[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 5 (Thursday, January 10, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H398-H429]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019

  Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House 
Resolution 28, I call up the bill (H.R. 267) making appropriations for 
the Department of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and 
for other purposes, and ask for its immediate consideration.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 28, the bill is 
considered read.
  The text of the bill is as follows:

                                H.R. 267

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the 
     following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the 
     Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Departments of 
     Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and 
     related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
     2019, and for other purposes, namely:

                 TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                        Office of the Secretary

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
     $113,535,000, of which not to exceed $3,001,000 shall be 
     available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to 
     exceed $1,040,000 shall be available for the immediate Office 
     of the Deputy Secretary; not to exceed $20,428,000 shall be 
     available for the Office of the General Counsel; not to 
     exceed $10,265,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
     Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy; not to exceed 
     $14,019,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
     Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to exceed 
     $2,550,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant 
     Secretary for Governmental Affairs; not to exceed $29,244,000 
     shall be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary 
     for Administration; not to exceed $2,142,000 shall be 
     available for the Office of Public Affairs; not to exceed 
     $1,835,000 shall be available for the Office of the Executive 
     Secretariat; not to exceed $12,325,000 shall be available for 
     the Office of Intelligence, Security, and Emergency Response; 
     and not to exceed $16,686,000 shall be available for the 
     Office of the Chief Information Officer:  Provided, That the 
     Secretary of Transportation is authorized to transfer funds 
     appropriated for any office of the Office of the Secretary to 
     any other office of the Office of the Secretary:  Provided 
     further, That no appropriation for any office shall be 
     increased or decreased by more than 5 percent by all such 
     transfers:  Provided further, That notice of any change in 
     funding greater than 5 percent shall be submitted for 
     approval to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations:  Provided further, That not to exceed $60,000 
     shall be for allocation within the Department for official 
     reception and representation expenses as the Secretary may 
     determine:  Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, excluding fees authorized in Public Law 
     107-71, there may be credited to this appropriation up to 
     $2,500,000 in funds received in user fees:  Provided further, 
     That none of the funds provided in this Act shall be 
     available for the position of Assistant Secretary for Public 
     Affairs.

                        research and technology

       For necessary expenses related to the Office of the 
     Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, $8,471,000, 
     of which $2,218,000 shall remain available until September 
     30, 2021:  Provided, That there may be credited to this 
     appropriation, to be available until expended, funds received 
     from States, counties, municipalities, other public 
     authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for 
     training:  Provided further, That any reference in law, 
     regulation, judicial proceedings, or elsewhere to the 
     Research and Innovative Technology Administration shall 
     continue to be deemed to be a reference to the Office of the 
     Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology of the 
     Department of Transportation.

                  national infrastructure investments

       For capital investments in surface transportation 
     infrastructure, $1,000,000,000, to remain available through 
     September 30, 2021:  Provided, That the Secretary of 
     Transportation shall distribute funds provided under this 
     heading as discretionary grants to be awarded to a State, 
     local government, transit agency, port authority, or a 
     collaboration among such entities on a competitive basis for 
     projects that will have a significant local or regional 
     impact:  Provided further, That projects eligible for funding 
     provided under this heading shall include, but not be limited 
     to, highway or bridge projects eligible under title 23, 
     United States Code; public transportation projects eligible 
     under chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code; passenger 
     and freight rail transportation projects; and port 
     infrastructure investments (including inland port 
     infrastructure and land ports of entry):  Provided further, 
     That of the amount made available under this heading, the 
     Secretary may use an amount not to exceed $15,000,000 for the 
     planning, preparation or design of projects eligible for 
     funding under this heading:  Provided further, That grants 
     awarded under the previous proviso shall not be subject to a 
     minimum grant size:  Provided further, That the Secretary may 
     use up to 20 percent of the funds made available under this 
     heading for the purpose of paying the subsidy and 
     administrative costs of projects eligible for Federal credit 
     assistance under chapter 6 of title 23, United States Code, 
     or sections 501 through 504 of the Railroad Revitalization 
     and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-210), as 
     amended, if the Secretary finds that such use of the funds 
     would advance the purposes of this paragraph:  Provided 
     further, That in distributing funds provided under this 
     heading, the Secretary shall take such measures so as to 
     ensure an equitable geographic distribution of funds, an 
     appropriate balance in addressing the needs of urban and 
     rural areas, and the investment in a variety of 
     transportation modes:  Provided further, That a grant funded 
     under this heading shall be not less than $5,000,000 and not 
     greater than $25,000,000:  Provided further, That not more 
     than 10 percent of the funds made available under this 
     heading may be awarded to projects in a single State:  
     Provided further, That the Federal share of the costs for 
     which an expenditure is made under this heading shall be, at 
     the option of the recipient, up to 80 percent:  Provided 
     further, That the Secretary shall give priority to projects 
     that require a contribution of Federal funds in order to 
     complete an overall financing package:  Provided further, 
     That not less than 30 percent of the funds provided under 
     this heading shall be for projects located in rural areas:  
     Provided further, That for projects located in rural areas, 
     the minimum grant size shall be $1,000,000 and the Secretary 
     may increase the Federal share of costs above 80 percent:  
     Provided further, That projects conducted using funds 
     provided under this heading must comply with the requirements 
     of subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States 
     Code:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall conduct a 
     new competition to select the grants and credit assistance 
     awarded under this heading:  Provided further, That the 
     Secretary may retain up to $25,000,000 of the funds provided 
     under this heading, and may transfer portions of those funds 
     to the Administrators of the Federal Highway Administration, 
     the Federal Transit Administration, the Federal Railroad 
     Administration, and the Maritime Administration to fund the 
     award and oversight of grants and credit assistance made 
     under the National Infrastructure Investments program:  
     Provided further, That none of the funds provided in the 
     previous proviso may be used to hire additional personnel:  
     Provided further, That the Secretary shall consider and award 
     projects based solely on the selection criteria from the 
     fiscal year 2016 Notice of Funding Opportunity:  Provided 
     further, That the Secretary shall not use the Federal share 
     or an applicant's ability to generate non-Federal revenue as 
     a selection criteria in awarding projects:  Provided further, 
     That the Secretary shall issue the Notice of Funding 
     Opportunity no later than 60 days after enactment of this 
     Act:  Provided further, That the Notice of Funding 
     Opportunity shall require application submissions 90 days 
     after the publishing of such Notice:  Provided further, That 
     of the applications submitted under the previous two 
     provisos, the Secretary shall make grants no later than 270 
     days after enactment of this Act in such amounts that the 
     Secretary determines:  Provided further, That such sums 
     provided for national infrastructure investments for 
     passenger rail transportation projects under title I of 
     division C of the Consolidated and Further Continuing 
     Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112-55; 125 Stat. 641), 
     shall remain available for expenditure through fiscal year 
     2019 for the liquidation of valid obligations of active 
     grants incurred in fiscal year 2012:  Provided further, That 
     such sums provided for national infrastructure investments 
     for port infrastructure projects under title VIII of division 
     F of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations 
     Act, 2013 (Public Law 113-6; 127 Stat. 432) shall remain 
     available through fiscal year 2020 for the liquidation of 
     valid obligations of active grants incurred in fiscal year 
     2013:  Provided further, That the 2 preceding provisos shall 
     be applied as if they were in effect on September 30, 2018:  
     Provided further, That after calculating the distribution of 
     obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways for fiscal 
     year 2019 under section 120(a), the obligation limitation 
     shall be reduced by $52,000,000 to a total of 
     $45,216,596,000:  Provided further, That the reduction in the 
     preceding proviso shall be applied to the obligation 
     limitation determined under section 120(a)(4) for the TIFIA 
     program (as defined in section 601(a) of title 23, United 
     States Code).

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     national surface transportation and innovative finance bureau

       For necessary expenses of the National Surface 
     Transportation and Innovative Finance Bureau as authorized by 
     49 U.S.C. 116, $2,987,000, to remain available until 
     expended.

                      financial management capital

       For necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing the 
     Department of Transportation's financial systems and re-
     engineering business processes, $2,000,000, to remain 
     available through September 30, 2020.

                       cyber security initiatives

       For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, 
     including necessary upgrades to wide area network and 
     information technology infrastructure, improvement of network 
     perimeter controls and identity management, testing and 
     assessment of information technology against business, 
     security, and other requirements, implementation of Federal 
     cyber security initiatives and information infrastructure 
     enhancements, and implementation of enhanced security 
     controls on network devices, $15,000,000, to remain available 
     through September 30, 2020.

                         office of civil rights

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
     $9,470,000.

           transportation planning, research, and development

       For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 
     planning, research, systems development, development 
     activities, and making grants, $7,879,000, to remain 
     available until expended:  Provided, That of such amount, 
     $1,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses for the 
     Interagency Infrastructure Permitting Improvement Center 
     (IIPIC):  Provided further, That there may be transferred to 
     this appropriation, to remain available until expended, 
     amounts transferred from other Federal agencies for expenses 
     incurred under this heading for IIPIC activities not related 
     to transportation infrastructure:  Provided further, That the 
     tools and analysis developed by the IIPIC shall be available 
     to other Federal agencies for the permitting and review of 
     major infrastructure projects not related to transportation 
     only to the extent that other Federal agencies provide 
     funding to the Department as provided for under the previous 
     proviso.

                          working capital fund

       For necessary expenses for operating costs and capital 
     outlays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed 
     $203,883,000, shall be paid from appropriations made 
     available to the Department of Transportation:  Provided, 
     That such services shall be provided on a competitive basis 
     to entities within the Department of Transportation:  
     Provided further, That the above limitation on operating 
     expenses shall not apply to non-DOT entities:  Provided 
     further, That no funds appropriated in this Act to an agency 
     of the Department shall be transferred to the Working Capital 
     Fund without majority approval of the Working Capital Fund 
     Steering Committee and approval of the Secretary:  Provided 
     further, That no assessments may be levied against any 
     program, budget activity, subactivity or project funded by 
     this Act unless notice of such assessments and the basis 
     therefor are presented to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations and are approved by such Committees.

               minority business resource center program

       For necessary expenses of the Minority Business Resource 
     Center, the provision of financial education outreach 
     activities to eligible transportation-related small 
     businesses, the monitoring of existing loans in the 
     guaranteed loan program, and the modification of such loans 
     of the Minority Business Resource Center, $249,000, as 
     authorized by 49 U.S.C. 332:  Provided, That notwithstanding 
     that section, these funds may be for business opportunities 
     related to any mode of transportation.

       small and disadvantaged business utilization and outreach

       For necessary expenses for small and disadvantaged business 
     utilization and outreach activities, $3,488,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2020:  Provided, That 
     notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be used for 
     business opportunities related to any mode of transportation.

                        payments to air carriers

                    (airport and airway trust fund)

       In addition to funds made available from any other source 
     to carry out the essential air service program under 49 
     U.S.C. 41731 through 41742, $175,000,000, to be derived from 
     the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to remain available until 
     expended:  Provided, That in determining between or among 
     carriers competing to provide service to a community, the 
     Secretary may consider the relative subsidy requirements of 
     the carriers:  Provided further, That basic essential air 
     service minimum requirements shall not include the 15-
     passenger capacity requirement under subsection 41732(b)(3) 
     of title 49, United States Code:  Provided further, That none 
     of the funds in this Act or any other Act shall be used to 
     enter into a new contract with a community located less than 
     40 miles from the nearest small hub airport before the 
     Secretary has negotiated with the community over a local cost 
     share:  Provided further, That amounts authorized to be 
     distributed for the essential air service program under 
     subsection 41742(b) of title 49, United States Code, shall be 
     made available immediately from amounts otherwise provided to 
     the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration:  
     Provided further, That the Administrator may reimburse such 
     amounts from fees credited to the account established under 
     section 45303 of title 49, United States Code.

  administrative provisions--office of the secretary of transportation

       Sec. 101.  None of the funds made available in this Act to 
     the Department of Transportation may be obligated for the 
     Office of the Secretary of Transportation to approve 
     assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining to funds 
     appropriated to the modal administrations in this Act, except 
     for activities underway on the date of enactment of this Act, 
     unless such assessments or agreements have completed the 
     normal reprogramming process for Congressional notification.
       Sec. 102.  The Secretary shall post on the Web site of the 
     Department of Transportation a schedule of all meetings of 
     the Council on Credit and Finance, including the agenda for 
     each meeting, and require the Council on Credit and Finance 
     to record the decisions and actions of each meeting.
       Sec. 103.  In addition to authority provided by section 327 
     of title 49, United States Code, the Department's Working 
     Capital Fund is hereby authorized to provide partial or full 
     payments in advance and accept subsequent reimbursements from 
     all Federal agencies from available funds for transit benefit 
     distribution services that are necessary to carry out the 
     Federal transit pass transportation fringe benefit program 
     under Executive Order No. 13150 and section 3049 of Public 
     Law 109-59:  Provided, That the Department shall maintain a 
     reasonable operating reserve in the Working Capital Fund, to 
     be expended in advance to provide uninterrupted transit 
     benefits to Government employees:  Provided further, That 
     such reserve will not exceed one month of benefits payable 
     and may be used only for the purpose of providing for the 
     continuation of transit benefits:  Provided further, That the 
     Working Capital Fund will be fully reimbursed by each 
     customer agency from available funds for the actual cost of 
     the transit benefit.

                    Federal Aviation Administration

                               operations

                    (airport and airway trust fund)

       For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation 
     Administration, not otherwise provided for, including 
     operations and research activities related to commercial 
     space transportation, administrative expenses for research 
     and development, establishment of air navigation facilities, 
     the operation (including leasing) and maintenance of 
     aircraft, subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and 
     maps sold to the public, the lease or purchase of passenger 
     motor vehicles for replacement only, in addition to amounts 
     made available by Public Law 112-95, $10,410,758,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2020, of which 
     $9,833,400,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Airway 
     Trust Fund, of which not to exceed $7,843,427,000 shall be 
     available for air traffic organization activities; not to 
     exceed $1,334,377,000 shall be available for aviation safety 
     activities; not to exceed $24,981,000 shall be available for 
     commercial space transportation activities; not to exceed 
     $816,562,000 shall be available for finance and management 
     activities; not to exceed $61,796,000 shall be available for 
     NextGen and operations planning activities; not to exceed 
     $114,312,000 shall be available for security and hazardous 
     materials safety; and not to exceed $215,303,000 shall be 
     available for staff offices:  Provided, That not to exceed 5 
     percent of any budget activity, except for aviation safety 
     budget activity, may be transferred to any budget activity 
     under this heading:  Provided further, That no transfer may 
     increase or decrease any appropriation by more than 5 
     percent:  Provided further, That any transfer in excess of 5 
     percent shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under 
     section 405 of this Act and shall not be available for 
     obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the 
     procedures set forth in that section:  Provided further, That 
     not later than March 31 of each fiscal year hereafter, the 
     Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall 
     transmit to Congress an annual update to the report submitted 
     to Congress in December 2004 pursuant to section 221 of 
     Public Law 108-176:  Provided further, That the amount herein 
     appropriated shall be reduced by $100,000 for each day after 
     March 31 that such report has not been submitted to the 
     Congress:  Provided further, That not later than March 31 of 
     each fiscal year hereafter, the Administrator shall transmit 
     to Congress a companion report that describes a comprehensive 
     strategy for staffing, hiring, and training flight standards 
     and aircraft certification staff in a format similar to the 
     one utilized for the controller staffing plan, including 
     stated attrition estimates and numerical hiring goals by 
     fiscal year:  Provided further, That the amount herein 
     appropriated shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for each 
     day after March 31 that such report has not been submitted to 
     Congress:  Provided further, That funds may be used to enter 
     into a grant agreement with a nonprofit standard-setting 
     organization to assist in the development of aviation safety 
     standards:  Provided further, That none of the funds in this 
     Act shall be available for new applicants for the second 
     career training program:  Provided further, That none of the

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     funds in this Act shall be available for the Federal Aviation 
     Administration to finalize or implement any regulation that 
     would promulgate new aviation user fees not specifically 
     authorized by law after the date of the enactment of this 
     Act:  Provided further, That there may be credited to this 
     appropriation, as offsetting collections, funds received from 
     States, counties, municipalities, foreign authorities, other 
     public authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred 
     in the provision of agency services, including receipts for 
     the maintenance and operation of air navigation facilities, 
     and for issuance, renewal or modification of certificates, 
     including airman, aircraft, and repair station certificates, 
     or for tests related thereto, or for processing major repair 
     or alteration forms:  Provided further, That of the funds 
     appropriated under this heading, not less than $168,000,000 
     shall be used to fund direct operations of the current 254 
     air traffic control towers in the contract tower program, 
     including the contract tower cost share program, and any 
     airport that is currently qualified or that will qualify for 
     the program during the fiscal year:  Provided further, That 
     none of the funds in this Act for aeronautical charting and 
     cartography are available for activities conducted by, or 
     coordinated through, the Working Capital Fund:  Provided 
     further, That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available by this Act or any other Act may be used to 
     eliminate the Contract Weather Observers program at any 
     airport:  Provided  further, That of the amount appropriated 
     under this heading, up to $6,000,000 shall be used for 
     providing matching funds to qualified commercial entities 
     seeking to demonstrate or validate technologies that the 
     Federal Aviation Administration considers essential to the 
     safe integration of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in the 
     National Airspace System at Federal Aviation Administration 
     designated UAS test sites:  Provided further, That not later 
     than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
     Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall 
     identify essential integration technologies that could be 
     demonstrated or validated at test sites designated in 
     accordance with the preceding proviso.

                        facilities and equipment

                    (airport and airway trust fund)

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
     acquisition, establishment, technical support services, 
     improvement by contract or purchase, and hire of national 
     airspace systems and experimental facilities and equipment, 
     as authorized under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, 
     United States Code, including initial acquisition of 
     necessary sites by lease or grant; engineering and service 
     testing, including construction of test facilities and 
     acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; 
     construction and furnishing of quarters and related 
     accommodations for officers and employees of the Federal 
     Aviation Administration stationed at remote localities where 
     such accommodations are not available; and the purchase, 
     lease, or transfer of aircraft from funds available under 
     this heading, including aircraft for aviation regulation and 
     certification; to be derived from the Airport and Airway 
     Trust Fund, $3,000,000,000, of which $512,823,000 shall 
     remain available until September 30, 2020, $2,362,977,000 
     shall remain available until September 30, 2021, and 
     $124,200,000 shall remain available until expended:  
     Provided, That there may be credited to this appropriation 
     funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other 
     public authorities, and private sources, for expenses 
     incurred in the establishment, improvement, and modernization 
     of national airspace systems:  Provided further, That no 
     later than March 31, the Secretary of Transportation shall 
     transmit to the Congress an investment plan for the Federal 
     Aviation Administration which includes funding for each 
     budget line item for fiscal years 2020 through 2024, with 
     total funding for each year of the plan constrained to the 
     funding targets for those years as estimated and approved by 
     the Office of Management and Budget.

                 research, engineering, and development

                    (airport and airway trust fund)

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
     research, engineering, and development, as authorized under 
     part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, 
     including construction of experimental facilities and 
     acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant, 
     $191,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust 
     Fund and to remain available until September 30, 2021:  
     Provided, That there may be credited to this appropriation as 
     offsetting collections, funds received from States, counties, 
     municipalities, other public authorities, and private 
     sources, which shall be available for expenses incurred for 
     research, engineering, and development.

                       grants-in-aid for airports

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                      (limitation on obligations)

                    (airport and airway trust fund)

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in-aid 
     for airport planning and development, and noise compatibility 
     planning and programs as authorized under subchapter I of 
     chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 of title 49, 
     United States Code, and under other law authorizing such 
     obligations; for procurement, installation, and commissioning 
     of runway incursion prevention devices and systems at 
     airports of such title; for grants authorized under section 
     41743 of title 49, United States Code; and for inspection 
     activities and administration of airport safety programs, 
     including those related to airport operating certificates 
     under section 44706 of title 49, United States Code, 
     $3,000,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway 
     Trust Fund and to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
     That none of the funds under this heading shall be available 
     for the planning or execution of programs the obligations for 
     which are in excess of $3,350,000,000 in fiscal year 2019, 
     notwithstanding section 47117(g) of title 49, United States 
     Code:  Provided further, That none of the funds under this 
     heading shall be available for the replacement of baggage 
     conveyor systems, reconfiguration of terminal baggage areas, 
     or other airport improvements that are necessary to install 
     bulk explosive detection systems:  Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding section 47109(a) of title 49, United States 
     Code, the Government's share of allowable project costs under 
     paragraph (2) for subgrants or paragraph (3) of that section 
     shall be 95 percent for a project at other than a large or 
     medium hub airport that is a successive phase of a multi-
     phased construction project for which the project sponsor 
     received a grant in fiscal year 2011 for the construction 
     project:  Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, of funds limited under this heading, not 
     more than $112,600,000 shall be available for administration, 
     not less than $15,000,000 shall be available for the Airport 
     Cooperative Research Program, not less than $33,210,000 shall 
     be available for Airport Technology Research, and 
     $10,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
     available and transferred to ``Office of the Secretary, 
     Salaries and Expenses'' to carry out the Small Community Air 
     Service Development Program:  Provided further, That in 
     addition to airports eligible under section 41743 of title 
     49, United States Code, such program may include the 
     participation of an airport that serves a community or 
     consortium that is not larger than a small hub airport, 
     according to FAA hub classifications effective at the time 
     the Office of the Secretary issues a request for proposals.

                       grants-in-aid for airports

       For an additional amount for ``Grants-In-Aid for 
     Airports'', to enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 
     grants for projects as authorized by subchapter 1 of chapter 
     471 and subchapter 1 of chapter 475 of title 49, United 
     States Code, $750,000,000, to remain available through 
     September 30, 2021:  Provided, That amounts made available 
     under this heading shall be derived from the general fund, 
     and such funds shall not be subject to apportionment 
     formulas, special apportionment categories, or minimum 
     percentages under chapter 471:  Provided further, That the 
     Secretary shall distribute funds provided under this heading 
     as discretionary grants to airports:  Provided further, That 
     the amount made available under this heading shall not be 
     subject to any limitation on obligations for the Grants-in-
     Aid for Airports program set forth in any Act:  Provided 
     further, That the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
     Administration may retain up to 0.5 percent of the funds 
     provided under this heading to fund the award and oversight 
     by the Administrator of grants made under this heading.

       administrative provisions--federal aviation administration

       Sec. 110.  None of the funds in this Act may be used to 
     compensate in excess of 600 technical staff-years under the 
     federally funded research and development center contract 
     between the Federal Aviation Administration and the Center 
     for Advanced Aviation Systems Development during fiscal year 
     2019.
       Sec. 111.  None of the funds in this Act shall be used to 
     pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring airport 
     sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation Administration 
     without cost building construction, maintenance, utilities 
     and expenses, or space in airport sponsor-owned buildings for 
     services relating to air traffic control, air navigation, or 
     weather reporting:  Provided, That the prohibition of funds 
     in this section does not apply to negotiations between the 
     agency and airport sponsors to achieve agreement on ``below-
     market'' rates for these items or to grant assurances that 
     require airport sponsors to provide land without cost to the 
     Federal Aviation Administration for air traffic control 
     facilities.
       Sec. 112.  The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
     Administration may reimburse amounts made available to 
     satisfy 49 U.S.C. 41742(a)(1) from fees credited under 49 
     U.S.C. 45303 and any amount remaining in such account at the 
     close of that fiscal year may be made available to satisfy 
     section 41742(a)(1) for the subsequent fiscal year.
       Sec. 113.  Amounts collected under section 40113(e) of 
     title 49, United States Code, shall be credited to the 
     appropriation current at the time of collection, to be merged 
     with and available for the same purposes of such 
     appropriation.
       Sec. 114.  None of the funds in this Act shall be available 
     for paying premium pay under subsection 5546(a) of title 5, 
     United States Code, to any Federal Aviation Administration 
     employee unless such employee actually performed work during 
     the time corresponding to such premium pay.
       Sec. 115.  None of the funds in this Act may be obligated 
     or expended for an employee of the Federal Aviation 
     Administration to purchase a store gift card or gift 
     certificate

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     through use of a Government-issued credit card.
       Sec. 116.  None of the funds in this Act may be obligated 
     or expended for retention bonuses for an employee of the 
     Federal Aviation Administration without the prior written 
     approval of the Assistant Secretary for Administration of the 
     Department of Transportation.
       Sec. 117.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
     of the funds made available under this Act or any prior Act 
     may be used to implement or to continue to implement any 
     limitation on the ability of any owner or operator of a 
     private aircraft to obtain, upon a request to the 
     Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, a 
     blocking of that owner's or operator's aircraft registration 
     number from any display of the Federal Aviation 
     Administration's Aircraft Situational Display to Industry 
     data that is made available to the public, except data made 
     available to a Government agency, for the noncommercial 
     flights of that owner or operator.
       Sec. 118.  None of the funds in this Act shall be available 
     for salaries and expenses of more than eight political and 
     Presidential appointees in the Federal Aviation 
     Administration.
       Sec. 119.  None of the funds made available under this Act 
     may be used to increase fees pursuant to section 44721 of 
     title 49, United States Code, until the Federal Aviation 
     Administration provides to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations a report that justifies all fees related to 
     aeronautical navigation products and explains how such fees 
     are consistent with Executive Order 13642.
       Sec. 119A.  None of the funds in this Act may be used to 
     close a regional operations center of the Federal Aviation 
     Administration or reduce its services unless the 
     Administrator notifies the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations not less than 90 full business days in 
     advance.
       Sec. 119B.  None of the funds appropriated or limited by 
     this Act may be used to change weight restrictions or prior 
     permission rules at Teterboro airport in Teterboro, New 
     Jersey.
       Sec. 119C.  None of the funds provided under this Act may 
     be used by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
     Administration to withhold from consideration and approval 
     any new application for participation in the Contract Tower 
     Program, or for reevaluation of Cost-share Program 
     participants, as long as the Federal Aviation Administration 
     has received an application from the airport, and as long as 
     the Administrator determines such tower is eligible using the 
     factors set forth in the Federal Aviation Administration 
     report, Establishment and Discontinuance Criteria for Airport 
     Traffic Control Towers (FAA-APO-90-7 as of August, 1990).
       Sec. 119D.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     none of the funds made available in this Act may be obligated 
     or expended to limit the use of an Organization Designation 
     Authorization's (ODA) delegated functions documented in its 
     procedures manual on a type certification project unless the 
     Administrator documents a systemic airworthiness 
     noncompliance performance issue as a result of inspection or 
     oversight that the safety of air commerce requires a 
     limitation with regard to a specific authorization or where 
     an ODA's capability has not been previously established in 
     terms of a new compliance method or design feature:  
     Provided, That in such cases the Federal Aviation 
     Administration shall work with the ODA holder if requested to 
     develop the capability to execute that function safely, 
     efficiently and effectively.
       Sec. 119E. (a) Terminal Aerodrome Forecast.--The 
     Administrator shall permit an air carrier operation under 
     part 121 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, to operate 
     to a destination determined to be under visual flight rules 
     without a Terminal Aerodrome Forecast or Meteorological 
     Aerodrome Report if a current Area Forecast, supplemented by 
     other local weather observations or reports, is available, 
     and an alternate airport that has an available Terminal 
     Aerodrome Forecast and weather report is specified. The air 
     carrier shall have approved procedures for dispatch and en 
     route weather evaluation and shall operate under instrument 
     flight rules en route to the destination.
       (b) Limitation.--Without a written finding of necessity, 
     based on objective and historical evidence of imminent threat 
     to safety, the Administrator shall not promulgate any 
     operation specification, policy, or guidance document that is 
     more restrictive than, or requires procedures that are not 
     expressly stated in, the regulations.
       Sec. 119F.  Of the funds provided under the heading 
     ``Grants-in-aid for Airports'', up to $3,500,000 shall be for 
     necessary expenses, including an independent verification 
     regime, to provide reimbursement to airport sponsors that do 
     not provide gateway operations and providers of general 
     aviation ground support services located at those airports 
     closed during a temporary flight restriction (TFR) for any 
     residence of the President that is designated or identified 
     to be secured by the United States Secret Service, and for 
     direct and incremental financial losses incurred while such 
     airports are closed solely due to the actions of the Federal 
     Government:  Provided, That no funds shall be obligated or 
     distributed to airport sponsors that do not provide gateway 
     operations and providers of general aviation ground support 
     services until an independent audit is completed:  Provided 
     further, That losses incurred as a result of violations of 
     law, or through fault or negligence, of such operators and 
     service providers or of third parties (including airports) 
     are not eligible for reimbursements:  Provided further, That 
     obligation and expenditure of funds are conditional upon full 
     release of the United States Government for all claims for 
     financial losses resulting from such actions.

                    report on nextgen implementation

       Sec. 119G. (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the 
     date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit 
     to Congress a report on the implementation of NextGen at 
     commercial service airports in the United States.
       (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     include the following:
       (1) The number and percentage of commercial service 
     airports in the United States that have fully implemented 
     NextGen.
       (2) The percentage completion of NextGen implementation at 
     each commercial service airport in the United States.
       (c) Development of Standard to Determine Percentage 
     Implementation of NextGen.--
       (1) In general.--The Administrator shall develop a standard 
     for determining under subsection (b)(2) the percentage 
     completion of NextGen implementation at commercial service 
     airports in the United States based on factors that may 
     include an accounting of efficiency benefits achieved, the 
     degree of NextGen technology and infrastructure installed, 
     and the extent of controller training on NextGen.
       (2) Inclusion in report.--The Administrator shall include 
     in the report submitted under subsection (a) the standard 
     developed under paragraph (1).
       (d) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
     Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.
       (2) Nextgen.--The term ``NextGen'' means the Next 
     Generation Air Transportation System.

                     Federal Highway Administration

                 limitation on administrative expenses

                          (highway trust fund)

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Not to exceed $446,444,304, together with advances and 
     reimbursements received by the Federal Highway 
     Administration, shall be obligated for necessary expenses for 
     administration and operation of the Federal Highway 
     Administration. In addition, $3,248,000 shall be transferred 
     to the Appalachian Regional Commission in accordance with 
     section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code.

                          federal-aid highways

                      (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

       Funds available for the implementation or execution of 
     Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs 
     authorized under titles 23 and 49, United States Code, and 
     the provisions of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation 
     Act shall not exceed total obligations of $45,268,596,000 for 
     fiscal year 2019:  Provided, That the Secretary may collect 
     and spend fees, as authorized by title 23, United States 
     Code, to cover the costs of services of expert firms, 
     including counsel, in the field of municipal and project 
     finance to assist in the underwriting and servicing of 
     Federal credit instruments and all or a portion of the costs 
     to the Federal Government of servicing such credit 
     instruments:  Provided further, That such fees are available 
     until expended to pay for such costs:  Provided further, That 
     such amounts are in addition to administrative expenses that 
     are also available for such purpose, and are not subject to 
     any obligation limitation or the limitation on administrative 
     expenses under section 608 of title 23, United States Code.

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                          (highway trust fund)

       For the payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
     Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs 
     authorized under title 23, United States Code, 
     $46,007,596,000 derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other 
     than the Mass Transit Account), to remain available until 
     expended.

                    highway infrastructure programs

       There is hereby appropriated to the Secretary of 
     Transportation $3,300,000,000:  Provided, That the amounts 
     made available under this heading shall be derived from the 
     general fund, shall be in addition to any funds provided for 
     fiscal year 2019 in this or any other Act for ``Federal-aid 
     Highways'' under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, 
     and shall not affect the distribution or amount of funds 
     provided in any other Act:  Provided further, That section 
     1101(b) of Public Law 114-94 shall apply to funds made 
     available under this heading:  Provided further, That of the 
     funds made available under this heading, $2,389,200,000 shall 
     be set aside for activities eligible under section 
     133(b)(1)(A) of title 23, United States Code, $15,800,000 
     shall be set aside for activities eligible under the Puerto 
     Rico Highway Program as described in section 165(b)(2)(C) of 
     such title, $5,000,000 shall be set aside for activities 
     eligible under the Territorial Highway Program, as described 
     in section 165(c)(6) of such title, $90,000,000 shall be set 
     aside for the elimination of hazards and installation of 
     protective devices at railway-highway crossings, as described 
     in section 130(e)(1)(A) of such title, and $800,000,000 shall 
     be set aside for a bridge replacement and rehabilitation 
     program for States:  Provided

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     further, That for purposes of this heading, the term 
     ``State'' means any of the 50 States or the District of 
     Columbia:  Provided further, That the funds made available 
     under this heading for activities eligible under section 
     133(b)(1)(A) of title 23, United States Code, shall be 
     suballocated in the manner described in section 133(d) of 
     such title, except that the set-aside described in section 
     133(h) of such title shall not apply to funds made available 
     under this heading:  Provided further, That the funds made 
     available under this heading for (1) activities eligible 
     under section 133(b)(1)(A) of such title (2) the elimination 
     of hazards and installation of protective devices at railway-
     highway crossings, and (3) a bridge replacement and 
     rehabilitation program shall be administered as if 
     apportioned under chapter 1 of such title and shall remain 
     available through September 30, 2022:  Provided further, That 
     the funds made available under this heading for activities 
     eligible under section 133(b)(1)(A) of title 23, United 
     States Code, shall be apportioned to the States in the same 
     ratio as the obligation limitation for fiscal year 2019 is 
     distributed among the States in section 120(a)(5) of this 
     Act:  Provided further, That, except as provided in the 
     following proviso, the funds made available under this 
     heading for activities eligible under the Puerto Rico Highway 
     Program and activities eligible under the Territorial Highway 
     Program shall be administered as if allocated under sections 
     165(b) and 165(c), respectively, of such title and shall 
     remain available through September 30, 2022:  Provided 
     further, That the funds made available under this heading for 
     activities eligible under the Puerto Rico Highway Program 
     shall not be subject to the requirements of sections 
     165(b)(2)(A) or 165(b)(2)(B) of such title:  Provided 
     further, That the funds made available under this heading for 
     the elimination of hazards and installation of protective 
     devices at railway-highway crossings shall be apportioned to 
     the States as described in sections 130(f)(1) and (f)(2) of 
     such title:  Provided further, That at least one-half of the 
     funds made available to a State under this heading for the 
     elimination of hazards and installation of protective devices 
     at railway-highway crossings shall be available for the 
     installation of protective devices at railway-highway 
     crossings:  Provided further, That the funds made available 
     under this heading for the elimination of hazards and 
     installation of protective devices at railway-highway 
     crossings shall be subject to the special rule described in 
     section 130(e)(2) of such title:  Provided further, That 
     projects carried out with funds made available under this 
     heading for the elimination of hazards and installation of 
     protective devices at railway-highway crossings shall be (1) 
     subject to sections 130(b), (c), and (j) of such title, (2) 
     included in the annual report described in section 130(g) of 
     such title, and (3) subject to the Federal share requirement 
     described in section 130(f)(3) of such title:  Provided 
     further, That the funds made available under this heading for 
     the elimination of hazards and installation of protective 
     devices at railway-highway crossings shall be (1) available 
     for matching, as described in section 130(h) of such title, 
     subject to the requirements of such section, (2) available 
     for incentive payments, as described in section 130(i) of 
     such title, subject to the requirements of such section, and 
     (3) subject to the limitation in section 130(k) of such 
     title:  Provided further, That the funds made available under 
     this heading for a bridge replacement and rehabilitation 
     program shall be used for highway bridge replacement or 
     rehabilitation projects on public roads:  Provided further, 
     That except as provided in the following proviso the funds 
     made available under this heading for a bridge replacement 
     and rehabilitation program shall be used in areas of a State 
     that have a population of 200,000 or fewer individuals:  
     Provided further, That if a State has no bridges located in 
     areas with a population of 200,000 or fewer individuals, or 
     if a State has no bridge replacement or rehabilitation needs 
     in areas of the State with a population of 200,000 or fewer 
     individuals, the funds made available under this heading for 
     a bridge replacement and rehabilitation program may be used 
     for highway bridge replacement or rehabilitation projects on 
     public roads in any area of the State:  Provided further, 
     That the Secretary shall distribute funds made available 
     under this heading for the bridge replacement and 
     rehabilitation program to each State by the proportion that 
     the percentage of total deck area of bridges classified as in 
     poor condition in each State bears to the sum of the 
     percentages of total deck area of bridges classified as in 
     poor condition in all States:  Provided further, That for 
     purposes of this heading for the bridge replacement and 
     rehabilitation program, the Secretary shall (1) calculate 
     population based on the latest available data from the 
     decennial census conducted under section 141(a) of title 13, 
     United States Code, and (2) calculate the percentages of 
     total deck area of bridges classified as in poor condition 
     based on the National Bridge Inventory as of December 31, 
     2017.

       administrative provisions--federal highway administration

       Sec. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2019, the Secretary of 
     Transportation shall--
       (1) not distribute from the obligation limitation for 
     Federal-aid highways--
       (A) amounts authorized for administrative expenses and 
     programs by section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code; 
     and
       (B) amounts authorized for the Bureau of Transportation 
     Statistics;
       (2) not distribute an amount from the obligation limitation 
     for Federal-aid highways that is equal to the unobligated 
     balance of amounts--
       (A) made available from the Highway Trust Fund (other than 
     the Mass Transit Account) for Federal-aid highway and highway 
     safety construction programs for previous fiscal years the 
     funds for which are allocated by the Secretary (or 
     apportioned by the Secretary under sections 202 or 204 of 
     title 23, United States Code); and
       (B) for which obligation limitation was provided in a 
     previous fiscal year;
       (3) determine the proportion that--
       (A) the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways, 
     less the aggregate of amounts not distributed under 
     paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection; bears to
       (B) the total of the sums authorized to be appropriated for 
     the Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction 
     programs (other than sums authorized to be appropriated for 
     provisions of law described in paragraphs (1) through (11) of 
     subsection (b) and sums authorized to be appropriated for 
     section 119 of title 23, United States Code, equal to the 
     amount referred to in subsection (b)(12) for such fiscal 
     year), less the aggregate of the amounts not distributed 
     under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection;
       (4) distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 
     highways, less the aggregate amounts not distributed under 
     paragraphs (1) and (2), for each of the programs (other than 
     programs to which paragraph (1) applies) that are allocated 
     by the Secretary under the Fixing America's Surface 
     Transportation Act and title 23, United States Code, or 
     apportioned by the Secretary under sections 202 or 204 of 
     that title, by multiplying--
       (A) the proportion determined under paragraph (3); by
       (B) the amounts authorized to be appropriated for each such 
     program for such fiscal year; and
       (5) distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 
     highways, less the aggregate amounts not distributed under 
     paragraphs (1) and (2) and the amounts distributed under 
     paragraph (4), for Federal-aid highway and highway safety 
     construction programs that are apportioned by the Secretary 
     under title 23, United States Code, (other than the amounts 
     apportioned for the National Highway Performance Program in 
     section 119 of title 23, United States Code, that are exempt 
     from the limitation under subsection (b)(12) and the amounts 
     apportioned under sections 202 and 204 of that title) in the 
     proportion that--
       (A) amounts authorized to be appropriated for the programs 
     that are apportioned under title 23, United States Code, to 
     each State for such fiscal year; bears to
       (B) the total of the amounts authorized to be appropriated 
     for the programs that are apportioned under title 23, United 
     States Code, to all States for such fiscal year.
       (b) Exceptions From Obligation Limitation.--The obligation 
     limitation for Federal-aid highways shall not apply to 
     obligations under or for--
       (1) section 125 of title 23, United States Code;
       (2) section 147 of the Surface Transportation Assistance 
     Act of 1978 (23 U.S.C. 144 note; 92 Stat. 2714);
       (3) section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981 (95 
     Stat. 1701);
       (4) subsections (b) and (j) of section 131 of the Surface 
     Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (96 Stat. 2119);
       (5) subsections (b) and (c) of section 149 of the Surface 
     Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987 
     (101 Stat. 198);
       (6) sections 1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal Surface 
     Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2027);
       (7) section 157 of title 23, United States Code (as in 
     effect on June 8, 1998);
       (8) section 105 of title 23, United States Code (as in 
     effect for fiscal years 1998 through 2004, but only in an 
     amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years);
       (9) Federal-aid highway programs for which obligation 
     authority was made available under the Transportation Equity 
     Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 107) or subsequent Acts 
     for multiple years or to remain available until expended, but 
     only to the extent that the obligation authority has not 
     lapsed or been used;
       (10) section 105 of title 23, United States Code (as in 
     effect for fiscal years 2005 through 2012, but only in an 
     amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years);
       (11) section 1603 of SAFETEA-LU (23 U.S.C. 118 note; 119 
     Stat. 1248), to the extent that funds obligated in accordance 
     with that section were not subject to a limitation on 
     obligations at the time at which the funds were initially 
     made available for obligation; and
       (12) section 119 of title 23, United States Code (but, for 
     each of fiscal years 2013 through 2019, only in an amount 
     equal to $639,000,000).
       (c) Redistribution of Unused Obligation Authority.--
     Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall, after 
     August 1 of such fiscal year--
       (1) revise a distribution of the obligation limitation made 
     available under subsection (a) if an amount distributed 
     cannot be obligated during that fiscal year; and
       (2) redistribute sufficient amounts to those States able to 
     obligate amounts in addition to those previously distributed 
     during that fiscal year, giving priority to those States

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     having large unobligated balances of funds apportioned under 
     sections 144 (as in effect on the day before the date of 
     enactment of Public Law 112-141) and 104 of title 23, United 
     States Code.
       (d) Applicability of Obligation Limitations to 
     Transportation Research Programs.--
       (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
     obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways shall apply to 
     contract authority for transportation research programs 
     carried out under--
       (A) chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code; and
       (B) title VI of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation 
     Act.
       (2) Exception.--Obligation authority made available under 
     paragraph (1) shall--
       (A) remain available for a period of 4 fiscal years; and
       (B) be in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed 
     on obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety 
     construction programs for future fiscal years.
       (e) Redistribution of Certain Authorized Funds.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
     distribution of obligation limitation under subsection (a), 
     the Secretary shall distribute to the States any funds 
     (excluding funds authorized for the program under section 202 
     of title 23, United States Code) that--
       (A) are authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal year 
     for Federal-aid highway programs; and
       (B) the Secretary determines will not be allocated to the 
     States (or will not be apportioned to the States under 
     section 204 of title 23, United States Code), and will not be 
     available for obligation, for such fiscal year because of the 
     imposition of any obligation limitation for such fiscal year.
       (2) Ratio.--Funds shall be distributed under paragraph (1) 
     in the same proportion as the distribution of obligation 
     authority under subsection (a)(5).
       (3) Availability.--Funds distributed to each State under 
     paragraph (1) shall be available for any purpose described in 
     section 133(b) of title 23, United States Code.
       Sec. 121.  Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received 
     by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the sale of 
     data products, for necessary expenses incurred pursuant to 
     chapter 63 of title 49, United States Code, may be credited 
     to the Federal-aid highways account for the purpose of 
     reimbursing the Bureau for such expenses:  Provided, That 
     such funds shall be subject to the obligation limitation for 
     Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs.
       Sec. 122.  Not less than 15 days prior to waiving, under 
     his or her statutory authority, any Buy America requirement 
     for Federal-aid highways projects, the Secretary of 
     Transportation shall make an informal public notice and 
     comment opportunity on the intent to issue such waiver and 
     the reasons therefor:  Provided, That the Secretary shall 
     provide an annual report to the House and Senate Committees 
     on Appropriations on any waivers granted under the Buy 
     America requirements.
       Sec. 123.  None of the funds provided in this Act to the 
     Department of Transportation may be used to provide credit 
     assistance unless not less than 3 days before any application 
     approval to provide credit assistance under sections 603 and 
     604 of title 23, United States Code, the Secretary of 
     Transportation provides notification in writing to the 
     following committees: the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations; the Committee on Environment and Public Works 
     and the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs of 
     the Senate; and the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure of the House of Representatives:  Provided, 
     That such notification shall include, but not be limited to, 
     the name of the project sponsor; a description of the 
     project; whether credit assistance will be provided as a 
     direct loan, loan guarantee, or line of credit; and the 
     amount of credit assistance.
       Sec. 124.  None of the funds in this Act may be used to 
     make a grant for a project under section 117 of title 23, 
     United States Code, unless the Secretary, at least 60 days 
     before making a grant under that section, provides written 
     notification to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations of the proposed grant, including an evaluation 
     and justification for the project and the amount of the 
     proposed grant award:  Provided, That the written 
     notification required in the previous proviso shall be made 
     no later than 180 days after enactment of this Act.
       Sec. 125. (a) A State or territory, as defined in section 
     165 of title 23, United States Code, may use for any project 
     eligible under section 133(b) of title 23 or section 165 of 
     title 23 and located within the boundary of the State or 
     territory any earmarked amount, and any associated obligation 
     limitation:  Provided, That the Department of Transportation 
     for the State or territory for which the earmarked amount was 
     originally designated or directed notifies the Secretary of 
     Transportation of its intent to use its authority under this 
     section and submits a quarterly report to the Secretary 
     identifying the projects to which the funding would be 
     applied. Notwithstanding the original period of availability 
     of funds to be obligated under this section, such funds and 
     associated obligation limitation shall remain available for 
     obligation for a period of 3 fiscal years after the fiscal 
     year in which the Secretary of Transportation is notified. 
     The Federal share of the cost of a project carried out with 
     funds made available under this section shall be the same as 
     associated with the earmark.
       (b) In this section, the term ``earmarked amount'' means--
       (1) congressionally directed spending, as defined in rule 
     XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate, identified in a 
     prior law, report, or joint explanatory statement, which was 
     authorized to be appropriated or appropriated more than 10 
     fiscal years prior to the current fiscal year, and 
     administered by the Federal Highway Administration; or
       (2) a congressional earmark, as defined in rule XXI of the 
     Rules of the House of Representatives identified in a prior 
     law, report, or joint explanatory statement, which was 
     authorized to be appropriated or appropriated more than 10 
     fiscal years prior to the current fiscal year, and 
     administered by the Federal Highway Administration.
       (c) The authority under subsection (a) may be exercised 
     only for those projects or activities that have obligated 
     less than 10 percent of the amount made available for 
     obligation as of October 1 of the current fiscal year, and 
     shall be applied to projects within the same general 
     geographic area within 50 miles for which the funding was 
     designated, except that a State or territory may apply such 
     authority to unexpended balances of funds from projects or 
     activities the State or territory certifies have been closed 
     and for which payments have been made under a final voucher.
       (d) The Secretary shall submit consolidated reports of the 
     information provided by the States and territories each 
     quarter to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.

              Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

              motor carrier safety operations and programs

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                      (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

       For payment of obligations incurred in the implementation, 
     execution and administration of motor carrier safety 
     operations and programs pursuant to section 31110 of title 
     49, United States Code, as amended by the Fixing America's 
     Surface Transportation Act, $284,000,000, to be derived from 
     the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), 
     together with advances and reimbursements received by the 
     Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the sum of which 
     shall remain available until expended:  Provided, That funds 
     available for implementation, execution or administration of 
     motor carrier safety operations and programs authorized under 
     title 49, United States Code, shall not exceed total 
     obligations of $284,000,000 for ``Motor Carrier Safety 
     Operations and Programs'' for fiscal year 2019, of which 
     $9,073,000, to remain available for obligation until 
     September 30, 2021, is for the research and technology 
     program, and of which $34,824,000, to remain available for 
     obligation until September 30, 2021, is for information 
     management.

                      motor carrier safety grants

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                      (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
     sections 31102, 31103, 31104, and 31313 of title 49, United 
     States Code, as amended by the Fixing America's Surface 
     Transportation Act, $382,800,000, to be derived from the 
     Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) and 
     to remain available until expended:  Provided, That funds 
     available for the implementation or execution of motor 
     carrier safety programs shall not exceed total obligations of 
     $382,800,000 in fiscal year 2019 for ``Motor Carrier Safety 
     Grants''; of which $304,300,000 shall be available for the 
     motor carrier safety assistance program, $32,500,000 shall be 
     available for the commercial driver's license program 
     implementation program, $44,000,000 shall be available for 
     the high priority activities program, and $2,000,000 shall be 
     made available for commercial motor vehicle operators grants, 
     of which $1,000,000 is to be made available from prior year 
     unobligated contract authority provided for Motor Carrier 
     Safety grants in the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st 
     Century (Public Law 105-178), SAFETEA-LU (Public Law 109-59), 
     or other appropriations or authorization acts.

 administrative provisions--federal motor carrier safety administration

       Sec. 130.  Funds appropriated or limited in this Act shall 
     be subject to the terms and conditions stipulated in section 
     350 of Public Law 107-87 and section 6901 of Public Law 110-
     28.
       Sec. 131.  The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration 
     shall send notice of 49 CFR section 385.308 violations by 
     certified mail, registered mail, or another manner of 
     delivery, which records the receipt of the notice by the 
     persons responsible for the violations.
       Sec. 132.  To the maximum extent practicable, the Federal 
     Motor Carrier Safety Administration shall ensure the safe and 
     timely completion of the flexible sleeper berth pilot program 
     of the Administration.

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             National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

                        operations and research

       For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the 
     Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety 
     authorized under chapter 301 and part C of subtitle VI of 
     title 49, United States Code, $190,000,000, of which 
     $40,000,000 shall remain available through September 30, 
     2020.

                        operations and research

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                      (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

       For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the 
     provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403, section 4011 of the FAST Act 
     (Public Law 114-94), and chapter 303 of title 49, United 
     States Code, $152,100,000, to be derived from the Highway 
     Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) and to 
     remain available until expended:  Provided, That none of the 
     funds in this Act shall be available for the planning or 
     execution of programs the total obligations for which, in 
     fiscal year 2019, are in excess of $152,100,000, of which 
     $146,700,000 shall be for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 
     403 and $5,400,000 shall be for the National Driver Register 
     authorized under chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code: 
      Provided further, That within the $152,100,000 obligation 
     limitation for operations and research, $20,000,000 shall 
     remain available until September 30, 2020, and shall be in 
     addition to the amount of any limitation imposed on 
     obligations for future years.

                     highway traffic safety grants

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                      (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

       For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
     provisions of 23 U.S.C. 402, 404, and 405, and section 
     4001(a)(6) of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation 
     Act, to remain available until expended, $610,208,000, to be 
     derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass 
     Transit Account):  Provided, That none of the funds in this 
     Act shall be available for the planning or execution of 
     programs the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 
     2019, are in excess of $610,208,000 for programs authorized 
     under 23 U.S.C. 402, 404, and 405, and section 4001(a)(6) of 
     the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, of which 
     $270,400,000 shall be for ``Highway Safety Programs'' under 
     23 U.S.C. 402; $283,000,000 shall be for ``National Priority 
     Safety Programs'' under 23 U.S.C. 405; $30,200,000 shall be 
     for ``High Visibility Enforcement Program'' under 23 U.S.C. 
     404; and $26,608,000 shall be for ``Administrative Expenses'' 
     under section 4001(a)(6) of the Fixing America's Surface 
     Transportation Act:  Provided further, That none of these 
     funds shall be used for construction, rehabilitation, or 
     remodeling costs, or for office furnishings and fixtures for 
     State, local or private buildings or structures:  Provided 
     further, That not to exceed $500,000 of the funds made 
     available for ``National Priority Safety Programs'' under 23 
     U.S.C. 405 for ``Impaired Driving Countermeasures'' (as 
     described in subsection (d) of that section) shall be 
     available for technical assistance to the States:  Provided 
     further, That with respect to the ``Transfers'' provision 
     under 23 U.S.C. 405(a)(8), any amounts transferred to 
     increase the amounts made available under section 402 shall 
     include the obligation authority for such amounts:  Provided 
     further, That the Administrator shall notify the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations of any exercise of the 
     authority granted under the previous proviso or under 23 
     U.S.C. 405(a)(8) within 5 days.

      administrative provisions--national highway traffic safety 
                             administration

       Sec. 140.  An additional $130,000 shall be made available 
     to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, out of 
     the amount limited for section 402 of title 23, United States 
     Code, to pay for travel and related expenses for State 
     management reviews and to pay for core competency development 
     training and related expenses for highway safety staff.
       Sec. 141.  The limitations on obligations for the programs 
     of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration set in 
     this Act shall not apply to obligations for which obligation 
     authority was made available in previous public laws but only 
     to the extent that the obligation authority has not lapsed or 
     been used.
       Sec. 142.  In addition to the amounts made available under 
     the heading, ``Operations and Research (Liquidation of 
     Contract Authorization) (Limitation on Obligations) (Highway 
     Trust Fund)'' for carrying out the provisions of section 403 
     of title 23, United States Code, $4,000,000 shall be 
     available to continue a high visibility enforcement paid-
     media campaign regarding highway-rail grade crossing safety 
     in collaboration with the Federal Railroad Administration.

                    Federal Railroad Administration

                         safety and operations

       For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad 
     Administration, not otherwise provided for, $221,698,000, of 
     which $15,900,000 shall remain available until expended.

                   railroad research and development

       For necessary expenses for railroad research and 
     development, $40,600,000, to remain available until expended.

       railroad rehabilitation and improvement financing program

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

           federal-state partnership for state of good repair

       For necessary expenses related to Federal-State Partnership 
     for State of Good Repair Grants as authorized by section 
     24911 of title 49, United States Code, $300,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended:  Provided, That the 
     Secretary may withhold up to one percent of the amount 
     provided under this heading for the costs of award and 
     project management oversight of grants carried out under 
     section 24911 of title 49, United States Code:  Provided 
     further, That the Secretary shall issue the Notice of Funding 
     Opportunity that encompasses funds provided under this 
     heading in this Act and previously unawarded funds provided 
     under this heading in fiscal year 2017 by Public Law 115-31 
     and fiscal year 2018 by Public Law 115-141, no later than 30 
     days after enactment of this Act:  Provided further, That the 
     Secretary shall announce the selection of projects to receive 
     awards for the funds in the previous proviso no later than 
     180 days after enactment of this Act.

        consolidated rail infrastructure and safety improvements

       For necessary expenses related to Consolidated Rail 
     Infrastructure and Safety Improvements Grants, as authorized 
     by section 24407 of title 49, United States Code, 
     $255,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
     That section 24405(f) of title 49, United States Code, shall 
     not apply to projects for the implementation of positive 
     train control systems otherwise eligible under section 
     24407(c)(1) of title 49, United States Code:  Provided 
     further, That amounts available under this heading for 
     projects selected for commuter rail passenger transportation 
     may be transferred by the Secretary, after selection, to the 
     appropriate agencies to be administered in accordance with 
     chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code:  Provided 
     further, That the Secretary shall not limit eligible projects 
     from consideration for funding for planning, engineering, 
     environmental, construction, and design elements of the same 
     project in the same application:  Provided further, That 
     unobligated balances remaining after 4 years from the date of 
     enactment may be used for any eligible project under section 
     24407(c) of title 49, United States Code:  Provided further, 
     That the Secretary may withhold up to one percent of the 
     amount provided under this heading for the costs of award and 
     project management oversight of grants carried out under 
     section 24407 of title 49, United States Code:  Provided 
     further, That the Secretary shall issue the Notice of Funding 
     Opportunity that encompasses previously unawarded funds 
     provided under this heading in fiscal year 2018 by Public Law 
     115-141 and funds provided under this heading in this Act no 
     later than 30 days after enactment of this Act:  Provided 
     further, That the Secretary shall announce the selection of 
     projects to receive awards for the funds in the previous 
     proviso no later than 120 days after enactment of this Act.

                      restoration and enhancement

       For necessary expenses related to Restoration and 
     Enhancement Grants, as authorized by section 24408 of title 
     49, United States Code, $10,000,000, to remain available 
     until expended:  Provided, That the Secretary may withhold up 
     to one percent of the funds provided under this heading to 
     fund the costs of award and project management and oversight: 
      Provided further, That the Secretary shall issue the Notice 
     of Funding Opportunity for funds provided under this heading 
     no later than 30 days after enactment of this Act:  Provided 
     further, That the Secretary shall announce the selection of 
     projects to receive awards for the funds in the previous 
     proviso no later than 120 days after enactment of this Act.

     northeast corridor grants to the national railroad passenger 
                              corporation

       To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to 
     the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for activities 
     associated with the Northeast Corridor as authorized by 
     section 11101(a) of the Fixing America's Surface 
     Transportation Act (division A of Public Law 114-94), 
     $650,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
     That the Secretary may retain up to one-half of 1 percent of 
     the funds provided under both this heading and the ``National 
     Network Grants to the National Railroad Passenger 
     Corporation'' heading to fund the costs of project management 
     and oversight of activities authorized by section 11101(c) of 
     division A of Public Law 114-94:  Provided further, That in 
     addition to the project management oversight funds authorized 
     under section 11101(c) of division A of Public Law 114-94, 
     the Secretary may retain up to an additional $5,000,000 of 
     the funds provided under this heading to fund expenses 
     associated with the Northeast Corridor Commission established 
     under section 24905 of title 49, United States Code:  
     Provided further, That of the amounts made available under 
     this heading and the ``National Network Grants to the 
     National Railroad Passenger Corporation'' heading, not less 
     than $50,000,000 shall be made available to bring Amtrak-
     served facilities and stations into compliance with the 
     Americans with Disabilities Act: Provided further, That of 
     the amounts made available under this

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     heading and the heading ``National Network Grants to the 
     National Railroad Passenger Corporation'', not more than 
     $500,000 may be made available to provide a discount of not 
     less than 15 percent on passenger fares to veterans (as 
     defined in section 101 of title 38, United States Code).

 national network grants to the national railroad passenger corporation

       To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to 
     the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for activities 
     associated with the National Network as authorized by section 
     11101(b) of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act 
     (division A of Public Law 114-94), $1,291,600,000, to remain 
     available until expended:  Provided, That the Secretary may 
     retain up to an additional $2,000,000 of the funds provided 
     under this heading to fund expenses associated with the 
     State-Supported Route Committee established under section 
     24712 of title 49, United States Code:  Provided further, 
     That at least $50,000,000 of the amount provided under this 
     heading shall be available for the development, installation 
     and operation of railroad safety technology, including the 
     implementation of a positive train control system, on State-
     supported routes as defined under section 24102(13) of title 
     49, United States Code, on which positive train control 
     systems are not required by law or regulation:  Provided 
     further, That not less than $50,000,000 of the amount 
     provided under this heading shall be for capital expenses 
     related to safety improvements, maintenance, and the non-
     Federal match for discretionary Federal grant programs to 
     enable continued passenger rail operations on long-distance 
     routes (as defined in section 24102 of title 49, United 
     States Code) on which Amtrak is the sole tenant of the host 
     railroad and positive train control systems are not required 
     by law (including regulations):  Provided further, That none 
     of the funds provided under this heading shall be used by 
     Amtrak to give notice under subsection (a) or (b) of section 
     24706 of title 49, United States Code, with respect to long-
     distance routes (as defined in section 24102 of title 49, 
     United States Code) on which Amtrak is the sole tenant of the 
     host railroad and positive train control systems are not 
     required by law (including regulations), or otherwise 
     initiate discontinuance of, reduce the frequency of, suspend, 
     or substantially alter the schedule or route of rail service 
     on any portion of such route operated in fiscal year 2018, 
     including implementation of service permitted by section 
     24305(a)(3)(A) of title 49, United States Code, in lieu of 
     rail service.

       administrative provisions--federal railroad administration

       Sec. 150.  None of the funds provided to the National 
     Railroad Passenger Corporation may be used to fund any 
     overtime costs in excess of $35,000 for any individual 
     employee:  Provided, That the President of Amtrak may waive 
     the cap set in the previous proviso for specific employees 
     when the President of Amtrak determines such a cap poses a 
     risk to the safety and operational efficiency of the system:  
     Provided further, That the President of Amtrak shall report 
     to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations within 
     60 days of enactment of this Act, a summary of all overtime 
     payments incurred by the Corporation for 2018 and the three 
     prior calendar years:  Provided further, That such summary 
     shall include the total number of employees that received 
     waivers and the total overtime payments the Corporation paid 
     to those employees receiving waivers for each month for 2018 
     and for the three prior calendar years.
       Sec. 151.  It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) long-distance passenger rail routes provide much-needed 
     transportation access for 4,700,000 riders in 325 communities 
     in 40 States and are particularly important in rural areas; 
     and
       (2) long-distance passenger rail routes and services should 
     be sustained to ensure connectivity throughout the National 
     Network (as defined in section 24102 of title 49, United 
     States Code).

                     Federal Transit Administration

                        administrative expenses

       For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal 
     Transit Administration's programs authorized by chapter 53 of 
     title 49, United States Code, $113,165,000:  Provided, That 
     none of the funds provided or limited in this Act may be used 
     to create a permanent office of transit security under this 
     heading:  Provided further, That upon submission to the 
     Congress of the fiscal year 2020 President's budget, the 
     Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to Congress the 
     annual report on New Starts, including proposed allocations 
     for fiscal year 2020.

                         transit formula grants

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                      (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

       For payment of obligations incurred in the Federal Public 
     Transportation Assistance Program in this account, and for 
     payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the 
     provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 5312, 5314, 
     5318, 5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, as amended by 
     the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, section 
     20005(b) of Public Law 112-141, and section 3006(b) of the 
     Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, $9,900,000,000, 
     to be derived from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway 
     Trust Fund and to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
     That funds available for the implementation or execution of 
     programs authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 
     5312, 5314, 5318, 5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, as 
     amended by the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, 
     section 20005(b) of Public Law 112-141, and section 3006(b) 
     of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, shall not 
     exceed total obligations of $9,939,380,030 in fiscal year 
     2019:  Provided further, That the Federal share of the cost 
     of activities carried out under 49 U.S.C. section 5312 shall 
     not exceed 80 percent, except that if there is substantial 
     public interest or benefit, the Secretary may approve a 
     greater Federal share.

                     transit infrastructure grants

       For an additional amount for buses and bus facilities 
     grants under section 5339 of title 49, United States Code, 
     state of good repair grants under section 5337 of such title, 
     high density state apportionments under section 5340(d) of 
     such title, and the bus testing facilities under sections 
     5312 and 5318 of such title, $800,000,000 to remain available 
     until expended:  Provided, That $400,000,000 shall be 
     available for grants as authorized under section 5339 of such 
     title, of which $209,104,000 shall be available for the buses 
     and bus facilities formula grants as authorized under section 
     5339(a) of such title, $161,446,000 shall be available for 
     the buses and bus facilities competitive grants as authorized 
     under section 5339(b) of such title, and $29,450,000 shall be 
     available for the low or no emission grants as authorized 
     under section 5339(c) of such title:  Provided further, That 
     $362,000,000 shall be available for the state of good repair 
     grants as authorized under section 5337 of such title:  
     Provided further, That $30,000,000 shall be available for the 
     high density state apportionments as authorized under section 
     5340(d) of such title:  Provided further, That $2,000,000 
     shall be available for the bus testing facility as authorized 
     under section 5318 of such title:  Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding section 5318(a) of such title, $6,000,000 
     shall be available for the operation and maintenance of bus 
     testing facilities by institutions of higher education 
     selected pursuant to section 5312(h) of such title:  Provided 
     further, That the Secretary shall enter into a contract or 
     cooperative agreement with, or make a grant to, each 
     institution of higher education selected pursuant to section 
     5312(h) of such title, to operate and maintain a facility to 
     conduct the testing of low or no emission vehicle new bus 
     models using the standards established pursuant to section 
     5318(e)(2) of such title:  Provided further, That the term 
     ``low or no emission vehicle'' has the meaning given the term 
     in section 5312(e)(6) of such title:  Provided further, That 
     the Secretary shall pay 80 percent of the cost of testing a 
     low or no emission vehicle new bus model at each selected 
     institution of higher education:  Provided further, That the 
     entity having the vehicle tested shall pay 20 percent of the 
     cost of testing:  Provided further, That a low or no emission 
     vehicle new bus model tested that receives a passing 
     aggregate test score in accordance with the standards 
     established under section 5318(e)(2) of such title, shall be 
     deemed to be in compliance with the requirements of section 
     5318(e) of such title:  Provided further, That amounts made 
     available by this heading shall be derived from the general 
     fund:  Provided further, That the amounts made available 
     under this heading shall not be subject to any limitation on 
     obligations for transit programs set forth in any Act.

                   technical assistance and training

       For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5314, 
     $5,000,000, of which up to $1,500,000 shall be for a 
     cooperative agreement through which the Federal Transit 
     Administration assists small-urban, rural and tribal public 
     transit recipients and planning organizations with applied 
     innovation and capacity-building:  Provided, That the 
     assistance provided under this heading not duplicate the 
     activities of 49 U.S.C. 5311(b) or 49 U.S.C. 5312.

                       capital investment grants

       For necessary expenses to carry out fixed guideway capital 
     investment grants under section 5309 of title 49, United 
     States Code, and section 3005(b) of the Fixing America's 
     Surface Transportation Act, $2,552,687,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2022:  Provided, That of the 
     amounts made available under this heading, $1,315,670,000 
     shall be available for projects authorized under section 
     5309(d) of title 49, United States Code, $543,500,000 shall 
     be available for projects authorized under section 5309(e) of 
     title 49, United States Code, $568,000,000 shall be available 
     for projects authorized under section 5309(h) of title 49, 
     United States Code, and $100,000,000 shall be available for 
     projects authorized under section 3005(b) of the Fixing 
     America's Surface Transportation Act:  Provided further, That 
     the Secretary shall continue to administer the capital 
     investment grants program in accordance with the procedural 
     and substantive requirements of section 5309 of title 49, 
     United States Code, and of section 3005(b) of the Fixing 
     America's Surface Transportation Act.

      grants to the washington metropolitan area transit authority

       For grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit 
     Authority as authorized under section 601 of division B of 
     Public Law 110-432, $150,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended:  Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation 
     shall approve grants for capital and preventive maintenance 
     expenditures for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit 
     Authority only after receiving and

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

       administrative provisions--federal transit administration

                         (including rescission)

       Sec. 160.  The limitations on obligations for the programs 
     of the Federal Transit Administration shall not apply to any 
     authority under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously made available for 
     obligation, or to any other authority previously made 
     available for obligation.
       Sec. 161.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
     funds appropriated before October 1, 2018, under any section 
     of chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, that remain 
     available for expenditure, may be transferred to and 
     administered under the most recent appropriation heading for 
     any such section.
       Sec. 162.  Of the unobligated amounts made available for 
     fiscal years 2005 or prior fiscal years to ``Transit Formula 
     Grants'', a total of $46,560,000 is hereby permanently 
     rescinded.
       Sec. 163.  None of the funds made available under this Act 
     may be used for the implementation or furtherance of new 
     policies detailed in the ``Dear Colleague'' letter 
     distributed by the Federal Transit Administration to capital 
     investment grant program project sponsors on June 29, 2018.

             Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation

       The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation is hereby 
     authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of 
     funds and borrowing authority available to the Corporation, 
     and in accord with law, and to make such contracts and 
     commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations, as 
     provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control 
     Act, as amended, as may be necessary in carrying out the 
     programs set forth in the Corporation's budget for the 
     current fiscal year.

                       operations and maintenance

                    (harbor maintenance trust fund)

       For necessary expenses to conduct the operations, 
     maintenance, and capital asset renewal activities on those 
     portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway owned, operated, and 
     maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development 
     Corporation, $36,000,000, to be derived from the Harbor 
     Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99-662:  
     Provided, That of the amounts made available under this 
     heading, not less than $16,000,000 shall be used on capital 
     asset renewal activities.

                        Maritime Administration

                       maritime security program

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

                        operations and training

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses of operations and training 
     activities authorized by law, $149,442,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2020, of which $71,000,000 
     shall be for the operations of the United States Merchant 
     Marine Academy, and of which $18,000,000 shall remain 
     available until expended for the maintenance and repair, 
     equipment, and capital improvements at the United States 
     Merchant Marine Academy:  Provided, That not later than 
     January 12, 2020, the Administrator of the Maritime 
     Administration shall transmit to the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations the annual report on sexual 
     assault and sexual harassment at the United States Merchant 
     Marine Academy as required pursuant to section 3507 of Public 
     Law 110-417:  Provided further, That of the amounts made 
     available under this heading, $3,000,000 shall be for the 
     Maritime Environment and Technology Assistance program 
     authorized under section 50307 of title 46, United States 
     Code:  Provided further, That of the amounts made available 
     under this heading, $7,000,000, shall remain available until 
     expended for the Short Sea Transportation Program (America's 
     Marine Highways) to make grants for the purposes authorized 
     under sections 55601(b)(1) and (3) of title 46, United States 
     Code:  Provided further, That available balances under this 
     heading for the Short Sea Transportation Program (America's 
     Marine Highways) from prior year recoveries shall be 
     available to carry out activities authorized under sections 
     55601(b)(1) and (3) of title 46, United States Code:  
     Provided further, That from funds provided under the previous 
     two provisos, the Secretary of Transportation shall make 
     grants no later than 180 days after enactment of this Act in 
     such amounts as the Secretary determines:  Provided further, 
     That any unobligated balances available from previous 
     appropriations for programs and activities supporting State 
     Maritime Academies shall be transferred to and merged with 
     the appropriations for ``Maritime Administration, State 
     Maritime Academy Operations'' and shall be made available for 
     the same purposes.

                    state maritime academy operations

       For necessary expenses of operations, support and training 
     activities for State Maritime Academies, $340,200,000, of 
     which $30,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
     be for maintenance, repair, life extension, and capacity 
     improvement of National Defense Reserve Fleet training ships 
     in support of State Maritime Academies, as well as other 
     expenses related to training mariners, as determined by the 
     Secretary, of which $300,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended shall be for the National Security Multi-Mission 
     Vessel Program, including funds for construction, planning, 
     administration, and design of school ships, of which 
     $2,400,000 shall remain available through September 30, 2020, 
     for the Student Incentive Program, of which $1,800,000 shall 
     remain available until expended for training ship fuel 
     assistance, and of which $6,000,000 shall remain available 
     until September 30, 2020, for direct payments for State 
     Maritime Academies.

                     assistance to small shipyards

       To make grants to qualified shipyards as authorized under 
     section 54101 of title 46, United States Code, as amended by 
     Public Law 113-281, $20,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended.

                             ship disposal

       For necessary expenses related to the disposal of obsolete 
     vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the Maritime 
     Administration, $5,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended.

          maritime guaranteed loan (title xi) program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed 
     loan program, $3,000,000, which shall be transferred to and 
     merged with the appropriations for ``Operations and 
     Training'', Maritime Administration.

           administrative provisions--maritime administration

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

         Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

                          operational expenses

       For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline and 
     Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, $23,710,000:  
     Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation shall issue a 
     final rule to expand the applicability of comprehensive oil 
     spill response plans within 45 days of enactment of this Act: 
      Provided further, That the amounts appropriated under this 
     heading shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for each day 
     that such rule has not been issued following the expiration 
     of the period set forth in the previous proviso.

                       hazardous materials safety

       For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous materials 
     safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 
     Safety Administration, $58,000,000, of which $7,570,000 shall 
     remain available until September 30, 2021:  Provided, That up 
     to $800,000 in fees collected under 49 U.S.C. 5108(g) shall 
     be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury as 
     offsetting receipts:  Provided further, That there may be 
     credited to this appropriation, to remain available until 
     expended, funds received from States, counties, 
     municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources 
     for expenses incurred for training, for reports publication 
     and dissemination, and for travel expenses incurred in the 
     performance of hazardous materials exemptions and approvals 
     functions.

                            pipeline safety

                         (pipeline safety fund)

                    (oil spill liability trust fund)

       For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of the 
     pipeline safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out a 
     pipeline safety program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 60107, 
     and to discharge the pipeline program responsibilities of the 
     Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $165,000,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2021, of which $23,000,000 shall be 
     derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which 
     $134,000,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund; 
     and of which $8,000,000 shall be derived from fees collected 
     under 49 U.S.C. 60302 and deposited in the Underground 
     Natural Gas Storage Facility Safety Account for the purpose 
     of carrying out 49 U.S.C. 60141:  Provided, That not less 
     than $1,058,000 of the funds provided under this heading 
     shall be for the one-call state grant program.

                     emergency preparedness grants

                     (emergency preparedness fund)

       Notwithstanding the fiscal year limitation specified in 49 
     U.S.C. 5116, not more than

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     $28,318,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2021, 
     from amounts made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(h), 5128(b), 
     and 5128(c):  Provided, That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 
     5116(h)(4), not more than 4 percent of the amounts made 
     available from this account shall be available to pay 
     administrative costs:  Provided further, That none of the 
     funds made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(h), 5128(b), or 
     5128(c) shall be made available for obligation by individuals 
     other than the Secretary of Transportation, or his or her 
     designee.

                      Office of Inspector General

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector 
     General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General 
     Act of 1978, as amended, $92,600,000:  Provided, That the 
     Inspector General shall have all necessary authority, in 
     carrying out the duties specified in the Inspector General 
     Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to investigate allegations 
     of fraud, including false statements to the government (18 
     U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity that is subject to 
     regulation by the Department of Transportation:  Provided 
     further, That the funds made available under this heading may 
     be used to investigate, pursuant to section 41712 of title 
     49, United States Code: (1) unfair or deceptive practices and 
     unfair methods of competition by domestic and foreign air 
     carriers and ticket agents; and (2) the compliance of 
     domestic and foreign air carriers with respect to item (1) of 
     this proviso.

            General Provisions--Department of Transportation

       Sec. 180. (a) During the current fiscal year, applicable 
     appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall be 
     available for maintenance and operation of aircraft; hire of 
     passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of liability 
     insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign countries 
     on official department business; and uniforms or allowances 
     therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902).
       (b) During the current fiscal year, applicable 
     appropriations to the Department and its operating 
     administrations shall be available for the purchase, 
     maintenance, operation, and deployment of unmanned aircraft 
     systems that advance the Department's, or its operating 
     administrations', missions.
       (c) Any unmanned aircraft system purchased or procured by 
     the Department prior to the enactment of this Act shall be 
     deemed authorized.
       Sec. 181.  Appropriations contained in this Act for the 
     Department of Transportation shall be available for services 
     as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals 
     not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for an 
     Executive Level IV.
       Sec. 182. (a) No recipient of funds made available in this 
     Act shall disseminate personal information (as defined in 18 
     U.S.C. 2725(3)) obtained by a State department of motor 
     vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle record as defined 
     in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1), except as provided in 18 U.S.C. 2721 
     for a use permitted under 18 U.S.C. 2721.
       (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall not 
     withhold funds provided in this Act for any grantee if a 
     State is in noncompliance with this provision.
       Sec. 183.  None of the funds in this Act shall be available 
     for salaries and expenses of more than 110 political and 
     Presidential appointees in the Department of Transportation:  
     Provided, That none of the personnel covered by this 
     provision may be assigned on temporary detail outside the 
     Department of Transportation.
       Sec. 184.  Funds received by the Federal Highway 
     Administration and Federal Railroad Administration from 
     States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, 
     and private sources for expenses incurred for training may be 
     credited respectively to the Federal Highway Administration's 
     ``Federal-Aid Highways'' account and to the Federal Railroad 
     Administration's ``Safety and Operations'' account, except 
     for State rail safety inspectors participating in training 
     pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 20105.
       Sec. 185. (a) None of the funds provided in this Act to the 
     Department of Transportation may be used to make a loan, loan 
     guarantee, line of credit, or discretionary grant unless the 
     Secretary of Transportation notifies the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations not less than 3 full business 
     days before any project competitively selected to receive any 
     discretionary grant award, letter of intent, loan commitment, 
     loan guarantee commitment, line of credit commitment, or full 
     funding grant agreement is announced by the Department or its 
     modal administrations:  Provided, That the Secretary gives 
     concurrent notification to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations for any ``quick release'' of funds from the 
     emergency relief program:  Provided further, That no 
     notification shall involve funds that are not available for 
     obligation.
       (b) In addition to the notification required in subsection 
     (a), none of the funds made available in this Act to the 
     Department of Transportation may be used to make a loan, loan 
     guarantee, line of credit, cooperative agreement or 
     discretionary grant unless the Secretary of Transportation 
     provides the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a 
     comprehensive list of all such loans, loan guarantees, lines 
     of credit, cooperative agreement or discretionary grants that 
     will be announced not less the 3 full business days before 
     such announcement:  Provided, That the requirement to provide 
     a list in this subsection does not apply to any ``quick 
     release'' of funds from the emergency relief program:  
     Provided further, That no list shall involve funds that are 
     not available for obligation.
       Sec. 186.  Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor fees 
     and other funds received by the Department of Transportation 
     from travel management centers, charge card programs, the 
     subleasing of building space, and miscellaneous sources are 
     to be credited to appropriations of the Department of 
     Transportation and allocated to elements of the Department of 
     Transportation using fair and equitable criteria and such 
     funds shall be available until expended.
       Sec. 187.  Amounts made available in this or any prior Act 
     that the Secretary determines represent improper payments by 
     the Department of Transportation to a third-party contractor 
     under a financial assistance award, which are recovered 
     pursuant to law, shall be available--
       (1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred by the 
     Department of Transportation in recovering improper payments: 
      Provided, That amounts made available in this Act shall be 
     available until expended; and
       (2) to pay contractors for services provided in recovering 
     improper payments or contractor support in the implementation 
     of the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002:  Provided, 
     That amounts in excess of that required for paragraphs (1) 
     and (2)--
       (A) shall be credited to and merged with the appropriation 
     from which the improper payments were made, and shall be 
     available for the purposes and period for which such 
     appropriations are available:  Provided further, That where 
     specific project or accounting information associated with 
     the improper payment or payments is not readily available, 
     the Secretary may credit an appropriate account, which shall 
     be available for the purposes and period associated with the 
     account so credited; or
       (B) if no such appropriation remains available, shall be 
     deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts:  
     Provided further, That prior to the transfer of any such 
     recovery to an appropriations account, the Secretary shall 
     notify the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations of 
     the amount and reasons for such transfer:  Provided further, 
     That for purposes of this section, the term ``improper 
     payments'' has the same meaning as that provided in section 
     2(d)(2) of Public Law 107-300.
       Sec. 188.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if 
     any funds provided in or limited by this Act are subject to a 
     reprogramming action that requires notice to be provided to 
     the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, 
     transmission of said reprogramming notice shall be provided 
     solely to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, 
     and said reprogramming action shall be approved or denied 
     solely by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations:  
     Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation may provide 
     notice to other congressional committees of the action of the 
     House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on such 
     reprogramming but not sooner than 30 days following the date 
     on which the reprogramming action has been approved or denied 
     by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
       Sec. 189.  Funds appropriated in this Act to the modal 
     administrations may be obligated for the Office of the 
     Secretary for the costs related to assessments or 
     reimbursable agreements only when such amounts are for the 
     costs of goods and services that are purchased to provide a 
     direct benefit to the applicable modal administration or 
     administrations.
       Sec. 190.  The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to 
     carry out a program that establishes uniform standards for 
     developing and supporting agency transit pass and transit 
     benefits authorized under section 7905 of title 5, United 
     States Code, including distribution of transit benefits by 
     various paper and electronic media.
       Sec. 191.  The Department of Transportation may use funds 
     provided by this Act, or any other Act, to assist a contract 
     under title 49 U.S.C. or title 23 U.S.C. utilizing 
     geographic, economic, or any other hiring preference not 
     otherwise authorized by law, or to amend a rule, regulation, 
     policy or other measure that forbids a recipient of a Federal 
     Highway Administration or Federal Transit Administration 
     grant from imposing such hiring preference on a contract or 
     construction project with which the Department of 
     Transportation is assisting, only if the grant recipient 
     certifies the following:
       (1) that except with respect to apprentices or trainees, a 
     pool of readily available but unemployed individuals 
     possessing the knowledge, skill, and ability to perform the 
     work that the contract requires resides in the jurisdiction;
       (2) that the grant recipient will include appropriate 
     provisions in its bid document ensuring that the contractor 
     does not displace any of its existing employees in order to 
     satisfy such hiring preference; and
       (3) that any increase in the cost of labor, training, or 
     delays resulting from the use of such hiring preference does 
     not delay or displace any transportation project in the 
     applicable Statewide Transportation Improvement Program or 
     Transportation Improvement Program.
       Sec. 192.  Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall 
     submit to the Committees on Appropriations and Commerce, 
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     and the Committees on Appropriations and Transportation and 
     Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report on 
     efforts by the Department of Transportation to engage with 
     local communities, metropolitan planning organizations, and 
     regional transportation commissions on advancing data and 
     intelligent transportation systems technologies and other 
     smart cities solutions.
       Sec. 193.  The Secretary of Transportation shall consult 
     with the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works to 
     identify any existing authorities and any additional 
     authorities that may be needed to leverage funds from 
     Department of Transportation programs for purposes of inland 
     waterway project costs.
       Sec. 194.  (a) Subject to subsections (c) and (d), none of 
     the funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the 
     Department of Transportation by this or any other Act may be 
     obligated or expended to enforce or require the enforcement 
     of section 127(a) of title 23, United States Code, with 
     respect to a segment described in paragraph (1) or (2) of 
     subsection (b) if the segment is designated as a route of the 
     Interstate System.
        (b) The segments referred to in subsection (a) are the 
     following:
       (1) The William H. Natcher Parkway (to be designated as a 
     spur of Interstate Route 65) from Interstate Route 65 in 
     Bowling Green, Kentucky, to United States Route 60 in 
     Owensboro, Kentucky.
       (2) The Julian M. Carroll (Purchase) Parkway (to be 
     designated as Interstate Route 69) in the State of Kentucky 
     from the Tennessee State line to the interchange with 
     Interstate Route 24, near Calvert City, Kentucky.
       (c) Only a vehicle that could operate legally on a segment 
     described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (b) before 
     the date of designation of the segment as a route of the 
     Interstate System may continue to operate on that segment, 
     subject to the condition that, except as provided in 
     subsection (d), the gross vehicle weight of such a vehicle 
     shall not exceed 120,000 pounds.
       (d) Nothing in this section prohibits a State from issuing 
     a permit for a nondivisible load or vehicle with a gross 
     vehicle weight that exceeds 120,000 pounds.
       Sec. 195.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available to the Department of Transportation may be 
     obligated or expended to implement, administer, or enforce 
     the requirements of section 31137 of title 49, United States 
     Code, or any regulation issued by the Secretary pursuant to 
     such section, with respect to the use of electronic logging 
     devices by operators of commercial motor vehicles, as defined 
     in section 31132(1) of such title, transporting livestock, as 
     defined in section 602 of the Emergency Livestock Feed 
     Assistance Act of 1988 (7 U.S.C. 1471) or insects.
       Sec. 196. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available to the Federal Transit Administration under 
     this title to carry out sections 5307, 5311, 5337, and 5339 
     of title 49, United States Code, may be used in awarding a 
     contract or subcontract to an entity on or after the date of 
     enactment of this Act for the procurement of rolling stock 
     for use in public transportation if the manufacturer of the 
     rolling stock is incorporated in or has manufacturing 
     facilities in the United States and receives support from the 
     government of a country that--
       (1) is identified as a nonmarket economy country (as 
     defined in section 771(18) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 
     U.S.C. 1677(18))) as of the date of enactment of this Act;
       (2) was identified by the United States Trade 
     Representative in the most recent report required by section 
     182 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2242) as a priority 
     foreign country under subsection (a)(2) of that section; and
       (3) is subject to monitoring by the Trade Representative 
     under section 306 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2416).
       (b) This section shall be applied in a manner consistent 
     with the obligations of the United States under international 
     agreements.
       (c)(1) This section shall not apply to the award of a 
     contract or subcontract made by a public transportation 
     agency with a rail rolling stock manufacturer described in 
     subsection (a) if the manufacturer produces rail rolling 
     stock for an eligible public transportation agency through a 
     contract executed prior to the date of enactment of this Act.
       (2) A rail rolling stock manufacturer described in 
     subsection (a) may not use funds provided under a contract or 
     subcontract described in paragraph (1) to expand the 
     manufacturer's production of rail rolling stock within the 
     United States to an amount of rolling stock vehicles or 
     railcars that is greater than the amount required under 
     contractual obligations of the manufacturer as of the date of 
     enactment of this Act including all options for additional 
     rolling stock.
       (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to 
     funds that are not appropriated or otherwise made available 
     to the Federal Transit Administration under this title.
       This title may be cited as the ``Department of 
     Transportation Appropriations Act, 2019''.

                                TITLE II

              DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                     Management and Administration

                           executive offices

       For necessary salaries and expenses for Executive Offices, 
     which shall be comprised of the offices of the Secretary, 
     Deputy Secretary, Adjudicatory Services, Congressional and 
     Intergovernmental Relations, Public Affairs, Small and 
     Disadvantaged Business Utilization, and the Center for Faith-
     Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, $14,898,000:  Provided, 
     That not to exceed $25,000 of the amount made available under 
     this heading shall be available to the Secretary for official 
     reception and representation expenses as the Secretary may 
     determine.

                     administrative support offices

       For necessary salaries and expenses for Administrative 
     Support Offices, $556,000,000, of which $76,600,000 shall be 
     available for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, (and 
     of which $25,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
     2021, shall be for the financial transformation initiative); 
     $98,000,000 shall be available for the Office of the General 
     Counsel, of which not less than $15,000,000 shall be for the 
     Departmental Enforcement Center; $213,300,000 shall be 
     available for the Office of Administration; $40,200,000 shall 
     be available for the Office of the Chief Human Capital 
     Officer; $54,000,000 shall be available for the Office of 
     Field Policy and Management; $20,000,000 shall be available 
     for the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer; $3,600,000 
     shall be available for the Office of Departmental Equal 
     Employment Opportunity; $4,300,000 shall be available for the 
     Office of Business Transformation; and $46,00,000 shall be 
     available for the Office of the Chief Information Officer:  
     Provided, That funds provided under this heading may be used 
     for necessary administrative and non-administrative expenses 
     of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, not 
     otherwise provided for, including purchase of uniforms, or 
     allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; 
     hire of passenger motor vehicles; and services as authorized 
     by 5 U.S.C. 3109:  Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, funds appropriated under this heading 
     may be used for advertising and promotional activities that 
     directly support program activities funded in this title:  
     Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide the House 
     and Senate Committees on Appropriations quarterly written 
     notification regarding the status of pending congressional 
     reports:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide 
     in electronic form all signed reports required by Congress:  
     Provided further, That not more than 10 percent of the funds 
     made available under this heading for the Office of Chief 
     Financial Officer for the financial transformation initiative 
     may be obligated until the Secretary submits to the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations, for approval, a plan for 
     expenditure that includes the financial and internal control 
     capabilities to be delivered and the mission benefits to be 
     realized, key milestones to be met, and the relationship 
     between the proposed use of funds made available under this 
     heading and the projected total cost and scope of the 
     initiative.

                  Program Office Salaries and Expenses

                       public and indian housing

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

                   community planning and development

       For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
     Community Planning and Development, $110,000,000.

                                housing

       For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
     Housing, $390,000,000, of which not less than $12,500,000 
     shall be for the Office of Recapitalization.

                    policy development and research

       For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Policy 
     Development and Research, $26,000,000.

                   fair housing and equal opportunity

       For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Fair 
     Housing and Equal Opportunity, $71,500,000.

            office of lead hazard control and healthy homes

       For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Lead 
     Hazard Control and Healthy Homes, $7,800,000.

                          working capital fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

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     Fund and to remain available until expended for any purpose 
     under this heading:  Provided further, That amounts in the 
     Fund shall be the only amounts available to each office or 
     agency of the Department for the services, or portion of 
     services, specified in the matter preceding the first 
     proviso:  Provided further, That with respect to the Fund, 
     the authorities and conditions under this heading shall 
     supplement the authorities and conditions provided under 
     section 7(f).

                       Public and Indian Housing

                     tenant-based rental assistance

       For activities and assistance for the provision of tenant-
     based rental assistance authorized under the United States 
     Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) 
     (``the Act'' herein), not otherwise provided for, 
     $18,780,987,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
     available on October 1, 2018 (in addition to the 
     $4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this heading 
     that shall be available on October 1, 2018), and 
     $4,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
     available on October 1, 2019:  Provided, That the amounts 
     made available under this heading are provided as follows:
       (1) $20,520,000,000 shall be available for renewals of 
     expiring section 8 tenant-based annual contributions 
     contracts (including renewals of enhanced vouchers under any 
     provision of law authorizing such assistance under section 
     8(t) of the Act) and including renewal of other special 
     purpose incremental vouchers:  Provided, That notwithstanding 
     any other provision of law, from amounts provided under this 
     paragraph and any carryover, the Secretary for the calendar 
     year 2019 funding cycle shall provide renewal funding for 
     each public housing agency based on validated voucher 
     management system (VMS) leasing and cost data for the prior 
     calendar year and by applying an inflation factor as 
     established by the Secretary, by notice published in the 
     Federal Register, and by making any necessary adjustments for 
     the costs associated with the first-time renewal of vouchers 
     under this paragraph including tenant protection and Choice 
     Neighborhoods vouchers:  Provided further, That none of the 
     funds provided under this paragraph may be used to fund a 
     total number of unit months under lease which exceeds a 
     public housing agency's authorized level of units under 
     contract, except for public housing agencies participating in 
     the MTW demonstration, which are instead governed by the 
     terms and conditions of their MTW agreements:  Provided 
     further, That the Secretary shall, to the extent necessary to 
     stay within the amount specified under this paragraph (except 
     as otherwise modified under this paragraph), prorate each 
     public housing agency's allocation otherwise established 
     pursuant to this paragraph:  Provided further, That except as 
     provided in the following provisos, the entire amount 
     specified under this paragraph (except as otherwise modified 
     under this paragraph) shall be obligated to the public 
     housing agencies based on the allocation and pro rata method 
     described above, and the Secretary shall notify public 
     housing agencies of their annual budget by the latter of 60 
     days after enactment of this Act or March 1, 2019:  Provided 
     further, That the Secretary may extend the notification 
     period with the prior written approval of the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations:  Provided further, That 
     public housing agencies participating in the MTW 
     demonstration shall be funded pursuant to their MTW 
     agreements and shall be subject to the same pro rata 
     adjustments under the previous provisos:  Provided further, 
     That the Secretary may offset public housing agencies' 
     calendar year 2019 allocations based on the excess amounts of 
     public housing agencies' net restricted assets accounts, 
     including HUD-held programmatic reserves (in accordance with 
     VMS data in calendar year 2018 that is verifiable and 
     complete), as determined by the Secretary:  Provided further, 
     That public housing agencies participating in the MTW 
     demonstration shall also be subject to the offset, as 
     determined by the Secretary, excluding amounts subject to the 
     single fund budget authority provisions of their MTW 
     agreements, from the agencies' calendar year 2019 MTW funding 
     allocation:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall use 
     any offset referred to in the previous two provisos 
     throughout the calendar year to prevent the termination of 
     rental assistance for families as the result of insufficient 
     funding, as determined by the Secretary, and to avoid or 
     reduce the proration of renewal funding allocations:  
     Provided further, That up to $100,000,000 shall be available 
     only: (1) for adjustments in the allocations for public 
     housing agencies, after application for an adjustment by a 
     public housing agency that experienced a significant 
     increase, as determined by the Secretary, in renewal costs of 
     vouchers resulting from unforeseen circumstances or from 
     portability under section 8(r) of the Act; (2) for vouchers 
     that were not in use during the previous 12-month period in 
     order to be available to meet a commitment pursuant to 
     section 8(o)(13) of the Act; (3) for adjustments for costs 
     associated with HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-
     VASH) vouchers; and (4) for public housing agencies that 
     despite taking reasonable cost savings measures, as 
     determined by the Secretary, would otherwise be required to 
     terminate rental assistance for families as a result of 
     insufficient funding:  Provided further, That the Secretary 
     shall allocate amounts under the previous proviso based on 
     need, as determined by the Secretary;
       (2) $85,000,000 shall be for section 8 rental assistance 
     for relocation and replacement of housing units that are 
     demolished or disposed of pursuant to section 18 of the Act, 
     conversion of section 23 projects to assistance under section 
     8, the family unification program under section 8(x) of the 
     Act, relocation of witnesses in connection with efforts to 
     combat crime in public and assisted housing pursuant to a 
     request from a law enforcement or prosecution agency, 
     enhanced vouchers under any provision of law authorizing such 
     assistance under section 8(t) of the Act, Choice Neighborhood 
     vouchers, mandatory and voluntary conversions, and tenant 
     protection assistance including replacement and relocation 
     assistance or for project-based assistance to prevent the 
     displacement of unassisted elderly tenants currently residing 
     in section 202 properties financed between 1959 and 1974 that 
     are refinanced pursuant to Public Law 106-569, as amended, or 
     under the authority as provided under this Act:  Provided, 
     That when a public housing development is submitted for 
     demolition or disposition under section 18 of the Act, the 
     Secretary may provide section 8 rental assistance when the 
     units pose an imminent health and safety risk to residents:  
     Provided further, That the Secretary may only provide 
     replacement vouchers for units that were occupied within the 
     previous 24 months that cease to be available as assisted 
     housing, subject only to the availability of funds:  Provided 
     further, That of the amounts made available under this 
     paragraph, $5,000,000 may be available to provide tenant 
     protection assistance, not otherwise provided under this 
     paragraph, to residents residing in low vacancy areas and who 
     may have to pay rents greater than 30 percent of household 
     income, as the result of: (A) the maturity of a HUD-insured, 
     HUD-held or section 202 loan that requires the permission of 
     the Secretary prior to loan prepayment; (B) the expiration of 
     a rental assistance contract for which the tenants are not 
     eligible for enhanced voucher or tenant protection assistance 
     under existing law; or (C) the expiration of affordability 
     restrictions accompanying a mortgage or preservation program 
     administered by the Secretary:  Provided further, That such 
     tenant protection assistance made available under the 
     previous proviso may be provided under the authority of 
     section 8(t) or section 8(o)(13) of the United States Housing 
     Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(t)):  Provided further, That the 
     Secretary shall issue guidance to implement the previous 
     provisos, including, but not limited to, requirements for 
     defining eligible at-risk households within 60 days of the 
     enactment of this Act:  Provided further, That any tenant 
     protection voucher made available from amounts under this 
     paragraph shall not be reissued by any public housing agency, 
     except the replacement vouchers as defined by the Secretary 
     by notice, when the initial family that received any such 
     voucher no longer receives such voucher, and the authority 
     for any public housing agency to issue any such voucher shall 
     cease to exist:  Provided further, That the Secretary may 
     provide section 8 rental assistance from amounts made 
     available under this paragraph for units assisted under a 
     project-based subsidy contract funded under the ``Project-
     Based Rental Assistance'' heading under this title where the 
     owner has received a Notice of Default and the units pose an 
     imminent health and safety risk to residents:  Provided 
     further, That to the extent that the Secretary determines 
     that such units are not feasible for continued rental 
     assistance payments or transfer of the subsidy contract 
     associated with such units to another project or projects and 
     owner or owners, any remaining amounts associated with such 
     units under such contract shall be recaptured and used to 
     reimburse amounts used under this paragraph for rental 
     assistance under the preceding proviso;
       (3) $1,956,987,000 shall be for administrative and other 
     expenses of public housing agencies in administering the 
     section 8 tenant-based rental assistance program, of which up 
     to $30,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary to 
     allocate to public housing agencies that need additional 
     funds to administer their section 8 programs, including fees 
     associated with section 8 tenant protection rental 
     assistance, the administration of disaster related vouchers, 
     HUD-VASH vouchers, and other special purpose incremental 
     vouchers:  Provided, That no less than $1,926,987,000 of the 
     amount provided in this paragraph shall be allocated to 
     public housing agencies for the calendar year 2019 funding 
     cycle based on section 8(q) of the Act (and related 
     Appropriation Act provisions) as in effect immediately before 
     the enactment of the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility 
     Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-276):  Provided further, That if 
     the amounts made available under this paragraph are 
     insufficient to pay the amounts determined under the previous 
     proviso, the Secretary may decrease the amounts allocated to 
     agencies by a uniform percentage applicable to all agencies 
     receiving funding under this paragraph or may, to the extent 
     necessary to provide full payment of amounts determined under 
     the previous proviso, utilize unobligated balances, including 
     recaptures and carryovers, remaining from funds appropriated 
     to the Department of Housing and Urban Development under this 
     heading from prior fiscal years, excluding special purpose 
     vouchers, notwithstanding the purposes for which such amounts 
     were appropriated:  Provided further, That all public housing 
     agencies participating in the MTW demonstration shall be 
     funded pursuant to their MTW agreements, and shall be

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     subject to the same uniform percentage decrease as under the 
     previous proviso:  Provided further, That amounts provided 
     under this paragraph shall be only for activities related to 
     the provision of tenant-based rental assistance authorized 
     under section 8, including related development activities;
       (4) $154,000,000 for the renewal of tenant-based assistance 
     contracts under section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
     Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), including necessary 
     administrative expenses:  Provided, That administrative and 
     other expenses of public housing agencies in administering 
     the special purpose vouchers in this paragraph shall be 
     funded under the same terms and be subject to the same pro 
     rata reduction as the percent decrease for administrative and 
     other expenses to public housing agencies under paragraph (3) 
     of this heading:  Provided further, That any amounts provided 
     under this paragraph in this Act or prior Acts, remaining 
     available after funding renewals and administrative expenses 
     under this paragraph, shall be available for incremental 
     tenant-based assistance contracts under such section 811, 
     including necessary administrative expenses;
       (5) $5,000,000 shall be for rental assistance and 
     associated administrative fees for Tribal HUD-VASH to serve 
     Native American veterans that are homeless or at-risk of 
     homelessness living on or near a reservation or other Indian 
     areas:  Provided, That such amount shall be made available 
     for renewal grants to recipients that received assistance 
     under prior Acts under the Tribal HUD-VASH program:  Provided 
     further, That the Secretary shall be authorized to specify 
     criteria for renewal grants, including data on the 
     utilization of assistance reported by grant recipients:  
     Provided further, That such assistance shall be administered 
     in accordance with program requirements under the Native 
     American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 
     1996 and modeled after the HUD-VASH program:  Provided 
     further, That the Secretary shall be authorized to waive, or 
     specify alternative requirements for any provision of any 
     statute or regulation that the Secretary administers in 
     connection with the use of funds made available under this 
     paragraph (except for requirements related to fair housing, 
     nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the environment), 
     upon a finding by the Secretary that any such waivers or 
     alternative requirements are necessary for the effective 
     delivery and administration of such assistance:  Provided 
     further, That grant recipients shall report to the Secretary 
     on utilization of such rental assistance and other program 
     data, as prescribed by the Secretary:  Provided further, That 
     the Secretary may reallocate, as determined by the Secretary, 
     amounts returned or recaptured from awards under prior acts;
       (6) $40,000,000 for incremental rental voucher assistance 
     for use through a supported housing program administered in 
     conjunction with the Department of Veterans Affairs as 
     authorized under section 8(o)(19) of the United States 
     Housing Act of 1937:  Provided, That the Secretary of Housing 
     and Urban Development shall make such funding available, 
     notwithstanding section 203 (competition provision) of this 
     title, to public housing agencies that partner with eligible 
     VA Medical Centers or other entities as designated by the 
     Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, based on 
     geographical need for such assistance as identified by the 
     Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, public 
     housing agency administrative performance, and other factors 
     as specified by the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
     Development in consultation with the Secretary of the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs:  Provided further, That the 
     Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may waive, or 
     specify alternative requirements for (in consultation with 
     the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs), any 
     provision of any statute or regulation that the Secretary of 
     Housing and Urban Development administers in connection with 
     the use of funds made available under this paragraph (except 
     for requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, 
     labor standards, and the environment), upon a finding by the 
     Secretary that any such waivers or alternative requirements 
     are necessary for the effective delivery and administration 
     of such voucher assistance:  Provided further, That 
     assistance made available under this paragraph shall continue 
     to remain available for homeless veterans upon turn-over;
       (7) $20,000,000 shall be made available for new incremental 
     voucher assistance through the family unification program as 
     authorized by section 8(x) of the Act:  Provided, That the 
     assistance made available under this paragraph shall continue 
     to remain available for family unification upon turnover:  
     Provided further, That for any public housing agency 
     administering voucher assistance appropriated in a prior Act 
     under the family unification program that determines that it 
     no longer has an identified need for such assistance upon 
     turnover, such agency shall notify the Secretary, and the 
     Secretary shall recapture such assistance from the agency and 
     reallocate it to any other public housing agency or agencies 
     based on need for voucher assistance in connection with such 
     program; and
       (8) the Secretary shall separately track all special 
     purpose vouchers funded under this heading.

                        housing certificate fund

                        (including rescissions)

       Unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, 
     remaining from funds appropriated to the Department of 
     Housing and Urban Development under this heading, the heading 
     ``Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing'' and the heading 
     ``Project-Based Rental Assistance'', for fiscal year 2019 and 
     prior years may be used for renewal of or amendments to 
     section 8 project-based contracts and for performance-based 
     contract administrators, notwithstanding the purposes for 
     which such funds were appropriated:  Provided, That any 
     obligated balances of contract authority from fiscal year 
     1974 and prior that have been terminated shall be rescinded:  
     Provided further, That amounts heretofore recaptured, or 
     recaptured during the current fiscal year, from section 8 
     project-based contracts from source years fiscal year 1975 
     through fiscal year 1987 are hereby rescinded, and an amount 
     of additional new budget authority, equivalent to the amount 
     rescinded is hereby appropriated, to remain available until 
     expended, for the purposes set forth under this heading, in 
     addition to amounts otherwise available.

                      public housing capital fund

       For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to carry out 
     capital and management activities for public housing 
     agencies, as authorized under section 9 of the United States 
     Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g) (the ``Act'') 
     $2,775,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022: 
      Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law or 
     regulation, during fiscal year 2019, the Secretary of Housing 
     and Urban Development may not delegate to any Department 
     official other than the Deputy Secretary and the Assistant 
     Secretary for Public and Indian Housing any authority under 
     paragraph (2) of section 9(j) regarding the extension of the 
     time periods under such section:  Provided further, That for 
     purposes of such section 9(j), the term ``obligate'' means, 
     with respect to amounts, that the amounts are subject to a 
     binding agreement that will result in outlays, immediately or 
     in the future:  Provided further, That up to $14,000,000 
     shall be to support ongoing public housing financial and 
     physical assessment activities:  Provided further, That up to 
     $1,000,000 shall be to support the costs of administrative 
     and judicial receiverships:  Provided further, That of the 
     total amount provided under this heading, not to exceed 
     $25,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary to make 
     grants, notwithstanding section 203 of this Act, to public 
     housing agencies for emergency capital needs including safety 
     and security measures necessary to address crime and drug-
     related activity as well as needs resulting from unforeseen 
     or unpreventable emergencies and natural disasters excluding 
     Presidentially declared emergencies and natural disasters 
     under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) occurring in fiscal year 2019:  
     Provided further, That of the amount made available under the 
     previous proviso, not less than $5,000,000 shall be for 
     safety and security measures:  Provided further, That in 
     addition to the amount in the previous proviso for such 
     safety and security measures, any amounts that remain 
     available, after all applications received on or before 
     September 30, 2020, for emergency capital needs have been 
     processed, shall be allocated to public housing agencies for 
     such safety and security measures:  Provided further, That of 
     the total amount provided under this heading, up to 
     $35,000,000 shall be for supportive services, service 
     coordinators and congregate services as authorized by section 
     34 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437z-6) and the Native American 
     Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 
     U.S.C. 4101 et seq.):  Provided further, That of the total 
     amount made available under this heading, $15,000,000 shall 
     be for a Jobs-Plus initiative modeled after the Jobs-Plus 
     demonstration:  Provided further, That funding provided under 
     the previous proviso shall be available for competitive 
     grants to partnerships between public housing authorities, 
     local workforce investment boards established under section 
     107 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 
     (29 U.S.C. 3122), and other agencies and organizations that 
     provide support to help public housing residents obtain 
     employment and increase earnings:  Provided further, That 
     applicants must demonstrate the ability to provide services 
     to residents, partner with workforce investment boards, and 
     leverage service dollars:  Provided further, That the 
     Secretary may allow public housing agencies to request 
     exemptions from rent and income limitation requirements under 
     sections 3 and 6 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
     U.S.C. 1437a and 1437d), as necessary to implement the Jobs-
     Plus program, on such terms and conditions as the Secretary 
     may approve upon a finding by the Secretary that any such 
     waivers or alternative requirements are necessary for the 
     effective implementation of the Jobs-Plus initiative as a 
     voluntary program for residents:  Provided further, That the 
     Secretary shall publish by notice in the Federal Register any 
     waivers or alternative requirements pursuant to the preceding 
     proviso no later than 10 days before the effective date of 
     such notice:  Provided further, That for funds provided under 
     this heading, the limitation in section 9(g)(1) of the Act 
     shall be 25 percent:  Provided further, That the Secretary 
     may waive the limitation in the previous proviso to allow 
     public housing agencies to fund activities authorized under 
     section 9(e)(1)(C) of the Act:  Provided further, That the 
     Secretary shall notify public housing agencies requesting 
     waivers under the previous proviso if the

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     request is approved or denied within 14 days of submitting 
     the request:  Provided further, That from the funds made 
     available under this heading, the Secretary shall provide 
     bonus awards in fiscal year 2019 to public housing agencies 
     that are designated high performers:  Provided further, That 
     the Department shall notify public housing agencies of their 
     formula allocation within 60 days of enactment of this Act:  
     Provided further, That of the total amount provided under 
     this heading, $25,000,000 shall be available for competitive 
     grants to public housing agencies to evaluate and reduce 
     lead-based paint hazards in public housing by carrying out 
     the activities of risk assessments, abatement, and interim 
     controls (as those terms are defined in section 1004 of the 
     Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 (42 
     U.S.C. 4851b)):  Provided further, That for purposes of 
     environmental review, a grant under the previous proviso 
     shall be considered funds for projects or activities under 
     title I of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
     1437 et seq.) for purposes of section 26 of such Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1437x) and shall be subject to the regulations 
     implementing such section.

                     public housing operating fund

       For 2019 payments to public housing agencies for the 
     operation and management of public housing, as authorized by 
     section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
     U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $4,756,000,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2020.

                    choice neighborhoods initiative

       For competitive grants under the Choice Neighborhoods 
     Initiative (subject to section 24 of the United States 
     Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v), unless otherwise 
     specified under this heading), for transformation, 
     rehabilitation, and replacement housing needs of both public 
     and HUD-assisted housing and to transform neighborhoods of 
     poverty into functioning, sustainable mixed income 
     neighborhoods with appropriate services, schools, public 
     assets, transportation and access to jobs, $100,000,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2021:  Provided, That 
     grant funds may be used for resident and community services, 
     community development, and affordable housing needs in the 
     community, and for conversion of vacant or foreclosed 
     properties to affordable housing:  Provided further, That the 
     use of funds made available under this heading shall not be 
     deemed to be public housing notwithstanding section 3(b)(1) 
     of such Act:  Provided further, That grantees shall commit to 
     an additional period of affordability determined by the 
     Secretary of not fewer than 20 years:  Provided further, That 
     grantees shall provide a match in State, local, other Federal 
     or private funds:  Provided further, That grantees may 
     include local governments, tribal entities, public housing 
     authorities, and nonprofits:  Provided further, That for-
     profit developers may apply jointly with a public entity:  
     Provided further, That for purposes of environmental review, 
     a grantee shall be treated as a public housing agency under 
     section 26 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
     U.S.C. 1437x), and grants under this heading shall be subject 
     to the regulations issued by the Secretary to implement such 
     section:  Provided further, That of the amount provided, not 
     less than $50,000,000 shall be awarded to public housing 
     agencies:  Provided further, That such grantees shall create 
     partnerships with other local organizations including 
     assisted housing owners, service agencies, and resident 
     organizations:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
     consult with the Secretaries of Education, Labor, 
     Transportation, Health and Human Services, Agriculture, and 
     Commerce, the Attorney General, and the Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency to coordinate and leverage 
     other appropriate Federal resources:  Provided further, That 
     no more than $5,000,000 of funds made available under this 
     heading may be provided as grants to undertake comprehensive 
     local planning with input from residents and the community:  
     Provided further, That unobligated balances, including 
     recaptures, remaining from funds appropriated under the 
     heading ``Revitalization of Severely Distressed Public 
     Housing (HOPE VI)'' in fiscal year 2011 and prior fiscal 
     years may be used for purposes under this heading, 
     notwithstanding the purposes for which such amounts were 
     appropriated:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
     issue the Notice of Funding Availability for funds made 
     available under this heading no later than 60 days after 
     enactment of this Act:  Provided further, That the Secretary 
     shall make grant awards no later than one year from the date 
     of enactment of this Act in such amounts that the Secretary 
     determines:  Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
     24(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
     1437v(o)), the Secretary may, until September 30, 2019, 
     obligate any available unobligated balances made available 
     under this heading in this, or any prior Act.

                        family self-sufficiency

       For the Family Self-Sufficiency program to support family 
     self-sufficiency coordinators under section 23 of the United 
     States Housing Act of 1937, to promote the development of 
     local strategies to coordinate the use of assistance under 
     sections 8(o) and 9 of such Act with public and private 
     resources, and enable eligible families to achieve economic 
     independence and self-sufficiency, $80,000,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2020:  Provided, That the 
     Secretary may, by Federal Register notice, waive or specify 
     alternative requirements under subsections b(3), b(4), b(5), 
     or c(1) of section 23 of such Act in order to facilitate the 
     operation of a unified self-sufficiency program for 
     individuals receiving assistance under different provisions 
     of the Act, as determined by the Secretary:  Provided 
     further, That owners of a privately owned multifamily 
     property with a section 8 contract may voluntarily make a 
     Family Self-Sufficiency program available to the assisted 
     tenants of such property in accordance with procedures 
     established by the Secretary:  Provided further, That such 
     procedures established pursuant to the previous proviso shall 
     permit participating tenants to accrue escrow funds in 
     accordance with section 23(d)(2) and shall allow owners to 
     use funding from residual receipt accounts to hire 
     coordinators for their own Family Self-Sufficiency program.

                  native american housing block grants

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For the Native American Housing Block Grants program, as 
     authorized under title I of the Native American Housing 
     Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) (25 
     U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $655,000,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2023:  Provided, That, notwithstanding NAHASDA, 
     to determine the amount of the allocation under title I of 
     such Act for each Indian tribe, the Secretary shall apply the 
     formula under section 302 of such Act with the need component 
     based on single-race census data and with the need component 
     based on multi-race census data, and the amount of the 
     allocation for each Indian tribe shall be the greater of the 
     two resulting allocation amounts:  Provided further, That of 
     the amounts made available under this heading, $7,000,000 
     shall be for providing training and technical assistance to 
     Indian housing authorities and tribally designated housing 
     entities, to support the inspection of Indian housing units, 
     contract expertise, and for training and technical assistance 
     related to funding provided under this heading and other 
     headings under this Act for the needs of Native American 
     families and Indian country:  Provided further, That amounts 
     made available under the previous proviso may be used, 
     contracted, or competed as determined by the Secretary:  
     Provided further, That of the amount provided under this 
     heading, $2,000,000 shall be made available for the cost of 
     guaranteed notes and other obligations, as authorized by 
     title VI of NAHASDA:  Provided further, That such costs, 
     including the costs of modifying such notes and other 
     obligations, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended:  Provided 
     further, That these funds are available to subsidize the 
     total principal amount of any notes and other obligations, 
     any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 
     $17,761,989:  Provided further, That the Department will 
     notify grantees of their formula allocation within 60 days of 
     the date of enactment of this Act:  Provided further, That 
     for an additional amount for the Native American Housing 
     Block Grants program, as authorized under title I of NAHASDA, 
     $100,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 2023:  
     Provided further, That the Secretary shall obligate this 
     additional amount for competitive grants to eligible 
     recipients authorized under NAHASDA that apply for funds:  
     Provided further, That in awarding this additional amount, 
     the Secretary shall consider need and administrative 
     capacity, and shall give priority to projects that will spur 
     construction and rehabilitation:  Provided further, That up 
     to 1 percent of this additional amount may be transferred, in 
     aggregate, to ``Program Office Salaries and Expenses--Public 
     and Indian Housing'' for necessary costs of administering and 
     overseeing the obligation and expenditure of this additional 
     amount:  Provided further, That any funds transferred 
     pursuant to the previous proviso shall remain available until 
     September 30, 2024.

           indian housing loan guarantee fund program account

       For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by section 
     184 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 
     U.S.C. 1715z-13a), $1,440,000, to remain available until 
     expended:  Provided, That such costs, including the costs of 
     modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of 
     the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:  Provided further, That 
     these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, 
     any part of which is to be guaranteed, up to $553,846,154, to 
     remain available until expended:  Provided further, That up 
     to $750,000 of this amount may be for administrative contract 
     expenses including management processes and systems to carry 
     out the loan guarantee program.

                  native hawaiian housing block grant

       For the Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant program, as 
     authorized under title VIII of the Native American Housing 
     Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4111 
     et seq.), $2,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
     2023:  Provided, That notwithstanding section 812(b) of such 
     Act, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands may not invest 
     grant amounts provided under this heading in investment 
     securities and other obligations:  Provided further, That 
     amounts made available under this heading in this and prior 
     fiscal years may be used to provide rental assistance to 
     eligible Native Hawaiian families both on and off the 
     Hawaiian Home Lands, notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law.

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                   Community Planning and Development

              housing opportunities for persons with aids

       For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Persons with 
     AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS Housing Opportunity 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), $375,000,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2020, except that amounts 
     allocated pursuant to section 854(c)(5) of such Act shall 
     remain available until September 30, 2021:  Provided, That 
     the Secretary shall renew all expiring contracts for 
     permanent supportive housing that initially were funded under 
     section 854(c)(5) of such Act from funds made available under 
     this heading in fiscal year 2010 and prior fiscal years that 
     meet all program requirements before awarding funds for new 
     contracts under such section:  Provided further, That the 
     Department shall notify grantees of their formula allocation 
     within 60 days of enactment of this Act.

                       community development fund

       For assistance to units of State and local government, and 
     to other entities, for economic and community development 
     activities, and for other purposes, $3,365,000,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2021, unless otherwise 
     specified:  Provided, That of the total amount provided, 
     $3,300,000,000 is for carrying out the community development 
     block grant program under title I of the Housing and 
     Community Development Act of 1974, as amended (``the Act'' 
     herein) (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.):  Provided further, That 
     unless explicitly provided for under this heading, not to 
     exceed 20 percent of any grant made with funds appropriated 
     under this heading shall be expended for planning and 
     management development and administration:  Provided further, 
     That a metropolitan city, urban county, unit of general local 
     government, Indian tribe, or insular area that directly or 
     indirectly receives funds under this heading may not sell, 
     trade, or otherwise transfer all or any portion of such funds 
     to another such entity in exchange for any other funds, 
     credits or non-Federal considerations, but must use such 
     funds for activities eligible under title I of the Act:  
     Provided further, That notwithstanding section 105(e)(1) of 
     the Act, no funds provided under this heading may be provided 
     to a for-profit entity for an economic development project 
     under section 105(a)(17) unless such project has been 
     evaluated and selected in accordance with guidelines required 
     under subsection (e)(2):  Provided further, That the 
     Department shall notify grantees of their formula allocation 
     within 60 days of enactment of this Act:  Provided further, 
     That of the total amount provided under this heading, 
     $65,000,000 shall be for grants to Indian tribes 
     notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of such Act, of which, 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law (including section 
     203 of this Act), up to $4,000,000 may be used for 
     emergencies that constitute imminent threats to health and 
     safety.

         community development loan guarantees program account

       Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
     1974, during fiscal year 2019, commitments to guarantee loans 
     under section 108 of the Housing and Community Development 
     Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5308), any part of which is 
     guaranteed, shall not exceed a total principal amount of 
     $300,000,000, notwithstanding any aggregate limitation on 
     outstanding obligations guaranteed in subsection (k) of such 
     section 108:  Provided, That the Secretary shall collect fees 
     from borrowers, notwithstanding subsection (m) of such 
     section 108, to result in a credit subsidy cost of zero for 
     guaranteeing such loans, and any such fees shall be collected 
     in accordance with section 502(7) of the Congressional Budget 
     Act of 1974.

                  home investment partnerships program

       For the HOME Investment Partnerships program, as authorized 
     under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
     Housing Act, as amended, $1,362,000,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2022:  Provided, That notwithstanding the 
     amount made available under this heading, the threshold 
     reduction requirements in sections 216(10) and 217(b)(4) of 
     such Act shall not apply to allocations of such amount:  
     Provided further, That the Department shall notify grantees 
     of their formula allocation within 60 days of enactment of 
     this Act.

        self-help and assisted homeownership opportunity program

       For the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Opportunity 
     Program, as authorized under section 11 of the Housing 
     Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996, as amended, 
     $54,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021:  
     Provided, That of the total amount provided under this 
     heading, $10,000,000 shall be made available to the Self-Help 
     Homeownership Opportunity Program as authorized under section 
     11 of the Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996, 
     as amended:  Provided further, That of the total amount 
     provided under this heading, $35,000,000 shall be made 
     available for the second, third, and fourth capacity building 
     activities authorized under section 4(a) of the HUD 
     Demonstration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816 note), of which not 
     less than $5,000,000 shall be made available for rural 
     capacity building activities:  Provided further, That of the 
     total amount provided under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be 
     made available for capacity building by national rural 
     housing organizations with experience assessing national 
     rural conditions and providing financing, training, technical 
     assistance, information, and research to local nonprofits, 
     local governments, and Indian Tribes serving high need rural 
     communities:  Provided further, That of the total amount 
     provided under this heading, $4,000,000, shall be made 
     available for a program to rehabilitate and modify the homes 
     of disabled or low-income veterans, as authorized under 
     section 1079 of Public Law 113-291:  Provided further, That 
     funds provided under the previous proviso shall be awarded 
     within 180 days of enactment of this Act:  Provided further, 
     That funds provided for such program in fiscal years 2016, 
     2017, and 2018 shall be awarded within 60 days of enactment 
     of this Act.

                       homeless assistance grants

       For the Emergency Solutions Grants program as authorized 
     under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
     Assistance Act, as amended; the Continuum of Care program as 
     authorized under subtitle C of title IV of such Act; and the 
     Rural Housing Stability Assistance program as authorized 
     under subtitle D of title IV of such Act, $2,612,000,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2021:  Provided, That 
     any rental assistance amounts that are recaptured under such 
     Continuum of Care program shall remain available until 
     expended:  Provided further, That not less than $270,000,000 
     of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be 
     available for such Emergency Solutions Grants program:  
     Provided further, That not less than $2,205,000,000 of the 
     funds appropriated under this heading shall be available for 
     such Continuum of Care and Rural Housing Stability Assistance 
     programs:  Provided further, That of the amounts made 
     available under this heading, up to $50,000,000 shall be made 
     available for grants for rapid re-housing projects and 
     supportive service projects providing coordinated entry, and 
     for eligible activities the Secretary determines to be 
     critical in order to assist survivors of domestic violence, 
     dating violence, and stalking:  Provided further, That such 
     projects shall be eligible for renewal under the continuum of 
     care program subject to the same terms and conditions as 
     other renewal applicants:  Provided further, That up to 
     $7,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall 
     be available for the national homeless data analysis project: 
      Provided further, That all funds awarded for supportive 
     services under the Continuum of Care program and the Rural 
     Housing Stability Assistance program shall be matched by not 
     less than 25 percent in cash or in kind by each grantee:  
     Provided further, That for all match requirements applicable 
     to funds made available under this heading for this fiscal 
     year and prior fiscal years, a grantee may use (or could have 
     used) as a source of match funds other funds administered by 
     the Secretary and other Federal agencies unless there is (or 
     was) a specific statutory prohibition on any such use of any 
     such funds:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
     collect system performance measures for each continuum of 
     care, and that relative to fiscal year 2015, under the 
     Continuum of Care competition with respect to funds made 
     available under this heading, the Secretary shall base an 
     increasing share of the score on performance criteria:  
     Provided further, That none of the funds provided under this 
     heading shall be available to provide funding for new 
     projects, except for projects created through reallocation, 
     unless the Secretary determines that the continuum of care 
     has demonstrated that projects are evaluated and ranked based 
     on the degree to which they improve the continuum of care's 
     system performance:  Provided further, That the Secretary 
     shall prioritize funding under the Continuum of Care program 
     to continuums of care that have demonstrated a capacity to 
     reallocate funding from lower performing projects to higher 
     performing projects:  Provided further, That all awards of 
     assistance under this heading shall be required to coordinate 
     and integrate homeless programs with other mainstream health, 
     social services, and employment programs for which homeless 
     populations may be eligible:  Provided further, That any 
     unobligated amounts remaining from funds appropriated under 
     this heading in fiscal year 2012 and prior years for project-
     based rental assistance for rehabilitation projects with 10-
     year grant terms may be used for purposes under this heading, 
     notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds were 
     appropriated:  Provided further, That all balances for 
     Shelter Plus Care renewals previously funded from the Shelter 
     Plus Care Renewal account and transferred to this account 
     shall be available, if recaptured, for Continuum of Care 
     renewals in fiscal year 2019:  Provided further, That the 
     Department shall notify grantees of their formula allocation 
     from amounts allocated (which may represent initial or final 
     amounts allocated) for the Emergency Solutions Grant program 
     within 60 days of enactment of this Act:  Provided further, 
     That up to $80,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this 
     heading shall be to implement projects to demonstrate how a 
     comprehensive approach to serving homeless youth, age 24 and 
     under, in up to 25 communities, including at least five 
     communities with substantial rural populations, can 
     dramatically reduce youth homelessness:  Provided further, 
     That of the amount made available under the previous proviso, 
     up to $5,000,000 shall be available to provide technical 
     assistance on youth homelessness, and collection, analysis, 
     and reporting of data and performance measures under the 
     comprehensive approaches to serve homeless youth, in addition 
     to and in coordination with other technical assistance funds

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     provided under this title:  Provided further, That such 
     projects shall be eligible for renewal under the continuum of 
     care program subject to the same terms and conditions as 
     other renewal applicants:  Provided further, That youth aged 
     24 and under seeking assistance under this heading shall not 
     be required to provide third party documentation to establish 
     their eligibility under 42 U.S.C. 11302(a) or (b) to receive 
     services:  Provided further, That unaccompanied youth aged 24 
     and under or families headed by youth aged 24 and under who 
     are living in unsafe situations may be served by youth-
     serving providers funded under this heading.

                            Housing Programs

                    project-based rental assistance

       For activities and assistance for the provision of project-
     based subsidy contracts under the United States Housing Act 
     of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (``the Act''), not otherwise 
     provided for, $11,347,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended, shall be available on October 1, 2018 (in addition 
     to the $400,000,000 previously appropriated under this 
     heading that became available October 1, 2018), and 
     $400,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
     available on October 1, 2019:  Provided, That the amounts 
     made available under this heading shall be available for 
     expiring or terminating section 8 project-based subsidy 
     contracts (including section 8 moderate rehabilitation 
     contracts), for amendments to section 8 project-based subsidy 
     contracts (including section 8 moderate rehabilitation 
     contracts), for contracts entered into pursuant to section 
     441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
     11401), for renewal of section 8 contracts for units in 
     projects that are subject to approved plans of action under 
     the Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987 or 
     the Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident 
     Homeownership Act of 1990, and for administrative and other 
     expenses associated with project-based activities and 
     assistance funded under this paragraph:  Provided further, 
     That of the total amounts provided under this heading, not to 
     exceed $245,000,000 shall be available for performance-based 
     contract administrators for section 8 project-based 
     assistance, for carrying out 42 U.S.C. 1437(f):  Provided 
     further, That the Secretary may also use such amounts in the 
     previous proviso for performance-based contract 
     administrators for the administration of: interest reduction 
     payments pursuant to section 236(a) of the National Housing 
     Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1(a)); rent supplement payments pursuant 
     to section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 
     1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); section 236(f)(2) rental assistance 
     payments (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1(f)(2)); project rental assistance 
     contracts for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of the 
     Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); project rental 
     assistance contracts for supportive housing for persons with 
     disabilities under section 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez 
     National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013(d)(2)); 
     project assistance contracts pursuant to section 202(h) of 
     the Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86-372; 73 Stat. 667); 
     and loans under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 
     (Public Law 86-372; 73 Stat. 667):  Provided further, That 
     amounts recaptured under this heading, the heading ``Annual 
     Contributions for Assisted Housing'', or the heading 
     ``Housing Certificate Fund'', may be used for renewals of or 
     amendments to section 8 project-based contracts or for 
     performance-based contract administrators, notwithstanding 
     the purposes for which such amounts were appropriated:  
     Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision 
     of law, upon the request of the Secretary, project funds that 
     are held in residual receipts accounts for any project 
     subject to a section 8 project-based Housing Assistance 
     Payments contract that authorizes HUD or a Housing Finance 
     Agency to require that surplus project funds be deposited in 
     an interest-bearing residual receipts account and that are in 
     excess of an amount to be determined by the Secretary, shall 
     be remitted to the Department and deposited in this account, 
     to be available until expended:  Provided further, That 
     amounts deposited pursuant to the previous proviso shall be 
     available in addition to the amount otherwise provided by 
     this heading for uses authorized under this heading.

                        housing for the elderly

       For capital advances, including amendments to capital 
     advance contracts, for housing for the elderly, as authorized 
     by section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended, for 
     project rental assistance for the elderly under section 
     202(c)(2) of such Act, including amendments to contracts for 
     such assistance and renewal of expiring contracts for such 
     assistance for up to a 1-year term, for senior preservation 
     rental assistance contracts, including renewals, as 
     authorized by section 811(e) of the American Housing and 
     Economic Opportunity Act of 2000, as amended, and for 
     supportive services associated with the housing, 
     $678,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022:  
     Provided, That of the amount provided under this heading, up 
     to $90,000,000 shall be for service coordinators and the 
     continuation of existing congregate service grants for 
     residents of assisted housing projects:  Provided further, 
     That amounts under this heading shall be available for Real 
     Estate Assessment Center inspections and inspection-related 
     activities associated with section 202 projects:  Provided 
     further, That the Secretary may waive the provisions of 
     section 202 governing the terms and conditions of project 
     rental assistance, except that the initial contract term for 
     such assistance shall not exceed 5 years in duration:  
     Provided further, That upon request of the Secretary, project 
     funds which are held in residual receipts accounts for any 
     project subject to a section 202 project rental assistance 
     contract and, upon termination of such contract, are in 
     excess of an amount to be determined by the Secretary shall 
     be remitted to the Department and deposited in this account, 
     to remain available until September 30, 2022:  Provided 
     further, That amounts deposited in this account pursuant to 
     the previous proviso shall be available, in addition to the 
     amounts otherwise provided by this heading, for amendments 
     and renewals:  Provided further, That unobligated balances, 
     including recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds 
     transferred to or appropriated under this heading shall be 
     available for amendments and renewals notwithstanding the 
     purposes for which such funds originally were appropriated:  
     Provided further, That of the total amount provided under 
     this heading, $10,000,000, shall be for a program to be 
     established by the Secretary to make grants to experienced 
     non-profit organizations, States, local governments, or 
     public housing agencies for safety and functional home 
     modification repairs to meet the needs of low-income elderly 
     persons to enable them to remain in their primary residence:  
     Provided further, That of the total amount made available 
     under the previous proviso, no less than $5,000,000 shall be 
     available to meet such needs in communities with substantial 
     rural populations.

                 housing for persons with disabilities

       For amendments to capital advance contracts, for supportive 
     housing for persons with disabilities, as authorized by 
     section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
     Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), as amended, for project rental 
     assistance for supportive housing for persons with 
     disabilities under section 811(d)(2) of such Act, for project 
     assistance contracts pursuant to section 202(h) of the 
     Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86-372; 73 Stat. 667), 
     including amendments to contracts for such assistance and 
     renewal of expiring contracts for such assistance for up to a 
     1-year term, for project rental assistance to State housing 
     finance agencies and other appropriate entities as authorized 
     under section 811(b)(3) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
     Housing Act, and for supportive services associated with the 
     housing for persons with disabilities as authorized by 
     section 811(b)(1) of such Act, $154,000,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2022:  Provided, That amounts 
     made available under this heading shall be available for Real 
     Estate Assessment Center inspections and inspection-related 
     activities associated with section 811 projects:  Provided 
     further, That, upon the request of the Secretary, project 
     funds which are held in residual receipts accounts for any 
     project subject to a section 811 project rental assistance 
     contract and, upon termination of such contract, are in 
     excess of an amount to be determined by the Secretary shall 
     be remitted to the Department and deposited in this account, 
     to remain available until September 30, 2022:  Provided 
     further, That amounts deposited in this account pursuant to 
     the previous proviso shall be available in addition to the 
     amounts otherwise provided by this heading for amendments and 
     renewals:  Provided further, That unobligated balances, 
     including recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds 
     transferred to or appropriated under this heading shall be 
     used for amendments and renewals notwithstanding the purposes 
     for which such funds originally were appropriated.

                     housing counseling assistance

       For contracts, grants, and other assistance excluding 
     loans, as authorized under section 106 of the Housing and 
     Urban Development Act of 1968, as amended, $45,000,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2020, including up to 
     $4,500,000 for administrative contract services:  Provided, 
     That grants made available from amounts provided under this 
     heading shall be awarded within 180 days of enactment of this 
     Act:  Provided further, That funds shall be used for 
     providing counseling and advice to tenants and homeowners, 
     both current and prospective, with respect to property 
     maintenance, financial management or literacy, and such other 
     matters as may be appropriate to assist them in improving 
     their housing conditions, meeting their financial needs, and 
     fulfilling the responsibilities of tenancy or homeownership; 
     for program administration; and for housing counselor 
     training:  Provided further, That for purposes of providing 
     such grants from amounts provided under this heading, the 
     Secretary may enter into multiyear agreements, as 
     appropriate, subject to the availability of annual 
     appropriations.

                       rental housing assistance

       For amendments to contracts under section 101 of the 
     Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s) 
     and section 236(f)(2) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 
     1715z-1) in State-aided, noninsured rental housing projects, 
     $5,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
     That such amount, together with unobligated balances from 
     recaptured amounts appropriated prior to fiscal year 2006 
     from terminated contracts under such sections of law, and any 
     unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, 
     remaining from funds appropriated under this heading after 
     fiscal year 2005, shall also be available for extensions of 
     up to one year for expiring contracts under such sections of 
     law.

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            payment to manufactured housing fees trust fund

       For necessary expenses as authorized by the National 
     Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 
     1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), up to $12,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended, of which $12,000,000 is to be 
     derived from the Manufactured Housing Fees Trust Fund:  
     Provided, That not to exceed the total amount appropriated 
     under this heading shall be available from the general fund 
     of the Treasury to the extent necessary to incur obligations 
     and make expenditures pending the receipt of collections to 
     the Fund pursuant to section 620 of such Act:  Provided 
     further, That the amount made available under this heading 
     from the general fund shall be reduced as such collections 
     are received during fiscal year 2019 so as to result in a 
     final fiscal year 2019 appropriation from the general fund 
     estimated at zero, and fees pursuant to section 620 of such 
     Act shall be modified as necessary to ensure such a final 
     fiscal year 2019 appropriation:  Provided further, That for 
     the dispute resolution and installation programs, the 
     Secretary may assess and collect fees from any program 
     participant:  Provided further, That such collections shall 
     be deposited into the Fund, and the Secretary, as provided 
     herein, may use such collections, as well as fees collected 
     under section 620 of such Act, for necessary expenses of such 
     Act:  Provided further, That, notwithstanding the 
     requirements of section 620 of such Act, the Secretary may 
     carry out responsibilities of the Secretary under such Act 
     through the use of approved service providers that are paid 
     directly by the recipients of their services.

                     Federal Housing Administration

               mutual mortgage insurance program account

       New commitments to guarantee single family loans insured 
     under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund shall not exceed 
     $400,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
     2020:  Provided, That during fiscal year 2019, obligations to 
     make direct loans to carry out the purposes of section 204(g) 
     of the National Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed 
     $1,000,000:  Provided further, That the foregoing amount in 
     the previous proviso shall be for loans to nonprofit and 
     governmental entities in connection with sales of single 
     family real properties owned by the Secretary and formerly 
     insured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund:  Provided 
     further, That for administrative contract expenses of the 
     Federal Housing Administration, $130,000,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2020:  Provided further, That 
     to the extent guaranteed loan commitments exceed 
     $200,000,000,000 on or before April 1, 2019, an additional 
     $1,400 for administrative contract expenses shall be 
     available for each $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed loan 
     commitments (including a pro rata amount for any amount below 
     $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made available by 
     this proviso exceed $30,000,000:  Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding the limitation in the first sentence of 
     section 255(g) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-
     20(g)), during fiscal year 2019 the Secretary may insure and 
     enter into new commitments to insure mortgages under section 
     255 of the National Housing Act only to the extent that the 
     net credit subsidy cost for such insurance does not exceed 
     zero:  Provided further, That for fiscal year 2019, the 
     Secretary shall not take any action against a lender solely 
     on the basis of compare ratios that have been adversely 
     affected by defaults on mortgages secured by properties in 
     areas where a major disaster was declared in 2017 or 2018 
     pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
     Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.).

                general and special risk program account

       New commitments to guarantee loans insured under the 
     General and Special Risk Insurance Funds, as authorized by 
     sections 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 
     1715z-3 and 1735c), shall not exceed $30,000,000,000 in total 
     loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2020:  Provided, That 
     during fiscal year 2019, gross obligations for the principal 
     amount of direct loans, as authorized by sections 204(g), 
     207(l), 238, and 519(a) of the National Housing Act, shall 
     not exceed $1,000,000, which shall be for loans to nonprofit 
     and governmental entities in connection with the sale of 
     single family real properties owned by the Secretary and 
     formerly insured under such Act.

                Government National Mortgage Association

guarantees of mortgage-backed securities loan guarantee program account

       New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out the 
     purposes of section 306 of the National Housing Act, as 
     amended (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)), shall not exceed 
     $550,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
     2020:  Provided, That $27,000,000 shall be available for 
     necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Government 
     National Mortgage Association:  Provided further, That to the 
     extent that guaranteed loan commitments exceed 
     $155,000,000,000 on or before April 1, 2019, an additional 
     $100 for necessary salaries and expenses shall be available 
     until expended for each $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed 
     loan commitments (including a pro rata amount for any amount 
     below $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made available 
     by this proviso exceed $3,000,000:  Provided further, That 
     receipts from Commitment and Multiclass fees collected 
     pursuant to title III of the National Housing Act, as 
     amended, shall be credited as offsetting collections to this 
     account.

                    Policy Development and Research

                        research and technology

       For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of programs 
     of research and studies relating to housing and urban 
     problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by title 
     V of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 (12 U.S.C. 
     1701z-1 et seq.), including carrying out the functions of the 
     Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under section 
     1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1968, and for 
     technical assistance, $100,000,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2020:  Provided, That with respect to amounts 
     made available under this heading, notwithstanding section 
     203 of this title, the Secretary may enter into cooperative 
     agreements with philanthropic entities, other Federal 
     agencies, State or local governments and their agencies, or 
     colleges or universities for research projects:  Provided 
     further, That with respect to the previous proviso, such 
     partners to the cooperative agreements must contribute at 
     least a 50 percent match toward the cost of the project:  
     Provided further, That for non-competitive agreements entered 
     into in accordance with the previous two provisos, the 
     Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall comply with 
     section 2(b) of the Federal Funding Accountability and 
     Transparency Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-282, 31 U.S.C. note) 
     in lieu of compliance with section 102(a)(4)(C) with respect 
     to documentation of award decisions:  Provided further, That 
     prior to obligation of technical assistance funding, the 
     Secretary shall submit a plan, for approval, to the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations on how it will allocate 
     funding for this activity:  Provided further, That none of 
     the funds provided under this heading may be available for 
     the doctoral dissertation research grant program.

                   Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity

                        fair housing activities

       For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not otherwise 
     provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil Rights 
     Act of 1968, as amended by the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 
     1988, and section 561 of the Housing and Community 
     Development Act of 1987, as amended, $65,300,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2020:  Provided, That 
     notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary may assess and 
     collect fees to cover the costs of the Fair Housing Training 
     Academy, and may use such funds to provide such training:  
     Provided further, That no funds made available under this 
     heading shall be used to lobby the executive or legislative 
     branches of the Federal Government in connection with a 
     specific contract, grant, or loan:  Provided further, That of 
     the funds made available under this heading, $300,000 shall 
     be available to the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
     Development for the creation and promotion of translated 
     materials and other programs that support the assistance of 
     persons with limited English proficiency in utilizing the 
     services provided by the Department of Housing and Urban 
     Development.

            Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes

                         lead hazard reduction

       For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as authorized by 
     section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard 
     Reduction Act of 1992, $260,000,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2020, of which $45,000,000 shall be for 
     the Healthy Homes Initiative, pursuant to sections 501 and 
     502 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970, which 
     shall include research, studies, testing, and demonstration 
     efforts, including education and outreach concerning lead-
     based paint poisoning and other housing-related diseases and 
     hazards:  Provided, That for purposes of environmental 
     review, pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 
     1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and other provisions of law 
     that further the purposes of such Act, a grant under the 
     Healthy Homes Initiative, or the Lead Technical Studies 
     program under this heading or under prior appropriations Acts 
     for such purposes under this heading, shall be considered to 
     be funds for a special project for purposes of section 305(c) 
     of the Multifamily Housing Property Disposition Reform Act of 
     1994:  Provided further, That not less than $95,000,000 of 
     the amounts made available under this heading for the award 
     of grants pursuant to section 1011 of the Residential Lead-
     Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 shall be provided to 
     areas with the highest lead-based paint abatement needs:  
     Provided further, That $45,000,000 of the funds appropriated 
     under this heading shall be for the implementation of 
     projects to demonstrate how intensive, extended multi-year 
     interventions can dramatically reduce the presence of lead-
     based paint hazards in communities containing high 
     concentrations of both pre-1940 housing and low-income 
     families by achieving economies of scale that substantially 
     reduce the cost of lead-based paint remediation activities 
     and administrative costs for grantees:  Provided further, 
     That such projects in each of five communities shall be for 
     five years and serve no more than four contiguous census 
     tracts in which there are high concentrations of housing 
     stock built before 1940, in which low-income families with 
     children make up a significantly higher proportion of the 
     population as

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     compared to the State average, and that are located in 
     jurisdictions in which instances of elevated blood lead 
     levels reported to the State are significantly higher than 
     the State average:  Provided further, That funding awarded 
     for such projects shall be made available for draw down 
     contingent upon the grantee meeting cost-savings, 
     productivity, and grant compliance benchmarks established by 
     the Secretary:  Provided further, That each recipent of funds 
     for such projects shall contribute an amount not less than 10 
     percent of the total award, and that the Secretary shall give 
     priority to applicants that secure commitments for additional 
     contributions from public and private sources:  Provided 
     further, That grantees currently receiving grants made under 
     this heading shall be eligible to apply for such projects, 
     provided that they are deemed to be in compliance with 
     program requirements established by the Secretary:  Provided 
     further, That each applicant shall certify adequate capacity 
     that is acceptable to the Secretary to carry out the proposed 
     use of funds pursuant to a notice of funding availability:  
     Provided further, That amounts made available under this 
     heading in this or prior appropriations Acts, still remaining 
     available, may be used for any purpose under this heading 
     notwithstanding the purpose for which such amounts were 
     appropriated if a program competition is undersubscribed and 
     there are other program competitions under this heading that 
     are oversubscribed.

                      Information Technology Fund

       For the development, modernization, and enhancement of, 
     modifications to, and infrastructure for Department-wide and 
     program-specific information technology systems, for the 
     continuing operation and maintenance of both Department-wide 
     and program-specific information systems, and for program-
     related maintenance activities, $280,000,000, of which 
     $260,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2020, 
     and of which $20,000,000 shall remain available until 
     September 30, 2021:  Provided, That any amounts transferred 
     to this Fund under this Act shall remain available until 
     expended:  Provided further, That any amounts transferred to 
     this Fund from amounts appropriated by previously enacted 
     appropriations Acts may be used for the purposes specified 
     under this Fund, in addition to any other information 
     technology purposes for which such amounts were appropriated: 
      Provided further, That not more than 10 percent of the funds 
     made available under this heading for development, 
     modernization and enhancement may be obligated until the 
     Secretary submits to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations, for approval, a plan for expenditure that--
     (A) identifies for each modernization project: (i) the 
     functional and performance capabilities to be delivered and 
     the mission benefits to be realized, (ii) the estimated life-
     cycle cost, and (iii) key milestones to be met; and (B) 
     demonstrates that each modernization project is: (i) 
     compliant with the Department's enterprise architecture, (ii) 
     being managed in accordance with applicable life-cycle 
     management policies and guidance, (iii) subject to the 
     Department's capital planning and investment control 
     requirements, and (iv) supported by an adequately staffed 
     project office.

                      Office of Inspector General

       For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
     Inspector General in carrying out the Inspector General Act 
     of 1978, as amended, $128,082,000:  Provided, That the 
     Inspector General shall have independent authority over all 
     personnel issues within this office.

    General Provisions--Department of Housing and Urban Development

                     (including transfer of funds)

                         (including rescission)

       Sec. 201.  Fifty percent of the amounts of budget 
     authority, or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts 
     associated with such budget authority, that are recaptured 
     from projects described in section 1012(a) of the Stewart B. 
     McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 (42 
     U.S.C. 1437f note) shall be rescinded or in the case of cash, 
     shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such amounts of budget 
     authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to 
     the Treasury shall be used by State housing finance agencies 
     or local governments or local housing agencies with projects 
     approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
     for which settlement occurred after January 1, 1992, in 
     accordance with such section. Notwithstanding the previous 
     sentence, the Secretary may award up to 15 percent of the 
     budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or 
     remitted to the Treasury to provide project owners with 
     incentives to refinance their project at a lower interest 
     rate.
       Sec. 202.  None of the amounts made available under this 
     Act may be used during fiscal year 2019 to investigate or 
     prosecute under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise lawful 
     activity engaged in by one or more persons, including the 
     filing or maintaining of a nonfrivolous legal action, that is 
     engaged in solely for the purpose of achieving or preventing 
     action by a Government official or entity, or a court of 
     competent jurisdiction.
       Sec. 203.  Except as explicitly provided in law, any grant, 
     cooperative agreement or other assistance made pursuant to 
     title II of this Act shall be made on a competitive basis and 
     in accordance with section 102 of the Department of Housing 
     and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 3545).
       Sec. 204.  Funds of the Department of Housing and Urban 
     Development subject to the Government Corporation Control Act 
     or section 402 of the Housing Act of 1950 shall be available, 
     without regard to the limitations on administrative expenses, 
     for legal services on a contract or fee basis, and for 
     utilizing and making payment for services and facilities of 
     the Federal National Mortgage Association, Government 
     National Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan Mortgage 
     Corporation, Federal Financing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or 
     any member thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, and any insured 
     bank within the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance 
     Corporation Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811-1).
       Sec. 205.  Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or 
     through a reprogramming of funds, no part of any 
     appropriation for the Department of Housing and Urban 
     Development shall be available for any program, project or 
     activity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget 
     estimates submitted to Congress.
       Sec. 206.  Corporations and agencies of the Department of 
     Housing and Urban Development which are subject to the 
     Government Corporation Control Act are hereby authorized to 
     make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and 
     borrowing authority available to each such corporation or 
     agency and in accordance with law, and to make such contracts 
     and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as 
     provided by section 104 of such Act as may be necessary in 
     carrying out the programs set forth in the budget for 2019 
     for such corporation or agency except as hereinafter 
     provided:  Provided, That collections of these corporations 
     and agencies may be used for new loan or mortgage purchase 
     commitments only to the extent expressly provided for in this 
     Act (unless such loans are in support of other forms of 
     assistance provided for in this or prior appropriations 
     Acts), except that this proviso shall not apply to the 
     mortgage insurance or guaranty operations of these 
     corporations, or where loans or mortgage purchases are 
     necessary to protect the financial interest of the United 
     States Government.
       Sec. 207.  The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
     shall provide quarterly reports to the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations regarding all uncommitted, 
     unobligated, recaptured and excess funds in each program and 
     activity within the jurisdiction of the Department and shall 
     submit additional, updated budget information to these 
     Committees upon request.
       Sec. 208.  The President's formal budget request for fiscal 
     year 2020, as well as the Department of Housing and Urban 
     Development's congressional budget justifications to be 
     submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate, shall use the identical 
     account and sub-account structure provided under this Act.
       Sec. 209.  No funds provided under this title may be used 
     for an audit of the Government National Mortgage Association 
     that makes applicable requirements under the Federal Credit 
     Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.).
       Sec. 210. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     subject to the conditions listed under this section, for 
     fiscal years 2019 and 2020, the Secretary of Housing and 
     Urban Development may authorize the transfer of some or all 
     project-based assistance, debt held or insured by the 
     Secretary and statutorily required low-income and very low-
     income use restrictions if any, associated with one or more 
     multifamily housing project or projects to another 
     multifamily housing project or projects.
       (b) Phased Transfers.--Transfers of project-based 
     assistance under this section may be done in phases to 
     accommodate the financing and other requirements related to 
     rehabilitating or constructing the project or projects to 
     which the assistance is transferred, to ensure that such 
     project or projects meet the standards under subsection (c).
       (c) The transfer authorized in subsection (a) is subject to 
     the following conditions:
       (1) Number and bedroom size of units.--
       (A) For occupied units in the transferring project: The 
     number of low-income and very low-income units and the 
     configuration (i.e., bedroom size) provided by the 
     transferring project shall be no less than when transferred 
     to the receiving project or projects and the net dollar 
     amount of Federal assistance provided to the transferring 
     project shall remain the same in the receiving project or 
     projects.
       (B) For unoccupied units in the transferring project: The 
     Secretary may authorize a reduction in the number of dwelling 
     units in the receiving project or projects to allow for a 
     reconfiguration of bedroom sizes to meet current market 
     demands, as determined by the Secretary and provided there is 
     no increase in the project-based assistance budget authority.
       (2) The transferring project shall, as determined by the 
     Secretary, be either physically obsolete or economically 
     nonviable.
       (3) The receiving project or projects shall meet or exceed 
     applicable physical standards established by the Secretary.
       (4) The owner or mortgagor of the transferring project 
     shall notify and consult with the tenants residing in the 
     transferring project and provide a certification of approval 
     by all appropriate local governmental officials.

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       (5) The tenants of the transferring project who remain 
     eligible for assistance to be provided by the receiving 
     project or projects shall not be required to vacate their 
     units in the transferring project or projects until new units 
     in the receiving project are available for occupancy.
       (6) The Secretary determines that this transfer is in the 
     best interest of the tenants.
       (7) If either the transferring project or the receiving 
     project or projects meets the condition specified in 
     subsection (d)(2)(A), any lien on the receiving project 
     resulting from additional financing obtained by the owner 
     shall be subordinate to any FHA-insured mortgage lien 
     transferred to, or placed on, such project by the Secretary, 
     except that the Secretary may waive this requirement upon 
     determination that such a waiver is necessary to facilitate 
     the financing of acquisition, construction, and/or 
     rehabilitation of the receiving project or projects.
       (8) If the transferring project meets the requirements of 
     subsection (d)(2), the owner or mortgagor of the receiving 
     project or projects shall execute and record either a 
     continuation of the existing use agreement or a new use 
     agreement for the project where, in either case, any use 
     restrictions in such agreement are of no lesser duration than 
     the existing use restrictions.
       (9) The transfer does not increase the cost (as defined in 
     section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as 
     amended) of any FHA-insured mortgage, except to the extent 
     that appropriations are provided in advance for the amount of 
     any such increased cost.
       (d) For purposes of this section--
       (1) the terms ``low-income'' and ``very low-income'' shall 
     have the meanings provided by the statute and/or regulations 
     governing the program under which the project is insured or 
     assisted;
       (2) the term ``multifamily housing project'' means housing 
     that meets one of the following conditions--
       (A) housing that is subject to a mortgage insured under the 
     National Housing Act;
       (B) housing that has project-based assistance attached to 
     the structure including projects undergoing mark to market 
     debt restructuring under the Multifamily Assisted Housing 
     Reform and Affordability Housing Act;
       (C) housing that is assisted under section 202 of the 
     Housing Act of 1959, as amended by section 801 of the 
     Cranston-Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act;
       (D) housing that is assisted under section 202 of the 
     Housing Act of 1959, as such section existed before the 
     enactment of the Cranston-Gonzales National Affordable 
     Housing Act;
       (E) housing that is assisted under section 811 of the 
     Cranston-Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act; or
       (F) housing or vacant land that is subject to a use 
     agreement;
       (3) the term ``project-based assistance'' means--
       (A) assistance provided under section 8(b) of the United 
     States Housing Act of 1937;
       (B) assistance for housing constructed or substantially 
     rehabilitated pursuant to assistance provided under section 
     8(b)(2) of such Act (as such section existed immediately 
     before October 1, 1983);
       (C) rent supplement payments under section 101 of the 
     Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965;
       (D) interest reduction payments under section 236 and/or 
     additional assistance payments under section 236(f)(2) of the 
     National Housing Act;
       (E) assistance payments made under section 202(c)(2) of the 
     Housing Act of 1959; and
       (F) assistance payments made under section 811(d)(2) of the 
     Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act;
       (4) the term ``receiving project or projects'' means the 
     multifamily housing project or projects to which some or all 
     of the project-based assistance, debt, and statutorily 
     required low-income and very low-income use restrictions are 
     to be transferred;
       (5) the term ``transferring project'' means the multifamily 
     housing project which is transferring some or all of the 
     project-based assistance, debt, and the statutorily required 
     low-income and very low-income use restrictions to the 
     receiving project or projects; and
       (6) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Housing 
     and Urban Development.
       (e) Research Report.--The Secretary shall conduct an 
     evaluation of the transfer authority under this section, 
     including the effect of such transfers on the operational 
     efficiency, contract rents, physical and financial 
     conditions, and long-term preservation of the affected 
     properties.
       Sec. 211. (a) No assistance shall be provided under section 
     8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) 
     to any individual who--
       (1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of higher 
     education (as defined under section 102 of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002));
       (2) is under 24 years of age;
       (3) is not a veteran;
       (4) is unmarried;
       (5) does not have a dependent child;
       (6) is not a person with disabilities, as such term is 
     defined in section 3(b)(3)(E) of the United States Housing 
     Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(3)(E)) and was not receiving 
     assistance under such section 8 as of November 30, 2005;
       (7) is not a youth who left foster care at age 14 or older 
     and is at risk of becoming homeless; and
       (8) is not otherwise individually eligible, or has parents 
     who, individually or jointly, are not eligible, to receive 
     assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act 
     of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f).
       (b) For purposes of determining the eligibility of a person 
     to receive assistance under section 8 of the United States 
     Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), any financial 
     assistance (in excess of amounts received for tuition and any 
     other required fees and charges) that an individual receives 
     under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et 
     seq.), from private sources, or an institution of higher 
     education (as defined under the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     (20 U.S.C. 1002)), shall be considered income to that 
     individual, except for a person over the age of 23 with 
     dependent children.
       Sec. 212.  The funds made available for Native Alaskans 
     under the heading ``Native American Housing Block Grants'' in 
     title II of this Act shall be allocated to the same Native 
     Alaskan housing block grant recipients that received funds in 
     fiscal year 2005.
       Sec. 213.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in 
     fiscal year 2019, in managing and disposing of any 
     multifamily property that is owned or has a mortgage held by 
     the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and during 
     the process of foreclosure on any property with a contract 
     for rental assistance payments under section 8 of the United 
     States Housing Act of 1937 or other Federal programs, the 
     Secretary shall maintain any rental assistance payments under 
     section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 and other 
     programs that are attached to any dwelling units in the 
     property. To the extent the Secretary determines, in 
     consultation with the tenants and the local government, that 
     such a multifamily property owned or held by the Secretary is 
     not feasible for continued rental assistance payments under 
     such section 8 or other programs, based on consideration of 
     (1) the costs of rehabilitating and operating the property 
     and all available Federal, State, and local resources, 
     including rent adjustments under section 524 of the 
     Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 
     1997 (``MAHRAA'') and (2) environmental conditions that 
     cannot be remedied in a cost-effective fashion, the Secretary 
     may, in consultation with the tenants of that property, 
     contract for project-based rental assistance payments with an 
     owner or owners of other existing housing properties, or 
     provide other rental assistance. The Secretary shall also 
     take appropriate steps to ensure that project-based contracts 
     remain in effect prior to foreclosure, subject to the 
     exercise of contractual abatement remedies to assist 
     relocation of tenants for imminent major threats to health 
     and safety after written notice to and informed consent of 
     the affected tenants and use of other available remedies, 
     such as partial abatements or receivership. After disposition 
     of any multifamily property described under this section, the 
     contract and allowable rent levels on such properties shall 
     be subject to the requirements under section 524 of MAHRAA.
       Sec. 214.  The commitment authority funded by fees as 
     provided under the heading ``Community Development Loan 
     Guarantees Program Account'' may be used to guarantee, or 
     make commitments to guarantee, notes, or other obligations 
     issued by any State on behalf of non-entitlement communities 
     in the State in accordance with the requirements of section 
     108 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974:  
     Provided, That any State receiving such a guarantee or 
     commitment shall distribute all funds subject to such 
     guarantee to the units of general local government in non-
     entitlement areas that received the commitment.
       Sec. 215.  Public housing agencies that own and operate 400 
     or fewer public housing units may elect to be exempt from any 
     asset management requirement imposed by the Secretary of 
     Housing and Urban Development in connection with the 
     operating fund rule:  Provided, That an agency seeking a 
     discontinuance of a reduction of subsidy under the operating 
     fund formula shall not be exempt from asset management 
     requirements.
       Sec. 216.  With respect to the use of amounts provided in 
     this Act and in future Acts for the operation, capital 
     improvement and management of public housing as authorized by 
     sections 9(d) and 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 
     1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d) and (e)), the Secretary shall not 
     impose any requirement or guideline relating to asset 
     management that restricts or limits in any way the use of 
     capital funds for central office costs pursuant to section 
     9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
     (42 U.S.C. 1437g(g)(1), (2)):  Provided, That a public 
     housing agency may not use capital funds authorized under 
     section 9(d) for activities that are eligible under section 
     9(e) for assistance with amounts from the operating fund in 
     excess of the amounts permitted under section 9(g)(1) or 
     9(g)(2).
       Sec. 217.  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'' and ``Administrative Support 
     Offices,'' as well as each account receiving appropriations 
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     ``Program Office Salaries and Expenses'', ``Government 
     National Mortgage Association--Guarantees of Mortgage-Backed 
     Securities Loan Guarantee Program Account'', and ``Office of 
     Inspector General'' within the Department of Housing and 
     Urban Development.
       Sec. 218.  The Secretary of the Department of Housing and 
     Urban Development shall, for fiscal year 2019, notify the 
     public through the Federal Register and other means, as 
     determined appropriate, of the issuance of a notice of the 
     availability of assistance or notice of funding availability 
     (NOFA) for any program or discretionary fund administered by 
     the Secretary that is to be competitively awarded. 
     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for fiscal year 
     2019, the Secretary may make the NOFA available only on the 
     Internet at the appropriate Government web site or through 
     other electronic media, as determined by the Secretary.
       Sec. 219.  Payment of attorney fees in program-related 
     litigation shall be paid from the individual program office 
     and Office of General Counsel salaries and expenses 
     appropriations. The annual budget submission for the program 
     offices and the Office of General Counsel shall include any 
     such projected litigation costs for attorney fees as a 
     separate line item request. No funds provided in this title 
     may be used to pay any such litigation costs for attorney 
     fees until the Department submits for review a spending plan 
     for such costs to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations.
       Sec. 220.  The Secretary is authorized to transfer up to 10 
     percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, of funds 
     appropriated for any office under the heading 
     ``Administrative Support Offices'' or for any account under 
     the general heading ``Program Office Salaries and Expenses'' 
     to any other such office or account:  Provided, That no 
     appropriation for any such office or account shall be 
     increased or decreased by more than 10 percent or $5,000,000, 
     whichever is less, without prior written approval of the 
     House and Senate Committees on Appropriations:  Provided 
     further, That the Secretary shall provide notification to 
     such Committees three business days in advance of any such 
     transfers under this section up to 10 percent or $5,000,000, 
     whichever is less.
       Sec. 221. (a) Any entity receiving housing assistance 
     payments shall maintain decent, safe, and sanitary 
     conditions, as determined by the Secretary of Housing and 
     Urban Development (in this section referred to as the 
     ``Secretary''), and comply with any standards under 
     applicable State or local laws, rules, ordinances, or 
     regulations relating to the physical condition of any 
     property covered under a housing assistance payment contract.
       (b) The Secretary shall take action under subsection (c) 
     when a multifamily housing project with a section 8 contract 
     or contract for similar project-based assistance--
       (1) receives a Uniform Physical Condition Standards (UPCS) 
     score of 60 or less; or
       (2) fails to certify in writing to the Secretary within 3 
     days that all Exigent Health and Safety deficiencies 
     identified by the inspector at the project have been 
     corrected.

     Such requirements shall apply to insured and noninsured 
     projects with assistance attached to the units under section 
     8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), 
     but do not apply to such units assisted under section 
     8(o)(13) (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)) or to public housing units 
     assisted with capital or operating funds under section 9 of 
     the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g).
       (c)(1) Within 15 days of the issuance of the REAC 
     inspection, the Secretary must provide the owner with a 
     Notice of Default with a specified timetable, determined by 
     the Secretary, for correcting all deficiencies. The Secretary 
     must also provide a copy of the Notice of Default to the 
     tenants, the local government, any mortgagees, and any 
     contract administrator. If the owner's appeal results in a 
     UPCS score of 60 or above, the Secretary may withdraw the 
     Notice of Default.
       (2) At the end of the time period for correcting all 
     deficiencies specified in the Notice of Default, if the owner 
     fails to fully correct such deficiencies, the Secretary may--
       (A) require immediate replacement of project management 
     with a management agent approved by the Secretary;
       (B) impose civil money penalties, which shall be used 
     solely for the purpose of supporting safe and sanitary 
     conditions at applicable properties, as designated by the 
     Secretary, with priority given to the tenants of the property 
     affected by the penalty;
       (C) abate the section 8 contract, including partial 
     abatement, as determined by the Secretary, until all 
     deficiencies have been corrected;
       (D) pursue transfer of the project to an owner, approved by 
     the Secretary under established procedures, which will be 
     obligated to promptly make all required repairs and to accept 
     renewal of the assistance contract as long as such renewal is 
     offered;
       (E) transfer the existing section 8 contract to another 
     project or projects and owner or owners;
       (F) pursue exclusionary sanctions, including suspensions or 
     debarments from Federal programs;
       (G) seek judicial appointment of a receiver to manage the 
     property and cure all project deficiencies or seek a judicial 
     order of specific performance requiring the owner to cure all 
     project deficiencies;
       (H) work with the owner, lender, or other related party to 
     stabilize the property in an attempt to preserve the property 
     through compliance, transfer of ownership, or an infusion of 
     capital provided by a third-party that requires time to 
     effectuate; or
       (I) take any other regulatory or contractual remedies 
     available as deemed necessary and appropriate by the 
     Secretary.
       (d) The Secretary shall also take appropriate steps to 
     ensure that project-based contracts remain in effect, subject 
     to the exercise of contractual abatement remedies to assist 
     relocation of tenants for major threats to health and safety 
     after written notice to the affected tenants. To the extent 
     the Secretary determines, in consultation with the tenants 
     and the local government, that the property is not feasible 
     for continued rental assistance payments under such section 8 
     or other programs, based on consideration of--
       (1) the costs of rehabilitating and operating the property 
     and all available Federal, State, and local resources, 
     including rent adjustments under section 524 of the 
     Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 
     1997 (``MAHRAA''); and
       (2) environmental conditions that cannot be remedied in a 
     cost-effective fashion, the Secretary may contract for 
     project-based rental assistance payments with an owner or 
     owners of other existing housing properties, or provide other 
     rental assistance.
       (e) The Secretary shall report quarterly on all properties 
     covered by this section that are assessed through the Real 
     Estate Assessment Center and have UPCS physical inspection 
     scores of less than 60 or have received an unsatisfactory 
     management and occupancy review within the past 36 months. 
     The report shall include--
       (1) the enforcement actions being taken to address such 
     conditions, including imposition of civil money penalties and 
     termination of subsidies, and identify properties that have 
     such conditions multiple times;
       (2) actions that the Department of Housing and Urban 
     Development is taking to protect tenants of such identified 
     properties; and
       (3) any administrative or legislative recommendations to 
     further improve the living conditions at properties covered 
     under a housing assistance payment contract.

     This report shall be due to the Senate and House Committees 
     on Appropriations no later than 30 days after the enactment 
     of this Act, and on the first business day of each Federal 
     fiscal year quarter thereafter while this section remains in 
     effect.
       Sec. 222.  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 
     2019.
       Sec. 223.  None of the funds in this Act provided to the 
     Department of Housing and Urban Development may be used to 
     make a grant award unless the Secretary notifies the House 
     and Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than 3 full 
     business days before any project, State, locality, housing 
     authority, tribe, nonprofit organization, or other entity 
     selected to receive a grant award is announced by the 
     Department or its offices.
       Sec. 224.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to require or enforce the Physical Needs Assessment 
     (PNA).
       Sec. 225.  None of the funds made available in this Act 
     shall be used by the Federal Housing Administration, the 
     Government National Mortgage Administration, or the 
     Department of Housing and Urban Development to insure, 
     securitize, or establish a Federal guarantee of any mortgage 
     or mortgage backed security that refinances or otherwise 
     replaces a mortgage that has been subject to eminent domain 
     condemnation or seizure, by a State, municipality, or any 
     other political subdivision of a State.
       Sec. 226.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to terminate the status of a unit of general local 
     government as a metropolitan city (as defined in section 102 
     of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 
     U.S.C. 5302)) with respect to grants under section 106 of 
     such Act (42 U.S.C. 5306).
       Sec. 227.  Amounts made available under this Act which are 
     either appropriated, allocated, advanced on a reimbursable 
     basis, or transferred to the Office of Policy Development and 
     Research in the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
     and functions thereof, for research, evaluation, or 
     statistical purposes, and which are unexpended at the time of 
     completion of a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement, 
     may be deobligated and shall immediately become available and 
     may be reobligated in that fiscal year or the subsequent 
     fiscal year for the research, evaluation, or statistical 
     purposes for which the amounts are made available to that 
     Office subject to reprogramming requirements in section 405 
     of this Act.
       Sec. 228.  None of the funds provided in this Act or any 
     other act may be used for awards, including performance, 
     special act, or spot, for any employee of the Department of 
     Housing and Urban Development who has been subject to 
     administrative discipline in fiscal years 2018 or 2019, 
     including suspension from work.
       Sec. 229.  Funds made available in this title under the 
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     Grants'' may be used by the Secretary to participate in 
     Performance Partnership Pilots authorized under section 526 
     of division H of Public Law 113-76, section 524 of division G 
     of Public Law 113-235, section 525 of division H of Public 
     Law 114-113, and such authorities as are enacted for 
     Performance Partnership Pilots in an appropriations Act for 
     fiscal year 2019:  Provided, That such participation shall be 
     limited to no more than 10 continuums of care and housing 
     activities to improve outcomes for disconnected youth.
       Sec. 230.  With respect to grant amounts awarded under the 
     heading ``Homeless Assistance Grants'' for fiscal years 2015, 
     2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 for the continuum of care (CoC) 
     program as authorized under subtitle C of title IV of the 
     McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, costs paid by program 
     income of grant recipients may count toward meeting the 
     recipient's matching requirements, provided the costs are 
     eligible CoC costs that supplement the recipient's CoC 
     program.
       Sec. 231. (a) From amounts made available under this title 
     under the heading ``Homeless Assistance Grants'', the 
     Secretary may award 1-year transition grants to recipients of 
     funds for activities under subtitle C of the McKinney-Vento 
     Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) to 
     transition from one Continuum of Care program component to 
     another.
       (b) No more than 50 percent of each transition grant may be 
     used for costs of eligible activities of the program 
     component originally funded.
       (c) Transition grants made under this section are eligible 
     for renewal in subsequent fiscal years for the eligible 
     activities of the new program component.
       (d) In order to be eligible to receive a transition grant, 
     the funding recipient must have the consent of the Continuum 
     of Care and meet standards determined by the Secretary.
       Sec. 232.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to 
     direct a grantee to undertake specific changes to existing 
     zoning laws as part of carrying out the final rule entitled 
     ``Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing'' (80 Fed. Reg. 42272 
     (July 16, 2015)) or the notice entitled ``Affirmatively 
     Furthering Fair Housing Assessment Tool'' (79 Fed. Reg. 57949 
     (September 26, 2014)).
       Sec. 233.  Section 218(g) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
     Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12748(g)) shall not apply 
     with respect to the right of a jurisdiction to draw funds 
     from its HOME Investment Trust Fund that otherwise expired or 
     would expire in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 or 2021 under 
     that section.
       Sec. 234.  The Promise Zone designations and Promise Zone 
     Designation Agreements entered into pursuant to such 
     designations, made by the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
     Development in prior fiscal years, shall remain in effect in 
     accordance with the terms and conditions of such agreements.
       Sec. 235.  The Secretary shall initiate a comprehensive 
     review of existing public housing and tenant-based rental 
     assistance regulations and related notices and other guidance 
     documents to identify opportunities to streamline the 
     administration of such programs while also ensuring 
     compliance with Federal financial and internal control 
     requirements. The Secretary shall establish a regulatory 
     advisory committee, composed of program and research experts 
     from the Department, a fair representation of public housing 
     agencies, and independent subject matter experts in housing 
     policy, property management, and Federal grant management, 
     which shall advise the Secretary with respect to specific 
     policy proposals to reduce administrative burden. The 
     Secretary, in consultation with the advisory committee, shall 
     submit a report on the results of such regulatory review to 
     the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations no later 
     than one year after the date of enactment of this Act.
       Sec. 236.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to establish and apply a ranking factor in the 
     selection and award of any funds made available and requiring 
     competitive selection under this Act, including preference or 
     bonus points or other incentives for participation in or 
     coordination with EnVision Centers.
       Sec. 237. (a) The Secretary of Housing and Urban 
     Development shall continue to engage in efforts authorized by 
     the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 
     (Public Law 113-4; 127 Stat. 54) to ensure that survivors of 
     domestic violence and sexual assault are not unlawfully 
     evicted or denied housing by certain landlords based on their 
     experience as survivors.
       (b) Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
     shall submit to Congress a report on the efforts described in 
     subsection (a).
       Sec. 238.  None of the funds made available under this Act 
     may be used to provide housing assistance benefits for an 
     individual who is convicted of--
       (1) aggravated sexual abuse under section 2241 of title 18, 
     United States Code;
       (2) murder under section 1111 of title 18, United States 
     Code; or
       (3) any other Federal or State offense involving--
       (A) severe forms of trafficking in persons or sex 
     trafficking, as those terms are defined in paragraphs (9) and 
     (10), respectively, of section 103 of the Trafficking Victims 
     Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102); or
       (B) child pornography, as defined in section 2256 of title 
     18, United States Code.
       This title may be cited as the ``Department of Housing and 
     Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2019''.

                               TITLE III

                            RELATED AGENCIES

                              Access Board

                         salaries and expenses

       For expenses necessary for the Access Board, as authorized 
     by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, 
     $8,400,000:  Provided, That, notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, there may be credited to this appropriation 
     funds received for publications and training expenses.

                      Federal Maritime Commission

                         salaries and expenses

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

                National Railroad Passenger Corporation

                      Office of Inspector General

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation to carry out 
     the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
     amended, $23,274,000:  Provided, That the Inspector General 
     shall have all necessary authority, in carrying out the 
     duties specified in the Inspector General Act, as amended (5 
     U.S.C. App. 3), to investigate allegations of fraud, 
     including false statements to the government (18 U.S.C. 
     1001), by any person or entity that is subject to regulation 
     by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation:  Provided 
     further, That the Inspector General may enter into contracts 
     and other arrangements for audits, studies, analyses, and 
     other services with public agencies and with private persons, 
     subject to the applicable laws and regulations that govern 
     the obtaining of such services within the National Railroad 
     Passenger Corporation:  Provided further, That the Inspector 
     General may select, appoint, and employ such officers and 
     employees as may be necessary for carrying out the functions, 
     powers, and duties of the Office of Inspector General, 
     subject to the applicable laws and regulations that govern 
     such selections, appointments, and employment within the 
     Corporation:  Provided further, That concurrent with the 
     President's budget request for fiscal year 2020, the 
     Inspector General shall submit to the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations a budget request for fiscal year 
     2020 in similar format and substance to those submitted by 
     executive agencies of the Federal Government: Provided 
     further, That not later than 240 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Inspector General shall update the 
     report entitled ``Effects of Amtrak's Poor On-Time 
     Performance'', numbered CR-2008-047, and dated March 28, 
     2008, and make the updated report publicly available.

                  National Transportation Safety Board

                         salaries and expenses

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

                 Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation

          payment to the neighborhood reinvestment corporation

       For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation 
     for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, as 
     authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 8101-8107), $145,000,000, of which $5,000,000 
     shall be for a multi-family rental housing program:  
     Provided, That an additional $2,000,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2023, shall be for the promotion and 
     development of shared equity housing models.

                      Surface Transportation Board

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation Board, 
     including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $37,100,000:  
     Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     not to exceed $1,250,000 from fees established by the 
     Chairman of the Surface Transportation Board shall be 
     credited to this appropriation as offsetting collections and 
     used for necessary and authorized expenses under this 
     heading:  Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated 
     from the general fund shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar 
     basis as such offsetting collections are received during 
     fiscal year 2019, to result in a final appropriation from the 
     general fund estimated at no more than $35,850,000.

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           United States Interagency Council on Homelessness

                           operating expenses

       For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries, 
     authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the 
     rental of conference rooms, and the employment of experts and 
     consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United States 
     Code) of the United States Interagency Council on 
     Homelessness in carrying out the functions pursuant to title 
     II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amended, 
     $3,600,000:  Provided, That the first proviso in Public Law 
     115-141 under the heading ``United States Interagency Council 
     on Homelessness--Operating Expenses'' is amended by striking 
     ``2020'' and inserting ``2021''.

                                TITLE IV

                      GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS ACT

       Sec. 401.  None of the funds in this Act shall be used for 
     the planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses 
     of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties intervening 
     in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act.
       Sec. 402.  None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
     remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal 
     year, nor may any be transferred to other appropriations, 
     unless expressly so provided herein.
       Sec. 403.  The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
     Act for any consulting service through a procurement contract 
     pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 
     shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures 
     are a matter of public record and available for public 
     inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing 
     law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to 
     existing law.
       Sec. 404. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
     may be obligated or expended for any employee training that--
       (1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, skills, 
     and abilities bearing directly upon the performance of 
     official duties;
       (2) contains elements likely to induce high levels of 
     emotional response or psychological stress in some 
     participants;
       (3) does not require prior employee notification of the 
     content and methods to be used in the training and written 
     end of course evaluation;
       (4) contains any methods or content associated with 
     religious or quasi-religious belief systems or ``new age'' 
     belief systems as defined in Equal Employment Opportunity 
     Commission Notice N-915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or
       (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, participants' 
     personal values or lifestyle outside the workplace.
       (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 
     otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training bearing 
     directly upon the performance of official duties.
       Sec. 405.  Except as otherwise provided in this Act, none 
     of the funds provided in this Act, provided by previous 
     appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities funded in 
     this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure 
     in fiscal year 2019, or provided from any accounts in the 
     Treasury derived by the collection of fees and available to 
     the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for 
     obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds 
     that--
       (1) creates a new program;
       (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;
       (3) increases funds or personnel for any program, project, 
     or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted by 
     the Congress;
       (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific activity 
     by either the House or Senate Committees on Appropriations 
     for a different purpose;
       (5) augments existing programs, projects, or activities in 
     excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less;
       (6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activities by 
     $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or
       (7) creates, reorganizes, or restructures a branch, 
     division, office, bureau, board, commission, agency, 
     administration, or department different from the budget 
     justifications submitted to the Committees on Appropriations 
     or the tables in the explanatory statement described in 
     section 421 of this Act, whichever is more detailed, unless 
     prior approval is received from the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations:  Provided, That not later than 
     60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each agency 
     funded by this Act shall submit a report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the Senate and of the House of 
     Representatives to establish the baseline for application of 
     reprogramming and transfer authorities for the current fiscal 
     year:  Provided further, That the report shall include--
       (A) a table for each appropriation with a separate column 
     to display the prior year enacted level, the President's 
     budget request, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due 
     to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year 
     enacted level;
       (B) a delineation in the table for each appropriation and 
     its respective prior year enacted level by object class and 
     program, project, and activity as detailed in the budget 
     appendix for the respective appropriation; and
       (C) an identification of items of special congressional 
     interest.
       Sec. 406.  Except as otherwise specifically provided by 
     law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 
     remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2019 from 
     appropriations made available for salaries and expenses for 
     fiscal year 2019 in this Act, shall remain available through 
     September 30, 2020, for each such account for the purposes 
     authorized:  Provided, That a request shall be submitted to 
     the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations for 
     approval prior to the expenditure of such funds:  Provided 
     further, That these requests shall be made in compliance with 
     reprogramming guidelines under section 405 of this Act.
       Sec. 407.  No funds in this Act may be used to support any 
     Federal, State, or local projects that seek to use the power 
     of eminent domain, unless eminent domain is employed only for 
     a public use:  Provided, That for purposes of this section, 
     public use shall not be construed to include economic 
     development that primarily benefits private entities:  
     Provided further, That any use of funds for mass transit, 
     railroad, airport, seaport or highway projects, as well as 
     utility projects which benefit or serve the general public 
     (including energy-related, communication-related, water-
     related and wastewater-related infrastructure), other 
     structures designated for use by the general public or which 
     have other common-carrier or public-utility functions that 
     serve the general public and are subject to regulation and 
     oversight by the government, and projects for the removal of 
     an immediate threat to public health and safety or 
     brownfields as defined in the Small Business Liability Relief 
     and Brownfields Revitalization Act (Public Law 107-118) shall 
     be considered a public use for purposes of eminent domain.
       Sec. 408.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality 
     of the United States Government, except pursuant to a 
     transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act 
     or any other appropriations Act.
       Sec. 409.  No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person 
     filling a position, other than a temporary position, formerly 
     held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed Forces of 
     the United States and has satisfactorily completed his or her 
     period of active military or naval service, and has within 90 
     days after his or her release from such service or from 
     hospitalization continuing after discharge for a period of 
     not more than 1 year, made application for restoration to his 
     or her former position and has been certified by the Office 
     of Personnel Management as still qualified to perform the 
     duties of his or her former position and has not been 
     restored thereto.
       Sec. 410.  No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may 
     be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in 
     expending the assistance the entity will comply with sections 
     2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 8301-8305, 
     popularly known as the ``Buy American Act'').
       Sec. 411.  No funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available under this Act shall be made available to any 
     person or entity that has been convicted of violating the Buy 
     American Act (41 U.S.C. 8301-8305).
       Sec. 412.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used for first-class airline accommodations in 
     contravention of sections 301-10.122 and 301-10.123 of title 
     41, Code of Federal Regulations.
       Sec. 413. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act 
     may be used to approve a new foreign air carrier permit under 
     sections 41301 through 41305 of title 49, United States Code, 
     or exemption application under section 40109 of that title of 
     an air carrier already holding an air operators certificate 
     issued by a country that is party to the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-
     Norway Air Transport Agreement where such approval would 
     contravene United States law or Article 17 bis of the U.S.-
     E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agreement.
       (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict or 
     otherwise preclude the Secretary of Transportation from 
     granting a foreign air carrier permit or an exemption to such 
     an air carrier where such authorization is consistent with 
     the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agreement and 
     United States law.
       Sec. 414.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to send or otherwise pay for the attendance of more 
     than 50 employees of a single agency or department of the 
     United States Government, who are stationed in the United 
     States, at any single international conference unless the 
     relevant Secretary reports to the House and Senate Committees 
     on Appropriations at least 5 days in advance that such 
     attendance is important to the national interest:  Provided, 
     That for purposes of this section the term ``international 
     conference'' shall mean a conference occurring outside of the 
     United States attended by representatives of the United 
     States Government and of foreign governments, international 
     organizations, or nongovernmental organizations.
       Sec. 415.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available under this Act may be used by the Surface 
     Transportation Board to charge or collect any filing fee for 
     rate or practice complaints filed with the Board in an amount 
     in excess of the amount authorized for district court civil 
     suit filing fees under section 1914 of title 28, United 
     States Code.
       Sec. 416.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used by the Department of Transportation, the Department 
     of Housing and Urban Development, or any other

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     Federal agency to lease or purchase new light duty vehicles 
     for any executive fleet, or for an agency's fleet inventory, 
     except in accordance with Presidential Memorandum--Federal 
     Fleet Performance, dated May 24, 2011.
       Sec. 417. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
     may be used to maintain or establish a computer network 
     unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and 
     exchanging of pornography.
       (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds 
     necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
     enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out criminal 
     investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities.
       Sec. 418. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
     may be used to deny an Inspector General funded under this 
     Act timely access to any records, documents, or other 
     materials available to the department or agency over which 
     that Inspector General has responsibilities under the 
     Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), or to prevent 
     or impede that Inspector General's access to such records, 
     documents, or other materials, under any provision of law, 
     except a provision of law that expressly refers to the 
     Inspector General and expressly limits the Inspector 
     General's right of access.
       (b) A department or agency covered by this section shall 
     provide its Inspector General with access to all such 
     records, documents, and other materials in a timely manner.
       (c) Each Inspector General shall ensure compliance with 
     statutory limitations on disclosure relevant to the 
     information provided by the establishment over which that 
     Inspector General has responsibilities under the Inspector 
     General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).
       (d) Each Inspector General covered by this section shall 
     report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate within 5 calendar days any 
     failures to comply with this requirement.
       Sec. 419.  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 FAR.
       Sec. 420. (a) Section 420 (a) None of the funds 
     appropriated or otherwise made available under this Act may 
     be used to acquire telecommunications equipment produced by 
     Huawei Technologies Company, ZTE Corporation or a high-impact 
     or moderate-impact information system, as defined for 
     security categorization in the National Institute of 
     Standards and Technology's (NIST) Federal Information 
     Processing Standard Publication 199, ``Standards for Security 
     Categorization of Federal Information and Information 
     Systems'' unless the agency has--
       (1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the information 
     systems against criteria developed by NIST to inform 
     acquisition decisions for high-impact and moderate-impact 
     information systems within the Federal Government;
       (2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the presumptive 
     awardee against available and relevant threat information 
     provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other 
     appropriate agencies; and
       (3) in consultation with the Federal Bureau of 
     Investigation or other appropriate Federal entity, conducted 
     an assessment of any risk of cyber-espionage or sabotage 
     associated with the acquisition of such system, including any 
     risk associated with such system being produced, 
     manufactured, or assembled by one or more entities identified 
     by the United States Government as posing a cyber threat, 
     including but not limited to, those that may be owned, 
     directed, or subsidized by the People's Republic of China, 
     the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People's 
     Republic of Korea, or the Russian Federation.
       (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available under this Act may be used to acquire a high-impact 
     or moderate impact information system reviewed and assessed 
     under subsection (a) unless the head of the assessing entity 
     described in subsection (a) has--
       (1) developed, in consultation with NIST and supply chain 
     risk management experts, a mitigation strategy for any 
     identified risks;
       (2) determined, in consultation with NIST and the Federal 
     Bureau of Investigation, that the acquisition of such system 
     is in the vital national security interest of the United 
     States; and
       (3) reported that determination to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
     in a manner that identifies the system intended for 
     acquisition and a detailed description of the mitigation 
     strategies identified in (1), provided that such report may 
     include a classified annex as necessary.
       Sec. 421.  The explanatory statement regarding division D 
     of H.R. 21, printed in the Congressional Record on January 3, 
     2019, and submitted by the Chair of the Committee on 
     Appropriations, shall have the same effect with respect to 
     allocation of funds and implementation of this Act as if it 
     were a joint explanatory statement of a committee of 
     conference.
       Sec. 422. (a) Employees furloughed as a result of any lapse 
     in appropriations beginning on or about December 22, 2018 and 
     ending on the date of enactment of this Act shall be 
     compensated at their standard rate of compensation, for the 
     period of such lapse in appropriations, as soon as 
     practicable after such lapse in appropriations ends.
       (b) For purposes of this section, ``employees'' means any 
     Federal employees whose salaries and expenses are provided in 
     this Act.
       (c) All obligations incurred in anticipation of the 
     appropriations made and authority granted by this Act for the 
     purposes of maintaining the essential level of activity to 
     protect life and property and bringing about orderly 
     termination of Government functions, and for purposes as 
     otherwise authorized by law, are hereby ratified and approved 
     if otherwise in accord with the provisions of this Act.
       Sec. 423. (a) If a State (or another Federal grantee) used 
     State funds (or the grantee's non-Federal funds) to continue 
     carrying out a Federal program or furloughed State employees 
     (or the grantee's employees) whose compensation is advanced 
     or reimbursed in whole or in part by the Federal Government--
       (1) such furloughed employees shall be compensated at their 
     standard rate of compensation for such period;
       (2) the State (or such other grantee) shall be reimbursed 
     for expenses that would have been paid by the Federal 
     Government during such period had appropriations been 
     available, including the cost of compensating such furloughed 
     employees, together with interest thereon calculated under 
     section 6503(d) of title 31, United States Code; and
       (3) the State (or such other grantee) may use funds 
     available to the State (or the grantee) under such Federal 
     program to reimburse such State (or the grantee), together 
     with interest thereon calculated under section 6503(d) of 
     title 31, United States Code.
       (b) For purposes of this section, the term ``State'' and 
     the term ``grantee,'' including United States territories and 
     possessions, shall have the meaning given such terms under 
     the applicable Federal program under subsection (a). In 
     addition, ``to continue carrying out a Federal program'' 
     means the continued performance by a State or other Federal 
     grantee, during the period of a lapse in appropriations, of a 
     Federal program that the State or such other grantee had been 
     carrying out prior to the period of the lapse in 
     appropriations.
       (c) The authority under this section applies with respect 
     to any period in fiscal year 2019 (not limited to periods 
     beginning or ending after the date of the enactment of this 
     Act) during which there occurs a lapse in appropriations with 
     respect to any department or agency of the Federal Government 
     receiving funding in this Act which, but for such lapse in 
     appropriations, would have paid, or made reimbursement 
     relating to, any of the expenses referred to in this section 
     with respect to the program involved. Payments and 
     reimbursements under this authority shall be made only to the 
     extent and in amounts provided in advance in appropriations 
     Acts.
       This Act may be cited as the ``Transportation, Housing and 
     Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
     2019''.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The bill shall be debatable for 1 hour, 
equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member 
of the Committee on Appropriations or their respective designees.
  The gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Price) and the gentleman from 
Florida (Mr. Diaz-Balart) each will control 30 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from North Carolina.


                             General Leave

  Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent 
that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and 
extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the measure 
under consideration.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from North Carolina?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as 
I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 267, legislation to reopen and 
responsibly fund the Departments of Transportation and Housing and 
Urban Development.
  The bill before us is bipartisan and invests in critical national 
priorities. It passed the Senate Appropriations Committee on a 
unanimous vote, and it was adopted by the full Senate on a 92-6 vote.
  It provides $71.4 billion in discretionary funding, which is $23.3 
billion above the President's budget request and $1.1 billion above the 
FY 2018 enacted level.
  This legislation is critical for the success of America's families, 
communities, and businesses. In addition to

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maintaining existing infrastructure, it will allocate $17 billion for 
new transportation and housing projects in both rural and urban areas.
  Like last year, it includes several billion dollars of funding above 
authorized levels for the FAST Act to accelerate improvements in our 
aviation system, to expand transit and rail networks, to replace aging 
highways and bridge infrastructure, and to repair our affordable 
housing stock.
  It also builds on the progress we have made since enactment of the 
2018 bipartisan budget agreement to ensure that vulnerable 
populations--including low-income families, seniors, veterans, and the 
disabled--have access to reliable transportation and safe housing.
  It would provide robust funding for flexible grant programs, 
especially HOME and Community Development Block Grants, that allow 
towns and cities across the country, large and small, to leverage both 
public and private capital to address their most pressing community 
needs.
  Just as important, this legislation would finally reopen these 
departments. It would allow more than 20,000 furloughed employees at 
DOT and over 7,000 furloughed employees at HUD to receive back pay and 
to return to their mission, which is serving the American people.
  The Trump shutdown, Mr. Speaker, has dragged on for more than 2 
weeks, shuttering vital government services and creating chaos and 
uncertainty for families, businesses, and communities in each of our 
districts.
  For example, grants to help States and communities pay for upgrades 
to transit, rail, and aviation facilities are being put on hold.
  State departments of transportation are beginning to delay new 
construction projects.
  The National Transportation Safety Board has ceased major accident 
investigations.
  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is no longer 
investigating or reviewing information about major vehicle 
manufacturing defects, which, in fact, puts lives at risk.
  New hiring and training for air traffic controllers has ground to a 
halt, exacerbating an ongoing staffing shortage. FAA equipment 
maintenance is curtailed, and pilot certifications are suspended.
  Disaster relief funding for States hit by disasters last year--
funding that has already been appropriated--remains unallocated because 
staff at HUD remain furloughed.
  Meanwhile, Mr. Speaker, we discovered just this weekend that HUD 
officials failed to renew more than 1,000 landlord contracts for the 
Project-Based Section 8 housing program before they expired at the end 
of the year, exposing tens of thousands of tenants to possible 
eviction.
  Mr. Speaker, these problems can only get worse as the shutdown goes 
on. Hundreds more of these contracts are up for renewal in the coming 
months.

  H.R. 267 would put an end to the madness, ensuring that vital 
transportation and housing infrastructure is funded for the remainder 
of the 2019 fiscal year.
  This legislation reflects the best of bipartisan collaboration, and 
it excludes problematic policy riders from both sides of the aisle.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this bipartisan, 
commonsense legislation to reopen the government without further delay, 
and I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this bill. My objections are 
numerous. Again, there are a lot of reasons why I am objecting to this 
bill in this form today.
  One of the things that I think is important to note, because I have 
heard throughout the debate in all these bills how passing these bills 
will reopen the Federal Government: Mr. Speaker, I heard that last week 
on the floor of this House, on the same appropriations bills.
  I want to mention that again. Last week, on this floor, Members came 
up and said, if those bills pass the House, the Federal Government 
would reopen.
  Mr. Speaker, those bills passed the House. They didn't reopen the 
Federal Government, just like these bills, which are identical to the 
bills that were passed last week--identical--unfortunately, also will 
not reopen the government.
  Now, I have other objections as well, Mr. Speaker. This bill is, 
frankly, absurd because it takes a Senate product, ignoring all--all--
of the House Members' priorities. It is jamming it through this body 
without a single opportunity to amend or improve or change this bill in 
any way.
  Not one House Member has had one priority put in this bill because 
there are no amendments allowed in this process.
  Again, this ploy will not work. The Senate has no plans of taking up 
this legislation. And, again, this is deja vu all over again.
  I heard folks last week talk about, if the House passed those bills 
last week, like we are hearing now, the government would reopen. Mr. 
Speaker, those statements were not true last week, and they are not 
true this week, unfortunately.
  Now, not only did the bills last week not reopen the government. In 
fact, everyone on this House floor knows that this bill passing, 
unfortunately, will not reopen the Federal Government. Mr. Speaker, all 
the members of the press up there know that passing this bill, 
unfortunately, will not reopen the government.
  Heck, anybody who has been paying any attention knows that this is a 
sham; that, just like last week, those bills passing didn't reopen the 
government, and unfortunately, passing this bill, or these 
appropriations bills, in this manner will not reopen the government 
either.

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  So by introducing these Senate bills without any changes to reflect 
the priorities of this body and without any opportunity for amendments, 
we are engaging in a sad, sad charade.
  I want to take some time, opportunity to discuss the real-world 
consequences of this stunt. Again, our majority is asking us, all of us 
here in this Chamber, to reject all of the hard work and all of the 
priorities of every House Member, Republican or Democrat.
  Mr. Speaker, in our House bill, I am proud that we decided to make a 
historic investment, for example, in ports: port infrastructure, the 
ports, seaports, including larger seaports that are critical to our 
country's commerce. In the House bill, we provided $250 million for 
this program.
  Well, the Senate didn't make this investment. They didn't think that 
that was as high of a priority. They missed that opportunity to build 
infrastructure that we need to create jobs and increase our ability to 
export American goods made by Americans.
  We also placed a higher priority on roads and on bridges than the 
Senate did and with an emphasis on funds that go directly and 
immediately to the States and the territories through the highway 
formula program. The Senate didn't have that priority.
  The Senate provides far less for this purpose, Mr. Speaker. Let me 
tell you what that number is, far less: $1.4 billion less for that 
direct spending in infrastructure, bridges, and roads that goes 
straight to the States.
  The Senate, instead, put a high priority on administrative accounts 
and programs with, frankly, higher overhead. This bill means less 
funding for your State Department of Transportations and fewer jobs 
rebuilding the highways and the bridges around our country.
  Mr. Speaker, we also included a provision that provided regulatory 
relief to, for example, sugar and beet haulers in Idaho and in Oregon. 
This narrow provision--and this is a bipartisan provision--simply made 
truck length requirements uniform between those two States--common 
sense.
  Again, this provision has support on both sides of the aisle, and it 
will help truckers and farmers in those States. But, you see, the 
Democratic proposal before you does not include even that commonsense 
provision, commonsense bipartisan provision.
  Mr. Speaker, we also included a provision in the House bill that 
allows for small increases in the allowable weight for trucks that run 
on electric batteries, an innovation to help the environment. This is 
another commonsense, bipartisan provision that this bill does not have, 
and it was not included in the Senate mark.
  This bill eliminates House and Senate report language--I want to 
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both House and Senate report language.
  Now, what does that mean? That every single item we put in the report 
for Members, at the request of Members from both parties, is gone, is 
irrelevant in this bill.
  You see, the direction that we provide in our reports every year 
helps hold the bureaucracy accountable and ensure that our constituents 
have a voice in their government. Mr. Speaker, that language is gone.
  For example, we put directives in our report that require that the 
FAA take specific action, specific action to address airport noise, 
airport noise in our communities. Now, this is specifically important--
I should say especially important--to our Democratic colleagues in the 
subcommittee and the committee on this floor, and we accommodated all 
of their requests on this issue with new stringent requirements on the 
FAA, Mr. Speaker. This bill makes those requirements null and void.
  So let me now turn to housing programs. When we looked at the HUD 
budget, we made sure, in the House, in the House bill, the House mark--
and, by the way, this is done in a bipartisan way. We made sure that we 
scrubbed the administrative and overhead accounts and, instead, put 
funds towards programs that serve our neediest, our neediest citizens. 
This bill, unfortunately, falls far short on our charge to do the best 
that we can with the revenue, the taxpayer money.
  And, again, to make sure that the bureaucracy is held accountable, 
this bill falls short. Let me give you a few examples.
  In our bill last year, we included $50 million in new funding for a 
program that we call mobility vouchers. These vouchers are targeted at 
families with children, to enable them to move to neighborhoods with 
greater economic opportunity, and this initiative has strong bipartisan 
support from the authorizers and strong support from the advocates for 
the poor. The Senate bill does not include any funds, zero funds, for 
this program.
  The House also included significantly more funding for new vouchers 
for people with disabilities. This program helps families across the 
country that struggle to take care of severely disabled relatives, and 
it also serves, by the way, so many veterans with disabilities. We 
provided $390 million for this program.
  For tens of thousands of new vouchers, this bill before us, frankly, 
falls short there as well, by $236 million, and adds no new vouchers.
  You see, Mr. Speaker, I am proud to say that every year, when I was 
chairman, I also worked to ensure that there was adequate funding for 
Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS, or HOPWA. This program has 
a record of saving lives, reducing disease transmissions, and 
protecting communities. I am so proud of that. We provided $393 million 
in our bill to ensure that there was no reduction, no cut to housing 
services for this vulnerable population.
  The Senate, unfortunately, again, falls severely short, $375 million. 
This will result in 1,700 people losing their housing, which will put 
communities at risk.
  This, by the way, is a severe hit, particularly for cities likes 
Miami, New York, Atlanta, San Francisco, and many others. This is an 
area the Senate was counting on the House to fix, to fix their low 
funding levels. But, you see, Mr. Speaker, we don't have the 
opportunity because of this stunt that we are witnessing here today.

  Finally, we included $150 million for Choice Neighborhoods, which is 
a program that provides much-needed neighborhood rehabilitation--
revitalization grants, I should say. This has such strong bipartisan 
support in the House. The Senate did not prioritize it as much as we 
did, and they only provided $100 million.
  So I look forward to advancing a bill that protects this, all of 
these issues, and other important priorities for our House Members. I 
look forward to working to do that.
  But before I close, Mr. Speaker, I want to take a minute to thank 
somebody who has become a personal friend, Chairman Price. I will tell 
you, it has been an honor, Mr. Speaker, to work beside him for the past 
4 years developing bills that truly meet the needs of our people, of 
our country, of our communities. These past 2 years, I think, have been 
particularly energizing as we worked on T-HUD bills that made 
substantial new investments in our Nation's infrastructure.
  Chairman Price and I have always been able to work together to find 
common ground, to find solutions, and that is the spirit of cooperation 
and good will that will get us, I am sure, to a breakthrough to end 
this impasse and to reopen the government once again. So, again, I do 
not have anybody in this Chamber that I am more pleased to work with 
than the chairman of this subcommittee.
  Now, today, on this bill, mark my words, Mr. Speaker, mark my words, 
the passage of these bills in this form will not open the Federal 
Government. Everyone in here knows that; just like last year, last 
week, we knew that they would not open the government, and we heard on 
this floor that they would.
  This bill, unfortunately, will not reopen the government. It falls 
short on our priorities. It does not include any of the House 
priorities; so, therefore, I respectfully would urge a ``no'' vote.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend, Mario 
Diaz-Balart, our ranking member and former chairman of this 
subcommittee, for those kind words--a sentiment that I share totally. 
And we, I am sure, are going to be able to continue this cooperative 
relationship in this new Congress, and I look forward to that.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from New York (Mrs. 
Lowey), our full committee chairwoman.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, the Trump shutdown is now in its 20th day. 
More than 800,000 Federal employees are going without pay, many while 
they are still working, and the American people are being denied vital 
services all because of President Trump's demands for a wasteful border 
wall.
  The bill before us today would reopen the Department of 
Transportation, Department of Housing and Urban Development, and other 
critical agencies like the National Transportation Safety Board and 
U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness.
  Frankly, it is outrageous that safety-critical personnel who are 
ensuring our trains operate and air traffic runs smoothly cannot count 
on a paycheck. They and the thousands of furloughed Federal employees 
cannot afford this kind of financial uncertainty and missed paychecks.
  The Trump shutdown has also had dangerous housing implications for 
many hardworking families. For example, HUD's project-based Section 8 
housing assistance program, which covers tens of thousands of low-
income renters, is in trouble. Payments have been made for tenants this 
month, but due to staff furloughs, HUD contracts with landlords that 
expired since the shutdown began have not been renewed. This could lead 
to evictions of senior citizens and the disabled, displacing the most 
vulnerable among us.
  House Democrats want to open the government, but the President and 
the Senate Republicans continue to obstruct instead of working with us 
to get the people's work done.
  The solution to this crisis is simple: Pass the bills where we can 
agree, and extend funding for Homeland Security for a month to allow 
time for negotiation on border security and immigration policy.
  I do hope that my colleagues across the Capitol come to their senses 
and stop this ridiculous Trump shutdown.
  Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Speaker, I yield as much time as she may consume 
to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Granger), a titanium Texan, the 
ranking member of the full committee.
  Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to H.R. 267. 
Unfortunately, moving this bill across the floor will not resolve the 
partial government shutdown, as the President has said he will not sign 
this bill into law.
  It is the job and responsibility of the Congress to appropriate 
funds. We must come together to find a solution that will reopen the 
government and fund border security. We need a compromise that 
represents the will of both Chambers and the American people.
  By considering the Senate-passed version of the appropriations bills, 
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comes to Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and related 
agencies, H.R. 267 places a lower priority on creating jobs and 
expanding opportunity.
  For example, this bill provides $1.4 billion less for highway funding 
to the States and territories. That is less money to address our 
Nation's crumbling roads and bridges.
  When it comes to the Federal Aviation Administration, this bill 
provides $250 million less to modernize our air traffic control system.
  The bill also reduces programs for the most vulnerable among us. It 
provides millions less for a voucher program that enables families with 
children to move to neighborhoods with greater economic opportunity and 
virtually eliminates funds that House Republicans provided for 
impoverished citizens living with disabilities.
  Mr. Speaker, Republicans stand ready and willing to negotiate with 
our friends on the other side of the aisle on legislation that includes 
priorities of both Houses and both Chambers. That is how the 
legislative body and our system of government is designed to work.
  I thank the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Diaz-Balart) for his efforts 
today and over the last several months to ensure that the House's voice 
is heard in this debate.

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  Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the 
gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Quigley), a member of our subcommittee and 
the chairman-designate of the Financial Services and General Government 
Subcommittee.
  Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Speaker, let's not complicate things. There is 
nothing in the transportation bill or the housing budget that has 
anything to do with the border wall.
  Instead, these agencies keep us safe when we fly and keep the planes, 
trains, and buses running on time. They keep Americans housed and warm 
on frigid January days like today in Chicago. They provide the support 
necessary to invest in our communities and ensure that our citizens can 
get to work and school, and can rebuild after natural disasters.
  Shuttering the Departments of Transportation and of Housing and Urban 
Development over an unrelated fight about a wall on the southern border 
is the height of administrative malpractice and the reason I am proud 
to support this bill to reopen these vital agencies immediately.
  This shutdown is endangering the well-being of the American public. 
For example, at air traffic control facilities all over the country, 
including Chicago Center, one of the busiest control centers in the 
Nation, staff ID badges, which are needed to get into the control rooms 
and operate equipment, expire during the month of January. Ordinarily, 
this wouldn't be a problem, but the person in charge of issuing new ID 
badges for the 58 controllers at Chicago Center is furloughed, leaving 
the people responsible for ensuring that our air system runs safely and 
effectively in limbo and possibly preventing them from monitoring the 
skies as they should.
  Worse yet, the Trump administration is unconscionably forcing these 
air traffic controllers, along with TSA agents and other crucial 
officials who are instrumental to the safety of the American public, to 
work long hours without pay, and treating them as pawns in a political 
chess match. It is dangerous; it is not right; and the people expect 
more of their government.
  This President likes to tout himself as a builder and speaks 
frequently about infrastructure investment. Yet, he is singlehandedly 
standing in the way of any progress on addressing our Nation's 
infrastructure needs by shutting down the very agencies charged with 
addressing them. It seems, once again, he is all bluster and no 
substance.
  I support this bill to reopen HUD and DOT, to get Federal employees 
back to work, and to support the millions of Americans who rely on the 
important work these agencies do. I urge my colleagues to do the same.
  Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from 
Idaho (Mr. Simpson), the ranking member of the Subcommittee on Energy 
and Water Development and Related Agencies.
  Mr. SIMPSON. Mr. Speaker, I have always found this debate 
interesting, but we know what this is all about. This is all about the 
negotiations on border security.
  What I found interesting is to listen to everybody talk about the 
President not being willing to negotiate, not being willing to 
compromise. Yet, he has offered many of the things that the Democrats 
say that they want in any border security bill.
  A negotiation ends when both parties can say they got something that 
they want. Yet, the Democratic leaders in the House and the Senate 
continue to say ``no'' to anything the President wants. He wants a 
border wall for a part of border security, and they continue to say 
``no.'' That is no kind of negotiation, and we know that is what has 
led us here today.
  Every one of us wants government reopened, but we know the games that 
are being played here. I will tell you, the problem with what is on the 
floor today is that we are bringing up the Senate bills that completely 
ignore the priorities of House Republicans and House Democrats in the 
appropriations process.
  Most of these bills have been conferenced. Why bring up just the 
Senate bill and not the conference report that was done that recognizes 
both Senate and House priorities?
  Let me give you one example. The House T-HUD bill carried a 
bipartisan provision that raises the length limit for specific vehicles 
used to transport sugar beets, and only on specific routes used to ship 
sugar beets between Oregon and Idaho for processing. It is a provision 
that is supported by the Oregon Department of Transportation, the U.S. 
Department of Transportation, and the State of Idaho. It is very 
limited--only sugar beets on non-interstate highways--and everybody 
agrees with it.
  Mr. Speaker, I have a letter here from two Senators, one from Idaho 
and one from Oregon, who support this provision, and I will include it 
in the Record.


                                                  U.S. Senate,

                               Washington, DC, September 11, 2018.
     Hon. Richard Shelby,
     Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriations,
     Washington, DC.
     Hon. Susan Collins,
     Chairwoman, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, 
         and Related Agencies Subcommittee, Washington, DC.
     Hon. Patrick Leahy,
     Vice Chair, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Washington, 
         DC.
     Hon. Jack Reed,
     Ranking Member, Transportation, Housing and Urban 
         Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, 
         Washington, DC.
       Dear Chairman Shelby, Ranking Member Leahy, Subcommittee 
     Chairwoman Collins, and Ranking Subcommittee Chairman Reed: 
     We are writing to support a provision in H.R 6072, reported 
     by the House Appropriations Committee, which would increase 
     the allowable length of uniquely configured trucks hauling 
     sugar beets by 14'; 8", but only on less than 55 miles of 
     specifically identified, on non-Interstate roads in rural 
     Malheur County, Oregon.
       These trucks use limited non-Interstate routes as they 
     drive from Oregon sugar beet receiving stations to Idaho beet 
     processing facilities. In Idaho, trucks hauling sugar beets 
     have been safely using this configuration since 2003. 
     Extending this to Oregon sugar beet growers across the border 
     means 1,830 fewer truck trips on our roads.
       This provision has bi-partisan support. The four 
     undersigned, representing Oregon and Idaho, introduced this 
     provision as an amendment when the THUD bill was considered 
     by the Senate, although it was not voted upon.
       The proposed language has been extensively reviewed by 
     technical experts at the Federal Highways Administration as 
     well as the Oregon Department of Transportation Motor Carrier 
     Division as well, both of which assisted with its drafting.
       We encourage you to help Oregon sugar beet farmers and 
     their families by including the narrow provision for trucks 
     hauling Oregon sugar beets on defined Malheur County routes 
     in the final legislation.
           Sincerely,
         Ron Wyden, United States Senator;
         James E. Risch, United States Senator;
         Mike Crapo, United States Senator;
         Jeffrey A. Merkley, United States Senator.

  Mr. SIMPSON. Mr. Speaker, this provision is noncontroversial. It is 
in the House bill. Guess what? It is not in the Senate bill. That 
means, if you adopt the Senate bill, you have dropped out this 
provision and you have dropped out many other provisions that are a 
priority for both House Republicans and House Democrats.
  Why would we turn over everything to the Senate and their priorities?

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  You all know how this works. When we write a bill, we emphasize House 
priorities and we downplay Senate priorities. They do the same thing on 
their side, emphasizing Senate priorities and downplaying House 
priorities. Then we go to conference, and we work it out and find a 
compromise. But we are not doing that with this bill.
  I will tell you, if you bring up the conferenced bills, the bills 
that have been conferenced last year between the House and the Senate, 
you will have my support. I will vote for them, but not for a bill that 
just emphasizes the Senate priorities and ignores the work of the House 
and the House Appropriations Committee.
  Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the 
gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DeFazio), the chairman of the Transportation 
and Infrastructure Committee.
  Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, why are we here today? We are here today 
because the President is down on the border and he wants to build, 
along part of the border, a wall, a Maginot Line, if you would have it. 
The French thought that they could keep the Germans out by building a 
fortified wall and fortifications along part of their border. The 
Germans went around it.
  Well, if the drugs were coming over the border illegally, they would 
go around it. But that is not where they are coming. They are coming 
through the ports of entry, where we don't have enough personnel, who, 
by the way, aren't getting paid today, and where we don't have the 
technology we need to find the humans and the drugs that are being 
smuggled through in tractor trailers and other vehicles across the 
border.
  If you want to invest in border security, that is a place to invest 
in border security.
  Now, the President promised us a grand infrastructure plan. Little 
did we know it was going to be a partial wall along the Mexican border 
that he felt so strongly about that he would shut down the government.
  We have the busiest, most complex aviation system in the world. It is 
the safest in the world. Today, 14,000 air traffic controllers are 
working without pay. They all got checks today--I just got a copy of 
one--for $0. So they are still processing their checks, but the check 
is for $0.
  Then we have 3,300 aviation inspectors who are furloughed. They are 
not essential. We are allowing the airline industry and all the 
aircraft maintenance facilities and everything else to self-regulate. 
No one is looking over their shoulder. ``Oh, don't worry about it. No 
problems.'' Right.
  Then, of course, there are a few other issues that this bill would 
deal with. We have a $100 billion backlog to bring existing transit, 
which is inadequate for today's needs, up to a state of good repair. 
This is delaying dealing with that problem more and more into the 
future.
  We have 56,000 bridges on the national highway system that need 
substantial repair or replacement. Well, guess what? That is not going 
forward today either.
  Last year, we wasted 3.1 billion gallons of gasoline and diesel 
idling in traffic. A lot of concern about climate change--well, on this 
side of the aisle, not on that side of the aisle. They don't believe in 
it. I don't know, maybe the gentleman from Florida does; they are kind 
of going underwater.
  But we aren't giving people the options they need to get out of their 
cars, to be more efficient with transit.
  Wastewater, the Federal Government used to partner with communities 
to deal with wastewater. We are not doing that anymore.
  So are we going to rebuild America? Are we going to deliver on the 
President's promise of something other than a stupid, wasteful, 
ineffective wall?
  How about shutting down the government because Congress won't provide 
the funding we need to rebuild our infrastructure? That would be, 
perhaps, a better cause for this President.
  I urge Members to vote for this, reopen the government, fund 
transportation and infrastructure, and fund our air traffic controllers 
who are keeping us safe.
  Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from 
Florida (Mr. Rutherford), a former sheriff and my dear friend.
  Mr. RUTHERFORD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to this bill.
  Rather than focusing energy on reaching a compromise with the Senate 
and the President to reopen the government and get those Federal 
workers their paychecks, my colleagues across the aisle are spending 
time bringing bills to the floor that have absolutely no chance of 
passing and becoming law. The bill is a waste of everyone's time and a 
waste of countless hours of hard work by Members and staff on both 
sides of the aisle.
  Last Congress, my colleagues and I on the Appropriations Committee 
worked hard for many months in a bipartisan and bicameral way to pass a 
Transportation and Housing and Urban Development funding bill on time. 
In fact, Mr. Speaker, we passed that bill in the House in July of last 
year.
  Then, in December, when we were looking at a looming shutdown, my 
colleagues and I in the House passed a funding package that would have 
kept the government open and provided an additional $5 billion for 
border security and $9 billion for initial disaster assistance to 
American citizens in those communities devastated by hurricanes and 
fires.
  Instead, here we are, bringing to the floor a bill that ignores the 
bipartisan work of my House colleagues.
  This bill today provides less funding for our ports, highways, and 
air traffic control. It provides less housing for people with 
disabilities, our veterans, and those living with HIV and AIDS. Also, 
it doesn't include the oversight and accountability provisions that 
were added by the House. On top of all that, the President has already 
said he will not sign the bill into law.

  As we waste the House's time, and, quite frankly, the people's time, 
on this bill, 800,000 Federal workers are suffering. All our Nation's 
transportation systems are becoming less efficient. Many functions of 
our air, rail, maritime, and highway transportation are being held up 
by furloughs and understaffing. Those essential personnel who are 
required to show up, they go unpaid for their work. This is unjust and 
immoral.
  Mr. Speaker, I implore the Speaker of the House and my colleagues on 
the other side of the aisle to put aside these partisan tactics and 
bring to the floor bills we have already worked on through regular 
order and with bipartisan agreement.
  It is very simple. If the Speaker is truly serious about opening the 
government and getting people back to work, bring a bill to the floor 
that the Senate can pass and the President will sign into law.
  Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the 
gentleman from New York (Mr. Nadler), the chairman of the Judiciary 
Committee.
  Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, I support this legislation because it is 
past time to move beyond the political game of chicken and reopen these 
critical government agencies.
  This Republican-passed Senate bill is not perfect. While it maintains 
current funding for the HOPWA program, it does not include the full 
$393 million that I led many of my colleagues in requesting last 
Congress. The House fiscal year 2019 bill reflected that funding level, 
and I deeply appreciate the hard work of my colleagues on both sides of 
the aisle in achieving that goal.
  But I support this bill and urge all of my colleagues to vote for it 
for one simple reason: We must get these programs funded and operating 
again. People are suffering. They are working without pay or furloughed 
with no idea if they will ever get back to work. They are watching 
critical services and benefits slowly disappear, and it will only get 
worse as this absurd and unnecessary shutdown drags on.
  The House will pass this bill today, and I call on my Republican 
colleagues here and in the Senate to get people back to work, to get 
our government open again, and to put aside this political game of 
blackmail by the President in which he says the government will remain 
shut if we don't give him his $5 billion downpayment on a $25 billion 
wall. That is a judgment for Congress, not to be subject to blackmail 
by the President holding the American people hostage.
  I urge my colleagues to vote for this bill, and let's get our 
government open again.
  Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from

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Mississippi (Mr. Palazzo), who, by the way, is not on the T-HUD 
Subcommittee but who has been an amazing asset to the full committee, 
but, in particular, to the T-HUD Subcommittee.

                              {time}  1430

  Mr. PALAZZO. Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the gentleman for yielding.
  Mr. Speaker, there are a host of things wrong with bringing this bill 
to the floor. By bringing forth the Senate version of this bill, it 
completely ignores all of the work this committee has done over the 
past year, ignoring Members' priorities as well as testimonies, both of 
which serve as the basis of the House version of the T-HUD bill. I will 
name a few examples.
  The Choice Neighborhoods program receives $50 million less in the 
Senate bill before us today. The Choice Neighborhoods initiative works 
to address the problems of growing poverty in high-poverty 
neighborhoods. It provides flexible resources for local leaders to help 
transform their distressed neighborhoods into mixed-income, successful 
neighborhoods.
  Also notably missing from the Senate bill is a very important family 
mobility demonstration project. Low-income families and voucher holders 
are often concentrated in high-poverty neighborhoods with limited 
education, transportation, and employment opportunities. The 
demonstration project absent from the Senate bill utilizes the voucher 
platform to target families with children and enable them to move to 
neighborhoods with greater economic opportunities.
  There are also several provisions in the House report that are 
missing from the Senate version.
  As a former deputy director for a public housing authority in 
Mississippi, I can tell you that these commonsense provisions would 
vastly improve the lives of not only our dedicated PHA employees, but 
also the lives of their tenants at a time when PHAs are stretched thin 
and do not have the operating or the capital funds necessary to meet 
HUD's ever growing list of demands.
  As it relates to operating funds, HUD's current method for 
calculating formula income and utility expenses for PHAs in no way 
reflects the reality that many experience locally, particularly for 
PHAs that serve large elderly and disabled populations. The House 
language directs HUD to submit a report outlining alternatives for 
operating fund calculations so that PHAs already strapped for cash do 
not continue to lose money because of a one-size-fits-all approach.
  Lastly, for years now, the T-HUD package has contained a provision 
prohibiting funds for HUD's physical needs assessment, an onerous and 
costly requirement that increases administrative burdens on PHAs and, 
as time has shown, has no operational benefit for local housing 
programs.
  These may seem trivial to some, but these are vitally important to 
the people they affect.
  Mr. Speaker, these are not Republican priorities; these are 
bipartisan priorities. We owe it to the Members of this body who worked 
hard on these provisions and many others to consider these bills 
properly and through the conference process. Bringing the Senate 
version of this bill to the floor ignores the will of this House and 
all the hard work Members from both sides of the aisle have put into 
the process.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge a ``no'' vote on the legislation.
  Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the 
gentlewoman from Massachusetts (Ms. Clark), a member of our 
subcommittee.
  Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from 
North Carolina for yielding.
  Mr. Speaker, I have to agree with my colleagues today. This is not 
the bill that the House approved or that has everything that we have 
worked on our subcommittee to get into law to help fund those programs 
that are so vital to families at home and across this country, but we 
are here today trying to get the Senate to accept ``yes'' for an 
answer, because what is critical is that we reopen government.
  President Trump is holding 800,000 Federal employees hostage, and 
that ripples out to millions of Americans who rely on government not 
just for a paycheck, but for those critical services, whether they are 
border security or TSA agents, the FBI, food programs, or vital housing 
and transportation services.
  Specifically, the Federal Housing Administration has stopped 
processing loans and mortgage approvals, putting families trying to buy 
a new home or refinance an FHA-insured mortgage into financial limbo.
  I heard a story of one woman who is battling cancer. She has not been 
able to earn an income, and refinancing her home was the key way that 
she could continue to have this battle and get the treatments that she 
needs and give her family the money to survive and meet their basic 
needs. With the closing of FHA, she is unable to get those documents 
and be able to refinance her house.
  This shutdown is also threatening to destabilize more than 4 million 
households that depend on HUD's rental assistance programs.
  The phones are ringing off the hook in my office in D.C. and back 
home in Massachusetts. We heard just this week from a retired Federal 
employee from Natick who called because she lives in affordable housing 
and is required to prove her income to renew her lease.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Kildee). The time of the gentlewoman has 
expired.
  Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I yield an additional 30 
seconds to the gentlewoman.
  Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, she cannot obtain the 
statement from OPM regarding her pension right now because they are 
closed. This jeopardizes her living situation.
  We must reopen government and then resolve our differences about how 
we address border security. Passage of this bill is a critical first 
step.
  Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Speaker, if I might inquire how much time I have 
left.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Florida has 7 minutes 
remaining. The gentleman from North Carolina has 14\1/2\ minutes 
remaining.
  Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Speaker, having no more speakers, I reserve the 
balance of my time.
  Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the 
gentlewoman from New Jersey (Ms. Sherrill), a new Member of the House.
  Ms. SHERRILL. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 267, and I urge 
my colleagues to come together to reopen a vital part of our government 
and to support this straightforward, bipartisan bill. It is a 
downpayment on reducing our nationwide, dangerous infrastructure 
problems.
  It provides $650 million for Amtrak's Northeast corridor, the most 
heavily used passenger rail line in the Nation; $2.8 billion for the 
Federal Railroad Administration; and $800 million in new transit 
infrastructure grants. This is the least we can do to begin to get our 
government open and Americans back to work.
  Congress is 4 months behind on paying our transportation bills. We 
cannot move forward on our larger infrastructure investment needs, like 
Gateway, without this first step. Gateway is the most vital 
infrastructure project in our Nation.
  The century-old Hudson River rail tunnel connects 200,000 commuters 
every day from New Jersey to New York. Amtrak uses it to connect 20 
train routes across the country. This tunnel is the Achilles heel of 
the Northeast rail corridor and was severely damaged during Superstorm 
Sandy. A collapse of the tunnel could injure thousands and cost our 
economy an estimated $100 million a day. But just as important to my 
constituents, every delay, every deferred decision on Gateway means a 
hardworking parent not making it home to see his or her family.
  The proposal for Gateway was submitted to the DOT over a year ago. 
Secretary Chao needs to put the funds already approved by Congress to 
work. New transit trains and tunnels are exactly the type of 
infrastructure projects our country needs to build a strong future.
  Mr. Speaker, I thank the subcommittee chair for being so focused on 
America's transportation priorities and for allowing the voice of the 
people of the 11th District of New Jersey to be heard today.
  Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

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  Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the 
gentlewoman from Oklahoma (Ms. Kendra S. Horn), another new Member of 
the House, who, as she will tell us, has a special reason, given her 
district, to understand the impact of this shutdown.
  Ms. KENDRA S. HORN of Oklahoma. Mr. Speaker, I thank Chairman-
designate Price for recognizing me so that I can express my support for 
this legislation and discuss my grave concern about how the government 
shutdown is affecting my congressional district and the Nation.
  Simply put, this shutdown is an issue of national security and 
safety. Many of the approximately 16,000 Federal Government employees 
and contractors who live in my district are adversely affected by the 
government's closure.
  Specifically, the FAA's Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center is one of 
the 10 largest employers in Oklahoma, with more than 5,000 employees 
and contractors, and up to 2,000 students who attend the air traffic 
controller and aviation training school.
  The Monroney Center is not only important to Oklahoma City, but it is 
a critical piece of our Nation's infrastructure, which supports more 
than 45,000 air traffic control centers worldwide.
  Today, more than 1,000 employees have been furloughed and another 600 
are working without pay. Additionally, all of the air traffic 
controller and aviation students have been sent home.
  To put this in context, the Monroney Center is the only one of its 
kind in the entire United States, but today the doors are shuttered and 
all training has ceased. The longer the shutdown continues, the longer 
it will take for training to resume.
  To make matters worse, the Monroney Center still hasn't recovered 
from the 2013 sequester, and currently the FAA is at a 30-year air 
traffic controller staffing low.
  Yesterday, I met with an air traffic controller from Oklahoma who 
expressed his concerns about the immense stress and strain for 
controllers that the choked-off pipeline is causing. This is both an 
economic and domestic national security issue, and I am very concerned 
that the government shutdown may affect the safety and security of our 
Nation's air travelers.
  My constituents sent me to Washington to work hard on their behalf, 
and I am proud to have voted for several measures to reopen the 
government since I was sworn in last week.
  It is time to get the government back on track. It is time we use 
common sense, roll up our sleeves, and do the job that we were sent 
here to do.
  There is a time and a place to debate border security, which is a 
complex problem that I firmly believe must be addressed.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentlewoman has expired.
  Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I yield an additional 15 
seconds to the gentlewoman.
  Ms. KENDRA S. HORN of Oklahoma. Mr. Speaker, however, we should never 
risk the air safety and security of this country. The health and future 
of the Nation's aeronautical infrastructure should not be a pawn in a 
political game.
  Mr. Speaker, I support this legislation to fund the Department of 
Transportation, and I urge my colleagues to join me.
  Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to 
the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Hill), another of our new Members.
  Ms. HILL of California. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from North 
Carolina for yielding me time.
  Mr. Speaker, I am speaking with you today because it is past time to 
reopen critical functions of our government.
  Aerospace and aviation are the backbone of my district. I just came 
from speaking with aviation professionals who are employed by the FAA, 
as well as pilots and other impacted organizations. It has never been 
more clear to me that this is a crisis of both safety and national 
security.

  Air traffic controllers are given the huge task of ensuring that 
millions of passengers a day fly safely. Thousands of support 
professionals are furloughed or not working. They include specialists 
who provide tactical, strategic, and administrative support, and this 
puts Americans across the country in danger.
  I have spoken to air traffic controllers in my district who are 
picking up second jobs in order to pay their bills and feed their kids.
  Just yesterday, Christy, a veteran and mother of two, came all the 
way to D.C. from California to let me know the hardships that this 
shutdown has put her family through.
  We can't afford these men and women to be operating at anything less 
than 100 percent. We need to pass this bill today and get our civil 
servants, our veterans back to work and protect all American citizens.
  Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I have no further speakers 
and I am prepared to close.
  Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Mr. Speaker, I want to first again commend the chairman. This is an 
individual who I know always works in good faith, and I look forward to 
working with him again.
  But, Mr. Speaker, I think it is very clear that we say what we are 
doing here today. This bill that already passed last week will not 
reopen government.
  As a matter of fact, Mr. Speaker, let me tell you what potentially 
could have reopened government. You see, I went to the Rules Committee 
on Tuesday with an amendment, Mr. Speaker. The amendment was very 
simple. It has very strong bipartisan support. I think it could have 
been a way to reopen the government.
  It basically was the Dream Act, to legalize all the Dreamers, that 
has been cosponsored by every Democrat in this body last Congress, 
along with also legalizing all the folks who are here under the TPS 
program, and it then had the funding for border security, issues that 
should not be partisan and controversial, issues that the Members 
across the aisle and the leadership--let me talk about the leadership 
across the aisle--said that they support.

                              {time}  1445

  I will never forget the Speaker of the House spent almost 8 hours on 
this floor saying that she wanted to fight for the Dreamers. Yet, there 
was a vote on Tuesday, Mr. Speaker, in the committee that she controls, 
the Rules Committee, on a party-line vote, the bill that would have, 
yes, funded border security--but would have legalized past the DREAM 
Act, and legalized those under TPS--was voted down on a party-line 
vote.
  Mr. Speaker, you want to know if there is good faith to reopen this 
government. That showed it right there. No, this bill will not reopen 
the Federal Government, unfortunately. Like last week, this same bill 
that passed didn't reopen it. Real efforts to reopen it, like that one 
that I mentioned, voted down four amendments, voted down a party-line 
vote.
  It is time to get real about reopening the government. It is time to 
get real about passing a real T-HUD bill. Let's get back to the 
people's business. This is not a way to do it. This is a sham.
  Again, I am grateful to the chairman because I know he is working in 
good faith, but this effort is not in good faith, so we must vote it 
down to get back to doing the real business of the people.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance 
of my time.
  Mr. Speaker, we have got to end this Trump shutdown. It is self-
inflicted, costly, damaging, and dangerous. It is up to Congress to end 
it.
  Speaker after speaker on the Republican side this afternoon have 
looked somewhat wistfully at the bills that passed the House 
Appropriations Committee in the prior Congress. They longed for the 
chance to consider funding bills that reflect compromise between the 
House and the Senate, the equivalent of conference agreements, that we 
negotiated last year.
  Do we prefer those bills, Mr. Speaker? Of course, we do. But we 
missed our opportunity to pass those bills in September and we missed 
it again in December, when Republicans controlled all the levers of 
government.
  Now the new Democratic majority is forced to clean up this mess in 
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would reopen DOT and HUD, and it would provide billions in critical 
transportation and housing investments for our communities, families, 
and businesses.
  This bill, and others on the floor this week, is the best way to make 
it as easy as possible for the Senate to say yes. That is what this is 
all about, Mr. Speaker: the Senate to say yes and end this shutdown. 
They have already said yes to these bills.
  I remind my colleagues and the Senate leadership of another 
interesting fact, this bill, and other bills, can become law, even if 
the President were to withhold his signature.
  If you vote against this bill, you are enabling the irresponsible 
behavior of the President and you are telling the American people that 
you are willing to hold our government hostage for a boondoggle border 
wall.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this legislation and end 
the Trump shutdown.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time
  Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of the 
FY19 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act. This bill protects American families from 
being kicked out into the street in the dead of winter, ensures the 
safety of our skies, and quite literally, keeps our country moving.
  This bill pays our hardworking air traffic controllers and reopens 
our air traffic training facilities. It allows our highway safety 
agencies to get back to work, including the National Highway Traffic 
Safety Administration, which investigates automotive defects and 
formulates automotive safety standards.
  This bill ensures the National Transportation Safety Board can 
continue its investigations into deadly road, rail, marine, and 
aviation accidents, as well as its issuance of safety recommendations 
that drive policy changes that save thousands of lives.
  This bill also reopens HUD, ensuring families aren't evicted due to 
this unnecessary shutdown. It enables FHA loans to be processed for 
prospective homebuyers across the nation, and it protects renters who 
rely on HUD inspectors to ensure safe and sanitary housing.
  Finally, it allows the FAA to resume its issuance of aviator and 
engineer certifications, as well as its development and testing of next 
generation safety technologies.
  Without these vital functions, our economy will be dragged to a halt, 
and American families will be left in the cold. I will be voting yes on 
this bill, and I hope my colleagues on both sides of the aisle will do 
the same.

  Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to urge my 
colleagues to support this appropriations bill, which would fund the 
Departments of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development.
  Air travel is fast becoming one of the most disturbing points of 
contention in this shutdown fracas.
  The world's largest pilots' union recently warned in a letter to the 
Trump administration that air safety could be threatened by the 
shutdown.
  About 10,000 FAA air traffic controllers have been deemed essential 
and asked to perform a vital public safety function without pay.
  These men and women are dedicated, hardworking professionals. But 
this situation is unfair and untenable.
  Soon, many of these vital air safety workers will begin to face 
financial hardship. We cannot reasonably expect them to work without 
pay.
  On top of this, the FAA has fewer safety inspectors on the job than 
are needed to ensure that our air traffic control system is operating 
maximally.
  On the ground, state transportation projects are being halted because 
the federal government often pays up to 90 percent of road projects.
  With the Department of Transportation shuttered, road projects 
nationwide are stalling as federal payments to states are delayed.
  Americans who rely on the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
may face hardship, too. Due to the shutdown, HUD has stopped conducting 
inspections at assisted housing units.
  Residents of these housing units depend on these inspections to 
ensure proper upkeep of their homes. They are important for ensuring 
the maintenance of sanitation and safety.
  Even more alarming, more than 1,000 contracts for government-funded 
housing properties for low-income renters have expired because HUD is 
shut down.
  Because funding has lapsed, thousands of low-income renters may face 
eviction.
  I urge my colleagues to vote for this bill, because the integrity of 
our airspace and transportation systems depend on it. And so do 
thousands of Americans who depend on HUD for housing.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 267, the 
``Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2019,'' which funds the Department 
of Transportation and the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
and ensure that people living in housing supported by HUD are not 
evicted as a result of the government shutdown proudly engineered by 
the President of the United States.
  I am pleased to co-sponsor and support this bill because it is the 
right thing to do.
  Because of the Trump Shutdown, some of the most important activities 
funded in the Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and 
Related Agencies have ground to a halt.
  In addition to concerns over possible evictions and severe slowdowns 
with Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans, the shutdown has also 
led to other serious impacts.
  For example, the health and safety of renters have been put at risk 
because HUD's Real Estate Assessment Center is not conducting 
inspections in assisted housing units which are critical to ensure 
decent, safe, and sanitary housing.
  Because of the shutdown, the National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration has suspended data analysis and investigations into 
motor vehicle manufacturing defects which means that recalls of 
automotive defects will not occur.
  The FAA training academy in Oklahoma City is closed, slowing the 
training of new air traffic controllers, despite shortages of qualified 
staff nationwide.
  Additionally, the issuance of FAA airmen certificates that are 
required for the crew of international carriers that transit through 
the U.S. has been suspended--the issuance of airmen certificates which 
are mandatory for becoming a student, private, or commercial pilot; 
flight engineer, navigator, or attendant; or other aviation-related 
professions.
  These are among the many reasons I strongly support H.R. 267, which 
is virtually identical to legislation that has already passed the 
Senate on a 92-6 vote.
  This legislation will reopen the Departments of Transportation and 
Housing and Urban Development and stop some the worst impacts of the 
Trump Shutdown on families, businesses, and communities.
  The bill provides $71.4 billion in discretionary funding, $23.3 
billion above the President's budget request and $1.1 billion above the 
FY2018 enacted level.
  The total includes more than $17 billion in funding for new 
infrastructure projects, in addition to $49 billion for infrastructure 
from dedicated fuel and aviation taxes.
  And the bill rejects the President's deep cuts to Public and Indian 
Housing and Community Planning and Development.
  The bill also rejects President Trump's proposed elimination of the 
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), the HOME Investment 
Partnerships Program, and the Choice Neighborhood Initiative.
  Mr. Speaker, it is well that we take stock of the human toll caused 
by the Trump Shutdown, which is now entering its third week.
  420,000 federal employees are working without pay.
  Frontline federal employees, including law enforcement and public 
safety personnel, have been working without pay since December 22, 
including 14,000 FBI agents, 54,000 Customs and Border Protection 
agents, 6,000 Forest Service firefighters.
  400,000 Federal Employees have been furloughed.
  In addition to the federal employees working without pay, hardworking 
federal employees at agencies like the Department of Transportation, 
the Department of Commerce, and NASA have been furloughed without pay, 
plunging them and their families into uncertainty.
  The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) has stopped processing loans 
and mortgage approvals, putting families trying to buy a new home or 
refinance an FHA-insured mortgage into financial limbo.
  IRS Customer Service Halted, Tax Return Processing Jeopardized.
  Walk-in taxpayer assistance centers and all taxpayer customer 
service, which serves approximately 2.5 million citizens monthly, is 
unavailable during the shutdown.
  Electronic and paper tax returns submitted by taxpayers will not be 
processed, leading to backlogs that will potentially delay tax refunds.
  The Food and Drug Administration cannot accept any regulatory 
submissions and cannot support many routine regulatory and compliance 
activities.
  This includes some medical product, animal drug, and most food-
related activities.
  The FDA also cannot conduct routine establishment inspections, which 
could prevent the finding and correction of violations, especially for 
food safety.
  A shutdown beyond January would cause the Food and Nutrition Service 
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individuals and families across the country who are dependent on the 
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
  The Small Business Administration has completely halted its role in 
the federal contracting process, interfering with projects government 
wide.
  The SBA has also stopped approving loan assistance and guarantee 
applications from commercial banks and small businesses, blocking 
access to federally-assisted loans for many small businesses.
  Businesses across the country have lost access to the Department of 
Homeland Security's E-Verify program, which is intended to allow 
business owners to comply with federal law and determine the 
immigration status of employees they hire.
  Most services provided by the Federal Trade Commission are suspended 
under the shutdown, including the National Do Not Call Registry (for 
consumers and telemarketers), consumer complaint systems, and identity 
theft reporting--as well as law enforcement access to FTC's consumer 
complaints.
  In addition, the FTC has suspended most investigations and litigation 
under the shutdown.
  The Department of Justice's civil litigation efforts against bad 
actors have stopped, and payments to crime victims have been put on 
hold.
  Training for Department of Justice employees, even for those still 
working despite the shutdown, is canceled.
  Department of Justice programs to train state and local law 
enforcement officers and officials have also been canceled.
  All services for visitors to National Park Service sites--such as 
visitors' centers, interpretative programs, and restrooms--have been 
suspended.
  Many Parks are overflowing with uncollected garbage, while curtailed 
law enforcement staffing is putting visitors' safety at risk.
  In addition, the Smithsonian Institution and the National Gallery of 
Art have closed.
  The Environmental Protection Agency has halted inspections at 
drinking water systems, hazardous waste management and chemical 
facilities.
  The men and women who have been furloughed because of this 
manufactured crisis are not responsible for the Trump Shutdown.
  The dedicated men and women of the federal civilian workforce, like 
those who serve in the Armed Forces, have not spent their professional 
lives fomenting ethnic hatred and xenophobia, or imagining a national 
security crisis on the southern border.
  Instead, these loyal and committed public servants are motivated by 
their paramount interest in serving the American public without fear or 
favor and, for the last four days, without any guarantee that they 
would be compensated for their labor.
  And yet, they gladly and willingly serve, some risking their lives to 
keep us safe.
  Others stand watch monitoring weather systems and providing 
information necessary to protect the public from hurricanes and 
tornadoes and wildfires or conducting research to find cures for 
disease or that will yield technological innovations or help us mark 
and measure the far reaches of space.
  Others work to secure the borders and homeland, ensure the safety of 
our food and water, serve our seniors and children, provide training 
and support for those looking for work, and protecting our environment 
and keeping watch over our treasures--our national parks and monuments, 
including this magnificent Capitol where the people have sent us to 
their business.
  Mr. Speaker, the men and women of the federal workforce do the 
people's business. They serve everyone equally. They do not single out 
some persons to serve and ignore others. They do not cherry-pick.
  We should follow their example. And the best way to do that is for 
the House and Senate to pass this and the remaining appropriations 
bills by veto-proof margins and send them to President for signature 
and to vote to override should the President unwisely elect to veto the 
bill.
  I urge all Members to join me in voting for H.R. 267.

  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Speaker, first, I want to thank Chairman 
Price for his leadership on this bill.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of the FY 2019 Transportation 
and Housing Appropriations Bill, which provides more than $71 billion 
to partially re-open the government.
  Families living in housing supported by the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development (HUD) deserve to know they will have a roof over 
their heads.
  This bill will ensure that struggling families are not evicted from 
their homes because of the Trump Administration's incompetence and 
cruelty.
  There was a report this week that thousands of families could be 
evicted because HUD officials forgot about Section 8 contracts that 
expired last month.
  Let me reiterate: families could become homeless--in the middle of 
winter--because these Trump officials couldn't keep track of this 
program.
  Mr. Speaker, this is just downright unacceptable. And it's hurting 
people across the country.
  Im my home district, renovations on an affordable housing project 
have been put on hold because of this shutdown.
  There is an affordable housing crisis in this country, Mr. Speaker. A 
delay in projects like this will mean fewer people have a place to rest 
their heads at night.
  These families deserve better.
  Mr. Speaker, the Trump shutdown is hurting real families and it's 
hurting our economy.
  Let's pass this bill to reopen the government, and make sure families 
can stay in their homes.
  I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes.''

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. McEachin). All time for debate has 
expired.
  Pursuant to House Resolution 28, the previous question is ordered on 
the bill.
  The question is on the engrossment and third reading of the bill.
  The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, and was 
read the third time.


                           Motion to Recommit

  Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Speaker, I have a motion to recommit at the 
desk.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentleman opposed to the bill?
  Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Yes, in its current form.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to 
recommit.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Mr. Diaz-Balart moves to recommit the bill, H.R. 267, to 
     the Committee on Appropriations with instructions to report 
     the same back to the House forthwith with the following 
     amendment:
       Page 93, line 17, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $71,000,000)''.
       Page 102, line 8, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $71,000,000)''.
       Page 144, line 15, after each dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $71,000,000)''.

  Mr. DIAZ-BALART (during the reading). Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous 
consent to dispense with the reading.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Florida?
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from 
Florida is recognized for 5 minutes in support of his motion.
  Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Speaker, this motion to recommit restores a 
House priority that had overwhelming support when we put together the 
FY 2019 T-HUD bill during the last Congress.
  As I mentioned in my opening statement, our House bill last year 
placed a high priority on increasing housing opportunities for people 
living with disabilities. We heard from members of humanitarian groups, 
nonprofits, and religious organizations, frankly, just from our 
communities, on the importance of ensuring that the disabled have 
humane housing options.
  Our bill, therefore, last year included $390 million for this 
program, to provide over 20,000 additional housing vouchers for people 
with disabilities. These vouchers help some of the neediest among us 
live, frankly, with dignity.
  The program provides a critical lifeline to families who struggle to 
care for the severely disabled. And it prevents, frankly, worst-case 
scenarios where severely disabled individuals would otherwise face 
homelessness.
  Mr. Speaker, this motion is a reasonable, partial restoration of 
funding for this program. This modest motion partially restores the 
disability voucher cuts that my colleagues are offering today, and, 
instead, provides an additional $71 million for this valuable program.
  The motion would provide 7,200 vouchers, and would correct a 
significant blemish in the Senate-originated bill that is before us 
today.
  Every single dollar of this funding goes directly to serve those in 
need. This is an account without bureaucratic overhead. Every single 
dollar goes to serve those who need it. It is a program with, again, a 
strong record of accountability and of performance.
  Not one dollar of this program goes to the Federal bureaucracy. These 
funds directly serve the disabled and their families, often, Mr. 
Speaker, through faith-based and community-

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based organizations. This program also serves a large number of 
veterans, some of whom, Mr. Speaker, became disabled in service to our 
country.
  This motion is offset by a reduction to HUD's Information Technology 
Fund, leaving the account at a very reasonable level of $209 million. 
Again, this is a manageable level for HUD IT, and it is a modest 
adjustment to bring dignity, relief, and help to individuals and 
families with disabilities.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge a ``yes'' vote on the motion, and I yield back 
the balance of my time.
  Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the 
motion to recommit.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, responsibility for funding 
the Federal Government is as basic as it gets. It is one of the most 
important duties of Congress. The previous majority failed to do the 
basic task of keeping the lights on. Here on day 5 of the 116th 
Congress, we Democrats and leadership are determined to reopen Federal 
agencies shuttered by the Trump shutdown.
  This legislation, which has already gotten bipartisan support--
virtually unanimous support in the Senate--will ensure that the Federal 
Government is open and working for the American people.
  The agencies funded in this bill have been shuttered for 20 days. 
More than 20,000 air traffic controllers have been on the job, ensuring 
the safety of the Nation's skies, without pay. They have been doing 
their jobs without the usual complement of safety professionals who 
support the operation of the airspace.
  Yet, when payday comes for these controllers--and thousands of other 
Federal workers--they will see nothing. Instead of their pay, they will 
get a blank check. They will not get compensated for the work they have 
done.
  HUD is scrambling to renew contracts and ensure that thousands of 
tenants aren't evicted. The uncertainty over Federal grants has caused 
State departments of transportation to delay issuing contracts just 
before the construction season, and the list goes on and on.
  Mr. Speaker, we must end this madness. This bill, in its current 
form, represents the quickest and easiest way to do this, making it as 
easy as possible for the Senate to say ``yes,'' because they have 
already said ``yes'' to these bills.
  This is why we are taking this approach. I ask my colleagues to 
support us in that so that here, on day 20 of the Trump shutdown, we 
can bring this to a close. We are on the verge of having the longest 
government shutdown in American history. We need to pass this bill 
without further delay.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to reject this motion to recommit, 
vote ``no'' on the motion to recommit, and ``yes'' on the bill.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the previous question is 
ordered on the motion to recommit.
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to recommit.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the noes appeared to have it.
  Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further 
proceedings on this question will be postponed.

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