SEC. 40001. Coast Guard mission readiness.
(a) In general.—Chapter 11 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
“SUBCHAPTER V—COAST GUARD MISSION READINESS
Ҥ 1181. Special appropriations
“In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Coast Guard for fiscal year 2025, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $24,593,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2029, notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 1105(a) and sections 1131, 1132, 1133, and 1156, to use expedited processes to procure or acquire new operational assets and systems, to maintain existing assets and systems, to design, construct, plan, engineer, and improve necessary shore infrastructure, and to enhance operational resilience for monitoring, search and rescue, interdiction, hardening of maritime approaches, and navigational safety, of which—
“(1) $1,142,500,000 is provided for procurement and acquisition of fixed-wing aircraft, equipment related to such aircraft and training simulators and program management for such aircraft, to provide for security of the maritime border;
“(2) $2,283,000,000 is provided for procurement and acquisition of rotary-wing aircraft, equipment related to such aircraft and training simulators and program management for such aircraft, to provide for security of the maritime border;
“(3) $266,000,000 is provided for procurement and acquisition of long-range unmanned aircraft and base stations, equipment related to such aircraft and base stations, and program management for such aircraft and base stations, to provide for security of the maritime border;
“(4) $4,300,000,000 is provided for procurement of Offshore Patrol Cutters, equipment related to such cutters, and program management for such cutters, to provide operational presence and security of the maritime border and for interdiction of persons and controlled substances;
“(5) $1,000,000,000 is provided for procurement of Fast Response Cutters, equipment related to such cutters, and program management for such cutters, to provide operational presence and security of the maritime border and for interdiction of persons and controlled substances;
“(6) $4,300,000,000 is provided for procurement of Polar Security Cutters, equipment related to such cutters, and program management for such cutters, to ensure timely presence of the Coast Guard in the Arctic and Antarctic regions;
“(7) $3,500,000,000 is provided for procurement of Arctic Security Cutters, equipment related to such cutters, and program management for such cutters, to ensure timely presence of the Coast Guard in the Arctic and Antarctic regions;
“(8) $816,000,000 is provided for procurement of light and medium icebreaking cutters, and equipment relating to such cutters, from shipyards that have demonstrated success in the cost-effective application of design standards and in delivering, on schedule and within budget, vessels of a size and tonnage that are not less than the size and tonnage of the cutters described in this paragraph, and for program management for such cutters, to expand domestic icebreaking capacity;
“(9) $162,000,000 is provided for procurement of Waterways Commerce Cutters, equipment related to such cutters, and program management for such cutters, to support aids to navigation, waterways and coastal security, and search and rescue in inland waterways;
“(10) $4,379,000,000 is provided for design, planning, engineering, recapitalization, construction, rebuilding, and improvement of, and program management for, shore facilities, of which—
“(A) $425,000,000 is provided for design, planning, engineering, construction of, and program management for—
“(i) the enlisted boot camp barracks and multi-use training center; and
“(ii) other related facilities at the enlisted boot camp;
“(B) $500,000,000 is provided for—
“(i) construction, improvement, and dredging at the Coast Guard Yard; and
“(ii) acquisition of a floating drydock for the Coast Guard Yard;
“(C) not more than $2,729,500,000 is provided for homeports and hangars for cutters and aircraft for which funds are appropriated under paragraph (1) through (9); and
“(D) $300,000,000 is provided for homeporting of the existing polar icebreaker commissioned into service in 2025;
“(11) $2,200,000,000 is provided for aviation, cutter, and shore facility depot maintenance and maintenance of command, control, communication, computer, and cyber assets;
“(12) $170,000,000 is provided for improving maritime domain awareness on the maritime border, at United States ports, at land-based facilities and in the cyber domain; and
“(13) $75,000,000 is provided to contract the services of, acquire, or procure autonomous maritime systems.”.
(b) Technical and conforming amendment.—The analysis for chapter 11 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
“SUBCHAPTER V—COAST GUARD MISSION READINESS
“1181. Special appropriations.”.
SEC. 40002. Spectrum auctions.
(a) Definitions.—In this section:
(1) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—The term “Assistant Secretary” means the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information.
(2) COMMISSION.—The term “Commission” means the Federal Communications Commission.
(3) COVERED BAND.—The term “covered band”—
(A) except as provided in subparagraph (B), means the band of frequencies between 1.3 gigahertz and 10.5 gigahertz; and
(B) does not include—
(i) the band of frequencies between 3.1 gigahertz and 3.45 gigahertz for purposes of auction, reallocation, modification, or withdrawal; or
(ii) the band of frequencies between 7.4 gigahertz and 8.4 gigahertz for purposes of auction, reallocation, modification, or withdrawal.
(4) FULL-POWER COMMERCIAL LICENSED USE CASES.—The term “full-power commercial licensed use cases” means flexible use wireless broadband services with base station power levels sufficient for high-power, high-density, and wide-area commercial mobile services, consistent with the service rules under part 27 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulations, for wireless broadband deployments throughout the covered band.
(b) General auction authority.—
(1) AMENDMENT.—Section 309(j)(11) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)(11)) is amended by striking “grant a license or permit under this subsection shall expire March 9, 2023” and all that follows and inserting the following: "complete a system of competitive bidding under this subsection shall expire September 30, 2034, except that, with respect to the electromagnetic spectrum—
“(A) between the frequencies of 3.1 gigahertz and 3.45 gigahertz, such authority shall not apply; and
“(B) between the frequencies of 7.4 gigahertz and 8.4 gigahertz, such authority shall not apply.”.
(2) SPECTRUM AUCTIONS.—The Commission shall grant licenses through systems of competitive bidding, before the expiration of the general auction authority of the Commission under section 309(j)(11) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)(11)), as amended by paragraph (1) of this subsection, for not less than 300 megahertz, including by completing a system of competitive bidding not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act for not less than 100 megahertz in the band between 3.98 gigahertz and 4.2 gigahertz.
(c) Identification for reallocation.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary, in consultation with the Commission, shall identify 500 megahertz of frequencies in the covered band for reallocation to non-Federal use, shared Federal and non-Federal use, or a combination thereof, for full-power commercial licensed use cases, that—
(A) as of the date of enactment of this Act, are allocated for Federal use; and
(B) shall be in addition to the 300 megahertz of frequencies for which the Commission grants licenses under subsection (b)(2).
(2) SCHEDULE.—The Assistant Secretary shall identify the frequencies under paragraph (1) according to the following schedule:
(A) Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall identify not less than 200 megahertz of frequencies within the covered band.
(B) Not later than 4 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall identify any remaining bandwidth required to be identified under paragraph (1).
(3) REQUIRED ANALYSIS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—In determining under paragraph (1) which specific frequencies within the covered band to reallocate, the Assistant Secretary shall determine the feasibility of the reallocation of frequencies.
(B) REQUIREMENTS.—In conducting the analysis under subparagraph (A), the Assistant Secretary shall assess net revenue potential, relocation or sharing costs, as applicable, and the feasibility of reallocating specific frequencies, with the goal of identifying the best approach to maximize net proceeds of systems of competitive bidding for the Treasury, consistent with section 309(j) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)).
(d) Auctions.—The Commission shall grant licenses for the frequencies identified for reallocation under subsection (c) through systems of competitive bidding in accordance with the following schedule:
(1) Not later than 4 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall, after notifying the Assistant Secretary, complete 1 or more systems of competitive bidding for not less than 200 megahertz of the frequencies.
(2) Not later than 8 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall, after notifying the Assistant Secretary, complete 1 or more systems of competitive bidding for any frequencies identified under subsection (c) that remain to be auctioned after compliance with paragraph (1) of this subsection.
(e) Limitation.—The President shall modify or withdraw any frequency proposed for reallocation under this section not later than 60 days before the commencement of a system of competitive bidding scheduled by the Commission with respect to that frequency, if the President determines that such modification or withdrawal is necessary to protect the national security of the United States.
(f) Appropriation.—In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Department of Commerce for fiscal year 2025, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $50,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2034, to provide additional support to the Assistant Secretary to—
(1) conduct a timely spectrum analysis of the bands of frequencies—
(A) between 2.7 gigahertz and 2.9 gigahertz;
(B) between 4.4 gigahertz and 4.9 gigahertz; and
(C) between 7.25 gigahertz and 7.4 gigahertz; and
(2) publish a biennial report, with the last report to be published not later than June 30, 2034, on the value of all spectrum used by Federal entities (as defined in section 113(l) of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 923(l))), that assesses the value of bands of frequencies in increments of not more than 100 megahertz.
SEC. 40003. Air traffic control improvements.
(a) In general.—For the purpose of the acquisition, construction, sustainment, and improvement of facilities and equipment necessary to improve or maintain aviation safety, in addition to amounts otherwise made available, there is appropriated to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration for fiscal year 2025, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to remain available until September 30, 2029—
(1) $4,750,000,000 for telecommunications infrastructure modernization and systems upgrades;
(2) $3,000,000,000 for radar systems replacement;
(3) $500,000,000 for runway safety technologies, runway lighting systems, airport surface surveillance technologies, and to carry out section 347 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024;
(4) $300,000,000 for Enterprise Information Display Systems;
(5) $80,000,000 to acquire and install not less than 50 Automated Weather Observing Systems, to acquire and install not less than 60 Visual Weather Observing Systems, to acquire and install not less than 64 weather camera sites, and to acquire and install weather stations;
(6) $40,000,000 to carry out section 44745 of title 49, United States Code, (except for activities described in paragraph (5));
(7) $1,900,000,000 for necessary actions to construct a new air route traffic control center (in this subsection referred to as “ARTCC”): Provided, That not more than 2 percent of such amount is used for planning or administrative purposes: Provided further, That at least 3 existing ARTCCs are divested and integrated into the newly constructed ARTCC;
(8) $100,000,000 to conduct an ARTCC Realignment and Consolidation Effort under which at least 10 existing ARTCCs are closed or consolidated to facilitate recapitalization of ARTCC facilities owned and operated by the Federal Aviation Administration;
(9) $1,000,000,000 to support recapitalization and consolidation of terminal radar approach control facilities (in this subsection referred to as “TRACONs”), the analysis and identification of TRACONs for divestment, consolidation, or integration, planning, site selection, facility acquisition, and transition activities and other appropriate activities for carrying out such divestment, consolidation, or integration, and the establishment of brand new TRACONs;
(10) $350,000,000 for unstaffed infrastructure sustainment and replacement;
(11) $50,000,000 to carry out section 961 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024;
(12) $300,000,000 to carry out section 619 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024;
(13) $50,000,000 to carry out section 621 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 and to deploy remote tower technology at untowered airports; and
(14) $100,000,000 for air traffic controller advanced training technologies.
(b) Quarterly reporting.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall submit to Congress a report that describes any expenditures under this section.
SEC. 40004. Space launch and reentry licensing and permitting user fees.
(a) In general.—Chapter 509 of title 51, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
Ҥ 50924. Space launch and reentry licensing and permitting user fees
“(a) Fees.—
“(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation shall impose a fee, which shall be deposited in the account established under subsection (b), on each launch or reentry carried out under a license or permit issued under section 50904 during 2026 or a subsequent year, in an amount equal to the lesser of—
“(A) the amount specified in paragraph (2) for the year involved per pound of the weight of the payload; or
“(B) the amount specified in paragraph (3) for the year involved.
“(2) PARAGRAPH (2) SPECIFIED AMOUNT.—The amount specified in this paragraph is—
“(A) for 2026, $0.25;
“(B) for 2027, $0.35;
“(C) for 2028, $0.50;
“(D) for 2029, $0.60;
“(E) for 2030, $0.75;
“(F) for 2031, $1;
“(G) for 2032, $1.25;
“(H) for 2033, $1.50; and
“(I) for 2034 and each subsequent year, the amount specified in this paragraph for the previous year increased by the percentage increase in the consumer price index for all urban consumers (all items; United States city average) over the previous year.
“(3) PARAGRAPH (3) SPECIFIED AMOUNT.—The amount specified in this paragraph is—
“(A) for 2026, $30,000;
“(B) for 2027, $40,000;
“(C) for 2028, $50,000;
“(D) for 2029, $75,000;
“(E) for 2030, $100,000;
“(F) for 2031, $125,000;
“(G) for 2032, $170,000;
“(H) for 2033, $200,000; and
“(I) for 2034 and each subsequent year, the amount specified in this paragraph for the previous year increased by the percentage increase in the consumer price index for all urban consumers (all items; United States city average) over the previous year.
“(b) Office of Commercial Space Transportation Launch and Reentry Licensing and Permitting Fund.—There is established in the Treasury of the United States a separate account, which shall be known as the ‘Office of Commercial Space Transportation Launch and Reentry Licensing and Permitting Fund’, for the purposes of expenses of the Office of Commercial Space Transportation of the Federal Aviation Administration and to carry out section 630(b) of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024. 70 percent of the amounts deposited into the fund shall be available for such purposes and shall be available without further appropriation and without fiscal year limitation.”.
(b) Clerical amendment.—The table of sections for chapter 509 of title 51, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 50923 the following:
“50924. Space launch and reentry licensing and permitting user fees.”.
SEC. 40005. Mars missions, Artemis missions, and Moon to Mars program.
(a) In general.—Chapter 203 of title 51, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
Ҥ 20306. Special appropriations for Mars missions, Artemis missions, and Moon to Mars program
“(a) In general.—In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Administration for fiscal year 2025, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $9,995,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2032, to use as follows:
“(1) $700,000,000, to be obligated not later than fiscal year 2026, for the procurement, using a competitively bid, firm fixed-price contract with a United States commercial provider (as defined in section 50101(7)), of a high-performance Mars telecommunications orbiter—
“(A) that—
“(i) is capable of providing robust, continuous communications for—
“(I) a Mars sample return mission, as described in section 432(3)(C) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Transition Authorization Act of 2017 (51 U.S.C. 20302 note; Public Law 115–10); and
“(II) future Mars surface, orbital, and human exploration missions;
“(ii) supports autonomous operations, onboard processing, and extended mission duration capabilities; and
“(iii) is selected from among the commercial proposals that—
“(I) received funding from the Administration in fiscal year 2024 or 2025 for commercial design studies for Mars Sample Return; and
“(II) proposed a separate, independently launched Mars telecommunication orbiter supporting an end-to-end Mars sample return mission; and
“(B) which shall be delivered to the Administration not later than December 31, 2028.
“(2) $2,600,000,000 to meet the requirements of section 20302(a) using the program of record known, as of the date of the enactment of this section, as ‘Gateway’, and as described in section 10811(b)(2)(B)(iv) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2022 (51 U.S.C. 20302 note; Public Law 117–167), of which not less than $750,000,000 shall be obligated for each of fiscal years 2026, 2027, and 2028.
“(3) $4,100,000,000 for expenses related to meeting the requirements of section 10812 of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2022 (51 U.S.C. 20301; Public Law 117–167) for the procurement, transportation, integration, operation, and other necessary expenses of the Space Launch System for Artemis Missions IV and V, of which not less than $1,025,000,000 shall be obligated for each of fiscal years 2026, 2027, 2028, and 2029.
“(4) $20,000,000 for expenses related to the continued procurement of the multi-purpose crew vehicle described in section 303 of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C. 18323), known as the ‘Orion’, for use with the Space Launch System on the Artemis IV Mission and reuse in subsequent Artemis Missions, of which not less than $20,000,000 shall be obligated not later than fiscal year 2026.
“(5) $1,250,000,000 for expenses related to the operation of the International Space Station and for the purpose of meeting the requirement under section 503(a) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C. 18353(a)), of which not less than $250,000,000 shall be obligated for such expenses for each of fiscal years 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, and 2029.
“(6) $1,000,000,000 for infrastructure improvements at the manned spaceflight centers of the Administration, of which not less than—
“(A) $120,000,000 shall be obligated not later than fiscal year 2026 for construction, revitalization, recapitalization, or other infrastructure projects and improvements at the center described in Executive Order 12641 (53 Fed. Reg. 18816; relating to designating certain facilities of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in the State of Mississippi as the John C. Stennis Space Center);
“(B) $250,000,000 shall be obligated not later than fiscal year 2026 for construction, revitalization, recapitalization, or other infrastructure projects and improvements at the center described in Executive Order 11129 (28 Fed. Reg. 12787; relating to designating certain facilities of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and of the Department of Defense, in the State of Florida, as the John F. Kennedy Space Center);
“(C) $300,000,000 shall be obligated not later than fiscal year 2026 for construction, revitalization, recapitalization, or other infrastructure projects and improvements at the center described in the Joint Resolution entitled ‘Joint Resolution to designate the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Texas, as the ‘Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center’ in honor of the late President’, approved February 17, 1973 (Public Law 93–8; 87 Stat. 7);
“(D) $100,000,000 shall be obligated not later than fiscal year 2026 for construction, revitalization, recapitalization, or other infrastructure projects and improvements at the center described in Executive Order 10870 (25 Fed. Reg. 2197; relating to designating the facilities of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration at Huntsville, Alabama, as the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center);
“(E) $30,000,000 shall be obligated not later than fiscal year 2026 for construction, revitalization, recapitalization, or other infrastructure projects and improvements at the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Louisiana; and
“(F) $85,000,000 shall be obligated to carry out subsection (b), of which not less than $5,000,000 shall be obligated for the transportation of the space vehicle described in that subsection, with the remainder transferred not later than the date that is 18 months after the date of the enactment of this section to the entity designated under that subsection, for the purpose of construction of a facility to house the space vehicle referred to in that subsection.
“(7) $325,000,000 to fulfill contract number 80JSC024CA002 issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on June 26, 2024.
“(b) Space vehicle transfer.—
“(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Administrator shall identify a space vehicle described in paragraph (2) to be—
“(A) transferred to a field center of the Administration that is involved in the administration of the Commercial Crew Program (as described in section 302 of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Transition Authorization Act of 2017 (51 U.S.C. 50111 note; Public Law 115–10)); and
“(B) placed on public exhibition at an entity within the Metropolitan Statistical Area where such center is located.
“(2) SPACE VEHICLE DESCRIBED.—A space vehicle described in this paragraph is a vessel that—
“(A) has flown into space;
“(B) has carried astronauts; and
“(C) is selected with the concurrence of an entity designated by the Administrator.
“(3) TRANSFER.—Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this section, the space vehicle identified under paragraph (1) shall be transferred to an entity designated by the Administrator.
“(c) Obligation of funds.—Funds appropriated under subsection (a) shall be obligated as follows:
“(1) Not less than 50 percent of the total funds in subsection (a) shall be obligated not later than September 30, 2028.
“(2) 100 percent of funds shall be obligated not later than September 30, 2029.
“(3) All associated outlays shall occur not later than September 30, 2034.”.
(b) Clerical amendment.—The table of sections for chapter 203 of title 51, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
“20306. Special appropriations for Mars missions, Artemis missions, and Moon to Mars program.”.
SEC. 40006. Corporate average fuel economy civil penalties.
(a) In general.—Section 32912 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (b), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking “$5” and inserting “$0.00”; and
(2) in subsection (c)(1)(B), by striking “$10” and inserting “$0.00”.
(b) Effect; applicability.—The amendments made by subsection (a) shall—
(1) take effect on the date of enactment of this section; and
(2) apply to all model years of a manufacturer for which the Secretary of Transportation has not provided a notification pursuant to section 32903(b)(2)(B) of title 49, United States Code, specifying the penalty due for the average fuel economy of that manufacturer being less than the applicable standard prescribed under section 32902 of that title.
SEC. 40007. Payments for lease of Metropolitan Washington Airports.
Section 49104(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
“(b) Payments.—
“(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), under the lease, the Airports Authority must pay to the general fund of the Treasury annually an amount, computed using the GNP Price Deflator—
“(A) during the period from 1987 to 2026, equal to $3,000,000 in 1987 dollars; and
“(B) for 2027 and subsequent years, equal to $15,000,000 in 2027 dollars.
“(2) RENEGOTIATION.—The Secretary and the Airports Authority shall renegotiate the level of lease payments at least once every 10 years to ensure that in no year the amount specified in paragraph (1)(B) is less than $15,000,000 in 2027 dollars.”.
SEC. 40008. Rescission of certain amounts for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Any unobligated balances of amounts appropriated or otherwise made available by sections 40001, 40002, 40003, and 40004 of Public Law 117–169 (136 Stat. 2028) are hereby rescinded.
SEC. 40009. Reduction in annual transfers to Travel Promotion Fund.
Subsection (d)(2)(B) of the Travel Promotion Act of 2009 (22 U.S.C. 2131(d)(2)(B)) is amended by striking “$100,000,000” and inserting “$20,000,000”.
SEC. 40010. Treatment of unobligated funds for alternative fuel and low-emission aviation technology.
Out of the amounts made available by section 40007(a) of title IV of Public Law 117–169 (49 U.S.C. 44504 note), any unobligated balances of such amounts are hereby rescinded.
SEC. 40011. Rescission of amounts appropriated to Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund.
Of the unobligated balances of amounts made available under section 106(a) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 (Public Law 117–167; 136 Stat. 1392), $850,000,000 are permanently rescinded.