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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3295 

To make supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2015. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 29, 2015 

Mr. CUMMINGS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 

case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 

the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To make supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2015. 

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 fis5 cal year 2015, and for other purposes, namely: 


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1 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

2 OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS

3 STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE

4 For an additional amount for ‘‘State and Local Law 

5 Enforcement Assistance’’, $140,000,000, to remain avail6 able until September 30, 2016, of which— 

7 (1) $115,000,000 is for the Edward Byrne Me8 morial Justice Assistance Grant program, of which 

9 $15,000,000 is for the Edward Byrne Memorial 

10 criminal justice innovation program; 

11 (2) $5,000,000 is for Drug Courts; 

12 (3) $5,000,000 is for mental health courts; 

13 (4) $10,000,000 is for competitive and evi14 dence-based programs to reduce gun crime and gang 

15 violence; and 

16 (5) $5,000,000 is for a veterans treatment 

17 courts program. 

18 JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS

19 For an additional amount for ‘‘Juvenile Justice Pro20 grams’’, $10,000,000, to remain available until September 

21 30, 2016, for community-based violence prevention initia22 tives, including for public health approaches to reducing 

23 shootings and violence. 


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1 COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES

2 COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES PROGRAMS

3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Community Oriented 

4 Policing Services Programs’’, $30,000,000, to remain 

5 available until September 30, 2016, of which— 

6 (1) $15,000,000 is for competitive grants to 

7 State law enforcement agencies in States with high 

8 seizures of precursor chemicals, finished meth9 amphetamine, laboratories, and laboratory dump sei10 zures: Provided, That funds appropriated under this 

11 paragraph shall be utilized for investigative purposes 

12 to locate or investigate illicit activities, including 

13 precursor diversion, laboratories, or methamphet14 amine traffickers; and 

15 (2) $15,000,000 is for competitive grants to 

16 statewide law enforcement agencies in States with 

17 high rates of primary treatment admissions for her18 oin and other opioids: Provided, That these funds 

19 shall be utilized for investigative purposes to locate 

20 or investigate illicit activities, including activities re21 lated to the distribution of heroin or unlawful dis22 tribution of prescription opioids, or unlawful heroin 

23 and prescription opioid traffickers through statewide 

24 collaboration. 


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1 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

2 SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

3 ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Entrepreneurial De5 velopment Programs’’, $4,000,000, to remain available 

6 until September 30, 2016. 

7 BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

8 For an additional amount for ‘‘Business Loans Pro9 gram Account’’, $1,000,000, to remain available until ex10 pended, for the cost of direct loans. 

11 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

12 EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION

13 TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

14 For an additional amount for ‘‘Training and Employ15 ment Services’’, $265,000,000, to remain available until 

16 September 30, 2016. 

17 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

18 SERVICES 

19 HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

20 MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH

21 For an additional amount for the Healthy Start Ini22 tiative under section 330H of the Public Health Service 

23 Act (42 U.S.C. 254c–8), $50,000,000, to remain available 

24 until September 30, 2016. 


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1 SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

2 ADMINISTRATION

3 SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT

4 For an additional amount for drug court grants as 

5 authorized under section 509 of the Public Health Service 

6 Act, $10,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

7 2016. 

8 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 

9 DEVELOPMENT 

10 PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING

11 CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVE

12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Choice Neighborhoods 

13 Initiative’’, $170,000,000, to remain available until Sep14 tember 30, 2016. 

15 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

16 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 For an additional amount for ‘‘Community Develop19 ment Fund’’, $500,000,000, to remain available until Sep20 tember 30, 2016, for necessary expenses related to emer21 gency response, long-term recovery, restoration of infra22 structure and housing, and economic revitalization in the 

23 most impacted and distressed areas resulting from sudden 

24 violence, civil unrest or other major disturbance affecting 

25 human life and safety in calendar year 2015, for activities 


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1 authorized under title I of the Housing and Community 

2 Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.): Pro3 vided, That funds shall be awarded to a State, tribe, or 

4 unit of general local government as a grantee at the dis5 cretion of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop6 ment for distressed communities determined by the Sec7 retary to be distressed due to insufficient capacity to re8 spond to and recover from the unanticipated event and 

9 objectively measurable criteria such as high levels of racial 

10 or income segregation, or both, low levels of employment 

11 among 16 to 64 year olds, low levels of college enrollment 

12 or employment for low-income youth aged 17 to 25, con13 centrations of poor-performing schools, high rates of in14 fant mortality, large numbers of vacant and abandoned 

15 homes, and low-income populations in close proximity to 

16 brownfields or other environmentally hazardous areas: 

17 Provided further, That prior to the obligation of funds, a 

18 grantee shall submit a plan to the Secretary for approval 

19 detailing the proposed use of all funds, including criteria 

20 for eligibility and how the use of these funds will address 

21 long-term recovery and restoration of infrastructure and 

22 housing and economic revitalization in the most impacted 

23 and distressed areas: Provided further, That the Secretary 

24 shall by notice specify the criteria for approval of such 

25 plans within 45 days of enactment of this Act: Provided 


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1 further, That if the Secretary determines that a plan does 

2 not meet such criteria, the Secretary shall disapprove the 

3 plan: Provided further, That funds allocated under this 

4 heading shall not be considered relevant to the non-emer5 gency formula allocations made pursuant to section 106 

6 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 

7 (42 U.S.C. 5306): Provided further, That the Secretary 

8 shall provide grantees with training on grant management, 

9 including on the use of contracts and subrecipient agree10 ments, and shall require grantees to incorporate perform11 ance requirements and penalties into any such contracts 

12 or subrecipient agreements: Provided further, That, in ad13 ministering the funds under this heading, the Secretary 

14 may waive, or specify alternative requirements for, any 

15 provision of any statute or regulation that the Secretary 

16 administers in connection with the obligation by the Sec17 retary or the use by the recipient of these funds (except 

18 for requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimina19 tion, labor standards, and the environment) pursuant to 

20 a determination by the Secretary that good cause exists 

21 for the waiver or alternative requirement and that such 

22 action is not inconsistent with the overall purposes of title 

23 I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 

24 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.): Provided further, That, 

25 notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 


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1 may use up to 30 percent of these funds to supplement 

2 existing, competitively awarded agreements for technical 

3 assistance to provide immediate community response, re4 covery, and revitalization assistance to affected commu5 nities: Provided further, That, of the funds made available 

6 under this heading, up to $10,000,000 may be transferred 

7 to ‘‘Program Office Salaries and Expenses—Community 

8 Planning and Development’’ or to ‘‘Department of Hous9 ing and Urban Development—Office of Inspector Gen10 eral’’, for necessary costs, including information tech11 nology costs, of administering and overseeing funds made 

12 available under this heading. 

13 OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL AND HEALTHY

14 HOMES

15 LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION

16 For an additional amount for ‘‘Lead Hazard Reduc17 tion’’, $30,000,000, to remain available until September 

18 30, 2016. 

19 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

20 MOVING-TO-WORK

21 SEC. 101. The Secretary of Housing and Urban De22 velopment shall extend the current Moving-to-Work agree23 ments of previously designated participating agencies until 

24 the end of each such agency’s fiscal year 2028 under the 

25 same terms and conditions of such current agreements, 


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1 except for any changes to such terms or conditions other2 wise mutually agreed upon by the Secretary and any such 

3 agency and such extension agreements shall prohibit any 

4 statutory offset of any reserve balances equal to four 

5 months of operating expenses. Any such reserve balances 

6 that exceed such amount shall remain available to any 

7 such agency for all permissible purposes under such agree8 ment unless subject to a statutory offset. In addition to 

9 other reporting requirements, all Moving-to-Work agencies 

10 shall report financial data to the Department of Housing 

11 and Urban Development as specified by the Secretary, so 

12 that the effect of Moving-to-Work policy changes can be 

13 measured. 

14 EMERGENCY DESIGNATION

15 SEC. 102. Each amount provided in this Act is des16 ignated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursu17 ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 

18 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, except that each 

19 amount shall be available only if the President subse20 quently so designates all such amounts and transmits such 

21 designations to the Congress. 

22 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Rebuilding Urban 

23 Inner Cities Is Long Overdue Act of 2015’’ or the ‘‘RE24 BUILD Act’’. 

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