[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 4552 Reported in House (RH)]
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Union Calendar No. 172
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4552
[Report No. 119-212]
Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and
Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 21, 2025
Mr. Womack, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the
following bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House
on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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A BILL
Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and
Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums
are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and
Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
salaries and expenses
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary,
$204,568,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided,
That of such amount--
(1) $3,763,000 shall be available for the immediate Office
of the Secretary;
(2) $1,348,000 shall be available for the immediate Office
of the Deputy Secretary;
(3) $26,511,000 shall be available for the Office of the
General Counsel;
(4) $23,358,000 shall be available for the Office of the
Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy, of which
$7,000,000 shall be for the Office for Multimodal Freight
Infrastructure and Policy;
(5) $20,522,000 shall be available for the Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs;
(6) $3,633,000 shall be available for the Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs: Provided, That
funds made available for similar activities within the
Operating Administrations may be transferred to this office:
Provided further, That the Secretary of Transportation
(referred to in this title as the "Secretary") must notify the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 30 days in
advance of any such transfer and submit such transfer for
approval to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations
prior to executing any such transfer;
(7) $19,109,000 shall be available for the Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Administration: Provided, That funds
made available for similar activities within the Operating
Administrations may be transferred to this office: Provided
further, That the Secretary must submit such transfer for
approval to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations
prior to executing any such transfer;
(8) $5,632,000 shall be available for the Office of Public
Affairs and Public Engagement: Provided, That funds made
available for similar activities within the Operating
Administrations may be transferred to this office: Provided
further, That the Secretary must submit such transfer for
approval to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations
prior to executing any such transfer;
(9) $2,226,000 shall be available for the Office of the
Executive Secretariat;
(10) $14,777,000 shall be available for the Office of
Intelligence, Security, and Emergency Response;
(11) $16,182,000 shall be available for the Office of the
Chief Information Officer: Provided, That funds made available
for similar activities within the Operating Administrations may
be transferred to this office: Provided further, That the
Secretary must submit such transfer for approval to the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations prior to executing any
such transfer;
(12) $1,517,000 shall be available for the Office of Tribal
Government Affairs;
(13) $13,654,000 shall be available for the Office of Civil
Rights: Provided, That funds made available for similar
activities within the Operating Administrations may be
transferred to this office: Provided further, That the
Secretary must submit such transfer for approval to the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations prior to executing any
such transfer;
(14) $3,001,000 shall be available for the Office of Small
and Disadvantaged Business Utilization and Outreach: Provided,
That appropriations made available under this heading shall be
available for any purpose consistent with prior year
appropriations that were made available under the headings
"Office of the Secretary--Minority Business Resource Center
Program" and "Office of the Secretary--Small and Disadvantaged
Business Utilization and Outreach";
(15) $45,335,000 shall be available for shared services
pursuant to section 327 of title 49, United States Code, for
the Office of the Secretary that would otherwise be provided by
the Working Capital Fund, in addition to amounts otherwise
available for such purposes; and
(16) $4,000,000 shall be available for information
technology development, modernization, and enhancement, in
addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes:
Provided further, That the Secretary is authorized to transfer funds
appropriated under this heading for any office or activity of the
Office of the Secretary listed under this heading to any other office
or activity under this heading: Provided further, That ``activity'' as
used in the provisos of this paragraph is defined as shared services
otherwise provided by the Working Capital Fund and information
technology development, modernization, and enhancement: Provided
further, That such transfers combined shall not increase or decrease
the amount appropriated for any office or activity listed under this
heading by more than 7 percent unless the Secretary submits such
transfer for approval to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations: Provided further, That not to exceed $70,000 shall be
for allocation within the Department for official reception and
representation expenses as the Secretary may determine: Provided
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, there may be
credited to this appropriation up to $2,500,000 in funds received in
user fees.
research and technology
For necessary expenses related to the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Research and Technology, $44,117,000, of which
$20,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That of
the amounts made available under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be for
the Drone Infrastructure Inspection Grant Program authorized in section
912 of Public Law 118-63: Provided further, That, notwithstanding
subsection (g)(2) of such section 912, amounts made available under
section 106(k) of title 49, United States Code, shall not be available
to carry out such program: Provided further, That of amounts made
available for the drone infrastructure inspection grant program,
$1,000,000 shall be available for administrative expenses: Provided
further, That there may be credited to this appropriation, to be
available until expended, funds received from States, counties,
municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources for
expenses incurred for training: Provided further, That any reference
in law, regulation, judicial proceedings, or elsewhere to the Research
and Innovative Technology Administration shall continue to be deemed to
be a reference to the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research
and Technology of the Department of Transportation.
national surface transportation and innovative finance bureau
For necessary expenses of the National Surface Transportation and
Innovative Finance Bureau as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 116, $9,277,000,
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary may
collect and spend fees, as authorized by title 23, United States Code,
to cover the costs of services of expert firms, including counsel, in
the field of municipal and project finance to assist in the
underwriting and servicing of Federal credit instruments and all or a
portion of the costs to the Federal Government of servicing such credit
instruments: Provided further, That such fees are available until
expended to pay for such costs: Provided further, That such amounts
are in addition to other amounts made available for such purposes and
are not subject to any obligation limitation or the limitation on
administrative expenses under section 608 of title 23, United States
Code.
railroad rehabilitation and improvement financing program
The Secretary is authorized to issue direct loans and loan
guarantees pursuant to chapter 224 of title 49, United States Code, and
such authority shall exist as long as any such direct loan or loan
guarantee is outstanding.
financial management capital
For necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing the Department
of Transportation's financial systems and re-engineering business
processes, $5,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2027.
cyber security initiatives
For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, including
necessary upgrades to network and information technology
infrastructure, improvement of identity management and authentication
capabilities, securing and protecting data, implementation of Federal
cyber security initiatives, and implementation of enhanced security
controls on agency computers and mobile devices, $74,600,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2027.
transportation planning, research, and development
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses for conducting transportation planning,
research, systems development, development activities, and making
grants, $22,991,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That of such amount, $8,506,000 shall be for necessary expenses of the
Interagency Infrastructure Permitting Improvement Center (IIPIC):
Provided further, That there may be transferred to this appropriation,
to remain available until expended, amounts transferred from other
Federal agencies for expenses incurred under this heading for IIPIC
activities not related to transportation infrastructure: Provided
further, That the tools and analysis developed by the IIPIC shall be
available to other Federal agencies for the permitting and review of
major infrastructure projects not related to transportation only to the
extent that other Federal agencies provide funding to the Department in
accordance with the preceding proviso.
working capital fund
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses for operating costs and capital outlays of
the Working Capital Fund as authorized by Section 327 of title 49,
United States Code, not to exceed $532,608,000, shall be paid from
appropriations made available to the Department of Transportation:
Provided, That such services shall be provided on a competitive basis
to entities within the Department of Transportation: Provided further,
That the limitation in the preceding proviso on operating expenses
shall not apply to entities external to the Department of
Transportation or for funds provided in Public Law 117-58: Provided
further, That no funds made available by this Act to an agency of the
Department shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund without
majority approval of the Working Capital Fund Steering Committee and
approval of the Secretary: Provided further, That no assessments may
be levied against any program, budget activity, subactivity, or project
funded by this Act unless notice of such assessments and the basis
therefor are presented to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations and are approved by such Committees.
payments to air carriers
(airport and airway trust fund)
In addition to funds made available from any other source to carry
out the essential air service program under sections 41731 through
41742 of title 49, United States Code, $514,000,000, to be derived from
the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That in determining between or among carriers competing to
provide service to a community, the Secretary may consider the relative
subsidy requirements of the carriers: Provided further, That basic
essential air service minimum requirements shall not include the 15-
passenger capacity requirement under section 41732(b)(3) of title 49,
United States Code: Provided further, That amounts authorized to be
distributed for the essential air service program under section
41742(b) of title 49, United States Code, shall be made available
immediately from amounts otherwise provided to the Administrator of the
Federal Aviation Administration: Provided further, That the
Administrator may reimburse such amounts from fees credited to the
account established under section 45303 of title 49, United States
Code: Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 41733 of title
49, United States Code, for fiscal year 2026, the requirements
established under subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 41731(a)(1) of
title 49, United States Code, and the subsidy cap established by
section 332 of the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2000, shall not apply to maintain eligibility under
section 41731 of title 49, United States Code.
administrative provisions--office of the secretary of transportation
(including transfer of funds)
Sec. 101. None of the funds made available by this Act to the
Department of Transportation may be obligated for the Office of the
Secretary of Transportation to approve assessments or reimbursable
agreements pertaining to funds appropriated to the operating
administrations in this Act, except for activities underway on the date
of enactment of this Act, unless such assessments or agreements have
completed the normal reprogramming process for congressional
notification.
Sec. 102. The Secretary shall post on the web site of the
Department of Transportation a schedule of all meetings of the Council
on Credit and Finance, including the agenda for each meeting, and
require the Council on Credit and Finance to record the decisions and
actions of each meeting.
Sec. 103. In addition to authority provided by section 327 of
title 49, United States Code, the Department's Working Capital Fund is
authorized to provide partial or full payments in advance and accept
subsequent reimbursements from all Federal agencies from available
funds for transit benefit distribution services that are necessary to
carry out the Federal transit pass transportation fringe benefit
program under Executive Order No. 13150 and section 3049 of SAFETEA-LU
(5 U.S.C. 7905 note): Provided, That the Department shall maintain a
reasonable operating reserve in the Working Capital Fund, to be
expended in advance to provide uninterrupted transit benefits to
Government employees: Provided further, That such reserve shall not
exceed 1 month of benefits payable and may be used only for the purpose
of providing for the continuation of transit benefits: Provided
further, That the Working Capital Fund shall be fully reimbursed by
each customer agency from available funds for the actual cost of the
transit benefit.
Sec. 104. Receipts collected in the Department's Working Capital
Fund, as authorized by section 327 of title 49, United States Code, for
unused transit and van pool benefits, in an amount not to exceed 10
percent of fiscal year 2026 collections, shall be available until
expended in the Department's Working Capital Fund to provide
contractual services in support of section 189 of this Act: Provided,
That obligations in fiscal year 2026 of such collections shall not
exceed $1,000,000.
Sec. 105. None of the funds in this title may be obligated or
expended for retention or senior executive bonuses for an employee of
the Department of Transportation without the prior written approval of
the Assistant Secretary for Administration.
Sec. 106. In addition to authority provided by section 327 of
title 49, United States Code, the Department's Administrative Working
Capital Fund is hereby authorized to transfer information technology
equipment, software, and systems from departmental sources or other
entities and collect and maintain a reserve at rates which will return
full cost of transferred assets.
Sec. 107. None of the funds provided in this Act to the Department
of Transportation may be used to provide credit assistance unless not
less than 3 days before any application approval to provide credit
assistance under sections 603 and 604 of title 23, United States Code,
the Secretary provides notification in writing to the following
committees: the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations; the
Committee on Environment and Public Works and the Committee on Banking,
Housing and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives:
Provided, That such notification shall include, but not be limited to,
the name of the project sponsor; a description of the project; whether
credit assistance will be provided as a direct loan, loan guarantee, or
line of credit; and the amount of credit assistance.
Sec. 108. (a) Amounts made available to the Secretary of
Transportation or the Department of Transportation's Operating
Administrations in this Act for the costs of award, administration, or
oversight of financial assistance under the programs identified in
subsection (c) may be transferred to the account identified in section
801 of division J of Public Law 117-58, as amended by section 425 of
title IV of division K of Public Law 117-103, to remain available until
expended, for the necessary expenses of award, administration, or
oversight of any financial assistance programs in the Department of
Transportation.
(b) Amounts transferred under the authority in this section are
available in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purpose.
(c) The programs from which funds made available under this Act may
be transferred under subsection (a) are:
(1) the university transportation centers program under
section 550