Sec. 7069. ### (a) Economic Support Fund

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## SEC. 7069 ###

(a)Economic Support Fund ####

(1)Of the unobligated balances available under the Economic Support Fund, identified by Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol 72 X 1037, $32,000,000 are rescinded. ####

(2)Of the unobligated and unexpended balances available to the President for bilateral economic assistance under the heading “Economic Support Fund” from prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, $200,000,000 shall be deobligated, as appropriate, and shall be rescinded. ####

(3)For the purposes of this subsection, no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were designated by Congress as an emergency requirement or for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. ###

(b)Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance Of the unobligated balances from amounts available under the heading “Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance” in title II of the Security Assistance Appropriations Act, 2017 (division B of Public Law 114-254), $242,462,000 are rescinded: *Provided*, That such funds that were previously designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of such Act. ###

(c)Complex Crises Fund Of the unobligated balances from amounts made available under title VIII in prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs under the heading “Complex Crises Fund”, $40,000,000 are rescinded: *Provided*, That such funds that were previously designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of such Act. ###

(d)Export-Import Bank of the United States Of the unobligated balances available under the heading “Export and Investment Assistance, Export-Import Bank of the United States, Subsidy Appropriation” for tied-aid grants from prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, $64,282,000 are rescinded. This division may be cited as the “Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2020”. ### DIVISION H TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020 # TITLE I DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ## Office of the Secretary ### salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, $115,490,000, of which not to exceed $3,100,000 shall be available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the immediate Office of the Deputy Secretary; not to exceed $21,000,000 shall be available for the Office of the General Counsel; not to exceed $10,500,000 shall be available for the Office of the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy; not to exceed $15,000,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to exceed $2,650,000 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 $1,859,000 shall be available for the Office of the Executive Secretariat; not to exceed $12,181,000 shall be available for the Office of Intelligence, Security, and Emergency Response; and not to exceed $16,814,000 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 7 percent by all such transfers: *Provided further*, That notice of any change in funding greater than 7 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, $21,000,000, of which $14,218,000 shall remain available until expended for

(1)$5,000,000 for new competitive grants under section 5505 of title 49, United States Code, for Tier I University Transportation Centers,

(2)$1,000,000 for the establishment of an emergency planning transportation data initiative to conduct research and develop models for data integration of geo-located weather and roadways information for emergency and other severe weather conditions to improve public safety and emergency evacuation and response capabilities,

(3)$1,000,000 for the Secretary of Transportation to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to conduct a study through the Transportation Research Board on effective ways to measure the resilience of transportation systems and services to natural disasters, natural hazards, and other potential disruptions, and

(4)$5,000,000 for the establishment of a Highly Automated Systems Safety Center of Excellence as required in section 105 of this Act: *Provided*, That such amounts are in addition to amounts previously provided for Tier I University Transportation Centers: *Provided further*, That such amounts for additional Tier I University Transportation Centers under this heading are provided notwithstanding section 5505(c)(4)(A) of title 49, United States Code: *Provided further*, That there may be credited to this appropriation, to be available until expended, funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for training: *Provided further*, That any reference in law, regulation, judicial proceedings, or elsewhere to the Research and Innovative Technology Administration shall continue to be deemed to be a reference to the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology of the Department of Transportation. ### national infrastructure investments For capital investments in surface transportation infrastructure, $1,000,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2022: *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; port infrastructure investments (including inland port infrastructure and land ports of entry); and projects investing in surface transportation facilities that are located on tribal land and for which title or maintenance responsibility is vested in the Federal Government: *Provided further*, That of the amount made available under this heading, the Secretary shall use an amount not less than $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 an award under this heading is an urban award if it is to a project located within or on the boundary of an Urbanized Area (UA), as designated by the U.S. Census Bureau, that had a population greater than 200,000 in the 2010 Census: *Provided further*, That for the purpose of determining if an award for planning, preparation or design is an urban award, the project location is the location of the project being planned, prepared or designed: *Provided further*, That each award under this heading that is not an urban award is a rural award: *Provided further*, That of the funds awarded under this heading, not more than 50 percent shall be awarded as urban awards and rural awards, respectively: *Provided further*, That for rural awards, 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 2017 Notice of Funding Opportunity: *Provided further*, That, notwithstanding the previous proviso, 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 such 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 multimodal safety projects under title VIII of division F of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (Public Law 113-6; 127 Stat. 423) shall remain available through fiscal year 2024 for the liquidation of valid obligations of active grants awarded with this funding: *Provided further*, That the preceding proviso shall be applied as if it were in effect on September 30, 2019. ### 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, $5,000,000, to remain available until expended:*Provided*, That the Secretary shall notify the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations no less than 15 days prior to exercising the transfer authority granted under section 116(h) of title 49, United States Code. ### 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, 2021. ### 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, 2021. ### 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, $10,879,000, to remain available until expended: *Provided*, That of such amount, $1,000,000 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 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 $319,793,000, 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. ### small and disadvantaged business utilization and outreach For necessary expenses for small and disadvantaged business utilization and outreach activities, $4,646,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021: *Provided*, That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be used for business opportunities related to any mode of transportation: *Provided further*, That appropriations made available under this heading shall be available for any purpose consistent with prior year appropriations that were made available under the heading “Minority Business Resource Center Program”. ### payments to air carriers #### (airport and airway trust fund) In addition to funds made available from any other source to carry out the essential air service program under 49 U.S.C. 41731 through 41742, $162,000,000, 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 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 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.

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