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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1889 

To make supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2015. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 29, 2015 

Ms. MIKULSKI introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Appropriations 

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: 

6 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

7 OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS

8 STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE

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

10 Enforcement Assistance’’, $140,000,000, to remain avail11 able until September 30, 2016, of which— 


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1 (1) $115,000,000 is for the Edward Byrne Me2 morial Justice Assistance Grant program, of which 

3 $15,000,000 is for the Edward Byrne Memorial 

4 criminal justice innovation program; 

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

6 (3) $5,000,000 is for mental health courts; 

7 (4) $10,000,000 is for competitive and evi8 dence-based programs to reduce gun crime and gang 

9 violence; and 

10 (5) $5,000,000 is for a veterans treatment 

11 courts program. 

12 JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS

13 For an additional amount for ‘‘Juvenile Justice Pro14 grams’’, $10,000,000, to remain available until September 

15 30, 2016, for community-based violence prevention initia16 tives, including for public health approaches to reducing 

17 shootings and violence. 

18 COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES

19 COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES PROGRAMS

20 For an additional amount for ‘‘Community Oriented 

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

22 available until September 30, 2016, of which— 

23 (1) $15,000,000 is for competitive grants to 

24 State law enforcement agencies in States with high 

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1 amphetamine, laboratories, and laboratory dump sei2 zures: Provided, That funds appropriated under this 

3 paragraph shall be utilized for investigative purposes 

4 to locate or investigate illicit activities, including 

5 precursor diversion, laboratories, or methamphet6 amine traffickers; and 

7 (2) $15,000,000 is for competitive grants to 

8 statewide law enforcement agencies in States with 

9 high rates of primary treatment admissions for her10 oin and other opioids: Provided, That these funds 

11 shall be utilized for investigative purposes to locate 

12 or investigate illicit activities, including activities re13 lated to the distribution of heroin or unlawful dis14 tribution of prescription opioids, or unlawful heroin 

15 and prescription opioid traffickers through statewide 

16 collaboration. 

17 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

18 SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

19 ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

20 For an additional amount for ‘‘Entrepreneurial De21 velopment Programs’’, $4,000,000, to remain available 

22 until September 30, 2016. 


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1 BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Business Loans Pro3 gram Account’’, $1,000,000, to remain available until ex4 pended, for the cost of direct loans. 

5 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

6 EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION

7 TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

8 For an additional amount for ‘‘Training and Employ9 ment Services’’, $265,000,000, to remain available until 

10 September 30, 2016. 

11 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

12 SERVICES 

13 HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

14 MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH

15 For an additional amount for the Healthy Start Ini16 tiative under section 330H of the Public Health Service 

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

18 until September 30, 2016. 

19 SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

20 ADMINISTRATION

21 SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT

22 For an additional amount for drug court grants as 

23 authorized under section 509 of the Public Health Service 

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

25 2016. 


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1 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 

2 DEVELOPMENT 

3 PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING

4 CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVE

5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Choice Neighborhoods 

6 Initiative’’, $170,000,000, to remain available until Sep7 tember 30, 2016. 

8 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

9 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 For an additional amount for ‘‘Community Develop12 ment Fund’’, $500,000,000, to remain available until Sep13 tember 30, 2016, for necessary expenses related to emer14 gency response, long-term recovery, restoration of infra15 structure and housing, and economic revitalization in the 

16 most impacted and distressed areas resulting from sudden 

17 violence, civil unrest or other major disturbance affecting 

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

19 authorized under title I of the Housing and Community 

20 Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.): Pro21 vided, That funds shall be awarded to a State, tribe, or 

22 unit of general local government as a grantee at the dis23 cretion of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop24 ment for distressed communities determined by the Sec25 retary to be distressed due to insufficient capacity to reVerDate Sep 11 2014 02:42 Jul 31, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1889.IS S1889

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1 spond to and recover from the unanticipated event and 

2 objectively measurable criteria such as high levels of racial 

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

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

5 or employment for low-income youth aged 17 to 25, con6 centrations of poor-performing schools, high rates of in7 fant mortality, large numbers of vacant and abandoned 

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

9 brownfields or other environmentally hazardous areas: 

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

11 grantee shall submit a plan to the Secretary for approval 

12 detailing the proposed use of all funds, including criteria 

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

14 long-term recovery and restoration of infrastructure and 

15 housing and economic revitalization in the most impacted 

16 and distressed areas: Provided further, That the Secretary 

17 shall by notice specify the criteria for approval of such 

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

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

20 not meet such criteria, the Secretary shall disapprove the 

21 plan: Provided further, That funds allocated under this 

22 heading shall not be considered relevant to the non-emer23 gency formula allocations made pursuant to section 106 

24 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 

25 (42 U.S.C. 5306): Provided further, That the Secretary 


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1 shall provide grantees with training on grant management, 

2 including on the use of contracts and subrecipient agree3 ments, and shall require grantees to incorporate perform4 ance requirements and penalties into any such contracts 

5 or subrecipient agreements: Provided further, That, in ad6 ministering the funds under this heading, the Secretary 

7 may waive, or specify alternative requirements for, any 

8 provision of any statute or regulation that the Secretary 

9 administers in connection with the obligation by the Sec10 retary or the use by the recipient of these funds (except 

11 for requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimina12 tion, labor standards, and the environment) pursuant to 

13 a determination by the Secretary that good cause exists 

14 for the waiver or alternative requirement and that such 

15 action is not inconsistent with the overall purposes of title 

16 I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 

17 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.): Provided further, That, 

18 notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 

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

20 existing, competitively awarded agreements for technical 

21 assistance to provide immediate community response, re22 covery, and revitalization assistance to affected commu23 nities: Provided further, That, of the funds made available 

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

25 to ‘‘Program Office Salaries and Expenses—Community 


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1 Planning and Development’’ or to ‘‘Department of Hous2 ing and Urban Development—Office of Inspector Gen3 eral’’, for necessary costs, including information tech4 nology costs, of administering and overseeing funds made 

5 available under this heading. 

6 OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL AND HEALTHY

7 HOMES

8 LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION

9 For an additional amount for ‘‘Lead Hazard Reduc10 tion’’, $30,000,000, to remain available until September 

11 30, 2016. 

12 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

13 MOVING-TO-WORK

14 SEC. 101. The Secretary of Housing and Urban De15 velopment shall extend the current Moving-to-Work agree16 ments of previously designated participating agencies until 

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

18 same terms and conditions of such current agreements, 

19 except for any changes to such terms or conditions other20 wise mutually agreed upon by the Secretary and any such 

21 agency and such extension agreements shall prohibit any 

22 statutory offset of any reserve balances equal to four 

23 months of operating expenses. Any such reserve balances 

24 that exceed such amount shall remain available to any 

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1 ment unless subject to a statutory offset. In addition to 

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

3 shall report financial data to the Department of Housing 

4 and Urban Development as specified by the Secretary, so 

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

6 measured. 

7 EMERGENCY DESIGNATION

8 SEC. 102. Each amount provided in this Act is des9 ignated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursu10 ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 

11 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, except that each 

12 amount shall be available only if the President subse13 quently so designates all such amounts and transmits such 

14 designations to the Congress. 

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

16 Inner Cities Is Long Overdue Act of 2015’’ or the ‘‘RE17 BUILD Act’’. 

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