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Referenced Laws
Public Law 118–63
Public Law 116–94
49 U.S.C. 116
Public Law 117–58
chapter 224
5 U.S.C. 7905
Public Law 117–103
Public Law 118–5
chapter 417
Public Law 111–117
Public Law 108–199
Public Law 116–6
Public Law 119–4
49 U.S.C. 44506
49 U.S.C. 40132
chapter 475
chapter 471
Public Law 116–136
Public Law 119–21
23 U.S.C. 148
chapter 1
Public Law 102–240
40 U.S.C. 15101 et seq.
chapter 5
chapter 2
42 U.S.C. 3121
Public Law 105–277
23 U.S.C. 144
23 U.S.C. 118
Public Law 112–141
31 U.S.C. 3302
chapter 63
Public Law 117–328
7 U.S.C. 1471
chapter 303
chapter 4
chapter 53
29 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.
Public Law 114–113
Public Law 104–50
Public Law 111–8
Public Law 109–115
Public Law 115–31
49 U.S.C. 5305
Public Law 114–94
Public Law 110–432
49 U.S.C. 5338
section 9503(e)(4)
Public Law 105–178
Public Law 109–59
33 U.S.C. 2238
chapter 531
chapter 532
46 U.S.C. 51318
Public Law 118–159
Public Law 101–380
Public Law 116–260
5 U.S.C. 401 et seq.
18 U.S.C. 1001
42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.
Public Law 117–2
42 U.S.C. 5170 et seq.
Public Law 106–569
Public Law 105–276
42 U.S.C. 8013
42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)
42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.
42 U.S.C. 4851b
42 U.S.C. 1437x
42 U.S.C. 1437v
42 U.S.C. 1437u
42 U.S.C. 1437z–6
25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.
42 U.S.C. 1437f
Public Law 112–55
29 U.S.C. 3122
42 U.S.C. 1437a
25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.
42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.
Public Law 118–42
2 U.S.C. 661a
25 U.S.C. 4212
chapter 63
25 U.S.C. 4116
25 U.S.C. 4152
25 U.S.C. 4167
12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a
25 U.S.C. 4221 et seq.
12 U.S.C. 1715z–13b
42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.
Public Law 115–271
42 U.S.C. 5308
42 U.S.C. 12721 et seq.
42 U.S.C. 12746(10)
42 U.S.C. 12771(b)
42 U.S.C. 12747(b)(1)(A)
42 U.S.C. 12748(g)
25 U.S.C. 4103
42 U.S.C. 12805
42 U.S.C. 9816
42 U.S.C. 11360 et seq.
42 U.S.C. 11371 et seq.
42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.
42 U.S.C. 11408
31 U.S.C. 6301–6308
42 U.S.C. 11302
42 U.S.C. 11401
12 U.S.C. 1715z–1(a)
12 U.S.C. 1701s
12 U.S.C. 1701q
Public Law 86–372
Public Law 95–557
42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.
42 U.S.C. 5419(e)
12 U.S.C. 1715z–20(g)
12 U.S.C. 1721(g)
12 U.S.C. 1716 et seq.
12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 et seq.
Public Law 109–282
42 U.S.C. 3545(a)(4)(C)
42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.
42 U.S.C. 3616a
42 U.S.C. 4852
42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.
12 U.S.C. 1811–1
2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.
20 U.S.C. 1002
42 U.S.C. 5302
42 U.S.C. 5306
Public Law 104–134
12 U.S.C. 1715z–1a
Public Law 113–6
42 U.S.C. 11364a
42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.
42 U.S.C. 11383(g)
25 U.S.C. 4112
42 U.S.C. 12706
42 U.S.C. 11361
42 U.S.C. 11360a(f)(2)
42 U.S.C. 5305
Public Law 109–234
Public Law 103–211
29 U.S.C. 792
42 U.S.C. 8101–8107
Public Law 107–118
41 U.S.C. 8301–8305
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Section 1
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:
Section 2
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.
Section 3
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.
Section 4
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.
Section 5
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.
Section 6
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.
Section 7
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.
Section 8
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.
Section 9
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.
Section 10
109. 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. Amounts transferred under the authority in this section are available in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purpose. The programs from which funds made available under this Act may be transferred under subsection (a) are— the local and regional project assistance program under section 6702 of title 49, United States Code; and the university transportation centers program under section 5505 of title 49, United States Code.
Section 11
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.
Section 12
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.
Section 13
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.
Section 14
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.
Section 15
109E. Of the unobligated balances of funds remaining from— 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 Transportation Planning, Research, and Development account in title I of division F of Public Law 108–199, $744,000 is hereby permanently rescinded.
Section 16
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.
Section 17
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.
Section 18
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.
Section 19
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.
Section 20
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.
Section 21
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.
Section 22
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.
Section 23
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.
Section 24
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.
Section 25
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.
Section 26
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.
Section 27
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.
Section 28
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.
Section 29
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.
Section 30
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.
Section 31
119D. Section 44502(e) of title 49, United States Code, shall be applied by inserting the following after paragraph (4): 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. 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. 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. (5)Limitations(A)Systems or equipmentEligible 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 equipmentEligible 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 airportAn 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..
Section 32
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.
Section 33
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.
Section 34
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.
Section 35
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.
Section 36
120. For fiscal year 2026, the Secretary of Transportation shall— not distribute from the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways— amounts authorized for administrative expenses and programs by section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code; and amounts authorized for the Bureau of Transportation Statistics; not distribute an amount from the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways that is equal to the unobligated balance of amounts— 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 for which obligation limitation was provided in a previous fiscal year; determine the proportion that— the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways, less the aggregate of amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection; bears to 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; 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— the proportion determined under paragraph (3); by the amounts authorized to be appropriated for each such program for such fiscal year; and 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— 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 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. The obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways shall not apply to obligations under or for— section 125 of title 23, United States Code; section 147 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978 (23 U.S.C. 144 note; 92 Stat. 2714); section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981 (95 Stat. 1701); subsections (b) and (j) of section 131 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (96 Stat. 2119); subsections (b) and (c) of section 149 of the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987 (101 Stat. 198); sections 1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2027); section 157 of title 23, United States Code (as in effect on June 8, 1998); 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); 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; 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); 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 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). Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall, after August 1 of such fiscal year— revise a distribution of the obligation limitation made available under subsection (a) if an amount distributed cannot be obligated during that fiscal year; and 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. 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). Obligation authority made available under paragraph (1) shall— remain available for a period of 4 fiscal years; and 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. 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— are authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal year for Federal-aid highway programs; and 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. Funds shall be distributed under paragraph (1) in the same proportion as the distribution of obligation authority under subsection (a)(5). 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.
Section 37
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.
Section 38
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.
Section 39
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.
Section 40
124. 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. In this section, the term earmarked amount means— 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 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. 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. The Secretary shall submit consolidated reports of the information provided by the States and territories annually to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
Section 41
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.
Section 42
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.
Section 43
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.
Section 44
128. 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. 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.
Section 45
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.
Section 46
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.
Section 47
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.
Section 48
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.
Section 49
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.
Section 50
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.
Section 51
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.
Section 52
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.
Section 53
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.).
Section 54
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.
Section 55
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.
Section 56
155. It is the sense of Congress that— 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 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).
Section 57
156. Of the unobligated balances of funds remaining from— Railroad Safety Grants account totaling $795,331.70 appropriated by Public Law 114–113 is hereby permanently rescinded; Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation account totaling $20.00 appropriated by Public Law 104–50 is hereby permanently rescinded; Capital Assistance to States—Intercity Passenger Rail Grant Program account totaling $292,181.41 appropriated by Public Law 111–8 is hereby permanently rescinded; 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; Railroad Research and Development account totaling $1,008,385 appropriated by Public Law 109–115 is hereby permanently rescinded; and National Network Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation account totaling $76,633.70 appropriated by Public Law 115–31 is hereby permanently rescinded.
Section 58
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.
Section 59
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.
Section 60
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.
Section 61
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)).
Section 62
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.
Section 63
165. 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. 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.
Section 64
166. 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. 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. 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.
Section 65
167. Section 5323 of title 49, United States Code, is amended in subsection (q)— in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking Corridor preservation and inserting Real property interests; in paragraph (1)— by striking right-of-way each time it appears and inserting real property interests; and by inserting acquired after may use the; and in paragraph (2), by striking Right-of-way and inserting Real property interests.
Section 66
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.
Section 67
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— Clean Fuels Grant Program under section 5308 of title 49, United States Code; Alternatives Analysis Program under section 5339 of title 49, United States Code; Job Access and Reverse Commute Formula Grants under section 5316 of title 49, United States Code; bus and bus-related equipment and facilities under section 5309 of title 49, United States Code:
Section 68
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— Alternative Transportation in Parks and Public Lands under section 5320 of title 49, United States Code; and bus and bus-related equipment and facilities under section 5309 of title 49, United States Code:
Section 69
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.
Section 70
180. 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. 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. 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.
Section 71
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.
Section 72
182. 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. 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.
Section 73
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.
Section 74
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.
Section 75
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.
Section 76
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.
Section 77
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.
Section 78
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.
Section 79
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.
Section 80
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: 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; 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 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.
Section 81
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.
Section 82
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.
Section 83
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.
Section 84
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.
Section 85
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.
Section 86
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.
Section 87
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).
Section 88
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).
Section 89
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.
Section 90
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.
Section 91
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.).
Section 92
208. 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. 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). The transfer authorized in subsection (a) is subject to the following conditions: 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. 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. 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. The receiving project or projects shall meet or exceed applicable physical standards established by the Secretary. 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. 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. The Secretary determines that this transfer is in the best interest of the tenants. 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. 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. 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. For purposes of this section— 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; the term multifamily housing project means housing that meets one of the following conditions— housing that is subject to a mortgage insured under the National Housing Act; 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; housing that is assisted under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); 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; housing that is assisted under section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013); or housing or vacant land that is subject to a use agreement; the term project-based assistance means— assistance provided under section 8(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(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); rent supplement payments under section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); 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); assistance payments made under section 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q(c)(2)); and assistance payments made under section 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013(d)(2)); 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; 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 the term Secretary means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 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.
Section 93
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— 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)); is under 24 years of age; is not a veteran; is unmarried; does not have a dependent child; 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; is not a youth who left foster care at age 14 or older and is at risk of becoming homeless; and 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).
Section 94
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.
Section 95
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.
Section 96
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.
Section 97
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).
Section 98
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.
Section 99
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.
Section 100
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.
Section 101
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.
Section 102
218. 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. 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— receives a failing score under the uniform physical condition standards (UPCS) or successor standard; or 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.
Section 103
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.
Section 104
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.
Section 105
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.
Section 106
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).
Section 107
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.
Section 108
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.
Section 109
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.
Section 110
226. 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. 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.
Section 111
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).
Section 112
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.
Section 113
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.
Section 114
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.
Section 115
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.
Section 116
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.
Section 117
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.
Section 118
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.
Section 119
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— 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 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.
Section 120
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).
Section 121
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.
Section 122
238. 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). The Secretary may only forgive or restructure loans under this section for properties with— 200 or fewer assisted units; a Flex Sub loan with an unpaid principal balance of $2,000,000 or less; a score of 80 or higher on the most recent REAC inspection; and a most recent management and occupancy review score of above average or superior. The Secretary may set such terms and conditions as the Secretary determines are appropriate for forgiveness or restructuring under this section, including: Different maturity dates or interest rate terms. Extension of affordability use agreements. Other measures to ensure the long-term stability of operations at the property. 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.
Section 123
239. 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 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.
Section 124
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).
Section 125
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.
Section 126
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.
Section 127
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.
Section 128
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.
Section 129
245. 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)— 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— on or off reservation or trust lands for awards made to Indian Tribes or Tribally designated housing entities; or 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); 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)). 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)— 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); 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 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)).
Section 130
246. 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: 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. 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: The loan shall be used to construct, acquire, refinance, or rehabilitate 1- to 4-family dwellings that are standard housing. Section 184A of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13b) is amended— 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 in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following: The loan shall be used to construct, acquire, refinance, or rehabilitate 1- to 4-family dwellings that are standard housing. (a)AuthorityTo 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.. (2)Eligible housingThe loan shall be used to construct, acquire, refinance, or rehabilitate 1- to 4-family dwellings that are standard housing.. (2)Eligible housingThe loan shall be used to construct, acquire, refinance, or rehabilitate 1- to 4-family dwellings that are standard housing..
Section 131
247. 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: The loan shall— 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; 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: The loan shall— 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; (5)TermsThe 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;. (5)TermsThe 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;.
Section 132
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: 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. (j)Special activities by indian tribesIndian 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..
Section 133
249. 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. 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. Any unobligated balances included under Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol 86 X 0148, 86–2023/2027–0483 and 86 X 0163 are hereby permanently rescinded. Of the unobligated balances from amounts included under Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol 86 X 0304, $4,729,103.98 are hereby permanently rescinded. 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. 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. 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. Of the unobligated balances from amounts included under Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol 86 X 0313, $1.74 is hereby permanently rescinded.
Section 134
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.
Section 135
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.
Section 136
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.
Section 137
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.
Section 138
404. None of the funds made available in this Act may be obligated or expended for any employee training that— does not meet identified needs for knowledge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the performance of official duties; contains elements likely to induce high levels of emotional response or psychological stress in some participants; does not require prior employee notification of the content and methods to be used in the training and written end of course evaluation; 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 is offensive to, or designed to change, participants' personal values or lifestyle outside the workplace. Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training bearing directly upon the performance of official duties.
Section 139
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— creates a new program; eliminates a program, project, or activity; increases funds or personnel for any program, project, or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted by the Congress; proposes to use funds directed for a specific activity by either the House or Senate Committees on Appropriations for a different purpose; augments existing programs, projects, or activities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; reduces existing programs, projects, or activities by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or 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: 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; 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; 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 an identification of items of special congressional interest.
Section 140
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.
Section 141
407. The Department of Transportation and the Department of Housing and Urban Development shall provide the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: 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; 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 additional, updated budget or financial technical assistance, upon request.
Section 142
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.
Section 143
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.
Section 144
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.
Section 145
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).
Section 146
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).
Section 147
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.
Section 148
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.
Section 149
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.
Section 150
416. 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. 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.
Section 151
417. 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. 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. 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.). 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.
Section 152
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.
Section 153
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.
Section 154
420. 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. 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.
Section 155
421. 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)— 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 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. 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— the item relating to Lower Shore Clinic Co-Occurring Disorder Treatment Facility Housing is deemed to be amended by: striking Lower Shore Clinic Co-Occurring Disorder Treatment Facility Housing and inserting HealthPort Co-Occurring Disorder Treatment Facility; and striking recipient Lower Shore Clinic Inc. and inserting HealthPort, Inc.; and the item relating to Metra Zero Emission Locomotive Commuter Rail Pilot is deemed to be amended by striking Locomotive. 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— the item relating to Hardwoods Permanent Supportive Housing is deemed to be amended by striking Hardwoods; the item relating to Cle Elum—First Street Downtown Revitalization is deemed to be amended by striking First Street; and 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.
Section 156
422. 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. 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.
Section 157
423. Each Department and agency funded in this Act shall maintain on its publicly accessible website: all notices of funding opportunities (including any amendments) for all competitive grant programs issued in the most recent 10 years; 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 all programmatic notices, guidance, and grant agreement templates that remain in effect for any active grant program.
Section 158
424. The congressional budget justifications for fiscal year 2027 to be submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations shall — 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; present all available budgetary resources from contract authority, mandatory budget authority, advance appropriations, and discretionary authority, including disaster and emergency-designed funding; provide detailed information on all programs, including detailed discussion of proposed new initiatives or changes to the agency financial plan; and 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.
Section 159
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.
Section 160
426. 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. 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. 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. The relevant Secretary shall meet all notification of termination requirements under section 200.341 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations. The requirements under this section shall only apply to discretionary awards from funds made available— by this Act; 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 in title VIII of division J of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58): 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.
Section 161
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.