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[H.R. 4552 Reported in House

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 Union Calendar No. 172
119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 4552

 [Report No. 119-212]

 Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and 
Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
 ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 July 21, 2025

 Mr. Womack, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the 
following bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
 on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

_______________________________________________________________________

 A BILL

 Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and 
Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
 ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums 
are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and 
Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, namely:

 TITLE I

 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

 Office of the Secretary

 salaries and expenses

 (including transfer of funds)

 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
$204,568,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided, 
That of such amount--

    (1) $3,763,000 shall be available for the immediate Office 
 of the Secretary;

    (2) $1,348,000 shall be available for the immediate Office 
 of the Deputy Secretary;

    (3) $26,511,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
 General Counsel;

    (4) $23,358,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
 Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy, of which 
 $7,000,000 shall be for the Office for Multimodal Freight 
 Infrastructure and Policy;

    (5) $20,522,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
 Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs;

    (6) $3,633,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
 Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs: Provided, That 
 funds made available for similar activities within the 
 Operating Administrations may be transferred to this office: 
 Provided further, That the Secretary of Transportation 
 (referred to in this title as the "Secretary") must notify the 
 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 30 days in 
 advance of any such transfer and submit such transfer for 
 approval to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
 prior to executing any such transfer;

    (7) $19,109,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
 Assistant Secretary for Administration: Provided, That funds 
 made available for similar activities within the Operating 
 Administrations may be transferred to this office: Provided 
 further, That the Secretary must submit such transfer for 
 approval to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
 prior to executing any such transfer;

    (8) $5,632,000 shall be available for the Office of Public 
 Affairs and Public Engagement: Provided, That funds made 
 available for similar activities within the Operating 
 Administrations may be transferred to this office: Provided 
 further, That the Secretary must submit such transfer for 
 approval to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
 prior to executing any such transfer;

    (9) $2,226,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
 Executive Secretariat;

    (10) $14,777,000 shall be available for the Office of 
 Intelligence, Security, and Emergency Response;

    (11) $16,182,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
 Chief Information Officer: Provided, That funds made available 
 for similar activities within the Operating Administrations may 
 be transferred to this office: Provided further, That the 
 Secretary must submit such transfer for approval to the House 
 and Senate Committees on Appropriations prior to executing any 
 such transfer;

    (12) $1,517,000 shall be available for the Office of Tribal 
 Government Affairs;

    (13) $13,654,000 shall be available for the Office of Civil 
 Rights: Provided, That funds made available for similar 
 activities within the Operating Administrations may be 
 transferred to this office: Provided further, That the 
 Secretary must submit such transfer for approval to the House 
 and Senate Committees on Appropriations prior to executing any 
 such transfer;

    (14) $3,001,000 shall be available for the Office of Small 
 and Disadvantaged Business Utilization and Outreach: Provided, 
 That appropriations made available under this heading shall be 
 available for any purpose consistent with prior year 
 appropriations that were made available under the headings 
 "Office of the Secretary--Minority Business Resource Center 
 Program" and "Office of the Secretary--Small and Disadvantaged 
 Business Utilization and Outreach";

    (15) $45,335,000 shall be available for shared services 
 pursuant to 

section 327 of title 49, United States Code, for 
 the Office of the Secretary that would otherwise be provided by 
 the Working Capital Fund, in addition to amounts otherwise 
 available for such purposes; and

    (16) $4,000,000 shall be available for information 
 technology development, modernization, and enhancement, in 
 addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes:
 Provided further, That the Secretary is authorized to transfer funds 
appropriated under this heading for any office or activity of the 
Office of the Secretary listed under this heading to any other office 
or activity under this heading: Provided further, That ``activity'' as 
used in the provisos of this paragraph is defined as shared services 
otherwise provided by the Working Capital Fund and information 
technology development, modernization, and enhancement: Provided 
further, That such transfers combined shall not increase or decrease 
the amount appropriated for any office or activity listed under this 
heading by more than 7 percent unless the Secretary submits such 
transfer for approval to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided further, That not to exceed $70,000 shall be 
for allocation within the Department for official reception and 
representation expenses as the Secretary may determine: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, there may be 
credited to this appropriation up to $2,500,000 in funds received in 
user fees.

 research and technology

 For necessary expenses related to the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Research and Technology, $44,117,000, of which 
$20,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That of 
the amounts made available under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be for 
the Drone Infrastructure Inspection Grant Program authorized in 

section 912 of Public Law 118-63: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
subsection

    (g)

    (2) of such 

section 912, amounts made available under 

section 106

    (k) of title 49, United States Code, shall not be available 
to carry out such program: Provided further, That of amounts made 
available for the drone infrastructure inspection grant program, 
$1,000,000 shall be available for administrative expenses: Provided 
further, That there may be credited to this appropriation, to be 
available until expended, funds received from States, counties, 
municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources for 
expenses incurred for training: Provided further, That any reference 
in law, regulation, judicial proceedings, or elsewhere to the Research 
and Innovative Technology Administration shall continue to be deemed to 
be a reference to the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research 
and Technology of the Department of Transportation.

 national surface transportation and innovative finance bureau

 For necessary expenses of the National Surface Transportation and 
Innovative Finance Bureau as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 116, $9,277,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary may 
collect and spend fees, as authorized by title 23, United States Code, 
to cover the costs of services of expert firms, including counsel, in 
the field of municipal and project finance to assist in the 
underwriting and servicing of Federal credit instruments and all or a 
portion of the costs to the Federal Government of servicing such credit 
instruments: Provided further, That such fees are available until 
expended to pay for such costs: Provided further, That such amounts 
are in addition to other amounts made available for such purposes and 
are not subject to any obligation limitation or the limitation on 
administrative expenses under 

section 608 of title 23, United States 
Code.

 railroad rehabilitation and improvement financing program

 The Secretary is authorized to issue direct loans and loan 
guarantees pursuant to chapter 224 of title 49, United States Code, and 
such authority shall exist as long as any such direct loan or loan 
guarantee is outstanding.

 financial management capital

 For necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing the Department 
of Transportation's financial systems and re-engineering business 
processes, $5,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2027.

 cyber security initiatives

 For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, including 
necessary upgrades to network and information technology 
infrastructure, improvement of identity management and authentication 
capabilities, securing and protecting data, implementation of Federal 
cyber security initiatives, and implementation of enhanced security 
controls on agency computers and mobile devices, $74,600,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2027.

 transportation planning, research, and development

 (including transfer of funds)

 For necessary expenses for conducting transportation planning, 
research, systems development, development activities, and making 
grants, $22,991,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That of such amount, $8,506,000 shall be for necessary expenses of the 
Interagency Infrastructure Permitting Improvement Center

    (IIPIC) : 
Provided further, That there may be transferred to this appropriation, 
to remain available until expended, amounts transferred from other 
Federal agencies for expenses incurred under this heading for IIPIC 
activities not related to transportation infrastructure: Provided 
further, That the tools and analysis developed by the IIPIC shall be 
available to other Federal agencies for the permitting and review of 
major infrastructure projects not related to transportation only to the 
extent that other Federal agencies provide funding to the Department in 
accordance with the preceding proviso.

 working capital fund

 (including transfer of funds)

 For necessary expenses for operating costs and capital outlays of 
the Working Capital Fund as authorized by 

Section 327 of title 49, 
United States Code, not to exceed $532,608,000, shall be paid from 
appropriations made available to the Department of Transportation: 
Provided, That such services shall be provided on a competitive basis 
to entities within the Department of Transportation: Provided further, 
That the limitation in the preceding proviso on operating expenses 
shall not apply to entities external to the Department of 
Transportation or for funds provided in Public Law 117-58: Provided 
further, That no funds made available by this Act to an agency of the 
Department shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund without 
majority approval of the Working Capital Fund Steering Committee and 
approval of the Secretary: Provided further, That no assessments may 
be levied against any program, budget activity, subactivity, or project 
funded by this Act unless notice of such assessments and the basis 
therefor are presented to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations and are approved by such Committees.

 payments to air carriers

 (airport and airway trust fund)

 In addition to funds made available from any other source to carry 
out the essential air service program under sections 41731 through 
41742 of title 49, United States Code, $514,000,000, to be derived from 
the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That in determining between or among carriers competing to 
provide service to a community, the Secretary may consider the relative 
subsidy requirements of the carriers: Provided further, That basic 
essential air service minimum requirements shall not include the 15-
passenger capacity requirement under 

section 41732

    (b)

    (3) of title 49, 
United States Code: Provided further, That amounts authorized to be 
distributed for the essential air service program under 

section 41742

    (b) of title 49, United States Code, shall be made available 
immediately from amounts otherwise provided to the Administrator of the 
Federal Aviation Administration: Provided further, That the 
Administrator may reimburse such amounts from fees credited to the 
account established under 

section 45303 of title 49, United States 
Code: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 

section 41733 of title 
49, United States Code, for fiscal year 2026, the requirements 
established under subparagraphs
        (B) and
            (C) of 

section 41731

    (a)

    (1) of 
title 49, United States Code, and the subsidy cap established by 

section 332 of the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2000, shall not apply to maintain eligibility under 

section 41731 of title 49, United States Code.

 administrative provisions--office of the secretary of transportation

 (including transfer of funds)

 

Sec. 101. None of the funds made available by this Act to the 
Department of Transportation may be obligated for the Office of the 
Secretary of Transportation to approve assessments or reimbursable 
agreements pertaining to funds appropriated to the operating 
administrations in this Act, except for activities underway on the date 
of enactment of this Act, unless such assessments or agreements have 
completed the normal reprogramming process for congressional 
notification.
 

Sec. 102. The Secretary shall post on the web site of the 
Department of Transportation a schedule of all meetings of the Council 
on Credit and Finance, including the agenda for each meeting, and 
require the Council on Credit and Finance to record the decisions and 
actions of each meeting.
 

Sec. 103. In addition to authority provided by 

section 327 of 
title 49, United States Code, the Department's Working Capital Fund is 
authorized to provide partial or full payments in advance and accept 
subsequent reimbursements from all Federal agencies from available 
funds for transit benefit distribution services that are necessary to 
carry out the Federal transit pass transportation fringe benefit 
program under Executive Order No. 13150 and 

section 3049 of SAFETEA-LU 
(5 U.S.C. 7905 note): Provided, That the Department shall maintain a 
reasonable operating reserve in the Working Capital Fund, to be 
expended in advance to provide uninterrupted transit benefits to 
Government employees: Provided further, That such reserve shall not 
exceed 1 month of benefits payable and may be used only for the purpose 
of providing for the continuation of transit benefits: Provided 
further, That the Working Capital Fund shall be fully reimbursed by 
each customer agency from available funds for the actual cost of the 
transit benefit.
 

Sec. 104. Receipts collected in the Department's Working Capital 
Fund, as authorized by 

section 327 of title 49, United States Code, for 
unused transit and van pool benefits, in an amount not to exceed 10 
percent of fiscal year 2026 collections, shall be available until 
expended in the Department's Working Capital Fund to provide 
contractual services in support of 

section 189 of this Act: Provided, 
That obligations in fiscal year 2026 of such collections shall not 
exceed $1,000,000.
 

Sec. 105. None of the funds in this title may be obligated or 
expended for retention or senior executive bonuses for an employee of 
the Department of Transportation without the prior written approval of 
the Assistant Secretary for Administration.
 

Sec. 106. In addition to authority provided by 

section 327 of 
title 49, United States Code, the Department's Administrative Working 
Capital Fund is hereby authorized to transfer information technology 
equipment, software, and systems from departmental sources or other 
entities and collect and maintain a reserve at rates which will return 
full cost of transferred assets.
 

Sec. 107. None of the funds provided in this Act to the Department 
of Transportation may be used to provide credit assistance unless not 
less than 3 days before any application approval to provide credit 
assistance under sections 603 and 604 of title 23, United States Code, 
the Secretary provides notification in writing to the following 
committees: the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations; the 
Committee on Environment and Public Works and the Committee on Banking, 
Housing and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives: 
Provided, That such notification shall include, but not be limited to, 
the name of the project sponsor; a description of the project; whether 
credit assistance will be provided as a direct loan, loan guarantee, or 
line of credit; and the amount of credit assistance.
 

Sec. 108.

    (a) Amounts made available to the Secretary of 
Transportation or the Department of Transportation's Operating 
Administrations in this Act for the costs of award, administration, or 
oversight of financial assistance under the programs identified in 
subsection
            (c) may be transferred to the account identified in 

section 801 of division J of Public Law 117-58, as amended by 

section 425 of 
title IV of division K of Public Law 117-103, to remain available until 
expended, for the necessary expenses of award, administration, or 
oversight of any financial assistance programs in the Department of 
Transportation.

    (b) Amounts transferred under the authority in this section are 
available in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purpose.
            (c) The programs from which funds made available under this Act may 
be transferred under subsection

    (a) are:

    (1) the university transportation centers program under 
 

section 5505 of title 49, United States Code; and

    (2) the drone infrastructure inspection grant program as 
 authorized by 

section 912 of title IX of Public Law 118-63.
 

Sec. 109. The Secretary of Transportation may transfer amounts 
awarded to a federally recognized Tribe under a funding agreement 
entered into under part 29 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, 
from the Department of Transportation's Operating Administrations to 
the Office of Tribal Government Affairs: Provided, That any amounts 
retroceded or reassumed under such part may be transferred back to the 
appropriate Operating Administration.
 

Sec. 109A. Of the unobligated balances from prior year 
appropriations made available under the heading ``Office of the 
Secretary--Research and Technology'' for Advanced Research Projects 
Agency--Infrastructure (ARPA-I) authorized by 

section 119 of title 49, 
United States Code, $10,000,000 are hereby rescinded.

 Federal Aviation Administration

 operations

 (airport and airway trust fund)

 For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Administration, not 
otherwise provided for, including operations and research activities 
related to commercial space transportation, administrative expenses for 
research and development, establishment of air navigation facilities, 
the operation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, 
subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold to the 
public, the lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles for 
replacement only, $13,752,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2027, of which $13,040,600,000 to be derived from the Airport and 
Airway Trust Fund: Provided, That of the amounts made available under 
this heading--

    (1) not less than $1,861,039,000 shall be available for 
 aviation safety activities;

    (2) $10,368,008,000 shall be available for air traffic 
 organization activities;

    (3) $41,900,000 shall be available for commercial space 
 transportation activities;

    (4) $934,148,000 shall be available for finance and 
 management activities;

    (5) $58,003,000 shall be available for NextGen and 
 operations planning activities;

    (6) $162,055,000 shall be available for security and 
 hazardous materials safety activities; and

    (7) $326,847,000 shall be available for staff offices:
 Provided further, That not to exceed 5 percent of any budget 
activity, except for aviation safety budget activity, may be 
transferred to any budget activity under this heading: Provided 
further, That no transfer may increase or decrease any appropriation 
under this heading by more than 5 percent: Provided further, That any 
transfer in excess of 5 percent shall be treated as a reprogramming of 
funds under 

section 405 of this Act and shall not be available for 
obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set 
forth in that section: Provided further, That not later than 60 days 
after the submission of the budget request, the Administrator of the 
Federal Aviation Administration shall transmit to Congress an annual 
update to the report submitted to Congress in December 2004 pursuant to 

section 221 of the Vision 100-Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act 
(49 U.S.C. 44506 note): Provided further, That not later than 60 days 
after the submission of the budget request, the Administrator shall 
transmit to Congress reports that describe a comprehensive strategy for 
staffing, hiring, and training of flight standards and aircraft 
certification staff, and airway transportation system specialists in a 
format similar to the one utilized for the controller staffing plan, 
including stated attrition estimates and numerical hiring goals by 
fiscal year: Provided further, That the amounts made available under 
this heading shall be reduced by $100,000 for each day after 60 days 
after the submission of the budget request that reports containing the 
information described in the preceding two provisos have not been 
transmitted to Congress: Provided further, That funds may be used to 
enter into a grant agreement with a nonprofit standard-setting 
organization to assist in the development of aviation safety standards: 
 Provided further, That none of the funds made available by this Act 
shall be available for new applicants for the second career training 
program: Provided further, That none of the funds made available by 
this Act shall be available for the Federal Aviation Administration to 
finalize or implement any regulation that would promulgate new aviation 
user fees not specifically authorized by law after the date of the 
enactment of this Act: Provided further, That there may be credited to 
this appropriation, as offsetting collections, funds received from 
States, counties, municipalities, foreign authorities, other public 
authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred in the provision 
of agency services, including receipts for the maintenance and 
operation of air navigation facilities, and for issuance, renewal or 
modification of certificates, including airman, aircraft, and repair 
station certificates, or for tests related thereto, or for processing 
major repair or alteration forms: Provided further, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading, not less than $279,000,000 
shall be used to fund direct operations of the current air traffic 
control towers in the contract tower program, including the contract 
tower cost share program, and any airport that is currently qualified 
or that will qualify for the program during the fiscal year: Provided 
further, That none of the funds made available by this Act for 
aeronautical charting and cartography are available for activities 
conducted by, or coordinated through, the Working Capital Fund: 
Provided further, That $10,000,000 of amounts made available for staff 
offices shall be used to establish the Office of the Assistant 
Administrator for Rulemaking and Regulatory Improvement as authorized 
under 

Section 106
            (c) of title 49 of the United States Code.

 facilities and equipment

 (airport and airway trust fund)

 (including transfer of funds)

 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
acquisition, establishment, technical support services, improvement by 
contract or purchase, and hire of national airspace systems and 
experimental facilities and equipment, as authorized under part A of 
subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, including initial 
acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; engineering and 
service testing, including construction of test facilities and 
acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; construction and 
furnishing of quarters and related accommodations for officers and 
employees of the Federal Aviation Administration stationed at remote 
localities where such accommodations are not available; and the 
purchase, lease, or transfer of aircraft from funds made available 
under this heading, including aircraft for aviation regulation and 
certification; $6,000,000,000 shall be made available, of which--

    (1) $4,000,000,000 shall be derived from the Airport and 
 Airway Trust Fund;

    (2) $1,000,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the 
 unobligated balances of amounts previously appropriated for 
 apportionment in fiscal year 2026 under paragraph

    (2) of the 
 heading ``highway infrastructure programs'' in division J of 
 the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58): 
 Provided, That amounts transferred pursuant to the proceeding 
 proviso shall continue to be treated as amounts specified in 
 

section 103

    (b) of division A of Public Law 118-5;

    (3) $1,000,000,000 shall be derived from the unobligated 
 balances of amounts previously appropriated under the heading 
 ``facilities and equipment'' in division J of the 
 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58): 
 Provided, That amounts transferred pursuant to the proceeding 
 proviso shall continue to be treated as amounts specified in 
 

section 103

    (b) of division A of Public Law 118-5;
 Provided, That $700,000,000 is for personnel and related 
administration expenses and shall remain available until September 30, 
2027 and $5,300,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2030: Provided further, That there may be credited to this 
appropriation funds received from States, counties, municipalities, 
other public authorities, and private sources, for expenses incurred in 
the establishment, improvement, and modernization of national airspace 
systems: Provided further, That not later than 60 days after 
submission of the budget request, the Secretary of Transportation shall 
transmit to the Congress an investment plan for the Federal Aviation 
Administration which includes funding for each budget line item for 
fiscal years 2027 through 2031, with total funding for each year of the 
plan constrained to the funding targets for those years as estimated 
and approved by the Office of Management and Budget: Provided further, 
That 

section 405 of this Act shall apply to amounts, not otherwise made 
available in this Act, made available under this heading in title VIII 
of the Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Appropriations Act (division 
J of Public Law 117-58): Provided further, That the amounts in the 
table entitled ``Allocation of Funds for FAA Facilities and Equipment 
from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act--Fiscal Year 2026'' in 
the Report accompanying this Act shall be the baseline for application 
of reprogramming and transfer authorities for the current fiscal year 
pursuant to paragraph

    (7) of such 

section 405 for amounts referred to 
in the preceding proviso: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
paragraphs

    (5) and

    (6) of such 

section 405, unless prior approval is 
received from the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, not to 
exceed 10 percent of any funding level specified for projects and 
activities in the table referred to in the preceding proviso may be 
transferred to any other funding level specified for projects and 
activities in such table and no transfer of such funding levels may 
increase or decrease any funding level in such table by more than 10 
percent.

 research, engineering, and development

 (airport and airway trust fund)

 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for research, 
engineering, and development, as authorized under part A of subtitle 
VII of title 49, United States Code, including construction of 
experimental facilities and acquisition of necessary sites by lease or 
grant, $230,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust 
Fund and to remain available until September 30, 2028: Provided, That 
there may be credited to this appropriation as offsetting collections, 
funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other public 
authorities, and private sources, which shall be available for expenses 
incurred for research, engineering, and development: Provided further, 
That amounts made available under this heading shall be used in 
accordance with the Report accompanying this Act: Provided further, 
That not to exceed 10 percent of any funding level specified under this 
heading in the Report accompanying this Act may be transferred to any 
other funding level specified under this heading in the Report 
accompanying this Act: Provided further, That no transfer may increase 
or decrease any funding level by more than 10 percent: Provided 
further, That any transfer in excess of 10 percent shall be treated as 
a reprogramming of funds under 

section 405 of this Act and shall not be 
available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the 
procedures set forth in that section.

 grants-in-aid for airports

 (liquidation of contract authorization)

 (limitation on obligations)

 (airport and airway trust fund)

 (including transfer of funds)

 For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in-aid for 
airport planning and development, and noise compatibility planning and 
programs as authorized under subchapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter 
I of chapter 475 of title 49, United States Code, and under other law 
authorizing such obligations; for procurement, installation, and 
commissioning of runway incursion prevention devices and systems at 
airports of such title; for grants authorized under 

section 41743 of 
title 49, United States Code; and for inspection activities and 
administration of airport safety programs, including those related to 
airport operating certificates under 

section 44706 of title 49, United 
States Code, $4,000,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Provided, That none 
of the amounts made available under this heading shall be available for 
the planning or execution of programs the obligations for which are in 
excess of $4,000,000,000, in fiscal year 2026, notwithstanding 

section 47117

    (g) of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That none 
of the amounts made available under this heading shall be available for 
the replacement of baggage conveyor systems, reconfiguration of 
terminal baggage areas, or other airport improvements that are 
necessary to install bulk explosive detection systems: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding 

section 47109

    (a) of title 49, United 
States Code, the Government's share of allowable project costs under 
paragraph

    (2) of such section for subgrants or paragraph

    (3) of such 
section shall be 95 percent for a project at other than a large or 
medium hub airport that is a successive phase of a multi-phased 
construction project for which the project sponsor received a grant in 
fiscal year 2011 for the construction project: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, of amounts limited under 
this heading, not less than $160,000,000 shall be available for 
administration, $15,000,000 shall be available for the airport 
cooperative research program, $41,827,000 shall be available for 
airport technology research, and $15,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be available and transferred to ``Office of the 
Secretary, Salaries and Expenses'' to carry out the small community air 
service development program: Provided further, That in addition to 
airports eligible under 

section 41743 of title 49, United States Code, 
such program may include the participation of an airport that serves a 
community or consortium that is not larger than a small hub airport, 
according to FAA hub classifications effective at the time the Office 
of the Secretary issues a request for proposals.

 grants-in-aid for airports

 For an additional amount for ``Grants-In-Aid for Airports'', to 
enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants for projects as 
authorized by subchapter 1 of chapter 471 and subchapter 1 of chapter 
475 of title 49, United States Code, $313,738,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2028: Provided, That amounts made available 
under this heading shall be derived from the general fund, and such 
funds shall not be subject to apportionment formulas, special 
apportionment categories, or minimum percentages under chapter 471 of 
title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That of the sums 
appropriated under this heading --

    (1) $283,738,000 shall be made available for the purposes, 
 and in amounts, specified for Community Project Funding in the 
 table entitled ``Community Project Funding'' included in the 
 Report accompanying this Act: Provided, That funds made 
 available under this heading shall not be subject to or 
 considered under 

section 47115

    (j)

    (3)
        (B) of title 49, United 
 States Code.

    (2) $30,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 
 2028, for polyfluoroalkyl-related airport programs.

 administrative provisions--federal aviation administration

 

Sec. 110. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to compensate in excess of 600 technical staff-years under the 
federally funded research and development center contract between the 
Federal Aviation Administration and the Center for Advanced Aviation 
Systems Development during fiscal year 2026.
 

Sec. 111. None of the funds made available by this Act shall be 
used to pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring airport 
sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation Administration without cost 
building construction, maintenance, utilities and expenses, including 
related accommodation services, or space in airport sponsor-owned 
buildings for services relating to air traffic control, air navigation, 
or weather reporting: Provided, That the prohibition on the use of 
funds in this section does not apply to negotiations between the agency 
and airport sponsors to achieve agreement on ``below-market'' rates for 
these items or to grant assurances that require airport sponsors to 
provide land without cost to the Federal Aviation Administration for 
air traffic control facilities.
 

Sec. 112. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration 
may reimburse amounts made available to satisfy 

section 41742

    (a)

    (1) of 
title 49, United States Code, from fees credited under 

section 45303 of 
title 49, United States Code, and any amount remaining in such account 
at the close of any fiscal year may be made available to satisfy 

section 41742

    (a)

    (1) of title 49, United States Code, for the subsequent 
fiscal year.
 

Sec. 113. Amounts collected under 

section 40113

    (e) of title 49, 
United States Code, shall be credited to the appropriation current at 
the time of collection, to be merged with and available for the same 
purposes as such appropriation.
 

Sec. 114. None of the funds made available by this Act shall be 
available for paying premium pay under 

section 5546

    (a) of title 5, 
United States Code, to any Federal Aviation Administration employee 
unless such employee actually performed work during the time 
corresponding to such premium pay.
 

Sec. 115. None of the funds made available by this Act may be 
obligated or expended for an employee of the Federal Aviation 
Administration to purchase a store gift card or gift certificate 
through use of a Government-issued credit card.
 

Sec. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 
funds made available under this Act or any prior Act may be used to 
implement or to continue to implement any limitation on the ability of 
any owner or operator of a private aircraft to obtain, upon a request 
to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, a blocking 
of that owner's or operator's aircraft registration number, Mode S 
transponder code, flight identification, call sign, or similar 
identifying information from any ground based display to the public 
that would allow the real-time or near real-time flight tracking of 
that aircraft's movements, except data made available to a Government 
agency, for the noncommercial flights of that owner or operator.
 

Sec. 117. None of the funds made available by this Act shall be 
available for salaries and expenses of more than nine political and 
Presidential appointees in the Federal Aviation Administration.
 

Sec. 118. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to increase fees pursuant to 

section 44721 of title 49, United States 
Code, until the Federal Aviation Administration provides to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations a report that justifies all 
fees related to aeronautical navigation products and explains how such 
fees are consistent with Executive Order No. 13642.
 

Sec. 119. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to close a regional operations center of the Federal Aviation 
Administration or reduce its services unless the Administrator notifies 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than 90 full 
business days in advance.
 

Sec. 119A. None of the funds made available by or limited by this 
Act may be used to change weight restrictions or prior permission rules 
at Teterboro airport in Teterboro, New Jersey.
 

Sec. 119B. None of the funds made available by this Act may be 
used by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to 
withhold from consideration and approval any new application for 
participation in the contract tower program, or for reevaluation of 
cost-share program participants so long as the Federal Aviation 
Administration has received an application from the airport, and so 
long as the Administrator determines such tower is eligible using the 
factors set forth in Federal Aviation Administration published 
establishment criteria.
 

Sec. 119C. None of the funds made available by this Act may be 
used to open, close, redesignate as a lesser office, or reorganize a 
regional office, the aeronautical center, or the technical center 
unless the Administrator does so in compliance with 

section 405 of this 
Act.
 

Sec. 119D. Not withstanding paragraph

    (7) of 

section 405, 
activities creating, reorganizing, or restructuring an organizational 
unit of the Federal Aviation Administration are not subject to the 
requirements of 

section 405 unless those activities would change the 
organization chart provided as an exhibit to 

section 1 of the 
President's Budget justification.
 

Sec. 119E. Of the funds provided under the heading ``Grants-in-aid 
for Airports'', up to $3,500,000 shall be for necessary expenses, 
including an independent verification regime, to provide reimbursement 
to airport sponsors that do not provide gateway operations and 
providers of general aviation ground support services, or other 
aviation tenants, located at those airports closed during a temporary 
flight restriction

    (TFR) for any residence of the President that is 
designated or identified to be secured by the United States Secret 
Service, and for direct and incremental financial losses incurred while 
such airports are closed solely due to the actions of the Federal 
Government: Provided, That no funds shall be obligated or distributed 
to airport sponsors that do not provide gateway operations and 
providers of general aviation ground support services until an 
independent audit is completed: Provided further, That losses incurred 
as a result of violations of law, or through fault or negligence, of 
such operators and service providers or of third parties (including 
airports) are not eligible for reimbursements: Provided further, That 
obligation and expenditure of funds are conditional upon full release 
of the United States Government for all claims for financial losses 
resulting from such actions.

 Federal Highway Administration

 limitation on administrative expenses

 (highway trust fund)

 (including transfer of funds)

 Not to exceed $504,187,977 together with advances and 
reimbursements received by the Federal Highway Administration, shall be 
obligated for necessary expenses for administration and operation of 
the Federal Highway Administration: Provided, That in addition, 
$3,248,000 shall be transferred to the Appalachian Regional Commission 
in accordance with 

section 104

    (a) of title 23, United States Code.

 federal-aid highways

 (limitation on obligations)

 (highway trust fund)

 Funds available for the implementation or execution of authorized 
Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs shall not 
exceed total obligations of $62,657,105,821 for fiscal year 2026: 
Provided, That the limitation on obligations under this heading shall 
only apply to contract authority authorized from the Highway Trust Fund 
(other than the Mass Transit Account), unless otherwise specified in 
law.

 (liquidation of contract authorization)

 (highway trust fund)

 For the payment of obligations incurred in carrying out authorized 
Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs, 
$63,396,105,821 shall be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other 
than the Mass Transit Account), to remain available until expended.

 highway infrastructure programs

 (including transfer of funds)

 There is hereby appropriated to the Secretary $1,369,433,091: 
Provided, That the funds made available under this heading shall be 
derived from the general fund, shall be in addition to any funds 
provided for fiscal year 2026 in this or any other Act for:

    (1) ``Federal-aid Highways'' under chapter 1 of title 23, United States 
Code; or

    (2) activities eligible under the Tribal transportation 
program under 

section 202 of title 23, United States Code, and shall 
not affect the distribution or amount of funds provided in any other 
Act: Provided further, That 

section 11101

    (e) of Public Law 117-58 
shall apply to funds made available under this heading: Provided 
further, That unless otherwise specified, amounts made available under 
this heading shall be available until September 30, 2029, and shall not 
be subject to any limitation on obligations for Federal-aid highways or 
highway safety construction programs set forth in any Act making annual 
appropriations: Provided further, That of the sums appropriated under 
this heading--

    (1) $954,433,091 shall be for the purposes, and in the 
 amounts, specified for Community Project Funding in the table 
 entitled ``Community Project Funding'' included in the Report 
 accompanying this Act: Provided, That, except as otherwise 
 provided under this heading, the funds made available under 
 this paragraph shall be administered as if apportioned under 
 chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code: Provided further, 
 That funds made available under this paragraph that are used 
 for Tribal projects shall be administered as if allocated under 
 chapter 2 of title 23, United States Code, except that the set-
 asides described in subparagraph
            (C) of 

section 202

    (b)

    (3) of 
 title 23, United States Code, and subsections

    (a)

    (6) ,
            (c) , and

    (e) of 

section 202 of such title, and 

section 1123

    (h)

    (1) of 
 MAP-21 (as amended by Public Law 117-58), shall not apply to 
 such funds;

    (2) $200,000,000 shall be for activities eligible under the 
 Tribal transportation program, as described in 

section 202 of 
 title 23, United States Code: Provided, That, except as 
 otherwise provided under this heading, the funds made available 
 under this paragraph shall be administered as if allocated 
 under chapter 2 of title 23, United States Code: Provided 
 further, That the set-asides described in subparagraph
            (C) of 
 

section 202

    (b)

    (3) of title 23, United States Code, and 
 subsections

    (a)

    (6) ,
            (c) , and

    (e) of 

section 202 of such title 
 shall not apply to funds made available under this paragraph: 
 Provided further, That the set-aside described in 

section 1123

    (h)

    (1) of MAP-21 (as amended by Public Law 117-58), shall 
 not apply to such funds: Provided further, That 
 notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts made 
 available under this paragraph shall be derived from the 
 unobligated balances of amounts previously appropriated under 
 paragraph 7 of the heading ``Department of Transportation--
 Federal Highway Administration--Highway Infrastructure 
 Programs'' in division J of the Infrastructure Investment and 
 Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58): Provided further, That amounts 
 transferred pursuant to the preceding provisos shall continue 
 to be treated as amounts specified in 

section 103

    (b) of 
 division A of Public Law 118-5;

    (3) $200,000,000 shall be to carry out the Nationally 
 Significant Multimodal Freight and Highway Projects program 
 under 

section 117 of title 23, United States Code: Provided, 
 That such funds shall be available until expended: Provided 
 further, That the funds made available under this paragraph 
 shall be for projects to provide public parking for commercial 
 motor vehicles: Provided further, That such projects shall be 
 within reasonable access to or in the right of way of an 
 Interstate highway, the National Highway System, or the 
 National Highway Freight Network: Provided further, That the 
 Secretary shall reserve not less than 50 percent of the amounts 
 made available under this paragraph to make grants for projects 
 that do not satisfy the minimum threshold under 

section 117
            (d) (1)
        (B) of such title: Provided further, That, of the 
 amount reserved under the preceding proviso, not less than 30 
 percent shall be used for projects in rural areas: Provided 
 further, That each grant made with funds reserved under the 
 fourth proviso of this paragraph shall be in an amount that is 
 at least $5,000,000: Provided further, That in addition to 
 other applicable requirements, in making grants with funds 
 reserved under the fourth proviso of this paragraph, the 
 Secretary shall take into consideration the project selection 
 considerations described in 

section 117

    (e)

    (3) of such title: 
 Provided further, That, except as described in the preceding 
 proviso, subsections

    (e) and
            (i) of 

section 117 of such title 
 shall not apply to funds made available under this paragraph: 
 Provided further, That the Secretary shall reserve not less 
 than 25 percent of the amounts made available under this 
 paragraph to make grants for projects located in rural areas: 
 Provided further, That if qualified applications will not allow 
 for the amount reserved under the preceding proviso to be fully 
 utilized, the Secretary shall combine the unutilized amounts 
 with the amounts reserved under the fourth proviso of this 
 paragraph: Provided further, That the requirements in 

section 117

    (g) of such title shall not apply to a project assisted with 
 a grant under this paragraph that does not meet the minimum 
 threshold under 

section 117
            (d) (1)
        (B) : Provided further, That, 
 except as described in the following proviso, the Federal share 
 of the cost of a project assisted with a grant under this 
 paragraph may not exceed 60 percent: Provided further, That 
 the Federal share of the cost of a project that does not meet 
 the minimum threshold under 

section 117
            (d) (1)
        (B) of such title 
 shall be 80 percent: Provided further, That an eligible 
 applicant that receives a grant under this paragraph may 
 partner with a private entity to fund the development, capacity 
 expansion, or operation or maintenance of a facility: Provided 
 further, That no fees may be charged by an eligible applicant 
 receiving a grant under this paragraph to a commercial motor 
 vehicle driver to gain access to parking constructed, expanded, 
 opened, maintained, or improved with a grant under this 
 paragraph: Provided further, That the funds made available 
 under this paragraph shall not be used for the construction, or 
 development phase activities that would enable the 
 construction, of charging or fueling infrastructure for the 
 propulsion of a vehicle, including a commercial motor vehicle: 
 Provided further, That not more than 10 percent of the funds 
 made available under this section may be used for projects to 
 solely identify, promote, and manage the availability of 
 existing commercial motor vehicle parking: Provided further, 
 That the preceding proviso shall not apply to a project that is 
 part of a project to expand commercial motor vehicle parking 
 capacity: Provided further, That for purposes of this 
 paragraph,

    (1) the term ``commercial motor vehicle'' has the 
 meaning given the term in 

section 31132 of title 49, United 
 States Code, and

    (2) the term ``rural area'' has the meaning 
 given the term in 

section 117
            (i) (3) of title 23, United States 
 Code: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
 provision of law, amounts made available under this paragraph 
 shall be derived by transfer from the unobligated balances of 
 amounts previously appropriated under the heading ``Department 
 of Transportation--Office of the Secretary--National Culvert 
 Removal, Replacement, and Restoration Grants'' in division J of 
 the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58): 
 Provided further, That amounts transferred pursuant to the 
 preceding provisos shall continue to be treated as amounts 
 specified in 

section 103

    (b) of division A of Public Law 118-5;

    (4) $5,000,000 shall be to carry out 

section 11502 of the 
 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (23 U.S.C. 148 note): 
 Provided, That, except as otherwise provided under such section 
 or this heading, the funds made available under this paragraph 
 shall be administered as if apportioned under chapter 1 of 
 title 23, United States Code; and

    (5) $10,000,000 shall be to carry out 

section 11529 of the 
 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (23 U.S.C. 148 note): 
 Provided, That, except as otherwise provided under such section 
 or this heading, the funds made available under this paragraph 
 shall be administered as if apportioned under chapter 1 of 
 title 23, United States Code.

 administrative provisions--federal highway administration

 (including rescissions)

 

Sec. 120.

    (a) For fiscal year 2026, the Secretary of Transportation 
shall--

    (1) not distribute from the obligation limitation for 
 Federal-aid highways--
        (A) amounts authorized for administrative expenses 
 and programs by 

section 104

    (a) of title 23, United 
 States Code; and
        (B) amounts authorized for the Bureau of 
 Transportation Statistics;

    (2) not distribute an amount from the obligation limitation 
 for Federal-aid highways that is equal to the unobligated 
 balance of amounts--
        (A) made available from the Highway Trust Fund 
 (other than the Mass Transit Account) for Federal-aid 
 highway and highway safety construction programs for 
 previous fiscal years the funds for which are allocated 
 by the Secretary (or apportioned by the Secretary under 
 

section 202 or 204 of title 23, United States Code); 
 and
        (B) for which obligation limitation was provided in 
 a previous fiscal year;

    (3) determine the proportion that--
        (A) the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 
 highways, less the aggregate of amounts not distributed 
 under paragraphs

    (1) and

    (2) of this subsection; bears 
 to
        (B) the total of the sums authorized to be 
 appropriated for the Federal-aid highway and highway 
 safety construction programs (other than sums 
 authorized to be appropriated for provisions of law 
 described in paragraphs

    (1) through

    (11) of subsection

    (b) and sums authorized to be appropriated for 

section 119 of title 23, United States Code, equal to the 
 amount referred to in subsection

    (b)

    (12) for such 
 fiscal year), less the aggregate of the amounts not 
 distributed under paragraphs

    (1) and

    (2) of this 
 subsection;

    (4) distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 
 highways, less the aggregate amounts not distributed under 
 paragraphs

    (1) and

    (2) , for each of the programs (other than 
 programs to which paragraph

    (1) applies) that are allocated by 
 the Secretary under authorized Federal-aid highway and highway 
 safety construction programs, or apportioned by the Secretary 
 under 

section 202 or 204 of title 23, United States Code, by 
 multiplying--
        (A) the proportion determined under paragraph

    (3) ; 
 by
        (B) the amounts authorized to be appropriated for 
 each such program for such fiscal year; and

    (5) distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 
 highways, less the aggregate amounts not distributed under 
 paragraphs

    (1) and

    (2) and the amounts distributed under 
 paragraph

    (4) , for Federal-aid highway and highway safety 
 construction programs that are apportioned by the Secretary 
 under title 23, United States Code (other than the amounts 
 apportioned for the national highway performance program in 
 

section 119 of title 23, United States Code, that are exempt 
 from the limitation under subsection

    (b)

    (12) and the amounts 
 apportioned under sections 202 and 204 of that title) in the 
 proportion that--
        (A) amounts authorized to be appropriated for the 
 programs that are apportioned under title 23, United 
 States Code, to each State for such fiscal year; bears 
 to
        (B) the total of the amounts authorized to be 
 appropriated for the programs that are apportioned 
 under title 23, United States Code, to all States for 
 such fiscal year.

    (b) Exceptions From Obligation Limitation.--The obligation 
limitation for Federal-aid highways shall not apply to obligations 
under or for--

    (1) section 125 of title 23, United States Code;

    (2) section 147 of the Surface Transportation Assistance 
 Act of 1978 (23 U.S.C. 144 note; 92 Stat. 2714);

    (3) section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981 (95 
 Stat. 1701);

    (4) subsections

    (b) and

    (j) of 

section 131 of the Surface 
 Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (96 Stat. 2119);

    (5) subsections

    (b) and
            (c) of 

section 149 of the Surface 
 Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987 
 (101 Stat. 198);

    (6) sections 1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal Surface 
 Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2027);

    (7) section 157 of title 23, United States Code (as in 
 effect on June 8, 1998);

    (8) section 105 of title 23, United States Code (as in 
 effect for fiscal years 1998 through 2004, but only in an 
 amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years);

    (9) Federal-aid highway programs for which obligation 
 authority was made available under the Transportation Equity 
 Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 107) or subsequent Acts for 
 multiple years or to remain available until expended, but only 
 to the extent that the obligation authority has not lapsed or 
 been used;

    (10) section 105 of title 23, United States Code (as in 
 effect for fiscal years 2005 through 2012, but only in an 
 amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years);

    (11) section 1603 of SAFETEA-LU (23 U.S.C. 118 note; 119 
 Stat. 1248), to the extent that funds obligated in accordance 
 with that section were not subject to a limitation on 
 obligations at the time at which the funds were initially made 
 available for obligation; and

    (12) section 119 of title 23, United States Code (but, for 
 each of fiscal years 2013 through 2026, only in an amount equal 
 to $639,000,000).
            (c) Redistribution of Unused Obligation Authority.--Notwithstanding 
subsection

    (a) , the Secretary shall, after August 1 of such fiscal 
year--

    (1) revise a distribution of the obligation limitation made 
 available under subsection

    (a) if an amount distributed cannot 
 be obligated during that fiscal year; and

    (2) redistribute sufficient amounts to those States able to 
 obligate amounts in addition to those previously distributed 
 during that fiscal year, giving priority to those States having 
 large unobligated balances of funds apportioned under sections 
 144 (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of 
 Public Law 112-141) and 104 of title 23, United States Code.
            (d) Applicability of Obligation Limitations to Transportation 
Research Programs.--

    (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph

    (2) , the 
 obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways shall apply to 
 contract authority for transportation research programs carried 
 out under--
        (A) chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code;
        (B) title VI of the Fixing America's Surface 
 Transportation Act; and
            (C) title III of division A of the Infrastructure 
 Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58).

    (2) Exception.--Obligation authority made available under 
 paragraph

    (1) shall--
        (A) remain available for a period of 4 fiscal 
 years; and
        (B) be in addition to the amount of any limitation 
 imposed on obligations for Federal-aid highway and 
 highway safety construction programs for future fiscal 
 years.

    (e) Redistribution of Certain Authorized Funds.--

    (1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
 distribution of obligation limitation under subsection

    (a) , the 
 Secretary shall distribute to the States any funds (excluding 
 funds authorized for the program under 

section 202 of title 23, 
 United States Code) that--
        (A) are authorized to be appropriated for such 
 fiscal year for Federal-aid highway programs; and
        (B) the Secretary determines will not be allocated 
 to the States (or will not be apportioned to the States 
 under 

section 204 of title 23, United States Code), and 
 will not be available for obligation, for such fiscal 
 year because of the imposition of any obligation 
 limitation for such fiscal year.

    (2) Ratio.--Funds shall be distributed under paragraph

    (1) in the same proportion as the distribution of obligation 
 authority under subsection

    (a)

    (5) .

    (3) Availability.--Funds distributed to each State under 
 paragraph

    (1) shall be available for any purpose described in 
 

section 133

    (b) of title 23, United States Code.
 

Sec. 121. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received by the 
Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the sale of data products, for 
necessary expenses incurred pursuant to chapter 63 of title 49, United 
States Code, may be credited to the Federal-aid highways account for 
the purpose of reimbursing the Bureau for such expenses.
 

Sec. 122. Not less than 15 days prior to waiving, under his or her 
statutory authority, any Buy America requirement for Federal-aid 
highways projects, the Secretary of Transportation shall make an 
informal public notice and comment opportunity on the intent to issue 
such waiver and the reasons therefor: Provided, That the Secretary 
shall post on a website any waivers granted under the Buy America 
requirements.
 

Sec. 123. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to make a grant for a project under 

section 117 of title 23, United 
States Code, unless the Secretary, at least 60 days before making a 
grant under that section, provides written notification to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations of the proposed grant, 
including an evaluation and justification for the project and the 
amount of the proposed grant award.
 

Sec. 124.

    (a) A State or territory, as defined in 

section 165 of 
title 23, United States Code, may use for any project eligible under 

section 133

    (b) of title 23 or 

section 165 of title 23 and located 
within the boundary of the State or territory any earmarked amount, and 
any associated obligation limitation: Provided, That the Department of 
Transportation for the State or territory for which the earmarked 
amount was originally designated or directed notifies the Secretary of 
its intent to use its authority under this section and submits an 
annual report to the Secretary identifying the projects to which the 
funding would be applied. Notwithstanding the original period of 
availability of funds to be obligated under this section, such funds 
and associated obligation limitation shall remain available for 
obligation for a period of 3 fiscal years after the fiscal year in 
which the Secretary is notified. The Federal share of the cost of a 
project carried out with funds made available under this section shall 
be the same as associated with the earmark.

    (b) In this section, the term ``earmarked amount'' means--

    (1) congressionally directed spending, as defined in rule 
 XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate, identified in a prior 
 law, report, or joint explanatory statement, which was 
 authorized to be appropriated or appropriated more than 10 
 fiscal years prior to the current fiscal year, and administered 
 by the Federal Highway Administration; or

    (2) a congressional earmark, as defined in rule XXI of the 
 Rules of the House of Representatives, identified in a prior 
 law, report, or joint explanatory statement, which was 
 authorized to be appropriated or appropriated more than 10 
 fiscal years prior to the current fiscal year, and administered 
 by the Federal Highway Administration.
            (c) The authority under subsection

    (a) may be exercised only for 
those projects or activities that have obligated less than 10 percent 
of the amount made available for obligation as of October 1 of the 
current fiscal year, and shall be applied to projects within the same 
general geographic area within 25 miles for which the funding was 
designated, except that a State or territory may apply such authority 
to unexpended balances of funds from projects or activities the State 
or territory certifies have been closed and for which payments have 
been made under a final voucher.
            (d) The Secretary shall submit consolidated reports of the 
information provided by the States and territories annually to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
 

Sec. 125. None of the funds made available in this Act or any 
other Act may be used for any activities related to the implementation 
of Priced Zones (Cordon Pricing) under the Value Pricing Pilot Program 
or New York City's Central Business District Tolling Program.

 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

 motor carrier safety operations and programs

 (liquidation of contract authorization)

 (limitation on obligations)

 (highway trust fund)

 For payment of obligations incurred in the implementation, 
execution and administration of motor carrier safety operations and 
programs pursuant to 

section 31110 of title 49, United States Code, as 
amended by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-
58), $390,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other 
than the Mass Transit Account), together with advances and 
reimbursements received by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration, the sum of which shall remain available until expended: 
 Provided, That funds available for implementation, execution, or 
administration of motor carrier safety operations and programs 
authorized under title 49, United States Code, shall not exceed total 
obligations of $390,000,000, for ``Motor Carrier Safety Operations and 
Programs'' for fiscal year 2026, of which $14,073,000, to remain 
available for obligation until September 30, 2028, is for the research 
and technology program, and of which not less than $63,098,000, to 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2028, is for 
development, modernization, enhancement, and continued operation and 
maintenance of information technology and information management.

 motor carrier safety grants

 (liquidation of contract authorization)

 (limitation on obligations)

 (highway trust fund)

 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out sections 31102, 
31103, 31104, and 31313 of title 49, United States Code, $536,600,000, 
to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 
Account) and to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds 
available for the implementation or execution of motor carrier safety 
programs shall not exceed total obligations of $536,600,000 in fiscal 
year 2026 for ``Motor Carrier Safety Grants'': Provided further, That 
of the amounts made available under this heading--

    (1) $422,500,000, to remain available for obligation until 
 September 30, 2027, shall be for the motor carrier safety 
 assistance program;

    (2) $45,200,000, to remain available for obligation until 
 September 30, 2027, shall be for the commercial driver's 
 license program implementation program;

    (3) $62,400,000, to remain available for obligation until 
 September 30, 2027, shall be for the high priority program;

    (4) $1,500,000, to remain available for obligation until 
 September 30, 2027, shall be for the commercial motor vehicle 
 operators grant program; and

    (5) $5,000,000, to remain available for obligation until 
 September 30, 2027, shall be for the commercial motor vehicle 
 enforcement training and support grant program.

 administrative provisions--federal motor carrier safety administration

 

Sec. 130. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration shall 
send notice of 

section 385.308 of title 49, Code of Federal 
Regulations, violations by certified mail, registered mail, or another 
manner of delivery, which records the receipt of the notice by the 
persons responsible for the violations.
 

Sec. 131. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available to the Department of Transportation by this Act or any other 
Act may be obligated or expended to implement, administer, or enforce 
the requirements of 

section 31137 of title 49, United States Code, or 
any regulation issued by the Secretary pursuant to such section, with 
respect to the use of electronic logging devices by operators of 
commercial motor vehicles, as defined in 

section 31132

    (1) of such 
title, transporting livestock as defined in 

section 602 of the 
Emergency Livestock Feed Assistance Act of 1988 (7 U.S.C. 1471) or 
insects.
 

Sec. 132. None of the funds made available by this or any other 
Act may be used to require the use of inward facing cameras or require 
a motor carrier to register an apprenticeship program with the 
Department of Labor as a condition for participation in the safe driver 
apprenticeship pilot program.
 

Sec. 133. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act or any other Act may be used to promulgate any 
rule or regulation to require vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of 
more than 26,000 pounds operating in interstate commerce to be equipped 
with a speed limiting device set to a maximum speed.
 

Sec. 134.

    (a) None of the funds made available by this or any other 
Act may be used to modify, rescind, or grant waivers from the 
preemption determinations published by FMCSA at 83 FR 67470 (Dec. 28, 
2018) and 85 FR 73335 (Nov. 17, 2020).

    (b) Notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 31141
            (d) (2) , the Secretary shall 
deny, without a hearing on the record, any petitions for waiver of the 
aforementioned preemption determinations pending on the date of 
enactment or received after the date of enactment.

 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

 operations and research

 (including transfer of funds)

 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Secretary, 
with respect to traffic and highway safety, authorized under chapter 
301 and part C of subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code, 
$212,375,000, to remain available through September 30, 2027: 
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, $77,982,000 
of amounts made available under this paragraph shall be derived by 
transfer from the unobligated balances of amounts previously 
appropriated for fiscal years 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026 under 
paragraph

    (3) of the heading ``Department of Transportation--National 
Highway Traffic Safety Administration--Supplemental Highway Traffic 
Safety Programs'' in division J of the Infrastructure Investment and 
Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58): Provided further, That amounts 
transferred pursuant to the preceding proviso shall continue to be 
treated as amounts specified in 

section 103

    (b) of division A of Public 
Law 118-5.

 operations and research

 (liquidation of contract authorization)

 (limitation on obligations)

 (highway trust fund)

 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions 
of 

section 403 of title 23, United States Code, including behavioral 
research on automated driving systems and advanced driver assistance 
systems and improving consumer responses to safety recalls, 

section 25024 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-
58), and chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code, $209,600,000, to 
be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 
Account) and to remain available until expended: Provided, That none 
of the funds in this Act shall be available for the planning or 
execution of programs the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 
2026, are in excess of $209,600,000: Provided further, That of the 
sums appropriated under this heading--

    (1) $202,000,000 shall be for programs authorized under 
 

section 403 of title 23, United States Code, including 
 behavioral research on automated driving systems and advanced 
 driver assistance systems and improving consumer responses to 
 safety recalls, and 

section 25024 of the Infrastructure 
 Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58); and

    (2) $7,600,000 shall be for the national driver register 
 authorized under chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code:
 Provided further, That within the $209,600,000 obligation limitation 
for operations and research, $57,500,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2027, and shall be in addition to the amount of any 
limitation imposed on obligations for future years: Provided further, 
That amounts for behavioral research on automated driving systems and 
advanced driver assistance systems and improving consumer responses to 
safety recalls are in addition to any other funds provided for those 
purposes for fiscal year 2026 in this Act.

 highway traffic safety grants

 (liquidation of contract authorization)

 (limitation on obligations)

 (highway trust fund)

 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out provisions of 
sections 402, 404, and 405 of title 23, United States Code, and grant 
administration expenses under chapter 4 of title 23, United States 
Code, to remain available until expended, $849,654,625, to be derived 
from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account): 
Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the 
planning or execution of programs for which the total obligations in 
fiscal year 2026 are in excess of $849,654,625 for programs authorized 
under sections 402, 404, and 405 of title 23, United States Code, and 
grant administration expenses under chapter 4 of title 23, United 
States Code: Provided further, That of the sums appropriated under 
this heading--

    (1) $393,400,000 shall be for highway safety programs under 
 

section 402 of title 23, United States Code;

    (2) $367,500,000 shall be for national priority safety 
 programs under 

section 405 of title 23, United States Code;

    (3) $44,300,000 shall be for the high visibility 
 enforcement program under 

section 404 of title 23, United 
 States Code; and

    (4) $44,454,625 shall be for grant administrative expenses 
 under chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code:
 Provided, That none of these funds shall be used for construction, 
rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or for office furnishings and 
fixtures for State, local or private buildings or structures: Provided 
further, That not to exceed $500,000 of the funds made available for 
national priority safety programs under 

section 405 of title 23, United 
States Code, for impaired driving countermeasures (as described in 
subsection
            (d) of that section) shall be available for technical 
assistance to the States: Provided further, That with respect to the 
``Transfers'' provision under 

section 405

    (a)

    (10) of title 23, United 
States Code, any amounts transferred to increase the amounts made 
available under 

section 402 shall include the obligation authority for 
such amounts: Provided further, That the Administrator shall notify 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations of any exercise of 
the authority granted under the preceding proviso or under 

section 405

    (a)

    (10) of title 23, United States Code, within 5 days.

 administrative provisions--national highway traffic safety 
 administration

 

Sec. 140. The limitations on obligations for the programs of the 
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration set in this Act shall 
not apply to obligations for which obligation authority was made 
available in previous public laws but only to the extent that the 
obligation authority has not lapsed or been used.
 

Sec. 141. None of the funds provided under this heading may be 
used to encourage illegal drug or alcohol use in the National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration's impaired driving advertising campaigns.

 Federal Railroad Administration

 safety and operations

 For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Administration, not 
otherwise provided for, $265,074,000, of which $25,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended.

 railroad research and development

 For necessary expenses for railroad research and development, 
$44,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 
amounts provided under this heading, up to $3,000,000 shall be 
available pursuant to 

section 20108
            (d) of title 49, United States Code, 
for the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and 
improvements at the Transportation Technology Center.

 consolidated rail infrastructure and safety improvements

 (including transfer of funds)

 For necessary expenses related to consolidated rail infrastructure 
and safety improvement grants, as authorized by 

section 22907 of title 
49, United States Code, $538,402,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That of the sums made available under this heading 
in this Act--

    (1) $38,402,000 shall be available for the purposes, and in 
 amounts, specified for Community Project Funding in the table 
 entitled ``Community Project Funding'' included in the Report 
 accompanying this Act: Provided, That requirements under 
 subsections

    (g) and
            (l) of 

section 22907 of title 49, United 
 States Code, shall not apply to the preceding proviso: 
 Provided further, That any remaining funds available after the 
 distribution of the Community Project Funding described in this 
 paragraph shall be available under this heading; and

    (2) $500,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary to 
 distribute as discretionary grants: Provided, That 
 notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts made 
 available under this paragraph shall be derived by transfer 
 from the unobligated balances of amounts appropriated for 
 fiscal year 2026 under the heading ``Federal-State Partnership 
 for Intercity Passenger Rail Grants'' in division J of the 
 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58): 
 Provided further, That amounts transferred pursuant to the 
 preceding proviso shall continue to be treated as amounts 
 specified in 

section 103

    (b) of division A of Public Law 118-5:
 Provided further, That for amounts made available under this heading 
in this Act, eligible projects under 

section 22907
            (c) (8) of title 49, 
United States Code, shall also include railroad systems planning 
(including the preparation of regional intercity passenger rail plans 
and state rail plans) and railroad project development activities 
(including railroad project planning, preliminary engineering, design, 
environmental analysis, feasibility studies, and the development and 
analysis of project alternatives): Provided further, That amounts made 
available under this heading in this Act for projects selected for 
commuter rail passenger transportation may be transferred by the 
Secretary, after selection, to the appropriate agencies to be 
administered in accordance with chapter 53 of title 49, United States 
Code: Provided further, That for amounts made available under this 
heading in this Act, eligible recipients under 

section 22907

    (b)

    (7) of 
title 49, United States Code, shall include any holding company of a 
Class II railroad or Class III railroad (as those terms are defined in 

section 20102 of title 49, United States Code): Provided further, That 

section 22907

    (e)

    (1)
        (A) of title 49, United States Code, shall not apply 
to amounts made available under this heading in this Act: Provided 
further, That 

section 22907

    (e)

    (1)
        (A) of title 49, United States Code, 
shall not apply to amounts made available under this heading in 
previous fiscal years if such funds are announced in a notice of 
funding opportunity that includes funds made available under this 
heading in this Act: Provided further, That the preceding proviso 
shall not apply to funds made available under this heading in the 
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (division J of Public Law 117-
58): Provided further, That unobligated balances remaining after 6 
years from the date of enactment of this Act may be used for any 
eligible project under 

section 22907
            (c) of title 49, United States 
Code: Provided further, That the Secretary may withhold up to 2 
percent of the amounts made available under this heading in this Act 
for the costs of award and project management oversight of grants 
carried out under title 49, United States Code.

 northeast corridor grants to the national railroad passenger 
 corporation

 (including transfer of funds)

 To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation for activities associated with 
the Northeast Corridor as authorized by 

section 22101

    (a) of the 
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58), 
$924,970,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts made available 
under this heading shall be derived by transfer from the unobligated 
balances of amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2026 under the heading 
``Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail Grants'' in 
division J of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 
117-58): Provided further, That amounts transferred pursuant to the 
preceding provisos shall continue to be treated as amounts specified in 

section 103

    (b) of division A of Public Law 118-5: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may retain up to one-half of 1 percent of the 
amounts made available under both this heading in this Act and the 
``National Network Grants to the National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation'' heading in this Act to fund the costs of project 
management and oversight of activities authorized by 

section 22101
            (c) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58): 
Provided further, That in addition to the project management oversight 
funds authorized under 

section 22101
            (c) of the Infrastructure 
Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58), the Secretary may retain 
up to an additional $5,000,000 of the amounts made available under this 
heading in this Act to fund expenses associated with the Northeast 
Corridor Commission established under 

section 24905 of title 49, United 
States Code.

 national network grants to the national railroad passenger corporation

 (including transfer of funds)

 To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation for activities associated with 
the National Network as authorized by 

section 22101

    (b) of the 
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (division B of Public Law 117-
58), $1,387,614,000 to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts made available 
under this paragraph shall be derived by transfer from the unobligated 
balances of amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2026 under the heading 
``Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail Grants'' in 
division J of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 
117-58): Provided further, That amounts transferred pursuant to the 
preceding proviso shall continue to be treated as amounts specified in 

section 103

    (b) of division A of Public Law 118-5: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may retain up to an additional $3,000,000 of the 
funds provided under this heading in this Act to fund expenses 
associated with the State-Supported Route Committee established under 

section 24712 of title 49, United States Code.

 administrative provisions--federal railroad administration

 (including transfer of funds)

 (including rescission)

 

Sec. 150. The amounts made available to the Secretary or to the 
Federal Railroad Administration for the costs of award, administration, 
and project management oversight of financial assistance which are 
administered by the Federal Railroad Administration, in this and prior 
Acts, may be transferred to the Federal Railroad Administration's 
``Financial Assistance Oversight and Technical Assistance'' account for 
the necessary expenses to support the award, administration, project 
management oversight, and technical assistance of financial assistance 
administered by the Federal Railroad Administration, in the same manner 
as appropriated for in this and prior Acts: Provided, That this 
section shall not apply to amounts that were previously designated by 
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent 
resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985.
 

Sec. 151. None of the funds made available to the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation may be used to fund any overtime costs 
in excess of $35,000 for any individual employee: Provided, That the 
President of Amtrak may waive the cap set in the preceding proviso for 
specific employees when the President of Amtrak determines such a cap 
poses a risk to the safety and operational efficiency of the system: 
Provided further, That the President of Amtrak shall report to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations no later than 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, a summary of all overtime 
payments incurred by Amtrak for 2025 and the three prior calendar 
years: Provided further, That such summary shall include the total 
number of employees that received waivers and the total overtime 
payments Amtrak paid to employees receiving waivers for each month for 
2025 and for the three prior calendar years.
 

Sec. 152. None of the funds made available to the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation under the headings ``Northeast Corridor 
Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation'' and ``National 
Network Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation'' may be 
used to reduce the total number of Amtrak Police Department uniformed 
officers patrolling on board passenger trains or at stations, 
facilities or rights-of-way below the staffing level on May 1, 2019.
 

Sec. 153. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act or any other Act may be provided to the State 
of California for a high-speed rail corridor development project that 
is the same or substantially similar to the project that is the subject 
of Cooperative Agreement No. FR-HSR-0118-12-01-01 or Cooperative 
Agreement No. 69A36524521070 FSPCA entered into between the California 
High-Speed Rail Authority and the Federal Railroad Administration.
 

Sec. 154.

    (a) Of the funds made available under the heading 
``Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail'' in division 
J of Public Law 117-58 for fiscal year 2026, not less than $15,000,000 
shall be for a grant to Union Station Redevelopment Corporation to 
rehabilitate and repair the Washington Union Station complex.

    (b) Amounts repurposed pursuant to subsection

    (a) shall continue to 
be treated as amounts specified in 

section 103

    (b) of division A of 
Public Law 118-5.
            (c) The Union Station Redevelopment Corporation Board of Directors 
shall include designees from the Commonwealth of Virginia and the State 
of Maryland.
            (d) The Union Station Redevelopment Corporation and the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation shall adhere to Public Law 97-125 and 
ensure the historic preservation and improvements to Washington Union 
Station are achieved with maximum reliance on the private sector and 
minimum requirement for Federal assistance.
 

Sec. 155. Of the unobligated balances from prior year 
appropriations made available under the heading ``Federal Railroad 
Administration--Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger 
Rail'' from the fiscal year 2025 act making appropriations for the 
Department of Transportation (P.L. 119-4), $75,000,000 are hereby 
rescinded.
 

Sec. 156. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act or any other Act may be provided to the State 
of Texas for a high-speed rail corridor development project that is the 
same or substantially similar to the Amtrak Texas High-Speed Rail 
Corridor previously known as the Texas Central Railway project.
 

Sec. 157. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act or any other Act may be provided to the State 
of Minnesota for an intercity rail corridor development project that is 
the same or substantially similar to the Northern Lights Express 
Intercity Passenger Rail Project.

 Federal Transit Administration

 transit formula grants

 (liquidation of contract authorization)

 (limitation on obligations)

 (highway trust fund)

 For payment of obligations incurred in the Federal public 
transportation assistance program in this account, and for payment of 
obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5305, 
5307, 5310, 5311, 5312, 5314, 5318, 5329

    (e)

    (6) , 5334, 5335, 5337, 5339, 
and 5340, 

section 20005

    (b) of Public Law 112-141, and 

section 3006

    (b) of Public Law 114-94, $14,642,000,000, to be derived from the Mass 
Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That funds available for the implementation or 
execution of programs authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 
5311, 5312, 5314, 5318, 5329

    (e)

    (6) , 5334, 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, 

section 20005

    (b) of Public Law 112-141, and 

section 3006

    (b) of Public 
Law 114-94, shall not exceed total obligations of $14,642,000,000 in 
fiscal year 2026.

 transit infrastructure grants

 For an additional amount for bus testing facilities under 

section 5318 of title 49, United States Code, and Community Project Funding for 
projects and activities eligible under chapter 53, $97,266,390, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That of the sums provided 
under this heading in this Act--

    (1) $1,500,000 shall be available for the operation and 
 maintenance of the bus testing facilities selected under 
 

section 5318 of such title; and

    (2) $95,766,390 shall be available for the purposes, and in 
 amounts, specified for Community Project Funding in the table 
 entitled ``Community Project Funding'' included in the Report 
 accompanying this Act: Provided, That unless otherwise 
 specified, applicable requirements under chapter 53 of such 
 title shall apply to amounts made available in this paragraph, 
 except that the Federal share of the costs for a project in 
 this paragraph shall be in an amount equal to 80 percent of the 
 net costs of the Federal share of the net costs of the project, 
 unless the Secretary approves a higher maximum Federal share of 
 the net costs of the project consistent with the administration 
 of similar projects funded under chapter 53 of such title:
 Provided further, That amounts made available under this heading in 
this Act shall be derived from the general fund and shall not be 
subject to any limitation on obligations for transit programs set forth 
in this or any other Act.

 technical assistance and training

 For necessary expenses to carry out 

section 5314 of title 49, 
United States Code, $7,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2027: Provided, That the assistance provided under this heading does 
not duplicate the activities of 

section 5311

    (b) or 

section 5312 of 
title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That amounts made 
available under this heading are in addition to any other amounts made 
available for such purposes: Provided further, That amounts made 
available under this heading shall not be subject to any limitation on 
obligations set forth in this or any other Act.

 capital investment grants

 (including transfer of funds)

 For necessary expenses to carry out fixed guideway capital 
investment grants under 

section 5309 of title 49, United States Code, 
and 

section 3005

    (b) of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act 
(Public Law 114-94), $53,745,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which $53,212,000 shall be available for projects authorized under 

section 5309
            (d) of title 49, United States Code:
 Provided further, That the amounts made available under this heading 
shall be made available for the purposes, and in amounts, specified for 
Capital Investment Grants in the tables under the heading ``Capital 
Investment Grants'' in the Report accompanying this Act: Provided 
further, That not to exceed 10 percent of any funding level specified 
under this heading in the Report may be transferred to any other 
funding level specified under this heading in the Report: Provided 
further, That no transfer may increase or decrease any funding level by 
more than 10 percent: Provided further, That any transfer in excess of 
10 percent shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under 

section 405 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or 
expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that 
section: Provided further, That for funds made available under this 
heading in division J of Public Law 117-58 the second through sixth 
provisos shall be treated as inapplicable for fiscal year 2026: 
Provided further, That for funds made available under this heading in 
division J of Public Law 117-58 for fiscal year 2026, $404,000,000 may 
be available for projects authorized under 

section 5309
            (d) of title 49, 
United States Code: Provided further, That for funds made available 
under this heading in division J of Public Law 117-58 for fiscal year 
2025, $1,180,000,000 may be available for projects authorized under 

section 5309

    (h) of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, 
That amounts repurposed pursuant to the preceding provisos shall 
continue to be treated as amounts specified in 

section 103

    (b) of 
division A of Public Law 118-5.

 grants to the washington metropolitan area transit authority

 For grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority as 
authorized under 

section 601 of division B of the Passenger Rail 
Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-432), 
$150,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 
Secretary of Transportation shall approve grants for capital and 
preventive maintenance expenditures for the Washington Metropolitan 
Area Transit Authority only after receiving and reviewing a request for 
each specific project: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
determine that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has 
placed the highest priority on those investments that will improve the 
safety of the system before approving such grants.

 administrative provisions--federal transit administration

 (including transfer of funds)

 (including rescissions)

 

Sec. 160. The limitations on obligations for the programs of the 
Federal Transit Administration shall not apply to any authority under 
49 U.S.C. 5338, previously made available for obligation, or to any 
other authority previously made available for obligation.
 

Sec. 161. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
appropriated or limited by this Act under the heading ``Capital 
Investment Grants'' of the Federal Transit Administration for projects 
specified in this Act not obligated by September 30, 2029, and other 
recoveries, shall be directed to projects eligible to use the funds for 
the purposes for which they were originally provided.
 

Sec. 162. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any funds 
appropriated before October 1, 2025, under any section of chapter 53 of 
title 49, United States Code, that remain available for expenditure, 
may be transferred to and administered under the most recent 
appropriation heading for any such section.
 

Sec. 163. None of the funds made available by this Act or any 
other Act shall be used to adjust apportionments or withhold funds from 
apportionments pursuant to 

section 9503

    (e)

    (4) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9503

    (e)

    (4) ).
 

Sec. 164. Of the unobligated balances from prior year 
appropriations made available in paragraphs

    (1) and

    (5) under the 
heading ``Federal Transit Administration--Transit Infrastructure 
Grants'' from the fiscal year 2025 act making appropriations for the 
Department of Transportation (P.L. 119-4), $40,000,000 are hereby 
rescinded.

 Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation

 The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation is 
hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds 
and borrowing authority available to the Corporation, and in accord 
with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to 
fiscal year limitations, as provided by 

section 9104 of title 31, 
United States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the programs 
set forth in the Corporation's budget for the current fiscal year.

 operations and maintenance

 (harbor maintenance trust fund)

 For necessary expenses to conduct the operations, maintenance, and 
capital infrastructure activities on portions of the St. Lawrence 
Seaway owned, operated, and maintained by the Great Lakes St. Lawrence 
Seaway Development Corporation, $38,080,000, to be derived from the 
Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to 

section 210 of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2238): Provided, That of 
the amounts made available under this heading, not less than 
$15,950,000 shall be for the seaway infrastructure program.

 Maritime Administration

 maritime security program

 (including rescission)

 For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a U.S.-flag 
merchant fleet as authorized under chapter 531 of title 46, United 
States Code, to serve the national security needs of the United States, 
$380,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That of 
the unobligated balances from prior year appropriations available under 
this heading, $27,000,000 are hereby rescinded.

 cable security fleet

 (including rescission)

 For the cable security fleet program, as authorized under chapter 
532 of title 46, United States Code, $10,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That of the unobligated balances from prior 
year appropriations available under this heading, $12,000,000 are 
hereby permanently rescinded.

 tanker security program

 (including rescission)

 For Tanker Security Fleet payments, as authorized under 

section 53406 of title 46, United States Code, $91,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided,That of the unobligated balances from prior 
year appropriations available under this heading, $54,000,000 are 
hereby permanently rescinded.

 operations and training

 For necessary expenses of operations and training activities 
authorized by law, $271,775,000: Provided, That of the sums 
appropriated under this heading--

    (1) $101,500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
 2027, for the operations of the United States Merchant Marine 
 Academy;

    (2) $50,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
 facilities maintenance and repair, and equipment, at the United 
 States Merchant Marine Academy;

    (3) $32,123,000 shall remain available until expended for 
 capital improvements at the United States Merchant Marine 
 Academy;

    (4) $5,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
 2027, for the maritime environmental and technical assistance 
 program authorized under 

section 50307 of title 46, United 
 States Code; and

    (5) $7,500,000 shall remain available until expended for 
 the United States marine highway program to make grants for the 
 purposes authorized under 

section 55601 of title 46, United 
 States Code:
 Provided further, That the Administrator of the Maritime 
Administration shall transmit to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations the annual report on sexual assault and sexual 
harassment at the United States Merchant Marine Academy as required 
pursuant to 

section 3510 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
fiscal year 2017 (46 U.S.C. 51318): Provided further, That available 
balances under this heading for the short sea transportation program or 
America's marine highway program (now known as the United States marine 
highway program) from prior year recoveries shall be available to carry 
out activities authorized under 

section 55601 of title 46, United 
States Code.

 state maritime academy operations

 For necessary expenses of operations, support, and training 
activities for State Maritime Academies, $91,000,000: Provided, That 
of the sums appropriated under this heading--

    (1) $7,800,000 shall remain available until expended for 
 maintenance, repair, and life extension of training ships at 
 the State Maritime Academies;

    (2) $70,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
 the national security multi-mission vessel program, including 
 funds for expenses related to the operation, oversight, and 
 management of school ships constructed with funds provided for 
 the National Security Multi-Mission Vessel Program, including 
 insurance, maintenance, repair and equipment costs; and, as 
 determined by the Secretary, necessary expenses to design, 
 plan, construct infrastructure, and purchase equipment 
 necessary to berth such ships: Provided, That such funds may 
 be used to reimburse State Maritime Academies for costs 
 incurred prior to the date of enactment of this Act;

    (3) $2,400,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
 2030, for the student incentive program;

    (4) $3,800,000 shall remain available until expended for 
 training ship fuel assistance; and

    (5) $7,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
 2027, for direct payments for State Maritime Academies: 
 Provided, That each institution eligible for such payments 
 receives no more than $1,000,000.

 assistance to small shipyards

 (including transfer of funds)

 To make grants to qualified shipyards as authorized under 

section 54101 of title 46, United States Code, $30,000,000, to remain available 
to be expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, amounts made available under this heading shall be derived by 
transfer from the unobligated balances of amounts previously 
appropriated for fiscal years 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026 under 
paragraph

    (5) of the heading ``highway infrastructure programs'' in 
division J of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 
117-58): Provided further, That amounts transferred pursuant to the 
preceding provisos shall continue to be treated as amounts specified in 

section 103

    (b) of division A of Public Law 118-5.

 ship disposal

 For necessary expenses related to the disposal of obsolete vessels 
in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the Maritime Administration, 
$6,000,000, to remain available until expended.

 maritime guaranteed loan (title xi) program account

 (including transfer of funds)

 For administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan 
program, $4,000,000, which shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriations for ``Maritime Administration--Operations and 
Training''.

 port infrastructure development program

 (including transfer of funds)

 To make grants to improve port facilities as authorized under 

section 54301 of title 46, United States Code, and 

section 3501

    (9) of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2025 (Public Law 
118-159), $123,470,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That of the sums appropriated under this heading in this Act--

    (1) $80,000,000 shall be for projects in coastal seaports, 
 inland river ports, or Great Lakes ports: Provided, That for 
 grants awarded under this paragraph, the minimum grant size 
 shall be $1,000,000: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
 any other provision of law, amounts made available under this 
 paragraph shall be derived by transfer from the unobligated 
 balances of amounts previously appropriated for fiscal years 
 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026 under paragraph

    (5) of the heading 
 ``highway infrastructure programs'' in division J of the 
 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58): 
 Provided further, That amounts transferred pursuant to the 
 preceding provisos shall continue to be treated as amounts 
 specified in 

section 103

    (b) of division A of Public Law 118-5; 
 and

    (2) $43,470,000 shall be for purposes, and in the amounts, 
 specific for Community Project Funding included in the table 
 entitled ``Community Project Funding'' included in the Report 
 accompanying this Act.

 administrative provision--maritime administration

 (including rescission)

 

Sec. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, in 
addition to any existing authority, the Maritime Administration is 
authorized to furnish utilities and services and make necessary repairs 
in connection with any lease, contract, or occupancy involving 
Government property under control of the Maritime Administration: 
Provided, That payments received therefor shall be credited to the 
appropriation charged with the cost thereof and shall remain available 
until expended: Provided further, That rental payments under any such 
lease, contract, or occupancy for items other than such utilities, 
services, or repairs shall be deposited into the Treasury as 
miscellaneous receipts.
 

Sec. 171. Of the unobligated balances from prior year 
appropriations available under the heading ``Maritime Administration--
Maritime Guaranteed Loan (Title XI) Program Account'', $86,000,000 are 
hereby rescinded.

 Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

 operational expenses

 For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline and Hazardous 
Materials Safety Administration, $28,619,000, of which $4,500,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2028.

 hazardous materials safety

 For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous materials safety 
functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 
Administration, $68,511,000, of which $9,570,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2028, of which $1,000,000 shall be made available 
for carrying out 

Section 5107
            (i) of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided, That up to $800,000 in fees collected under 

section 5108

    (g) of title 49, United States Code, shall be deposited in the general fund 
of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided further, That there 
may be credited to this appropriation, to be available until expended, 
funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other public 
authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for training, 
for reports publication and dissemination, and for travel expenses 
incurred in performance of hazardous materials exemptions and approvals 
functions.

 pipeline safety

 (pipeline safety fund)

 (oil spill liability trust fund)

 For expenses necessary to carry out a pipeline safety program, as 
authorized by 

section 60107 of title 49, United States Code, and to 
discharge the pipeline program responsibilities of the Oil Pollution 
Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-380), $218,288,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2027, of which $30,000,000 shall be derived from 
the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which $180,888,000 shall be 
derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund; of which $400,000 shall be 
derived from the fees collected under 

section 60303 of title 49, United 
States Code, and deposited in the Liquefied Natural Gas Siting Account 
for compliance reviews of liquefied natural gas facilities; and of 
which $7,000,000 shall be derived from fees collected under 

section 60302 of title 49, United States Code, and deposited in the Underground 
Natural Gas Storage Facility Safety Account for the purpose of carrying 
out 

section 60141 of title 49, United States Code: Provided, That not 
less than $1,058,000 of the amounts made available under this heading 
shall be for the one-call state grant program: Provided further, That 
any amounts made available under this heading in this Act or in prior 
Acts for research contracts, grants, cooperative agreements or research 
other transactions agreements

    (OTAs) shall require written notification 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than 3 
full business days before such research contracts, grants, cooperative 
agreements, or research OTAs are announced by the Department of 
Transportation: Provided further, That the Secretary shall transmit to 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations the report on 
pipeline safety testing enhancement as required pursuant to 

section 105 
of the Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety 
Act of 2020 (division R of Public Law 116-260): Provided further, That 
the Secretary may obligate amounts made available under this heading to 
engineer, erect, alter, and repair buildings or make any other public 
improvements for research facilities at the Transportation Technology 
Center after the Secretary submits an updated research plan and the 
report in the preceding proviso to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations and after such plan and report in the preceding proviso 
are approved by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.

 emergency preparedness grants

 (limitation on obligations)

 (emergency preparedness fund)

 For expenses necessary to carry out the Emergency Preparedness 
Grants program, not more than $46,825,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2028, from amounts made available by 

section 5116

    (h) and 
subsections

    (b) and
            (c) of 

section 5128 of title 49, United States 
Code: Provided, That notwithstanding 

section 5116

    (h)

    (4) of title 49, 
United States Code, not more than 4 percent of the amounts made 
available from this account shall be available to pay the 
administrative costs of carrying out sections 5116, 5107

    (e) , and 
5108

    (g)

    (2) of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding subsections

    (b) and
            (c) of 

section 5128 of title 49, 
United States Code, and the limitation on obligations provided under 
this heading, prior year recoveries recognized in the current year 
shall be available to develop and deliver hazardous materials emergency 
response training for emergency responders, including response 
activities for the transportation of crude oil, ethanol, flammable 
liquids, and other hazardous commodities by rail, consistent with 
National Fire Protection Association standards, and to make such 
training available through an electronic format: Provided further, 
That the prior year recoveries made available under this heading shall 
also be available to carry out sections 5116

    (a)

    (1)
            (C) , 5116

    (h) , 
5116
            (i) , 5116

    (j) , and 5107

    (e) of title 49, United States Code.

 Office of Inspector General

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General to carry 
out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 
$104,807,000: Provided, That the Inspector General shall have all 
necessary authority, in carrying out the duties specified in the 
Inspector General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.), to investigate 
allegations of fraud, including false statements to the government (18 
U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity that is subject to regulation by 
the Department of Transportation.

 General Provisions--Department of Transportation

 

Sec. 180.

    (a) During the current fiscal year, applicable 
appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall be available 
for maintenance and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles and aircraft; purchase of liability insurance for motor 
vehicles operating in foreign countries on official department 
business; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 
sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code.

    (b) During the current fiscal year, applicable appropriations to 
the Department and its operating administrations shall be available for 
the purchase, maintenance, operation, and deployment of unmanned 
aircraft systems that advance the missions of the Department of 
Transportation or an operating administration of the Department of 
Transportation.
            (c) Any unmanned aircraft system purchased, procured, or contracted 
for by the Department prior to the date of enactment of this Act shall 
be deemed authorized by Congress as if this provision was in effect 
when the system was purchased, procured, or contracted for.
 

Sec. 181. Appropriations contained in this Act for the Department 
of Transportation shall be available for services as authorized by 

section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for 
individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for 
an Executive Level IV.
 

Sec. 182.

    (a) No recipient of amounts made available by this Act 
shall disseminate personal information (as defined in 

section 2725

    (3) of title 18, United States Code) obtained by a State department of 
motor vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle record as defined in 

section 2725

    (1) of title 18, United States Code, except as provided in 

section 2721 of title 18, United States Code, for a use permitted under 

section 2721 of title 18, United States Code.

    (b) Notwithstanding subsection

    (a) , the Secretary shall not 
withhold amounts made available by this Act for any grantee if a State 
is in noncompliance with this provision.
 

Sec. 183. None of the funds made available by this Act shall be 
available for salaries and expenses of more than 125 political and 
Presidential appointees in the Department of Transportation: Provided, 
That none of the personnel covered by this provision may be assigned on 
temporary detail outside the Department of Transportation.
 

Sec. 184. Funds received by the Federal Highway Administration and 
Federal Railroad Administration from States, counties, municipalities, 
other public authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for 
training may be credited respectively to the Federal Highway 
Administration's ``Federal-Aid Highways'' account and to the Federal 
Railroad Administration's ``Safety and Operations'' account, except for 
State rail safety inspectors participating in training pursuant to 

section 20105 of title 49, United States Code.
 

Sec. 185. None of the funds made available by this Act or in title 
VIII of division J of Public Law 117-58 to the Department of 
Transportation may be used to make a loan, loan guarantee, line of 
credit, letter of intent, federally funded cooperative agreement, full 
funding grant agreement, or discretionary grant unless the Secretary of 
Transportation notifies the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations not less than 3 full business days before any project 
competitively selected to receive any discretionary grant award, letter 
of intent, loan commitment, loan guarantee commitment, line of credit 
commitment, federally funded cooperative agreement, or full funding 
grant agreement is announced by the Department or its operating 
administrations: Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation shall 
provide the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations with a 
comprehensive list of all such loans, loan guarantees, lines of credit, 
letters of intent, federally funded cooperative agreements, full 
funding grant agreements, and discretionary grants prior to the 
notification required under the preceding proviso: Provided further, 
That the Secretary gives concurrent notification to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations for any ``quick release'' of funds 
from the emergency relief program: Provided further, That no 
notification shall involve funds that are not available for obligation.
 

Sec. 186. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor fees, and 
other funds received by the Department of Transportation from travel 
management centers, charge card programs, the subleasing of building 
space, and miscellaneous sources are to be credited to appropriations 
of the Department of Transportation and allocated to organizational 
units of the Department of Transportation using fair and equitable 
criteria and such funds shall be available until expended.
 

Sec. 187. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if any funds 
provided by or limited by this Act are subject to a reprogramming 
action that requires notice to be provided to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations, transmission of such reprogramming notice 
shall be provided solely to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations, and such reprogramming action shall be approved or 
denied solely by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation may provide notice to 
other congressional committees of the action of the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations on such reprogramming but not sooner than 
30 days after the date on which the reprogramming action has been 
approved or denied by the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations.
 

Sec. 188. Funds appropriated by this Act to the operating 
administrations may be obligated for the Office of the Secretary for 
the costs related to assessments or reimbursable agreements only when 
such amounts are for the costs of goods and services that are purchased 
to provide a direct benefit to the applicable operating administration 
or administrations.
 

Sec. 189. The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to carry 
out a program that establishes uniform standards for developing and 
supporting agency transit pass and transit benefits authorized under 

section 7905 of title 5, United States Code, including distribution of 
transit benefits by various paper and electronic media.
 

Sec. 190. The Department of Transportation may use funds provided 
by this Act, or any other Act, to assist a contract under title 49 or 
23 of the United States Code utilizing geographic, economic, or any 
other hiring preference not otherwise authorized by law, or to amend a 
rule, regulation, policy or other measure that forbids a recipient of a 
Federal Highway Administration or Federal Transit Administration grant 
from imposing such hiring preference on a contract or construction 
project with which the Department of Transportation is assisting, only 
if the grant recipient certifies the following:

    (1) that except with respect to apprentices or trainees, a 
 pool of readily available but unemployed individuals possessing 
 the knowledge, skill, and ability to perform the work that the 
 contract requires resides in the jurisdiction;

    (2) that the grant recipient will include appropriate 
 provisions in its bid document ensuring that the contractor 
 does not displace any of its existing employees in order to 
 satisfy such hiring preference; and

    (3) that any increase in the cost of labor, training, or 
 delays resulting from the use of such hiring preference does 
 not delay or displace any transportation project in the 
 applicable statewide transportation improvement program or 
 transportation improvement program.
 

Sec. 191. The Secretary of Transportation shall coordinate with 
the Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure that best practices for 
Industrial Control Systems Procurement are up-to-date and shall ensure 
that systems procured with funds provided under this title were 
procured using such practices.
 

Sec. 192. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
in contravention of the American Security Drone Act of 2023 (subtitle B 
of title XVIII of division A of Public Law 118-31).
 

Sec. 193. None of the funds appropriated or made available by this 
Act shall be used to enforce a mask mandate in response to the COVID-19 
virus.
 

Sec. 194.

    (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this or any other Act may be used to license, facilitate, 
coordinate, or otherwise allow officials of a country designated as a 
state sponsor of terrorism within the past 3 fiscal years, to, in the 
official capacity of such official, observe, tour, visit, or confer 
with the employees of the Department of Transportation, including the 
Federal Aviation Administration.

    (b) In this section, the term ``state sponsor of terrorism'' means 
a country the government of which the Secretary of State determines has 
repeatedly provided support for international terrorism pursuant to--

    (1) section 1754
            (c) (1)
        (A) of the Export Control Reform Act 
 of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4318
            (c) (1)
        (A) );

    (2) section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
 U.S.C. 2371);

    (3) section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
 2780); or

    (4) any other provision of law.
 

Sec. 195. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the amount 
otherwise provided under the heading ``Office of the Secretary--
Salaries and Expenses--Office of the General Counsel'' is hereby 
reduced by $10,000,000: Provided, That such amount shall be transferred 
and made available to the ``Federal Highway Administration--Highway 
Infrastructure Programs'' for the Regional Infrastructure Accelerator 
program to supports its initiatives and operations.
 This title may be cited as the ``Department of Transportation 
Appropriations Act, 2026''.

 TITLE II

 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

 Management and Administration

 executive offices

 For necessary salaries and expenses for Executive Offices, which 
shall be comprised of the offices of the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, 
Adjudicatory Services, Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations, 
Public Affairs, Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, and the 
Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, $17,500,000 to 
remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That not to 
exceed $25,000 of the amount made available under this heading shall be 
available to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (referred 
to in this title as ``the Secretary'') for official reception and 
representation expenses as the Secretary may determine.

 administrative support offices

 For necessary salaries and expenses for Administrative Support 
Offices, $580,800,000 to remain available until September 30, 2027: 
Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading--

    (1) $87,000,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
 Chief Financial Officer;

    (2) $103,000,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
 General Counsel;

    (3) $225,850,000 shall be available for the Office of 
 Administration;

    (4) $46,750,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
 Chief Human Capital Officer;

    (5) $24,250,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
 Chief Procurement Officer;

    (6) $39,250,000 shall be available for the Office of Field 
 Policy and Management;

    (7) $2,700,000 shall be available for the Office of 
 Departmental Equal Employment Opportunity; and

    (8) $52,000,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
 Chief Information Officer:
 Provided further, That funds made available under this heading may be 
used for necessary administrative and non-administrative expenses of 
the Department, not otherwise provided for, including purchase of 
uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 
5902 of title 5, United States Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
and services as authorized by 

section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds appropriated under this heading may be used for advertising 
and promotional activities that directly support program activities 
funded in this title.

 program offices

 For necessary salaries and expenses for Program Offices, 
$870,700,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided, 
That of the sums appropriated under this heading--

    (1) $238,374,000 shall be available for the Office of 
 Public and Indian Housing;

    (2) $126,460,000 shall be available for the Office of 
 Community Planning and Development;

    (3) $395,199,000 shall be available for the Office of 
 Housing;

    (4) $31,365,000 shall be available for the Office of Policy 
 Development and Research;

    (5) $68,003,000 shall be available for the Office of Fair 
 Housing and Equal Opportunity; and

    (6) $11,299,000 shall be available for the Office of Lead 
 Hazard Control and Healthy Homes.

 working capital fund

 (including transfer of funds)

 For the working capital fund for the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development (referred to in this paragraph as the ``Fund''), 
pursuant, in part, to 

section 7

    (f) of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3535

    (f) ), amounts transferred, 
including reimbursements pursuant to 

section 7

    (f) , to the Fund under 
this heading shall be available only for Federal shared services used 
by offices and agencies of the Department, for services the Secretary 
has determined shall be provided through the Fund, and for the 
operational expenses of the Fund: Provided, That upon a determination 
by the Secretary that any other service (or portion thereof) authorized 
under this heading shall be provided through the Fund, amounts made 
available in this title for salaries and expenses under the headings 
``Executive Offices'', ``Administrative Support Offices'', ``Program 
Offices'', and ``Government National Mortgage Association'', for such 
services shall be transferred to the Fund, to remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That the Secretary shall notify the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations of its plans for executing such 
transfers at least 15 days in advance of such transfers.

 Public and Indian Housing

 tenant-based rental assistance

 For activities and assistance for the provision of tenant-based 
rental assistance authorized under the United States Housing Act of 
1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (in this title ``the Act''), 
not otherwise provided for, $31,267,941,000 to remain available until 
expended, which shall be available on October 1, 2025 (in addition to 
the $4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this heading that 
shall be available on October 1, 2025), and $4,000,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, which shall be available on October 1, 2026: 
Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading--

    (1) $32,145,000,000 shall be available for renewals of 
 expiring 

section 8 tenant-based annual contributions contracts 
 (including renewals of enhanced vouchers under any provision of 
 law authorizing such assistance under 

section 8

    (t) of the Act) 
 and including renewal of other special purpose incremental 
 vouchers: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision 
 of law, from amounts provided under this paragraph and any 
 carryover, the Secretary for the calendar year 2026 funding 
 cycle shall provide renewal funding for each public housing 
 agency based on validated voucher management system

    (VMS) or 
 successor system leasing and cost data for the prior calendar 
 year and by applying an inflation factor as established by the 
 Secretary, by notice published in the Federal Register, and by 
 making any necessary adjustments for the costs associated with 
 the first-time renewal of vouchers under this paragraph 
 including tenant protection and Choice Neighborhoods vouchers: 
 Provided further, That none of the funds provided under this 
 paragraph may be used to fund a total number of unit months 
 under lease which exceeds a public housing agency's authorized 
 level of units under contract, except for public housing 
 agencies participating in the Moving to Work

    (MTW) demonstration, which are instead governed in accordance with 
 the requirements of the MTW demonstration program or their MTW 
 agreements, if any: Provided further, That the Secretary 
 shall, to the extent necessary to stay within the amount 
 specified under this paragraph (except as otherwise modified 
 under this paragraph), prorate each public housing agency's 
 allocation otherwise established pursuant to this paragraph: 
 Provided further, That except as provided in the following 
 provisos, the entire amount specified under this paragraph 
 (except as otherwise modified under this paragraph) shall be 
 obligated to the public housing agencies based on the 
 allocation and pro rata method described above, and the 
 Secretary shall notify public housing agencies of their annual 
 budget by the latter of 60 days after enactment of this Act or 
 March 1, 2026: Provided further, That the Secretary may extend 
 the notification period with the prior written approval of the 
 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
 further, That public housing agencies participating in the MTW 
 demonstration shall be funded in accordance with the 
 requirements of the MTW demonstration program or their MTW 
 agreements, if any, and shall be subject to the same pro rata 
 adjustments under the preceding provisos: Provided further, 
 That the Secretary may perform a statutory offset of public 
 housing agencies' calendar year 2026 allocations based on the 
 excess amounts of public housing agencies' net restricted 
 assets accounts, including HUD-held programmatic reserves (in 
 accordance with VMS or successor system data in calendar year 
 2024 that is verifiable and complete), as determined by the 
 Secretary: Provided further, That the Secretary shall use any 
 offset referred to in the preceding two provisos throughout the 
 calendar year to prevent the termination of rental assistance 
 for families as the result of insufficient funding, as 
 determined by the Secretary, and to avoid or reduce the 
 proration of renewal funding allocations: Provided further, 
 That up to $200,000,000 shall be available only:
        (A) for adjustments in the allocations for public 
 housing agencies, after application for an adjustment 
 by a public housing agency that experienced a 
 significant increase, as determined by the Secretary, 
 in renewal costs of vouchers resulting from unforeseen 
 circumstances or from portability under 

section 8

    (r) of 
 the Act;
        (B) for vouchers that were not in use during the 
 previous 12-month period in order to be available to 
 meet a commitment pursuant to 

section 8

    (o)

    (13) of the 
 Act, or an adjustment for a funding obligation not yet 
 expended in the previous calendar year for a MTW-
 eligible activity to develop affordable housing for an 
 agency added to the MTW demonstration under the 
 expansion authority provided in 

section 239 of the 
 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and 
 Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (division L 
 of Public Law 114-113);
            (C) for adjustments for costs associated with HUD-
 Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) 
 vouchers;
            (D) for public housing agencies that despite taking 
 reasonable cost savings measures, as determined by the 
 Secretary, would otherwise be required to terminate 
 rental assistance for families as a result of 
 insufficient funding;
        (E) for adjustments in the allocations for public 
 housing agencies that--
            (i) are leasing a lower-than-average 
 percentage of their authorized vouchers,
            (ii) have low amounts of budget authority 
 in their net restricted assets accounts and 
 HUD-held programmatic reserves, relative to 
 other agencies, and
            (iii) are not participating in the Moving 
 to Work demonstration, to enable such agencies 
 to lease more vouchers;
        (F) for withheld payments in accordance with 
 

section 8

    (o)

    (8)
        (A)
            (ii) of the Act for months in the 
 previous calendar year that were subsequently paid by 
 the public housing agency after the agency's actual 
 costs were validated; and
        (G) for public housing agencies that have 
 experienced increased costs or loss of units in an area 
 for which the President declared a disaster under title 
 IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
 Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 et seq.):
 Provided further, That the Secretary shall allocate amounts 
 under the preceding proviso based on need, as determined by the 
 Secretary;

    (2) $374,876,000 shall be available for 

section 8 rental 
 assistance for relocation and replacement of housing units that 
 are demolished or disposed of pursuant to 

section 18 of the 
 Act, conversion of 

section 23 projects to assistance under 
 

section 8, relocation of witnesses (including victims of 
 violent crimes) in connection with efforts to combat crime in 
 public and assisted housing pursuant to a request from a law 
 enforcement or prosecution agency, enhanced vouchers under any 
 provision of law authorizing such assistance under 

section 8

    (t) of the Act, Choice Neighborhood vouchers, mandatory and 
 voluntary conversions, and tenant protection assistance 
 including replacement and relocation assistance or for project-
 based assistance to prevent the displacement of unassisted 
 elderly tenants currently residing in 

section 202 properties 
 financed between 1959 and 1974 that are refinanced pursuant to 
 Public Law 106-569, as amended, or under the authority as 
 provided under this Act: Provided, That the Secretary may, not 
 less than 3 days after providing notice to the House and Senate 
 Committees on Appropriations, reprogram amounts made available 
 under this paragraph to utilize such amounts to avoid or reduce 
 the proration of renewal funding allocations under paragraph

    (1) under this heading: Provided further, That when a public 
 housing development is submitted for demolition or disposition 
 under 

section 18 of the Act, the Secretary may provide 

section 8 rental assistance when the units pose an imminent health and 
 safety risk to residents: Provided further, That the Secretary 
 may provide 

section 8 rental assistance from amounts made 
 available under this paragraph for units assisted under a 
 project-based subsidy contract funded under the ``Project-Based 
 Rental Assistance'' heading under this title where the owner 
 has received a Notice of Default and the units pose an imminent 
 health and safety risk to residents: Provided further, That of 
 the amounts made available under this paragraph, no less than 
 $5,000,000 may be available to provide tenant protection 
 assistance, not otherwise provided under this paragraph, to 
 residents residing in low vacancy areas and who may have to pay 
 rents greater than 30 percent of household income, as the 
 result of:
        (A) the maturity of a HUD-insured, HUD-held or 
 

section 202 loan that requires the permission of the Secretary 
 prior to loan prepayment;
        (B) the expiration of a rental 
 assistance contract for which the tenants are not eligible for 
 enhanced voucher or tenant protection assistance under existing 
 law; or
            (C) the expiration of affordability restrictions 
 accompanying a mortgage or preservation program administered by 
 the Secretary: Provided further, That such tenant protection 
 assistance made available under the preceding proviso may be 
 provided under the authority of 

section 8

    (t) or 

section 8

    (o)

    (13) of the Act: Provided further, That amounts made 
 available under this paragraph may be available to provide 
 calendar year 2026 assistance to public housing agencies that 
 would otherwise be required to terminate Emergency Housing 
 Voucher assistance (Public Law 117-2; 135 Stat. 58; 42 U.S.C. 
 1437f) for families as a result of insufficient funding: 
 Provided further, That any tenant protection voucher made 
 available from amounts under this paragraph shall not be 
 reissued by any public housing agency, except the replacement 
 vouchers as defined by the Secretary by notice, when the 
 initial family that received any such voucher no longer 
 receives such voucher, and the authority for any public housing 
 agency to issue any such voucher shall cease to exist: 
 Provided further, That the Secretary may only provide 
 replacement vouchers for units that were occupied within the 
 previous 24 months that cease to be available as assisted 
 housing, subject only to the availability of funds;

    (3) $1,975,124,000 shall be available for administrative 
 and other expenses of public housing agencies in administering 
 the 

section 8 tenant-based rental assistance program, of which 
 up to $30,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary to 
 allocate to public housing agencies that need additional funds 
 to administer their 

section 8 programs, including fees 
 associated with 

section 8 tenant protection rental assistance, 
 the administration of disaster related vouchers, HUD-VASH 
 vouchers, and other special purpose incremental vouchers: 
 Provided, That no less than $1,945,124,000 of the amount 
 provided in this paragraph shall be allocated to public housing 
 agencies for the calendar year 2025 funding cycle based on 
 

section 8

    (q) of the Act (and related appropriation Act 
 provisions) as in effect immediately before the enactment of 
 the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (Public 
 Law 105-276): Provided further, That if the amounts made 
 available under this paragraph are insufficient to pay the 
 amounts determined under the preceding proviso, the Secretary 
 may decrease the amounts allocated to agencies by a uniform 
 percentage applicable to all agencies receiving funding under 
 this paragraph or may, to the extent necessary to provide full 
 payment of amounts determined under the preceding proviso, 
 utilize unobligated balances, including recaptures and 
 carryover, remaining from funds appropriated under this heading 
 from prior fiscal years, excluding special purpose vouchers, 
 notwithstanding the purposes for which such amounts were 
 appropriated: Provided further, That all public housing 
 agencies participating in the MTW demonstration shall be funded 
 in accordance with the requirements of the MTW demonstration 
 program or their MTW agreements, if any, and shall be subject 
 to the same uniform percentage decrease as under the preceding 
 proviso: Provided further, That amounts provided under this 
 paragraph shall be only for activities related to the provision 
 of tenant-based rental assistance authorized under 

section 8, 
 including related development activities;

    (4) $742,941,000 shall be available for the renewal of 
 tenant-based assistance contracts under 

section 811 of the 
 Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
 8013), including necessary administrative expenses: Provided, 
 That administrative and other expenses of public housing 
 agencies in administering the special purpose vouchers in this 
 paragraph shall be funded under the same terms and be subject 
 to the same pro rata reduction as the percent decrease for 
 administrative and other expenses to public housing agencies 
 under paragraph

    (3) of this heading: Provided further, That up 
 to $10,000,000 shall be available only--
        (A) for adjustments in the allocation for public 
 housing agencies, after applications for an adjustment 
 by a public housing agency that experienced a 
 significant increase, as determined by the Secretary, 
 in Mainstream renewal costs resulting from unforeseen 
 circumstances; and
        (B) for public housing agencies that despite taking 
 reasonable cost savings measures, as determined by the 
 Secretary, would otherwise be required to terminate the 
 rental assistance for Mainstream families as a result 
 of insufficient funding:
 Provided further, That the Secretary shall allocate amounts 
 under the preceding proviso based on need, as determined by the 
 Secretary: Provided further, That upon turnover, 

section 811 
 special purpose vouchers funded under this heading in this or 
 prior Acts, or under any other heading in prior Acts, shall be 
 provided to non-elderly persons with disabilities;

    (5) of the amounts provided under paragraph

    (1) , up to 
 $10,000,000 shall be available for rental assistance and 
 associated administrative fees for Tribal HUD-VASH to serve 
 Native American veterans that are homeless or at-risk of 
 homelessness living on or near a reservation or other Indian 
 areas: Provided, That such amount shall be made available for 
 renewal grants to recipients that received assistance under 
 prior Acts under the Tribal HUD-VASH program: Provided 
 further, That the Secretary shall be authorized to specify 
 criteria for renewal grants, including data on the utilization 
 of assistance reported by grant recipients: Provided further, 
 That such assistance shall be administered in accordance with 
 program requirements under the Native American Housing 
 Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 and modeled after 
 the HUD-VASH program: Provided further, That the Secretary 
 shall be authorized to waive, or specify alternative 
 requirements for any provision of any statute or regulation 
 that the Secretary administers in connection with the use of 
 funds made available under this paragraph (except for 
 requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor 
 standards, and the environment), upon a finding by the 
 Secretary that any such waivers or alternative requirements are 
 necessary for the effective delivery and administration of such 
 assistance: Provided further, That grant recipients shall 
 report to the Secretary on utilization of such rental 
 assistance and other program data, as prescribed by the 
 Secretary: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
 reallocate, as determined by the Secretary, amounts returned or 
 recaptured from awards under the Tribal HUD-VASH program under 
 prior Acts to existing recipients under the Tribal HUD-VASH 
 program; and

    (6) $30,000,000 shall be available for new incremental 
 voucher assistance to assist eligible youth as defined by such 
 

section 8
            (x) (2)
        (B) of the Act, which shall continue to remain 
 available for such eligible youth upon turnover: Provided, 
 That such amounts shall be available on a noncompetitive basis 
 to public housing agencies that partner with public child 
 welfare agencies to identify such eligible youth, that request 
 such assistance to timely assist such eligible youth, and that 
 meet any other criteria as specified by the Secretary: 
 Provided further, That the Secretary shall review utilization 
 of such assistance and assistance originating from 
 appropriations made available for youth under this heading in 
 any prior Act that the Secretary made available on a 
 noncompetitive basis, at an interval to be determined by the 
 Secretary, and unutilized voucher assistance that is no longer 
 needed based on such review shall be recaptured by the 
 Secretary and reallocated pursuant to the preceding proviso: 
 Provided further, That assistance under this paragraph shall 
 be known and designated as ``The First Lady Melania Trump Youth 
 Foster to Independence Initiative''; and

    (7) the Secretary shall separately track all special 
 purpose vouchers funded under this heading.

 housing certificate fund

 (including rescissions)

 Unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining 
from funds appropriated to the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development under this heading, the heading ``Annual Contributions for 
Assisted Housing'' and the heading ``Project-Based Rental Assistance'', 
for fiscal year 2026 and prior years may be used for renewal of or 
amendments to 

section 8 project-based contracts and for performance-
based contract administrators, notwithstanding the purposes for which 
such funds were appropriated: Provided, That any obligated balances of 
contract authority from fiscal year 1974 and prior fiscal years that 
have been terminated shall be rescinded: Provided further, That 
amounts heretofore recaptured, or recaptured during the current fiscal 
year, from 

section 8 project-based contracts from source years fiscal 
year 1975 through fiscal year 1987 are hereby rescinded, and an amount 
of additional new budget authority, equivalent to the amount rescinded 
is hereby appropriated, to remain available until expended, for the 
purposes set forth under this heading, in addition to amounts otherwise 
available.

 public housing fund

 For 2026 payments to public housing agencies for the operation and 
management of public housing, as authorized by 

section 9

    (e) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g

    (e) ) (the ``Act''), 
and to carry out capital and management activities for public housing 
agencies, as authorized under 

section 9
            (d) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 
1437g
            (d) ), $7,334,257,000 to remain available until September 30, 2029: 
 Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading--

    (1) $4,975,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary to 
 allocate pursuant to the Operating Fund formula at part 990 of 
 title 24, Code of Federal Regulations, for 2026 payments;

    (2) $25,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary to 
 allocate pursuant to a need-based application process 
 notwithstanding 

section 203 of this title and not subject to 
 such Operating Fund formula to public housing agencies that 
 experience, or are at risk of, financial shortfalls, as 
 determined by the Secretary: Provided, That after all such 
 shortfall needs are met, the Secretary may distribute any 
 remaining funds to all public housing agencies on a pro-rata 
 basis pursuant to such Operating Fund formula;

    (3) $2,286,257,000 shall be available for the Secretary to 
 allocate pursuant to the Capital Fund formula at 

section 905.400 of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations: Provided, 
 That for funds provided under this paragraph, the limitation in 
 

section 9

    (g)

    (1) of the Act shall be 25 percent: That the 
 Secretary may waive the limitation in the preceding proviso to 
 allow public housing agencies to fund activities authorized 
 under 

section 9

    (e)

    (1)
            (C) of the Act: Provided further, That 
 the Secretary shall notify public housing agencies requesting 
 waivers under the preceding proviso if the request is approved 
 or denied within 14 calendar days of submitting the request: 
 Provided further, That from the funds made available under this 
 paragraph, the Secretary shall provide bonus awards in fiscal 
 year 2026 to public housing agencies that are designated high 
 performers: Provided further, That the Department shall notify 
 public housing agencies of their formula allocation within 60 
 days of enactment of this Act;

    (4) $30,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary to 
 make grants, notwithstanding 

section 203 of this title, to 
 public housing agencies for emergency capital needs, including 
 safety and security measures necessary to address crime and 
 drug-related activity, as well as needs resulting from 
 unforeseen or unpreventable emergencies and natural disasters 
 excluding Presidentially declared emergencies and natural 
 disasters under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
 Emergency Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) occurring in fiscal year 
 2026: Provided, That of the amount made available under this 
 paragraph, not less than $10,000,000 shall be for safety and 
 security measures: Provided further, That in addition to the 
 amount in the preceding proviso for such safety and security 
 measures, any amounts that remain available, after all 
 applications received on or before September 30, 2027, for 
 emergency capital needs have been processed, shall be allocated 
 to public housing agencies for such safety and security 
 measures; and

    (5) $15,000,000 shall be available to support the costs of 
 administrative and judicial receiverships and for competitive 
 grants to PHAs in receivership, designated troubled or 
 substandard, or otherwise at risk, as determined by the 
 Secretary, for costs associated with public housing asset 
 improvement, in addition to other amounts for that purpose 
 provided under any heading under this title:
 Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law or 
regulation, during fiscal year 2026, the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development may not delegate to any Department official other than the 
Deputy Secretary and the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
Housing any authority under paragraph

    (2) of 

section 9

    (j) of the Act 
regarding the extension of the time periods under such section: 
Provided further, That for purposes of such 

section 9

    (j) , the term 
``obligate'' means, with respect to amounts, that the amounts are 
subject to a binding agreement that will result in outlays, immediately 
or in the future.

 assisted housing inspections and risk assessments

 For the Department's inspection and assessment programs, including 
travel, training, and program support contracts, $50,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That unobligated 
balances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds 
appropriated under the heading ``Public Housing Fund'' to support 
ongoing public housing financial and physical assessment activities 
shall be available for the purposes authorized under this heading in 
addition to the purposes for which such funds originally were 
appropriated.

 self-sufficiency programs

 For activities and assistance related to self-sufficiency programs, 
to remain available until September 30, 2029, $175,000,000: Provided, 
That of the sums appropriated under this heading--

    (1) $125,000,000 shall be available for the family self-
 sufficiency program to support family self-sufficiency 
 coordinators under 

section 23 of the United States Housing Act 
 of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437u), to promote the development of local 
 strategies to coordinate the use of assistance under sections 8 
 and 9 of such Act with public and private resources, and enable 
 eligible families to achieve economic independence and self-
 sufficiency;

    (2) $35,000,000 shall be available for the resident 
 opportunity and self-sufficiency program to provide for 
 supportive services, service coordinators, and congregate 
 services as authorized by 

section 34 of the United States 
 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437z-6) and the Native American 
 Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 
 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.): Provided, That amounts made available 
 under this paragraph may be used to renew resident opportunity 
 and self-sufficiency program grants to allow the public housing 
 agency, or a new owner, to continue to serve (or restart 
 service to) residents of a project with assistance converted 
 from public housing to project-based rental assistance under 
 

section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
 1437f) or assistance under 

section 8

    (o)

    (13) of such Act under 
 the heading ``Rental Assistance Demonstration'' in the 
 Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 
 2012 (Public Law 112-55), as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437f note); 
 and

    (3) $15,000,000 shall be available for a jobs-plus 
 initiative, modeled after the jobs-plus demonstration: 
 Provided, That funding provided under this paragraph shall be 
 available for competitive grants to partnerships between public 
 housing authorities, local workforce investment boards 
 established under 

section 107 of the Workforce Innovation and 
 Opportunity Act of 2014 (29 U.S.C. 3122), and other agencies 
 and organizations that provide support to help public housing 
 residents obtain employment and increase earnings: Provided 
 further, That applicants must demonstrate the ability to 
 provide services to residents, partner with workforce 
 investment boards, and leverage service dollars: Provided 
 further, That the Secretary may allow public housing agencies 
 to request exemptions from rent and income limitation 
 requirements under sections 3 and 6 of the United States 
 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a, 1437d), as necessary to 
 implement the jobs-plus program, on such terms and conditions 
 as the Secretary may approve upon a finding by the Secretary 
 that any such waivers or alternative requirements are necessary 
 for the effective implementation of the jobs-plus initiative as 
 a voluntary program for residents: Provided further, That the 
 Secretary shall publish by notice in the Federal Register any 
 waivers or alternative requirements pursuant to the preceding 
 proviso no later than 10 days before the effective date of such 
 notice.

 native american programs

 For activities and assistance authorized under title I of the 
Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 
(in this heading ``NAHASDA'') (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), title I of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) 
with respect to Indian tribes, and related training and technical 
assistance, $1,344,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2030: Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading--

    (1) $1,111,000,000 shall be available for the Native 
 American housing block grants program, as authorized under 
 title I of NAHASDA: Provided, That, notwithstanding NAHASDA, 
 to determine the amount of the allocation under title I of such 
 Act for each Indian tribe, the Secretary shall apply the 
 formula under 

section 302 of such Act with the need component 
 based on single-race census data and with the need component 
 based on multi-race census data, and the amount of the 
 allocation for each Indian tribe shall be the greater of the 
 two resulting allocation amounts: Provided further, That the 
 Secretary shall notify grantees of their formula allocation not 
 later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act;

    (2) $150,000,000 shall be available for competitive grants 
 under the Native American housing block grants program, as 
 authorized under title I of NAHASDA: Provided, That the 
 Secretary shall obligate such amount for competitive grants to 
 eligible recipients authorized under NAHASDA that apply for 
 funds: Provided further, That in awarding amounts made 
 available in this paragraph, the Secretary shall consider need 
 and administrative capacity, and shall give priority to 
 projects that will spur construction and rehabilitation of 
 housing: Provided further, That any amounts transferred for 
 the necessary costs of administering and overseeing the 
 obligation and expenditure of such additional amounts in prior 
 Acts may also be used for the necessary costs of administering 
 and overseeing such additional amount;

    (3) $1,000,000 shall be available for the cost of 
 guaranteed notes and other obligations, as authorized by title 
 VI of NAHASDA: Provided, That such costs, including the cost 
 of modifying such notes and other obligations, shall be as 
 defined in 

section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
 (2 U.S.C. 661a): Provided further, That amounts made available 
 in this and prior Acts for the cost of such guaranteed notes 
 and other obligations that are unobligated, including 
 recaptures and carryover, may be available to subsidize the 
 total principal amount of any notes and other obligations, any 
 part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $50,000,000, 
 to remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided 
 further, That upon a determination that the budget authority 
 made available for this program under this paragraph in this or 
 prior Acts exceeds the projected demand for the current fiscal 
 year, the Secretary may reprogram such excess amounts as 
 necessary to provide additional awards under paragraphs

    (1) ,

    (2) , or

    (4) of this heading, if the Secretary provides notice 
 to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations not less 
 than 3 business days before any such reprogramming;

    (4) $75,000,000 shall be available for grants to Indian 
 tribes for carrying out the Indian community development block 
 grant program under title I of the Housing and Community 
 Development Act of 1974, notwithstanding 

section 106

    (a)

    (1) of 
 such Act, of which, notwithstanding any other provision of law 
 (including 

section 203 of this Act), not more than $5,000,000 
 may be used for emergencies that constitute imminent threats to 
 health and safety: Provided, That not to exceed 20 percent of 
 any grant made with amounts made available in this paragraph 
 shall be expended for planning and management development and 
 administration; and

    (5) $7,000,000, in addition to amounts otherwise available 
 for such purpose, shall be available for providing training and 
 technical assistance to Indian tribes, Indian housing 
 authorities, and tribally designated housing entities, to 
 support the inspection of Indian housing units, for contract 
 expertise, and for training and technical assistance related to 
 amounts made available under this heading and other headings in 
 this Act for the needs of Native American families and Indian 
 country: Provided, That of the amounts made available in this 
 paragraph, not less than $2,000,000 shall be for a national 
 organization as authorized under 

section 703 of NAHASDA (25 
 U.S.C. 4212): Provided further, That amounts made available in 
 this paragraph may be used, contracted, or competed as 
 determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That 
 notwithstanding chapter 63 of title 31, United States Code 
 (commonly known as the Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreements 
 Act of 1977), the amounts made available in this paragraph may 
 be used by the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements 
 with public and private organizations, agencies, institutions, 
 and other technical assistance providers to support the 
 administration of negotiated rulemaking under 

section 106 of 
 NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4116), the administration of the allocation 
 formula under 

section 302 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4152), and the 
 administration of performance tracking and reporting under 
 

section 407 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4167).

 indian housing loan guarantee fund program account

 For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by 

section 184 of 
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-
13a), $1,700,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as 
defined in 

section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 
U.S.C. 661a): Provided further, That an additional $400,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be available for administrative 
contract expenses including management processes to carry out the loan 
guarantee program: Provided further, That amounts made available in 
this and prior Acts for the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by 

section 184 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 
U.S.C. 1715z-13a), that are unobligated, including recaptures and 
carryover, may be made available to subsidize total loan principal, any 
part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $1,800,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2027.

 native hawaiian housing block grant

 For the Native Hawaiian housing block grant program, as authorized 
under title VIII of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-
Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4221 et seq.), $18,300,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2029: Provided, That 
notwithstanding 

section 812

    (b) of such Act, the Department of Hawaiian 
Home Lands may not invest grant amounts made available under this 
heading in investment securities and other obligations: Provided 
further, That amounts made available under this heading in this and 
prior fiscal years may be used to provide rental assistance to eligible 
Native Hawaiian families both on and off the Hawaiian Home Lands, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law: Provided further, That up 
to $1,000,000 of the amounts made available under this heading may be 
for training and technical assistance related to amounts made available 
under this heading and other headings in this Act for the needs of 
Native Hawaiians and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.

 native hawaiian housing loan guarantee fund program account

 New commitments to guarantee loans, as authorized by 

section 184A 
of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-
13b), any part of which is to be guaranteed, shall not exceed 
$28,000,000 in total loan principal, to remain available until 
September 30, 2027: Provided, That the Secretary may enter into 
commitments to guarantee loans used for refinancing.

 Community Planning and Development

 housing opportunities for persons with aids

 For carrying out the housing opportunities for persons with AIDS 
program, as authorized by the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 
12901 et seq.), $505,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2029: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew or replace all expiring 
contracts for permanent supportive housing that initially were funded 
under 

section 854
            (c) (5) of such Act from funds made available under 
this heading in fiscal year 2010 and prior fiscal years that meet all 
program requirements before awarding funds for new contracts under such 
section: Provided further, That the process for submitting amendments 
and approving replacement contracts shall be established by the 
Secretary in a notice: Provided further, That the Department shall 
notify grantees of their formula allocation within 60 days of enactment 
of this Act.

 community development fund

 For assistance to States and units of general local government, and 
other entities, for economic and community development activities, and 
other purposes, $5,641,731,519, to remain available until September 30, 
2029: Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading--

    (1) $3,300,000,000 shall be available for carrying out the 
 community development block grant program under title I of the 
 Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended (42 
 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) (in this heading ``the Act''): Provided, 
 That not to exceed 20 percent of any grant made with funds made 
 available under this paragraph shall be expended for planning 
 and management development and administration: Provided 
 further, That a metropolitan city, urban county, unit of 
 general local government, or insular area that directly or 
 indirectly receives funds under this paragraph may not sell, 
 trade, or otherwise transfer all or any portion of such funds 
 to another such entity in exchange for any other funds, 
 credits, or non-Federal considerations, but shall use such 
 funds for activities eligible under title I of the Act: 
 Provided further, That notwithstanding 

section 105

    (e)

    (1) of the 
 Act, no funds made available under this paragraph may be 
 provided to a for-profit entity for an economic development 
 project under 

section 105

    (a)

    (17) unless such project has been 
 evaluated and selected in accordance with guidelines required 
 under subsection

    (e)

    (2) of 

section 105;

    (2) $30,000,000 shall be available for activities 
 authorized under 

section 8071 of the SUPPORT for Patients and 
 Communities Act (Public Law 115-271): Provided, That funds 
 allocated pursuant to this paragraph shall not adversely affect 
 the amount of any formula assistance received by a State under 
 paragraph

    (1) of this heading: Provided further, That the 
 Secretary shall allocate the funds for such activities based on 
 the notice establishing the funding formula published in 84 FR 
 16027 (April 17, 2019) except that the formula shall use age-
 adjusted rates of drug overdose deaths for 2023 based on data 
 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Provided 
 further, That if such age-adjusted rate is unavailable for a 
 jurisdiction, the Secretary shall use the best available data 
 to determine eligibility and to allocate to such jurisdiction; 
 and

    (3) $2,311,731,519 shall be available for grants for the 
 Economic Development Initiative

    (EDI) for the purposes, and in 
 amounts, specified for Community Project Funding in the table 
 entitled ``Community Project Funding'' included in the Report 
 accompanying this Act: Provided further, That eligible 
 expenses of such grants in this and prior Acts may include 
 administrative, planning, operations and maintenance, and other 
 costs: Provided further, That such grants for the EDI shall be 
 available for reimbursement of otherwise eligible expenses 
 incurred on or after the date of enactment of this Act and 
 prior to the date of grant execution: Provided further, That 
 none of the amounts made available under this paragraph for 
 grants for the EDI shall be used for reimbursement of expenses 
 incurred prior to the date of enactment of this Act:
 Provided further, That for amounts made available under paragraphs

    (1) and

    (2) , the Secretary shall notify grantees of their formula 
allocation within 60 days of enactment of this Act.

 community development loan guarantees program account

 Subject to 

section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 
U.S.C. 661a), during fiscal year 2026, commitments to guarantee loans 
under 

section 108 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 
(42 U.S.C. 5308), any part of which is guaranteed, shall not exceed a 
total principal amount of $300,000,000, notwithstanding any aggregate 
limitation on outstanding obligations guaranteed in subsection

    (k) of 
such 

section 108: Provided, That the Secretary shall collect fees from 
borrowers, notwithstanding subsection
            (m) of such 

section 108, to 
result in a credit subsidy cost of zero for guaranteeing such loans, 
and any such fees shall be collected in accordance with 

section 502

    (7) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That such 
commitment authority funded by fees may be used to guarantee, or make 
commitments to guarantee, notes or other obligations issued by any 
State on behalf of non-entitlement communities in the State in 
accordance with the requirements of such 

section 108: Provided 
further, That any State receiving such a guarantee or commitment under 
the preceding proviso shall distribute all funds subject to such 
guarantee to the units of general local government in non-entitlement 
areas that received the commitment.

 self-help and assisted homeownership opportunity program

 For the self-help and assisted homeownership opportunity program, 
as authorized under 

section 11 of the Housing Opportunity Program 
Extension Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 12805 note), and for related 
activities and assistance, $56,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2028: Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this 
heading--

    (1) $9,000,000 shall be available for the self-help 
 homeownership opportunity program as authorized under such 
 

section 11;

    (2) $42,000,000 shall be available for the second, third, 
 and fourth capacity building entities specified in 

section 4

    (a) of the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993 (III Stat 201; 42 U.S.C. 
 9816 note), of which not less than $5,000,000 shall be for 
 rural capacity building activities; and

    (3) $5,000,000 shall be available for capacity building by 
 national rural housing organizations having experience 
 assessing national rural conditions and providing financing, 
 training, technical assistance, information, and research to 
 local nonprofit organizations, local governments, and Indian 
 Tribes serving high need rural communities.

 homeless assistance grants

 (including rescission)

 For assistance under title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360 et seq.), and for related activities 
and assistance, $4,158,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2028: Provided, That all unobligated funds appropriated under 
paragraph

    (4) under this heading for fiscal year 2025 are hereby 
permanently rescinded: Provided further, That of the sums appropriated 
under this heading--

    (1) $290,000,000 shall be available for the emergency 
 solutions grants program authorized under subtitle B of such 
 title IV (42 U.S.C. 11371 et seq.): Provided, That the 
 Department shall notify grantees of their formula allocation 
 from amounts allocated (which may represent initial or final 
 amounts allocated) for the emergency solutions grant program 
 not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act;

    (2) $3,858,000,000 shall be available for the continuum of 
 care program authorized under subtitle C of such title IV (42 
 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) and the rural housing stability 
 assistance programs authorized under subtitle D of such title 
 IV (42 U.S.C. 11408): Provided, That the Secretary shall 
 prioritize funding under the continuum of care program to 
 continuums of care that have demonstrated a capacity to 
 reallocate funding from lower performing projects to higher 
 performing projects: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
 establish by notice an alternative maximum amount for 
 administrative costs related to the requirements described in 
 sections 402

    (f)

    (1) and 402

    (f)

    (2) of subtitle A of such title IV 
 of no more than 5 percent or $50,000, whichever is greater, 
 notwithstanding the 3 percent limitation in 

section 423

    (a)

    (10) of such subtitle C: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
 provide incentives to renew projects that assist survivors of 
 domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 
 stalking: Provided further, That amounts made available for 
 the continuum of care program under this paragraph and any 
 remaining unobligated balances under this heading in prior Acts 
 may be used to competitively or non-competitively renew or 
 replace grants for youth homeless demonstration projects under 
 the continuum of care program, notwithstanding any conflict 
 with the requirements of the continuum of care program; and

    (3) $10,000,000 shall be available for the national 
 homeless data analysis project: Provided, That notwithstanding 
 the provisions of the Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreements 
 Act of 1977 (31 U.S.C. 6301-6308), the amounts made available 
 under this paragraph and any remaining unobligated balances 
 under this heading for such purposes in prior Acts may be used 
 by the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with such 
 entities as may be determined by the Secretary, including 
 public and private organizations, agencies, and institutions:
 Provided further, That youth aged 24 and under seeking assistance 
under this heading shall not be required to provide third party 
documentation to establish their eligibility under subsection

    (a) or

    (b) of 

section 103 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 11302) to receive services: Provided further, That 
unaccompanied youth aged 24 and under or families headed by youth aged 
24 and under who are living in unsafe situations may be served by 
youth-serving providers funded under this heading: Provided further, 
That persons eligible under 

section 103

    (a)

    (5) of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act may be served by any project funded under this 
heading to provide both transitional housing and rapid re-housing: 
Provided further, That for all matching funds requirements applicable 
to funds made available under this heading for this fiscal year and 
prior fiscal years, a grantee may use (or could have used) as a source 
of match funds other funds administered by the Secretary and other 
Federal agencies unless there is (or was) a specific statutory 
prohibition on any such use of any such funds: Provided further, That 
none of the funds made available under this heading shall be available 
to provide funding for new projects, except for projects created 
through reallocation, unless the Secretary determines that the 
continuum of care has demonstrated that projects are evaluated and 
ranked based on the degree to which they improve the continuum of 
care's system performance: Provided further, That any unobligated 
amounts remaining from funds made available under this heading in 
fiscal year 2012 and prior years for project-based rental assistance 
for rehabilitation projects with 10-year grant terms may be used for 
purposes under this heading, notwithstanding the purposes for which 
such funds were appropriated: Provided further, That unobligated 
balances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds 
transferred to or appropriated under this heading in fiscal year 2019 
or prior years, except for rental assistance amounts that were 
recaptured and made available until expended, shall be available for 
the current purposes authorized under this heading in addition to the 
purposes for which such funds originally were appropriated.

 Housing Programs

 project-based rental assistance

 For activities and assistance for the provision of project-based 
subsidy contracts under the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (``the Act''), not otherwise provided for, 
$16,726,800,000, to remain available until expended, shall be available 
on October 1, 2025 (in addition to the $400,000,000 previously 
appropriated under this heading that became available October 1, 2025), 
and $400,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
available on October 1, 2026: Provided, That the amounts made 
available under this heading shall be available for expiring or 
terminating 

section 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including 

section 8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for amendments to 

section 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including 

section 8 moderate 
rehabilitation contracts), for contracts entered into pursuant to 

section 441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
11401), for renewal of 

section 8 contracts for units in projects that 
are subject to approved plans of action under the Emergency Low Income 
Housing Preservation Act of 1987 or the Low-Income Housing Preservation 
and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990, and for administrative and 
other expenses associated with project-based activities and assistance 
funded under this heading: Provided further, That of the total amounts 
provided under this heading, not to exceed $375,000,000 shall be 
available for performance-based contract administrators for 

section 8 
project-based assistance, for carrying out 42 U.S.C. 1437

    (f) : Provided 
further, That the Secretary may also use such amounts in the preceding 
proviso for performance-based contract administrators for the 
administration of: interest reduction payments pursuant to 

section 236

    (a) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1

    (a) ); rent 
supplement payments pursuant to 

section 101 of the Housing and Urban 
Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); 

section 236

    (f)

    (2) rental 
assistance payments (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1

    (f)

    (2) ); project rental 
assistance contracts for the elderly under 

section 202
            (c) (2) of the 
Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); project rental assistance 
contracts for supportive housing for persons with disabilities under 

section 811
            (d) (2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing 
Act (42 U.S.C. 8013
            (d) (2) ); project assistance contracts pursuant to 

section 202

    (h) of the Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86-372; 73 Stat. 
667); and loans under 

section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (Public 
Law 86-372; 73 Stat. 667): Provided further, That amounts recaptured 
under this heading, the heading ``Annual Contributions for Assisted 
Housing'', or the heading ``Housing Certificate Fund'', may be used for 
renewals of or amendments to 

section 8 project-based contracts or for 
performance-based contract administrators, notwithstanding the purposes 
for which such amounts were appropriated: Provided further, That, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon the request of the 
Secretary, project funds that are held in residual receipts accounts 
for any project subject to a 

section 8 project-based housing assistance 
payments contract that authorizes the Department or a housing finance 
agency to require that surplus project funds be deposited in an 
interest-bearing residual receipts account and that are in excess of an 
amount to be determined by the Secretary, shall be remitted to the 
Department and deposited in this account, to be available until 
expended: Provided further, That amounts deposited pursuant to the 
preceding proviso shall be available in addition to the amount 
otherwise provided by this heading for uses authorized under this 
heading.

 housing for the elderly

 (including transfer of funds)

 For amendments to capital advance contracts, for housing for the 
elderly, as authorized by 

section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 
U.S.C. 1701q), for project rental assistance for the elderly under 

section 202
            (c) (2) of such Act, including amendments to contracts for 
such assistance and renewal of expiring contracts for such assistance 
for up to a 5-year term, for senior preservation rental assistance 
contracts, including renewals, as authorized by 

section 811

    (e) of the 
American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000 (12 U.S.C. 
1701q note), for supportive services associated with the housing, and 
for administrative and other expenses associated with assistance funded 
under this heading, $950,000,000 to remain available until September 
30, 2029: Provided, That of the amount made available under this 
heading, up to $115,000,000 shall be for service coordinators and the 
continuation of existing congregate service grants for residents of 
assisted housing projects: Provided further, That any funding for 
existing service coordinators under the preceding proviso shall be 
provided within 120 days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may waive the provisions of 

section 202 governing 
the terms and conditions of project rental assistance, except that the 
initial contract term for such assistance shall not exceed 5 years in 
duration: Provided further, That upon request of the Secretary, 
project funds that are held in residual receipts accounts for any 
project subject to a 

section 202 project rental assistance contract, 
and that upon termination of such contract are in excess of an amount 
to be determined by the Secretary, shall be remitted to the Department 
and deposited in this account, to remain available until September 30, 
2029: Provided further, That amounts deposited in this account 
pursuant to the preceding proviso shall be available, in addition to 
the amounts otherwise provided by this heading, for the purposes 
authorized under this heading: Provided further, That unobligated 
balances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds 
transferred to or appropriated under this heading shall be available 
for the current purposes authorized under this heading in addition to 
the purposes for which such funds originally were appropriated.

 housing for persons with disabilities

 (including transfer of funds)

 For amendments to capital advance contracts, for supportive housing 
for persons with disabilities, as authorized by 

section 811 of the 
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), for 
project rental assistance for supportive housing for persons with 
disabilities under 

section 811
            (d) (2) of such Act, for project 
assistance contracts pursuant to subsection

    (h) of 

section 202 of the 
Housing Act of 1959, as added by 

section 205

    (a) of the Housing and 
Community Development Amendments of 1978 (Public Law 95-557; 92 Stat. 
2090), including amendments to contracts for such assistance and 
renewal of expiring contracts for such assistance for up to a 5-year 
term, for project rental assistance to State housing finance agencies 
and other appropriate entities as authorized under 

section 811

    (b)

    (3) of 
the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, for supportive 
services associated with the housing for persons with disabilities as 
authorized by 

section 811

    (b)

    (1) of such Act, and for administrative and 
other expenses associated with assistance funded under this heading, 
$261,800,000, to remain available until September 30, 2029: Provided, 
That, upon the request of the Secretary, project funds that are held in 
residual receipts accounts for any project subject to a 

section 811 
project rental assistance contract, and that upon termination of such 
contract are in excess of an amount to be determined by the Secretary, 
shall be remitted to the Department and deposited in this account, to 
remain available until September 30, 2029: Provided further, That 
amounts deposited in this account pursuant to the preceding proviso 
shall be available in addition to the amounts otherwise provided by 
this heading for the purposes authorized under this heading: Provided 
further, That unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, 
remaining from funds transferred to or appropriated under this heading 
shall be used for the current purposes authorized under this heading in 
addition to the purposes for which such funds originally were 
appropriated.

 payment to manufactured housing fees trust fund

 For necessary expenses as authorized by the National Manufactured 
Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 
et seq.), up to $14,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $14,000,000 shall be derived from the Manufactured Housing Fees 
Trust Fund (established under 

section 620

    (e) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
5419

    (e) ): Provided, That not to exceed the total amount appropriated 
under this heading shall be available from the general fund of the 
Treasury to the extent necessary to incur obligations and make 
expenditures pending the receipt of collections to the Fund pursuant to 

section 620 of such Act: Provided further, That the amount made 
available under this heading from the general fund shall be reduced as 
such collections are received during fiscal year 2026 so as to result 
in a final fiscal year 2026 appropriation from the general fund 
estimated at zero, and fees pursuant to such 

section 620 shall be 
modified as necessary to ensure such a final fiscal year 2026 
appropriation: Provided further, That for the dispute resolution and 
installation programs, the Secretary may assess and collect fees from 
any program participant: Provided further, That such collections shall 
be deposited into the Trust Fund, and the Secretary, as provided 
herein, may use such collections, as well as fees collected under 

section 620 of such Act, for necessary expenses of such Act: Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding the requirements of 

section 620 of such 
Act, the Secretary may carry out responsibilities of the Secretary 
under such Act through the use of approved service providers that are 
paid directly by the recipients of their services.

 Federal Housing Administration

 mutual mortgage insurance program account

 New commitments to guarantee single family loans insured under the 
Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund shall not exceed $400,000,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That during 
fiscal year 2026, obligations to make direct loans to carry out the 
purposes of 

section 204

    (g) of the National Housing Act, as amended, 
shall not exceed $1,000,000: Provided further, That the foregoing 
amount in the preceding proviso shall be for loans to nonprofit and 
governmental entities in connection with sales of single family real 
properties owned by the Secretary and formerly insured under the Mutual 
Mortgage Insurance Fund: Provided further, That for administrative 
contract expenses of the Federal Housing Administration, $160,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided further, That 
to the extent guaranteed loan commitments exceed $200,000,000,000 on or 
before April 1, 2026, an additional $1,400 for administrative contract 
expenses shall be available for each $1,000,000 in additional 
guaranteed loan commitments (including a pro rata amount for any amount 
below $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made available by this 
proviso exceed $30,000,000: Provided further, That notwithstanding the 
limitation in the first sentence of 

section 255

    (g) of the National 
Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-20

    (g) ), during fiscal year 2026 the 
Secretary may insure and enter into new commitments to insure mortgages 
under 

section 255 of the National Housing Act only to the extent that 
the net credit subsidy cost for such insurance does not exceed zero.

 general and special risk program account

 New commitments to guarantee loans insured under the General and 
Special Risk Insurance Funds, as authorized by sections 238 and 519 of 
the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-3 and 1735c), shall not 
exceed $35,000,000,000 in total loan principal, any part of which is to 
be guaranteed, to remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided, 
That during fiscal year 2026, gross obligations for the principal 
amount of direct loans, as authorized by sections 204

    (g) , 207
            (l) , 238, 
and 519

    (a) of the National Housing Act, shall not exceed $1,000,000, 
which shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities in 
connection with the sale of single family real properties owned by the 
Secretary and formerly insured under such Act.

 Government National Mortgage Association

guarantees of mortgage-backed securities loan guarantee program account

 New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out the purposes of 

section 306 of the National Housing Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 
1721

    (g) ), shall not exceed $550,000,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2027: Provided, That $54,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2027, shall be for necessary salaries and expenses 
of the Government National Mortgage Association: Provided further, 
That to the extent that guaranteed loan commitments exceed 
$155,000,000,000 on or before April 1, 2026, an additional $100 for 
necessary salaries and expenses shall be available until expended for 
each $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed loan commitments (including a 
pro rata amount for any amount below $1,000,000), but in no case shall 
funds made available by this proviso exceed $3,000,000: Provided 
further, That receipts from Commitment and Multiclass fees collected 
pursuant to title III of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1716 et 
seq.) shall be credited as offsetting collections to this account.

 Policy Development and Research

 research and technology

 (including rescission)

 For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of programs of 
research and studies relating to housing and urban problems, not 
otherwise provided for, as authorized by title V of the Housing and 
Urban Development Act of 1970 (12 U.S.C. 1701z-1 et seq.), including 
carrying out the functions of the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development under 

section 1

    (a)

    (1)
            (i) of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 
1968, and for technical assistance, $95,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2027: Provided, That any funds not yet obligated 
in the sixth proviso under this heading from fiscal year 2025 are 
hereby permanently rescinded: Provided further, That with respect to 
amounts made available under this heading, notwithstanding 

section 203 
of this title, the Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with 
philanthropic entities, other Federal agencies, State or local 
governments and their agencies, Indian Tribes, tribally designated 
housing entities, or colleges or universities for research projects: 
Provided further, That with respect to the preceding proviso, such 
partners to the cooperative agreements shall contribute at least a 50 
percent match toward the cost of the project: Provided further, That 
for non-competitive agreements entered into in accordance with the 
preceding two provisos, the Secretary shall comply with 

section 2

    (b) of 
the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (Public 
Law 109-282; 31 U.S.C. note) in lieu of compliance with 

section 102

    (a)

    (4)
            (C) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform 
Act of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 3545

    (a)

    (4)
            (C) ) with respect to documentation of 
award decisions: Provided further, That prior to obligation of 
technical assistance funding, the Secretary shall submit a plan to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on how the Secretary will 
allocate funding for this activity at least 30 days prior to 
obligation: Provided further, That none of the funds provided under 
this heading may be available for the doctoral dissertation research 
grant program.

 Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity

 fair housing activities

 For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not otherwise provided 
for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 3601 et seq.), and 

section 561 of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 3616a), $28,500,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That notwithstanding 

section 3302 of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary may assess 
and collect fees to cover the costs of the Fair Housing Training 
Academy, and may use such funds to develop online courses and provide 
such training: Provided further, That none of the funds made available 
under this heading may be used to lobby the executive or legislative 
branches of the Federal Government in connection with a specific 
contract, grant, or loan: Provided further, That of the funds made 
available under this heading, $1,000,000 may be available to the 
Secretary for the creation and promotion of translated materials and 
other programs that support the assistance of persons with limited 
English proficiency in utilizing the services provided by the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development.

 Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes

 lead hazard reduction

 (including transfer of funds)

 For the lead hazard reduction program, as authorized by 

section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 
(42 U.S.C. 4852), the healthy homes initiative, pursuant to sections 
501 and 502 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 (12 U.S.C. 
1701z-1 and 1701z-2), and for related activities and assistance, 
$295,600,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028: Provided, 
That the amounts made available under this heading are provided as 
follows:

    (1) $140,600,000 shall be for the award of grants pursuant 
 to such 

section 1011, of which not less than $70,300,000 shall 
 be provided to areas with the highest lead-based paint 
 abatement need;

    (2) $152,000,000 shall be for the healthy homes initiative, 
 pursuant to sections 501 and 502 of the Housing and Urban 
 Development Act of 1970, which shall include research, studies, 
 testing, and demonstration efforts, including education and 
 outreach concerning lead-based paint poisoning and other 
 housing-related diseases and hazards, and mitigating housing-
 related health and safety hazards in housing of low-income 
 families, of which $10,000,000 shall be for the establishment 
 and implementation of a national pilot program to facilitate 
 new financing mechanisms to address lead and other residential 
 environmental stressors in low-income communities;

    (3) $3,000,000 shall be for the award of grants and 
 contracts for research pursuant to sections 1051 and 1052 of 
 the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 
 (42 U.S.C. 4854, 4854a); and

    (4) up to $2,000,000 in total of the amounts made available 
 under paragraphs

    (2) and

    (3) may be transferred to the heading 
 ``Research and Technology'' for the purposes of conducting 
 research and studies and for use in accordance with the 
 provisos under that heading for non-competitive agreements:
 Provided further, That for purposes of environmental review, pursuant 
to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 
seq.) and other provisions of law that further the purposes of such 
Act, a grant under the healthy homes initiative, or the lead technical 
studies program, or other demonstrations or programs under this heading 
or under prior appropriations Acts for such purposes under this 
heading, or under the heading ``Housing for the Elderly'' under prior 
appropriations Acts, shall be considered to be funds for a special 
project for purposes of 

section 305
            (c) of the Multifamily Housing 
Property Disposition Reform Act of 1994: Provided further, That each 
applicant for a grant or cooperative agreement under this heading shall 
certify adequate capacity that is acceptable to the Secretary to carry 
out the proposed use of funds pursuant to a notice of funding 
opportunity: Provided further, That amounts made available under this 
heading, in this or prior appropriations Acts, still remaining 
available, may be used for any purpose under this heading 
notwithstanding the purpose for which such amounts were appropriated if 
a program competition is undersubscribed and there are other program 
competitions under this heading that are oversubscribed.

 Information Technology Fund

 (including transfer of funds)

 For Department-wide and program-specific information technology 
systems and infrastructure, $299,400,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2028: Provided, That unobligated balances, including 
recaptures and carryover, remaining from amounts made available under 
this heading in this Act or prior Acts (including amounts previously 
transferred to this heading) may be used for any purpose under this 
heading in this Act, notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds 
were appropriated.

 Office of Inspector General

 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 
$143,000,000: Provided, That the Inspector General shall have 
independent authority over all personnel issues within this office.

 General Provisions--Department of Housing and Urban Development

 (including rescissions)

 (including transfer of funds)

 

Sec. 201. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget authority, or in 
lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts associated with such budget 
authority, that are recaptured from projects described in 

section 1012

    (a) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act 
of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) shall be rescinded or in the case of 
cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such amounts of budget 
authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to the 
Treasury shall be used by State housing finance agencies or local 
governments or local housing agencies with projects approved by the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for which settlement 
occurred after January 1, 1992, in accordance with such section. 
Notwithstanding the previous sentence, the Secretary may award up to 15 
percent of the budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or 
remitted to the Treasury to provide project owners with incentives to 
refinance their project at a lower interest rate.
 

Sec. 202. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to investigate or prosecute under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise 
lawful activity engaged in by one or more persons, including the filing 
or maintaining of a nonfrivolous legal action, that is engaged in 
solely for the purpose of achieving or preventing action by a 
Government official or entity, or a court of competent jurisdiction.
 

Sec. 203. Except as explicitly provided in law, any grant, 
cooperative agreement or other assistance made pursuant to title II of 
this Act shall be made on a competitive basis and in accordance with 

section 102 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform 
Act of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 3545).
 

Sec. 204. Funds of the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
subject to the Government Corporation Control Act or 

section 402 of the 
Housing Act of 1950 shall be available, without regard to the 
limitations on administrative expenses, for legal services on a 
contract or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment for 
services and facilities of the Federal National Mortgage Association, 
Government National Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan Mortgage 
Corporation, Federal Financing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or any 
member thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, and any insured bank within 
the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, as 
amended (12 U.S.C. 1811-1).
 

Sec. 205. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or through a 
reprogramming of funds, no part of any appropriation for the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development shall be available for any program, 
project or activity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget 
estimates submitted to Congress.
 

Sec. 206. Corporations and agencies of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development which are subject to the Government Corporation 
Control Act are hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the 
limits of funds and borrowing authority available to each such 
corporation or agency and in accordance with law, and to make such 
contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as 
provided by 

section 104 of such Act as may be necessary in carrying out 
the programs set forth in the budget for 2026 for such corporation or 
agency except as hereinafter provided: Provided, That collections of 
these corporations and agencies may be used for new loan or mortgage 
purchase commitments only to the extent expressly provided for in this 
Act (unless such loans are in support of other forms of assistance 
provided for in this or prior appropriations Acts), except that this 
proviso shall not apply to the mortgage insurance or guaranty 
operations of these corporations, or where loans or mortgage purchases 
are necessary to protect the financial interest of the United States 
Government.
 

Sec. 207. The Secretary shall provide quarterly reports to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations regarding all 
uncommitted, unobligated, recaptured and excess funds in each program 
and activity within the jurisdiction of the Department and shall submit 
additional, updated budget information to these Committees upon 
request.
 

Sec. 208. None of the funds made available by this title may be 
used for an audit of the Government National Mortgage Association that 
makes applicable requirements under the Federal Credit Reform Act of 
1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.).
 

Sec. 209.

    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, subject 
to the conditions listed under this section, for fiscal years 2026 and 
2027, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may authorize the 
transfer of some or all project-based assistance, debt held or insured 
by the Secretary and statutorily required low-income and very low-
income use restrictions if any, associated with one or more multifamily 
housing project or projects to another multifamily housing project or 
projects.

    (b) Phased Transfers.--Transfers of project-based assistance under 
this section may be done in phases to accommodate the financing and 
other requirements related to rehabilitating or constructing the 
project or projects to which the assistance is transferred, to ensure 
that such project or projects meet the standards under subsection
            (c) .
            (c) The transfer authorized in subsection

    (a) is subject to the 
following conditions:

    (1) Number and bedroom size of units.--
        (A) For occupied units in the transferring project: 
 The number of low-income and very low-income units and 
 the configuration (i.e., bedroom size) provided by the 
 transferring project shall be no less than when 
 transferred to the receiving project or projects and 
 the net dollar amount of Federal assistance provided to 
 the transferring project shall remain the same in the 
 receiving project or projects.
        (B) For unoccupied units in the transferring 
 project: The Secretary may authorize a reduction in the 
 number of dwelling units in the receiving project or 
 projects to allow for a reconfiguration of bedroom 
 sizes to meet current market demands, as determined by 
 the Secretary and provided there is no increase in the 
 project-based assistance budget authority.

    (2) The transferring project shall, as determined by the 
 Secretary, be either physically obsolete or economically 
 nonviable, or be reasonably expected to become economically 
 nonviable when complying with State or Federal requirements for 
 community integration and reduced concentration of individuals 
 with disabilities.

    (3) The receiving project or projects shall meet or exceed 
 applicable physical standards established by the Secretary.

    (4) The owner or mortgagor of the transferring project 
 shall notify and consult with the tenants residing in the 
 transferring project and provide a certification of approval by 
 all appropriate local governmental officials.

    (5) The tenants of the transferring project who remain 
 eligible for assistance to be provided by the receiving project 
 or projects shall not be required to vacate their units in the 
 transferring project or projects until new units in the 
 receiving project are available for occupancy.

    (6) The Secretary determines that this transfer is in the 
 best interest of the tenants.

    (7) If either the transferring project or the receiving 
 project or projects meets the condition specified in subsection
            (d) (2)
        (A) , any lien on the receiving project resulting from 
 additional financing obtained by the owner shall be subordinate 
 to any FHA-insured mortgage lien transferred to, or placed on, 
 such project by the Secretary, except that the Secretary may 
 waive this requirement upon determination that such a waiver is 
 necessary to facilitate the financing of acquisition, 
 construction, and/or rehabilitation of the receiving project or 
 projects.

    (8) If the transferring project meets the requirements of 
 subsection
            (d) (2) , the owner or mortgagor of the receiving 
 project or projects shall execute and record either a 
 continuation of the existing use agreement or a new use 
 agreement for the project where, in either case, any use 
 restrictions in such agreement are of no lesser duration than 
 the existing use restrictions.

    (9) The transfer does not increase the cost (as defined in 
 

section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 
 661a)) of any FHA-insured mortgage, except to the extent that 
 appropriations are provided in advance for the amount of any 
 such increased cost.
            (d) For purposes of this section--

    (1) the terms ``low-income'' and ``very low-income'' shall 
 have the meanings provided by the statute and/or regulations 
 governing the program under which the project is insured or 
 assisted;

    (2) the term ``multifamily housing project'' means housing 
 that meets one of the following conditions--
        (A) housing that is subject to a mortgage insured 
 under the National Housing Act;
        (B) housing that has project-based assistance 
 attached to the structure including projects undergoing 
 mark to market debt restructuring under the Multifamily 
 Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Housing Act;
            (C) housing that is assisted under 

section 202 of 
 the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q);
            (D) housing that is assisted under 

section 202 of 
 the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q), as such 
 section existed before the enactment of the Cranston-
 Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act;
        (E) housing that is assisted under 

section 811 of 
 the Cranston-Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act 
 (42 U.S.C. 8013); or
        (F) housing or vacant land that is subject to a use 
 agreement;

    (3) the term ``project-based assistance'' means--
        (A) assistance provided under 

section 8

    (b) of the 
 United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f

    (b) );
        (B) assistance for housing constructed or 
 substantially rehabilitated pursuant to assistance 
 provided under 

section 8

    (b)

    (2) of such Act (as such 
 section existed immediately before October 1, 1983);
            (C) rent supplement payments under 

section 101 of 
 the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 
 U.S.C. 1701s);
            (D) interest reduction payments under 

section 236 
 and/or additional assistance payments under 

section 236

    (f)

    (2) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-
 1);
        (E) assistance payments made under 

section 202
            (c) (2) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 
 1701q
            (c) (2) ); and
        (F) assistance payments made under 

section 811
            (d) (2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
 Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013
            (d) (2) );

    (4) the term ``receiving project or projects'' means the 
 multifamily housing project or projects to which some or all of 
 the project-based assistance, debt, and statutorily required 
 low-income and very low-income use restrictions are to be 
 transferred;

    (5) the term ``transferring project'' means the multifamily 
 housing project which is transferring some or all of the 
 project-based assistance, debt, and the statutorily required 
 low-income and very low-income use restrictions to the 
 receiving project or projects; and

    (6) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Housing 
 and Urban Development.

    (e) Research Report.--The Secretary shall conduct an evaluation of 
the transfer authority under this section, including the effect of such 
transfers on the operational efficiency, contract rents, physical and 
financial conditions, and long-term preservation of the affected 
properties.
 

Sec. 210.

    (a) No assistance shall be provided under 

section 8 of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) to any 
individual who--

    (1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of higher 
 education (as defined under 

section 102 of the Higher Education 
 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002));

    (2) is under 24 years of age;

    (3) is not a veteran;

    (4) is unmarried;

    (5) does not have a dependent child;

    (6) is not a person with disabilities, as such term is 
 defined in 

section 3

    (b)

    (3)
        (E) of the United States Housing Act 
 of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a

    (b)

    (3)
        (E) ) and was not receiving 
 assistance under such 

section 8 as of November 30, 2005;

    (7) is not a youth who left foster care at age 14 or older 
 and is at risk of becoming homeless; and

    (8) is not otherwise individually eligible, or has parents 
 who, individually or jointly, are not eligible, to receive 
 assistance under 

section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 
 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f).

    (b) For purposes of determining the eligibility of a person to 
receive assistance under 

section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), any financial assistance (in excess of amounts 
received for tuition and any other required fees and charges) that an 
individual receives under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1001 et seq.), from private sources, or from an institution of higher 
education (as defined under 

section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)), shall be considered income to that individual, 
except for a person over the age of 23 with dependent children.
 

Sec. 211. The funds made available for Native Alaskans under 
paragraph

    (1) under the heading ``Native American Programs'' in title 
II of this Act shall be allocated to the same Native Alaskan housing 
block grant recipients that received funds in fiscal year 2005, and 
only such recipients shall be eligible to apply for funds made 
available under paragraph

    (2) of such heading.
 

Sec. 212. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in fiscal 
year 2026, in managing and disposing of any multifamily property that 
is owned or has a mortgage held by the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development, and during the process of foreclosure on any property with 
a contract for rental assistance payments under 

section 8 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) or any other Federal 
programs, the Secretary shall maintain any rental assistance payments 
under 

section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 and other 
programs that are attached to any dwelling units in the property. To 
the extent the Secretary determines, in consultation with the tenants 
and the local government that such a multifamily property owned or 
having a mortgage held by the Secretary is not feasible for continued 
rental assistance payments under such 

section 8 or other programs, 
based on consideration of

    (1) the costs of rehabilitating and operating 
the property and all available Federal, State, and local resources, 
including rent adjustments under 

section 524 of the Multifamily 
Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (in this section 
``MAHRAA'') (42 U.S.C. 1437f note), and

    (2) environmental conditions 
that cannot be remedied in a cost-effective fashion, the Secretary may, 
in consultation with the tenants of that property, contract for 
project-based rental assistance payments with an owner or owners of 
other existing housing properties, or provide other rental assistance. 
The Secretary shall also take appropriate steps to ensure that project-
based contracts remain in effect prior to foreclosure, subject to the 
exercise of contractual abatement remedies to assist relocation of 
tenants for imminent major threats to health and safety after written 
notice to and informed consent of the affected tenants and use of other 
available remedies, such as partial abatements or receivership. After 
disposition of any multifamily property described in this section, the 
contract and allowable rent levels on such properties shall be subject 
to the requirements under 

section 524 of MAHRAA.
 

Sec. 213. Public housing agencies that own and operate 400 or 
fewer public housing units may elect to be exempt from any asset 
management requirement imposed by the Secretary in connection with the 
operating fund rule: Provided, That an agency seeking a discontinuance 
of a reduction of subsidy under the operating fund formula shall not be 
exempt from asset management requirements.
 

Sec. 214. With respect to the use of amounts provided in this Act 
and in future Acts for the operation, capital improvement, and 
management of public housing as authorized by sections 9
            (d) and 9

    (e) of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g
            (d) ,

    (e) ), the 
Secretary shall not impose any requirement or guideline relating to 
asset management that restricts or limits in any way the use of capital 
funds for central office costs pursuant to paragraph

    (1) or

    (2) of 

section 9

    (g) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437g

    (g)

    (1) ,

    (2) ): Provided, That a public housing agency may not use 
capital funds authorized under 

section 9
            (d) for activities that are 
eligible under 

section 9

    (e) for assistance with amounts from the 
operating fund in excess of the amounts permitted under paragraph

    (1) or

    (2) of 

section 9

    (g) .
 

Sec. 215. No official or employee of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development shall be designated as an allotment holder unless the 
Office of the Chief Financial Officer has determined that such 
allotment holder has implemented an adequate system of funds control 
and has received training in funds control procedures and directives. 
The Chief Financial Officer shall ensure that there is a trained 
allotment holder for each HUD appropriation under the accounts 
``Executive Offices'', ``Administrative Support Offices'', ``Program 
Offices'', ``Government National Mortgage Association--Guarantees of 
Mortgage-Backed Securities Loan Guarantee Program Account'', and 
``Office of Inspector General'' within the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development.
 

Sec. 216. The Secretary shall, for fiscal year 2026, notify the 
public through the Federal Register and other means, as determined 
appropriate, of the issuance of a notice of the availability of 
assistance or notice of funding opportunity

    (NOFO) for any program or 
discretionary fund administered by the Secretary that is to be 
competitively awarded. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
fiscal year 2026, the Secretary may make the NOFO available only on the 
Internet at the appropriate Government website or through other 
electronic media, as determined by the Secretary.
 

Sec. 217. Payment of attorney fees in program-related litigation 
shall be paid from the individual program office and Office of General 
Counsel salaries and expenses appropriations.
 

Sec. 218. The Secretary is authorized to transfer up to 10 percent 
or $5,000,000, whichever is less, of funds appropriated for any office 
under the headings ``Administrative Support Offices'' or ``Program 
Offices'' to any other such office under such headings: Provided, That 
no appropriation for any such office under such headings shall be 
increased or decreased by more than 10 percent or $5,000,000, whichever 
is less, without prior written approval of the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall provide notification to such Committees 3 business days in 
advance of any such transfers under this section up to 10 percent or 
$5,000,000, whichever is less.
 

Sec. 219.

    (a) Any entity receiving housing assistance payments 
shall maintain decent, safe, and sanitary conditions, as determined by 
the Secretary, and comply with any standards under applicable State or 
local laws, rules, ordinances, or regulations relating to the physical 
condition of any property covered under a housing assistance payment 
contract.

    (b) The Secretary shall take action under subsection
            (c) when a 
multifamily housing project with a contract under 

section 8 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) or a contract for 
similar project-based assistance--

    (1) receives a failing score under the Uniform Physical 
 Condition Standards

    (UPCS) or successor standard; or

    (2) fails to certify in writing to the Secretary within 3 
 days that all Exigent Health and Safety deficiencies, or those 
 deficiencies requiring correction within 24 hours, identified 
 by the inspector at the project have been corrected.
 Such requirements shall apply to insured and noninsured projects 
with assistance attached to the units under 

section 8 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), but shall not apply to 
such units assisted under 

section 8

    (o)

    (13) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
1437f

    (o)

    (13) ) or to public housing units assisted with capital or 
operating funds under 

section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g).
            (c) (1) Within 15 days of the issuance of the Real Estate Assessment 
Center (``REAC'') inspection, the Secretary shall provide the owner 
with a Notice of Default with a specified timetable, determined by the 
Secretary, for correcting all deficiencies. The Secretary shall provide 
a copy of the Notice of Default to the tenants, the local government, 
any mortgagees, and any contract administrator. If the owner's appeal 
results in a passing score, the Secretary may withdraw the Notice of 
Default.

    (2) At the end of the time period for correcting all deficiencies 
specified in the Notice of Default, if the owner fails to fully correct 
such deficiencies, the Secretary may--
        (A) require immediate replacement of project management 
 with a management agent approved by the Secretary;
        (B) impose civil money penalties, which shall be used 
 solely for the purpose of supporting safe and sanitary 
 conditions at applicable properties, as designated by the 
 Secretary, with priority given to the tenants of the property 
 affected by the penalty;
            (C) abate the 

section 8 contract, including partial 
 abatement, as determined by the Secretary, until all 
 deficiencies have been corrected;
            (D) pursue transfer of the project to an owner, approved by 
 the Secretary under established procedures, who will be 
 obligated to promptly make all required repairs and to accept 
 renewal of the assistance contract if such renewal is offered;
        (E) transfer the existing 

section 8 contract to another 
 project or projects and owner or owners;
        (F) pursue exclusionary sanctions, including suspensions or 
 debarments from Federal programs;
        (G) seek judicial appointment of a receiver to manage the 
 property and cure all project deficiencies or seek a judicial 
 order of specific performance requiring the owner to cure all 
 project deficiencies;
        (H) work with the owner, lender, or other related party to 
 stabilize the property in an attempt to preserve the property 
 through compliance, transfer of ownership, or an infusion of 
 capital provided by a third-party that requires time to 
 effectuate; or
            (I) take any other regulatory or contractual remedies 
 available as deemed necessary and appropriate by the Secretary.
            (d) The Secretary shall take appropriate steps to ensure that 
project-based contracts remain in effect, subject to the exercise of 
contractual abatement remedies to assist relocation of tenants for 
major threats to health and safety after written notice to the affected 
tenants. To the extent the Secretary determines, in consultation with 
the tenants and the local government, that the property is not feasible 
for continued rental assistance payments under such 

section 8 or other 
programs, based on consideration of--

    (1) the costs of rehabilitating and operating the property 
 and all available Federal, State, and local resources, 
 including rent adjustments under 

section 524 of the Multifamily 
 Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 
 (``MAHRAA''); and

    (2) environmental conditions that cannot be remedied in a 
 cost-effective fashion, the Secretary may contract for project-
 based rental assistance payments with an owner or owners of 
 other existing housing properties, or provide other rental 
 assistance.

    (e) The Secretary shall report semi-annually on all properties 
covered by this section that are assessed through the Real Estate 
Assessment Center and have failing physical inspection scores or have 
received an unsatisfactory management and occupancy review within the 
past 36 months. The report shall include--

    (1) identification of the enforcement actions being taken 
 to address such conditions, including imposition of civil money 
 penalties and termination of subsidies, and identification of 
 properties that have such conditions multiple times;

    (2) identification of actions that the Department of 
 Housing and Urban Development is taking to protect tenants of 
 such identified properties; and

    (3) any administrative or legislative recommendations to 
 further improve the living conditions at properties covered 
 under a housing assistance payment contract.
 The first report shall be submitted to the Senate and House 
Committees on Appropriations not later than 30 days after the enactment 
of this Act, and the second report shall be submitted within 180 days 
of the transmittal of the first report.
 

Sec. 220. None of the funds made available by this Act, or any 
other Act, for purposes authorized under 

section 8 (only with respect 
to the tenant-based rental assistance program) and 

section 9 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.), may be used 
by any public housing agency for any amount of salary, including 
bonuses, for the chief executive officer of which, or any other 
official or employee of which, that exceeds the annual rate of basic 
pay payable for a position at level IV of the Executive Schedule at any 
time during any public housing agency fiscal year 2026.
 

Sec. 221. None of the funds made available by this Act and 
provided to the Department of Housing and Urban Development may be used 
to make a grant award unless the Secretary notifies the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than 3 full business days 
before any project, State, locality, housing authority, Tribe, 
nonprofit organization, or other entity selected to receive a grant 
award is announced by the Department or its offices: Provided,That 
such notification shall list each grant award by State and current 
congressional district.
 

Sec. 222. None of the funds made available in this Act shall be 
used by the Federal Housing Administration, the Government National 
Mortgage Association, or the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development to insure, securitize, or establish a Federal guarantee of 
any mortgage or mortgage backed security that refinances or otherwise 
replaces a mortgage that has been subject to eminent domain 
condemnation or seizure, by a State, municipality, or any other 
political subdivision of a State.
 

Sec. 223. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to terminate the status of a unit of general local government as a 
metropolitan city (as defined in 

section 102 of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302)) with respect to 
grants under 

section 106 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5306).
 

Sec. 224. Amounts made available by this Act that are 
appropriated, allocated, advanced on a reimbursable basis, or 
transferred to the Office of Policy Development and Research of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development and functions thereof, for 
research, evaluation, or statistical purposes, and that are unexpended 
at the time of completion of a contract, grant, or cooperative 
agreement, may be deobligated and shall immediately become available 
and may be reobligated in that fiscal year or the subsequent fiscal 
year for the research, evaluation, or statistical purposes for which 
the amounts are made available to that Office subject to reprogramming 
requirements in 

section 405 of this Act.
 

Sec. 225. None of the funds provided in this Act or any other Act 
may be used for awards, including performance, special act, or spot, 
for any employee of the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
subject to administrative discipline (including suspension from work), 
in this fiscal year, but this prohibition shall not be effective prior 
to the effective date of any such administrative discipline or after 
any final decision over-turning such discipline.
 

Sec. 226. With respect to grant amounts awarded under the heading 
``Homeless Assistance Grants'' for fiscal years 2015 through 2026 for 
the continuum of care

    (CoC) program as authorized under subtitle C of 
title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, costs paid by 
program income of grant recipients may count toward meeting the 
recipient's matching requirements, provided the costs are eligible CoC 
costs that supplement the recipient's CoC program.
 

Sec. 227.

    (a) From amounts made available under this title under 
the heading ``Homeless Assistance Grants'', the Secretary may award 1-
year transition grants to recipients of funds for activities under 
subtitle C of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
11381 et seq.) to transition from one continuum of care program 
component to another.

    (b) In order to be eligible to receive a transition grant, the 
funding recipient must have the consent of the continuum of care and 
meet standards determined by the Secretary.
 

Sec. 228. The promise zone designations and promise zone 
designation agreements entered into pursuant to such designations, made 
by the Secretary in prior fiscal years, shall remain in effect in 
accordance with the terms and conditions of such agreements.
 

Sec. 229. Any public housing agency designated as a Moving to Work 
agency pursuant to 

section 239 of division L of Public Law 114-113 (42 
U.S.C. 1437f note; 129 Stat. 2897) may, upon such designation, use 
funds (except for special purpose funding, including special purpose 
vouchers) previously allocated to any such public housing agency under 

section 8 or 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, including any 
reserve funds held by the public housing agency or funds held by the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, pursuant to the authority 
for use of 

section 8 or 9 funding provided under such section and 

section 204 of title II of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
Housing and Urban Development and Independent Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 1996 (Public Law 104-134; 110 Stat. 1321-28), notwithstanding the 
purposes for which such funds were appropriated.
 

Sec. 230. None of the amounts made available by this Act may be 
used to prohibit any public housing agency under receivership or the 
direction of a Federal monitor from applying for, receiving, or using 
funds made available under the heading ``Public Housing Fund'' for 
competitive grants to evaluate and reduce lead-based paint hazards in 
this Act or that remain available and not awarded from prior Acts, or 
be used to prohibit a public housing agency from using such funds to 
carry out any required work pursuant to a settlement agreement, consent 
decree, voluntary agreement, or similar document for a violation of the 
lead safe housing or lead disclosure rules.
 

Sec. 231. For fiscal year 2026, if the Secretary determines or has 
determined, for any prior formula grant allocation administered by the 
Secretary through the Offices of Public and Indian Housing, Community 
Planning and Development, or Housing, that a recipient received an 
allocation greater than the amount such recipient should have received 
for a formula allocation cycle pursuant to applicable statutes and 
regulations, the Secretary may adjust for any such funding error in the 
next applicable formula allocation cycle by

    (a) offsetting each such 
recipient's formula allocation (if eligible for a formula allocation in 
the next applicable formula allocation cycle) by the amount of any such 
funding error, and

    (b) reallocating any available balances that are 
attributable to the offset to the recipient or recipients that would 
have been allocated additional funds in the formula allocation cycle in 
which any such error occurred (if such recipient or recipients are 
eligible for a formula allocation in the next applicable formula 
allocation cycle) in an amount proportionate to such recipient's 
eligibility under the next applicable formula allocation cycle: 
Provided, That all offsets and reallocations from such available 
balances shall be recorded against funds available for the next 
applicable formula allocation cycle: Provided further, That the term 
``next applicable formula allocation cycle'' means the first formula 
allocation cycle for a program that is reasonably available for 
correction following such a Secretarial determination: Provided 
further, That if, upon request by a recipient and giving consideration 
to all Federal resources available to the recipient for the same grant 
purposes, the Secretary determines that the offset in the next 
applicable formula allocation cycle would critically impair the 
recipient's ability to accomplish the purpose of the formula grant, the 
Secretary may adjust for the funding error across two or more formula 
allocation cycles.
 

Sec. 232. The Secretary may transfer from amounts made available 
for salaries and expenses under this title (excluding amounts made 
available under the heading ``Office of Inspector General'') to the 
heading ``Information Technology Fund'' for information technology 
needs, including for additional development, modernization, and 
enhancement, to remain available until September 30, 2028: Provided, 
That the total amount of such transfers shall not exceed $5,000,000: 
Provided further, That this transfer authority shall not be used to 
fund information technology projects or activities that have known out-
year development, modernization, or enhancement costs in excess of 
$500,000: Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide 
notification to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations no 
fewer than 3 business days in advance of any such transfer.
 

Sec. 233. The Secretary shall comply with all process 
requirements, including public notice and comment, when seeking to 
revise any annual contributions contract.
 

Sec. 234. None of the funds made available to the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development in this or prior Acts may be used to 
issue a solicitation or accept bids on any solicitation that is 
substantially equivalent to the draft solicitation entitled ``Housing 
Assistance Payments

    (HAP) Contract Support Services

    (HAPSS) '' posted to 
www. Sam.gov on July 27, 2022.
 

Sec. 235.

    (a) Unobligated balances of amounts made available in 
paragraph

    (5) under the heading ``Public Housing Fund'' from fiscal 
year 2025 making appropriations for the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development are hereby permanently rescinded.

    (b) Unobligated balances of amounts made available under the 
heading ``Choice Neighborhoods Initiative'' from fiscal year 2025 
making appropriations for the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development are hereby permanently rescinded.
            (c) Unobligated balances of amounts made available in paragraph

    (2) under the heading ``Community Development Fund'' from fiscal year 2025 
making appropriations for the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development are hereby permanently rescinded.
            (d) $15,000,000 of amounts previously made available for 
expenditure from the Manufactured Housing Fees Trust Fund are hereby 
permanently rescinded.

    (e) $417,000,000 of unobligated balances of amounts made available 
under the heading ``Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes'' 
from prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development are hereby permanently rescinded.
 

Sec. 236. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to provide Federal funds to a local jurisdiction that refuses to comply 
with a request from the Department of Homeland Security to provide 
advance notice of the scheduled release date and time for a particular 
illegal alien in local custody.
 

Sec. 237. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to update minimum 
energy efficiency standards for new housing financed by the Department, 
as part of carrying out the notice entitled ``Adoption of Energy 
Efficiency Standards for New Construction of HUD- and USDA- Financed 
Housing'', or otherwise.
 

Sec. 238. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to administer or 
enforce the final rule entitled ``30-Day Notification Requirement Prior 
To Termination of Lease for Nonpayment of Rent'' published in the 
Federal Register on December 13, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 101270).
 

Sec. 239. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may allow 
1 or more public housing agencies providing housing assistance to low-
income families using amounts provided under 

section 8

    (o) and 

section 9

    (e) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 to, when providing such 
assistance, and notwithstanding 

section 8

    (o) and 

section 9

    (e) of the 
United State Housing Act of 1937, apply any requirements such public 
housing agency determines appropriate with respect to total tenant 
payments, tenant rental payments, and housing assistance payment 
amounts: Provided, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
may waive or establish an alternative requirement for any requirement 
under 

section 3

    (a) , 3

    (b) , or 8

    (o) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 if the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development determines that 
any such waiver or alternative requirements are necessary to facilitate 
the implementation of this section: Provided further, That if the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development allows a public housing 
agency to modify tenant payment, tenant rental payments, and housing 
assistance payment amounts under this section, the Secretary may not 
rescind this authority during the 7-year period after which such 
authority is granted.
 

Sec. 240. Of any amounts allocated for any fiscal year from funds 
appropriated under the headings ``Public Housing Fund'', ``Public 
Housing Operating Fund'', or ``Public Housing Capital Fund'' in this or 
prior Acts (including operating reserve funds) for any public housing 
agency that is not designated pursuant to 

section 6

    (j)

    (2) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437d

    (j)

    (2) ) as a troubled public 
housing agency, and (in the determination of the Secretary) is 
operating and maintaining its public housing in a safe, clean, and 
healthy condition, the agency may use any such amounts for any eligible 
activities under sections 9
            (d) (1) and 9

    (e)

    (1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
1437g
            (d) (1) and

    (e)

    (1) ), regardless of the fund from which the amounts 
were allocated and provided.
 This title may be cited as the ``Department of Housing and Urban 
Development Appropriations Act, 2026''.

 TITLE III

 RELATED AGENCIES

 Access Board

 salaries and expenses

 For expenses necessary for the Access Board, as authorized by 

section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 792), 
$9,955,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, there may be credited to this appropriation funds received for 
publications and training expenses.

 Federal Maritime Commission

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime Commission as 
authorized by 

section 46107 of title 46, United States Code, including 
services as authorized by 

section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 

section 1343

    (b) of 
title 31, United States Code; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as 
authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code, 
$40,000,000, of which $2,000,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2027: Provided, That not to exceed $3,500 shall be for official 
reception and representation expenses.

 National Railroad Passenger Corporation

 Office of Inspector General

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General for the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation to carry out the provisions of 
the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 3), $31,100,000: 
Provided, That the Inspector General shall have all necessary 
authority, in carrying out the duties specified in such Act, to 
investigate allegations of fraud, including false statements to the 
Government under 

section 1001 of title 18, United States Code, by any 
person or entity that is subject to regulation by the National Railroad 
Passenger Corporation: Provided further, That the Inspector General 
may enter into contracts and other arrangements for audits, studies, 
analyses, and other services with public agencies and with private 
persons, subject to the applicable laws and regulations that govern the 
obtaining of such services within the National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation: Provided further, That the Inspector General may select, 
appoint, and employ such officers and employees as may be necessary for 
carrying out the functions, powers, and duties of the Office of 
Inspector General, subject to the applicable laws and regulations that 
govern such selections, appointments, and employment within the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation: Provided further, That 
concurrent with the President's budget request for fiscal year 2027, 
the Inspector General shall submit to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations a budget request for fiscal year 2027 in similar 
format and substance to budget requests submitted by executive agencies 
of the Federal Government.

 National Transportation Safety Board

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses of the National Transportation Safety Board, 
including hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; services as 
authorized by 

section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, but at rates 
for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate 
for a GS-15; uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 
sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code, $145,000,000, of 
which not to exceed $1,000 may be used for official reception and 
representation expenses.

 Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation

 payment to the neighborhood reinvestment corporation

 For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation for use in 
neighborhood reinvestment activities, as authorized by the Neighborhood 
Reinvestment Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 8101-8107), $100,000,000.

 Surface Transportation Board

 salaries and expenses

 For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation Board, 
including services authorized by 

section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, $40,799,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, not to exceed $1,250,000 from fees established by the Surface 
Transportation Board shall be credited to this appropriation as 
offsetting collections and used for necessary and authorized expenses 
under this heading: Provided further, That the amounts made available 
under this heading from the general fund shall be reduced on a dollar-
for-dollar basis as such offsetting collections are received during 
fiscal year 2026, to result in a final appropriation from the general 
fund estimated at not more than $39,549,000.

 TITLE IV

 GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS ACT

 

Sec. 401. None of the funds in this Act shall be used for the 
planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses of, or 
otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties intervening in regulatory or 
adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act.
 

Sec. 402. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall remain 
available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, nor may any be 
transferred to other appropriations, unless expressly so provided 
herein.
 

Sec. 403. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for 
any consulting service through a procurement contract pursuant to 

section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited to those 
contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record and 
available for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under 
existing law, or under existing Executive Order issued pursuant to 
existing law.
 

Sec. 404.

    (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
obligated or expended for any employee training that--

    (1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, skills, 
 and abilities bearing directly upon the performance of official 
 duties;

    (2) contains elements likely to induce high levels of 
 emotional response or psychological stress in some 
 participants;

    (3) does not require prior employee notification of the 
 content and methods to be used in the training and written end 
 of course evaluation;

    (4) contains any methods or content associated with 
 religious or quasi-religious belief systems or ``new age'' 
 belief systems as defined in Equal Employment Opportunity 
 Commission Notice N-915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or

    (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, participants' 
 personal values or lifestyle outside the workplace.

    (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or otherwise 
preclude an agency from conducting training bearing directly upon the 
performance of official duties.
 

Sec. 405.

    (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, none of the 
funds provided in this Act, provided by previous appropriations Acts to 
the agencies or entities funded in this Act that remain available for 
obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2026, or provided from any 
accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees and 
available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for 
obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that--

    (1) creates a new program;

    (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;

    (3) increases funds or personnel for any program, project, 
 or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted by 
 the Congress;

    (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific activity 
 by either the House or Senate Committees on Appropriations for 
 a different purpose;

    (5) augments existing programs, projects, or activities in 
 excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less;

    (6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activities by 
 $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or

    (7) creates, reorganizes, or restructures a branch, 
 division, office, bureau, board, commission, agency, 
 administration, or department different from the budget 
 justifications submitted to the Committees on Appropriations or 
 the table in the Report accompanying this Act, whichever is 
 more detailed, unless:
        (A) the House and Senate Committees on 
 Appropriations are notified 30 days in advance of such 
 reprogramming of funds; and:
        (B) prior approval is received from the House and 
 Senate Committees on Appropriations and:
 Provided, That not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, each agency funded by this Act shall submit a report to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and of the House of 
Representatives to establish the baseline for application of 
reprogramming and transfer authorities for the current fiscal year: 
Provided further, That the report shall include--
            (i) a table for each appropriation with a 
 separate column to display the prior year 
 enacted level, the President's budget request, 
 adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due 
 to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 
 fiscal year enacted level;
            (ii) a delineation in the table for each 
 appropriation and its respective prior year 
 enacted level by object class and program, 
 project, and activity as detailed in this Act, 
 the table in the Report accompanying this Act 
 or in the budget appendix for the respective 
 appropriations whichever is more detailed, and 
 shall apply to all items for which a dollar 
 amount is specified and to all programs for 
 which new budget

    (obligational) authority is 
 provided, as well as to discretionary grants 
 and discretionary grant allocations; and
            (iii) an identification of items of special 
 congressional interest.
 

Sec. 406. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, not to 
exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining available at the 
end of fiscal year 2026 from appropriations made available for salaries 
and expenses for fiscal year 2026 in this Act, shall remain available 
through September 30, 2027, for each such account for the purposes 
authorized: Provided, That these requests shall be made in compliance 
with reprogramming guidelines under 

section 405 of this Act prior to 
the expenditure of such funds.
 

Sec. 407. No funds in this Act may be used to support any Federal, 
State, or local projects that seek to use the power of eminent domain, 
unless eminent domain is employed only for a public use: Provided, 
That for purposes of this section, public use shall not be construed to 
include economic development that primarily benefits private entities: 
Provided further, That any use of funds for mass transit, railroad, 
airport, seaport or highway projects, as well as utility projects which 
benefit or serve the general public (including energy-related, 
communication-related, water-related and wastewater-related 
infrastructure), other structures designated for use by the general 
public or which have other common-carrier or public-utility functions 
that serve the general public and are subject to regulation and 
oversight by the government, and projects for the removal of an 
immediate threat to public health and safety or brownfields as defined 
in the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization 
Act (Public Law 107-118) shall be considered a public use for purposes 
of eminent domain.
 

Sec. 408. None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer 
authority provided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act.
 

Sec. 409. No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may be 
expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in expending the 
assistance the entity will comply with sections 2 through 4 of the Act 
of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 8301-8305, popularly known as the ``Buy 
American Act'').
 

Sec. 410. No funds appropriated or otherwise made available under 
this Act shall be made available to any person or entity that has been 
convicted of violating the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 8301-8305).
 

Sec. 411. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
for first-class airline accommodations in contravention of sections 
301-10.122 and 301-10.123 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations.
 

Sec. 412. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to send or otherwise pay for the attendance of more than 50 employees 
of a single agency or department of the United States Government, who 
are stationed in the United States, at any single international 
conference unless the relevant Secretary reports to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations at least 5 days in advance that 
such attendance is important to the national interest: Provided, That 
for purposes of this section the term ``international conference'' 
shall mean a conference occurring outside of the United States attended 
by representatives of the United States Government and of foreign 
governments, international organizations, or nongovernmental 
organizations.
 

Sec. 413. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act may be used by the Surface Transportation 
Board to charge or collect any filing fee for rate or practice 
complaints filed with the Board in an amount in excess of the amount 
authorized for district court civil suit filing fees under 

section 1914 
of title 28, United States Code.
 

Sec. 414.

    (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
used to maintain or establish a computer network unless such network 
blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging of pornography.

    (b) Nothing in subsection

    (a) shall limit the use of funds 
necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement 
agency or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, 
prosecution, or adjudication activities.
 

Sec. 415.

    (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
used to deny an Inspector General funded under this Act timely access 
to any records, documents, or other materials available to the 
department or agency over which that Inspector General has 
responsibilities under the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
App.), or to prevent or impede that Inspector General's access to such 
records, documents, or other materials, under any provision of law, 
except a provision of law that expressly refers to the Inspector 
General and expressly limits the Inspector General's right of access.

    (b) A department or agency covered by this section shall provide 
its Inspector General with access to all such records, documents, and 
other materials in a timely manner.
            (c) Each Inspector General shall ensure compliance with statutory 
limitations on disclosure relevant to the information provided by the 
establishment over which that Inspector General has responsibilities 
under the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).
            (d) Each Inspector General covered by this section shall report to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate within 5 calendar days any failures to comply with this 
requirement.
 

Sec. 416. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used to pay award or incentive fees for 
contractors whose performance has been judged to be below satisfactory, 
behind schedule, over budget, or has failed to meet the basic 
requirements of a contract, unless the Agency determines that any such 
deviations are due to unforeseeable events, government-driven scope 
changes, or are not significant within the overall scope of the project 
and/or program unless such awards or incentive fees are consistent with 
16.401

    (e)

    (2) of the Federal Acquisition Regulations.
 

Sec. 417. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be available to pay the salary for any person filling a position, other 
than a temporary position, formerly held by an employee who has left to 
enter the Armed Forces of the United States and has satisfactorily 
completed his or her period of active military or naval service, and 
has within 90 days after his or her release from such service or from 
hospitalization continuing after discharge for a period of not more 
than 1 year, made application for restoration to his or her former 
position and has been certified by the Office of Personnel Management 
as still qualified to perform the duties of his or her former position 
and has not been restored thereto.
 

Sec. 418.

    (a) None of the funds made available by this Act may be 
used to approve a new foreign air carrier permit under sections 41301 
through 41305 of title 49, United States Code, or exemption application 
under 

section 40109 of that title of an air carrier already holding an 
air operators certificate issued by a country that is party to the 
U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agreement where such approval 
would contravene United States law or Article 17 bis of the U.S.-E.U.-
Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agreement.

    (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict or otherwise 
preclude the Secretary of Transportation from granting a foreign air 
carrier permit or an exemption to such an air carrier where such 
authorization is consistent with the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air 
Transport Agreement and United States law.
 

Sec. 419. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in contravention of 

section 312 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5155).
 

Sec. 420. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
in contravention of existing Federal law regarding non-citizen 
eligibility and ineligibility for occupancy in federally assisted 
housing or for participation in and assistance under Federal housing 
programs, including 

section 214 of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 1436a) and title IV of the Personal 
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 
U.S.C. 1601 et seq.).
 

Sec. 421.

    (a) No part of any appropriation contained in this Act or 
division J of Public Law 117-58, including funds for the National 
Passenger Railroad Corporation, shall be used, other than for normal 
and recognized executive legislative relationships, for the 
preparation, distribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, 
publication, electronic communication, radio, television, or video 
presentation designed to support or defeat the enactment of legislation 
before the Congress, except in presentation to the Congress.

    (b) No part of any appropriation contained in this Act or division 
J of Public Law 117-58, including funds for the National Passenger 
Railroad Corporation, shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of 
any grant or contract recipient, or agent acting for such recipient, 
related to any activity designed to influence the enactment of 
legislation or appropriations proposed or pending before the Congress, 
other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative 
relationships.
            (c) Amounts repurposed pursuant to subsections

    (a) and

    (b) shall 
continue to be treated as amounts specified in 

section 103

    (b) of 
division A of Public Law 118-5.
 

Sec. 422.

    (a) IN GENERAL.--Notwithstanding 

section 7 of title 1, 
United States Code, 

section 1738C of title 28, United States Code, or 
any other provision of law, none of the funds provided by this Act, or 
previous appropriations Acts, shall be used in whole or in part to take 
any discriminatory action against a person, wholly or partially, on the 
basis that such person speaks, or acts, in accordance with a sincerely 
held religious belief, or moral conviction, that marriage is, or should 
be recognized as, a union of one man and one woman.

    (b) DISCRIMINATORY ACTION DEFINED.--As used in subsection

    (a) , a 
discriminatory action means any action taken by the Federal Government 
to--

    (1) alter in any way the Federal tax treatment of, or cause 
 any tax, penalty, or payment to be assessed against, or deny, 
 delay, or revoke an exemption from taxation under 

section 501

    (a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 of, any person 
 referred to in subsection

    (a) ;

    (2) disallow a deduction for Federal tax purposes of any 
 charitable contribution made to or by such person;

    (3) withhold, reduce the amount or funding for, exclude, 
 terminate, or otherwise make unavailable or deny, any Federal 
 grant, contract, subcontract, cooperative agreement, guarantee, 
 loan, scholarship, license, certification, accreditation, 
 employment, or other similar position or status from or to such 
 person;

    (4) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or otherwise make 
 unavailable or deny, any entitlement or benefit under a Federal 
 benefit program, including admission to, equal treatment in, or 
 eligibility for a degree from an educational program, from or 
 to such person; or

    (5) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or otherwise make 
 unavailable or deny access or an entitlement to Federal 
 property, facilities, educational institutions, speech fora 
 (including traditional, limited, and nonpublic fora), or 
 charitable fundraising campaigns from or to such person.
            (c) ACCREDITATION; LICENSURE; CERTIFICATION.--The Federal 
Government shall consider accredited, licensed, or certified for 
purposes of Federal law any person that would be accredited, licensed, 
or certified, respectively, for such purposes but for a determination 
against such person wholly or partially on the basis that the person 
speaks, or acts, in accordance with a sincerely held religious belief 
or moral conviction described in subsection

    (a) .
 

Sec. 423. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to facilitate new scheduled air transportation originating from the 
United States if such flights would land on, or pass through, property 
confiscated by the Cuban Government, including property in which a 
minority interest was confiscated, as the terms confiscated, by the 
Cuban Government, and property are defined in paragraphs

    (4) ,

    (5) , and

    (12)
        (A) , respectively, of 

section 4 of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic 
Solidarity

    (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6023

    (4) ,

    (5) , and 7

    (12)
        (A) ): Provided, That for this section, new scheduled air 
transportation shall include any flights not already regularly 
scheduled prior to May 2022.
 

Sec. 424.

    (a) In the table of projects in the explanatory statement 
referenced in 

section 417 of the Transportation, Housing and Urban 
Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022 (division L 
of Public Law 117-103)--

    (1) the item relating to ``Acquisition of new commercial space'' is 
deemed to be amended by striking project ``Acquisition of new 
commercial space'' and inserting ``Renovation of commercial space'';

    (2) the item relating to ``Electric school bus and associated 
electric vehicle

    (EV) charging infrastructure'' is deemed to be amended 
by striking recipient ``Falls Church City Public Schools'' and 
inserting ``City of Falls Church'';

    (3) the item relating to ``North Commons Regional Vision'' is 
deemed to be amended by striking recipient ``Minneapolis Park and 
Recreation Board'' and inserting ``City of Minneapolis'';

    (4) the item relating to ``Orangewood Parkette'' is deemed to be 
amended by striking project ``Orangewood Parkette'' and inserting 
``Orangewood Complete Streets'';

    (5) the item relating to ``Replacing Five Elevators in a Public 
Housing Development'' is deemed to be amended by striking project 
``Replacing Five Elevators in a Public Housing Development'' and 
inserting ``Replacing Elevators in a Public Housing Development'';

    (6) the item relating to ``Long Branch Stream Valley Park 
Pedestrian Bridge Replacements and ADA Improvements'' is deemed to be 
amended by striking recipient ``Montgomery County Government'' and 
inserting ``Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission'';

    (7) the item relating to "Washington Gorge Action Programs--
Goldendale Childcare and Early Learning Center" is deemed to be amended 
by striking ``Goldendale'';

    (8) the item relating to ``Habitat for Humanity's Veterans Blitz 
Build'' is deemed to be amended by striking recipient ``Habitat for 
Humanity San Bernardino Area, Inc.'' and inserting ``Neighborhood 
Partnership Housing Services, Inc.

    (NPHS) ''; and

    (9) the item relating to ``Allen University Restoration of Historic 
Waverly-Good Samaritan Hospital'' is deemed to be amended by striking 
``Allen University Restoration of Historic Waverly-Good Samaritan 
Hospital'' and inserting ``Facility Upgrades''.

    (b) In the table of projects entitled ``Community Project Funding/
Congressionally Directed Spending'' included in the explanatory 
statement that accompanied the Transportation, Housing and Urban 
Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023 (division L 
of Public Law 117-328)--

    (1) the item relating to ``Supportive Living, Community Day 
Services, and Housing Site Project for Adults with Intellectual and 
Developmental Disabilities'' is deemed to be amended by striking 
project ``Supportive Living, Community Day Services, and Housing Site 
Project for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities'' 
and inserting ``Community Day Services and Housing Expansion for Adults 
with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities'';

    (2) the item relating to ``Public Library Addition'' is deemed to 
be amended by striking project ``Public Library Addition'' and 
inserting ``Public Library Renovations'';

    (3) the item relating to ``Renovation of Snelling Motel to 
Affordable Housing for Veterans'' is deemed to be amended by striking 
project ``Renovation of Snelling Motel to Affordable Housing for 
Veterans'' and inserting ``Acquisition for Affordable Housing for 
Veterans'';

    (4) the item relating to ``El Centro de la Raza-Pattison's West 
Community Campus Property Acquisition'' is deemed to be amended by 
striking project ``El Centro de la Raza-Pattison's West Community 
Campus Property Acquisition'' and inserting ``Pattison's West Community 
Campus'';

    (5) the item relating to ``Riverbrook Regional YMCA'' is deemed to 
be amended by striking recipient ``Riverbrook Regional Young Men's 
Christian Association, Inc.'' and inserting ``City of Norwalk'';

    (6) the item relating to ``The SE1 Rehab'' is deemed to be amended 
by striking recipient ``The Skid Row Housing Trust'' and inserting 
``PATH Ventures'' and striking project ``The SE1 Rehab'' and inserting 
``Skid Row Permanent Supportive Housing Rehabilitation'';

    (7) the item relating to ``Community Aging & Retirement Services, 
Inc.'' is deemed to be amended by striking recipient ``Community Aging 
& Retirement Services, Inc.'' and inserting ``Pasco County,'' and 
striking project ``CARES One Stop Senior Center Acquisition and 
Construction'' and inserting ``Senior Center Acquisition and 
Construction'';

    (8) the item relating to ``Western Flyer Coast Guard Pier Repair 
and Classroom Design'' is deemed to be amended by striking project 
``Western Flyer Coast Guard Pier Repair and Classroom Design'' and 
inserting ``Western Flyer Pier and Classroom Repair'';

    (9) the item relating to ``NYCHA ADA Accessibility and Security 
Lighting Project'' is deemed to be amended by striking project ``NYCHA 
ADA Accessibility and Security Lighting Project'' and inserting 
``Installation of Exterior Lighting at Borinquen Plaza II'';

    (10) the item relating to ``Ausonia Apartments Modernization'' is 
deemed to be amended by striking recipient ``Ausonia Apartments'' and 
inserting ``Boston Housing Authority''; and

    (11) the item relating to ``Helping Up Mission Permanent Housing on 
East Baltimore Street'' is deemed to be amended by striking ``Helping 
Up Mission Permanent Housing on East Baltimore Street'' and inserting 
``Greenspace Development in Baltimore''.
            (c) In the table of projects entitled ``Community Project Funding/
Congressionally Directed Spending'' included in the explanatory 
statement that accompanied the Transportation, Housing and Urban 
Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (division F 
of Public Law 118-42)--

    (1) the item relating to ``Pawtucket Library, Sayles Building Re-
Pointing'' is deemed to be amended by striking project ``Pawtucket 
Library, Sayles Building Re-Pointing'' and inserting ``Pawtucket 
Library, Sayles Building Renovation'';

    (2) the item relating to ``Germany Road Relocation Project'' is 
deemed to be amended by striking project ``Germany Road Relocation 
Project'' and inserting ``Sewer Improvements'';

    (3) the item relating to ``Community Center Expansion and Land 
Acquisition'' is deemed to be amended by striking ``Expansion and Land 
Acquisition'' and inserting ``Planning and Design'';

    (4) the item relating to ``Laconia, NH Hill Street Pedestrian 
Bridge Replacement'' is deemed to be amended by striking ``Hill 
Street'' and inserting ``Mill Street'';

    (5) the item relating to ``Sunnyside Community Reinvestment as 
Cultura & Traditions: Tucson, AZ'' is deemed to be amended by striking 
recipient ``Sunnyside Foundation'' and inserting ``Sunnyside Unified 
School District'';

    (6) the item relating to ``Boys and Girls Clubs of Puerto Rico 
Arecibo Clubhouse Construction Project'' is deemed to be amended by 
striking ``Boys and Girls Clubs of Puerto Rico Arecibo Clubhouse 
Construction Project'' and inserting ``Rehabilitation of San Lorenzo 
Community Facility of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Puerto Rico'';

    (7) the item relating to ``Craighead Technology Park and Public 
Safety Center'' is deemed to be amended by striking recipient ``City 
Water and Light of Jonesboro'' and inserting ``City of Jonesboro''; and

    (8) the item relating to ``Capital Repairs of 4 Affordable Housing 
properties, City of Seattle, King County, WA'' is deemed to be amended 
by striking ``4'' and inserting ``3'';

    (9) the item relating to ``Middletown Plaza Elevator Replacement'' 
is deemed to be amended by striking ``Middletown Plaza Elevator 
Replacement'' and inserting ``Security Upgrades at NYCHA's Soundview 
Houses'';

    (10) the item relating to ``Morris Affordable Housing 
Infrastructure'' is deemed to be amended by striking recipient ``Morris 
Affordable Housing Infrastructure'' and inserting ``Morris Housing 
Authority''; and

    (11) the item relating to ``Rehabilitation of Historic Alumni House 
as Skills-based Workforce Development Community Center'' is deemed to 
be amended by striking ``Historic Alumni House as'' and inserting ``a 
building for a''.
 

Sec. 425. No funds made available by this Act shall be used in 
contravention of--

    (a) Executive Order 14148, or any substantially similar rule or 
order;

    (b) Executive Order 14168, or any substantially similar rule or 
order;
            (c) Executive Order 14170, or any substantially similar rule or 
order;
            (d) Executive Order 14171, or any substantially similar rule or 
order;

    (e) Executive Order 14173, or any substantially similar rule or 
order;

    (f) 90 Fed. Reg. 8651, or any substantially similar rule or order;

    (g) Executive Order 14192, or any substantially similar rule or 
order;

    (h) Executive Order 14215, or any substantially similar rule or 
order;
            (i) Executive Order 14224, or any substantially similar rule or 
order;

    (j) Executive Order 14236, or any substantially similar rule or 
order;

    (k) Executive Order 14238, or any substantially similar rule or 
order;
            (l) Executive Order 14240, or any substantially similar rule or 
order;
            (m) 90 Fed. Reg. 23467, or any substantially similar rule or order;

    (n) Presidential Memorandum entitled ``Updating Permitting 
Technology for the 21st Century'' issued on April 15, 2025.

    (o) Executive Order 14303, or any substantially similar rule or 
order;

    (p) Executive Order 14304, or any substantially similar rule or 
order;

    (q) Executive Order 14305, or any substantially similar rule or 
order;

    (r) Executive Order 14307, or any substantially similar rule or 
order;
 

Sec. 426. None of the funds made available by this Act may be 
obligated or expended to fly or display a flag over a facility of a 
Department or agency funded by this Act other than the flag of the 
United States; the flag of a State, insular area, or the District of 
Columbia; the flag of a Federally recognized Tribal entity; the 
official flag of the Secretary of Transportation or the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development; the official flag of a U.S. Department 
or agency; or the POW/MIA flag.
 

Sec. 427. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to purchase, install, maintain, or operate automated traffic 
enforcement cameras for purposes of red-light enforcement, speed 
enforcement, or stop sign enforcement.
 

Sec. 428. None of the funds made available by this Act, or any 
other Act making appropriations for fiscal year 2026, may be obligated 
or expended to award any grant, contract, cooperative agreement, or 
other form of financial assistance to the Metropolitan Washington 
Airports Authority or Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority if 
either entity enters into a contract to disseminate advertisements for 
ByteDance or any of its subsidiary companies.

 spending reduction account

 

Sec. 429. $0.
 This Act may be cited as the ``Transportation, Housing and Urban 
Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026''.
 Union Calendar No. 172

119th CONGRESS

 1st Session

 H. R. 4552

 [Report No. 119-212]

_______________________________________________________________________

 A BILL

 Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and 
Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
 ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

 July 21, 2025

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
 and ordered to be printed