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111TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 111–578 

PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 5850) MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION, AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES FOR THE 

FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2011, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 

JULY 28, 2010.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. 

Mr. ARCURI, from the Committee on Rules, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H. Res. 1569] 

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House 

Resolution 1569, by a record vote of 7 to 3, report the same to the 

House with the recommendation that the resolution be adopted. 

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION

The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 5850, the 

‘‘Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related 

Agencies Appropriations Act, 2011,’’ under a structured rule. The 

resolution provides one hour of general debate equally divided and 

controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations. The resolution waives all points of order 

against consideration of the bill except those arising under clause 

9 or 10 of rule XXI. The resolution provides that the bill shall be 

considered as read through page 171, line 17. The resolution 

waives points of order against provisions in the bill for failure to 

comply with clause 2 of rule XXI. The resolution makes in order 

the following amendments: (1) the amendments printed in part A 

of this report; and (2) not to exceed four of the amendments printed 

in part B of this report if offered by Representative Flake of Arizona or his designee. The resolution provides that each such 

amendment may be offered only in the order printed in this report, 

may be offered only by a Member designated in this report, shall 

be considered as read, shall be debatable for 10 minutes equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, and shall 

not be subject to a demand for division of the question. All points 

of order against the amendments except for clauses 9 and 10 of 

rule XXI are waived. The resolution provides that for those amendments reported from the Committee of the Whole, the question of 

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sion of the question. The resolution provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. The resolution provides that after 

disposition of the amendments specified in the first section of the 

resolution, the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or their designees each may offer one pro 

forma amendment to the bill for the purpose of debate, which shall 

be controlled by the proponent. The resolution provides that the 

Chair may entertain a motion that the Committee rise only if offered by the chair of the Committee on Appropriations or his designee. Finally, the resolution provides that the Chair may not entertain a motion to strike out the enacting words of the bill. 

EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

The waiver of all points of order against consideration of the bill 

(except for clauses 9 and 10 of rule XXI) includes a waiver of clause 

4(c) of rule XIII, requiring the three-day availability of printed 

hearings on a general appropriations bill; and a waiver of Section 

306 of the Congressional Budget Act, prohibiting consideration of 

legislation within the jurisdiction of the Committee on the Budget 

unless reported by, or discharged from, the Budget Committee. The 

waiver of all points of order against provisions in the bill includes 

a waiver of clause 2 of rule XXI, prohibiting unauthorized appropriations or legislative provisions in an appropriations bill. 

COMMITTEE VOTES

The results of each record vote on an amendment or motion to 

report, together with the names of those voting for and against, are 

printed below: 

Rules Committee record vote No. 476 

Date: July 28, 2010. 

Measure: H.R. 5850. 

Motion by: Mr. Dreier. 

Summary of motion: To report an open rule. 

Results: Defeated 3–7. 

Vote by Members: McGovern—Nay; Hastings (FL)—Nay; Matsui—Nay; Arcuri—Nay; Perlmutter—Nay; Pingree—Nay; Polis— 

Nay; Dreier—Yea; Diaz-Balart, L.—Yea; Foxx—Yea. 

Rules Committee record vote No. 477 

Date: July 28, 2010. 

Measure: H.R. 5850. 

Motion by: Mr. Dreier. 

Summary of motion: To make in order and provide appropriate 

waivers for an amendment by Rep. Thompson (PA), #56, which 

would prohibit funds from being used to alter the Appalachian Regional Development Highway System (ADHS) mileage in Pennsylvania. 

Results: Defeated 3–7. 

Vote by Members: McGovern—Nay; Hastings (FL)—Nay; Matsui—Nay; Arcuri—Nay; Perlmutter—Nay; Pingree—Nay; Polis— 

Nay; Dreier—Yea; Diaz-Balart, L.—Yea; Foxx—Yea. 

Rules Committee record vote No. 478 

Date: July 28, 2010. 


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Measure: H.R. 5850. 

Motion by: Mr. Dreier. 

Summary of motion: To make in order and provide appropriate 

waivers for an amendment by Rep. Carter (TX), #47, which would 

collect the undesignated funds that are available under SAFETEA– 

LU and send them out to the states by formula for the state and 

communities to use for eligible highway and bus activities. 

Results: Defeated 3–7. 

Vote by Members: McGovern—Nay; Hastings (FL)—Nay; Matsui—Nay; Arcuri—Nay; Perlmutter—Nay; Pingree—Nay; Polis— 

Nay; Dreier—Yea; Diaz-Balart, L.—Yea; Foxx—Yea. 

Rules Committee record vote No. 479 

Date: July 28, 2010. 

Measure: H.R. 5850. 

Motion by: Mr. Lincoln Diaz-Balart of Florida. 

Summary of motion: To make in order and provide appropriate 

waivers for amendments #15, #16 offered by Rep. Sessions of Texas 

and #24 offered by Rep. Thornberry of Texas, to each be separately 

debated for 10 minutes each. Amendment #15 would prohibit Amtrak from using funds for long-distance routes whose total direct 

costs are more than twice its total revenue. Amendment #16 would 

reduce the appropriations to Amtrak for Capital and Debt Service 

Grants by $201,875,000—making it the same as the FY2010 level. 

Amendment #24 would prohibit any funds from being used to subsidize sleeper class service on any long-distance Amtrak route and 

would reduce Amtrak’s operating grants that are used to cover 

losses by $120,000,000. 

Results: Defeated 3–7. 

Vote by Members: McGovern—Nay; Hastings (FL)—Nay; Matsui—Nay; Arcuri—Nay; Perlmutter—Nay; Pingree—Nay; Polis— 

Nay; Dreier—Yea; Diaz-Balart, L.—Yea; Foxx—Yea. 

Rules Committee record vote No. 480 

Date: July 28, 2010. 

Measure: H.R. 5850. 

Motion by: Dr. Foxx. 

Summary of motion: To make in order and provide appropriate 

waivers for an amendment by Rep. Brown-Waite (FL), #93, which 

would strike $20 million from the Secretary of Transportation’s 

Salaries and Expenses budget to cover the cost of road signs indicating Recovery Act projects. 

Results: Defeated 3–7. 

Vote by Members: McGovern—Nay; Hastings (FL)—Nay; Matsui—Nay; Arcuri—Nay; Perlmutter—Nay; Pingree—Nay; Polis— 

Nay; Dreier—Yea; Diaz-Balart, L.—Yea; Foxx—Yea. 

Rules Committee record vote No. 481 

Date: July 28, 2010. 

Measure: H.R. 5850. 

Motion by: Dr. Foxx. 

Summary of motion: To make in order and provide appropriate 

waivers for amendments #5 by Rep. Blackburn of Tennessee, #13 

by Rep. Broun of Georgia, and #6 by Rep. Heller of Nevada to be 

separately debated for 10 minutes each. Amendment #5 would 


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make a cut of 5 percent, $3.37 billion, to the appropriation amount 

in the bill. Amendment #13 would reduce by 0.5 percent each 

amount appropriated by this Act considered discretionary. Amendment #6 would reduce funding for salaries and expenses for the 

Secretaries of Transportation (by $8,929,000) and Housing and 

Urban Development (by $3,410,000) to fiscal year 2010 levels. 

Results: Defeated 3–7. 

Vote by Members: McGovern—Nay; Hastings (FL)—Nay; Matsui—Nay; Arcuri—Nay; Perlmutter—Nay; Pingree—Nay; Polis— 

Nay; Dreier—Yea; Diaz-Balart, L.—Yea; Foxx—Yea. 

Rules Committee record vote No. 482 

Date: July 28, 2010. 

Measure: H.R. 5850. 

Motion by: Ms. Matsui. 

Summary of motion: To report the rule. 

Results: Adopted 7–3. 

Vote by Members: McGovern—Yea; Hastings (FL)—Yea; Matsui—Yea; Arcuri—Yea; Perlmutter—Yea; Pingree—Yea; Polis— 

Yea; Dreier—Nay; Diaz-Balart, L.—Nay; Foxx—Nay. 

SUMMARY OF AMENDMENTS IN PART A MADE IN ORDER

1. Boehner (OH): Would terminate the HUD program for doctoral 

dissertation research grants on housing and urban development 

issues. (10 minutes) 

2. Boehner (OH): Would reduce HUD’s Transformation Initiative 

(technical assistance and capacity building) by $40 million. (10 

minutes) 

3. Boehner (OH): Would reduce the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation by $35 million (for rehabbing houses). (10 minutes) 

4. Boehner (OH): Would reduce the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs, Office of the Secretary, Salaries 

and Expenses, within the Department of Transportation by $1.6 

million. (10 minutes) 

5. Cardoza (CA), Costa (CA), Kaptur (OH), Matsui (CA), Thompson, Mike (CA), Woolsey (CA), Eshoo (CA), McNerney (CA): Would 

eliminate all travel funds for the Department of Housing and 

Urban Development. (10 minutes) 

6. Arcuri (NY): Would reduce funding for the Office of Policy Development and Research within HUD by $2,978,450—resulting in 

a 2.5% reduction in funding below the amount appropriated in fiscal year 2010. (10 minutes) 

7. Perlmutter (CO): Would strike $50 million in incentive grants 

to states to enact laws to make it a primary traffic violation for occupants to not use a seat belt. (10 minutes) 

8. Latham (IA): Would cut $1.8 billion from specific accounts that 

were increased over and above the President’s request. (10 minutes) 

9. DeFazio (OR): Would prohibit any funds under the Act from 

being used to reallocate Federal highway formula funding for the 

livable communities program unless the program is first authorized 

by Congress. (10 minutes) 

10. Culberson (TX): Would reduce the bill’s funding level by $12.4 

billion dollars, returning the bill to the FY2009 funding level. This 

is an 18% cut in the bill’s spending. (10 minutes) 


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11. Johnson, Eddie Bernice (TX): Would increase by $10 million 

activities under Section 107, under the Community Development 

Grant program at HUD. Specifically additional funding would be 

requested for the HBCU Community Development Grant Program. 

Subsequently, reverse mortgages would be decreased by $10 million. (10 minutes) 

12. Graves (MO): Would prohibit the Federal Aviation Administration from using funds in the Act to require a sponsor of a public 

general aviation airport to terminate existing residential throughthe-fence agreements. or otherwise withhold funds from a sponsor 

of a general aviation airport, solely because the sponsor enters into 

a residential through-the-fence agreement. (10 minutes) 

13. Moore, Gwen (WI): Would increase funding for the Office of 

Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization by $100,000 and increase funding for the Minority Business Research Center’s outreach activities by $225,000 to help ensure that the small and disadvantaged business policies and goals of the Department are developed and implemented. (10 minutes) 

14. Neugebauer (TX): Would reduce spending in the bill by 

$10.52 billion. This amount represents the uncommitted funds from 

the $61.7 billion in 2009 stimulus funds that were appropriated for 

transportation and housing related program. (10 minutes) 

15. Braley (IA): Would increase funding to the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) by $20 million and would offset this 

increase with a decrease of $20 million for non-personnel expenses 

within the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The 

purpose of the CDBG funding increase is to provide CDBG disaster 

relief and recovery funds to assist communities in the Midwest affected by the flooding that occurred during July of 2010. (10 minutes) 

16. Turner (OH): Would prevent funds in the bill from being used 

to prohibit the establishment of any occupancy preference for veterans in supporting housing for the elderly that is assistance by 

HUD and is located on Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) property or is subject to an enhanced use lease with the VA. (10 minutes) 

17. Kirkpatrick (AZ): Would make an across the board cut of 5% 

from the base text of the bill. It would reduce the cost of the bill 

by $3.37 billion, bringing the total cost of the bill down to $64.03 

billion. (10 minutes) 

18. Jordan (OH): Would reduce spending by $18,579,000,000 in 

order to reflect FY 2008 levels. (10 minutes) 

19. Peters (MI), Adler (NJ), Himes (CT), Welch (VT): Would 

strike or reduce funding for a number of programs funded above 

the President’s request. Programs included: high speed rail, TIGER 

grants, HOPE VI, Brownfields Redevelopment, Railroad Safety 

Technology Program, HUD–VASH, Resident Opportunity and Supportive Services, Section 108 Loan Guaranties, Self-help Homeownership Opportunity Program, and the HOME Program. (10 minutes) 

20. Bachmann (MN): Would reduce funding for Capital and Debt 

Service Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for 

capital investments by $1,203,500,000. (10 minutes) 


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SUMMARY OF AMENDMENTS IN PART B MADE IN ORDER

1. Flake, Jeff (AZ): Would prohibit $1,000,000 from being made 

available for the Golden Gate National Parks-Park Access, transit 

and trails in California and reduce the overall cost of the bill by 

the same amount. 

2. Flake, Jeff (AZ): Would prohibit $1,000,000 from being made 

available for the Blackstone River Bikeway in Rhode Island and reduce the overall cost of the bill by the same amount. 

3. Flake, Jeff (AZ): Would prohibit $250,000 from being made 

available for the Boulder Bikes to Business Project in Boulder, Colorado and reduce the overall cost of the bill by the same amount. 

4. Flake, Jeff (AZ): Would prohibit $1,000,000 from being made 

available for the downtown Tacoma streetscapes improvement 

project in Washington and reduce the overall cost of the bill by the 

same amount. 

5. Flake, Jeff (AZ): Would prohibit $750,000 from being made 

available for the Walk Winthrop and the HarborWalk in Massachusetts and reduce the overall cost of the bill by the same amount. 

6. Flake, Jeff (AZ): Would prohibit $500,000 from being made 

available for the streetscaping of Fayetteville Street Corridor 

project in the City of Durham, North Carolina and reduce the overall cost of the bill by the same amount. 

7. Flake, Jeff (AZ): Would prohibit $350,000 from being made 

available for the planning and design of a library for City of Mount 

Rainier, Maryland and reduce the overall cost of the bill by the 

same amount. 

8. Flake, Jeff (AZ): Would prohibit $250,000 from being made 

available for the acquisition of land for expansion of a park in the 

City of Winter Park, Florida and reduce the overall cost of the bill 

by the same amount. 

9. Flake, Jeff (AZ): Would prohibit $500,000 from being made 

available for the restoration and rehabilitation of the original 

Thayer Library in the Town of Braintree, Massachusetts and reduce the overall cost of the bill by the same amount. 

10. Flake, Jeff (AZ): Would prohibit $1,000,000 from being made 

available for the restoration and improvements to the historical 

Darwin Martin House Home and complex in New York and reduce 

the overall cost of the bill by the same amount. 

11. Flake, Jeff (AZ): Would prohibit $150,000 from being made 

available for the construction of a children’s playground in the Municipality of Yauco, Puerto Rico and reduce the overall cost of the 

bill by the same amount. 12. Flake, Jeff (AZ): Would prohibit $650,000 from being made 

available for the Hays-Travis Trail System in Texas and reduce the 

overall cost of the bill by the same amount. 

PART A—TEXT OF AMENDMENTS TO BE MADE IN ORDER

1. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE BOEHNER

OF OHIO OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. ll. (a) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—None of the funds 

provided in this Act may be used for doctoral dissertation research 

grants on housing and urban development issues. 


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(b) CORRESPONDING REDUCTION IN FUNDS.—The amount otherwise provided by this Act for ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban 

Development—Policy Development and Research—Research and 

Technology’’ is hereby reduced by $300,000. 

2. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE BOEHNER

OF OHIO OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. ll. The aggregate amount otherwise made available by 

title II, and the amount required to be made available under the 

third proviso under the heading ‘‘Management and Administration—Transformation Initiative’’, are each hereby reduced in the 

amount of $40,000,000. 

3. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE BOEHNER

OF OHIO OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 159, line 7, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$35,000,000)’’. 

Page 159, strike the proviso beginning on line 9. 

4. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE BOEHNER

OF OHIO OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 2, line 13, after the first dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$1,600,000)’’. 

Page 2, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$1,600,000)’’. 

5. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE CARDOZA

OF CALIFORNIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 77, line 4, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$21,000,000)’’. 

Page 78, line 8, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$21,000,000)’’. 

At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. ll. None of the funds made available in this Act under 

the heading ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development— 

Management and Administration—Executive Direction’’ may be 

used by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for travel expenses. 

6. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE ARCURI OF

NEW YORK OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 80, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$2,978,450)’’. 


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7. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE

PERLMUTTER OF COLORADO OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 

MINUTES

Page 44, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$50,000,000)’’. 

Page 44, line 25, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$50,000,000)’’. 

Page 45, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$50,000,000)’’. 

8. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE LATHAM OF

IOWA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. ll. The amounts otherwise provided in this Act for the following accounts and activities are hereby reduced by the following 

amounts: 

(1) ‘‘Department of Transportation—Office of the Secretary— 

National Infrastructure Investment’’, $400,000,000. 

(2) ‘‘Department of Transportation—Federal Railroad Administration—Capital Assistance for High Speed Rail Corridors 

and Intercity Passenger Rail Service’’, $400,000,000. 

(3) ‘‘Department of Transportation—Federal Transit Administration—Administrative Expenses’’, the amount specified in 

the first proviso for safety oversight activities, $24,139,000. 

(4) ‘‘Department of Transportation—Federal Transit Administration—Capital Investment Grants’’, $177,888,000. 

(5) ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development—Public 

and Indian Housing—Public Housing Capital Fund’’, the aggregate amount, $455,800,000. 

(6) ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development—Public 

and Indian Housing—Native American Housing Block Grants’’, 

the aggregate amount, $120,000,000. 

(7) ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development—Community Planning and Development—Brownfields Redevelopment’’, $17,500,000. 

(8) ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development—Community Planning and Development—HOME Investment Partnerships Program’’, $175,000,000. 

(9) ‘‘Related Agencies—Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation—Payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation’’, the amount specified in the first proviso for capital 

grants to rehabilitate or finance the rehabilitation of affordable 

housing units, $35,000,000. 

9. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE DEFAZIO

OF OREGON OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Insert at the end of the bill (before the short title) the following: 

SEC. 420. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

available under this Act may be used to implement section 124 except as authorized by law after the date of enactment of this Act. 


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10. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE

CULBERSON OF TEXAS OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. ll. Appropriations made in this Act are hereby reduced 

in the amount of $12,400,000,000. 

11. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON

OF TEXAS OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 98, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(increased by 

$10,000,000)’’. 

Page 103, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(increased by 

$10,000,000)’’. 

Page 116, line 11, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$10,000,000)’’. 

12. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE GRAVES

OF MISSOURI OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. ll. None of the funds made available in this Act may be 

used by the Department of Transportation or the Federal Aviation 

Administration to pursue, adopt, or enforce guidelines or regulations requiring a sponsor of a general aviation airport to terminate 

an existing residential through-the-fence agreement, or otherwise 

withhold funds from a sponsor of a general aviation airport, solely 

because the sponsor enters into an agreement that grants a person 

that owns residential real property adjacent to the airport access 

to the airfield of the airport for noncommercial uses. 

13. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE MOORE

OF WISCONSIN OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 2, line 18, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$250,000)’’. 

Page 2, line 22, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$50,000)’’. 

Page 2, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$175,000)’’. 

Page 3, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$100,000)’’. 

Page 3, line 4, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(increased by 

$100,000)’’. 

Page 9, line 22, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(increased by 

$225,000)’’. 

14. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE

NEUGEBAUER OF TEXAS OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 

MINUTES

At the end of the bill (before the short title) insert the following: 


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SEC. l. Appropriations made in this Act are hereby reduced in the amount of $10,520,000,000. 

15. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE BRALEY

OF IOWA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 77, line 4, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$20,000,000)’’. 

Page 78, line 8, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$20,000,000)’’. 

Page 98, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(increased by 

$20,000,000)’’. 

16. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE TURNER

OF OHIO OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. 420. None of the funds made available in this Act may be 

used to establish, issue, implement, administer, or enforce any prohibition or restriction on the establishment or effectiveness of any 

occupancy preference for veterans in supportive housing for the elderly that (1) is provided assistance by the Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, and (2)(A) is or would be located on property of the Department of Veterans Affairs, or (B) is subject to an 

enhanced use lease with the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

17. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE KIRKPATRICK OF ARIZONA OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. ll. Each amount appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act that is not required to be appropriated or otherwise made available by a provision of law is hereby reduced by 5 

percent. 

18. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE JORDAN

OF OHIO OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. ll. Appropriations made in this Act are hereby reduced 

in the amount of $18,579,000,000. 

19. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE PETERS

OF MICHIGAN OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. ll. The amounts otherwise provided in this Act for the following accounts and activities are hereby reduced by the following 

amounts: 

(1) ‘‘Department of Transportation—Office of the Secretary— National Infrastructure Investment’’, $400,000,000. 

(2) ‘‘Department of Transportation—Federal Railroad Admin- istration—Railroad Safety Technology Program’’, $75,000,000. 


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(3) ‘‘Department of Transportation—Federal Railroad Administration—Capital Assistance for High Speed Rail Corridors 

and Intercity Passenger Rail Service’’, $400,000,000. 

(4) ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development—Public 

and Indian Housing—Tenant-Based Rental Assistance’’, the aggregate amount and the amount specified in paragraph (5) for 

incremental rental voucher assistance under section 8(o)(19) of 

the United States Housing Act of 1937, $75,000,000. 

(5) ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development—Public 

and Indian Housing—Public Housing Capital Fund’’, the aggregate amount and the amount specified for supportive services, 

service coordinators and congregate services, $50,000,000. 

(6) ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development—Public 

and Indian Housing—Revitalization of Severely Distressed 

Public Housing (HOPE VI)’’, $200,000,000. 

(7) ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development—Community Planning and Development—Community Development 

Loan Guarantees Program Account’’, the amount for the cost of 

guaranteed loans, $10,000,000. 

(8) ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development—Community Planning and Development—Brownfields Redevelopment’’, $17,500,000. 

(9) ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development—Community Planning and Development—HOME Investment Partnerships Program’’, $175,000,000. 

(10) ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development—Community Planning and Development—Self-Help and Assisted 

Homeownership Opportunity Program’’, $22,000,000. 

20. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE

BACHMANN OF MINNESOTA OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 

MINUTES

Page 53, line 3, after the dollar amount insert ‘‘(reduced by $1,203,500,000)’’. 

PART B—TEXT OF AMENDMENTS TO BE MADE IN ORDER

1. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE FLAKE OF

ARIZONA, OR HIS DESIGNEE

At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. ll. None of the funds provided in this Act under the heading ‘‘Federal Highway Administration—Federal-Aid Highways 

(Limitation on Obligations)’’ shall be available for the Golden Gate 

National Parks-Park Access, Transit and Trails project in California, and the aggregate amount otherwise provided under such 

heading is hereby reduced by $1,000,000. 

2. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE FLAKE OF

ARIZONA, OR HIS DESIGNEE

At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. ll. None of the funds provided in this Act under the heading ‘‘Federal Highway Administration—Federal-Aid Highways 


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(Limitation on Obligations)’’ shall be available for the Blackstone 

River Bikeway project in Rhode Island, and the aggregate amount 

otherwise provided under such heading is hereby reduced by 

$1,000,000. 

3. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE FLAKE OF

ARIZONA, OR HIS DESIGNEE

At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. ll. None of the funds provided in this Act under the heading ‘‘Federal Highway Administration—Federal-Aid Highways 

(Limitation on Obligations)’’ shall be available for the Boulder 

Bikes to Business Project in Boulder, Colorado, and the aggregate 

amount otherwise provided under such heading is hereby reduced 

by $250,000. 

4. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE FLAKE OF

ARIZONA, OR HIS DESIGNEE

At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. ll. None of the funds provided in this Act under the heading ‘‘Federal Highway Administration—Federal-Aid Highways 

(Limitation on Obligations)’’ shall be available for the Downtown 

Tacoma Streetscapes Improvement Project in Washington, and the 

aggregate amount otherwise provided under such heading is hereby 

reduced by $1,000,000. 

5. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE FLAKE OF

ARIZONA, OR HIS DESIGNEE

At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. ll. None of the funds provided in this Act under the heading ‘‘Federal Highway Administration—Federal-Aid Highways 

(Limitation on Obligations)’’ shall be available for the Walk Winthrop and the HarborWalk project in Massachusetts, and the aggregate amount otherwise provided under such heading is hereby 

reduced by $750,000. 

6. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE FLAKE OF

ARIZONA OR HIS DESIGNEE

At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. ll. None of the funds provided in this Act under the heading ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development—Community 

Planning and Development—Community Development Fund’’ shall 

be available for the Streetscaping of Fayetteville Street Corridor 

Project of the City of Durham, North Carolina, and the aggregate 

amount otherwise provided under such heading (and the portion of 

such amount specified for the Economic Development Initiative in 

the second paragraph under such heading) are each hereby reduced 

by $500,000. 


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7. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE FLAKE OF

ARIZONA OR HIS DESIGNEE

At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. ll. None of the funds provided in this Act under the heading ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development—Community 

Planning and Development—Community Development Fund’’ shall 

be available for the Planning and Design of a Library project of the 

City of Mount Rainier, Maryland, and the aggregate amount otherwise provided under such heading (and the portion of such amount 

specified for the Economic Development Initiative in the second 

paragraph under such heading) are each hereby reduced by 

$350,000. 

8. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE FLAKE OF

ARIZONA OR HIS DESIGNEE

At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. ll. None of the funds provided in this Act under the heading ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development—Community 

Planning and Development—Community Development Fund’’ shall 

be available for the Acquisition of Land for Expansion of a Park 

project of the City of Winter Park Florida, and the aggregate 

amount otherwise provided under such heading (and the portion of 

such amount specified for the Economic Development Initiative in 

the second paragraph under such heading) are each hereby reduced 

by $250,000. 

9. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE FLAKE OF

ARIZONA OR HIS DESIGNEE

At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. ll. None of the funds provided in this Act under the heading ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development—Community 

Planning and Development—Community Development Fund’’ shall 

be available for the Restoration and Rehabilitation of the Original 

Thayer Library project of the Town of Braintree, Massachusetts, 

and the aggregate amount otherwise provided under such heading 

(and the portion of such amount specified for the Economic Development Initiative in the second paragraph under such heading) are 

each hereby reduced by $500,000. 

10. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE FLAKE OF

ARIZONA OR HIS DESIGNEE

At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. ll. None of the funds provided in this Act under the heading ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development—Community 

Planning and Development—Community Development Fund’’ shall 

be available for the Restoration and Improvements to the Historic 

Darwin Martin House Home and Complex project of the Martin 

House Restoration Corporation, New York, and the aggregate 

amount otherwise provided under such heading (and the portion of 

such amount specified for the Economic Development Initiative in 


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the second paragraph under such heading) are each hereby reduced 

by $1,000,000. 

11. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE FLAKE OF

ARIZONA OR HIS DESIGNEE

At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. ll. None of the funds provided in this Act under the heading ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development—Community 

Planning and Development—Community Development Fund’’ shall 

be available for the Construction of a Children’s Playground project 

of the Municipality of Yauco, Puerto Rico, and the aggregate 

amount otherwise provided under such heading (and the portion of 

such amount specified for the Economic Development Initiative in 

the second paragraph under such heading) are each hereby reduced 

by $150,000. 

12. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE FLAKE OF

ARIZONA OR HIS DESIGNEE

At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. ll. None of the funds provided in this Act under the heading ‘‘Federal Highway Administration—Federal-Aid Highways 

(Limitation on Obligations)’’ shall be available for the Hays-Travis 

Trail System project in Texas, and the aggregate amount otherwise 

provided under such heading is hereby reduced by $650,000. 

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