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Union Calendar No. 98 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2610 

[Report No. 113–136] 

Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing 

and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 

September 30, 2014, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 2, 2013 

Mr. LATHAM, 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 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 

2014, and for other purposes. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

5 Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban 

6 Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year end7 ing September 30, 2014, and for other purposes, namely: 

8 TITLE I 

9 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

10 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 

13 $102,481,000, of which not to exceed $2,618,000 shall be 

14 available for the Immediate Office of the Secretary; not 

15 to exceed $984,000 shall be available for the Immediate 

16 Office of the Deputy Secretary; not to exceed $19,867,000 

17 shall be available for the Office of the General Counsel; 

18 not to exceed $10,107,000 shall be available for the Office 

19 of the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy; not 

20 to exceed $11,572,000 shall be available for the Office of 

21 the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to 

22 exceed $2,500,000 shall be available for the Office of the 

23 Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs; not to ex24 ceed $23,376,000 shall be available for the Office of the 

25 Assistant Secretary for Administration; not to exceed 


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1 $2,020,000 shall be available for the Office of Public Af2 fairs; not to exceed $1,595,000 shall be available for the 

3 Office of the Executive Secretariat; not to exceed 

4 $1,369,000 shall be available for the Office of Small and 

5 Disadvantaged Business Utilization; not to exceed 

6 $10,778,000 for the Office of Intelligence, Security, and 

7 Emergency Response; and not to exceed $15,695,000 shall 

8 be available for the Office of the Chief Information Offi9 cer: Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation is au10 thorized to transfer funds appropriated for any office of 

11 the Office of the Secretary to any other office of the Office 

12 of the Secretary: Provided further, That no appropriation 

13 for any office shall be increased or decreased by more than 

14 5 percent by all such transfers: Provided further, That no15 tice of any change in funding greater than 5 percent shall 

16 be submitted for approval to the House and Senate Com17 mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That not to 

18 exceed $60,000 shall be for allocation within the Depart19 ment for official reception and representation expenses as 

20 the Secretary may determine: Provided further, That not21 withstanding any other provision of law, excluding fees au22 thorized in Public Law 107–71, there may be credited to 

23 this appropriation up to $2,500,000 in funds received in 

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1 vided in this Act shall be available for the position of As2 sistant Secretary for Public Affairs. 

3 RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

4 For necessary expenses related to the Office of the 

5 Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, 

6 $14,220,000, of which $8,218,000 shall remain available 

7 until September 30, 2016: Provided, That there may be 

8 credited to this appropriation, to be available until ex9 pended, funds received from States, counties, municipali10 ties, other public authorities, and private sources for ex11 penses incurred for training: Provided further, That not12 withstanding any other provision of law, the powers and 

13 duties, functions, authorities and personnel of the Re14 search and Innovative Technology Administration are 

15 hereby transferred to the Office of the Assistant Secretary 

16 for Research and Technology in the Office of the Sec17 retary, including the authority to accept funding from 

18 modal administrations for support of Global Positioning 

19 System activities pursuant to reimbursable agreements 

20 with the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology 

21 in the Office of the Secretary; Provided further, That not22 withstanding 49 U.S.C. 102 and 5 U.S.C. 5315, there 

23 shall be an Assistant Secretary for Research and Tech24 nology within the Office of the Secretary, appointed by 

25 the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, 


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1 to lead such office; Provided further, That any reference 

2 in law, regulation, judicial proceedings, or elsewhere to the 

3 Research and Innovative Technology Administration shall 

4 be deemed to be a reference to the Office of the Assistant 

5 Secretary for Research and Technology of the Department 

6 of Transportation. 

7 NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS

8 (RESCISSION)

9 Of the funds made available under this heading in 

10 division F of Public Law 113–6, $237,000,000 are perma11 nently rescinded. 

12 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CAPITAL

13 For necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing 

14 the Department of Transportation’s financial systems and 

15 re-engineering business processes, $4,990,000, to remain 

16 available through September 30, 2015. 

17 CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVES

18 For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, 

19 including necessary upgrades to wide area network and 

20 information technology infrastructure, improvement of 

21 network perimeter controls and identity management, 

22 testing and assessment of information technology against 

23 business, security, and other requirements, implementa24 tion of Federal cyber security initiatives and information 

25 infrastructure enhancements, implementation of enhanced 


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1 security controls on network devices, and enhancement of 

2 cyber security workforce training tools, $2,000,000, to re3 main available through September 30, 2015. 

4 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

6 $9,384,000. 

7 TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND

8 DEVELOPMENT

9 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)

10 For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 

11 planning and research, $6,000,000, to remain available 

12 through September 30, 2015: Provided, That of the unob13 ligated balances made available by Public Law 111–117 

14 and designated for a single project in the accompanying 

15 conference report, $750,000 are hereby permanently re16 scinded: Provided further, That of the unobligated bal17 ances made available by Section 195 of Public Law 111– 

18 117, $2,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded. 

19 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

20 For necessary expenses for operating costs and cap21 ital outlays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed 

22 $172,000,000 shall be paid from appropriations made 

23 available to the Department of Transportation: Provided, 

24 That such services shall be provided on a competitive basis 

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1 vided further, That the above limitation on operating ex2 penses shall not apply to non-DOT entities: Provided fur3 ther, That no funds appropriated in this Act to an agency 

4 of the Department shall be transferred to the Working 

5 Capital Fund without majority approval of the Working 

6 Capital Fund Steering Committee and approval of the 

7 Secretary: Provided further, That no assessments may be 

8 levied against any program, budget activity, subactivity or 

9 project funded by this Act unless notice of such assess10 ments and the basis therefor are presented to the House 

11 and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are ap12 proved by such Committees. 

13 MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM

14 For the cost of guaranteed loans, $333,000, as au15 thorized by 49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, in16 cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de17 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

18 1974: Provided further, That these funds are available to 

19 subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be 

20 guaranteed, not to exceed $18,367,000. 

21 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

22 the guaranteed loan program, $589,000. 

23 MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH

24 For necessary expenses of Minority Business Re25 source Center outreach activities, $3,068,000, to remain 


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1 available until September 30, 2015: Provided, That not2 withstanding 49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be used for 

3 business opportunities related to any mode of transpor4 tation. 

5 PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS

6 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

7 In addition to funds made available from any other 

8 source to carry out the essential air service program under 

9 49 U.S.C. 41731 through 41742, $100,000,000, to be de10 rived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to remain 

11 available until expended: Provided, That in determining 

12 between or among carriers competing to provide service 

13 to a community, the Secretary may consider the relative 

14 subsidy requirements of the carriers: Provided further, 

15 That no funds made available under section 41742 of title 

16 49, United States Code, and no funds made available in 

17 this Act or any other Act in any fiscal year, shall be avail18 able to carry out the essential air service program under 

19 sections 41731 through 41742 of such title 49 in commu20 nities in the 48 contiguous States unless the community 

21 received subsidized essential air service or received a 90- 

22 day notice of intent to terminate service and the Secretary 

23 required the air carrier to continue to provide service to 

24 the community at any time between September 30, 2010, 

25 and September 30, 2011, inclusive: Provided further, That 


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1 basic essential air service minimum requirements shall not 

2 include the 15-passenger capacity requirement under sub3 section 41732(b)(3) of title 49, United States Code: Pro4 vided further, That none of the funds in this Act or any 

5 other Act shall be used to provide essential air service to 

6 communities that require a rate of subsidy per passenger 

7 in excess of $500. 

8 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—OFFICE OF THE

9 SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION

10 SEC. 101. None of the funds made available in this 

11 Act to the Department of Transportation may be obligated 

12 for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation to ap13 prove assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining 

14 to funds appropriated to the modal administrations in this 

15 Act, except for activities underway on the date of enact16 ment of this Act, unless such assessments or agreements 

17 have completed the normal reprogramming process for 

18 Congressional notification. 

19 SEC. 102. The Secretary or his designee may engage 

20 in activities with States and State legislators to consider 

21 proposals related to the reduction of motorcycle fatalities. 

22 SEC. 103. Notwithstanding section 3324 of title 31, 

23 United States Code, in addition to authority provided by 

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1 vide payments in advance to vendors that are necessary 

2 to carry out the Federal transit pass transportation fringe 

3 benefit program under Executive Order 13150 and section 

4 3049 of Public Law 109–59: Provided, That the Depart5 ment shall include adequate safeguards in the contract 

6 with the vendors to ensure timely and high-quality per7 formance under the contract. 

8 SEC. 104. The Secretary shall post on the Web site 

9 of the Department of Transportation a schedule of all 

10 meetings of the Credit Council, including the agenda for 

11 each meeting, and require the Credit Council to record the 

12 decisions and actions of each meeting. 

13 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

14 OPERATIONS

15 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

16 For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Ad17 ministration, not otherwise provided for, including oper18 ations and research activities related to commercial space 

19 transportation, administrative expenses for research and 

20 development, establishment of air navigation facilities, the 

21 operation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, 

22 subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold 

23 to the public, lease or purchase of passenger motor vehi24 cles for replacement only, in addition to amounts made 

25 available by Public Law 108–176, $9,521,784,000, of 


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1 which $6,484,000,000 shall be derived from the Airport 

2 and Airway Trust Fund, of which not to exceed 

3 $7,182,664,000 shall be available for air traffic organiza4 tion activities; not to exceed $1,199,777,000 shall be avail5 able for aviation safety activities; not to exceed 

6 $14,160,000 shall be available for commercial space trans7 portation activities; not to exceed $777,198,000 shall be 

8 available for finance and management activities; not to ex9 ceed $56,637,000 shall be available for NextGen and oper10 ations planning activities; and not to exceed $291,348,000 

11 shall be available for staff offices: Provided, That not to 

12 exceed 2 percent of any budget activity, except for aviation 

13 safety budget activity, may be transferred to any budget 

14 activity under this heading: Provided further, That no 

15 transfer may increase or decrease any appropriation by 

16 more than 2 percent: Provided further, That any transfer 

17 in excess of 2 percent shall be treated as a reprogramming 

18 of funds under section 404 of this Act and shall not be 

19 available for obligation or expenditure except in compli20 ance with the procedures set forth in that section: Pro21 vided further, That not later than March 31 of each fiscal 

22 year hereafter, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 

23 Administration shall transmit to Congress an annual up24 date to the report submitted to Congress in December 

25 2004 pursuant to section 221 of Public Law 108–176: 


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1 Provided further, That the amount herein appropriated 

2 shall be reduced by $100,000 for each day after March 

3 31 that such report has not been submitted to the Con4 gress: Provided further, That not later than March 31 of 

5 each fiscal year hereafter, the Administrator shall trans6 mit to Congress a companion report that describes a com7 prehensive strategy for staffing, hiring, and training flight 

8 standards and aircraft certification staff in a format simi9 lar to the one utilized for the controller staffing plan, in10 cluding stated attrition estimates and numerical hiring 

11 goals by fiscal year: Provided further, That the amount 

12 herein appropriated shall be reduced by $100,000 per day 

13 for each day after March 31 that such report has not been 

14 submitted to Congress: Provided further, That funds may 

15 be used to enter into a grant agreement with a nonprofit 

16 standard-setting organization to assist in the development 

17 of aviation safety standards: Provided further, That none 

18 of the funds in this Act shall be available for new appli19 cants for the second career training program: Provided 

20 further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be avail21 able for the Federal Aviation Administration to finalize 

22 or implement any regulation that would promulgate new 

23 aviation user fees not specifically authorized by law after 

24 the date of the enactment of this Act: Provided further, 

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1 ting collections funds received from States, counties, mu2 nicipalities, foreign authorities, other public authorities, 

3 and private sources for expenses incurred in the provision 

4 of agency services, including receipts for the maintenance 

5 and operation of air navigation facilities, and for issuance, 

6 renewal or modification of certificates, including airman, 

7 aircraft, and repair station certificates, or for tests related 

8 thereto, or for processing major repair or alteration forms: 

9 Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 

10 this heading, not less than $140,000,000 shall be for the 

11 contract tower program, of which $10,350,000 is for the 

12 contract tower cost share program: Provided further, That 

13 none of the funds in this Act for aeronautical charting 

14 and cartography are available for activities conducted by, 

15 or coordinated through, the Working Capital Fund. 

16 FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

17 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

18 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

19 for acquisition, establishment, technical support services, 

20 improvement by contract or purchase, and hire of national 

21 airspace systems and experimental facilities and equip22 ment, as authorized under part A of subtitle VII of title 

23 49, United States Code, including initial acquisition of 

24 necessary sites by lease or grant; engineering and service 

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1 sition of necessary sites by lease or grant; construction 

2 and furnishing of quarters and related accommodations 

3 for officers and employees of the Federal Aviation Admin4 istration stationed at remote localities where such accom5 modations are not available; and the purchase, lease, or 

6 transfer of aircraft from funds available under this head7 ing, including aircraft for aviation regulation and certifi8 cation; to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust 

9 Fund, $2,155,000,000, of which $458,000,000 shall re10 main available until September 30, 2014; $1,697,000,000 

11 shall remain available until September 30, 2016: Provided, 

12 That there may be credited to this appropriation funds 

13 received from States, counties, municipalities, other public 

14 authorities, and private sources, for expenses incurred in 

15 the establishment, improvement, and modernization of na16 tional air space systems: Provided further, That upon ini17 tial submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2015 

18 President’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall 

19 transmit to the Congress a comprehensive capital invest20 ment plan for the Federal Aviation Administration which 

21 includes funding for each budget line item for fiscal years 

22 2015 through 2019, with total funding for each year of 

23 the plan constrained to the funding targets for those years 

24 as estimated and approved by the Office of Management 

25 and Budget. 


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1 RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT

2 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

3 (INCLUDING RESCISSION)

4 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

5 for research, engineering, and development, as authorized 

6 under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States 

7 Code, including construction of experimental facilities and 

8 acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant, 

9 $145,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway 

10 Trust Fund and to remain available until September 30, 

11 2016: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro12 priation as offsetting collections, funds received from 

13 States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, 

14 and private sources, which shall be available for expenses 

15 incurred for research, engineering, and development: Pro16 vided further, That, of the unobligated balances from prior 

17 year appropriations available under this heading, 

18 $26,183,998 are rescinded. 

19 GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

20 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

21 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

22 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

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1 chapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 

2 of title 49, United States Code, and under other law au3 thorizing such obligations; for procurement, installation, 

4 and commissioning of runway incursion prevention devices 

5 and systems at airports of such title; for grants authorized 

6 under section 41743 of title 49, United States Code; and 

7 for inspection activities and administration of airport safe8 ty programs, including those related to airport operating 

9 certificates under section 44706 of title 49, United States 

10 Code, $3,200,000,000 to be derived from the Airport and 

11 Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until ex12 pended: Provided, That none of the funds under this head13 ing shall be available for the planning or execution of pro14 grams the obligations for which are in excess of 

15 $3,350,000,000 in fiscal year 2014, notwithstanding sec16 tion 47117(g) of title 49, United States Code: Provided 

17 further, That none of the funds under this heading shall 

18 be available for the replacement of baggage conveyor sys19 tems, reconfiguration of terminal baggage areas, or other 

20 airport improvements that are necessary to install bulk ex21 plosive detection systems: Provided further, That notwith22 standing any other provision of law, of funds limited under 

23 this heading, not more than $106,600,000 shall be obli24 gated for administration, not less than $15,000,000 shall 

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1 gram, and not less than $29,500,000 shall be available 

2 for Airport Technology Research. 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION

4 ADMINISTRATION

5 SEC. 110. None of the funds in this Act may be used 

6 to compensate in excess of 600 technical staff-years under 

7 the federally funded research and development center con8 tract between the Federal Aviation Administration and the 

9 Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development dur10 ing fiscal year 2014. 

11 SEC. 111. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

12 to pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring air13 port sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation Adminis14 tration without cost building construction, maintenance, 

15 utilities and expenses, or space in airport sponsor-owned 

16 buildings for services relating to air traffic control, air 

17 navigation, or weather reporting: Provided, That the pro18 hibition of funds in this section does not apply to negotia19 tions between the agency and airport sponsors to achieve 

20 agreement on ‘‘below-market’’ rates for these items or to 

21 grant assurances that require airport sponsors to provide 

22 land without cost to the FAA for air traffic control facili23 ties. 

24 SEC. 112. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 

25 Administration may reimburse amounts made available to 


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1 satisfy 49 U.S.C. 41742(a)(1) from fees credited under 

2 49 U.S.C. 45303, and any amount remaining in such ac3 count at the close of that fiscal year may be made available 

4 to satisfy section 41742(a)(1) for the subsequent fiscal 

5 year. 

6 SEC. 113. Amounts collected under section 40113(e) 

7 of title 49, United States Code, shall be credited to the 

8 appropriation current at the time of collection, to be 

9 merged with and available for the same purposes of such 

10 appropriation. 

11 SEC. 114. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail12 able for paying premium pay under subsection 5546(a) of 

13 title 5, United States Code, to any Federal Aviation Ad14 ministration employee unless such employee actually per15 formed work during the time corresponding to such pre16 mium pay. 

17 SEC. 115. None of the funds in this Act may be obli18 gated or expended for an employee of the Federal Aviation 

19 Administration to purchase a store gift card or gift certifi20 cate through use of a Government-issued credit card. 

21 SEC. 116. None of the funds in this Act may be obli22 gated or expended for retention bonuses for an employee 

23 of the Federal Aviation Administration without the prior 

24 written approval of the Assistant Secretary for Adminis25 tration of the Department of Transportation. 


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1 SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

2 law, none of the funds made available under this Act or 

3 any prior Act may be used to implement or to continue 

4 to implement any limitation on the ability of any owner 

5 or operator of a private aircraft to obtain, upon a request 

6 to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administra7 tion, a blocking of that owner’s or operator’s aircraft reg8 istration number from any display of the Federal Aviation 

9 Administration’s Aircraft Situational Display to Industry 

10 data that is made available to the public, except data made 

11 available to a Government agency, for the noncommercial 

12 flights of that owner or operator. 

13 SEC. 118. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail14 able for salaries and expenses of more than 7 political and 

15 Presidential appointees in the Federal Aviation Adminis16 tration. 

17 SEC. 119. None of the funds made available under 

18 this Act may be used to increase fees pursuant to section 

19 44721 of title 49, United States Code, until the FAA con20 ducts a public outreach that is designed to elicit feedback 

21 from aviation stakeholders, and until the FAA has re22 ported the justification of its fees on paper and digital 

23 products to the House and Senate Committees on Appro24 priations. 


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1 SEC. 119A. None of the funds appropriated or limited 

2 by this Act may be used to change weight restrictions or 

3 prior permission rules at Teterboro airport in Teterboro, 

4 New Jersey. 

5 FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

6 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

7 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 Not to exceed $417,000,000, together with advances 

10 and reimbursements received by the Federal Highway Ad11 ministration, shall be paid in accordance with law from 

12 appropriations made available by this Act to the Federal 

13 Highway Administration for necessary expenses for ad14 ministration and operation. In addition, not to exceed 

15 $3,248,000 shall be paid from appropriations made avail16 able by this Act and transferred to the Appalachian Re17 gional Commission in accordance with 23 U.S.C. 104. 

18 FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

19 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

20 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

21 Funds available for the implementation or execution 

22 of programs of Federal-aid highways and highway safety 

23 construction programs authorized under titles 23 and 49, 

24 United States Code, and the provisions of Public Law 

25 112–141 shall not exceed total obligations of 


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1 $40,256,000,000 for fiscal year 2014: Provided, That the 

2 Secretary may collect and spend fees, as authorized by 

3 title 23, United States Code, to cover the costs of services 

4 of expert firms, including counsel, in the field of municipal 

5 and project finance to assist in the underwriting and serv6 icing of Federal credit instruments and all or a portion 

7 of the costs to the Federal Government of servicing such 

8 credit instruments: Provided further, That such fees are 

9 available until expended to pay for such costs: Provided 

10 further, That such amounts are in addition to administra11 tive expenses that are also available for such purpose, and 

12 are not subject to any obligation limitation or the limita13 tion on administrative expenses under 23 U.S.C. 608. 

14 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

15 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

16 For the payment of obligations incurred in carrying 

17 out Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction 

18 programs authorized under title 23, United States Code, 

19 $40,995,000,000 derived from the Highway account of the 

20 Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Ac21 count), to remain available until expended. 

22 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY

23 ADMINISTRATION

24 SEC. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2014, the Secretary of 

25 Transportation shall— 


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1 (1) not distribute from the obligation limitation 

2 for Federal-aid highways— 

3 (A) amounts authorized for administrative 

4 expenses and programs by section 104(a) of 

5 title 23, United States Code; and 

6 (B) amounts authorized for the Bureau of 

7 Transportation Statistics; 

8 (2) not distribute an amount from the obliga9 tion limitation for Federal-aid highways that is equal 

10 to the unobligated balance of amounts— 

11 (A) made available from the Highway 

12 Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Ac13 count) for Federal-aid highway and highway 

14 safety construction programs for previous fiscal 

15 years the funds for which are allocated by the 

16 Secretary (or apportioned by the Secretary 

17 under sections 202 or 204 of title 23, United 

18 States Code); and 

19 (B) for which obligation limitation was 

20 provided in a previous fiscal year; 

21 (3) determine the proportion that— 

22 (A) the obligation limitation for Federal23 aid highways, less the aggregate of amounts not 

24 distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), bears 

25 to 


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1 (B) the total of the sums authorized to be 

2 appropriated for Federal-aid highways and 

3 highway safety construction programs (other 

4 than sums authorized to be appropriated for 

5 provisions of law described in paragraphs (1) 

6 through (11) of subsection (b) and sums au7 thorized to be appropriated for section 119 of 

8 title 23, United States Code, equal to the 

9 amount referred to in subsection (b)(12) for 

10 such fiscal year), less the aggregate of the 

11 amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) 

12 and (2) of this subsection; 

13 (4) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed14 eral-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not 

15 distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), for each 

16 of the programs (other than programs to which 

17 paragraph (1) applies) that are allocated by the Sec18 retary under the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 

19 21st Century Act and title 23, United States Code, 

20 or apportioned by the Secretary under sections 202 

21 or 204 of that title, by multiplying— 

22 (A) the proportion determined under para23 graph (3); by 


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1 (B) the amounts authorized to be appro2 priated for each such program for such fiscal 

3 year; and 

4 (5) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed5 eral-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not 

6 distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) and the 

7 amounts distributed under paragraph (4), for Fed8 eral-aid highway and highway safety construction 

9 programs that are apportioned by the Secretary 

10 under title 23, United States Code (other than the 

11 amounts apportioned for the national highway per12 formance program in section 119 of title 23, United 

13 States Code, that are exempt from the limitation 

14 under subsection (b)(12) and the amounts appor15 tioned under sections 202 and 204 of that title) in 

16 the proportion that— 

17 (A) amounts authorized to be appropriated for 

18 the programs that are apportioned under title 23, 

19 United States Code, to each State for such fiscal 

20 year; bears to 

21 (B) the total of the amounts authorized to be 

22 appropriated for the programs that are apportioned 

23 under title 23, United States Code, to all States for 

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1 (b) EXCEPTIONS FROM OBLIGATION LIMITATION.— 

2 The obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways shall 

3 not apply to obligations under or for— 

4 (1) section 125 of title 23, United States Code; 

5 (2) section 147 of the Surface Transportation 

6 Assistance Act of 1978 (23 U.S.C. 144 note; 92 

7 Stat. 2714); 

8 (3) section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act 

9 of 1981 (95 Stat. 1701); 

10 (4) subsections (b) and (j) of section 131 of the 

11 Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (96 

12 Stat. 2119); 

13 (5) subsections (b) and (c) of section 149 of the 

14 Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation As15 sistance Act of 1987 (101 Stat. 198); 

16 (6) sections 1103 through 1108 of the Inter17 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 

18 1991 (105 Stat. 2027); 

19 (7) section 157 of title 23, United States Code 

20 (as in effect on June 8, 1998); 

21 (8) section 105 of title 23, United States Code 

22 (as in effect for fiscal years 1998 through 2004, but 

23 only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each 

24 of those fiscal years); 


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1 (9) Federal-aid highway programs for which ob2 ligation authority was made available under the 

3 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century 

4 (112 Stat. 107) or subsequent Acts for multiple 

5 years or to remain available until expended, but only 

6 to the extent that the obligation authority has not 

7 lapsed or been used; 

8 (10) section 105 of title 23, United States Code 

9 (but, for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2012, 

10 only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each 

11 of those fiscal years); 

12 (11) section 1603 of SAFETEA–LU (23 

13 U.S.C. 118 note; 119 Stat. 1248), to the extent that 

14 funds obligated in accordance with that section were 

15 not subject to a limitation on obligations at the time 

16 at which the funds were initially made available for 

17 obligation; 

18 (12) section 119 of title 23, United States Code 

19 (but, for each of fiscal years 2013 and 2014, only 

20 in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of 

21 those fiscal years). 

22 (c) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED OBLIGATION AU23 THORITY.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 

24 shall, after August 1 of such fiscal year— 


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1 (1) revise a distribution of the obligation limitation 

2 made available under subsection (a) if an amount distrib3 uted cannot be obligated during that fiscal year; and 

4 (2) redistribute sufficient amounts to those States 

5 able to obligate amounts in addition to those previously 

6 distributed during that fiscal year, giving priority to those 

7 States having large unobligated balances of funds appor8 tioned under sections 144 (as in effect on the day before 

9 the date of enactment of the Moving Ahead for Progress 

10 in the 21st Century Act) and 104 of title 23, United 

11 States Code. 

12 (d) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS TO

13 TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PROGRAMS.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para15 graph (2), the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 

16 highways shall apply to contract authority for trans17 portation research programs carried out under— 

18 (A) chapter 5 of title 23, United States 

19 Code; and 

20 (B) division E of the Moving Ahead for 

21 Progress in the 21st Century Act. 

22 (2) EXCEPTION.—Obligation authority made 

23 available under paragraph (1) shall— 

24 (A) remain available for a period of 4 fis25 cal years; and 


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1 (B) be in addition to the amount of any 

2 limitation imposed on obligations for Federal 

3 aid highway and highway safety construction 

4 programs for future fiscal years. 

5 (e) REDISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN AUTHORIZED

6 FUNDS.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 

8 the date of the distribution of obligation limitation 

9 under subsection (a), the Secretary shall distribute 

10 to the States any funds (excluding funds authorized 

11 for the program under section 202 of title 23, 

12 United States Code) that— 

13 (A) are authorized to be appropriated for 

14 such fiscal year for Federal-aid highway pro15 grams; and 

16 (B) the Secretary determines will not be 

17 allocated to the States (or will not be appor18 tioned to the States under section 204 of title 

19 23, United States Code), and will not be avail20 able for obligation, in such fiscal year due to 

21 the imposition of any obligation limitation for 

22 such fiscal year. 

23 (2) RATIO.—Funds shall be distributed under 

24 paragraph (1) in the same ratio as the distribution 

25 of obligation authority under subsection (a)(5). 


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1 (3) AVAILABILITY.—Funds distributed to each 

2 State under paragraph (1) shall be available for any 

3 purpose described in section 133(b) of title 23, 

4 United States Code. 

5 SEC. 121. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re6 ceived by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the 

7 sale of data products, for necessary expenses incurred pur8 suant to chapter 63 of title 49, United States Code, may 

9 be credited to the Federal-aid highways account for the 

10 purpose of reimbursing the Bureau for such expenses: 

11 Provided, That such funds shall be subject to the obliga12 tion limitation for Federal-aid highways and highway safe13 ty construction programs. 

14 SEC. 122. Not less than 15 days prior to waiving, 

15 under his statutory authority, any Buy America require16 ment for Federal-aid highway projects, the Secretary of 

17 Transportation shall make an informal public notice and 

18 comment opportunity on the intent to issue such waiver 

19 and the reasons therefor: Provided, That the Secretary 

20 shall provide an annual report to the House and Senate 

21 Committees on Appropriations on any waivers granted 

22 under the Buy America requirements. 

23 SEC. 123. From the unobligated balances of funds 

24 apportioned among the States prior to October 1, 2012, 

25 under sections 104(b) and 144 of title 23, United States 


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1 Code (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment 

2 of Public Law 112–141), the amount of $13,248,000 shall 

3 be made available in fiscal year 2014 for the administra4 tive expenses of the Federal Highway Administration: Pro5 vided, That this provision shall not apply to funds distrib6 uted in accordance with section 104(b)(5) of title 23, 

7 United States Code (as in effect on the day before the 

8 date of enactment of Public Law 112–141); section 

9 133(d)(1) of such title (as in effect on the day before the 

10 date of enactment of Public Law 109–59); and the first 

11 sentence of section 133(d)(3)(A) of such title (as in effect 

12 on the day before the date of enactment of Public Law 

13 112–141): Provided further, That such amount shall be 

14 derived on a proportional basis from the unobligated bal15 ances of apportioned funds to which this provision applies: 

16 Provided further, That the amount made available by this 

17 provision in fiscal year 2014 for the administrative ex18 penses of the Federal Highway Administration shall be in 

19 addition to the amount made available in fiscal year 2014 

20 for such purposes under section 104(a) of title 23, United 

21 States Code: Provided further, That the amount made 

22 available by this provision in fiscal year 2014 for the ad23 ministrative expenses of the Federal Highway Administra24 tion shall have the same period of availability and characVerDate Mar 15 2010 20:08 Jul 03, 2013 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2610.RH H2610

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1 teristics of the contract authority made available under 

2 section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code. 

3 SEC. 124. (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

4 subsection (b), none of the funds made available, limited, 

5 or otherwise affected by this Act shall be used to approve 

6 or otherwise authorize the imposition of any toll on any 

7 segment of highway located on the Federal-aid system in 

8 the State of Texas that— (1) as of the date of enactment 

9 of this Act, is not tolled; (2) is constructed with Federal 

10 assistance provided under title 23, United States Code; 

11 and (3) is in actual operation as of the date of enactment 

12 of this Act. 

13 (b) EXCEPTIONS.— 

14 (1) NUMBER OF TOLL LANES.—Subsection (a) 

15 shall not apply to any segment of highway on the 

16 Federal-aid system described in that subsection that, 

17 as of the date on which a toll is imposed on the seg18 ment, will have the same number of nontoll lanes as 

19 were in existence prior to that date. 

20 (2) HIGH-OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANES.—A 

21 high-occupancy vehicle lane that is converted to a 

22 toll lane shall not be subject to this section, and 

23 shall not be considered to be a nontoll lane for pur24 poses of determining whether a highway will have 

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1 tion of the toll, if— (A) high-occupancy vehicles oc2 cupied by the number of passengers specified by the 

3 entity operating the toll lane may use the toll lane 

4 without paying a toll, unless otherwise specified by 

5 the appropriate county, town, municipal or other 

6 local government entity, or public toll road or transit 

7 authority; or (B) each high-occupancy vehicle lane 

8 that was converted to a toll lane was constructed as 

9 a temporary lane to be replaced by a toll lane under 

10 a plan approved by the appropriate county, town, 

11 municipal or other local government entity, or public 

12 toll road or transit authority. 

13 FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

14 MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS

15 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

16 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

17 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

18 For payment of obligations incurred in the implemen19 tation, execution and administration of motor carrier safe20 ty operations and programs pursuant to section 31104(i) 

21 of title 49, United States Code, and sections 4127 and 

22 4134 of Public Law 109–59, as amended by Public Law 

23 112–141, $259,000,000, to be derived from the Highway 

24 Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) to25 gether with advances and reimbursements received by the 


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1 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the sum of 

2 which shall remain available until expended: Provided, 

3 That funds available for implementation, execution, or ad4 ministration of motor carrier safety operations and pro5 grams authorized under title 49, United States Code, shall 

6 not exceed total obligations of $259,000,000 for ‘‘Motor 

7 Carrier Safety Operations and Programs’’ for fiscal year 

8 2014, of which $9,000,000, to remain available for obliga9 tion until September 30, 2016, is for the Research and 

10 Technology program, and of which $1,000,000 shall be 

11 available for commercial motor vehicle operator’s grants 

12 to carry out section 4134 of Public Law 109–59: Provided 

13 further, That notwithstanding section 4127(e) of Public 

14 Law 109–59, none of the funds under this heading for 

15 outreach and education shall be available for transfer. 

16 MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS

17 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

18 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

19 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

20 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

21 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

22 sections 31102, 31104(a), 31106, 31107, 31109, 31309, 

23 31313 of title 49, United States Code, and sections 4126 

24 and 4128 of Public Law 109–59, as amended by Public 

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1 way Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) 

2 and to remain available until expended: Provided, That 

3 funds available for the implementation or execution of 

4 motor carrier safety programs shall not exceed total obli5 gations of $313,000,000 in fiscal year 2014 for ‘‘Motor 

6 Carrier Safety Grants’’; of which $218,000,000 shall be 

7 available for the motor carrier safety assistance program, 

8 $30,000,000 shall be available for the commercial driver’s 

9 license improvements program, $32,000,000 shall be avail10 able for border enforcement grants, $5,000,000 shall be 

11 available for the performance and registration information 

12 system management program, $25,000,000 shall be avail13 able for the commercial vehicle information systems and 

14 networks deployment program, and $3,000,000 shall be 

15 available for the safety data improvement program: Pro16 vided further, That, of the funds made available herein for 

17 the motor carrier safety assistance program, $32,000,000 

18 shall be available for audits of new entrant motor carriers: 

19 Provided further, That $95,956,883 in unobligated bal20 ances are permanently rescinded. 

21 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION – FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER

22 SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

23 SEC. 130. Funds appropriated or limited in this Act 

24 shall be subject to the terms and conditions stipulated in 


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1 section 350 of Public Law 107–87 and section 6901 of 

2 Public Law 110–28. 

3 NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

4 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

5 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of 

6 the Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety 

7 authorized under chapter 301 and part C of subtitle VI 

8 of title 49, United States Code, $117,000,000, of which 

9 $20,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

10 2015. 

11 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

12 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

13 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

14 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

15 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

16 the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403, and chapter 303 of title 

17 49, United States Code, $139,175,088, to be derived from 

18 the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 

19 Account) and to remain available until expended: Pro20 vided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available 

21 for the planning or execution of programs the total obliga22 tions for which, in fiscal year 2014, are in excess of 

23 $139,175,088, of which $133,801,093 shall be for pro24 grams authorized under 23 U.S.C. 403, and of which 

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1 thorized under chapter 303 of title 49, United States 

2 Code: Provided further, That within the $133,801,093 ob3 ligation limitation for operations and research, 

4 $20,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

5 2015 and shall be in addition to the amount of any limita6 tion imposed on obligations for future years: Provided fur7 ther, That $20,675,088 of the total obligation limitation 

8 for operations and research in fiscal year 2014 shall be 

9 applied toward unobligated balances of contract authority 

10 provided in prior Acts for carrying out the provisions of 

11 23 U.S.C. 403, and chapter 303 of title 49, United States 

12 Code. 

13 HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS

14 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

15 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

16 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

17 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

18 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

19 provisions of 23 U.S.C. 402 and 405, section 2009 of Pub20 lic Law 109–59, as amended by Public Law 112–141, and 

21 section 31101(a)(6) of Public Law 112–141, to remain 

22 available until expended, $561,500,000, to be derived from 

23 the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 

24 Account): Provided, That none of the funds in this Act 

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1 grams the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 2014, 

2 are in excess of $561,500,000 for programs authorized 

3 under 23 U.S.C. 402 and 405, section 2009 of Public Law 

4 109–59, as amended by Public Law 112–141, and section 

5 31101(a)(6) of Public Law 112–141, of which 

6 $235,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Highway Safety Programs’’ 

7 under 23 U.S.C. 402; $272,000,000 shall be for ‘‘National 

8 Priority Safety Programs’’ under 23 U.S.C. 405; 

9 $29,000,000 shall be for ‘‘High Visibility Enforcement 

10 Program’’ under section 2009 of Public Law 109–59, as 

11 amended by Public Law 112–141; $25,500,000 shall be 

12 for ‘‘Administrative Expenses’’ under section 31101(a)(6) 

13 of Public Law 112–141: Provided further, That none of 

14 these funds shall be used for construction, rehabilitation, 

15 or remodeling costs, or for office furnishings and fixtures 

16 for State, local or private buildings or structures: Provided 

17 further, That not to exceed $500,000 of the funds made 

18 available for ‘‘National Priority Safety Programs’’ under 

19 23 U.S.C. 405 for ‘‘Impaired Driving Countermeasures’’ 

20 (as described in subsection (d) of that section) shall be 

21 available for technical assistance to the States: Provided 

22 further, That with respect to the ‘‘Transfers’’ provision 

23 under 23 U.S.C. 405(a)(1)(G), any amounts remaining 

24 available to carry out any activities described in subsection 

25 (b) through (g) to increase the amount made available 


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1 under section 402, shall include the obligational authority 

2 for such amounts: Provided further, That of the prior year 

3 unobligated balances of contract authority for ‘‘Highway 

4 Traffic Safety Grants’’, $152,281,282 is rescinded. 

5 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—NATIONAL HIGHWAY

6 TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

7 SEC. 140. An additional $130,000 shall be made 

8 available to the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis9 tration, out of the amount limited for section 402 of title 

10 23, United States Code, to pay for travel and related ex11 penses for State management reviews and to pay for core 

12 competency development training and related expenses for 

13 highway safety staff. 

14 SEC. 141. The limitations on obligations for the pro15 grams of the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis16 tration set in this Act shall not apply to obligations for 

17 which obligation authority was made available in previous 

18 public laws but only to the extent that the obligation au19 thority has not lapsed or been used. 

20 SEC. 142. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

21 to implement section 404 of title 23, United States Code. 


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1 FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION

2 SAFETY AND OPERATIONS

3 For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Ad4 ministration, not otherwise provided for, $184,500,000, of 

5 which $12,400,000 shall remain available until expended. 

6 RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

7 For necessary expenses for railroad research and de8 velopment, $35,250,000, to remain available until ex9 pended. 

10 RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT

11 FINANCING PROGRAM

12 The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to 

13 issue direct loans and loan guarantees pursuant to sec14 tions 502 through 504 of the Railroad Revitalization and 

15 Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–210), as 

16 amended, such authority to exist as long as any such di17 rect loan or loan guarantee is outstanding: Provided, That, 

18 pursuant to section 502 of such Act, as amended, no new 

19 direct loans or loan guarantee commitments shall be made 

20 using Federal funds for the credit risk premium during 

21 fiscal year 2014. 

22 OPERATING GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD

23 PASSENGER CORPORATION

24 To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 

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1 poration for the operation of intercity passenger rail, as 

2 authorized by section 101 of the Passenger Rail Invest3 ment and Improvement Act of 2008 (division B of Public 

4 Law 110–432), $350,000,000, to remain available until 

5 expended: Provided, That the amounts available under this 

6 paragraph shall be available for the Secretary to approve 

7 funding to cover operating losses for the Corporation only 

8 after receiving and reviewing a grant request for each spe9 cific train route: Provided further, That each such grant 

10 request shall be accompanied by a detailed financial anal11 ysis, revenue projection, and capital expenditure projection 

12 justifying the Federal support to the Secretary’s satisfac13 tion: Provided further, That not later than 60 days after 

14 enactment of this Act, the Corporation shall transmit, in 

15 electronic format, to the Secretary, the House and Senate 

16 Committees on Appropriations, the House Committee on 

17 Transportation and Infrastructure and the Senate Com18 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation the an19 nual budget and business plan and the 5-Year Financial 

20 Plan for fiscal year 2014 required under section 204 of 

21 the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 

22 2008: Provided further, That the budget, business plan, 

23 monthly performance reports, and the 5-Year Financial 

24 Plan shall also include a separate accounting of ridership, 

25 revenues, and capital and operating expenses for the 


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1 Northeast Corridor; commuter service; long-distance Am2 trak service; State-supported service; each intercity train 

3 route, including Autotrain; and commercial activities in4 cluding contract operations: Provided further, That the 

5 budget, business plan and the 5-Year Financial Plan shall 

6 include a description of work to be funded, along with cost 

7 estimates and an estimated timetable for completion of the 

8 projects covered by these plans: Provided further, That the 

9 budget, business plan and the 5-Year Financial Plan shall 

10 include annual information on the maintenance, refurbish11 ment, replacement, and expansion for all Amtrak rolling 

12 stock consistent with the comprehensive fleet plan: Pro13 vided further, That the Corporation shall provide semi14 annual reports in electronic format regarding the pending 

15 business plan, which shall describe the work completed to 

16 date, any changes to the business plan, and the reasons 

17 for such changes, and shall identify all sole-source contract 

18 awards which shall be accompanied by a justification as 

19 to why said contract was awarded on a sole-source basis, 

20 as well as progress against the milestones and target dates 

21 of the 2012 performance improvement plan: Provided fur22 ther, That the Corporation’s budget, business plan, 5-Year 

23 Financial Plan, semiannual reports, and all subsequent 

24 supplemental plans shall be displayed on the Corporation’s 

25 Web site within a reasonable timeframe following their 


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1 submission to the appropriate entities: Provided further, 

2 That these plans shall be accompanied by a comprehensive 

3 fleet plan for all Amtrak rolling stock which shall address 

4 the Corporation’s detailed plans and timeframes for the 

5 maintenance, refurbishment, replacement, and expansion 

6 of the Amtrak fleet: Provided further, That said fleet plan 

7 shall establish year-specific goals and milestones and dis8 cuss potential, current, and preferred financing options for 

9 all such activities: Provided further, That none of the 

10 funds under this heading may be obligated or expended 

11 until the Corporation agrees to continue abiding by the 

12 provisions of paragraphs 1, 2, 5, 9, and 11 of the sum13 mary of conditions for the direct loan agreement of June 

14 28, 2002, in the same manner as in effect on the date 

15 of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That none of 

16 the funds provided in this Act may be used to support 

17 any route on which Amtrak offers a discounted fare of 

18 more than 50 percent off the normal peak fare: Provided 

19 further, That the preceding proviso does not apply to 

20 routes where the operating loss as a result of the discount 

21 is covered by a State and the State participates in the 

22 setting of fares: Provided further, That the Corporation 

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1 lar format and substance to those submitted by executive 

2 agencies of the Federal Government. 

3 CAPITAL AND DEBT SERVICE GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL

4 RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION

5 To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 

6 grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for 

7 capital investments as authorized by section 101(c), 102, 

8 and 219(b) of the Passenger Rail Investment and Im9 provement Act of 2008 (division B of Public Law 110– 

10 432), $600,000,000, to remain available until expended: 

11 Provided, That after an initial distribution of up to 

12 $50,000,000, which shall be used by the Corporation as 

13 a working capital account, all remaining funds shall be 

14 provided to the Corporation only on a reimbursable basis: 

15 Provided further, That the Secretary may retain up to one16 half of 1 percent of the funds provided under this heading 

17 to fund the costs of project management oversight of cap18 ital projects funded by grants provided under this heading, 

19 as authorized by subsection 101(d) of division B of Public 

20 Law 110–432: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 

21 approve funding for capital expenditures, including ad22 vance purchase orders of materials, for the Corporation 

23 only after receiving and reviewing a grant request for each 

24 specific capital project justifying the Federal support to 

25 the Secretary’s satisfaction: Provided further, That except 


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1 as otherwise provided herein, none of the funds under this 

2 heading may be used to subsidize operating losses of the 

3 Corporation: Provided further, That none of the funds 

4 under this heading may be used for capital projects not 

5 approved by the Secretary of Transportation or on the 

6 Corporation’s fiscal year 2014 business plan: Provided fur7 ther, That in addition to the project management oversight 

8 funds authorized under section 101(d) of division B of 

9 Public Law 110–432, the Secretary may retain up to an 

10 additional $3,000,000 of the funds provided under this 

11 heading to fund expenses associated with implementing 

12 section 212 of division B of Public Law 110–432, includ13 ing the amendments made by section 212 to section 24905 

14 of title 49, United States Code. 

15 NEXT GENERATION HIGH-SPEED RAIL

16 (RESCISSION)

17 Of the funds made available for Next Generation 

18 High Speed Rail, as authorized by sections 1103 and 7201 

19 of Public Law 105–178, $1,973,000 are hereby perma20 nently rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may be can21 celled from amounts that were designated by the Congress 

22 as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent 

23 Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and 

24 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 


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1 NORTHEAST CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM

2 (RESCISSION)

3 Of the funds made available for the Northeast Cor4 ridor Improvement Program, as authorized by Public Law 

5 94–210, $4,419,000 are hereby permanently rescinded: 

6 Provided, That no amounts may be cancelled from 

7 amounts that were designated by the Congress as an 

8 emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent Reso9 lution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer10 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 

11 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD

12 ADMINISTRATION

13 SEC. 150. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

14 law, funds provided in this Act for the National Railroad 

15 Passenger Corporation shall immediately cease to be avail16 able to said Corporation in the event that the Corporation 

17 contracts to have services provided at or from any location 

18 outside the United States. For purposes of this section, 

19 the word ‘‘services’’ shall mean any service that was, as 

20 of July 1, 2006, performed by a full-time or part-time Am21 trak employee whose base of employment is located within 

22 the United States. 

23 SEC. 151. The Secretary of Transportation may re24 ceive and expend cash, or receive and utilize spare parts 

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1 sources to repair damages to or replace United States 

2 Government owned automated track inspection cars and 

3 equipment as a result of third-party liability for such dam4 ages, and any amounts collected under this section shall 

5 be credited directly to the Safety and Operations account 

6 of the Federal Railroad Administration, and shall remain 

7 available until expended for the repair, operation and 

8 maintenance of automated track inspection cars and 

9 equipment in connection with the automated track inspec10 tion program. 

11 SEC. 152. Notwithstanding any other provisions of 

12 law, rule or regulation, the Secretary of Transportation 

13 is authorized to allow the issuer of any preferred stock 

14 heretofore sold to the Department to redeem or repur15 chase such stock upon the payment to the Department of 

16 an amount determined by the Secretary. 

17 SEC. 153. None of the funds provided to the National 

18 Railroad Passenger Corporation may be used to fund any 

19 overtime costs in excess of $35,000 for any individual em20 ployee: Provided, That the president of Amtrak may waive 

21 the cap set in the previous proviso for specific employees 

22 when the president of Amtrak determines such a cap poses 

23 a risk to the safety and operational efficiency of the sys24 tem: Provided further, That Amtrak shall notify House 

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1 of granting waivers and delineate the reasons for granting 

2 such waiver in the Corporation’s monthly report: Provided 

3 further, That Amtrak shall submit to the House and Sen4 ate Committees on Appropriations on November 1, 2013, 

5 a summary of the total number of employees that received 

6 such waivers, the total overtime payments the Corporation 

7 paid to employees receiving waivers, the total the Corpora8 tion paid in overtime payments in the prior three fiscal 

9 years, and a description of the factors that contributed 

10 to an increase or decrease from the prior year. 

11 FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

12 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

13 For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal 

14 Transit Administration’s programs authorized by chapter 

15 53 of title 49, United States Code, $102,713,000, of which 

16 up to $3,000,000 shall be available to carry out the provi17 sions of 49 U.S.C. 5329 and not less than $1,000,000 

18 shall be available to carry out the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 

19 5326: Provided, That none of the funds provided or lim20 ited in this Act may be used to create a permanent office 

21 of transit security under this heading: Provided further, 

22 That upon submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 

23 2015 President’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation 

24 shall transmit to Congress the annual report on New 

25 Starts, including proposed allocations for fiscal year 2015. 


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1 TRANSIT FORMULA GRANTS

2 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORITY)

3 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

4 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

5 For payment of obligations incurred in the Federal 

6 Public Transportation Assistance Program in this ac7 count, and for payment of obligations incurred in carrying 

8 out the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 

9 5318, 5322(d), 5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, 

10 as amended by Public Law 112–141; and section 

11 20005(b) of Public Law 112–141, $9,500,000,000, to be 

12 derived from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway 

13 Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Pro14 vided, That funds available for the implementation or exe15 cution of programs authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5305, 

16 5307, 5310, 5311, 5318, 5322(d), 5329(e)(6), 5335, 

17 5337, 5339, and 5340, as amended by Public Law 112– 

18 141, and section 20005(b) of Public Law 112–141, shall 

19 not exceed total obligations of $8,595,000,000 in fiscal 

20 year 2014. 

21 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, DEMONSTRATION, AND

22 DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM

23 For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5312, 

24 $20,000,000, to remain available until expended. 


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1 TRANSIT COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM

2 For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5313, 

3 $4,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

4 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT

5 For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5314, 

6 $4,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

7 HUMAN RESOURCES AND TRAINING

8 For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 

9 5322(a), (b), and (e), $2,000,000, to remain available 

10 until expended. 

11 CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS

12 For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5309, 

13 $1,815,655,000, to remain available until expended. 

14 GRANTS TO THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA

15 TRANSIT AUTHORITY

16 For grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area 

17 Transit Authority as authorized under section 601 of divi18 sion B of Public Law 110–432, $125,000,000, to remain 

19 available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary 

20 shall approve grants for capital and preventive mainte21 nance expenditures for the Washington Metropolitan Area 

22 Transit Authority only after receiving and reviewing a re23 quest for each specific project: Provided further, That 

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1 thority has placed the highest priority on those invest2 ments that will improve the safety of the system: Provided 

3 further, That the Secretary, in order to ensure safety 

4 throughout the rail system, may waive the requirements 

5 of section 601(e)(1) of title VI of Public Law 110-432 

6 (112 Stat. 4968). 

7 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT

8 ADMINISTRATION

9 (INCLUDING RESCISSION)

10 SEC. 160. The limitations on obligations for the pro11 grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not 

12 apply to any authority under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously 

13 made available for obligation, or to any other authority 

14 previously made available for obligation. 

15 SEC. 161. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

16 law, funds appropriated or limited by this Act under the 

17 Federal Transit Administration’s discretionary program 

18 appropriations headings for projects specified in this Act 

19 or identified in reports accompanying this Act not obli20 gated by September 30, 2015, and other recoveries, shall 

21 be directed to projects eligible to use the funds for the 

22 purposes for which they were originally provided. 

23 SEC. 162. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

24 law, any funds appropriated before October 1, 2012, under 

25 any section of chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, 


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1 that remain available for expenditure, may be transferred 

2 to and administered under the most recent appropriation 

3 heading for any such section. 

4 SEC. 163. Of the funds made available for the discre5 tionary bus and bus facilities program under 49 U.S.C. 

6 5309 in fiscal years 1999 through 2007, 2009 and 2010, 

7 $88,047,709 shall be rescinded: Provided, That of the 

8 funds made available to carry out new fixed guideways and 

9 extensions to existing fixed guideways under 49 U.S.C. 

10 5309 in fiscal years 1998 through 2000 and 2005 through 

11 2006, $38,290,300 shall be rescinded: Provided further, 

12 That of the funds made available for the alternatives anal13 ysis program under 49 U.S.C. 5339 in fiscal year 2012, 

14 $25,000,000 shall be rescinded. 

15 SEC. 164. For purposes of applying the project jus16 tification and local financial commitment criteria of 49 

17 U.S.C. 5309(d) to a New Starts project, the Secretary 

18 may consider the costs and ridership of any connected 

19 project in an instance in which private parties are making 

20 significant financial contributions to the construction of 

21 the connected project; additionally, the Secretary may con22 sider the significant financial contributions of private par23 ties to the connected project in calculating the non-Federal 

24 share of net capital project costs for the New Starts 

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1 SEC. 165. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

2 law, none of the funds made available in this Act shall 

3 be used to enter into a full funding grant agreement for 

4 a project with a New Starts share greater than 50 percent. 

5 SEC. 166. None of the funds in this Act may be avail6 able to advance in any way a new fixed guideway capital 

7 project towards a full funding grant agreement as defined 

8 by 49 U.S.C. 5309 for the Metropolitan Transit Authority 

9 of Harris County, Texas if the proposed capital project 

10 is constructed on or planned to be constructed on Rich11 mond Avenue west of South Shepherd Drive or on Post 

12 Oak Boulevard north of Richmond Avenue in Houston, 

13 Texas. 

14 SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT

15 CORPORATION

16 The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora17 tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, with18 in the limits of funds and borrowing authority available 

19 to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make 

20 such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal 

21 year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern22 ment Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be 

23 necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the 

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1 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

2 (HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)

3 For necessary expenses to conduct the operations, 

4 maintenance, and capital asset renewal activities of those 

5 portions of the St. Lawrence Seaway owned, operated, and 

6 maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development 

7 Corporation, $30,582,000, to be derived from the Harbor 

8 Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99– 

9 662. 

10 MARITIME ADMINISTRATION

11 MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM

12 For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a 

13 U.S.-flag merchant fleet to serve the national security 

14 needs of the United States, $174,000,000, to remain avail15 able until expended. 

16 OPERATIONS AND TRAINING

17 For necessary expenses of operations and training ac18 tivities authorized by law, $143,768,000, of which 

19 $11,500,000 shall remain available until expended for 

20 maintenance and repair of training ships at State Mari21 time Academies, and of which $2,400,000 shall remain 

22 available through September 30, 2015 for Student Incen23 tive Program payments at State Maritime Academies, and 

24 of which $10,000,000 shall remain available until ex25 pended for facilities maintenance and repair, equipment, 


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1 and capital improvements at the United States Merchant 

2 Marine Academy: Provided, That amounts apportioned for 

3 the United States Merchant Marine Academy shall be 

4 available only upon allotments made personally by the Sec5 retary of Transportation or the Assistant Secretary for 

6 Budget and Programs: Provided further, That the Super7 intendent, Deputy Superintendent and the Director of the 

8 Office of Resource Management of the United State Mer9 chant Marine Academy may not be allotment holders for 

10 the United States Merchant Marine Academy, and the Ad11 ministrator of the Maritime Administration shall hold all 

12 allotments made by the Secretary of Transportation or the 

13 Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs under the 

14 previous proviso: Provided further, That 50 percent of the 

15 funding made available for the United States Merchant 

16 Marine Academy under this heading shall be available only 

17 after the Secretary, in consultation with the Super18 intendent and the Maritime Administrator, completes a 

19 plan detailing by program or activity how such funding 

20 will be expended at the Academy, and this plan is sub21 mitted to the House and Senate Committees on Appro22 priations. 

23 SHIP DISPOSAL

24 For necessary expenses related to the disposal of ob25 solete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the 


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1 Maritime Administration, $4,000,000, to remain available 

2 until expended. 

3 MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM

4 ACCOUNT

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For necessary administrative expenses of the mari7 time guaranteed loan program, $2,655,000 shall be paid 

8 to the appropriation for ‘‘Operations and Training’’, Mari9 time Administration. 

10 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME

11 ADMINISTRATION

12 SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

13 this Act, the Maritime Administration is authorized to fur14 nish utilities and services and make necessary repairs in 

15 connection with any lease, contract, or occupancy involving 

16 Government property under control of the Maritime Ad17 ministration: Provided, That payments received therefor 

18 shall be credited to the appropriation charged with the 

19 cost thereof and shall be available until expended: Pro20 vided further, That rental payments under any such lease, 

21 contract, or occupancy for items other than such utilities, 

22 services, or repairs shall be covered into the Treasury as 

23 miscellaneous receipts. 

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1 partment of Transportation or the United States Maritime 

2 Administration to negotiate or otherwise execute, enter 

3 into, facilitate or perform fee-for-service contracts for ves4 sel disposal, scrapping or recycling, unless there is no 

5 qualified domestic ship recycler that will pay any sum of 

6 money to purchase and scrap or recycle a vessel owned, 

7 operated or managed by the Maritime Administration or 

8 that is part of the National Defense Reserve Fleet. Such 

9 sales offers must be consistent with the solicitation and 

10 provide that the work will be performed in a timely man11 ner at a facility qualified within the meaning of section 

12 3502 of Public Law 106–398. Nothing contained herein 

13 shall affect the Maritime Administration’s authority to 

14 award contracts at least cost to the Federal Government 

15 and consistent with the requirements of 16 U.S.C. 

16 5405(c), section 3502, or otherwise authorized under the 

17 Federal Acquisition Regulation. 

18 PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY

19 ADMINISTRATION

20 OPERATIONAL EXPENSES

21 (PIPELINE SAFETY FUND)

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline 

24 and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, 

25 $21,167,000, of which $639,000 shall be derived from the 


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1 Pipeline Safety Fund: Provided, That $1,000,000 shall be 

2 transferred to ‘‘Pipeline Safety’’ in order to fund ‘‘Pipeline 

3 Safety Information Grants to Communities’’ as authorized 

4 under section 60130 of title 49, United States Code. 

5 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY

6 For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous 

7 materials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous 

8 Materials Safety Administration, $42,762,000, of which 

9 $1,725,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

10 2016: Provided, That up to $800,000 in fees collected 

11 under 49 U.S.C. 5108(g) shall be deposited in the general 

12 fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided fur13 ther, That there may be credited to this appropriation, to 

14 be available until expended, funds received from States, 

15 counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and pri16 vate sources for expenses incurred for training, for reports 

17 publication and dissemination, and for travel expenses in18 curred in performance of hazardous materials exemptions 

19 and approvals functions. 

20 PIPELINE SAFETY

21 (PIPELINE SAFETY FUND)

22 (OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND)

23 (PIPELINE SAFETY DESIGN REVIEW FUND)

24 For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of 

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1 a pipeline safety program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 

2 60107, and to discharge the pipeline program responsibil3 ities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $111,252,000, of 

4 which $18,573,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li5 ability Trust Fund and shall remain available until Sep6 tember 30, 2016; and of which $90,679,000 shall be de7 rived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which 

8 $52,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

9 2016; and of which $2,000,000, to remain available until 

10 expended, shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Design 

11 Review Fund, as authorized in 49 U.S.C. 60117(n): Pro12 vided, That not less than $1,058,000 of the funds pro13 vided under this heading shall be for the One-Call state 

14 grant program. 

15 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS

16 (EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND)

17 For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 

18 5128(b), $188,000, to be derived from the Emergency 

19 Preparedness Fund, to remain available until September 

20 30, 2015: Provided, That not more than $28,318,000 shall 

21 be made available for obligation in fiscal year 2014 from 

22 amounts made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i) and 

23 5128(b)–(c): Provided further, That none of the funds 

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1 shall be made available for obligation by individuals other 

2 than the Secretary of Transportation, or his designee. 

3 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector 

6 General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector Gen7 eral Act of 1978, as amended, $79,624,000: Provided, 

8 That the Inspector General shall have all necessary au9 thority, in carrying out the duties specified in the Inspec10 tor General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to inves11 tigate allegations of fraud, including false statements to 

12 the government (18 U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity 

13 that is subject to regulation by the Department: Provided 

14 further, That the funds made available under this heading 

15 may be used to investigate, pursuant to section 41712 of 

16 title 49, United States Code: (1) unfair or deceptive prac17 tices and unfair methods of competition by domestic and 

18 foreign air carriers and ticket agents; and (2) the compli19 ance of domestic and foreign air carriers with respect to 

20 item (1) of this proviso: Provided further, That: (1) the 

21 Inspector General shall have the authority to audit and 

22 investigate the Metropolitan Washington Airports Author23 ity (MWAA); (2) in carrying out these audits and inves24 tigations the Inspector General shall have all the authori25 ties described under section 6 of the Inspector General Act 


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1 (5 U.S.C. App.); (3) MWAA Board Members, employees, 

2 contractors, and subcontractors shall cooperate and com3 ply with requests from the Inspector General, including 

4 providing testimony and other information; (4) The In5 spector General shall be permitted to observe closed execu6 tive sessions of the MWAA Board of Directors; (5) MWAA 

7 shall pay the expenses of the Inspector General, including 

8 staff salaries and benefits and associated operating costs, 

9 which shall be credited to this appropriation and remain 

10 available until expended; and (6) if MWAA fails to make 

11 funds available to the Inspector General within 30 days 

12 after a request for such funds is received, then the Inspec13 tor General shall notify the Secretary of Transportation 

14 who shall not approve a grant for MWAA under section 

15 47107(b) of title 49, United States Code, until such fund16 ing is made available for the Inspector General. 

17 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses of the Surface Transpor20 tation Board, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

21 3109, $29,310,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

22 other provision of law, not to exceed $1,250,000 from fees 

23 established by the Chairman of the Surface Transpor24 tation Board shall be credited to this appropriation as off25 setting collections and used for necessary and authorized 


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1 expenses under this heading: Provided further, That the 

2 sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be 

3 reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting col4 lections are received during fiscal year 2014, to result in 

5 a final appropriation from the general fund estimated at 

6 no more than $28,060,000. 

7 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF

8 TRANSPORTATION

9 SEC. 180. During the current fiscal year, applicable 

10 appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall 

11 be available for maintenance and operation of aircraft; 

12 hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of 

13 liability insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign 

14 countries on official department business; and uniforms or 

15 allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901– 

16 5902). 

17 SEC. 181. Appropriations contained in this Act for 

18 the Department of Transportation shall be available for 

19 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for 

20 individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to 

21 the rate for an Executive Level IV. 

22 SEC. 182. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail23 able for salaries and expenses of more than 110 political 

24 and Presidential appointees in the Department of Trans25 portation: Provided, That none of the personnel covered 


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1 by this provision may be assigned on temporary detail out2 side the Department of Transportation. 

3 SEC. 183. (a) No recipient of funds made available 

4 in this Act shall disseminate personal information (as de5 fined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(3)) obtained by a State depart6 ment of motor vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle 

7 record as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1), except as provided 

8 in 18 U.S.C. 2721 for a use permitted under 18 U.S.C. 

9 2721. 

10 (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 

11 shall not withhold funds provided in this Act for any 

12 grantee if a State is in noncompliance with this provision. 

13 SEC. 184. Funds received by the Federal Highway 

14 Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and Fed15 eral Railroad Administration from States, counties, mu16 nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources 

17 for expenses incurred for training may be credited respec18 tively to the Federal Highway Administration’s ‘‘Federal19 Aid Highways’’ account, the Federal Transit Administra20 tion’s ‘‘Research and University Research Centers’’ ac21 count, and to the Federal Railroad Administration’s 

22 ‘‘Safety and Operations’’ account, except for State rail 

23 safety inspectors participating in training pursuant to 49 

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1 SEC. 185. None of the funds in this Act to the De2 partment of Transportation may be used to make a grant 

3 unless the Secretary of Transportation notifies the House 

4 and Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than 

5 3 full business days before any project competitively se6 lected to receive a discretionary grant award, any discre7 tionary grant award, letter of intent, or full funding grant 

8 agreement totaling $500,000 or more is announced by the 

9 department or its modal administrations from: 

10 (1) any discretionary grant program of the Fed11 eral Highway Administration including the emer12 gency relief program; 

13 (2) the airport improvement program of the 

14 Federal Aviation Administration; 

15 (3) any program of the Federal Railroad Ad16 ministration; or 

17 (4) any program of the Federal Transit Admin18 istration other than the formula grants and fixed 

19 guideway modernization programs: 

20 Provided, That the Secretary gives concurrent notification 

21 to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 

22 for any ‘‘quick release’’ of funds from the emergency relief 

23 program: Provided further, That no notification shall in24 volve funds that are not available for obligation. 


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1 SEC. 186. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, 

2 minor fees and other funds received by the Department 

3 of Transportation from travel management centers, 

4 charge card programs, the subleasing of building space, 

5 and miscellaneous sources are to be credited to appropria6 tions of the Department of Transportation and allocated 

7 to elements of the Department of Transportation using 

8 fair and equitable criteria and such funds shall be avail9 able until expended. 

10 SEC. 187. Amounts made available in this or any 

11 other Act that the Secretary determines represent im12 proper payments by the Department of Transportation to 

13 a third-party contractor under a financial assistance 

14 award, which are recovered pursuant to law, shall be avail15 able— 

16 (1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred 

17 by the Department of Transportation in recovering 

18 improper payments; and 

19 (2) to pay contractors for services provided in 

20 recovering improper payments or contractor support 

21 in the implementation of the Improper Payments In22 formation Act of 2002: Provided, That amounts in 

23 excess of that required for paragraphs (1) and (2)— 

24 (A) shall be credited to and merged with 

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1 ments were made, and shall be available for the 

2 purposes and period for which such appropria3 tions are available; or 

4 (B) if no such appropriation remains avail5 able, shall be deposited in the Treasury as mis6 cellaneous receipts: Provided further, That prior 

7 to the transfer of any such recovery to an ap8 propriations account, the Secretary shall notify 

9 the House and Senate Committees on Appro10 priations of the amount and reasons for such 

11 transfer: Provided further, That for purposes of 

12 this section, the term ‘‘improper payments’’, 

13 has the same meaning as that provided in sec14 tion 2(d)(2) of Public Law 107–300. 

15 SEC. 188. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

16 law, if any funds provided in or limited by this Act are 

17 subject to a reprogramming action that requires notice to 

18 be provided to the House and Senate Committees on Ap19 propriations, said reprogramming action shall be approved 

20 or denied solely by the Committees on Appropriations: 

21 Provided, That the Secretary may provide notice to other 

22 congressional committees of the action of the Committees 

23 on Appropriations on such reprogramming but not sooner 

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1 ming action has been approved or denied by the House 

2 and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 

3 SEC. 189. None of the funds appropriated or other4 wise made available under this Act may be used by the 

5 Surface Transportation Board of the Department of 

6 Transportation to charge or collect any filing fee for rate 

7 complaints filed with the Board in an amount in excess 

8 of the amount authorized for district court civil suit filing 

9 fees under section 1914 of title 28, United States Code. 

10 SEC. 190. Funds appropriated in this Act to the 

11 modal administrations may be obligated for the Office of 

12 the Secretary for the costs related to assessments or reim13 bursable agreements only when such amounts are for the 

14 costs of goods and services that are purchased to provide 

15 a direct benefit to the applicable modal administration or 

16 administrations. 

17 SEC. 191. The Secretary of Transportation is author18 ized to carry out a program that establishes uniform 

19 standards for developing and supporting agency transit 

20 pass and transit benefits authorized under section 7905 

21 of title 5, United States Code, including distribution of 

22 transit benefits by various paper and electronic media. 

23 SEC. 192. None of the funds made available by this 

24 Act may be used for the California High-Speed Rail Pro25 gram of the California High-Speed Rail Authority. 


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1 SEC. 193. (a) Unobligated balances of funds made 

2 available for section 1307(d) of Public Law 109–59 are 

3 hereby permanently rescinded. 

4 (b) For an additional amount to be made available 

5 on September 30, 2014 from savings made available from 

6 subsection (a), the Secretary of Transportation shall make 

7 grants for grade crossing safety as described in section 

8 148(a)(4)(B)(vi) of title 23, United States Code, and cor9 ridor planning improvements as described in section 

10 26101(b) of title 49, United States Code. 

11 SEC. 194. None of the funds made available by this 

12 Act shall be used by the Surface Transportation Board 

13 to take any actions with respect to construction of a high14 speed rail project in California unless the Board has juris15 diction over the entire project and the permit is or was 

16 issued by the Board with respect to the project in its en17 tirety. 

18 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans19 portation Appropriations Act, 2014’’. 


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1 TITLE II 

2 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 

3 DEVELOPMENT 

4 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

5 EXECUTIVE OFFICES

6 For necessary salaries and expenses for Executive Of7 fices, which shall be comprised of the offices of the Sec8 retary, Deputy Secretary, Hearings and Appeals, Congres9 sional and Intergovernmental Relations, Public Affairs, 

10 and Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, 

11 $12,000,000, of which $500,000 shall remain available 

12 until September 30, 2015: Provided, That not to exceed 

13 $25,000 of the amount made available under this heading 

14 shall be available to the Secretary for official reception and 

15 representation expenses as the Secretary may determine. 

16 ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OFFICES

17 For necessary salaries and expenses for administra18 tion, management and operations of offices of the Depart19 ment of Housing and Urban Development, $479,000,000, 

20 of which $5,000,000 shall remain available until Sep21 tember 30, 2015: Provided, That $1,000,000 shall be 

22 available for claims and indemnities and shall remain 

23 available until expended; not to exceed $44,000,000 shall 

24 be available for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer; 

25 not to exceed $90,000,000 shall be available for the Office 


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1 of the General Counsel; not to exceed $186,000,000 shall 

2 be available for the Office of Administration; not to exceed 

3 $49,000,000 shall be available for the Office of the Chief 

4 Human Capital Office; not to exceed $50,000,000 shall 

5 be available for the Office of Field Policy and Manage6 ment; not to exceed $17,000,000 shall be available for the 

7 Office of the Chief Procurement Officer; not to exceed 

8 $3,000,000 shall be available for the Office of Depart9 mental Equal Employment Opportunity; not to exceed 

10 $5,000,000 shall be available for the Office of Strategic 

11 Planning and Management; and not to exceed 

12 $34,000,000 shall be available for the Office of the Chief 

13 Information Officer: Provided further, That funds pro14 vided under this heading may be used for necessary ad15 ministrative and non-administrative expenses of the De16 partment of Housing and Urban Development, not other17 wise provided for, including purchase of uniforms, or al18 lowances therefore, as authorized by U.S.C. 5901-5902; 

19 hire of passenger motor vehicles; services as authorized by 

20 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

21 any other provision of law, funds appropriated under this 

22 heading may be used for advertising and promotional ac23 tivities that support the housing mission area: Provided 

24 further, That the Secretary shall provide the Committees 

25 on Appropriations quarterly written notification regarding 


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1 the status of pending congressional reports: Provided fur2 ther, That the Secretary shall provide all signed reports 

3 required by Congress electronically. 

4 PROGRAM OFFICE SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING

6 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

7 Public and Indian Housing, $197,000,000, of which 

8 $2,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

9 2015. 

10 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

11 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

12 Community Planning and Development, $99,000,000, of 

13 which $1,000,000 shall remain available until September 

14 30, 2015. 

15 HOUSING

16 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

17 Housing, $377,000,000, of which $4,000,000 shall remain 

18 available until September 30, 2015: Provided, That the 

19 Secretary shall appoint an administrator of the Office of 

20 Manufactured Housing within 120 days of enactment of 

21 this Act: Provided further, That the funds made available 

22 under this heading shall be reduced by $50,000 for each 

23 day that the Department is in violation of the previous 

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1 POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH

2 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

3 Policy Development and Research, $21,000,000, of which 

4 $500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2015. 

5 FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

6 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

7 Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, $71,000,000, of 

8 which $1,000,000 shall remain available until September 

9 30, 2015. 

10 OFFICE OF HEALTHY HOMES AND LEAD HAZARD

11 CONTROL

12 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

13 Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control, $7,000,000, of 

14 which $500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

15 2015. 

16 PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING

17 TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE

18 For activities and assistance for the provision of ten19 ant-based rental assistance authorized under the United 

20 States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 

21 et seq.) (‘‘the Act’’ herein), not otherwise provided for, 

22 $14,610,564,000, to remain available until expended, shall 

23 be available on October 1, 2013 (in addition to the 

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1 $4,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 

2 be available on October 1, 2014: Provided, That amounts 

3 made available under this heading are provided as follows: 

4 (1) $17,000,000,000 shall be available for re5 newals of expiring section 8 tenant-based annual 

6 contributions contracts (including renewals of en7 hanced vouchers under any provision of law author8 izing such assistance under section 8(t) of the Act) 

9 and including renewal of other special purpose incre10 mental vouchers: Provided, That notwithstanding 

11 any other provision of law, from amounts provided 

12 under this paragraph and any carryover, the Sec13 retary for the calendar year 2014 funding cycle shall 

14 provide renewal funding for each public housing 

15 agency based on validated voucher management sys16 tem (VMS) leasing and cost data for the prior cal17 endar year and by applying an inflation factor as es18 tablished by the Secretary, by notice published in 

19 the Federal Register, and by making any necessary 

20 adjustments for the costs associated with the first21 time renewal of vouchers under this paragraph, in22 cluding tenant protection and HOPE VI vouchers: 

23 Provided further, That in determining calendar year 

24 2014 funding allocation under this heading for pub25 lic housing agencies, including agencies participating 


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1 in the Moving To Work (MTW) demonstration, the 

2 Secretary may take into account the anticipated im3 pact of changes in targeting, medical expense 

4 thresholds, and utility allowances, to public housing 

5 agencies’ contract renewal needs: Provided further, 

6 That the Secretary shall, to the extent necessary to 

7 stay within the amount specified under this para8 graph (except as otherwise modified under this Act), 

9 pro rate each public housing agency’s allocation oth10 erwise established pursuant to this paragraph: Pro11 vided further, That except as provided in the fol12 lowing provisos, the entire amount specified under 

13 this paragraph (except as otherwise modified under 

14 this Act) shall be obligated to the public housing 

15 agencies based on the allocation and pro rata meth16 od described above, and the Secretary shall notify 

17 public housing agencies of their annual budget by 

18 the latter of 60 days after enactment of this Act or 

19 March 1, 2014: Provided further, That the Secretary 

20 may extend the notification period, with the prior 

21 written approval of the House and Senate Commit22 tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That public 

23 housing agencies participating in the MTW dem24 onstration shall be funded pursuant to their MTW 

25 agreements and shall be subject to the same pro 


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1 rata adjustments under the previous provisos: Pro2 vided further, That the Secretary may offset public 

3 housing agencies’ calendar year 2014 allocations by 

4 the excess amount of agencies’ reserves as estab5 lished by the Secretary: Provided further, That pub6 lic housing agencies participating in the MTW dem7 onstration shall also be subject to the offset, as de8 termined by the Secretary, from the agencies’ cal9 endar year 2014 MTW funding allocation: Provided 

10 further, That the Secretary shall use any offset re11 ferred to in the previous two provisos throughout the 

12 calendar year to prevent the termination of rental 

13 assistance for families as the result of insufficient 

14 funding, as determined by the Secretary, and to 

15 avoid or reduce the proration of renewal funding al16 locations: Provided further, That up to $50,000,000 

17 shall be available only: (1) for adjustments in the al18 locations for public housing agencies, after applica19 tion for an adjustment by a public housing agency, 

20 that experienced a significant increase, as deter21 mined by the Secretary, in renewal costs of vouchers 

22 resulting from unforeseen circumstances or from 

23 portability under section 8(r) of the Act; (2) for 

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1 ment pursuant to section 8(o)(13) of the Act; (3) for 

2 adjustments for costs associated with HUD-Veterans 

3 Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD–VASH) vouch4 ers; (4) for adjustments in the allocations for public 

5 housing agencies that experienced a significant in6 crease, as determined by the Secretary, in renewal 

7 costs as a result of participation in the Small Area 

8 Fair Market Rent demonstration: Provided further, 

9 That the Secretary shall allocate amounts under the 

10 previous proviso based on need as determined by the 

11 Secretary; and (5) for public housing agencies that 

12 despite taking reasonable cost savings measures, as 

13 determined by the Secretary, would otherwise be re14 quired to terminate rental assistance for families as 

15 the result of insufficient funding; 

16 (2) $75,000,000 shall be for section 8 rental as17 sistance for relocation and replacement of housing 

18 units that are demolished or disposed of pursuant to 

19 section 18 of the Act, conversion of section 23 

20 projects to assistance under section 8, the family 

21 unification program under section 8(x) of the Act, 

22 relocation of witnesses in connection with efforts to 

23 combat crime in public and assisted housing pursu24 ant to a request from a law enforcement or prosecu25 tion agency, enhanced vouchers under any provision 


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1 of law authorizing such assistance under section 8(t) 

2 of the Act, HOPE VI vouchers, mandatory and vol3 untary conversions, and tenant protection assistance 

4 including replacement and relocation assistance or 

5 for project-based assistance to prevent the displace6 ment of unassisted elderly tenants currently residing 

7 in section 202 properties financed between 1959 and 

8 1974 that are refinanced pursuant to Public Law 

9 106–569, as amended, or under the authority as 

10 provided under this Act: Provided, That when a pub11 lic housing development is submitted for demolition 

12 or disposition under section 18 of the Act, the Sec13 retary may provide section 8 rental assistance when 

14 the units pose an imminent health and safety risk to 

15 residents: Provided further, That the Secretary may 

16 only provide replacement vouchers for units that 

17 were occupied within the previous 24 months that 

18 cease to be available as assisted housing, subject 

19 only to the availability of funds: Provided further, 

20 That of the amounts made available under this para21 graph, $5,000,000 may be available to provide ten22 ant protection assistance, not otherwise provided 

23 under this paragraph, to residents residing in low 

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1 sult of (1) the maturity of a HUD-insured, HUD 

2 held or section 202 loan that requires the permission 

3 of the Secretary prior to loan prepayment; (2) the 

4 expiration of a rental assistance contract for which 

5 the tenants are not eligible for enhanced voucher or 

6 tenant protection assistance under existing law; or 

7 (3) the expiration of affordability restrictions accom8 panying a mortgage or preservation program admin9 istered by the Secretary: Provided further, That such 

10 tenant protection assistance made available under 

11 the previous proviso may be provided under the au12 thority of section 8(t) or section 8(o)(13) of the 

13 United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

14 1437f(t)): Provided further, That the Secretary shall 

15 issue guidance to implement the previous provisos, 

16 including, but not limited to, requirements for defin17 ing eligible at-risk households within 120 days of the 

18 enactment of this Act, for the purposes under this 

19 paragraph, may use unobligated balances, including 

20 recaptures and carryovers, remaining from amounts 

21 appropriated in prior fiscal years under this heading 

22 for voucher assistance for nonelderly disabled fami23 lies and for disaster assistance made available under 

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1 (3) $1,350,000,000 shall be for administrative 

2 and other expenses of public housing agencies in ad3 ministering the section 8 tenant-based rental assist4 ance program, of which up to $15,000,000 shall be 

5 available to the Secretary to allocate to public hous6 ing agencies that need additional funds to admin7 ister their section 8 programs, including fees associ8 ated with section 8 tenant protection rental assist9 ance, the administration of disaster-related vouchers, 

10 Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing vouchers, and 

11 other special purpose incremental vouchers: Pro12 vided, That no less than $1,335,000,000 of the 

13 amount provided in this paragraph shall be allocated 

14 to public housing agencies for the calendar year 

15 2014 funding cycle based on section 8(q) of the Act 

16 (and related Appropriation Act provisions) as in ef17 fect immediately before the enactment of the Quality 

18 Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (Pub19 lic Law 105–276): Provided further, That if the 

20 amounts made available under this paragraph are 

21 insufficient to pay the amounts determined under 

22 the previous proviso, the Secretary may decrease the 

23 amounts allocated to agencies by a uniform percent24 age applicable to all agencies receiving funding 

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1 essary to provide full payment of amounts deter2 mined under the previous proviso, utilize unobligated 

3 balances, including recaptures and carryovers, re4 maining from funds appropriated to the Department 

5 of Housing and Urban Development under this 

6 heading from prior fiscal years, notwithstanding the 

7 purposes for which such amounts were appropriated: 

8 Provided further, That all public housing agencies 

9 participating in the MTW demonstration shall be 

10 funded pursuant to their MTW agreements, and 

11 shall be subject to the same uniform percentage de12 crease as under the previous proviso: Provided fur13 ther, That amounts provided under this paragraph 

14 shall be only for activities related to the provision of 

15 tenant-based rental assistance authorized under sec16 tion 8, including related development activities; 

17 (4) $110,564,000 for the renewal of tenant18 based assistance contracts under section 811 of the 

19 Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act 

20 (42 U.S.C. 8013), including necessary administra21 tive expenses: Provided, That administrative and 

22 other expenses of public housing agencies in admin23 istering the special purpose vouchers in this para24 graph shall be funded under the same terms and be 

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1 cent decrease for administrative and other expenses 

2 to public housing agencies under paragraph (3) of 

3 this heading; 

4 (5) $75,000,000 for incremental rental voucher 

5 assistance for use through a supported housing pro6 gram administered in conjunction with the Depart7 ment of Veterans Affairs as authorized under section 

8 8(o)(19) of the United States Housing Act of 1937: 

9 Provided, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

10 Development shall make such funding available, not11 withstanding section 204 (competition provision) of 

12 this title, to public housing agencies that partner 

13 with eligible VA Medical Centers or other entities as 

14 designated by the Secretary of the Department of 

15 Veterans Affairs, based on geographical need for 

16 such assistance as identified by the Secretary of the 

17 Department of Veterans Affairs, public housing 

18 agency administrative performance, and other fac19 tors as specified by the Secretary of Housing and 

20 Urban Development in consultation with the Sec21 retary of the Department of Veterans Affairs: Pro22 vided further, That the Secretary of Housing and 

23 Urban Development may waive, or specify alter24 native requirements for (in consultation with the 

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1 any provision of any statute or regulation that the 

2 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development ad3 ministers in connection with the use of funds made 

4 available under this paragraph (except for require5 ments related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, 

6 labor standards, and the environment), upon a find7 ing by the Secretary that any such waivers or alter8 native requirements are necessary for the effective 

9 delivery and administration of such voucher assist10 ance: Provided further, That assistance made avail11 able under this paragraph shall continue to remain 

12 available for homeless veterans upon turn-over; and 

13 (6) The Secretary shall separately track all spe14 cial purpose vouchers funded under this heading. 

15 HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND

16 (INCLUDES RESCISSIONS)

17 Unobligated balances, including recaptures and car18 ryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the Depart19 ment of Housing and Urban Development under this 

20 heading, the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted 

21 Housing’’, and the heading ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assist22 ance’’, for fiscal year 2014 and prior years may be used 

23 for renewal of or amendments to section 8 project-based 

24 contracts and for performance-based contract administra25 tors, notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds 


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1 were appropriated: Provided, That any obligated balances 

2 of contract authority from fiscal year 1974 and prior that 

3 have been terminated shall be rescinded: Provided further, 

4 That amounts previously recaptured, or recaptured during 

5 the current fiscal year, from section 8 project-based con6 tracts from source years fiscal year 1975 through fiscal 

7 year 1987 are hereby permanently rescinded, and an 

8 amount of additional new budget authority, equivalent to 

9 the amount permanently rescinded is hereby appropriated, 

10 to remain available until expended, for the purposes set 

11 forth under this heading, in addition to amounts otherwise 

12 available. 

13 PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND

14 For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to 

15 carry out capital and management activities for public 

16 housing agencies, as authorized under section 9 of the 

17 United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g) 

18 (the ‘‘Act’’), $1,500,000,000, to remain available until 

19 September 30, 2017: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

20 other provision of law or regulation, during fiscal year 

21 2014 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 

22 may not delegate to any Department official other than 

23 the Deputy Secretary and the Assistant Secretary for 

24 Public and Indian Housing any authority under paragraph 

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1 ods under such section: Provided further, That for pur2 poses of such section 9(j), the term ‘‘obligate’’ means, with 

3 respect to amounts, that the amounts are subject to a 

4 binding agreement that will result in outlays, immediately 

5 or in the future: Provided further, That up to $8,000,000 

6 shall be to support ongoing Public Housing Financial and 

7 Physical Assessment activities: Provided further, That of 

8 the total amount provided under this heading, not to ex9 ceed $20,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary to 

10 make grants, notwithstanding section 204 of this Act, to 

11 public housing agencies for emergency capital needs in12 cluding safety and security measures necessary to address 

13 crime and drug-related activity as well as needs resulting 

14 from unforeseen or unpreventable emergencies and nat15 ural disasters excluding Presidentially declared emer16 gencies and natural disasters under the Robert T. Stafford 

17 Disaster Relief and Emergency Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et 

18 seq.) occurring in fiscal year 2014: Provided further, That 

19 from the funds made available under this heading, the 

20 Secretary shall provide bonus awards in fiscal year 2014 

21 to public housing agencies that are designated high per22 formers: Provided further, That up to $15,000,000 of 

23 funds made available under this heading shall be used for 

24 a Jobs-Plus Pilot initiative modeled after the Jobs-Plus 

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1 initiative shall provide competitive grants to partnerships 

2 between public housing authorities, local workforce invest3 ment boards established under section 117 of the Work4 force Investment Act of 1998, and other agencies and or5 ganizations that provide support to help public housing 

6 residents obtain employment and increase earnings: Pro7 vided further, That the Secretary may waive or specify al8 ternative requirements for any provision of the United 

9 States Housing Act of 1937 (except for requirements re10 lated to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, 

11 and the environment) upon a finding by the Secretary that 

12 any such waivers or alternative requirements are nec13 essary for the effective implementation of the Jobs-Plus 

14 Pilot initiative: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 

15 publish by notice in the Federal Register any waivers or 

16 alternative requirements pursuant to the preceding proviso 

17 no later than 10 days before the effective date of such 

18 notice. 

19 PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND

20 For 2014 payments to public housing agencies for the 

21 operation and management of public housing, as author22 ized by section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 

23 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $4,262,010,000: Provided, 

24 That in determining public housing agencies’, including 

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1 locations under this heading, the Secretary shall take into 

2 account the impact of changes in flat rents and medical 

3 expense thresholds on public housing agencies’ formula in4 come levels. 

5 CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVE

6 (RESCISSION)

7 Of the funds made available for ‘‘Department of 

8 Housing and Urban Development–Public and Indian 

9 Housing - Choice Neighborhoods Initiative’’ by division F 

10 of Public Law 113-6, $120,000,000 is rescinded. 

11 FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY

12 For the Family Self-Sufficiency program to support 

13 family self-sufficiency coordinators under section 23 of the 

14 United States Housing Act of 1937, to promote the devel15 opment of local strategies to coordinate the use of assist16 ance under sections 8(o) and 9 of such Act with public 

17 and private resources, and enable eligible families to 

18 achieve economic independence and self-sufficiency, 

19 $60,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary may, by Fed20 eral Register notice, waive or specify alternative require21 ments (except for requirements related to fair housing, 

22 nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the environment) 

23 for any provision of section 23 of such Act in order to 

24 better fulfill the purposes of section 23 of such Act, as 

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1 NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS

2 For the Native American Housing Block Grants pro3 gram, as authorized under title I of the Native American 

4 Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 

5 (NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $600,000,000, to 

6 remain available until September 30, 2018: Provided, 

7 That, notwithstanding the Native American Housing As8 sistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996, to determine 

9 the amount of the allocation under title I of such Act for 

10 each Indian tribe, the Secretary shall apply the formula 

11 under section 302 of such Act with the need component 

12 based on single-race census data and with the need compo13 nent based on multi-race census data, and the amount of 

14 the allocation for each Indian tribe shall be the greater 

15 of the two resulting allocation amounts: Provided further, 

16 That of the amounts made available under this heading, 

17 $2,000,000 shall be contracted for assistance for national 

18 or regional organizations representing Native American 

19 housing interests for providing training and technical as20 sistance to Indian housing authorities and tribally des21 ignated housing entities as authorized under NAHASDA; 

22 and $2,000,000 shall be to support the inspection of In23 dian housing units, contract expertise, training, and tech24 nical assistance in the training, oversight, and manage25 ment of such Indian housing and tenant-based assistance, 


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1 including up to $300,000 for related travel: Provided fur2 ther, That of the amount provided under this heading, 

3 $2,000,000 shall be made available for the cost of guaran4 teed notes and other obligations, as authorized by title VI 

5 of NAHASDA: Provided further, That such costs, includ6 ing the costs of modifying such notes and other obliga7 tions, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres8 sional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, 

9 That these funds are available to subsidize the total prin10 cipal amount of any notes and other obligations, any part 

11 of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $16,530,000. 

12 INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM

13 ACCOUNT

14 For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by 

15 section 184 of the Housing and Community Development 

16 Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a), $6,000,000, to re17 main available until expended: Provided, That such costs, 

18 including the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as 

19 defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 

20 of 1974: Provided further, That these funds are available 

21 to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to 

22 be guaranteed, up to $1,818,000,000, to remain available 

23 until expended: Provided further, That up to $750,000 of 

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1 penses including management processes and systems to 

2 carry out the loan guarantee program. 

3 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

4 HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS

5 For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Per6 sons with AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS 

7 Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), 

8 $303,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

9 2015, except that amounts allocated pursuant to section 

10 854(c)(3) of such Act shall remain available until Sep11 tember 30, 2016: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew 

12 all expiring contracts for permanent supportive housing 

13 that initially were funded under section 854(c)(3) of such 

14 Act from funds made available under this heading in fiscal 

15 year 2010 and prior fiscal years that meet all program 

16 requirements before awarding funds for new contracts 

17 under each section, and if amounts provided under this 

18 heading pursuant to such section are insufficient to fund 

19 renewals for all such expiring contracts, then amounts 

20 made available under this heading for formula grants pur21 suant to section 854(c)(1) shall be used to provide the bal22 ance of such renewal funding before awarding funds for 

23 such formula grants: Provided further, That the Depart24 ment shall notify grantees of their formula allocation with25 in 60 days of enactment of this Act. 


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1 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND

2 For assistance to units of State and local govern3 ment, and to other entities, for economic and community 

4 development activities, and for other purposes, 

5 $1,696,813,000, to remain available until September 30, 

6 2016, unless otherwise specified: Provided, That of the 

7 total amount provided, $1,636,813,000 is for carrying out 

8 the community development block grant program under 

9 title I of the Housing and Community Development Act 

10 of 1974, as amended (the ‘‘Act’’ herein) (42 U.S.C. 5301 

11 et seq.): Provided further, That unless explicitly provided 

12 for under this heading, not to exceed 20 percent of any 

13 grant made with funds appropriated under this heading 

14 shall be expended for planning and management develop15 ment and administration: Provided further, That 

16 $60,000,000 shall be for grants to Indian tribes notwith17 standing section 106(a)(1) of such Act, of which, notwith18 standing any other provision of law (including section 204 

19 of this Act), up to $3,960,000 may be used for emer20 gencies that constitute imminent threats to health and 

21 safety: Provided further, That none of the funds made 

22 available under this heading may be used for grants for 

23 the Economic Development Initiative (‘‘EDI’’) or Neigh24 borhood Initiatives activities, Rural Innovation Fund, or 

25 for grants pursuant to section 107 of the Housing and 


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1 Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5307): 

2 Provided further, That the Department shall notify grant3 ees of their formula allocation within 60 days of enactment 

4 of this Act. 

5 EMPOWERMENT ZONES/ENTERPRISE COMMUNITIES/ 

6 RENEWAL COMMUNITIES

7 (RESCISSION)

8 Unobligated balances, including recaptures and car9 ryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the Depart10 ment of Housing and Urban Development under this 

11 heading are hereby permanently rescinded. 

12 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES

13 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

14 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

15 Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget 

16 Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2014 commitments to 

17 guarantee loans under section 108 of the Housing and 

18 Community Development Act of 1974, any part of which 

19 is guaranteed, shall not exceed a total principal amount 

20 of $500,000,000, notwithstanding any aggregate limita21 tion on outstanding obligations guaranteed in subsection 

22 (k) of such section 108: Provided, That the Secretary shall 

23 collect fees from borrowers, notwithstanding subsection 

24 (m) of such section 108, to result in a credit subsidy cost 

25 of zero, and such fees shall be collected in accordance with 


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1 section 502(7) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: 

2 Provided further, That all unobligated balances, including 

3 recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds appro4 priated to the Department of Housing and Urban Devel5 opment under this heading are hereby permanently re6 scinded. 

7 HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM

8 For the HOME Investment Partnerships program, as 

9 authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na10 tional Affordable Housing Act, as amended, 

11 $700,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

12 2016: Provided, That notwithstanding the amount made 

13 available under this heading, the threshold reduction re14 quirements in sections 216(10) and 217(b)(4) of such Act 

15 shall not apply to allocation of such amount: Provided fur16 ther, That funds made available under this heading used 

17 for projects not completed within 4 years of the commit18 ment date, as determined by a signature of each party 

19 to the agreement, shall be repaid: Provided further, That 

20 the Secretary may extend the deadline by 1 year if the 

21 Secretary determines that the failure to complete the 

22 project is beyond the control of the participating jurisdic23 tion: Provided further, That no funds provided under this 

24 heading may be commited to any project included as part 

25 of a participating jurisdiction’s plan under section 105(b), 


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1 unless each participating jurisdiction certifies that it has 

2 conducted an underwriting review, assessed developer ca3 pacity and fiscal soundness, and examined neighborhood 

4 market conditions to ensure adequate need for each 

5 project: Provided further, That any homeownership units 

6 funded under this heading which cannot be sold to an eli7 gible homeowner within 6 months of project completion 

8 shall be rented to an eligible tenant: Provided further, 

9 That no funds provided under this heading may be award10 ed for development activities to a community housing de11 velopment organization that cannot demonstrate that it 

12 has staff with demonstrated development experience: Pro13 vided further, That the preceding provisos, except the first 

14 proviso, shall not be effective during any period in which 

15 the Final Rule titled ‘‘Home Investment Partnerships 

16 Program; Improving Performance and Accountability; Up17 dating Property Standards’’ is published and effective: 

18 Provided further, That funds provided in prior appropria19 tions Acts for technical assistance, and that still remain 

20 available, may be used for HOME technical assistance 

21 notwithstanding the purposes for which such amounts 

22 were appropriated: Provided further, That the Department 

23 shall notify grantees of their formula allocations within 60 

24 days of enactment of this Act. 


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1 SELF-HELP AND ASSISTED HOMEOWNERSHIP

2 OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM

3 For the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Op4 portunity Program, as authorized under section 11 of the 

5 Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996, as 

6 amended, $30,000,000, to remain available until Sep7 tember 30, 2016: Provided, That of the total amount pro8 vided under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be made 

9 available to the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership 

10 Opportunity Program as authorized under section 11 of 

11 the Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996, 

12 as amended: Provided further, That $15,000,000 shall be 

13 made available for the second, third, and fourth capacity 

14 building activities authorized under section 4(a) of the 

15 HUD Demonstration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816 note), 

16 of which not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available 

17 for rural capacity-building activities: Provided further, 

18 That $5,000,000 shall be made available for capacity 

19 building by national rural housing organizations with ex20 perience assessing national rural conditions and providing 

21 financing, training, technical assistance, information, and 

22 research to local nonprofits, local governments and Indian 

23 Tribes serving high need rural communities. 


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1 HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS

2 For the emergency solutions grants program as au3 thorized under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney4 Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amended; and the con5 tinuum of care program as authorized under subtitle C 

6 of title IV of such Act; and the rural housing stability as7 sistance program as authorized under subtitle D of title 

8 IV of such Act, $2,088,000,000, to remain available until 

9 September 30, 2016: Provided, That any rental assistance 

10 amounts that are recaptured under such continuum of 

11 care program shall remain available until expended: Pro12 vided further, That not less than $200,000,000 of the 

13 funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 

14 for such emergency solutions grants program: Provided 

15 further, That not less than $1,882,000,000 of the funds 

16 appropriated under this heading shall be available for such 

17 continuum of care and rural housing stability assistance 

18 program: Provided further, That up to $6,000,000 of the 

19 funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 

20 for the national homeless data analysis project: Provided 

21 further, That all funds awarded for supportive services 

22 under the continuum of care program and the rural hous23 ing stability assistance program shall be matched by not 

24 less than 25 percent in cash or in kind by each grantee: 

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1 ble to funds made available under this heading for this 

2 fiscal year and prior years, a grantee may use (or could 

3 have used) as a source of match funds other funds admin4 istered by the Secretary and other Federal agencies unless 

5 there is (or was) a specific statutory prohibition on any 

6 such use of any such funds: Provided further, That all 

7 awards of assistance under this heading shall be required 

8 to coordinate and integrate homeless programs with other 

9 mainstream health, social services, and employment pro10 grams for which homeless populations may be eligible, in11 cluding Medicaid, State Children’s Health Insurance Pro12 gram, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Food 

13 Stamps, and services funding through the Mental Health 

14 and Substance Abuse Block Grant, Workforce Investment 

15 Act, and the Welfare-to-Work grant program: Provided 

16 further, That all balances for Shelter Plus Care renewals 

17 previously funded from the Shelter Plus Care Renewal ac18 count and transferred to this account shall be available, 

19 if recaptured, for continuum of care renewals in fiscal year 

20 2014: Provided further, That the Department shall notify 

21 grantees of their formula allocation from amounts allo22 cated (which may represent initial or final amounts allo23 cated) for the emergency solutions grant program within 

24 60 days of enactment of this Act. 


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1 HOUSING PROGRAMS

2 PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For activities and assistance for the provision of 

5 project-based subsidy contracts under the United States 

6 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (‘‘the 

7 Act’’), not otherwise provided for, $9,050,672,000, to re8 main available until expended, shall be available on Octo9 ber 1, 2013 (in addition to the $400,000,000 previously 

10 appropriated under this heading that became available Oc11 tober 1, 2013), and $400,000,000, to remain available 

12 until expended, shall be available on October 1, 2014: Pro13 vided, That the amounts made available under this head14 ing shall be available for expiring or terminating section 

15 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including section 8 

16 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for amendments to sec17 tion 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including section 

18 8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for contracts entered 

19 into pursuant to section 441 of the McKinney-Vento 

20 Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11401), for renewal 

21 of section 8 contracts for units in projects that are subject 

22 to approved plans of action under the Emergency Low In23 come Housing Preservation Act of 1987 or the Low-In24 come Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership 

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1 associated with project-based activities and assistance 

2 funded under this paragraph: Provided further, That of 

3 the total amounts provided under this heading, up to 

4 $200,000,000 may be transferred to the Office of Housing 

5 for the administration of contracts funded under this 

6 heading: Provided further, That amounts recaptured under 

7 this heading, the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for As8 sisted Housing’’, or the heading ‘‘Housing Certificate 

9 Fund’’ may be used for renewals of or amendments to sec10 tion 8 project-based contracts, notwithstanding the pur11 poses for which such amounts were appropriated: Provided 

12 further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

13 upon the request of the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

14 Development, project funds that are held in residual re15 ceipts accounts for any project subject to a section 8 

16 project-based Housing Assistance Payments contract that 

17 authorizes HUD to require that surplus project funds be 

18 deposited in an interest-bearing residual receipts account 

19 and that are in excess of an amount to be determined by 

20 the Secretary, shall be remitted to the Department and 

21 deposited in this account, to be available until expended: 

22 Provided further, That amounts deposited pursuant to the 

23 previous proviso shall be available in addition to the 

24 amount otherwise provided by this heading for uses au25 thorized under this heading. 


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1 HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY

2 For amendments to capital advance contracts for 

3 housing for the elderly, as authorized by section 202 of 

4 the Housing Act of 1959, as amended, and for project 

5 rental assistance for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) 

6 of such Act, including amendments to contracts for such 

7 assistance and renewal of expiring contracts for such as8 sistance for up to a 1-year term, and for senior preserva9 tion rental assistance contracts, as authorized by section 

10 811(e) of the American Housing and Economic Oppor11 tunity Act of 2000, as amended, and for supportive serv12 ices associated with the housing, $374,627,000 to remain 

13 available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That of the 

14 amount provided under this heading, up to $70,000,000 

15 shall be for service coordinators and the continuation of 

16 existing congregate service grants for residents of assisted 

17 housing projects: Provided further, That amounts under 

18 this heading shall be available for Real Estate Assessment 

19 Center inspections and inspection-related activities associ20 ated with section 202 projects: Provided further, That the 

21 Secretary may waive the provisions of section 202 gov22 erning the terms and conditions of project rental assist23 ance, except that the initial contract term for such assist24 ance shall not exceed 5 years in duration: Provided further, 

25 That upon the request of the Secretary of Housing and 


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1 Urban Development, project funds that are held in resid2 ual receipts accounts for any project subject to a section 

3 202 project rental assistance contract and that upon ter4 mination of such contract are in excess of an amount to 

5 be determined by the Secretary shall be remitted to the 

6 Department and deposited in this account, to be available 

7 until September 30, 2017: Provided further, That amounts 

8 deposited in this account pursuant to the previous proviso 

9 shall be available, in addition to the amounts otherwise 

10 provided by this heading, for the purposes authorized 

11 under this heading, and such funds, together with such 

12 other funds, may be used by the Secretary for demonstra13 tion programs to test housing with services models for the 

14 elderly: Provided further, That unobligated balances, in15 cluding recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds 

16 transferred to or appropriated under this heading may be 

17 used for the current purposes authorized under this head18 ing, notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds 

19 were originally appropriated. 

20 HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

21 For amendments to capital advance contracts for 

22 supportive housing for persons with disabilities, as author23 ized by section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af24 fordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), for project rental 

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1 ities under section 811(d)(2) of such Act and for project 

2 assistance contracts pursuant to section 202(h) of the 

3 Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667), 

4 including amendments to contracts for such assistance 

5 and renewal of expiring contracts for such assistance for 

6 up to a 1-year term, for project rental assistance to State 

7 housing finance agencies and other appropriate entities as 

8 authorized under section 811(b)(3) of the Cranston-Gon9 zalez National Housing Act, and for supportive services 

10 associated with the housing for persons with disabilities 

11 as authorized by section 811(b)(1) of such Act, 

12 $126,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 

13 2017: Provided, That amounts made available under this 

14 heading shall be available for Real Estate Assessment 

15 Center inspections and inspection-related activities associ16 ated with section 811 Projects: Provided further, That, 

17 notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon the re18 quest of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop19 ment, project funds that are held in residual receipts ac20 counts for any project subject to a section 811 project 

21 rental assistance contract and that upon termination of 

22 such contract are in excess of an amount to be determined 

23 by the Secretary shall be remitted to the Department and 

24 deposited in this account, to be available until expended: 

25 Provided further, That amounts deposited in this account 


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1 pursuant to the previous proviso shall be available in addi2 tion to the amounts otherwise provided by this heading 

3 for the purposes authorized under this heading: Provided 

4 further, That unobligated balances, including recaptures 

5 and carryover, remaining from funds transferred to or ap6 propriated under this heading may be used for the current 

7 purposes authorized under this heading notwithstanding 

8 the purposes for which such funds originally were appro9 priated. 

10 HOUSING COUNSELING ASSISTANCE

11 For contracts, grants, and other assistance excluding 

12 loans, as authorized under section 106 of the Housing and 

13 Urban Development Act of 1968, as amended, 

14 $35,000,000, including up to $4,500,000 for administra15 tive contract services, to remain available until September 

16 30, 2014: Provided, That grants made available from 

17 amounts provided under this heading shall be awarded 

18 within 120 days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, 

19 That funds shall be used for providing counseling and ad20 vice to tenants and homeowners, both current and pro21 spective, with respect to property maintenance, financial 

22 management/literacy, and such other matters as may be 

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1 sponsibilities of tenancy or homeownership; for program 

2 administration; and for housing counselor training. 

3 OTHER ASSISTED HOUSING PROGRAMS

4 RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE

5 For amendments to contracts under section 101 of 

6 the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 

7 U.S.C. 1701s) and section 236(f)(2) of the National 

8 Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1) in State-aided, non9 insured rental housing projects, $21,000,000, to remain 

10 available until expended: Provided, That such amount, to11 gether with unobligated balances from recaptured 

12 amounts appropriated prior to fiscal year 2006 from ter13 minated contracts under such sections of law, and any un14 obligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, re15 maining from funds appropriated under this heading after 

16 fiscal year 2005, shall also be available for extensions of 

17 up to one year for expiring contracts under such sections 

18 of law. 

19 RENT SUPPLEMENT

20 (RESCISSION)

21 Of the amounts recaptured from terminated con22 tracts under section 101 of the Housing and Urban Devel23 opment Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s) and section 236 

24 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1) 

25 $3,500,000 are rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may 


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1 be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the 

2 Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the 

3 Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced 

4 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 

5 amended. 

6 PAYMENT TO MANUFACTURED HOUSING FEES TRUST

7 FUND

8 For necessary expenses as authorized by the National 

9 Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Stand10 ards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), up to 

11 $6,530,000, to remain available until expended, to be de12 rived from the Manufactured Housing Fees Trust Fund: 

13 Provided, That not to exceed the total amount appro14 priated under this heading shall be available from the gen15 eral fund of the Treasury to the extent necessary to incur 

16 obligations and make expenditures pending the receipt of 

17 collections to the Fund pursuant to section 620 of such 

18 Act: Provided further, That the amount made available 

19 under this heading from the general fund shall be reduced 

20 as such collections are received during fiscal year 2014 

21 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2014 appropriation 

22 from the general fund estimated at zero and fees pursuant 

23 to such section 620 shall be modified as necessary to en24 sure such a final fiscal year 2014 appropriation: Provided 

25 further, That for the dispute resolution and installation 


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1 programs, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop2 ment may assess and collect fees from any program partic3 ipant: Provided further, That such collections shall be de4 posited into the Fund, and the Secretary, as provided 

5 herein, may use such collections, as well as fees collected 

6 under section 620, for necessary expenses of such Act: 

7 Provided further, That, notwithstanding the requirements 

8 of section 620 of such Act, the Secretary may carry out 

9 responsibilities of the Secretary under such Act through 

10 the use of approved service providers that are paid directly 

11 by the recipients of their services. 

12 FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION

13 MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

14 New commitments to guarantee single family loans 

15 insured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund shall 

16 not exceed $400,000,000,000, to remain available until 

17 September 30, 2015: Provided, That during fiscal year 

18 2014, obligations to make direct loans to carry out the 

19 purposes of section 204(g) of the National Housing Act, 

20 as amended, shall not exceed $20,000,000: Provided fur21 ther, That the foregoing amount in the previous proviso 

22 shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities 

23 in connection with sales of single family real properties 

24 owned by the Secretary and formerly insured under the 

25 Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund. For administrative 


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1 contract expenses of the Federal Housing Administration, 

2 $127,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

3 2015: Provided further, That to the extent guaranteed 

4 loan commitments exceed $200,000,000,000 on or before 

5 April 1, 2013, an additional $1,400 for administrative 

6 contract expenses shall be available for each $1,000,000 

7 in additional guaranteed loan commitments (including a 

8 pro rata amount for any amount below $1,000,000), but 

9 in no case shall funds made available by this proviso ex10 ceed $30,000,000. 

11 GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

12 New commitments to guarantee loans insured under 

13 the General and Special Risk Insurance Funds, as author14 ized by sections 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act 

15 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–3 and 1735c), shall not exceed 

16 $30,000,000,000 in total loan principal, any part of which 

17 is to be guaranteed, to remain available until September 

18 30, 2015: Provided, That during fiscal year 2014, gross 

19 obligations for the principal amount of direct loans, as au20 thorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, and 519(a) of 

21 the National Housing Act, shall not exceed $20,000,000, 

22 which shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental en23 tities in connection with the sale of single family real prop24 erties owned by the Secretary and formerly insured under 

25 such Act. 


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1 GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION

2 GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES LOAN

3 GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

4 New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out 

5 the purposes of section 306 of the National Housing Act, 

6 as amended (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)), shall not exceed 

7 $500,000,000,000, to remain available until September 

8 30, 2015: Provided, That $19,000,000 shall be available 

9 for necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Gov10 ernment National Mortgage Association: Provided further, 

11 That to the extent that guaranteed loan commitments will 

12 and do exceed $155,000,000,000 on or before April 1, 

13 2014, an additional $100 for necessary salaries and ex14 penses shall be available until expended for each 

15 $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed loan commitments 

16 (including a pro rata amount for any amount below 

17 $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made available by 

18 this proviso exceed $3,000,000: Provided further, That re19 ceipts from Commitment and Multiclass fees collected pur20 suant to title III of the National Housing Act, as amend21 ed, shall be credited as offsetting collections to this ac22 count. 


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1 POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH

2 RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

3 For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of pro4 grams of research and studies relating to housing and 

5 urban problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized 

6 by title V of the Housing and Urban Development Act 

7 of 1970 (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 et seq.), including carrying 

8 out the functions of the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

9 Development under section 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization 

10 Plan No. 2 of 1968, $21,000,000, to remain available 

11 until September 30, 2015: Provided, That with respect to 

12 amounts made available under this heading, notwith13 standing section 204 of this title, the Secretary may enter 

14 into cooperative agreements funded with philanthropic en15 tities, other Federal agencies, or State or local govern16 ments and their agencies for research projects: Provided 

17 further, That with respect to the previous proviso, such 

18 partners to the cooperative agreements must contribute at 

19 least a 50 percent match toward the cost of the project: 

20 Provided further, That for non-competitive agreements en21 tered into in accordance with the previous two provisos, 

22 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall 

23 comply with section 2(b) of the Federal Funding Account24 ability and Transparency Act of 2006 (Public Law 109– 

25 282, 31 U.S.C. note) in lieu of compliance with section 


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1 102(a)(4)(C) with respect to documentation of award deci2 sions. 

3 FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

4 FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES

5 For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not oth6 erwise provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil 

7 Rights Act of 1968, as amended by the Fair Housing 

8 Amendments Act of 1988, and section 561 of the Housing 

9 and Community Development Act of 1987, as amended, 

10 $55,847,000, to remain available until September 30, 

11 2015: Provided, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, 

12 the Secretary may assess and collect fees to cover the costs 

13 of the Fair Housing Training Academy, and may use such 

14 funds to provide such training: Provided further, That no 

15 funds made available under this heading shall be used to 

16 lobby the executive or legislative branches of the Federal 

17 Government in connection with a specific contract, grant 

18 or loan: Provided further, That, of the funds made avail19 able under this heading, $300,000 shall be available to the 

20 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for the cre21 ation and promotion of translated materials and other pro22 grams that support the assistance of persons with limited 

23 English proficiency in utilizing the services provided by 

24 the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 


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1 OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL AND HEALTHY

2 HOMES

3 LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION

4 For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as author5 ized by section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint 

6 Hazard Reduction Act of 1992, $50,000,000, to remain 

7 available until September 30, 2015: Provided, That up to 

8 $5,000,000 of that amount shall be for the Healthy 

9 Homes Initiative, pursuant to sections 501 and 502 of the 

10 Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 that shall 

11 include research, studies, testing, and demonstration ef12 forts, including education and outreach concerning lead13 based paint poisoning and other housing-related diseases 

14 and hazards: Provided further, That for purposes of envi15 ronmental review, pursuant to the National Environ16 mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and 

17 other provisions of the law that further the purposes of 

18 such Act, a grant under the Healthy Homes Initiative or 

19 the Lead Technical Studies program under this heading 

20 or under prior appropriations Acts for such purposes 

21 under this heading, shall be considered to be funds for 

22 a special project for purposes of section 305(c) of the Mul23 tifamily Housing Property Disposition Reform Act of 

24 1994: Provided further, That amounts made available 

25 under this heading in this or prior appropriations Acts, 


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1 and that still remain available, may be used for any pur2 pose under this heading notwithstanding the purpose for 

3 which such amounts were appropriated if a program com4 petition is undersubscribed and there are other program 

5 competitions under this heading that are oversubscribed. 

6 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FUND

7 For the development of, modifications to, and infra8 structure for Department-wide and program-specific infor9 mation technology systems, for the continuing operation 

10 and maintenance of both Department-wide and program11 specific information systems, and for program-related 

12 maintenance activities, $100,000,000, to remain available 

13 until September 30, 2015: Provided, That up to 

14 $25,000,000 may be used for Development Modernization 

15 and Enhancement: Provided further, That any amounts 

16 transferred to this Fund under this Act shall remain avail17 able until expended: Provided further, That not more than 

18 25 percent of the funds made available under this heading 

19 for Development, Modernization and Enhancement, in20 cluding development and deployment of a Next Generation 

21 Management System and development and deployment of 

22 modernized Federal Housing Administration systems may 

23 be obligated until the Secretary submits to the Committees 

24 on Appropriations and the Comptroller General of the 

25 United States a plan for expenditure that—(A) provides 


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1 for all information technology investments: (i) the cost and 

2 schedule baselines with explanations for each associated 

3 variance, (ii) the status of functional and performance ca4 pabilities delivered or planned to be delivered, and (iii) 

5 mitigation strategies to address identified risks; (B) out6 lines activities to ensure strategic, consistent, and effective 

7 application of information technology management con8 trols: (i) enterprise architecture, (ii) project management, 

9 (iii) investment management, and (iv) human capital man10 agement. 

11 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

12 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

13 Inspector General in carrying out the Inspector General 

14 Act of 1978, as amended, $124,000,000: Provided, That 

15 the Inspector General shall have independent authority 

16 over all personnel issues within this office. 

17 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

18 URBAN DEVELOPMENT

19 SEC. 201. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget au20 thority, or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts 

21 associated with such budget authority, that are recaptured 

22 from projects described in section 1012(a) of the Stewart 

23 B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 

24 1988 (42 U.S.C. 1437 note) shall be cancelled or in the 

25 case of cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such 


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1 amounts of budget authority or cash recaptured and not 

2 cancelled or remitted to the Treasury shall be used by 

3 State housing finance agencies or local governments or 

4 local housing agencies with projects approved by the Sec5 retary of Housing and Urban Development for which set6 tlement occurred after January 1, 1992, in accordance 

7 with such section. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, 

8 the Secretary may award up to 15 percent of the budget 

9 authority or cash recaptured and not cancelled or remitted 

10 to the Treasury to provide project owners with incentives 

11 to refinance their project at a lower interest rate. 

12 SEC. 202. None of the amounts made available under 

13 this Act may be used during fiscal year 2014 to investigate 

14 or prosecute under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise 

15 lawful activity engaged in by one or more persons, includ16 ing the filing or maintaining of a nonfrivolous legal action, 

17 that is engaged in solely for the purpose of achieving or 

18 preventing action by a Government official or entity, or 

19 a court of competent jurisdiction. 

20 SEC. 203. Sections 203 and 209 of division C of Pub21 lic Law 112–55 (125 Stat. 693–694) shall apply during 

22 fiscal year 2014 as if such sections were included in this 

23 title, except that during such fiscal year such sections shall 

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1 year 2011’’ and ‘‘fiscal year 2012’’, each place such terms 

2 appear. 

3 SEC. 204. Except as explicitly provided in law, any 

4 grant, cooperative agreement or other assistance made 

5 pursuant to title II of this Act shall be made on a competi6 tive basis and in accordance with section 102 of the De7 partment of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act 

8 of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 3545). 

9 SEC. 205. Funds of the Department of Housing and 

10 Urban Development subject to the Government Corpora11 tion Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of 

12 1950 shall be available, without regard to the limitations 

13 on administrative expenses, for legal services on a contract 

14 or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment for 

15 services and facilities of the Federal National Mortgage 

16 Association, Government National Mortgage Association, 

17 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Fi18 nancing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or any member 

19 thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, and any insured bank 

20 within the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance Cor21 poration Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811–1). 

22 SEC. 206. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act 

23 or through a reprogramming of funds, no part of any ap24 propriation for the Department of Housing and Urban 

25 Development shall be available for any program, project 


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1 or activity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget 

2 estimates submitted to Congress. 

3 SEC. 207. Corporations and agencies of the Depart4 ment of Housing and Urban Development which are sub5 ject to the Government Corporation Control Act are here6 by authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits 

7 of funds and borrowing authority available to each such 

8 corporation or agency and in accordance with law, and to 

9 make such contracts and commitments without regard to 

10 fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of such 

11 Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set 

12 forth in the budget for 2014 for such corporation or agen13 cy except as hereinafter provided: Provided, That collec14 tions of these corporations and agencies may be used for 

15 new loan or mortgage purchase commitments only to the 

16 extent expressly provided for in this Act (unless such loans 

17 are in support of other forms of assistance provided for 

18 in this or prior appropriations Acts), except that this pro19 viso shall not apply to the mortgage insurance or guaranty 

20 operations of these corporations, or where loans or mort21 gage purchases are necessary to protect the financial in22 terest of the United States Government. 

23 SEC. 208. The Secretary of Housing and Urban De24 velopment shall provide quarterly reports to the House 

25 and Senate Committees on Appropriations regarding all 


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1 uncommitted, unobligated, recaptured and excess funds in 

2 each program and activity within the jurisdiction of the 

3 Department and shall submit additional, updated budget 

4 information to these Committees upon request. 

5 SEC. 209. The President’s formal budget request for 

6 fiscal year 2015, as well as the Department of Housing 

7 and Urban Development’s congressional budget justifica8 tions to be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations 

9 of the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall use 

10 the identical account and sub-account structure provided 

11 under this Act. 

12 SEC. 210. A public housing agency or such other enti13 ty that administers Federal housing assistance for the 

14 Housing Authority of the county of Los Angeles, Cali15 fornia, the States of Alaska, Iowa, and Mississippi shall 

16 not be required to include a resident of public housing or 

17 a recipient of assistance provided under section 8 of the 

18 United States Housing Act of 1937 on the board of direc19 tors or a similar governing board of such agency or entity 

20 as required under section (2)(b) of such Act. Each public 

21 housing agency or other entity that administers Federal 

22 housing assistance under section 8 for the Housing Au23 thority of the county of Los Angeles, California and the 

24 States of Alaska, Iowa and Mississippi that chooses not 

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1 section 8 assistance on the board of directors or a similar 

2 governing board shall establish an advisory board of not 

3 less than six residents of public housing or recipients of 

4 section 8 assistance to provide advice and comment to the 

5 public housing agency or other administering entity on 

6 issues related to public housing and section 8. Such advi7 sory board shall meet not less than quarterly. 

8 SEC. 211. No funds provided under this title may be 

9 used for an audit of the Government National Mortgage 

10 Association that makes applicable requirements under the 

11 Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.). 

12 SEC. 212. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

13 of law, subject to the conditions listed in subsection (b), 

14 for fiscal years 2014 and 2015, the Secretary of Housing 

15 and Urban Development may authorize the transfer of 

16 some or all project-based assistance, debt and statutorily 

17 required low-income and very low-income use restrictions, 

18 associated with one or more multifamily housing project 

19 to another multifamily housing project or projects. 

20 (b) PHASED TRANSFERS.—Transfers of project21 based assistance under this section may be done in phases 

22 to accommodate the financing and other requirements re23 lated to rehabilitating or constructing the project or 

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1 that such project or projects meet the standards under 

2 section (c). 

3 (c) The transfer authorized in subsection (a) is sub4 ject to the following conditions: 

5 (1) NUMBER AND BEDROOM SIZE OF UNITS.— 

6 (A) For occupied units in the transferring 

7 project: the number of low-income and very low8 income units and the configuration (i.e. bed9 room size) provided by the transferring project 

10 shall be no less than when transferred to the re11 ceiving project or projects and the net dollar 

12 amount of Federal assistance provided by the 

13 transferring project shall remain the same in 

14 the receiving project or projects. 

15 (B) For unoccupied units in the transfer16 ring project: the Secretary may authorize a re17 duction in the number of dwelling units in the 

18 receiving project or projects to allow for a re19 configuration of bedroom sizes to meet current 

20 market demands, as determined by the Sec21 retary and provided there is no increase in the 

22 project-based section 8 budget authority. 

23 (2) The net dollar amount of Federal assistance 

24 provided to the transferring project shall remain the 

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1 (3) The transferring project shall, as deter2 mined by the Secretary, be either physically obsolete 

3 or economically nonviable. 

4 (4) The receiving project or projects shall meet 

5 or exceed applicable physical standards established 

6 by the Secretary. 

7 (5) The owner or mortgagor of the transferring 

8 project shall notify and consult with the tenants re9 siding in the transferring project and provide a cer10 tification of approval by all appropriate local govern11 mental officials. 

12 (6) The tenants of the transferring project who 

13 remain eligible for assistance to be provided by the 

14 receiving project or projects shall not be required to 

15 vacate their units in the transferring project or 

16 projects until new units in the receiving project are 

17 available for occupancy. 

18 (7) The Secretary determines that this transfer 

19 is in the best interest of the tenants. 

20 (8) If either the transferring project or the re21 ceiving project or projects meets the condition speci22 fied in subsection (d)(2)(A), any lien on the receiv23 ing project resulting from additional financing ob24 tained by the owner shall be subordinate to any 

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1 on, such project by the Secretary, except that the 

2 Secretary may waive this requirement upon deter3 mination that such a waiver is necessary to facilitate 

4 the financing of acquisition, construction, and/or re5 habilitation of the receiving project or projects. 

6 (9) If the transferring project meets the re7 quirements of subsection (c)(2)(E), the owner or 

8 mortgagor of the receiving project or projects shall 

9 execute and record either a continuation of the exist10 ing use agreement or a new use agreement for the 

11 project where, in either case, any use restrictions in 

12 such agreement are of no lesser duration than the 

13 existing use restrictions. 

14 (10) The transfer does not increase the cost (as 

15 defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 

16 Act of 1974, as amended) of any FHA-insured 

17 mortgage, except to the extent that appropriations 

18 are provided in advance for the amount of any such 

19 increased cost. 

20 (d) For purposes of this section— 

21 (1) the terms ‘‘low-income’’ and ‘‘very low-in22 come’’ shall have the meanings provided by the stat23 ute and/or regulations governing the program under 

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1 (2) the term ‘‘multifamily housing project’’ 

2 means housing that meets one of the following con3 ditions— 

4 (A) housing that is subject to a mortgage 

5 insured under the National Housing Act; 

6 (B) housing that has project-based assist7 ance attached to the structure including 

8 projects undergoing mark to market debt re9 structuring under the Multifamily Assisted 

10 Housing Reform and Affordability Housing Act; 

11 (C) housing that is assisted under section 

12 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 as amended by 

13 section 801 of the Cranston-Gonzales National 

14 Affordable Housing Act; 

15 (D) housing that is assisted under section 

16 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as such sec17 tion existed before the enactment of the Cran18 ston-Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act; 

19 (E) housing that is assisted under section 

20 811 of the Cranston-Gonzales National Afford21 able Housing Act; or 

22 (F) housing or vacant land that is subject 

23 to a use agreement; 

24 (3) the term ‘‘project-based assistance’’ 

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1 (A) assistance provided under section 8(b) 

2 of the United States Housing Act of 1937; 

3 (B) assistance for housing constructed or 

4 substantially rehabilitated pursuant to assist5 ance provided under section 8(b)(2) of such Act 

6 (as such section existed immediately before Oc7 tober 1, 1983); 

8 (C) rent supplement payments under sec9 tion 101 of the Housing and Urban Develop10 ment Act of 1965; 

11 (D) interest reduction payments under sec12 tion 236 and/or additional assistance payments 

13 under section 236(f)(2) of the National Hous14 ing Act; 

15 (E) assistance payments made under sec16 tion 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959; and 

17 (F) assistance payments made under sec18 tion 811(d)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959; 

19 (4) the term ‘‘receiving project or projects’’ 

20 means the multifamily housing project or projects to 

21 which some or all of the project-based assistance, 

22 debt, and statutorily required use low-income and 

23 very low-income restrictions are to be transferred; 

24 (5) the term ‘‘transferring project’’ means the 

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1 some or all of the project-based assistance, debt and 

2 the statutorily required low-income and very low-in3 come use restrictions to the receiving project or 

4 projects; and 

5 (6) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 

6 of Housing and Urban Development. 

7 (e) The Secretary shall publish by notice in the Fed8 eral Register the terms and conditions, including criteria 

9 for HUD approval, of transfers pursuant to this section 

10 no later than 30 days before the effective date of such 

11 notice. 

12 SEC. 213. (a) No assistance shall be provided under 

13 section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

14 U.S.C. 1437f) to any individual who— 

15 (1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of 

16 higher education (as defined under section 102 of 

17 the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

18 1002)); 

19 (2) is under 24 years of age; 

20 (3) is not a veteran; 

21 (4) is unmarried; 

22 (5) does not have a dependent child; 

23 (6) is not a person with disabilities, as such 

24 term is defined in section 3(b)(3)(E) of the United 

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1 1437a(b)(3)(E)) and was not receiving assistance 

2 under such section 8 as of November 30, 2005; and 

3 (7) is not otherwise individually eligible, or has 

4 parents who, individually or jointly, are not eligible, 

5 to receive assistance under section 8 of the United 

6 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f). 

7 (b) For purposes of determining the eligibility of a 

8 person to receive assistance under section 8 of the United 

9 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), any finan10 cial assistance (in excess of amounts received for tuition 

11 and any other required fees and charges) that an indi12 vidual receives under the Higher Education Act of 1965 

13 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), from private sources, or an insti14 tution of higher education (as defined under the Higher 

15 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)), shall be consid16 ered income to that individual, except for a person over 

17 the age of 23 with dependent children. 

18 SEC. 214. The funds made available for Native Alas19 kans under the heading ‘‘Native American Housing Block 

20 Grants’’ in title II of this Act shall be allocated to the 

21 same Native Alaskan housing block grant recipients that 

22 received funds in fiscal year 2005. 

23 SEC. 215. Notwithstanding the limitation in the first 

24 sentence of section 255(g) of the National Housing Act 

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1 Urban Development may, until September 30, 2014, in2 sure and enter into commitments to insure mortgages 

3 under such section 255. 

4 SEC. 216. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

5 law, in fiscal year 2014, in managing and disposing of any 

6 multifamily property that is owned or has a mortgage held 

7 by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and 

8 during the process of foreclosure on any property with a 

9 contract for rental assistance payments under section 8 

10 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 or other Fed11 eral programs, the Secretary shall maintain any rental as12 sistance payments under section 8 of the United States 

13 Housing Act of 1937 and other programs that are at14 tached to any dwelling units in the property. To the extent 

15 the Secretary determines, in consultation with the tenants 

16 and the local government, that such a multifamily prop17 erty owned or held by the Secretary is not feasible for con18 tinued rental assistance payments under such section 8 

19 or other programs, based on consideration of (1) the costs 

20 of rehabilitating and operating the property and all avail21 able Federal, State, and local resources, including rent ad22 justments under section 524 of the Multifamily Assisted 

23 Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 

24 (‘‘MAHRAA’’) and (2) environmental conditions that can25 not be remedied in a cost-effective fashion, the Secretary 


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1 may, in consultation with the tenants of that property, 

2 contract for project-based rental assistance payments with 

3 an owner or owners of other existing housing properties, 

4 or provide other rental assistance. The Secretary shall also 

5 take appropriate steps to ensure that project-based con6 tracts remain in effect prior to foreclosure, subject to the 

7 exercise of contractual abatement remedies to assist relo8 cation of tenants for imminent major threats to health and 

9 safety after written notice to and informed consent of the 

10 affected tenants and use of other available remedies, such 

11 as partial abatements or receivership. After disposition of 

12 any multifamily property described under this section, the 

13 contract and allowable rent levels on such properties shall 

14 be subject to the requirements under section 524 of 

15 MAHRAA. 

16 SEC. 217. During fiscal year 2014, in the provision 

17 of rental assistance under section 8(o) of the United 

18 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) in con19 nection with a program to demonstrate the economy and 

20 effectiveness of providing such assistance for use in as21 sisted living facilities that is carried out in the counties 

22 of the State of Michigan notwithstanding paragraphs (3) 

23 and (18)(B)(iii) of such section 8(o), a family residing in 

24 an assisted living facility in any such county, on behalf 

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1 suant to section 8(o)(18) of such Act, may be required, 

2 at the time the family initially receives such assistance, 

3 to pay rent in an amount exceeding 40 percent of the 

4 monthly adjusted income of the family by such a percent5 age or amount as the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

6 Development determines to be appropriate. 

7 SEC. 218. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

8 law, the recipient of a grant under section 202b of the 

9 Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q) after December 

10 26, 2000, in accordance with the unnumbered paragraph 

11 at the end of section 202(b) of such Act, may, at its op12 tion, establish a single-asset nonprofit entity to own the 

13 project and may lend the grant funds to such entity, which 

14 may be a private nonprofit organization described in sec15 tion 831 of the American Homeownership and Economic 

16 Opportunity Act of 2000. 

17 SEC. 219. The commitment authority funded by fees 

18 as provided under the heading ‘‘Community Development 

19 Loan Guarantees Program Account’’ may be used to guar20 antee, or make commitments to guarantee, notes, or other 

21 obligations issued by any State on behalf of non-entitle22 ment communities in the State in accordance with the re23 quirements of section 108 of the Housing and Community 

24 Development Act of 1974: Provided, That any State re25 ceiving such a guarantee or commitment shall distribute 


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1 all funds subject to such guarantee to the units of general 

2 local government in non-entitlement areas that received 

3 the commitment. 

4 SEC. 220. Public housing agencies that own and oper5 ate 400 or fewer public housing units may elect to be ex6 empt from any asset management requirement imposed by 

7 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in con8 nection with the operating fund rule: Provided, That an 

9 agency seeking a discontinuance of a reduction of subsidy 

10 under the operating fund formula shall not be exempt 

11 from asset management requirements. 

12 SEC. 221. With respect to the use of amounts pro13 vided in this Act and in future Acts for the operation, cap14 ital improvement and management of public housing as 

15 authorized by sections 9(d) and 9(e) of the United States 

16 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d) and (e)), the 

17 Secretary shall not impose any requirement or guideline 

18 relating to asset management that restricts or limits in 

19 any way the use of capital funds for central office costs 

20 pursuant to section 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2) of the United States 

21 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(g)(1), (2)): Pro22 vided, That a public housing agency may not use capital 

23 funds authorized under section 9(d) for activities that are 

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1 from the operating fund in excess of the amounts per2 mitted under section 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2). 

3 SEC. 222. No official or employee of the Department 

4 of Housing and Urban Development shall be designated 

5 as an allotment holder unless the Office of the Chief Fi6 nancial Officer has determined that such allotment holder 

7 has implemented an adequate system of funds control and 

8 has received training in funds control procedures and di9 rectives. The Chief Financial Officer shall ensure that 

10 there is a trained allotment holder for each HUD sub11 office under the accounts ‘‘Executive Offices’’ and ‘‘Ad12 ministrative Support Offices,’’ as well as each account re13 ceiving appropriations for ‘‘Program Office Salaries and 

14 Expenses’’ within the Department of Housing and Urban 

15 Development. 

16 SEC. 223. The Secretary of Housing and Urban De17 velopment shall report annually to the House and Senate 

18 Committees on Appropriations on the status of all section 

19 8 project-based housing, including the number of all 

20 project-based units by region as well as an analysis of all 

21 federally subsidized housing being refinanced under the 

22 Mark-to-Market program. The Secretary shall in the re23 port identify all existing units maintained by region as sec24 tion 8 project-based units and all project-based units that 

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1 nated as section 8 project-based units. The Secretary shall 

2 identify in detail and by project all the efforts made by 

3 the Department to preserve all section 8 project-based 

4 housing units and all the reasons for any units which 

5 opted out or otherwise were lost as section 8 project-based 

6 units. Such analysis shall include a review of the impact 

7 of the loss of any subsidized units in that housing market8 place, such as the impact of cost and the loss of available 

9 subsidized, low-income housing in areas with scarce hous10 ing resources for low-income families. 

11 SEC. 224. The Secretary of the Department of Hous12 ing and Urban Development shall, for fiscal year 2014 and 

13 subsequent fiscal years, notify the public through the Fed14 eral Register and other means, as determined appropriate, 

15 of the issuance of a notice of the availability of assistance 

16 or notice of funding availability (NOFA) for any program 

17 or discretionary fund administered by the Secretary that 

18 is to be competitively awarded. Notwithstanding any other 

19 provision of law, for fiscal year 2014 and subsequent fiscal 

20 years, the Secretary may make the NOFA available only 

21 on the Internet at the appropriate Government Web site 

22 or through other electronic media, as determined by the 

23 Secretary. 

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1 fice personnel benefits and compensation funding. The an2 nual budget submission for program office personnel ben3 efit and compensation funding must include program-re4 lated litigation costs for attorney fees as a separate line 

5 item request. 

6 SEC. 226. Except for funds provided for claims and 

7 indemnities, the Secretary of the Department of Housing 

8 and Urban Development is authorized to transfer up to 

9 5 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, of the funds 

10 appropriated for any office funded under the headings 

11 ‘‘Management and Administration’’ and ‘‘Program Office 

12 Salaries and Expenses’’, to any other office funded under 

13 such headings: Provided, That no appropriation for any 

14 office funded under such headings shall be increased or 

15 decreased by more than 5 percent or $5,000,000, which16 ever is less, without prior written approval from the House 

17 and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 

18 SEC. 227. The Disaster Housing Assistance Pro19 grams, administered by the Department of Housing and 

20 Urban Development, shall be considered a ‘‘program of 

21 the Department of Housing and Urban Development’’ 

22 under section 904 of the McKinney Act for the purpose 

23 of income verifications and matching. 

24 SEC. 228. None of the funds made available by this 

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1 tion 8 (only with respect to the tenant-based rental assist2 ance program) and section 9 of the United States Housing 

3 Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) may be used by 

4 any public housing agency for any amount of salary, for 

5 the chief executive officer of which, or any other official 

6 or employee of which, that exceeds the annual rate of basic 

7 pay payable for a position at level IV of the Executive 

8 Schedule at any time during any public housing agency 

9 fiscal year 2014. 

10 SEC. 229. Title II of Division K of Public Law 110– 

11 161 is amended by striking the entire item relating to 

12 ‘‘Flexible Subsidy Fund’’. 

13 SEC. 230. Paragraph (1) of section 242(i) of the Na14 tional Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–7(i)(1)) is amended 

15 by striking ‘‘July 31, 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘July 31, 

16 2016’’. 

17 SEC. 231. Subsection (d) of section 184 of the Hous18 ing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 

19 1715z–13a(d)) is amended to read as follows: 

20 ‘‘(d) GUARANTEE FEE.—The Secretary shall estab21 lish and collect, at the time of issuance of the guarantee, 

22 a fee for the guarantee of loans under this section, in an 

23 amount not exceeding 3 percent of the principal obligation 

24 of the loan. The Secretary may also establish and collect 

25 annual premium payments in an amount not exceeding 1 


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1 percent of the remaining guaranteed balance (excluding 

2 the portion of the remaining balance attributable to the 

3 fee collected at the time of issuance of the guarantee). The 

4 Secretary shall establish the amount of the fees and pre5 miums by publishing a notice in the Federal Register. The 

6 Secretary shall deposit any fees and premiums collected 

7 under this subsection in the Indian Housing Loan Guar8 antee Fund established under subsection (i).’’. 

9 SEC. 232. Notwithstanding Section 24(o) of the 

10 United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v(o)), 

11 amounts made available in prior appropriations Acts 

12 under the heading ‘‘Revitalization of Severely Distressed 

13 Public Housing (HOPE VI)’’ may continue to be provided 

14 as assistance pursuant to such section 24. 

15 SEC. 233. The proviso under the ‘‘Community Devel16 opment Fund’’ heading in Public Laws 109–148, 109– 

17 234, 110–252, and 110–329 which requires the Secretary 

18 to establish procedures to prevent duplication of benefits 

19 and to report to the Committees on Appropriations on all 

20 steps to prevent fraud and abuse is amended by striking 

21 ‘‘quarterly’’ and inserting ‘‘annually’’. 

22 SEC. 234. None of the funds made available by this 

23 Act may be used to require or enforce the Green Physical 

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1 SEC. 235. None of the funds in this Act may be avail2 able for the doctoral dissertation research grant program 

3 at the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 

4 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Hous5 ing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2014’’. 

6 TITLE III—RELATED AGENCIES 

7 ACCESS BOARD

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For expenses necessary for the Access Board, as au10 thorized by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 

11 as amended, $7,400,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding 

12 any other provision of law, there may be credited to this 

13 appropriation funds received for publications and training 

14 expenses. 

15 FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY

16 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

17 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

18 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

19 General Act of 1978, $38,000,000, to remain available 

20 until September 30, 2015, to be derived from the Federal 

21 National Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan 

22 Mortgage Corporation, and the Federal Home Loan 

23 Banks under section 1106 of the Housing and Economic 

24 Recovery Act of 2008: Provided, That concurrent with the 

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1 spector General shall submit to the House and Senate 

2 Committees on Appropriations a budget request for fiscal 

3 year 2015 in similar format and substance to those sub4 mitted by executive agencies of the Federal Government. 

5 FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime 

8 Commission as authorized by section 201(d) of the Mer9 chant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. 307), in10 cluding services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of 

11 passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 

12 1343(b); and uniforms or allowances therefore, as author13 ized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, $24,200,000: Provided, That 

14 not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for official recep15 tion and representation expenses. 

16 NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION OFFICE

17 OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

20 General for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation 

21 to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act 

22 of 1978, as amended, $25,300,000: Provided, That the In23 spector General shall have all necessary authority, in car24 rying out the duties specified in the Inspector General Act, 

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1 of fraud, including false statements to the government (18 

2 U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity that is subject to 

3 regulation by the National Railroad Passenger Corpora4 tion: Provided further, That the Inspector General may 

5 enter into contracts and other arrangements for audits, 

6 studies, analyses, and other services with public agencies 

7 and with private persons, subject to the applicable laws 

8 and regulations that govern the obtaining of such services 

9 within the National Railroad Passenger Corporation: Pro10 vided further, That the Inspector General may select, ap11 point, and employ such officers and employees as may be 

12 necessary for carrying out the functions, powers, and du13 ties of the Office of Inspector General, subject to the appli14 cable laws and regulations that govern such selections, ap15 pointments, and employment within Amtrak: Provided fur16 ther, That concurrent with the President’s budget request 

17 for fiscal year 2015, the Inspector General shall submit 

18 to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 

19 a budget request for fiscal year 2015 in similar format 

20 and substance to those submitted by executive agencies 

21 of the Federal Government. 

22 NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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1 hicles and aircraft; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

2 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per 

3 diem rate equivalent to the rate for a GS–15; uniforms, 

4 or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 

5 5901–5902), $102,400,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 

6 may be used for official reception and representation ex7 penses. The amounts made available to the National 

8 Transportation Safety Board in this Act include amounts 

9 necessary to make lease payments on an obligation in10 curred in fiscal year 2001 for a capital lease. 

11 NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION

12 PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT

13 CORPORATION

14 For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cor15 poration for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, 

16 as authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corpora17 tion Act (42 U.S.C. 8101–8107), $127,100,000: Provided, 

18 That in addition, $58,000,000 shall be made available 

19 until expended to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cor20 poration for mortgage foreclosure mitigation activities, 

21 under the following terms and conditions: 

22 (1) The Neighborhood Reinvestment Corpora23 tion (‘‘NRC’’) shall make grants to counseling inter24 mediaries approved by the Department of Housing 

25 and Urban Development (HUD) (with match to be 


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1 determined by the NRC based on affordability and 

2 the economic conditions of an area; a match also 

3 may be waived by the NRC based on the aforemen4 tioned conditions) to provide mortgage foreclosure 

5 mitigation assistance primarily to States and areas 

6 with high rates of defaults and foreclosures to help 

7 eliminate the default and foreclosure of mortgages of 

8 owner-occupied single-family homes that are at risk 

9 of such foreclosure. Other than areas with high rates 

10 of defaults and foreclosures, grants may also be pro11 vided to approved counseling intermediaries based on 

12 a geographic analysis of the Nation by the NRC 

13 which determines where there is a prevalence of 

14 mortgages that are risky and likely to fail, including 

15 any trends for mortgages that are likely to default 

16 and face foreclosure. A State Housing Finance 

17 Agency may also be eligible where the State Housing 

18 Finance Agency meets all the requirements under 

19 this paragraph. A HUD-approved counseling inter20 mediary shall meet certain mortgage foreclosure 

21 mitigation assistance counseling requirements, as de22 termined by the NRC, and shall be approved by 

23 HUD or the NRC as meeting these requirements. 

24 (2) Mortgage foreclosure mitigation assistance 

25 shall only be made available to homeowners of 


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1 owner-occupied homes with mortgages in default or 

2 in danger of default. These mortgages shall likely be 

3 subject to a foreclosure action and homeowners will 

4 be provided such assistance that shall consist of ac5 tivities that are likely to prevent foreclosures and re6 sult in the long-term affordability of the mortgage 

7 retained pursuant to such activity or another posi8 tive outcome for the homeowner. No funds made 

9 available under this paragraph may be provided di10 rectly to lenders or homeowners to discharge out11 standing mortgage balances or for any other direct 

12 debt reduction payments. 

13 (3) The use of Mortgage Foreclosure Mitigation 

14 Assistance by approved counseling intermediaries 

15 and State Housing Finance Agencies shall involve a 

16 reasonable analysis of the borrower’s financial situa17 tion, an evaluation of the current value of the prop18 erty that is subject to the mortgage, counseling re19 garding the assumption of the mortgage by another 

20 non-Federal party, counseling regarding the possible 

21 purchase of the mortgage by a non-Federal third 

22 party, counseling and advice of all likely restruc23 turing and refinancing strategies or the approval of 

24 a work-out strategy by all interested parties. 


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1 (4) NRC may provide up to 15 percent of the 

2 total funds under this paragraph to its own charter 

3 members with expertise in foreclosure prevention 

4 counseling, subject to a certification by the NRC 

5 that the procedures for selection do not consist of 

6 any procedures or activities that could be construed 

7 as an unacceptable conflict of interest or have the 

8 appearance of impropriety. 

9 (5) HUD-approved counseling entities and 

10 State Housing Finance Agencies receiving funds 

11 under this paragraph shall have demonstrated expe12 rience in successfully working with financial institu13 tions as well as borrowers facing default, delin14 quency and foreclosure as well as documented coun15 seling capacity, outreach capacity, past successful 

16 performance and positive outcomes with documented 

17 counseling plans (including post mortgage fore18 closure mitigation counseling), loan workout agree19 ments and loan modification agreements. NRC may 

20 use other criteria to demonstrate capacity in under21 served areas. 

22 (6) Of the total amount made available under 

23 this paragraph, up to $3,000,000 may be made 

24 available to build the mortgage foreclosure and de25 fault mitigation counseling capacity of counseling 


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1 intermediaries through NRC training courses with 

2 HUD-approved counseling intermediaries and their 

3 partners, except that private financial institutions 

4 that participate in NRC training shall pay market 

5 rates for such training. 

6 (7) Of the total amount made available under 

7 this paragraph, up to 6 percent may be used for as8 sociated administrative expenses for the NRC to 

9 carry out activities provided under this section. 

10 (8) Mortgage foreclosure mitigation assistance 

11 grants may include a budget for outreach and adver12 tising, and training, as determined by the NRC. 

13 (9) The NRC shall continue to report bi-annu14 ally to the House and Senate Committees on Appro15 priations as well as the Senate Banking Committee 

16 and House Financial Services Committee on its ef17 forts to mitigate mortgage default. 

18 UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON

19 HOMELESSNESS

20 OPERATING EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses (including payment of sala22 ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

23 the rental of conference rooms, and the employment of ex24 perts and consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United 

25 States Code) of the United States Interagency Council on 


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1 Homelessness in carrying out the functions pursuant to 

2 title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, 

3 as amended, $3,000,000. 

4 TITLE IV 

5 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 

6 SEC. 401. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

7 for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 

8 expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 

9 intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings 

10 funded in this Act. 

11 SEC. 402. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

12 shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 

13 fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria14 tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 

15 SEC. 403. The expenditure of any appropriation 

16 under this Act for any consulting service through procure17 ment contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United 

18 States Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such 

19 expenditures are a matter of public record and available 

20 for public inspection, except where otherwise provided 

21 under existing law, or under existing Executive order 

22 issued pursuant to existing law. 

23 SEC. 404. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 

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1 ed in this Act that remain available for obligation or ex2 penditure in fiscal year 2014, or provided from any ac3 counts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 

4 and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 

5 available for obligation or expenditure through a re6 programming of funds that: 

7 (1) creates a new program; 

8 (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 

9 (3) increases funds or personnel for any pro10 gram, project, or activity for which funds have been 

11 denied or restricted by the Congress; 

12 (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific 

13 activity by either the House or Senate Committees 

14 on Appropriations for a different purpose; 

15 (5) augments existing programs, projects, or ac16 tivities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, which17 ever is less; 

18 (6) reduces existing programs, projects, or ac19 tivities by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 

20 less; or 

21 (7) creates, reorganizes, or restructures a 

22 branch, division, office, bureau, board, commission, 

23 agency, administration, or department different from 

24 the budget justifications submitted to the Commit25 tees on Appropriations or the table accompanying 


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1 the explanatory statement accompanying this Act, 

2 whichever is more detailed, unless prior approval is 

3 received from the House and Senate Committees on 

4 Appropriations: Provided, That not later than 60 

5 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each 

6 agency funded by this Act shall submit a report to 

7 the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 

8 of the House of Representatives to establish the 

9 baseline for application of reprogramming and trans10 fer authorities for the current fiscal year: Provided 

11 further, That the report shall include: 

12 (A) a table for each appropriation with a 

13 separate column to display the President’s 

14 budget request, adjustments made by Congress, 

15 adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if ap16 propriate, and the fiscal year enacted level; 

17 (B) a delineation in the table for each ap18 propriation both by object class and program, 

19 project, and activity as detailed in the budget 

20 appendix for the respective appropriation; and 

21 (C) an identification of items of special 

22 congressional interest: Provided further, That 

23 the amount appropriated or limited for salaries 

24 and expenses for an agency shall be reduced by 

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1 quired date that the report has not been sub2 mitted to the Congress. 

3 SEC. 405. Except as otherwise specifically provided 

4 by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 

5 remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2014 from 

6 appropriations made available for salaries and expenses 

7 for fiscal year 2014 in this Act, shall remain available 

8 through September 30, 2015, for each such account for 

9 the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall 

10 be submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Ap11 propriations prior to the expenditure of such funds: Pro12 vided further, That these requests shall be made in compli13 ance with reprogramming guidelines under section 404 of 

14 this Act. 

15 SEC. 406. (a) None of the funds made available in 

16 this Act may be obligated or expended for any employee 

17 training that— 

18 (1) does not meet identified needs for knowl19 edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the 

20 performance of official duties; 

21 (2) contains elements likely to induce high lev22 els of emotional response or psychological stress in 

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1 (3) does not require prior employee notification 

2 of the content and methods to be used in the train3 ing and written end of course evaluation; 

4 (4) contains any methods or content associated 

5 with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 

6 ‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Em7 ployment Opportunity Commission Notice N– 

8 915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or 

9 (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par10 ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the 

11 workplace. 

12 (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 

13 otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 

14 bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 

15 SEC. 407. No funds in this Act may be used to sup16 port any Federal, State, or local projects that seek to use 

17 the power of eminent domain, unless eminent domain is 

18 employed only for a public use: Provided, That for pur19 poses of this section, public use shall not be construed to 

20 include economic development that primarily benefits pri21 vate entities: Provided further, That any use of funds for 

22 mass transit, railroad, airport, seaport or highway projects 

23 as well as utility projects which benefit or serve the gen24 eral public (including energy-related, communication-re25 lated, water-related and wastewater-related infrastrucVerDate Mar 15 2010 20:08 Jul 03, 2013 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00145 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2610.RH H2610

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1 ture), other structures designated for use by the general 

2 public or which have other common-carrier or public-util3 ity functions that serve the general public and are subject 

4 to regulation and oversight by the government, and 

5 projects for the removal of an immediate threat to public 

6 health and safety or brownfields as defined in the Small 

7 Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization 

8 Act (Public Law 107–118) shall be considered a public 

9 use for purposes of eminent domain. 

10 SEC. 408. None of the funds made available in this 

11 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in12 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

13 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro14 vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 

15 SEC. 409. No part of any appropriation contained in 

16 this Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person 

17 filling a position, other than a temporary position, for18 merly held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed 

19 Forces of the United States and has satisfactorily com20 pleted his or her period of active military or naval service, 

21 and has within 90 days after his or her release from such 

22 service or from hospitalization continuing after discharge 

23 for a period of not more than 1 year, made application 

24 for restoration to his or her former position and has been 

25 certified by the Office of Personnel Management as still 


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1 qualified to perform the duties of his or her former posi2 tion and has not been restored thereto. 

3 SEC. 410. No funds appropriated pursuant to this 

4 Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees 

5 that in expending the assistance the entity will comply 

6 with sections 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 

7 (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy Amer8 ican Act’’). 

9 SEC. 411. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 

10 available under this Act shall be made available to any 

11 person or entity that has been convicted of violating the 

12 Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c). 

13 SEC. 412. None of the funds made available in this 

14 Act may be used for first-class airline accommodations in 

15 contravention of sections 301–10.122 and 301–10.123 of 

16 title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 

17 SEC. 413. None of the funds made available under 

18 this Act or any prior Act may be provided to the Associa19 tion of Community Organizations for Reform Now 

20 (ACORN), or any of its affiliates, subsidiaries, or allied 

21 organizations. 

22 SEC. 414. None of the funds made available by this 

23 Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 

24 of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 

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1 poration that was convicted of a felony criminal violation 

2 under any Federal law within the preceding 24 months, 

3 where the awarding agency is aware of the conviction, un4 less the agency has considered suspension or debarment 

5 of the corporation and has made a determination that this 

6 further action is not necessary to protect the interests of 

7 the Government. 

8 SEC. 415. None of the funds made available by this 

9 Act may be used in furtherance of the implementation of 

10 the European Union greenhouse gas emissions trading 

11 scheme for aviation activities established by European 

12 Union Directive 2008/101/EC. 

13 SEC. 416. None of the funds made available by this 

14 Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 

15 of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 

16 grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any cor17 poration that has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has 

18 been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative 

19 remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that 

20 is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agree21 ment with the authority responsible for collecting the tax 

22 liability, where the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid 

23 tax liability, unless the agency has considered suspension 

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1 mination that this further action is not necessary to pro2 tect the interests of the Government. 

3 SEC. 417. None of the budget authority made avail4 able by this Act may be used to reduce funding or other5 wise alter the implementation of a program, project or ac6 tivity as proposed for elimination in the President’s fiscal 

7 year 2015 budget request until the proposed change is en8 acted in an appropriation Act, or unless such change is 

9 made pursuant to the reprogramming and transfer provi10 sions of this Act or in accordance with sunset or termi11 nation dates previously enacted in law. 

12 SEC. 418. The Secretary of Housing and Urban De13 velopment and the Secretary of Transportation shall each 

14 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 

15 and the House of Representatives, at the time that the 

16 President’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2015 is sub17 mitted pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United 

18 States Code, a comprehensive report compiled in conjunc19 tion with the Government Accountability Office that de20 tails updated missions, goals, strategies, and priorities, 

21 along with performance metrics that are measurable, re22 peatable, and directly linked to requests for funding, as 

23 described in the accompanying report. 

24 SEC. 419. It is the sense of the Congress that the 

25 Congress should not pass any legislation that authorizes 


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1 spending cuts that would increase poverty in the United 

2 States. 

3 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

4 SEC. 420. The amount by which the applicable alloca5 tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 

6 Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec7 tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ex8 ceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0. 

9 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation, Hous10 ing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appro11 priations Act, 2014’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 98 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2610 

[Report No. 113–136] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Departments of 

poses. ending September 30, 2014, and for other puropment, and related agencies for the fiscal year Transportation, and Housing and Urban DevelJULY 2, 2013 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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