830	3830	$10,000,000: Provided further, That any amounts 14
3831	3831	transferred for the necessary costs of administering 15
3832	3832	and overseeing the obligation and expenditure of 16
3833	3833	such additional amounts in prior Acts may also be 17
3834	3834	used for the necessary costs of administering and 18
3835	3835	overseeing such additional amount; 19
3836	3836	(3) $1,000,000 shall be available for the cost of 20
3837	3837	guaranteed notes and other obligations, as author-21
3838	3838	ized by title VI of NAHASDA: Provided, That such 22
3839	3839	costs, including the cost of modifying such notes and 23
3840	3840	other obligations, shall be as defined in section 502 24
3841	3841	of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 25 147
3842	3842	•S 2437 RS
3843	3843	661a): Provided further, That amounts made avail-1
3844	3844	able in this and prior Acts for the cost of such guar-2
3845	3845	anteed notes and other obligations that are unobli-3
3846	3846	gated, including recaptures and carryover, shall be 4
3847	3847	available to subsidize the total principal amount of 5
3848	3848	any notes and other obligations, any part of which 6
3849	3849	is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $50,000,000, to 7
3850	3850	remain available until September 30, 2025; 8
3851	3851	(4) $75,000,000 shall be available for grants to 9
3852	3852	Indian tribes for carrying out the Indian Community 10
3853	3853	Development Block Grant program under title I of 11
3854	3854	the Housing and Community Development Act of 12
3855	3855	1974, notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of such 13
3856	3856	Act, of which, notwithstanding any other provision 14
3857	3857	of law (including section 203 of this Act), not more 15
3858	3858	than $5,000,000 may be used for emergencies that 16
3859	3859	constitute imminent threats to health and safety: 17
3860	3860	Provided, That not to exceed 20 percent of any 18
3861	3861	grant made with amounts made available in this 19
3862	3862	paragraph shall be expended for planning and man-20
3863	3863	agement development and administration; and 21
3864	3864	(5) $7,000,000, in addition to amounts other-22
3865	3865	wise available for such purpose, shall be available for 23
3866	3866	providing training and technical assistance to Indian 24
3867	3867	tribes, Indian housing authorities, and tribally des-25 148
3868	3868	•S 2437 RS
3869	3869	ignated housing entities, to support the inspection of 1
3870	3870	Indian housing units, for contract expertise, and for 2
3871	3871	training and technical assistance related to amounts 3
3872	3872	made available under this heading and other head-4
3873	3873	ings in this Act for the needs of Native American 5
3874	3874	families and Indian country: Provided, That of the 6
3875	3875	amounts made available in this paragraph, not less 7
3876	3876	than $2,000,000 shall be for a national organization 8
3877	3877	as authorized under section 703 of NAHASDA (25 9
3878	3878	U.S.C. 4212): Provided further, That amounts made 10
3879	3879	available in this paragraph may be used, contracted, 11
3880	3880	or competed as determined by the Secretary: Pro-12
3881	3881	vided further, That notwithstanding chapter 63 of 13
3882	3882	title 31, United States Code (commonly known as 14
3883	3883	the Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreements Act 15
3884	3884	of 1977), the amounts made available in this para-16
3885	3885	graph may be used by the Secretary to enter into co-17
3886	3886	operative agreements with public and private organi-18
3887	3887	zations, agencies, institutions, and other technical 19
3888	3888	assistance providers to support the administration of 20
3889	3889	negotiated rulemaking under section 106 of 21
3890	3890	NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4116), the administration of 22
3891	3891	the allocation formula under section 302 of 23
3892	3892	NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4152), and the administra-24 149
3893	3893	•S 2437 RS
3894	3894	tion of performance tracking and reporting under 1
3895	3895	section 407 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4167). 2
3896	3896	INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM 3
3897	3897	ACCOUNT 4
3898	3898	For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by 5
3899	3899	section 184 of the Housing and Community Development 6
3900	3900	Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a), $905,700, to remain 7
3901	3901	available until expended: Provided, That such costs, in-8
3902	3902	cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-9
3903	3903	fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 10
3904	3904	1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a): Provided further, That amounts 11
3905	3905	made available in this and prior Acts for the cost of guar-12
3906	3906	anteed loans, as authorized by section 184 of the Housing 13
3907	3907	and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 14
3908	3908	1715z–13a), that are unobligated, including recaptures 15
3909	3909	and carryover, shall be available to subsidize total loan 16
3910	3910	principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to 17
3911	3911	exceed $1,400,000,000, to remain available until Sep-18
3912	3912	tember 30, 2025. 19
3913	3913	NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANT 20
3914	3914	For the Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant pro-21
3915	3915	gram, as authorized under title VIII of the Native Amer-22
3916	3916	ican Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 23
3917	3917	1996 (25 U.S.C. 4221 et seq.), $22,300,000, to remain 24
3918	3918	available until September 30, 2028: Provided, That not-25 150
3919	3919	•S 2437 RS
3920	3920	withstanding section 812(b) of such Act, the Department 1
3921	3921	of Hawaiian Home Lands may not invest grant amounts 2
3922	3922	made available under this heading in investment securities 3
3923	3923	and other obligations: Provided further, That amounts 4
3924	3924	made available under this heading in this and prior fiscal 5
3925	3925	years may be used to provide rental assistance to eligible 6
3926	3926	Native Hawaiian families both on and off the Hawaiian 7
3927	3927	Home Lands, notwithstanding any other provision of law: 8
3928	3928	Provided further, That up to $1,000,000 of the amounts 9
3929	3929	made available under this heading may be for training and 10
3930	3930	technical assistance related to amounts made available 11
3931	3931	under this heading and other headings in this Act for the 12
3932	3932	needs of Native Hawaiians and the Department of Hawai-13
3933	3933	ian Home Lands. 14
3934	3934	NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND 15
3935	3935	PROGRAM ACCOUNT 16
3936	3936	New commitments to guarantee loans, as authorized 17
3937	3937	by section 184A of the Housing and Community Develop-18
3938	3938	ment Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13b), any part of 19
3939	3939	which is to be guaranteed, shall not exceed $28,000,000 20
3940	3940	in total loan principal, to remain available until September 21
3941	3941	30, 2025: Provided, That the Secretary may enter into 22
3942	3942	commitments to guarantee loans used for refinancing. 23 151
3943	3943	•S 2437 RS
3944	3944	COMMUNITYPLANNING ANDDEVELOPMENT 1
3945	3945	HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS 2
3946	3946	For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Per-3
3947	3947	sons with AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS 4
3948	3948	Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), 5
3949	3949	$505,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 6
3950	3950	2027: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew or replace 7
3951	3951	all expiring contracts for permanent supportive housing 8
3952	3952	that initially were funded under section 854(c)(5) of such 9
3953	3953	Act from funds made available under this heading in fiscal 10
3954	3954	year 2010 and prior fiscal years that meet all program 11
3955	3955	requirements before awarding funds for new contracts 12
3956	3956	under such section: Provided further, That the process for 13
3957	3957	submitting amendments and approving replacement con-14
3958	3958	tracts shall be established by the Secretary in a notice: 15
3959	3959	Provided further, That the Department shall notify grant-16
3960	3960	ees of their formula allocation within 60 days of enactment 17
3961	3961	of this Act. 18
3962	3962	COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND 19
3963	3963	For assistance to States and units of general local 20
3964	3964	government, and other entities, for economic and commu-21
3965	3965	nity development activities, and other purposes, 22
3966	3966	$4,491,483,000, to remain available until September 30, 23
3967	3967	2027: Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this 24
3968	3968	heading— 25 152
3969	3969	•S 2437 RS
3970	3970	(1) $3,300,000,000 shall be available for car-1
3971	3971	rying out the community development block grant 2
3972	3972	program under title I of the Housing and Commu-3
3973	3973	nity Development Act of 1974, as amended (42 4
3974	3974	U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) (in this heading ‘‘the Act’’): 5
3975	3975	Provided, That not to exceed 20 percent of any 6
3976	3976	grant made with funds made available under this 7
3977	3977	paragraph shall be expended for planning and man-8
3978	3978	agement development and administration: Provided 9
3979	3979	further, That a metropolitan city, urban county, unit 10
3980	3980	of general local government, or insular area that di-11
3981	3981	rectly or indirectly receives funds under this para-12
3982	3982	graph may not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer all 13
3983	3983	or any portion of such funds to another such entity 14
3984	3984	in exchange for any other funds, credits, or non- 15
3985	3985	Federal considerations, but shall use such funds for 16
3986	3986	activities eligible under title I of the Act: Provided 17
3987	3987	further, That notwithstanding section 105(e)(1) of 18
3988	3988	the Act, no funds made available under this para-19
3989	3989	graph may be provided to a for-profit entity for an 20
3990	3990	economic development project under section 21
3991	3991	105(a)(17) unless such project has been evaluated 22
3992	3992	and selected in accordance with guidelines required 23
3993	3993	under subsection (e)(2) of section 105; 24 153
3994	3994	•S 2437 RS
3995	3995	(2) $100,000,000 shall be available for the Sec-1
3996	3996	retary to award grants on a competitive basis to 2
3997	3997	State and local governments, metropolitan planning 3
3998	3998	organizations, and multijurisdictional entities for ad-4
3999	3999	ditional activities under title I of the Act for the 5
4000	4000	identification and removal of barriers to affordable 6
4001	4001	housing production and preservation: Provided, That 7
4002	4002	eligible uses of such grants include activities to fur-8
4003	4003	ther develop, evaluate, and implement housing policy 9
4004	4004	plans, improve housing strategies, and facilitate af-10
4005	4005	fordable housing production and preservation: Pro-11
4006	4006	vided further, That the Secretary shall prioritize ap-12
4007	4007	plicants that are able to (A) demonstrate progress 13
4008	4008	and a commitment to overcoming local barriers to 14
4009	4009	facilitate the increase in affordable housing produc-15
4010	4010	tion and preservation; and (B) demonstrate an acute 16
4011	4011	need for housing affordable to households with in-17
4012	4012	comes below 100 percent of the area median income: 18
4013	4013	Provided further, That funds allocated for such 19
4014	4014	grants shall not adversely affect the amount of any 20
4015	4015	formula assistance received by a jurisdiction under 21
4016	4016	paragraph (1) of this heading: Provided further, 22
4017	4017	That in administering such amounts the Secretary 23
4018	4018	may waive or specify alternative requirements for 24
4019	4019	any provision of such title I except for requirements 25 154
4020	4020	•S 2437 RS
4021	4021	related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor 1
4022	4022	standards, the environment, and requirements that 2
4023	4023	activities benefit persons of low- and moderate-in-3
4024	4024	come, upon a finding that any such waivers or alter-4
4025	4025	native requirements are necessary to expedite or fa-5
4026	4026	cilitate the use of such amounts; 6
4027	4027	(3) $30,000,000 shall be available for activities 7
4028	4028	authorized under section 8071 of the SUPPORT for 8
4029	4029	Patients and Communities Act (Public Law 115– 9
4030	4030	271): Provided, That funds allocated pursuant to 10
4031	4031	this paragraph shall not adversely affect the amount 11
4032	4032	of any formula assistance received by a State under 12
4033	4033	paragraph (1) of this heading: Provided further, 13
4034	4034	That the Secretary shall allocate the funds for such 14
4035	4035	activities based on the notice establishing the fund-15
4036	4036	ing formula published in 84 FR 16027 (April 17, 16
4037	4037	2019) except that the formula shall use age-adjusted 17
4038	4038	rates of drug overdose deaths for 2021 based on 18
4039	4039	data from the Centers for Disease Control and Pre-19
4040	4040	vention; and 20
4041	4041	(4) $1,061,483,000 shall be available for grants 21
4042	4042	for the Economic Development Initiative (EDI) for 22
4043	4043	the purposes, and in amounts, specified for Congres-23
4044	4044	sionally Directed Spending in the table entitled 24
4045	4045	‘‘Congressionally Directed Spending’’ included in the 25 155
4046	4046	•S 2437 RS
4047	4047	report accompanying this Act: Provided, That eligi-1
4048	4048	ble expenses of such grants in this and prior Acts 2
4049	4049	may include administrative, planning, operations and 3
4050	4050	maintenance, and other costs: Provided further, That 4
4051	4051	such grants for the EDI shall be available for reim-5
4052	4052	bursement of otherwise eligible expenses incurred on 6
4053	4053	or after the date of enactment of this Act and prior 7
4054	4054	to the date of grant execution: Provided further, 8
4055	4055	That none of the amounts made available under this 9
4056	4056	paragraph for grants for the EDI shall be used for 10
4057	4057	reimbursement of expenses incurred prior to the 11
4058	4058	date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That 12
4059	4059	grants for the EDI authorized under this heading in 13
4060	4060	the Department of Housing and Urban Development 14
4061	4061	Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117–103) 15
4062	4062	shall also be available hereafter for reimbursement 16
4063	4063	of otherwise eligible expenses (including those eligi-17
4064	4064	ble expenses identified in the first proviso of this 18
4065	4065	paragraph) incurred on or after the date of enact-19
4066	4066	ment of such Act and prior to the date of grant exe-20
4067	4067	cution, and shall hereafter not be subject to the sec-21
4068	4068	ond proviso under such heading in such Act: 22
4069	4069	Provided further, That for amounts made available under 23
4070	4070	paragraphs (1) and (3), the Secretary shall notify grantees 24 156
4071	4071	•S 2437 RS
4072	4072	of their formula allocation within 60 days of enactment 1
4073	4073	of this Act. 2
4074	4074	COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES 3
4075	4075	PROGRAM ACCOUNT 4
4076	4076	Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget 5
4077	4077	Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a), during fiscal year 2024, 6
4078	4078	commitments to guarantee loans under section 108 of the 7
4079	4079	Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 8
4080	4080	U.S.C. 5308), any part of which is guaranteed, shall not 9
4081	4081	exceed a total principal amount of $400,000,000, notwith-10
4082	4082	standing any aggregate limitation on outstanding obliga-11
4083	4083	tions guaranteed in subsection (k) of such section 108: 12
4084	4084	Provided, That the Secretary shall collect fees from bor-13
4085	4085	rowers, notwithstanding subsection (m) of such section 14
4086	4086	108, to result in a credit subsidy cost of zero for guaran-15
4087	4087	teeing such loans, and any such fees shall be collected in 16
4088	4088	accordance with section 502(7) of the Congressional 17
4089	4089	Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That such commit-18
4090	4090	ment authority funded by fees may be used to guarantee, 19
4091	4091	or make commitments to guarantee, notes or other obliga-20
4092	4092	tions issued by any State on behalf of non-entitlement 21
4093	4093	communities in the State in accordance with the require-22
4094	4094	ments of such section 108: Provided further, That any 23
4095	4095	State receiving such a guarantee or commitment under the 24
4096	4096	preceding proviso shall distribute all funds subject to such 25 157
4097	4097	•S 2437 RS
4098	4098	guarantee to the units of general local government in non- 1
4099	4099	entitlement areas that received the commitment. 2
4100	4100	HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM 3
4101	4101	For the HOME Investment Partnerships program, as 4
4102	4102	authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na-5
4103	4103	tional Affordable Housing Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6
4104	4104	12721 et seq.), $1,500,000,000, to remain available until 7
4105	4105	September 30, 2027: Provided, That the Department shall 8
4106	4106	notify grantees of their formula allocations within 60 days 9
4107	4107	after enactment of this Act: Provided further, That section 10
4108	4108	218(g) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12748(g)) shall not apply 11
4109	4109	with respect to the right of a jurisdiction to draw funds 12
4110	4110	from its HOME Investment Trust Fund that otherwise 13
4111	4111	expired or would expire in any calendar year from 2018 14
4112	4112	through 2026 under that section: Provided further, That 15
4113	4113	section 231(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12771(b)) shall not 16
4114	4114	apply to any uninvested funds that otherwise were de-17
4115	4115	ducted or would be deducted from the line of credit in 18
4116	4116	the participating jurisdiction’s HOME Investment Trust 19
4117	4117	Fund in any calendar year from 2018 through 2026 under 20
4118	4118	that section. 21
4119	4119	SELF-HELP AND ASSISTED HOMEOWNERSHIP 22
4120	4120	OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM 23
4121	4121	For the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Op-24
4122	4122	portunity Program, as authorized under section 11 of the 25 158
4123	4123	•S 2437 RS
4124	4124	Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996 (42 1
4125	4125	U.S.C. 12805 note), and for related activities and assist-2
4126	4126	ance, $61,500,000, to remain available until September 3
4127	4127	30, 2026: Provided, That of the sums appropriated under 4
4128	4128	this heading— 5
4129	4129	(1) $13,500,000 shall be available for the Self- 6
4130	4130	Help Homeownership Opportunity Program as au-7
4131	4131	thorized under such section 11; 8
4132	4132	(2) $42,000,000 shall be available for the sec-9
4133	4133	ond, third, and fourth capacity building entities 10
4134	4134	specified in section 4(a) of the HUD Demonstration 11
4135	4135	Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816 note), of which not 12
4136	4136	less than $5,000,000 shall be for rural capacity 13
4137	4137	building activities: Provided, That for purposes of 14
4138	4138	awarding grants from amounts made available in 15
4139	4139	this paragraph, the Secretary may enter into 16
4140	4140	multiyear agreements, as appropriate, subject to the 17
4141	4141	availability of annual appropriations; and 18
4142	4142	(3) $6,000,000 shall be available for capacity 19
4143	4143	building by national rural housing organizations hav-20
4144	4144	ing experience assessing national rural conditions 21
4145	4145	and providing financing, training, technical assist-22
4146	4146	ance, information, and research to local nonprofit or-23
4147	4147	ganizations, local governments, and Indian Tribes 24
4148	4148	serving high need rural communities. 25 159
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4150	4150	HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS 1
4151	4151	For assistance under title IV of the McKinney-Vento 2
4152	4152	Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360 et seq.), and 3
4153	4153	for related activities and assistance, $3,908,000,000, to 4
4154	4154	remain available until September 30, 2026: Provided, 5
4155	4155	That of the sums appropriated under this heading— 6
4156	4156	(1) $290,000,000 shall be available for the 7
4157	4157	Emergency Solutions Grants program authorized 8
4158	4158	under subtitle B of such title IV (42 U.S.C. 11371 9
4159	4159	et seq.): Provided, That the Department shall notify 10
4160	4160	grantees of their formula allocation from amounts 11
4161	4161	allocated (which may represent initial or final 12
4162	4162	amounts allocated) for the Emergency Solutions 13
4163	4163	Grant program not later than 60 days after enact-14
4164	4164	ment of this Act; 15
4165	4165	(2) $3,401,000,000 shall be available for the 16
4166	4166	Continuum of Care program authorized under sub-17
4167	4167	title C of such title IV (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) 18
4168	4168	and the Rural Housing Stability Assistance pro-19
4169	4169	grams authorized under subtitle D of such title IV 20
4170	4170	(42 U.S.C. 11408): Provided, That the Secretary 21
4171	4171	shall prioritize funding under the Continuum of 22
4172	4172	Care program to continuums of care that have dem-23
4173	4173	onstrated a capacity to reallocate funding from lower 24
4174	4174	performing projects to higher performing projects: 25 160
4175	4175	•S 2437 RS
4176	4176	Provided further, That the Secretary may make rea-1
4177	4177	sonable adjustments to renewal amounts to enable 2
4178	4178	renewal projects to operate at substantially the same 3
4179	4179	levels, including cost-of-living adjustments for sup-4
4180	4180	portive services from the prior grant: Provided fur-5
4181	4181	ther, That the Secretary shall provide incentives to 6
4182	4182	create projects that coordinate with housing pro-7
4183	4183	viders and healthcare organizations to provide per-8
4184	4184	manent supportive housing and rapid re-housing 9
4185	4185	services: Provided further, That of the amounts 10
4186	4186	made available for the Continuum of Care program 11
4187	4187	under this paragraph, $25,000,000 shall be for addi-12
4188	4188	tional non-renewable grants to improve coordination 13
4189	4189	and establish partnerships between or among hous-14
4190	4190	ing providers, homeless services providers, healthcare 15
4191	4191	organizations, and government entities to address 16
4192	4192	housing-related supportive services needs or improve 17
4193	4193	access to health services for chronically homeless in-18
4194	4194	dividuals and other homeless individuals: Provided 19
4195	4195	further, That amounts in the previous proviso may 20
4196	4196	be awarded only to applicants that identify signifi-21
4197	4197	cant available resources that could be leveraged to 22
4198	4198	assist people transitioning from homelessness to per-23
4199	4199	manent community-based housing: Provided further, 24
4200	4200	That the Secretary may establish by notice an alter-25 161
4201	4201	•S 2437 RS
4202	4202	native maximum amount for administrative costs re-1
4203	4203	lated to the requirements described in sections 2
4204	4204	402(f)(1) and 402(f)(2) of subtitle A of such title IV 3
4205	4205	of no more than 5 percent or $50,000, whichever is 4
4206	4206	greater, notwithstanding the 3 percent limitation in 5
4207	4207	section 423(a)(10) of such subtitle C: Provided fur-6
4208	4208	ther, That of the amounts made available for the 7
4209	4209	Continuum of Care program under this paragraph, 8
4210	4210	$52,000,000 shall be for grants for new rapid re- 9
4211	4211	housing projects and supportive service projects pro-10
4212	4212	viding coordinated entry, and for eligible activities 11
4213	4213	that the Secretary determines to be critical in order 12
4214	4214	to assist survivors of domestic violence, dating vio-13
4215	4215	lence, sexual assault, or stalking, except that the 14
4216	4216	Secretary may make additional grants for such 15
4217	4217	projects and purposes from amounts made available 16
4218	4218	for such Continuum of Care program: Provided fur-17
4219	4219	ther, That amounts made available for the Con-18
4220	4220	tinuum of Care program under this paragraph and 19
4221	4221	any remaining unobligated balances under this head-20
4222	4222	ing in prior Acts may be used to competitively or 21
4223	4223	non-competitively renew or replace grants for youth 22
4224	4224	homeless demonstration projects under the Con-23
4225	4225	tinuum of Care program, notwithstanding any con-24 162
4226	4226	•S 2437 RS
4227	4227	flict with the requirements of the Continuum of Care 1
4228	4228	program; 2
4229	4229	(3) $10,000,000 shall be available for the na-3
4230	4230	tional homeless data analysis project: Provided, That 4
4231	4231	notwithstanding the provisions of the Federal Grant 5
4232	4232	and Cooperative Agreements Act of 1977 (31 U.S.C. 6
4233	4233	6301–6308), the amounts made available under this 7
4234	4234	paragraph and any remaining unobligated balances 8
4235	4235	under this heading for such purposes in prior Acts 9
4236	4236	may be used by the Secretary to enter into coopera-10
4237	4237	tive agreements with such entities as may be deter-11
4238	4238	mined by the Secretary, including public and private 12
4239	4239	organizations, agencies, and institutions; 13
4240	4240	(4) $107,000,000 shall be available to imple-14
4241	4241	ment projects to demonstrate how a comprehensive 15
4242	4242	approach to serving homeless youth, age 24 and 16
4243	4243	under, in up to 25 communities with a priority for 17
4244	4244	communities with substantial rural populations in up 18
4245	4245	to eight locations, can dramatically reduce youth 19
4246	4246	homelessness: Provided, That of the amount made 20
4247	4247	available under this paragraph, not less than 21
4248	4248	$25,000,000 shall be for youth homelessness system 22
4249	4249	improvement grants to support communities, includ-23
4250	4250	ing but not limited to the communities assisted 24
4251	4251	under the matter preceding this proviso, in estab-25 163
4252	4252	•S 2437 RS
4253	4253	lishing and implementing a response system for 1
4254	4254	youth homelessness, or for improving their existing 2
4255	4255	system: Provided further, That of the amount made 3
4256	4256	available under this paragraph, up to $10,000,000 4
4257	4257	shall be to provide technical assistance to commu-5
4258	4258	nities, including but not limited to the communities 6
4259	4259	assisted in the preceding proviso and the matter pre-7
4260	4260	ceding such proviso, on improving system responses 8
4261	4261	to youth homelessness, and collection, analysis, use, 9
4262	4262	and reporting of data and performance measures 10
4263	4263	under the comprehensive approaches to serve home-11
4264	4264	less youth, in addition to and in coordination with 12
4265	4265	other technical assistance funds provided under this 13
4266	4266	title: Provided further, That the Secretary may use 14
4267	4267	up to 10 percent of the amount made available 15
4268	4268	under the preceding proviso to build the capacity of 16
4269	4269	current technical assistance providers or to train 17
4270	4270	new technical assistance providers with verifiable 18
4271	4271	prior experience with systems and programs for 19
4272	4272	youth experiencing homelessness; and 20
4273	4273	(5) $100,000,000 shall be available for one-time 21
4274	4274	awards under the Continuum of Care program for 22
4275	4275	new construction, acquisition, or rehabilitation of 23
4276	4276	new permanent supportive housing, of which not 24
4277	4277	more than 20 percent of such awards may be used 25 164
4278	4278	•S 2437 RS
4279	4279	for other Continuum of Care eligible activities asso-1
4280	4280	ciated with such projects and not more than 10 per-2
4281	4281	cent of such awards may be used for project admin-3
4282	4282	istration: Provided, That these amounts shall be 4
4283	4283	awarded on a competitive basis, based on need and 5
4284	4284	other factors to be determined by the Secretary, in-6
4285	4285	cluding incentives to establish projects that coordi-7
4286	4286	nate with housing providers, healthcare organiza-8
4287	4287	tions and social service providers: Provided further, 9
4288	4288	That not less than $35,000,000 shall be awarded to 10
4289	4289	applicants for projects within States with popu-11
4290	4290	lations less than 2,500,000, except that if such 12
4291	4291	amount is undersubscribed any remaining amounts 13
4292	4292	may be awarded to qualified applicants for projects 14
4293	4293	in any State: Provided further, That the grants for 15
4294	4294	ongoing costs associated with such projects shall be 16
4295	4295	eligible for renewal under the Continuum of Care 17
4296	4296	program subject to the same terms and conditions 18
4297	4297	as other renewal applicants: 19
4298	4298	Provided further, That youth aged 24 and under seeking 20
4299	4299	assistance under this heading shall not be required to pro-21
4300	4300	vide third party documentation to establish their eligibility 22
4301	4301	under subsection (a) or (b) of section 103 of the McKin-23
4302	4302	ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302) to 24
4303	4303	receive services: Provided further, That unaccompanied 25 165
4304	4304	•S 2437 RS
4305	4305	youth aged 24 and under or families headed by youth aged 1
4306	4306	24 and under who are living in unsafe situations may be 2
4307	4307	served by youth-serving providers funded under this head-3
4308	4308	ing: Provided further, That persons eligible under section 4
4309	4309	103(a)(5) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 5
4310	4310	Act may be served by any project funded under this head-6
4311	4311	ing to provide both transitional housing and rapid re-hous-7
4312	4312	ing: Provided further, That for all matching funds require-8
4313	4313	ments applicable to funds made available under this head-9
4314	4314	ing for this fiscal year and prior fiscal years, a grantee 10
4315	4315	may use (or could have used) as a source of match funds 11
4316	4316	other funds administered by the Secretary and other Fed-12
4317	4317	eral agencies unless there is (or was) a specific statutory 13
4318	4318	prohibition on any such use of any such funds: Provided 14
4319	4319	further, That none of the funds made available under this 15
4320	4320	heading shall be available to provide funding for new 16
4321	4321	projects, except for projects created through reallocation, 17
4322	4322	unless the Secretary determines that the continuum of 18
4323	4323	care has demonstrated that projects are evaluated and 19
4324	4324	ranked based on the degree to which they improve the con-20
4325	4325	tinuum of care’s system performance: Provided further, 21
4326	4326	That any unobligated amounts remaining from funds 22
4327	4327	made available under this heading in fiscal year 2012 and 23
4328	4328	prior years for project-based rental assistance for rehabili-24
4329	4329	tation projects with 10-year grant terms may be used for 25 166
4330	4330	•S 2437 RS
4331	4331	purposes under this heading, notwithstanding the pur-1
4332	4332	poses for which such funds were appropriated: Provided 2
4333	4333	further, That unobligated balances, including recaptures 3
4334	4334	and carryover, remaining from funds transferred to or ap-4
4335	4335	propriated under this heading in fiscal year 2019 or prior 5
4336	4336	years, except for rental assistance amounts that were re-6
4337	4337	captured and made available until expended, shall be avail-7
4338	4338	able for the current purposes authorized under this head-8
4339	4339	ing in addition to the purposes for which such funds origi-9
4340	4340	nally were appropriated. 10
4341	4341	H
4342	4342	OUSINGPROGRAMS 11
4343	4343	PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 12
4344	4344	For activities and assistance for the provision of 13
4345	4345	project-based subsidy contracts under the United States 14
4346	4346	Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (‘‘the 15
4347	4347	Act’’), not otherwise provided for, $15,390,924,000, to re-16
4348	4348	main available until expended, shall be available on Octo-17
4349	4349	ber 1, 2023 (in addition to the $400,000,000 previously 18
4350	4350	appropriated under this heading that became available Oc-19
4351	4351	tober 1, 2023), and $400,000,000, to remain available 20
4352	4352	until expended, shall be available on October 1, 2024: Pro-21
4353	4353	vided, That the amounts made available under this head-22
4354	4354	ing shall be available for expiring or terminating section 23
4355	4355	8 project-based subsidy contracts (including section 8 24
4356	4356	moderate rehabilitation contracts), for amendments to sec-25 167
4357	4357	•S 2437 RS
4358	4358	tion 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including section 1
4359	4359	8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for contracts entered 2
4360	4360	into pursuant to section 441 of the McKinney-Vento 3
4361	4361	Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11401), for renewal 4
4362	4362	of section 8 contracts for units in projects that are subject 5
4363	4363	to approved plans of action under the Emergency Low In-6
4364	4364	come Housing Preservation Act of 1987 or the Low-In-7
4365	4365	come Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership 8
4366	4366	Act of 1990, and for administrative and other expenses 9
4367	4367	associated with project-based activities and assistance 10
4368	4368	funded under this heading: Provided further, That of the 11
4369	4369	total amounts provided under this heading, not to exceed 12
4370	4370	$448,000,000 shall be available for performance-based 13
4371	4371	contract administrators for section 8 project-based assist-14
4372	4372	ance, for carrying out 42 U.S.C. 1437(f): Provided further, 15
4373	4373	That the Secretary may also use such amounts in the pre-16
4374	4374	ceding proviso for performance-based contract administra-17
4375	4375	tors for the administration of: interest reduction payments 18
4376	4376	pursuant to section 236(a) of the National Housing Act 19
4377	4377	(12 U.S.C. 1715z–1(a)); rent supplement payments pur-20
4378	4378	suant to section 101 of the Housing and Urban Develop-21
4379	4379	ment Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); section 236(f)(2) 22
4380	4380	rental assistance payments (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1(f)(2)); 23
4381	4381	project rental assistance contracts for the elderly under 24
4382	4382	section 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 25 168
4383	4383	•S 2437 RS
4384	4384	1701q); project rental assistance contracts for supportive 1
4385	4385	housing for persons with disabilities under section 2
4386	4386	811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 3
4387	4387	Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013(d)(2)); project assistance 4
4388	4388	contracts pursuant to section 202(h) of the Housing Act 5
4389	4389	of 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667); and loans 6
4390	4390	under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 7
4391	4391	86–372; 73 Stat. 667): Provided further, That amounts 8
4392	4392	recaptured under this heading, the heading ‘‘Annual Con-9
4393	4393	tributions for Assisted Housing’’, or the heading ‘‘Housing 10
4394	4394	Certificate Fund’’, may be used for renewals of or amend-11
4395	4395	ments to section 8 project-based contracts or for perform-12
4396	4396	ance-based contract administrators, notwithstanding the 13
4397	4397	purposes for which such amounts were appropriated: Pro-14
4398	4398	vided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision 15
4399	4399	of law, upon the request of the Secretary, project funds 16
4400	4400	that are held in residual receipts accounts for any project 17
4401	4401	subject to a section 8 project-based Housing Assistance 18
4402	4402	Payments contract that authorizes the Department or a 19
4403	4403	housing finance agency to require that surplus project 20
4404	4404	funds be deposited in an interest-bearing residual receipts 21
4405	4405	account and that are in excess of an amount to be deter-22
4406	4406	mined by the Secretary, shall be remitted to the Depart-23
4407	4407	ment and deposited in this account, to be available until 24
4408	4408	expended: Provided further, That amounts deposited pur-25 169
4409	4409	•S 2437 RS
4410	4410	suant to the preceding proviso shall be available in addi-1
4411	4411	tion to the amount otherwise provided by this heading for 2
4412	4412	uses authorized under this heading: Provided further, That 3
4413	4413	of the total amounts provided under this heading, 4
4414	4414	$32,924,000 shall be available for rent adjustments as au-5
4415	4415	thorized by section 515(d) of the Multifamily Assisted 6
4416	4416	Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 7
4417	4417	1437f note): Provided further, That of the amounts made 8
4418	4418	available under this heading, $5,081,790,000 is des-9
4419	4419	ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-10
4420	4420	quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-11
4421	4421	anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 12
4422	4422	HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY 13
4423	4423	For capital advances, including amendments to cap-14
4424	4424	ital advance contracts, for housing for the elderly, as au-15
4425	4425	thorized by section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 16
4426	4426	U.S.C. 1701q), for project rental assistance for the elderly 17
4427	4427	under section 202(c)(2) of such Act, including amend-18
4428	4428	ments to contracts for such assistance and renewal of ex-19
4429	4429	piring contracts for such assistance for up to a 5-year 20
4430	4430	term, for senior preservation rental assistance contracts, 21
4431	4431	including renewals, as authorized by section 811(e) of the 22
4432	4432	American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act 23
4433	4433	of 2000 (12 U.S.C. 1701q note), and for supportive serv-24
4434	4434	ices associated with the housing, $1,075,000,000, to re-25 170
4435	4435	•S 2437 RS
4436	4436	main available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That 1
4437	4437	of the amount made available under this heading, up to 2
4438	4438	$120,000,000 shall be for service coordinators and the 3
4439	4439	continuation of existing congregate service grants for resi-4
4440	4440	dents of assisted housing projects: Provided further, That 5
4441	4441	any funding for existing service coordinators under the 6
4442	4442	preceding proviso shall be provided within 120 days of en-7
4443	4443	actment of this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary 8
4444	4444	may waive the provisions of section 202 governing the 9
4445	4445	terms and conditions of project rental assistance, except 10
4446	4446	that the initial contract term for such assistance shall not 11
4447	4447	exceed 5 years in duration: Provided further, That upon 12
4448	4448	request of the Secretary, project funds that are held in 13
4449	4449	residual receipts accounts for any project subject to a sec-14
4450	4450	tion 202 project rental assistance contract, and that upon 15
4451	4451	termination of such contract are in excess of an amount 16
4452	4452	to be determined by the Secretary, shall be remitted to 17
4453	4453	the Department and deposited in this account, to remain 18
4454	4454	available until September 30, 2027: Provided further, That 19
4455	4455	amounts deposited in this account pursuant to the pre-20
4456	4456	ceding proviso shall be available, in addition to the 21
4457	4457	amounts otherwise provided by this heading, for the pur-22
4458	4458	poses authorized under this heading: Provided further, 23
4459	4459	That unobligated balances, including recaptures and car-24
4460	4460	ryover, remaining from funds transferred to or appro-25 171
4461	4461	•S 2437 RS
4462	4462	priated under this heading shall be available for the cur-1
4463	4463	rent purposes authorized under this heading in addition 2
4464	4464	to the purposes for which such funds originally were ap-3
4465	4465	propriated: Provided further, That for the purposes of the 4
4466	4466	preceding proviso the Secretary may waive, or specify al-5
4467	4467	ternative requirements for, any provision of section 202 6
4468	4468	of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q) in order 7
4469	4469	to facilitate the development of such units, except for re-8
4470	4470	quirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, 9
4471	4471	labor standards, and the environment: Provided further, 10
4472	4472	That of the total amount made available under this head-11
4473	4473	ing, up to $6,000,000 shall be used by the Secretary to 12
4474	4474	support preservation transactions of housing for the elder-13
4475	4475	ly originally developed with a capital advance and assisted 14
4476	4476	by a project rental assistance contract under the provi-15
4477	4477	sions of section 202(c) of the Housing Act of 1959. 16
4478	4478	HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 17
4479	4479	For capital advances, including amendments to cap-18
4480	4480	ital advance contracts, for supportive housing for persons 19
4481	4481	with disabilities, as authorized by section 811 of the Cran-20
4482	4482	ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 21
4483	4483	U.S.C. 8013), for project rental assistance for supportive 22
4484	4484	housing for persons with disabilities under section 23
4485	4485	811(d)(2) of such Act, for project assistance contracts 24
4486	4486	pursuant to subsection (h) of section 202 of the Housing 25 172
4487	4487	•S 2437 RS
4488	4488	Act of 1959, as added by section 205(a) of the Housing 1
4489	4489	and Community Development Amendments of 1978 (Pub-2
4490	4490	lic Law 95–557: 92 Stat. 2090), including amendments 3
4491	4491	to contracts for such assistance and renewal of expiring 4
4492	4492	contracts for such assistance for up to a 5-year term, for 5
4493	4493	project rental assistance to State housing finance agencies 6
4494	4494	and other appropriate entities as authorized under section 7
4495	4495	811(b)(3) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 8
4496	4496	Housing Act, and for supportive services associated with 9
4497	4497	the housing for persons with disabilities as authorized by 10
4498	4498	section 811(b)(1) of such Act, $360,000,000, to remain 11
4499	4499	available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That, upon 12
4500	4500	the request of the Secretary, project funds that are held 13
4501	4501	in residual receipts accounts for any project subject to a 14
4502	4502	section 811 project rental assistance contract, and that 15
4503	4503	upon termination of such contract are in excess of an 16
4504	4504	amount to be determined by the Secretary, shall be remit-17
4505	4505	ted to the Department and deposited in this account, to 18
4506	4506	remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided fur-19
4507	4507	ther, That amounts deposited in this account pursuant to 20
4508	4508	the preceding proviso shall be available in addition to the 21
4509	4509	amounts otherwise provided by this heading for the pur-22
4510	4510	poses authorized under this heading: Provided further, 23
4511	4511	That unobligated balances, including recaptures and car-24
4512	4512	ryover, remaining from funds transferred to or appro-25 173
4513	4513	•S 2437 RS
4514	4514	priated under this heading shall be used for the current 1
4515	4515	purposes authorized under this heading in addition to the 2
4516	4516	purposes for which such funds originally were appro-3
4517	4517	priated. 4
4518	4518	HOUSING COUNSELING ASSISTANCE 5
4519	4519	For contracts, grants, and other assistance excluding 6
4520	4520	loans, as authorized under section 106 of the Housing and 7
4521	4521	Urban Development Act of 1968, as amended, 8
4522	4522	$57,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 9
4523	4523	2025, including up to $4,500,000 for administrative con-10
4524	4524	tract services: Provided, That funds shall be used for pro-11
4525	4525	viding counseling and advice to tenants and homeowners, 12
4526	4526	both current and prospective, with respect to property 13
4527	4527	maintenance, financial management or literacy, and such 14
4528	4528	other matters as may be appropriate to assist them in im-15
4529	4529	proving their housing conditions, meeting their financial 16
4530	4530	needs, and fulfilling the responsibilities of tenancy or 17
4531	4531	homeownership; for program administration; and for hous-18
4532	4532	ing counselor training: Provided further, That for purposes 19
4533	4533	of awarding grants from amounts provided under this 20
4534	4534	heading, the Secretary may enter into multiyear agree-21
4535	4535	ments, as appropriate, subject to the availability of annual 22
4536	4536	appropriations. 23 174
4537	4537	•S 2437 RS
4538	4538	PAYMENT TO MANUFACTURED HOUSING FEES TRUST 1
4539	4539	FUND 2
4540	4540	For necessary expenses as authorized by the National 3
4541	4541	Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Stand-4
4542	4542	ards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), up to 5
4543	4543	$14,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 6
4544	4544	$14,000,000 shall be derived from the Manufactured 7
4545	4545	Housing Fees Trust Fund (established under section 8
4546	4546	620(e) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5419(e)): Provided, That 9
4547	4547	not to exceed the total amount appropriated under this 10
4548	4548	heading shall be available from the general fund of the 11
4549	4549	Treasury to the extent necessary to incur obligations and 12
4550	4550	make expenditures pending the receipt of collections to the 13
4551	4551	Fund pursuant to section 620 of such Act: Provided fur-14
4552	4552	ther, That the amount made available under this heading 15
4553	4553	from the general fund shall be reduced as such collections 16
4554	4554	are received during fiscal year 2024 so as to result in a 17
4555	4555	final fiscal year 2024 appropriation from the general fund 18
4556	4556	estimated at zero, and fees pursuant to such section 620 19
4557	4557	shall be modified as necessary to ensure such a final fiscal 20
4558	4558	year 2024 appropriation: Provided further, That for the 21
4559	4559	dispute resolution and installation programs, the Sec-22
4560	4560	retary may assess and collect fees from any program par-23
4561	4561	ticipant: Provided further, That such collections shall be 24
4562	4562	deposited into the Trust Fund, and the Secretary, as pro-25 175
4563	4563	•S 2437 RS
4564	4564	vided herein, may use such collections, as well as fees col-1
4565	4565	lected under section 620 of such Act, for necessary ex-2
4566	4566	penses of such Act: Provided further, That, notwith-3
4567	4567	standing the requirements of section 620 of such Act, the 4
4568	4568	Secretary may carry out responsibilities of the Secretary 5
4569	4569	under such Act through the use of approved service pro-6
4570	4570	viders that are paid directly by the recipients of their serv-7
4571	4571	ices. 8
4572	4572	F
4573	4573	EDERALHOUSINGADMINISTRATION 9
4574	4574	MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 10
4575	4575	New commitments to guarantee single family loans 11
4576	4576	insured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund shall 12
4577	4577	not exceed $400,000,000,000, to remain available until 13
4578	4578	September 30, 2025: Provided, That during fiscal year 14
4579	4579	2024, obligations to make direct loans to carry out the 15
4580	4580	purposes of section 204(g) of the National Housing Act, 16
4581	4581	as amended, shall not exceed $1,000,000: Provided fur-17
4582	4582	ther, That the foregoing amount in the preceding proviso 18
4583	4583	shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities 19
4584	4584	in connection with sales of single family real properties 20
4585	4585	owned by the Secretary and formerly insured under the 21
4586	4586	Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund: Provided further, That 22
4587	4587	for administrative contract expenses of the Federal Hous-23
4588	4588	ing Administration, $150,000,000, to remain available 24
4589	4589	until September 30, 2025: Provided further, That to the 25 176
4590	4590	•S 2437 RS
4591	4591	extent guaranteed loan commitments exceed 1
4592	4592	$200,000,000,000 on or before April 1, 2024, an addi-2
4593	4593	tional $1,400 for administrative contract expenses shall be 3
4594	4594	available for each $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed 4
4595	4595	loan commitments (including a pro rata amount for any 5
4596	4596	amount below $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds 6
4597	4597	made available by this proviso exceed $30,000,000: Pro-7
4598	4598	vided further, That notwithstanding the limitation in the 8
4599	4599	first sentence of section 255(g) of the National Housing 9
4600	4600	Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–20(g)), during fiscal year 2024 the 10
4601	4601	Secretary may insure and enter into new commitments to 11
4602	4602	insure mortgages under section 255 of the National Hous-12
4603	4603	ing Act only to the extent that the net credit subsidy cost 13
4604	4604	for such insurance does not exceed zero. 14
4605	4605	GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT 15
4606	4606	New commitments to guarantee loans insured under 16
4607	4607	the General and Special Risk Insurance Funds, as author-17
4608	4608	ized by sections 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act 18
4609	4609	(12 U.S.C. 1715z–3 and 1735c), shall not exceed 19
4610	4610	$35,000,000,000 in total loan principal, any part of which 20
4611	4611	is to be guaranteed, to remain available until September 21
4612	4612	30, 2025: Provided, That during fiscal year 2024, gross 22
4613	4613	obligations for the principal amount of direct loans, as au-23
4614	4614	thorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, and 519(a) of 24
4615	4615	the National Housing Act, shall not exceed $1,000,000, 25 177
4616	4616	•S 2437 RS
4617	4617	which shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental en-1
4618	4618	tities in connection with the sale of single family real prop-2
4619	4619	erties owned by the Secretary and formerly insured under 3
4620	4620	such Act. 4
4621	4621	G
4622	4622	OVERNMENTNATIONALMORTGAGEASSOCIATION 5
4623	4623	GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE -BACKED SECURITIES LOAN 6
4624	4624	GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 7
4625	4625	New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out 8
4626	4626	the purposes of section 306 of the National Housing Act, 9
4627	4627	as amended (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)), shall not exceed 10
4628	4628	$900,000,000,000, to remain available until September 11
4629	4629	30, 2025: Provided, That $54,000,000, to remain avail-12
4630	4630	able until September 30, 2025, shall be for necessary sala-13
4631	4631	ries and expenses of the Government National Mortgage 14
4632	4632	Association: Provided further, That to the extent that 15
4633	4633	guaranteed loan commitments exceed $155,000,000,000 16
4634	4634	on or before April 1, 2024, an additional $100 for nec-17
4635	4635	essary salaries and expenses shall be available until ex-18
4636	4636	pended for each $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed loan 19
4637	4637	commitments (including a pro rata amount for any 20
4638	4638	amount below $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds 21
4639	4639	made available by this proviso exceed $3,000,000: Pro-22
4640	4640	vided further, That receipts from Commitment and 23
4641	4641	Multiclass fees collected pursuant to title III of the Na-24 178
4642	4642	•S 2437 RS
4643	4643	tional Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1716 et seq.) shall be cred-1
4644	4644	ited as offsetting collections to this account. 2
4645	4645	P
4646	4646	OLICYDEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH 3
4647	4647	RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 4
4648	4648	For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of pro-5
4649	4649	grams of research and studies relating to housing and 6
4650	4650	urban problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized 7
4651	4651	by title V of the Housing and Urban Development Act 8
4652	4652	of 1970 (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 et seq.), including carrying 9
4653	4653	out the functions of the Secretary of Housing and Urban 10
4654	4654	Development under section 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization 11
4655	4655	Plan No. 2 of 1968, and for technical assistance, 12
4656	4656	$125,400,000, to remain available until September 30, 13
4657	4657	2025: Provided, That with respect to amounts made avail-14
4658	4658	able under this heading, notwithstanding section 203 of 15
4659	4659	this title, the Secretary may enter into cooperative agree-16
4660	4660	ments with philanthropic entities, other Federal agencies, 17
4661	4661	State or local governments and their agencies, Indian 18
4662	4662	Tribes, tribally designated housing entities, colleges or 19
4663	4663	universities, or international organizations for research 20
4664	4664	projects: Provided further, That with respect to the pre-21
4665	4665	ceding proviso, such partners to the cooperative agree-22
4666	4666	ments shall contribute at least a 50 percent match toward 23
4667	4667	the cost of the project: Provided further, That for non- 24
4668	4668	competitive agreements entered into in accordance with 25 179
4669	4669	•S 2437 RS
4670	4670	the preceding two provisos, the Secretary shall comply 1
4671	4671	with section 2(b) of the Federal Funding Accountability 2
4672	4672	and Transparency Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–282, 31 3
4673	4673	U.S.C. note) in lieu of compliance with section 4
4674	4674	102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and Urban 5
4675	4675	Development Reform Act of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 6
4676	4676	3545(a)(4)(C)) with respect to documentation of award 7
4677	4677	decisions: Provided further, That prior to obligation of 8
4678	4678	technical assistance funding, the Secretary shall submit a 9
4679	4679	plan to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-10
4680	4680	tions on how the Secretary will allocate funding for this 11
4681	4681	activity at least 30 days prior to obligation: Provided fur-12
4682	4682	ther, That none of the funds provided under this heading 13
4683	4683	may be available for the doctoral dissertation research 14
4684	4684	grant program: Provided further, That an additional 15
4685	4685	$20,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 16
4686	4686	2026, shall be for competitive grants to nonprofit or gov-17
4687	4687	ernmental entities to provide legal assistance (including 18
4688	4688	assistance related to pretrial activities, trial activities, 19
4689	4689	post-trial activities and alternative dispute resolution) at 20
4690	4690	no cost to eligible low-income tenants at risk of or subject 21
4691	4691	to eviction: Provided further, That in awarding grants 22
4692	4692	under the preceding proviso, the Secretary shall give pref-23
4693	4693	erence to applicants that include a marketing strategy for 24
4694	4694	residents of areas with high rates of eviction, have experi-25 180
4695	4695	•S 2437 RS
4696	4696	ence providing no-cost legal assistance to low-income indi-1
4697	4697	viduals, including those with limited English proficiency 2
4698	4698	or disabilities, and have sufficient capacity to administer 3
4699	4699	such assistance: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 4
4700	4700	ensure, to the extent practicable, that the proportion of 5
4701	4701	eligible tenants living in rural areas who will receive legal 6
4702	4702	assistance with grant funds made available under this 7
4703	4703	heading is not less than the overall proportion of eligible 8
4704	4704	tenants who live in rural areas. 9
4705	4705	F
4706	4706	AIRHOUSING ANDEQUALOPPORTUNITY 10
4707	4707	FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES 11
4708	4708	For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not oth-12
4709	4709	erwise provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil 13
4710	4710	Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.), and section 14
4711	4711	561 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 15
4712	4712	1987 (42 U.S.C. 3616a), $86,355,000, to remain available 16
4713	4713	until September 30, 2025: Provided, That notwithstanding 17
4714	4714	section 3302 of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary 18
4715	4715	may assess and collect fees to cover the costs of the Fair 19
4716	4716	Housing Training Academy, and may use such funds to 20
4717	4717	develop on-line courses and provide such training: Pro-21
4718	4718	vided further, That none of the funds made available under 22
4719	4719	this heading may be used to lobby the executive or legisla-23
4720	4720	tive branches of the Federal Government in connection 24
4721	4721	with a specific contract, grant, or loan: Provided further, 25 181
4722	4722	•S 2437 RS
4723	4723	That of the funds made available under this heading, 1
4724	4724	$1,355,000 shall be available to the Secretary for the cre-2
4725	4725	ation and promotion of translated materials and other pro-3
4726	4726	grams that support the assistance of persons with limited 4
4727	4727	English proficiency in utilizing the services provided by 5
4728	4728	the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 6
4729	4729	O
4730	4730	FFICE OFLEADHAZARDCONTROL ANDHEALTHY 7
4731	4731	H
4732	4732	OMES 8
4733	4733	LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION 9
4734	4734	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 10
4735	4735	For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as author-11
4736	4736	ized by section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint 12
4737	4737	Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4852), the 13
4738	4738	Healthy Homes Initiative, pursuant to sections 501 and 14
4739	4739	502 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 15
4740	4740	(12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 and 1701z–2), and for related activi-16
4741	4741	ties and assistance, $350,000,000, to remain available 17
4742	4742	until September 30, 2026: Provided, That the amounts 18
4743	4743	made available under this heading are provided as fol-19
4744	4744	lows— 20
4745	4745	(1) $245,000,000 shall be for the award of 21
4746	4746	grants pursuant to such section 1011, of which not 22
4747	4747	less than $105,000,000 shall be provided to areas 23
4748	4748	with the highest lead-based paint abatement needs; 24 182
4749	4749	•S 2437 RS
4750	4750	(2) $105,000,000 shall be for the Healthy 1
4751	4751	Homes Initiative, pursuant to sections 501 and 502 2
4752	4752	of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 3
4753	4753	1970, which shall include research, studies, testing, 4
4754	4754	and demonstration efforts, including education and 5
4755	4755	outreach concerning lead-based paint poisoning and 6
4756	4756	other housing-related diseases and hazards, and 7
4757	4757	mitigating housing-related health and safety hazards 8
4758	4758	in housing of low-income families, of which— 9
4759	4759	(A) $5,000,000 shall be for the implemen-10
4760	4760	tation of projects in communities that are 11
4761	4761	served by both the Healthy Homes Initiative 12
4762	4762	and the Department of Energy weatherization 13
4763	4763	programs to demonstrate whether the coordina-14
4764	4764	tion of Healthy Homes remediation activities 15
4765	4765	with weatherization activities achieves cost sav-16
4766	4766	ings and better outcomes in improving the safe-17
4767	4767	ty and quality of homes; and 18
4768	4768	(B) $30,000,000 shall be for grants to ex-19
4769	4769	perienced non-profit organizations, States, local 20
4770	4770	governments, or public housing agencies for 21
4771	4771	safety and functional home modification repairs 22
4772	4772	and renovations to meet the needs of low-in-23
4773	4773	come seniors to enable them to remain in their 24
4774	4774	primary residence: Provided, That of the total 25 183
4775	4775	•S 2437 RS
4776	4776	amount made available under this subpara-1
4777	4777	graph no less than $10,000,000 shall be avail-2
4778	4778	able to meet such needs in communities with 3
4779	4779	substantial rural populations; and 4
4780	4780	(3) Up to $2,000,000 in total of the amounts 5
4781	4781	made available under paragraph (2) may be trans-6
4782	4782	ferred to the heading ‘‘Research and Technology’’ 7
4783	4783	for the purposes of conducting research and studies 8
4784	4784	and for use in accordance with the provisos under 9
4785	4785	that heading for non-competitive agreements: 10
4786	4786	Provided further, That for purposes of environmental re-11
4787	4787	view, pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act 12
4788	4788	of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and other provisions of 13
4789	4789	law that further the purposes of such Act, a grant under 14
4790	4790	the Healthy Homes Initiative, or the Lead Technical Stud-15
4791	4791	ies program, or other demonstrations or programs under 16
4792	4792	this heading or under prior appropriations Acts for such 17
4793	4793	purposes under this heading, or under the heading ‘‘Hous-18
4794	4794	ing for the Elderly’’ under prior Appropriations Acts, shall 19
4795	4795	be considered to be funds for a special project for purposes 20
4796	4796	of section 305(c) of the Multifamily Housing Property 21
4797	4797	Disposition Reform Act of 1994: Provided further, That 22
4798	4798	each applicant for a grant or cooperative agreement under 23
4799	4799	this heading shall certify adequate capacity that is accept-24
4800	4800	able to the Secretary to carry out the proposed use of 25 184
4801	4801	•S 2437 RS
4802	4802	funds pursuant to a notice of funding opportunity: Pro-1
4803	4803	vided further, That amounts made available under this 2
4804	4804	heading, except for amounts in paragraph (2)(B) for home 3
4805	4805	modification repairs and renovations, in this or prior ap-4
4806	4806	propriations Acts, still remaining available, may be used 5
4807	4807	for any purpose under this heading notwithstanding the 6
4808	4808	purpose for which such amounts were appropriated if a 7
4809	4809	program competition is undersubscribed and there are 8
4810	4810	other program competitions under this heading that are 9
4811	4811	oversubscribed. 10
4812	4812	I
4813	4813	NFORMATIONTECHNOLOGYFUND 11
4814	4814	For Department-wide and program-specific informa-12
4815	4815	tion technology systems and infrastructure, $374,750,000, 13
4816	4816	to remain available until September 30, 2026, of which 14
4817	4817	up to $23,950,000 shall be for development, moderniza-15
4818	4818	tion, and enhancement projects, including planning for 16
4819	4819	such projects: Provided, That not later than 30 days after 17
4820	4820	the end of each quarter, the Secretary shall brief the 18
4821	4821	House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on all 19
4822	4822	information technology modernization efforts as required 20
4823	4823	by the report accompanying this Act. 21
4824	4824	O
4825	4825	FFICE OFINSPECTORGENERAL 22
4826	4826	For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 23
4827	4827	Inspector General in carrying out the Inspector General 24
4828	4828	Act of 1978, as amended, $152,924,000: Provided, That 25 185
4829	4829	•S 2437 RS
4830	4830	the Inspector General shall have independent authority 1
4831	4831	over all personnel issues within this office. 2
4832	4832	G
4833	4833	ENERALPROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OFHOUSING AND 3
4834	4834	U
4835	4835	RBANDEVELOPMENT 4
4836	4836	(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 5
4837	4837	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 6
4838	4838	S
4839	4839	EC. 201. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget au-7
4840	4840	thority, or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts 8
4841	4841	associated with such budget authority, that are recaptured 9
4842	4842	from projects described in section 1012(a) of the Stewart 10
4843	4843	B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 11
4844	4844	1988 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) shall be rescinded or in the 12
4845	4845	case of cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such 13
4846	4846	amounts of budget authority or cash recaptured and not 14
4847	4847	rescinded or remitted to the Treasury shall be used by 15
4848	4848	State housing finance agencies or local governments or 16
4849	4849	local housing agencies with projects approved by the Sec-17
4850	4850	retary of Housing and Urban Development for which set-18
4851	4851	tlement occurred after January 1, 1992, in accordance 19
4852	4852	with such section. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, 20
4853	4853	the Secretary may award up to 15 percent of the budget 21
4854	4854	authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted 22
4855	4855	to the Treasury to provide project owners with incentives 23
4856	4856	to refinance their project at a lower interest rate. 24 186
4857	4857	•S 2437 RS
4858	4858	SEC. 202. None of the funds made available by this 1
4859	4859	Act may be used to investigate or prosecute under the Fair 2
4860	4860	Housing Act any otherwise lawful activity engaged in by 3
4861	4861	one or more persons, including the filing or maintaining 4
4862	4862	of a nonfrivolous legal action, that is engaged in solely 5
4863	4863	for the purpose of achieving or preventing action by a Gov-6
4864	4864	ernment official or entity, or a court of competent jurisdic-7
4865	4865	tion. 8
4866	4866	S
4867	4867	EC. 203. Except as explicitly provided in law, any 9
4868	4868	grant, cooperative agreement or other assistance made 10
4869	4869	pursuant to title II of this Act shall be made on a competi-11
4870	4870	tive basis and in accordance with section 102 of the De-12
4871	4871	partment of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act 13
4872	4872	of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 3545). 14
4873	4873	S
4874	4874	EC. 204. Funds of the Department of Housing and 15
4875	4875	Urban Development subject to the Government Corpora-16
4876	4876	tion Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of 17
4877	4877	1950 shall be available, without regard to the limitations 18
4878	4878	on administrative expenses, for legal services on a contract 19
4879	4879	or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment for 20
4880	4880	services and facilities of the Federal National Mortgage 21
4881	4881	Association, Government National Mortgage Association, 22
4882	4882	Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Fi-23
4883	4883	nancing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or any member 24
4884	4884	thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, and any insured bank 25 187
4885	4885	•S 2437 RS
4886	4886	within the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance Cor-1
4887	4887	poration Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811–1). 2
4888	4888	S
4889	4889	EC. 205. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act 3
4890	4890	or through a reprogramming of funds, no part of any ap-4
4891	4891	propriation for the Department of Housing and Urban 5
4892	4892	Development shall be available for any program, project 6
4893	4893	or activity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget 7
4894	4894	estimates submitted to Congress. 8
4895	4895	S
4896	4896	EC. 206. Corporations and agencies of the Depart-9
4897	4897	ment of Housing and Urban Development which are sub-10
4898	4898	ject to the Government Corporation Control Act are here-11
4899	4899	by authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits 12
4900	4900	of funds and borrowing authority available to each such 13
4901	4901	corporation or agency and in accordance with law, and to 14
4902	4902	make such contracts and commitments without regard to 15
4903	4903	fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of such 16
4904	4904	Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set 17
4905	4905	forth in the budget for 2024 for such corporation or agen-18
4906	4906	cy except as hereinafter provided: Provided, That collec-19
4907	4907	tions of these corporations and agencies may be used for 20
4908	4908	new loan or mortgage purchase commitments only to the 21
4909	4909	extent expressly provided for in this Act (unless such loans 22
4910	4910	are in support of other forms of assistance provided for 23
4911	4911	in this or prior appropriations Acts), except that this pro-24
4912	4912	viso shall not apply to the mortgage insurance or guaranty 25 188
4913	4913	•S 2437 RS
4914	4914	operations of these corporations, or where loans or mort-1
4915	4915	gage purchases are necessary to protect the financial in-2
4916	4916	terest of the United States Government. 3
4917	4917	S
4918	4918	EC. 207. The Secretary shall provide quarterly re-4
4919	4919	ports to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-5
4920	4920	tions regarding all uncommitted, unobligated, recaptured 6
4921	4921	and excess funds in each program and activity within the 7
4922	4922	jurisdiction of the Department and shall submit addi-8
4923	4923	tional, updated budget information to these Committees 9
4924	4924	upon request. 10
4925	4925	S
4926	4926	EC. 208. None of the funds made available by this 11
4927	4927	title may be used for an audit of the Government National 12
4928	4928	Mortgage Association that makes applicable requirements 13
4929	4929	under the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 14
4930	4930	661 et seq.). 15
4931	4931	S
4932	4932	EC. 209. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 16
4933	4933	of law, subject to the conditions listed under this section, 17
4934	4934	for fiscal years 2024 and 2025, the Secretary of Housing 18
4935	4935	and Urban Development may authorize the transfer of 19
4936	4936	some or all project-based assistance, debt held or insured 20
4937	4937	by the Secretary and statutorily required low-income and 21
4938	4938	very low-income use restrictions if any, associated with one 22
4939	4939	or more multifamily housing project or projects to another 23
4940	4940	multifamily housing project or projects. 24 189
4941	4941	•S 2437 RS
4942	4942	(b) PHASEDTRANSFERS.—Transfers of project- 1
4943	4943	based assistance under this section may be done in phases 2
4944	4944	to accommodate the financing and other requirements re-3
4945	4945	lated to rehabilitating or constructing the project or 4
4946	4946	projects to which the assistance is transferred, to ensure 5
4947	4947	that such project or projects meet the standards under 6
4948	4948	subsection (c). 7
4949	4949	(c) The transfer authorized in subsection (a) is sub-8
4950	4950	ject to the following conditions: 9
4951	4951	(1) N
4952	4952	UMBER AND BEDROOM SIZE OF UNITS .— 10
4953	4953	(A) For occupied units in the transferring 11
4954	4954	project: The number of low-income and very 12
4955	4955	low-income units and the configuration (i.e., 13
4956	4956	bedroom size) provided by the transferring 14
4957	4957	project shall be no less than when transferred 15
4958	4958	to the receiving project or projects and the net 16
4959	4959	dollar amount of Federal assistance provided to 17
4960	4960	the transferring project shall remain the same 18
4961	4961	in the receiving project or projects. 19
4962	4962	(B) For unoccupied units in the transfer-20
4963	4963	ring project: The Secretary may authorize a re-21
4964	4964	duction in the number of dwelling units in the 22
4965	4965	receiving project or projects to allow for a re-23
4966	4966	configuration of bedroom sizes to meet current 24
4967	4967	market demands, as determined by the Sec-25 190
4968	4968	•S 2437 RS
4969	4969	retary and provided there is no increase in the 1
4970	4970	project-based assistance budget authority. 2
4971	4971	(2) The transferring project shall, as deter-3
4972	4972	mined by the Secretary, be either physically obsolete 4
4973	4973	or economically nonviable, or be reasonably expected 5
4974	4974	to become economically nonviable when complying 6
4975	4975	with State or Federal requirements for community 7
4976	4976	integration and reduced concentration of individuals 8
4977	4977	with disabilities. 9
4978	4978	(3) The receiving project or projects shall meet 10
4979	4979	or exceed applicable physical standards established 11
4980	4980	by the Secretary. 12
4981	4981	(4) The owner or mortgagor of the transferring 13
4982	4982	project shall notify and consult with the tenants re-14
4983	4983	siding in the transferring project and provide a cer-15
4984	4984	tification of approval by all appropriate local govern-16
4985	4985	mental officials. 17
4986	4986	(5) The tenants of the transferring project who 18
4987	4987	remain eligible for assistance to be provided by the 19
4988	4988	receiving project or projects shall not be required to 20
4989	4989	vacate their units in the transferring project or 21
4990	4990	projects until new units in the receiving project are 22
4991	4991	available for occupancy. 23
4992	4992	(6) The Secretary determines that this transfer 24
4993	4993	is in the best interest of the tenants. 25 191
4994	4994	•S 2437 RS
4995	4995	(7) If either the transferring project or the re-1
4996	4996	ceiving project or projects meets the condition speci-2
4997	4997	fied in subsection (d)(2)(A), any lien on the receiv-3
4998	4998	ing project resulting from additional financing ob-4
4999	4999	tained by the owner shall be subordinate to any 5
5000	5000	FHA-insured mortgage lien transferred to, or placed 6
5001	5001	on, such project by the Secretary, except that the 7
5002	5002	Secretary may waive this requirement upon deter-8
5003	5003	mination that such a waiver is necessary to facilitate 9
5004	5004	the financing of acquisition, construction, and/or re-10
5005	5005	habilitation of the receiving project or projects. 11
5006	5006	(8) If the transferring project meets the re-12
5007	5007	quirements of subsection (d)(2), the owner or mort-13
5008	5008	gagor of the receiving project or projects shall exe-14
5009	5009	cute and record either a continuation of the existing 15
5010	5010	use agreement or a new use agreement for the 16
5011	5011	project where, in either case, any use restrictions in 17
5012	5012	such agreement are of no lesser duration than the 18
5013	5013	existing use restrictions. 19
5014	5014	(9) The transfer does not increase the cost (as 20
5015	5015	defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 21
5016	5016	Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a)) of any FHA-insured 22
5017	5017	mortgage, except to the extent that appropriations 23
5018	5018	are provided in advance for the amount of any such 24
5019	5019	increased cost. 25 192
5020	5020	•S 2437 RS
5021	5021	(d) For purposes of this section— 1
5022	5022	(1) the terms ‘‘low-income’’ and ‘‘very low-in-2
5023	5023	come’’ shall have the meanings provided by the stat-3
5024	5024	ute and/or regulations governing the program under 4
5025	5025	which the project is insured or assisted; 5
5026	5026	(2) the term ‘‘multifamily housing project’’ 6
5027	5027	means housing that meets one of the following con-7
5028	5028	ditions— 8
5029	5029	(A) housing that is subject to a mortgage 9
5030	5030	insured under the National Housing Act; 10
5031	5031	(B) housing that has project-based assist-11
5032	5032	ance attached to the structure including 12
5033	5033	projects undergoing mark to market debt re-13
5034	5034	structuring under the Multifamily Assisted 14
5035	5035	Housing Reform and Affordability Housing Act; 15
5036	5036	(C) housing that is assisted under section 16
5037	5037	202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 17
5038	5038	1701q); 18
5039	5039	(D) housing that is assisted under section 19
5040	5040	202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 20
5041	5041	1701q), as such section existed before the en-21
5042	5042	actment of the Cranston-Gonzales National Af-22
5043	5043	fordable Housing Act; 23 193
5044	5044	•S 2437 RS
5045	5045	(E) housing that is assisted under section 1
5046	5046	811 of the Cranston-Gonzales National Afford-2
5047	5047	able Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013); or 3
5048	5048	(F) housing or vacant land that is subject 4
5049	5049	to a use agreement; 5
5050	5050	(3) the term ‘‘project-based assistance’’ 6
5051	5051	means— 7
5052	5052	(A) assistance provided under section 8(b) 8
5053	5053	of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 9
5054	5054	U.S.C. 1437f(b)); 10
5055	5055	(B) assistance for housing constructed or 11
5056	5056	substantially rehabilitated pursuant to assist-12
5057	5057	ance provided under section 8(b)(2) of such Act 13
5058	5058	(as such section existed immediately before Oc-14
5059	5059	tober 1, 1983); 15
5060	5060	(C) rent supplement payments under sec-16
5061	5061	tion 101 of the Housing and Urban Develop-17
5062	5062	ment Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); 18
5063	5063	(D) interest reduction payments under sec-19
5064	5064	tion 236 and/or additional assistance payments 20
5065	5065	under section 236(f)(2) of the National Hous-21
5066	5066	ing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1); 22
5067	5067	(E) assistance payments made under sec-23
5068	5068	tion 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 24
5069	5069	U.S.C. 1701q(c)(2)); and 25 194
5070	5070	•S 2437 RS
5071	5071	(F) assistance payments made under sec-1
5072	5072	tion 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na-2
5073	5073	tional Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3
5074	5074	8013(d)(2)); 4
5075	5075	(4) the term ‘‘receiving project or projects’’ 5
5076	5076	means the multifamily housing project or projects to 6
5077	5077	which some or all of the project-based assistance, 7
5078	5078	debt, and statutorily required low-income and very 8
5079	5079	low-income use restrictions are to be transferred; 9
5080	5080	(5) the term ‘‘transferring project’’ means the 10
5081	5081	multifamily housing project which is transferring 11
5082	5082	some or all of the project-based assistance, debt, and 12
5083	5083	the statutorily required low-income and very low-in-13
5084	5084	come use restrictions to the receiving project or 14
5085	5085	projects; and 15
5086	5086	(6) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 16
5087	5087	of Housing and Urban Development. 17
5088	5088	(e) R
5089	5089	ESEARCHREPORT.—The Secretary shall con-18
5090	5090	duct an evaluation of the transfer authority under this sec-19
5091	5091	tion, including the effect of such transfers on the oper-20
5092	5092	ational efficiency, contract rents, physical and financial 21
5093	5093	conditions, and long-term preservation of the affected 22
5094	5094	properties. 23 195
5095	5095	•S 2437 RS
5096	5096	SEC. 210. (a) No assistance shall be provided under 1
5097	5097	section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 2
5098	5098	U.S.C. 1437f) to any individual who— 3
5099	5099	(1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of 4
5100	5100	higher education (as defined under section 102 of 5
5101	5101	the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6
5102	5102	1002)); 7
5103	5103	(2) is under 24 years of age; 8
5104	5104	(3) is not a veteran; 9
5105	5105	(4) is unmarried; 10
5106	5106	(5) does not have a dependent child; 11
5107	5107	(6) is not a person with disabilities, as such 12
5108	5108	term is defined in section 3(b)(3)(E) of the United 13
5109	5109	States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 14
5110	5110	1437a(b)(3)(E)) and was not receiving assistance 15
5111	5111	under such section 8 as of November 30, 2005; 16
5112	5112	(7) is not a youth who left foster care at age 17
5113	5113	14 or older and is at risk of becoming homeless; and 18
5114	5114	(8) is not otherwise individually eligible, or has 19
5115	5115	parents who, individually or jointly, are not eligible, 20
5116	5116	to receive assistance under section 8 of the United 21
5117	5117	States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f). 22
5118	5118	(b) For purposes of determining the eligibility of a 23
5119	5119	person to receive assistance under section 8 of the United 24
5120	5120	States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), any finan-25 196
5121	5121	•S 2437 RS
5122	5122	cial assistance (in excess of amounts received for tuition 1
5123	5123	and any other required fees and charges) that an indi-2
5124	5124	vidual receives under the Higher Education Act of 1965 3
5125	5125	(20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), from private sources, or from 4
5126	5126	an institution of higher education (as defined under sec-5
5127	5127	tion 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6
5128	5128	1002)), shall be considered income to that individual, ex-7
5129	5129	cept for a person over the age of 23 with dependent chil-8
5130	5130	dren. 9
5131	5131	S
5132	5132	EC. 211. The funds made available for Native Alas-10
5133	5133	kans under paragraph (1) under the heading ‘‘Native 11
5134	5134	American Programs’’ in title II of this Act shall be allo-12
5135	5135	cated to the same Native Alaskan housing block grant re-13
5136	5136	cipients that received funds in fiscal year 2005, and only 14
5137	5137	such recipients shall be eligible to apply for funds made 15
5138	5138	available under paragraph (2) of such heading. 16
5139	5139	S
5140	5140	EC. 212. Notwithstanding any other provision of 17
5141	5141	law, in fiscal year 2024, in managing and disposing of any 18
5142	5142	multifamily property that is owned or has a mortgage held 19
5143	5143	by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and 20
5144	5144	during the process of foreclosure on any property with a 21
5145	5145	contract for rental assistance payments under section 8 22
5146	5146	of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 23
5147	5147	1437f) or any other Federal programs, the Secretary shall 24
5148	5148	maintain any rental assistance payments under section 8 25 197
5149	5149	•S 2437 RS
5150	5150	of the United States Housing Act of 1937 and other pro-1
5151	5151	grams that are attached to any dwelling units in the prop-2
5152	5152	erty. To the extent the Secretary determines, in consulta-3
5153	5153	tion with the tenants and the local government that such 4
5154	5154	a multifamily property owned or having a mortgage held 5
5155	5155	by the Secretary is not feasible for continued rental assist-6
5156	5156	ance payments under such section 8 or other programs, 7
5157	5157	based on consideration of (1) the costs of rehabilitating 8
5158	5158	and operating the property and all available Federal, 9
5159	5159	State, and local resources, including rent adjustments 10
5160	5160	under section 524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing 11
5161	5161	Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (in this section 12
5162	5162	‘‘MAHRAA’’) (42 U.S.C. 1437f note), and (2) environ-13
5163	5163	mental conditions that cannot be remedied in a cost-effec-14
5164	5164	tive fashion, the Secretary may, in consultation with the 15
5165	5165	tenants of that property, contract for project-based rental 16
5166	5166	assistance payments with an owner or owners of other ex-17
5167	5167	isting housing properties, or provide other rental assist-18
5168	5168	ance. The Secretary shall also take appropriate steps to 19
5169	5169	ensure that project-based contracts remain in effect prior 20
5170	5170	to foreclosure, subject to the exercise of contractual abate-21
5171	5171	ment remedies to assist relocation of tenants for imminent 22
5172	5172	major threats to health and safety after written notice to 23
5173	5173	and informed consent of the affected tenants and use of 24
5174	5174	other available remedies, such as partial abatements or re-25 198
5175	5175	•S 2437 RS
5176	5176	ceivership. After disposition of any multifamily property 1
5177	5177	described in this section, the contract and allowable rent 2
5178	5178	levels on such properties shall be subject to the require-3
5179	5179	ments under section 524 of MAHRAA. 4
5180	5180	S
5181	5181	EC. 213. Public housing agencies that own and oper-5
5182	5182	ate 400 or fewer public housing units may elect to be ex-6
5183	5183	empt from any asset management requirement imposed by 7
5184	5184	the Secretary in connection with the operating fund rule: 8
5185	5185	Provided, That an agency seeking a discontinuance of a 9
5186	5186	reduction of subsidy under the operating fund formula 10
5187	5187	shall not be exempt from asset management requirements. 11
5188	5188	S
5189	5189	EC. 214. With respect to the use of amounts pro-12
5190	5190	vided in this Act and in future Acts for the operation, cap-13
5191	5191	ital improvement, and management of public housing as 14
5192	5192	authorized by sections 9(d) and 9(e) of the United States 15
5193	5193	Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d), (e)), the Sec-16
5194	5194	retary shall not impose any requirement or guideline relat-17
5195	5195	ing to asset management that restricts or limits in any 18
5196	5196	way the use of capital funds for central office costs pursu-19
5197	5197	ant to paragraph (1) or (2) of section 9(g) of the United 20
5198	5198	States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(g)(1), (2)): 21
5199	5199	Provided, That a public housing agency may not use cap-22
5200	5200	ital funds authorized under section 9(d) for activities that 23
5201	5201	are eligible under section 9(e) for assistance with amounts 24 199
5202	5202	•S 2437 RS
5203	5203	from the operating fund in excess of the amounts per-1
5204	5204	mitted under paragraph (1) or (2) of section 9(g). 2
5205	5205	S
5206	5206	EC. 215. No official or employee of the Department 3
5207	5207	of Housing and Urban Development shall be designated 4
5208	5208	as an allotment holder unless the Office of the Chief Fi-5
5209	5209	nancial Officer has determined that such allotment holder 6
5210	5210	has implemented an adequate system of funds control and 7
5211	5211	has received training in funds control procedures and di-8
5212	5212	rectives. The Chief Financial Officer shall ensure that 9
5213	5213	there is a trained allotment holder for each HUD appro-10
5214	5214	priation under the accounts ‘‘Executive Offices’’, ‘‘Admin-11
5215	5215	istrative Support Offices’’, ‘‘Program Offices’’, ‘‘Govern-12
5216	5216	ment National Mortgage Association—Guarantees of 13
5217	5217	Mortgage-Backed Securities Loan Guarantee Program 14
5218	5218	Account’’, and ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ within the 15
5219	5219	Department of Housing and Urban Development. 16
5220	5220	S
5221	5221	EC. 216. The Secretary shall, for fiscal year 2024, 17
5222	5222	notify the public through the Federal Register and other 18
5223	5223	means, as determined appropriate, of the issuance of a no-19
5224	5224	tice of the availability of assistance or notice of funding 20
5225	5225	opportunity (NOFO) for any program or discretionary 21
5226	5226	fund administered by the Secretary that is to be competi-22
5227	5227	tively awarded. Notwithstanding any other provision of 23
5228	5228	law, for fiscal year 2024, the Secretary may make the 24
5229	5229	NOFO available only on the Internet at the appropriate 25 200
5230	5230	•S 2437 RS
5231	5231	Government website or through other electronic media, as 1
5232	5232	determined by the Secretary. 2
5233	5233	S
5234	5234	EC. 217. Payment of attorney fees in program-re-3
5235	5235	lated litigation shall be paid from the individual program 4
5236	5236	office and Office of General Counsel salaries and expenses 5
5237	5237	appropriations. 6
5238	5238	S
5239	5239	EC. 218. The Secretary is authorized to transfer up 7
5240	5240	to 10 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, of funds 8
5241	5241	appropriated for any office under the headings ‘‘Adminis-9
5242	5242	trative Support Offices’’ or ‘‘Program Offices’’ to any 10
5243	5243	other such office under such headings: Provided, That no 11
5244	5244	appropriation for any such office under such headings 12
5245	5245	shall be increased or decreased by more than 10 percent 13
5246	5246	or $5,000,000, whichever is less, without prior written ap-14
5247	5247	proval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-15
5248	5248	tions: Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide 16
5249	5249	notification to such Committees 3 business days in ad-17
5250	5250	vance of any such transfers under this section up to 10 18
5251	5251	percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less. 19
5252	5252	S
5253	5253	EC. 219. (a) Any entity receiving housing assistance 20
5254	5254	payments shall maintain decent, safe, and sanitary condi-21
5255	5255	tions, as determined by the Secretary, and comply with 22
5256	5256	any standards under applicable State or local laws, rules, 23
5257	5257	ordinances, or regulations relating to the physical condi-24 201
5258	5258	•S 2437 RS
5259	5259	tion of any property covered under a housing assistance 1
5260	5260	payment contract. 2
5261	5261	(b) The Secretary shall take action under subsection 3
5262	5262	(c) when a multifamily housing project with a contract 4
5263	5263	under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 5
5264	5264	(42 U.S.C. 1437f) or a contract for similar project-based 6
5265	5265	assistance— 7
5266	5266	(1) receives a failing score under the Uniform 8
5267	5267	Physical Condition Standards (UPCS) or successor 9
5268	5268	standard; or 10
5269	5269	(2) fails to certify in writing to the Secretary 11
5270	5270	within 3 days that all Exigent Health and Safety de-12
5271	5271	ficiencies, or those deficiencies requiring correction 13
5272	5272	within 24 hours, identified by the inspector at the 14
5273	5273	project have been corrected. 15
5274	5274	Such requirements shall apply to insured and non-16
5275	5275	insured projects with assistance attached to the units 17
5276	5276	under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 18
5277	5277	(42 U.S.C. 1437f), but shall not apply to such units as-19
5278	5278	sisted under section 8(o)(13) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 20
5279	5279	1437f(o)(13)) or to public housing units assisted with cap-21
5280	5280	ital or operating funds under section 9 of the United 22
5281	5281	States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g). 23
5282	5282	(c)(1) Within 15 days of the issuance of the Real Es-24
5283	5283	tate Assessment Center (‘‘REAC’’) inspection, the Sec-25 202
5284	5284	•S 2437 RS
5285	5285	retary shall provide the owner with a Notice of Default 1
5286	5286	with a specified timetable, determined by the Secretary, 2
5287	5287	for correcting all deficiencies. The Secretary shall provide 3
5288	5288	a copy of the Notice of Default to the tenants, the local 4
5289	5289	government, any mortgagees, and any contract adminis-5
5290	5290	trator. If the owner’s appeal results in a passing score, 6
5291	5291	the Secretary may withdraw the Notice of Default. 7
5292	5292	(2) At the end of the time period for correcting all 8
5293	5293	deficiencies specified in the Notice of Default, if the owner 9
5294	5294	fails to fully correct such deficiencies, the Secretary may— 10
5295	5295	(A) require immediate replacement of project 11
5296	5296	management with a management agent approved by 12
5297	5297	the Secretary; 13
5298	5298	(B) impose civil money penalties, which shall be 14
5299	5299	used solely for the purpose of supporting safe and 15
5300	5300	sanitary conditions at applicable properties, as des-16
5301	5301	ignated by the Secretary, with priority given to the 17
5302	5302	tenants of the property affected by the penalty; 18
5303	5303	(C) abate the section 8 contract, including par-19
5304	5304	tial abatement, as determined by the Secretary, until 20
5305	5305	all deficiencies have been corrected; 21
5306	5306	(D) pursue transfer of the project to an owner, 22
5307	5307	approved by the Secretary under established proce-23
5308	5308	dures, who will be obligated to promptly make all re-24 203
5309	5309	•S 2437 RS
5310	5310	quired repairs and to accept renewal of the assist-1
5311	5311	ance contract if such renewal is offered; 2
5312	5312	(E) transfer the existing section 8 contract to 3
5313	5313	another project or projects and owner or owners; 4
5314	5314	(F) pursue exclusionary sanctions, including 5
5315	5315	suspensions or debarments from Federal programs; 6
5316	5316	(G) seek judicial appointment of a receiver to 7
5317	5317	manage the property and cure all project deficiencies 8
5318	5318	or seek a judicial order of specific performance re-9
5319	5319	quiring the owner to cure all project deficiencies; 10
5320	5320	(H) work with the owner, lender, or other re-11
5321	5321	lated party to stabilize the property in an attempt 12
5322	5322	to preserve the property through compliance, trans-13
5323	5323	fer of ownership, or an infusion of capital provided 14
5324	5324	by a third-party that requires time to effectuate; or 15
5325	5325	(I) take any other regulatory or contractual 16
5326	5326	remedies available as deemed necessary and appro-17
5327	5327	priate by the Secretary. 18
5328	5328	(d) The Secretary shall take appropriate steps to en-19
5329	5329	sure that project-based contracts remain in effect, subject 20
5330	5330	to the exercise of contractual abatement remedies to assist 21
5331	5331	relocation of tenants for major threats to health and safety 22
5332	5332	after written notice to the affected tenants. To the extent 23
5333	5333	the Secretary determines, in consultation with the tenants 24
5334	5334	and the local government, that the property is not feasible 25 204
5335	5335	•S 2437 RS
5336	5336	for continued rental assistance payments under such sec-1
5337	5337	tion 8 or other programs, based on consideration of— 2
5338	5338	(1) the costs of rehabilitating and operating the 3
5339	5339	property and all available Federal, State, and local 4
5340	5340	resources, including rent adjustments under section 5
5341	5341	524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform 6
5342	5342	and Affordability Act of 1997 (‘‘MAHRAA’’); and 7
5343	5343	(2) environmental conditions that cannot be 8
5344	5344	remedied in a cost-effective fashion, the Secretary 9
5345	5345	may contract for project-based rental assistance pay-10
5346	5346	ments with an owner or owners of other existing 11
5347	5347	housing properties, or provide other rental assist-12
5348	5348	ance. 13
5349	5349	(e) The Secretary shall report semi-annually on all 14
5350	5350	properties covered by this section that are assessed 15
5351	5351	through the Real Estate Assessment Center and have fail-16
5352	5352	ing physical inspection scores or have received an unsatis-17
5353	5353	factory management and occupancy review within the past 18
5354	5354	36 months. The report shall include— 19
5355	5355	(1) identification of the enforcement actions 20
5356	5356	being taken to address such conditions, including 21
5357	5357	imposition of civil money penalties and termination 22
5358	5358	of subsidies, and identification of properties that 23
5359	5359	have such conditions multiple times; 24 205
5360	5360	•S 2437 RS
5361	5361	(2) identification of actions that the Depart-1
5362	5362	ment of Housing and Urban Development is taking 2
5363	5363	to protect tenants of such identified properties; and 3
5364	5364	(3) any administrative or legislative rec-4
5365	5365	ommendations to further improve the living condi-5
5366	5366	tions at properties covered under a housing assist-6
5367	5367	ance payment contract. 7
5368	5368	The first report shall be submitted to the Senate and 8
5369	5369	House Committees on Appropriations not later than 30 9
5370	5370	days after the enactment of this Act, and the second re-10
5371	5371	port shall be submitted within 180 days of the transmittal 11
5372	5372	of the first report. 12
5373	5373	S
5374	5374	EC. 220. None of the funds made available by this 13
5375	5375	Act, or any other Act, for purposes authorized under sec-14
5376	5376	tion 8 (only with respect to the tenant-based rental assist-15
5377	5377	ance program) and section 9 of the United States Housing 16
5378	5378	Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.), may be used by 17
5379	5379	any public housing agency for any amount of salary, in-18
5380	5380	cluding bonuses, for the chief executive officer of which, 19
5381	5381	or any other official or employee of which, that exceeds 20
5382	5382	the annual rate of basic pay payable for a position at level 21
5383	5383	IV of the Executive Schedule at any time during any pub-22
5384	5384	lic housing agency fiscal year 2024. 23
5385	5385	S
5386	5386	EC. 221. None of the funds made available by this 24
5387	5387	Act and provided to the Department of Housing and 25 206
5388	5388	•S 2437 RS
5389	5389	Urban Development may be used to make a grant award 1
5390	5390	unless the Secretary notifies the House and Senate Com-2
5391	5391	mittees on Appropriations not less than 3 full business 3
5392	5392	days before any project, State, locality, housing authority, 4
5393	5393	Tribe, nonprofit organization, or other entity selected to 5
5394	5394	receive a grant award is announced by the Department 6
5395	5395	or its offices: Provided, That such notification shall list 7
5396	5396	each grant award by State and congressional district. 8
5397	5397	S
5398	5398	EC. 222. None of the funds made available in this 9
5399	5399	Act shall be used by the Federal Housing Administration, 10
5400	5400	the Government National Mortgage Association, or the 11
5401	5401	Department of Housing and Urban Development to in-12
5402	5402	sure, securitize, or establish a Federal guarantee of any 13
5403	5403	mortgage or mortgage backed security that refinances or 14
5404	5404	otherwise replaces a mortgage that has been subject to 15
5405	5405	eminent domain condemnation or seizure, by a State, mu-16
5406	5406	nicipality, or any other political subdivision of a State. 17
5407	5407	S
5408	5408	EC. 223. None of the funds made available by this 18
5409	5409	Act may be used to terminate the status of a unit of gen-19
5410	5410	eral local government as a metropolitan city (as defined 20
5411	5411	in section 102 of the Housing and Community Develop-21
5412	5412	ment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302)) with respect to 22
5413	5413	grants under section 106 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5306). 23
5414	5414	S
5415	5415	EC. 224. Amounts made available by this Act that 24
5416	5416	are appropriated, allocated, advanced on a reimbursable 25 207
5417	5417	•S 2437 RS
5418	5418	basis, or transferred to the Office of Policy Development 1
5419	5419	and Research of the Department of Housing and Urban 2
5420	5420	Development and functions thereof, for research, evalua-3
5421	5421	tion, or statistical purposes, and that are unexpended at 4
5422	5422	the time of completion of a contract, grant, or cooperative 5
5423	5423	agreement, may be deobligated and shall immediately be-6
5424	5424	come available and may be reobligated in that fiscal year 7
5425	5425	or the subsequent fiscal year for the research, evaluation, 8
5426	5426	or statistical purposes for which the amounts are made 9
5427	5427	available to that Office subject to reprogramming require-10
5428	5428	ments in section 405 of this Act. 11
5429	5429	S
5430	5430	EC. 225. None of the funds provided in this Act or 12
5431	5431	any other Act may be used for awards, including perform-13
5432	5432	ance, special act, or spot, for any employee of the Depart-14
5433	5433	ment of Housing and Urban Development subject to ad-15
5434	5434	ministrative discipline (including suspension from work), 16
5435	5435	in this fiscal year, but this prohibition shall not be effec-17
5436	5436	tive prior to the effective date of any such administrative 18
5437	5437	discipline or after any final decision over-turning such dis-19
5438	5438	cipline. 20
5439	5439	S
5440	5440	EC. 226. With respect to grant amounts awarded 21
5441	5441	under the heading ‘‘Homeless Assistance Grants’’ for fis-22
5442	5442	cal years 2015 through 2024 for the Continuum of Care 23
5443	5443	(CoC) program as authorized under subtitle C of title IV 24
5444	5444	of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, costs 25 208
5445	5445	•S 2437 RS
5446	5446	paid by program income of grant recipients may count to-1
5447	5447	ward meeting the recipient’s matching requirements, pro-2
5448	5448	vided the costs are eligible CoC costs that supplement the 3
5449	5449	recipient’s CoC program. 4
5450	5450	S
5451	5451	EC. 227. (a) From amounts made available under 5
5452	5452	this title under the heading ‘‘Homeless Assistance 6
5453	5453	Grants’’, the Secretary may award 1-year transition 7
5454	5454	grants to recipients of funds for activities under subtitle 8
5455	5455	C of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 9
5456	5456	U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) to transition from one Continuum 10
5457	5457	of Care program component to another. 11
5458	5458	(b) In order to be eligible to receive a transition 12
5459	5459	grant, the funding recipient must have the consent of the 13
5460	5460	continuum of care and meet standards determined by the 14
5461	5461	Secretary. 15
5462	5462	S
5463	5463	EC. 228. The Promise Zone designations and Prom-16
5464	5464	ise Zone Designation Agreements entered into pursuant 17
5465	5465	to such designations, made by the Secretary in prior fiscal 18
5466	5466	years, shall remain in effect in accordance with the terms 19
5467	5467	and conditions of such agreements. 20
5468	5468	S
5469	5469	EC. 229. None of the amounts made available in this 21
5470	5470	Act may be used to consider Family Self-Sufficiency per-22
5471	5471	formance measures or performance scores in determining 23
5472	5472	funding awards for programs receiving Family Self-Suffi-24
5473	5473	ciency program coordinator funding provided in this Act. 25 209
5474	5474	•S 2437 RS
5475	5475	SEC. 230. Any public housing agency designated as 1
5476	5476	a Moving to Work agency pursuant to section 239 of divi-2
5477	5477	sion L of Public Law 114–113 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note; 3
5478	5478	129 Stat. 2897) may, upon such designation, use funds 4
5479	5479	(except for special purpose funding, including special pur-5
5480	5480	pose vouchers) previously allocated to any such public 6
5481	5481	housing agency under section 8 or 9 of the United States 7
5482	5482	Housing Act of 1937, including any reserve funds held by 8
5483	5483	the public housing agency or funds held by the Depart-9
5484	5484	ment of Housing and Urban Development, pursuant to the 10
5485	5485	authority for use of section 8 or 9 funding provided under 11
5486	5486	such section and section 204 of title II of the Departments 12
5487	5487	of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development 13
5488	5488	and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 14
5489	5489	(Public Law 104–134; 110 Stat. 1321–28), notwith-15
5490	5490	standing the purposes for which such funds were appro-16
5491	5491	priated. 17
5492	5492	S
5493	5493	EC. 231. None of the amounts made available by 18
5494	5494	this Act may be used to prohibit any public housing agen-19
5495	5495	cy under receivership or the direction of a Federal monitor 20
5496	5496	from applying for, receiving, or using funds made available 21
5497	5497	under the heading ‘‘Public Housing Fund’’ for competitive 22
5498	5498	grants to evaluate and reduce lead-based paint hazards in 23
5499	5499	this Act or that remain available and not awarded from 24
5500	5500	prior Acts, or be used to prohibit a public housing agency 25 210
5501	5501	•S 2437 RS
5502	5502	from using such funds to carry out any required work pur-1
5503	5503	suant to a settlement agreement, consent decree, vol-2
5504	5504	untary agreement, or similar document for a violation of 3
5505	5505	the Lead Safe Housing or Lead Disclosure Rules. 4
5506	5506	S
5507	5507	EC. 232. (a) Funds previously made available in the 5
5508	5508	Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 115– 6
5509	5509	31) for the ‘‘Choice Neighborhoods Initiative’’ that were 7
5510	5510	available for obligation through fiscal year 2019 are to re-8
5511	5511	main available through fiscal year 2025 for the liquidation 9
5512	5512	of valid obligations incurred in fiscal years 2017 through 10
5513	5513	2019. 11
5514	5514	(b) Funds previously made available in the Consoli-12
5515	5515	dated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141) for 13
5516	5516	the ‘‘Choice Neighborhoods Initiative’’ that were available 14
5517	5517	for obligation through fiscal year 2020 are to remain avail-15
5518	5518	able through fiscal year 2026 for the liquidation of valid 16
5519	5519	obligations incurred in fiscal years 2018 through 2020. 17
5520	5520	(c) Funds previously made available in the Consoli-18
5521	5521	dated Appropriations Act, 2019 (Public Law 116–6) for 19
5522	5522	the ‘‘Choice Neighborhoods Initiative’’ that were available 20
5523	5523	for obligation through fiscal year 2021 are to remain avail-21
5524	5524	able through fiscal year 2027 for the liquidation of valid 22
5525	5525	obligations incurred in fiscal years 2019 through 2021. 23
5526	5526	(d) Funds previously made available in the Further 24
5527	5527	Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116– 25 211
5528	5528	•S 2437 RS
5529	5529	94) for the ‘‘Choice Neighborhoods Initiative’’ that were 1
5530	5530	available for obligation through fiscal year 2022 are to re-2
5531	5531	main available through fiscal year 2028 for the liquidation 3
5532	5532	of valid obligations incurred in fiscal years 2020 through 4
5533	5533	2022. 5
5534	5534	(e) Funds previously made available in the Consoli-6
5535	5535	dated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–260) for 7
5536	5536	the ‘‘Choice Neighborhoods Initiative’’ that were available 8
5537	5537	for obligation through fiscal year 2023 are to remain avail-9
5538	5538	able through fiscal year 2029 for the liquidation of valid 10
5539	5539	obligations incurred in fiscal years 2021 through 2023. 11
5540	5540	S
5541	5541	EC. 233. None of the funds made available by this 12
5542	5542	Act may be used by the Department of Housing and 13
5543	5543	Urban Development to direct a grantee to undertake spe-14
5544	5544	cific changes to existing zoning laws as part of carrying 15
5545	5545	out the final rule entitled ‘‘Affirmatively Furthering Fair 16
5546	5546	Housing’’ (80 Fed. Reg. 42272 (July 16, 2015)) or the 17
5547	5547	notice entitled ‘‘Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing 18
5548	5548	Assessment Tool’’ (79 Fed. Reg. 57949 (September 26, 19
5549	5549	2014)). 20
5550	5550	S
5551	5551	EC. 234. For fiscal year 2024, if the Secretary de-21
5552	5552	termines or has determined, for any prior formula grant 22
5553	5553	allocation administered by the Secretary through the Of-23
5554	5554	fices of Public and Indian Housing, Community Planning 24
5555	5555	and Development, or Housing, that a recipient received 25 212
5556	5556	•S 2437 RS
5557	5557	an allocation greater than the amount such recipient 1
5558	5558	should have received for a formula allocation cycle pursu-2
5559	5559	ant to applicable statutes and regulations, the Secretary 3
5560	5560	may adjust for any such funding error in the next applica-4
5561	5561	ble formula allocation cycle by (a) offsetting each such re-5
5562	5562	cipient’s formula allocation (if eligible for a formula alloca-6
5563	5563	tion in the next applicable formula allocation cycle) by the 7
5564	5564	amount of any such funding error, and (b) reallocating 8
5565	5565	any available balances that are attributable to the offset 9
5566	5566	to the recipient or recipients that would have been allo-10
5567	5567	cated additional funds in the formula allocation cycle in 11
5568	5568	which any such error occurred (if such recipient or recipi-12
5569	5569	ents are eligible for a formula allocation in the next appli-13
5570	5570	cable formula allocation cycle) in an amount proportionate 14
5571	5571	to such recipient’s eligibility under the next applicable for-15
5572	5572	mula allocation cycle: Provided, That all offsets and re-16
5573	5573	allocations from such available balances shall be recorded 17
5574	5574	against funds available for the next applicable formula al-18
5575	5575	location cycle: Provided further, That the term ‘‘next appli-19
5576	5576	cable formula allocation cycle’’ means the first formula al-20
5577	5577	location cycle for a program that is reasonably available 21
5578	5578	for correction following such a Secretarial determination: 22
5579	5579	Provided further, That if, upon request by a recipient and 23
5580	5580	giving consideration to all Federal resources available to 24
5581	5581	the recipient for the same grant purposes, the Secretary 25 213
5582	5582	•S 2437 RS
5583	5583	determines that the offset in the next applicable formula 1
5584	5584	allocation cycle would critically impair the recipient’s abil-2
5585	5585	ity to accomplish the purpose of the formula grant, the 3
5586	5586	Secretary may adjust for the funding error across two or 4
5587	5587	more formula allocation cycles. 5
5588	5588	S
5589	5589	EC. 235. The Secretary may transfer from amounts 6
5590	5590	made available for salaries and expenses under this title 7
5591	5591	(excluding amounts made available under the heading 8
5592	5592	‘‘Office of Inspector General’’) up to $500,000 from each 9
5593	5593	office to the heading ‘‘Information Technology Fund’’ for 10
5594	5594	information technology needs, including for additional de-11
5595	5595	velopment, modernization, and enhancement, to remain 12
5596	5596	available until September 30, 2025: Provided, That the 13
5597	5597	total amount of such transfers shall not exceed 14
5598	5598	$5,000,000: Provided further, That this transfer authority 15
5599	5599	shall not be used to fund information technology projects 16
5600	5600	or activities that have known out-year development, mod-17
5601	5601	ernization, or enhancement costs in excess of $500,000: 18
5602	5602	Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide notifica-19
5603	5603	tion to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-20
5604	5604	tions no fewer than three business days in advance of any 21
5605	5605	such transfer. 22
5606	5606	S
5607	5607	EC. 236. (a) Funds previously made available in the 23
5608	5608	Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 115– 24
5609	5609	31) for ‘‘Lead Hazard Reduction’’ that were available for 25 214
5610	5610	•S 2437 RS
5611	5611	obligation through fiscal year 2018 are to remain available 1
5612	5612	through fiscal year 2025 for the liquidation of valid obliga-2
5613	5613	tions incurred in fiscal years 2017 through 2018. 3
5614	5614	(b) Funds previously made available in the Consoli-4
5615	5615	dated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141) for 5
5616	5616	‘‘Lead Hazard Reduction’’ that were available for obliga-6
5617	5617	tion through fiscal year 2019 are to remain available 7
5618	5618	through fiscal year 2026 for the liquidation of valid obliga-8
5619	5619	tions incurred in fiscal years 2018 through 2019. 9
5620	5620	S
5621	5621	EC. 237. The Secretary shall comply with all process 10
5622	5622	requirements, including public notice and comment, when 11
5623	5623	seeking to revise any annual contributions contract. 12
5624	5624	S
5625	5625	EC. 238. (a) Of the unobligated balances remaining 13
5626	5626	from amounts made available under the heading ‘‘Lead 14
5627	5627	Hazard Reduction’’ in title II of division L of the Consoli-15
5628	5628	dated Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117–103), 16
5629	5629	$65,000,000 is hereby rescinded, which shall be applied 17
5630	5630	to the funds remaining available for activities under para-18
5631	5631	graph (1) under such heading (excluding amounts for 19
5632	5632	areas with the highest lead-based paint abatement needs). 20
5633	5633	(b) Of the unobligated balances remaining from 21
5634	5634	amounts made available under the heading ‘‘Lead Hazard 22
5635	5635	Reduction’’ in title II of division L of the Consolidated 23
5636	5636	Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117–103) and in 24
5637	5637	title II of division L of the Consolidated Appropriations 25 215
5638	5638	•S 2437 RS
5639	5639	Act, 2023 (Public Law 117–328), $49,400,000 is hereby 1
5640	5640	rescinded, which shall be applied to the funds remaining 2
5641	5641	available for activities under paragraph (5) under such 3
5642	5642	headings. 4
5643	5643	(c) Of the unobligated balances remaining from 5
5644	5644	amounts made available under the heading ‘‘Public Hous-6
5645	5645	ing Fund’’ in title II of division L of the Consolidated Ap-7
5646	5646	propriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117–328), 8
5647	5647	$20,000,000 is hereby rescinded, which shall be applied 9
5648	5648	to the funds remaining available for activities under para-10
5649	5649	graph (7) under such heading. 11
5650	5650	(d) Any unobligated balances (including any unobli-12
5651	5651	gated balances of contract authority) as of the date of en-13
5652	5652	actment of this Act included under Treasury Appropria-14
5653	5653	tion Fund Symbols 86 X 0129, 86 X 0148, 86 X 0197, 15
5654	5654	86 X 0314, 86 X 0315, 86 X 0324, 86 X 0402, 86 X 16
5655	5655	4058 and 86 X 8093 are hereby rescinded. 17
5656	5656	S
5657	5657	EC. 239. The language under the heading ‘‘Rental 18
5658	5658	Assistance Demonstration’’ in the Department of Housing 19
5659	5659	and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2012 (title 20
5660	5660	II of division C of Public Law 112–55), as most recently 21
5661	5661	amended by Public Law 117–103, is further amended— 22
5662	5662	(1) in the initial undesignated matter, by strik-23
5663	5663	ing ‘‘and ‘Public Housing Operating Fund’’’ and in-24 216
5664	5664	•S 2437 RS
5665	5665	serting ‘‘, ‘Public Housing Operating Fund’, and 1
5666	5666	‘Public Housing Fund’’’; 2
5667	5667	(2) in the second proviso, by striking ‘‘2024’’ 3
5668	5668	and inserting ‘‘2030’’; 4
5669	5669	(3) by striking the fourth proviso, and inserting 5
5670	5670	the following new provisos: ‘‘Provided further, That 6
5671	5671	at properties with assistance under section 9 of the 7
5672	5672	Act requesting to partially convert such assistance, 8
5673	5673	and where an event under section 18 of the Act oc-9
5674	5674	curs that results in the eligibility for tenant protec-10
5675	5675	tion vouchers under section 8(o) of the Act, the Sec-11
5676	5676	retary may convert the tenant protection voucher as-12
5677	5677	sistance to assistance under a project-based subsidy 13
5678	5678	contract under section 8 of the Act, which shall be 14
5679	5679	eligible for renewal under section 524 of the Multi-15
5680	5680	family Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability 16
5681	5681	Act of 1997, or assistance under section 8(o)(13) of 17
5682	5682	the Act, so long as the property meets any addi-18
5683	5683	tional requirements established by the Secretary to 19
5684	5684	facilitate conversion: Provided further, That to facili-20
5685	5685	tate the conversion of assistance under the previous 21
5686	5686	proviso, the Secretary may transfer an amount equal 22
5687	5687	to the total amount that would have been allocated 23
5688	5688	for tenant protection voucher assistance for prop-24
5689	5689	erties that have requested such conversions from 25 217
5690	5690	•S 2437 RS
5691	5691	amounts made available for tenant protection vouch-1
5692	5692	er assistance under the heading ‘Tenant-Based 2
5693	5693	Rental Assistance’ to the heading ‘Project-Based 3
5694	5694	Rental Assistance’: Provided further, That at prop-4
5695	5695	erties with assistance previously converted hereunder 5
5696	5696	to assistance under the heading ‘Project Based 6
5697	5697	Rental Assistance,’ which are also separately as-7
5698	5698	sisted under section 8(o)(13) of the Act, the Sec-8
5699	5699	retary may, with the consent of the public housing 9
5700	5700	agency and owner, terminate such project-based sub-10
5701	5701	sidy contracts and immediately enter into one new 11
5702	5702	project-based subsidy contract under section 8 of the 12
5703	5703	Act, which shall be eligible for renewal under section 13
5704	5704	524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform 14
5705	5705	and Affordability Act of 1997, subject to the re-15
5706	5706	quirement that any residents assisted under section 16
5707	5707	8(o)(13) of the Act at the time of such termination 17
5708	5708	of such project-based subsidy contract shall retain 18
5709	5709	all rights accrued under section 8(o)(13)(E) of the 19
5710	5710	Act under the new project-based subsidy contract 20
5711	5711	and section 8(o)(13)(F)(iv) of the Act shall not 21
5712	5712	apply: Provided further, That to carry out the pre-22
5713	5713	vious proviso, the Secretary may transfer from the 23
5714	5714	heading ‘Tenant-Based Rental Assistance’ to the 24
5715	5715	heading ‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’ an 25 218
5716	5716	•S 2437 RS
5717	5717	amount equal to the amounts associated with such 1
5718	5718	terminating contract under section 8(o)(13) of the 2
5719	5719	Act:’’; 3
5720	5720	(4) in the thirteenth proviso, as reordered 4
5721	5721	above, by— 5
5722	5722	(A) inserting ‘‘‘Public Housing Fund’, 6
5723	5723	‘Self-Sufficiency Programs’, ‘Family Self-Suffi-7
5724	5724	ciency’’’ following ‘‘‘Public Housing Operating 8
5725	5725	Fund’,’’; and 9
5726	5726	(B) inserting ‘‘or the ongoing availability 10
5727	5727	of services for residents’’ after ‘‘effective con-11
5728	5728	version of assistance under the demonstration’’; 12
5729	5729	(5) after the twenty-third proviso, as reordered 13
5730	5730	above, by inserting the following proviso: ‘‘Provided 14
5731	5731	further, That owners of properties with a senior 15
5732	5732	preservation rental assistance contract under section 16
5733	5733	811 of the American Homeownership and Economic 17
5734	5734	Opportunity Act of 2000 (12 U.S.C. 1701q note), 18
5735	5735	shall be eligible, subject to requirements established 19
5736	5736	by the Secretary as necessary to facilitate the con-20
5737	5737	version of assistance while maintaining the afford-21
5738	5738	ability period and the designation of the property as 22
5739	5739	serving elderly families, and tenant consultation pro-23
5740	5740	cedures, for conversion of assistance available for 24
5741	5741	such assistance contracts to assistance under a long- 25 219
5742	5742	•S 2437 RS
5743	5743	term project-based subsidy contract under section 8 1
5744	5744	of the Act:’’; 2
5745	5745	(6) in the twenty-eighth proviso, as reordered 3
5746	5746	above, by inserting ‘‘, section 811 of the American 4
5747	5747	Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act of 5
5748	5748	2000,’’ after ‘‘Housing Act of 1959’’; and 6
5749	5749	(7) in the thirty-third proviso, as reordered 7
5750	5750	above, by striking ‘‘any section 202 project rental 8
5751	5751	assistance contract or section 811 project rental as-9
5752	5752	sistance contract conversions’’ and inserting ‘‘the 10
5753	5753	conversion of assistance from section 202(c)(2) of 11
5754	5754	the Housing Act of 1959, section 811 of the Amer-12
5755	5755	ican Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act 13
5756	5756	of 2000, or section 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gon-14
5757	5757	zalez National Affordable Housing Act’’. 15
5758	5758	S
5759	5759	EC. 240. There is hereby established in the Treasury 16
5760	5760	of the United States a fund to be known as the ‘‘Depart-17
5761	5761	ment of Housing and Urban Development Nonrecurring 18
5762	5762	Expenses Fund’’ (the Fund): Provided, That unobligated 19
5763	5763	balances of expired discretionary funds appropriated for 20
5764	5764	this or any succeeding fiscal year from the General Fund 21
5765	5765	of the Treasury to the Department of Housing and Urban 22
5766	5766	Development by this or any other Act may be transferred 23
5767	5767	(not later than the end of the fifth fiscal year after the 24
5768	5768	last fiscal year for which such funds are available for the 25 220
5769	5769	•S 2437 RS
5770	5770	purposes for which they were appropriated) into the Fund: 1
5771	5771	Provided further, That amounts deposited in the Fund 2
5772	5772	shall be available until expended, in addition to such other 3
5773	5773	funds as may be available for such purposes, for capital 4
5774	5774	needs of the Department, including facilities infrastruc-5
5775	5775	ture and information technology infrastructure, subject to 6
5776	5776	approval by the Office of Management and Budget: Pro-7
5777	5777	vided further, That amounts in the Fund may be obligated 8
5778	5778	only after the House and Senate Committees on Appro-9
5779	5779	priations are notified at least 15 days in advance of the 10
5780	5780	planned use of funds. 11
5781	5781	S
5782	5782	EC. 241. Amounts made available for the Office of 12
5783	5783	Housing under the heading ‘‘Program Offices’’ in this and 13
5784	5784	prior Acts shall also be available, without additional com-14
5785	5785	petition, for cooperative agreements with Participating 15
5786	5786	Administrative Entities that have been selected under sec-16
5787	5787	tion 513(b) of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform 17
5788	5788	and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) 18
5789	5789	(MAHRAA) to provide direct support, including carrying 19
5790	5790	out due diligence and underwriting functions for owners 20
5791	5791	and for technical assistance activities, on conditions estab-21
5792	5792	lished by the Secretary for small properties and owners 22
5793	5793	converting assistance under the First Component or the 23
5794	5794	Second Component under the heading ‘‘Rental Assistance 24
5795	5795	Demonstration’’ in the Department of Housing and Urban 25 221
5796	5796	•S 2437 RS
5797	5797	Development Appropriations Act, 2012 (title II of division 1
5798	5798	C of Public Law 112–55). 2
5799	5799	S
5800	5800	EC. 242. Of the amounts made available for the Of-3
5801	5801	fice of Policy Development and Research under the head-4
5802	5802	ing ‘‘Program Offices’’, up to $3,500,000, to remain avail-5
5803	5803	able until September 30, 2026, may be transferred to the 6
5804	5804	heading ‘‘Information Technology Fund’’ to be available 7
5805	5805	for the needs of the Chief Data Officer, in addition to 8
5806	5806	amounts otherwise available, including for additional de-9
5807	5807	velopment, modernization, and enhancement: Provided, 10
5808	5808	That the Secretary shall notify the House and Senate 11
5809	5809	Committees on Appropriations no fewer than three busi-12
5810	5810	ness days in advance of any such transfer. 13
5811	5811	S
5812	5812	EC. 243. For fiscal year 2024, the costs of any rent 14
5813	5813	incentives as authorized pursuant to waivers or alternative 15
5814	5814	requirements of the Jobs-Plus initiative as described 16
5815	5815	under the heading ‘‘Self-Sufficiency Programs’’ shall not 17
5816	5816	be charged against the competitive grant amounts made 18
5817	5817	available under such heading: Provided, That the amount 19
5818	5818	of any forgone increases in tenant rent payments due to 20
5819	5819	the implementation of such rent incentives shall be 21
5820	5820	factored into the public housing agency’s general oper-22
5821	5821	ating fund eligibility pursuant to the formula under the 23
5822	5822	heading ‘‘Public Housing Fund’’: Provided further, That 24
5823	5823	the amount of any foregone increases in tenant rent pay-25 222
5824	5824	•S 2437 RS
5825	5825	ments due to the implementation of such rent incentives 1
5826	5826	implemented on behalf of residents of a project with as-2
5827	5827	sistance converted from public housing to project-based 3
5828	5828	rental assistance under section 8 of the United States 4
5829	5829	Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) or assistance 5
5830	5830	under section 8(o)(13) of such Act under the heading 6
5831	5831	‘‘Rental Assistance Demonstration’’ in the Department of 7
5832	5832	Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 8
5833	5833	2012 (title II of division C of Public Law 112–55), as 9
5834	5834	amended (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) shall be factored into (A) 10
5835	5835	housing assistance payments made pursuant to project- 11
5836	5836	based subsidy contracts provided under the heading 12
5837	5837	‘‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’’; and (B) housing as-13
5838	5838	sistance payments made by public housing agencies pursu-14
5839	5839	ant to project-based assistance contracts under section 15
5840	5840	8(o)(13) of such Act, with these costs being renewed under 16
5841	5841	the heading ‘‘Tenant-Based Rental Assistance’’. 17
5842	5842	S
5843	5843	EC. 244. (a) With respect to the funds made avail-18
5844	5844	able for the Continuum of Care program authorized under 19
5845	5845	subtitle C of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless As-20
5846	5846	sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) under the heading 21
5847	5847	‘‘Homeless Assistance Grants’’ in this and prior Acts and 22
5848	5848	under section 231 of the Department of Housing and 23
5849	5849	Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2020 (42 U.S.C. 24
5850	5850	11364a)— 25 223
5851	5851	•S 2437 RS
5852	5852	(1) title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 1
5853	5853	U.S.C. 2000d et seq.) and title VIII of the Civil 2
5854	5854	Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.) shall 3
5855	5855	not apply to applications by or awards for projects 4
5856	5856	to be carried out— 5
5857	5857	(A) on or off reservation or trust lands for 6
5858	5858	awards made to Indian tribes or tribally des-7
5859	5859	ignated housing entities; or 8
5860	5860	(B) on reservation or trust lands for 9
5861	5861	awards made to eligible entities as defined in 10
5862	5862	section 401 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 11
5863	5863	Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360); 12
5864	5864	(2) Indian tribes and tribally designated hous-13
5865	5865	ing entities shall also be eligible to administer per-14
5866	5866	manent housing rental assistance under section 15
5867	5867	423(g) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 16
5868	5868	Act (42 U.S.C. 11383(g)). 17
5869	5869	(b) With respect to funds made available for the Con-18
5870	5870	tinuum of Care program authorized under subtitle C of 19
5871	5871	title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act 20
5872	5872	(42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) under the heading ‘‘Homeless 21
5873	5873	Assistance Grants’’ in this title or under section 231 of 22
5874	5874	the Department of Housing and Urban Development Ap-23
5875	5875	propriations Act, 2020 (42 U.S.C. 11364a)— 24 224
5876	5876	•S 2437 RS
5877	5877	(1) applications for projects to be carried out 1
5878	5878	on reservations or trust land shall contain a certifi-2
5879	5879	cation of consistency with an approved Indian hous-3
5880	5880	ing plan developed under section 102 of the Native 4
5881	5881	American Housing Assistance and Self-Determina-5
5882	5882	tion Act (NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4112), notwith-6
5883	5883	standing section 106 of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na-7
5884	5884	tional Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12706) 8
5885	5885	and section 403 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 9
5886	5886	Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11361); 10
5887	5887	(2) Indian tribes and tribally designated hous-11
5888	5888	ing entities that are recipients of awards for projects 12
5889	5889	on reservations or trust land shall certify that they 13
5890	5890	are following an approved housing plan developed 14
5891	5891	under section 102 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4112); 15
5892	5892	and 16
5893	5893	(3) a collaborative applicant for a Continuum of 17
5894	5894	Care whose geographic area includes only reserva-18
5895	5895	tion and trust land is not required to meet the re-19
5896	5896	quirement in section 402(f)(2) of the McKinney- 20
5897	5897	Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 21
5898	5898	11360a(f)(2)). 22
5899	5899	S
5900	5900	EC. 245. (a) Section 184(a) of the Housing and 23
5901	5901	Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z– 24
5902	5902	13a(a)) is amended to read as follows: 25 225
5903	5903	•S 2437 RS
5904	5904	‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—To provide access to sources of 1
5905	5905	private financing to Indian families, Indian housing au-2
5906	5906	thorities, and Indian tribes, who otherwise could not ac-3
5907	5907	quire housing financing because of the unique legal status 4
5908	5908	of Indian lands and the unique nature of tribal economies; 5
5909	5909	and to expand homeownership opportunities to Indian 6
5910	5910	families, Indian housing authorities and Indian tribes on 7
5911	5911	fee simple lands, the Secretary may guarantee not to ex-8
5912	5912	ceed 100 percent of the unpaid principal and interest due 9
5913	5913	on any loan eligible under subsection (b) made to an In-10
5914	5914	dian family, Indian housing authority, or Indian tribe on 11
5915	5915	trust land and fee simple land.’’. 12
5916	5916	(b) Section 184(b)(2) of the Housing and Community 13
5917	5917	Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a(b)(2)) is 14
5918	5918	amended to read as follows: 15
5919	5919	‘‘(2) E
5920	5920	LIGIBLE HOUSING.—The loan shall be 16
5921	5921	used to construct, acquire, refinance, or rehabilitate 17
5922	5922	1- to 4-family dwellings that are standard housing.’’. 18
5923	5923	(c) Section 184A of the Housing and Community De-19
5924	5924	velopment Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13b) is amend-20
5925	5925	ed— 21
5926	5926	(1) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘, and to ex-22
5927	5927	pand homeownership opportunities to Native Hawai-23
5928	5928	ian families who are eligible to receive a homestead 24
5929	5929	under the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920 25 226
5930	5930	•S 2437 RS
5931	5931	(42 Stat. 108) on fee simple lands in the State of 1
5932	5932	Hawaii’’ after ‘‘markets’’; and 2
5933	5933	(2) in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (2) 3
5934	5934	and inserting the following: 4
5935	5935	‘‘(2) E
5936	5936	LIGIBLE HOUSING.—The loan shall be 5
5937	5937	used to construct, acquire, refinance, or rehabilitate 6
5938	5938	1- to 4-family dwellings that are standard housing.’’. 7
5939	5939	S
5940	5940	EC. 246. (a) Section 184(b)(5)(A) of the Housing 8
5941	5941	and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 9
5942	5942	1715z–13a(b)(5)(A)) is amended to read as follows: 10
5943	5943	‘‘(5) T
5944	5944	ERMS.—The loan shall— 11
5945	5945	‘‘(A) be made for a term not exceeding 30 12
5946	5946	years, except as determined by the Secretary, 13
5947	5947	when there is a loan modification under sub-14
5948	5948	section (h)(1)(B), the loan shall not exceed 40 15
5949	5949	years;’’. 16
5950	5950	(b) Section 184A(c)(5)(A) of the Housing and Com-17
5951	5951	munity Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z– 18
5952	5952	13b(c)(5)(A)) is amended to read as follows: 19
5953	5953	‘‘(5) T
5954	5954	ERMS.—The loan shall— 20
5955	5955	‘‘(A) be made for a term not exceeding 30 21
5956	5956	years; except, as determined by the Secretary, 22
5957	5957	when there is a loan modification under sub-23
5958	5958	section (i)(1)(B) the term of the loan shall not 24
5959	5959	exceed 40 years;’’. 25 227
5960	5960	•S 2437 RS
5961	5961	SEC. 247. Section 105 of the Housing and Commu-1
5962	5962	nity Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305) is amend-2
5963	5963	ed by adding at the end the following new subsection: 3
5964	5964	‘‘(j) S
5965	5965	PECIALACTIVITIES BYINDIANTRIBES.—In-4
5966	5966	dian tribes receiving grants under section 5306(a)(1) of 5
5967	5967	this title (section 106(a)(1) of this Act) shall be authorized 6
5968	5968	to carry out activities described in subsection (a)(15) di-7
5969	5969	rectly.’’. 8
5970	5970	S
5971	5971	EC. 248. Section 184A(c) of the Housing and Com-9
5972	5972	munity Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z– 10
5973	5973	13b(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 11
5974	5974	paragraph: 12
5975	5975	‘‘(6) P
5976	5976	ROHIBITION ON PACE PRIMING .—Not-13
5977	5977	withstanding any other provision of law, no property 14
5978	5978	with a loan guaranteed under this section shall be 15
5979	5979	subject to a new residential Property Assessed Clean 16
5980	5980	Energy (PACE or R-PACE) loan or equivalent fi-17
5981	5981	nancing without the PACE loan or equivalent fi-18
5982	5982	nancing provider obtaining prior written consent 19
5983	5983	from the Secretary, subject to such terms and condi-20
5984	5984	tions as the Secretary may prescribe. Any new resi-21
5985	5985	dential PACE or R-PACE loan or equivalent financ-22
5986	5986	ing that is entered into by a PACE Provider absent 23
5987	5987	such consent shall be deemed void ab initio and the 24
5988	5988	PACE Provider shall bear all costs associated with 25 228
5989	5989	•S 2437 RS
5990	5990	the transactions with no recourse against the bor-1
5991	5991	rower resulting from the PACE transaction, includ-2
5992	5992	ing all costs incurred by any holder of a guaranteed 3
5993	5993	loan or the Secretary in obtaining good and market-4
5994	5994	able title.’’. 5
5995	5995	S
5996	5996	EC. 249. Section 184(b) of the Housing and Com-6
5997	5997	munity Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z– 7
5998	5998	13a(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following 8
5999	5999	new paragraph: 9
6000	6000	‘‘(6) P
6001	6001	ROHIBITION ON PACE PRIMING .—Not-10
6002	6002	withstanding any other provision of law, no property 11
6003	6003	with a loan guaranteed under this section, shall be 12
6004	6004	subject to a new residential Property Assessed Clean 13
6005	6005	Energy (PACE or R-PACE) loan or equivalent fi-14
6006	6006	nancing without the PACE loan or equivalent fi-15
6007	6007	nancing provider obtaining prior written consent 16
6008	6008	from the Secretary, subject to such terms and condi-17
6009	6009	tions as the Secretary may prescribe. Any new resi-18
6010	6010	dential PACE or R-PACE loan or equivalent financ-19
6011	6011	ing that is entered into by a PACE Provider absent 20
6012	6012	such consent shall be deemed void ab initio and the 21
6013	6013	PACE Provider shall bear all costs associated with 22
6014	6014	the transactions with no recourse against the bor-23
6015	6015	rower resulting from the PACE transaction, includ-24
6016	6016	ing all costs incurred by any holder of a guaranteed 25 229
6017	6017	•S 2437 RS
6018	6018	loan or the Secretary in obtaining good and market-1
6019	6019	able title.’’. 2
6020	6020	S
6021	6021	EC. 250. Title V of the National Housing Act (12 3
6022	6022	U.S.C. 1731a et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 4
6023	6023	the following new section: 5
6024	6024	‘‘SEC. 543. PROHIBITION ON PACE PRIMING. 6
6025	6025	‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of law, includ-7
6026	6026	ing section 208 of this Act, no 1 to 4 unit property with 8
6027	6027	a mortgage insured, guaranteed, made, or held by the Sec-9
6028	6028	retary after the date of enactment of this section, shall 10
6029	6029	be subject to a new residential Property Assessed Clean 11
6030	6030	Energy (PACE or R-PACE) loan or equivalent financing 12
6031	6031	without the PACE loan or equivalent financing provider 13
6032	6032	obtaining prior written consent from the Secretary, sub-14
6033	6033	ject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary may 15
6034	6034	prescribe. Any new PACE or R-PACE loan or equivalent 16
6035	6035	financing that is entered into by a PACE provider absent 17
6036	6036	such consent shall be deemed void ab initio and the PACE 18
6037	6037	provider shall bear all costs associated with the trans-19
6038	6038	actions with no recourse against the homeowner resulting 20
6039	6039	from the PACE transaction, including all costs incurred 21
6040	6040	by any holder of an insured or guaranteed mortgage or 22
6041	6041	the Secretary in obtaining good and marketable title.’’. 23
6042	6042	S
6043	6043	EC. 251. Notwithstanding section 3(b)(6) of the 24
6044	6044	United States Housing Act of 1937 (the Act) and chapter 25 230
6045	6045	•S 2437 RS
6046	6046	63 of title 31, United States Code, amounts made avail-1
6047	6047	able to the Secretary in this or any prior Act under the 2
6048	6048	headings ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’’ or ‘‘Housing 3
6049	6049	Certificate Fund’’ for performance-based contract admin-4
6050	6050	istrators to carry out section 8 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 5
6051	6051	1437f), as implemented by the Secretary in chapter VIII 6
6052	6052	of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations, may be awarded 7
6053	6053	through a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) not 8
6054	6054	subject to procurement laws or regulations: Provided, That 9
6055	6055	such awards shall be deemed for all purposes to be cooper-10
6056	6056	ative agreements: Provided further, That for purposes of 11
6057	6057	such NOFO, eligible applicants are public housing agen-12
6058	6058	cies as defined by section 3(b)(6)(A) of the Act and non-13
6059	6059	profits of such agencies when operating outside of the 14
6060	6060	State or territory in which such agency is established, not-15
6061	6061	withstanding any provisions of such section 8(b) to the 16
6062	6062	contrary: Provided further, That the Secretary shall award 17
6063	6063	one cooperative agreement for each State or territory, ex-18
6064	6064	cept that the Secretary may award more than one agree-19
6065	6065	ment for a State or territory if the population of such 20
6066	6066	State or territory exceeds 35,000,000: Provided further, 21
6067	6067	That any cooperative agreements issued by the Secretary 22
6068	6068	shall, at minimum, assign the rights and responsibilities 23
6069	6069	as provided in section 8 of the Act: Provided further, That 24
6070	6070	the Secretary shall assign such rights and responsibilities 25 231
6071	6071	•S 2437 RS
6072	6072	to the furthest extent possible to ensure effective and effi-1
6073	6073	cient program oversight and monitoring: Provided further, 2
6074	6074	That when selecting a performance-based contract admin-3
6075	6075	istrator, the Secretary shall provide a preference to appli-4
6076	6076	cants that have demonstrated experience with properties 5
6077	6077	receiving project-based assistance, experience in multi-6
6078	6078	family housing preservation, addressing the concerns of 7
6079	6079	low-income tenants, making assistance payments to own-8
6080	6080	ers, and performing the other functions assigned to a pub-9
6081	6081	lic housing agency under section 8(b) of the Act: Provided 10
6082	6082	further, That if no qualified applicant applies under 11
6083	6083	NOFO, the Secretary may utilize a procurement contract 12
6084	6084	subject to all procurement laws and regulations to assist 13
6085	6085	in carrying out section 8 of the Act: Provided further, That 14
6086	6086	the Secretary shall provide for incentive-based fees as part 15
6087	6087	of such awards. 16
6088	6088	S
6089	6089	EC. 252. Section 239 of division L of the Consoli-17
6090	6090	dated Appropriations Act, 2016 is amended by striking 18
6091	6091	‘‘2028’’ and inserting ‘‘2043’’. 19
6092	6092	S
6093	6093	EC. 253. For fiscal years 2024 and 2025, the Sec-20
6094	6094	retary may issue a 2-year notification of funding oppor-21
6095	6095	tunity, including any alternative procedures or require-22
6096	6096	ments as may be necessary to allocate future appropria-23
6097	6097	tions in the second year, for the award of amounts made 24
6098	6098	available for the Continuum of Care program under sub-25 232
6099	6099	•S 2437 RS
6100	6100	title C of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-1
6101	6101	ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.), notwithstanding any 2
6102	6102	conflict with the requirements of the Continuum of Care 3
6103	6103	program. 4
6104	6104	S
6105	6105	EC. 254. The Secretary may, upon a finding that 5
6106	6106	a waiver or alternative requirement is necessary for the 6
6107	6107	effective delivery and administration of funds made avail-7
6108	6108	able for new incremental voucher assistance or renewals 8
6109	6109	for the Mainstream program and the family unification 9
6110	6110	program (including the Foster Youth to Independence 10
6111	6111	program) in this and prior Acts, waive or specify alter-11
6112	6112	native requirements, other than requirements related to 12
6113	6113	tenant rights and protections, rent setting, fair housing, 13
6114	6114	nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the environment, 14
6115	6115	for— 15
6116	6116	(1) section 8(o)(6)(A) of the United States 16
6117	6117	Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(6)(A)) 17
6118	6118	and regulatory provisions related to the administra-18
6119	6119	tion of waiting lists, local preferences, and the initial 19
6120	6120	term and extensions of tenant-based vouchers; and 20
6121	6121	(2) section 8(x)(2) of the United States Hous-21
6122	6122	ing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(x)(2)) regarding 22
6123	6123	the timing of referral of youth leaving foster care. 23
6124	6124	This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Hous-24
6125	6125	ing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2024’’. 25 233
6126	6126	•S 2437 RS
6127	6127	TITLE III 1
6128	6128	RELATED AGENCIES 2
6129	6129	A
6130	6130	CCESSBOARD 3
6131	6131	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 4
6132	6132	For expenses necessary for the Access Board, as au-5
6133	6133	thorized by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 6
6134	6134	(29 U.S.C. 792), $9,955,000: Provided, That, notwith-7
6135	6135	standing any other provision of law, there may be credited 8
6136	6136	to this appropriation funds received for publications and 9
6137	6137	training expenses. 10
6138	6138	F
6139	6139	EDERALMARITIMECOMMISSION 11
6140	6140	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 12
6141	6141	For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime 13
6142	6142	Commission as authorized by section 201(d) of the Mer-14
6143	6143	chant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. 46107), 15
6144	6144	including services as authorized by section 3109 of title 16
6145	6145	5, United States Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles 17
6146	6146	as authorized by section 1343(b) of title 31, United States 18
6147	6147	Code; and uniforms or allowances therefore, as authorized 19
6148	6148	by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code, 20
6149	6149	$43,720,000, of which $2,000,000 shall remain available 21
6150	6150	until September 30, 2025: Provided, That not to exceed 22
6151	6151	$3,500 shall be for official reception and representation 23
6152	6152	expenses. 24 234
6153	6153	•S 2437 RS
6154	6154	NATIONALRAILROADPASSENGERCORPORATION 1
6155	6155	O
6156	6156	FFICE OFINSPECTORGENERAL 2
6157	6157	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 3
6158	6158	For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 4
6159	6159	General for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation 5
6160	6160	to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act 6
6161	6161	of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 3), $29,240,000: Provided, That 7
6162	6162	the Inspector General shall have all necessary authority, 8
6163	6163	in carrying out the duties specified in such Act, to inves-9
6164	6164	tigate allegations of fraud, including false statements to 10
6165	6165	the Government under section 1001 of title 18, United 11
6166	6166	States Code, by any person or entity that is subject to 12
6167	6167	regulation by the National Railroad Passenger Corpora-13
6168	6168	tion: Provided further, That the Inspector General may 14
6169	6169	enter into contracts and other arrangements for audits, 15
6170	6170	studies, analyses, and other services with public agencies 16
6171	6171	and with private persons, subject to the applicable laws 17
6172	6172	and regulations that govern the obtaining of such services 18
6173	6173	within the National Railroad Passenger Corporation: Pro-19
6174	6174	vided further, That the Inspector General may select, ap-20
6175	6175	point, and employ such officers and employees as may be 21
6176	6176	necessary for carrying out the functions, powers, and du-22
6177	6177	ties of the Office of Inspector General, subject to the appli-23
6178	6178	cable laws and regulations that govern such selections, ap-24
6179	6179	pointments, and employment within the National Railroad 25 235
6180	6180	•S 2437 RS
6181	6181	Passenger Corporation: Provided further, That concurrent 1
6182	6182	with the President’s budget request for fiscal year 2025, 2
6183	6183	the Inspector General shall submit to the House and Sen-3
6184	6184	ate Committees on Appropriations a budget request for 4
6185	6185	fiscal year 2025 in similar format and substance to budget 5
6186	6186	requests submitted by executive agencies of the Federal 6
6187	6187	Government. 7
6188	6188	N
6189	6189	ATIONALTRANSPORTATIONSAFETYBOARD 8
6190	6190	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 9
6191	6191	For necessary expenses of the National Transpor-10
6192	6192	tation Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor ve-11
6193	6193	hicles and aircraft; services as authorized by section 3109 12
6194	6194	of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals 13
6195	6195	not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for 14
6196	6196	a GS–15; uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized 15
6197	6197	by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code, 16
6198	6198	$134,300,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 may be used 17
6199	6199	for official reception and representation expenses: Pro-18
6200	6200	vided, That the amounts made available to the National 19
6201	6201	Transportation Safety Board in this Act include amounts 20
6202	6202	necessary to make lease payments on an obligation in-21
6203	6203	curred in fiscal year 2001 for a capital lease. 22 236
6204	6204	•S 2437 RS
6205	6205	NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENTCORPORATION 1
6206	6206	PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT 2
6207	6207	CORPORATION 3
6208	6208	For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cor-4
6209	6209	poration for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, 5
6210	6210	as authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corpora-6
6211	6211	tion Act (42 U.S.C. 8101–8107), $168,000,000: Provided, 7
6212	6212	That an additional $2,000,000, to remain available until 8
6213	6213	September 30, 2027, shall be for the promotion and devel-9
6214	6214	opment of shared equity housing models. 10
6215	6215	S
6216	6216	URFACETRANSPORTATIONBOARD 11
6217	6217	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 12
6218	6218	For necessary expenses of the Surface Transpor-13
6219	6219	tation Board, including services authorized by section 14
6220	6220	3109 of title 5, United States Code, $47,452,000: Pro-15
6221	6221	vided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 16
6222	6222	not to exceed $1,250,000 from fees established by the Sur-17
6223	6223	face Transportation Board shall be credited to this appro-18
6224	6224	priation as offsetting collections and used for necessary 19
6225	6225	and authorized expenses under this heading: Provided fur-20
6226	6226	ther, That the amounts made available under this heading 21
6227	6227	from the general fund shall be reduced on a dollar-for- 22
6228	6228	dollar basis as such offsetting collections are received dur-23
6229	6229	ing fiscal year 2024, to result in a final appropriation from 24
6230	6230	the general fund estimated at not more than $46,202,000. 25 237
6231	6231	•S 2437 RS
6232	6232	UNITEDSTATESINTERAGENCYCOUNCIL ON 1
6233	6233	H
6234	6234	OMELESSNESS 2
6235	6235	OPERATING EXPENSES 3
6236	6236	For necessary expenses, including payment of sala-4
6237	6237	ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 5
6238	6238	the rental of conference rooms, and the employment of ex-6
6239	6239	perts and consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United 7
6240	6240	States Code, of the United States Interagency Council on 8
6241	6241	Homelessness in carrying out the functions pursuant to 9
6242	6242	title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, 10
6243	6243	as amended, $4,300,000. 11 238
6244	6244	•S 2437 RS
6245	6245	TITLE IV 1
6246	6246	GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 2
6247	6247	S
6248	6248	EC. 401. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 3
6249	6249	for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 4
6250	6250	expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 5
6251	6251	intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings 6
6252	6252	funded in this Act. 7
6253	6253	S
6254	6254	EC. 402. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 8
6255	6255	shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 9
6256	6256	fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria-10
6257	6257	tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 11
6258	6258	S
6259	6259	EC. 403. The expenditure of any appropriation 12
6260	6260	under this Act for any consulting service through a pro-13
6261	6261	curement contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, 14
6262	6262	United States Code, shall be limited to those contracts 15
6263	6263	where such expenditures are a matter of public record and 16
6264	6264	available for public inspection, except where otherwise pro-17
6265	6265	vided under existing law, or under existing Executive order 18
6266	6266	issued pursuant to existing law. 19
6267	6267	S
6268	6268	EC. 404. (a) None of the funds made available in 20
6269	6269	this Act may be obligated or expended for any employee 21
6270	6270	training that— 22
6271	6271	(1) does not meet identified needs for knowl-23
6272	6272	edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the 24
6273	6273	performance of official duties; 25 239
6274	6274	•S 2437 RS
6275	6275	(2) contains elements likely to induce high lev-1
6276	6276	els of emotional response or psychological stress in 2
6277	6277	some participants; 3
6278	6278	(3) does not require prior employee notification 4
6279	6279	of the content and methods to be used in the train-5
6280	6280	ing and written end of course evaluation; 6
6281	6281	(4) contains any methods or content associated 7
6282	6282	with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 8
6283	6283	‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Em-9
6284	6284	ployment Opportunity Commission Notice N– 10
6285	6285	915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or 11
6286	6286	(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par-12
6287	6287	ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the 13
6288	6288	workplace. 14
6289	6289	(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 15
6290	6290	otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 16
6291	6291	bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 17
6292	6292	S
6293	6293	EC. 405. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 18
6294	6294	none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by pre-19
6295	6295	vious appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities fund-20
6296	6296	ed in this Act that remain available for obligation or ex-21
6297	6297	penditure in fiscal year 2024, or provided from any ac-22
6298	6298	counts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 23
6299	6299	and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 24 240
6300	6300	•S 2437 RS
6301	6301	available for obligation or expenditure through a re-1
6302	6302	programming of funds that— 2
6303	6303	(1) creates a new program; 3
6304	6304	(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 4
6305	6305	(3) increases funds or personnel for any pro-5
6306	6306	gram, project, or activity for which funds have been 6
6307	6307	denied or restricted by the Congress; 7
6308	6308	(4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific 8
6309	6309	activity by either the House or Senate Committees 9
6310	6310	on Appropriations for a different purpose; 10
6311	6311	(5) augments existing programs, projects, or ac-11
6312	6312	tivities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, which-12
6313	6313	ever is less; 13
6314	6314	(6) reduces existing programs, projects, or ac-14
6315	6315	tivities by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 15
6316	6316	less; or 16
6317	6317	(7) creates, reorganizes, or restructures a 17
6318	6318	branch, division, office, bureau, board, commission, 18
6319	6319	agency, administration, or department different from 19
6320	6320	the budget justifications submitted to the Commit-20
6321	6321	tees on Appropriations or the report accompanying 21
6322	6322	this Act, whichever is more detailed, unless prior ap-22
6323	6323	proval is received from the House and Senate Com-23
6324	6324	mittees on Appropriations: 24 241
6325	6325	•S 2437 RS
6326	6326	Provided, That not later than 60 days after the date of 1
6327	6327	enactment of this Act, each agency funded by this Act 2
6328	6328	shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 3
6329	6329	of the Senate and of the House of Representatives to es-4
6330	6330	tablish the baseline for application of reprogramming and 5
6331	6331	transfer authorities for the current fiscal year: Provided 6
6332	6332	further, That the report shall include— 7
6333	6333	(A) a table for each appropriation with a 8
6334	6334	separate column to display the prior year en-9
6335	6335	acted level, the President’s budget request, ad-10
6336	6336	justments made by Congress, adjustments due 11
6337	6337	to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 12
6338	6338	fiscal year enacted level; 13
6339	6339	(B) a delineation in the table for each ap-14
6340	6340	propriation and its respective prior year enacted 15
6341	6341	level by object class and program, project, and 16
6342	6342	activity as detailed in this Act, the table in the 17
6343	6343	report accompanying this Act, accompanying 18
6344	6344	reports of the House and Senate Committee on 19
6345	6345	Appropriations, or in the budget appendix for 20
6346	6346	the respective appropriations, whichever is more 21
6347	6347	detailed, and shall apply to all items for which 22
6348	6348	a dollar amount is specified and to all programs 23
6349	6349	for which new budget (obligational) authority is 24 242
6350	6350	•S 2437 RS
6351	6351	provided, as well as to discretionary grants and 1
6352	6352	discretionary grant allocations; and 2
6353	6353	(C) an identification of items of special 3
6354	6354	congressional interest. 4
6355	6355	S
6356	6356	EC. 406. Except as otherwise specifically provided 5
6357	6357	by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 6
6358	6358	remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2024 from 7
6359	6359	appropriations made available for salaries and expenses 8
6360	6360	for fiscal year 2024 in this Act, shall remain available 9
6361	6361	through September 30, 2025 for each such account for 10
6362	6362	the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall 11
6363	6363	be submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-12
6364	6364	propriations for approval prior to the expenditure of such 13
6365	6365	funds: Provided further, That these requests shall be made 14
6366	6366	in compliance with reprogramming guidelines under sec-15
6367	6367	tion 405 of this Act. 16
6368	6368	S
6369	6369	EC. 407. No funds in this Act may be used to sup-17
6370	6370	port any Federal, State, or local projects that seek to use 18
6371	6371	the power of eminent domain, unless eminent domain is 19
6372	6372	employed only for a public use: Provided, That for pur-20
6373	6373	poses of this section, public use shall not be construed to 21
6374	6374	include economic development that primarily benefits pri-22
6375	6375	vate entities: Provided further, That any use of funds for 23
6376	6376	mass transit, railroad, airport, seaport or highway 24
6377	6377	projects, as well as utility projects which benefit or serve 25 243
6378	6378	•S 2437 RS
6379	6379	the general public (including energy-related, communica-1
6380	6380	tion-related, water-related and wastewater-related infra-2
6381	6381	structure), other structures designated for use by the gen-3
6382	6382	eral public or which have other common-carrier or public- 4
6383	6383	utility functions that serve the general public and are sub-5
6384	6384	ject to regulation and oversight by the government, and 6
6385	6385	projects for the removal of an immediate threat to public 7
6386	6386	health and safety or brownfields as defined in the Small 8
6387	6387	Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization 9
6388	6388	Act (Public Law 107–118) shall be considered a public 10
6389	6389	use for purposes of eminent domain. 11
6390	6390	S
6391	6391	EC. 408. None of the funds made available in this 12
6392	6392	Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-13
6393	6393	strumentality of the United States Government, except 14
6394	6394	pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-15
6395	6395	vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 16
6396	6396	S
6397	6397	EC. 409. No funds appropriated pursuant to this 17
6398	6398	Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees 18
6399	6399	that in expending the assistance the entity will comply 19
6400	6400	with sections 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 20
6401	6401	(41 U.S.C. 8301–8305, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy 21
6402	6402	American Act’’). 22
6403	6403	S
6404	6404	EC. 410. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 23
6405	6405	available under this Act shall be made available to any 24 244
6406	6406	•S 2437 RS
6407	6407	person or entity that has been convicted of violating the 1
6408	6408	Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 8301–8305). 2
6409	6409	S
6410	6410	EC. 411. None of the funds made available in this 3
6411	6411	Act may be used for first-class airline accommodations in 4
6412	6412	contravention of sections 301–10.122 and 301–10.123 of 5
6413	6413	title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 6
6414	6414	S
6415	6415	EC. 412. None of the funds made available in this 7
6416	6416	Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend-8
6417	6417	ance of more than 50 employees of a single agency or de-9
6418	6418	partment of the United States Government, who are sta-10
6419	6419	tioned in the United States, at any single international 11
6420	6420	conference unless the relevant Secretary reports to the 12
6421	6421	House and Senate Committees on Appropriations at least 13
6422	6422	5 days in advance that such attendance is important to 14
6423	6423	the national interest: Provided, That for purposes of this 15
6424	6424	section the term ‘‘international conference’’ shall mean a 16
6425	6425	conference occurring outside of the United States attended 17
6426	6426	by representatives of the United States Government and 18
6427	6427	of foreign governments, international organizations, or 19
6428	6428	nongovernmental organizations. 20
6429	6429	S
6430	6430	EC. 413. None of the funds appropriated or other-21
6431	6431	wise made available under this Act may be used by the 22
6432	6432	Surface Transportation Board to charge or collect any fil-23
6433	6433	ing fee for rate or practice complaints filed with the Board 24
6434	6434	in an amount in excess of the amount authorized for dis-25 245
6435	6435	•S 2437 RS
6436	6436	trict court civil suit filing fees under section 1914 of title 1
6437	6437	28, United States Code. 2
6438	6438	S
6439	6439	EC. 414. (a) None of the funds made available in 3
6440	6440	this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 4
6441	6441	network unless such network blocks the viewing, 5
6442	6442	downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 6
6443	6443	(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 7
6444	6444	funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 8
6445	6445	enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-9
6446	6446	nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 10
6447	6447	S
6448	6448	EC. 415. (a) None of the funds made available in 11
6449	6449	this Act may be used to deny an Inspector General funded 12
6450	6450	under this Act timely access to any records, documents, 13
6451	6451	or other materials available to the department or agency 14
6452	6452	over which that Inspector General has responsibilities 15
6453	6453	under the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), 16
6454	6454	or to prevent or impede that Inspector General’s access 17
6455	6455	to such records, documents, or other materials, under any 18
6456	6456	provision of law, except a provision of law that expressly 19
6457	6457	refers to the Inspector General and expressly limits the 20
6458	6458	Inspector General’s right of access. 21
6459	6459	(b) A department or agency covered by this section 22
6460	6460	shall provide its Inspector General with access to all such 23
6461	6461	records, documents, and other materials in a timely man-24
6462	6462	ner. 25 246
6463	6463	•S 2437 RS
6464	6464	(c) Each Inspector General shall ensure compliance 1
6465	6465	with statutory limitations on disclosure relevant to the in-2
6466	6466	formation provided by the establishment over which that 3
6467	6467	Inspector General has responsibilities under the Inspector 4
6468	6468	General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 5
6469	6469	(d) Each Inspector General covered by this section 6
6470	6470	shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 7
6471	6471	House of Representatives and the Senate within 5 cal-8
6472	6472	endar days any failures to comply with this requirement. 9
6473	6473	S
6474	6474	EC. 416. None of the funds appropriated or other-10
6475	6475	wise made available by this Act may be used to pay award 11
6476	6476	or incentive fees for contractors whose performance has 12
6477	6477	been judged to be below satisfactory, behind schedule, over 13
6478	6478	budget, or has failed to meet the basic requirements of 14
6479	6479	a contract, unless the Agency determines that any such 15
6480	6480	deviations are due to unforeseeable events, government- 16
6481	6481	driven scope changes, or are not significant within the 17
6482	6482	overall scope of the project and/or program unless such 18
6483	6483	awards or incentive fees are consistent with 16.401(e)(2) 19
6484	6484	of the Federal Acquisition Regulations. 20
6485	6485	S
6486	6486	EC. 417. No part of any appropriation contained in 21
6487	6487	this Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person 22
6488	6488	filling a position, other than a temporary position, for-23
6489	6489	merly held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed 24
6490	6490	Forces of the United States and has satisfactorily com-25 247
6491	6491	•S 2437 RS
6492	6492	pleted his or her period of active military or naval service, 1
6493	6493	and has within 90 days after his or her release from such 2
6494	6494	service or from hospitalization continuing after discharge 3
6495	6495	for a period of not more than 1 year, made application 4
6496	6496	for restoration to his or her former position and has been 5
6497	6497	certified by the Office of Personnel Management as still 6
6498	6498	qualified to perform the duties of his or her former posi-7
6499	6499	tion and has not been restored thereto. 8
6500	6500	S
6501	6501	EC. 418. (a) None of the funds made available by 9
6502	6502	this Act may be used to approve a new foreign air carrier 10
6503	6503	permit under sections 41301 through 41305 of title 49, 11
6504	6504	United States Code, or exemption application under sec-12
6505	6505	tion 40109 of that title of an air carrier already holding 13
6506	6506	an air operators certificate issued by a country that is 14
6507	6507	party to the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport 15
6508	6508	Agreement where such approval would contravene United 16
6509	6509	States law or Article 17 bis of the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Nor-17
6510	6510	way Air Transport Agreement. 18
6511	6511	(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict or 19
6512	6512	otherwise preclude the Secretary of Transportation from 20
6513	6513	granting a foreign air carrier permit or an exemption to 21
6514	6514	such an air carrier where such authorization is consistent 22
6515	6515	with the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agree-23
6516	6516	ment and United States law. 24 248
6517	6517	•S 2437 RS
6518	6518	SEC. 419. None of the funds made available by this 1
6519	6519	Act to the Department of Transportation may be used in 2
6520	6520	contravention of section 306108 of title 54, United States 3
6521	6521	Code. 4
6522	6522	S
6523	6523	EC. 420. In the table of projects entitled ‘‘Commu-5
6524	6524	nity Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending’’ 6
6525	6525	included in the explanatory statement that accompanied 7
6526	6526	the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, 8
6527	6527	and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023 (division 9
6528	6528	L of Public Law 117–328) the item relating to ‘‘B–360 10
6529	6529	Educational Campus’’ is deemed to be amended by strik-11
6530	6530	ing ‘‘I Am Mentality, Inc.’’ and inserting ‘‘B–360 Balti-12
6531	6531	more, Inc.’’. 13
6532	6532	S
6533	6533	EC. 421. Each amount designated in this Act by the 14
6534	6534	Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-15
6535	6535	tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-16
6536	6536	gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available (or 17
6537	6537	rescinded, if applicable) only if the President subsequently 18
6538	6538	so designates all such amounts and transmits such des-19
6539	6539	ignations to the Congress. 20
6540	6540	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation, Hous-21
6541	6541	ing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appro-22
6542	6542	priations Act, 2024’’. 23 Calendar No.
6543	6543	143
6544	6544	118
6545	6545	TH
6546	6546	CONGRESS
6547	6547	1
6548	6548	ST
6549	6549	S
6550	6550	ESSION
6551	6551
6552	6552	S. 2437
6553	6553	[Report No. 118–70]
6554	6554	A BILL
6555	6555	Making appropriations for the Departments of
6556	6556	Transportation, and Housing and Urban Devel-
6557	6557	opment, and related agencies for the fiscal year
6558	6558	ending September 30, 2024, and for other pur-
6559	6559	poses.
6560	6560	J
6561	6561	ULY
6562	6562	20, 2023
6563	6563	Read twice and placed on the calendar