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[S. 2465 Reported in Senate (RS)]
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Calendar No. 125
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2465
[Report No. 119-47]
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.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 24, 2025
Mrs. Hyde-Smith, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the
following original bill; which was read twice and placed on the
calendar
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A BILL
Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and
Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 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,
$185,965,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided,
That of the sums appropriated under this heading--
(1) $3,764,000 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) $27,780,000 shall be available for the Office of the
General Counsel: Provided, That the Secretary of
Transportation (referred to in this title as ``the Secretary'')
shall report to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations on the implementation of all sections under
title V of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 (Public Law 118-
63) not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act;
(4) $20,222,000 shall be available for the Office of the
Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy, of which
$3,970,000 is for the Office for Multimodal Freight
Infrastructure and Policy: Provided, That the Secretary must
obtain reprogramming approval from the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations under section 405 of this Act
prior to executing the authorities of section 118(g)(2)-(3) of
title 49, United States Code;
(5) $21,505,000 shall be available for the Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs;
(6) $3,807,000 shall be available for the Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs;
(7) $20,024,000 shall be available for the Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Administration;
(8) $5,664,000 shall be available for the Office of Public
Affairs and Public Engagement;
(9) $2,332,000 shall be available for the Office of the
Executive Secretariat;
(10) $15,484,000 shall be available for the Office of
Intelligence, Security, and Emergency Response;
(11) $16,957,000 shall be available for the Office of the
Chief Information Officer;
(12) $1,494,000 shall be available for the Office of Tribal
Government Affairs;
(13) $41,644,000 shall be available for shared services as
authorized in 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
(14) $3,940,000 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 among the purposes specified in the
first proviso under this heading: Provided further, That such
transfers combined shall not increase or decrease the amount
appropriated for any purpose specified in the first proviso under this
heading by more than 4 percent: Provided further, That notice of any
change in funding greater than 4 percent shall be submitted for
approval to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations not later
than 7 business days in advance of any such change: 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, $32,705,000, of which
$21,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That of
such amounts that are available until expended, $9,000,000 shall be for
necessary expenses of the Advanced Research Projects Agency--
Infrastructure (ARPA-I) as authorized by section 119 of title 49,
United States Code: Provided further, That within the funds made
available under the preceding proviso, not less than $6,000,000 shall
be available for research on durability, resiliency, and sustainability
of bridges and other infrastructure and shall be directed to an
accredited university of higher education in the northeast United
States that has experience leading a regional university transportation
center and a proven record of developing, patenting, deploying, and
commercializing innovative composite materials and technologies for
bridge and other transportation applications, as well as conducting
research and developing prototypes using very large-scale polymer-based
additive manufacturing: Provided further, That of such amounts that
are available until expended, $4,000,000 shall be for the Highly
Automated Systems Safety Center of Excellence as authorized in section
105 of title I of division H of the Further Consolidated Appropriations
Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-94): Provided further, That of such amounts
that are available until expended, $3,000,000 shall be for activities
relating to complementary positioning, navigation, and timing
technologies demonstrations as identified in the U.S. Department of
Transportation Complementary PNT Action Plan (March 2024): 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 infrastructure investments
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses to carry out a local and regional project
assistance grant program under section 6702 of title 49, United States
Code, $250,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That
section 6702(f)(2) of title 49, United States Code, shall not apply to
amounts made available under this heading in this Act: Provided
further, That of the amounts made available under this heading in this
Act, not less than 5 percent shall be awarded to projects in
historically disadvantaged communities or areas of persistent poverty
as defined under section 6702(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code:
Provided further, That grants awarded under this heading in this Act
for eligible projects for planning, preparation, or design shall not be
subject to a minimum grant size: Provided further, That in
distributing amounts made available under this heading in this Act, the
Secretary shall take such measures so as to ensure an equitable
geographic distribution of funds, an appropriate balance in addressing
the needs of urban and rural areas, including Tribal areas, and the
investment in a variety of transportation modes: Provided further,
That for amounts made available under this heading in this Act, the
Secretary shall give priority to projects that require a contribution
of Federal funds in order to complete an overall financing package:
Provided further, That section 6702(f)(1) of title 49, United States
Code, shall not apply to amounts made available under this heading in
this Act: Provided further, That of the amounts awarded under this
heading in this Act, not more than 50 percent shall be allocated for
eligible projects located in rural areas and not more than 50 percent
shall be allocated for eligible projects located in urbanized areas:
Provided further, That for the purpose of determining if an award for
planning, preparation, or design under this heading in this Act is an
urban award, the project location is the location of the project being
planned, prepared, or designed: Provided further, That the Secretary
may retain up to 2 percent of the amounts made available under this
heading in this Act, and may transfer portions of such amounts to the
Administrators of the Federal Aviation Administration, the Federal
Highway Administration, the Federal Transit Administration, the Federal
Railroad Administration and the Maritime Administration to fund the
award and oversight of grants and credit assistance made under the
program authorized under section 6702 of title 49, United States Code:
Provided further, That for amounts made available under this heading in
this Act, the Secretary shall consider and award projects based solely
on the selection criteria as identified under section 6702(d)(3) and
(d)(4) of title 49, United States Code.
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, $9,850,000,
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.
rural and tribal infrastructure advancement
For necessary expenses to carry out rural and Tribal infrastructure
advancement as authorized in section 21205 of Public Law 117-58,
$10,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028: Provided,
That the Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with
philanthropic entities, non-profit organizations, other Federal
agencies, State or local governments and their agencies, Indian Tribes,
or other technical assistance providers, to provide such technical
assistance, planning, and capacity building to State, local, or Tribal
governments, United States territories, metropolitan planning
organizations, transit agencies, or other political subdivisions of
State or local governments.
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, $60,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2027.
office of civil rights
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, $12,228,000.
transportation planning, research, and development
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses for conducting transportation planning,
research, systems development, development activities, and making
grants, $34,259,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That of such amount, $5,436,000 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: Provided further, That of the
amounts made available under this heading, $9,647,000 shall be made
available for the projects, and in the amounts, specified for
congressionally directed spending in the table entitled
``Congressionally Directed Spending'' included in the report
accompanying this Act: Provided further, That amounts made available
in the preceding proviso for such projects shall not diminish or
prejudice any application or geographic region for other discretionary
grant or loan awards made by the Department of Transportation:
Provided further, That of the amounts made available under this
heading, $2,000,000 shall be made available for an independent review
of airspace design, civil-military coordination, and operational safety
in the National Capital Region, with particular focus on airspace
activities at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
working capital fund
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses for operating costs and capital outlays of
the Working Capital Fund as authorized in section 327 of title 49,
United States Code, not to exceed $650,000,000, 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 under this heading 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: Provided further, That the Secretary may
provide non-commodity information technology services in a consolidated
or shared manner for operating administrations through the Working
Capital Fund: Provided further, That the preceding proviso shall not
apply to the Federal Aviation Administration, the Great Lakes St.
Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, and the Office of Inspector
General: Provided further, That an operating administration may
determine that certain non-commodity information technology services do
not provide a direct benefit to the operating administration and shall
not be required to obligate funds appropriated by this Act to the
Office of the Secretary pursuant to section 188 of this Act: Provided
further, That if the determination in the preceding proviso concludes
that non-commodity information technology services do not provide a
direct benefit to the operating administration, those services shall
remain within the operating administration: Provided further, That not
less than 30 days prior to using the authority provided in the
preceding four provisos, the Secretary shall provide the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations a plan describing the non-commodity
information technology services consolidated or shared through the
Working Capital Fund: Provided further, That the Secretary shall
provide quarterly briefings to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations on all activities relating to non-commodity information
technology services as authorized under this heading: Provided
further, That unless otherwise specified under this heading, the
Working Capital Fund shall only deliver services consisting of
administration and commodity information technology: Provided further,
That the departmental consolidation of activities including human
resources, procurement, governmental affairs, public affairs and public
engagement, and civil rights are prohibited: Provided further, That
amounts within the Working Capital Fund are not available to provide
services not specifically authorized under this heading.
small and disadvantaged business utilization and outreach
For necessary expenses for small and disadvantaged business
utilization and outreach activities, $5,330,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2027: Provided, That not less than 11 small
business transportation resource centers shall be maintained and
operated: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 332 of title
49, United States Code, such amounts may be used for business
opportunities related to any mode of transportation: Provided further,
That appropriations made available under this heading shall be
available for any purpose consistent with prior year appropriations
that were made available under the heading ``Office of the Secretary--
Minority Business Resource Center Program''.
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, $513,637,231, 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, shall not apply to maintain eligibility
under section 41731 of title 49, United States Code.
administrative provisions--office of the secretary of transportation
(including rescissions)
(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 website 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. 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. 109. (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 L 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 local and regional project assistance program under
section 6702 of title 49, United States Code; and
(2) the university transportation centers program under
section 5505 of title 49, United States Code.
Sec. 109A. For amounts provided for this fiscal year and prior
fiscal years, section 24112(c)(2)(B) of Public Law 117-58 shall be
applied by substituting ``30 percent'' for ``40 percent'': Provided,
That if the Secretary determines that there are insufficient merit-
worthy applications for the amounts provided for fiscal year 2022
through fiscal year 2026 in division J of Public Law 117-58 for
competitive grants as authorized in section 24112 of division B of
Public Law 117-58 to meet the requirement in section 24112(c)(2)(B) for
a fiscal year, the Secretary shall use the unutilized amounts to make
other grants as authorized in section 24112 of division B of Public Law
117-58: Provided further, That amounts repurposed pursuant to this
section shall continue to be treated as amounts specified in section
103(b) of division A of Public Law 118-5.
Sec. 109B. The Secretary may transfer up to $1,641,000 from
amounts made available under the heading ``Office of the Secretary--
Salaries and Expenses'' to the Department's operating administrations
for rent payments: Provided, That such amounts transferred for rent
payments that are no longer needed may be transferred back to such
account.
Sec. 109C. The remaining unobligated balances, as of September 30,
2026, from amounts made available for ``Department of Transportation--
Office of the Secretary--National Infrastructure Investments'' in
division J of Public Law 117-58 for local and regional project
assistance under section 6702 of title 49, United States Code, for
fiscal year 2022 are hereby permanently rescinded, and an amount of
additional new budget authority equivalent to the amount rescinded
pursuant to this section is hereby appropriated on September 30, 2026,
for an additional amount for fiscal year 2026, to remain available
until September 30, 2031, and shall be available, without additional
competition, for completing the funding of awards made pursuant to
section 6702 of title 49, United States Code, for fiscal year 2022
funding, in addition to other funds as may be available for such
purposes: Provided, That the amounts rescinded pursuant to this
section that were previously designated by the Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 4112(a) of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th
Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year
2018, and to section 251(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress as an
emergency requirement pursuant to 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res 14 (117th
Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year
2022, and to legislation establishing fiscal year 2026 budget
enforcement in the House of Representatives: Provided further, That
the amount of additional new budget authority is designated by the
Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to such section
4001(a) and to legislation establishing fiscal year 2026 budget
enforcement in the House of Representatives.
Sec. 109D. None of the funds made available by this or any other
Act shall be used to cancel or seek to renegotiate an existing contract
under the essential air service program under subchapter II of chapter
417 of title 49, United States Code, before the standard period of
rebidding occurring prior to a contract's expiration unless in response
to an explicit written request from the EAS Community. Provided, That
this section shall only apply to existing contracts under which the
carrier is in compliance with the contract terms.
Sec. 109E. Of the unobligated balances of funds remaining from--
(1) ``Transportation Planning, Research, and Development''
account in title I of division A of Public Law 111-117,
$108,147.49 is hereby permanently rescinded; and
(2) ``Transportation Planning, Research, and Development''
account in title I of division F of Public Law 108-199,
$744,000 is hereby permanently rescinded.
Sec. 109F. Of the unobligated balances from amounts made available
for ``Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Program'' in
section 420 of title IV of division G of Public Law 116-6, $25,476 is
hereby permanently rescinded.
Sec. 109G. Of the unobligated balances from amounts made available
for ``Department of Transportation--Office of the Secretary--Salaries
and Expenses'' in Public Law 119-4, $20,000,000 is hereby permanently
rescinded.
Federal Aviation Administration
operations
(airport and airway trust fund)
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Administration
(FAA), 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, $13,818,183,000, to remain available until September
30, 2027, of which $13,127,000,000 to be derived from the Airport and
Airway Trust Fund: Provided, That of the amounts made available under
this heading--
(1) not less than $1,876,039,000 shall be available for
aviation safety activities, of which--
(A) not less than $379,223,000 shall be for
aircraft certification service; and
(B) not less than $100,000,000 shall be for the
Office of Aerospace Medicine;
(2) $10,378,148,000 shall be available for air traffic
organization activities, of which--
(A) not less than $279,200,000 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;
(B) $8,000,000 shall be for the pilot program to
convert high activity air traffic control towers
operating under the contract tower program to FAA
staffed visual flight rules towers, as authorized under
section 625 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024, and
to prioritize the contract towers as required under
section 625(a)(2) of such Act;
(C) not less than $14,000,000 shall be for the
Office of Spectrum Engineering; and
(D) $6,000,000 shall be for unmanned aircraft
system test sites;
(3) $41,546,000 shall be available for commercial space
transportation activities;
(4) $970,124,000 shall be available for finance and
management activities;
(5) $67,249,000 shall be available for NextGen and
operations planning activities;
(6) $161,174,000 shall be available for security and
hazardous materials safety activities; and
(7) $323,903,000 shall be available for staff offices, of
which--
(A) not less than $7,500,000 shall be for the
minority serving institutes internship program;
(B) not less than $1,000,000 shall be for the human
intervention motivation study contract and the flight
attendant drug and alcohol program contract; and
(C) $3,000,000 shall be for the FAA's veterans'
pilot training program:
Provided further, That of the funds made available under this
heading, not less than $9,700,420,000 shall be for the level specified
for ``Salaries and Benefits'' in the ``FY 2026 Request'' column in
Exhibit II-5 of the FAA's FY 2026 President's Budget Submission, as
submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on May
30, 2025: Provided further, That not to exceed 3 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 3 percent: Provided further, That any
transfer in excess of 3 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 30 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 the amounts made
available under this heading shall be reduced by $100,000 for each day
after 30 days after the submission of the budget request that such
report has not been transmitted to Congress: Provided further, That
not later than 30 days after the submission of the budget request, the
Administrator shall transmit to Congress a companion report that
describes a comprehensive strategy for staffing, hiring, and training
flight standards and aircraft certification staff in a format similar
to the one utilized for the controller staffing plan, including stated
attrition estimates and numerical hiring goals by fiscal year:
Provided further, That the amounts made available under this heading
shall be reduced by $100,000 for each day after the date that is 30
days after the submission of the budget request that such report has
not been transmitted to Congress: Provided further, That not later
than 60 days after the submission of the budget request, the
Administrator shall transmit to Congress a companion report that
describes a comprehensive strategy for staffing, hiring, and training
airways transportation systems 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 the date that is 60
days after the submission of the budget request that such report has
not been submitted to Congress: Provided further, That funds may be
used to enter into a grant agreement with a nonprofit standard-setting
organization to assist in the development of 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 not later
than 120 days after enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall
transmit to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a report
on all expenditures related to the contract tower program from the most
recent fiscal year, including a breakout for administrative costs,
contract support expenses, insurance, equipment procured and installed
in contract towers, new starts, and aggregate payments for operating
the contract towers: Provided further, That not later than 180 days
after enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall transmit to the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a report on the FAA's
ongoing efforts and future plans to equip contract towers with radar
displays and other technology that the FAA believes are necessary to
enhance aviation safety: Provided further, That none of the funds made
available by this Act for aeronautical charting and cartography are
available for activities conducted by, or coordinated through, the
Working Capital Fund: Provided further, That none of the funds
appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act or any other Act
may be used to eliminate the contract weather observers program at any
airport.
facilities and equipment
(airport and airway trust fund)
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for
acquisition, establishment, technical support services, improvement by
contract or purchase, and hire of national airspace systems and
experimental facilities and equipment, as authorized under part A of
subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, including initial
acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; engineering and
service testing, including construction of test facilities and
acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; construction and
furnishing of quarters and related accommodations for officers and
employees of the Federal Aviation Administration stationed at remote
localities where such accommodations are not available; and the
purchase, lease, or transfer of aircraft from funds made available
under this heading, including aircraft for aviation regulation and
certification; to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund,
$4,000,000,000, of which $670,000,000 is for personnel and related
expenses and shall remain available until September 30, 2027, and
$3,330,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2028:
Provided, That the sums appropriated under this heading in this Act
shall be made available for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified
for spending in the table entitled ``Allocation of FAA Facilities and
Equipment Funding in This Act--Fiscal Year 2026'' included in the
report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That the sums
appropriated under this heading in title VIII of division J of the
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58) shall be
made available for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified for
spending in the table entitled ``Allocation of FAA Facilities and
Equipment Funding in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act--Fiscal
Year 2026'' included in the report accompanying this Act: Provided
further, That amounts repurposed 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 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 30
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.
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, $290,000,000, 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 the sums appropriated under this heading shall be made available
for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the table entitled
``Research, Engineering, and Development'' included in the report
accompanying this Act: Provided further, That of the amounts made
available under this heading, $30,000,000 shall be for aviation
workforce development programs, as authorized under section 625 of the
FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018, as amended (49 U.S.C. 40132 note):
Provided further, That of the amounts set aside under the preceding
proviso, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended, for
manufacturing workforce grants as authorized under section 625 (a)(3)
and $10,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for not
more than two community colleges that are sponsors of a general
aviation airport identified in the National Plan of Integrated Airport
Systems: Provided further, That grants awarded in the previous proviso
for community colleges shall be awarded for an amount not less than
$5,000,000 per award: Provided further, That the Secretary shall award
such grant under the preceding proviso notwithstanding section
625(b)(2) of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018, as amended (49 U.S.C.
40132 note).
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 the
airport technology research program and of which, $6,000,000 shall be
available for the airfield technology program authorized under section
1014 of Public Law 118-63, of which $3,000,000 is for concrete pavement
research and $3,000,000 is for asphalt pavement 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 Federal Aviation
Administration 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 of title 49, United States
Code, subchapter 1 of chapter 475 of such title, and section 767 of the
FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 (Public Law 118-63), $319,368,000, 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 the
amounts made available under this heading shall not be subject to any
limitation on obligations for the Grants-in-Aid for Airports program
set forth in any Act: Provided further, That the Administrator of the
Federal Aviation Administration may retain up to 1 percent of the
amounts made available under this heading to fund the award and
oversight by the Administrator of grants made under this heading:
Provided further, That of the sums appropriated under this heading--
(1) $269,368,000 shall be made available for the projects,
and in the amounts, specified for congressionally directed
spending in the table entitled ``Congressionally Directed
Spending'' included in the report accompanying this Act:
Provided, That amounts made available in the preceding proviso
for such projects shall not diminish or prejudice any
application or geographic region for other discretionary grant
or loan awards made by the Department of Transportation:
Provided further, That funds made available under this section
shall not be subject to or considered under section
47115(j)(3)(B), 47115(j)(3)(C), or 47115(j)(3)(D) of title 49,
United States Code; and
(2) up to $50,000,000 shall be made available to the
Secretary to distribute as discretionary grants to airports
that include, but are not limited to, projects that are
eligible under section 47115(j)(3)(D) of title 49, United
States Code: Provided, That of amounts made available under
this heading, $25,000,000 shall be made available for the
Secretary to distribute as discretionary grants for airports
with scheduled commercial service in calendar year 2024, that
serve essential air service markets as reported in October
2024, reported and certified zero dollars total debt at end of
year on the form FAA-5100-127 submitted before the date of
enactment of this Act for fiscal year 2024, and were allocated
an amount under the heading ``Grants-in-Aid for Airports'' in
division B of Public Law 116-136 equal to or less than the
amount designated for a regional airport under paragraph (4)
under such heading: Provided further, That the funds made
available under the preceding proviso shall be prioritized for
airports participating in the FAA Contract Tower Program.
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, 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:
Provided, That of the nine political and Presidential appointee
positions in the Federal Aviation Administration, not less than one
position shall be within each of the following offices and no appointee
shall be in any other office: the Office of the Administrator, the
Office of the Deputy Administrator, the Office of the General Counsel,
the Office of Government and Industry Affairs, the Office of
Communications, the Office of Airports, and the Office for Policy,
International Affairs, and Environment.
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 or relocate a regional operations center of the Federal
Aviation Administration or reduce its services or personnel 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 submits a request for the reprogramming of
funds under section 405 of this Act.
Sec. 119D. Section 44502(e) of title 49, United States Code, shall
be applied by inserting the following after paragraph (4):
``(5) Limitations.--
``(A) Systems or equipment.--Eligible air traffic
systems or equipment identified in subparagraphs (A)
through (C) of paragraph (3) of this subsection to be
transferred to the Administrator under this subsection
must have been purchased by the transferor airport on
or after October 5, 2018.
``(B) Other systems or equipment.--Eligible air
traffic systems or equipment identified in subparagraph
(D) of paragraph (3) of this subsection to be
transferred to the Administrator under this subsection
must have been purchased by the transferor airport on
or after October 1, 2024.
``(6) Airports classified as a basic or local general
aviation airport.--An airport that is categorized as a basic or
local general aviation airport under the most recently
published national plan of integrated airport systems under
section 47103 may only transfer an eligible air traffic system
or equipment under this subsection in accordance with the
exception provided in paragraph (4) if such system or equipment
was purchased by the transferor airport on or after October 1,
2024.''.
Sec. 119E. None of the funds in this or any other Act shall be
used to plan, design, or implement the privatization or separation of
the air traffic organization functions of the Federal Aviation
Administration.
Sec. 119F. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this or any other Act may be used for the construction of
a new Air Traffic Control Training Academy except for the Federal
Aviation Administration's existing Training Academy located at the Mike
Monroney Aeronautical Center.
Sec. 119G. Notwithstanding section 40122(c) of title 49, United
States Code, for this year and thereafter, the Administrator of the
Federal Aviation Administration, in consultation with the Federal Air
Surgeon, may increase the annual rate of basic pay for positions in the
Office of Aerospace Medicine requiring a medical degree up to the
annual compensation paid under section 102 of title 3, United States
Code.
Sec. 119H. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration is directed to provide a spend plan and a briefing
within 30 days of enactment of this Act, and each month thereafter
during fiscal year 2026, to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations on all activities and efforts funded by this Act and
section 40003 of Public Law 119-21 for the Federal Aviation
Administration's air traffic control modernization efforts: Provided,
That the Administrator shall make available for each briefing the
Federal Aviation Administration's Chief Financial Officer and the
Assistant Administrator for Policy, International Affairs, and
Environment, and the Federal Aviation Administration's Air Traffic
Organization's Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer.
Federal Highway Administration
limitation on administrative expenses
(highway trust fund)
(including transfer of funds)
Not to exceed $507,435,977 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: Provided further, That of the funds made available under this
heading for the Highway Research and Development Program, $8,000,000,
to remain available until expended, shall be for research leading to
sustainable stormwater management technologies and techniques to reduce
the impacts of 6PPD and 6PPD-quinone on salmon-bearing streams:
Provided further, That the Federal Highway Administration shall
implement this research as specified under the heading ``Stormwater
Management'' in the report accompanying this Act: Provided further,
That of the funds made available under this heading for the Highway
Research and Development Program, $5,000,000, shall be to carry out
section 11502 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (23 U.S.C.
148 note).
(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 $1,136,425,000, of
which $555,200,000 shall be derived from the unobligated balances of
amounts previously appropriated under the heading ``Federal Highway
Administration--Highway Infrastructure Programs'' in division J of
Public Law 117-58, as follows: (1) $24,000,000 from amounts previously
appropriated for fiscal years 2023, 2024, and 2025 for operations and
administration of the Federal Highway Administration; (2) $75,000,000
from amounts previously appropriated for fiscal year 2022 in paragraph
(2) for the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation; (3) $220,000,000
from amounts previously appropriated for fiscal years 2023, 2024, and
2025 in paragraph (2) for grants to States or localities that require
additional assistance to strategically deploy electric vehicle charging
infrastructure; and (4) $236,200,000 from amounts that will become
available for fiscal year 2026 in paragraph (2), of which $100,000,000
shall be from the grants to States or localities that require
additional assistance to strategically deploy electric vehicle charging
infrastructure and of which $15,000,000 shall be from the operations
and administration of the Federal Highway Administration: Provided,
That amounts derived by transfer as described in the matter preceding
this 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 funds made available under this heading 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; (2) the Appalachian development highway system as
authorized under section 1069(y) of Public Law 102-240; (3) activities
eligible under the Tribal transportation program under section 202 of
title 23, United States Code; (4) activities eligible under the Federal
lands transportation program under section 203 of such title; (5)
activities eligible under the Federal land access program under section
204 of such title; (6) the Northern Border Regional Commission (40
U.S.C. 15101 et seq.); (7) the Southwest Border Regional Commission (40
U.S.C. 15101 et seq.); (8) the Denali Commission; or (9) activities
eligible under chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code, and shall not
affect the distribution or amount of funds provided in any other Act:
Provided further, That, except for the funds made available under this
heading for the Northern Border Regional Commission, the Southwest
Border Regional Commission, and the Denali Commission, section 11101(e)
of Public Law 117-58 shall apply to funds made available under this
heading: Provided further, That amounts made available under this
heading 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) $581,225,000, which shall be derived from the general
fund and shall be available until September 30, 2029, shall be
for the projects, and in the amounts, specified for
congressionally directed spending in the table entitled
``Congressionally Directed Spending'' included in the report
accompanying this Act: Provided, That amounts made available
in the preceding proviso for such projects shall not diminish
or prejudice any application or geographic region for other
discretionary grant or loan awards made by the Department of
Transportation: Provided further, 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) $50,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses for
construction of the Appalachian development highway system, as
authorized under section 1069(y) of Public Law 102-240:
Provided, That for the purposes of funds made available under
this paragraph, the term ``Appalachian State'' means a State
that contains 1 or more counties (including any political
subdivision located within the area) in the Appalachian region
as defined in section 14102(a) of title 40, United States Code:
Provided further, That funds made available under this heading
for construction of the Appalachian development highway system
shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That,
except as provided in the following proviso, funds made
available under this heading for construction of the
Appalachian development highway system shall be administered as
if apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code:
Provided further, That a project carried out with funds made
available under this heading for construction of the
Appalachian development highway system shall be carried out in
the same manner as a project under section 14501 of title 40,
United States Code: Provided further, That subject to the
following proviso, funds made available under this heading for
construction of the Appalachian development highway system
shall be apportioned to Appalachian States according to the
percentages derived from the 2012 Appalachian development
highway system cost-to-complete estimate, adopted in
Appalachian Regional Commission Resolution Number 736, and
confirmed as each Appalachian State's relative share of the
estimated remaining need to complete the Appalachian
development highway system, adjusted to exclude those corridors
that such States have no current plans to complete, as reported
in the 2013 Appalachian Development Highway System Completion
Report, unless those States have modified and assigned a higher
priority for completion of an Appalachian development highway
system corridor, as reported in the 2020 Appalachian
Development Highway System Future Outlook: Provided further,
That the Secretary shall adjust apportionments made under the
preceding proviso so that no Appalachian State shall be
apportioned an amount in excess of 30 percent of the amount
made available for construction of the Appalachian development
highway system under this heading: Provided further, That the
Secretary shall consult with the Appalachian Regional
Commission in making adjustments under the preceding two
provisos: Provided further, That the Federal share of the
costs for which an expenditure is made for construction of the
Appalachian development highway system under this heading shall
be up to 100 percent;
(3) $5,000,000 shall be transferred to the Southwest Border
Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 15101 et seq.) to make grants,
in addition to amounts otherwise made available to the
Southwest Border Regional Commission for such purpose, for
authorized activities, including for administration of grants
or cooperative agreements to support interjurisdictional
planning activities advancing transportation infrastructure:
Provided, That a grant made with funds made available under
this paragraph shall be administered in the same manner as a
grant made under subtitle V of title 40, United States Code;
(4) $5,000,000 shall be transferred to the Northern Border
Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 15101 et seq.) to make grants,
in addition to amounts otherwise made available to the Northern
Border Regional Commission for such purpose, to carry out pilot
projects that demonstrate the capabilities of wood-based
infrastructure projects: Provided, That a grant made with
funds made available under this paragraph shall be administered
in the same manner as a grant made under subtitle V of title
40, United States Code;
(5) $5,000,000 shall be transferred to the Denali
Commission for activities eligible under section 307(d) of the
Denali Commission Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 3121 note; Public Law
105-277): Provided, That funds made available under this
paragraph shall not be subject to section 311 of such Act:
Provided further, That except as otherwise provided under
section 307(e) of such Act or this heading, funds made
available under this paragraph shall be administered as if
directly appropriated to the Denali Commission and subject to
applicable provisions of such Act, including the requirement in
section 307(e) of such Act that the local community provides a
10 percent non-Federal match in the form of any necessary land
or planning and design funds: Provided further, That such
funds shall be available until expended: Provided further,
That the Federal share of the costs for which an expenditure is
made with funds transferred under this paragraph shall be up to
90 percent;
(6) $15,000,000 shall be transferred to the Denali
Commission to carry out the Denali access system program under
section 309 of the Denali Commission Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C.
3121 note; Public Law 105-277): Provided, That a transfer
under this paragraph shall not be subject to section 311 of
such Act: Provided further, That except as otherwise provided
under this heading, funds made available under this paragraph
shall be administered as if directly appropriated to the Denali
Commission and subject to applicable provisions of such Act:
Provided further, That funds made available under this
paragraph shall not be subject to section 309(j)(2) of such
Act: Provided further, That funds made available under this
paragraph shall be available until expended: Provided further,
That the Federal share of the costs for which an expenditure is
made with funds transferred under this paragraph shall be up to
100 percent;
(7) $3,000,000 shall be to carry out the pollinator-
friendly practices on roadsides and highway rights-of-way
program under section 332 of title 23, United States Code;
(8) $10,000,000 shall be for the national scenic byways
program under section 162 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 apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23,
United States Code;
(9) $25,000,000 shall be to carry out the Tribal high
priority projects program under section 1123 of MAP-21 (as
amended by Public Law 117-58);
(10) $62,200,000 shall be for capital construction grants
under the Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program as authorized
under section 11509(d) of division A of the Infrastructure
Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58): Provided, That
funds made available under this paragraph shall only be
available for projects in States that previously received a
competitive grant award and signed a grant agreement of not
less than $145,000,000 under section 177 of title 23, United
States Code, and such funds were subsequently rescinded by an
act of Congress;
(11) $350,000,000 shall be for a competitive highway bridge
program for States that--
(A) have--
(i) a population density of less than 115
individuals per square mile; or
(ii) a population of less than 1,100,000
individuals; and
(B) have--
(i) less than 26 percent of total bridges
classified as in good condition; or
(ii) greater than or equal to 4.9 percent
of total bridges classified as in poor
condition:
Provided, That any such State with more than 14 percent of
total bridges classified as in poor condition shall receive not
less than $32,500,000 of the funds made available in this
paragraph for grant applications for projects eligible under
this paragraph: Provided further, That if the Secretary
determines that eligible applications from any such State
meeting the criteria under the preceding proviso are
insufficient to make awards of at least $32,500,000, the
Secretary shall use the unutilized amounts to provide other
grants to States eligible under this paragraph: Provided
further, That no State shall be awarded more than $55,000,000
in awards from funds made available under this paragraph for
grant applications for projects eligible under this paragraph:
Provided further, That the funds made available under this
paragraph shall be used for highway bridge replacement or
rehabilitation projects on public roads that demonstrate cost
savings by bundling multiple highway bridge projects and,
except as otherwise provided in this heading, shall be
administered as if apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23,
United States Code: Provided further, That the requirements of
section 144(j)(5) of title 23, United States Code, shall not
apply to funds made available under this paragraph: Provided
further, That for purposes of this paragraph, the Secretary
shall calculate population and population density figures based
on the latest available data from the decennial census
conducted under section 141(a) of title 13, United States Code:
Provided further, That for purposes of this paragraph, the
Secretary shall calculate the percentages of bridge counts
(including the percentages of bridge counts classified as in
poor and good condition) based on the national bridge inventory
as of June 2024; and
(12) $25,000,000 shall be for a competitive Type 3 highway
bridge program for the replacement or rehabilitation of bridges
that--(A) are owned by a county; (B) are classified as a Type 3
bridge by the Bureau of Reclamation; (C) are eligible under the
Federal lands access program, as described in section 204 of
title 23, United States Code; and (D) cross a water conveyance
structure owned by the Bureau of Reclamation: Provided, That
the Secretary, in consultation with the Bureau of Reclamation,
shall prioritize awards to projects that will lead to--(i)
improved water delivery; (ii) improved bridge conditions; and
(iii) improved safety, efficiency, and reliability of the
movement of people and goods over Type 3 bridges crossing a
water conveyance structure owned by the Bureau of Reclamation:
Provided further, That only a county owning a bridge meeting
the conditions in this paragraph shall be an eligible applicant
for a grant under this paragraph: Provided further, That,
except as otherwise provided under this heading, funds made
available under this paragraph shall be administered as if
allocated under section 204 of such title, except that such
funds shall not be subject to subsections (b) or (c) of such
section: Provided further, That for the purposes of funds made
available under this paragraph, the term ``Type 3 bridge''
means a bridge classified as a Type 3 bridge by the Bureau of
Reclamation as defined in its Reclamation Manual Directives and
Standards FAC 07-01 (as updated on June 9, 2023): Provided
further, That funds made available under this paragraph shall
remain available until expended: Provided further, That the
Federal share of the costs for which an expenditure is made
with funds made available under this paragraph shall be 100
percent: Provided further, That the Secretary of
Transportation shall issue the notice of funding opportunity
for the funds made available under this paragraph no later than
60 days after enactment of this Act: Provided further, That
the Secretary of Transportation shall make grants for the funds
made available under this paragraph no later than 270 days
after enactment of this Act.
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 Federal-aid 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. The remaining unobligated balances, as of September 30,
2026, from amounts made available for ``Department of Transportation--
Federal Highway Administration--Highway Infrastructure Programs'' in
division J of Public Law 117-58 for the Nationally Significant Freight
and Highway Projects program under section 117 of title 23, United
States Code, for fiscal year 2023 are hereby permanently rescinded, and
an amount of additional new budget authority equivalent to the amount
rescinded pursuant to this section is hereby appropriated on September
30, 2026, for an additional amount for fiscal year 2026, to remain
available until September 30, 2031, and shall be available, without
additional competition, for completing the funding of awards made
pursuant to section 117 of title 23, United States Code, for fiscal
year 2023 funding, in addition to other funds as may be available for
such purposes: Provided, That the amounts rescinded pursuant to this
section that were previously designated by the Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 4112(a) of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th
Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year
2018, and to section 251(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress as an
emergency requirement pursuant to 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res 14 (117th
Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year
2022, and to legislation establishing fiscal year 2026 budget
enforcement in the House of Representatives: Provided further, That
the amount of additional new budget authority provided by this section
is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement
pursuant to such section 4001(a)(1) and to legislation establishing
fiscal year 2026 budget enforcement in the House of Representatives.
Sec. 126. The remaining unobligated balances, as of September 30,
2026, from amounts made available for ``Department of Transportation--
Federal Highway Administration--Highway Infrastructure Programs'' in
division J of Public Law 117-58 for the bridge investment program under
section 124 of title 23, United States Code, for fiscal year 2023 are
hereby permanently rescinded, and an amount of additional new budget
authority equivalent to the amount rescinded pursuant to this section
is hereby appropriated on September 30, 2026, for an additional amount
for fiscal year 2026, to remain available until September 30, 2031, and
shall be available, without additional competition, for completing the
funding of awards made pursuant to section 124 of title 23, United
States Code, for fiscal year 2023 funding, in addition to other funds
as may be available for such purposes: Provided, That the amounts
rescinded pursuant to this section that were previously designated by
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4112(a) of
H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the
budget for fiscal year 2018, and to section 251(b) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated by the
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 4001(a)(1) of S. Con.
Res 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for
fiscal year 2022, and to legislation establishing fiscal year 2026
budget enforcement in the House of Representatives: Provided further,
That the amount of additional new budget authority provided by this
section is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency
requirement pursuant to such section 4001(a)(1) and to legislation
establishing fiscal year 2026 budget enforcement in the House of
Representatives.
Sec. 127. Not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of Transportation shall issue updated draft National Electric
Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program Guidance for public
comment: Provided, That not later than 120 days after enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall issue final NEVI
Formula Program Guidance.
Sec. 128. (a) If this Act is enacted on or before September 30,
2025, the remaining unobligated balances, as of September 30, 2025,
from amounts made available for ``Department of Transportation--Federal
Highway Administration--Highway Infrastructure Programs'' in division L
of Public Law 117-103 for competitive awards for activities eligible
under section 176(d)(4)(A) and 176(d)(4)(C) of title 23, United States
Code, for fiscal year 2022 are hereby permanently rescinded, and an
amount of additional new budget authority equivalent to the amount
rescinded pursuant to this section is hereby appropriated on September
30, 2025, for an additional amount for fiscal year 2025, to remain
available until September 30, 2030, and shall be available, without
additional competition, for completing the funding of awards made
pursuant to section 176 of title 23, United States Code, for fiscal
year 2022 funding, in addition to other funds as may be available for
such purposes: Provided, That this section shall become effective
immediately upon enactment of this Act.
(b) The remaining unobligated balances, as of September 30, 2026,
from amounts made available for ``Department of Transportation--Federal
Highway Administration--Highway Infrastructure Programs'' in division L
of Public Law 117-328 for competitive awards for activities eligible
under section 176(d)(4)(A) and 176(d)(4)(C) of title 23, United States
Code, for fiscal year 2023 are hereby permanently rescinded, and an
amount of additional new budget authority equivalent to the amount
rescinded pursuant to this section is hereby appropriated on September
30, 2026, for an additional amount for fiscal year 2026, to remain
available until September 30, 2031, and shall be available, without
additional competition, for completing the funding of awards made
pursuant to section 176 of title 23, United States Code, for fiscal
year 2023 funding, in addition to other funds as may be available for
such purposes.
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: Provided further, That of the amounts
made available under this heading--
(1) not less than $63,098,000, to remain available for
obligation until September 30, 2028, shall be for development,
modernization, enhancement, and continued operation and
maintenance of information technology and information
management; and
(2) $14,073,000, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 2028, shall be for the research and technology
program: Provided further, That the activities funded in
paragraphs (1) and (2) in the preceding proviso may be
accomplished through direct expenditures, direct research
activities, grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, intra-
agency or interagency agreements, or other agreements with
public organizations.
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. 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. 131. None of the funds made available by this or any other
Act may be used to require the use of inward facing cameras by a motor
carrier 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. 132. The Secretary shall update the Department's regulations
to ensure that non-compliance with section 391.11(b)(2) of title 49,
Code of Federal Regulations, triggers an out-of-service order.
Sec. 133. The Secretary shall submit to the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations information on the number of certificates
issued by training providers on the training provider registry not
later than 90 days after enactment of this Act and bi-annually after
initial submission of such information: Provided, That the Secretary
shall submit a plan to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations, including any resource requirements, on how the Federal
Motor Carrier Safety Administration will conduct regular audits of the
training provider registry not later than 120 days after enactment of
this Act.
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,
$210,000,000, of which $65,000,000 shall remain available through
September 30, 2027, and of which $145,000,000 shall be derived by
transfer from the unobligated balances of amounts previously
appropriated in division J of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs
Act (Public Law 117-58) as follows: (1) $95,000,000 from amounts
previously appropriated for fiscal years 2023, 2024, and 2025, and
amounts that will become available for fiscal year 2026 in paragraph
(3) under the heading ``Department of Transportation--National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration--Supplemental Highway Traffic Safety
Programs''; and (2) $50,000,000 from amounts that will become available
for fiscal year 2026 under the heading ``Department of Transportation--
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration--Crash Data'':
Provided, That amounts derived by transfer as described in the matter
preceding this 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 further, That none of these funds shall be used for
construction, rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or for office
furnishings and fixtures for State, local or private buildings or
structures: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 of the funds
made available for national priority safety programs under 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. An additional $130,000 shall be made available to the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, out of the amount
limited for section 402 of title 23, United States Code, to pay for
travel and related expenses for State management reviews and to pay for
core competency development training and related expenses for highway
safety staff.
Federal Railroad Administration
safety and operations
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Administration, not
otherwise provided for, $264,549,000, of which $25,000,000 shall remain
available until expended.
railroad research and development
For necessary expenses for railroad research and development,
$43,000,000, 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: Provided
further, That of the amounts provided under this heading, not less than
$2,500,000 shall be available pursuant to section 20108(j) of title 49,
United States Code, to establish and maintain a center of excellence.
federal-state partnership for intercity passenger rail
For necessary expenses related to Federal-State partnership for
intercity passenger rail grants as authorized by section 24911 of title
49, United States Code, $75,000,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, 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: Provided further, That, of amounts made
available under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for a grant to the
Union Station Redevelopment Corporation to rehabilitate and repair the
Washington Union Station complex, and section 24911(f)(2) of title 49,
United States Code, shall not apply to that grant.
consolidated rail infrastructure and safety improvements
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses related to consolidated rail infrastructure
and safety improvements grants, as authorized by section 22907 of title
49, United States Code, $151,524,000: Provided, That for amounts made
available under this heading in this Act, $51,524,000, to remain
available until expended, shall be made available for the projects, and
in the amounts, specified for congressionally directed spending in the
table entitled ``Congressionally Directed Spending'' included in the
report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That amounts made
available in the preceding proviso for such projects shall not diminish
or prejudice any application or geographic region for other
discretionary grant or loan awards made by the Department of
Transportation: Provided further, That requirements under subsections
(g) and (l) of section 22907 of title 49, United States Code, shall not
apply to the first proviso under this heading in this Act: Provided
further, That of the amounts made available under this heading in this
Act, $100,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary to distribute as
discretionary grants under this heading in this Act, of which
$55,200,000 shall remain available until expended, and of which
$44,800,000 shall be derived by transfer from the unobligated balances
of amounts that will become available for fiscal year 2026 in paragraph
(2) under the heading ``Federal Highway Administration--Highway
Infrastructure Programs'' in division J of the Infrastructure
Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58): Provided further, That
amounts derived by transfer as described in 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 section 22905(f) of title 49, United States
Code, shall not apply to amounts made available under this heading in
this Act for projects that implement or sustain positive train control
systems otherwise eligible under section 22907(c)(1) of title 49,
United States Code: 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
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 division B
of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58),
$850,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 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 division B of the Infrastructure Investment and
Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58), the Secretary shall retain 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
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 division B of
the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58),
$1,577,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the
Secretary shall retain 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: Provided further, That none of the funds
provided under this heading in this Act shall be used by Amtrak to give
notice under subsection (a) or (c) of section 24706 of title 49, United
States Code, with respect to long-distance routes (as defined in
section 24102 of title 49, United States Code) on which Amtrak is the
sole operator on a host railroad's line and a positive train control
system is not required by law or regulation, or, except in an emergency
or during maintenance or construction outages impacting such routes, to
otherwise discontinue, reduce the frequency of, suspend, or
substantially alter the route of rail service on any portion of such
route operated in fiscal year 2018, including implementation of service
permitted by section 24305(a)(3)(A) of title 49, United States Code, in
lieu of rail service: Provided further, That the National Railroad
Passenger Corporation may use up to $66,000,000 of the amounts made
available under this heading in this Act for corridor development
activities as authorized by section 22101(h) of division B of Public
Law 117-58: Provided further, That $5,000,000 of the amounts made
available under this heading in this Act shall be for the modernization
project identified in the report accompanying this Act.
administrative provisions--federal railroad administration
(including rescissions)
(including transfer of funds)
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 by this Act may be used
by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation in contravention of the
Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (29 U.S.C. 2101 et
seq.).
Sec. 153. 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. 154. For amounts made available under the heading ``Federal-
State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail'' for fiscal year 2026
in this Act and in title VIII of division J of Public Law 117-58, the
Union Station Redevelopment Corporation shall be considered an entity
eligible to receive a grant under section 24911(a) of title 49, United
States Code: Provided, That section 24911(f)(2) of title 49 shall not
apply to grants made available to the Union Station Redevelopment
Corporation.
Sec. 155. It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) long-distance passenger rail routes provide much-needed
transportation access for 4,200,000 riders in 39 States and the
District of Columbia and are particularly important in rural
areas; and
(2) long-distance passenger rail routes and services should
be sustained to ensure connectivity throughout the National
Network (as defined in section 24102 of title 49, United States
Code).
Sec. 156. Of the unobligated balances of funds remaining from--
(1) ``Railroad Safety Grants'' account totaling $795,331.70
appropriated by Public Law 114-113 is hereby permanently
rescinded;
(2) ``Grants to the National Railroad Passenger
Corporation'' account totaling $20.00 appropriated by Public
Law 104-50 is hereby permanently rescinded;
(3) ``Capital Assistance to States--Intercity Passenger
Rail Grant Program'' account totaling $292,181.41 appropriated
by Public Law 111-8 is hereby permanently rescinded;
(4) ``Capital Assistance for High Speed Rail Corridors and
Intercity Passenger Rail Service'' account totaling $9,912.54
appropriated by Public Law 111-117 is hereby permanently
rescinded;
(5) ``Railroad Research and Development'' account totaling
$1,008,385 appropriated by Public Law 109-115 is hereby
permanently rescinded; and
(6) ``National Network Grants to the National Railroad
Passenger Corporation'' account totaling $76,633.70
appropriated by Public Law 115-31 is hereby permanently
rescinded.
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 ferry boat grants under section
5307(h) of title 49, United States Code, Tribal technical assistance
under section 5311(b)(3)(C) of such title, bus testing facilities under
section 5318 of such title, accelerating innovative mobility initiative
grants under section 5312 of such title, congressionally directed
spending for projects and activities eligible under chapter 53 of such
title, ferry service for rural communities under section 71103 of
division G of Public Law 117-58, and operating assistance to improve
public safety in transit systems, $140,857,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That of the sums provided under this heading
in this Act--
(1) $30,000,000 shall be available for ferry boat grants as
authorized under section 5307(h) of such title: Provided, That
of the amounts provided in this paragraph, no less than
$7,000,000 shall be available for low or zero emission ferries
or ferries using electric battery or fuel cell components and
the infrastructure to support such ferries;
(2) $500,000 shall be available for technical assistance
and resources to Tribes through the national rural
transportation assistance program authorized under section
5311(b)(3)(C) of such title;
(3) $1,500,000 shall be available for the operation and
maintenance of the bus testing facilities selected under
section 5318 of such title;
(4) $5,000,000 shall be available for the accelerating
innovative mobility initiative as authorized under section 5312
of title 49, United States Code: Provided, That such amounts
shall be available for competitive grants to improve mobility
and enhance the rider experience with a focus on innovative
service delivery models, creative financing, novel
partnerships, and integrated payment solutions in order to help
disseminate proven innovation mobility practices throughout the
public transportation industry;
(5) $58,857,000 shall be available for the projects, and in
the amounts, specified for congressionally directed spending in
the table entitled ``Congressionally Directed Spending''
included in the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That
amounts made available in this paragraph for such projects
shall not diminish or prejudice any application or geographic
region for other discretionary grant or loan awards made by the
Department of Transportation: Provided further, That unless
otherwise specified, applicable requirements under chapter 53
of title 49, United States Code, 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 project, unless the
Secretary approves a higher maximum Federal share of the net
costs of the project consistent with administration of similar
projects funded under chapter 53 of title 49, United States
Code;
(6) $25,000,000 shall be available for ferry service for
rural communities under section 71103 of division G of Public
Law 117-58: Provided, That for amounts made available in this
paragraph, notwithstanding section 71103(a)(2)(B), eligible
service shall include passenger ferry service that serves at
least two rural areas with a single segment over 15 miles
between the two rural areas: Provided further, That for
amounts made available in this paragraph, notwithstanding
section 71103(e)(1) and 71103(e)(2), eligible service shall
include passenger ferry service that receives funds apportioned
under chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code: Provided
further, That entities that provide eligible service pursuant
to the preceding two provisos may use amounts made available in
this paragraph for public transportation capital projects to
support any ferry service between two rural areas; and
(7) $20,000,000 shall be available for costs related to
operating equipment and facilities for use in public
transportation to improve public safety in transit systems:
Provided, That the Secretary shall provide amounts made
available in this paragraph as if such amounts were provided
under section 5307 of title 49, United States Code, as
applicable: Provided further, That notwithstanding subsection
(a)(1) or (a)(2) of section 5307 of such title, amounts made
available in this paragraph shall be available for the
operating cost of equipment and facilities for use in public
transportation eligible under section 5307 of such title:
Provided further, That amounts made available in this paragraph
shall be for eligible recipients under section 5307 of such
title for such operating costs to improve public safety, reduce
crime, and increase security in transit systems: Provided
further, That the Secretary shall allocate amounts made
available in this paragraph to the 10 eligible recipients with
the highest ridership in fiscal year 2024: Provided further,
That amounts shall be provided to eligible recipients
proportionally based on ridership in fiscal year 2024:
Provided further, That no eligible recipient may receive an
allocation of more than 50 percent of the total amounts made
available in this paragraph: Provided further, That the
Secretary shall distribute any excess funds above the 50
percent threshold in the preceding proviso to all other
eligible recipients in this paragraph proportionally based on
ridership in fiscal year 2024: Provided further, That the
Secretary shall allocate amounts made available in this
paragraph to eligible recipients no later than 30 days after
the date of enactment of this Act:
Provided further, That amounts made available under this
heading in this Act shall be derived from the general fund:
Provided further, That amounts made available under this
heading in this Act 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
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), $1,950,000,000, to remain available until
expended, of which $100,000,000 shall be allocated to projects
authorized under section 3005(b) of the Fixing America's Surface
Transportation Act: Provided, That the amounts made available under
this heading in this Act shall be made available for the purposes, and
in the amounts, specified in the table entitled ``Allocation of FTA
Capital Investment Grants Funding in this Act for Fiscal Year 2026''
included in the report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That
the Secretary shall make allocations for amounts made available under
this heading in this Act and under this heading in division J of Public
Law 117-58 no later than 120 days after the enactment of this Act:
Provided further, That the Secretary shall continue to administer the
capital investment grants program in accordance with the procedural and
substantive requirements of section 5309 of title 49, United States
Code, and of section 3005(b) of the Fixing America's Surface
Transportation Act: Provided further, That projects that receive a
grant agreement under the expedited project delivery for capital
investment grants pilot program under section 3005(b) of the Fixing
America's Surface Transportation Act shall be deemed eligible for
funding provided for projects under section 5309 of title 49, United
States Code, without further evaluation or rating under such section:
Provided further, That such funding shall not exceed the Federal share
under section 3005(b): 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 amounts repurposed under this heading in
this Act 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)
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. None of the funds made available by this Act or any
other Act shall be used to impede or hinder project advancement or
approval for any project seeking a Federal contribution from the
capital investment grants program of greater than 40 percent of project
costs as authorized under section 5309 of title 49, United States Code.
Sec. 165. (a) Of the unobligated balances made available for the
``Rural Transportation Accessibility Incentive Program'' under section
3038 of Public Law 105-178, $4,072,214 shall be transferred to and
administered under section 5311 of title 49, United States Code.
(b) Of the unobligated balances made available for ``New Freedom''
under section 5317 of title 49, United States Code, as amended by
Public Law 109-59, $43,716,920 shall be transferred and administered
under section 5310 of title 49, United States Code.
Sec. 166. (a) Funds obligated in fiscal year 2026 for grants under
sections 5310 and 5311 of title 49, United States Code, may be used for
up to 100 percent of the eligible net costs of a project,
notwithstanding subsection (d) of section 5310 and subsection (g) of
section 5311 of such title.
(b) Notwithstanding section 5339(b)(6)(B) of title 49, United
States Code, the Federal share of the costs for which an amount is
provided in this Act to a federally recognized Indian Tribe for
activities carried out under section 5339(b) of title 49, United States
Code, may be, at the option of such Indian Tribe, up to 100 percent.
(c) Notwithstanding section 5339(c)(7)(A) of title 49, United
States Code, the Federal share of the costs for which an amount is
provided in this Act to a federally recognized Indian Tribe for
activities carried out under section 5339(c) of title 49, United States
Code, may be, at the option of such Indian Tribe, up to 100 percent.
Sec. 167. Section 5323 of title 49, United States Code, is amended
in subsection (q)--
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking
``Corridor preservation'' and inserting ``Real property
interests'';
(2) in paragraph (1)--
(A) by striking ``right-of-way'' each time it
appears and inserting ``real property interests''; and
(B) by inserting ``acquired'' after ``may use
the''; and
(3) in paragraph (2), by striking ``Right-of-way'' and
inserting ``Real property interests''.
Sec. 168. None of the funds made available under this Act shall be
used in awarding or amending a contract or subcontract to an entity
that, at any time on or after December 20, 2019, met the criteria
described in section 5323(u) of title 49, United States Code, or to any
entity resulting from a reorganization or restructuring of such entity,
or to any successor, subsidiary, affiliate, joint venture, or co-owned
enterprise of such an entity, without regard to whether such
reorganized or restructured entity, successor, subsidiary, affiliate,
joint venture, or co-owned enterprise meets the criteria under such
section.
Sec. 169. Of the unobligated balances made available for the
following programs authorized by Public Law 109-59, the Secretary shall
make $68,000,000 available for transportation assistance, including
assistance with transit planning, capital projects, and operating
assistance, for surface, commuter, and public transportation systems
necessary to support the mobility needs of the international
quadrennial Olympic and Paralympic events as authorized by section
1223(e) of Public Law 105-178--
(1) ``Clean Fuels Grant Program'' under section 5308 of
title 49, United States Code;
(2) ``Alternatives Analysis Program'' under section 5339 of
title 49, United States Code;
(3) ``Job Access and Reverse Commute Formula Grants'' under
section 5316 of title 49, United States Code;
(4) ``bus and bus-related equipment and facilities'' under
section 5309 of title 49, United States Code:
Provided, That such assistance shall be for any eligible
entity as defined by section 6702 of title 49, United States
Code, that serves or supports service to a venue that is part
of the 2028 international quadrennial Olympic or Paralympic
events: Provided further, That such assistance may be provided
through direct grants or cooperative agreements for which the
Federal share shall not exceed 80 percent, with the exception
of assistance for a supplement public transportation bus system
which shall be no less than 90 percent: Provided further, That
these amounts shall be in addition to other amounts made
available for such purpose: Provided further, That amounts
made available in this section may be transferred to other
operating administrations of the Department to administer the
amounts made available in this section as appropriate:
Provided further, That any amounts that are no longer needed
under that part may be made available for the original
purposes: Provided further, That amounts made available in
this section shall only be available for obligation for the
purposes specifically authorized in this section in this Act
for a period not to exceed two fiscal years after the official
closing of the 2028 international quadrennial Olympic and
Paralympic events.
Sec. 169A. Of the unobligated balances made available for the
following programs authorized by Public Law 109-59, the Secretary shall
make $78,115,871 available for costs related to the planning and
operating equipment and facilities for use in public transportation
that supplement regular transit services in support of matches or other
public events held in domestic host cities for the FIFA World Cup
2026--
(1) ``Alternative Transportation in Parks and Public
Lands'' under section 5320 of title 49, United States Code; and
(2) ``bus and bus-related equipment and facilities'' under
section 5309 of title 49, United States Code:
Provided, That the Secretary shall provide amounts made
available in this section as if such amounts were provided
under sections 5307 or 5311 of title 49, United States Code, as
applicable: Provided further, That notwithstanding subsection
(a)(1) or (a)(2) of section 5307 of such title, amounts made
available in this section shall be available for the operating
cost of equipment and facilities for use in public
transportation eligible under sections 5307 or 5311 of such
title: Provided further, That the Secretary shall solicit
applications for assistance no later than 60 days after
enactment of this Act and shall request from applicants seeking
assistance cost estimates or demonstrated costs of supplemental
public transportation service related to the FIFA World Cup
2026: Provided further, That the Secretary shall evaluate
applications for assistance based on the cost estimates or
demonstrated costs submitted by applicants and shall award
amounts made available in this section based on the applicant's
share of the total amount of cost estimates or demonstrated
costs received by the Secretary in response to the solicitation
in the preceding proviso: Provided further, That unless
otherwise specified, applicable requirements under chapter 53
of such title shall apply to amounts made available in this
section, except that the Federal share of the costs for which
any grant is made from amounts made available in this section
shall be, at the option of the recipient, up to 80 percent:
Provided further, That any amounts that are no longer needed
under this section may be made available for the original
purposes: Provided further, That amounts made available in
this section shall only be available for obligation for the
purposes specifically authorized in this section in this Act
for a period not to exceed one fiscal year after the official
closing of the FIFA World Cup 2026 events.
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, $40,624,000, 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,
$390,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That of
the unobligated balances remaining from fiscal year 2021, 2022, 2023,
and 2024 appropriations made available under this heading, $33,400,000
are hereby permanently 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 remaining
from fiscal year 2021 and 2022 appropriations made 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, $122,400,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That of the unobligated balances
remaining from fiscal year 2022, 2023, and 2024 appropriations
available under this heading, $77,000,000 are hereby permanently
rescinded.
operations and training
For necessary expenses of operations and training activities
authorized by law, $240,898,000: 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) $10,000,000 shall remain available until expended for
the capital improvement program at the United States Merchant
Marine Academy;
(4) $2,000,000 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) $5,000,000 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 the
Administrator of the Maritime Administration shall transmit to the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations an annual capital
improvement program plan not later than 30 days after the submission of
the budget request: 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, $143,400,000: 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) $115,000,000 shall remain available until expended for
the national security multi-mission vessel program, of which--
(A) $60,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses to
design, plan, construct infrastructure, and purchase
equipment necessary to berth such ships, as determined
by the Secretary: Provided, That such funds may be
used to reimburse State Maritime Academies for costs
incurred prior to the date of enactment of this Act;
and
(B) $55,000,000 shall be for expenses related to
the operation, integration, oversight, and management
of national security multi-mission vessel school ships,
including insurance, maintenance, repair, and equipment
costs;
(3) $4,800,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2030, for the student incentive program;
(4) $9,800,000 shall remain available until expended for
training ship fuel assistance; and
(5) $6,000,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2027, for direct payments for State Maritime Academies.
assistance to small shipyards
To make grants to qualified shipyards as authorized under section
54101 of title 46, United States Code, $30,000,000, to remain available
until expended.
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 rescission)
(including transfer of funds)
For administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan
program, $3,940,000, which shall be transferred to and merged with the
appropriations for ``Maritime Administration--Operations and
Training'': Provided, That of the unobligated balances from prior year
appropriations available under this heading, $25,000,000 are hereby
permanently rescinded.
port infrastructure development program
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), $96,482,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That of the sums appropriated under this heading in this Act--
(1) $75,000,000 shall be for projects for coastal seaports,
inland river ports, or Great Lakes ports: Provided, That for
grants awarded under this paragraph in this Act, the minimum
grant size shall be $1,000,000; and
(2) $21,482,000 shall be for the projects, and in the
amounts, specified for congressionally directed spending
included in the table entitled ``Congressionally Directed
Spending'' included in the report accompanying this Act:
Provided, That amounts made available in this paragraph for
such projects shall not diminish or prejudice any applicant or
geographic region for other discretionary grant or loan awards
made by the Department of Transportation.
administrative provisions--maritime administration
Sec. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, in
addition to any existing authority, the Maritime Administration is
authorized to furnish utilities and services and make necessary repairs
in connection with any lease, contract, or occupancy involving
Government property under control of the Maritime Administration:
Provided, That payments received therefor shall be credited to the
appropriation charged with the cost thereof and shall remain available
until expended: Provided further, That rental payments under any such
lease, contract, or occupancy for items other than such utilities,
services, or repairs shall be deposited into the Treasury as
miscellaneous receipts.
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
operational expenses
For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration, $31,312,000, of which $4,500,000 shall
remain available until September 30, 2028: Provided, That not less
than $2,000,000 of the amounts made available under this heading shall
be for technical assistance grants as authorized under section 60130 of
title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That the Secretary
shall issue a notice of funding opportunity for such funds not later
than 120 days after enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the
Secretary shall make grant awards for such funds not later than August
30, 2026.
hazardous materials safety
For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous materials safety
functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration, $73,660,000, of which $12,070,000 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), $218,186,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2028, of which $30,000,000 shall be derived from
the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which $180,786,000 shall be
derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund; of which $200,000 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; of which
$200,000 shall be derived from the fees collected under section 60117,
of title 49, United States Code, and deposited in the Pipeline Safety
Design Review Account for facility design safety reviews; 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:
Provided further, That of the amounts made available under this
heading, not less than $5,000,000 is for the National Center of
Excellence for Liquefied Natural Gas Safety authorized under section
111 of the Protecting Our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing
Safety Act of 2020 (PIPES) Act.
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,
$116,452,000: 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. 401 et seq.), to
investigate allegations of fraud, including false statements to the
government (18 U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity that is subject to
regulation by the Department of Transportation: Provided further, That
none of the funds made available by this Act or any other Act shall be
used to impede or prevent the Inspector General (or Acting Inspector
General) of the Department of Transportation from exercising the
independent authority over all personnel decisions, as authorized under
section 406 of title 5, United States Code.
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, modify the scope or terms and
conditions of, terminate, rescind, or reduce 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 or is notified of such
changes 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. None of the funds made available by this act may be used
to require a recipient of Federal funds to display signage containing
the name of the President, Vice President, or any member of the
President's Cabinet as a condition of the receipt of such funds.
Sec. 192. None of the funds made available by this Act or any
prior Act may be used to open, close, redesignate as a lesser office,
or reorganize a regional, division, or field office, unless such action
is provided for in this Act, the report accompanying this Act, or
section 40003 of Public Law 119-21: Provided, That the Secretary of
Transportation shall maintain all regional, division, and field offices
for each operating administration in effect on September 30, 2024
unless such action is provided for in this Act, the report accompanying
this Act, or section 40003 of Public Law 119-21, and shall ensure that
each such office has sufficient staff to carry out all statutorily
authorized activities.
Sec. 193. The Secretary shall issue a new notice of funding
opportunity for eight new university transportation centers, as
authorized under section 5505 of title 49, United States Code:
Provided, That in selecting such university transportation center
awards, the Secretary shall first prioritize (a) any applicants that
had previously been selected as a university transportation center
focusing on transportation infrastructure durability and composite
materials and were required to re-compete before the end of the typical
five-year term and who currently participate in the Department of
Transportation's Advanced Research Projects Agency--Infrastructure
program and (b) any applicant that had their university transportation
center designation cancelled in May 2025 by the Department of
Transportation: Provided further, That such university transportation
center awards shall be made available using any unobligated amounts
remaining from the university transportation centers program, which
have not been committed to any existing university transportation
center grantees: Provided further, That any such unobligated amounts
shall include funds made available in section 11101(c)(1)(E) of the
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58) and funds
made available under the heading ``Highway Infrastructure Program'' in
Title VIII of Division J of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
(Public Law 117-58): Provided further, That amounts repurposed or
transferred pursuant to this section shall continue to be treated as
amounts specified in section 103(b) of division A of Public Law 118-5.
Sec. 194. Not later than 180 days after enactment of this Act, the
Secretary shall transmit to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations a report that provides a list of (1) each grant,
federally funded cooperative agreement, other transaction agreement,
and contract that was obligated and subsequently terminated or reduced
in scope in fiscal year 2025 and remains terminated or reduced in scope
as of the date of enactment of this Act, and, (2) each grant, federally
funded cooperative agreement, other transaction agreement, and contract
for which the terms and conditions of agreements were changed or
modified in fiscal year 2025: Provided, That such report shall include
an explanation for each termination or modification, the recipient, the
location of the project or service, and the source of funding.
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, $17,500,000, of which $2,000,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That of the sums
appropriated under this heading not less than $2,500,000 shall be for
the Office of the Deputy Secretary, of which not less than $500,000
shall be for the Office of Gender-Based Violence Prevention and not
less than $1,200,000 shall be for the Office of Disaster Management:
Provided further, 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, $590,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027:
Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading--
(1) $89,000,000 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) $224,000,000 shall be available for the Office of
Administration;
(4) $47,000,000 shall be available for the Office of the
Chief Human Capital Officer;
(5) $26,000,000 shall be available for the Office of the
Chief Procurement Officer;
(6) $46,000,000 shall be available for the Office of Field
Policy and Management;
(7) $3,000,000 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,
$903,200,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided,
That of the sums appropriated under this heading--
(1) $250,000,000 shall be available for the Office of
Public and Indian Housing;
(2) $142,000,000 shall be available for the Office of
Community Planning and Development;
(3) $395,000,000 shall be available for the Office of
Housing;
(4) $34,000,000 shall be available for the Office of Policy
Development and Research;
(5) $72,000,000 shall be available for the Office of Fair
Housing and Equal Opportunity; and
(6) $10,200,000 shall be available for the Office of Lead
Hazard Control and Healthy Homes.
information technology fund
For Department-wide and program-specific information technology
systems and infrastructure, $365,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2028: Provided, That not later than 30 days after the
end of each quarter, the Secretary shall brief the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations on all information technology
modernization efforts as required in the report accompanying this Act.
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 heading ``the
Act''), not otherwise provided for, $33,354,709,000, 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) $33,974,000,000 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, or as necessary on a temporary basis and
within available resources to facilitate the transition of
residents assisted by emergency housing vouchers (Public Law
117-2; 135 Stat. 58) to tenant-based rental assistance under
the housing assistance payment contract under section 8(o) of
the Act: Provided further, That any leasing or associated
costs authorized for emergency housing vouchers in the
preceding proviso above the public housing agency's authorized
level of units under contract shall not be included in the
calculation of the agency's renewal funding allocation for any
subsequent fiscal year: 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 only after the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations are notified at least 10 business
days in advance of the extension: 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 2025 that is verifiable
and complete), as determined by the Secretary: Provided
further, That public housing agencies participating in the MTW
demonstration shall also be subject to the statutory offset:
Provided further, That for amounts subject to the single fund
budget authority provisions of their MTW agreements, excess
amounts shall be offset only to the extent permitted by section
239 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (Public Law
114-113): Provided further, That for public housing agencies
in the MTW demonstration subject to single fund budget
authority provisions, the Secretary shall provide not less than
60 days to appeal such offsets and shall not offset amounts
that have been committed to capital improvement, development,
and other repositioning activities that are scheduled to close
within 12 months of enactment of this Act, as evidenced in
funding applications, project schedules, or other commitments
to third parties implementing such activities, to the extent
that reserve amounts excluded from offset under such section
239 are insufficient to cover such commitments: Provided
further, That the Secretary shall not offset any portion of a
public housing agency's excess amounts if offsetting such
portion would result in a public housing agency being put in a
shortfall position in calendar year 2026, as estimated by HUD
prior to the offset's implementation, as determined by the
Secretary: Provided further, That the Secretary shall use any
such offset amounts referred to in the preceding five 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 the Secretary may waive or specify alternative
requirements for section 5A and section 8(o) of the Act or any
regulation applicable to such statutes related to the
administration of waiting lists, local preferences,
portability, and public housing agency plan and public hearing
requirements to facilitate or expedite the transition of
residents assisted by emergency housing vouchers (Public Law
117-2; 135 Stat. 58) to tenant-based rental assistance under
the housing assistance payment contract under section 8(o) of
the Act: Provided further, That up to $400,000,000 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 MTW
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;
(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.); and
(H) for costs associated with mainstream vouchers:
Provided further, That the Secretary shall allocate amounts
under the preceding proviso based on need, as determined by the
Secretary;
(2) $429,709,000 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 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 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) $2,906,000,000 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 $2,876,000,000 of the amount
provided in this paragraph shall be allocated to public housing
agencies for the calendar year 2026 funding cycle based on
section 8(q) of the Act (and related appropriations 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) $15,000,000 shall be available for incremental rental
voucher assistance for use through a supported housing program
administered in conjunction with the Department of Veterans
Affairs as authorized under section 8(o)(19) of the United
States Housing Act of 1937: Provided, That the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development shall make such funding
available, notwithstanding section 203 (competition provision)
of this title, to public housing agencies that partner with
eligible VA medical centers or other entities as designated by
the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, based on
geographical need for such assistance as identified by the
Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, public housing
agency administrative performance, and other factors as
specified by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in
consultation with the Secretary of the Department of Veterans
Affairs: Provided further, That the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development may waive, or specify alternative
requirements for (in consultation with the Secretary of the
Department of Veterans Affairs), any provision of any statute
or regulation that the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development administers in connection with the use of funds
made available under this paragraph (except for requirements
related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards,
and the environment), upon a finding by the Secretary that any
such waivers or alternative requirements are necessary for the
effective delivery and administration of such voucher
assistance: Provided further, That assistance made available
under this paragraph shall continue to remain available for
homeless veterans upon turn-over: Provided further, That of
the total amount made available under this paragraph, up to
$10,000,000 may be for additional fees established by and
allocated pursuant to a method determined by the Secretary for
administrative and other expenses (including those eligible
activities defined by notice to facilitate leasing, such as
security deposit assistance and costs related to the retention
and support of participating owners) of public housing agencies
in administering HUD-VASH vouchers;
(5) $30,000,000 shall be available for the family
unification program as authorized under section 8(x) of the
Act: Provided, That the amounts made available under this
paragraph are provided as follows:
(A) $5,000,000 shall be available for new
incremental voucher assistance, which shall continue to
remain available for family unification upon turnover;
and
(B) $25,000,000 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 any public housing agency
administering new incremental voucher assistance originating
from appropriations made available for the family unification
program under this heading in this or any prior Act that the
Secretary made available on a competitive basis that determines
it no longer has an identified need for such assistance upon
turnover shall notify the Secretary, and the Secretary shall
recapture such assistance from the agency and reallocate it to
any other public housing agency or agencies based on need for
voucher assistance in connection with such specified program or
eligible youth, as applicable; and
(6) the Secretary shall separately track all special
purpose vouchers funded under this heading and continue to
provide timely updates on budget, utilization, spending and
leasing trends for all vouchers by purpose on the voucher data
dashboard on the publicly accessible website of the Department:
Provided, That upon turnover, special purpose vouchers issued
pursuant to section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National
Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013) funded under this or
any other heading in this or prior Acts, shall be provided to
non-elderly persons with disabilities.
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)), $8,397,326,000, to remain available until September 30,
2029: Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading--
(1) $4,873,326,000 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) $214,000,000 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) $3,200,000,000 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 described under this paragraph, the limitation
in section 9(g)(1) of the Act shall be 25 percent: Provided
further, That the Secretary may waive the limitation in the
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 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;
(5) $65,000,000 shall be available for competitive grants
to public housing agencies to evaluate and reduce residential
health hazards in public housing, including lead-based paint
(by carrying out the activities of risk assessments, abatement,
and interim controls, as those terms are defined in section
1004 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act
of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4851b)), carbon monoxide, mold, radon, and
fire safety: Provided, That not less than $25,000,000 of the
amounts provided under this paragraph shall be awarded for
evaluating and reducing lead-based paint hazards, except that
if such amount is undersubscribed any remaining amounts may be
awarded to qualified applicants for other purposes under this
paragraph: Provided further, That for purposes of
environmental review, a grant under this paragraph shall be
considered funds for projects or activities under title I of
the Act for purposes of section 26 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437x)
and shall be subject to the regulations implementing such
section; and
(6) $15,000,000 shall be available to support the costs of
administrative and judicial receiverships and for competitive
grants to public housing agencies 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: Provided further, That the Secretary may authorize a
public housing agency with at least one property with a low physical
inspection score to use operating reserve funds or any amounts
allocated to such agency pursuant to the operating fund formula from
amounts made available in this and prior Acts for any eligible
activities under section 9(d)(1) of the United States Housing Act of
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d)(1)) under such conditions or criteria as
established by the Secretary, including that such use would not put
such agency at risk of financial shortfall.
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, 2028: Provided, That unobligated
balances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds
appropriated under the heading ``Public Housing Fund'' in prior Acts 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.
choice neighborhoods initiative
For competitive grants under the choice neighborhoods initiative
(subject to section 24 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42
U.S.C. 1437v) (the ``Act'') unless otherwise specified under this
heading), for transformation, rehabilitation, and replacement housing
needs of both public and HUD-assisted housing and to transform
neighborhoods of poverty into functioning, sustainable, mixed-income
neighborhoods with appropriate services, schools, public assets,
transportation, and access to jobs, $40,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2030: Provided, That grant funds may be used for
resident and community services, community development, and affordable
housing needs in the community, and for conversion of vacant or
foreclosed properties to affordable housing: Provided further, That
the use of amounts made available under this heading shall not be
deemed to be for public housing, notwithstanding section 3(b)(1) of the
Act: Provided further, That grantees shall commit to an additional
period of affordability determined by the Secretary of not fewer than
20 years: Provided further, That grantees shall provide a match in
State, local, other Federal, or private funds: Provided further, That
grantees may include local governments, Tribal entities, public housing
agencies, and nonprofit organizations: Provided further, That for-
profit developers may apply jointly with a public entity: Provided
further, That for purposes of environmental review, a grantee shall be
treated as a public housing agency under section 26 of the Act (42
U.S.C. 1437x), and grants made with amounts available under this
heading shall be subject to the regulations issued by the Secretary to
implement such section: Provided further, That of the amounts made
available under this heading, not less than $20,000,000 shall be
awarded to public housing agencies: Provided further, That such
grantees shall create partnerships with other local organizations,
including assisted housing owners, service agencies, and resident
organizations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall consult with
the Secretaries of Education, Labor, Transportation, Health and Human
Services, Agriculture, and Commerce, the Attorney General, and the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to coordinate and
leverage other appropriate Federal resources: Provided further, That
not more than $10,000,000 of the amounts made available under this
heading may be provided as grants to undertake comprehensive local
planning with input from residents and the community: Provided
further, That none of the funds made available under this heading may
be obligated for main street housing grants under section 24(n) of the
Act (42 U.S.C. 1437v(n)): Provided further, That unobligated balances,
including recaptures, remaining from amounts made available under the
heading ``Revitalization of Severely Distressed Public Housing (HOPE
VI)'' in fiscal year 2011 and prior fiscal years may be used for
purposes under this heading, notwithstanding the purposes for which
such amounts were appropriated: Provided further, That the Secretary
shall make grant awards not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act in such amounts that the Secretary determines:
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 24(o) of the Act (42
U.S.C. 1437v(o)), the Secretary may, until September 30, 2026, obligate
any available unobligated balances made available under this heading in
this or any prior Act.
self-sufficiency programs
For activities and assistance related to self-sufficiency programs,
to remain available until September 30, 2029, $211,400,000: Provided,
That of the sums appropriated under this heading--
(1) $156,400,000 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: Provided, That the Secretary may use recaptured
amounts made available under this paragraph in prior Acts to
provide bonus awards to programs that are assigned a ranking of
performance category 1 based on their publicly available family
self-sufficiency achievement metrics (FAM) scores;
(2) $45,000,000 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) $10,000,000 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 agencies, 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 for related activities and
assistance, $1,354,000,000, 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) $100,000,000 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) $10,000,000 shall be available for noncompetitive
grants to recipients that received a Tribal HUD-Veterans
Affairs Supportive Housing grant in prior years, to be
available under the same terms and conditions as funds
specified under paragraph (5) under the heading ``Public and
Indian Housing-Tenant-Based Rental Assistance'' in Public Law
118-42: Provided, 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;
(4) $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 $60,000,000,
to remain available until September 30, 2027;
(5) $125,000,000 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 $10,000,000
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
(6) $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), $1,000,000, 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
expenses, including management of 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 available to
subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed,
not to exceed $1,200,000,000, 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.), $22,300,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2030: 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.), $529,000,000, 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, $4,541,397,000, to remain available until September 30,
2029: Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading--
(1) $3,100,000,000 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) $60,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary to
award grants on a competitive basis to State and local
governments, metropolitan planning organizations, and
multijurisdictional entities for additional activities under
title I of the Act for the identification and removal of
barriers to affordable housing production and preservation,
including new housing construction: Provided, That eligible
uses of such grants include activities to further develop,
evaluate, and implement housing policy plans, improve housing
strategies, and facilitate affordable housing production and
preservation: Provided further, That the Secretary shall
select applicants that (A) have enacted or implemented (or
caused another entity to enact or implement) less restrictive
zoning, land use, or permitting laws and regulations, that are
reasonably expected to preserve or produce new housing units;
and (B) can demonstrate an acute need for housing affordable to
households with incomes below 100 percent of the area median
income: Provided further, That grantees shall report to the
Secretary on their activities and housing supply outcomes:
Provided further, That the Secretary shall analyze observable
housing production, preservation, and cost trends in the
participating jurisdictions or geographic areas: Provided
further, That the Secretary shall annually report to the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations, and make publicly
available, a summary of the information collected in the
preceding two provisos: Provided further, That funds allocated
for such grants shall not adversely affect the amount of any
formula assistance received by a jurisdiction under paragraph
(1) of this heading: Provided further, That in administering
such amounts the Secretary may waive or specify alternative
requirements for any provision of title I of the Act except for
requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor
standards, the environment, and requirements that activities
benefit persons of low- and moderate-income, upon a finding
that any such waivers or alternative requirements are necessary
to expedite or facilitate the use of such amounts: Provided
further, That the Secretary shall issue a Notice of Funding
Opportunity not later than 120 days after the date of enactment
of this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary shall make
grant awards not later than 300 days after the date of
enactment of this Act;
(3) $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; and
(4) $1,351,397,000 shall be available for grants for the
economic development initiative (EDI) for the projects, and in
the amounts, specified for congressionally directed spending in
the table entitled ``Congressionally Directed Spending''
included in the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That
amounts made available under this paragraph for such projects
shall not diminish or prejudice any application or geographic
region for other discretionary grant or loan awards made by the
Department of Housing and Urban Development: 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 (3), 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 $400,000,000, 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.
home investment partnerships program
For the HOME investment partnerships program, as authorized under
title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 12721 et seq.), $1,250,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2029: Provided, That the threshold reduction
requirements in sections 216(10) and 217(b)(4) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
12746(10), 12747(b)(4)) shall not apply to the amounts made available
under this heading: Provided further, That notwithstanding section
231(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12771(b)), all unobligated balances
remaining from amounts recaptured pursuant to such section that remain
available until expended shall be combined with amounts made available
under this heading and allocated in accordance with the formula under
section 217(b)(1)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12747(b)(1)(A)): Provided
further, That the Department shall notify grantees of their formula
allocations within 60 days after enactment of this Act: Provided
further, That section 218(g) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12748(g)) shall not
apply with respect to the right of a jurisdiction to draw funds from
its HOME Investment Trust Fund that otherwise expired or would expire
in any calendar year from 2020 through 2028 under that section:
Provided further, That section 231(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12771(b))
shall not apply to any uninvested funds that otherwise were deducted or
would be deducted from the line of credit in the participating
jurisdiction's HOME Investment Trust Fund in any calendar year from
2020 through 2028 under that section.
preservation and reinvestment initiative for community enhancement
For competitive grants to preserve and revitalize manufactured
housing and eligible manufactured housing communities (including pre-
1976 mobile homes) under title I of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1974, as amended (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.),
$10,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2030: Provided,
That recipients of grants provided with amounts made available under
this heading shall be States, units of general local government,
resident-owned manufactured housing communities, cooperatives,
nonprofit entities including consortia of nonprofit entities, community
development financial institutions, Indian Tribes (as such term is
defined in section 4 of the Native American Housing Assistance and
Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4103)), or other
entities approved by the Secretary: Provided further, That the
Secretary shall reserve an amount for Indian Tribes within such
competition: Provided further, That the Secretary may approve entities
for selection that partner with one or several residents of such
eligible communities or that propose to implement a grant program that
would assist residents of such eligible communities: Provided further,
That eligible uses of such grants may include infrastructure, planning,
resident and community services (including relocation assistance and
eviction prevention), resiliency activities, and providing other
assistance to residents or owners of manufactured homes, which may
include providing assistance for manufactured housing land and site
acquisition: Provided further, That, except as determined by the
Secretary, participation in this program shall not encumber the future
transfer of title or use of property by the residents, owners, or
communities: Provided further, That when selecting recipients, the
Secretary shall prioritize applications that primarily benefit low- or
moderately low-income residents and preserve long-term housing
affordability for residents of manufactured housing or a manufactured
housing community: Provided further, That eligible manufactured
housing communities may include those that are--
(1) owned by the residents of the manufactured housing
community through a resident-controlled entity, as defined by
the Secretary; or
(2) determined by the Secretary to be subject to binding
agreements that will preserve the community and maintain
affordability on a long-term basis:
Provided further, That resiliency activities means the
reconstruction, repair, or replacement of manufactured housing and
manufactured housing communities to protect the health and safety of
manufactured housing residents and to address weatherization and energy
efficiency needs, except that for pre-1976 mobile homes, funds made
available under this heading may be used only for replacement:
Provided further, That the Secretary may waive or specify alternative
requirements for any provision of any statute or regulation that the
Secretary administers in connection with the use of amounts made
available under this heading (except for requirements related to fair
housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the environment), upon
a finding that such waiver or alternative requirement is necessary to
facilitate the use of such amounts.
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, $70,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2028: Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this
heading--
(1) $13,000,000 shall be available for the self-help
homeownership opportunity program as authorized under such
section 11;
(2) $49,000,000 shall be available for the second, third,
and fourth capacity building entities specified in section 4(a)
of the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816 note), of
which not less than $5,000,000 shall be for rural capacity
building activities; and
(3) $8,000,000 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
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, $4,530,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2028: Provided, 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) $4,023,000,000 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
shall make reasonable adjustments to renewal amounts to enable
renewal projects to operate at substantially the same levels,
including cost-of-living adjustments for supportive services
from the prior grant: Provided further, That the Secretary
shall provide incentives to create projects that coordinate
with housing providers and healthcare organizations to provide
permanent supportive housing and rapid re-housing services:
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 of the amounts made available for the continuum
of care program under this paragraph, $52,000,000 shall be for
grants for new rapid re-housing projects and supportive service
projects providing coordinated entry, and for eligible
activities that the Secretary determines to be critical in
order to assist survivors of domestic violence, dating
violence, sexual assault, or stalking, except that the
Secretary may make additional grants for such projects and
purposes from amounts made available for such continuum of care
program: 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
shall be used to competitively or non-competitively renew or
replace grants for youth homelessness demonstration projects
under the continuum of care program, notwithstanding any
conflict with the requirements of the continuum of care
program: Provided further, That any continuum of care, in
consultation with their youth action board, that determines it
no longer has an identified need for funds to renew a youth
homelessness demonstration project shall notify the Secretary,
and the Secretary shall recapture such assistance from the
continuum of care and competitively award it to any other
continuum of care with the amounts provided under this heading
under paragraph (4): Provided further, That the Secretary
shall issue the notice of funding opportunity for the amounts
made available in this paragraph not later than June 1, 2026
and such amounts shall be awarded not later than December 1,
2026: Provided further, That for fiscal years 2026 and 2027,
the Secretary shall issue a 2-year notice of funding
opportunity, including any alternative procedures or
requirements as may be necessary to allocate future
appropriations in the second year, for the award of amounts
made available for the continuum of care program under subtitle
C of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42
U.S.C. 11381 et seq.), notwithstanding any conflict with the
requirements of the continuum of care program;
(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;
(4) $107,000,000 shall be available to implement projects
to demonstrate how a comprehensive approach to serving homeless
youth, age 24 and under, in up to 25 communities with a
priority for communities with substantial rural populations in
up to eight locations, can dramatically reduce youth
homelessness: Provided, That of the amount made available
under this paragraph, up to $25,000,000 may be for youth
homelessness system improvement grants to support communities,
including but not limited to the communities assisted under the
matter preceding this proviso, in establishing and implementing
an evidence-based response system for youth homelessness, or
for improving their existing system, including through the
establishment of local youth advisory boards, collaboration
with youth with lived experience of homelessness in project
design and implementation, improving data collection,
management, utilization and evaluation, cross-system
partnerships with juvenile justice, child welfare, and
education systems: Provided further, That of the amount made
available under this paragraph, up to $10,000,000 shall be to
provide technical assistance to communities, including but not
limited to the communities assisted in the preceding proviso
and the matter preceding such proviso, on improving system
responses to youth homelessness, and collection, analysis, use,
and reporting of data and performance measures under the
comprehensive approaches to serve homeless youth, in addition
to and in coordination with other technical assistance funds
provided under this title: Provided further, That the
Secretary may use up to 10 percent of the amount made available
under the preceding proviso to build the capacity of current
technical assistance providers or to train new technical
assistance providers with verifiable prior experience with
systems and programs for youth experiencing homelessness; and
(5) $100,000,000 shall be available for one-time awards
under the continuum of care program for new construction,
acquisition, or rehabilitation of new permanent supportive
housing, of which not more than 20 percent of such awards may
be used for other continuum of care eligible activities
associated with such projects and not more than 10 percent of
such awards may be used for project administration: Provided,
That these amounts shall be awarded on a competitive basis,
based on need and other factors to be determined by the
Secretary, including incentives to establish projects that
coordinate with housing providers, healthcare organizations and
social service providers: Provided further, That not less than
$35,000,000 shall be awarded to applicants for projects within
States with populations less than 2,500,000, except that if
such amount is undersubscribed any remaining amounts may be
awarded to qualified applicants for projects in any State:
Provided further, That the grants for ongoing costs associated
with such projects shall be eligible for renewal under the
continuum of care program subject to the same terms and
conditions as other renewal applicants:
Provided further, That youth aged 24 and under seeking assistance
under this heading shall not be required to provide third party
documentation to establish their eligibility under 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 recipients of funds provided under this heading in this Act or any
prior Act may establish preferences for elderly individuals or families
(except for programs provided to serve homeless youth), or disabled
individuals or families, when implementing the programs: 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,
$17,404,000,000, 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 $509,000,000 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
For capital advances, including 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 under this heading, $972,000,000 to remain
available until September 30, 2029: Provided, That of the amount made
available under this heading, up to $122,000,000 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 enter into two-year agreements as
appropriate with such funding that are subject to the availability of
annual appropriations: 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: Provided further, That
of the total amount made available under this heading, up to $4,000,000
shall be used by the Secretary to support preservation transactions of
housing for the elderly originally developed with a capital advance and
assisted by a project rental assistance contract under the provisions
of section 202(c) of the Housing Act of 1959.
housing for persons with disabilities
For capital advances, including 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, $265,000,000, 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.
housing counseling assistance
For contracts, grants, and other assistance excluding loans, as
authorized under section 106 of the Housing and Urban Development Act
of 1968, as amended, $57,500,000, to remain available until September
30, 2027, including up to $4,500,000 for administrative contract
services: Provided, That funds shall be used for providing counseling
and advice to tenants and homeowners, both current and prospective,
with respect to property maintenance, financial management or literacy,
and such other matters as may be appropriate to assist them in
improving their housing conditions, meeting their financial needs, and
fulfilling the responsibilities of tenancy or homeownership; for
program administration; and for housing counselor training: Provided
further, That for purposes of awarding grants from amounts provided
under this heading, the Secretary may enter into multiyear agreements,
as appropriate, subject to the availability of annual appropriations.
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 $56,000,000, 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
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, $131,028,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2027: Provided, That of the amounts made available
under this heading, $40,000,000 shall be for technical assistance, of
which $5,000,000 shall be for the distressed cities technical
assistance program: 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 of the total amounts provided
under this heading, $15,000,000 shall be for competitive grants to
nonprofit or governmental entities to provide legal assistance
(including assistance related to pretrial activities, trial activities,
post-trial activities and alternative dispute resolution) at no cost to
eligible low-income tenants at risk of or subject to eviction:
Provided further, That in awarding grants under the preceding proviso,
the Secretary shall give preference to applicants that include a
marketing strategy for residents of areas with high rates of eviction,
have experience providing no-cost legal assistance to low-income
individuals, and have sufficient capacity to administer such
assistance: Provided further, That the Secretary shall ensure, to the
extent practicable, that the proportion of eligible tenants living in
rural areas who will receive legal assistance with grant funds made
available under this heading is not less than the overall proportion of
eligible tenants who live in rural areas: Provided further, That the
Department shall maintain on its publicly accessible website all
completed research funded under this heading by this or any prior Act:
Provided further, That the Department shall release and publish such
research without regard to the findings within 6 months of submission
of the final report.
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.), section 561 of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 3616a), and this heading,
$86,355,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided,
That of the sums appropriated under this heading--
(1) $26,355,000 shall be for the fair housing assistance
program under such title VIII;
(2) $56,000,000 shall be for the fair housing initiatives
program under such section 561, of which, not less than
$10,400,000 shall be available for education and outreach
programs, not less than $3,700,000 shall be available for fair
housing organization initiatives, and up to $40,500,000 shall
be available for the private enforcement initiative, except
that if any program or initiative is undersubscribed any
remaining amounts may be awarded to qualified applicants of
other programs or initiatives under this paragraph: Provided,
That the Secretary shall issue each notice of funding
opportunity for the fair housing initiatives program not later
than 150 days after the date of enactment of this Act:
Provided further, That the Secretary, for each such notice,
shall make all grant awards not later than 270 days after the
date of enactment of this Act and execute all grant agreements
with recipients not later than 330 days after the date of
enactment of this Act;
(3) $1,000,000 shall be for 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; and
(4) $3,000,000 shall be for the national fair housing
training academy: Provided, That notwithstanding section 3302
of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary may also assess
and collect fees to cover the costs of such 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.
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) $155,600,000 shall be for the award of grants pursuant
to such section 1011, of which not less than $105,000,000 shall
be provided to areas with the highest lead-based paint
abatement need;
(2) $140,000,000 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: Provided, That $30,000,000 of such amount shall be
for grants to experienced non-profit organizations, States,
local governments, or public housing agencies for safety and
functional home modification repairs and renovations to meet
the needs of low-income seniors to enable them to remain in
their primary residence, of which no less than $10,000,000
shall be available to meet such needs in communities with
substantial rural populations: Provided further, That for
funds made available for such grants in the preceding proviso
or under this heading or the heading ``Housing for the
Elderly'' in prior Acts, all eligible activities, except those
that would alter the existing footprint of a structure or
improvement in a floodplain or a wetland, are exempt from
environmental review and not subject to the Federal laws and
authorities cited in section 58.5 of title 24, Code of Federal
Regulations; and
(3) up to $2,000,000 in total of the amounts made available
under paragraph (2) 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 the
fifth paragraph under this heading by the Full-Year Continuing
Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 (Public Law 119-4) shall be
transferred to and merged with the amounts provided under the fifth
paragraph under the heading ``Public Housing Fund'' in this Act and
prioritized for qualified projects where the primary purpose is radon
testing and mitigation, except any transfer pursuant to this provision
shall retain its original availability: 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.
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,
$146,000,000: Provided, That the Inspector General shall have
independent authority over all personnel and acquisition 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. 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. 208. (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. The Secretary, upon
determination of good cause, including a determination
that there will be no loss of assistance to currently
assisted households, may authorize a different number
of such units or a change in such configuration, or
both, at the receiving project or projects in the event
there is a transfer of use restrictions without an
associated transfer of project-based assistance to the
receiving project. The Secretary shall publish a notice
in the Federal Register for public comment containing
the criteria for determinations of good cause no less
than 60 days before the effective date of such notice.
(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. 209. 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).
Sec. 210. 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. 211. 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. 212. 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. 213. 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. 214. 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. 215. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for fiscal
year 2026, the Secretary may make a notice of funding opportunity, and
a notice of any funding decision, for any program or discretionary fund
administered by the Secretary that is to be competitively awarded
available only on the Internet at the appropriate Government website or
through other electronic media, as determined by the Secretary.
Sec. 216. 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. 217. 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
the Secretary shall provide notification to such Committees 5 business
days in advance of any such transfers.
Sec. 218. (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. 219. 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. 220. None of the funds made available by this Act and
provided to the Department of Housing and Urban Development may be used
to make, modify the scope or terms and conditions of, terminate,
rescind, or reduce 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 or is notified of such changes by the
Department or its offices: Provided, That such notification shall list
each grant award and project description by State and congressional
district.
Sec. 221. 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. 222. 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. 223. 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. 224. 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. 225. 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. 226. (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. 227. 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 (including
designation and agreement time periods).
Sec. 228. 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. 229. 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. 230. 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. 231. 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 unforeseen 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 this transfer authority
shall not be used to allocate costs across offices for broader
departmental information technology needs: Provided further, That the
Secretary shall provide notification to the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations no fewer than 10 business days in advance of any such
transfer.
Sec. 232. The Secretary shall comply with all process
requirements, including public notice and comment, when seeking to
revise any annual contributions contract: Provided, That the Secretary
shall provide public housing authorities not less than 60 days for
public comment, and the Secretary shall consider and respond to
submitted comments.
Sec. 233. Amounts made available to the Secretary in this or any
prior Act under the headings ``Project-Based Rental Assistance'' or
``Housing Certificate Fund'' for performance-based contract
administrators to carry out section 8 of the United States Housing Act
of 1937 (the Act) (42 U.S.C. 1437f), as implemented by the Secretary in
chapter VIII of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations, may be awarded
through a notice of funding opportunity not subject to procurement laws
or regulations, notwithstanding chapter 63 of title 31, United States
Code: Provided, That such awards shall be deemed for all purposes to
be cooperative agreements: Provided further, That the Secretary shall
award one cooperative agreement for each State or territory, except
that the Secretary may award more than one agreement for a State or
territory if the population of such State or territory exceeds
35,000,000: Provided further, That any cooperative agreements issued
by the Secretary shall, at minimum, assign the rights and
responsibilities as provided in section 8 of the Act: Provided
further, That the Secretary shall assign such rights and
responsibilities to the furthest extent possible to ensure effective
and efficient program oversight and monitoring: Provided further, That
when selecting a performance-based contract administrator, the
Secretary shall provide a preference to applicants that have
demonstrated experience with properties receiving project-based
assistance, experience in multifamily housing preservation, addressing
the concerns of low-income tenants, making assistance payments to
owners, and performing the other functions assigned to a public housing
agency under section 8(b) of the Act: Provided further, That if, for
any State or territory, no qualified applicant applies under the
relevant notice of funding opportunity, the Secretary may utilize a
procurement contract subject to all procurement laws and regulations to
assist in carrying out section 8 of the Act in such State or territory:
Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide for incentive-based
fees as part of such awards: Provided further, That for notice of
funding opportunity-based awards under this section, eligible
applicants are public housing agencies as defined by section 3(b)(6)(A)
of the Act, which shall include nonprofits of such agencies when
operating outside of the State or territory in which such agency is
established.
Sec. 234. None of the amounts made available in this or prior Acts
may be used to consider family self-sufficiency achievement metrics
(FAM) in determining funding awards for programs receiving family self-
sufficiency program coordinator funding provided in this or prior Acts
except to provide bonus awards as expressly made available in this or
prior Acts for self-sufficiency programs assigned a ranking of
performance category 1 based on their publicly available FAM scores.
Sec. 235. The Secretary may, upon a finding that a waiver or
alternative requirement is necessary for the effective delivery and
administration of funds made available for new incremental voucher
assistance or renewals for the mainstream program and the family
unification program (including the foster youth to independence
program) in this and prior Acts, waive or specify alternative
requirements, other than requirements related to tenant rights and
protections, rent setting, fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor
standards, and the environment, for--
(1) section 8(o)(6)(A) of the United States Housing Act of
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(6)(A)) and regulatory provisions
related to the administration of waiting lists, local
preferences, and the initial term and extensions of tenant-
based vouchers; and
(2) section 8(x)(2) of the United States Housing Act of
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(x)(2)) regarding the timing of referral
of youth leaving foster care.
Sec. 236. The Secretary shall fulfill their responsibilities to
enforce the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.): Provided, That
none of the funds made available by this Act may be used by the
Department of Housing and Urban Development to direct a grantee to
undertake specific changes to existing zoning laws as part of carrying
out the interim final rule entitled ``Affirmatively Furthering Fair
Housing Revisions'' (90 Fed. Reg. 11020 (March 3, 2025).
Sec. 237. The whistleblower protections in section 4712 of title
41, United States Code, shall apply to any contract, subcontract,
grant, subgrant, or personal services contract funded from amounts made
available in this or prior Acts (including carryover and recaptures),
regardless of when the agreement was executed.
Sec. 238. (a) For fiscal years 2026 through 2028, upon request from
the owner, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
(``Secretary'') may forgive or restructure the terms of any
indebtedness relating to any remaining principal and interest under
financial assistance made available under section 201 of the Housing
and Community Development Amendments of 1978 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1a)
(``Flex Sub loan'').
(b) The Secretary may only forgive or restructure loans under this
section for properties with--
(1) 200 or fewer assisted units;
(2) a Flex Sub loan with an unpaid principal balance of
$2,000,000 or less;
(3) a score of 80 or higher on the most recent REAC
inspection; and
(4) a most recent management and occupancy review score of
``above average'' or ``superior.''
(c) The Secretary may set such terms and conditions as the
Secretary determines are appropriate for forgiveness or restructuring
under this section, including:
(1) Different maturity dates or interest rate terms.
(2) Extension of affordability use agreements.
(3) Other measures to ensure the long-term stability of
operations at the property.
(d) There is hereby appropriated $3,328,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2029, to carry out the purposes of this section, in
addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes.
Sec. 239. (a) Funds previously made available in the Consolidated
and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112-55) for
initial project rental assistance contracts associated with the
demonstration program under the heading ``Housing for Persons with
Disabilities'' that were available for obligation through fiscal year
2015 are to remain available through fiscal year 2030 for the
liquidation of valid obligations incurred in fiscal years 2012 through
2015; and
(b) Funds previously made available by the Consolidated and Further
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (Public Law 113-6) for initial
project rental assistance contracts associated with the demonstration
program under the heading ``Housing for Persons with Disabilities'' in
the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012
(Public Law 112-55) that were available for obligation through fiscal
year 2016 are to remain available through fiscal year 2031 for the
liquidation of valid obligations incurred in fiscal years 2013 through
2016.
Sec. 240. Amounts made available for the Office of Housing under
the heading ``Program Offices'' in this and prior Acts shall also be
available, without additional competition, for cooperative agreements
with participating administrative entities that have been selected
under section 513(b) of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and
Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) (MAHRAA) to provide
direct support, including carrying out due diligence and underwriting
functions for owners and for technical assistance activities, on
conditions established by the Secretary for small properties and owners
converting assistance under the first component or the second component
under the heading ``Rental Assistance Demonstration'' in the Department
of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2012 (title II of
division C of Public Law 112-55).
Sec. 241. None of the funds made available by this Act or any
other Act may be used to close or relocate any field or regional
office, unless such action is provided for in this Act or the report
accompanying this Act: Provided, That the Secretary shall maintain at
least one adequately staffed and functional field office in each state,
consistent with section 1735f-12 of title 12, United States Code, with
no fewer than one full-time employee per field office, except for
short-term periods of normal staffing turnover.
Sec. 242. The Secretary shall conduct all rulemaking in accordance
with the policies of part 10 of title 24 of the Code of Federal
Regulations and Executive Order 12866, as amended, including providing
for public participation and not less than 60 days for the submission
of written comments.
Sec. 243. Not later than 180 days after enactment of this Act, the
Secretary shall transmit to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations a report that provides a list of (1) each grant,
federally funded cooperative agreement, and contract that was obligated
and subsequently terminated or reduced in scope in fiscal year 2025,
and remains terminated or reduced in scope as of the date of enactment
of this Act, and (2) each grant, federally funded cooperative
agreement, and contract for which the terms and conditions of
agreements were changed or modified in fiscal year 2025: Provided,
That such report shall include an explanation for each termination or
modification, the recipient, the location of the project or service,
and the source of funding.
Sec. 244. For fiscal year 2026, the costs of any rent incentives
as authorized pursuant to waivers or alternative requirements of the
jobs-plus initiative as described under the heading ``Self-Sufficiency
Programs'' shall not be charged against the competitive grant amounts
made available under such heading: Provided, That the amount of any
forgone increases in tenant rent payments due to the implementation of
such rent incentives shall be factored into the public housing agency's
general operating fund eligibility pursuant to the formula under the
heading ``Public Housing Fund'': Provided further, That the amount of
any foregone increases in tenant rent payments due to the
implementation of such rent incentives implemented on behalf of
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 (title II of division C of Public Law 112-55),
as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) shall be factored into (1) housing
assistance payments made pursuant to project-based subsidy contracts
provided under the heading ``Project-Based Rental Assistance''; and (2)
housing assistance payments made by public housing agencies pursuant to
project-based assistance contracts under section 8(o)(13) of such Act,
with these costs being renewed under the heading ``Tenant-Based Rental
Assistance''.
Sec. 245. (a) With respect to the funds made available for the
continuum of care program authorized under subtitle C of title IV of
the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.)
under the heading ``Homeless Assistance Grants'' in this and prior Acts
and under section 231 of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development Appropriations Act, 2020 (42 U.S.C. 11364a)--
(1) title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C.
2000d et seq.) and title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968
(42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.) shall not apply to applications by or
awards for projects to be carried out--
(A) on or off reservation or trust lands for awards
made to Indian Tribes or Tribally designated housing
entities; or
(B) on reservation or trust lands for awards made
to eligible entities as defined in section 401 of the
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
11360);
(2) Indian Tribes and Tribally designated housing entities
shall also be eligible to administer permanent housing rental
assistance under section 423(g) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11383(g)).
(b) With respect to funds made available for the continuum of care
program authorized under subtitle C of title IV of the McKinney-Vento
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) under the heading
``Homeless Assistance Grants'' in this title or under section 231 of
the Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act,
2020 (42 U.S.C. 11364a)--
(1) applications for projects to be carried out on
reservations or trust land shall contain a certification of
consistency with an approved Indian housing plan developed
under section 102 of the Native American Housing Assistance and
Self-Determination Act (NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4112),
notwithstanding section 106 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National
Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12706) and section 403 of the
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11361);
(2) Indian Tribes and Tribally designated housing entities
that are recipients of awards for projects on reservations or
trust land shall certify that they are following an approved
housing plan developed under section 102 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C.
4112); and
(3) a collaborative applicant for a continuum of care whose
geographic area includes only reservation and trust land is not
required to meet the requirement in section 402(f)(2) of the
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
11360a(f)(2)).
Sec. 246. (a) Section 184(a) of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-13a(a)) is amended to read as
follows:
``(a) Authority.--To provide access to sources of private financing
to Indian families, Indian housing authorities, and Indian Tribes, who
otherwise could not acquire housing financing because of the unique
legal status of Indian lands and the unique nature of Tribal economies;
and to expand homeownership opportunities to Indian families, Indian
housing authorities and Indian Tribes on fee simple lands, the
Secretary may guarantee not to exceed 100 percent of the unpaid
principal and interest due on any loan eligible under subsection (b)
made to an Indian family, Indian housing authority, or Indian Tribe on
trust land and fee simple land.''.
(b) Section 184(b)(2) of the Housing and Community Development Act
of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-13a(b)(2)) is amended to read as follows:
``(2) Eligible housing.--The loan shall be used to
construct, acquire, refinance, or rehabilitate 1- to 4-family
dwellings that are standard housing.''.
(c) Section 184A of the Housing and Community Development Act of
1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-13b) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b), by inserting ``, and to expand
homeownership opportunities to Native Hawaiian families who are
eligible to receive a homestead under the Hawaiian Homes
Commission Act, 1920 (42 Stat. 108) on fee simple lands in the
State of Hawaii'' after ``markets''; and
(2) in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (2) and
inserting the following:
``(2) Eligible housing.--The loan shall be used to
construct, acquire, refinance, or rehabilitate 1- to 4-family
dwellings that are standard housing.''.
Sec. 247. (a) Section 184(b)(5)(A) of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-13a(b)(5)(A)) is amended to
read as follows:
``(5) Terms.--The loan shall--
``(A) be made for a term not exceeding 30 years,
except as determined by the Secretary, when there is a
loan modification under subsection (h)(1)(B), the loan
shall not exceed 40 years;''.
(b) Section 184A(c)(5)(A) of the Housing and Community Development
Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-13b(c)(5)(A)) is amended to read as
follows:
``(5) Terms.--The loan shall--
``(A) be made for a term not exceeding 30 years;
except, as determined by the Secretary, when there is a
loan modification under subsection (i)(1)(B) the term
of the loan shall not exceed 40 years;''.
Sec. 248. Section 105 of the Housing and Community Development Act
of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305) is amended by adding at the end the following
new subsection:
``(j) Special Activities by Indian Tribes.--Indian Tribes receiving
grants under section 5306(a)(1) of this title (section 106(a)(1) of
this Act) shall be authorized to carry out activities described in
subsection (a)(15) directly.''.
Sec. 249. (a) Any unobligated balances from amounts made available
under the heading, ``Community Development Fund'' in chapter 9 of title
II of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the
Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006 (Public Law 109-234)
that were transferred to ``Management and Administration, Salaries and
Expenses'' are hereby permanently rescinded.
(b) Any unobligated balances included under Treasury Appropriation
Fund Symbol 86 X 0108 from amounts transferred to the Department of
Housing and Urban Development from amounts made available under the
heading, ``Unanticipated Needs'' in chapter 8 of title I of the
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-211)
are hereby permanently rescinded.
(c) Any unobligated balances included under Treasury Appropriation
Fund Symbol 86 X 0148, 86-2023/2027-0483 and 86 X 0163 are hereby
permanently rescinded.
(d) Of the unobligated balances from amounts included under
Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol 86 X 0304, $4,729,103.98 are hereby
permanently rescinded.
(e) Of the unobligated balances from appropriations made available
under the heading ``Community Development Fund'' prior to fiscal year
2011, $176,688.49 in Economic Development Initiative grant funds and
$336,275.98 in Special Purpose Grant funds are hereby rescinded.
(f) Of the unobligated balances from amounts made available under
the heading ``Assisted Housing Inspections and Risk Assessments'', in
the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025
(Public Law 119-4), $25,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded.
(g) The remaining unobligated balances, as of September 30, 2025,
from amounts made available under the heading ``Assisted Housing
Inspections and Risk Assessments'' in division F of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law 118-42) are hereby permanently
rescinded, and an amount of additional new budget authority equivalent
to the amount rescinded is hereby appropriated on September 30, 2025,
to remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That this
subsection shall become effective immediately upon enactment of this
Act.
(h) Of the unobligated balances from amounts included under
Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol 86 X 0313, $1.74 is hereby
permanently rescinded.
Sec. 250. If this Act is enacted on or before September 30, 2025,
the remaining unobligated balances, as of September 30, 2025, from
amounts made available under the heading ``Fair Housing Activities'' in
division F of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law
118-42) are hereby permanently rescinded, and an amount of additional
new budget authority equivalent to the amount rescinded is hereby
appropriated on September 30, 2025, to remain available until September
30, 2026, and shall be available for completing the funding of awards
made pursuant to the fiscal year 2024 fair housing initiatives program
under section 561 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987
(42 U.S.C. 3616a), in addition to amounts otherwise available for such
purposes: Provided, That this section shall become effective
immediately upon enactment of this Act.
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. Chapter 4), $29,240,000:
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), $158,000,000:
Provided, That the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation shall notify
network organizations of their full formula grant award by the latter
of 60 days after enactment of this Act or March 1, 2026.
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.
United States Interagency Council on Homelessness
operating expenses
For necessary expenses, including payment of salaries, authorized
travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of conference
rooms, and the employment of experts and consultants under section 3109
of title 5, United States Code, of the United States Interagency
Council on Homelessness (in this heading ``the Council'') in carrying
out the functions pursuant to title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless
Assistance Act, as amended, $2,000,000: Provided, That the Council
shall be staffed in accordance with section 11313(a)(5) of title 42,
United States Code, and regional coordinators shall have the proven
expertise and demonstrated experience needed to carry out the duties
specified in such section: Provided further, That each meeting of the
Council shall be open to the public, and the Council shall post a
public notification of each Council meeting not less than 30 days in
advance of each meeting on its website and include the agenda for each
meeting in such posting.
TITLE IV
GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS ACT
Sec. 401. None of the funds in this Act shall be used for the
planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses of, or
otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties intervening in regulatory or
adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act.
Sec. 402. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall remain
available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, nor may any be
transferred to other appropriations, unless expressly so provided
herein.
Sec. 403. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for
any consulting service through a procurement contract pursuant to
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited to those
contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record and
available for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under
existing law, or under existing Executive Order issued pursuant to
existing law.
Sec. 404. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be
obligated or expended for any employee training that--
(1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, skills,
and abilities bearing directly upon the performance of official
duties;
(2) contains elements likely to induce high levels of
emotional response or psychological stress in some
participants;
(3) does not require prior employee notification of the
content and methods to be used in the training and written end
of course evaluation;
(4) contains any methods or content associated with
religious or quasi-religious belief systems or ``new age''
belief systems as defined in Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission Notice N-915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or
(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, participants'
personal values or lifestyle outside the workplace.
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or otherwise
preclude an agency from conducting training bearing directly upon the
performance of official duties.
Sec. 405. Except as otherwise provided in this Act or the report
accompanying this Act, and unless the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations are notified in writing at least 30 days in advance of
any reprogramming of funds and provide prior written approval, none of
the funds provided in this Act or 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 or most recent organizational charts submitted
to the Committees on Appropriations or the report accompanying
this Act, whichever is more detailed:
Provided, That not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, each agency funded by this Act shall submit an operating plan
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 operating plan shall include--
(1) 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;
(2) 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
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;
(3) an organizational chart with the number of full-time
personnel on-board as of the end of the most recent pay period
for each office as approved by this Act or the report
accompanying this Act that provides the same level of detail
provided in the budget justifications or most recent
organizational charts submitted to the Committees on
Appropriations, except as otherwise directed by this Act or the
report accompanying this Act; and
(4) an identification of items of special congressional
interest.
Sec. 406. Except as otherwise provided in this Act or the report
accompanying this Act, the Departments and agencies funded in this Act
shall not relocate an office or reduce personnel as a result of a
reduction-in-force, deferred resignation program, use of administrative
leave for purposes unrelated to misconduct, or other workforce
restructuring, unless the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations
are notified 30 days before such changes are initiated.
Sec. 407. The Department of Transportation and the Department of
Housing and Urban Development shall provide the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations:
(1) quarterly reports on the status of all funds, including
the start of year unobligated and uncommitted balances, and the
total obligations and recaptures for the fiscal year, by
program, project, and activity;
(2) semiannual reports on staffing levels, hirings, and
separations (including through the deferred resignation program
and any other voluntary retirement programs), consistent with
direction provided in this Act or any report accompanying this
Act; and
(3) additional, updated budget or financial technical
assistance, upon request.
Sec. 408. 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 a request shall be submitted to the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations for approval prior to the
expenditure of such funds: Provided further, That these requests shall
be made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines under section 405
of this Act.
Sec. 409. 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. 410. 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. 411. 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. 412. 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. 413. 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. 414. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used
to send or otherwise pay for the attendance of more than 50 employees
of a single agency or department of the United States Government, who
are stationed in the United States, at any single international
conference unless the relevant Secretary reports to the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations at least 5 days in advance that
such attendance is important to the national interest: Provided, That
for purposes of this section the term ``international conference''
shall mean a conference occurring outside of the United States attended
by representatives of the United States Government and of foreign
governments, international organizations, or nongovernmental
organizations.
Sec. 415. None of the funds 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. 416. (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. 417. (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. 418. 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. 419. 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. 420. (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. 421. (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 ``Kansas Rail Safety Improvement
Project'' is deemed to be amended by striking recipient
``Pittsburg Port Authority (KS)'' and inserting ``Kansas
Department of Transportation''; and
(2) the item relating to ``The Barkers Creek Industrial
Park Power Expansion'' is deemed to be amended by striking
``The Barkers Creek Industrial Park Power Expansion'' and
inserting ``Barkers Creek Industrial Park Access Bridge, Phase
II''.
(b) In the table of projects entitled ``Community Project Funding/
Congressionally Directed Spending'' in the explanatory statement for
division L of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law
117-328) described in section 4 in the matter preceding division A of
such Act--
(1) the item relating to ``Lower Shore Clinic Co-Occurring
Disorder Treatment Facility Housing'' is deemed to be amended
by:
(A) striking ``Lower Shore Clinic Co-Occurring
Disorder Treatment Facility Housing'' and inserting
``HealthPort Co-Occurring Disorder Treatment
Facility''; and
(B) striking recipient ``Lower Shore Clinic Inc.''
and inserting ``HealthPort, Inc.''; and
(2) the item relating to ``Metra Zero Emission Locomotive
Commuter Rail Pilot'' is deemed to be amended by striking
``Locomotive''.
(c) In the table of projects entitled ``Community Project Funding/
Congressionally Directed Spending'' in the explanatory statement for
division F of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law
118-42) described in section 4 in the matter preceding division A of
such Act--
(1) the item relating to ``Hardwoods Permanent Supportive
Housing'' is deemed to be amended by striking ``Hardwoods'';
(2) the item relating to ``Cle Elum--First Street Downtown
Revitalization'' is deemed to be amended by striking ``First
Street''; and
(3) the item relating to ``Center for Community Programs in
Livermore Falls and Jay'' is deemed to be amended by striking
recipient ``United Way of the Tri-Valley Area'' and inserting
``Town of Jay''.
Sec. 422. (a) Amounts made available under the heading ``Department
of Transportation-Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety
Improvements'' for the item relating to ``Midway Crossing'' in the
table of projects entitled ``Community Project Funding/Congressionally
Directed Spending'' in the explanatory statement for division L of the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328) described in
section 4 in the matter preceding division A of such Act shall be
transferred to ``Department of Transportation--Transit Infrastructure
Grants'' and shall be available under the heading to which transferred
for its original purpose.
(b) The item relating to ``Midway Crossing'' is deemed to be
amended by striking account ``Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and
Safety Improvements'' and inserting ``Transit Infrastructure Grants''
in the table of projects entitled ``Community Project Funding/
Congressionally Directed Spending'' in the explanatory statement for
division L of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law
117-328) described in section 4 in the matter preceding division A of
such Act.
Sec. 423. Each Department and agency funded in this Act shall
maintain on its publicly accessible website:
(1) all notices of funding opportunities (including any
amendments) for all competitive grant programs issued in the
most recent 10 years;
(2) a searchable list of all grant awards for the most
recent 10 years, including any grant awards that have been
modified, terminated, or rescinded; and
(3) all programmatic notices, guidance, and grant agreement
templates that remain in effect for any active grant program.
Sec. 424. The congressional budget justifications for fiscal year
2027 to be submitted to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations shall --
(1) use or provide a comparison to the account and sub-
account structure provided under this Act or report
accompanying this Act, whichever is more detailed;
(2) present all available budgetary resources from contract
authority, mandatory budget authority, advance appropriations,
and discretionary authority, including disaster and emergency-
designed funding;
(3) provide detailed information on all programs, including
detailed discussion of proposed new initiatives or changes to
the agency financial plan; and
(4) provide detailed tables and organizational charts that
delineate funding for salaries and expenses and the number of
full-time equivalent and full-time positions, as well as
justifications for all funding and staffing changes,
reorganizations, or restructurings: Provided, That such
information shall be provided at the same level of detail as
provided to support the fiscal year 2025 budget justifications
and amounts provided for salaries and expenses by the
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58), and
any supplemental disaster or emergency-designated funding shall
be presented separately and distinctly.
Sec. 425. No later than 30 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, and quarterly thereafter, the Departments and agencies funded
under this Act shall submit a report to the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations on current staffing levels for all political and
Presidential appointees in such Departments and agencies and
categorized by which office within such Departments and agencies such
employee is funded from, the office in which such employee carries out
their daily work, such employee's title, and such employee's pay grade
or the equivalent level based on the GS-scale.
Sec. 426. (a) Prior to issuing any termination notice of any
discretionary award, as defined by section 200.1 of title 2, Code of
Federal Regulations, solely under the authority provided in section
200.340(a)(4) of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations, the Secretary of
the Department of Transportation or the Secretary of the Department of
Housing and Urban Development shall provide written notification to the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and the discretionary
award recipient.
(b) Any such written notification shall be provided to the
recipients not less than 120 days prior to the effective date of any
proposed termination, of which not less than 90 days shall be provided
to restructure or re-scope the discretionary award to better effectuate
program goals or agency priorities as determined by the relevant
Secretary: Provided, That the recipients shall continue to receive
disbursements for valid obligations during the period provided to
restructure or re-scope the discretionary award.
(c) If a recipient is unable to restructure or re-scope the
discretionary award subject to subsection (b) as determined by the
relevant Secretary and the discretionary award is subsequently
terminated, the applicable Department should first prioritize any
eligible and qualified applications received from such entities in
response to the next available notice of funding opportunity for the
relevant program.
(d) The relevant Secretary shall meet all notification of
termination requirements under section 200.341 of title 2, Code of
Federal Regulations.
(e) The requirements under this section shall only apply to
discretionary awards from funds made available--
(1) by this Act;
(2) by prior Transportation, Housing and Urban Development,
and Related Agencies Appropriations Acts, except for amounts
previously designated by the Congress as an emergency or
disaster relief requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution
on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985; and
(3) in title VIII of division J of the Infrastructure
Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58):
Provided, That this section shall not apply to discretionary award
announcements or awards publicly awarded after November 1, 2024:
Provided further, That this section shall not apply to any non-
discretionary awards, as defined by section 200.1 of title 2, Code of
Federal Regulations.
(f) Amounts repurposed pursuant to this section shall continue to
be treated as amounts specified in section 103(b) of division A of
Public Law 118-5.
Sec. 427. If this Act is enacted on or before September 30, 2025,
the remaining unobligated balances, as of September 30, 2025, from
amounts made available for ``United States Interagency Council on
Homelessness--Operating Expenses'' under Public Law 119-4, for fiscal
year 2025 are hereby permanently rescinded, and an amount of additional
new budget authority equivalent to the amount rescinded pursuant to
this section is hereby appropriated on September 30, 2025, for an
additional amount for fiscal year 2025, to remain available until
September 30, 2026, and shall be available in addition to other funds
as may be available for such purposes: Provided, That this section
shall become effective immediately upon enactment of this Act.
This Act may be cited as the ``Transportation, Housing and Urban
Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026''.
Calendar No. 125
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2465
[Report No. 119-47]
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A BILL
Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and
Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes.
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July 24, 2025
Read twice and placed on the calendar