II 

Calendar No. 248 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2129 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 

Administration, Energy and Water Development, and Departments of 

Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 5, 2015 

Mr. COCHRAN (for himself, Mr. MORAN, Mr. ALEXANDER, and Ms. COLLINS) 

introduced the following bill; which was read the first time 

OCTOBER 6, 2015 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, 

Food and Drug Administration, Energy and Water Development, and Departments of Transportation, and 

Housing and Urban Development, and related programs 

for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for 

other purposes. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as ‘‘An Act Making Appropria3 tions to Improve the Nation’s Infrastructure and for Other 

4 Purposes, 2016’’. 

5 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

6 The table of contents of this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Table of contents. 

Sec. 3. References. 

Sec. 4. Statement of appropriations. 

DIVISION A—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND 

DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016 

DIVISION B—ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT, AND 

RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016 

DIVISION C— DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION, AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016 

7 SEC. 3. REFERENCES. 

8 Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference 

9 to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall 

10 be treated as referring only to the provisions of that divi11 sion. 

12 SEC. 4. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

13 The following sums in this Act are appropriated, out 

14 of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 

15 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016. 


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1 DIVISION A—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DE2 VELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMIN3 ISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES 

4 APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016 

5 TITLE I 

6 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 

7 PRODUCTION, PROCESSING AND MARKETING

8 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

10 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 

11 $46,055,000, of which not to exceed $5,051,000 shall be 

12 available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not 

13 to exceed $502,000 shall be available for the Office of 

14 Tribal Relations; not to exceed $250,000 shall be available 

15 for the Military Veterans Agricultural Liaison; not to ex16 ceed $1,496,000 shall be available for the Office of Home17 land Security and Emergency Coordination; not to exceed 

18 $1,209,000 shall be available for the Office of Advocacy 

19 and Outreach; not to exceed $25,928,000 shall be avail20 able for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Adminis21 tration, of which $25,124,000 shall be available for De22 partmental Administration to provide for necessary ex23 penses for management support services to offices of the 

24 Department and for general administration, security, re25 pairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies 


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1 and expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary for 

2 the practical and efficient work of the Department; not 

3 to exceed $3,869,000 shall be available for the Office of 

4 Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry 

5 out the programs funded by this Act, including programs 

6 involving intergovernmental affairs and liaison within the 

7 executive branch; and not to exceed $7,750,000 shall be 

8 available for the Office of Communications: Provided, 

9 That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to transfer 

10 funds appropriated for any office of the Office of the Sec11 retary to any other office of the Office of the Secretary: 

12 Provided further, That no appropriation for any office 

13 shall be increased or decreased by more than 5 percent: 

14 Provided further, That not to exceed $11,000 of the 

15 amount made available under this paragraph for the im16 mediate Office of the Secretary shall be available for offi17 cial reception and representation expenses, not otherwise 

18 provided for, as determined by the Secretary: Provided 

19 further, That the amount made available under this head20 ing for Departmental Administration shall be reimbursed 

21 from applicable appropriations in this Act for travel ex22 penses incident to the holding of hearings as required by 

23 5 U.S.C. 551–558: Provided further, That funds made 

24 available under this heading for the Office of the Assistant 

25 Secretary for Congressional Relations may be transferred 


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1 to agencies of the Department of Agriculture funded by 

2 this Act to maintain personnel at the agency level: Pro3 vided further, That no funds made available under this 

4 heading for the Office of Assistant Secretary for Congres5 sional Relations may be obligated after 30 days from the 

6 date of enactment of this Act, unless the Secretary has 

7 notified the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

8 of Congress on the allocation of these funds by USDA 

9 agency. 

10 EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS

11 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief 

13 Economist, $16,777,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be for 

14 grants or cooperative agreements for policy research under 

15 7 U.S.C. 3155. 

16 NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION

17 For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Divi18 sion, $13,317,000. 

19 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and 

21 Program Analysis, $9,392,000. 

22 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

23 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In24 formation Officer, $45,045,000, of which not less than 


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1 $28,000,000 is for cybersecurity requirements of the De2 partment. 

3 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi5 nancial Officer, $6,028,000. 

6 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL

7 RIGHTS

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 

9 Secretary for Civil Rights, $898,000. 

10 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

12 $24,070,000. 

13 AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

15 For payment of space rental and related costs pursu16 ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant 

17 to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Adminis18 trator of General Services to the Department of Agri19 culture under 40 U.S.C. 121, for programs and activities 

20 of the Department which are included in this Act, and for 

21 alterations and other actions needed for the Department 

22 and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into con23 figurations suitable for release to the Administrator of 

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1 ties, and for related costs, $53,618,000, to remain avail2 able until expended, for buildings operations and mainte3 nance expenses: Provided, That the Secretary may use un4 obligated prior year balances of an agency or office that 

5 are no longer available for new obligation to cover short6 falls incurred in prior or current year rental payments for 

7 such agency or office. 

8 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

10 For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri11 culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental 

12 Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 

13 9601 et seq.) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery 

14 Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), $3,618,000, to remain avail15 able until expended: Provided, That appropriations and 

16 funds available herein to the Department for Hazardous 

17 Materials Management may be transferred to any agency 

18 of the Department for its use in meeting all requirements 

19 pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and non-Federal 

20 lands. 

21 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

23 General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector 

24 General Act of 1978, $95,294,000, including such sums 

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1 ments with public agencies and private persons pursuant 

2 to section 6(a)(9) of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 

3 and including not to exceed $125,000 for certain confiden4 tial operational expenses, including the payment of inform5 ants, to be expended under the direction of the Inspector 

6 General pursuant to Public Law 95–452 and section 1337 

7 of Public Law 97–98. 

8 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

9 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 

10 Counsel, $44,383,000. 

11 OFFICE OF ETHICS

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics, 

13 $3,654,000. 

14 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 

15 EDUCATION, AND ECONOMICS

16 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

17 Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, 

18 $898,000. 

19 ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE

20 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research 

21 Service, $85,373,000. 

22 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

23 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 

24 Statistics Service, $168,108,000, of which up to 

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1 sus of Agriculture: Provided, That amounts made available 

2 for the Census of Agriculture may be used to conduct Cur3 rent Industrial Report surveys subject to 7 U.S.C. 

4 2204g(d) and (f). 

5 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research 

8 Service and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, 

9 or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and 

10 for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of 

11 equal value or shall be equalized by a payment of money 

12 to the grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent of the 

13 total value of the land or interests transferred out of Fed14 eral ownership, $1,136,825,000: Provided, That appro15 priations hereunder shall be available for the operation 

16 and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to 

17 exceed one for replacement only: Provided further, That 

18 appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 

19 U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, alteration, and repair 

20 of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise pro21 vided, the cost of constructing any one building shall not 

22 exceed $375,000, except for headhouses or greenhouses 

23 which shall each be limited to $1,200,000, and except for 

24 10 buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not 

25 to exceed $750,000 each, and the cost of altering any one 


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1 building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent 

2 of the current replacement value of the building or 

3 $375,000, whichever is greater: Provided further, That the 

4 limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall not 

5 apply to modernization or replacement of existing facilities 

6 at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That appropria7 tions hereunder shall be available for granting easements 

8 at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Provided 

9 further, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to 

10 replacement of buildings needed to carry out the Act of 

11 April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That 

12 appropriations hereunder shall be available for granting 

13 easements at any Agricultural Research Service location 

14 for the construction of a research facility by a non-Federal 

15 entity for use by, and acceptable to, the Agricultural Re16 search Service and a condition of the easements shall be 

17 that upon completion the facility shall be accepted by the 

18 Secretary, subject to the availability of funds herein, if the 

19 Secretary finds that acceptance of the facility is in the 

20 interest of the United States: Provided further, That funds 

21 may be received from any State, other political subdivi22 sion, organization, or individual for the purpose of estab23 lishing or operating any research facility or research 

24 project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized 

25 by law. 


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1 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

2 RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

3 For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 

4 cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 

5 for other expenses, $791,096,000, which shall be for the 

6 purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled 

7 ‘‘National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Research 

8 and Education Activities’’ in the report accompanying this 

9 Act: Provided, That funds for research grants for 1994 

10 institutions, education grants for 1890 institutions, capac11 ity building for non-land-grant colleges of agriculture, the 

12 agriculture and food research initiative, veterinary medi13 cine loan repayment, multicultural scholars, graduate fel14 lowship and institution challenge grants, and grants man15 agement systems shall remain available until expended: 

16 Provided further, That each institution eligible to receive 

17 funds under the Evans-Allen program receives no less 

18 than $1,000,000: Provided further, That funds for edu19 cation grants for Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian20 serving institutions be made available to individual eligible 

21 institutions or consortia of eligible institutions with funds 

22 awarded equally to each of the States of Alaska and Ha23 waii: Provided further, That funds for education grants for 

24 1890 institutions shall be made available to institutions 

25 eligible to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222: 


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1 Provided further, That not more than 5 percent of the 

2 amounts made available by this or any other Act to carry 

3 out the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative under 

4 7 U.S.C. 450i(b) may be retained by the Secretary of Ag5 riculture to pay administrative costs incurred by the Sec6 retary in carrying out that authority. 

7 HISPANIC-SERVING AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES AND

8 UNIVERSITIES ENDOWMENT FUND

9 For the Hispanic-Serving Agricultural Colleges and 

10 Universities Endowment Fund under section 1456(b) (7 

11 U.S.C. 3243(b)) of the National Agricultural Research, 

12 Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, $10,000,000, 

13 to remain available until expended. 

14 NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND

15 For the Native American Institutions Endowment 

16 Fund authorized by Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 

17 note), $11,880,000, to remain available until expended. 

18 EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

19 For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 

20 Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, the 

21 Northern Marianas, and American Samoa, $488,891,000, 

22 which shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, speci23 fied in the table titled ‘‘National Institute of Food and 

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1 provements at 1890 institutions shall remain available 

2 until expended: Provided further, That institutions eligible 

3 to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 for cooperative ex4 tension receive no less than $1,000,000: Provided further, 

5 That funds for cooperative extension under sections 3(b) 

6 and (c) of the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b) and (c)) 

7 and section 208(c) of Public Law 93–471 shall be avail8 able for retirement and employees’ compensation costs for 

9 extension agents. 

10 INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES

11 For the integrated research, education, and extension 

12 grants programs, including necessary administrative ex13 penses, $13,700,000, which shall be for the purposes, and 

14 in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘National In15 stitute of Food and Agriculture, Integrated Activities’’ in 

16 the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That funds 

17 for the Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative shall re18 main available until September 30, 2017. 

19 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING

20 AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

22 Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, 

23 $898,000. 


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1 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant 

5 Health Inspection Service, including up to $30,000 for 

6 representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to 

7 the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4085), 

8 $876,465,000, of which $470,000, to remain available 

9 until expended, shall be available for the control of out10 breaks of insects, plant diseases, animal diseases and for 

11 control of pest animals and birds (‘‘contingency fund’’) to 

12 the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions; of 

13 which $11,520,000, to remain available until expended, 

14 shall be used for the cotton pests program for cost share 

15 purposes or for debt retirement for active eradication 

16 zones; of which $35,339,000, to remain available until ex17 pended, shall be for Animal Health Technical Services; of 

18 which $697,000 shall be for activities under the authority 

19 of the Horse Protection Act of 1970, as amended (15 

20 U.S.C. 1831); of which $52,340,000, to remain available 

21 until expended, shall be used to support avian health; of 

22 which $4,251,000, to remain available until expended, 

23 shall be for information technology infrastructure; of 

24 which $156,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

25 shall be for specialty crop pests; of which, $8,826,000, to 


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1 remain available until expended, shall be for field crop and 

2 rangeland ecosystem pests; of which $54,000,000, to re3 main available until expended, shall be for tree and wood 

4 pests; of which $3,973,000, to remain available until ex5 pended, shall be for the National Veterinary Stockpile; of 

6 which up to $1,500,000, to remain available until ex7 pended, shall be for the scrapie program for indemnities; 

8 of which $1,500,000, to remain available until expended, 

9 shall be for the wildlife damage management program for 

10 aviation safety: Provided, That of amounts available under 

11 this heading for wildlife services methods development, 

12 $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro13 vided further, That of amounts available under this head14 ing for the screwworm program, $4,990,000 shall remain 

15 available until expended: Provided further, That no funds 

16 shall be used to formulate or administer a brucellosis 

17 eradication program for the current fiscal year that does 

18 not require minimum matching by the States of at least 

19 40 percent: Provided further, That this appropriation shall 

20 be available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft 

21 and the purchase of not to exceed four, of which two shall 

22 be for replacement only: Provided further, That in addi23 tion, in emergencies which threaten any segment of the 

24 agricultural production industry of this country, the Sec25 retary may transfer from other appropriations or funds 


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1 available to the agencies or corporations of the Depart2 ment such sums as may be deemed necessary, to be avail3 able only in such emergencies for the arrest and eradi4 cation of contagious or infectious disease or pests of ani5 mals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses in accordance 

6 with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Animal Health Pro7 tection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and sections 431 

8 and 442 of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7751 and 

9 7772), and any unexpended balances of funds transferred 

10 for such emergency purposes in the preceding fiscal year 

11 shall be merged with such transferred amounts: Provided 

12 further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available 

13 pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alter14 ation of leased buildings and improvements, but unless 

15 otherwise provided the cost of altering any one building 

16 during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the 

17 current replacement value of the building. 

18 In fiscal year 2016, the agency is authorized to collect 

19 fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assist20 ance, goods, or services requested by States, other political 

21 subdivisions, domestic and international organizations, 

22 foreign governments, or individuals, provided that such 

23 fees are structured such that any entity’s liability for such 

24 fees is reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods, 

25 or services provided to the entity by the agency, and such 


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1 fees shall be reimbursed to this account, to remain avail2 able until expended, without further appropriation, for 

3 providing such assistance, goods, or services. 

4 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

5 For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte6 nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al7 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as 

8 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and acquisition of land as 

9 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $3,175,000, to remain avail10 able until expended. 

11 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

12 MARKETING SERVICES

13 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing 

14 Service, $81,192,000: Provided, That this appropriation 

15 shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the 

16 alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but 

17 the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year 

18 shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 

19 value of the building. 

20 Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 

21 activities, as established by regulation pursuant to law (31 

22 U.S.C. 9701). 

23 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

24 Not to exceed $60,982,000 (from fees collected) shall 

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1 tive expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated 

2 and/or other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may 

3 exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification 

4 to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

5 Congress. 

6 FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND

7 SUPPLY (SECTION 32)

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

9 Funds available under section 32 of the Act of Au10 gust 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for com11 modity program expenses as authorized therein, and other 

12 related operating expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the 

13 Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and 

14 Wildlife Act of August 8, 1956; (2) transfers otherwise 

15 provided in this Act; and (3) not more than $20,489,000 

16 for formulation and administration of marketing agree17 ments and orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing 

18 Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural Act of 1961. 

19 PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

20 For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus 

21 and departments of markets, and similar agencies for 

22 marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricul23 tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), 

24 $1,235,000. 


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1 GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS

2 ADMINISTRATION

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses of the Grain Inspection, 

5 Packers and Stockyards Administration, $43,048,000: 

6 Provided, That this appropriation shall be available pursu7 ant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair 

8 of buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering 

9 any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 

10 10 percent of the current replacement value of the build11 ing. 

12 LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES

13 EXPENSES

14 Not to exceed $55,000,000 (from fees collected) shall 

15 be obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection 

16 and weighing services: Provided, That if grain export ac17 tivities require additional supervision and oversight, or 

18 other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be 

19 exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the Com20 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

21 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

23 Secretary for Food Safety, $816,000. 


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1 FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE

2 For necessary expenses to carry out services author3 ized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry 

4 Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection 

5 Act, including not to exceed $50,000 for representation 

6 allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the 

7 Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), 

8 $1,013,621,000; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be cred9 ited to this account from fees collected for the cost of lab10 oratory accreditation as authorized by section 1327 of the 

11 Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 

12 (7 U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That funds provided for the 

13 Public Health Data Communication Infrastructure system 

14 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

15 That no fewer than 148 full-time equivalent positions shall 

16 be employed during fiscal year 2016 for purposes dedi17 cated solely to inspections and enforcement related to the 

18 Humane Methods of Slaughter Act: Provided further, That 

19 the Food Safety and Inspection Service shall continue im20 plementation of section 11016 of Public Law 110–246 as 

21 further clarified by the amendments made in section 

22 12106 of Public Law 113–79: Provided further, That this 

23 appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 

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1 ing the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the cur2 rent replacement value of the building. 

3 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM AND

4 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICES

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

6 Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, 

7 $898,000. 

8 FARM SERVICE AGENCY

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

11 For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency, 

12 $1,180,391,000: Provided, That not more than 50 percent 

13 of the $112,575,000 made available under this heading 

14 for information technology related to farm program deliv15 ery, including the Modernize and Innovate the Delivery of 

16 Agricultural Systems (MIDAS) and other farm program 

17 delivery systems, may be obligated until the Secretary sub18 mits to the Committees on Appropriations a plan for ex19 penditure that (1) identifies for each project/investment 

20 over $25,000 (a) the functional and performance capabili21 ties to be delivered and the mission benefits to be realized, 

22 (b) the estimated lifecycle cost, including estimates for de23 velopment as well as maintenance and operations, and (c) 

24 key milestones to be met; (2) demonstrates that each 

25 project/investment is, (a) consistent with the Farm Service 


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1 Agency Information Technology Roadmap, (b) being man2 aged in accordance with applicable lifecycle management 

3 policies and guidance, and (c) subject to the applicable De4 partment’s capital planning and investment control re5 quirements; and (3) has been submitted to the Govern6 ment Accountability Office: Provided further, That the 

7 agency shall submit a report by the end of the fourth quar8 ter of fiscal year 2016 to the Committees on Appropria9 tions and the Government Accountability Office, that iden10 tifies for each project/investment that is operational (a) 

11 current performance against key indicators of customer 

12 satisfaction, (b) current performance of service level agree13 ments or other technical metrics, (c) current performance 

14 against a pre-established cost baseline, (d) a detailed 

15 breakdown of current and planned spending on oper16 ational enhancements or upgrades, and (e) an assessment 

17 of whether the investment continues to meet business 

18 needs as intended as well as alternatives to the investment: 

19 Provided further, That the Secretary is authorized to use 

20 the services, facilities, and authorities (but not the funds) 

21 of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make program 

22 payments for all programs administered by the Agency: 

23 Provided further, That other funds made available to the 

24 Agency for authorized activities may be advanced to and 

25 merged with this account: Provided further, That funds 


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1 made available to county committees shall remain avail2 able until expended: Provided further, That none of the 

3 funds available to the Farm Service Agency shall be used 

4 to close Farm Service Agency county offices: Provided fur5 ther, That none of the funds available to the Farm Service 

6 Agency shall be used to permanently relocate county based 

7 employees that would result in an office with two or fewer 

8 employees without prior notification and approval of the 

9 Committees on Appropriations. 

10 STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

11 For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul12 tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101– 

13 5106), $3,404,000. 

14 GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM

15 For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or 

16 groundwater protection activities under section 1240O of 

17 the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–2), 

18 $6,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

19 DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 

22 payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy 

23 products under a dairy indemnity program, such sums as 

24 may be necessary, to remain available until expended: Pro25 vided, That such program is carried out by the Secretary 


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1 in the same manner as the dairy indemnity program de2 scribed in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 

3 Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria4 tions Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387, 114 Stat. 1549A– 

5 12). 

6 AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM

7 ACCOUNT

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

9 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di10 rect and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et 

11 seq.) and operating (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, emer12 gency loans (7 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.), Indian tribe land ac13 quisition loans (25 U.S.C. 488), boll weevil loans (7 

14 U.S.C. 1989), guaranteed conservation loans (7 U.S.C. 

15 1924 et seq.), and Indian highly fractionated land loans 

16 (25 U.S.C. 488) to be available from funds in the Agricul17 tural Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: $2,000,000,000 

18 for guaranteed farm ownership loans and $1,500,000,000 

19 for farm ownership direct loans; $1,393,443,000 for un20 subsidized guaranteed operating loans and 

21 $1,252,004,000 for direct operating loans; emergency 

22 loans, $34,667,000; Indian tribe land acquisition loans, 

23 $2,000,000; guaranteed conservation loans, 

24 $150,000,000; Indian highly fractionated land loans, 

25 $10,000,000; and for boll weevil eradication program 


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1 loans, $60,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary shall 

2 deem the pink bollworm to be a boll weevil for the purpose 

3 of boll weevil eradication program loans. 

4 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans and 

5 grants, including the cost of modifying loans as defined 

6 in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 

7 as follows: farm operating loans, $53,961,000 for direct 

8 operating loans, $14,352,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed 

9 operating loans, and emergency loans, $1,262,000, to re10 main available until expended. 

11 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

12 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

13 $314,918,000, of which $306,998,000 shall be transferred 

14 to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service 

15 Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

16 Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural 

17 Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership, 

18 operating and conservation direct loans and guaranteed 

19 loans may be transferred among these programs: Pro20 vided, That the Committees on Appropriations of both 

21 Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in ad22 vance of any transfer. 


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1 RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Risk Management 

4 Agency, $74,829,000: Provided, That not to exceed 

5 $1,000 shall be available for official reception and rep6 resentation expenses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i). 

7 CORPORATIONS 

8 The following corporations and agencies are hereby 

9 authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of 

10 funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor11 poration or agency and in accord with law, and to make 

12 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 

13 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 

14 Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying 

15 out the programs set forth in the budget for the current 

16 fiscal year for such corporation or agency, except as here17 inafter provided. 

18 FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND

19 For payments as authorized by section 516 of the 

20 Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516), such sums 

21 as may be necessary, to remain available until expended. 


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1 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND

2 REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be nec5 essary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for 

6 net realized losses sustained, but not previously reim7 bursed, pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 

8 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a–11): Provided, That of the funds 

9 available to the Commodity Credit Corporation under sec10 tion 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act 

11 (15 U.S.C. 714i) for the conduct of its business with the 

12 Foreign Agricultural Service, up to $5,000,000 may be 

13 transferred to and used by the Foreign Agricultural Serv14 ice for information resource management activities of the 

15 Foreign Agricultural Service that are not related to Com16 modity Credit Corporation business. 

17 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

18 (LIMITATION ON EXPENSES)

19 For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit 

20 Corporation shall not expend more than $5,000,000 for 

21 site investigation and cleanup expenses, and operations 

22 and maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement 

23 of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental 

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1 9607(g)), and section 6001 of the Resource Conservation 

2 and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6961). 

3 TITLE II 

4 CONSERVATION PROGRAMS 

5 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL

6 RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

8 Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, 

9 $898,000. 

10 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE

11 CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

12 For necessary expenses for carrying out the provi13 sions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), 

14 including preparation of conservation plans and establish15 ment of measures to conserve soil and water (including 

16 farm irrigation and land drainage and such special meas17 ures for soil and water management as may be necessary 

18 to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to con19 trol agricultural related pollutants); operation of conserva20 tion plant materials centers; classification and mapping of 

21 soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands, 

22 water, and interests therein for use in the plant materials 

23 program by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal 

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1 ation or improvement of permanent and temporary build2 ings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, 

3 $855,209,000, to remain available until September 30, 

4 2017: Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall be 

5 available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for construction and 

6 improvement of buildings and public improvements at 

7 plant materials centers, except that the cost of alterations 

8 and improvements to other buildings and other public im9 provements shall not exceed $250,000: Provided further, 

10 That when buildings or other structures are erected on 

11 non-Federal land, that the right to use such land is ob12 tained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a: Provided further, 

13 That of the amounts made available under this heading, 

14 $5,600,000, shall remain available until expended for the 

15 authorities under 16 U.S.C. 1001–1005 and 1007–1009 

16 for authorized ongoing watershed projects with a primary 

17 purpose of providing water to rural communities: Provided 

18 further, That of the amounts made available under this 

19 heading, $5,000,000 shall remain available until expended 

20 for the authorities under section 13 of the Flood Control 

21 Act of December 22, 1944 (Public Law 78–534) for au22 thorized ongoing projects with a primary purpose of water23 shed protection by stabilizing stream channels, tributaries, 

24 and banks to reduce erosion and sediment transport. 


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1 TITLE III 

2 RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 

3 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL

4 DEVELOPMENT

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

6 Secretary for Rural Development, $898,000. 

7 RURAL DEVELOPMENT SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

9 For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis10 tration and implementation of programs in the Rural De11 velopment mission area, including activities with institu12 tions concerning the development and operation of agricul13 tural cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements; 

14 $228,701,000: Provided, That no less than $19,500,000 

15 shall be for the Comprehensive Loan Accounting System: 

16 Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi17 sion of law, funds appropriated under this heading may 

18 be used for advertising and promotional activities that 

19 support the Rural Development mission area: Provided 

20 further, That any balances available from prior years for 

21 the Rural Utilities Service, Rural Housing Service, and 

22 the Rural Business–Cooperative Service salaries and ex23 penses accounts shall be transferred to and merged with 

24 this appropriation. 


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1 RURAL HOUSING SERVICE

2 RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di5 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the 

6 Housing Act of 1949, to be available from funds in the 

7 rural housing insurance fund, as follows: $900,000,000 

8 shall be for direct loans and $24,000,000,000 shall be for 

9 unsubsidized guaranteed loans; $26,278,000 for section 

10 504 housing repair loans; $28,398,000 for section 515 

11 rental housing; $200,000,000 for section 538 guaranteed 

12 multi-family housing loans; $10,000,000 for credit sales 

13 of single family housing acquired property; $5,000,000 for 

14 section 523 self-help housing land development loans; and 

15 $5,000,000 for section 524 site development loans. 

16 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 

17 the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of 

18 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section 

19 502 loans, $60,750,000 shall be for direct loans; section 

20 504 housing repair loans, $3,424,000; and repair, rehabili21 tation, and new construction of section 515 rental housing, 

22 $8,414,000: Provided, That to support the loan program 

23 level for section 538 guaranteed loans made available 

24 under this heading the Secretary may charge or adjust 

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1 tees pursuant to the provisions of the Credit Reform Act 

2 of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.), and the interest on such 

3 loans may not be subsidized: Provided further, That appli4 cants in communities that have a current rural area waiv5 er under section 541 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 

6 U.S.C. 1490q) shall be treated as living in a rural area 

7 for purposes of section 502 guaranteed loans provided 

8 under this heading: Provided further, That of the amounts 

9 available under this paragraph for section 502 direct 

10 loans, no less than $5,000,000 shall be available for direct 

11 loans for individuals whose homes will be built pursuant 

12 to a program funded with a mutual and self-help housing 

13 grant authorized by section 523 of the Housing Act of 

14 1949 until June 1, 2016. 

15 In addition, for the cost of direct loans, grants, and 

16 contracts, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, 

17 $15,053,000, to remain available until expended, for direct 

18 farm labor housing loans and domestic farm labor housing 

19 grants and contracts: Provided, That any balances avail20 able for the Farm Labor Program Account shall be trans21 ferred to and merged with this account. 

22 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

23 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

24 $415,100,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 


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1 appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Ex2 penses’’. 

3 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

4 For rental assistance agreements entered into or re5 newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) 

6 or agreements entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or 

7 payments for eligible households as authorized by section 

8 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, 

9 $1,167,000,000; and, in addition, such sums as may be 

10 necessary, as authorized by section 521(c) of the Act, to 

11 liquidate debt incurred prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry 

12 out the rental assistance program under section 521(a)(2) 

13 of the Act: Provided, That rental assistance agreements 

14 entered into or renewed during the current fiscal year 

15 shall be funded for a 1-year period: Provided further, That 

16 rental assistance contracts will not be renewed within the 

17 12-month contract period: Provided further, That any un18 expended balances remaining at the end of such 1-year 

19 agreements may be transferred and used for the purposes 

20 of any debt reduction; maintenance, repair, or rehabilita21 tion of any existing projects; preservation; and rental as22 sistance activities authorized under title V of the Act: Pro23 vided further, That rental assistance provided under agree24 ments entered into prior to fiscal year 2016 for a farm 

25 labor multi-family housing project financed under section 


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1 514 or 516 of the Act may not be recaptured for use in 

2 another project until such assistance has remained unused 

3 for a period of 12 consecutive months, if such project has 

4 a waiting list of tenants seeking such assistance or the 

5 project has rental assistance eligible tenants who are not 

6 receiving such assistance: Provided further, That such re7 captured rental assistance shall, to the extent practicable, 

8 be applied to another farm labor multi-family housing 

9 project financed under section 514 or 516 of the Act. 

10 MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING REVITALIZATION PROGRAM

11 ACCOUNT

12 For the rural housing voucher program as authorized 

13 under section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but not14 withstanding subsection (b) of such section, and for addi15 tional costs to conduct a demonstration program for the 

16 preservation and revitalization of multi-family rental hous17 ing properties described in this paragraph, $24,000,000, 

18 to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 

19 funds made available under this heading, $7,000,000, 

20 shall be available for rural housing vouchers to any low21 income household (including those not receiving rental as22 sistance) residing in a property financed with a section 

23 515 loan which has been prepaid after September 30, 

24 2005: Provided further, That the amount of such voucher 

25 shall be the difference between comparable market rent 


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1 for the section 515 unit and the tenant paid rent for such 

2 unit: Provided further, That funds made available for such 

3 vouchers shall be subject to the availability of annual ap4 propriations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, 

5 to the maximum extent practicable, administer such 

6 vouchers with current regulations and administrative guid7 ance applicable to section 8 housing vouchers administered 

8 by the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban 

9 Development: Provided further, That if the Secretary de10 termines that the amount made available for vouchers in 

11 this or any other Act is not needed for vouchers, the Sec12 retary may use such funds for the demonstration program 

13 for the preservation and revitalization of multi-family 

14 rental housing properties described in this paragraph: Pro15 vided further, That of the funds made available under this 

16 heading, $17,000,000 shall be available for a demonstra17 tion program for the preservation and revitalization of the 

18 sections 514, 515, and 516 multi-family rental housing 

19 properties to restructure existing USDA multi-family 

20 housing loans, as the Secretary deems appropriate, ex21 pressly for the purposes of ensuring the project has suffi22 cient resources to preserve the project for the purpose of 

23 providing safe and affordable housing for low-income resi24 dents and farm laborers including reducing or eliminating 

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1 or reamortizing loan debt; and other financial assistance 

2 including advances, payments and incentives (including 

3 the ability of owners to obtain reasonable returns on in4 vestment) required by the Secretary: Provided further, 

5 That the Secretary shall as part of the preservation and 

6 revitalization agreement obtain a restrictive use agreement 

7 consistent with the terms of the restructuring: Provided 

8 further, That if the Secretary determines that additional 

9 funds for vouchers described in this paragraph are needed, 

10 funds for the preservation and revitalization demonstra11 tion program may be used for such vouchers: Provided fur12 ther, That if Congress enacts legislation to permanently 

13 authorize a multi-family rental housing loan restructuring 

14 program similar to the demonstration program described 

15 herein, the Secretary may use funds made available for 

16 the demonstration program under this heading to carry 

17 out such legislation with the prior approval of the Commit18 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Pro19 vided further, That in addition to any other available 

20 funds, the Secretary may expend not more than 

21 $1,000,000 total, from the program funds made available 

22 under this heading, for administrative expenses for activi23 ties funded under this heading. 


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1 MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS

2 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 

3 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 

4 1490c), $27,500,000, to remain available until expended. 

5 RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS

6 For grants for very low-income housing repair and 

7 rural housing preservation made by the Rural Housing 

8 Service, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1474, and 1490m, 

9 $32,239,000, to remain available until expended. 

10 RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

12 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di13 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 

14 and described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated 

15 Farm and Rural Development Act, $2,200,000,000 for di16 rect loans and $84,746,000 for guaranteed loans. 

17 For the cost of guaranteed loans, including the cost 

18 of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Con19 gressional Budget Act of 1974, $2,000,000, to remain 

20 available until expended. 

21 For the cost of grants for rural community facilities 

22 programs as authorized by section 306 and described in 

23 section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 

24 Development Act, $26,778,000, to remain available until 

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1 propriated under this heading shall be available for a 

2 Rural Community Development Initiative: Provided fur3 ther, That such funds shall be used solely to develop the 

4 capacity and ability of private, nonprofit community-based 

5 housing and community development organizations, low6 income rural communities, and Federally Recognized Na7 tive American Tribes to undertake projects to improve 

8 housing, community facilities, community and economic 

9 development projects in rural areas: Provided further, 

10 That such funds shall be made available to qualified pri11 vate, nonprofit and public intermediary organizations pro12 posing to carry out a program of financial and technical 

13 assistance: Provided further, That such intermediary orga14 nizations shall provide matching funds from other sources, 

15 including Federal funds for related activities, in an 

16 amount not less than funds provided: Provided further, 

17 That $5,778,000 of the amount appropriated under this 

18 heading shall be to provide grants for facilities in rural 

19 communities with extreme unemployment and severe eco20 nomic depression (Public Law 106–387), with up to 5 per21 cent for administration and capacity building in the State 

22 rural development offices: Provided further, That 

23 $4,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head24 ing shall be available for community facilities grants to 

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1 Act: Provided further, That sections 381E–H and 381N 

2 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are 

3 not applicable to the funds made available under this 

4 heading. 

5 RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE

6 RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 For the cost of loan guarantees and grants, for the 

9 rural business development programs authorized by sec10 tion 310B and described in subsections (a), (c), (f) and 

11 (g) of section 310B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 

12 Development Act, $62,687,000, to remain available until 

13 expended: Provided, That of the amount appropriated 

14 under this heading, not to exceed $500,000 shall be made 

15 available for one grant to a qualified national organization 

16 to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in 

17 order to promote economic development and $3,000,000 

18 shall be for grants to the Delta Regional Authority (7 

19 U.S.C. 2009aa et seq.) for any Rural Community Ad20 vancement Program purpose as described in section 

21 381E(d) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop22 ment Act, of which not more than 5 percent may be used 

23 for administrative expenses: Provided further, That 

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1 nized Native American Tribes, including $250,000 for a 

2 grant to a qualified national organization to provide tech3 nical assistance for rural transportation in order to pro4 mote economic development: Provided further, That for 

5 purposes of determining eligibility or level of program as6 sistance the Secretary shall not include incarcerated pris7 on populations: Provided further, That sections 381E–H 

8 and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop9 ment Act are not applicable to funds made available under 

10 this heading. 

11 INTERMEDIARY RELENDING PROGRAM FUND ACCOUNT

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author14 ized by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Ac15 count (7 U.S.C. 1936b), $18,889,000. 

16 For the cost of direct loans, $5,217,000, as author17 ized by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Ac18 count (7 U.S.C. 1936b), of which $531,000 shall be avail19 able through June 30, 2016, for Federally Recognized Na20 tive American Tribes; and of which $1,021,000 shall be 

21 available through June 30, 2016, for Mississippi Delta Re22 gion counties (as determined in accordance with Public 

23 Law 100–460): Provided, That such costs, including the 

24 cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 

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1 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

2 the direct loan programs, $4,439,000 shall be transferred 

3 to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Develop4 ment, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

5 RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM

6 ACCOUNT

7 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

8 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author9 ized under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, 

10 for the purpose of promoting rural economic development, 

11 energy efficiency, and job creation projects, $48,013,000. 

12 Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of 

13 credit payments, as authorized by section 313 of the Rural 

14 Electrification Act of 1936, $182,000,000 shall not be ob15 ligated and $182,000,000 are rescinded. 

16 RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

17 For rural cooperative development grants authorized 

18 under section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and 

19 Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $22,050,000, of 

20 which $2,500,000 shall be for cooperative agreements for 

21 the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas pro22 gram: Provided, That not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be 

23 for grants for cooperative development centers, individual 

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1 rectors or governing boards of which are comprised of in2 dividuals who are members of socially disadvantaged 

3 groups; and of which $10,750,000, to remain available 

4 until expended, shall be for value-added agricultural prod5 uct market development grants, as authorized by section 

6 231 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (7 

7 U.S.C. 1632a). 

8 RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM

9 For the cost of a program of loan guarantees, under 

10 the same terms and conditions as authorized by section 

11 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 

12 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), $500,000: Provided, That the cost 

13 of loan guarantees, including the cost of modifying such 

14 loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres15 sional Budget Act of 1974. 

16 RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE

17 RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

19 For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and 

20 grants for the rural water, waste water, waste disposal, 

21 and solid waste management programs authorized by sec22 tions 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B and de23 scribed in sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, and 

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1 pended, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be avail2 able for the rural utilities program described in section 

3 306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, and of which not to exceed 

4 $993,000 shall be available for the rural utilities program 

5 described in section 306E of such Act: Provided, That 

6 $66,500,000 of the amount appropriated under this head7 ing shall be for loans and grants including water and 

8 waste disposal systems grants authorized by 

9 306C(a)(2)(B) and 306D of the Consolidated Farm and 

10 Rural Development Act, Federally Recognized Native 

11 American Tribes authorized by 306C(a)(1), and the De12 partment of Hawaiian Home Lands (of the State of Ha13 waii): Provided further, That funding provided for section 

14 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 

15 Act may be provided to a consortium formed pursuant to 

16 section 325 of Public Law 105–83: Provided further, That 

17 not more than 2 percent of the funding provided for sec18 tion 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop19 ment Act may be used by the State of Alaska for training 

20 and technical assistance programs and not more than 2 

21 percent of the funding provided for section 306D of the 

22 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may be 

23 used by a consortium formed pursuant to section 325 of 

24 Public Law 105–83 for training and technical assistance 

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1 $19,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head2 ing shall be for technical assistance grants for rural water 

3 and waste systems pursuant to section 306(a)(14) of such 

4 Act, unless the Secretary makes a determination of ex5 treme need, of which $6,000,000 shall be made available 

6 for a grant to a qualified nonprofit multi-State regional 

7 technical assistance organization, with experience in work8 ing with small communities on water and waste water 

9 problems, the principal purpose of such grant shall be to 

10 assist rural communities with populations of 3,300 or less, 

11 in improving the planning, financing, development, oper12 ation, and management of water and waste water systems, 

13 and of which not less than $800,000 shall be for a quali14 fied national Native American organization to provide 

15 technical assistance for rural water systems for tribal com16 munities: Provided further, That not to exceed 

17 $16,500,000 of the amount appropriated under this head18 ing shall be for contracting with qualified national organi19 zations for a circuit rider program to provide technical as20 sistance for rural water systems: Provided further, That 

21 not to exceed $4,000,000 shall be for solid waste manage22 ment grants: Provided further, That $10,000,000 of the 

23 amount appropriated under this heading shall be trans24 ferred to, and merged with, the Rural Utilities Service, 

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1 thorized under section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act 

2 of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a): Provided further, That any prior 

3 year balances for high-energy cost grants authorized by 

4 section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 

5 U.S.C. 918a) shall be transferred to and merged with the 

6 Rural Utilities Service, High Energy Cost Grants Ac7 count: Provided further, That sections 381E–H and 381N 

8 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are 

9 not applicable to the funds made available under this 

10 heading. 

11 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

12 LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 The principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans 

15 as authorized by sections 305 and 306 of the Rural Elec16 trification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935 and 936) shall be 

17 made as follows: loans made pursuant to section 306 of 

18 that Act, rural electric, $6,000,000,000; guaranteed un19 derwriting loans pursuant to section 313A, $750,000,000; 

20 5 percent rural telecommunications loans, cost of money 

21 rural telecommunications loans, and for loans made pursu22 ant to section 306 of that Act, rural telecommunications 

23 loans, $690,000,000: Provided, That up to 

24 $2,000,000,000 shall be used for the construction, acquisi25 tion, or improvement of fossil-fueled electric generating 


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1 plants (whether new or existing) that utilize carbon se2 questration systems. 

3 For the cost of direct loans as authorized by section 

4 305 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 

5 935), including the cost of modifying loans, as defined in 

6 section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, cost 

7 of money rural telecommunications loans, $104,000. 

8 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

9 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

10 $34,478,000, which shall be transferred to and merged 

11 with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries 

12 and Expenses’’. 

13 DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND

14 PROGRAM

15 For the principal amount of broadband telecommuni16 cation loans, $20,576,000. 

17 For grants for telemedicine and distance learning 

18 services in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa 

19 et seq., $22,000,000, to remain available until expended: 

20 Provided, That $3,000,000 shall be made available for 

21 grants authorized by 379G of the Consolidated Farm and 

22 Rural Development Act: Provided further, That funding 

23 provided under this heading for grants under 379G of the 

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1 be provided to entities that meet all of the eligibility cri2 teria for a consortium as established by this section. 

3 For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by 

4 section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act, $4,500,000, 

5 to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 

6 cost of direct loans shall be as defined in section 502 of 

7 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

8 In addition, $10,372,000, to remain available until 

9 expended, for a grant program to finance broadband 

10 transmission in rural areas eligible for Distance Learning 

11 and Telemedicine Program benefits authorized by 7 

12 U.S.C. 950aaa. 

13 TITLE IV 

14 DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 

15 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, 

16 NUTRITION, AND CONSUMER SERVICES

17 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

18 Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, 

19 $816,000. 

20 FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE

21 CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

23 For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. 

24 Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et 

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1 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and 

2 21; $21,524,377,000 to remain available through Sep3 tember 30, 2017, of which such sums as are made avail4 able under section 14222(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation, 

5 and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246), as 

6 amended by this Act, shall be merged with and available 

7 for the same time period and purposes as provided herein: 

8 Provided, That of the total amount available, $17,004,000 

9 shall be available to carry out section 19 of the Child Nu10 trition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.): Provided 

11 further, That of the total amount available, $25,000,000 

12 shall be available to provide competitive grants to State 

13 agencies for subgrants to local educational agencies and 

14 schools to purchase the equipment needed to serve 

15 healthier meals, improve food safety, and to help support 

16 the establishment, maintenance, or expansion of the school 

17 breakfast program: Provided further, That of the total 

18 amount available, $16,000,000 shall remain available until 

19 expended to carry out section 749(g) of the Agriculture 

20 Appropriations Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–80). 

21 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR

22 WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)

23 For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup24 plemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 

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1 $6,513,000,000, to remain available through September 

2 30, 2017: Provided, That notwithstanding section 

3 17(h)(10) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 

4 1786(h)(10)), not less than $60,000,000 shall be used for 

5 breastfeeding peer counselors and other related activities, 

6 $13,600,000 shall be used for infrastructure, $55,000,000 

7 shall be used for management information systems: Pro8 vided further, That none of the funds provided in this ac9 count shall be available for the purchase of infant formula 

10 except in accordance with the cost containment and com11 petitive bidding requirements specified in section 17 of 

12 such Act: Provided further, That none of the funds pro13 vided shall be available for activities that are not fully re14 imbursed by other Federal Government departments or 

15 agencies unless authorized by section 17 of such Act: Pro16 vided further, That upon termination of a federally man17 dated vendor moratorium and subject to terms and condi18 tions established by the Secretary, the Secretary may 

19 waive the requirement at 7 CFR 246.12(g)(6) at the re20 quest of a State agency. 

21 SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

22 For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and 

23 Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), 

24 $81,662,069,000, of which $3,000,000,000, to remain 

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1 reserve for use only in such amounts and at such times 

2 as may become necessary to carry out program operations: 

3 Provided, That funds provided herein shall be expended 

4 in accordance with section 16 of the Food and Nutrition 

5 Act of 2008: Provided further, That of the funds made 

6 available under this heading, $998,000 may be used to 

7 provide nutrition education services to State agencies and 

8 Federally Recognized Tribes participating in the Food 

9 Distribution Program on Indian Reservations: Provided 

10 further, That this appropriation shall be subject to any 

11 work registration or workfare requirements as may be re12 quired by law: Provided further, That funds made available 

13 for Employment and Training under this heading shall re14 main available through September 30, 2017: Provided fur15 ther, That funds made available under this heading for 

16 a study on Indian tribal administration of nutrition pro17 grams, as provided in title IV of the Agricultural Act of 

18 2014 (Public Law 113–79), and a study of the removal 

19 of cash benefits in Puerto Rico, as provided in title IV 

20 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79) shall 

21 be available until expended: Provided further, That funds 

22 made available under this heading for section 28(d)(1) and 

23 section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 shall 

24 remain available through September 30, 2017: Provided 

25 further, That funds made available under this heading for 


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1 employment and training pilot projects, as provided in title 

2 IV of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79), 

3 shall remain available through September 30, 2018: Pro4 vided further, That funds made available under this head5 ing may be used to enter into contracts and employ staff 

6 to conduct studies, evaluations, or to conduct activities re7 lated to program integrity provided that such activities are 

8 authorized by the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008. 

9 COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

10 For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assist11 ance and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as 

12 authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Con13 sumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the 

14 Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assist15 ance for the nuclear affected islands, as authorized by sec16 tion 103(f)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Amend17 ments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–188); and the Farm18 ers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by section 

19 17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, $288,317,000, 

20 to remain available through September 30, 2017: Pro21 vided, That none of these funds shall be available to reim22 burse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities 

23 donated to the program: Provided further, That notwith24 standing any other provision of law, effective with funds 

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1 Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by 

2 section 4402 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 

3 Act of 2002, such funds shall remain available through 

4 September 30, 2017: Provided further, That of the funds 

5 made available under section 27(a) of the Food and Nutri6 tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)), the Secretary may 

7 use up to 10 percent for costs associated with the distribu8 tion of commodities. 

9 NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

10 For necessary administrative expenses of the Food 

11 and Nutrition Service for carrying out any domestic nutri12 tion assistance program, $151,824,000: Provided, That of 

13 the funds provided herein, $2,000,000 shall be used for 

14 the purposes of section 4404 of Public Law 107–171, as 

15 amended by section 4401 of Public Law 110–246. 

16 TITLE V 

17 FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED 

18 PROGRAMS 

19 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

22 For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural 

23 Service, including not to exceed $250,000 for representa24 tion allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of 

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1 $187,225,000, of which no more than 6 percent shall re2 main available until September 30, 2017, for overseas op3 erations to include the payment of locally employed staff: 

4 Provided, That the Service may utilize advances of funds, 

5 or reimburse this appropriation for expenditures made on 

6 behalf of Federal agencies, public and private organiza7 tions and institutions under agreements executed pursu8 ant to the agricultural food production assistance pro9 grams (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the foreign assistance pro10 grams of the United States Agency for International De11 velopment: Provided further, That funds made available 

12 for middle-income country training programs, funds made 

13 available for the Borlaug International Agricultural 

14 Science and Technology Fellowship program, and up to 

15 $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural Service appropria16 tion solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations in 

17 international currency exchange rates, subject to docu18 mentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service, shall re19 main available until expended. 

20 FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE I DIRECT CREDIT AND FOOD

21 FOR PROGRESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 For administrative expenses to carry out the credit 

24 program of title I, Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83– 

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1 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 

2 for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

3 FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE II GRANTS

4 For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth5 erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in6 cluding interest thereon, under the Food for Peace Act 

7 (Public Law 83–480), for commodities supplied in connec8 tion with dispositions abroad under title II of said Act, 

9 $1,466,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

10 MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION

11 AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS

12 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

13 of section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest14 ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $201,626,000, to 

15 remain available until expended: Provided, That the Com16 modity Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the 

17 services, facilities, and authorities for the purpose of im18 plementing such section, subject to reimbursement from 

19 amounts provided herein: Provided further, That of the 

20 amount made available under this heading, $10,000,000, 

21 shall remain available until expended for necessary ex22 penses to carry out the provisions of section 3207 of the 

23 Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 1726c). 


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1 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT (LOANS)

2 CREDIT GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For administrative expenses to carry out the Com5 modity Credit Corporation’s Export Guarantee Program, 

6 GSM 102 and GSM 103, $6,748,000; to cover common 

7 overhead expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Com8 modity Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity 

9 with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of which 

10 $6,394,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 

11 appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries 

12 and Expenses’’, and of which $354,000 shall be trans13 ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm 

14 Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

15 TITLE VI 

16 RELATED AGENCY AND FOOD AND DRUG 

17 ADMINISTRATION 

18 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

19 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Ad22 ministration, including hire and purchase of passenger 

23 motor vehicles; for payment of space rental and related 

24 costs pursuant to Public Law 92–313 for programs and 

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1 included in this Act; for rental of special purpose space 

2 in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; for miscellaneous 

3 and emergency expenses of enforcement activities, author4 ized and approved by the Secretary and to be accounted 

5 for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not to exceed 

6 $25,000; and notwithstanding section 521 of Public Law 

7 107–188; $4,559,663,000: Provided, That of the amount 

8 provided under this heading, $826,072,000 shall be de9 rived from prescription drug user fees authorized by 21 

10 U.S.C. 379h, and shall be credited to this account and 

11 remain available until expended; $134,475,000 shall be de12 rived from medical device user fees authorized by 21 

13 U.S.C. 379j, and shall be credited to this account and re14 main available until expended; $320,029,000 shall be de15 rived from human generic drug user fees authorized by 

16 21 U.S.C. 379j–42, and shall be credited to this account 

17 and remain available until expended; $21,540,000 shall be 

18 derived from biosimilar biological product user fees au19 thorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–52, and shall be credited to 

20 this account and remain available until expended; 

21 $22,140,000 shall be derived from animal drug user fees 

22 authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–12, and shall be credited 

23 to this account and remain available until expended; 

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1 ited to this account and remain available until expended; 

2 $599,000,000 shall be derived from tobacco product user 

3 fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 387s, and shall be credited 

4 to this account and remain available until expended: Pro5 vided further, That in addition to and notwithstanding any 

6 other provision under this heading, amounts collected for 

7 prescription drug user fees, medical device user fees, 

8 human generic drug user fees, biosimilar biological prod9 uct user fees, animal drug user fees, and animal generic 

10 drug user fees that exceed the respective fiscal year 2016 

11 limitations are appropriated and shall be credited to this 

12 account and remain available until expended: Provided fur13 ther, That fees derived from prescription drug, medical de14 vice, human generic drug, biosimilar biological product, 

15 animal drug, and animal generic drug assessments for fis16 cal year 2016, including any such fees collected prior to 

17 fiscal year 2016 but credited for fiscal year 2016, shall 

18 be subject to the fiscal year 2016 limitations: Provided fur19 ther, That the Secretary may accept payment during fiscal 

20 year 2016 of user fees specified under this heading and 

21 authorized for fiscal year 2017, prior to the due date for 

22 such fees, and that amounts of such fees assessed for fis23 cal year 2017 for which the Secretary accepts payment 

24 in fiscal year 2016 shall not be included in amounts under 

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1 shall be used to develop, establish, or operate any program 

2 of user fees authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided fur3 ther, That of the total amount appropriated: (1) 

4 $948,403,000 shall be for the Center for Food Safety and 

5 Applied Nutrition and related field activities in the Office 

6 of Regulatory Affairs; (2) $1,366,975,000 shall be for the 

7 Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and related 

8 field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (3) 

9 $345,190,000 shall be for the Center for Biologics Evalua10 tion and Research and for related field activities in the 

11 Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $171,115,000 shall be 

12 for the Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related 

13 field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5) 

14 $424,635,000 shall be for the Center for Devices and Ra15 diological Health and for related field activities in the Of16 fice of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $63,331,000 shall be for 

17 the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7) 

18 $564,117,000 shall be for the Center for Tobacco Prod19 ucts and for related field activities in the Office of Regu20 latory Affairs; (8) not to exceed $166,762,000 shall be for 

21 Rent and Related activities, of which $50,218,000 is for 

22 White Oak Consolidation, other than the amounts paid to 

23 the General Services Administration for rent; (9) not to 

24 exceed $229,432,000 shall be for payments to the General 

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1 $150,000 shall be used to implement a requirement that 

2 the labeling of genetically engineered salmon offered for 

3 sale to consumers indicate that such salmon is genetically 

4 engineered; and (11) $279,703,000 shall be for other ac5 tivities, including the Office of the Commissioner of Food 

6 and Drugs, the Office of Foods and Veterinary Medicine, 

7 the Office of Medical and Tobacco Products, the Office 

8 of Global and Regulatory Policy, the Office of Operations, 

9 the Office of the Chief Scientist, and central services for 

10 these offices: Provided further, That not to exceed $25,000 

11 of this amount shall be for official reception and represen12 tation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined 

13 by the Commissioner: Provided further, That any transfer 

14 of funds pursuant to section 770(n) of the Federal Food, 

15 Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379dd(n)) shall only 

16 be from amounts made available under this heading for 

17 other activities: Provided further, That of the amounts 

18 that are made available under this heading for ‘‘other ac19 tivities’’, and that are not derived from user fees, 

20 $1,500,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 

21 appropriation for ‘‘Department of Health and Human 

22 Services—Office of Inspector General’’ for oversight of the 

23 programs and operations of the Food and Drug Adminis24 tration and shall be in addition to funds otherwise made 

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1 tion: Provided further, That funds may be transferred 

2 from one specified activity to another with the prior ap3 proval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 

4 Houses of Congress. 

5 In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 

6 42 U.S.C. 263b, export certification user fees authorized 

7 by 21 U.S.C. 381, priority review user fees authorized by 

8 21 U.S.C. 360n and 360ff, food and feed recall fees, food 

9 reinspection fees, and voluntary qualified importer pro10 gram fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–31, outsourcing 

11 facility fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–62, prescription 

12 drug wholesale distributor licensing and inspection fees 

13 authorized by 21 U.S.C. 353(e)(3), and third-party logis14 tics provider licensing and inspection fees authorized by 

15 21 U.S.C. 360eee–3(c)(1), and third-party auditor fees 

16 authorized by 21 U.S.C. 384d(c)(8), shall be credited to 

17 this account, to remain available until expended. 

18 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

19 For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten20 sion, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facili21 ties of or used by the Food and Drug Administration, 

22 where not otherwise provided, $8,788,000, to remain 

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1 INDEPENDENT AGENCY 

2 FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

3 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

4 Not to exceed $65,600,000 (from assessments col5 lected from farm credit institutions, including the Federal 

6 Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated 

7 during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses 

8 as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, That this 

9 limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with re10 ceiverships: Provided further, That the agency may exceed 

11 this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the 

12 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con13 gress. 

14 TITLE VII 

15 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

16 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

17 SEC. 701. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, 

18 appropriations and authorizations made for the Depart19 ment of Agriculture for the current fiscal year under this 

20 Act shall be available for the purchase, in addition to those 

21 specifically provided for, of not to exceed 71 passenger 

22 motor vehicles of which 68 shall be for replacement only, 

23 and for the hire of such vehicles: Provided, That notwith24 standing this section, the only purchase of new passenger 

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1 be necessary for transportation safety, to reduce oper2 ational costs, and for the protection of life, property, and 

3 public safety. 

4 SEC. 702. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

5 this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer unobli6 gated balances of discretionary funds appropriated by this 

7 Act or any other available unobligated discretionary bal8 ances that are remaining available of the Department of 

9 Agriculture to the Working Capital Fund for the acquisi10 tion of plant and capital equipment necessary for the deliv11 ery of financial, administrative, and information tech12 nology services of primary benefit to the agencies of the 

13 Department of Agriculture, such transferred funds to re14 main available until expended: Provided, That none of the 

15 funds made available by this Act or any other Act shall 

16 be transferred to the Working Capital Fund without the 

17 prior approval of the agency administrator: Provided fur18 ther, That none of the funds transferred to the Working 

19 Capital Fund pursuant to this section shall be available 

20 for obligation without written notification to and the prior 

21 approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 

22 Houses of Congress: Provided further, That none of the 

23 funds appropriated by this Act or made available to the 

24 Department’s Working Capital Fund shall be available for 

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1 partment’s National Finance Center without written noti2 fication to and prior approval of the Committees on Ap3 propriations of both Houses of Congress as required by 

4 section 717 of this Act: Provided further, That of annual 

5 income amounts in the Working Capital Fund of the De6 partment of Agriculture allocated for the National Fi7 nance Center, the Secretary may reserve not more than 

8 4 percent for the replacement or acquisition of capital 

9 equipment, including equipment for the improvement and 

10 implementation of a financial management plan, informa11 tion technology, and other systems of the National Fi12 nance Center or to pay any unforeseen, extraordinary cost 

13 of the National Finance Center: Provided further, That 

14 none of the amounts reserved shall be available for obliga15 tion unless the Secretary submits written notification of 

16 the obligation to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

17 House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided fur18 ther, That the limitation on the obligation of funds pend19 ing notification to Congressional Committees shall not 

20 apply to any obligation that, as determined by the Sec21 retary, is necessary to respond to a declared state of emer22 gency that significantly impacts the operations of the Na23 tional Finance Center; or to evacuate employees of the Na24 tional Finance Center to a safe haven to continue oper25 ations of the National Finance Center. 


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1 SEC. 703. No part of any appropriation contained in 

2 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

3 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

4 SEC. 704. No funds appropriated by this Act may be 

5 used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative 

6 agreements or similar arrangements between the United 

7 States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu8 tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of 

9 the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative ar10 rangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest 

11 between the two parties. This does not preclude appro12 priate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts 

13 with such institutions when such indirect costs are com14 puted on a similar basis for all agencies for which appro15 priations are provided in this Act. 

16 SEC. 705. Appropriations to the Department of Agri17 culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made 

18 available in the current fiscal year shall remain available 

19 until expended to disburse obligations made in the current 

20 fiscal year for the following accounts: the Rural Develop21 ment Loan Fund program account, the Rural Electrifica22 tion and Telecommunication Loans program account, and 

23 the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account. 

24 SEC. 706. None of the funds made available to the 

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1 quire new information technology systems or significant 

2 upgrades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Infor3 mation Officer, without the approval of the Chief Informa4 tion Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Informa5 tion Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That 

6 notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 

7 funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 

8 Act may be transferred to the Office of the Chief Informa9 tion Officer without written notification to and the prior 

10 approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 

11 Houses of Congress: Provided further, That none of the 

12 funds available to the Department of Agriculture for infor13 mation technology shall be obligated for projects over 

14 $25,000 prior to receipt of written approval by the Chief 

15 Information Officer: Provided further, That the Chief In16 formation Officer may authorize an agency to obligate 

17 funds without written approval from the Chief Informa18 tion Officer for projects up to $250,000 based upon the 

19 performance of an agency measured against the perform20 ance plan requirements described in the report accom21 panying this Act. 

22 SEC. 707. Funds made available under section 524(b) 

23 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)) in 

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1 pended to disburse obligations made in the current fiscal 

2 year. 

3 SEC. 708. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

4 law, any former RUS borrower that has repaid or prepaid 

5 an insured, direct or guaranteed loan under the Rural 

6 Electrification Act of 1936, or any not-for-profit utility 

7 that is eligible to receive an insured or direct loan under 

8 such Act, shall be eligible for assistance under section 

9 313(b)(2)(B) of such Act in the same manner as a bor10 rower under such Act. 

11 SEC. 709. Except as otherwise specifically provided 

12 by law, not more than $20,000,000 in unobligated bal13 ances from appropriations made available for salaries and 

14 expenses in this Act for the Farm Service Agency shall 

15 remain available through September 30, 2017, for infor16 mation technology expenses: Provided, That except as oth17 erwise specifically provided by law, unobligated balances 

18 from appropriations made available for salaries and ex19 penses in this Act for the Rural Development mission area 

20 shall remain available through September 30, 2017, for 

21 information technology expenses. 

22 SEC. 710. None of the funds appropriated or other23 wise made available by this Act may be used for first-class 

24 travel by the employees of agencies funded by this Act in 


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1 contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 

2 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 

3 SEC. 711. In the case of each program established 

4 or amended by the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 

5 113–79), other than by title I or subtitle A of title III 

6 of such Act, or programs for which indefinite amounts 

7 were provided in that Act, that is authorized or required 

8 to be carried out using funds of the Commodity Credit 

9 Corporation— 

10 (1) such funds shall be available for salaries 

11 and related administrative expenses, including tech12 nical assistance, associated with the implementation 

13 of the program, without regard to the limitation on 

14 the total amount of allotments and fund transfers 

15 contained in section 11 of the Commodity Credit 

16 Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i); and 

17 (2) the use of such funds for such purpose shall 

18 not be considered to be a fund transfer or allotment 

19 for purposes of applying the limitation on the total 

20 amount of allotments and fund transfers contained 

21 in such section. 

22 SEC. 712. Of the funds made available by this Act, 

23 not more than $2,000,000 shall be used to cover necessary 

24 expenses of activities related to all advisory committees, 

25 panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department 


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1 of Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with nego2 tiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate competi3 tively awarded grants. 

4 SEC. 713. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail5 able to pay indirect costs charged against any agricultural 

6 research, education, or extension grant awards issued by 

7 the National Institute of Food and Agriculture that exceed 

8 30 percent of total Federal funds provided under each 

9 award: Provided, That notwithstanding section 1462 of 

10 the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 

11 Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3310), funds pro12 vided by this Act for grants awarded competitively by the 

13 National Institute of Food and Agriculture shall be avail14 able to pay full allowable indirect costs for each grant 

15 awarded under section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 

16 U.S.C. 638). 

17 SEC. 714. None of the funds appropriated or other18 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 

19 to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out 

20 the following: 

21 (1) The Watershed Rehabilitation program au22 thorized by section 14(h)(1) of the Watershed and 

23 Flood Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1012(h)(1)); and 

24 (2) The Environmental Quality Incentives Pro25 gram as authorized by sections 1240–1240H of the 


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1 Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa– 

2 3839aa–8) in excess of $1,347,000,000: Provided, 

3 That this limitation shall apply only to funds pro4 vided by section 1241(a)(5)(C) of the Food Security 

5 Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)(5)(C)): Provided 

6 further, That of the funds available under section 

7 1241(a)(5)(B) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 

8 U.S.C. 3841(a)(5)(B)) for fiscal year 2016, 

9 $73,000,000 are permanently rescinded; and 

10 (3) The Biomass Crop Assistance Program au11 thorized by section 9011 of the Farm Security and 

12 Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8111) in 

13 excess of $3,000,000 in new obligational authority. 

14 SEC. 715. None of the funds appropriated or other15 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 

16 to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out 

17 a program under subsection (b)(2)(A)(viii) of section 

18 14222 of Public Law 110–246 in excess of $884,980,000, 

19 as follows: Child Nutrition Programs Entitlement Com20 modities—$465,000,000; State Option Contracts— 

21 $5,000,000; Removal of Defective Commodities— 

22 $2,500,000: Provided, That none of the funds made avail23 able in this Act or any other Act shall be used for salaries 

24 and expenses to carry out in this fiscal year section 

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1 Lunch Act, as amended, except in an amount that ex2 cludes the transfer of $125,000,000 of the funds to be 

3 transferred under subsection (c) of section 14222 of Pub4 lic Law 110–246, until October 1, 2016: Provided further, 

5 That $125,000,000 made available on October 1, 2016, 

6 to carry out section 19(i)(1)(E) of the Richard B. Russell 

7 National School Lunch Act, as amended, shall be excluded 

8 from the limitation described in subsection (b)(2)(A)(ix) 

9 of section 14222 of Public Law 110–246: Provided further, 

10 That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

11 available by this or any other Act shall be used to pay 

12 the salaries or expenses of any employee of the Depart13 ment of Agriculture or officer of the Commodity Credit 

14 Corporation to carry out clause 3 of section 32 of the Agri15 cultural Adjustment Act of 1935 (Public Law 74–320, 7 

16 U.S.C. 612c, as amended), or for any surplus removal ac17 tivities or price support activities under section 5 of the 

18 Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act: Provided fur19 ther, That the available unobligated balances under 

20 (b)(2)(A)(viii) of section 14222 of Public Law 110–246 

21 in excess of the limitation set forth in this section, except 

22 for the amounts to be transferred pursuant to the first 

23 proviso, are hereby permanently rescinded. 

24 SEC. 716. None of the funds appropriated by this or 

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1 penses of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations 

2 language as part of the President’s budget submission to 

3 the Congress for programs under the jurisdiction of the 

4 Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural De5 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 

6 Agencies that assumes revenues or reflects a reduction 

7 from the previous year due to user fees proposals that 

8 have not been enacted into law prior to the submission 

9 of the budget unless such budget submission identifies 

10 which additional spending reductions should occur in the 

11 event the user fees proposals are not enacted prior to the 

12 date of the convening of a committee of conference for 

13 the fiscal year 2017 appropriations Act. 

14 SEC. 717. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 

15 or provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agen16 cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 

17 or expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 

18 any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 

19 fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 

20 available for obligation or expenditure through a re21 programming, transfer of funds, or reimbursements as au22 thorized by the Economy Act, or in the case of the Depart23 ment of Agriculture, through use of the authority provided 

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1 ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or section 8 of Public 

2 Law 89–106 (7 U.S.C. 2263), that— 

3 (1) creates new programs; 

4 (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 

5 (3) increases funds or personnel by any means 

6 for any project or activity for which funds have been 

7 denied or restricted; 

8 (4) relocates an office or employees; 

9 (5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; 

10 or 

11 (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 

12 activities presently performed by Federal employees; 

13 unless the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of 

14 Health and Human Services (as the case may be) notifies 

15 in writing and receives approval from the Committees on 

16 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 

17 days in advance of the reprogramming of such funds or 

18 the use of such authority. 

19 (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro20 vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 

21 funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 

22 expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 

23 any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 

24 fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 

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1 grams, or projects through a reprogramming or use of the 

2 authorities referred to in subsection (a) involving funds 

3 in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, 

4 that— 

5 (1) augments existing programs, projects, or ac6 tivities; 

7 (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist8 ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per9 sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 

10 (3) results from any general savings from a re11 duction in personnel which would result in a change 

12 in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap13 proved by Congress; 

14 unless the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of 

15 Health and Human Services (as the case may be) notifies 

16 in writing and receives approval from the Committees on 

17 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 

18 days in advance of the reprogramming or transfer of such 

19 funds or the use of such authority. 

20 (c) The Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of 

21 Health and Human Services shall notify in writing and 

22 receive approval from the Committees on Appropriations 

23 of both Houses of Congress before implementing any pro24 gram or activity not carried out during the previous fiscal 


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1 year unless the program or activity is funded by this Act 

2 or specifically funded by any other Act. 

3 (d) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro4 vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 

5 funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 

6 expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 

7 any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 

8 fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 

9 available for— 

10 (1) modifying major capital investments fund11 ing levels, including information technology systems, 

12 that involves increasing or decreasing funds in the 

13 current fiscal year for the individual investment in 

14 excess of $500,000 or 10 percent of the total cost, 

15 whichever is less; 

16 (2) realigning or reorganizing new, current, or 

17 vacant positions or agency activities or functions to 

18 establish a center, office, branch, or similar entity 

19 with five or more personnel; or 

20 (3) carrying out activities or functions that 

21 were not described in the budget request; 

22 unless the agencies funded by this Act notify, in writing, 

23 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con24 gress at least 30 days in advance of using the funds for 

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1 (e) As described in this section, no funds may be used 

2 for any activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture or 

3 the Secretary of Health and Human Services receives from 

4 the Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of Con5 gress written or electronic mail confirmation of receipt of 

6 the notification as required in this section. 

7 SEC. 718. Notwithstanding section 310B(g)(5) of the 

8 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 

9 1932(g)(5)), the Secretary may assess a one-time fee for 

10 any guaranteed business and industry loan in an amount 

11 that does not exceed 3 percent of the guaranteed principal 

12 portion of the loan. 

13 SEC. 719. None of the funds appropriated or other14 wise made available to the Department of Agriculture, the 

15 Food and Drug Administration, or the Farm Credit Ad16 ministration shall be used to transmit or otherwise make 

17 available to any non-Department of Agriculture, non-De18 partment of Health and Human Services, or non-Farm 

19 Credit Administration employee questions or responses to 

20 questions that are a result of information requested for 

21 the appropriations hearing process. 

22 SEC. 720. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 

23 law, none of the funds provided in this Act, may be used 

24 by an executive branch agency to produce any pre25 packaged news story intended for broadcast or distribution 


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1 in the United States unless the story includes a clear noti2 fication within the text or audio of the prepackaged news 

3 story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or 

4 funded by that executive branch agency. 

5 SEC. 721. No employee of the Department of Agri6 culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or 

7 office funded by this Act or any other Act to any other 

8 agency or office of the Department for more than 60 days 

9 in a fiscal year unless the individual’s employing agency 

10 or office is fully reimbursed by the receiving agency or 

11 office for the salary and expenses of the employee for the 

12 period of assignment. 

13 SEC. 722. The Secretary of Agriculture may author14 ize a State agency to use funds provided in this Act to 

15 exceed the maximum amount of liquid infant formula 

16 specified in 7 CFR 246.10 when issuing liquid infant for17 mula to participants. 

18 SEC. 723. Not later than 30 days after the date of 

19 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, the 

20 Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, and 

21 the Chairman of the Farm Credit Administration shall 

22 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

23 of Representatives and the Senate a detailed spending 

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1 made available under this Act including appropriated user 

2 fees, as defined in the report accompanying this Act. 

3 SEC. 724. There is hereby appropriated $1,996,000 

4 to carry out section 1621 of Public Law 110–246. 

5 SEC. 725. The Secretary shall continue the pilot pro6 gram in effect for fiscal year 2013 for packaging and re7 viewing section 502 single family direct loans. The Sec8 retary shall continue agreements with current inter9 mediary organizations and not later than 90 days after 

10 enactment of this Act enter into additional agreements 

11 that increase the number of participating intermediary or12 ganizations to not less than 10. The Secretary shall work 

13 with these organizations to increase the effectiveness of 

14 the section 502 single family direct loan program in rural 

15 communities and shall set aside and make available from 

16 the national reserve section 502 loans an amount nec17 essary to support the work of such intermediaries and pro18 vide a priority for review of such loans. 

19 SEC. 726. For loans and loan guarantees that do not 

20 require budget authority and the program level has been 

21 established in this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may 

22 increase the program level for such loans and loan guaran23 tees by not more than 25 percent: Provided, That prior 

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1 tions of both Houses of Congress at least 15 days in ad2 vance. 

3 SEC. 727. None of the credit card refunds or rebates 

4 transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to sec5 tion 729 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 

6 Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria7 tions Act, 2002 (7 U.S.C. 2235a; Public Law 107–76) 

8 shall be available for obligation without written notifica9 tion to, and the prior approval of, the Committees on Ap10 propriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided, That 

11 the refunds or rebates so transferred shall be available for 

12 obligation only for the acquisition of plant and capital 

13 equipment necessary for the delivery of financial, adminis14 trative, and information technology services of primary 

15 benefit to the agencies of the Department of Agriculture. 

16 SEC. 728. There is hereby appropriated $600,000 for 

17 the purposes of section 727 of division A of Public Law 

18 112–55. 

19 SEC. 729. None of the funds made available by this 

20 Act may be used to enforce the final rule entitled ‘‘Food 

21 Labeling; Nutrition Labeling of Standard Menu Items in 

22 Restaurants and Similar Retail Food Establishments’’ 

23 published by the Food and Drug Administration in the 

24 Federal Register on December 1, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 

25 71156 et seq.) before December 1, 2016. 


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1 SEC. 730. In response to an eligible community where 

2 the drinking water supplies are inadequate due to a nat3 ural disaster, as determined by the Secretary, including 

4 drought or severe weather, the Secretary may provide po5 table water through the Emergency Community Water As6 sistance Grant Program for an additional period of time 

7 not to exceed 120 days beyond the established period pro8 vided under the Program in order to protect public health. 

9 SEC. 731. In addition to amounts otherwise made 

10 available by this Act and notwithstanding the last sentence 

11 of 16 U.S.C. 1310, there is appropriated $4,000,000, to 

12 remain available until expended, to implement non-renew13 able agreements on eligible lands, including flooded agri14 cultural lands, as determined by the Secretary, under the 

15 Water Bank Act (16 U.S.C. 1301–1311). 

16 SEC. 732. The Secretary shall set aside for Rural 

17 Economic Area Partnership (REAP) Zones, until August 

18 15, 2016, an amount of funds made available in title III 

19 under the headings of Rural Housing Insurance Fund 

20 Program Account, Mutual and Self-Help Housing Grants, 

21 Rural Housing Assistance Grants, Rural Community Fa22 cilities Program Account, Rural Business Program Ac23 count, Rural Development Loan Fund Program Account, 

24 and Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Account, 

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1 spect to funds provided under such headings in the most 

2 recent fiscal year any such funds were obligated under 

3 such headings for REAP Zones. 

4 SEC. 733. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

5 may be used to issue, promulgate, or otherwise implement 

6 the 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans edition unless 

7 the information and guidelines in the report are solely nu8 tritional and dietary in nature; and based only on a pre9 ponderance of nutritional and dietary scientific evidence 

10 and not extraneous information. 

11 SEC. 734. Funds provided by this or any prior Appro12 priations Act for the Agriculture and Food Research Ini13 tiative under 7 U.S.C. 450i(b) shall be made available 

14 without regard to section 7128 of the Agricultural Act of 

15 2014 (7 U.S.C. 3371 note), under the matching require16 ments in laws in effect on the date before the date of en17 actment of such section: Provided, That the requirements 

18 of 7 U.S.C. 450i(b)(9) shall continue to apply. 

19 SEC. 735. The Secretary of Agriculture and the Sec20 retary’s designees are hereby granted the same access to 

21 information and subject to the same requirements applica22 ble to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 

23 as provided in section 453 (j) of the Social Security Act 

24 (42 U.S.C. 653 (j)) and section 6103 (l)(7)(D)(ix) of the 

25 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 


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1 6103(l)(7)(D)(ix)) to verify the income for individuals par2 ticipating in sections 502, 504, 521, and 542 of the Hous3 ing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472, 1474, 1490a, and 

4 1490r). 

5 SEC. 736. The Secretary may charge a fee for lenders 

6 to access Department loan guarantee systems in connec7 tion with such lenders’ participation in loan guarantee 

8 programs of the Rural Housing Service: Provided, That 

9 the funds collected from such fees shall be made available 

10 to the Secretary without further appropriation and such 

11 funds shall be deposited into the Rural Development Sala12 ries and Expense Account and shall remain available until 

13 expended for obligation and expenditure by the Secretary 

14 for administrative expenses of the Rural Housing Service 

15 Loan Guarantee Program in addition to other available 

16 funds: Provided further, That such fees collected shall not 

17 exceed $50 per loan. 

18 SEC. 737. Of the unobligated balances identified by 

19 the Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol 12X1072, 

20 $20,000,000 is hereby rescinded: Provided, That no 

21 amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were des22 ignated by Congress as an emergency requirement or for 

23 disaster relief pursuant to a Concurrent Resolution on the 

24 Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

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1 SEC. 738. Of the unobligated prior year funds identi2 fied by Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol 12X1980 

3 where obligations have been cancelled, $13,000,000 is re4 scinded. 

5 SEC. 739. None of the funds made available by this 

6 Act or any other Act may be used— 

7 (1) in contravention of section 7606 of the Ag8 ricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 5940); or 

9 (2) to prohibit the transportation, processing, 

10 sale, or use of industrial hemp that is grown or cul11 tivated in accordance with subsection section 7606 

12 of the Agricultural Act of 2014, within or outside 

13 the State in which the industrial hemp is grown or 

14 cultivated. 

15 SEC. 740. None of the funds made available by this 

16 Act may be used to propose, promulgate, or implement 

17 any rule, or take any other action with respect to, allowing 

18 or requiring information intended for a prescribing health 

19 care professional, in the case of a drug or biological prod20 uct subject to section 503(b)(1) of the Federal Food, 

21 Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 353(b)(1)), to be dis22 tributed to such professional electronically (in lieu of in 

23 paper form) unless and until a Federal law is enacted to 

24 allow or require such distribution. 


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1 SEC. 741. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000, 

2 to remain available until expended, for the cost of loans 

3 and grants that is consistent with section 4206 of the Ag4 ricultural Act of 2014, for necessary expenses of the Sec5 retary to support projects that provide access to healthy 

6 food in underserved areas, to create and preserve quality 

7 jobs, and to revitalize low-income communities. 

8 SEC. 742. Notwithstanding any language to the con9 trary, state agricultural experiment stations and state co10 operative extension services are eligible entities under 7 

11 U.S.C. 3125a–1(a). 

12 SEC. 743. None of the funds made available by this 

13 Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 

14 rule entitled ‘‘Importation of Beef From a Region in Ar15 gentina’’ published by the Department of Agriculture in 

16 the Federal Register on July 2, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 37935 

17 et seq.) or the rule entitled ‘‘Importation of Beef From 

18 a Region in Brazil’’ published by the Department of Agri19 culture in the Federal Register on July 2, 2015 (80 Fed. 

20 Reg. 37923 et seq.) until the Secretary of Agriculture— 

21 (1) conducts an updated comprehensive risk evaluation of 

22 importing beef produced in Argentina and Brazil; and (2) 

23 updates the Animal Disease Risk Assessment, Prevention, 

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1 nomic impacts associated with the potential introduction 

2 of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), including specific ac3 tions by Federal agencies to prevent the introduction into 

4 or dissemination within the United States of FMD, and 

5 the sufficiency of legislative authority to prevent or control 

6 FMD in the United States; and (3) reports to Congress 

7 on specific steps to implement recommendations of the 

8 May 2015 GAO Report on Federal Veterinarians and 

9 workforce needs for emergency response to an animal dis10 ease outbreak. 

11 SEC. 744. None of the funds appropriated or other12 wise made available by this Act shall be used to pay the 

13 salaries and expenses of personnel— 

14 (1) to inspect horses under section 3 of the 

15 Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603); 

16 (2) to inspect horses under section 903 of the 

17 Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 

18 1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 104–127); or 

19 (3) to implement or enforce section 352.19 of 

20 title 9, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor 

21 regulation). 

22 SEC. 745. (a) For the period beginning on the date 

23 of enactment of this Act through school year 2016–2017, 

24 with respect to the school lunch program established under 

25 the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 


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1 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) or the school breakfast program es2 tablished under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 

3 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.) and final regulations published by 

4 the Department of Agriculture in the Federal Register on 

5 January 26, 2012 (77 Fed. Reg. 4088 et seq.), the Sec6 retary shall allow States to grant an exemption from the 

7 whole grain requirements that took effect on or after July 

8 1, 2014, and the States shall establish a process for evalu9 ating and responding, in a reasonable amount of time, to 

10 requests for an exemption: Provided, That school food au11 thorities demonstrate hardship, including financial hard12 ship, in procuring specific whole grain products which are 

13 acceptable to the students and compliant with the whole 

14 grain-rich requirements: Provided further, That school 

15 food authorities shall comply with the applicable grain 

16 component or standard with respect to the school lunch 

17 or school breakfast program that was in effect prior to 

18 July 1, 2014. 

19 (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

20 made available by this or any other Act shall be used to 

21 pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to implement 

22 any regulations under the Richard B. Russell National 

23 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), the Child Nu24 trition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), the Healthy, 

25 Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–296), or 


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1 any other law that would require a reduction in the quan2 tity of sodium contained in Federally reimbursed meals, 

3 foods, and snacks sold in schools below Target 1 (as de4 scribed in section 220.8(f)(3) of title 7, Code of Federal 

5 Regulations (or successor regulations)) until the latest sci6 entific research establishes the reduction is beneficial for 

7 children. 

8 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural 

9 Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Re10 lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016’’. 

11 DIVISION B—ENERGY AND WATER DEVEL12 OPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES AP13 PROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016 

14 TITLE I 

15 CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 

16 DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 

17 CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL

18 The following appropriations shall be expended under 

19 the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the super20 vision of the Chief of Engineers for authorized civil func21 tions of the Department of the Army pertaining to river 

22 and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore pro23 tection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related efforts. 


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1 INVESTIGATIONS

2 For expenses necessary where authorized by law for 

3 the collection and study of basic information pertaining 

4 to river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, 

5 shore protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and re6 lated needs; for surveys and detailed studies, and plans 

7 and specifications of proposed river and harbor, flood and 

8 storm damage reduction, shore protection, and aquatic 

9 ecosystem restoration projects, and related efforts prior to 

10 construction; for restudy of authorized projects; and for 

11 miscellaneous investigations, and, when authorized by law, 

12 surveys and detailed studies, and plans and specifications 

13 of projects prior to construction, $109,000,000, to remain 

14 available until expended. 

15 CONSTRUCTION

16 For expenses necessary for the construction of river 

17 and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore pro18 tection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related 

19 projects authorized by law; for conducting detailed studies, 

20 and plans and specifications, of such projects (including 

21 those involving participation by States, local governments, 

22 or private groups) authorized or made eligible for selection 

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1 able until expended; of which such sums as are necessary 

2 to cover the Federal share of construction costs for facili3 ties under the Dredged Material Disposal Facilities pro4 gram shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust 

5 Fund as authorized by Public Law 104–303; and of which 

6 such sums as are necessary to cover one-half of the costs 

7 of construction, replacement, rehabilitation, and expansion 

8 of inland waterways projects shall be derived from the In9 land Waterways Trust Fund, except as otherwise specifi10 cally provided for in law. 

11 MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES

12 For expenses necessary for flood damage reduction 

13 projects and related efforts in the Mississippi River allu14 vial valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as authorized 

15 by law, $330,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

16 of which such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal 

17 share of eligible operation and maintenance costs for in18 land harbors shall be derived from the Harbor Mainte19 nance Trust Fund. 

20 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

21 For expenses necessary for the operation, mainte22 nance, and care of existing river and harbor, flood and 

23 storm damage reduction, aquatic ecosystem restoration, 

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1 ing administrative buildings and laboratories; maintaining 

2 harbor channels provided by a State, municipality, or 

3 other public agency that serve essential navigation needs 

4 of general commerce, where authorized by law; surveying 

5 and charting northern and northwestern lakes and con6 necting waters; clearing and straightening channels; and 

7 removing obstructions to navigation, $2,909,000,000, to 

8 remain available until expended, of which such sums as 

9 are necessary to cover the Federal share of eligible oper10 ation and maintenance costs for coastal harbors and chan11 nels, and for inland harbors shall be derived from the Har12 bor Maintenance Trust Fund; of which such sums as be13 come available from the special account for the Corps of 

14 Engineers established by the Land and Water Conserva15 tion Fund Act of 1965 shall be derived from that account 

16 for resource protection, research, interpretation, and 

17 maintenance activities related to resource protection in the 

18 areas at which outdoor recreation is available; and of 

19 which such sums as become available from fees collected 

20 under section 217 of Public Law 104–303 shall be used 

21 to cover the cost of operation and maintenance of the 

22 dredged material disposal facilities for which such fees 

23 have been collected: Provided, That 1 percent of the total 

24 amount of funds provided for each of the programs, 

25 projects, or activities funded under this heading shall not 


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1 be allocated to a field operating activity prior to the begin2 ning of the fourth quarter of the fiscal year and shall be 

3 available for use by the Chief of Engineers to fund such 

4 emergency activities as the Chief of Engineers determines 

5 to be necessary and appropriate, and that the Chief of En6 gineers shall allocate during the fourth quarter any re7 maining funds which have not been used for emergency 

8 activities proportionally in accordance with the amounts 

9 provided for the programs, projects, or activities. 

10 REGULATORY PROGRAM

11 For expenses necessary for administration of laws 

12 pertaining to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands, 

13 $200,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

14 2017. 

15 FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRAM

16 For expenses necessary to clean up contamination 

17 from sites in the United States resulting from work per18 formed as part of the Nation’s early atomic energy pro19 gram, $101,500,000, to remain available until expended. 

20 FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES

21 For expenses necessary to prepare for flood, hurri22 cane, and other natural disasters and support emergency 

23 operations, repairs, and other activities in response to 

24 such disasters as authorized by law, $28,000,000, to re25 main available until expended. 


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1 EXPENSES

2 For expenses necessary for the supervision and gen3 eral administration of the civil works program in the head4 quarters of the Corps of Engineers and the offices of the 

5 Division Engineers; and for costs of management and op6 eration of the Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activ7 ity, the Institute for Water Resources, the United States 

8 Army Engineer Research and Development Center, and 

9 the United States Army Corps of Engineers Finance Cen10 ter allocable to the civil works program, $178,000,000, to 

11 remain available until September 30, 2017, of which not 

12 to exceed $5,000 may be used for official reception and 

13 representation purposes and only during the current fiscal 

14 year: Provided, That no part of any other appropriation 

15 provided in this title shall be available to fund the civil 

16 works activities of the Office of the Chief of Engineers 

17 or the civil works executive direction and management ac18 tivities of the division offices: Provided further, That any 

19 Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies appropriation 

20 may be used to fund the supervision and general adminis21 tration of emergency operations, repairs, and other activi22 ties in response to any flood, hurricane, or other natural 

23 disaster. 


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1 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY

2 FOR CIVIL WORKS

3 For the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army 

4 for Civil Works as authorized by 10 U.S.C. 3016(b)(3), 

5 $3,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2017. 

6 GENERAL PROVISIONS—CORPS OF 

7 ENGINEERS—CIVIL 

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

9 SEC. 101. (a) None of the funds provided in title I 

10 of this Act, or provided by previous appropriations Acts 

11 to the agencies or entities funded in title I of this Act 

12 that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 

13 year 2016, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 

14 through a reprogramming of funds that: 

15 (1) creates or initiates a new program, project, 

16 or activity; 

17 (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 

18 (3) increases funds or personnel for any pro19 gram, project, or activity for which funds have been 

20 denied or restricted by this Act, unless prior ap21 proval is received from the House and Senate Com22 mittees on Appropriations; 

23 (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific 

24 activity for a different purpose, unless prior approval 


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1 is received from the House and Senate Committees 

2 on Appropriations; 

3 (5) augments or reduces existing programs, 

4 projects or activities in excess of the amounts con5 tained in subsections 6 through 10, unless prior ap6 proval is received from the House and Senate Com7 mittees on Appropriations; 

8 (6) INVESTIGATIONS.—For a base level over 

9 $100,000, reprogramming of 25 percent of the base 

10 amount up to a limit of $150,000 per project, study 

11 or activity is allowed: Provided, That for a base level 

12 less than $100,000, the reprogramming limit is 

13 $25,000: Provided further, That up to $25,000 may 

14 be reprogrammed into any continuing study or activ15 ity that did not receive an appropriation for existing 

16 obligations and concomitant administrative expenses; 

17 (7) CONSTRUCTION.—For a base level over 

18 $2,000,000, reprogramming of 15 percent of the 

19 base amount up to a limit of $3,000,000 per project, 

20 study or activity is allowed: Provided, That for a 

21 base level less than $2,000,000, the reprogramming 

22 limit is $300,000: Provided further, That up to 

23 $3,000,000 may be reprogrammed for settled con24 tractor claims, changed conditions, or real estate de25 ficiency judgments: Provided further, That up to 


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1 $300,000 may be reprogrammed into any continuing 

2 study or activity that did not receive an appropria3 tion for existing obligations and concomitant admin4 istrative expenses; 

5 (8) OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.—Unlim6 ited reprogramming authority is granted in order for 

7 the Corps to be able to respond to emergencies: Pro8 vided, That the Chief of Engineers must notify the 

9 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations of 

10 these emergency actions as soon thereafter as prac11 ticable: Provided further, That for a base level over 

12 $1,000,000, reprogramming of 15 percent of the 

13 base amount a limit of $5,000,000 per project, study 

14 or activity is allowed: Provided further, That for a 

15 base level less than $1,000,000, the reprogramming 

16 limit is $150,000: Provided further, That $150,000 

17 may be reprogrammed into any continuing study or 

18 activity that did not receive an appropriation; 

19 (9) MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES.— 

20 The same reprogramming guidelines for the Inves21 tigations, Construction, and Operation and Mainte22 nance portions of the Mississippi River and Tribu23 taries Account as listed above; and 


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1 (10) FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL AC2 TION PROGRAM.—Reprogramming of up to 15 per3 cent of the base of the receiving project is permitted. 

4 (b) DE MINIMUS REPROGRAMMINGS.—In no case 

5 should a reprogramming for less than $50,000 be sub6 mitted to the House and Senate Committees on Appro7 priations. 

8 (c) CONTINUING AUTHORITIES PROGRAM.—Sub9 section (a)(1) shall not apply to any project or activity 

10 funded under the continuing authorities program. 

11 (d) Not later than 60 days after the date of enact12 ment of this Act, the Corps of Engineers shall submit a 

13 report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria14 tions to establish the baseline for application of re15 programming and transfer authorities for the current fis16 cal year: Provided, That the report shall include: 

17 (1) A table for each appropriation with a sepa18 rate column to display the President’s budget re19 quest, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments 

20 due to enacted rescissions, if applicable, and the fis21 cal year enacted level; 

22 (2) A delineation in the table for each appro23 priation both by object class and program, project 

24 and activity as detailed in the budget appendix for 

25 the respective appropriations; and 


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1 (3) An identification of items of special congres2 sional interest. 

3 SEC. 102. (a) Of the funds made available in prior 

4 appropriations Acts for water resources efforts under the 

5 headings ‘‘Corps of Engineers-Civil, Department of the 

6 Army, Construction’’ that remain unobligated as of the 

7 date of enactment of this Act, including amounts specified 

8 in law for particular projects, programs, or activities, 

9 $128,000,000 is rescinded. 

10 (b) None of the funds under subsection (a) may be 

11 rescinded from amounts that the Congress designated as 

12 an emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent 

13 Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and 

14 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 

15 SEC. 103. The Secretary of the Army may transfer 

16 to the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Fish and Wildlife 

17 Service may accept and expend, up to $4,700,000 of funds 

18 provided in this title under the heading ‘‘Operation and 

19 Maintenance’’ to mitigate for fisheries lost due to Corps 

20 of Engineers projects. 

21 SEC. 104. None of the funds made available in this 

22 or any other Act making appropriations for Energy and 

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1 ister, or enforce any change to the regulations in effect 

2 on October 1, 2012, pertaining to the definitions of the 

3 terms ‘‘fill material’’ or ‘‘discharge of fill material’’ for the 

4 purposes of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 

5 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). 

6 PROJECT DEAUTHORIZATION

7 SEC. 105. (a) Not later than 180 days after the date 

8 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall execute a 

9 transfer agreement with the South Florida Water Manage10 ment District for the project identified as the ‘‘Ten Mile 

11 Creek Water Preserve Area Critical Restoration Project’’, 

12 carried out under section 528(b)(3) of the Water Re13 sources Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3768). 

14 (b) The transfer agreement under subsection (a) shall 

15 require the South Florida Water Management District to 

16 operate the transferred project as an environmental res17 toration project to provide water storage and water treat18 ment options. 

19 (c) Upon execution of the transfer agreement under 

20 subsection (a), the Ten Mile Creek Water Preserve Area 

21 Critical Restoration Project shall no longer be authorized 

22 as a Federal project. 

23 SEC. 106. Section 5032(a)(2) of the Water Resources 

24 Development Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–114; 121 Stat. 

25 1205) is amended by striking ‘‘15’’ and inserting ‘‘20’’. 


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1 SEC. 107. (a) No funds made available in this Act 

2 or any prior Act shall be available to reallocate water with3 in the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa (ACT) river basin, or 

4 any study thereof, until the Corps of Engineers has exe5 cuted a Partnering Agreement with Alabama and Georgia 

6 outlining the participation of each State in a water re7 allocation study for the ACT river basin. 

8 (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall apply to 

9 the use of contributed or other non-Federal funds. 

10 TITLE II 

11 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

12 CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT

13 CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT COMPLETION ACCOUNT

14 For carrying out activities authorized by the Central 

15 Utah Project Completion Act, $9,874,000, to remain 

16 available until expended, of which $1,000,000 shall be de17 posited into the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Con18 servation Account for use by the Utah Reclamation Miti19 gation and Conservation Commission: Provided, That, of 

20 the amount provided under this heading, $1,350,000 shall 

21 be available until September 30, 2017, for expenses nec22 essary in carrying out related responsibilities of the Sec23 retary of the Interior: Provided further, That, for fiscal 

24 year 2016, of the amount made available to the Commis25 sion under this Act or any other Act, the Commission may 


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1 use an amount not to exceed $1,500,000 for administra2 tive expenses. 

3 BUREAU OF RECLAMATION

4 The following appropriations shall be expended to 

5 execute authorized functions of the Bureau of Reclama6 tion: 

7 WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

9 For management, development, and restoration of 

10 water and related natural resources and for related activi11 ties, including the operation, maintenance, and rehabilita12 tion of reclamation and other facilities, participation in 

13 fulfilling related Federal responsibilities to Native Ameri14 cans, and related grants to, and cooperative and other 

15 agreements with, State and local governments, federally 

16 recognized Indian tribes, and others, $988,131,000, to re17 main available until expended, of which $22,000 shall be 

18 available for transfer to the Upper Colorado River Basin 

19 Fund and $5,899,000 shall be available for transfer to the 

20 Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund; of which 

21 such amounts as may be necessary may be advanced to 

22 the Colorado River Dam Fund: Provided, That such trans23 fers may be increased or decreased within the overall ap24 propriation under this heading: Provided further, That, of 

25 the total appropriated, the amount for program activities 


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1 that can be financed by the Reclamation Fund or the Bu2 reau of Reclamation special fee account established by 16 

3 U.S.C. 6806 shall be derived from that Fund or account: 

4 Provided further, That funds contributed under 43 U.S.C. 

5 395 are available until expended for the purposes for 

6 which the funds were contributed: Provided further, That 

7 funds advanced under 43 U.S.C. 397a shall be credited 

8 to this account and are available until expended for the 

9 same purposes as the sums appropriated under this head10 ing: Provided further, That, of the amounts provided here11 in, funds may be used for high-priority projects which 

12 shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps, as 

13 authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1706. 

14 CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT RESTORATION FUND

15 For carrying out the programs, projects, plans, habi16 tat restoration, improvement, and acquisition provisions of 

17 the Central Valley Project Improvement Act, $49,528,000, 

18 to be derived from such sums as may be collected in the 

19 Central Valley Project Restoration Fund pursuant to sec20 tions 3407(d), 3404(c)(3), and 3405(f) of Public Law 

21 102–575, to remain available until expended: Provided, 

22 That the Bureau of Reclamation is directed to assess and 

23 collect the full amount of the additional mitigation and 

24 restoration payments authorized by section 3407(d) of 

25 Public Law 102–575: Provided further, That none of the 


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1 funds made available under this heading may be used for 

2 the acquisition or leasing of water for in-stream purposes 

3 if the water is already committed to in-stream purposes 

4 by a court adopted decree or order. 

5 CALIFORNIA BAY-DELTA RESTORATION

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

7 For carrying out activities authorized by the Water 

8 Supply, Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act, 

9 consistent with plans to be approved by the Secretary of 

10 the Interior, $37,000,000, to remain available until ex11 pended, of which such amounts as may be necessary to 

12 carry out such activities may be transferred to appropriate 

13 accounts of other participating Federal agencies to carry 

14 out authorized purposes: Provided, That funds appro15 priated herein may be used for the Federal share of the 

16 costs of CALFED Program management: Provided fur17 ther, That CALFED implementation shall be carried out 

18 in a balanced manner with clear performance measures 

19 demonstrating concurrent progress in achieving the goals 

20 and objectives of the Program. 

21 POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION

22 For expenses necessary for policy, administration, 

23 and related functions in the Office of the Commissioner, 

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1 tember 30, 2017, $58,500,000, to be derived from the 

2 Reclamation Fund and be nonreimbursable as provided in 

3 43 U.S.C. 377: Provided, That no part of any other appro4 priation in this Act shall be available for activities or func5 tions budgeted as policy and administration expenses. 

6 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

7 Appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation shall 

8 be available for purchase of not to exceed five passenger 

9 motor vehicles, which are for replacement only. 

10 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE 

11 INTERIOR 

12 SEC. 201. (a) None of the funds provided in this title 

13 shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 

14 reprogramming of funds that— 

15 (1) creates or initiates a new program, project, 

16 or activity; 

17 (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 

18 (3) increases funds for any program, project, or 

19 activity for which funds have been denied or re20 stricted by this Act; 

21 (4) restarts or resumes any program, project or 

22 activity for which funds are not provided in this Act, 

23 unless prior approval is received from the Commit24 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress; 


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1 (5) transfers funds in excess of the following 

2 limits— 

3 (A) 15 percent for any program, project or 

4 activity for which $2,000,000 or more is avail5 able at the beginning of the fiscal year; or 

6 (B) $300,000 for any program, project or 

7 activity for which less than $2,000,000 is avail8 able at the beginning of the fiscal year; 

9 (6) transfers more than $500,000 from either 

10 the Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and Rehabili11 tation category or the Resources Management and 

12 Development category to any program, project, or 

13 activity in the other category; or 

14 (7) transfers, when necessary to discharge legal 

15 obligations of the Bureau of Reclamation, more than 

16 $5,000,000 to provide adequate funds for settled 

17 contractor claims, increased contractor earnings due 

18 to accelerated rates of operations, and real estate de19 ficiency judgments. 

20 (b) Subsection (a)(5) shall not apply to any transfer 

21 of funds within the Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and 

22 Rehabilitation category. 

23 (c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘transfer’’ 

24 means any movement of funds into or out of a program, 

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1 (d) The Bureau of Reclamation shall submit reports 

2 on a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropriations 

3 of both Houses of Congress detailing all the funds repro4 grammed between programs, projects, activities, or cat5 egories of funding. The first quarterly report shall be sub6 mitted not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 

7 of this Act. 

8 SEC. 202. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth9 erwise made available by this Act may be used to deter10 mine the final point of discharge for the interceptor drain 

11 for the San Luis Unit until development by the Secretary 

12 of the Interior and the State of California of a plan, which 

13 shall conform to the water quality standards of the State 

14 of California as approved by the Administrator of the En15 vironmental Protection Agency, to minimize any detri16 mental effect of the San Luis drainage waters. 

17 (b) The costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup 

18 Program and the costs of the San Joaquin Valley Drain19 age Program shall be classified by the Secretary of the 

20 Interior as reimbursable or nonreimbursable and collected 

21 until fully repaid pursuant to the ‘‘Cleanup Program— 

22 Alternative Repayment Plan’’ and the ‘‘SJVDP—Alter23 native Repayment Plan’’ described in the report entitled 

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1 ruary 1995’’, prepared by the Department of the Interior, 

2 Bureau of Reclamation. Any future obligations of funds 

3 by the United States relating to, or providing for, drainage 

4 service or drainage studies for the San Luis Unit shall 

5 be fully reimbursable by San Luis Unit beneficiaries of 

6 such service or studies pursuant to Federal reclamation 

7 law. 

8 SEC. 203. Section 9504(e) of the Secure Water Act 

9 of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10364(e)) is amended by striking 

10 ‘‘$300,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$500,000,000’’. 

11 SEC. 204. Title I of Public Law 108–361 (the Calfed 

12 Bay-Delta Authorization Act) (118 Stat. 1681), as 

13 amended by section 210 of Public Law 111–85, is amend14 ed by striking ‘‘2016’’ each place it appears and inserting 

15 ‘‘2020’’. 

16 SEC. 205. The Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 

17 1978 is amended by— 

18 (1) striking ‘‘Construction’’ and inserting ‘‘Ex19 cept as provided in section 5B, construction’’ in sec20 tion 3; and 

21 (2) inserting after section 5A (43 U.S.C. 509a) 

22 the following: 

23 ‘‘SEC. 5B. Notwithstanding section 3, if the Sec24 retary, in her judgment, determines that additional project 

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1 tion storage capacity, are necessary and in the interests 

2 of the United States and the project and are feasible and 

3 not inconsistent with the purposes of this Act, the Sec4 retary is authorized to develop additional project benefits 

5 through the construction of new or supplementary works 

6 on a project in conjunction with the Secretary’s activities 

7 under section 2 of this Act and subject to the conditions 

8 described in the feasibility study, provided the costs associ9 ated with developing the additional project benefits are al10 located to the authorized purposes of the project that have 

11 a benefit, a cost share agreement related to the additional 

12 project benefits is reached among State and Federal fund13 ing agencies and repaid consistent with all provisions of 

14 Federal Reclamation law (the Act of June 17, 1902, 43 

15 U.S.C. 371 et seq.) and acts supplemental to and amend16 atory of that Act.’’. 

17 SEC. 206. Section 5 of the Reclamation Safety of 

18 Dams Act of 1978 (43 U.S.C. 509) is amended in the 

19 first sentence— 

20 (a) by inserting ‘‘and effective October 1, 2015, not 

21 to exceed an additional $1,100,000,000 (October 1, 2003, 

22 price levels),’’ after ‘‘(October 1, 2003, price levels),’’; 

23 (b) in the proviso— 

24 (1) by striking ‘‘$1,250,000’’ and inserting 

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1 (2) by striking ‘‘Congress’’ and inserting ‘‘Com2 mittee on Natural Resources of the House of Rep3 resentatives and the Committee on Energy and Nat4 ural Resources of the Senate’’; and 

5 (3) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘For 

6 modification expenditures between $1,800,000 and 

7 $20,000,000 (October 1, 2013, price levels), the Sec8 retary of the Interior shall, at least 30 days before 

9 the date on which the funds are expended, submit 

10 written notice of the expenditures to the Committee 

11 on Natural Resources of the House of Representa12 tives and Committee on Energy and Natural Re13 sources of the Senate that provides a summary of 

14 the project, the cost of the project, and any alter15 natives that were considered.’’. 

16 SEC. 207. The Secretary of the Interior, acting 

17 through the Commissioner of Reclamation, shall— 

18 (a) complete the feasibility studies described in 

19 clauses (i)(I) and (ii)(II) of section 103(d)(1)(A) of Public 

20 Law 108–361 (118 Stat. 1684) and submit such studies 

21 to the appropriate committees of the House of Representa22 tives and the Senate not later than December 31, 2015; 

23 (b) complete the feasibility study described in clause 

24 (i)(II) of section 103(d)(1)(A) of Public Law 108–361 and 

25 submit such study to the appropriate committees of the 


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1 House of Representatives and the Senate not later than 

2 November 30, 2016; 

3 (c) complete a publicly available draft feasibility 

4 study for the project described in clause (ii)(I) of section 

5 103(d)(1)(A) of Public Law 108–361 and submit such 

6 study to the appropriate committees of the House of Rep7 resentatives and the Senate not later than November 30, 

8 2016; 

9 (d) complete the feasibility study described in clause 

10 (ii)(I) of section 103(d)(1)(A) of Public Law 108–361 and 

11 submit such study to the appropriate committees of the 

12 House of Representatives and the Senate not later than 

13 November 30, 2017; 

14 (e) complete the feasibility study described in section 

15 103(f)(1)(A) of Public Law 108–361 (118 Stat. 1694) 

16 and submit such study to the appropriate committees of 

17 the House of Representatives and the Senate not later 

18 than December 31, 2017; and 

19 (f) provide a progress report on the status of the fea20 sibility studies referred to in paragraphs (1) through (3) 

21 to the appropriate committees of the House of Representa22 tives and the Senate not later than 90 days after the date 

23 of the enactment of this Act and each 180 days thereafter 

24 until December 31, 2017, as applicable. The report shall 

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1 mental impact statements, final environmental impact 

2 statements, and Records of Decision. 

3 SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

4 this Act, funds provided by this Act for California Bay5 Delta Restoration may be used to deliver water to the 

6 Trinity River above the minimum requirements of the 

7 Trinity Record of Decision or to supplement flows in the 

8 Klamath River. 

9 SEC. 209. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

10 this Act, funds made available by this Act for Central Val11 ley Project Restoration Fund may be used for all author12 ized activities necessary to supplement or enhance the 

13 instream flow requirements in the State of California that 

14 are mandated under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 

15 and the Central Valley Project Improvement Act. 

16 TITLE III 

17 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

18 ENERGY PROGRAMS 

19 ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

21 For Department of Energy expenses including the 

22 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap23 ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for energy 

24 efficiency and renewable energy activities in carrying out 

25 the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 


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1 Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 

2 condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 

3 plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 

4 $1,950,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro5 vided, That, of such amount, $160,000,000 shall be avail6 able until September 30, 2017, for program direction: Pro7 vided further, That, of the amount provided under this 

8 heading, the Secretary may transfer up to $45,000,000 

9 to the Defense Production Act Fund for activities of the 

10 Department of Energy pursuant to the Defense Produc11 tion Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2061, et seq.). 

12 ELECTRICITY DELIVERY AND ENERGY RELIABILITY

13 For Department of Energy expenses including the 

14 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap15 ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for elec16 tricity delivery and energy reliability activities in carrying 

17 out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organiza18 tion Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisi19 tion or condemnation of any real property or any facility 

20 or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expan21 sion, $152,306,000, to remain available until expended: 

22 Provided, That, of such amount, $27,000,000 shall be 

23 available until September 30, 2017, for program direction. 


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1 NUCLEAR ENERGY

2 For Department of Energy expenses including the 

3 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap4 ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for nuclear 

5 energy activities in carrying out the purposes of the De6 partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 

7 seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any 

8 real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisi9 tion, construction, or expansion, $950,161,000, to remain 

10 available until expended: Provided, That, of such amount, 

11 $80,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2017, 

12 for program direction including official reception and rep13 resentation expenses not to exceed $10,000: Provided, 

14 That, of such amount, $24,000,000 shall be derived from 

15 the Nuclear Waste Fund. 

16 FOSSIL ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

17 For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car18 rying out fossil energy research and development activi19 ties, under the authority of the Department of Energy Or20 ganization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the ac21 quisition of interest, including defeasible and equitable in22 terests in any real property or any facility or for plant 

23 or facility acquisition or expansion, and for conducting in24 quiries, technological investigations and research con25 cerning the extraction, processing, use, and disposal of 


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1 mineral substances without objectionable social and envi2 ronmental costs (30 U.S.C. 3, 1602, and 1603), 

3 $610,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro4 vided, That, of such amount, $115,000,000 shall be avail5 able until September 30, 2017, for program direction. 

6 NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES

7 For Department of Energy expenses necessary to 

8 carry out naval petroleum and oil shale reserve activities, 

9 $17,500,000, to remain available until expended: Pro10 vided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

11 unobligated funds remaining from prior years shall be 

12 available for all naval petroleum and oil shale reserve ac13 tivities. 

14 STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE

15 For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 

16 Strategic Petroleum Reserve facility development and op17 erations and program management activities pursuant to 

18 the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6201 

19 et seq.), $200,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

20 NORTHEAST HOME HEATING OIL RESERVE

21 For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 

22 Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve storage, operation, 

23 and management activities pursuant to the Energy Policy 

24 and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), 

25 $7,600,000, to remain available until expended. 


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1 ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION

2 For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car3 rying out the activities of the Energy Information Admin4 istration, $122,000,000, to remain available until ex5 pended. 

6 NON-DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP

7 For Department of Energy expenses, including the 

8 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap9 ital equipment and other expenses necessary for non-de10 fense environmental cleanup activities in carrying out the 

11 purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act 

12 (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or con13 demnation of any real property or any facility or for plant 

14 or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 

15 $244,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

16 URANIUM ENRICHMENT DECONTAMINATION AND

17 DECOMMISSIONING FUND

18 For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car19 rying out uranium enrichment facility decontamination 

20 and decommissioning, remedial actions, and other activi21 ties of title II of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, and 

22 title X, subtitle A, of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, 

23 $614,000,000, to be derived from the Uranium Enrich24 ment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund, to re25 main available until expended, of which $32,959,000 shall 


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1 be available in accordance with title X, subtitle A, of the 

2 Energy Policy Act of 1992. 

3 SCIENCE

4 For Department of Energy expenses including the 

5 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap6 ital equipment, and other expenses necessary for science 

7 activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department 

8 of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), in9 cluding the acquisition or condemnation of any real prop10 erty or facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construc11 tion, or expansion, and purchase of not more than 17 pas12 senger motor vehicles for replacement only, including one 

13 ambulance and one bus, $5,143,877,000, to remain avail14 able until expended: Provided, That, of such amount, 

15 $185,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2017, 

16 for program direction. 

17 ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY—ENERGY

18 For Department of Energy expenses necessary in car19 rying out the activities authorized by section 5012 of the 

20 America COMPETES Act (Public Law 110–69), 

21 $291,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro22 vided, That, of such amount, $28,000,000 shall be avail23 able until September 30, 2017, for program direction. 


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1 TITLE 17 INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY LOAN GUARANTEE

2 PROGRAM

3 Such sums as are derived from amounts received 

4 from borrowers pursuant to section 1702(b) of the Energy 

5 Policy Act of 2005 under this heading in prior Acts, shall 

6 be collected in accordance with section 502(7) of the Con7 gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided, That, for nec8 essary administrative expenses to carry out this Loan 

9 Guarantee program, $42,000,000 is appropriated, to re10 main available until September 30, 2017: Provided further, 

11 That $25,000,000 of the fees collected pursuant to section 

12 1702(h) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 shall be credited 

13 as offsetting collections to this account to cover adminis14 trative expenses and shall remain available until expended, 

15 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2016 appropriation 

16 from the general fund estimated at not more than 

17 $17,000,000: Provided further, That fees collected under 

18 section 1702(h) in excess of the amount appropriated for 

19 administrative expenses shall not be available until appro20 priated: Provided further, That the Department of Energy 

21 shall not subordinate any loan obligation to other financ22 ing in violation of section 1702 of the Energy Policy Act 

23 of 2005 or subordinate any Guaranteed Obligation to any 

24 loan or other debt obligations in violation of section 

25 609.10 of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations. 


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1 ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY VEHICLES MANUFACTURING

2 LOAN PROGRAM

3 For Department of Energy administrative expenses 

4 necessary in carrying out the Advanced Technology Vehi5 cles Manufacturing Loan Program, $6,000,000, to remain 

6 available until September 30, 2017. 

7 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

8 For salaries and expenses of the Department of En9 ergy necessary for departmental administration in car10 rying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Orga11 nization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), $248,142,000, to 

12 remain available until September 30, 2017, including the 

13 hire of passenger motor vehicles and official reception and 

14 representation expenses not to exceed $30,000, plus such 

15 additional amounts as necessary to cover increases in the 

16 estimated amount of cost of work for others notwith17 standing the provisions of the Anti-Deficiency Act (31 

18 U.S.C. 1511 et seq.): Provided, That such increases in 

19 cost of work are offset by revenue increases of the same 

20 or greater amount: Provided further, That moneys received 

21 by the Department for miscellaneous revenues estimated 

22 to total $117,171,000 in fiscal year 2016 may be retained 

23 and used for operating expenses within this account, as 

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1 ther, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced 

2 as collections are received during the fiscal year so as to 

3 result in a final fiscal year 2016 appropriation from the 

4 general fund estimated at not more than $130,971,000: 

5 Provided further, That, of the total amount made available 

6 under this heading, $31,297,000 is for Energy Policy and 

7 Systems Analysis. 

8 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

9 For expenses necessary for the Office of the Inspector 

10 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

11 General Act of 1978, $46,424,000, to remain available 

12 until September 30, 2017. 

13 ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 

14 NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY 

15 ADMINISTRATION 

16 WEAPONS ACTIVITIES

17 For Department of Energy expenses, including the 

18 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap19 ital equipment and other incidental expenses necessary for 

20 atomic energy defense weapons activities in carrying out 

21 the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 

22 Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 

23 condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 

24 plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 

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1 vided, That of such amount, $97,118,000 shall be avail2 able until September 30, 2017, for program direction. 

3 DEFENSE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION

4 For Department of Energy expenses, including the 

5 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap6 ital equipment and other incidental expenses necessary for 

7 defense nuclear nonproliferation activities, in carrying out 

8 the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization 

9 Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 

10 condemnation of any real property or any facility or for 

11 plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, 

12 $1,705,912,000, to remain available until expended. 

13 NAVAL REACTORS

14 For Department of Energy expenses necessary for 

15 naval reactors activities to carry out the Department of 

16 Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), includ17 ing the acquisition (by purchase, condemnation, construc18 tion, or otherwise) of real property, plant, and capital 

19 equipment, facilities, and facility expansion, 

20 $1,300,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro21 vided, That of such amount, $42,504,000 shall be avail22 able until September 30, 2017, for program direction. 

23 FEDERAL SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For expenses necessary for Federal Salaries and Ex25 penses in the National Nuclear Security Administration, 


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1 $375,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

2 2017, including official reception and representation ex3 penses not to exceed $12,000. 

4 ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE 

5 ACTIVITIES 

6 DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP

7 For Department of Energy expenses, including the 

8 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap9 ital equipment and other expenses necessary for atomic 

10 energy defense environmental cleanup activities in car11 rying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Orga12 nization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acqui13 sition or condemnation of any real property or any facility 

14 or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expan15 sion, and the purchase of not to exceed one fire apparatus 

16 pumper truck and one armored vehicle for replacement 

17 only, $5,180,000,000, to remain available until expended: 

18 Provided, That, of such amount, $281,951,000 shall be 

19 available until September 30, 2017, for program direction: 

20 Provided further, That the Office of Environmental Man21 agement shall not accept ownership or responsibility for 

22 cleanup of any National Nuclear Security Administration 

23 facilities or sites without funding specifically designated 

24 for that purpose in an Appropriations Act at the time of 

25 transfer. 


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1 DEFENSE URANIUM ENRICHMENT DECONTAMINATION

2 AND DECOMMISSIONING

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For an additional amount for atomic energy defense 

5 environmental cleanup activities for Department of En6 ergy contributions for uranium enrichment decontamina7 tion and decommissioning activities, $614,000,000, to be 

8 deposited into the Defense Environmental Cleanup ac9 count which shall be transferred to the ‘‘Uranium Enrich10 ment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund’’. 

11 OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES

12 For Department of Energy expenses, including the 

13 purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and cap14 ital equipment and other expenses, necessary for atomic 

15 energy defense, other defense activities, and classified ac16 tivities, in carrying out the purposes of the Department 

17 of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), in18 cluding the acquisition or condemnation of any real prop19 erty or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, con20 struction, or expansion, $764,000,000, to remain available 

21 until expended: Provided, That, of such amount, 

22 $249,137,000 shall be available until September 30, 2017, 

23 for program direction. 


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1 POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS 

2 BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION FUND

3 Expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administra4 tion Fund, established pursuant to Public Law 93–454, 

5 are approved for the Shoshone Paiute Trout Hatchery, the 

6 Spokane Tribal Hatchery, the Snake River Sockeye Weirs 

7 and, in addition, for official reception and representation 

8 expenses in an amount not to exceed $5,000: Provided, 

9 That, during fiscal year 2016, no new direct loan obliga10 tions may be made. 

11 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHEASTERN

12 POWER ADMINISTRATION

13 For expenses necessary for operations and mainte14 nance of power transmission facilities and for marketing 

15 electric power and energy, including transmission wheeling 

16 and ancillary services, pursuant to section 5 of the Flood 

17 Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the 

18 southeastern power area, $6,900,000, including official re19 ception and representation expenses in an amount not to 

20 exceed $1,500, to remain available until expended: Pro21 vided, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 

22 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944, up to $6,900,000 col23 lected by the Southeastern Power Administration from the 

24 sale of power and related services shall be credited to this 

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1 available until expended for the sole purpose of funding 

2 the annual expenses of the Southeastern Power Adminis3 tration: Provided further, That the sum herein appro4 priated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collections 

5 are received during the fiscal year so as to result in a final 

6 fiscal year 2016 appropriation estimated at not more than 

7 $0: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 

8 3302, up to $66,500,000 collected by the Southeastern 

9 Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control Act 

10 of 1944 to recover purchase power and wheeling expenses 

11 shall be credited to this account as offsetting collections, 

12 to remain available until expended for the sole purpose 

13 of making purchase power and wheeling expenditures: 

14 Provided further, That, for purposes of this appropriation, 

15 annual expenses means expenditures that are generally re16 covered in the same year that they are incurred (excluding 

17 purchase power and wheeling expenses). 

18 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, SOUTHWESTERN

19 POWER ADMINISTRATION

20 For expenses necessary for operations and mainte21 nance of power transmission facilities and for marketing 

22 electric power and energy, for construction and acquisition 

23 of transmission lines, substations and appurtenant facili24 ties, and for administrative expenses, including official re25 ception and representation expenses in an amount not to 


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1 exceed $1,500 in carrying out section 5 of the Flood Con2 trol Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the 

3 Southwestern Power Administration, $47,361,000, to re4 main available until expended: Provided, That, notwith5 standing 31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 5 of the Flood Con6 trol Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), up to $35,961,000 col7 lected by the Southwestern Power Administration from 

8 the sale of power and related services shall be credited to 

9 this account as discretionary offsetting collections, to re10 main available until expended, for the sole purpose of 

11 funding the annual expenses of the Southwestern Power 

12 Administration: Provided further, That the sum herein ap13 propriated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collec14 tions are received during the fiscal year so as to result 

15 in a final fiscal year 2016 appropriation estimated at not 

16 more than $11,400,000: Provided further, That, notwith17 standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $63,000,000 collected by 

18 the Southwestern Power Administration pursuant to the 

19 Flood Control Act of 1944 to recover purchase power and 

20 wheeling expenses shall be credited to this account as off21 setting collections, to remain available until expended for 

22 the sole purpose of making purchase power and wheeling 

23 expenditures: Provided further, That, for purposes of this 

24 appropriation, annual expenses means expenditures that 


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1 are generally recovered in the same year that they are in2 curred (excluding purchase power and wheeling expenses). 

3 CONSTRUCTION, REHABILITATION, OPERATIONS AND

4 MAINTENANCE, WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINIS5 TRATION

6 For carrying out the functions authorized by title III, 

7 section 302(a)(1)(E) of the Act of August 4, 1977 (42 

8 U.S.C. 7152), and other related activities including con9 servation and renewable resources programs as author10 ized, $307,714,000, including official reception and rep11 resentation expenses in an amount not to exceed $1,500, 

12 to remain available until expended, of which $302,000,000 

13 shall be derived from the Department of the Interior Rec14 lamation Fund: Provided, That, notwithstanding 31 

15 U.S.C. 3302, section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 

16 (16 U.S.C. 825s), and section 1 of the Interior Depart17 ment Appropriation Act, 1939 (43 U.S.C. 392a), up to 

18 $214,342,000 collected by the Western Area Power Ad19 ministration from the sale of power and related services 

20 shall be credited to this account as discretionary offsetting 

21 collections, to remain available until expended, for the sole 

22 purpose of funding the annual expenses of the Western 

23 Area Power Administration: Provided further, That the 

24 sum herein appropriated for annual expenses shall be re25 duced as collections are received during the fiscal year so 


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1 as to result in a final fiscal year 2016 appropriation esti2 mated at not more than $93,372,000, of which 

3 $87,658,000 is derived from the Reclamation Fund: Pro4 vided further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, up 

5 to $352,813,000 collected by the Western Area Power Ad6 ministration pursuant to the Flood Control Act of 1944 

7 and the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 to recover pur8 chase power and wheeling expenses shall be credited to 

9 this account as offsetting collections, to remain available 

10 until expended for the sole purpose of making purchase 

11 power and wheeling expenditures: Provided further, That, 

12 for purposes of this appropriation, annual expenses means 

13 expenditures that are generally recovered in the same year 

14 that they are incurred (excluding purchase power and 

15 wheeling expenses). 

16 FALCON AND AMISTAD OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE

17 FUND

18 For operations, maintenance, and emergency costs 

19 for the hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad 

20 Dams, $4,490,000, to remain available until expended, 

21 and to be derived from the Falcon and Amistad Operating 

22 and Maintenance Fund of the Western Area Power Ad23 ministration, as provided in section 2 of the Act of June 

24 18, 1954 (68 Stat. 255): Provided, That, notwithstanding 

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1 $4,262,000 collected by the Western Area Power Adminis2 tration from the sale of power and related services from 

3 the Falcon and Amistad Dams shall be credited to this 

4 account as discretionary offsetting collections, to remain 

5 available until expended for the sole purpose of funding 

6 the annual expenses of the hydroelectric facilities of these 

7 Dams and associated Western Area Power Administration 

8 activities: Provided further, That the sum herein appro9 priated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collections 

10 are received during the fiscal year so as to result in a final 

11 fiscal year 2016 appropriation estimated at not more than 

12 $228,000: Provided further, That, for purposes of this ap13 propriation, annual expenses means expenditures that are 

14 generally recovered in the same year that they are in15 curred: Provided further, That, for fiscal year 2016, the 

16 Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration 

17 may accept up to $460,000 in funds contributed by United 

18 States power customers of the Falcon and Amistad Dams 

19 for deposit into the Falcon and Amistad Operating and 

20 Maintenance Fund, and such funds shall be available for 

21 the purpose for which contributed in like manner as if said 

22 sums had been specifically appropriated for such purpose: 

23 Provided further, That any such funds shall be available 

24 without further appropriation and without fiscal year limi25 tation for use by the Commissioner of the United States 


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1 Section of the International Boundary and Water Com2 mission for the sole purpose of operating, maintaining, re3 pairing, rehabilitating, replacing, or upgrading the hydro4 electric facilities at these Dams in accordance with agree5 ments reached between the Administrator, Commissioner, 

6 and the power customers. 

7 FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For expenses necessary for the Federal Energy Regu10 latory Commission to carry out the provisions of the De11 partment of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et 

12 seq.), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

13 official reception and representation expenses not to ex14 ceed $3,000, and the hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

15 $319,800,000, to remain available until expended: Pro16 vided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

17 not to exceed $319,800,000 of revenues from fees and an18 nual charges, and other services and collections in fiscal 

19 year 2016 shall be retained and used for expenses nec20 essary in this account, and shall remain available until ex21 pended: Provided further, That the sum herein appro22 priated from the general fund shall be reduced as revenues 

23 are received during fiscal year 2016 so as to result in a 

24 final fiscal year 2016 appropriation from the general fund 

25 estimated at not more than $0. 


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1 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF 

2 ENERGY 

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER AND RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 301. (a) No appropriation, funds, or authority 

5 made available by this title for the Department of Energy 

6 shall be used to initiate or resume any program, project, 

7 or activity or to prepare or initiate Requests For Proposals 

8 or similar arrangements (including Requests for 

9 Quotations, Requests for Information, and Funding Op10 portunity Announcements) for a program, project, or ac11 tivity if the program, project, or activity has not been 

12 funded by Congress. 

13 (b)(1) Unless the Secretary of Energy notifies the 

14 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

15 at least 3 full business days in advance, none of the funds 

16 made available in this title may be used to— 

17 (A) make a grant allocation or discretionary 

18 grant award totaling $1,000,000 or more; 

19 (B) make a discretionary contract award or 

20 Other Transaction Agreement totaling $1,000,000 

21 or more, including a contract covered by the Federal 

22 Acquisition Regulation; 

23 (C) issue a letter of intent to make an alloca24 tion, award, or Agreement in excess of the limits in 

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1 (D) announce publicly the intention to make an 

2 allocation, award, or Agreement in excess of the lim3 its in subparagraph (A) or (B). 

4 (2) The Secretary of Energy shall submit to the Com5 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

6 within 15 days of the conclusion of each quarter a report 

7 detailing each grant allocation or discretionary grant 

8 award totaling less than $1,000,000 provided during the 

9 previous quarter. 

10 (3) The notification required by paragraph (1) and 

11 the report required by paragraph (2) shall include the re12 cipient of the award, the amount of the award, the fiscal 

13 year for which the funds for the award were appropriated, 

14 the account and program, project, or activity from which 

15 the funds are being drawn, the title of the award, and 

16 a brief description of the activity for which the award is 

17 made. 

18 (c) The Department of Energy may not, with respect 

19 to any program, project, or activity that uses budget au20 thority made available in this title under the heading ‘‘De21 partment of Energy—Energy Programs’’, enter into a 

22 multiyear contract, award a multiyear grant, or enter into 

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1 (1) the contract, grant, or cooperative agree2 ment is funded for the full period of performance as 

3 anticipated at the time of award; or 

4 (2) the contract, grant, or cooperative agree5 ment includes a clause conditioning the Federal Gov6 ernment’s obligation on the availability of future 

7 year budget authority and the Secretary notifies the 

8 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

9 Congress at least 3 days in advance. 

10 (d) Except as provided in subsections (e), (f), and (g), 

11 the amounts made available by this title shall be expended 

12 as authorized by law for the programs, projects, and ac13 tivities specified in the ‘‘Bill’’ column in the ‘‘Department 

14 of Energy’’ table included under the heading ‘‘Title III— 

15 Department of Energy’’ in the report of the Committee 

16 on Appropriations accompanying this Act. 

17 (e) The amounts made available by this title may be 

18 reprogrammed for any program, project, or activity, and 

19 the Department shall notify the Committees on Appropria20 tions of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days prior 

21 to the use of any proposed reprogramming that would 

22 cause any program, project, or activity funding level to 

23 increase or decrease by more than $5,000,000 or 10 per24 cent, whichever is less, during the time period covered by 

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1 (f) None of the funds provided in this title shall be 

2 available for obligation or expenditure through a re3 programming of funds that— 

4 (1) creates, initiates, or eliminates a program, 

5 project, or activity; 

6 (2) increases funds or personnel for any pro7 gram, project, or activity for which funds are denied 

8 or restricted by this Act; or 

9 (3) reduces funds that are directed to be used 

10 for a specific program, project, or activity by this 

11 Act. 

12 (g)(1) The Secretary of Energy may waive any re13 quirement or restriction in this section that applies to the 

14 use of funds made available for the Department of Energy 

15 if compliance with such requirement or restriction would 

16 pose a substantial risk to human health, the environment, 

17 welfare, or national security. 

18 (2) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Commit19 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of any 

20 waiver under paragraph (1) as soon as practicable, but 

21 not later than 3 days after the date of the activity to which 

22 a requirement or restriction would otherwise have applied. 

23 Such notice shall include an explanation of the substantial 

24 risk under paragraph (1) that permitted such waiver. 


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1 SEC. 302. The unexpended balances of prior appro2 priations provided for activities in this Act may be avail3 able to the same appropriation accounts for such activities 

4 established pursuant to this title. Available balances may 

5 be merged with funds in the applicable established ac6 counts and thereafter may be accounted for as one fund 

7 for the same time period as originally enacted. 

8 SEC. 303. Funds appropriated by this or any other 

9 Act, or made available by the transfer of funds in this 

10 Act, for intelligence activities are deemed to be specifically 

11 authorized by the Congress for purposes of section 504 

12 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) dur13 ing fiscal year 2016 until the enactment of the Intelligence 

14 Authorization Act for fiscal year 2016. 

15 SEC. 304. None of the funds made available in this 

16 title shall be used for the construction of facilities classi17 fied as high-hazard nuclear facilities under 10 CFR Part 

18 830 unless independent oversight is conducted by the Of19 fice of Independent Enterprise Assessments to ensure the 

20 project is in compliance with nuclear safety requirements. 

21 SEC. 305. None of the funds made available in this 

22 title may be used to approve critical decision-2 or critical 

23 decision-3 under Department of Energy Order 413.3B, or 

24 any successive departmental guidance, for construction 

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1 $100,000,000, until a separate independent cost estimate 

2 has been developed for the project for that critical deci3 sion. 

4 SEC. 306. (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 (1) AFFECTED INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘af6 fected Indian tribe’’ has the meaning given the term 

7 in section 2 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 

8 (42 U.S.C. 10101). 

9 (2) HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE.—The 

10 term ‘‘high-level radioactive waste’’ has the meaning 

11 given the term in section 2 of the Nuclear Waste 

12 Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101). 

13 (3) NUCLEAR WASTE FUND.—The term ‘‘Nu14 clear Waste Fund’’ means the Nuclear Waste Fund 

15 established under section 302(c) of the Nuclear 

16 Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10222(c)). 

17 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

18 the Secretary of Energy. 

19 (5) SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL.—The term ‘‘spent 

20 nuclear fuel’’ has the meaning given the term in sec21 tion 2 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 

22 U.S.C. 10101). 

23 (b) PILOT PROGRAM.—Notwithstanding any provi24 sion of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 

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1 fiscal year and subsequent fiscal years, to conduct a pilot 

2 program, through 1 or more private sector partners, to 

3 license, construct, and operate 1 or more government or 

4 privately owned consolidated storage facilities to provide 

5 interim storage as needed for spent nuclear fuel and high6 level radioactive waste, with priority for storage given to 

7 spent nuclear fuel located on sites without an operating 

8 nuclear reactor. 

9 (c) REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS.—Not later than 120 

10 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

11 shall issue a request for proposals for cooperative agree12 ments— 

13 (1) to obtain any license necessary from the 

14 Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the construction 

15 of 1 or more consolidated storage facilities; 

16 (2) to demonstrate the safe transportation of 

17 spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste, 

18 as applicable; and 

19 (3) to demonstrate the safe storage of spent nu20 clear fuel and high-level radioactive waste, as appli21 cable, at the 1 or more consolidated storage facilities 

22 pending the construction and operation of deep geo23 logic disposal capacity for the permanent disposal of 

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1 (d) CONSENT-BASED APPROVAL.—Prior to siting a 

2 consolidated storage facility pursuant to this section, the 

3 Secretary shall enter into an agreement to host the facility 

4 with— 

5 (1) the Governor of the State; 

6 (2) each unit of local government within the ju7 risdiction of which the facility is proposed to be lo8 cated; and 

9 (3) each affected Indian tribe. 

10 (e) APPLICABILITY.—In executing this section, the 

11 Secretary shall comply with— 

12 (1) all licensing requirements and regulations of 

13 the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; and 

14 (2) all other applicable laws (including regula15 tions). 

16 (f) PILOT PROGRAM PLAN.—Not later than 120 days 

17 after the date on which the Secretary issues the request 

18 for proposals under subsection (c), the Secretary shall sub19 mit to Congress a plan to carry out this section that in20 cludes— 

21 (1) an estimate of the cost of licensing, con22 structing, and operating a consolidated storage facil23 ity, including the transportation costs, on an annual 

24 basis, over the expected lifetime of the facility; 

25 (2) a schedule for— 


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1 (A) obtaining any license necessary to con2 struct and operate a consolidated storage facil3 ity from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; 

4 (B) constructing the facility; 

5 (C) transporting spent fuel to the facility; 

6 and 

7 (D) removing the spent fuel and decom8 missioning the facility; and 

9 (3) an estimate of the cost of any financial as10 sistance, compensation, or incentives proposed to be 

11 paid to the host State, Indian tribe, or local govern12 ment; 

13 (4) an estimate of any future reductions in the 

14 damages expected to be paid by the United States 

15 for the delay of the Department of Energy in accept16 ing spent fuel expected to result from the pilot pro17 gram; 

18 (5) recommendations for any additional legisla19 tion needed to authorize and implement the pilot 

20 program; and 

21 (6) recommendations for a mechanism to en22 sure that any spent nuclear fuel or high-level radio23 active waste stored at a consolidated storage facility 

24 pursuant to this section shall move to deep geologic 

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1 process for that deep geologic disposal capacity con2 sistent with subsection (d), within a reasonable time 

3 after the issuance of a license to construct and oper4 ate the consolidated storage facility. 

5 (g) PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.—Prior to choosing a 

6 site for the construction of a consolidated storage facility 

7 under this section, the Secretary shall conduct 1 or more 

8 public hearings in the vicinity of each potential site and 

9 in at least 1 other location within the State in which the 

10 site is located to solicit public comments and recommenda11 tions. 

12 (h) USE OF NUCLEAR WASTE FUND.—The Secretary 

13 may make expenditures from the Nuclear Waste Fund to 

14 carry out this section, subject to appropriations. 

15 SEC. 307. (a) NOTIFICATION OF STRATEGIC PETRO16 LEUM RESERVE DRAWDOWN.—None of the funds made 

17 available by this Act or any prior or subsequent Act, or 

18 funds made available in the SPR Petroleum Account, may 

19 be used in this fiscal year or each subsequent fiscal year, 

20 to conduct a drawdown (including a test drawdown) and 

21 sale or exchange of petroleum products from the Strategic 

22 Petroleum Reserve unless the Secretary of Energy pro23 vides notice, in accordance with subsection (b), of such 

24 exchange, or drawdown (including a test drawdown) to the 


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1 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con2 gress. 

3 (b)(1) CONTENT OF NOTIFICATION.—The notifica4 tion required under subsection (a) shall include at a min5 imum— 

6 (A) the justification for the drawdown or ex7 change, including— 

8 (i) a specific description of any obligation 

9 under international energy agreements; and 

10 (ii) in the case of a test drawdown, the 

11 specific aspects of the Strategic Petroleum Re12 serve to be tested; 

13 (B) the provisions of law (including regulations) 

14 authorizing the drawdown or exchange; 

15 (C) the number of barrels of petroleum prod16 ucts proposed to be withdrawn or exchanged; 

17 (D) the location of the Strategic Petroleum Re18 serve site or sites from which the petroleum products 

19 are proposed to be withdrawn; 

20 (E) a good faith estimate of the expected pro21 ceeds from the sale of the petroleum products; 

22 (F) an estimate of the total inventories of pe23 troleum products in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve 

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1 (G) a detailed plan for disposition of the pro2 ceeds after deposit into the SPR Petroleum Account; 

3 and 

4 (H) a plan for refilling the Strategic Petroleum 

5 Reserve, including whether the acquisition will be of 

6 the same or a different petroleum product. 

7 (2) TIMING OF NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary 

8 shall provide the notification required under sub9 section (a)— 

10 (A) in the case of an exchange or a draw11 down, as soon as practicable after the exchange 

12 or drawdown has occurred; and 

13 (B) in the case of a test drawdown, not 

14 later than 30 days prior to the test drawdown. 

15 (c) POST-SALE NOTIFICATION.—In addition to re16 porting requirements under other provisions of law, the 

17 Secretary shall, upon the execution of all contract awards 

18 in this fiscal year and each subsequent fiscal year associ19 ated with a competitive sale of petroleum products, notify 

20 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con21 gress of the actual value of the proceeds from the sale. 

22 (d)(1) NEW REGIONAL RESERVES.—The Secretary 

23 may not establish any new regional petroleum product re24 serve unless funding for the proposed regional petroleum 

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1 nual budget submission and approved by the Congress in 

2 an appropriations Act. 

3 (2) The budget request or notification shall in4 clude— 

5 (A) the justification for the new reserve; 

6 (B) a cost estimate for the establishment, 

7 operation, and maintenance of the reserve, in8 cluding funding sources; 

9 (C) a detailed plan for operation of the re10 serve, including the conditions upon which the 

11 products may be released; 

12 (D) the location of the reserve; and 

13 (E) the estimate of the total inventory of 

14 the reserve. 

15 SEC. 308. (a) Unobligated balances available from 

16 appropriations for fiscal years 2005 through 2010 are 

17 hereby permanently rescinded from the following accounts 

18 of the Department of Energy in the specified amounts: 

19 (1) ‘‘Energy Programs—Energy Efficiency and 

20 Renewable Energy’’, $16,677,000. 

21 (2) ‘‘Energy Programs—Electricity Delivery 

22 and Energy Reliability’’, $900,000. 

23 (3) ‘‘Energy Programs—Nuclear Energy’’, 

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1 (4) ‘‘Energy Programs—Fossil Energy Re2 search and Development’’, $12,064,000. 

3 (5) ‘‘Energy Programs—Science’’, $4,717,000. 

4 (6) ‘‘Power Marketing Administrations—Con5 struction, Rehabilitation, Operation and Mainte6 nance, Western Area Power Administration’’, 

7 $4,832,000. 

8 (b) No amounts may be rescinded by this section 

9 from amounts that were designated by Congress as an 

10 emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolu11 tion on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer12 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

13 SEC. 309. (a) Unobligated balances available from 

14 appropriations are hereby permanently rescinded from the 

15 following accounts of the Department of Energy in the 

16 specified amounts: 

17 (1) ‘‘Atomic Energy Defense Activities—Na18 tional Nuclear Security Administration—Weapons 

19 Activities’’, $65,135,000. 

20 (2) ‘‘Atomic Energy Defense Activities—Na21 tional Nuclear Security Administration—Defense 

22 Nuclear Nonproliferation’’, $19,324,000. 

23 (3) ‘‘Atomic Energy Defense Activities—Na24 tional Nuclear Security Administration—Naval Re25 actors’’, $628,000. 


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1 (b) No amounts may be rescinded by this section 

2 from amounts that were designated by Congress as an 

3 emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolu4 tion on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer5 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

6 SEC. 310. Of the amounts made available by this Act 

7 for ‘‘National Nuclear Security Administration—Weapons 

8 Activities’’, up to $50,000,000 may be reprogrammed 

9 within such account for Domestic Uranium Enrichment, 

10 subject to the notice requirements in section 301. 

11 TECHNICAL CORRECTION

12 SEC. 311. (a) CONTRACTS FOR STORAGE.—Notwith13 standing any other provision of law and subject to the 

14 availability of appropriations, the Secretary is authorized, 

15 in this year and each subsequent fiscal year, to enter into 

16 contracts to store spent nuclear fuel and high-level radio17 active waste, as applicable, to which the Secretary holds 

18 the title or has a contract to accept title, at any facility 

19 licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for such 

20 storage. 

21 (b) TRANSFER OF TITLE.—Delivery, and acceptance 

22 by the Secretary, of any spent nuclear fuel or high-level 

23 radioactive waste for storage under this section shall con24 stitute a transfer of title to the Secretary of such spent 

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1 (c) CONTRACT MODIFICATION.—The Secretary is au2 thorized to enter into new contracts or modify existing 

3 contracts with any person who generates or holds title to 

4 high-level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel, of do5 mestic origin for the acceptance of title, subsequent trans6 portation, and storage of such high-level radioactive waste 

7 or spent nuclear fuel at a facility described under sub8 section (a). 

9 SEC. 312. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

10 law, the provisions of 40 U.S.C. 11319 shall not apply 

11 to funds appropriated in this title to Federally Funded 

12 Research and Development Centers sponsored by the De13 partment of Energy. 

14 TITLE IV 

15 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

16 APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION

17 For expenses necessary to carry out the programs au18 thorized by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 

19 1965, notwithstanding 40 U.S.C. 14704, and for expenses 

20 necessary for the Federal Co-Chairman and the Alternate 

21 on the Appalachian Regional Commission, for payment of 

22 the Federal share of the administrative expenses of the 

23 Commission, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

24 3109, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $105,000,000, 

25 to remain available until expended. 


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1 DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For expenses necessary for the Defense Nuclear Fa4 cilities Safety Board in carrying out activities authorized 

5 by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended by Public 

6 Law 100–456, section 1441, $29,150,000, to remain 

7 available until September 30, 2017. 

8 DELTA REGIONAL AUTHORITY

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For expenses necessary for the Delta Regional Au11 thority and to carry out its activities, as authorized by 

12 the Delta Regional Authority Act of 2000, notwith13 standing sections 382C(b)(2), 382F(d), 382M, and 382N 

14 of said Act, $25,000,000, to remain available until ex15 pended. 

16 DENALI COMMISSION

17 For expenses necessary for the Denali Commission 

18 including the purchase, construction, and acquisition of 

19 plant and capital equipment as necessary and other ex20 penses, $11,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

21 notwithstanding the limitations contained in section 

22 306(g) of the Denali Commission Act of 1998: Provided, 

23 That funds shall be available for construction projects in 

24 an amount not to exceed 80 percent of total project cost 

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1 the Denali Commission Act of 1998 (division C, title III, 

2 Public Law 105–277), as amended by section 701 of ap3 pendix D, title VII, Public Law 106–113 (113 Stat. 

4 1501A–280), and an amount not to exceed 50 percent for 

5 non-distressed communities. 

6 NORTHERN BORDER REGIONAL COMMISSION

7 For expenses necessary for the Northern Border Re8 gional Commission in carrying out activities authorized by 

9 subtitle V of title 40, United States Code, $7,500,000, to 

10 remain available until expended: Provided, That such 

11 amounts shall be available for administrative expenses, 

12 notwithstanding section 15751(b) of title 40, United 

13 States Code. 

14 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For expenses necessary for the Commission in car17 rying out the purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act 

18 of 1974 and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, 

19 $990,000,000, including official representation expenses 

20 not to exceed $25,000, to remain available until expended: 

21 Provided, That, of the amount appropriated herein, not 

22 more than $7,500,000 may be made available for salaries, 

23 travel, and other support costs for the Office of the Com24 mission, to remain available until September 30, 2017, of 

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1 Reorganization Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5841(a)(2)(c)), 

2 the use and expenditure shall only be approved by a major3 ity vote of the Commission: Provided further, That reve4 nues from licensing fees, inspection services, and other 

5 services and collections estimated at $872,864,000 in fis6 cal year 2016 shall be retained and used for necessary 

7 salaries and expenses in this account, notwithstanding 31 

8 U.S.C. 3302, and shall remain available until expended: 

9 Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated shall 

10 be reduced by the amount of revenues received during fis11 cal year 2016 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2016 

12 appropriation estimated at not more than $117,136,000. 

13 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

14 For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 

15 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

16 General Act of 1978, $12,136,000, to remain available 

17 until September 30, 2017: Provided, That revenues from 

18 licensing fees, inspection services, and other services and 

19 collections estimated at $10,060,000 in fiscal year 2016 

20 shall be retained and be available until September 30, 

21 2017, for necessary salaries and expenses in this account, 

22 notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United States 

23 Code: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated 

24 shall be reduced by the amount of revenues received dur25 ing fiscal year 2016 so as to result in a final fiscal year 


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1 2016 appropriation estimated at not more than 

2 $2,076,000: Provided further, That, of the amounts appro3 priated under this heading, $958,000 shall be for Inspec4 tor General services for the Defense Nuclear Facilities 

5 Safety Board, which shall not be available from fee reve6 nues. 

7 NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For expenses necessary for the Nuclear Waste Tech10 nical Review Board, as authorized by Public Law 100– 

11 203, section 5051, $3,600,000, to be derived from the Nu12 clear Waste Fund, to remain available until September 30, 

13 2017. 

14 GENERAL PROVISIONS—INDEPENDENT 

15 AGENCIES 

16 SEC. 401. (a) The amounts made available by this 

17 title for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission may be re18 programmed for any program, project, or activity, and the 

19 Commission shall notify the Committees on Appropria20 tions of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days prior 

21 to the use of any proposed reprogramming that would 

22 cause any program funding level to increase or decrease 

23 by more than $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, 

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1 (b)(1) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission may 

2 waive the notification requirement in (a) if compliance 

3 with such requirement would pose a substantial risk to 

4 human health, the environment, welfare, or national secu5 rity. 

6 (2) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall notify 

7 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con8 gress of any waiver under paragraph (1) as soon as prac9 ticable, but not later than 3 days after the date of the 

10 activity to which a requirement or restriction would other11 wise have applied. Such notice shall include an explanation 

12 of the substantial risk under paragraph (1) that permitted 

13 such waiver and shall provide a detailed report to the 

14 Committees of such waiver and changes to funding levels 

15 to programs, projects, or activities. 

16 (c) None of the funds provided for the Nuclear Regu17 latory Commission shall be available for obligation or ex18 penditure through a reprogramming of funds that in19 creases funds or personnel for any program, project, or 

20 activity for which funds are denied or restricted by this 

21 Act. 

22 (d) The Commission shall provide a monthly report 

23 to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

24 Congress, which includes the following for each program, 


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1 project, or activity, including any prior year appropria2 tions— 

3 (1) total budget authority; 

4 (2) total unobligated balances; and 

5 (3) total unliquidated obligations. 

6 SEC. 402. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall 

7 comply with the July 5, 2011, version of Chapter VI of 

8 its Internal Commission Procedures when responding to 

9 Congressional requests for information. 

10 SEC. 403. Public Law 105–277, division A, section 

11 101(g) (title III, section 329(a), (b)) is amended by insert12 ing, in subsection (b), after ‘‘State law’’ and before the 

13 period the following: ‘‘or for the construction and repair 

14 of barge mooring points and barge landing sites to facili15 tate pumping fuel from fuel transport barges into bulk 

16 fuel storage tanks.’’. 

17 TITLE V 

18 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

19 SEC. 501. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

20 may be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence 

21 congressional action on any legislation or appropriation 

22 matters pending before Congress, other than to commu23 nicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 

24 1913. 


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1 SEC. 502. (a) None of the funds made available in 

2 title III of this Act may be transferred to any department, 

3 agency, or instrumentality of the United States Govern4 ment, except pursuant to a transfer made by or transfer 

5 authority provided in this Act or any other appropriations 

6 Act for any fiscal year, transfer authority referenced in 

7 the report of the Committee on Appropriations accom8 panying this Act, or any authority whereby a department, 

9 agency, or instrumentality of the United States Govern10 ment may provide goods or services to another depart11 ment, agency, or instrumentality. 

12 (b) None of the funds made available for any depart13 ment, agency, or instrumentality of the United States 

14 Government may be transferred to accounts funded in title 

15 III of this Act, except pursuant to a transfer made by or 

16 transfer authority provided in this Act or any other appro17 priations Act for any fiscal year, transfer authority ref18 erenced in the report of the Committee on Appropriations 

19 accompanying this Act, or any authority whereby a de20 partment, agency, or instrumentality of the United States 

21 Government may provide goods or services to another de22 partment, agency, or instrumentality. 

23 (c) The head of any relevant department or agency 

24 funded in this Act utilizing any transfer authority shall 

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1 Houses of Congress a semiannual report detailing the 

2 transfer authorities, except for any authority whereby a 

3 department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 

4 States Government may provide goods or services to an5 other department, agency, or instrumentality, used in the 

6 previous 6 months and in the year-to-date. This report 

7 shall include the amounts transferred and the purposes 

8 for which they were transferred, and shall not replace or 

9 modify existing notification requirements for each author10 ity. 

11 SEC. 503. None of the funds made available by this 

12 Act may be used to implement, administer, carry out, 

13 modify, revise, or enforce Executive Order 13690 (entitled 

14 ‘‘Establishing a Federal Flood Risk Management Stand15 ard and a Process for Further Soliciting and Considering 

16 Stakeholder Input’’). 

17 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Energy and Water 

18 Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 

19 2016’’. 


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1 DIVISION C—DEPARTMENTS OF TRANS2 PORTATION, AND HOUSING AND 

3 URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED 

4 AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2016 

5 TITLE I 

6 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

7 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 

10 $110,738,000, of which not to exceed $2,734,000 shall be 

11 available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not 

12 to exceed $1,025,000 shall be available for the immediate 

13 Office of the Deputy Secretary; not to exceed $20,109,000 

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

15 not to exceed $10,141,000 shall be available for the Office 

16 of the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy; not 

17 to exceed $13,867,000 shall be available for the Office of 

18 the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to 

19 exceed $2,546,000 shall be available for the Office of the 

20 Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs; not to ex21 ceed $27,411,000 shall be available for the Office of the 

22 Assistant Secretary for Administration; not to exceed 

23 $2,029,000 shall be available for the Office of Public Af24 fairs; not to exceed $1,769,000 shall be available for the 

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1 $1,434,000 shall be available for the Office of Small and 

2 Disadvantaged Business Utilization; not to exceed 

3 $10,793,000 shall be available for the Office of Intel4 ligence, Security, and Emergency Response; and not to ex5 ceed $16,880,000 shall be available for the Office of the 

6 Chief Information Officer: Provided, That the Secretary 

7 of Transportation is authorized to transfer funds appro8 priated for any office of the Office of the Secretary to any 

9 other office of the Office of the Secretary: Provided fur10 ther, That no appropriation for any office shall be in11 creased or decreased by more than 5 percent by all such 

12 transfers: Provided further, That notice of any change in 

13 funding greater than 5 percent shall be submitted for ap14 proval to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria15 tions: Provided further, That not to exceed $60,000 shall 

16 be for allocation within the Department for official recep17 tion and representation expenses as the Secretary may de18 termine: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 

19 provision of law, excluding fees authorized in Public Law 

20 107–71, there may be credited to this appropriation up 

21 to $2,500,000 in funds received in user fees: Provided fur22 ther, That none of the funds provided in this Act shall 

23 be available for the position of Assistant Secretary for 

24 Public Affairs: Provided further, That not later than 60 

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1 of Transportation shall transmit to Congress the final 

2 Comprehensive Truck Size and Weight Limits Study, as 

3 required by section 32801 of Public Law 112–141: Pro4 vided further, That the amount herein appropriated for the 

5 Office of the Under Secretary for Transportation Policy 

6 shall be reduced by $100,000 for each day after 60 days 

7 after the date of enactment of this Act that such report 

8 has not been submitted to Congress: Provided further, 

9 That the Secretary shall provide the House and Senate 

10 Committees on Appropriations quarterly written notifica11 tion regarding the status of pending reports required to 

12 be submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Ap13 propriations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 

14 provide in electronic form all signed reports required by 

15 Congress. 

16 RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

17 For necessary expenses related to the Office of the 

18 Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, 

19 $13,000,000, of which $8,218,000 shall remain available 

20 until September 30, 2018: Provided, That there may be 

21 credited to this appropriation, to be available until ex22 pended, funds received from States, counties, municipali23 ties, other public authorities, and private sources for ex24 penses incurred for training: Provided further, That any 

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1 where to the Research and Innovative Technology Admin2 istration shall continue to be deemed to be a reference to 

3 the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and 

4 Technology of the Department of Transportation. 

5 NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS

6 For capital investments in surface transportation in7 frastructure, $500,000,000, to remain available through 

8 September 30, 2019: Provided, That the Secretary of 

9 Transportation shall distribute funds provided under this 

10 heading as discretionary grants to be awarded to a State, 

11 local government, transit agency, or a collaboration among 

12 such entities on a competitive basis for projects that will 

13 have a significant impact on the Nation, a metropolitan 

14 area, or a region: Provided further, That projects eligible 

15 for funding provided under this heading shall include, but 

16 not be limited to, highway or bridge projects eligible under 

17 title 23, United States Code; public transportation 

18 projects eligible under chapter 53 of title 49, United 

19 States Code; passenger and freight rail transportation 

20 projects; and port infrastructure investments (including 

21 inland port infrastructure): Provided further, That the 

22 Secretary may use up to 20 percent of the funds made 

23 available under this heading for the purpose of paying the 

24 subsidy and administrative costs of projects eligible for 

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1 United States Code, if the Secretary finds that such use 

2 of the funds would advance the purposes of this para3 graph: Provided further, That in distributing funds pro4 vided under this heading, the Secretary shall take such 

5 measures so as to ensure an equitable geographic distribu6 tion of funds, an appropriate balance in addressing the 

7 needs of urban and rural areas, and the investment in a 

8 variety of transportation modes: Provided further, That a 

9 grant funded under this heading shall be not less than 

10 $10,000,000 and not greater than $100,000,000: Pro11 vided further, That not more than 25 percent of the funds 

12 made available under this heading may be awarded to 

13 projects in a single State: Provided further, That the Fed14 eral share of the costs for which an expenditure is made 

15 under this heading shall be, at the option of the recipient, 

16 up to 80 percent: Provided further, That the Secretary 

17 shall give priority to projects that require a contribution 

18 of Federal funds in order to complete an overall financing 

19 package: Provided further, That not less than 30 percent 

20 of the funds provided under this heading shall be for 

21 projects located in rural areas: Provided further, That for 

22 projects located in rural areas, the minimum grant size 

23 shall be $1,000,000 and the Secretary may increase the 

24 Federal share of costs above 80 percent: Provided further, 

25 That of the amount made available under this heading, 


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1 the Secretary may use an amount not to exceed 

2 $25,000,000 for the planning, preparation or design of 

3 projects eligible for funding under this heading: Provided 

4 further, That grants awarded under the previous proviso 

5 shall not be subject to a minimum grant size: Provided 

6 further, That projects conducted using funds provided 

7 under this heading must comply with the requirements of 

8 subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States 

9 Code: Provided further, That the Secretary shall conduct 

10 a new competition to select the grants and credit assist11 ance awarded under this heading: Provided further, That 

12 the Secretary may retain up to $20,000,000 of the funds 

13 provided under this heading, and may transfer portions 

14 of those funds to the Administrators of the Federal High15 way Administration, the Federal Transit Administration, 

16 the Federal Railroad Administration, and the Maritime 

17 Administration, to fund the award and oversight of grants 

18 and credit assistance made under the National Infrastruc19 ture Investments program. 

20 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CAPITAL

21 For necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing 

22 the Department of Transportation’s financial systems and 

23 re-engineering business processes, $5,000,000, to remain 

24 available through September 30, 2017. 


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1 CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVES

2 For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, 

3 including necessary upgrades to wide area network and 

4 information technology infrastructure, improvement of 

5 network perimeter controls and identity management, 

6 testing and assessment of information technology against 

7 business, security, and other requirements, implementa8 tion of Federal cyber security initiatives and information 

9 infrastructure enhancements, implementation of enhanced 

10 security controls on network devices, and enhancement of 

11 cyber security workforce training tools, $8,000,000, to re12 main available through September 30, 2017. 

13 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

15 $9,678,000. 

16 TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND

17 DEVELOPMENT

18 For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 

19 planning, research, systems development, development ac20 tivities, and making grants, to remain available until ex21 pended, $6,000,000. 

22 INTERAGENCY INFRASTRUCTURE PERMITTING

23 IMPROVEMENT CENTER

24 For necessary expenses to establish an Interagency 

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1 that will implement reforms to improve interagency coordi2 nation and the expediting of projects related to the permit3 ting and environmental review of major transportation in4 frastructure projects including one-time expenses to de5 velop and deploy information technology tools to track 

6 project schedules and metrics and improve the trans7 parency and accountability of the permitting process, 

8 $4,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 

9 That there may be transferred to this appropriation, to 

10 remain available until expended, amounts from other Fed11 eral agencies for expenses incurred under this heading for 

12 activities not related to transportation infrastructure: Pro13 vided further, That the tools and analysis developed by the 

14 IIPIC shall be available to other Federal agencies for the 

15 permitting and review of major infrastructure projects not 

16 related to transportation only to the extent that other Fed17 eral agencies provide funding to the Department as pro18 vided for under the previous proviso. 

19 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

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

22 $190,039,000 shall be paid from appropriations made 

23 available to the Department of Transportation: Provided, 

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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, $336,000, 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, $597,000. 

23 MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH

24 For necessary expenses of Minority Business Re25 source Center outreach activities, $3,084,000, to remain 


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1 available until September 30, 2017: 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, $175,000,000, 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 basic essential air service minimum requirements 

16 shall not include the 15-passenger capacity requirement 

17 under subsection 41732(b)(3) of title 49, United States 

18 Code: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act 

19 or any other Act shall be used to enter into a new contract 

20 with a community located less than 40 miles from the 

21 nearest small hub airport before the Secretary has nego22 tiated with the community over a local cost share: Pro23 vided further, That amounts authorized to be distributed 

24 for the essential air service program under subsection 

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1 available immediately from amounts otherwise provided to 

2 the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration: 

3 Provided further, That the Administrator may reimburse 

4 such amounts from fees credited to the account estab5 lished under section 45303 of title 49, United States Code. 

6 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—OFFICE OF THE

7 SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION

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

9 Act to the Department of Transportation may be obligated 

10 for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation to ap11 prove assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining 

12 to funds appropriated to the modal administrations in this 

13 Act, except for activities underway on the date of enact14 ment of this Act, unless such assessments or agreements 

15 have completed the normal reprogramming process for 

16 Congressional notification. 

17 SEC. 102. The Secretary or his or her designee may 

18 engage in activities with States and State legislators to 

19 consider proposals related to the reduction of motorcycle 

20 fatalities. 

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

22 United States Code, in addition to authority provided by 

23 section 327 of title 49, United States Code, the Depart24 ment’s Working Capital Fund is hereby authorized to pro25 vide payments in advance to vendors that are necessary 


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1 to carry out the Federal transit pass transportation fringe 

2 benefit program under Executive Order 13150 and section 

3 3049 of Public Law 109–59: Provided, That the Depart4 ment shall include adequate safeguards in the contract 

5 with the vendors to ensure timely and high-quality per6 formance under the contract. 

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

8 of the Department of Transportation a schedule of all 

9 meetings of the Credit Council, including the agenda for 

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

11 decisions and actions of each meeting. 

12 SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

13 law, none of the funds appropriated or made available 

14 under this Act shall be used to finalize or implement sec15 tions 256.1 through 256.5 and 399.80 of the Department 

16 of Transportation’s proposed rulemaking, as published in 

17 the Federal Register on Friday, May 23, 2014 (79 FR 

18 29969), relating to Transparency of Airline Ancillary Fees 

19 and Other Consumer Protection Issues. 

20 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

21 OPERATIONS

22 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

23 For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Ad24 ministration, not otherwise provided for, including oper25 ations and research activities related to commercial space 


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1 transportation, administrative expenses for research and 

2 development, establishment of air navigation facilities, the 

3 operation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, 

4 subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold 

5 to the public, lease or purchase of passenger motor vehi6 cles for replacement only, in addition to amounts made 

7 available by Public Law 112–95, $9,897,818,000 of which 

8 $8,180,000,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Air9 way Trust Fund, of which not to exceed $7,505,293,000 

10 shall be available for air traffic organization activities; not 

11 to exceed $1,258,411,000 shall be available for aviation 

12 safety activities; not to exceed $17,425,000 shall be avail13 able for commercial space transportation activities; not to 

14 exceed $748,969,000 shall be available for finance and 

15 management activities; not to exceed $60,089,000 shall be 

16 available for NextGen and operations planning activities; 

17 not to exceed $100,880,000 shall be available for security 

18 and hazardous materials safety; and not to exceed 

19 $206,751,000 shall be available for staff offices: Provided, 

20 That not to exceed 2 percent of any budget activity, except 

21 for aviation safety budget activity, may be transferred to 

22 any budget activity under this heading: Provided further, 

23 That no transfer may increase or decrease any appropria24 tion by more than 2 percent: Provided further, That any 

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1 programming of funds under section 405 of this Act and 

2 shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 

3 in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: 

4 Provided further, That not later than March 31 of each 

5 fiscal year hereafter, the Administrator of the Federal 

6 Aviation Administration shall transmit to Congress an an7 nual update to the report submitted to Congress in De8 cember 2004 pursuant to section 221 of Public Law 108– 

9 176: Provided further, That the amount herein appro10 priated shall be reduced by $100,000 for each day after 

11 March 31 that such report has not been submitted to the 

12 Congress: Provided further, That not later than March 31 

13 of each fiscal year hereafter, the Administrator shall 

14 transmit to Congress a companion report that describes 

15 a comprehensive strategy for staffing, hiring, and training 

16 flight standards and aircraft certification staff in a format 

17 similar to the one utilized for the controller staffing plan, 

18 including stated attrition estimates and numerical hiring 

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

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

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

22 submitted to Congress: Provided further, That funds may 

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

24 standard-setting organization to assist in the development 

25 of aviation safety standards: Provided further, That none 


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1 of the funds in this Act shall be available for new appli2 cants for the second career training program: Provided 

3 further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be avail4 able for the Federal Aviation Administration to finalize 

5 or implement any regulation that would promulgate new 

6 aviation user fees not specifically authorized by law after 

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

8 That there may be credited to this appropriation, as off9 setting collections, funds received from States, counties, 

10 municipalities, foreign authorities, other public authori11 ties, and private sources for expenses incurred in the pro12 vision of agency services, including receipts for the mainte13 nance and operation of air navigation facilities, and for 

14 issuance, renewal or modification of certificates, including 

15 airman, aircraft, and repair station certificates, or for 

16 tests related thereto, or for processing major repair or al17 teration forms: Provided further, That of the funds appro18 priated under this heading, not less than $154,400,000 

19 shall be for the contract tower program, including the con20 tract tower cost share program: Provided further, That 

21 none of the funds in this Act for aeronautical charting 

22 and cartography are available for activities conducted by, 

23 or coordinated through, the Working Capital Fund. 


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1 FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

2 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

3 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

4 for acquisition, establishment, technical support services, 

5 improvement by contract or purchase, and hire of national 

6 airspace systems and experimental facilities and equip7 ment, as authorized under part A of subtitle VII of title 

8 49, United States Code, including initial acquisition of 

9 necessary sites by lease or grant; engineering and service 

10 testing, including construction of test facilities and acqui11 sition of necessary sites by lease or grant; construction 

12 and furnishing of quarters and related accommodations 

13 for officers and employees of the Federal Aviation Admin14 istration stationed at remote localities where such accom15 modations are not available; and the purchase, lease, or 

16 transfer of aircraft from funds available under this head17 ing, including aircraft for aviation regulation and certifi18 cation; to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust 

19 Fund, $2,600,000,000, of which $467,000,000 shall re20 main available until September 30, 2016, and 

21 $2,133,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

22 2018: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro23 priation funds received from States, counties, municipali24 ties, other public authorities, and private sources, for ex25 penses incurred in the establishment, improvement, and 


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1 modernization of national airspace systems: Provided fur2 ther, That no later than March 31, the Secretary of Trans3 portation shall transmit to the Congress an investment 

4 plan for the Federal Aviation Administration which in5 cludes funding for each budget line item for fiscal years 

6 2017 through 2021, with total funding for each year of 

7 the plan constrained to the funding targets for those years 

8 as estimated and approved by the Office of Management 

9 and Budget: Provided further, That the amount herein ap10 propriated shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for each 

11 day after March 31 that such report has not been sub12 mitted to Congress. 

13 RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT

14 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

15 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

16 for research, engineering, and development, as authorized 

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

18 Code, including construction of experimental facilities and 

19 acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant, 

20 $163,325,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway 

21 Trust Fund and to remain available until September 30, 

22 2018: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro23 priation as offsetting collections, funds received from 

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1 and private sources, which shall be available for expenses 

2 incurred for research, engineering, and development. 

3 GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

4 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

5 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

6 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 (INCLUDING RESCISSION)

9 For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in10 aid for airport planning and development, and noise com11 patibility planning and programs as authorized under sub12 chapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 

13 of title 49, United States Code, and under other law au14 thorizing such obligations; for procurement, installation, 

15 and commissioning of runway incursion prevention devices 

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

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

18 for inspection activities and administration of airport safe19 ty programs, including those related to airport operating 

20 certificates under section 44706 of title 49, United States 

21 Code, $3,600,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and 

22 Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until ex23 pended: Provided, That none of the funds under this head24 ing shall be available for the planning or execution of pro25 grams the obligations for which are in excess of 


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1 $3,350,000,000 in fiscal year 2016, notwithstanding sec2 tion 47117(g) of title 49, United States Code: Provided 

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

4 be available for the replacement of baggage conveyor sys5 tems, reconfiguration of terminal baggage areas, or other 

6 airport improvements that are necessary to install bulk ex7 plosive detection systems: Provided further, That notwith8 standing section 47109(a) of title 49, United States Code, 

9 the Government’s share of allowable project costs under 

10 paragraph (2) for subgrants or paragraph (3) of that sec11 tion shall be 95 percent for a project at other than a large 

12 or medium hub airport that is a successive phase of a 

13 multi-phased construction project for which the project 

14 sponsor received a grant in fiscal year 2011 for the con15 struction project: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

16 any other provision of law, of funds limited under this 

17 heading, not more than $107,100,000 shall be obligated 

18 for administration, not less than $15,000,000 shall be 

19 available for the Airport Cooperative Research Program, 

20 not less than $31,000,000 shall be available for Airport 

21 Technology Research, and $10,000,000, to remain avail22 able until expended, shall be available and transferred to 

23 ‘‘Office of the Secretary, Salaries and Expenses’’ to carry 

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1 ble under section 41743 of title 49, such program may 

2 include the participation of an airport that serves a com3 munity or consortium that is not larger than a small hub 

4 airport, according to FAA hub classifications effective at 

5 the time the Office of the Secretary issues a request for 

6 proposals. 

7 (RESCISSION)

8 Of the amounts authorized for the fiscal year ending 

9 September 30, 2016, under section 48112 of title 49, 

10 United States Code, all unobligated balances are perma11 nently rescinded. 

12 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION

13 ADMINISTRATION

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

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

16 the federally funded research and development center con17 tract between the Federal Aviation Administration and the 

18 Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development dur19 ing fiscal year 2016. 

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

21 to pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring air22 port sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation Adminis23 tration without cost building construction, maintenance, 

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

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1 navigation, or weather reporting: Provided, That the pro2 hibition of funds in this section does not apply to negotia3 tions between the agency and airport sponsors to achieve 

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

5 grant assurances that require airport sponsors to provide 

6 land without cost to the FAA for air traffic control facili7 ties. 

8 SEC. 112. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 

9 Administration may reimburse amounts made available to 

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

11 49 U.S.C. 45303 and any amount remaining in such ac12 count at the close of that fiscal year may be made available 

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

14 year. 

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

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

17 appropriation current at the time of collection, to be 

18 merged with and available for the same purposes of such 

19 appropriation. 

20 SEC. 114. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail21 able for paying premium pay under subsection 5546(a) of 

22 title 5, United States Code, to any Federal Aviation Ad23 ministration employee unless such employee actually per24 formed work during the time corresponding to such pre25 mium pay. 


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1 SEC. 115. None of the funds in this Act may be obli2 gated or expended for an employee of the Federal Aviation 

3 Administration to purchase a store gift card or gift certifi4 cate through use of a Government-issued credit card. 

5 SEC. 116. The Secretary shall apportion to the spon6 sor of an airport that received scheduled or unscheduled 

7 air service from a large certified air carrier (as defined 

8 in part 241 of title 14 Code of Federal Regulations, or 

9 such other regulations as may be issued by the Secretary 

10 under the authority of section 41709) an amount equal 

11 to the minimum apportionment specified in 49 U.S.C. 

12 47114(c), if the Secretary determines that airport had 

13 more than 10,000 passenger boardings in the preceding 

14 calendar year, based on data submitted to the Secretary 

15 under part 241 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations. 

16 SEC. 117. None of the funds in this Act may be obli17 gated or expended for retention bonuses for an employee 

18 of the Federal Aviation Administration without the prior 

19 written approval of the Assistant Secretary for Adminis20 tration of the Department of Transportation. 

21 SEC. 118. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

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

24 to implement any limitation on the ability of any owner 

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


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1 to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administra2 tion, a blocking of that owner’s or operator’s aircraft reg3 istration number from any display of the Federal Aviation 

4 Administration’s Aircraft Situational Display to Industry 

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

6 available to a Government agency, for the noncommercial 

7 flights of that owner or operator. 

8 SEC. 119. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail9 able for salaries and expenses of more than 9 political and 

10 Presidential appointees in the Federal Aviation Adminis11 tration. 

12 SEC. 119A. None of the funds made available under 

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

14 44721 of title 49, United States Code, until the FAA pro15 vides to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria16 tions a report that justifies all fees related to aeronautical 

17 navigation products and explains how such fees are con18 sistent with Executive Order 13642. 

19 SEC. 119B. None of the funds appropriated or lim20 ited by this Act may be used to change weight restrictions 

21 or prior permission rules at Teterboro airport in 

22 Teterboro, New Jersey. 

23 SEC. 119C. None of the funds in this Act may be 

24 used to close a regional operations center of the Federal 

25 Aviation Administration or reduce its services unless the 


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1 Administrator notifies the House and Senate Committees 

2 on Appropriations not less than 90 full business days in 

3 advance. 

4 FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

5 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

6 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 Not to exceed $429,348,000, together with advances 

9 and reimbursements received by the Federal Highway Ad10 ministration, shall be obligated for necessary expenses for 

11 administration and operation of the Federal Highway Ad12 ministration or transferred to the Appalachian Regional 

13 Commission in accordance with section 104 of title 23, 

14 United States Code. 

15 FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

16 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

17 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

18 Funds available for the implementation or execution 

19 of Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction 

20 programs authorized under titles 23 and 49, United States 

21 Code, and the provisions of Public Law 112–141 shall not 

22 exceed total obligations of $40,256,000,000 for fiscal year 

23 2016: Provided, That the Secretary may collect and spend 

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1 sel, in the field of municipal and project finance to assist 

2 in the underwriting and servicing of Federal credit instru3 ments and all or a portion of the costs to the Federal Gov4 ernment of servicing such credit instruments: Provided 

5 further, That such fees are available until expended to pay 

6 for such costs: Provided further, That such amounts are 

7 in addition to administrative expenses that are also avail8 able for such purpose, and are not subject to any obliga9 tion limitation or the limitation on administrative expenses 

10 under section 608 of title 23, United States Code. 

11 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

12 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

13 For the payment of obligations incurred in carrying 

14 out Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction 

15 programs authorized under title 23, United States Code, 

16 $40,995,000,000 derived from the Highway Trust Fund 

17 (other than the Mass Transit Account), to remain avail18 able until expended. 

19 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY

20 ADMINISTRATION

21 SEC. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2016, the Secretary of 

22 Transportation shall— 

23 (1) not distribute from the obligation limitation 

24 for Federal-aid highways— 


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1 (A) amounts authorized for administrative 

2 expenses and programs by section 104(a) of 

3 title 23, United States Code; and 

4 (B) amounts authorized for the Bureau of 

5 Transportation Statistics; 

6 (2) not distribute an amount from the obliga7 tion limitation for Federal-aid highways that is equal 

8 to the unobligated balance of amounts— 

9 (A) made available from the Highway 

10 Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Ac11 count) for Federal-aid highways and highway 

12 safety construction programs for previous fiscal 

13 years the funds for which are allocated by the 

14 Secretary (or apportioned by the Secretary 

15 under section 202 or 204 of title 23, United 

16 States Code); and 

17 (B) for which obligation limitation was 

18 provided in a previous fiscal year; 

19 (3) determine the proportion that— 

20 (A) the obligation limitation for Federal21 aid highways, less the aggregate of amounts not 

22 distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of 

23 this subsection; bears to 

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

25 appropriated for the Federal-aid highways and 


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1 highway safety construction programs (other 

2 than sums authorized to be appropriated for 

3 provisions of law described in paragraphs (1) 

4 through (11) of subsection (b) and sums au5 thorized to be appropriated for section 119 of 

6 title 23, United States Code, equal to the 

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

8 such fiscal year), less the aggregate of the 

9 amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) 

10 and (2) of this subsection; 

11 (4) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed12 eral-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not 

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

14 of the programs (other than programs to which 

15 paragraph (1) applies) that are allocated by the Sec16 retary under the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 

17 21st Century Act and title 23, United States Code, 

18 or apportioned by the Secretary under sections 202 

19 or 204 of that title, by multiplying— 

20 (A) the proportion determined under para21 graph (3); by 

22 (B) the amounts authorized to be appro23 priated for each such program for such fiscal 

24 year; and 


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1 (5) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed2 eral-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not 

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

4 amounts distributed under paragraph (4), for Fed5 eral-aid highways and highway safety construction 

6 programs that are apportioned by the Secretary 

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

8 amounts apportioned for the National Highway Per9 formance Program in section 119 of title 23, United 

10 States Code, that are exempt from the limitation 

11 under subsection (b)(12) and the amounts appor12 tioned under sections 202 and 204 of that title) in 

13 the proportion that— 

14 (A) amounts authorized to be appropriated 

15 for the programs that are apportioned under 

16 title 23, United States Code, to each State for 

17 such fiscal year; bears to 

18 (B) the total of the amounts authorized to 

19 be appropriated for the programs that are ap20 portioned under title 23, United States Code, to 

21 all States for such fiscal year. 

22 (b) EXCEPTIONS FROM OBLIGATION LIMITATION.— 

23 The obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways shall 

24 not apply to obligations under or for— 

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


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1 (2) section 147 of the Surface Transportation 

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

3 Stat. 2714); 

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

5 of 1981 (95 Stat. 1701); 

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

7 Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (96 

8 Stat. 2119); 

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

10 Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation As11 sistance Act of 1987 (101 Stat. 198); 

12 (6) sections 1103 through 1108 of the Inter13 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 

14 1991 (105 Stat. 2027); 

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

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

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

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

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

20 of those fiscal years); 

21 (9) Federal-aid highways programs for which 

22 obligation authority was made available under the 

23 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century 

24 (112 Stat. 107) or subsequent Acts for multiple 

25 years or to remain available until expended, but only 


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1 to the extent that the obligation authority has not 

2 lapsed or been used; 

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

4 (as in effect for fiscal years 2005 through 2012, but 

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

6 of those fiscal years); 

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

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

9 funds obligated in accordance with that section were 

10 not subject to a limitation on obligations at the time 

11 at which the funds were initially made available for 

12 obligation; and 

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

14 (but, for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2016, 

15 only in an amount equal to $639,000,000). 

16 (c) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED OBLIGATION AU17 THORITY.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 

18 shall, after August 1 of such fiscal year— 

19 (1) revise a distribution of the obligation limita20 tion made available under subsection (a) if an 

21 amount distributed cannot be obligated during that 

22 fiscal year; and 

23 (2) redistribute sufficient amounts to those 

24 States able to obligate amounts in addition to those 

25 previously distributed during that fiscal year, giving 


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1 priority to those States having large unobligated bal2 ances of funds apportioned under sections 144 (as in 

3 effect on the day before the date of enactment of 

4 Public Law 112–141) and 104 of title 23, United 

5 States Code. 

6 (d) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS TO

7 TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PROGRAMS.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para9 graph (2), the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 

10 highways shall apply to contract authority for trans11 portation research programs carried out under— 

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

13 Code; and 

14 (B) division E of the Moving Ahead for 

15 Progress in the 21st Century Act. 

16 (2) EXCEPTION.—Obligation authority made 

17 available under paragraph (1) shall— 

18 (A) remain available for a period of 4 fis19 cal years; and 

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

21 limitation imposed on obligations for Federal22 aid highways and highway safety construction 

23 programs for future fiscal years. 

24 (e) REDISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN AUTHORIZED

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

2 the date of distribution of obligation limitation 

3 under subsection (a), the Secretary shall distribute 

4 to the States any funds (excluding funds authorized 

5 for the program under section 202 of title 23, 

6 United States Code) that— 

7 (A) are authorized to be appropriated for 

8 such fiscal year for Federal-aid highways pro9 grams; and 

10 (B) the Secretary determines will not be 

11 allocated to the States (or will not be appor12 tioned to the States under section 204 of title 

13 23, United States Code), and will not be avail14 able for obligation, for such fiscal year because 

15 of the imposition of any obligation limitation for 

16 such fiscal year. 

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

18 paragraph (1) in the same proportion as the dis19 tribution of obligation authority under subsection 

20 (a)(5). 

21 (3) AVAILABILITY.—Funds distributed to each 

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

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

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1 SEC. 121. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re2 ceived by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the 

3 sale of data products, for necessary expenses incurred pur4 suant to chapter 63 of title 49, United States Code, may 

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

6 purpose of reimbursing the Bureau for such expenses: 

7 Provided, That such funds shall be subject to the obliga8 tion limitation for Federal-aid highways and highway safe9 ty construction programs. 

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

11 under his or her statutory authority, any Buy America re12 quirement for Federal-aid highways projects, the Sec13 retary of Transportation shall make an informal public no14 tice and comment opportunity on the intent to issue such 

15 waiver and the reasons therefor: Provided, That the Sec16 retary shall provide an annual report to the House and 

17 Senate Committees on Appropriations on any waivers 

18 granted under the Buy America requirements. 

19 SEC. 123. None of the funds in this Act to the De20 partment of Transportation may be used to provide credit 

21 assistance unless not less than 3 days before any applica22 tion approval to provide credit assistance under sections 

23 603 and 604 of title 23, United States Code, the Secretary 

24 of Transportation provides notification in writing to the 

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1 on Appropriations; the Committee on Environment and 

2 Public Works and the Committee on Banking, Housing 

3 and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and the Committee on 

4 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep5 resentatives: Provided, That such notification shall in6 clude, but not be limited to, the name of the project spon7 sor; a description of the project; whether credit assistance 

8 will be provided as a direct loan, loan guarantee, or line 

9 of credit; and the amount of credit assistance. 

10 SEC. 124. From the unobligated balances of funds 

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

12 under sections 104(b) of title 23, United States Code (as 

13 in effect on the day before the date of enactment of Public 

14 Law 112–141), the amount of $22,348,000 shall be made 

15 available in fiscal year 2016 for the administrative ex16 penses of the Federal Highway Administration: Provided, 

17 That this provision shall not apply to funds distributed 

18 in accordance with section 104(b)(5) of title 23, United 

19 States Code (as in effect on the day before the date of 

20 enactment of Public Law 112–141); section 133(d)(1) of 

21 such title (as in effect on the day before the date of enact22 ment of Public Law 109–59); and the first sentence of 

23 section 133(d)(3)(A) of such title (as in effect on the day 

24 before the date of enactment of Public Law 112–141): 

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1 a proportional basis from the unobligated balances of ap2 portioned funds to which this provision applies: Provided 

3 further, That the amount made available by this provision 

4 in fiscal year 2016 for the administrative expenses of the 

5 Federal Highway Administration shall be in addition to 

6 the amount made available in fiscal year 2016 for such 

7 purposes under section 104(a) of title 23, United States 

8 Code. 

9 SEC. 125. Section 127 of title 23, United States 

10 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(m) OPERATION OF CERTAIN SPECIALIZED HAUL12 ING VEHICLES ON CERTAIN TEXAS HIGHWAYS.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If any segment of United 

14 States Route 59, United States Route 77, United 

15 States Route 281, United States Route 84, or routes 

16 otherwise made eligible for designation as Interstate 

17 Route 69, is designated as Interstate Route 69, a 

18 vehicle that could operate legally on that segment 

19 before the date of such designation may continue to 

20 operate on that segment, without regard to any re21 quirement under subsection (a). 

22 ‘‘(2) DESCRIPTION OF HIGHWAY SEGMENTS.— 

23 The highway segments referred to in paragraph (1) 

24 are any segment of United States Route 59, United 

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1 States Route 84, and routes otherwise made eligible 

2 for designation as Interstate Route 69 in Texas. 

3 ‘‘(n) OPERATION OF CERTAIN SPECIALIZED VEHI4 CLES ON CERTAIN HIGHWAYS IN THE STATE OF ARKAN5 SAS.—If any segment of United States Route 63 between 

6 the exits for Arkansas Highway 14 and Arkansas High7 way 75 is designated as part of the Interstate System— 

8 ‘‘(1) a vehicle that could legally operate on the 

9 segment before the date of such designation at the 

10 posted speed limit may continue to operate on that 

11 segment; and 

12 ‘‘(2) a vehicle that can only travel slower than 

13 the posted speed limit on the segment and could oth14 erwise legally operate on the segment before the date 

15 of such designation may continue to operate on that 

16 segment during daylight hours.’’. 

17 SEC. 126. (a) A State or territory, as defined in sec18 tion 165 of title 23, United States Code, may use for any 

19 project eligible under section 133(b) of title 23 or section 

20 165 of title 23 and located within the boundary of the 

21 State or territory any earmarked amount, and any associ22 ated obligation limitation, provided that the Department 

23 of Transportation for the State or territory for which the 

24 earmarked amount was originally designated or directed 

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1 use its authority under this section and submits a quar2 terly report to the Secretary identifying the projects to 

3 which the funding would be applied. Notwithstanding the 

4 original period of availability of funds to be obligated 

5 under this section, such funds and associated obligation 

6 limitation shall remain available for obligation for a period 

7 of 3 fiscal years after the fiscal year in which the Sec8 retary of Transportation is notified. The Federal share of 

9 the cost of a project carried out with funds made available 

10 under this section shall be the same as associated with 

11 the earmark. 

12 (b) In this section, the term ‘‘earmarked amount’’ 

13 means— 

14 (1) congressionally directed spending, as de15 fined in rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the 

16 Senate, identified in a prior law, report, or joint ex17 planatory statement, which was authorized to be ap18 propriated or appropriated more than 10 fiscal years 

19 prior to the fiscal year in which this Act becomes ef20 fective, and administered by the Federal Highway 

21 Administration; or 

22 (2) a congressional earmark, as defined in rule 

23 XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives 

24 identified in a prior law, report, or joint explanatory 

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1 or appropriated more than 10 fiscal years prior to 

2 the fiscal year in which this Act becomes effective, 

3 and administered by the Federal Highway Adminis4 tration. 

5 (c) The authority under subsection (a) may be exer6 cised only for those projects or activities that have obli7 gated less than 10 percent of the amount made available 

8 for obligation as of the effective date of this Act, and shall 

9 be applied to projects within the same general geographic 

10 area within 50 miles for which the funding was des11 ignated, except that a State or territory may apply such 

12 authority to unexpended balances of funds from projects 

13 or activities the State or territory certifies have been 

14 closed and for which payments have been made under a 

15 final voucher. 

16 (d) The Secretary shall submit consolidated reports 

17 of the information provided by the States and territories 

18 each quarter to the House and Senate Committees on Ap19 propriations. 

20 SEC. 127. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 31112(c)(5) of 

21 title 49, United States Code, is amended— 

22 (1) by striking ‘‘Nebraska may’’ and inserting 

23 ‘‘Nebraska and Kansas may’’; and 

24 (2) by striking ‘‘the State of Nebraska’’ and in25 serting ‘‘the relevant state’’. 


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1 (b) CONFORMING AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.— 

2 Section 31112(c) of such title is amended— 

3 (1) by striking the subsection designation and 

4 heading and inserting the following: 

5 ‘‘(c) SPECIAL RULES FOR WYOMING, OHIO, ALASKA, 

6 IOWA, NEBRASKA, AND KANSAS.—’’; 

7 (2) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of paragraph 

8 (3) and inserting a semicolon; and 

9 (3) by striking the period at the end of para10 graph (4) and inserting ‘‘; and’’. 

11 FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

12 MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS

13 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

14 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

15 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

16 For payment of obligations incurred in the implemen17 tation, execution and administration of motor carrier safe18 ty operations and programs pursuant to section 31104(i) 

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

20 4134 of Public Law 109–59, as amended by Public Law 

21 112–141, $259,000,000, to be derived from the Highway 

22 Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), to23 gether with advances and reimbursements received by the 

24 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the sum of 

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1 That funds available for implementation, execution or ad2 ministration of motor carrier safety operations and pro3 grams authorized under title 49, United States Code, shall 

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

5 Carrier Safety Operations and Programs’’ for fiscal year 

6 2016, of which $9,000,000, to remain available for obliga7 tion until September 30, 2018, is for the research and 

8 technology program, and of which $34,545,000, to remain 

9 available for obligation until September 30, 2018, is for 

10 information management: Provided further, That 

11 $1,000,000 shall be made available for commercial motor 

12 vehicle operator grants to carry out section 4134 of Public 

13 Law 109–59, as amended by Public Law 112–141. 

14 MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS

15 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

16 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

17 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

18 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

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

20 31313 of title 49, United States Code, and sections 4126 

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

22 Law 112–141, $313,000,000, to be derived from the 

23 Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Ac24 count) and to remain available until expended: Provided, 

25 That funds available for the implementation or execution 


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1 of motor carrier safety programs shall not exceed total ob2 ligations of $313,000,000 in fiscal year 2016 for ‘‘Motor 

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

4 available for the motor carrier safety assistance program, 

5 $30,000,000 shall be available for commercial driver’s li6 cense program improvement grants, $32,000,000 shall be 

7 available for border enforcement grants, $5,000,000 shall 

8 be available for performance and registration information 

9 system management grants, $25,000,000 shall be avail10 able for the commercial vehicle information systems and 

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

12 available for safety data improvement grants: Provided 

13 further, That, of the funds made available herein for the 

14 motor carrier safety assistance program, $32,000,000 

15 shall be available for audits of new entrant motor carriers. 

16 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL MOTOR

17 CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

18 SEC. 130. (a) Funds appropriated or limited in this 

19 Act shall be subject to the terms and conditions stipulated 

20 in section 350 of Public Law 107–87 and section 6901 

21 of Public Law 110–28. 

22 (b) Section 350(d) of the Department of Transpor23 tation and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 2002 

24 (Public Law 107–87) is hereby repealed. 


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1 SEC. 131. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Admin2 istration shall send notice of 49 CFR section 385.308 vio3 lations by certified mail, registered mail, or another man4 ner of delivery which records the receipt of the notice by 

5 the persons responsible for the violations. 

6 SEC. 132. None of the funds limited or otherwise 

7 made available under this Act, or any other Act, hereafter, 

8 shall be used by the Secretary to enforce any regulation 

9 prohibiting a State from issuing a commercial learner’s 

10 permit to individuals under the age of eighteen if the State 

11 had a law authorizing the issuance of commercial learner’s 

12 permits to individuals under eighteen years of age as of 

13 May 9, 2011. 

14 SEC. 133. None of the funds limited or otherwise 

15 made available under the heading ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety 

16 Operations and Programs’’ may be used to deny an appli17 cation to renew a Hazardous Materials Safety Program 

18 permit for a motor carrier based on that carrier’s Haz19 ardous Materials Out-of-Service rate, unless the carrier 

20 has the opportunity to submit a written description of cor21 rective actions taken, and other documentation the carrier 

22 wishes the Secretary to consider, including submitting a 

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1 cerns that resulted in that Hazardous Materials Out-of2 Service rate. 

3 SEC. 134. Funds appropriated or otherwise made 

4 available by this Act or any other Act shall be used here5 after to enforce sections 395.3(c) and 395.3(d) of title 49, 

6 Code of Federal Regulations, only if the final report issued 

7 by the Secretary required by section 133 of division K of 

8 Public Law 113–235 finds that the July 1, 2013 restart 

9 provisions resulted in statistically significant net safety 

10 benefits and the Inspector General certifies that the final 

11 report meets the statutory requirements of Public Law 

12 113–235. 

13 SEC. 135. Funds made available by this Act or any 

14 other Act may be used to develop, issue, or implement any 

15 regulation that increases levels of minimum financial re16 sponsibility for transporting passengers or property as in 

17 effect on January 1, 2014, under regulations issued pur18 suant to sections 31138 and 31139 of title 49, United 

19 States Code, only 60 days after the Secretary provides a 

20 report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria21 tions, the House Committee on Transportation and Infra22 structure, and the Senate Committee on Commerce, 

23 Science, and Transportation on the impact of raising the 

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1 ment of catastrophic crashes in which damages exceeded 

2 the insurance limits, the impact of higher insurance pre3 miums on carriers, and the capacity of the insurance in4 dustry to underwrite increases in current minimum finan5 cial responsibility limits. 

6 SEC. 136. Section 13506(a) of title 49, United States 

7 Code, is amended: 

8 (1) in subsection (14) by striking ‘‘or’’; 

9 (2) in subsection (15) by striking ‘‘.’’ and in10 serting ‘‘; or’’; and 

11 (3) by inserting at the end, ‘‘(16) the transpor12 tation of passengers by motor vehicles operated by 

13 youth or family camps that provide overnight accom14 modations and recreational or educational activities 

15 at fixed locations.’’. 

16 SEC. 137. (a) Section 31111(b)(1)(A) of title 49, 

17 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘or of less 

18 than 28 feet on a semitrailer or trailer operating in a truck 

19 tractor semitrailer-trailer combination,’’ and inserting ‘‘or, 

20 notwithstanding section 31112, of less than 33 feet on a 

21 semitrailer or trailer operating in a truck tractor 

22 semitrailer-trailer combination,’’. 

23 (b) Section 31111(f) of title 49, United States Code, 

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1 ‘‘chief executive officer of a State Department of Trans2 portation’’. 

3 (c) The Secretary of Transportation is directed to 

4 conduct a study comparing crash data between 28 foot 

5 and 33 foot semitrailers or trailers operating in a truck 

6 tractor-semitrailer-trailer configuration. The Secretary 

7 shall submit its study to the House and Senate Commit8 tees on Appropriations no later than three years after the 

9 date of enactment of this Act. 

10 NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

11 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

12 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of 

13 the Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety 

14 authorized under chapter 301 and part C of subtitle VI 

15 of title 49, United States Code, $130,500,000, of which 

16 $20,000,000 shall remain available through September 

17 30, 2017. 

18 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

19 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

20 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

21 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

22 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

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

24 49, United States Code, $118,500,000, to be derived from 

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1 Account) and to remain available until expended: Pro2 vided, That none of the funds under this heading shall 

3 be available for the planning or execution of programs the 

4 total obligations for which, in fiscal year 2016, are in ex5 cess of $118,500,000, of which $113,500,000 shall be for 

6 programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 403 and $5,000,000 

7 shall be for the National Driver Register authorized under 

8 chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code: Provided fur9 ther, That within the $118,500,000 obligation limitation 

10 for operations and research, $20,000,000 shall remain 

11 available until September 30, 2017, and shall be in addi12 tion to the amount of any limitation imposed on obliga13 tions for future years. 

14 HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS AND OTHER

15 PURPOSES

16 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

17 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

18 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

19 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

20 provisions of 23 U.S.C. 402, 403, and 405, section 2009 

21 of Public Law 109–59, as amended by Public Law 112– 

22 141, section 31101(a)(6) of Public Law 112–141, chapter 

23 301 of title 49, United States Code, and part C of subtitle 

24 VI of title 49, United States Code, to remain available 

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1 Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Ac2 count): Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall 

3 be available for the planning or execution of programs the 

4 total obligations for which, in fiscal year 2016, are in ex5 cess of $575,500,000 for programs authorized under 23 

6 U.S.C. 402, 403, and 405, section 2009 of Public Law 

7 109–59, as amended by Public Law 112–141, section 

8 31101(a)(6) of Public Law 112–141, chapter 301 of title 

9 49, United States Code, and part C of subtitle VI of title 

10 49, United States Code, of which $235,000,000 shall be 

11 for ‘‘Highway Safety Programs’’ under 23 U.S.C. 402; 

12 $272,000,000 shall be for ‘‘National Priority Safety Pro13 grams’’ under 23 U.S.C. 405; $29,000,000 shall be for 

14 ‘‘High Visibility Enforcement Program’’ under section 

15 2009 of Public Law 109–59, as amended by Public Law 

16 112–141; $25,500,000 shall be for ‘‘Administrative Ex17 penses’’ under section 31101(a)(6) of Public Law 112– 

18 141: Provided further, That none of these funds shall be 

19 used for construction, rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, 

20 or for office furnishings and fixtures for State, local or 

21 private buildings or structures: Provided further, That not 

22 to exceed $500,000 of the funds made available for ‘‘Na23 tional Priority Safety Programs’’ under 23 U.S.C. 405 for 

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1 nical assistance to the States: Provided further, That with 

2 respect to the ‘‘Transfers’’ provision under 23 U.S.C. 

3 405(a)(1)(G), any amounts transferred to increase the 

4 amounts made available under section 402 shall include 

5 the obligation authority for such amounts: Provided fur6 ther, That the Administrator shall notify the House and 

7 Senate Committees on Appropriations of any exercise of 

8 the authority granted under the previous proviso or under 

9 23 U.S.C. 405(a)(1)(G) within 5 days: Provided further, 

10 That $10,000,000 of the total obligation limitation made 

11 available shall be applied toward unobligated balances of 

12 contract authority under the program for which funds 

13 were authorized in section 2005 of Public Law 109–59, 

14 as amended, and shall be used for programs authorized 

15 under 23 U.S.C. 403: Provided further, That $4,000,000 

16 of the total obligation limitation made available shall be 

17 applied toward unobligated balances of contract authority 

18 under the program for which funds were authorized in sec19 tion 2005 of Public Law 109–59, as amended, and shall 

20 be used to cover the expenses necessary to discharge the 

21 functions of the Secretary, with respect to traffic and 

22 highway safety under chapter 301 of title 49, United 

23 States Code, and part C of subtitle VI of title 49, United 

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1 gated balances of contract authority under section 2005 

2 of Public Law 109–59, as amended, shall be available in 

3 the same manner as though such funds were apportioned 

4 under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, except 

5 that the Federal share payable on account of any program, 

6 project, or activity carried out with such funds made avail7 able under this heading shall be 100 percent and such 

8 funds shall remain available for obligation until expended. 

9 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—NATIONAL HIGHWAY

10 TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

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

12 available to the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis13 tration, out of the amount limited for section 402 of title 

14 23, United States Code, to pay for travel and related ex15 penses for State management reviews and to pay for core 

16 competency development training and related expenses for 

17 highway safety staff. 

18 SEC. 141. The limitations on obligations for the pro19 grams of the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis20 tration set in this Act shall not apply to obligations for 

21 which obligation authority was made available in previous 

22 public laws but only to the extent that the obligation au23 thority has not lapsed or been used. 

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

25 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, $199,000,000, of 

5 which $15,900,000 shall remain available until expended. 

6 RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

7 For necessary expenses for railroad research and de8 velopment, $39,100,000, 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 501 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 2016. 

22 RAILROAD SAFETY GRANTS

23 For necessary expenses related to railroad safety 

24 grants, $50,000,000, of which not to exceed $25,000,000 

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1 exceed $15,000,000 shall be made available to carry out 

2 49 U.S.C. 20158; and not to exceed $10,000,000 shall be 

3 made available for projects as defined in section 22501 

4 of title 49, United States Code, to remain available until 

5 expended. 

6 OPERATING GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD

7 PASSENGER CORPORATION

8 To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 

9 quarterly grants to the National Railroad Passenger Cor10 poration, in amounts based on the Secretary’s assessment 

11 of the Corporation’s seasonal cash flow requirements, for 

12 the operation of intercity passenger rail, as authorized by 

13 section 101 of the Passenger Rail Investment and Im14 provement Act of 2008 (division B of Public Law 110– 

15 432), $288,500,000, to remain available until expended: 

16 Provided, That the amounts available under this para17 graph shall be available for the Secretary to approve fund18 ing to cover operating losses for the Corporation only after 

19 receiving and reviewing a grant request for each specific 

20 train route: Provided further, That each such grant re21 quest shall be accompanied by a detailed financial anal22 ysis, revenue projection, and capital expenditure projection 

23 justifying the Federal support to the Secretary’s satisfac24 tion: Provided further, That not later than 60 days after 

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


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1 electronic format, to the Secretary and the House and 

2 Senate Committees on Appropriations the annual budget, 

3 business plan, the 5-Year Financial Plan for fiscal year 

4 2016 required under section 204 of the Passenger Rail 

5 Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 and the com6 prehensive fleet plan for all Amtrak rolling stock: Provided 

7 further, That the budget, business plan and the 5-Year 

8 Financial Plan shall include annual information on the 

9 maintenance, refurbishment, replacement, and expansion 

10 for all Amtrak rolling stock consistent with the com11 prehensive fleet plan: Provided further, That the Corpora12 tion shall provide monthly performance reports in an elec13 tronic format which shall describe the work completed to 

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

15 for such changes as well as progress against the milestones 

16 and target dates of the 2012 performance improvement 

17 plan: Provided further, That the Corporation’s budget, 

18 business plan, 5-Year Financial Plan, semiannual reports, 

19 monthly reports, comprehensive fleet plan and all supple20 mental reports or plans comply with requirements in Pub21 lic Law 112–55: Provided further, That none of the funds 

22 provided in this Act may be used to support any route 

23 on which Amtrak offers a discounted fare of more than 

24 50 percent off the normal peak fare: Provided further, 

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1 the operating loss as a result of the discount is covered 

2 by a State and the State participates in the setting of 

3 fares. 

4 CAPITAL AND DEBT SERVICE GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL

5 RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION

6 To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 

7 grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for 

8 capital investments as authorized by sections 101(c), 102, 

9 and 219(b) of the Passenger Rail Investment and Im10 provement Act of 2008 (division B of Public Law 110– 

11 432), $1,101,500,000, to remain available until expended, 

12 of which not to exceed $160,200,000 shall be for debt 

13 service obligations as authorized by section 102 of such 

14 Act: Provided, That of the amounts made available under 

15 this heading, not less than $50,000,000 shall be made 

16 available to bring Amtrak-served facilities and stations 

17 into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act: 

18 Provided further, That after an initial distribution of up 

19 to $200,000,000, which shall be used by the Corporation 

20 as a working capital account, all remaining funds shall be 

21 provided to the Corporation only on a reimbursable basis: 

22 Provided further, That of the amounts made available 

23 under this heading, up to $50,000,000 may be used by 

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1 ating Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corpora2 tion’’ be insufficient to meet operational costs for fiscal 

3 year 2016: Provided further, That the Secretary may re4 tain up to one-half of 1 percent of the funds provided 

5 under this heading to fund the costs of project manage6 ment and oversight of activities authorized by subsections 

7 101(a) and 101(c) of division B of Public Law 110–432, 

8 of which up to $500,000 may be available for technical 

9 assistance for States, the District of Columbia, and other 

10 public entities responsible for the implementation of sec11 tion 209 of division B of Public Law 110–432: Provided 

12 further, That the Secretary shall approve funding for cap13 ital expenditures, including advance purchase orders of 

14 materials, for the Corporation only after receiving and re15 viewing a grant request for each specific capital project 

16 justifying the Federal support to the Secretary’s satisfac17 tion: Provided further, That except as otherwise provided 

18 herein, none of the funds under this heading may be used 

19 to subsidize operating losses of the Corporation: Provided 

20 further, That none of the funds under this heading may 

21 be used for capital projects not approved by the Secretary 

22 of Transportation or on the Corporation’s fiscal year 2015 

23 business plan: Provided further, That in addition to the 

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1 retary may retain up to an additional $5,000,000 of the 

2 funds provided under this heading to fund expenses associ3 ated with implementing section 212 of division B of Public 

4 Law 110–432, including the amendments made by section 

5 212 to section 24905 of title 49, United States Code. 

6 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD

7 ADMINISTRATION

8 SEC. 150. The Secretary of Transportation may re9 ceive and expend cash, or receive and utilize spare parts 

10 and similar items, from non-United States Government 

11 sources to repair damages to or replace United States 

12 Government owned automated track inspection cars and 

13 equipment as a result of third-party liability for such dam14 ages, and any amounts collected under this section shall 

15 be credited directly to the Safety and Operations account 

16 of the Federal Railroad Administration, and shall remain 

17 available until expended for the repair, operation and 

18 maintenance of automated track inspection cars and 

19 equipment in connection with the automated track inspec20 tion program. 

21 SEC. 151. None of the funds provided to the National 

22 Railroad Passenger Corporation may be used to fund any 

23 overtime costs in excess of $35,000 for any individual em24 ployee: Provided, That the President of Amtrak may waive 

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1 when the President of Amtrak determines such a cap 

2 poses a risk to the safety and operational efficiency of the 

3 system: Provided further, That the President of Amtrak 

4 shall report to the House and Senate Committees on Ap5 propriations each quarter of the calendar year on waivers 

6 granted to employees and amounts paid above the cap for 

7 each month within such quarter and delineate the reasons 

8 each waiver was granted: Provided further, That the Presi9 dent of Amtrak shall report to the House and Senate 

10 Committees on Appropriations by March 1, 2016, a sum11 mary of all overtime payments incurred by the Corpora12 tion for 2015 and the three prior calendar years: Provided 

13 further, That such summary shall include the total number 

14 of employees that received waivers and the total overtime 

15 payments the Corporation paid to those employees receiv16 ing waivers for each month for 2015 and for the three 

17 prior calendar years. 

18 SEC. 152. Of the unobligated balances of funds avail19 able to the Federal Railroad Administration, the following 

20 funds are hereby rescinded: $4,201,385 of the unobligated 

21 balances of funds made available from the following ac22 counts in the specified amounts—‘‘Rail Line Relocation 

23 and Improvement Program’’, $2,241,385; and ‘‘Railroad 

24 Research and Development’’, $1,960,000: Provided, That 

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1 of Transportation to assist Class II and Class III railroads 

2 with eligible projects pursuant to sections 501 through 

3 504 of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform 

4 Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–210), as amended: Provided 

5 further, That such funds shall be available for applicant 

6 expenses in preparing to apply and applying for direct 

7 loans and loan guarantees as well as the credit risk pre8 miums notwithstanding any other restriction against the 

9 use of Federal funds for such credit risk premiums: Pro10 vided further, That these funds shall remain available until 

11 expended. 

12 SEC. 153. Of the unobligated balances of funds avail13 able to the Federal Railroad Administration, the following 

14 funds are hereby rescinded: $5,000,000 of the unobligated 

15 balances of funds made available to fund expenses associ16 ated with implementing section 212 of division B of Public 

17 Law 110–432 in the Capital and Debt Service Grants to 

18 the National Railroad Passenger Corporation account of 

19 the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations 

20 Act, 2015 and $11,922,000 of the unobligated balances 

21 of funds made available from the following accounts in the 

22 specified amounts—‘‘Grants to the National Railroad Pas23 senger Corporation’’, $267,019; ‘‘Next Generation High24 Speed Rail’’, $4,944,504; and ‘‘Safety and Operations’’, 

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1 able to enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 

2 grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation as 

3 authorized by section 101(c) of the Passenger Rail Invest4 ment and Improvement Act of 2008 (division B of Public 

5 Law 110–432) for state-of-good-repair backlog and infra6 structure improvements on Northeast Corridor shared-use 

7 infrastructure identified in the Northeast Corridor Infra8 structure and Operations Advisory Commission’s approved 

9 5-year capital plan: Provided further, That these funds 

10 shall remain available until expended and shall be avail11 able for grants in an amount not to exceed 50 percent 

12 of the total project cost, with the required matching funds 

13 to be provided consistent with the Commission’s cost allo14 cation policy. 

15 FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

16 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

17 For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal 

18 Transit Administration’s programs authorized by chapter 

19 53 of title 49, United States Code, $107,000,000, of which 

20 not less than $5,000,000 shall be available to carry out 

21 the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5329 and not less than 

22 $1,000,000 shall be available to carry out the provisions 

23 of 49 U.S.C. 5326: Provided, That none of the funds pro24 vided or limited in this Act may be used to create a perma25 nent office of transit security under this heading: Provided 


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1 further, That upon submission to the Congress of the fiscal 

2 year 2017 President’s budget, the Secretary of Transpor3 tation shall transmit to Congress the annual report on 

4 New Starts, including proposed allocations for fiscal year 

5 2017. 

6 TRANSIT FORMULA GRANTS

7 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

8 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

9 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

10 For payment of obligations incurred in the Federal 

11 Public Transportation Assistance Program in this ac12 count, and for payment of obligations incurred in carrying 

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

14 5318, 5322(d), 5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, 

15 as amended by Public Law 112–141, and section 

16 20005(b) of Public Law 112–141, $9,500,000,000, to be 

17 derived from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway 

18 Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Pro19 vided, That funds available for the implementation or exe20 cution of programs authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5305, 

21 5307, 5310, 5311, 5318, 5322(d), 5329(e)(6), 5335, 

22 5337, 5339, and 5340, as amended by Public Law 112– 

23 141, and section 20005(b) of Public Law 112–141, shall 

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

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1 TRANSIT RESEARCH

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

3 and 5313, $32,500,000, to remain available until ex4 pended: Provided, That $30,000,000 shall be for activities 

5 authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5312 and $2,500,000 shall 

6 be for activities authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5313. 

7 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING

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

9 and 5322(a), (b) and (e), $3,153,000, to remain available 

10 until expended: Provided, That $2,653,000 shall be for ac11 tivities authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5314 and $500,000 

12 shall be for activities authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5322(a), 

13 (b) and (e). 

14 CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS

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

16 $1,585,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro17 vided, That when distributing funds among Recommended 

18 New Starts Projects, the Administrator shall first fully 

19 fund those projects covered by a full funding grant agree20 ment, then fully fund those projects whose section 5309 

21 share is less than 40 percent, and then distribute the re22 maining funds so as to protect as much as possible the 

23 projects’ budgets and schedules. 


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1 GRANTS TO THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA

2 TRANSIT AUTHORITY

3 For grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area 

4 Transit Authority as authorized under section 601 of divi5 sion B of Public Law 110–432, $150,000,000, to remain 

6 available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of 

7 Transportation shall approve grants for capital and pre8 ventive maintenance expenditures for the Washington 

9 Metropolitan Area Transit Authority only after receiving 

10 and reviewing a request for each specific project: Provided 

11 further, That prior to approving such grants, the Secretary 

12 shall certify that the Washington Metropolitan Area Tran13 sit Authority is making progress to improve its safety 

14 management system in response to the Federal Transit 

15 Administration’s 2015 safety management inspection: 

16 Provided further, That prior to approving such grants, the 

17 Secretary shall certify that the Washington Metropolitan 

18 Area Transit Authority is making progress toward full im19 plementation of the corrective actions identified in the 

20 2014 Financial Management Oversight Review Report: 

21 Provided further, That the Secretary shall determine that 

22 the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has 

23 placed the highest priority on those investments that will 

24 improve the safety of the system before approving such 

25 grants: Provided further, That the Secretary, in order to 


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1 ensure safety throughout the rail system, may waive the 

2 requirements of section 601(e)(1) of title VI of Public Law 

3 110–432 (112 Stat. 4968). 

4 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT

5 ADMINISTRATION

6 (INCLUDING RESCISSION)

7 SEC. 160. The limitations on obligations for the pro8 grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not 

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

10 made available for obligation, or to any other authority 

11 previously made available for obligation. 

12 SEC. 161. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

14 heading ‘‘Fixed Guideway Capital Investment’’ of the Fed15 eral Transit Administration for projects specified in this 

16 Act or identified in reports accompanying this Act not ob17 ligated by September 30, 2020, and other recoveries, shall 

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

19 purposes for which they were originally provided. 

20 SEC. 162. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

21 law, any funds appropriated before October 1, 2015, under 

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

23 that remain available for expenditure, may be transferred 

24 to and administered under the most recent appropriation 

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1 SEC. 163. The Secretary may not enforce regulations 

2 related to charter bus service under part 604 of title 49, 

3 Code of Federal Regulations, for any transit agency that 

4 during fiscal year 2008 was both initially granted a 60- 

5 day period to come into compliance with part 604, and 

6 then was subsequently granted an exception from said 

7 part. 

8 SEC. 164. Notwithstanding the requirements of 49 

9 U.S.C. 5334 and 2 CFR 200.313, conditions imposed as 

10 a result of any and all Federal public transportation as11 sistance related to and for the use, encumbrance, transfer 

12 or disposition of property originally built as a prototype 

13 having icebreaking capabilities will be fully and completely 

14 satisfied by the property’s use— 

15 (1) in the areas of Arctic research; 

16 (2) to map the Arctic; 

17 (3) to collect and analyze data in the Arctic; 

18 (4) to support activities that further Arctic ex19 ploration, research, or development; or 

20 (5) for educational purposes or humanitarian 

21 relief efforts. 

22 SEC. 165. Projects selected for the pilot program for 

23 expedited project delivery under section 20008(b) of 

24 MAP–21 shall be exempt from the requirements of 49 

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1 emption, in determining whether a recipient has the finan2 cial capacity to carry out the eligible project, the Secretary 

3 of Transportation shall apply the requirements and con4 siderations of 49 U.S.C. 5309(f). 

5 SEC. 166. Of the unobligated amounts made available 

6 for fiscal year 2011 or prior fiscal years to carry out the 

7 discretionary bus and bus facilities program under 49 

8 U.S.C. 5309, $10,000,000 is hereby rescinded. 

9 SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT

10 CORPORATION

11 The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora12 tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, with13 in the limits of funds and borrowing authority available 

14 to the Corporation, and in accordance with law, and to 

15 make such contracts and commitments without regard to 

16 fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the 

17 Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may 

18 be necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the 

19 Corporation’s budget for fiscal year 2016. 

20 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

21 (HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)

22 For necessary expenses to conduct the operations, 

23 maintenance, and capital asset renewal activities of those 

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

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1 Corporation, $28,400,000, to be derived from the Harbor 

2 Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99– 

3 662. 

4 MARITIME ADMINISTRATION

5 MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM

6 For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a 

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

8 needs of the United States, $186,000,000, to remain avail9 able until expended. 

10 OPERATIONS AND TRAINING

11 For necessary expenses of operations and training ac12 tivities authorized by law, $170,000,000, of which 

13 $22,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 

14 maintenance and repair of training ships at State Mari15 time Academies, and of which $5,000,000 shall remain 

16 available until expended for National Security Multi-Mis17 sion Vessel design for State Maritime Academies and Na18 tional Security, and of which $2,400,000 shall remain 

19 available through September 30, 2017, for the Student In20 centive Program at State Maritime Academies, and of 

21 which $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended 

22 for training ship fuel assistance payments, and of which 

23 $18,000,000 shall remain available until expended for fa24 cilities maintenance and repair, equipment, and capital 

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1 Academy, and of which $2,000,000 shall remain available 

2 through September 30, 2017, for Maritime Environment 

3 and Technology Assistance grants, contracts, and coopera4 tive agreements, and of which $5,000,000 shall remain 

5 available until expended for the Short Sea Transportation 

6 Program (America’s Marine Highways) to make grants 

7 for the purposes provided in title 46 section 55601(b)(1) 

8 and 55601(b)(3): Provided, That 50 percent of the fund9 ing made available for the United States Merchant Marine 

10 Academy under this heading shall be available only after 

11 the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the 

12 Superintendent and the Maritime Administrator, com13 pletes a plan detailing by program or activity how such 

14 funding will be expended at the Academy, and this plan 

15 is submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Ap16 propriations: Provided further, That not later than Janu17 ary 12, 2016, the Administrator of the Maritime Adminis18 tration shall transmit to the House and Senate Commit19 tees on Appropriations the annual report on sexual assault 

20 and sexual harassment at the United States Merchant Ma21 rine Academy as required pursuant to section 3507 of 

22 Public Law 110–417. 

23 ASSISTANCE TO SMALL SHIPYARDS

24 To make grants to qualified shipyards as authorized 

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1 amended by Public Law 113–281, $5,000,000 to remain 

2 available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary 

3 shall issue the Notice of Funding Availability no later than 

4 15 days after enactment of this Act: Provided further, 

5 That from applications submitted under the previous pro6 viso, the Secretary of Transportation shall make grants 

7 no later than 120 days after enactment of this Act in such 

8 amounts as the Secretary determines: Provided further, 

9 That not to exceed 2 percent of the funds appropriated 

10 under this heading shall be available for necessary costs 

11 of grant administration. 

12 SHIP DISPOSAL

13 For necessary expenses related to the disposal of ob14 solete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the 

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

16 until expended. 

17 MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM

18 ACCOUNT

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized, 

21 $8,135,000, of which $5,000,000 shall remain available 

22 until expended: Provided, That such costs, including the 

23 cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 

24 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amend25 ed: Provided further, That not to exceed $3,135,000 shall 


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1 be available for administrative expenses to carry out the 

2 guaranteed loan program, which shall be transferred to 

3 and merged with the appropriations for ‘‘Operations and 

4 Training’’, Maritime Administration. 

5 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME

6 ADMINISTRATION

7 SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

8 this Act, the Maritime Administration is authorized to fur9 nish utilities and services and make necessary repairs in 

10 connection with any lease, contract, or occupancy involving 

11 Government property under control of the Maritime Ad12 ministration: Provided, That payments received therefor 

13 shall be credited to the appropriation charged with the 

14 cost thereof and shall remain available until expended: 

15 Provided further, That rental payments under any such 

16 lease, contract, or occupancy for items other than such 

17 utilities, services, or repairs shall be covered into the 

18 Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. 

19 PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY

20 ADMINISTRATION

21 OPERATIONAL EXPENSES

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline 

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1 ferred to ‘‘Pipeline Safety’’ in order to fund ‘‘Pipeline 

2 Safety Information Grants to Communities’’ as authorized 

3 under section 60130 of title 49, United States Code: Pro4 vided further, That no later than 90 days after the date 

5 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation 

6 shall initiate a rulemaking to expand the applicability of 

7 comprehensive oil spill response plans, and shall issue a 

8 final rule no later than one year after the date of enact9 ment of this Act. 

10 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY

11 For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous 

12 materials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous 

13 Materials Safety Administration, $49,000,000, of which 

14 $2,300,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

15 2018: Provided, That up to $800,000 in fees collected 

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

17 fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided fur18 ther, That there may be credited to this appropriation, to 

19 be available until expended, funds received from States, 

20 counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and pri21 vate sources for expenses incurred for training, for reports 

22 publication and dissemination, and for travel expenses in23 curred in performance of hazardous materials exemptions 

24 and approvals functions. 


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1 PIPELINE SAFETY

2 (PIPELINE SAFETY FUND)

3 (OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND)

4 For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of 

5 the pipeline safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out 

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

7 60107, and to discharge the pipeline program responsibil8 ities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $146,623,000, of 

9 which $19,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li10 ability Trust Fund and shall remain available until Sep11 tember 30, 2018; and of which $127,123,000 shall be de12 rived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which 

13 $66,309,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

14 2018: Provided, That not less than $1,058,000 of the 

15 funds provided under this heading shall be for the One16 Call state grant program. 

17 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS

18 (EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND)

19 For necessary expenses to carryout 49 U.S.C. 

20 5128(b), $188,000, to be derived from the Emergency 

21 Preparedness Fund, to remain available until September 

22 30, 2017: Provided, That notwithstanding the fiscal year 

23 limitation specified in 49 U.S.C. 5116, not more than 

24 $28,318,000 shall be made available for obligation in fis25 cal year 2016 from amounts made available by 49 U.S.C. 


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1 5116(i), and 5128(b) and (c): Provided further, That not2 withstanding 49 U.S.C. 5116(i)(4), not more than 4 per3 cent of the amounts made available from this account shall 

4 be available to pay administrative costs: Provided further, 

5 That none of the funds made available by 49 U.S.C. 

6 5116(i), 5128(b), or 5128(c) shall be made available for 

7 obligation by individuals other than the Secretary of 

8 Transportation, or his or her designee: Provided further, 

9 That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 5128(b) and (c) and the 

10 current year obligation limitation, prior year recoveries 

11 recognized in the current year shall be available to develop 

12 a hazardous materials response training curriculum for 

13 emergency responders, including response activities for the 

14 transportation of crude oil, ethanol and other flammable 

15 liquids by rail, consistent with National Fire Protection 

16 Association standards, and to make such training avail17 able through an electronic format: Provided further, That 

18 the prior year recoveries made available under this head19 ing shall also be available to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5116(b) 

20 and (j). 

21 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—PIPELINE AND

22 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

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1 ment of this Act an alternative risk-based compliance re2 gime for the siting of small-scale liquefaction facilities that 

3 generate and package liquefied natural gas for use as a 

4 fuel or delivery to consumers by non-pipeline modes of 

5 transportation. In evaluating such alternative risk-based 

6 compliance regime, the Secretary should consider the 

7 value of adopting quantitative risk assessment methods, 

8 the benefit of incorporating modern industry standards 

9 and best practices, including the provisions in the 2013 

10 edition of the National Fire Protection Association Stand11 ard 59A, and the need to encourage the use of the best 

12 available technology. 

13 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector 

16 General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector Gen17 eral Act of 1978, as amended, $87,472,000: Provided, 

18 That the Inspector General shall have all necessary au19 thority, in carrying out the duties specified in the Inspec20 tor General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to inves21 tigate allegations of fraud, including false statements to 

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

23 that is subject to regulation by the Department of Trans24 portation: Provided further, That the funds made available 

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1 to section 41712 of title 49, United States Code: (1) un2 fair or deceptive practices and unfair methods of competi3 tion by domestic and foreign air carriers and ticket agents; 

4 and (2) the compliance of domestic and foreign air carriers 

5 with respect to item (1) of this proviso. 

6 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the Surface Transpor9 tation Board, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

10 3109, $32,375,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

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

12 established by the Chairman of the Surface Transpor13 tation Board shall be credited to this appropriation as off14 setting collections and used for necessary and authorized 

15 expenses under this heading: Provided further, That the 

16 sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be 

17 reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting col18 lections are received during fiscal year 2016, to result in 

19 a final appropriation from the general fund estimated at 

20 no more than $31,125,000. 

21 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF

22 TRANSPORTATION

23 SEC. 190. During the current fiscal year, applicable 

24 appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall 

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1 hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of 

2 liability insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign 

3 countries on official department business; and uniforms or 

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

5 5902). 

6 SEC. 191. Appropriations contained in this Act for 

7 the Department of Transportation shall be available for 

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

9 individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to 

10 the rate for an Executive Level IV. 

11 SEC. 192. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail12 able for salaries and expenses of more than 110 political 

13 and Presidential appointees in the Department of Trans14 portation: Provided, That none of the personnel covered 

15 by this provision may be assigned on temporary detail out16 side the Department of Transportation. 

17 SEC. 193. (a) No recipient of funds made available 

18 in this Act shall disseminate personal information (as de19 fined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(3)) obtained by a State depart20 ment of motor vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle 

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

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

23 2721. 

24 (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary of 

25 Transportation shall not withhold funds provided in this 


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1 Act for any grantee if a State is in noncompliance with 

2 this provision. 

3 SEC. 194. Funds received by the Federal Highway 

4 Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and Fed5 eral Railroad Administration from States, counties, mu6 nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources 

7 for expenses incurred for training may be credited respec8 tively to the Federal Highway Administration’s ‘‘Federal9 Aid Highways’’ account, the Federal Transit Administra10 tion’s ‘‘Technical Assistance and Training’’ account, and 

11 to the Federal Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Op12 erations’’ account, except for State rail safety inspectors 

13 participating in training pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 20105. 

14 SEC. 195. None of the funds in this Act to the De15 partment of Transportation may be used to make a loan, 

16 loan guarantee, line of credit, or grant unless the Sec17 retary of Transportation notifies the House and Senate 

18 Committees on Appropriations not less than 3 full busi19 ness days before any project competitively selected to re20 ceive a discretionary grant award, any discretionary grant 

21 award, letter of intent, loan commitment, loan guarantee 

22 commitment, line of credit commitment, or full funding 

23 grant agreement is announced by the department or its 

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1 (1) any discretionary grant or federal credit 

2 program of the Federal Highway Administration in3 cluding the emergency relief program; 

4 (2) the airport improvement program of the 

5 Federal Aviation Administration; 

6 (3) any program of the Federal Railroad Ad7 ministration; 

8 (4) any program of the Federal Transit Admin9 istration other than the formula grants and fixed 

10 guideway modernization programs; 

11 (5) any program of the Maritime Administra12 tion; or 

13 (6) any funding provided under the headings 

14 ‘‘National Infrastructure Investments’’ in this Act: 

15 Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation gives con16 current notification to the House and Senate Committees 

17 on Appropriations for any ‘‘quick release’’ of funds from 

18 the emergency relief program: Provided further, That no 

19 notification shall involve funds that are not available for 

20 obligation. 

21 SEC. 196. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, 

22 minor fees and other funds received by the Department 

23 of Transportation from travel management centers, 

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1 tions of the Department of Transportation and allocated 

2 to elements of the Department of Transportation using 

3 fair and equitable criteria and such funds shall be avail4 able until expended. 

5 SEC. 197. Amounts made available in this or any 

6 other Act that the Secretary of Transportation determines 

7 represent improper payments by the Department of 

8 Transportation to a third-party contractor under a finan9 cial assistance award, which are recovered pursuant to 

10 law, shall be available— 

11 (1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred 

12 by the Department of Transportation in recovering 

13 improper payments; and 

14 (2) to pay contractors for services provided in 

15 recovering improper payments or contractor support 

16 in the implementation of the Improper Payments In17 formation Act of 2002: Provided, That amounts in 

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

19 (A) shall be credited to and merged with 

20 the appropriation from which the improper pay21 ments were made, and shall be available for the 

22 purposes and period for which such appropria23 tions are available: Provided further, That 

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1 ments is not readily available, the Secretary 

2 may credit an appropriate account, which shall 

3 be available for the purposes and period associ4 ated with the account so credited; or 

5 (B) if no such appropriation remains avail6 able, shall be deposited in the Treasury as mis7 cellaneous receipts: Provided further, That prior 

8 to the transfer of any such recovery to an ap9 propriations account, the Secretary shall notify 

10 the House and Senate Committees on Appro11 priations of the amount and reasons for such 

12 transfer: Provided further, That for purposes of 

13 this section, the term ‘‘improper payments’’ has 

14 the same meaning as that provided in section 

15 2(d)(2) of Public Law 107–300. 

16 SEC. 198. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

18 subject to a reprogramming action that requires notice to 

19 be provided to the House and Senate Committees on Ap20 propriations, transmission of said reprogramming notice 

21 shall be provided solely to the House and Senate Commit22 tees on Appropriations, and said reprogramming action 

23 shall be approved or denied solely by the House and Sen24 ate Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That the 

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1 congressional committees of the action of the House and 

2 Senate Committees on Appropriations on such reprogram3 ming but not sooner than 30 days following the date on 

4 which the reprogramming action has been approved or de5 nied by the House and Senate Committees on Appropria6 tions. 

7 SEC. 199. None of the funds appropriated or other8 wise made available under this Act may be used by the 

9 Surface Transportation Board of the Department of 

10 Transportation to charge or collect any filing fee for rate 

11 or practice complaints filed with the Board in an amount 

12 in excess of the amount authorized for district court civil 

13 suit filing fees under section 1914 of title 28, United 

14 States Code. 

15 SEC. 199A. Funds appropriated in this Act to the 

16 modal administrations may be obligated for the Office of 

17 the Secretary for the costs related to assessments or reim18 bursable agreements only when such amounts are for the 

19 costs of goods and services that are purchased to provide 

20 a direct benefit to the applicable modal administration or 

21 administrations. 

22 SEC. 199B. The Secretary of Transportation is au23 thorized to carry out a program that establishes uniform 

24 standards for developing and supporting agency transit 

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

2 transit benefits by various paper and electronic media. 

3 SEC. 199C. The Department of Transportation may 

4 use funds provided by this Act, or any other Act, to imple5 ment a pilot program under title 49 U.S.C. or title 23 

6 U.S.C. for geographic, economic, or any other hiring pref7 erence not otherwise authorized by law, or to amend a 

8 rule, regulation, policy or other measure that forbids a re9 cipient of a Federal Highway Administration or Federal 

10 Transit Administration grant from imposing such hiring 

11 preference on a construction project with which the De12 partment of Transportation is assisting, only if the grant 

13 recipient certifies the following: 

14 (1) that except with respect to apprentices or 

15 trainees, a pool of readily available but unemployed 

16 individuals possessing the knowledge, skill, and abil17 ity to perform the work that the project requires re18 sides in the jurisdiction; 

19 (2) that the grant recipient will include appro20 priate provisions in its bid document ensuring that 

21 the contractor does not displace any of its existing 

22 employees in order to satisfy such hiring preference; 

23 and 

24 (3) that any increase in the cost of labor, train25 ing, or delays resulting from the use of such hiring 


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1 preference does not delay or displace any transpor2 tation project in the applicable Statewide Transpor3 tation Improvement Program or Transportation Im4 provement Program. 

5 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans6 portation Appropriations Act, 2016’’. 

7 TITLE II 

8 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 

9 DEVELOPMENT 

10 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

11 EXECUTIVE OFFICES

12 For necessary salaries and expenses for Executive Of13 fices, which shall be comprised of the offices of the Sec14 retary, Deputy Secretary, Adjudicatory Services, Congres15 sional and Intergovernmental Relations, Public Affairs, 

16 Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, and the 

17 Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, 

18 $14,500,000: Provided, That not to exceed $25,000 of the 

19 amount made available under this heading shall be avail20 able to the Secretary for official reception and representa21 tion expenses as the Secretary may determine. 

22 ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OFFICES

23 For necessary salaries and expenses for Administra24 tive Support Offices, $568,244,000, of which not to exceed 

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1 Financial Officer; not to exceed $96,000,000 shall be 

2 available for the Office of the General Counsel; not to ex3 ceed $208,604,000 shall be available for the Office of Ad4 ministration; not to exceed $61,475,000 shall be available 

5 for the Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer; not 

6 to exceed $50,000,000 shall be available for the Office of 

7 Field Policy and Management; not to exceed $17,036,000 

8 shall be available for the Office of the Chief Procurement 

9 Officer; not to exceed $3,270,000 shall be available for the 

10 Office of Departmental Equal Employment Opportunity; 

11 not to exceed $4,400,000 shall be available for the Office 

12 of Strategic Planning and Management; and not to exceed 

13 $82,802,000 shall be available for the Office of the Chief 

14 Information Officer: Provided, That funds provided under 

15 this heading may be used for necessary administrative and 

16 non-administrative expenses of the Department of Hous17 ing and Urban Development, not otherwise provided for, 

18 including purchase of uniforms, or allowances therefor, as 

19 authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; hire of passenger 

20 motor vehicles; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

21 3109: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 

22 provision of law, funds appropriated under this heading 

23 may be used for advertising and promotional activities 

24 that support the housing mission area: Provided further, 

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1 Committees on Appropriations quarterly written notifica2 tion regarding the status of pending congressional reports: 

3 Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide in elec4 tronic form all signed reports required by Congress. 

5 PROGRAM OFFICE SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING

7 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

8 Public and Indian Housing, $207,000,000. 

9 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

10 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

11 Community Planning and Development, $107,000,000. 

12 HOUSING

13 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

14 Housing, $382,000,000. 

15 POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH

16 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

17 Policy Development and Research, $23,100,000. 

18 FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

19 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

20 Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, $69,500,000. 

21 OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL AND HEALTHY

22 HOMES

23 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

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1 PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING

2 TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE

3 For activities and assistance for the provision of ten4 ant-based rental assistance authorized under the United 

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

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

7 $15,934,643,000, to remain available until expended, shall 

8 be available on October 1, 2015 (in addition to the 

9 $4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this head10 ing that shall be available on October 1, 2015), and 

11 $4,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 

12 be available on October 1, 2016: Provided, That the 

13 amounts made available under this heading are provided 

14 as follows: 

15 (1) $17,982,000,000 shall be available for re16 newals of expiring section 8 tenant-based annual 

17 contributions contracts (including renewals of en18 hanced vouchers under any provision of law author19 izing such assistance under section 8(t) of the Act) 

20 and including renewal of other special purpose incre21 mental vouchers: Provided, That notwithstanding 

22 any other provision of law, from amounts provided 

23 under this paragraph and any carryover, the Sec24 retary for the calendar year 2016 funding cycle shall 

25 provide renewal funding for each public housing 


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1 agency based on validated voucher management sys2 tem (VMS) leasing and cost data for the prior cal3 endar year and by applying an inflation factor as es4 tablished by the Secretary, by notice published in 

5 the Federal Register, and by making any necessary 

6 adjustments for the costs associated with the first7 time renewal of vouchers under this paragraph in8 cluding tenant protection, HOPE VI, and Choice 

9 Neighborhoods vouchers: Provided further, That in 

10 determining calendar year 2016 funding allocations 

11 under this heading for public housing agencies, in12 cluding agencies participating in the Moving To 

13 Work (MTW) demonstration, the Secretary may 

14 take into account the anticipated impact of changes 

15 in targeting and utility allowances, on public housing 

16 agencies’ contract renewal needs: Provided further, 

17 That none of the funds provided under this para18 graph may be used to fund a total number of unit 

19 months under lease which exceeds a public housing 

20 agency’s authorized level of units under contract, ex21 cept for public housing agencies participating in the 

22 MTW demonstration, which are instead governed by 

23 the terms and conditions of their MTW agreements: 

24 Provided further, That the Secretary shall, to the ex25 tent necessary to stay within the amount specified 


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1 under this paragraph (except as otherwise modified 

2 under this paragraph), prorate each public housing 

3 agency’s allocation otherwise established pursuant to 

4 this paragraph: Provided further, That except as 

5 provided in the following provisos, the entire amount 

6 specified under this paragraph (except as otherwise 

7 modified under this paragraph) shall be obligated to 

8 the public housing agencies based on the allocation 

9 and pro rata method described above, and the Sec10 retary shall notify public housing agencies of their 

11 annual budget by the latter of 60 days after enact12 ment of this Act or March 1, 2016: Provided further, 

13 That the Secretary may extend the notification pe14 riod with the prior written approval of the House 

15 and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided 

16 further, That public housing agencies participating 

17 in the MTW demonstration shall be funded pursuant 

18 to their MTW agreements and shall be subject to 

19 the same pro rata adjustments under the previous 

20 provisos: Provided further, That the Secretary may 

21 offset public housing agencies’ calendar year 2016 

22 allocations based on the excess amounts of public 

23 housing agencies’ net restricted assets accounts, in24 cluding HUD held programmatic reserves (in ac25 cordance with VMS data in calendar year 2015 that 


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1 is verifiable and complete), as determined by the 

2 Secretary: Provided further, That public housing 

3 agencies participating in the MTW demonstration 

4 shall also be subject to the offset, as determined by 

5 the Secretary, excluding amounts subject to the sin6 gle fund budget authority provisions of their MTW 

7 agreements, from the agencies’ calendar year 2016 

8 MTW funding allocation: Provided further, That the 

9 Secretary shall use any offset referred to in the pre10 vious two provisos throughout the calendar year to 

11 prevent the termination of rental assistance for fam12 ilies as the result of insufficient funding, as deter13 mined by the Secretary, and to avoid or reduce the 

14 proration of renewal funding allocations: Provided 

15 further, That up to $75,000,000 shall be available 

16 only: (1) for adjustments in the allocations for public 

17 housing agencies, after application for an adjust18 ment by a public housing agency that experienced a 

19 significant increase, as determined by the Secretary, 

20 in renewal costs of vouchers resulting from unfore21 seen circumstances or from portability under section 

22 8(r) of the Act; (2) for vouchers that were not in use 

23 during the previous 12-month period in order to be 

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1 sociated with HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive 

2 Housing (HUD–VASH) vouchers; and (4) for public 

3 housing agencies that despite taking reasonable cost 

4 savings measures, as determined by the Secretary, 

5 would otherwise be required to terminate rental as6 sistance for families as a result of insufficient fund7 ing: Provided further, That the Secretary shall allo8 cate amounts under the previous proviso based on 

9 need, as determined by the Secretary; 

10 (2) $130,000,000 shall be for section 8 rental 

11 assistance for relocation and replacement of housing 

12 units that are demolished or disposed of pursuant to 

13 section 18 of the Act, conversion of section 23 

14 projects to assistance under section 8, the family 

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

16 relocation of witnesses in connection with efforts to 

17 combat crime in public and assisted housing pursu18 ant to a request from a law enforcement or prosecu19 tion agency, enhanced vouchers under any provision 

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

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1 assisted elderly tenants currently residing in section 

2 202 properties financed between 1959 and 1974 

3 that are refinanced pursuant to Public Law 106– 

4 569, as amended, or under the authority as provided 

5 under this Act: Provided, That when a public hous6 ing development is submitted for demolition or dis7 position under section 18 of the Act, the Secretary 

8 may provide section 8 rental assistance when the 

9 units pose an imminent health and safety risk to 

10 residents: Provided further, That the Secretary may 

11 only provide replacement vouchers for units that 

12 were occupied within the previous 24 months that 

13 cease to be available as assisted housing, subject 

14 only to the availability of funds: Provided further, 

15 That any tenant protection voucher made available 

16 from amounts under this paragraph shall not be re17 issued by any public housing agency, except the re18 placement vouchers as defined by the Secretary by 

19 notice, when the initial family that received any such 

20 voucher no longer receives such voucher, and the au21 thority for any public housing agency to issue any 

22 such voucher shall cease to exist: Provided further, 

23 That the Secretary, for the purposes under this 

24 paragraph, may use unobligated balances, including 

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1 appropriated in prior fiscal years under this heading 

2 for voucher assistance for nonelderly disabled fami3 lies and for disaster assistance made available under 

4 Public Law 110–329; 

5 (3) $1,620,000,000 shall be for administrative 

6 and other expenses of public housing agencies in ad7 ministering the section 8 tenant-based rental assist8 ance program, of which up to $10,000,000 shall be 

9 available to the Secretary to allocate to public hous10 ing agencies that need additional funds to admin11 ister their section 8 programs, including fees associ12 ated with section 8 tenant protection rental assist13 ance, the administration of disaster related vouchers, 

14 Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing vouchers, and 

15 other special purpose incremental vouchers: Pro16 vided, That no less than $1,610,000,000 of the 

17 amount provided in this paragraph shall be allocated 

18 to public housing agencies for the calendar year 

19 2016 funding cycle based on section 8(q) of the Act 

20 (and related Appropriation Act provisions) as in ef21 fect immediately before the enactment of the Quality 

22 Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (Pub23 lic Law 105–276): Provided further, That if the 

24 amounts made available under this paragraph are 

25 insufficient to pay the amounts determined under 


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1 the previous proviso, the Secretary may decrease the 

2 amounts allocated to agencies by a uniform percent3 age applicable to all agencies receiving funding 

4 under this paragraph or may, to the extent nec5 essary to provide full payment of amounts deter6 mined under the previous proviso, utilize unobligated 

7 balances, including recaptures and carryovers, re8 maining from funds appropriated to the Department 

9 of Housing and Urban Development under this 

10 heading from prior fiscal years, excluding special 

11 purpose vouchers, notwithstanding the purposes for 

12 which such amounts were appropriated: Provided 

13 further, That all public housing agencies partici14 pating in the MTW demonstration shall be funded 

15 pursuant to their MTW agreements, and shall be 

16 subject to the same uniform percentage decrease as 

17 under the previous proviso: Provided further, That 

18 amounts provided under this paragraph shall be only 

19 for activities related to the provision of tenant-based 

20 rental assistance authorized under section 8, includ21 ing related development activities; 

22 (4) $107,643,000 for the renewal of tenant23 based assistance contracts under section 811 of the 

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1 tive expenses: Provided, That administrative and 

2 other expenses of public housing agencies in admin3 istering the special purpose vouchers in this para4 graph shall be funded under the same terms and be 

5 subject to the same pro rata reduction as the per6 cent decrease for administrative and other expenses 

7 to public housing agencies under paragraph (3) of 

8 this heading; 

9 (5) $75,000,000 for incremental rental voucher 

10 assistance for use through a supported housing pro11 gram administered in conjunction with the Depart12 ment of Veterans Affairs as authorized under section 

13 8(o)(19) of the United States Housing Act of 1937: 

14 Provided, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

15 Development shall make such funding available, not16 withstanding section 204 (competition provision) of 

17 this title, to public housing agencies that partner 

18 with eligible VA Medical Centers or other entities as 

19 designated by the Secretary of the Department of 

20 Veterans Affairs, based on geographical need for 

21 such assistance as identified by the Secretary of the 

22 Department of Veterans Affairs, public housing 

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1 retary of the Department of Veterans Affairs: Pro2 vided further, That the Secretary of Housing and 

3 Urban Development may waive, or specify alter4 native requirements for (in consultation with the 

5 Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs), 

6 any provision of any statute or regulation that the 

7 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development ad8 ministers in connection with the use of funds made 

9 available under this paragraph (except for require10 ments related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, 

11 labor standards, and the environment), upon a find12 ing by the Secretary that any such waivers or alter13 native requirements are necessary for the effective 

14 delivery and administration of such voucher assist15 ance: Provided further, That assistance made avail16 able under this paragraph shall continue to remain 

17 available for homeless veterans upon turn-over; 

18 (6) $20,000,000 shall be made available for 

19 new incremental voucher assistance through the 

20 Family Unification Program as authorized by sec21 tion 8(x) of the Act: Provided, That the assistance 

22 made available under this paragraph shall continue 

23 to remain available for family unification upon turn24 over; and 


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1 (7) The Secretary shall separately track all spe2 cial purpose vouchers funded under this heading. 

3 HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND

4 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

5 Unobligated balances, including recaptures and car6 ryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the Depart7 ment of Housing and Urban Development under this 

8 heading, the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted 

9 Housing’’ and the heading ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assist10 ance’’, for fiscal year 2016 and prior years may be used 

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

12 contracts and for performance-based contract administra13 tors, notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds 

14 were appropriated: Provided, That any obligated balances 

15 of contract authority from fiscal year 1974 and prior that 

16 have been terminated shall be rescinded: Provided further, 

17 That amounts heretofore recaptured, or recaptured during 

18 the current fiscal year, from section 8 project-based con19 tracts from source years fiscal year 1975 through fiscal 

20 year 1987 are hereby rescinded, and an amount of addi21 tional new budget authority, equivalent to the amount re22 scinded is hereby appropriated, to remain available until 

23 expended, for the purposes set forth under this heading, 

24 in addition to amounts otherwise available. 


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1 PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND

2 For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to 

3 carry out capital and management activities for public 

4 housing agencies, as authorized under section 9 of the 

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

6 (the ‘‘Act’’) $1,742,870,000, to remain available until 

7 September 30, 2019: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

8 other provision of law or regulation, during fiscal year 

9 2016, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 

10 may not delegate to any Department official other than 

11 the Deputy Secretary and the Assistant Secretary for 

12 Public and Indian Housing any authority under paragraph 

13 (2) of section 9(j) regarding the extension of the time peri14 ods under such section: Provided further, That for pur15 poses of such section 9(j), the term ‘‘obligate’’ means, with 

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

17 binding agreement that will result in outlays, immediately 

18 or in the future: Provided further, That up to $3,000,000 

19 shall be to support ongoing Public Housing Financial and 

20 Physical Assessment activities: Provided further, That up 

21 to $1,000,000 shall be to support the costs of administra22 tive and judicial receiverships: Provided further, That of 

23 the total amount provided under this heading, not to ex24 ceed $23,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary to 

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1 public housing agencies for emergency capital needs in2 cluding safety and security measures necessary to address 

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

4 from unforeseen or unpreventable emergencies and nat5 ural disasters excluding Presidentially declared emer6 gencies and natural disasters under the Robert T. Stafford 

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

8 seq.) occurring in fiscal year 2016: Provided further, That 

9 of the amount made available under the previous proviso, 

10 not less than $6,000,000 shall be for safety and security 

11 measures: Provided further, That of the total amount pro12 vided under this heading $35,000,000 shall be for sup13 portive services, service coordinator and congregate serv14 ices as authorized by section 34 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 

15 1437z–6) and the Native American Housing Assistance 

16 and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et 

17 seq.): Provided further, That of the total amount made 

18 available under this heading, $15,000,000 shall be for a 

19 Jobs-Plus initiative modeled after the Jobs-Plus dem20 onstration: Provided further, That the funding provided 

21 under the previous proviso shall provide competitive grants 

22 to partnerships between public housing authorities, local 

23 workforce investment boards established under section 

24 117 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, and other 

25 agencies and organizations that provide support to help 


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1 public housing residents obtain employment and increase 

2 earnings: Provided further, That applicants must dem3 onstrate the ability to provide services to residents, part4 ner with workforce investment boards, and leverage service 

5 dollars: Provided further, That the Secretary may allow 

6 public housing agencies to request exemptions from rent 

7 and income limitation requirements under sections 3 and 

8 6 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 as necessary 

9 to implement the Jobs-Plus program, on such terms and 

10 conditions as the Secretary may approve upon a finding 

11 by the Secretary that any such waivers or alternative re12 quirements are necessary for the effective implementation 

13 of the Jobs-Plus initiative as a voluntary program for resi14 dents: Provided further, That the Secretary shall publish 

15 by notice in the Federal Register any waivers or alter16 native requirements pursuant to the preceding proviso no 

17 later than 10 days before the effective date of such notice: 

18 Provided further, That for funds provided under this head19 ing, the limitation in section 9(g)(1)(A) of the Act shall 

20 be 25 percent: Provided further, That the Secretary may 

21 waive the limitation in the previous proviso to allow public 

22 housing agencies to fund activities authorized under sec23 tion 9(e)(1)(C) of the Act: Provided further, That the Sec24 retary shall notify public housing agencies requesting 

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1 proved or denied within 14 days of submitting the request: 

2 Provided further, That from the funds made available 

3 under this heading, the Secretary shall provide bonus 

4 awards in fiscal year 2016 to public housing agencies that 

5 are designated high performers: Provided further, That the 

6 Department shall notify public housing agencies of their 

7 formula allocation within 60 days of enactment of this Act. 

8 PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND

9 For 2016 payments to public housing agencies for the 

10 operation and management of public housing, as author11 ized by section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 

12 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $4,500,000,000, to remain 

13 available until September 30, 2017. 

14 CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVE

15 For competitive grants under the Choice Neighbor16 hoods Initiative (subject to section 24 of the United States 

17 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v), unless otherwise 

18 specified under this heading), for transformation, rehabili19 tation, and replacement housing needs of both public and 

20 HUD-assisted housing and to transform neighborhoods of 

21 poverty into functioning, sustainable mixed income neigh22 borhoods with appropriate services, schools, public assets, 

23 transportation and access to jobs, $65,000,000, to remain 

24 available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That grant 

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1 community development, and affordable housing needs in 

2 the community, and for conversion of vacant or foreclosed 

3 properties to affordable housing: Provided further, That 

4 the use of funds made available under this heading shall 

5 not be deemed to be public housing notwithstanding sec6 tion 3(b)(1) of such Act: Provided further, That grantees 

7 shall commit to an additional period of affordability deter8 mined by the Secretary of not fewer than 20 years: Pro9 vided further, That grantees shall undertake comprehen10 sive local planning with input from residents and the com11 munity, and that grantees shall provide a match in State, 

12 local, other Federal or private funds: Provided further, 

13 That grantees may include local governments, tribal enti14 ties, public housing authorities, and nonprofits: Provided 

15 further, That for-profit developers may apply jointly with 

16 a public entity: Provided further, That for purposes of en17 vironmental review, a grantee shall be treated as a public 

18 housing agency under section 26 of the United States 

19 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437x), and grants under 

20 this heading shall be subject to the regulations issued by 

21 the Secretary to implement such section: Provided further, 

22 That of the amount provided, not less than $40,000,000 

23 shall be awarded to public housing agencies: Provided fur24 ther, That such grantees shall create partnerships with 

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1 ers, service agencies, and resident organizations: Provided 

2 further, That the Secretary shall consult with the Secre3 taries of Education, Labor, Transportation, Health and 

4 Human Services, Agriculture, and Commerce, the Attor5 ney General, and the Administrator of the Environmental 

6 Protection Agency to coordinate and leverage other appro7 priate Federal resources: Provided further, That no more 

8 than $5,000,000 of funds made available under this head9 ing may be provided to assist communities in developing 

10 comprehensive strategies for implementing this program 

11 or implementing other revitalization efforts in conjunction 

12 with community notice and input: Provided further, That 

13 the Secretary shall develop and publish guidelines for the 

14 use of such competitive funds, including but not limited 

15 to eligible activities, program requirements, and perform16 ance metrics. 

17 FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY

18 For the Family Self-Sufficiency program to support 

19 family self-sufficiency coordinators under section 23 of the 

20 United States Housing Act of 1937, to promote the devel21 opment of local strategies to coordinate the use of assist22 ance under sections 8(o) and 9 of such Act with public 

23 and private resources, and enable eligible families to 

24 achieve economic independence and self-sufficiency, 

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1 2017: Provided, That the Secretary may, by Federal Reg2 ister notice, waive or specify alternative requirements 

3 under sections b(3), b(4), b(5), or c(1) of section 23 of 

4 such Act in order to facilitate the operation of a unified 

5 self-sufficiency program for individuals receiving assist6 ance under different provisions of the Act, as determined 

7 by the Secretary: Provided further, That owners of a pri8 vately owned multifamily property with a section 8 con9 tract may voluntarily make a Family Self-Sufficiency pro10 gram available to the assisted tenants of such property 

11 in accordance with procedures established by the Sec12 retary: Provided further, That such procedures established 

13 pursuant to the previous proviso shall permit participating 

14 tenants to accrue escrow funds in accordance with section 

15 23(d)(2) and shall allow owners to use funding from resid16 ual receipt accounts to hire coordinators for their own 

17 Family Self-Sufficiency program. 

18 INDIAN BLOCK GRANTS

19 For the Indian Housing Block Grants program, as 

20 authorized under title I of the Native American Housing 

21 Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 

22 (NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $650,000,000, to 

23 remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, 

24 That, notwithstanding the Native American Housing As25 sistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996, to determine 


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

2 each Indian tribe, the Secretary shall apply the formula 

3 under section 302 of such Act with the need component 

4 based on single-race census data and with the need compo5 nent based on multi-race census data, and the amount of 

6 the allocation for each Indian tribe shall be the greater 

7 of the two resulting allocation amounts: Provided further, 

8 That notwithstanding the previous proviso, no Indian tribe 

9 shall receive an allocation amount greater than 10 percent: 

10 Provided further, That of the amount provided under this 

11 heading, $2,000,000 shall be made available for the cost 

12 of guaranteed notes and other obligations, as authorized 

13 by title VI of NAHASDA: Provided further, That such 

14 costs, including the costs of modifying such notes and 

15 other obligations, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 

16 Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided 

17 further, That these funds are available to subsidize the 

18 total principal amount of any notes and other obligations, 

19 any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 

20 $17,452,007: Provided further, That the Department will 

21 notify grantees of their formula allocation within 60 days 

22 of the date of enactment of this Act. 

23 In addition to amounts made available under the first 

24 paragraph under this heading, $60,000,000, to remain 

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1 Indian tribes for carrying out the Community Develop2 ment Block Grant program under title I of the Housing 

3 and Community Development Act of 1974 notwith4 standing section 106(a)(1) of such Act, of which, up to 

5 $4,000,000 may be used for emergencies that constitute 

6 imminent threats to health and safety notwithstanding 

7 any other provision of law (including section 204 of this 

8 title): Provided, That not to exceed 20 percent of any 

9 grant made with funds appropriated under this paragraph 

10 shall be expended for planning and management develop11 ment and administration. 

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), $7,000,000, 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 $1,111,111,000, to remain available 

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

24 this amount may be for administrative contract expenses 


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1 including management processes and systems to carry out 

2 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 $330,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

9 2017, except that amounts allocated pursuant to section 

10 854(c)(3) of such Act shall remain available until Sep11 tember 30, 2018: 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 such section: Provided further, That notwith18 standing 42 U.S.C. 12903, the Secretary shall allocate 90 

19 percent of the funds by formula, of which 75 percent shall 

20 be among cities that are the most populous unit of general 

21 local government in a metropolitan statistical area with 

22 a population greater than 500,000 and have more than 

23 2,000 persons living with the human immunodeficiency 

24 virus (HIV), and States with more than 2,000 persons liv25 ing with HIV outside of metropolitan statistical areas, as 


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1 reported to and confirmed by the Director of the Centers 

2 for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as of December 

3 31 of the most recent calendar year for which such data 

4 is available, and of which 25 percent shall be among States 

5 and metropolitan statistical areas based on fair market 

6 rents and area poverty indexes, as determined by the Sec7 retary: Provided further, That a grantee’s share shall not 

8 reflect a loss greater than 10 percent or a gain greater 

9 than 20 percent of the share of total available formula 

10 funds that the grantee received in the preceding fiscal 

11 year: Provided further, That any grantee that received a 

12 formula allocation in fiscal year 2015 shall continue to be 

13 eligible for formula allocation in this fiscal year: Provided 

14 further, That the Department shall notify grantees of their 

15 formula allocation within 60 days of enactment of this Act. 

16 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND

17 For carrying out the Community Development Block 

18 Grant program under title I of the Housing and Commu19 nity Development Act of 1974, as amended (the ‘‘Act’’ 

20 herein) (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), $2,900,000,000, to re21 main available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That 

22 unless explicitly provided for under this heading, not to 

23 exceed 20 percent of any grant made with funds appro24 priated under this heading shall be expended for planning 

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1 vided further, That a metropolitan city, urban county, unit 

2 of general local government, or insular area that directly 

3 or indirectly receives funds under this heading may not 

4 sell, trade, or otherwise transfer all or any portion of such 

5 funds to another such entity in exchange for any other 

6 funds, credits or non-Federal considerations, but must use 

7 such funds for activities eligible under title I of the Act: 

8 Provided further, That notwithstanding section 105(e)(1) 

9 of the Act, no funds provided under this heading may be 

10 provided to a for-profit entity for an economic develop11 ment project under section 105(a)(17) unless such project 

12 has been evaluated and selected in accordance with guide13 lines required under subparagraph (e)(2): Provided fur14 ther, That the Department shall notify grantees of their 

15 formula allocation within 60 days of enactment of this Act. 

16 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES

17 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

18 Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget 

19 Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2016, commitments to 

20 guarantee loans under section 108 of the Housing and 

21 Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5308), 

22 any part of which is guaranteed, shall not exceed a total 

23 principal amount of $300,000,000, notwithstanding any 

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1 the Secretary shall collect fees from borrowers, notwith2 standing section 108(m), to result in a credit subsidy cost 

3 of zero for guaranteeing such loans, and any such fees 

4 shall be collected in accordance with section 502(7) of the 

5 Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

6 HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM

7 For the HOME Investment Partnerships program, as 

8 authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na9 tional Affordable Housing Act, as amended, $66,000,000, 

10 to remain available until September 30, 2019: Provided, 

11 That notwithstanding the amount made available under 

12 this heading, the threshold reduction requirements in sec13 tions 216(10) and 217(b)(4) of such Act shall not apply 

14 to allocations of such amount: Provided further, That the 

15 requirements under provisos 2 through 6 under this head16 ing for fiscal year 2012 and such requirements applicable 

17 pursuant to the ‘‘Full-Year Continuing Appropriations 

18 Act, 2013’’, shall not apply to any project to which funds 

19 were committed on or after August 23, 2013, but such 

20 projects shall instead be governed by the Final Rule titled 

21 ‘‘Home Investment Partnerships Program; Improving 

22 Performance and Accountability; Updating Property 

23 Standards’’ which became effective on such date: Provided 

24 further, That with respect to funds made available under 

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1 prior and subsequent appropriations acts that were or are 

2 used by community land trusts for the development of af3 fordable homeownership housing pursuant to section 

4 215(b) of such Act, such community land trusts, notwith5 standing section 215(b)(3)(A) of such Act, may hold and 

6 exercise purchase options, rights of first refusal or other 

7 preemptive rights to purchase the housing to preserve af8 fordability, including but not limited to the right to pur9 chase the housing in lieu of foreclosure: Provided further, 

10 That the Department shall notify grantees of their for11 mula allocation within 60 days of enactment of this Act. 

12 SELF-HELP AND ASSISTED HOMEOWNERSHIP

13 OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM

14 For the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Op15 portunity Program, as authorized under section 11 of the 

16 Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996, as 

17 amended, $50,000,000, to remain available until Sep18 tember 30, 2018: Provided, That of the total amount pro19 vided under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be made 

20 available to the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership 

21 Opportunity Program as authorized under section 11 of 

22 the Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996, 

23 as amended: Provided further, That $35,000,000 shall be 

24 made available for the second, third, and fourth capacity 

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1 HUD Demonstration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816 note), 

2 of which not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available 

3 for rural capacity building activities: Provided further, 

4 That $5,000,000 shall be made available for capacity 

5 building by national rural housing organizations with ex6 perience assessing national rural conditions and providing 

7 financing, training, technical assistance, information, and 

8 research to local nonprofits, local governments and Indian 

9 Tribes serving high need rural communities: Provided fur10 ther, That an additional $5,700,000, to remain available 

11 until expended, shall be for a program to rehabilitate and 

12 modify homes of disabled and low-income veterans as au13 thorized under section 1079 of Public Law 113–291. 

14 HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS

15 For the Emergency Solutions Grants program as au16 thorized under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney17 Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amended; the con18 tinuum of care program as authorized under subtitle C 

19 of title IV of such Act; and the Rural Housing Stability 

20 Assistance program as authorized under subtitle D of title 

21 IV of such Act, $2,235,000,000, to remain available until 

22 September 30, 2018: Provided, That any rental assistance 

23 amounts that are recaptured under such Continuum of 

24 Care program shall remain available until expended: Pro25 vided further, That not less than $250,000,000 of the 


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1 funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 

2 for such Emergency Solutions Grants program: Provided 

3 further, That not less than $1,918,000,000 of the funds 

4 appropriated under this heading shall be available for such 

5 Continuum of Care and Rural Housing Stability Assist6 ance programs: Provided further, That up to $7,000,000 

7 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be 

8 available for the national homeless data analysis project: 

9 Provided further, That up to $2,000,000 of the funds ap10 propriated under this heading shall be available to the Sec11 retary, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and 

12 Human Services, for a national study on the prevalence, 

13 needs, and characteristics of homelessness among youth 

14 as authorized under section 345 of the Runaway Homeless 

15 Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5714–25), notwithstanding section 

16 204 of this title: Provided further, That up to $33,000,000 

17 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be to 

18 implement projects to demonstrate how a comprehensive 

19 approach to serving homeless youth, age 24 and under, 

20 in up to 10 communities, including at least four rural com21 munities, can dramatically reduce youth homelessness: 

22 Provided further, That such projects shall be eligible for 

23 renewal under the Continuum of Care program subject to 

24 the same terms and conditions as other renewal appli25 cants: Provided further, That up to $5,000,000 of the 


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1 funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 

2 to provide technical assistance on youth homelessness, and 

3 collection, analysis, and reporting of data and performance 

4 measures under the comprehensive approaches to serve 

5 homeless youth, in addition to and in coordination with 

6 other technical assistance funds provided under this title: 

7 Provided further, That all funds awarded for supportive 

8 services under the Continuum of Care program and the 

9 Rural Housing Stability Assistance program shall be 

10 matched by not less than 25 percent in cash or in kind 

11 by each grantee: Provided further, That for all match re12 quirements applicable to funds made available under this 

13 heading for this fiscal year and prior years, a grantee may 

14 use (or could have used) as a source of match funds other 

15 funds administered by the Secretary and other Federal 

16 agencies unless a specific statutory prohibition on any 

17 such use of any such funds exists: Provided further, That 

18 the Secretary may renew on an annual basis expiring con19 tracts or amendments to contracts funded under the Con20 tinuum of Care program if the program is determined to 

21 be needed under the applicable Continuum of Care and 

22 meets appropriate program requirements, performance 

23 measures, and financial standards, as determined by the 

24 Secretary: Provided further, That all awards of assistance 

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1 tegrate homeless programs with other mainstream health, 

2 social services, and employment programs for which home3 less populations may be eligible: Provided further, That 

4 with respect to funds provided under this heading for the 

5 Continuum of Care program for fiscal years 2016 and 

6 2017, permanent housing rental assistance may be admin7 istered by private nonprofit organizations: Provided fur8 ther, That youth aged 24 and under seeking assistance 

9 under this heading shall not be required to provide third 

10 party documentation to establish their eligibility under 42 

11 U.S.C. 11302(a) or (b) to receive services: Provided fur12 ther, That unaccompanied youth aged 24 and under or 

13 families headed by youth aged 24 and under who are living 

14 in unsafe situations may be served by youth-serving pro15 viders funded under this heading: Provided further, That 

16 in awarding grants with funds appropriated under this 

17 heading, the Secretary shall ensure that incentives created 

18 through the application process fairly balance priorities for 

19 different populations, including youth, families, veterans, 

20 and people experiencing chronic homelessness: Provided 

21 further, That any unobligated amounts remaining from 

22 funds appropriated under this heading in fiscal year 2012 

23 and prior years for project-based rental assistance for re24 habilitation projects with 10-year grant terms may be used 

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1 poses for which such funds were appropriated: Provided 

2 further, That all balances for Shelter Plus Care renewals 

3 previously funded from the Shelter Plus Care Renewal ac4 count and transferred to this account shall be available, 

5 if recaptured, for Continuum of Care renewals in fiscal 

6 year 2016: Provided further, That the Department shall 

7 notify grantees of their formula allocation from amounts 

8 allocated (which may represent initial or final amounts al9 located) for the Emergency Solutions Grant program with10 in 60 days of enactment of this Act. 

11 HOUSING PROGRAMS

12 PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE

13 For activities and assistance for the provision of 

14 project-based subsidy contracts under the United States 

15 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (‘‘the 

16 Act’’), not otherwise provided for, $10,426,000,000, to re17 main available until expended, shall be available on Octo18 ber 1, 2015 (in addition to the $400,000,000 previously 

19 appropriated under this heading that became available Oc20 tober 1, 2015), and $400,000,000, to remain available 

21 until expended, shall be available on October 1, 2016: Pro22 vided, That the amounts made available under this head23 ing shall be available for expiring or terminating section 

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1 tion 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including section 

2 8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for contracts entered 

3 into pursuant to section 441 of the McKinney-Vento 

4 Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11401), for renewal 

5 of section 8 contracts for units in projects that are subject 

6 to approved plans of action under the Emergency Low In7 come Housing Preservation Act of 1987 or the Low-In8 come Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership 

9 Act of 1990, and for administrative and other expenses 

10 associated with project-based activities and assistance 

11 funded under this paragraph: Provided further, That of 

12 the total amounts provided under this heading, not to ex13 ceed $215,000,000 shall be available for performance14 based contract administrators for section 8 project-based 

15 assistance, for carrying out 42 U.S.C. 1437(f): Provided 

16 further, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel17 opment may also use such amounts in the previous proviso 

18 for performance-based contract administrators for the ad19 ministration of: interest reduction payments pursuant to 

20 section 236(a) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 

21 1715z–1(a)); rent supplement payments pursuant to sec22 tion 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 

23 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); section 236(f)(2) rental assist24 ance payments (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1(f)(2)); project rental 

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1 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); 

2 project rental assistance contracts for supportive housing 

3 for persons with disabilities under section 811(d)(2) of the 

4 Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 

5 U.S.C. 8013(d)(2)); project assistance contracts pursuant 

6 to section 202(h) of the Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 

7 86–372; 73 Stat. 667); and loans under section 202 of 

8 the Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 

9 667): Provided further, That amounts recaptured under 

10 this heading, the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for As11 sisted Housing’’, or the heading ‘‘Housing Certificate 

12 Fund’’, may be used for renewals of or amendments to 

13 section 8 project-based contracts or for performance-based 

14 contract administrators, notwithstanding the purposes for 

15 which such amounts were appropriated: Provided further, 

16 That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon 

17 the request of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel18 opment, project funds that are held in residual receipts 

19 accounts for any project subject to a section 8 project20 based Housing Assistance Payments contract that author21 izes HUD or a Housing Finance Agency to require that 

22 surplus project funds be deposited in an interest-bearing 

23 residual receipts account and that are in excess of an 

24 amount to be determined by the Secretary, shall be remit25 ted to the Department and deposited in this account, to 


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1 be available until expended: Provided further, That 

2 amounts deposited pursuant to the previous proviso shall 

3 be available in addition to the amount otherwise provided 

4 by this heading for uses authorized under this heading. 

5 HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY

6 For amendments to capital advance contracts for 

7 housing for the elderly, as authorized by section 202 of 

8 the Housing Act of 1959, as amended, and for project 

9 rental assistance for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) 

10 of such Act, including amendments to contracts for such 

11 assistance and renewal of expiring contracts for such as12 sistance for up to a 1-year term, and for senior preserva13 tion rental assistance contracts, including renewals, as au14 thorized by section 811(e) of the American Housing and 

15 Economic Opportunity Act of 2000, as amended, and for 

16 supportive services associated with the housing, 

17 $420,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 

18 2019: Provided, That of the amount provided under this 

19 heading, up to $77,000,000 shall be for service coordina20 tors and the continuation of existing congregate service 

21 grants for residents of assisted housing projects: Provided 

22 further, That amounts under this heading shall be avail23 able for Real Estate Assessment Center inspections and 

24 inspection-related activities associated with section 202 

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1 the provisions of section 202 governing the terms and con2 ditions of project rental assistance, except that the initial 

3 contract term for such assistance shall not exceed 5 years 

4 in duration: Provided further, That upon request of the 

5 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, project 

6 funds that are held in residual receipts accounts for any 

7 project subject to a section 202 project rental assistance 

8 contract, and that upon termination of such contract are 

9 in excess of an amount to be determined by the Secretary, 

10 shall be remitted to the Department and deposited in this 

11 account, to be available until September 30, 2019: Pro12 vided further, That amounts deposited in this account pur13 suant to the previous proviso shall be available, in addition 

14 to the amounts otherwise provided by this heading, for the 

15 purposes funded under this heading, and if such purposes 

16 have been fully funded, may be used by the Secretary to 

17 support demonstration programs to test housing with serv18 ices models for the elderly: Provided further, That unobli19 gated balances, including recaptures and carryover, re20 maining from funds transferred to or appropriated under 

21 this heading may be used for the current purposes author22 ized under this heading notwithstanding the purposes for 

23 which such funds originally were appropriated. 


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1 HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

2 For amendments to capital advance contracts for 

3 supportive housing for persons with disabilities, as author4 ized by section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af5 fordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), for project rental 

6 assistance for supportive housing for persons with disabil7 ities under section 811(d)(2) of such Act and for project 

8 assistance contracts pursuant to section 202(h) of the 

9 Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667), 

10 including amendments to contracts for such assistance 

11 and renewal of expiring contracts for such assistance for 

12 up to a 1-year term, for project rental assistance to State 

13 housing finance agencies and other appropriate entities as 

14 authorized under section 811(b)(3) of the Cranston-Gon15 zalez National Housing Act, and for supportive services 

16 associated with the housing for persons with disabilities 

17 as authorized by section 811(b)(1) of such Act, 

18 $137,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

19 2019: Provided, That amounts made available under this 

20 heading shall be available for Real Estate Assessment 

21 Center inspections and inspection-related activities associ22 ated with section 811 projects: Provided further, That, in 

23 this fiscal year, upon the request of the Secretary of Hous24 ing and Urban Development, project funds that are held 

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1 section 811 project rental assistance contract and that 

2 upon termination of such contract are in excess of an 

3 amount to be determined by the Secretary shall be remit4 ted to the Department and deposited in this account, to 

5 be available until September 30, 2019: Provided further, 

6 That amounts deposited in this account pursuant to the 

7 previous proviso shall be available in addition to the 

8 amounts otherwise provided by this heading for the pur9 poses authorized under this heading: Provided further, 

10 That unobligated balances, including recaptures and car11 ryover, remaining from funds transferred to or appro12 priated under this heading may be used for the current 

13 purposes authorized under this heading notwithstanding 

14 the purposes for which such funds originally were appro15 priated. 

16 HOUSING COUNSELING ASSISTANCE

17 For contracts, grants, and other assistance excluding 

18 loans, as authorized under section 106 of the Housing and 

19 Urban Development Act of 1968, as amended, 

20 $47,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

21 2017, including up to $4,500,000 for administrative con22 tract services: Provided, That grants made available from 

23 amounts provided under this heading shall be awarded 

24 within 180 days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, 

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1 vice to tenants and homeowners, both current and pro2 spective, with respect to property maintenance, financial 

3 management/literacy, and such other matters as may be 

4 appropriate to assist them in improving their housing con5 ditions, meeting their financial needs, and fulfilling the re6 sponsibilities of tenancy or homeownership; for program 

7 administration; and for housing counselor training: Pro8 vided further, That for purposes of providing such grants 

9 from amounts provided under this heading, the Secretary 

10 may enter into multiyear agreements as appropriate, sub11 ject to the availability of annual appropriations. 

12 RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE

13 For amendments to contracts under section 101 of 

14 the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 

15 U.S.C. 1701s) and section 236(f)(2) of the National 

16 Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1) in State-aided, non17 insured rental housing projects, $30,000,000, to remain 

18 available until expended: Provided, That such amount, to19 gether with unobligated balances from recaptured 

20 amounts appropriated prior to fiscal year 2006 from ter21 minated contracts under such sections of law, and any un22 obligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, re23 maining from funds appropriated under this heading after 

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1 up to one year for expiring contracts under such sections 

2 of law. 

3 MANUFACTURED HOUSING STANDARDS PROGRAM

4 PAYMENT TO MANUFACTURED HOUSING FEES TRUST

5 FUND

6 For necessary expenses as authorized by the National 

7 Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Stand8 ards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), up to 

9 $10,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 

10 $10,000,000 is to be derived from the Manufactured 

11 Housing Fees Trust Fund: Provided, That not to exceed 

12 the total amount appropriated under this heading shall be 

13 available from the general fund of the Treasury to the ex14 tent necessary to incur obligations and make expenditures 

15 pending the receipt of collections to the Fund pursuant 

16 to section 620 of such Act: Provided further, That the 

17 amount made available under this heading from the gen18 eral fund shall be reduced as such collections are received 

19 during fiscal year 2016 so as to result in a final fiscal 

20 year 2016 appropriation from the general fund estimated 

21 at zero, and fees pursuant to such section 620 shall be 

22 modified as necessary to ensure such a final fiscal year 

23 2016 appropriation: Provided further, That for the dispute 

24 resolution and installation programs, the Secretary of 

25 Housing and Urban Development may assess and collect 


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1 fees from any program participant: Provided further, That 

2 such collections shall be deposited into the Fund, and the 

3 Secretary, as provided herein, may use such collections, 

4 as well as fees collected under section 620, for necessary 

5 expenses of such Act: Provided further, That, notwith6 standing the requirements of section 620 of such Act, the 

7 Secretary may carry out responsibilities of the Secretary 

8 under such Act through the use of approved service pro9 viders that are paid directly by the recipients of their serv10 ices. 

11 FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION

12 MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

13 New commitments to guarantee single family loans 

14 insured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund shall 

15 not exceed $400,000,000,000, to remain available until 

16 September 30, 2017: Provided, That during fiscal year 

17 2016, obligations to make direct loans to carry out the 

18 purposes of section 204(g) of the National Housing Act, 

19 as amended, shall not exceed $5,000,000: Provided fur20 ther, That the foregoing amount in the previous proviso 

21 shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities 

22 in connection with sales of single family real properties 

23 owned by the Secretary and formerly insured under the 

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1 ing Administration, $130,000,000, to remain available 

2 until September 30, 2017: Provided further, That to the 

3 extent guaranteed loan commitments exceed 

4 $200,000,000,000 on or before April 1, 2016, an addi5 tional $1,400 for administrative contract expenses shall be 

6 available for each $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed 

7 loan commitments (including a pro rata amount for any 

8 amount below $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds 

9 made available by this proviso exceed $30,000,000. 

10 GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

11 New commitments to guarantee loans insured under 

12 the General and Special Risk Insurance Funds, as author13 ized by sections 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act 

14 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–3 and 1735c), shall not exceed 

15 $30,000,000,000 in total loan principal, any part of which 

16 is to be guaranteed, to remain available until September 

17 30, 2017: Provided, That during fiscal year 2016, gross 

18 obligations for the principal amount of direct loans, as au19 thorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, and 519(a) of 

20 the National Housing Act, shall not exceed $5,000,000, 

21 which shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental en22 tities in connection with the sale of single family real prop23 erties owned by the Secretary and formerly insured under 

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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, 2017: Provided, That $23,000,000 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 ex12 ceed $155,000,000,000 on or before April 1, 2016, an ad13 ditional $100 for necessary salaries and expenses shall be 

14 available until expended for each $1,000,000 in additional 

15 guaranteed loan commitments (including a pro rata 

16 amount for any amount below $1,000,000), but in no case 

17 shall funds made available by this proviso exceed 

18 $3,000,000: Provided further, That receipts from Commit19 ment and Multiclass fees collected pursuant to title III of 

20 the National Housing Act, as amended, shall be credited 

21 as offsetting collections to this account. 


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1 POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH

2 RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of pro5 grams of research and studies relating to housing and 

6 urban problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized 

7 by title V of the Housing and Urban Development Act 

8 of 1970 (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 et seq.), including carrying 

9 out the functions of the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

10 Development under section 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization 

11 Plan No. 2 of 1968, $50,000,000, to remain available 

12 until September 30, 2017. 

13 Of the amounts made available in this title under 

14 each of the headings specified in the report accompanying 

15 this Act, the Secretary may transfer to this account up 

16 to 0.1 percent from each such account, and such trans17 ferred amounts shall be available until September 30, 

18 2017, for (1) technical assistance and capacity building; 

19 and (2) research, evaluation, and program metrics: Pro20 vided, That the Secretary may not transfer more than 

21 $40,000,000 to this account. 

22 With respect to amounts made available under this 

23 heading, notwithstanding section 204 of this title, the Sec24 retary may enter into cooperative agreements funded with 

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1 local governments and their agencies for research projects: 

2 Provided, That any such partners to any such cooperative 

3 agreements must contribute at least 50 percent of the cost 

4 of the project: Provided further, That for any such cooper5 ative agreements, the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

6 Development shall comply with section 2(b) of the Federal 

7 Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 

8 (Public Law 109–282, 31 U.S.C. note) in lieu of compli9 ance with section 102(a)(4)(C) with respect to documenta10 tion of award decisions. 

11 FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

12 FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES

13 For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not oth14 erwise provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil 

15 Rights Act of 1968, as amended by the Fair Housing 

16 Amendments Act of 1988, and section 561 of the Housing 

17 and Community Development Act of 1987, as amended, 

18 $65,300,000, to remain available until September 30, 

19 2017, of which $38,600,000 shall be to carry out activities 

20 pursuant to such section 561: Provided, That notwith21 standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary may assess and 

22 collect fees to cover the costs of the Fair Housing Training 

23 Academy, and may use such funds to provide such train24 ing: Provided further, That no funds made available under 

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1 tive branches of the Federal Government in connection 

2 with a specific contract, grant, or loan: Provided further, 

3 That of the funds made available under this heading, 

4 $300,000 shall be available to the Secretary of Housing 

5 and Urban Development for the creation and promotion 

6 of translated materials and other programs that support 

7 the assistance of persons with limited English proficiency 

8 in utilizing the services provided by the Department of 

9 Housing and Urban Development. 

10 OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL AND HEALTHY

11 HOMES

12 LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION

13 For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as author14 ized by section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint 

15 Hazard Reduction Act of 1992, $110,000,000, to remain 

16 available until September 30, 2017, of which $25,000,000 

17 shall be for the Healthy Homes Initiative, pursuant to sec18 tions 501 and 502 of the Housing and Urban Develop19 ment Act of 1970 that shall include research, studies, test20 ing, and demonstration efforts, including education and 

21 outreach concerning lead-based paint poisoning and other 

22 housing-related diseases and hazards: Provided, That for 

23 purposes of environmental review, pursuant to the Na24 tional Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 

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1 purposes of such Act, a grant under the Healthy Homes 

2 Initiative, or the Lead Technical Studies program under 

3 this heading or under prior appropriations Acts for such 

4 purposes under this heading, shall be considered to be 

5 funds for a special project for purposes of section 305(c) 

6 of the Multifamily Housing Property Disposition Reform 

7 Act of 1994: Provided further, That of the total amount 

8 made available under this heading, $45,000,000 shall be 

9 made available on a competitive basis for areas with the 

10 highest lead paint abatement needs: Provided further, 

11 That each recipient of funds provided under the previous 

12 proviso shall contribute an amount not less than 25 per13 cent of the total: Provided further, That each applicant 

14 shall certify adequate capacity that is acceptable to the 

15 Secretary to carry out the proposed use of funds pursuant 

16 to a notice of funding availability: Provided further, That 

17 amounts made available under this heading in this or prior 

18 appropriations Acts, and that still remain available, may 

19 be used for any purpose under this heading notwith20 standing the purpose for which such amounts were appro21 priated if a program competition is undersubscribed and 

22 there are other program competitions under this heading 

23 that are oversubscribed. 


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1 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FUND

2 For the development of, modifications to, and infra3 structure for Department-wide and program-specific infor4 mation technology systems, for the continuing operation 

5 and maintenance of both Department-wide and program6 specific information systems, and for program-related 

7 maintenance activities, $250,000,000, shall remain avail8 able until September 30, 2017: Provided, That any 

9 amounts transferred to this Fund under this Act shall re10 main available until expended: Provided further, That any 

11 amounts transferred to this Fund from amounts appro12 priated by previously enacted appropriations Acts may be 

13 used for the purposes specified under this Fund, in addi14 tion to any other information technology purposes for 

15 which such amounts were appropriated. 

16 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

17 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

18 Inspector General in carrying out the Inspector General 

19 Act of 1978, as amended, $126,000,000: Provided, That 

20 the Inspector General shall have independent authority 

21 over all personnel issues within this office. 


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1 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

2 URBAN DEVELOPMENT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

5 SEC. 201. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget au6 thority, or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts 

7 associated with such budget authority, that are recaptured 

8 from projects described in section 1012(a) of the Stewart 

9 B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 

10 1988 (42 U.S.C. 1437 note) shall be rescinded or in the 

11 case of cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such 

12 amounts of budget authority or cash recaptured and not 

13 rescinded or remitted to the Treasury shall be used by 

14 State housing finance agencies or local governments or 

15 local housing agencies with projects approved by the Sec16 retary of Housing and Urban Development for which set17 tlement occurred after January 1, 1992, in accordance 

18 with such section. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, 

19 the Secretary may award up to 15 percent of the budget 

20 authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted 

21 to the Treasury to provide project owners with incentives 

22 to refinance their project at a lower interest rate. 

23 SEC. 202. None of the funds made available under 

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1 wise lawful activity engaged in by one or more persons, 

2 including the filing or maintaining of a nonfrivolous legal 

3 action, that is engaged in solely for the purpose of achiev4 ing or preventing action by a Government official or enti5 ty, or a court of competent jurisdiction. 

6 SEC. 203. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

7 of law, the amount allocated for fiscal year 2016 under 

8 section 854(c) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 

9 U.S.C. 12903(c)), to the city of New York, New York, 

10 on behalf of the New York–Wayne–White Plains, New 

11 York–New Jersey Metropolitan Division (hereafter ‘‘met12 ropolitan division’’) of the New York–Newark–Edison, 

13 NY–NJ–PA Metropolitan Statistical Area, shall be ad14 justed by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop15 ment by: 

16 (1) allocating to the city of Jersey City, New 

17 Jersey, the proportion of the metropolitan area’s or 

18 division’s amount that is based on the number of 

19 persons living with HIV, poverty and fair market 

20 rents, in the portion of the metropolitan area or divi21 sion that is located in Hudson County, New Jersey; 

22 and 

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1 sons living with HIV, poverty and fair market rents, 

2 in the portion of the metropolitan area or division 

3 that is located in Bergen County and Passaic Coun4 ty, New Jersey. The recipient cities shall use 

5 amounts allocated under this subsection to carry out 

6 eligible activities under section 855 of the AIDS 

7 Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) in their 

8 respective portions of the metropolitan division that 

9 is located in New Jersey. 

10 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

11 amount allocated for fiscal year 2016 under section 854(c) 

12 of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 

13 12903(c)), to the city of Wilmington, Delaware, on behalf 

14 of the Wilmington, Delaware–Maryland–New Jersey Met15 ropolitan Division (hereafter ‘‘metropolitan division’’), 

16 shall be adjusted by the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

17 Development by allocating to the State of New Jersey the 

18 proportion of the metropolitan division’s amount that is 

19 based on the number of persons living with HIV, poverty 

20 and fair market rents, in the portion of the metropolitan 

21 division that is located in New Jersey. The State of New 

22 Jersey shall use amounts allocated to the State under this 

23 subsection to carry out eligible activities under section 855 

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1 in the portion of the metropolitan division that is located 

2 in New Jersey. 

3 (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

4 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall allo5 cate to Wake County, North Carolina, the amounts that 

6 otherwise would be allocated for fiscal year 2016 under 

7 section 854(c) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 

8 U.S.C. 12903(c)) to the city of Raleigh, North Carolina, 

9 on behalf of the Raleigh-Cary North Carolina Metropoli10 tan Statistical Area. Any amounts allocated to Wake 

11 County shall be used to carry out eligible activities under 

12 section 855 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) within such 

13 metropolitan statistical area. 

14 (d) Notwithstanding section 854(c) of the AIDS 

15 Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)), the Sec16 retary of Housing and Urban Development may adjust the 

17 allocation of the amounts that otherwise would be allo18 cated for fiscal year 2016 under section 854(c) of such 

19 Act, upon the written request of an applicant, in conjunc20 tion with the State(s), for a formula allocation on behalf 

21 of a metropolitan statistical area, to designate the State 

22 or States in which the metropolitan statistical area is lo23 cated as the eligible grantee(s) of the allocation. In the 

24 case that a metropolitan statistical area involves more 

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1 be based on the proportion of the metropolitan statistical 

2 area’s amount that is based on the number of persons liv3 ing with HIV, poverty and fair market rents, in the por4 tion of the metropolitan statistical area that is located in 

5 that State. Any amounts allocated to a State under this 

6 section shall be used to carry out eligible activities within 

7 the portion of the metropolitan statistical area located in 

8 that State. 

9 SEC. 204. Except as explicitly provided in law, any 

10 grant, cooperative agreement or other assistance made 

11 pursuant to title II of this Act shall be made on a competi12 tive basis and in accordance with section 102 of the De13 partment of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act 

14 of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 3545). 

15 SEC. 205. Funds of the Department of Housing and 

16 Urban Development subject to the Government Corpora17 tion Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of 

18 1950 shall be available, without regard to the limitations 

19 on administrative expenses, for legal services on a contract 

20 or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment for 

21 services and facilities of the Federal National Mortgage 

22 Association, Government National Mortgage Association, 

23 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Fi24 nancing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or any member 

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1 within the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance Cor2 poration Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811–1). 

3 SEC. 206. Unless otherwise provided for in this title 

4 or through a reprogramming of funds, no part of any ap5 propriation for the Department of Housing and Urban 

6 Development shall be available for any program, project 

7 or activity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget 

8 estimates submitted to Congress. 

9 SEC. 207. Corporations and agencies of the Depart10 ment of Housing and Urban Development which are sub11 ject to the Government Corporation Control Act are here12 by authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits 

13 of funds and borrowing authority available to each such 

14 corporation or agency and in accordance with law, and to 

15 make such contracts and commitments without regard to 

16 fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of such 

17 Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set 

18 forth in the budget for fiscal year 2016 for such corpora19 tion or agency except as hereinafter provided: Provided, 

20 That collections of these corporations and agencies may 

21 be used for new loan or mortgage purchase commitments 

22 only to the extent expressly provided for in this Act (unless 

23 such loans are in support of other forms of assistance pro24 vided for in this or prior appropriations Acts), except that 

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1 guaranty operations of these corporations, or where loans 

2 or mortgage purchases are necessary to protect the finan3 cial interest of the United States Government. 

4 SEC. 208. The Secretary of Housing and Urban De5 velopment shall provide quarterly reports to the House 

6 and Senate Committees on Appropriations regarding all 

7 uncommitted, unobligated, recaptured and excess funds in 

8 each program and activity within the jurisdiction of the 

9 Department and shall submit additional, updated budget 

10 information to these Committees upon request. 

11 SEC. 209. A public housing agency or such other enti12 ty that administers Federal housing assistance for the 

13 Housing Authority of the county of Los Angeles, Cali14 fornia, and the States of Alaska, Iowa, and Mississippi 

15 shall not be required to include a resident of public hous16 ing or a recipient of assistance provided under section 8 

17 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 on the board 

18 of directors or a similar governing board of such agency 

19 or entity as required under section (2)(b) of such Act. 

20 Each public housing agency or other entity that admin21 isters Federal housing assistance under section 8 for the 

22 Housing Authority of the county of Los Angeles, Cali23 fornia and the States of Alaska, Iowa and Mississippi that 

24 chooses not to include a resident of public housing or a 

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1 or a similar governing board shall establish an advisory 

2 board of not less than six residents of public housing or 

3 recipients of section 8 assistance to provide advice and 

4 comment to the public housing agency or other admin5 istering entity on issues related to public housing and sec6 tion 8. Such advisory board shall meet not less than quar7 terly. 

8 SEC. 210. 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. 211. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

13 of law, subject to the conditions listed under this section, 

14 for fiscal years 2016 and 2017, the Secretary of Housing 

15 and Urban Development may authorize the transfer of 

16 some or all project-based assistance, debt held or insured 

17 by the Secretary and statutorily required low-income and 

18 very low-income use restrictions if any, associated with one 

19 or more multifamily housing project or projects to another 

20 multifamily housing project or projects. 

21 (b) PHASED TRANSFERS.—Transfers of project22 based assistance under this section may be done in phases 

23 to accommodate the financing and other requirements re24 lated to rehabilitating or constructing the project or 

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1 that such project or projects meet the standards under 

2 subsection (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 

8 low-income units and the configuration (i.e., 

9 bedroom size) provided by the transferring 

10 project shall be no less than when transferred 

11 to the receiving project or projects and the net 

12 dollar amount of Federal assistance provided to 

13 the transferring project shall remain the same 

14 in 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 assistance budget authority. 

23 (2) The transferring project shall, as deter24 mined by the Secretary, be either physically obsolete 

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1 (3) The receiving project or projects shall meet 

2 or exceed applicable physical standards established 

3 by the Secretary. 

4 (4) The owner or mortgagor of the transferring 

5 project shall notify and consult with the tenants re6 siding in the transferring project and provide a cer7 tification of approval by all appropriate local govern8 mental officials. 

9 (5) The tenants of the transferring project who 

10 remain eligible for assistance to be provided by the 

11 receiving project or projects shall not be required to 

12 vacate their units in the transferring project or 

13 projects until new units in the receiving project are 

14 available for occupancy. 

15 (6) The Secretary determines that this transfer 

16 is in the best interest of the tenants. 

17 (7) If either the transferring project or the re18 ceiving project or projects meets the condition speci19 fied in subsection (d)(2)(A), any lien on the receiv20 ing project resulting from additional financing ob21 tained by the owner shall be subordinate to any 

22 FHA-insured mortgage lien transferred to, or placed 

23 on, such project by the Secretary, except that the 

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1 the financing of acquisition, construction, and/or re2 habilitation of the receiving project or projects. 

3 (8) If the transferring project meets the re4 quirements of subsection (d)(2), the owner or mort5 gagor of the receiving project or projects shall exe6 cute and record either a continuation of the existing 

7 use agreement or a new use agreement for the 

8 project where, in either case, any use restrictions in 

9 such agreement are of no lesser duration than the 

10 existing use restrictions. 

11 (9) The transfer does not increase the cost (as 

12 defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 

13 Act of 1974, as amended) of any FHA-insured 

14 mortgage, except to the extent that appropriations 

15 are provided in advance for the amount of any such 

16 increased cost. 

17 (d) For purposes of this section— 

18 (1) the terms ‘‘low-income’’ and ‘‘very low-in19 come’’ shall have the meanings provided by the stat20 ute and/or regulations governing the program under 

21 which the project is insured or assisted; 

22 (2) the term ‘‘multifamily housing project’’ 

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1 (A) housing that is subject to a mortgage 

2 insured under the National Housing Act; 

3 (B) housing that has project-based assist4 ance attached to the structure including 

5 projects undergoing mark to market debt re6 structuring under the Multifamily Assisted 

7 Housing Reform and Affordability Housing Act; 

8 (C) housing that is assisted under section 

9 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended 

10 by section 801 of the Cranston-Gonzales Na11 tional Affordable Housing Act; 

12 (D) housing that is assisted under section 

13 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as such sec14 tion existed before the enactment of the Cran15 ston-Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act; 

16 (E) housing that is assisted under section 

17 811 of the Cranston-Gonzales National Afford18 able Housing Act; or 

19 (F) housing or vacant land that is subject 

20 to a use agreement; 

21 (3) the term ‘‘project-based assistance’’ 

22 means— 

23 (A) assistance provided under section 8(b) 

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1 (B) assistance for housing constructed or 

2 substantially rehabilitated pursuant to assist3 ance provided under section 8(b)(2) of such Act 

4 (as such section existed immediately before Oc5 tober 1, 1983); 

6 (C) rent supplement payments under sec7 tion 101 of the Housing and Urban Develop8 ment Act of 1965; 

9 (D) interest reduction payments under sec10 tion 236 and/or additional assistance payments 

11 under section 236(f)(2) of the National Hous12 ing Act; 

13 (E) assistance payments made under sec14 tion 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959; and 

15 (F) assistance payments made under sec16 tion 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na17 tional Affordable Housing Act; 

18 (4) the term ‘‘receiving project or projects’’ 

19 means the multifamily housing project or projects to 

20 which some or all of the project-based assistance, 

21 debt, and statutorily required low-income and very 

22 low-income use restrictions are to be transferred; 

23 (5) the term ‘‘transferring project’’ means the 

24 multifamily housing project which is transferring 

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1 the statutorily required low-income and very low-in2 come use restrictions to the receiving project or 

3 projects; and 

4 (6) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 

5 of Housing and Urban Development. 

6 (e) PUBLIC NOTICE AND RESEARCH REPORT.— 

7 (1) The Secretary shall publish by notice in the 

8 Federal Register the terms and conditions, including 

9 criteria for HUD approval, of transfers pursuant to 

10 this section no later than 30 days before the effec11 tive date of such notice. 

12 (2) The Secretary shall conduct an evaluation 

13 of the transfer authority under this section, includ14 ing the effect of such transfers on the operational ef15 ficiency, contract rents, physical and financial condi16 tions, and long-term preservation of the affected 

17 properties. 

18 SEC. 212. (a) No assistance shall be provided under 

19 section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

20 U.S.C. 1437f) to any individual who— 

21 (1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of 

22 higher education (as defined under section 102 of 

23 the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

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1 (3) is not a veteran; 

2 (4) is unmarried; 

3 (5) does not have a dependent child; 

4 (6) is not a person with disabilities, as such 

5 term is defined in section 3(b)(3)(E) of the United 

6 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

7 1437a(b)(3)(E)) and was not receiving assistance 

8 under such section 8 as of November 30, 2005; and 

9 (7) is not otherwise individually eligible, or has 

10 parents who, individually or jointly, are not eligible, 

11 to receive assistance under section 8 of the United 

12 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f). 

13 (b) For purposes of determining the eligibility of a 

14 person to receive assistance under section 8 of the United 

15 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), any finan16 cial assistance (in excess of amounts received for tuition 

17 and any other required fees and charges) that an indi18 vidual receives under the Higher Education Act of 1965 

19 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), from private sources, or an insti20 tution of higher education (as defined under the Higher 

21 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)), shall be consid22 ered income to that individual, except for a person over 

23 the age of 23 with dependent children. 

24 SEC. 213. The funds made available under 

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1 dian Block Grants’’ in title II of this Act shall be allocated 

2 to the same Native Alaskan housing block grant recipients 

3 that received funds in fiscal year 2005. 

4 SEC. 214. Notwithstanding the limitation in the first 

5 sentence of section 255(g) of the National Housing Act 

6 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–20(g)), the Secretary of Housing and 

7 Urban Development may, until September 30, 2016, in8 sure and enter into commitments to insure mortgages 

9 under such section 255. 

10 SEC. 215. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

11 law, in fiscal year 2016, in managing and disposing of any 

12 multifamily property that is owned or has a mortgage held 

13 by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and 

14 during the process of foreclosure on any property with a 

15 contract for rental assistance payments under section 8 

16 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 or other Fed17 eral programs, the Secretary shall maintain any rental as18 sistance payments under section 8 of the United States 

19 Housing Act of 1937 and other programs that are at20 tached to any dwelling units in the property. To the extent 

21 the Secretary determines, in consultation with the tenants 

22 and the local government, that such a multifamily prop23 erty owned or held by the Secretary is not feasible for con24 tinued rental assistance payments under such section 8 

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1 of rehabilitating and operating the property and all avail2 able Federal, State, and local resources, including rent ad3 justments under section 524 of the Multifamily Assisted 

4 Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 

5 (‘‘MAHRAA’’) and (2) environmental conditions that can6 not be remedied in a cost-effective fashion, the Secretary 

7 may, in consultation with the tenants of that property, 

8 contract for project-based rental assistance payments with 

9 an owner or owners of other existing housing properties, 

10 or provide other rental assistance. The Secretary shall also 

11 take appropriate steps to ensure that project-based con12 tracts remain in effect prior to foreclosure, subject to the 

13 exercise of contractual abatement remedies to assist relo14 cation of tenants for imminent major threats to health and 

15 safety after written notice to and informed consent of the 

16 affected tenants and use of other available remedies, such 

17 as partial abatements or receivership. After disposition of 

18 any multifamily property described under this section, the 

19 contract and allowable rent levels on such properties shall 

20 be subject to the requirements under section 524 of 

21 MAHRAA. 

22 SEC. 216. The commitment authority funded by fees 

23 as provided under the heading ‘‘Community Development 

24 Loan Guarantees Program Account’’ may be used to guar25 antee, or make commitments to guarantee, notes, or other 


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1 obligations issued by any State on behalf of non-entitle2 ment communities in the State in accordance with the re3 quirements of section 108 of the Housing and Community 

4 Development Act of 1974: Provided, That any State re5 ceiving such a guarantee or commitment shall distribute 

6 all funds subject to such guarantee to the units of general 

7 local government in non-entitlement areas that received 

8 the commitment. 

9 SEC. 217. Public housing agencies that own and oper10 ate 400 or fewer public housing units may elect to be ex11 empt from any asset management requirement imposed by 

12 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in con13 nection with the operating fund rule: Provided, That an 

14 agency seeking a discontinuance of a reduction of subsidy 

15 under the operating fund formula shall not be exempt 

16 from asset management requirements. 

17 SEC. 218. With respect to the use of amounts pro18 vided in this Act and in future Acts for the operation, cap19 ital improvement and management of public housing as 

20 authorized by sections 9(d) and 9(e) of the United States 

21 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d) and (e)), the 

22 Secretary shall not impose any requirement or guideline 

23 relating to asset management that restricts or limits in 

24 any way the use of capital funds for central office costs 

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1 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(g)(1), (2)): Pro2 vided, That a public housing agency may not use capital 

3 funds authorized under section 9(d) for activities that are 

4 eligible under section 9(e) for assistance with amounts 

5 from the operating fund in excess of the amounts per6 mitted under section 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2). 

7 SEC. 219. No official or employee of the Department 

8 of Housing and Urban Development shall be designated 

9 as an allotment holder unless the Office of the Chief Fi10 nancial Officer has determined that such allotment holder 

11 has implemented an adequate system of funds control and 

12 has received training in funds control procedures and di13 rectives. The Chief Financial Officer shall ensure that 

14 there is a trained allotment holder for each HUD sub15 office under the accounts ‘‘Executive Offices’’ and ‘‘Ad16 ministrative Support Offices,’’ as well as each account re17 ceiving appropriations for ‘‘Program Office Salaries and 

18 Expenses’’, ‘‘Government National Mortgage Associa19 tion—Guarantees of Mortgage-Backed Securities Loan 

20 Guarantee Program Account’’, and ‘‘Office of Inspector 

21 General’’ within the Department of Housing and Urban 

22 Development. 

23 SEC. 220. The Secretary of the Department of Hous24 ing and Urban Development shall, for fiscal year 2016 and 

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1 eral Register and other means, as determined appropriate, 

2 of the issuance of a notice of the availability of assistance 

3 or notice of funding availability (NOFA) for any program 

4 or discretionary fund administered by the Secretary that 

5 is to be competitively awarded. Notwithstanding any other 

6 provision of law, for fiscal year 2016 and subsequent fiscal 

7 years, the Secretary may make the NOFA available only 

8 on the Internet at the appropriate Government Web site 

9 or through other electronic media, as determined by the 

10 Secretary. 

11 SEC. 221. Payment of attorney fees in program-re12 lated litigation shall be paid from the individual program 

13 office and Office of General Counsel salaries and expenses 

14 appropriations. The annual budget submission for the pro15 gram offices and the Office of General Counsel shall in16 clude any such projected litigation costs for attorney fees 

17 as a separate line item request. No funds provided in this 

18 title may be used to pay any such litigation costs for attor19 ney fees until the Department submits for review and ap20 proval a spending plan for such costs to the House and 

21 Senate Committees on Appropriations. 

22 SEC. 222. The Secretary of the Department of Hous23 ing and Urban Development is authorized to transfer up 

24 to 5 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, of the funds 

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1 ministrative Support Offices’’ to any other office funded 

2 under such heading: Provided, That no appropriation for 

3 any office funded under the heading ‘‘Administrative Sup4 port Offices’’ shall be increased or decreased by more than 

5 5 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, without prior 

6 written approval of the House and Senate Committees on 

7 Appropriations: Provided further, That the Secretary is 

8 authorized to transfer up to 5 percent or $5,000,000, 

9 whichever is less, of the funds appropriated for any ac10 count funded under the general heading ‘‘Program Office 

11 Salaries and Expenses’’ to any other account funded 

12 under such heading: Provided further, That no appropria13 tion for any account funded under the general heading 

14 ‘‘Program Office Salaries and Expenses’’ shall be in15 creased or decreased by more than 5 percent or 

16 $5,000,000, whichever is less, without prior written ap17 proval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropria18 tions: Provided further, That the Secretary may transfer 

19 funds made available for salaries and expenses between 

20 any office funded under the heading ‘‘Administrative Sup21 port Offices’’ and any account funded under the general 

22 heading ‘‘Program Office Salaries and Expenses’’, but 

23 only with the prior written approval of the House and Sen24 ate Committees on Appropriations. 


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1 SEC. 223. The Disaster Housing Assistance Pro2 grams, administered by the Department of Housing and 

3 Urban Development, shall be considered a ‘‘program of 

4 the Department of Housing and Urban Development’’ 

5 under section 904 of the McKinney Act for the purpose 

6 of income verifications and matching. 

7 SEC. 224. (a) The Secretary of Housing and Urban 

8 Development shall take the required actions under sub9 section (b) when a multifamily housing project with a sec10 tion 8 contract or contract for similar project-based assist11 ance: 

12 (1) receives a Real Estate Assessment Center 

13 (REAC) score of 30 or less; or 

14 (2) receives a REAC score between 31 and 59 

15 and: 

16 (A) fails to certify in writing to HUD with17 in 60 days that all deficiencies have been cor18 rected; or 

19 (B) receives consecutive scores of less than 

20 60 on REAC inspections. 

21 Such requirements shall apply to insured and noninsured 

22 projects with assistance attached to the units under sec23 tion 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

24 U.S.C. 1437f), but do not apply to such units assisted 

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1 public housing units assisted with capital or operating 

2 funds under section 9 of the United States Housing Act 

3 of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g). 

4 (b) The Secretary shall take the following required 

5 actions as authorized under subsection (a)— 

6 (1) The Secretary shall notify the owner and 

7 provide an opportunity for response within 30 days. 

8 If the violations remain, the Secretary shall develop 

9 a Compliance, Disposition and Enforcement Plan 

10 within 60 days, with a specified timetable for cor11 recting all deficiencies. The Secretary shall provide 

12 notice of the Plan to the owner, tenants, the local 

13 government, any mortgagees, and any contract ad14 ministrator. 

15 (2) At the end of the term of the Compliance, 

16 Disposition and Enforcement Plan, if the owner fails 

17 to fully comply with such plan, the Secretary may 

18 require immediate replacement of project manage19 ment with a management agent approved by the 

20 Secretary, and shall take one or more of the fol21 lowing actions, and provide additional notice of those 

22 actions to the owner and the parties specified above: 

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1 (B) abate the section 8 contract, including 

2 partial abatement, as determined by the Sec3 retary, until all deficiencies have been corrected; 

4 (C) pursue transfer of the project to an 

5 owner, approved by the Secretary under estab6 lished procedures, which will be obligated to 

7 promptly make all required repairs and to ac8 cept renewal of the assistance contract as long 

9 as such renewal is offered; or 

10 (D) seek judicial appointment of a receiver 

11 to manage the property and cure all project de12 ficiencies or seek a judicial order of specific per13 formance requiring the owner to cure all project 

14 deficiencies. 

15 (c) The Secretary shall also take appropriate steps 

16 to ensure that project-based contracts remain in effect, 

17 subject to the exercise of contractual abatement remedies 

18 to assist relocation of tenants for imminent major threats 

19 to health and safety after written notice to and informed 

20 consent of the affected tenants and use of other remedies 

21 set forth above. To the extent the Secretary determines, 

22 in consultation with the tenants and the local government, 

23 that the property is not feasible for continued rental as24 sistance payments under such section 8 or other programs, 

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1 and operating the property and all available Federal, 

2 State, and local resources, including rent adjustments 

3 under section 524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing 

4 Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (‘‘MAHRAA’’) and 

5 (2) environmental conditions that cannot be remedied in 

6 a cost-effective fashion, the Secretary may, in consultation 

7 with the tenants of that property, contract for project8 based rental assistance payments with an owner or owners 

9 of other existing housing properties, or provide other rent10 al assistance. The Secretary shall report semi-annually on 

11 all properties covered by this section that are assessed 

12 through the Real Estate Assessment Center and have 

13 physical inspection scores of less than 30 or have consecu14 tive physical inspection scores of less than 60. The report 

15 shall include: 

16 (1) The enforcement actions being taken to ad17 dress such conditions, including imposition of civil 

18 money penalties and termination of subsidies, and 

19 identify properties that have such conditions mul20 tiple times; and 

21 (2) Actions that the Department of Housing 

22 and Urban Development is taking to protect tenants 

23 of such identified properties. 

24 SEC. 225. 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, in5 cluding bonuses, for the chief executive officer of which, 

6 or any other official or employee of which, that exceeds 

7 the annual rate of basic pay payable for a position at level 

8 IV of the Executive Schedule at any time during any pub9 lic housing agency fiscal year 2016. 

10 SEC. 226. None of the funds in this Act may be avail11 able for the doctoral dissertation research grant program 

12 at the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 

13 SEC. 227. Section 24 of the United States Housing 

14 Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v) is amended— 

15 (1) in subsection (m)(1), by striking ‘‘fiscal 

16 year’’ and all that follows through the period at the 

17 end and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2016.’’; and 

18 (2) in subsection (o), by striking ‘‘September’’ 

19 and all that follows through the period at the end 

20 and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2016.’’. 

21 SEC. 228. None of the funds in this Act provided to 

22 the Department of Housing and Urban Development may 

23 be used to make a grant award unless the Secretary noti24 fies the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 

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1 State, locality, housing authority, tribe, nonprofit organi2 zation, or other entity selected to receive a grant award 

3 is announced by the Department or its offices. 

4 SEC. 229. Of the amounts made available for salaries 

5 and expenses under all accounts under this title (except 

6 for the Office of Inspector General account), a total of 

7 up to $5,000,000 may be transferred to and merged with 

8 amounts made available in the ‘‘Information Technology 

9 Fund’’ account under this title. 

10 SEC. 230. None of the funds made available by this 

11 Act nor any receipts or amounts collected under any Fed12 eral Housing Administration program may be used to im13 plement the Homeowners Armed with Knowledge 

14 (HAWK) program. 

15 SEC. 231. None of the funds made available in this 

16 Act shall be used by the Federal Housing Administration, 

17 the Government National Mortgage Administration, or the 

18 Department of Housing and Urban Development to in19 sure, securitize, or establish a Federal guarantee of any 

20 mortgage or mortgage backed security that refinances or 

21 otherwise replaces a mortgage that has been subject to 

22 eminent domain condemnation or seizure, by a State, mu23 nicipality, or any other political subdivision of a State. 

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1 eral local government as a metropolitan city (as defined 

2 in section 102 of the Housing and Community Develop3 ment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302)) with respect to 

4 grants under section 106 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5306). 

5 SEC. 233. Subsection (b) of section 225 of the Cran6 ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 

7 U.S.C. 12755) is amended by adding at the end the fol8 lowing new sentence: ‘‘Such 30-day waiting period is not 

9 required if the grounds for the termination or refusal to 

10 renew involve a direct threat to the safety of the tenants 

11 or employees of the housing, or an imminent and serious 

12 threat to the property (and the termination or refusal to 

13 renew is in accordance with the requirements of State or 

14 local law).’’. 

15 SEC. 234. None of the funds under this title may be 

16 used for awards, including performance, special act, or 

17 spot, for any employee of the Department of Housing and 

18 Urban Development who is subject to administrative dis19 cipline in fiscal year 2016, including suspension from 

20 work. 

21 SEC. 235. The language under the heading ‘‘Rental 

22 Assistance Demonstration’’ in the Department of Housing 

23 and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public 

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1 (1) in proviso four, by striking ‘‘185,000’’ and 

2 inserting ‘‘200,000’’; 

3 (2) in proviso eighteen, by inserting ‘‘for fiscal 

4 year 2012 and hereafter,’’ after ‘‘Provided further, 

5 That’’; and 

6 (3) In proviso nineteen, by striking ‘‘, which 

7 may extend beyond fiscal year 2016 as necessary to 

8 allow processing of all timely applications,’’. 

9 SEC. 236. Section 9 of the United States Housing 

10 Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g) is amended by— 

11 (1) inserting at the end of subsection (j)— 

12 ‘‘(7) TREATMENT OF REPLACEMENT RE13 SERVE.—The requirements of this subsection shall 

14 not apply to funds held in replacement reserves es15 tablished in subsection (9)(n).’’; and 

16 (2) inserting at the end of subsection (m)— 

17 ‘‘(n) ESTABLISHMENT OF REPLACEMENT RE18 SERVES.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Public Housing authorities 

20 shall be permitted to establish a Replacement Re21 serve to fund any of the capital activities listed in 

22 subparagraph (d)(1). 

23 ‘‘(2) SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS FOR RE24 PLACEMENT RESERVE.—At any time, a public hous25 ing authority may deposit funds from that agency’s 


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1 Capital Fund into a replacement reserve subject to 

2 the following: 

3 ‘‘(A) At the discretion of the Secretary, 

4 public housing agencies may transfer and hold 

5 in a Replacement Reserve, funds originating 

6 from additional sources. 

7 ‘‘(B) No minimum transfer of funds to a 

8 replacement reserve shall be required. 

9 ‘‘(C) At any time, a public housing author10 ity may not hold in a replacement reserve more 

11 than the amount the public housing authority 

12 has determined necessary to satisfy the antici13 pated capital needs of properties in its portfolio 

14 assisted under 42 U.S.C. 1437g as outlined in 

15 its Capital Fund 5 Year Action Plan, or a com16 parable plan, as determined by the Secretary. 

17 ‘‘(D) The Secretary may establish by regu18 lation a maximum replacement reserve level or 

19 levels that are below amounts determined under 

20 subparagraph (C), which may be based upon 

21 the size of the portfolio assisted under 42 

22 U.S.C. 1437g or other factors. 

23 ‘‘(3) In first establishing a replacement reserve, 

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1 transfer more than 20 percent of its operating funds 

2 into its replacement reserve. 

3 ‘‘(4) EXPENDITURE.—Funds in a replacement 

4 reserve may be used for purposes authorized by sub5 paragraph (d)(1) and contained in its Capital Fund 

6 5 Year Action Plan. 

7 ‘‘(5) MANAGEMENT AND REPORT.—The Sec8 retary shall establish appropriate accounting and re9 porting requirements to ensure that public housing 

10 agencies are spending funds on eligible projects and 

11 that funds in the replacement reserve are connected 

12 to capital needs.’’. 

13 SEC. 237. Section 9(g)(1) of the United States Hous14 ing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(g)) is amended by— 

15 (1) inserting ‘‘(A)’’ immediately after the para16 graph designation; 

17 (2) by striking the period and inserting the fol18 lowing at the end: ‘‘; and’’; and 

19 (3) inserting the following new paragraph: 

20 ‘‘(B) FLEXIBILITY FOR OPERATING FUND

21 AMOUNTS.—Of any amounts appropriated for 

22 fiscal year 2016 or any fiscal year thereafter 

23 that are allocated for fiscal year 2016 or any 

24 fiscal year thereafter from the Operating Fund 

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1 use not more than 20 percent for activities that 

2 are eligible under subsection (d) for assistance 

3 with amounts from the Capital Fund, but only 

4 if the public housing plan for the agency pro5 vides for such use.’’. 

6 SEC. 238. Section 526 (12 U.S.C. 1735f–4) of the 

7 National Housing Act is amended by inserting at the end 

8 of subsection (b)— 

9 ‘‘(c) The Secretary may establish an exception to any 

10 minimum property standard established under this section 

11 in order to address alternative water systems, including 

12 cisterns, which meet requirements of State and local build13 ing codes that ensure health and safety standards.’’. 

14 SEC. 239. The Secretary of Housing and Urban De15 velopment shall increase, pursuant to this section, the 

16 number of Moving-to-Work agencies authorized under sec17 tion 204, title II, of the Departments of Veterans Affairs 

18 and Housing and Urban Development and Independent 

19 Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public Law 104–134; 

20 110 Stat. 1321) by adding to the program 300 public 

21 housing agencies that are designated as high performing 

22 agencies under the Public Housing Assessment System 

23 (PHAS). No public housing agency shall be granted this 

24 designation through this section that administers in excess 

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1 units. Of the agencies selected under this section, no less 

2 than 150 shall administer 600 or fewer aggregate housing 

3 voucher and public housing units, no less than 125 shall 

4 administer 601–5,000 aggregate housing voucher and 

5 public housing units, and no more than 20 shall admin6 ister 5,001–22,000 aggregate housing voucher and public 

7 housing units. Of the 300 agencies selected under this sec8 tion, five shall be agencies with portfolio awards under the 

9 Rental Assistance Demonstration that meet the other re10 quirements of this section. Selection of agencies under this 

11 section shall be based on ensuring the geographic diversity 

12 of Moving-to-Work agencies. The Secretary may, at the 

13 request of a Moving-to-Work agency and one or more ad14 jacent public housing agencies in the same area, designate 

15 that Moving-to-Work agency as a regional agency. A re16 gional Moving-to-Work agency may administer the assist17 ance under sections 8 and 9 of the United States Housing 

18 Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f and g) for the participating 

19 agencies within its region pursuant to the terms of its 

20 Moving-to-Work agreement with the Secretary. The Sec21 retary may agree to extend the term of the agreement and 

22 to make any necessary changes to accommodate regional23 ization. A Moving-to-Work agency may be selected as a 

24 regional agency if the Secretary determines that unified 

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1 that agency across multiple jurisdictions will lead to effi2 ciencies and to greater housing choice for low-income per3 sons in the region. For purposes of this expansion, in addi4 tion to the provisions of the Act retained in section 204, 

5 section 8(r)(1) of the Act shall continue to apply unless 

6 the Secretary determines that waiver of this section is nec7 essary to implement comprehensive rent reform and occu8 pancy policies subject to evaluation by the Secretary, and 

9 the waiver contains, at a minimum, exceptions for requests 

10 to port due to employment, education, health and safety. 

11 No public housing agency granted this designation 

12 through this section shall receive more funding under sec13 tions 8 or 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 

14 than it otherwise would have received absent this designa15 tion. The Secretary shall extend the current Moving-to16 Work agreements of previously designated participating 

17 agencies until the end of each such agency’s fiscal year 

18 2028 under the same terms and conditions of such current 

19 agreements, except for any changes to such terms or con20 ditions otherwise mutually agreed upon by the Secretary 

21 and any such agency and such extension agreements shall 

22 prohibit any statutory offset of any reserve balances equal 

23 to four months of operating expenses. Any such reserve 

24 balances that exceed such amount shall remain available 

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1 agreement unless subject to a statutory offset. In addition 

2 to other reporting requirements, all Moving-to-Work agen3 cies shall report financial data to the Department of Hous4 ing and Urban Development as specified by the Secretary, 

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

6 be measured. 

7 SEC. 240. Section 3(a) of the United States Housing 

8 Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(a)) is amended by adding 

9 at the end the following new paragraph: 

10 ‘‘(6) REVIEWS OF FAMILY INCOME.— 

11 ‘‘(A) FREQUENCY.—Reviews of family in12 come for purposes of this section shall be 

13 made— 

14 ‘‘(i) in the case of all families, upon 

15 the initial provision of housing assistance 

16 for the family; and 

17 ‘‘(ii) no less than annually thereafter, 

18 except as provided in subparagraph (B)(i); 

19 ‘‘(B) FIXED-INCOME FAMILIES.— 

20 ‘‘(i) SELF CERTIFICATION AND 3-YEAR

21 REVIEW.—In the case of any family de22 scribed in clause (ii), after the initial re23 view of the family’s income pursuant to 

24 subparagraph (A)(i), the public housing 

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1 conduct a review of the family’s income 

2 pursuant to subparagraph (A)(ii) for any 

3 year for which such family certifies, in ac4 cordance with such requirements as the 

5 Secretary shall establish, that the income 

6 of the family meets the requirements of 

7 clause (ii) of this subparagraph and that 

8 the sources of such income have not 

9 changed since the previous year, except 

10 that the public housing agency or owner 

11 shall conduct a review of each such fam12 ily’s income not less than once every 3 

13 years. 

14 ‘‘(ii) ELIGIBLE FAMILIES.—A family 

15 described in this clause is a family who has 

16 an income, as of the most recent review 

17 pursuant to subparagraph (A) or clause (i) 

18 of this subparagraph, of which 90 percent 

19 or more consists of fixed income, as such 

20 term is defined in clause (iii). 

21 ‘‘(iii) FIXED INCOME.—For purposes 

22 of this subparagraph, the term ‘fixed in23 come’ includes income from— 

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1 Social Security Act, including supple2 mentary payments pursuant to an 

3 agreement for Federal administration 

4 under section 1616(a) of the Social 

5 Security Act and payments pursuant 

6 to an agreement entered into under 

7 section 212(b) of Public Law 93–66; 

8 ‘‘(II) Social Security payments; 

9 ‘‘(III) Federal, State, local and 

10 private pension plans; and 

11 ‘‘(IV) other periodic payments re12 ceived from annuities, insurance poli13 cies, retirement funds, disability or 

14 death benefits, and other similar types 

15 of periodic receipts that are of sub16 stantially the same amounts from year 

17 to year. 

18 ‘‘(C) INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENT FOR

19 FIXED INCOME FAMILIES.— 

20 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In any year in 

21 which a public housing agency or owner 

22 does not conduct a review of income for 

23 any family described in clause (ii) of sub24 paragraph (B) pursuant to the authority 

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1 waive such a review, such family’s prior 

2 year’s income determination shall, subject 

3 to clauses (ii) and (iii), be adjusted by ap4 plying an inflationary factor as the Sec5 retary shall, by regulation or notice, estab6 lish. 

7 ‘‘(ii) EXEMPTION FROM ADJUST8 MENT.—A public housing agency or owner 

9 may exempt from an adjustment pursuant 

10 to clause (i) any income source for which 

11 income does not increase from year to 

12 year.’’. 

13 SEC. 241. Section 8(x)(2) of the United States Hous14 ing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.), is amended by 

15 striking ‘‘18 months’’ and inserting ‘‘36 months’’. 

16 SEC. 242. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of 

17 Housing and Urban Development shall establish a dem18 onstration program during the period beginning on the 

19 date of enactment of this Act, and ending on September 

20 30, 2020, entering into budget-neutral, performance-based 

21 agreements that result in a reduction in energy or water 

22 costs with such entities as the Secretary determines to be 

23 appropriate under which the entities shall carry out 

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1 not more than 150,000 residential units in multifamily 

2 buildings participating in— 

3 (1) the Project-Based Rental Assistance pro4 gram under section 8 of the United States Housing 

5 Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), other than assist6 ance provided under section 8(o) of that Act; 

7 (2) the supportive Housing for the Elderly pro8 gram under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 

9 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); or 

10 (3) the supportive Housing for Persons with 

11 Disabilities program under section 811(d)(2) of the 

12 Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act 

13 (42 U.S.C. 8013(d)(2)). 

14 (b) REQUIREMENTS.— 

15 (1) PAYMENTS CONTINGENT ON SAVINGS.— 

16 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

17 provide to an entity a payment under an agree18 ment under this section only during applicable 

19 years for which an energy or water cost savings 

20 is achieved with respect to the applicable multi21 family portfolio of properties, as determined by 

22 the Secretary, in accordance with subparagraph 

23 (B). 

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1 (i) IN GENERAL.—Each agreement 

2 under this section shall include a pay-for3 success provision— 

4 (I) that will serve as a payment 

5 threshold for the term of the agree6 ment; and 

7 (II) pursuant to which the De8 partment of Housing and Urban De9 velopment shall share a percentage of 

10 the savings at a level determined by 

11 the Secretary that is sufficient to 

12 cover the administrative costs of car13 rying out this section. 

14 (ii) LIMITATIONS.—A payment made 

15 by the Secretary under an agreement 

16 under this section shall— 

17 (I) be contingent on documented 

18 utility savings; and 

19 (II) not exceed the utility savings 

20 achieved by the date of the payment, 

21 and not previously paid, as a result of 

22 the improvements made under the 

23 agreement. 

24 (C) THIRD PARTY VERIFICATION.—Savings 

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1 tion shall be based on a measurement and 

2 verification protocol that includes at least— 

3 (i) establishment of a weather-normal4 ized and occupancy-normalized utility con5 sumption baseline established preretrofit; 

6 (ii) annual third party confirmation of 

7 actual utility consumption and cost for 

8 owner-paid utilities; 

9 (iii) annual third party validation of 

10 the tenant utility allowances in effect dur11 ing the applicable year and vacancy rates 

12 for each unit type; and 

13 (iv) annual third party determination 

14 of savings to the Secretary. 

15 (2) TERM.—The term of an agreement under 

16 this section shall be not longer than 12 years. 

17 (3) ENTITY ELIGIBILITY.—The Secretary 

18 shall— 

19 (A) establish a competitive process for en20 tering into agreements under this section; and 

21 (B) enter into such agreements only with 

22 entities that demonstrate significant experience 

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1 (i) financing and operating properties 

2 receiving assistance under a program de3 scribed in subsection (a); 

4 (ii) oversight of energy and water con5 servation programs, including oversight of 

6 contractors; and 

7 (iii) raising capital for energy and 

8 water conservation improvements from 

9 charitable organizations or private inves10 tors. 

11 (4) GEOGRAPHICAL DIVERSITY.—Each agree12 ment entered into under this section shall provide 

13 for the inclusion of properties with the greatest fea14 sible regional and State variance. 

15 (c) PLAN AND REPORTS.— 

16 (1) PLAN.—Not later than 90 days after the 

17 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 

18 submit to the House and Senate Committees on Ap19 propriations a detailed plan for the implementation 

20 of this section. 

21 (2) REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after the 

22 date of enactment of this Act, and annually there23 after, the Secretary shall— 

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1 (B) submit to the House and Senate Com2 mittees on Appropriations a report describing 

3 each evaluation conducted under subparagraph 

4 (A). 

5 (d) FUNDING.—For each fiscal year during which an 

6 agreement under this section is in effect, the Secretary 

7 may use to carry out this section any funds appropriated 

8 for the renewal of contracts under a program described 

9 in subsection (a). 

10 SEC. 243. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of 

11 Housing and Urban Development may establish, through 

12 notice in the Federal Register, a demonstration program 

13 to incent public housing agencies, as defined in section 

14 3(b)(6) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (in this 

15 section referred to as ‘‘the Act’’), to implement measures 

16 to reduce their energy and water consumption. 

17 (b) ELIGIBILITY.—Public housing agencies that oper18 ate public housing programs that meet the demonstration 

19 requirements, as determined by the Secretary, shall be eli20 gible for participation in the demonstration. 

21 (c) INCENTIVE.—The Secretary may provide an in22 centive to an eligible public housing agency that uses cap23 ital funds, operating funds, grants, utility rebates, and 

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1 sumption in accordance with a plan approved by the Sec2 retary. 

3 (1) BASE UTILITY CONSUMPTION LEVEL.—The 

4 initial base utility consumption level under the ap5 proved plan shall be set at the public housing agen6 cy’s rolling base consumption level immediately prior 

7 to the installation of energy conservation measures. 

8 (2) FIRST YEAR UTILITY COST SAVINGS.—For 

9 the first year that an approved plan is in effect, the 

10 Secretary shall allocate the utility consumption level 

11 in the public housing operating fund using the base 

12 utility consumption level. 

13 (3) SUBSEQUENT YEAR SAVINGS.—For each 

14 subsequent year that the plan is in effect, the Sec15 retary shall decrease the utility consumption level by 

16 one percent of the initial base utility consumption 

17 level per year until the utility consumption level 

18 equals the public housing agency’s actual consump19 tion level that followed the installation of energy 

20 conservation measures, at which time the plan will 

21 terminate. 

22 (4) USE OF UTILITY COST SAVINGS.—The pub23 lic housing agency may use the funds resulting from 

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1 penses, as defined by section 9(e)(1) of the Act, or 

2 capital improvements, as defined by section 9(d)(1) 

3 of the Act. 

4 (5) DURATION OF PLAN.—The length in years 

5 of the utility conservation plan shall not exceed the 

6 number of percentage points in utility consumption 

7 reduction a public housing agency achieves through 

8 the energy conservation measures implemented 

9 under this demonstration, but in no case shall it ex10 ceed 20 years. 

11 (6) OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary 

12 may establish such other requirements as necessary 

13 to further the purposes of this demonstration. 

14 (7) EVALUATION.—Each public housing agency 

15 participating in the demonstration shall submit to 

16 the Secretary such performance and evaluation re17 ports concerning the reduction in energy consump18 tion and compliance with the requirements of this 

19 section as the Secretary may require. 

20 (d) TERMINATION.—Public housing agencies may 

21 enter into this demonstration for 5 years after the date 

22 on which the demonstration program is commenced. 

23 SEC. 244. (a) AUTHORITY.—Subject to the conditions 

24 in subsection (d), the Secretary of Housing and Urban De25 velopment may authorize, in response to requests received 


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1 in fiscal years 2016 through 2020, the transfer of some 

2 or all project-based assistance, tenant-based assistance, 

3 capital advances, debt, and statutorily required use re4 strictions from housing assisted under section 811 of the 

5 Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 

6 U.S.C. 8013) to other new or existing housing, which may 

7 include projects, units, and other types of housing, as per8 mitted by the Secretary. 

9 (b) CAPITAL ADVANCES.—Interest shall not be due 

10 and repayment of a capital advance shall not be triggered 

11 by a transfer pursuant to this section. 

12 (c) PHASED AND PROPORTIONAL TRANSFERS.— 

13 (1) Transfers under this section may be done in 

14 phases to accommodate the financing and other re15 quirements related to rehabilitating or constructing 

16 the housing to which the assistance is transferred, to 

17 ensure that such housing meets the conditions under 

18 subsection (d). 

19 (2) The capital advance repayment require20 ments, use restrictions, rental assistance, and debt 

21 shall transfer proportionally from the transferring 

22 housing to the receiving housing. 

23 (d) CONDITIONS.—The transfers authorized by this 

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1 (1) the owner of the transferring housing shall 

2 demonstrate that the transfer is in compliance with 

3 applicable Federal, State, and local requirements re4 garding Housing for Persons with Disabilities and 

5 shall provide the Secretary with evidence of obtain6 ing any approvals related to housing disabled per7 sons that are necessary under Federal, State, and 

8 local government requirements; 

9 (2) the owner of the transferring housing shall 

10 demonstrate to the Secretary that any transfer is in 

11 the best interest of the disabled residents by offering 

12 opportunities for increased integration or less con13 centration of individuals with disabilities; 

14 (3) the owner of the transferring housing shall 

15 continue to provide the same number of units as ap16 proved for rental assistance by the Secretary in the 

17 receiving housing; 

18 (4) the owner of the transferring housing shall 

19 consult with the disabled residents in the transfer20 ring housing about any proposed transfer under this 

21 section and shall notify the residents of the transfer22 ring housing who are eligible for assistance to be 

23 provided in the receiving housing that they shall not 

24 be required to vacate the transferring housing until 

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1 (5) the receiving housing shall meet or exceed 

2 applicable physical standards established or adopted 

3 by the Secretary; and 

4 (6) if the receiving housing has a mortgage in5 sured under title II of the National Housing Act, 

6 any lien on the receiving housing resulting from ad7 ditional financing shall be subordinate to any feder8 ally insured mortgage lien transferred to, or placed 

9 on, such housing, except that the Secretary may 

10 waive this requirement upon determination that such 

11 a waiver is necessary to facilitate the financing of 

12 acquisition, construction, or rehabilitation of the re13 ceiving housing. 

14 (e) PUBLIC NOTICE.—The Secretary shall publish a 

15 notice in the Federal Register of the terms and conditions, 

16 including criteria for the Department’s approval of trans17 fers pursuant to this section no later than 30 days before 

18 the effective date of such notice. 

19 SEC. 245. (a) Of the unobligated balances, including 

20 recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds appro21 priated to the Department of Housing and Urban Devel22 opment under the heading ‘‘General and Special Risk Pro23 gram Account’’, and for the cost of guaranteed notes and 

24 other obligations under the heading ‘‘Native American 

25 Housing Block Grants’’, $12,000,000 is hereby rescinded. 


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1 (b) All unobligated balances, including recaptures 

2 and carryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the 

3 Department of Housing and Urban Development under 

4 the headings ‘‘Rural Housing and Economic Develop5 ment’’, and ‘‘Homeownership and Opportunity for People 

6 Everywhere Grants’’ are hereby rescinded. 

7 SEC. 246. Funds made available in this title under 

8 the heading ‘‘Homeless Assistance Grants’’ may be used 

9 to participate in Performance Partnership Pilots author10 ized under section 526 of division H of Public Law 113– 

11 76, section 524 of division G of Public Law 113–235, and 

12 such authorities enacted for Performance Partnership Pi13 lots in an appropriations Act for fiscal year 2016. Such 

14 participation shall be targeted to improving the housing 

15 situation of disconnected youth. 

16 SEC. 247. Unobligated balances, including recaptures 

17 and carryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the 

18 Department of Housing and Urban Development for ad19 ministrative costs associated with funds appropriated to 

20 the Department for specific disaster relief and related pur21 poses and designated by Congress as an emergency re22 quirement pursuant to a Concurrent Resolution on the 

23 Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

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1 aster related funds, shall be transferred to the Program 

2 Office Salaries and Expenses, Community Planning and 

3 Development account for the Department, shall remain 

4 available until expended, and may be used for such admin5 istrative costs for administering any funds appropriated 

6 to the Department for any disaster relief and related pur7 poses in any prior or future act, notwithstanding the pur8 poses for which such funds were appropriated: Provided, 

9 That amounts transferred pursuant to this section that 

10 were previously designated by the Congress as an emer11 gency requirement pursuant to a Concurrent Resolution 

12 on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

13 Deficit Control Act are designated by the Congress as an 

14 emergency requirement pursuant to section 

15 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

16 Deficit Control Act of 1985 and shall be transferred only 

17 if the President subsequently so designates the entire 

18 transfer and transmits such designation to the Congress. 

19 SEC. 248. None of the funds made available under 

20 this title shall be used to enforce compliance with the 

21 Green Physical Needs Assessment for public housing 

22 agencies with 250 housing units or less. 

23 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Hous24 ing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2016’’. 


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1 TITLE III 

2 RELATED AGENCIES 

3 ACCESS BOARD

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For expenses necessary for the Access Board, as au6 thorized by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 

7 as amended, $8,023,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding 

8 any other provision of law, there may be credited to this 

9 appropriation funds received for publications and training 

10 expenses. 

11 FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime 

14 Commission as authorized by section 201(d) of the Mer15 chant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. 307), in16 cluding services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of 

17 passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 

18 1343(b); and uniforms or allowances therefor, as author19 ized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, $25,660,000: Provided, That 

20 not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for official recep21 tion and representation expenses. 


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1 NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION

2 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

5 General for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation 

6 to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act 

7 of 1978, as amended, $23,999,000: Provided, That the In8 spector General shall have all necessary authority, in car9 rying out the duties specified in the Inspector General Act, 

10 as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to investigate allegations 

11 of fraud, including false statements to the government (18 

12 U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity that is subject to 

13 regulation by the National Railroad Passenger Corpora14 tion: Provided further, That the Inspector General may 

15 enter into contracts and other arrangements for audits, 

16 studies, analyses, and other services with public agencies 

17 and with private persons, subject to the applicable laws 

18 and regulations that govern the obtaining of such services 

19 within the National Railroad Passenger Corporation: Pro20 vided further, That the Inspector General may select, ap21 point, and employ such officers and employees as may be 

22 necessary for carrying out the functions, powers, and du23 ties of the Office of Inspector General, subject to the appli24 cable laws and regulations that govern such selections, ap25 pointments, and employment within the Corporation: ProVerDate Sep 11 2014 00:46 Oct 07, 2015 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00332 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2129.PCS S2129

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1 vided further, That concurrent with the President’s budget 

2 request for fiscal year 2017, the Inspector General shall 

3 submit to the House and Senate Committees on Appro4 priations a budget request for fiscal year 2017 in similar 

5 format and substance to those submitted by executive 

6 agencies of the Federal Government. 

7 NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For necessary expenses of the National Transpor10 tation Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor ve11 hicles and aircraft; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

12 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per 

13 diem rate equivalent to the rate for a GS–15; uniforms, 

14 or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 

15 5901–5902), $105,170,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 

16 may be used for official reception and representation ex17 penses. The amounts made available to the National 

18 Transportation Safety Board in this Act include amounts 

19 necessary to make lease payments on an obligation in20 curred in fiscal year 2001 for a capital lease. 

21 NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION

22 PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT

23 CORPORATION

24 For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cor25 poration for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, 


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1 as authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corpora2 tion Act (42 U.S.C. 8101–8107), $140,000,000, of which 

3 $5,000,000 shall be for a multi-family rental housing pro4 gram. 

5 UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON

6 HOMELESSNESS

7 OPERATING EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses (including payment of sala9 ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

10 the rental of conference rooms, and the employment of ex11 perts and consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United 

12 States Code) of the United States Interagency Council on 

13 Homelessness in carrying out the functions pursuant to 

14 title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, 

15 as amended, $3,530,000. Title II of the McKinney-Vento 

16 Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11314) is amended 

17 in section 204(a) by striking ‘‘level V’’ and inserting ‘‘level 

18 IV’’. 

19 TITLE IV 

20 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 

21 SEC. 401. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

22 for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 

23 expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 

24 intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings 

25 funded in this Act. 


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1 SEC. 402. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

2 shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 

3 fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria4 tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 

5 SEC. 403. The expenditure of any appropriation 

6 under this Act for any consulting service through a pro7 curement contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, 

8 United States Code, shall be limited to those contracts 

9 where such expenditures are a matter of public record and 

10 available for public inspection, except where otherwise pro11 vided under existing law, or under existing Executive order 

12 issued pursuant to existing law. 

13 SEC. 404. (a) None of the funds made available in 

14 this Act may be obligated or expended for any employee 

15 training that— 

16 (1) does not meet identified needs for knowl17 edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the 

18 performance of official duties; 

19 (2) contains elements likely to induce high lev20 els of emotional response or psychological stress in 

21 some participants; 

22 (3) does not require prior employee notification 

23 of the content and methods to be used in the train24 ing and written end of course evaluation; 


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1 (4) contains any methods or content associated 

2 with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 

3 ‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Em4 ployment Opportunity Commission Notice N– 

5 915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or 

6 (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par7 ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the 

8 workplace. 

9 (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 

10 otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 

11 bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 

12 SEC. 405. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 

13 none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by pre14 vious appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities fund15 ed in this Act that remain available for obligation or ex16 penditure in fiscal year 2016, or provided from any ac17 counts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 

18 and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 

19 available for obligation or expenditure through a re20 programming of funds that: 

21 (1) creates a new program; 

22 (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 

23 (3) increases funds or personnel for any pro24 gram, project, or activity for which funds have been 

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1 (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific 

2 activity by either the House or Senate Committees 

3 on Appropriations for a different purpose; 

4 (5) augments existing programs, projects, or ac5 tivities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, which6 ever is less; 

7 (6) reduces existing programs, projects, or ac8 tivities by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 

9 less; or 

10 (7) creates, reorganizes, or restructures a 

11 branch, division, office, bureau, board, commission, 

12 agency, administration, or department different from 

13 the budget justifications submitted to the Commit14 tees on Appropriations or the table accompanying 

15 the explanatory statement accompanying this Act, 

16 whichever is more detailed, unless prior approval is 

17 received from the House and Senate Committees on 

18 Appropriations: Provided, That not later than 60 

19 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each 

20 agency funded by this Act shall submit a report to 

21 the House and Senate Committees on Appropria22 tions to establish the baseline for application of re23 programming and transfer authorities for the cur24 rent fiscal year: Provided further, That the report 

25 shall include: 


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1 (A) a table for each appropriation with a 

2 separate column to display the prior year en3 acted level, the President’s budget request, ad4 justments made by Congress, adjustments due 

5 to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 

6 fiscal year enacted level; 

7 (B) a delineation in the table for each ap8 propriation and its respective prior year enacted 

9 level by object class and program, project, and 

10 activity as detailed in the budget appendix for 

11 the respective appropriation; and 

12 (C) an identification of items of special 

13 congressional interest: Provided further, That 

14 the amount appropriated or limited for salaries 

15 and expenses for an agency shall be reduced by 

16 $100,000 per day for each day after the re17 quired date that the report has not been sub18 mitted to the House and Senate Committees on 

19 Appropriations. 

20 SEC. 406. Except as otherwise specifically provided 

21 by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 

22 remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2016 from 

23 appropriations made available for salaries and expenses 

24 for fiscal year 2016 in this Act, shall remain available 

25 through September 30, 2017, for each such account for 


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1 the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall 

2 be submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Ap3 propriations for approval prior to the expenditure of such 

4 funds: Provided further, That these requests shall be made 

5 in compliance with reprogramming guidelines under sec6 tion 405 of this Act. 

7 SEC. 407. No funds in this Act may be used to sup8 port any Federal, State, or local projects that seek to use 

9 the power of eminent domain, unless eminent domain is 

10 employed only for a public use: Provided, That for pur11 poses of this section, public use shall not be construed to 

12 include economic development that primarily benefits pri13 vate entities: Provided further, That any use of funds for 

14 mass transit, railroad, airport, seaport or highway 

15 projects, as well as utility projects which benefit or serve 

16 the general public (including energy-related, communica17 tion-related, water-related and wastewater-related infra18 structure), other structures designated for use by the gen19 eral public or which have other common-carrier or public20 utility functions that serve the general public and are sub21 ject to regulation and oversight by the government, and 

22 projects for the removal of an immediate threat to public 

23 health and safety or brownsfields as defined in the Small 

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1 Act (Public Law 107–118) shall be considered a public 

2 use for purposes of eminent domain. 

3 SEC. 408. All Federal agencies and departments that 

4 are funded under this Act shall issue a report to the House 

5 and Senate Committees on Appropriations on all sole6 source contracts by no later than July 30, 2016. Such re7 port shall include the contractor, the amount of the con8 tract and the rationale for using a sole-source contract. 

9 SEC. 409. None of the funds made available in this 

10 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in11 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

12 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro13 vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 

14 SEC. 410. None of the funds made available in this 

15 Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person 

16 filling a position, other than a temporary position, for17 merly held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed 

18 Forces of the United States and has satisfactorily com19 pleted his or her period of active military or naval service, 

20 and has within 90 days after his or her release from such 

21 service or from hospitalization continuing after discharge 

22 for a period of not more than 1 year, made application 

23 for restoration to his or her former position and has been 

24 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. 411. None of the funds made available in 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. 412. None of the funds made available in this 

10 Act shall be made available to any person or entity that 

11 has been convicted of violating the Buy American Act (41 

12 U.S.C. 10a–10c). 

13 SEC. 413. 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. 414. (a) None of the funds made available in 

18 this Act may be used to approve a new foreign air carrier 

19 permit under sections 41301 through 41305 of title 49, 

20 United States Code, or exemption application under sec21 tion 40109 of that title of an air carrier already holding 

22 an air operators certificate issued by a country that is 

23 party to the U.S.–E.U.–Iceland–Norway Air Transport 

24 Agreement where such approval would contravene United 


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1 States law or Article 17 bis of the U.S.–E.U.–Iceland– 

2 Norway Air Transport Agreement. 

3 (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict or 

4 otherwise preclude the Secretary of Transportation from 

5 granting a foreign air carrier permit or an exemption to 

6 such an air carrier where such authorization is consistent 

7 with the U.S.–E.U.–Iceland–Norway Air Transport 

8 Agreement and United States law. 

9 SEC. 415. None of the funds made available in this 

10 Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend11 ance of more than 50 employees of a single agency or de12 partment of the United States Government, who are sta13 tioned in the United States, at any single international 

14 conference unless the relevant Secretary reports to the 

15 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations at least 

16 5 days in advance that such attendance is important to 

17 the national interest: Provided, That for purposes of this 

18 section the term ‘‘international conference’’ shall mean a 

19 conference occurring outside of the United States attended 

20 by representatives of the United States Government and 

21 of foreign governments, international organizations, or 

22 nongovernmental organizations. 

23 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation, 

24 Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies 

25 Appropriations Act, 2016’’. 


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Calendar No. 248 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2129 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Depurposes. year ending September 30, 2016, and for other velopment, and related programs for the fiscal of Transportation, and Housing and Urban De- ergy and Water Development, and Departments velopment, Food and Drug Administration, EnOCTOBER 6, 2015 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 


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