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Calendar No. 138 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2577 

[Report No. 114–75] 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 10, 2015 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations 

JUNE 25, 2015 

Reported by Ms. COLLINS, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

AN ACT 

Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies 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 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

2 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

3 Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban 

4 Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year end5 ing September 30, 2016, and for other purposes, namely: 

6 TITLE I 

7 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

8 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 

11 $105,000,000 (reduced by $3,000,000) (reduced by 

12 $500,000) (reduced by $4,000,000) (reduced by 

13 $4,000,000), of which not to exceed $2,734,000 shall be 

14 available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not 

15 to exceed $1,025,000 shall be available for the immediate 

16 Office of the Deputy Secretary; not to exceed $20,066,000 

17 (reduced by $2,000,000) shall be available for the Office 

18 of the General Counsel; not to exceed $9,310,000 (reduced 

19 by $1,000,000) (reduced by $500,000) shall be available 

20 for the Office of the Under Secretary of Transportation 

21 for Policy; not to exceed $12,808,000 (reduced by 

22 $4,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) shall be available for 

23 the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Pro24 grams; not to exceed $2,500,000 (reduced by $250,000) 

25 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary 
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1 for Governmental Affairs; not to exceed $26,029,000 (re2 duced by $500,000) (reduced by $2,000,000) shall be 

3 available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Ad4 ministration; not to exceed $2,029,000 shall be available 

5 for the Office of Public Affairs; not to exceed $1,769,000 

6 (reduced by $250,000) shall be available for the Office of 

7 the Executive Secretariat; not to exceed $10,793,000 shall 

8 be available for the Office of Intelligence, Security, and 

9 Emergency Response; and not to exceed $15,937,000 shall 

10 be available for the Office of the Chief Information Offi11 cer: Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation is au12 thorized to transfer funds appropriated for any office of 

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

14 of the Secretary: Provided further, That no appropriation 

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

16 5 percent by all such transfers: Provided further, That no17 tice of any change in funding greater than 5 percent shall 

18 be submitted for approval to the House and Senate Com19 mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That not to 

20 exceed $60,000 shall be for allocation within the Depart21 ment for official reception and representation expenses as 

22 the Secretary may determine: Provided further, That not23 withstanding any other provision of law, excluding fees au24 thorized in Public Law 107–71, there may be credited to 

25 this appropriation up to $2,500,000 in funds received in 
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1 user fees: Provided further, That none of the funds pro2 vided in this Act shall be available for the position of As3 sistant Secretary for Public Affairs. 

4 RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

5 For necessary expenses related to the Office of the 

6 Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, 

7 $11,386,000, of which $8,218,000 shall remain available 

8 until September 30, 2018: Provided, That there may be 

9 credited to this appropriation, to be available until ex10 pended, funds received from States, counties, municipali11 ties, other public authorities, and private sources for ex12 penses incurred for training: Provided further, That any 

13 reference in law, regulation, judicial proceedings, or else14 where to the Research and Innovative Technology Admin15 istration shall continue to be deemed to be a reference to 

16 the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and 

17 Technology of the Department of Transportation. 

18 NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For capital investments in surface transportation in21 frastructure, $100,000,000, to remain available through 

22 September 30, 2018: Provided, That the Secretary of 

23 Transportation shall distribute funds provided under this 

24 heading as discretionary grants to be awarded to a State, 

25 local government, transit agency, or a collaboration among 
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1 such entities on a competitive basis for projects that will 

2 have a significant impact on the Nation, a metropolitan 

3 area, or a region: Provided further, That projects eligible 

4 for funding provided under this heading shall include, but 

5 not be limited to, highway or bridge projects eligible under 

6 title 23, United States Code; public transportation 

7 projects eligible under chapter 53 of title 49, United 

8 States Code; passenger and freight rail transportation 

9 projects; and port infrastructure investments (including 

10 inland port infrastructure and land ports of entry): Pro11 vided further, That the Secretary may use up to 20 per12 cent of the funds made available under this heading for 

13 the purpose of paying the subsidy and administrative costs 

14 of projects eligible for Federal credit assistance under 

15 chapter 6 of title 23, United States Code, if the Secretary 

16 finds that such use of the funds would advance the pur17 poses of this paragraph: Provided further, That in distrib18 uting funds provided under this heading, the Secretary 

19 shall take such measures so as to ensure an equitable geo20 graphic distribution of funds, an appropriate balance in 

21 addressing the needs of urban and rural areas, and the 

22 investment in a variety of transportation modes: Provided 

23 further, That a grant funded under this heading shall be 

24 not less than $2,000,000 and not greater than 

25 $15,000,000: Provided further, That not more than 20 
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1 percent of the funds made available under this heading 

2 may be awarded to projects in a single State: Provided 

3 further, That the Federal share of the costs for which an 

4 expenditure is made under this heading shall be, at the 

5 option of the recipient, up to 50 percent: Provided further, 

6 That the Secretary shall give priority to projects that re7 quire a contribution of Federal funds in order to complete 

8 an overall financing package: Provided further, That not 

9 less than 10 percent of the funds provided under this 

10 heading shall be for projects located in rural areas: Pro11 vided further, That for projects located in rural areas, the 

12 minimum grant size shall be $1,000,000 and the Secretary 

13 may increase the Federal share of costs above 80 percent: 

14 Provided further, That projects conducted using funds pro15 vided under this heading must comply with the require16 ments of subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United 

17 States Code: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 

18 conduct a new competition to select the grants and credit 

19 assistance awarded under this heading: Provided further, 

20 That the Secretary may retain up to $5,000,000 of the 

21 funds provided under this heading, and may transfer por22 tions of those funds to the Administrators of the Federal 

23 Highway Administration, the Federal Transit Administra24 tion, the Federal Railroad Administration and the Mari25 time Administration, to fund the award and oversight of 
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1 grants and credit assistance made under the National In2 frastructure Investments program. 

3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CAPITAL

4 For necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing 

5 the Department of Transportation’s financial systems and 

6 re-engineering business processes, $1,000,000, to remain 

7 available through September 30, 2017. 

8 CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVES

9 For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, 

10 including necessary upgrades to wide area network and 

11 information technology infrastructure, improvement of 

12 network perimeter controls and identity management, 

13 testing and assessment of information technology against 

14 business, security, and other requirements, implementa15 tion of Federal cyber security initiatives and information 

16 infrastructure enhancements, implementation of enhanced 

17 security controls on network devices, and enhancement of 

18 cyber security workforce training tools, $7,000,000 to re19 main available through September 30, 2017. 

20 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

22 $9,600,000. 
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1 TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND

2 DEVELOPMENT

3 For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 

4 planning, research, systems development, development ac5 tivities, and making grants, to remain available until ex6 pended, $5,976,000. 

7 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

8 For necessary expenses for operating costs and cap9 ital outlays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed 

10 $181,500,000 shall be paid from appropriations made 

11 available to the Department of Transportation: Provided, 

12 That such services shall be provided on a competitive basis 

13 to entities within the Department of Transportation: Pro14 vided further, That the above limitation on operating ex15 penses shall not apply to non-DOT entities: Provided fur16 ther, That no funds appropriated in this Act to an agency 

17 of the Department shall be transferred to the Working 

18 Capital Fund without majority approval of the Working 

19 Capital Fund Steering Committee and approval of the 

20 Secretary: Provided further, That no assessments may be 

21 levied against any program, budget activity, subactivity or 

22 project funded by this Act unless notice of such assess23 ments and the basis therefor are presented to the House 

24 and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are ap25 proved by such Committees. 
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1 MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM

2 For the cost of guaranteed loans, $336,000, as au3 thorized by 49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, in4 cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de5 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

6 1974: Provided further, That these funds are available to 

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

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

9 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

10 the guaranteed loan program, $597,000. 

11 SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS UTILIZATION AND

12 OUTREACH

13 For necessary expenses for small and disadvantaged 

14 business utilization and outreach activities, $4,518,000, to 

15 remain available until September 30, 2017: Provided, 

16 That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be 

17 used for business opportunities related to any mode of 

18 transportation. 

19 PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS

20 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

21 In addition to funds made available from any other 

22 source to carry out the essential air service program under 

23 49 U.S.C. 41731 through 41742, $155,000,000, to be de24 rived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to remain 

25 available until expended: Provided, That in determining 
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1 between or among carriers competing to provide service 

2 to a community, the Secretary may consider the relative 

3 subsidy requirements of the carriers: Provided further, 

4 That basic essential air service minimum requirements 

5 shall not include the 15-passenger capacity requirement 

6 under subsection 41732(b)(3) of title 49, United States 

7 Code: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act 

8 or any other Act shall be used to enter into a new contract 

9 with a community located less than 40 miles from the 

10 nearest small hub airport before the Secretary has nego11 tiated with the community over a local cost share: Pro12 vided further, That amounts authorized to be distributed 

13 for the essential air service program under subsection 

14 41742(b) of title 49, United States Code, shall be made 

15 available immediately from amounts otherwise provided to 

16 the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration: 

17 Provided further, That the Administrator may reimburse 

18 such amounts from fees credited to the account estab19 lished under section 45303 of title 49, United States Code. 

20 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

22 Act to the Department of Transportation may be obligated 

23 for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation to ap24 prove assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining 

25 to funds appropriated to the modal administrations in this 
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1 Act, except for activities underway on the date of enact2 ment of this Act, unless such assessments or agreements 

3 have completed the normal reprogramming process for 

4 Congressional notification. 

5 SEC. 102. Notwithstanding section 3324 of title 31, 

6 United States Code, in addition to authority provided by 

7 section 327 of title 49, United States Code, the Depart8 ment’s Working Capital Fund is hereby authorized to pro9 vide payments in advance to vendors that are necessary 

10 to carry out the Federal transit pass transportation fringe 

11 benefit program under Executive Order No. 13150 and 

12 section 3049 of Public Law 109–59: Provided, That the 

13 Department shall include adequate safeguards in the con14 tract with the vendors to ensure timely and high-quality 

15 performance under the contract. 

16 SEC. 103. The Secretary shall post on the Web site 

17 of the Department of Transportation a schedule of all 

18 meetings of the Credit Council, including the agenda for 

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

20 decisions and actions of each meeting. 

21 SEC. 104. In addition to authority provided by section 

22 327 of title 49, United States Code, the Department’s 

23 Working Capital Fund is hereby authorized to provide 

24 partial or full payments in advance and accept subsequent 

25 reimbursements from all Federal agencies for transit ben-
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1 efit distribution services that are necessary to carry out 

2 the Federal transit pass transportation fringe benefit pro3 gram under Executive Order No. 13150 and section 3049 

4 of Public Law 109–59: Provided, That the Department 

5 shall maintain a reasonable operating reserve in the Work6 ing Capital Fund, to be expended in advance to provide 

7 uninterrupted transit benefits to Government employees, 

8 provided that such reserve will not exceed one month of 

9 benefits payable: Provided further, that such reserve may 

10 be used only for the purpose of providing for the continu11 ation of transit benefits, provided that the Working Cap12 ital Fund will be fully reimbursed by each customer agen13 cy for the actual cost of the transit benefit. 

14 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

15 OPERATIONS

16 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

17 For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Ad18 ministration, not otherwise provided for, including oper19 ations and research activities related to commercial space 

20 transportation, administrative expenses for research and 

21 development, establishment of air navigation facilities, the 

22 operation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, 

23 subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold 

24 to the public, lease or purchase of passenger motor vehi25 cles for replacement only, in addition to amounts made 
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1 available by Public Law 112–95, $9,847,700,000 (reduced 

2 by $3,000,000) of which $8,831,250,000 shall be derived 

3 from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, of which not 

4 to exceed $7,505,293,000 shall be available for air traffic 

5 organization activities; not to exceed $1,258,411,000 shall 

6 be available for aviation safety activities; not to exceed 

7 $16,605,000 (increased by $250,000) shall be available for 

8 commercial space transportation activities; not to exceed 

9 $725,000,000 (reduced by $3,000,000) (reduced by 

10 $250,000) shall be available for finance and management 

11 activities; not to exceed $60,089,000 shall be available for 

12 NextGen and operations planning activities; and not to ex13 ceed $282,302,000 shall be available for staff offices: Pro14 vided, That not to exceed 2 percent of any budget activity, 

15 except for aviation safety budget activity, may be trans16 ferred to any budget activity under this heading: Provided 

17 further, That no transfer may increase or decrease any ap18 propriation by more than 2 percent: Provided further, 

19 That any transfer in excess of 2 percent shall be treated 

20 as a reprogramming of funds under section 405 of this 

21 Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 

22 except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that 

23 section: Provided further, That not later than March 31 

24 of each fiscal year hereafter, the Administrator of the Fed25 eral Aviation Administration shall transmit to Congress 
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1 an annual update to the report submitted to Congress in 

2 December 2004 pursuant to section 221 of Public Law 

3 108–176: Provided further, That the amount herein appro4 priated shall be reduced by $100,000 for each day after 

5 March 31 that such report has not been submitted to the 

6 Congress: Provided further, That not later than March 31 

7 of each fiscal year hereafter, the Administrator shall 

8 transmit to Congress a companion report that describes 

9 a comprehensive strategy for staffing, hiring, and training 

10 flight standards and aircraft certification staff in a format 

11 similar to the one utilized for the controller staffing plan, 

12 including stated attrition estimates and numerical hiring 

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

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

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

16 submitted to Congress: Provided further, That funds may 

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

18 standard-setting organization to assist in the development 

19 of aviation safety standards: Provided further, That none 

20 of the funds in this Act shall be available for new appli21 cants for the second career training program: Provided 

22 further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be avail23 able for the Federal Aviation Administration to finalize 

24 or implement any regulation that would promulgate new 

25 aviation user fees not specifically authorized by law after 
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1 the date of the enactment of this Act: Provided further, 

2 That there may be credited to this appropriation as offset3 ting collections funds received from States, counties, mu4 nicipalities, foreign authorities, other public authorities, 

5 and private sources for expenses incurred in the provision 

6 of agency services, including receipts for the maintenance 

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

8 renewal or modification of certificates, including airman, 

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

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

11 Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 

12 this heading, not less than $154,400,000 shall be for the 

13 contract tower program, including the contract tower cost 

14 share program: Provided further, That none of the funds 

15 in this Act for aeronautical charting and cartography are 

16 available for activities conducted by, or coordinated 

17 through, the Working Capital Fund. 

18 FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

19 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

20 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

21 for acquisition, establishment, technical support services, 

22 improvement by contract or purchase, and hire of national 

23 airspace systems and experimental facilities and equip24 ment, as authorized under part A of subtitle VII of title 

25 49, United States Code, including initial acquisition of 
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1 necessary sites by lease or grant; engineering and service 

2 testing, including construction of test facilities and acqui3 sition of necessary sites by lease or grant; construction 

4 and furnishing of quarters and related accommodations 

5 for officers and employees of the Federal Aviation Admin6 istration stationed at remote localities where such accom7 modations are not available; and the purchase, lease, or 

8 transfer of aircraft from funds available under this head9 ing, including aircraft for aviation regulation and certifi10 cation; to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust 

11 Fund, $2,500,000,000 (increased by $3,000,000), of 

12 which $460,000,000 shall remain available until Sep13 tember 30, 2016, and $2,040,000,000 (increased by 

14 $3,000,000) shall remain available until September 30, 

15 2018: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro16 priation funds received from States, counties, municipali17 ties, other public authorities, and private sources, for ex18 penses incurred in the establishment, improvement, and 

19 modernization of national airspace systems: Provided fur20 ther, That upon initial submission to the Congress of the 

21 fiscal year 2017 President’s budget, the Secretary of 

22 Transportation shall transmit to the Congress a com23 prehensive capital investment plan for the Federal Avia24 tion Administration which includes funding for each budg25 et line item for fiscal years 2017 through 2021, with total 
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1 funding for each year of the plan constrained to the fund2 ing targets for those years as estimated and approved by 

3 the Office of Management and Budget: Provided further, 

4 That the amount herein appropriated shall be reduced by 

5 $100,000 per day for each day after the initial submission 

6 of the fiscal year 2017 President’s budget that such report 

7 has not been submitted to Congress. 

8 RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT

9 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

10 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

11 for research, engineering, and development, as authorized 

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

13 Code, including construction of experimental facilities and 

14 acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant, 

15 $156,750,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway 

16 Trust Fund and to remain available until September 30, 

17 2018: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro18 priation as offsetting collections, funds received from 

19 States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, 

20 and private sources, which shall be available for expenses 

21 incurred for research, engineering, and development. 
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1 GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

2 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

3 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

4 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

5 For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in6 aid for airport planning and development, and noise com7 patibility planning and programs as authorized under sub8 chapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 

9 of title 49, United States Code, and under other law au10 thorizing such obligations; for procurement, installation, 

11 and commissioning of runway incursion prevention devices 

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

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

14 for inspection activities and administration of airport safe15 ty programs, including those related to airport operating 

16 certificates under section 44706 of title 49, United States 

17 Code, $3,600,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and 

18 Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until ex19 pended: Provided, That none of the funds under this head20 ing shall be available for the planning or execution of pro21 grams the obligations for which are in excess of 

22 $3,350,000,000 in fiscal year 2016, notwithstanding sec23 tion 47117(g) of title 49, United States Code: Provided 

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

25 be available for the replacement of baggage conveyor sys-
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1 tems, reconfiguration of terminal baggage areas, or other 

2 airport improvements that are necessary to install bulk ex3 plosive detection systems: Provided further, That notwith4 standing any other provision of law, of funds limited under 

5 this heading, not more than $107,100,000 shall be obli6 gated for administration, not less than $15,000,000 shall 

7 be available for the Airport Cooperative Research Pro8 gram, and not less than $31,000,000 shall be available 

9 for Airport Technology Research. 

10 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

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

13 the federally funded research and development center con14 tract between the Federal Aviation Administration and the 

15 Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development dur16 ing fiscal year 2016. 

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

18 to pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring air19 port sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation Adminis20 tration without cost building construction, maintenance, 

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

22 buildings for services relating to air traffic control, air 

23 navigation, or weather reporting: Provided, That the pro24 hibition of funds in this section does not apply to negotia25 tions between the agency and airport sponsors to achieve 
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1 agreement on below-market rates for these items or to 

2 grant assurances that require airport sponsors to provide 

3 land without cost to the FAA for air traffic control facili4 ties. 

5 SEC. 112. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 

6 Administration may reimburse amounts made available to 

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

8 49 U.S.C. 45303 and any amount remaining in such ac9 count at the close of that fiscal year may be made available 

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

11 year. 

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

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

14 appropriation current at the time of collection, to be 

15 merged with and available for the same purposes of such 

16 appropriation. 

17 SEC. 114. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail18 able for paying premium pay under subsection 5546(a) of 

19 title 5, United States Code, to any Federal Aviation Ad20 ministration employee unless such employee actually per21 formed work during the time corresponding to such pre22 mium pay. 

23 SEC. 115. None of the funds in this Act may be obli24 gated or expended for an employee of the Federal Aviation 
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1 Administration to purchase a store gift card or gift certifi2 cate through use of a Government-issued credit card. 

3 SEC. 116. None of the funds in this Act may be obli4 gated or expended for retention bonuses for an employee 

5 of the Federal Aviation Administration without the prior 

6 written approval of the Assistant Secretary for Adminis7 tration of the Department of Transportation. 

8 SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

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

11 to implement any limitation on the ability of any owner 

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

13 to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administra14 tion, a blocking of that owner’s or operator’s aircraft reg15 istration number from any display of the Federal Aviation 

16 Administration’s Aircraft Situational Display to Industry 

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

18 available to a Government agency, for the noncommercial 

19 flights of that owner or operator. 

20 SEC. 118. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail21 able for salaries and expenses of more than nine political 

22 and Presidential appointees in the Federal Aviation Ad23 ministration. 

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

25 this Act may be used to increase fees pursuant to section 
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1 44721 of title 49, United States Code, until the FAA pro2 vides to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria3 tions a report that justifies all fees related to aeronautical 

4 navigation products and explains how such fees are con5 sistent with Executive Order No. 13642. 

6 SEC. 119A. None of the funds in this Act may be 

7 used to close a regional operations center of the Federal 

8 Aviation Administration or reduce its services unless the 

9 Administrator notifies the House and Senate Committees 

10 on Appropriations not less than 90 full business days in 

11 advance. 

12 SEC. 119B. None of the funds appropriated or lim13 ited by this Act may be used to change weight restrictions 

14 or prior permission rules at Teterboro airport in 

15 Teterboro, New Jersey. 

16 FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

17 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

18 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 Contingent upon enactment of authorization legisla21 tion, not to exceed $426,100,000, together with advances 

22 and reimbursements received by the Federal Highway Ad23 ministration, shall be obligated for necessary expenses for 

24 administration and operation of the Federal Highway Ad25 ministration. In addition, not to exceed $3,248,000 shall 
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1 be transferred to the Appalachian Regional Commission 

2 in accordance with section 104 of title 23, United States 

3 Code. 

4 FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

5 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

6 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

7 Contingent upon enactment of authorization legisla8 tion, funds available for the implementation or execution 

9 of Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction 

10 programs authorized under titles 23 and 49, United States 

11 Code, and the provisions of such authorization legislation 

12 shall not exceed total obligations of $40,256,000,000 for 

13 fiscal year 2016: Provided, That the Secretary may collect 

14 and spend fees, as authorized by title 23, United States 

15 Code, to cover the costs of services of expert firms, includ16 ing counsel, in the field of municipal and project finance 

17 to assist in the underwriting and servicing of Federal cred18 it instruments and all or a portion of the costs to the Fed19 eral Government of servicing such credit instruments: Pro20 vided further, That such fees are available until expended 

21 to pay for such costs: Provided further, That such amounts 

22 are in addition to administrative expenses that are also 

23 available for such purpose, and are not subject to any obli24 gation limitation or the limitation on administrative ex25 penses under section 608 of title 23, United States Code. 
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1 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

2 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

3 Contingent upon enactment of authorization legisla4 tion, for the payment of obligations incurred in carrying 

5 out Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction 

6 programs authorized under title 23, United States Code, 

7 $40,995,000,000 derived from the Highway Trust Fund 

8 (other than the Mass Transit Account), to remain avail9 able until expended. 

10 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY

11 ADMINISTRATION

12 SEC. 120. Contingent upon enactment of authoriza13 tion legislation: 

14 (a) For fiscal year 2016, the Secretary of Transpor15 tation shall— 

16 (1) not distribute from the obligation limitation 

17 for Federal-aid highways— 

18 (A) amounts authorized for administrative 

19 expenses and programs by section 104(a) of 

20 title 23, United States Code; and 

21 (B) amounts authorized for the Bureau of 

22 Transportation Statistics; 

23 (2) not distribute an amount from the obliga24 tion limitation for Federal-aid highways that is equal 

25 to the unobligated balance of amounts— 
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1 (A) made available from the Highway 

2 Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Ac3 count) for Federal-aid highway and highway 

4 safety construction programs for previous fiscal 

5 years the funds for which are allocated by the 

6 Secretary (or apportioned by the Secretary 

7 under sections 202 or 204 of title 23, United 

8 States Code); and 

9 (B) for which obligation limitation was 

10 provided in a previous fiscal year; 

11 (3) determine the proportion that— 

12 (A) the obligation limitation for Federal13 aid highways, less the aggregate of amounts not 

14 distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of 

15 this subsection; bears to 

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

17 appropriated for the Federal-aid highway and 

18 highway safety construction programs (other 

19 than sums authorized to be appropriated for 

20 provisions of law described in paragraphs (1) 

21 through (11) of subsection (b) and sums au22 thorized to be appropriated for section 119 of 

23 title 23, United States Code, equal to the 

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

25 such fiscal year), less the aggregate of the 
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1 amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) 

2 and (2) of this subsection; 

3 (4) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed4 eral-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not 

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

6 of the programs (other than programs to which 

7 paragraph (1) applies) that are allocated by the Sec8 retary under such authorization legislation and title 

9 23, United States Code, or apportioned by the Sec10 retary under sections 202 or 204 of that title, by 

11 multiplying— 

12 (A) the proportion determined under para13 graph (3); by 

14 (B) the amounts authorized to be appro15 priated for each such program for such fiscal 

16 year; and 

17 (5) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed18 eral-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not 

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

20 amounts distributed under paragraph (4), for Fed21 eral-aid highway and highway safety construction 

22 programs that are apportioned by the Secretary 

23 under such authorization legislation or title 23, 

24 United States Code (other than the amounts appor25 tioned for the National Highway Performance Pro-
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1 gram in section 119 of title 23, United States Code, 

2 that are exempt from the limitation under subsection 

3 (b)(12) and the amounts apportioned under sections 

4 202 and 204 of that title) in the proportion that— 

5 (A) amounts authorized to be appropriated 

6 for the programs that are apportioned under 

7 title 23, United States Code, or such authoriza8 tion legislation to each State for such fiscal 

9 year; bears to 

10 (B) the total of the amounts authorized to 

11 be appropriated for the programs that are ap12 portioned under title 23, United States Code, or 

13 such authorization legislation to all States for 

14 such fiscal year. 

15 (b) EXCEPTIONS FROM OBLIGATION LIMITATION.— 

16 The obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways shall 

17 not apply to obligations under or for— 

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

19 (2) section 147 of the Surface Transportation 

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

21 Stat. 2714); 

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

23 of 1981 (95 Stat. 1701); 
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1 (4) subsections (b) and (j) of section 131 of the 

2 Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (96 

3 Stat. 2119); 

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

5 Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation As6 sistance Act of 1987 (101 Stat. 198); 

7 (6) sections 1103 through 1108 of the Inter8 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 

9 1991 (105 Stat. 2027); 

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

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

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

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

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

15 of those fiscal years); 

16 (9) Federal-aid highway programs for which ob17 ligation authority was made available under the 

18 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century 

19 (112 Stat. 107) or subsequent Acts for multiple 

20 years or to remain available until expended, but only 

21 to the extent that the obligation authority has not 

22 lapsed or been used; 

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

24 (as in effect for fiscal years 2005 through 2012, but 
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1 only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each 

2 of those fiscal years); 

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

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

5 funds obligated in accordance with that section were 

6 not subject to a limitation on obligations at the time 

7 at which the funds were initially made available for 

8 obligation; and 

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

10 (but, for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2016, 

11 only in an amount equal to $639,000,000). 

12 (c) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED OBLIGATION AU13 THORITY.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 

14 shall, after August 1 of such fiscal year— 

15 (1) revise a distribution of the obligation limita16 tion made available under subsection (a) if an 

17 amount distributed cannot be obligated during that 

18 fiscal year; and 

19 (2) redistribute sufficient amounts to those 

20 States able to obligate amounts in addition to those 

21 previously distributed during that fiscal year, giving 

22 priority to those States having large unobligated bal23 ances of funds apportioned under sections 144 (as in 

24 effect on the day before the date of enactment of 
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1 Public Law 112–141) and 104 of title 23, United 

2 States Code. 

3 (d) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS TO

4 TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PROGRAMS.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para6 graph (2), the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 

7 highways shall apply to contract authority for trans8 portation research programs carried out under— 

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

10 Code; and 

11 (B) the transportation research programs 

12 sections of such authorization legislation. 

13 (2) EXCEPTION.—Obligation authority made 

14 available under paragraph (1) shall— 

15 (A) remain available for a period of 4 fis16 cal years; and 

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

18 limitation imposed on obligations for Federal19 aid highway and highway safety construction 

20 programs for future fiscal years. 

21 (e) REDISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN AUTHORIZED

22 FUNDS.— 

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

24 the date of distribution of obligation limitation 

25 under subsection (a), the Secretary shall distribute 
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1 to the States any funds (excluding funds authorized 

2 for the program under section 202 of title 23, 

3 United States Code) that— 

4 (A) are authorized to be appropriated for 

5 such fiscal year for Federal-aid highway pro6 grams; and 

7 (B) the Secretary determines will not be 

8 allocated to the States (or will not be appor9 tioned to the States under section 204 of title 

10 23, United States Code), and will not be avail11 able for obligation, for such fiscal year because 

12 of the imposition of any obligation limitation for 

13 such fiscal year. 

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

15 paragraph (1) in the same proportion as the dis16 tribution of obligation authority under subsection 

17 (a)(5). 

18 (3) AVAILABILITY.—Funds distributed to each 

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

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

21 United States Code. 

22 SEC. 121. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re23 ceived by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the 

24 sale of data products, for necessary expenses incurred pur25 suant to chapter 63 of title 49, United States Code, may 
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1 be credited to the Federal-aid highways account for the 

2 purpose of reimbursing the Bureau for such expenses: 

3 Provided, That such funds shall be subject to the obliga4 tion limitation for Federal-aid highway and highway safety 

5 construction programs. 

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

7 under his or her statutory authority, any Buy America re8 quirement for Federal-aid highways projects, the Sec9 retary of Transportation shall make an informal public no10 tice and comment opportunity on the intent to issue such 

11 waiver and the reasons therefor: Provided, That the Sec12 retary shall provide an annual report to the House and 

13 Senate Committees on Appropriations on any waivers 

14 granted under the Buy America requirements. 

15 SEC. 123. None of the funds in this Act to the De16 partment of Transportation may be used to provide credit 

17 assistance unless not less than 3 days before any applica18 tion approval to provide credit assistance under sections 

19 603 and 604 of title 23, United States Code, the Secretary 

20 of Transportation provides notification in writing to the 

21 following committees: the House and Senate Committees 

22 on Appropriations; the Committee on Environment and 

23 Public Works and the Committee on Banking, Housing 

24 and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and the Committee on 

25 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
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1 resentatives: Provided, That such notification shall in2 clude, but not be limited to, the name of the project spon3 sor; a description of the project; whether credit assistance 

4 will be provided as a direct loan, loan guarantee, or line 

5 of credit; and the amount of credit assistance. 

6 SEC. 124. Section 127 of title 23, United States 

7 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(m) LONGER COMBINATION VEHICLES IN IDAHO.— 

9 No limit or other prohibition under this section, except 

10 as provided in this subsection, applies to a longer combina11 tion vehicle operating on a segment of the Interstate Sys12 tem in the State of Idaho if such vehicle— 

13 ‘‘(1) has a gross vehicle weight of 129,000 

14 pounds or less; 

15 ‘‘(2) complies with the single axle, tandem axle, 

16 and bridge formula limits set forth in subsection (a); 

17 and 

18 ‘‘(3) is authorized to operate on such segment 

19 under Idaho State Law.’’. 

20 SEC. 125. Section 31111(b)(1)(A) of title 49, United 

21 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘or of less than 28 

22 feet on a semitrailer or trailer operating in a truck tractor23 semitrailer-trailer combination,’’ and inserting ‘‘or, not24 withstanding section 31112, of less than 33 feet on a 
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1 semitrailer or trailer operating in a truck tractor2 semitrailer-trailer combination,’’. 

3 SEC. 126. EXEMPTION.— 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 31112(c)(5) of title 49, 

5 United States Code, is amended— 

6 (1) by striking ‘‘Nebraska may’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘Nebraska and Kansas may’’; and 

8 (2) by striking ‘‘the State of Nebraska’’ and in9 serting ‘‘the relevant state’’. 

10 (b) CONFORMING AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.— 

11 Section 31112(c) of such title is amended— 

12 (1) by striking the subsection designation and 

13 heading and inserting the following: 

14 ‘‘(c) SPECIAL RULES FOR WYOMING, OHIO, ALASKA, 

15 IOWA, NEBRASKA, AND KANSAS.—’’; 

16 (2) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of paragraph 

17 (3) and inserting a semicolon; and 

18 (3) by striking the period at the end of para19 graph (4) and inserting ‘‘; and’’. 

20 SEC. 127. Section 130(e)(1) of title 23, United States 

21 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘$220,000,000’’ and insert22 ing ‘‘$350,000,000’’. 
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1 FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

2 MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS

3 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

4 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

5 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

6 Contingent upon enactment of authorization legisla7 tion, for payment of obligations incurred in the implemen8 tation, execution and administration of motor carrier safe9 ty operations and programs pursuant to section 31104(i) 

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

11 4134 of Public Law 109–59, as amended by Public Law 

12 112–141, and as extended by Public Law 113–159, 

13 $259,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust 

14 Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), together 

15 with advances and reimbursements received by the Fed16 eral Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the sum of 

17 which shall remain available until expended: Provided, 

18 That funds available for implementation, execution or ad19 ministration of motor carrier safety operations and pro20 grams authorized under title 49, United States Code, and 

21 sections 4127 and 4134 of Public Law 109–59, as amend22 ed by Public Law 112–141, and as extended by Public 

23 Law 113–159, shall not exceed total obligations of 

24 $259,000,000 for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Operations and 

25 Programs’’ for fiscal year 2016, of which $9,000,000, to 
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1 remain available for obligation until September 30, 2018, 

2 is for the research and technology program, and of which 

3 $34,545,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep4 tember 30, 2018, is for information management: Pro5 vided further, That $1,000,000 shall be made available for 

6 commercial motor vehicle operator grants to carry out sec7 tion 4134 of Public Law 109–59, as amended by Public 

8 Law 112–141, and as extended by Public Law 113–159. 

9 MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS

10 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

11 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

12 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

13 Contingent upon enactment of authorization legisla14 tion, for payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

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

16 31313 of title 49, United States Code, and sections 4126 

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

18 Law 112–141, as extended by Public Law 113–159, 

19 $313,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust 

20 Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) and to re21 main available until expended: Provided, That funds avail22 able for the implementation or execution of motor carrier 

23 safety programs shall not exceed total obligations of 

24 $313,000,000 in fiscal year 2016 for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safe25 ty Grants’’; of which $218,000,000 shall be available for 
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1 the motor carrier safety assistance program, $30,000,000 

2 shall be available for commercial driver’s license program 

3 improvement grants, $32,000,000 shall be available for 

4 border enforcement grants, $5,000,000 shall be available 

5 for performance and registration information system man6 agement grants, $25,000,000 shall be available for the 

7 commercial vehicle information systems and networks de8 ployment program, and $3,000,000 shall be available for 

9 safety data improvement grants: Provided further, That, 

10 of the funds made available herein for the motor carrier 

11 safety assistance program, $32,000,000 shall be available 

12 for audits of new entrant motor carriers. 

13 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL MOTOR

14 CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

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

16 shall be subject to the terms and conditions stipulated in 

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

18 Public Law 110–28. 

19 SEC. 131. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Admin20 istration shall send notice of 49 CFR section 385.308 vio21 lations by certified mail, registered mail, or another man22 ner of delivery, which records the receipt of the notice by 

23 the persons responsible for the violations. 

24 SEC. 132. None of the funds appropriated or other25 wise made available by this Act or any other Act may be 
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1 used to implement, administer, or enforce sections 

2 395.3(c) and 395.3(d) of title 49, Code of Federal Regula3 tions, and such section shall have no force or effect on 

4 submission of the final report issued by the Secretary, as 

5 required by section 133 of division K of Public Law 113– 

6 235, unless the Secretary and the Inspector General of 

7 the Department of Transportation each review and deter8 mine that the final report— 

9 (1) meets the statutory requirements set forth 

10 in such section; and 

11 (2) establishes that commercial motor vehicle 

12 drivers who operated under the restart provisions in 

13 effect between July 1, 2013, and the day before the 

14 date of enactment of such Public Law demonstrated 

15 statistically significant improvement in all outcomes 

16 related to safety, operator fatigue, driver health and 

17 longevity, and work schedules, in comparison to 

18 commercial motor vehicle drivers who operated 

19 under the restart provisions in effect on June 30, 

20 2013. 

21 SEC. 133. None of the funds limited or otherwise 

22 made available under the heading ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety 

23 Operations and Programs’’ may be used to deny an appli24 cation to renew a Hazardous Materials Safety Program 

25 permit for a motor carrier based on that carrier’s Haz-
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1 ardous Materials Out-of-Service rate, unless the carrier 

2 has the opportunity to submit a written description of cor3 rective actions taken, and other documentation the carrier 

4 wishes the Secretary to consider, including submitting a 

5 corrective action plan, and the Secretary determines the 

6 actions or plan is insufficient to address the safety con7 cerns that resulted in that Hazardous Materials Out-of8 Service rate. 

9 SEC. 134. None of the funds made available by this 

10 Act may be used to develop, issue, or implement any regu11 lation that increases levels of minimum financial responsi12 bility for transporting passengers or property as in effect 

13 on January 1, 2014, under regulations issued pursuant 

14 to sections 31138 and 31139 of title 49, United States 

15 Code. 

16 SEC. 135. None of the funds made available by this 

17 Act or previous appropriations Acts under the heading 

18 ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Operations and Programs’’ shall be 

19 used to pay for costs associated with design, development, 

20 testing, or implementation of a wireless roadside inspec21 tion program until 180 days after the Secretary of Trans22 portation certifies to the House and Senate Committees 

23 on Appropriations that such program does not conflict 

24 with existing non-Federal electronic screening systems, 

25 create capabilities already available, or require additional 
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1 statutory authority to incorporate generated inspection 

2 data into safety determinations or databases, and has re3 strictions to specifically address privacy concerns of af4 fected motor carriers and operators: Provided, That noth5 ing in this section shall be construed as affecting the De6 partment’s ongoing research efforts in this area. 

7 NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

8 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

9 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of 

10 the Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety 

11 authorized under chapter 301 and part C of subtitle VI 

12 of title 49, United States Code, $150,000,000 (increased 

13 by $4,000,000) (reduced by $1,200,000), of which 

14 $20,000,000 shall remain available through September 

15 30, 2017. 

16 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

17 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

18 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

19 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

20 Contingent upon enactment of authorization legisla21 tion, for payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

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

23 49, United States Code, $125,000,000, to be derived from 

24 the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 

25 Account) and to remain available until expended: Pro-
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1 vided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available 

2 for the planning or execution of programs the total obliga3 tions for which, in fiscal year 2016, are in excess of 

4 $125,000,000, of which $120,000,000 shall be for pro5 grams authorized under 23 U.S.C. 403 and $5,000,000 

6 shall be for the National Driver Register authorized under 

7 chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code: Provided fur8 ther, That within the $120,000,000 obligation limitation 

9 for operations and research, $20,000,000 shall remain 

10 available until September 30, 2017, and shall be in addi11 tion to the amount of any limitation imposed on obliga12 tions for future years: Provided further, That $6,500,000 

13 of the total obligation limitation for operations and re14 search in fiscal year 2016 shall be applied toward unobli15 gated balances of contract authority provided in prior Acts 

16 for carrying out the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403, and 

17 chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code. 

18 HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS

19 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

20 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

21 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

22 Contingent on the enactment of authorization legisla23 tion, for payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

24 provisions of 23 U.S.C. 402 and 405, section 2009 of Pub25 lic Law 109–59, as amended by Public Law 112–141, and 
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1 section 31101(a)(6) of Public Law 112–141, to remain 

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

3 the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 

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

5 shall be available for the planning or execution of pro6 grams the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 2016, 

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

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

9 109–59, as amended by Public Law 112–141, and section 

10 31101(a)(6) of Public Law 112–141, of which 

11 $235,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Highway Safety Programs’’ 

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

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

14 $29,000,000 shall be for the ‘‘High Visibility Enforcement 

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

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

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

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

19 these funds shall be used for construction, rehabilitation, 

20 or remodeling costs, or for office furnishings and fixtures 

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

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

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

24 23 U.S.C. 405 for ‘‘Impaired Driving Countermeasures’’ 

25 (as described in subsection (d) of that section) shall be 
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1 available for technical assistance to the States: Provided 

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

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

4 to increase the amounts made available under section 402 

5 shall include the obligation authority for such amounts: 

6 Provided further, That the Administrator shall notify the 

7 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations of any 

8 exercise of the authority granted under the previous pro9 viso or under 23 U.S.C. 405(a)(1)(G) within 60 days. 

10 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—NATIONAL HIGHWAY

11 TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

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

13 available to the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis14 tration, out of the amount limited for section 402 of title 

15 23, United States Code, to pay for travel and related ex16 penses for State management reviews and to pay for core 

17 competency development training and related expenses for 

18 highway safety staff. 

19 SEC. 141. The limitations on obligations for the pro20 grams of the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis21 tration set in this Act shall not apply to obligations for 

22 which obligation authority was made available in previous 

23 public laws but only to the extent that the obligation au24 thority has not lapsed or been used. 
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1 SEC. 142. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

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

3 SEC. 143. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act may be used to obligate or award funds for the Na5 tional Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s National 

6 Roadside Survey. 

7 SEC. 144. None of the funds made available by this 

8 Act may be used to mandate global positioning system 

9 (GPS) tracking in private passenger motor vehicles with10 out providing full and appropriate consideration of privacy 

11 concerns under 5 U.S.C. chapter 5, subchapter II. 

12 FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION

13 SAFETY AND OPERATIONS

14 For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Ad15 ministration, not otherwise provided for, $186,870,000 

16 (increased by $3,500,000), of which $15,400,000 shall re17 main available until expended. 

18 RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

19 For necessary expenses for railroad research and de20 velopment, $39,100,000, to remain available until ex21 pended. 

22 RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT

23 FINANCING PROGRAM

24 The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to 

25 issue direct loans and loan guarantees pursuant to sec-
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1 tions 501 through 504 of the Railroad Revitalization and 

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

3 amended, such authority to exist as long as any such di4 rect loan or loan guarantee is outstanding. Provided, That 

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

6 direct loans or loan guarantee commitments shall be made 

7 using Federal funds for the credit risk premium during 

8 fiscal year 2016. 

9 OPERATING GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD

10 PASSENGER CORPORATION

11 To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 

12 quarterly grants to the National Railroad Passenger Cor13 poration, in amounts based on the Secretary’s assessment 

14 of the Corporation’s seasonal cash flow requirements, for 

15 the operation of intercity passenger rail, as authorized by 

16 section 101 of the Passenger Rail Investment and Im17 provement Act of 2008 (division B of Public Law 110– 

18 432), $288,500,000 (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased 

19 by $1,000,000), to remain available until expended: Pro20 vided, That the amounts available under this paragraph 

21 shall be available for the Secretary to approve funding to 

22 cover operating losses for the Corporation only after re23 ceiving and reviewing a grant request for each specific 

24 train route: Provided further, That each such grant re25 quest shall be accompanied by a detailed financial anal-
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1 ysis, revenue projection, and capital expenditure projection 

2 justifying the Federal support to the Secretary’s satisfac3 tion: Provided further, That not later than 60 days after 

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

5 electronic format, to the Secretary and the House and 

6 Senate Committees on Appropriations the annual budget, 

7 business plan, the 5-Year Financial Plan for fiscal year 

8 2016 required under section 204 of the Passenger Rail 

9 Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 and the com10 prehensive fleet plan for all Amtrak rolling stock: Provided 

11 further, That the budget, business plan and the 5-Year 

12 Financial Plan shall include annual information on the 

13 maintenance, refurbishment, replacement, and expansion 

14 for all Amtrak rolling stock consistent with the com15 prehensive fleet plan: Provided further, That the Corpora16 tion shall provide monthly performance reports in an elec17 tronic format which shall describe the work completed to 

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

19 for such changes as well as progress against the milestones 

20 and target dates of the 2012 performance improvement 

21 plan: Provided further, That the Corporation’s budget, 

22 business plan, 5-Year Financial Plan, semiannual reports, 

23 monthly reports, comprehensive fleet plan and all supple24 mental reports or plans comply with requirements in Pub25 lic Law 112–55: Provided further, That none of the funds 
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1 provided in this Act may be used to support any route 

2 on which Amtrak offers a discounted fare of more than 

3 50 percent off the normal peak fare: Provided further, 

4 That the preceding proviso does not apply to routes where 

5 the operating loss as a result of the discount is covered 

6 by a State and the State participates in the setting of 

7 fares. 

8 CAPITAL AND DEBT SERVICE GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL

9 RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION

10 To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 

11 grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for 

12 capital investments as authorized by sections 101(c), 102, 

13 and 219(b) of the Passenger Rail Investment and Im14 provement Act of 2008 (division B of Public Law 110– 

15 432), $850,000,000 (increased by $9,000,000), to remain 

16 available until expended, of which not to exceed 

17 $160,200,000 shall be for debt service obligations as au18 thorized by section 102 of such Act: Provided, That of the 

19 amounts made available under this heading, not less than 

20 $50,000,000 shall be made available to bring Amtrak21 served facilities and stations into compliance with the 

22 Americans with Disabilities Act: Provided further, That 

23 after an initial distribution of up to $200,000,000, which 

24 shall be used by the Corporation as a working capital ac25 count, all remaining funds shall be provided to the Cor-
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1 poration only on a reimbursable basis: Provided further, 

2 That of the amounts made available under this heading, 

3 up to $20,000,000 may be used by the Secretary to sub4 sidize operating losses of the Corporation should the funds 

5 provided under the heading ‘‘Operating Grants to the Na6 tional Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ be insufficient to 

7 meet operational costs for fiscal year 2016: Provided fur8 ther, That the Secretary may retain up to one-half of 1 

9 percent of the funds provided under this heading to fund 

10 the costs of project management and oversight of activities 

11 authorized by subsections 101(a) and 101(c) of division 

12 B of Public Law 110–432: Provided further, That the Sec13 retary shall approve funding for capital expenditures, in14 cluding advance purchase orders of materials, for the Cor15 poration only after receiving and reviewing a grant request 

16 for each specific capital project justifying the Federal sup17 port to the Secretary’s satisfaction: Provided further, That 

18 except as otherwise provided herein, none of the funds 

19 under this heading may be used to subsidize operating 

20 losses of the Corporation: Provided further, That none of 

21 the funds under this heading may be used for capital 

22 projects not approved by the Secretary of Transportation 

23 or on the Corporation’s fiscal year 2016 business plan: 

24 Provided further, That in addition to the project manage25 ment oversight funds authorized under section 101(d) of 
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1 division B of Public Law 110–432, the Secretary may re2 tain up to an additional $3,000,000 of the funds provided 

3 under this heading to fund expenses associated with imple4 menting section 212 of division B of Public Law 110–432, 

5 including the amendments made by section 212 to section 

6 24905 of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, 

7 That Amtrak shall conduct a business case analysis on 

8 capital investments that exceed $10,000,000 in life-cycle 

9 costs: Provided further, That each contract for a capital 

10 acquisition that exceeds $10,000,000 in life cycle costs 

11 shall state that funding is subject to the availability of 

12 appropriated funds provided by an appropriations Act. 

13 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD

14 ADMINISTRATION

15 SEC. 150. The Secretary of Transportation may re16 ceive and expend cash, or receive and utilize spare parts 

17 and similar items, from non-United States Government 

18 sources to repair damages to or replace United States 

19 Government owned automated track inspection cars and 

20 equipment as a result of third-party liability for such dam21 ages, and any amounts collected under this section shall 

22 be credited directly to the Safety and Operations account 

23 of the Federal Railroad Administration, and shall remain 

24 available until expended for the repair, operation and 

25 maintenance of automated track inspection cars and 
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1 equipment in connection with the automated track inspec2 tion program. 

3 SEC. 151. None of the funds provided to the National 

4 Railroad Passenger Corporation may be used to fund any 

5 overtime costs in excess of $35,000 for any individual em6 ployee: Provided, That the President of Amtrak may waive 

7 the cap set in the previous proviso for specific employees 

8 when the President of Amtrak determines such a cap 

9 poses a risk to the safety and operational efficiency of the 

10 system: Provided further, That Amtrak shall report to the 

11 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations each 

12 quarter of the calendar year on waivers granted to employ13 ees and amounts paid above the cap for each month within 

14 such quarter and delineate the reasons each waiver was 

15 granted: Provided further, That the President of Amtrak 

16 shall report to the House and Senate Committees on Ap17 propriations by March 1, 2016, a summary of all overtime 

18 payments incurred by the Corporation for 2015 and the 

19 three prior calendar years: Provided further, That such 

20 summary shall include the total number of employees that 

21 received waivers and the total overtime payments the Cor22 poration paid to those employees receiving waivers for 

23 each month for 2015 and for the three prior calendar 

24 years. 
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1 FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

2 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

3 For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal 

4 Transit Administration’s programs authorized by chapter 

5 53 of title 49, United States Code, $102,933,000 (reduced 

6 by $3,000,000) (reduced by $2,000,000), of which not 

7 more than $4,000,000 shall be available to carry out the 

8 provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5329 and not less than $750,000 

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

10 5326: Provided, That none of the funds provided or lim11 ited in this Act may be used to create a permanent office 

12 of transit security under this heading: Provided further, 

13 That upon submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 

14 2017 President’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation 

15 shall transmit to Congress the annual report on New 

16 Starts, including proposed allocations for fiscal year 2017. 

17 TRANSIT FORMULA GRANTS

18 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

19 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

20 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

21 Contingent upon enactment of authorization legisla22 tion, for payment of obligations incurred in the Federal 

23 Public Transportation Assistance Program in this ac24 count, and for payment of obligations incurred in carrying 

25 out the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 
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1 5318, 5322(d), 5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, 

2 as amended by Public Law 112–141, and section 

3 20005(b) of Public Law 112–141, $9,500,000,000, to be 

4 derived from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway 

5 Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Pro6 vided, That funds available for the implementation or exe7 cution of programs authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5305, 

8 5307, 5310, 5311, 5318, 5322(d), 5329(e)(6), 5335, 

9 5337, 5339, and 5340, as amended by Public Law 112– 

10 141, and section 20005(b) of Public Law 112–141, shall 

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

12 year 2016. 

13 TRANSIT RESEARCH

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

15 $26,000,000. 

16 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING

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

18 $3,000,000 (increased by $2,000,000). 

19 CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS

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

21 $1,921,395,000, to remain available until expended. 

22 GRANTS TO THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA

23 TRANSIT AUTHORITY

24 For grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area 

25 Transit Authority as authorized under section 601 of divi-
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1 sion B of Public Law 110–432, $100,000,000, to remain 

2 available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary 

3 shall approve grants for capital and preventive mainte4 nance expenditures for the Washington Metropolitan Area 

5 Transit Authority only after receiving and reviewing a re6 quest for each specific project: Provided further, That 

7 prior to approving such grants, the Secretary shall certify 

8 that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority 

9 is making significant progress in eliminating the material 

10 weaknesses, significant deficiencies, and minor control de11 ficiencies identified in the most recent Financial Manage12 ment Oversight Review: Provided further, That the Sec13 retary shall determine that the Washington Metropolitan 

14 Area Transit Authority has placed the highest priority on 

15 those investments that will improve the safety of the sys16 tem before approving such grants: Provided further, That 

17 the Secretary, in order to ensure safety throughout the 

18 rail system, may waive the requirements of section 

19 601(e)(1) of title VI of Public Law 110–432 (112 Stat. 

20 4968). 

21 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT

22 ADMINISTRATION

23 SEC. 160. The limitations on obligations for the pro24 grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not 

25 apply to any authority under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously 
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1 made available for obligation, or to any other authority 

2 previously made available for obligation. 

3 SEC. 161. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

5 heading Fixed Guideway Capital Investment of the Fed6 eral Transit Administration for projects specified in this 

7 Act or identified in reports accompanying this Act not ob8 ligated by September 30, 2020, and other recoveries, shall 

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

10 purposes for which they were originally provided. 

11 SEC. 162. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

12 law, any funds appropriated before October 1, 2015, under 

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

14 that remain available for expenditure, may be transferred 

15 to and administered under the most recent appropriation 

16 heading for any such section. 

17 SEC. 163. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

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

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

21 SEC. 164. (a) LOSS OF ELIGIBILITY.—Except as pro22 vided in subsection (b), none of the funds in this or any 

23 other Act may be available to advance in any way a new 

24 light or heavy rail project towards a full funding grant 

25 agreement as defined by 49 U.S.C. 5309 for the Metro-
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1 politan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas if the 

2 proposed capital project is constructed on or planned to 

3 be constructed on Richmond Avenue west of South Shep4 herd Drive or on Post Oak Boulevard north of Richmond 

5 Avenue in Houston, Texas. 

6 (b) EXCEPTION FOR A NEW ELECTION.—The Metro7 politan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas, may 

8 attempt to construct or construct a new fixed guideway 

9 capital project, including light rail, in the locations re10 ferred to in subsection (a) if— 

11 (1) voters in the jurisdiction that includes such 

12 locations approve a ballot proposition that specifies 

13 routes on Richmond Avenue west of South Shepherd 

14 Drive or on Post Oak Boulevard north of Richmond 

15 Avenue in Houston, Texas; and 

16 (2) the proposed construction of such routes is 

17 part of a comprehensive, multi-modal, service-area 

18 wide transportation plan that includes multiple addi19 tional segments of fixed guideway capital projects, 

20 including light rail for the jurisdiction set forth in 

21 the ballot proposition. The ballot language shall in22 clude reasonable cost estimates, sources of revenue 

23 to be used and the total amount of bonded indebted24 ness to be incurred as well as a description of each 
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1 route and the beginning and end point of each pro2 posed transit project. 

3 SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT

4 CORPORATION

5 The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora6 tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, with7 in the limits of funds and borrowing authority available 

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

9 such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal 

10 year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern11 ment Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be 

12 necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the 

13 Corporation’s budget for the current fiscal year. 

14 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

15 (HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)

16 For necessary expenses to conduct the operations, 

17 maintenance, and capital asset renewal activities of those 

18 portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway owned, operated, 

19 and maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Develop20 ment Corporation, $32,042,000 (reduced by $3,000,000), 

21 to be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, 

22 pursuant to Public Law 99–662. 
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1 MARITIME ADMINISTRATION

2 MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM

3 For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a 

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

5 needs of the United States, $186,000,000, to remain avail6 able until expended. 

7 OPERATIONS AND TRAINING

8 For necessary expenses of operations and training ac9 tivities authorized by law, $164,158,000, of which 

10 $22,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 

11 maintenance and repair of training ships at State Mari12 time Academies, and of which $5,000,000 shall remain 

13 available until expended for National Security Multi-Mis14 sion Vessel design for State Maritime Academies and Na15 tional Security, and of which $2,400,000 shall remain 

16 available through September 30, 2017, for the Student In17 centive Program at State Maritime Academies, and of 

18 which $1,200,000 shall remain available until expended 

19 for training ship fuel assistance payments, and of which 

20 $19,700,000 shall remain available until expended for fa21 cilities maintenance and repair, equipment, and capital 

22 improvements at the United States Merchant Marine 

23 Academy, and of which $3,000,000 shall remain available 

24 through September 30, 2017, for Maritime Environment 

25 and Technology Assistance grants, contracts, and coopera-
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1 tive agreement: Provided, That amounts apportioned for 

2 the United States Merchant Marine Academy shall be 

3 available only upon allotments made personally by the Sec4 retary of Transportation or the Assistant Secretary for 

5 Budget and Programs: Provided further, That the Super6 intendent, Deputy Superintendent and the Director of the 

7 Office of Resource Management of the United States Mer8 chant Marine Academy may not be allotment holders for 

9 the United States Merchant Marine Academy, and the Ad10 ministrator of the Maritime Administration shall hold all 

11 allotments made by the Secretary of Transportation or the 

12 Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs under the 

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

14 funding made available for the United States Merchant 

15 Marine Academy under this heading shall be available only 

16 after the Secretary, in consultation with the Super17 intendent and the Maritime Administrator, completes a 

18 plan detailing by program or activity how such funding 

19 will be expended at the Academy, and this plan is sub20 mitted to the House and Senate Committees on Appro21 priations. 

22 SHIP DISPOSAL

23 For necessary expenses related to the disposal of ob24 solete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the 
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1 Maritime Administration, $4,000,000, to remain available 

2 until expended. 

3 MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM

4 ACCOUNT

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For necessary administrative expenses of the mari7 time guaranteed loan program, $3,135,000 shall be paid 

8 to the appropriations for ‘‘Maritime Administration—Op9 erations and Training’’. 

10 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME

11 ADMINISTRATION

12 SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

13 this Act, in addition to any existing authority, the Mari14 time Administration is authorized to furnish utilities and 

15 services and make necessary repairs in connection with 

16 any lease, contract, or occupancy involving Government 

17 property under control of the Maritime Administration: 

18 Provided, That payments received therefor shall be cred19 ited to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof and 

20 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

21 That rental payments under any such lease, contract, or 

22 occupancy for items other than such utilities, services, or 

23 repairs shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous 

24 receipts. 
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1 SEC. 171. None of the funds available or appro2 priated in this Act shall be used by the United States De3 partment of Transportation or the United States Maritime 

4 Administration to negotiate or otherwise execute, enter 

5 into, facilitate or perform fee-for-service contracts for ves6 sel disposal, scrapping or recycling, unless there is no 

7 qualified domestic ship recycler that will pay any sum of 

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

9 operated or managed by the Maritime Administration or 

10 that is part of the National Defense Reserve Fleet: Pro11 vided, That such sales offers must be consistent with the 

12 solicitation and provide that the work will be performed 

13 in a timely manner at a facility qualified within the mean14 ing of section 3502 of Public Law 106–398: Provided fur15 ther, That nothing contained herein shall affect the Mari16 time Administration’s authority to award contracts at 

17 least cost to the Federal Government and consistent with 

18 the requirements of 54 U.S.C. 308704, section 3502, or 

19 otherwise authorized under the Federal Acquisition Regu20 lation. 
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1 PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY

2 ADMINISTRATION

3 OPERATIONAL EXPENSES

4 For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline 

5 and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, 

6 $20,725,000 (increased by $500,000). 

7 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY

8 For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous 

9 materials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous 

10 Materials Safety Administration, $60,500,000, of which 

11 $7,570,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

12 2018: Provided, That up to $800,000 in fees collected 

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

14 fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided fur15 ther, That there may be credited to this appropriation, to 

16 be available until expended, funds received from States, 

17 counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and pri18 vate sources for expenses incurred for training, for reports 

19 publication and dissemination, and for travel expenses in20 curred in performance of hazardous materials exemptions 

21 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, $145,870,000, 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 $124,500,000 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 $1,000,000 of the 

15 funds provided under this heading shall be for the One16 Call state grant program: Provided further, That not less 

17 than $1,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading 

18 shall be for the finalization and implementation of rules 

19 required under section 60102(n) of title 49, United States 

20 Code, and section 8(b)(3) of the Pipeline Safety, Regu21 latory Certainty, and Job Creation Act of 2011 (49 U.S.C. 

22 60108 note; 125 Stat. 1911). 
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1 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS

2 (EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND)

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

4 5128(b), $188,000, to be derived from the Emergency 

5 Preparedness Fund, to remain available until September 

6 30, 2017: Provided, That notwithstanding the fiscal year 

7 limitation specified in 49 U.S.C. 5116, not more than 

8 $28,318,000 shall be made available for obligation in fis9 cal year 2016 from amounts made available by 49 U.S.C. 

10 5116(i), and 5128 (b) and (c): Provided further, That not11 withstanding 49 U.S.C. 5116(i)(4), not more than 4 per12 cent of the amounts made available from this account shall 

13 be available to pay administrative costs: Provided further, 

14 That none of the funds made available by 49 U.S.C. 

15 5116(i), 5128(b), or 5128(c) shall be made available for 

16 obligation by individuals other than the Secretary of 

17 Transportation, or his or her designee. 

18 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector 

21 General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector Gen22 eral Act of 1978, as amended, $86,223,000: Provided, 

23 That the Inspector General shall have all necessary au24 thority, in carrying out the duties specified in the Inspec25 tor General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to inves-
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1 tigate allegations of fraud, including false statements to 

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

3 that is subject to regulation by the Department: Provided 

4 further, That the funds made available under this heading 

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

6 title 49, United States Code: (1) unfair or deceptive prac7 tices and unfair methods of competition by domestic and 

8 foreign air carriers and ticket agents; and (2) the compli9 ance of domestic and foreign air carriers with respect to 

10 item (1) of this proviso: Provided further, That hereafter 

11 funds transferred to the Office of the Inspector General 

12 through forfeiture proceedings or from the Department of 

13 Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund or the Department of the 

14 Treasury Forfeiture Fund, as a participating agency, as 

15 an equitable share from the forfeiture of property in inves16 tigations in which the Office of Inspector General partici17 pates, or through the granting of a Petition for Remission 

18 or Mitigation, shall be deposited to the credit of this ac19 count for law enforcement activities authorized under the 

20 Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, to remain 

21 available until expended. 

22 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Surface Transpor25 tation Board, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
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1 3109, $31,375,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

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

3 established by the Chairman of the Surface Transpor4 tation Board shall be credited to this appropriation as off5 setting collections and used for necessary and authorized 

6 expenses under this heading: Provided further, That the 

7 sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be 

8 reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting col9 lections are received during fiscal year 2016, to result in 

10 a final appropriation from the general fund estimated at 

11 no more than $30,125,000. 

12 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF

13 TRANSPORTATION

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

15 appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall 

16 be available for maintenance and operation of aircraft; 

17 hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of 

18 liability insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign 

19 countries on official department business; and uniforms or 

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

21 5902). 

22 SEC. 181. Appropriations contained in this Act for 

23 the Department of Transportation shall be available for 

24 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for 
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1 individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to 

2 the rate for an Executive Level IV. 

3 SEC. 182. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail4 able for salaries and expenses of more than 110 political 

5 and Presidential appointees in the Department of Trans6 portation: Provided, That none of the personnel covered 

7 by this provision may be assigned on temporary detail out8 side the Department of Transportation. 

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

10 in this Act shall disseminate personal information (as de11 fined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(3)) obtained by a State depart12 ment of motor vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle 

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

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

15 2721. 

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

17 shall not withhold funds provided in this Act for any 

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

19 SEC. 184. Funds received by the Federal Highway 

20 Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and Fed21 eral Railroad Administration from States, counties, mu22 nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources 

23 for expenses incurred for training may be credited respec24 tively to the Federal Highway Administration’s ‘‘Federal25 Aid Highways’’ account, the Federal Transit Administra-
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1 tion’s ‘‘Technical Assistance and Training’’ account, and 

2 to the Federal Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Op3 erations’’ account, except for State rail safety inspectors 

4 participating in training pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 20105. 

5 SEC. 185. None of the funds in this Act to the De6 partment of Transportation may be used to make a loan, 

7 loan guarantee, line of credit, or grant unless the Sec8 retary of Transportation notifies the House and Senate 

9 Committees on Appropriations not less than 3 full busi10 ness days before any project competitively selected to re11 ceive a discretionary grant award, any discretionary grant 

12 award, letter of intent, loan commitment, loan guarantee 

13 commitment, line of credit commitment, or full funding 

14 grant agreement totaling $750,000 or more is announced 

15 by the department or its modal administrations from— 

16 (1) any discretionary grant or federal credit 

17 program of the Federal Highway Administration in18 cluding the emergency relief program; 

19 (2) the airport improvement program of the 

20 Federal Aviation Administration; 

21 (3) any program of the Federal Railroad Ad22 ministration; 

23 (4) any program of the Federal Transit Admin24 istration other than the formula grants and fixed 

25 guideway modernization programs; 
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1 (5) any program of the Maritime Administra2 tion; or 

3 (6) any funding provided under the headings 

4 ‘‘National Infrastructure Investments’’ in this Act: 

5 Provided, That the Secretary gives concurrent notifi6 cation to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria7 tions for any ‘‘quick release’’ of funds from the emergency 

8 relief program: Provided further, That no notification shall 

9 involve funds that are not available for obligation. 

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

11 minor fees and other funds received by the Department 

12 of Transportation from travel management centers, 

13 charge card programs, the subleasing of building space, 

14 and miscellaneous sources are to be credited to appropria15 tions of the Department of Transportation and allocated 

16 to elements of the Department of Transportation using 

17 fair and equitable criteria and such funds shall be avail18 able until expended. 

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

20 other Act that the Secretary determines represent im21 proper payments by the Department of Transportation to 

22 a third-party contractor under a financial assistance 

23 award, which are recovered pursuant to law, shall be avail24 able— 
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1 (1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred 

2 by the Department of Transportation in recovering 

3 improper payments; and 

4 (2) to pay contractors for services provided in 

5 recovering improper payments or contractor support 

6 in the implementation of the Improper Payments In7 formation Act of 2002: Provided, That amounts in 

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

9 (A) shall be credited to and merged with 

10 the appropriation from which the improper pay11 ments were made, and shall be available for the 

12 purposes and period for which such appropria13 tions are available: Provided further, That 

14 where specific project or accounting information 

15 associated with the improper payment or pay16 ments is not readily available, the Secretary 

17 may credit an appropriate account, which shall 

18 be available for the purposes and period associ19 ated with the account so credited; or 

20 (B) if no such appropriation remains avail21 able, shall be deposited in the Treasury as mis22 cellaneous receipts: Provided further, That prior 

23 to the transfer of any such recovery to an ap24 propriations account, the Secretary shall notify 

25 the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
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1 priations of the amount and reasons for such 

2 transfer: Provided further, That for purposes of 

3 this section, the term ‘‘improper payments’’ has 

4 the same meaning as that provided in section 

5 2(d)(2) of Public Law 107–300. 

6 SEC. 188. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

8 subject to a reprogramming action that requires notice to 

9 be provided to the House and Senate Committees on Ap10 propriations, transmission of said reprogramming notice 

11 shall be provided solely to the Committees on Appropria12 tions, and said reprogramming action shall be approved 

13 or denied solely by the Committees on Appropriations: 

14 Provided, That the Secretary may provide notice to other 

15 congressional committees of the action of the Committees 

16 on Appropriations on such reprogramming but not sooner 

17 than 30 days following the date on which the reprogram18 ming action has been approved or denied by the House 

19 and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 

20 SEC. 189. None of the funds appropriated or other21 wise made available under this Act may be used by the 

22 Surface Transportation Board of the Department of 

23 Transportation to charge or collect any filing fee for rate 

24 or practice complaints filed with the Board in an amount 

25 in excess of the amount authorized for district court civil 
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1 suit filing fees under section 1914 of title 28, United 

2 States Code. 

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

4 modal administrations may be obligated for the Office of 

5 the Secretary for the costs related to assessments or reim6 bursable agreements only when such amounts are for the 

7 costs of goods and services that are purchased to provide 

8 a direct benefit to the applicable modal administration or 

9 administrations. 

10 SEC. 191. The Secretary of Transportation is author11 ized to carry out a program that establishes uniform 

12 standards for developing and supporting agency transit 

13 pass and transit benefits authorized under section 7905 

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

15 transit benefits by various paper and electronic media. 

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

17 Act shall be used by the Surface Transportation Board 

18 to take any actions with respect to the construction of a 

19 high speed rail project in California unless the permit is 

20 issued by the Board with respect to the project in its en21 tirety. 

22 SEC. 193. None of the funds made available in this 

23 Act may be used to facilitate new scheduled air transpor24 tation originating from the United States if such flights 

25 would land on, or pass through, property confiscated by 
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1 the Cuban Government, including property in which a mi2 nority interest was confiscated, as the terms confiscated, 

3 Cuban Government, and property are defined in para4 graphs (4), (5), and (12)(A), respectively, of section 4 of 

5 the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity 

6 (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6023 (4), (5), and 

7 (12)(A)): Provided, That for this section, new scheduled 

8 air transportation shall include any flights not already reg9 ularly scheduled prior to March 31, 2015. 

10 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans11 portation Appropriations Act, 2016’’. 

12 TITLE II 

13 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 

14 DEVELOPMENT 

15 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

16 EXECUTIVE OFFICES

17 For necessary salaries and expenses for Executive Of18 fices, which shall be comprised of the offices of the Sec19 retary, Deputy Secretary, Adjudicatory Services, Congres20 sional and Intergovernmental Relations, Public Affairs, 

21 Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, and the 

22 Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, 

23 $14,500,000: Provided, That not to exceed $25,000 of the 

24 amount made available under this heading shall be avail-
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1 able to the Secretary for official reception and representa2 tion expenses as the Secretary may determine. 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OFFICES

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For necessary salaries and expenses for Administra6 tive Support Offices, $547,000,000, of which 

7 $45,600,000, to remain available until expended, in addi8 tion to amounts made available under this heading for the 

9 Office of the Chief Financial Officer and the Office of the 

10 Chief Human Capital Officer, shall be for funding shared 

11 service agreements between the Department of Housing 

12 and Urban Development and the Department of the 

13 Treasury; $39,000,000 shall be available for the Office of 

14 the Chief Financial Officer; $93,000,000 shall be available 

15 for the Office of the General Counsel; $199,000,000 shall 

16 be available for the Office of Administration; $40,000,000 

17 shall be available for the Office of the Chief Human Cap18 ital Officer; $49,000,000 shall be available for the Office 

19 of Field Policy and Management; $16,000,000 shall be 

20 available for the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer; 

21 $3,000,000 shall be available for the Office of Depart22 mental Equal Employment Opportunity; $4,000,000 shall 

23 be available for the Office of Strategic Planning and Man24 agement; $44,000,000 shall be available for the Office of 

25 the Chief Information Officer; and of which the remaining 
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1 amount shall be available through September 30, 2017, 

2 for transfer to the appropriations for offices specified 

3 under this heading or the heading ‘‘Program Office Sala4 ries and Expenses’’ in this title: Provided, That funds pro5 vided under this heading may be used for necessary ad6 ministrative and non-administrative expenses of the De7 partment of Housing and Urban Development, not other8 wise provided for, including purchase of uniforms, or al9 lowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; 

10 hire of passenger motor vehicles; and services as author11 ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That notwith12 standing any other provision of law, funds appropriated 

13 under this heading may be used for advertising and pro14 motional activities that directly support program activities 

15 funded in this title: Provided further, That the Secretary 

16 shall provide the Committees on Appropriations quarterly 

17 written notification regarding the status of pending con18 gressional reports: Provided further, That the Secretary 

19 shall provide in electronic form all signed reports required 

20 by Congress. 

21 PROGRAM OFFICE SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING

23 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

24 Public and Indian Housing, $203,000,000. 
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1 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

2 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

3 Community Planning and Development, $102,000,000. 

4 HOUSING

5 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

6 Housing, $372,000,000. 

7 POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH

8 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

9 Policy Development and Research, $22,700,000. 

10 FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

11 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

12 Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, $73,000,000. 

13 OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL AND HEALTHY

14 HOMES

15 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

16 Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes, $6,700,000. 

17 PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING PROGRAMS

18 TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE

19 For activities and assistance for the provision of ten20 ant-based rental assistance authorized under the United 

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

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

23 $15,918,643,000 to remain available until September 30, 

24 2018, shall be available on October 1, 2015 (in addition 

25 to the $4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this 
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1 heading that became available on October 1, 2015), and 

2 $4,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

3 2019, shall be available on October 1, 2016: Provided, 

4 That the amounts made available under this heading are 

5 provided as follows: 

6 (1) $18,151,000,000 shall be available for re7 newals of expiring section 8 tenant-based annual 

8 contributions contracts (including renewals of en9 hanced vouchers under any provision of law author10 izing such assistance under section 8(t) of the Act) 

11 and including renewal of other special purpose or in12 cremental vouchers: Provided, That notwithstanding 

13 any other provision of law, from amounts provided 

14 under this paragraph and any carryover, the Sec15 retary for the calendar year 2016 funding cycle shall 

16 provide renewal funding for each public housing 

17 agency based on validated voucher management sys18 tem (VMS) leasing and cost data for the prior cal19 endar year and by applying an inflation factor as es20 tablished by the Secretary, by notice published in 

21 the Federal Register, and by making any necessary 

22 adjustments for the costs associated with the first23 time renewal of vouchers under this paragraph in24 cluding tenant protection, HOPE VI, and Choice 

25 Neighborhoods vouchers: Provided further, That in 
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1 determining calendar year 2016 funding allocations 

2 under this heading for public housing agencies, in3 cluding agencies participating in the Moving To 

4 Work (MTW) demonstration, the Secretary may 

5 take into account the anticipated impact of changes 

6 in targeting and utility allowances, on public housing 

7 agencies’ contract renewal needs: Provided further, 

8 That none of the funds provided under this para9 graph may be used to fund a total number of unit 

10 months under lease which exceeds a public housing 

11 agency’s authorized level of units under contract, ex12 cept for public housing agencies participating in the 

13 MTW demonstration, which are instead governed by 

14 the terms and conditions of their MTW agreements: 

15 Provided further, That the Secretary shall, to the ex16 tent necessary to stay within the amount specified 

17 under this paragraph (except as otherwise modified 

18 under this paragraph), prorate each public housing 

19 agency’s allocation otherwise established pursuant to 

20 this paragraph: Provided further, That except as 

21 provided in the following provisos, the entire amount 

22 specified under this paragraph (except as otherwise 

23 modified under this paragraph) shall be obligated to 

24 the public housing agencies based on the allocation 

25 and pro rata method described above, and the Sec-
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1 retary shall notify public housing agencies of their 

2 annual budget by the latter of 60 days after enact3 ment of this Act or March 1, 2016: Provided further, 

4 That the Secretary may extend the notification pe5 riod with the prior written approval of the House 

6 and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided 

7 further, That public housing agencies participating 

8 in the MTW demonstration shall be funded pursuant 

9 to their MTW agreements and shall be subject to 

10 the same pro rata adjustments under the previous 

11 provisos: Provided further, That the Secretary may 

12 offset public housing agencies’ calendar year 2016 

13 allocations based on the excess amounts of public 

14 housing agencies’ net restricted assets accounts, in15 cluding HUD held programmatic reserves (in ac16 cordance with VMS data in calendar year 2015 that 

17 is verifiable and complete), as determined by the 

18 Secretary: Provided further, That public housing 

19 agencies participating in the MTW demonstration 

20 shall also be subject to the offset, as determined by 

21 the Secretary, excluding amounts subject to the sin22 gle fund budget authority provisions of their MTW 

23 agreements, from the agencies’ calendar year 2016 

24 MTW funding allocation: Provided further, That the 

25 Secretary shall use any offset referred to in the pre-
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1 vious two provisos throughout the calendar year to 

2 prevent the termination of rental assistance for fam3 ilies as the result of insufficient funding, as deter4 mined by the Secretary, and to avoid or reduce the 

5 proration of renewal funding allocations: Provided 

6 further, That up to $75,000,000 shall be available 

7 only: (A) for adjustments in the allocations for pub8 lic housing agencies, after application for an adjust9 ment by a public housing agency that experienced a 

10 significant increase, as determined by the Secretary, 

11 in renewal costs of vouchers resulting from unfore12 seen circumstances or from portability under section 

13 8(r) of the Act; (B) for vouchers that were not in 

14 use during the 12-month period in order to be avail15 able to meet a commitment pursuant to section 

16 8(o)(13) of the Act; (C) for adjustments for costs 

17 associated with HUD–Veterans Affairs Supportive 

18 Housing (HUD–VASH) vouchers; (D) for adjust19 ments for public housing agencies with voucher leas20 ing rates at the end of the calendar year that exceed 

21 the average leasing for the 12-month period used to 

22 establish the allocation, and for additional leasing of 

23 vouchers that were issued but not leased prior to the 

24 end of such calendar year; (E) for public housing 

25 agencies that despite taking reasonable cost savings 
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1 measures, as determined by the Secretary, would 

2 otherwise be required to terminate rental assistance 

3 for families as a result of insufficient funding; and 

4 (F) for adjustments in the allocations for public 

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

7 costs as a result of participation in the Small Area 

8 Fair Market Rent demonstration: Provided further, 

9 That the Secretary shall allocate amounts under the 

10 previous proviso based on need, as determined by 

11 the Secretary; 

12 (2) $130,000,000 shall be for section 8 rental 

13 assistance for relocation and replacement of housing 

14 units that are demolished or disposed of pursuant to 

15 section 18 of the Act, conversion of section 23 

16 projects to assistance under section 8, the family 

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

18 relocation of witnesses in connection with efforts to 

19 combat crime in public and assisted housing pursu20 ant to a request from a law enforcement or prosecu21 tion agency, enhanced vouchers under any provision 

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

23 of the Act, HOPE VI and Choice Neighborhood 

24 vouchers, mandatory and voluntary conversions, and 

25 tenant protection assistance including replacement 
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1 and relocation assistance or for project-based assist2 ance to prevent the displacement of unassisted elder3 ly tenants currently residing in section 202 prop4 erties financed between 1959 and 1974 that are refi5 nanced pursuant to Public Law 106–569, as amend6 ed, or under the authority as provided under this 

7 Act: Provided, That when a public housing develop8 ment is submitted for demolition or disposition 

9 under section 18 of the Act, the Secretary may pro10 vide section 8 rental assistance when the units pose 

11 an imminent health and safety risk to residents: 

12 Provided further, That the Secretary may only pro13 vide replacement vouchers for units that were occu14 pied within the previous 24 months that cease to be 

15 available as assisted housing, subject only to the 

16 availability of funds: Provided further, That of the 

17 amounts made available under this paragraph, 

18 $5,000,000 may be available to provide tenant pro19 tection assistance, not otherwise provided under this 

20 paragraph, to residents residing in low vacancy 

21 areas and who may have to pay rents greater than 

22 30 percent of household income, as the result of: (A) 

23 the maturity of a HUD-insured, HUD-held or sec24 tion 202 loan that requires the permission of the 

25 Secretary prior to loan prepayment; (B) the expira-
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1 tion of a rental assistance contract for which the 

2 tenants are not eligible for enhanced voucher or ten3 ant protection assistance under existing law; or (C) 

4 the expiration of affordability restrictions accom5 panying a mortgage or preservation program admin6 istered by the Secretary: Provided further, That such 

7 tenant protection assistance made available under 

8 the previous proviso may be provided under the au9 thority of section 8(t) or section 8(o)(13) of the 

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

11 1437f(t)): Provided further, That the Secretary shall 

12 issue guidance to implement the previous provisos, 

13 including, but not limited to, requirements for defin14 ing eligible at-risk households within 120 days of the 

15 enactment of this Act: Provided further, That any 

16 tenant protection voucher made available from 

17 amounts under this paragraph shall not be reissued 

18 by any public housing agency, except the replace19 ment vouchers as defined by the Secretary by notice, 

20 when the initial family that received any such vouch21 er no longer receives such voucher, and the authority 

22 for any public housing agency to issue any such 

23 voucher shall cease to exist: Provided further, That 

24 the Secretary, for the purpose under this paragraph, 

25 may use unobligated balances, including recaptures 
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1 and carryovers, remaining from amounts appro2 priated in prior fiscal years under this heading for 

3 voucher assistance for nonelderly disabled families 

4 and for disaster assistance made available under 

5 Public Law 110–329; 

6 (3) $1,530,000,000 shall be for administrative 

7 and other expenses of public housing agencies in ad8 ministering the section 8 tenant-based rental assist9 ance program, of which up to $10,000,000 shall be 

10 available to the Secretary to allocate to public hous11 ing agencies that need additional funds to admin12 ister their section 8 programs, including fees associ13 ated with section 8 tenant protection rental assist14 ance, the administration of disaster related vouchers, 

15 Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing vouchers, and 

16 other special purpose incremental vouchers: Pro17 vided, That no less than $1,520,000,000 of the 

18 amount provided in this paragraph shall be allocated 

19 to public housing agencies for the calendar year 

20 2016 funding cycle based on section 8(q) of the Act 

21 (and related Appropriation Act provisions) as in ef22 fect immediately before the enactment of the Quality 

23 Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (Pub24 lic Law 105–276): Provided further, That if the 

25 amounts made available under this paragraph are 
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1 insufficient to pay the amounts determined under 

2 the previous proviso, the Secretary may decrease the 

3 amounts allocated to agencies by a uniform percent4 age applicable to all agencies receiving funding 

5 under this paragraph or may, to the extent nec6 essary to provide full payment of amounts deter7 mined under the previous proviso, utilize unobligated 

8 balances, including recaptures and carryovers, re9 maining from funds appropriated to the Department 

10 of Housing and Urban Development under this 

11 heading from prior fiscal years, excluding special 

12 purpose vouchers, notwithstanding the purposes for 

13 which such amounts were appropriated: Provided 

14 further, That all public housing agencies partici15 pating in the MTW demonstration shall be funded 

16 pursuant to their MTW agreements, and shall be 

17 subject to the same uniform percentage decrease as 

18 under the previous proviso: Provided further, That 

19 amounts provided under this paragraph shall be only 

20 for activities related to the provision of tenant-based 

21 rental assistance authorized under section 8, includ22 ing related development activities; 

23 (4) $107,643,210 for the renewal of tenant24 based assistance contracts under section 811 of the 

25 Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act 
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1 (42 U.S.C. 8013), including necessary administra2 tive expenses: Provided, That administrative and 

3 other expenses of public housing agencies in admin4 istering the special purpose vouchers in this para5 graph shall be funded under the same terms and be 

6 subject to the same pro rata reduction as the per7 cent decrease for administrative and other expenses 

8 to public housing agencies under paragraph (3) of 

9 this heading; 

10 (5) the Secretary shall separately track all spe11 cial purpose vouchers funded under this heading. 

12 HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND

13 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

14 Unobligated balances, including recaptures and car15 ryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the Depart16 ment of Housing and Urban Development under this 

17 heading, the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted 

18 Housing’’ and the heading ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assist19 ance’’, for fiscal year 2016 and prior years may be used 

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

21 contracts and for performance-based contract administra22 tors, notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds 

23 were appropriated: Provided, That any obligated balances 

24 of contract authority from fiscal year 1974 and prior that 

25 have been terminated shall be rescinded: Provided further, 
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1 That amounts heretofore recaptured, or recaptured during 

2 the current fiscal year, from section 8 project-based con3 tracts from source years fiscal year 1975 through fiscal 

4 year 1987 are hereby rescinded, and an amount of addi5 tional new budget authority, equivalent to the amount re6 scinded is hereby appropriated, to remain available until 

7 expended, for the purposes set forth under this heading, 

8 in addition to amounts otherwise available. 

9 PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND

10 For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to 

11 carry out capital and management activities for public 

12 housing agencies, as authorized under section 9 of the 

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

14 (‘‘the Act’’), $1,681,000,000, to remain available until 

15 September 30, 2019: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

16 other provision of law or regulation, during fiscal year 

17 2016 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 

18 may not delegate to any Department official other than 

19 the Deputy Secretary and the Assistant Secretary for 

20 Public and Indian Housing any authority under paragraph 

21 (2) of section 9(j) regarding the extension of the time peri22 ods under such section: Provided further, That for pur23 poses of such section 9(j), the term ‘‘obligate’’ means, with 

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

25 binding agreement that will result in outlays, immediately 
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1 or in the future: Provided further, That up to $3,000,000 

2 shall be to support ongoing Public Housing Financial and 

3 Physical Assessment activities: Provided further, That of 

4 the total amount provided under this heading, not to ex5 ceed $20,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary to 

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

7 public housing agencies for emergency capital needs in8 cluding safety and security measures necessary to address 

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

10 from unforeseen or unpreventable emergencies and nat11 ural disasters excluding Presidentially declared emer12 gencies and natural disasters under the Robert T. Stafford 

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

14 seq.) occurring in fiscal year 2016: Provided further, That 

15 of the total amount provided under this heading 

16 $30,000,000 shall be for supportive services, service coor17 dinator and congregate services as authorized by section 

18 34 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437z–6) and the Native Amer19 ican Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 

20 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.): Provided further, That of 

21 the total amount made available under this heading, up 

22 to $15,000,000 may be used for a Jobs-Plus initiative 

23 modeled after the Jobs-Plus demonstration: Provided fur24 ther, That the funding provided under the previous proviso 

25 shall provide competitive grants to partnerships between 
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1 public housing authorities, local workforce investment 

2 boards established under section 117 of the Workforce In3 vestment Act of 1998, and other agencies and organiza4 tions that provide support to help public housing residents 

5 obtain employment and increase earnings: Provided fur6 ther, That applicants must demonstrate the ability to pro7 vide services to residents, partner with workforce invest8 ment boards, and leverage service dollars: Provided fur9 ther, That the Secretary may set aside a portion of the 

10 funds provided for the Resident Opportunity and Self-Suf11 ficiency program to support the services element of the 

12 Jobs-Plus Pilot initiative: Provided further, That the Sec13 retary may allow PHAs to request exemptions from rent 

14 and income limitation requirements under sections 3 and 

15 6 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 as necessary 

16 to implement the Jobs-Plus program, on such terms and 

17 conditions as the Secretary may approve upon a finding 

18 by the Secretary that any such waivers or alternative re19 quirements are necessary for the effective implementation 

20 of the Jobs-Plus initiative as a voluntary program for resi21 dents: Provided further, That the Secretary shall publish 

22 by notice in the Federal Register any waivers or alter23 native requirements pursuant to the preceding proviso no 

24 later than 10 days before the effective date of such notice: 

25 Provided further, That for funds provided under this head-
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1 ing, the limitation in section 9(g)(1) of the Act shall be 

2 25 percent: Provided further, That the Secretary may 

3 waive the limitation in the previous proviso to allow public 

4 housing agencies to fund activities authorized under sec5 tion 9(e)(1)(C) of the Act: Provided further, That from 

6 the funds made available under this heading, the Secretary 

7 shall provide bonus awards in fiscal year 2016 to public 

8 housing agencies that are designated high performers: 

9 Provided further, That the Department shall notify public 

10 housing agencies of their formula allocation within 60 

11 days of enactment of this Act. 

12 PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND

13 For 2016 payments to public housing agencies for the 

14 operation and management of public housing, as author15 ized by section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 

16 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $4,440,000,000. 

17 CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVE

18 For competitive grants under the Choice Neighbor19 hoods Initiative (subject to section 24 of the United States 

20 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v), unless otherwise 

21 specified under this heading), for transformation, rehabili22 tation, and replacement housing needs of both public and 

23 HUD-assisted housing and to transform neighborhoods of 

24 poverty into functioning, sustainable mixed income neigh25 borhoods with appropriate services, schools, public assets, 
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1 transportation and access to jobs, $20,000,000, to remain 

2 available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That grant 

3 funds may be used for resident and community services, 

4 community development, and affordable housing needs in 

5 the community, and for conversion of vacant or foreclosed 

6 properties to affordable housing: Provided further, That 

7 the use of funds made available under this heading shall 

8 not be deemed to be public housing notwithstanding sec9 tion 3(b)(1) of such Act: Provided further, That grantees 

10 shall commit to an additional period of affordability deter11 mined by the Secretary of not fewer than 20 years: Pro12 vided further, That grantees shall undertake comprehen13 sive local planning with input from residents and the com14 munity, and that grantees shall provide a match in State, 

15 local, other Federal or private funds: Provided further, 

16 That grantees may include local governments, tribal enti17 ties, public housing authorities, and nonprofits: Provided 

18 further, That for-profit developers may apply jointly with 

19 a public entity: Provided further, That for purposes of en20 vironmental review, a grantee shall be treated as a public 

21 housing agency under section 26 of the United States 

22 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437x), and grants under 

23 this heading shall be subject to the regulations issued by 

24 the Secretary to implement such section: Provided further, 

25 That such grantees shall create partnerships with other 
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1 local organizations including assisted housing owners, 

2 service agencies, and resident organizations: Provided fur3 ther, That the Secretary shall consult with the Secretaries 

4 of Education, Labor, Transportation, Health and Human 

5 Services, Agriculture, and Commerce, the Attorney Gen6 eral, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protec7 tion Agency to coordinate and leverage other appropriate 

8 Federal resources: Provided further, That unobligated bal9 ances, including recaptures, remaining from funds appro10 priated under the heading ‘‘Revitalization of Severely Dis11 tressed Public Housing (HOPE VI)’’ in fiscal year 2011 

12 and prior fiscal years may be used for purposes under this 

13 heading, notwithstanding the purposes for which such 

14 amounts were appropriated. 

15 FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY

16 For the Family Self-Sufficiency program to support 

17 family self-sufficiency coordinators under section 23 of the 

18 United States Housing Act of 1937, to promote the devel19 opment of local strategies to coordinate the use of assist20 ance under sections 8 and 9 of such Act with public and 

21 private resources, and enable eligible families to achieve 

22 economic independence and self-sufficiency, $75,000,000, 

23 to remain available until September 30, 2017: Provided, 

24 That the Secretary may, by Federal Register notice, waive 

25 or specify alternative requirements under section b(3), 
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1 b(4), b(5), or c(1) of section 23 of such Act in order to 

2 facilitate the operation of a unified self-sufficiency pro3 gram for individuals receiving assistance under different 

4 provisions of the Act, as determined by the Secretary: Pro5 vided further, That owners of multifamily properties with 

6 project-based subsidy contracts under section 8 may com7 pete for funding under this heading and/or voluntarily 

8 make a Family Self-Sufficiency program available to the 

9 assisted tenants of such property in accordance with pro10 cedures established by the Secretary: Provided further, 

11 That such procedures established pursuant to the previous 

12 proviso shall permit participating tenants to accrue escrow 

13 funds in accordance with section 23(d)(2) and shall allow 

14 owners to use funding from residual receipt accounts to 

15 hire coordinators for their own Family Self-Sufficiency 

16 program. 

17 NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS

18 For the Native American Housing Block Grants pro19 gram, as authorized under title I of the Native American 

20 Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 

21 (NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $650,000,000, to 

22 remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, 

23 That, notwithstanding the Native American Housing As24 sistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996, to determine 

25 the amount of the allocation under title I of such Act for 
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1 each Indian tribe, the Secretary shall apply the formula 

2 under section 302 of such Act with the need component 

3 based on single-race census data and with the need compo4 nent based on multi-race census data, and the amount of 

5 the allocation for each Indian tribe shall be the greater 

6 of the two resulting allocation amounts: Provided further, 

7 That of the amounts made available under this heading, 

8 $3,500,000 shall be contracted for assistance for national 

9 or regional organizations representing Native American 

10 housing interests for providing training and technical as11 sistance to Indian housing authorities and tribally des12 ignated housing entities as authorized under NAHASDA: 

13 Provided further, That of the funds made available under 

14 the previous proviso, not less than $2,000,000 shall be 

15 made available for a national organization as authorized 

16 under section 703 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4212): Pro17 vided further, That of the amounts made available under 

18 this heading, $2,000,000 shall be to support the inspection 

19 of Indian housing units, contract expertise, training, and 

20 technical assistance in the training, oversight, and man21 agement of such Indian housing and tenant-based assist22 ance, including up to $300,000 for related travel: Provided 

23 further, That of the amount provided under this heading, 

24 $2,000,000 shall be made available for the cost of guaran25 teed notes and other obligations, as authorized by title VI 
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1 of NAHASDA: Provided further, That such costs, includ2 ing the costs of modifying such notes and other obliga3 tions, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres4 sional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, 

5 That these funds are available to subsidize the total prin6 cipal amount of any notes and other obligations, any part 

7 of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $17,452,007: 

8 Provided further, That the Department will notify grantees 

9 of their formula allocation within 60 days of the date of 

10 enactment of this Act: Provided further, notwithstanding 

11 section 302(d) of NAHASDA, if on January 1, 2016, a 

12 recipient’s total amount of undisbursed block grants in the 

13 Department’s line of credit control system is greater than 

14 three times the formula allocation it would otherwise re15 ceive under this heading, the Secretary shall adjust that 

16 recipient’s formula allocation down by the difference be17 tween its total amount of undisbursed block grants in the 

18 Department’s line of credit control system on January 1, 

19 2016, and three times the formula allocation it would oth20 erwise receive: Provided further, That grant amounts not 

21 allocated to a recipient pursuant to the previous proviso 

22 shall be allocated under the need component of the for23 mula proportionately among all other Indian tribes not 

24 subject to an adjustment: Provided further, That the 2 

25 previous provisos shall not apply to any Indian tribe that 
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1 would otherwise receive a formula allocation of less than 

2 $5,000,000: Provided further, That to take effect, the 

3 three previous provisos do not require the issuance of any 

4 regulation. 

5 INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM

6 ACCOUNT

7 For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by 

8 section 184 of the Housing and Community Development 

9 Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a), $8,000,000, to re10 main available until expended: Provided, That such costs, 

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

12 defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 

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

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

15 be guaranteed, up to $1,269,841,270, to remain available 

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

17 this amount may be for administrative contract expenses 

18 including management processes and systems to carry out 

19 the loan guarantee program. 

20 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

21 HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS

22 For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Per23 sons with AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS 

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

25 $332,000,000 (increased by $3,000,000), to remain avail-
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1 able until September 30, 2017, except that amounts allo2 cated pursuant to section 854(c)(3) of such Act shall re3 main available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That 

4 the Secretary shall renew all expiring contracts for perma5 nent supportive housing that initially were funded under 

6 section 854(c)(3) of such Act from funds made available 

7 under this heading in fiscal year 2010 and prior fiscal 

8 years that meet all program requirements before awarding 

9 funds for new contracts under such section: Provided fur10 ther, That the Department shall notify grantees of their 

11 formula allocation within 60 days of enactment of this Act. 

12 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND

13 For assistance to units of State and local govern14 ment, and to other entities, for economic and community 

15 development activities, and for other purposes, 

16 $3,060,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

17 2018, unless otherwise specified: Provided, That of the 

18 total amount provided, $3,000,000,000 is for carrying out 

19 the community development block grant program under 

20 title I of the Housing and Community Development Act 

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

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

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

24 grant made with funds appropriated under this heading 

25 shall be expended for planning and management develop-
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1 ment and administration: Provided further, That a metro2 politan city, urban county, unit of general local govern3 ment, or Indian tribe, or insular area that directly or indi4 rectly receives funds under this heading may not sell, 

5 trade, or otherwise transfer all or any portion of such 

6 funds to another such entity in exchange for any other 

7 funds, credits or non-Federal considerations, but must use 

8 such funds for activities eligible under title I of the Act: 

9 Provided further, That notwithstanding section 105(e)(1) 

10 of the Act, no funds provided under this heading may be 

11 provided to a for-profit entity for an economic develop12 ment project under section 105(a)(17) unless such project 

13 has been evaluated and selected in accordance with guide14 lines required under subparagraph (e)(2): Provided fur15 ther, That none of the funds made available under this 

16 heading may be used for grants for the Economic Develop17 ment Initiative (‘‘EDI’’) or Neighborhood Initiatives ac18 tivities, Rural Innovation Fund, or for grants pursuant to 

19 section 107 of the Housing and Community Development 

20 Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5307): Provided further, That the 

21 Department shall notify grantees of their formula alloca22 tion within 60 days of enactment of this Act: Provided 

23 further, That of the total amount provided under this 

24 heading $60,000,000 shall be for grants to Indian tribes 

25 notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of such Act, of which, 
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1 notwithstanding any other provision of law (including sec2 tion 204 of this Act), up to $3,960,000 may be used for 

3 emergencies that constitute imminent threats to health 

4 and safety. 

5 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES

6 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

7 (INCLUDING RESCISSION)

8 Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget 

9 Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2016, commitments to 

10 guarantee loans under section 108 of the Housing and 

11 Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5308), 

12 any part of which is guaranteed, shall not exceed a total 

13 principal amount of $300,000,000, notwithstanding any 

14 aggregate limitation on outstanding obligations guaran15 teed in subsection (k) of such section 108: Provided, That 

16 the Secretary shall collect fees from borrowers, notwith17 standing subsection (m) of such section 108, to result in 

18 a credit subsidy cost of zero for guaranteeing such loans, 

19 and any such fees shall be collected in accordance with 

20 section 502(7) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: 

21 Provided further, That all unobligated balances, including 

22 recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds appro23 priated to the Department of Housing and Urban Devel24 opment under this heading are hereby permanently re25 scinded. 
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1 HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For the HOME investment partnerships program, as 

4 authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na5 tional Affordable Housing Act, as amended, 

6 $767,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

7 2019: Provided, That notwithstanding the amount made 

8 available under this heading, the threshold reduction re9 quirements in sections 216(10) and 217(b)(4) of such Act 

10 shall not apply to allocations of such amount: Provided 

11 further, That the requirements under provisos 2 through 

12 6 under this heading for fiscal year 2012 and such re13 quirements applicable pursuant to the ‘‘Full-Year Con14 tinuing Appropriations Act, 2013’’, shall not apply to any 

15 project to which funds were committed on or after August 

16 23, 2013, but such projects shall instead be governed by 

17 the Final Rule titled ‘‘Home Investment Partnerships 

18 Program; Improving Performance and Accountability; Up19 dating Property Standards’’ which became effective on 

20 such date: Provided further, That notwithstanding para21 graph (1)(B)(i) or (2)(B)(i) of section 1337(a) of the 

22 Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 

23 U.S.C. 4567(a)), amounts allocated under such para24 graphs shall be credited to, made available, and merged 

25 with this account: Provided further, That no amounts 
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1 made available by any provision of law may be transferred, 

2 reprogrammed, or credited to the Housing Trust Fund. 

3 SELF-HELP AND ASSISTED HOMEOWNERSHIP

4 OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM

5 For the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Op6 portunity Program, as authorized under section 11 of the 

7 Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996, as 

8 amended, $50,000,000, to remain available until Sep9 tember 30, 2018: Provided, That of the total amount pro10 vided under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be made 

11 available to the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership 

12 Opportunity Program as authorized under section 11 of 

13 the Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996, 

14 as amended: Provided further, That of the total amount 

15 provided under this heading, $35,000,000 shall be made 

16 available for the second, third, and fourth capacity build17 ing activities authorized under section 4(a) of the HUD 

18 Demonstration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816 note), of 

19 which not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available 

20 for rural capacity building activities: Provided further, 

21 That of the total amount provided under this heading, 

22 $5,000,000 shall be made available for capacity building 

23 by national rural housing organizations with experience 

24 assessing national rural conditions and providing financ25 ing, training, technical assistance, information, and re-
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1 search to local nonprofits, local governments and Indian 

2 Tribes serving high need rural communities. 

3 HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For the emergency solutions grants program as au6 thorized under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney7 Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amended; the con8 tinuum of care program as authorized under subtitle C 

9 of title IV of such Act; and the rural housing stability as10 sistance program as authorized under subtitle D of title 

11 IV of such Act, $2,185,000,000, to remain available until 

12 September 30, 2018: Provided, That any rental assistance 

13 amounts that are recaptured under such continuum of 

14 care program shall remain available until expended: Pro15 vided further, That not less than $250,000,000 of the 

16 funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 

17 for such emergency solutions grants program: Provided 

18 further, That not less than $1,905,000,000 of the funds 

19 appropriated under this heading shall be available for such 

20 continuum of care and rural housing stability assistance 

21 programs: Provided further, That up to $5,000,000 of the 

22 funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 

23 for the national homeless data analysis project: Provided 

24 further, That all funds awarded for supportive services 

25 under the continuum of care program and the rural hous-
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1 ing stability assistance program shall be matched by not 

2 less than 25 percent in cash or in kind by each grantee: 

3 Provided further, That for all match requirements applica4 ble to funds made available under this heading for this 

5 fiscal year and prior years, a grantee may use (or could 

6 have used) as a source of match funds other funds admin7 istered by the Secretary and other Federal agencies unless 

8 there is (or was) a specific statutory prohibition on any 

9 such use of any such funds: Provided further, That the 

10 Secretary shall establish minimum project performance 

11 thresholds for each grantee under the continuum of care 

12 program based on program performance data: Provided 

13 further, That none of the funds provided under this head14 ing shall be available to renew any expiring contract or 

15 amendment to a contract funded under the continuum of 

16 care program unless the Secretary determines that the ex17 piring contract or amendment to a contract is needed 

18 under the applicable continuum of care and meets appro19 priate program requirements, financial standards, and 

20 performance measures, including the minimum perform21 ance thresholds established in the previous proviso: Pro22 vided further, That the Secretary shall prioritize funding 

23 under the continuum of care program to grant applica24 tions that demonstrate a capacity to reallocate funding 

25 from lower performing projects to higher performing 
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1 projects: Provided further, That all awards of assistance 

2 under this heading shall be required to coordinate and in3 tegrate homeless programs with other mainstream health, 

4 social services, and employment programs for which home5 less populations may be eligible: Provided further, That 

6 with respect to funds provided under this heading for the 

7 continuum of care program for fiscal years 2013, 2014, 

8 2015, and 2016 provision of permanent housing rental as9 sistance may be administered by private nonprofit organi10 zations: Provided further, That any unobligated amounts 

11 remaining from funds appropriated under this heading in 

12 fiscal year 2012 and prior years for project-based rental 

13 assistance for rehabilitation projects with 10-year grant 

14 terms may be used for purposes under this heading, not15 withstanding the purposes for which such funds were ap16 propriated: Provided further, That all balances for Shelter 

17 Plus Care renewals previously funded from the Shelter 

18 Plus Care Renewal account and transferred to this ac19 count shall be available, if recaptured, for continuum of 

20 care renewals in fiscal year 2016: Provided further, That 

21 the Department shall notify grantees of their formula allo22 cation from amounts allocated (which may represent ini23 tial or final amounts allocated) for the emergency solu24 tions grant program within 60 days of enactment of this 

25 Act. 
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1 HOUSING PROGRAMS

2 PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE

3 For activities and assistance for the provision of 

4 project-based subsidy contracts under the United States 

5 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (‘‘the 

6 Act’’), not otherwise provided for, $10,254,000,000, to re7 main available until expended, shall be available on Octo8 ber 1, 2015 (in addition to the $400,000,000 previously 

9 appropriated under this heading that became available Oc10 tober 1, 2015), and $400,000,000, to remain available 

11 until expended, shall be available on October 1, 2016: Pro12 vided, That the amounts made available under this head13 ing shall be available for expiring or terminating section 

14 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including section 8 

15 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for amendments to sec16 tion 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including section 

17 8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for contracts entered 

18 into pursuant to section 441 of the McKinney-Vento 

19 Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11401), for renewal 

20 of section 8 contracts for units in projects that are subject 

21 to approved plans of action under the Emergency Low In22 come Housing Preservation Act of 1987 or the Low-In23 come Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership 

24 Act of 1990, and for administrative and other expenses 

25 associated with project-based activities and assistance 
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1 funded under this paragraph: Provided further, That of 

2 the total amounts provided under this heading, not to ex3 ceed $150,000,000 shall be available for performance4 based contract administrators for section 8 project-based 

5 assistance, for carrying out 42 U.S.C. 1437(f): Provided 

6 further, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel7 opment may also use such amounts in the previous proviso 

8 for performance-based contract administrators for the ad9 ministration of: (1) interest reduction payments pursuant 

10 to section 236(a) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 

11 1715z–1(a)); (2) rent supplement payments pursuant to 

12 section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act 

13 of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); (3) section 236(f)(2) rental 

14 assistance payments (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1(f)(2)); (4) 

15 project rental assistance contracts for the elderly under 

16 section 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 

17 1701q); (5) project rental assistance contracts for sup18 portive housing for persons with disabilities under section 

19 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 

20 Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013(d)(2)); (6) project assist21 ance contracts pursuant to section 202(h) of the Housing 

22 Act of 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667); and (7) 

23 loans under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (Pub24 lic Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667): Provided further, That 

25 amounts recaptured under this heading, the heading ‘‘An-
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1 nual Contributions for Assisted Housing’’, or the heading 

2 ‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’, may be used for renewals of 

3 or amendments to section 8 project-based contracts or for 

4 performance-based contract administrators, notwith5 standing the purposes for which such amounts were appro6 priated: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 

7 provision of law, upon the request of the Secretary of 

8 Housing and Urban Development, project funds that are 

9 held in residual receipts accounts for any project subject 

10 to a section 8 project-based Housing Assistance Payments 

11 contract that authorizes HUD or a Housing Finance 

12 Agency to require that surplus project funds be deposited 

13 in an interest-bearing residual receipts account and that 

14 are in excess of an amount to be determined by the Sec15 retary, shall be remitted to the Department and deposited 

16 in this account, to be available until expended: Provided 

17 further, That amounts deposited pursuant to the previous 

18 proviso shall be available in addition to the amount other19 wise provided by this heading for uses authorized under 

20 this heading. 

21 HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY

22 For amendments to capital advance contracts for 

23 housing for the elderly, as authorized by section 202 of 

24 the Housing Act of 1959, as amended, and for project 

25 rental assistance for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) 
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1 of such Act, including amendments to contracts for such 

2 assistance and renewal of expiring contracts for such as3 sistance for up to a 1-year term, and for senior preserva4 tion rental assistance contracts, including renewals, as au5 thorized by section 811(e) of the American Housing and 

6 Economic Opportunity Act of 2000, as amended, and for 

7 supportive services associated with the housing, 

8 $414,000,000 (increased by $2,500,000) to remain avail9 able until September 30, 2019: Provided, That of the 

10 amount provided under this heading, up to $77,000,000 

11 shall be for service coordinators and the continuation of 

12 existing congregate service grants for residents of assisted 

13 housing projects: Provided further, That amounts under 

14 this heading shall be available for Real Estate Assessment 

15 Center inspections and inspection-related activities associ16 ated with section 202 projects: Provided further, That the 

17 Secretary may waive the provisions of section 202 gov18 erning the terms and conditions of project rental assist19 ance, except that the initial contract term for such assist20 ance shall not exceed 5 years in duration: Provided further, 

21 That upon request of the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

22 Development, project funds that are held in residual re23 ceipts accounts for any project subject to a section 202 

24 project rental assistance contract, and that upon termi25 nation of such contract are in excess of an amount to be 
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1 determined by the Secretary, shall be remitted to the De2 partment and deposited in this account, to be available 

3 until September 30, 2019, for purposes under this head4 ing, and shall be in addition to the amounts otherwise pro5 vided under this heading for such purposes: Provided fur6 ther, That in addition, of the prior year unobligated bal7 ances of funds, including recaptures and carryover, made 

8 available under this heading, $47,000,000 shall be used 

9 for an additional amount for the purposes provided under 

10 this heading, notwithstanding any purpose for which origi11 nally appropriated. 

12 HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

13 For amendments to capital advance contracts for 

14 supportive housing for persons with disabilities, as author15 ized by section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af16 fordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), for project rental 

17 assistance for supportive housing for persons with disabil18 ities under section 811(d)(2) of such Act and for project 

19 assistance contracts pursuant to section 202(h) of the 

20 Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667), 

21 including amendments to contracts for such assistance 

22 and renewal of expiring contracts for such assistance for 

23 up to a 1-year term, for project rental assistance to State 

24 housing finance agencies and other appropriate entities as 

25 authorized under section 811(b)(3) of the Cranston-Gon-
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1 zalez National Housing Act, and for supportive services 

2 associated with the housing for persons with disabilities 

3 as authorized by section 811(b)(1) of such Act, 

4 $152,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

5 2019: Provided, That amounts made available under this 

6 heading shall be available for Real Estate Assessment 

7 Center inspections and inspection-related activities associ8 ated with section 811 projects: Provided further, That, in 

9 this fiscal year, upon the request of the Secretary of Hous10 ing and Urban Development, project funds that are held 

11 in residual receipts accounts for any project subject to a 

12 section 811 project rental assistance contract and that 

13 upon termination of such contract are in excess of an 

14 amount to be determined by the Secretary shall be remit15 ted to the Department and deposited in this account, to 

16 be available until September 30, 2019: Provided further, 

17 That amounts deposited in this account pursuant to the 

18 previous proviso shall be available in addition to the 

19 amounts otherwise provided by this heading for the pur20 poses authorized under this heading: Provided further, 

21 That unobligated balances, including recaptures and car22 ryover, remaining from funds transferred to or appro23 priated under this heading may be used for the current 

24 purposes authorized under this heading notwithstanding 
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1 the purposes for which such funds originally were appro2 priated. 

3 HOUSING COUNSELING ASSISTANCE

4 For contracts, grants, and other assistance excluding 

5 loans, as authorized under section 106 of the Housing and 

6 Urban Development Act of 1968, as amended, 

7 $47,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

8 2017, including up to $4,500,000 for administrative con9 tract services: Provided, That grants made available from 

10 amounts provided under this heading shall be awarded 

11 within 180 days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, 

12 That funds shall be used for providing counseling and ad13 vice to tenants and homeowners, both current and pro14 spective, with respect to property maintenance, financial 

15 management/literacy, and such other matters as may be 

16 appropriate to assist them in improving their housing con17 ditions, meeting their financial needs, and fulfilling the re18 sponsibilities of tenancy or homeownership; for program 

19 administration; and for housing counselor training: Pro20 vided further, That for purposes of providing such grants 

21 from amounts provided under this heading, the Secretary 

22 may enter into multiyear agreements as is appropriate, 

23 subject to the availability of annual appropriations. 
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1 RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE

2 For amendments to contracts under section 101 of 

3 the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 

4 U.S.C. 1701s) and section 236(f)(2) of the National 

5 Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1) in State-aided, non6 insured rental housing projects, $30,000,000, to remain 

7 available until expended: Provided, That such amount, to8 gether with unobligated balances from recaptured 

9 amounts appropriated prior to fiscal year 2006 from ter10 minated contracts under such sections of law, and any un11 obligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, re12 maining from funds appropriated under this heading after 

13 fiscal year 2005, shall also be available for extensions of 

14 up to one year for expiring contracts under such sections 

15 of law. 

16 PAYMENT TO MANUFACTURED HOUSING FEES TRUST

17 FUND

18 For necessary expenses as authorized by the National 

19 Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Stand20 ards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), up to 

21 $11,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 

22 $11,000,000 is to be derived from the Manufactured 

23 Housing Fees Trust Fund: Provided, That not to exceed 

24 the total amount appropriated under this heading shall be 

25 available from the general fund of the Treasury to the ex-
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1 tent necessary to incur obligations and make expenditures 

2 pending the receipt of collections to the Fund pursuant 

3 to section 620 of such Act: Provided further, That the 

4 amount made available under this heading from the gen5 eral fund shall be reduced as such collections are received 

6 during fiscal year 2016 so as to result in a final fiscal 

7 year 2016 appropriation from the general fund estimated 

8 at zero, and fees pursuant to such section 620 shall be 

9 modified as necessary to ensure such a final fiscal year 

10 2016 appropriation: Provided further, That for the dispute 

11 resolution and installation programs, the Secretary of 

12 Housing and Urban Development may assess and collect 

13 fees from any program participant: Provided further, That 

14 such collections shall be deposited into the Fund, and the 

15 Secretary, as provided herein, may use such collections, 

16 as well as fees collected under section 620, for necessary 

17 expenses of such Act: Provided further, That, notwith18 standing the requirements of section 620 of such Act, the 

19 Secretary may carry out responsibilities of the Secretary 

20 under such Act through the use of approved service pro21 viders that are paid directly by the recipients of their serv22 ices. 
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1 FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION

2 MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

3 New commitments to guarantee single family loans 

4 insured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund shall 

5 not exceed $400,000,000,000, to remain available until 

6 September 30, 2017: Provided, That during fiscal year 

7 2016, obligations to make direct loans to carry out the 

8 purposes of section 204(g) of the National Housing Act, 

9 as amended, shall not exceed $5,000,000: Provided fur10 ther, That the foregoing amount in the previous proviso 

11 shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities 

12 in connection with sales of single family real properties 

13 owned by the Secretary and formerly insured under the 

14 Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund: Provided Further, That 

15 for administrative contract expenses of the Federal Hous16 ing Administration, $130,000,000, to remain available 

17 until September 30, 2017. 

18 GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

19 New commitments to guarantee loans insured under 

20 the General and Special Risk Insurance Funds, as author21 ized by sections 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act 

22 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–3 and 1735c), shall not exceed 

23 $30,000,000,000 in total loan principal, any part of which 

24 is to be guaranteed, to remain available until September 

25 30, 2017: Provided, That during fiscal year 2016, gross 
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1 obligations for the principal amount of direct loans, as au2 thorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, and 519(a) of 

3 the National Housing Act, shall not exceed $5,000,000, 

4 which shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental en5 tities in connection with the sale of single family real prop6 erties owned by the Secretary and formerly insured under 

7 such Act. 

8 GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION

9 GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES LOAN

10 GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

11 New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out 

12 the purposes of section 306 of the National Housing Act, 

13 as amended (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)), shall not exceed 

14 $500,000,000,000, to remain available until September 

15 30, 2017: Provided, That $23,000,000 shall be available 

16 for necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Gov17 ernment National Mortgage Association: Provided further, 

18 That receipts from Commitment and Multiclass fees col19 lected pursuant to title III of the National Housing Act, 

20 as amended, shall be credited as offsetting collections to 

21 this account. 

22 POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH

23 RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

24 For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of pro25 grams of research and studies relating to housing and 
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1 urban problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized 

2 by title V of the Housing and Urban Development Act 

3 of 1970 (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 et seq.), including carrying 

4 out the functions of the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

5 Development under section 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization 

6 Plan No. 2 of 1968, $52,500,000 (reduced by 

7 $2,500,000), to remain available until September 30, 

8 2017: Provided, That with respect to amounts made avail9 able under this heading, notwithstanding section 204 of 

10 this title, the Secretary may enter into cooperative agree11 ments funded with philanthropic entities, other Federal 

12 agencies, or State or local governments and their agencies 

13 for research projects: Provided further, That with respect 

14 to the previous proviso, such partners to the cooperative 

15 agreements must contribute at least a 50 percent match 

16 toward the cost of the project: Provided further, That for 

17 non-competitive agreements entered into in accordance 

18 with the previous two provisos, the Secretary of Housing 

19 and Urban Development shall comply with section 2(b) of 

20 the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency 

21 Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–282, 31 U.S.C. note) in lieu 

22 of compliance with section 102(a)(4)(C) with respect to 

23 documentation of award decisions: Provided further, That 

24 prior to obligation of technical assistance funding, the Sec25 retary shall submit a plan, for approval, to the House and 
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1 Senate Committees on Appropriations on how it will allo2 cate funding for this activity. 

3 FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

4 FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES

5 For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not oth6 erwise provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil 

7 Rights Act of 1968, as amended by the Fair Housing 

8 Amendments Act of 1988, and section 561 of the Housing 

9 and Community Development Act of 1987, as amended, 

10 $65,300,000 (reduced by $28,375,000) (increased by 

11 $28,375,000), to remain available until September 30, 

12 2017: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, 

13 the Secretary may assess and collect fees to cover the costs 

14 of the Fair Housing Training Academy, and may use such 

15 funds to provide such training: Provided further, That no 

16 funds made available under this heading shall be used to 

17 lobby the executive or legislative branches of the Federal 

18 Government in connection with a specific contract, grant, 

19 or loan: Provided further, That of the funds made available 

20 under this heading, $300,000 (increased by $150,000) 

21 shall be available to the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

22 Development for the creation and promotion of translated 

23 materials and other programs that support the assistance 

24 of persons with limited English proficiency in utilizing the 
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1 services provided by the Department of Housing and 

2 Urban Development. 

3 OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL AND HEALTHY

4 HOMES

5 LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION

6 For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as author7 ized by section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint 

8 Hazard Reduction Act of 1992, $75,000,000, to remain 

9 available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That up to 

10 $15,000,000 of that amount shall be for the Healthy 

11 Homes Initiative, pursuant to sections 501 and 502 of the 

12 Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 that shall 

13 include research, studies, testing, and demonstration ef14 forts, including education and outreach concerning lead15 based paint poisoning and other housing-related diseases 

16 and hazards: Provided further, That for purposes of envi17 ronmental review, pursuant to the National Environ18 mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and 

19 other provisions of the law that further the purposes of 

20 such Act, a grant under the Healthy Homes Initiative, or 

21 the Lead Technical Studies program under this heading 

22 or under prior appropriations Acts for such purposes 

23 under this heading, shall be considered to be funds for 

24 a special project for purposes of section 305(c) of the Mul25 tifamily Housing Property Disposition Reform Act of 
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1 1994: Provided further, That amounts made available 

2 under this heading in this or prior appropriations Acts, 

3 and that still remain available, may be used for any pur4 pose under this heading notwithstanding the purpose for 

5 which such amounts were appropriated if a program com6 petition is undersubscribed and there are other program 

7 competitions under this heading that are oversubscribed. 

8 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FUND

9 For the development of, modifications to, and infra10 structure for Department-wide and program-specific infor11 mation technology systems, for the continuing operation 

12 and maintenance of both Department-wide and program13 specific information systems, and for program-related 

14 maintenance activities, $100,000,000 (reduced by 

15 $3,000,000): Provided, That any amounts transferred to 

16 this Fund under this Act shall remain available until ex17 pended: Provided further, That any amounts transferred 

18 to this Fund from amounts appropriated by previously en19 acted appropriations Acts may be used for the purposes 

20 specified under this Fund, in addition to any other infor21 mation technology purposes for which such amounts were 

22 appropriated. 

23 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

24 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

25 Inspector General in carrying out the Inspector General 
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1 Act of 1978, as amended, $126,000,000: Provided, That 

2 the Inspector General shall have independent authority 

3 over all personnel issues within this office. 

4 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

5 URBAN DEVELOPMENT

6 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

7 SEC. 201. Eighty five percent of the amounts of 

8 budget authority, or in lieu thereof 85 percent of the cash 

9 amounts associated with such budget authority, that are 

10 recaptured from projects described in section 1012(a) of 

11 the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amend12 ments Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 1437 note) shall be re13 scinded or in the case of cash, shall be remitted to the 

14 Treasury. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, the Sec15 retary may award up to 15 percent of the budget authority 

16 or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to the 

17 Treasury to provide project owners with incentives to refi18 nance their project at a lower interest rate. Any amounts 

19 of budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded, 

20 returned to the Treasury, or otherwise awarded by Sep21 tember 30, 2016, shall be rescinded or in the case of cash, 

22 shall be remitted to the Treasury. 

23 SEC. 202. None of the amounts made available under 

24 this Act may be used during fiscal year 2016 to investigate 

25 or prosecute under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise 
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1 lawful activity engaged in by one or more persons, includ2 ing the filing or maintaining of a nonfrivolous legal action, 

3 that is engaged in solely for the purpose of achieving or 

4 preventing action by a Government official or entity, or 

5 a court of competent jurisdiction. 

6 SEC. 203. Sections 203 and 209 of division C of Pub7 lic Law 112–55 (125 Stat. 693–694) shall apply during 

8 fiscal year 2016 as if such sections were included in this 

9 title, except that during such fiscal year such sections shall 

10 be applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2016’’ for ‘‘fiscal 

11 year 2011’’ and for ‘‘fiscal year 2012’’ each place such 

12 terms appear, and shall be amended to reflect revised de13 lineations of statistical areas established by the Office of 

14 Management and Budget pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 

15 3504(e)(3), 31 U.S.C. 1104(d), and Executive Order No. 

16 10253. 

17 SEC. 204. Except as explicitly provided in law, any 

18 grant, cooperative agreement or other assistance made 

19 pursuant to title II of this Act shall be made on a competi20 tive basis and in accordance with section 102 of the De21 partment of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act 

22 of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 3545). 

23 SEC. 205. Funds of the Department of Housing and 

24 Urban Development subject to the Government Corpora25 tion Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of 
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1 1950 shall be available, without regard to the limitations 

2 on administrative expenses, for legal services on a contract 

3 or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment for the 

4 services and facilities of the Federal National Mortgage 

5 Association, Government National Mortgage Association, 

6 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Fi7 nancing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or any member 

8 thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, and any insured bank 

9 within the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance Cor10 poration Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811–11). 

11 SEC. 206. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act 

12 or through a reprogramming of funds, no part of any ap13 propriation for the Department of Housing and Urban 

14 Development shall be available for any program, project 

15 or activity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget 

16 estimates submitted to Congress. 

17 SEC. 207. Corporations and agencies of the Depart18 ment of Housing and Urban Development which are sub19 ject to the Government Corporation Control Act are here20 by authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits 

21 of funds and borrowing authority available to each such 

22 corporation or agency and in accordance with law, and to 

23 make such contracts and commitments without regard to 

24 fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of such 

25 Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set 
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1 forth in the budget for 2016 for such corporation or agen2 cy except as hereinafter provided: Provided, That collec3 tions of these corporations and agencies may be used for 

4 new loan or mortgage purchase commitments only to the 

5 extent expressly provided for in this Act (unless such loans 

6 are in support of other forms of assistance provided for 

7 in this or prior appropriations Acts), except that this pro8 viso shall not apply to the mortgage insurance or guaranty 

9 operations of these corporations, or where loans or mort10 gage purchases are necessary to protect the financial in11 terest of the United States Government. 

12 SEC. 208. The Secretary of Housing and Urban De13 velopment shall provide quarterly reports to the House 

14 and Senate Committees on Appropriations regarding all 

15 uncommitted, unobligated, recaptured and excess funds in 

16 each program and activity within the jurisdiction of the 

17 Department and shall submit additional, updated budget 

18 information to these Committees upon request. 

19 SEC. 209. The President’s formal budget request for 

20 fiscal year 2017, as well as the Department of Housing 

21 and Urban Development’s congressional budget justifica22 tions to be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations 

23 of the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall use 

24 the identical account and sub-account structure provided 

25 under this Act. 
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1 SEC. 210. A public housing agency or such other enti2 ty that administers Federal housing assistance for the 

3 Housing Authority of the county of Los Angeles, Cali4 fornia, and the States of Alaska, Iowa, and Mississippi 

5 shall not be required to include a resident of public hous6 ing or a recipient of assistance provided under section 8 

7 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 on the board 

8 of directors or a similar governing board of such agency 

9 or entity as required under section (2)(b) of such Act. 

10 Each public housing agency or other entity that admin11 isters Federal housing assistance under section 8 for the 

12 Housing Authority of the county of Los Angeles, Cali13 fornia, and the States of Alaska, Iowa, and Mississippi 

14 that chooses not to include a resident of public housing 

15 or a recipient of section 8 assistance on the board of direc16 tors or a similar governing board shall establish an advi17 sory board of not less than six residents of public housing 

18 or recipients of section 8 assistance to provide advice and 

19 comment to the public housing agency or other admin20 istering entity on issues related to public housing and sec21 tion 8. Such advisory board shall meet not less than quar22 terly. 

23 SEC. 211. No funds provided under this title may be 

24 used for an audit of the Government National Mortgage 
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1 Association that makes applicable requirements under the 

2 Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.). 

3 SEC. 212. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

4 of law, subject to the conditions listed under this section, 

5 for fiscal years 2016 and 2017, the Secretary of Housing 

6 and Urban Development may authorize the transfer of 

7 some or all project-based assistance, debt held or insured 

8 by the Secretary and statutorily required low-income and 

9 very low-income use restrictions if any, associated with one 

10 or more multifamily housing project or projects to another 

11 multifamily housing project or projects. 

12 (b) Transfers of project-based assistance under this 

13 section may be done in phases to accommodate the financ14 ing and other requirements related to rehabilitating or 

15 constructing the project or projects to which the assistance 

16 is transferred, to ensure that such project or projects meet 

17 the standards under subsection (c). 

18 (c) The transfer authorized in subsection (a) is sub19 ject to the following conditions: 

20 (1) Number and bedroom size of units: 

21 (A) For occupied units in the transferring 

22 project: the number of low-income and very low23 income units and the configuration (i.e., bed24 room size) provided by the transferring project 

25 shall be no less than when transferred to the re-
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1 ceiving project or projects and the net dollar 

2 amount of Federal assistance provided to the 

3 transferring project shall remain the same in 

4 the receiving project or projects. 

5 (B) For unoccupied units in the transfer6 ring project the Secretary may authorize a re7 duction in the number of dwelling units in the 

8 receiving project or projects to allow for a re9 configuration of bedroom sizes to meet current 

10 market demands, as determined by the Sec11 retary and provided there is no increase in the 

12 project-based assistance budget authority. 

13 (2) The transferring project shall, as deter14 mined by the Secretary, be either physically obsolete 

15 or economically nonviable. 

16 (3) The receiving project or projects shall meet 

17 or exceed applicable physical standards established 

18 by the Secretary. 

19 (4) The owner or mortgagor of the transferring 

20 project shall notify and consult with the tenants re21 siding in the transferring project and provide a cer22 tification of approval by all appropriate local govern23 mental officials. 

24 (5) The tenants of the transferring project who 

25 remain eligible for assistance to be provided by the 
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1 receiving project or projects shall not be required to 

2 vacate their units in the transferring project or 

3 projects until new units in the receiving project are 

4 available for occupancy. 

5 (6) The Secretary determines that this transfer 

6 is in the best interest of the tenants. 

7 (7) If either the transferring project or the re8 ceiving project or projects meets the condition speci9 fied in subsection (d)(2)(A), any lien on the receiv10 ing project resulting from additional financing ob11 tained by the owner shall be subordinate to any 

12 FHA-insured mortgage lien transferred to, or placed 

13 on, such project by the Secretary, except that the 

14 Secretary may waive this requirement upon deter15 mination that such a waiver is necessary to facilitate 

16 the financing of acquisition, construction, and/or re17 habilitation of the receiving project or projects. 

18 (8) If the transferring project meets the re19 quirements of subsection (d)(2), the owner or mort20 gagor of the receiving project or projects shall exe21 cute and record either a continuation of the existing 

22 use agreement or a new use agreement for the 

23 project where, in either case, any use restrictions in 

24 such agreement are of no lesser duration than the 

25 existing use restrictions. 
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1 (9) The transfer does not increase the cost (as 

2 defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 

3 Act of 1974, as amended) of any FHA-insured 

4 mortgage, except to the extent that appropriations 

5 are provided in advance for the amount of any such 

6 increased cost. 

7 (d) For purposes of this section— 

8 (1) the terms ‘‘low-income’’ and ‘‘very low-in9 come’’ shall have the meanings provided by the stat10 ute and/or regulations governing the program under 

11 which the project is insured or assisted; 

12 (2) the term ‘‘multifamily housing project’’ 

13 means housing that meets one of the following con14 ditions— 

15 (A) housing that is subject to a mortgage 

16 insured under the National Housing Act; 

17 (B) housing that has project-based assist18 ance attached to the structure including 

19 projects undergoing mark to market debt re20 structuring under the Multifamily Assisted 

21 Housing Reform and Affordability Housing Act; 

22 (C) housing that is assisted under section 

23 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended 

24 by section 801 of the Cranston-Gonzales Na25 tional Affordable Housing Act; 
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1 (D) housing that is assisted under section 

2 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as such sec3 tion existed before the enactment of the Cran4 ston-Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act; 

5 (E) housing that is assisted under section 

6 811 of the Cranston-Gonzales National Afford7 able Housing Act; or 

8 (F) housing or vacant land that is subject 

9 to a use agreement; 

10 (3) the term ‘‘project-based assistance’’ 

11 means— 

12 (A) assistance provided under section 8(b) 

13 of the United States Housing Act of 1937; 

14 (B) assistance for housing constructed or 

15 substantially rehabilitated pursuant to assist16 ance provided under section 8(b)(2) of such Act 

17 (as such section existed immediately before Oc18 tober 1, 1983); 

19 (C) rent supplement payments under sec20 tion 101 of the Housing and Urban Develop21 ment Act of 1965; 

22 (D) interest reduction payments under sec23 tion 236 and/or additional assistance payments 

24 under section 236(f)(2) of the National Hous25 ing Act; 
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1 (E) assistance payments made under sec2 tion 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959; and 

3 (F) assistance payments made under sec4 tion 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na5 tional Affordable Housing Act; 

6 (4) the term ‘‘receiving project or projects’’ 

7 means the multifamily housing project or projects to 

8 which some or all of the project-based assistance, 

9 debt, and statutorily required low-income and very 

10 low-income use restrictions are to be transferred; 

11 (5) the term ‘‘transferring project’’ means the 

12 multifamily housing project which is transferring 

13 some or all of the project-based assistance, debt, and 

14 the statutorily required low-income and very low-in15 come use restrictions to the receiving project or 

16 projects; and 

17 (6) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 

18 of Housing and Urban Development. 

19 (e) PUBLIC NOTICE AND RESEARCH REPORT.— 

20 (1) The Secretary shall publish by notice in the 

21 Federal Register the terms and conditions, including 

22 criteria for HUD approval, of transfers pursuant to 

23 this section no later than 30 days before the effec24 tive date of such notice. 
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1 (2) The Secretary shall conduct an evaluation 

2 of the transfer authority under this section, includ3 ing the effect of such transfers on the operational ef4 ficiency, contract rents, physical and financial condi5 tions, and long-term preservation of the affected 

6 properties. 

7 SEC. 213. (a) No assistance shall be provided under 

8 section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

9 U.S.C. 1437f) to any individual who— 

10 (1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of 

11 higher education (as defined under section 102 of 

12 the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

13 1002)); 

14 (2) is under 24 years of age; 

15 (3) is not a veteran; 

16 (4) is unmarried; 

17 (5) does not have a dependent child; 

18 (6) is not a person with disabilities, as such 

19 term is defined in section 3(b)(3)(E) of the United 

20 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

21 1437a(b)(3)(E)) and was not receiving assistance 

22 under such section 8 as of November 30, 2005; and 

23 (7) is not otherwise individually eligible, or has 

24 parents who, individually or jointly, are not eligible, 
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1 to receive assistance under section 8 of the United 

2 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f). 

3 (b) For purposes of determining the eligibility of a 

4 person to receive assistance under section 8 of the United 

5 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), any finan6 cial assistance (in excess of amounts received for tuition 

7 and any other required fees and charges) that an indi8 vidual receives under the Higher Education Act of 1965 

9 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), from private sources, or an insti10 tution of higher education (as defined under the Higher 

11 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)), shall be consid12 ered income to that individual, except for a person over 

13 the age of 23 with dependent children. 

14 SEC. 214. The funds made available for Native Alas15 kans under the heading ‘‘Native American Housing Block 

16 Grants’’ in title II of this Act shall be allocated to the 

17 same Native Alaskan housing block grant recipients that 

18 received funds in fiscal year 2005. 

19 SEC. 215. Notwithstanding the limitation in the first 

20 sentence of section 255(g) of the National Housing Act 

21 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–20(g)), the Secretary of Housing and 

22 Urban Development may, until September 30, 2016, in23 sure and enter into commitments to insure mortgages 

24 under such section 255. 
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1 SEC. 216. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

2 law, in fiscal year 2016, in managing and disposing of any 

3 multifamily property that is owned or has a mortgage held 

4 by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and 

5 during the process of foreclosure on any property with a 

6 contract for rental assistance payments under section 8 

7 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 or other Fed8 eral programs, the Secretary shall maintain any rental as9 sistance payments under section 8 of the United States 

10 Housing Act of 1937 and other programs that are at11 tached to any dwelling units in the property. To the extent 

12 the Secretary determines, in consultation with the tenants 

13 and the local government, that such a multifamily prop14 erty owned or held by the Secretary is not feasible for con15 tinued rental assistance payments under such section 8 

16 or other programs, based on consideration of: (1) the costs 

17 of rehabilitating and operating the property and all avail18 able Federal, State, and local resources, including rent ad19 justments under section 524 of the Multifamily Assisted 

20 Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 

21 (‘‘MAHRAA’’); and (2) environmental conditions that 

22 cannot be remedied in a cost-effective fashion, the Sec23 retary may, in consultation with the tenants of that prop24 erty, contract for project-based rental assistance payments 

25 with an owner or owners of other existing housing prop-
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1 erties, or provide other rental assistance. The Secretary 

2 shall also take appropriate steps to ensure that project3 based contracts remain in effect prior to foreclosure, sub4 ject to the exercise of contractual abatement remedies to 

5 assist relocation of tenants for imminent major threats to 

6 health and safety after written notice to and informed con7 sent of the affected tenants and use of other available rem8 edies, such as partial abatements or receivership. After 

9 disposition of any multifamily property described under 

10 this section, the contract and allowable rent levels on such 

11 properties shall be subject to the requirements under sec12 tion 524 of MAHRAA. 

13 SEC. 217. The commitment authority funded by fees 

14 as provided under the heading ‘‘Community Development 

15 Loan Guarantees Program Account’’ may be used to guar16 antee, or make commitments to guarantee, notes or other 

17 obligations issued by any State on behalf of non-entitle18 ment communities in the State in accordance with the re19 quirements of section 108 of the Housing and Community 

20 Development Act of 1974: Provided, That any State re21 ceiving such a guarantee or commitment shall distribute 

22 all funds subject to such guarantee to the units of general 

23 local government in non-entitlement areas that received 

24 the commitment. 
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1 SEC. 218. Public housing agencies that own and oper2 ate 400 or fewer public housing units may elect to be ex3 empt from any asset management requirement imposed by 

4 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in con5 nection with the operating fund rule: Provided, That an 

6 agency seeking a discontinuance of a reduction of subsidy 

7 under the operating fund formula shall not be exempt 

8 from asset management requirements. 

9 SEC. 219. With respect to the use of amounts pro10 vided in this Act and in future Acts for the operation, cap11 ital improvement and management of public housing as 

12 authorized by sections 9(d) and 9(e) of the United States 

13 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g (d) and (e)), the 

14 Secretary shall not impose any requirement or guideline 

15 relating to asset management that restricts or limits in 

16 any way the use of capital funds for central office costs 

17 pursuant to section 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2) of the United States 

18 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(g) (1) and (2)): 

19 Provided, That a public housing agency may not use cap20 ital funds authorized under section 9(d) for activities that 

21 are eligible under section 9(e) for assistance with amounts 

22 from the operating fund in excess of the amounts per23 mitted under section 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2). 

24 SEC. 220. No official or employee of the Department 

25 of Housing and Urban Development shall be designated 
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1 as an allotment holder unless the Office of the Chief Fi2 nancial Officer has determined that such allotment holder 

3 has implemented an adequate system of funds control and 

4 has received training in funds control procedures and di5 rectives. The Chief Financial Officer shall ensure that 

6 there is a trained allotment holder for each HUD sub7 office under the accounts ‘‘Executive Offices’’ and ‘‘Ad8 ministrative Support Offices’’, as well as each account re9 ceiving appropriations for ‘‘Program Office Salaries and 

10 Expenses’’, ‘‘Government National Mortgage Associa11 tion—Guarantees of Mortgage-Backed Securities Loan 

12 Guarantee Program Account’’, and ‘‘Office of Inspector 

13 General’’ within the Department of Housing and Urban 

14 Development. 

15 SEC. 221. The Secretary of the Department of Hous16 ing and Urban Development shall, for fiscal year 2016, 

17 notify the public through the Federal Register and other 

18 means, as determined appropriate, of the issuance of a no19 tice of the availability of assistance or notice of funding 

20 availability (NOFA) for any program or discretionary 

21 fund administered by the Secretary that is to be competi22 tively awarded. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

23 law, for fiscal year 2016, the Secretary may make the 

24 NOFA available only on the Internet at the appropriate 
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1 Government web site or through other electronic media, 

2 as determined by the Secretary. 

3 SEC. 222. Payment of attorney fees in program-re4 lated litigation must be paid from the individual program 

5 office and Office of General Counsel personnel funding. 

6 The annual budget submissions for program offices and 

7 Office of General Counsel personnel funding must include 

8 program-related litigation costs for attorney fees as a sep9 arate line item request. 

10 SEC. 223. The Disaster Housing Assistance Pro11 grams, administered by the Department of Housing and 

12 Urban Development, shall be considered a ‘‘program of 

13 the Department of Housing and Urban Development’’ 

14 under section 904 of the McKinney Act for the purpose 

15 of income verifications and matching. 

16 SEC. 224. (a) The Secretary of Housing and Urban 

17 Development shall take the required actions under sub18 section (b) when a multifamily housing project with a sec19 tion 8 contract or contract for similar project-based assist20 ance— 

21 (1) receives a Real Estate Assessment Center 

22 (REAC) score of 30 or less; or 

23 (2) receives a REAC score between 31 and 59; 

24 and— 
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1 (A) fails to certify in writing to HUD with2 in 60 days that all deficiencies have been cor3 rected; or 

4 (B) receives consecutive scores of less than 

5 60 on REAC inspections. 

6 Such requirements shall apply to insured and noninsured 

7 projects with assistance attached to the units under sec8 tion 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

9 U.S.C. 1437f), but do not apply to such units assisted 

10 under section 8(o)(13) (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)) or to 

11 public housing units assisted with capital or operating 

12 funds under section 9 of the United States Housing Act 

13 of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g). 

14

15 (b) The Secretary shall take the following required 

16 actions as authorized under subsection (a): 

17 (1) The Secretary shall notify the owner and 

18 provide an opportunity for response within 30 days. 

19 If the violations remain, the Secretary shall develop 

20 a Compliance, Disposition and Enforcement Plan 

21 within 60 days, with a specified timetable for cor22 recting all deficiencies. The Secretary shall provide 

23 notice of the Plan to the owner, tenants, the local 

24 government, any mortgagees, and any contract ad25 ministrator. 
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1 (2) At the end of the term of the Compliance, 

2 Disposition and Enforcement Plan, if the owner fails 

3 to fully comply with such plan, the Secretary may 

4 require immediate replacement of project manage5 ment with a management agent approved by the 

6 Secretary, and shall take one or more of the fol7 lowing actions, and provide additional notice of those 

8 actions to the owner and the parties specified 

9 above— 

10 (A) impose civil money penalties; 

11 (B) abate the section 8 contract, including 

12 partial abatement, as determined by the Sec13 retary, until all deficiencies have been corrected; 

14 (C) pursue transfer of the project to an 

15 owner, approved by the Secretary under estab16 lished procedures, which will be obligated to 

17 promptly make all required repairs and to ac18 cept renewal of the assistance contract as long 

19 as such renewal is offered; or 

20 (D) seek judicial appointment of a receiver 

21 to manage the property and cure all project de22 ficiencies or seek a judicial order of specific per23 formance requiring the owner to cure all project 

24 deficiencies. 
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1 (c) The Secretary shall also take appropriate steps 

2 to ensure that project-based contracts remain in effect, 

3 subject to the exercise of contractual abatement remedies 

4 to assist relocation of tenants for imminent major threats 

5 to health and safety after written notice to and informed 

6 consent of the affected tenants and use of other remedies 

7 set forth above. To the extent the Secretary determines, 

8 in consultation with the tenants and the local government, 

9 that the property is not feasible for continued rental as10 sistance payments under such section 8 or other programs, 

11 based on consideration of: (1) the costs of rehabilitating 

12 and operating the property and all available Federal, 

13 State, and local resources, including rent adjustments 

14 under section 524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing 

15 Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (‘‘MAHRAA’’); and 

16 (2) environmental conditions that cannot be remedied in 

17 a cost-effective fashion, the Secretary may, in consultation 

18 with the tenants of that property, contract for project19 based rental assistance payments with an owner or owners 

20 of other existing housing properties, or provide other rent21 al assistance. The Secretary shall report semi-annually on 

22 all properties covered by this section that are assessed 

23 through the Real Estate Assessment Center and have 

24 physical inspection scores of less than 30 or have consecu-
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1 tive physical inspection scores of less than 60. The report 

2 shall include— 

3 (1) the enforcement actions being taken to ad4 dress such conditions, including imposition of civil 

5 money penalties and termination of subsidies, and 

6 identify properties that have such conditions mul7 tiple times; and 

8 (2) actions that the Department of Housing 

9 and Urban Development is taking to protect tenants 

10 of such identified properties. 

11 SEC. 225. None of the funds made available by this 

12 Act, or any other Act, for purposes authorized under sec13 tion 8 (only with respect to the tenant-based rental assist14 ance program) and section 9 of the United States Housing 

15 Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.), may be used by 

16 any public housing agency for any amount of salary, in17 cluding bonuses, for the chief executive officer of which, 

18 or any other official or employee of which, that exceeds 

19 the annual rate of basic pay payable for a position at level 

20 IV of the Executive Schedule at any time during any pub21 lic housing agency fiscal year 2016. 

22 SEC. 226. None of the funds in this Act may be avail23 able for the doctoral dissertation research grant program 

24 at the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 
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1 SEC. 227. None of the funds in this Act provided to 

2 the Department of Housing and Urban Development may 

3 be used to make a grant award unless the Secretary noti4 fies the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 

5 not less than 3 full business days before any project, 

6 State, locality, housing authority, tribe, nonprofit organi7 zation, or other entity selected to receive a grant award 

8 is announced by the Department or its offices. 

9 SEC. 228. None of the funds made available by this 

10 Act may be used to require or enforce the Physical Needs 

11 Assessment (PNA). 

12 SEC. 229. None of the funds made available in this 

13 Act shall be used by the Federal Housing Administration, 

14 the Government National Mortgage Administration, or the 

15 Department of Housing and Urban Development to in16 sure, securitize, or establish a Federal guarantee of any 

17 mortgage or mortgage backed security that refinances or 

18 otherwise replaces a mortgage that has been subject to 

19 eminent domain condemnation or seizure, by a State, mu20 nicipality, or any other political subdivision of a State. 

21 SEC. 230. None of the funds made available by this 

22 Act may be used to terminate the status of a unit of gen23 eral local government as a metropolitan city (as defined 

24 in section 102 of the Housing and Community Develop-
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1 ment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302)) with respect to 

2 grants under section 106 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5306). 

3 SEC. 231. Amounts made available under this Act 

4 which are either appropriated, allocated, advanced on a 

5 reimbursable basis, or transferred to the Office of Policy 

6 Development and Research in the Department of Housing 

7 and Urban Development and functions thereof, for re8 search, evaluation, or statistical purposes, and which are 

9 unexpended at the time of completion of a contract, grant, 

10 or cooperative agreement, may be deobligated and shall 

11 immediately become available and may be reobligated in 

12 that fiscal year or the subsequent fiscal year for the re13 search, evaluation, or statistical purposes for which the 

14 amounts are made available to that Office subject to re15 programming requirements in section 405 of this Act. 

16 SEC. 232. None of the funds made available by this 

17 Act may be used by the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

18 Development to require a recipient or sub-recipient of 

19 funding for the purpose of land acquisition, affordable 

20 housing construction, or affordable housing rehabilitation 

21 to meet Energy Star standards or any other energy effi22 ciency standards that exceed the requirements of applica23 ble State and local building codes. 

24 SEC. 233. Of the unobligated balances, including re25 captures and carryover, remaining from funds appro-
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1 priated in section 1497(a) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street 

2 Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Public Law 111– 

3 203; 42 U.S.C. 5301 note) and section 2301(a) of title 

4 III of division B of the Housing and Economic Recovery 

5 Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–289; 42 U.S.C. 5301 note), 

6 $7,000,000 is hereby rescinded. 

7 SEC. 234. (a) All unobligated balances, including re8 captures and carryover, remaining from funds appro9 priated to the Department of Housing and Urban Devel10 opment under the heading ‘‘Rural Housing and Economic 

11 Development’’ are hereby rescinded. 

12 (b) Effective October 1, 2015, all unobligated bal13 ances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining from 

14 funds appropriated to the Department of Housing and 

15 Urban Development for accounts under the headings 

16 ‘‘Management and Administration’’ and ‘‘Program Office 

17 Salaries and Expenses’’ in division K of Public Law 113– 

18 235 are rescinded. 

19 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Hous20 ing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2016’’. 

21 TITLE III—RELATED AGENCIES 

22 ACCESS BOARD

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For expenses necessary for the Access Board, as au25 thorized by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 
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1 as amended, $7,548,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding 

2 any other provision of law, there may be credited to this 

3 appropriation funds received for publications and training 

4 expenses. 

5 FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime 

8 Commission as authorized by section 201(d) of the Mer9 chant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. 307), in10 cluding services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of 

11 passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 

12 1343(b); and uniforms or allowances therefore, as author13 ized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, $25,660,000: Provided, That 

14 not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for official recep15 tion and representation expenses. 

16 NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION OFFICE

17 OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

20 General for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation 

21 to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act 

22 of 1978, as amended, $23,999,000 (increased by 

23 $500,000): Provided, That the Inspector General shall 

24 have all necessary authority, in carrying out the duties 

25 specified in the Inspector General Act, as amended (5 
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1 U.S.C. App. 3), to investigate allegations of fraud, includ2 ing false statements to the government (18 U.S.C. 1001), 

3 by any person or entity that is subject to regulation by 

4 the National Railroad Passenger Corporation: Provided 

5 further, That the Inspector General may enter into con6 tracts and other arrangements for audits, studies, anal7 yses, and other services with public agencies and with pri8 vate persons, subject to the applicable laws and regula9 tions that govern the obtaining of such services within the 

10 National Railroad Passenger Corporation: Provided fur11 ther, That the Inspector General may select, appoint, and 

12 employ such officers and employees as may be necessary 

13 for carrying out the functions, powers, and duties of the 

14 Office of Inspector General, subject to the applicable laws 

15 and regulations that govern such selections, appointments, 

16 and employment within Amtrak: Provided further, That 

17 concurrent with the President’s budget request for fiscal 

18 year 2017, the Inspector General shall submit to the 

19 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a budget 

20 request for fiscal year 2017 in similar format and sub21 stance to those submitted by executive agencies of the 

22 Federal Government. 
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1 NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the National Transpor4 tation Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor ve5 hicles and aircraft; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

6 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per 

7 diem rate equivalent to the rate for a GS–15; uniforms, 

8 or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 

9 5901–5902), $103,981,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 

10 may be used for official reception and representation ex11 penses. The amounts made available to the National 

12 Transportation Safety Board in this Act include amounts 

13 necessary to make lease payments on an obligation in14 curred in fiscal year 2001 for a capital lease. 

15 NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION

16 PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT

17 CORPORATION

18 For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cor19 poration for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, 

20 as authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corpora21 tion Act (42 U.S.C. 8101–8107), $135,000,000, of which 

22 $5,000,000 shall be for a multi-family rental housing pro23 gram: Provided, That in addition, $42,000,000 shall be 

24 made available until expended to the Neighborhood Rein-
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1 vestment Corporation for mortgage foreclosure mitigation 

2 activities, under the following terms and conditions: 

3 (1) The Neighborhood Reinvestment Corpora4 tion (NRC) shall make grants to counseling inter5 mediaries approved by the Department of Housing 

6 and Urban Development (HUD) (with match to be 

7 determined by NRC based on affordability and the 

8 economic conditions of an area; a match also may be 

9 waived by NRC based on the aforementioned condi10 tions) to provide mortgage foreclosure mitigation as11 sistance primarily to States and areas with high 

12 rates of defaults and foreclosures to help eliminate 

13 the default and foreclosure of mortgages of owner14 occupied single-family homes that are at risk of such 

15 foreclosure. Other than areas with high rates of de16 faults and foreclosures, grants may also be provided 

17 to approved counseling intermediaries based on a ge18 ographic analysis of the Nation by NRC which de19 termines where there is a prevalence of mortgages 

20 that are risky and likely to fail, including any trends 

21 for mortgages that are likely to default and face 

22 foreclosure. A State Housing Finance Agency may 

23 also be eligible where the State Housing Finance 

24 Agency meets all the requirements under this para25 graph. A HUD-approved counseling intermediary 
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1 shall meet certain mortgage foreclosure mitigation 

2 assistance counseling requirements, as determined 

3 by NRC, and shall be approved by HUD or NRC as 

4 meeting these requirements. 

5 (2) Mortgage foreclosure mitigation assistance 

6 shall only be made available to homeowners of 

7 owner-occupied homes with mortgages in default or 

8 in danger of default. These mortgages shall likely be 

9 subject to a foreclosure action and homeowners will 

10 be provided such assistance that shall consist of ac11 tivities that are likely to prevent foreclosures and re12 sult in the long-term affordability of the mortgage 

13 retained pursuant to such activity or another posi14 tive outcome for the homeowner. No funds made 

15 available under this paragraph may be provided di16 rectly to lenders or homeowners to discharge out17 standing mortgage balances or for any other direct 

18 debt reduction payments. 

19 (3) The use of mortgage foreclosure mitigation 

20 assistance by approved counseling intermediaries 

21 and State Housing Finance Agencies shall involve a 

22 reasonable analysis of the borrower’s financial situa23 tion, an evaluation of the current value of the prop24 erty that is subject to the mortgage, counseling re25 garding the assumption of the mortgage by another 
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1 non-Federal party, counseling regarding the possible 

2 purchase of the mortgage by a non-Federal third 

3 party, counseling and advice of all likely restruc4 turing and refinancing strategies or the approval of 

5 a work-out strategy by all interested parties. 

6 (4) NRC may provide up to 15 percent of the 

7 total funds under this paragraph to its own charter 

8 members with expertise in foreclosure prevention 

9 counseling, subject to a certification by NRC that 

10 the procedures for selection do not consist of any 

11 procedures or activities that could be construed as a 

12 conflict of interest or have the appearance of impro13 priety. 

14 (5) HUD-approved counseling entities and 

15 State Housing Finance Agencies receiving funds 

16 under this paragraph shall have demonstrated expe17 rience in successfully working with financial institu18 tions as well as borrowers facing default, delin19 quency and foreclosure as well as documented coun20 seling capacity, outreach capacity, past successful 

21 performance and positive outcomes with documented 

22 counseling plans (including post mortgage fore23 closure mitigation counseling), loan workout agree24 ments and loan modification agreements. NRC may 
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1 use other criteria to demonstrate capacity in under2 served areas. 

3 (6) Of the total amount made available under 

4 this paragraph, up to $2,000,000 may be made 

5 available to build the mortgage foreclosure and de6 fault mitigation counseling capacity of counseling 

7 intermediaries through NRC training courses with 

8 HUD-approved counseling intermediaries and their 

9 partners, except that private financial institutions 

10 that participate in NRC training shall pay market 

11 rates for such training. 

12 (7) Of the total amount made available under 

13 this paragraph, up to 5 percent may be used for as14 sociated administrative expenses for NRC to carry 

15 out activities provided under this section. 

16 (8) Mortgage foreclosure mitigation assistance 

17 grants may include a budget for outreach and adver18 tising, and training, as determined by NRC. 

19 (9) NRC shall continue to report bi-annually to 

20 the House and Senate Committees on Appropria21 tions as well as the Senate Banking Committee and 

22 House Financial Services Committee on its efforts to 

23 mitigate mortgage default. 
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1 UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON

2 HOMELESSNESS

3 OPERATING EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses (including payment of sala5 ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

6 the rental of conference rooms, and the employment of ex7 perts and consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United 

8 States Code) of the United States Interagency Council on 

9 Homelessness in carrying out the functions pursuant to 

10 title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, 

11 as amended, $3,530,000. 

12 TITLE IV 

13 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 

14 SEC. 401. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

15 for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 

16 expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 

17 intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings 

18 funded in this Act. 

19 SEC. 402. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

20 shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 

21 fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria22 tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 

23 SEC. 403. The expenditure of any appropriation 

24 under this Act for any consulting service through a pro25 curement contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, 
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1 United States Code, shall be limited to those contracts 

2 where such expenditures are a matter of public record and 

3 available for public inspection, except where otherwise pro4 vided under existing law, or under existing Executive order 

5 issued pursuant to existing law. 

6 SEC. 404. (a) None of the funds made available in 

7 this Act may be obligated or expended for any employee 

8 training that— 

9 (1) does not meet identified needs for knowl10 edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the 

11 performance of official duties; 

12 (2) contains elements likely to induce high lev13 els of emotional response or psychological stress in 

14 some participants; 

15 (3) does not require prior employee notification 

16 of the content and methods to be used in the train17 ing and written end of course evaluation; 

18 (4) contains any methods or content associated 

19 with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 

20 ‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Em21 ployment Opportunity Commission Notice N– 

22 915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or 

23 (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par24 ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the 

25 workplace. 
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1 (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 

2 otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 

3 bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 

4 SEC. 405. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 

5 none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by pre6 vious appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities fund7 ed in this Act that remain available for obligation or ex8 penditure in fiscal year 2016, or provided from any ac9 counts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 

10 and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 

11 available for obligation or expenditure through a re12 programming of funds that— 

13 (1) creates a new program; 

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

15 (3) increases funds or personnel for any pro16 gram, project, or activity for which funds have been 

17 denied or restricted by the Congress; 

18 (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific 

19 activity by either the House or Senate Committees 

20 on Appropriations for a different purpose; 

21 (5) augments existing programs, projects, or ac22 tivities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, which23 ever is less; 
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1 (6) reduces existing programs, projects, or ac2 tivities by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 

3 less; or 

4 (7) creates, reorganizes, or restructures a 

5 branch, division, office, bureau, board, commission, 

6 agency, administration, or department different from 

7 the budget justifications submitted to the Commit8 tees on Appropriations or the table accompanying 

9 the explanatory statement accompanying this Act, 

10 whichever is more detailed, unless prior approval is 

11 received from the House and Senate Committees on 

12 Appropriations: Provided, That not later than 60 

13 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each 

14 agency funded by this Act shall submit a report to 

15 the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 

16 of the House of Representatives to establish the 

17 baseline for application of reprogramming and trans18 fer authorities for the current fiscal year: Provided 

19 further, That the report shall include— 

20 (A) a table for each appropriation with a 

21 separate column to display the prior year en22 acted level, the President’s budget request, ad23 justments made by Congress, adjustments due 

24 to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 

25 fiscal year enacted level; 
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1 (B) a delineation in the table for each ap2 propriation and its respective prior year enacted 

3 level by object class and program, project, and 

4 activity as detailed in the budget appendix for 

5 the respective appropriation; and 

6 (C) an identification of items of special 

7 congressional interest. 

8 SEC. 406. Except as otherwise specifically provided 

9 by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 

10 remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2016 from 

11 appropriations made available for salaries and expenses 

12 for fiscal year 2016 in this Act, shall remain available 

13 through September 30, 2017, for each such account for 

14 the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall 

15 be submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Ap16 propriations for approval prior to the expenditure of such 

17 funds: Provided further, That these requests shall be made 

18 in compliance with reprogramming guidelines under sec19 tion 405 of this Act. 

20 SEC. 407. No funds in this Act may be used to sup21 port any Federal, State, or local projects that seek to use 

22 the power of eminent domain, unless eminent domain is 

23 employed only for a public use: Provided, That for pur24 poses of this section, public use shall not be construed to 

25 include economic development that primarily benefits pri-
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1 vate entities: Provided further, That any use of funds for 

2 mass transit, railroad, airport, seaport or highway 

3 projects, as well as utility projects which benefit or serve 

4 the general public (including energy-related, communica5 tion-related, water-related and wastewater-related infra6 structure), other structures designated for use by the gen7 eral public or which have other common-carrier or public8 utility functions that serve the general public and are sub9 ject to regulation and oversight by the government, and 

10 projects for the removal of an immediate threat to public 

11 health and safety or brownfields as defined in the Small 

12 Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization 

13 Act (Public Law 107–118) shall be considered a public 

14 use for purposes of eminent domain. 

15 SEC. 408. None of the funds made available in this 

16 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in17 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

18 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro19 vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 

20 SEC. 409. No part of any appropriation contained in 

21 this Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person 

22 filling a position, other than a temporary position, for23 merly held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed 

24 Forces of the United States and has satisfactorily com25 pleted his or her period of active military or naval service, 
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1 and has within 90 days after his or her release from such 

2 service or from hospitalization continuing after discharge 

3 for a period of not more than 1 year, made application 

4 for restoration to his or her former position and has been 

5 certified by the Office of Personnel Management as still 

6 qualified to perform the duties of his or her former posi7 tion and has not been restored thereto. 

8 SEC. 410. No funds appropriated pursuant to this 

9 Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees 

10 that in expending the assistance the entity will comply 

11 with sections 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 

12 (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy Amer13 ican Act’’). 

14 SEC. 411. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 

15 available under this Act shall be made available to any 

16 person or entity that has been convicted of violating the 

17 Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c). 

18 SEC. 412. None of the funds made available in this 

19 Act may be used for first-class airline accommodations in 

20 contravention of sections 301–10.122 and 301–10.123 of 

21 title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 

22 SEC. 413. (a) None of the funds made available by 

23 this Act may be used to approve a new foreign air carrier 

24 permit under sections 41301 through 41305 of title 49, 

25 United States Code, or exemption application under sec-
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1 tion 40109 of that title of an air carrier already holding 

2 an air operators certificate issued by a country that is 

3 party to the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport 

4 Agreement where such approval would contravene United 

5 States law or Article 17 bis of the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Nor6 way Air Transport Agreement. 

7 (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict or 

8 otherwise preclude the Secretary of Transportation from 

9 granting a foreign air carrier permit or an exemption to 

10 such an air carrier where such authorization is consistent 

11 with the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agree12 ment and United States law. 

13 SEC. 414. None of the funds made available by this 

14 Act may be used by the Federal Maritime Commission or 

15 the Administrator of the Maritime Administration to issue 

16 a license or certificate for a commercial vessel that docked 

17 or anchored within the previous 180 days within 7 miles 

18 of a port on property that was confiscated, in whole or 

19 in part, by the Cuban Government, as the terms con20 fiscated, Cuban Government, and property are defined in 

21 paragraphs (4), (5), and (12)(A), respectively, of section 

22 4 of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity 

23 (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6023). 

24 SEC. 415. None of the funds made available by this 

25 Act may be used by the Federal Transit Administration 
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1 to implement, administer, or enforce section 18.36(c)(2) 

2 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, for construction 

3 hiring purposes. 

4 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

5 SEC. 416. The amount by which the applicable alloca6 tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 

7 Appropriations of the House of Representatives under 

8 Section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

9 exceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is 

10 $0. 

11 SEC. 417. None of the funds made available in this 

12 Act may be used to enter into a contract with any offeror 

13 or any of its principals if the offeror certifies, as required 

14 by the Federal Acquisition Regulation, that the offeror or 

15 any of its principals— 

16 (1) within a 3-year period preceding this offer 

17 has been convicted of or had a civil judgment ren18 dered against it for: commission of fraud or a crimi19 nal offense in connection with obtaining, attempting 

20 to obtain, or performing a public (Federal, State, or 

21 local) contract or subcontract; violation of Federal or 

22 State antitrust statutes relating to the submission of 

23 offers; or commission of embezzlement, theft, for24 gery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, 
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1 making false statements, tax evasion, violating Fed2 eral criminal tax laws, or receiving stolen property; 

3 (2) are presently indicted for, or otherwise 

4 criminally or civilly charged by a governmental enti5 ty with, commission of any of the offenses enumer6 ated in paragraph (1); or 

7 (3) within a 3-year period preceding this offer, 

8 has been notified of any delinquent Federal taxes in 

9 an amount that exceeds $3,000 for which the liabil10 ity remains unsatisfied. 

11 SEC. 418. None of the funds made available by this 

12 Act may be used in contravention of section 121.584 of 

13 title 14, Code of Federal Regulations. 

14 SEC. 419. None of the funds made available by this 

15 Act may be used to make incentive payments pursuant 

16 to 48 CFR 16.4 to contractors for contracts that are be17 hind schedule under the terms of the contract as pre18 scribed by 48 CFR 52.211 or over the contract amount 

19 indicated in Standard Form 33, box 20. 

20 SEC. 420. None of the funds made available by this 

21 Act may be used in contravention of the 5th or 14th 

22 Amendment to the Constitution or title VI of the Civil 

23 Rights Act of 1964. 
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1 SEC. 421. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used for the Federal Transit Administration’s 

3 Rapid Growth Area Transit Program. 

4 SEC. 422. None of these funds made available by this 

5 Act may be used by the Federal Aviation Administration 

6 (FAA) to redesign the Phoenix Metroplex regional air7 space. 

8 SEC. 423. None of the funds made available by this 

9 Act may be used to carry out section 210 of this Act with 

10 respect to the Housing Authority of the county of Los An11 geles, California. 

12 SEC. 424. None of the funds made available by this 

13 Act may be used for the Private Enforcement Initiative 

14 of the Fair Housing Initiatives Program under section 

15 561(b) of the Housing and Community Development Act 

16 of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 3616a(b)) and section 125.401 of the 

17 regulations of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel18 opment (24 CFR 125.401). 

19 SEC. 425. None of the funds made available by this 

20 Act may be used to carry out the rule entitled ‘‘Affirma21 tively Furthering Fair Housing’’, published by the Depart22 ment of Housing and Urban Development in the Federal 

23 Register on July 19, 2013 (78 Fed. Reg. 43710; Docket 

24 No. FR–5173–P–01) or to carry out the notice entitled 

25 ‘‘Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Assessment 
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1 Tool’’, published by the Department of Housing and 

2 Urban Development in the Federal Register on September 

3 26, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 57949; Docket No. FR–5173– 

4 02). 

5 SEC. 426. None of the funds made available by this 

6 Act may be used in contravention of section 5309 of title 

7 49, United States Code. 

8 SEC. 427. None of the funds made available by this 

9 Act may be used by the Department of Transportation, 

10 the Department of Housing and Urban Development, or 

11 any other Federal agency to lease or purchase new light 

12 duty vehicles for any executive fleet, or for an agency’s 

13 fleet inventory, except in accordance with Presidential 

14 Memorandum—Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 

15 24, 2011. 

16 SEC. 428. None of the funds made available by this 

17 Act may be used to issue, implement, or enforce regula18 tions by the Federal Aviation Administration entitled ‘‘Op19 erations and Certification of Small Unmanned Aircraft 

20 Systems’’ (FAA–2015–0150) in contravention to 14 CFR 

21 21.25(b)(1). 

22 SEC. 429. None of the funds made available by this 

23 Act may be used by the Administrator of the Federal Avia24 tion Administration to institute an administrative or civil 

25 action (as defined in section 47107 of title 49, United 
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1 States Code) against the sponsor of the East Hampton 

2 Airport in East Hampton, New York. 

3 SEC. 430. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act may be used for high-speed rail in the State of Cali5 fornia or for the California High-Speed Rail Authority, 

6 nor may any be used by the Federal Railroad Administra7 tion to administer a grant agreement with the California 

8 High-Speed Rail Authority that contains a tapered match9 ing requirement. 

10 SEC. 431. None of the funds made available by this 

11 Act may be used to enforce subpart B of part 750 of title 

12 23, Code of Federal Regulations, regarding signs for serv13 ice clubs and religious notices as defined in section 153(p) 

14 of such part. 

15 SEC. 432. None of the funds made available by this 

16 Act may be used in contravention of subpart E of part 

17 5 of the regulations of the Secretary of Housing and 

18 Urban Development (24 CFR part 5, subpart E, relating 

19 to restrictions on assistance to noncitizens). 

20 SEC. 433. None of the funds made available by this 

21 Act may be used to provide financial assistance in con22 travention of section 214(d) of the Housing and Commu23 nity Development Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 1436a(d)). 

24 SEC. 434. None of the funds made available by this 

25 Act may be used by the Federal Aviation Administration 
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1 for the bio-data assessment in the hiring of Air Traffic 

2 Control Specialists. 

3 SEC. 435. None of the funds made available by this 

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

5 final rule entitled ‘‘Implementation of the Fair Housing 

6 Act’s Discriminatory Effects Standard’’, published by the 

7 Department of Housing and Urban Development in the 

8 Federal Register on February 15, 2013 (78 Fed. Reg. 

9 11460; Docket No. FR–5508–F–02). 

10 SEC. 436. None of the funds made available by this 

11 Act may be used in contravention of Executive Order No. 

12 11246 (relating to Equal Employment Opportunity). 

13 SEC. 437. None of the funds made available by this 

14 Act may be used to acquire a camera for the purpose of 

15 collecting or storing vehicle license plate numbers. 

16 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation, Hous17 ing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appro18 priations Act, 2016’’. 

19 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

20 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

21 Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban 

22 Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 

23 September 30, 2016, and for other purposes, namely: 
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1 TITLE I 

2 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

3 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 

6 $110,738,000, of which not to exceed $2,734,000 shall be 

7 available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to 

8 exceed $1,025,000 shall be available for the immediate Of9 fice of the Deputy Secretary; not to exceed $20,109,000 shall 

10 be available for the Office of the General Counsel; not to 

11 exceed $10,141,000 shall be available for the Office of the 

12 Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy; not to exceed 

13 $13,867,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant 

14 Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to exceed 

15 $2,546,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant 

16 Secretary for Governmental Affairs; not to exceed 

17 $27,411,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant 

18 Secretary for Administration; not to exceed $2,029,000 shall 

19 be available for the Office of Public Affairs; not to exceed 

20 $1,769,000 shall be available for the Office of the Executive 

21 Secretariat; not to exceed $1,434,000 shall be available for 

22 the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utiliza23 tion; not to exceed $10,793,000 shall be available for the 

24 Office of Intelligence, Security, and Emergency Response; 

25 and not to exceed $16,880,000 shall be available for the Of-
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1 fice of the Chief Information Officer: Provided, That the 

2 Secretary of Transportation is authorized to transfer funds 

3 appropriated for any office of the Office of the Secretary 

4 to any other office of the Office of the Secretary: Provided 

5 further, That no appropriation for any office shall be in6 creased or decreased by more than 5 percent by all such 

7 transfers: Provided further, That notice of any change in 

8 funding greater than 5 percent shall be submitted for ap9 proval to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria10 tions: Provided further, That not to exceed $60,000 shall 

11 be for allocation within the Department for official recep12 tion and representation expenses as the Secretary may de13 termine: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 

14 provision of law, excluding fees authorized in Public Law 

15 107–71, there may be credited to this appropriation up to 

16 $2,500,000 in funds received in user fees: Provided further, 

17 That none of the funds provided in this Act shall be avail18 able for the position of Assistant Secretary for Public Af19 fairs: Provided further, That not later than 60 days after 

20 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transpor21 tation shall transmit to Congress the final Comprehensive 

22 Truck Size and Weight Limits Study, as required by section 

23 32801 of Public Law 112–141: Provided further, That the 

24 amount herein appropriated for the Office of the Under Sec25 retary for Transportation Policy shall be reduced by 
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1 $100,000 for each day after 60 days after the date of enact2 ment of this Act that such report has not been submitted 

3 to Congress: Provided further, That the Secretary shall pro4 vide the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 

5 quarterly written notification regarding the status of pend6 ing reports required to be submitted to the House and Sen7 ate Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 

8 the Secretary shall provide in electronic form all signed re9 ports required by Congress. 

10 RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

11 For necessary expenses related to the Office of the As12 sistant Secretary for Research and Technology, 

13 $13,000,000, of which $8,218,000 shall remain available 

14 until September 30, 2018: Provided, That there may be 

15 credited to this appropriation, to be available until ex16 pended, funds received from States, counties, municipali17 ties, other public authorities, and private sources for ex18 penses incurred for training: Provided further, That any 

19 reference in law, regulation, judicial proceedings, or else20 where to the Research and Innovative Technology Adminis21 tration shall continue to be deemed to be a reference to the 

22 Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Tech23 nology of the Department of Transportation. 
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1 NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS

2 For capital investments in surface transportation in3 frastructure, $500,000,000, to remain available through 

4 September 30, 2019: Provided, That the Secretary of Trans5 portation shall distribute funds provided under this heading 

6 as discretionary grants to be awarded to a State, local gov7 ernment, transit agency, or a collaboration among such en8 tities on a competitive basis for projects that will have a 

9 significant impact on the Nation, a metropolitan area, or 

10 a region: Provided further, That projects eligible for funding 

11 provided under this heading shall include, but not be lim12 ited to, highway or bridge projects eligible under title 23, 

13 United States Code; public transportation projects eligible 

14 under chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code; passenger 

15 and freight rail transportation projects; and port infra16 structure investments (including inland port infrastruc17 ture): Provided further, That the Secretary may use up to 

18 20 percent of the funds made available under this heading 

19 for the purpose of paying the subsidy and administrative 

20 costs of projects eligible for Federal credit assistance under 

21 chapter 6 of title 23, United States Code, if the Secretary 

22 finds that such use of the funds would advance the purposes 

23 of this paragraph: Provided further, That in distributing 

24 funds provided under this heading, the Secretary shall take 

25 such measures so as to ensure an equitable geographic dis-
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1 tribution of funds, an appropriate balance in addressing 

2 the needs of urban and rural areas, and the investment in 

3 a variety of transportation modes: Provided further, That 

4 a grant funded under this heading shall be not less than 

5 $10,000,000 and not greater than $100,000,000: Provided 

6 further, That not more than 25 percent of the funds made 

7 available under this heading may be awarded to projects 

8 in a single State: Provided further, That the Federal share 

9 of the costs for which an expenditure is made under this 

10 heading shall be, at the option of the recipient, up to 80 

11 percent: Provided further, That the Secretary shall give pri12 ority to projects that require a contribution of Federal funds 

13 in order to complete an overall financing package: Provided 

14 further, That not less than 30 percent of the funds provided 

15 under this heading shall be for projects located in rural 

16 areas: Provided further, That for projects located in rural 

17 areas, the minimum grant size shall be $1,000,000 and the 

18 Secretary may increase the Federal share of costs above 80 

19 percent: Provided further, That of the amount made avail20 able under this heading, the Secretary may use an amount 

21 not to exceed $25,000,000 for the planning, preparation or 

22 design of projects eligible for funding under this heading: 

23 Provided further, That grants awarded under the previous 

24 proviso shall not be subject to a minimum grant size: Pro25 vided further, That projects conducted using funds provided 
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1 under this heading must comply with the requirements of 

2 subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code: 

3 Provided further, That the Secretary shall conduct a new 

4 competition to select the grants and credit assistance 

5 awarded under this heading: Provided further, That the 

6 Secretary may retain up to $20,000,000 of the funds pro7 vided under this heading, and may transfer portions of 

8 those funds to the Administrators of the Federal Highway 

9 Administration, the Federal Transit Administration, the 

10 Federal Railroad Administration, and the Maritime Ad11 ministration, to fund the award and oversight of grants and 

12 credit assistance made under the National Infrastructure 

13 Investments program. 

14 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CAPITAL

15 For necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing 

16 the Department of Transportation’s financial systems and 

17 re-engineering business processes, $5,000,000, to remain 

18 available through September 30, 2017. 

19 CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVES

20 For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, 

21 including necessary upgrades to wide area network and in22 formation technology infrastructure, improvement of net23 work perimeter controls and identity management, testing 

24 and assessment of information technology against business, 

25 security, and other requirements, implementation of Fed-
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1 eral cyber security initiatives and information infrastruc2 ture enhancements, implementation of enhanced security 

3 controls on network devices, and enhancement of cyber secu4 rity workforce training tools, $8,000,000, to remain avail5 able through September 30, 2017. 

6 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

8 $9,678,000. 

9 TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND

10 DEVELOPMENT

11 For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 

12 planning, research, systems development, development ac13 tivities, and making grants, to remain available until ex14 pended, $6,000,000. 

15 INTERAGENCY INFRASTRUCTURE PERMITTING

16 IMPROVEMENT CENTER

17 For necessary expenses to establish an Interagency In18 frastructure Permitting Improvement Center (IIPIC) that 

19 will implement reforms to improve interagency coordina20 tion and the expediting of projects related to the permitting 

21 and environmental review of major transportation infra22 structure projects including one-time expenses to develop 

23 and deploy information technology tools to track project 

24 schedules and metrics and improve the transparency and 

25 accountability of the permitting process, $4,000,000, to re-
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1 main available until expended: Provided, That there may 

2 be transferred to this appropriation, to remain available 

3 until expended, amounts from other Federal agencies for ex4 penses incurred under this heading for activities not related 

5 to transportation infrastructure: Provided further, That the 

6 tools and analysis developed by the IIPIC shall be available 

7 to other Federal agencies for the permitting and review of 

8 major infrastructure projects not related to transportation 

9 only to the extent that other Federal agencies provide fund10 ing to the Department as provided for under the previous 

11 proviso. 

12 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

13 For necessary expenses for operating costs and capital 

14 outlays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed 

15 $190,039,000 shall be paid from appropriations made 

16 available to the Department of Transportation: Provided, 

17 That such services shall be provided on a competitive basis 

18 to entities within the Department of Transportation: Pro19 vided further, That the above limitation on operating ex20 penses shall not apply to non-DOT entities: Provided fur21 ther, That no funds appropriated in this Act to an agency 

22 of the Department shall be transferred to the Working Cap23 ital Fund without majority approval of the Working Cap24 ital Fund Steering Committee and approval of the Sec25 retary: Provided further, That no assessments may be levied 
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1 against any program, budget activity, subactivity or project 

2 funded by this Act unless notice of such assessments and 

3 the basis therefor are presented to the House and Senate 

4 Committees on Appropriations and are approved by such 

5 Committees. 

6 MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM

7 For the cost of guaranteed loans, $336,000, as author8 ized by 49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, including 

9 the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in sec10 tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 

11 further, That these funds are available to subsidize total 

12 loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not 

13 to exceed $18,367,000. 

14 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

15 the guaranteed loan program, $597,000. 

16 MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH

17 For necessary expenses of Minority Business Resource 

18 Center outreach activities, $3,084,000, to remain available 

19 until September 30, 2017: Provided, That notwithstanding 

20 49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be used for business oppor21 tunities related to any mode of transportation. 

22 PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS

23 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

24 In addition to funds made available from any other 

25 source to carry out the essential air service program under 
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1 49 U.S.C. 41731 through 41742, $175,000,000, to be derived 

2 from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to remain avail3 able until expended: Provided, That in determining between 

4 or among carriers competing to provide service to a commu5 nity, the Secretary may consider the relative subsidy re6 quirements of the carriers: Provided further, That basic es7 sential air service minimum requirements shall not include 

8 the 15-passenger capacity requirement under subsection 

9 41732(b)(3) of title 49, United States Code: Provided fur10 ther, That none of the funds in this Act or any other Act 

11 shall be used to enter into a new contract with a community 

12 located less than 40 miles from the nearest small hub air13 port before the Secretary has negotiated with the commu14 nity over a local cost share: Provided further, That amounts 

15 authorized to be distributed for the essential air service pro16 gram under subsection 41742(b) of title 49, United States 

17 Code, shall be made available immediately from amounts 

18 otherwise provided to the Administrator of the Federal 

19 Aviation Administration: Provided further, That the Ad20 ministrator may reimburse such amounts from fees credited 

21 to the account established under section 45303 of title 49, 

22 United States Code. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

2 OF TRANSPORTATION

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

4 Act to the Department of Transportation may be obligated 

5 for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation to approve 

6 assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining to funds 

7 appropriated to the modal administrations in this Act, ex8 cept for activities underway on the date of enactment of 

9 this Act, unless such assessments or agreements have com10 pleted the normal reprogramming process for Congressional 

11 notification. 

12 SEC. 102. The Secretary or his or her designee may 

13 engage in activities with States and State legislators to con14 sider proposals related to the reduction of motorcycle fatali15 ties. 

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

17 United States Code, in addition to authority provided by 

18 section 327 of title 49, United States Code, the Depart19 ment’s Working Capital Fund is hereby authorized to pro20 vide payments in advance to vendors that are necessary to 

21 carry out the Federal transit pass transportation fringe 

22 benefit program under Executive Order 13150 and section 

23 3049 of Public Law 109–59: Provided, That the Depart24 ment shall include adequate safeguards in the contract with 
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1 the vendors to ensure timely and high-quality performance 

2 under the contract. 

3 SEC. 104. The Secretary shall post on the Web site of 

4 the Department of Transportation a schedule of all meetings 

5 of the Credit Council, including the agenda for each meet6 ing, and require the Credit Council to record the decisions 

7 and actions of each meeting. 

8 SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

9 none of the funds appropriated or made available under 

10 this Act shall be used to finalize or implement sections 256.1 

11 through 256.5 and 399.80 of the Department of Transpor12 tation’s proposed rulemaking, as published in the Federal 

13 Register on Friday, May 23, 2014 (79 FR 29969), relating 

14 to Transparency of Airline Ancillary Fees and Other Con15 sumer Protection Issues. 

16 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

17 OPERATIONS

18 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

19 For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Admin20 istration, not otherwise provided for, including operations 

21 and research activities related to commercial space trans22 portation, administrative expenses for research and develop23 ment, establishment of air navigation facilities, the oper24 ation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, sub25 sidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold to 
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1 the public, lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles for 

2 replacement only, in addition to amounts made available 

3 by Public Law 112–95, $9,897,818,000 of which 

4 $8,180,000,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Air5 way Trust Fund, of which not to exceed $7,505,293,000 

6 shall be available for air traffic organization activities; not 

7 to exceed $1,258,411,000 shall be available for aviation safe8 ty activities; not to exceed $17,425,000 shall be available 

9 for commercial space transportation activities; not to exceed 

10 $748,969,000 shall be available for finance and manage11 ment activities; not to exceed $60,089,000 shall be available 

12 for NextGen and operations planning activities; not to ex13 ceed $100,880,000 shall be available for security and haz14 ardous materials safety; and not to exceed $206,751,000 

15 shall be available for staff offices: Provided, That not to ex16 ceed 2 percent of any budget activity, except for aviation 

17 safety budget activity, may be transferred to any budget 

18 activity under this heading: Provided further, That no 

19 transfer may increase or decrease any appropriation by 

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

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

22 of funds under section 405 of this Act and shall not be avail23 able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with 

24 the procedures set forth in that section: Provided further, 

25 That not later than March 31 of each fiscal year hereafter, 
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1 the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration 

2 shall transmit to Congress an annual update to the report 

3 submitted to Congress in December 2004 pursuant to sec4 tion 221 of Public Law 108–176: Provided further, That 

5 the amount herein appropriated shall be reduced by 

6 $100,000 for each day after March 31 that such report has 

7 not been submitted to the Congress: Provided further, That 

8 not later than March 31 of each fiscal year hereafter, the 

9 Administrator shall transmit to Congress a companion re10 port that describes a comprehensive strategy for staffing, 

11 hiring, and training flight standards and aircraft certifi12 cation staff in a format similar to the one utilized for the 

13 controller staffing plan, including stated attrition estimates 

14 and numerical hiring goals by fiscal year: Provided further, 

15 That the amount herein appropriated shall be reduced by 

16 $100,000 per day for each day after March 31 that such 

17 report has not been submitted to Congress: Provided further, 

18 That funds may be used to enter into a grant agreement 

19 with a nonprofit standard-setting organization to assist in 

20 the development of aviation safety standards: Provided fur21 ther, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available 

22 for new applicants for the second career training program: 

23 Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall 

24 be available for the Federal Aviation Administration to fi25 nalize or implement any regulation that would promulgate 
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1 new aviation user fees not specifically authorized by law 

2 after the date of the enactment of this Act: Provided further, 

3 That there may be credited to this appropriation, as offset4 ting collections, funds received from States, counties, mu5 nicipalities, foreign authorities, other public authorities, 

6 and private sources for expenses incurred in the provision 

7 of agency services, including receipts for the maintenance 

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

9 renewal or modification of certificates, including airman, 

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

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

12 Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 

13 heading, not less than $154,400,000 shall be for the contract 

14 tower program, including the contract tower cost share pro15 gram: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act 

16 for aeronautical charting and cartography are available for 

17 activities conducted by, or coordinated through, the Work18 ing Capital Fund. 

19 FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

20 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

21 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 

22 acquisition, establishment, technical support services, im23 provement by contract or purchase, and hire of national 

24 airspace systems and experimental facilities and equip25 ment, as authorized under part A of subtitle VII of title 
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1 49, United States Code, including initial acquisition of nec2 essary sites by lease or grant; engineering and service test3 ing, including construction of test facilities and acquisition 

4 of necessary sites by lease or grant; construction and fur5 nishing of quarters and related accommodations for officers 

6 and employees of the Federal Aviation Administration sta7 tioned at remote localities where such accommodations are 

8 not available; and the purchase, lease, or transfer of aircraft 

9 from funds available under this heading, including aircraft 

10 for aviation regulation and certification; to be derived from 

11 the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, $2,600,000,000, of 

12 which $467,000,000 shall remain available until September 

13 30, 2016, and $2,133,000,000 shall remain available until 

14 September 30, 2018: Provided, That there may be credited 

15 to this appropriation funds received from States, counties, 

16 municipalities, other public authorities, and private 

17 sources, for expenses incurred in the establishment, im18 provement, and modernization of national airspace sys19 tems: Provided further, That no later than March 31, the 

20 Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to the Congress 

21 an investment plan for the Federal Aviation Administra22 tion which includes funding for each budget line item for 

23 fiscal years 2017 through 2021, with total funding for each 

24 year of the plan constrained to the funding targets for those 

25 years as estimated and approved by the Office of Manage-
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1 ment and Budget: Provided further, That the amount herein 

2 appropriated shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for each 

3 day after March 31 that such report has not been submitted 

4 to Congress. 

5 RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT

6 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

7 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 

8 research, engineering, and development, as authorized 

9 under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, 

10 including construction of experimental facilities and acqui11 sition of necessary sites by lease or grant, $163,325,000, to 

12 be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and 

13 to remain available until September 30, 2018: Provided, 

14 That there may be credited to this appropriation as offset15 ting collections, funds received from States, counties, mu16 nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources, 

17 which shall be available for expenses incurred for research, 

18 engineering, and development. 
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1 GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

2 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

3 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

4 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 (INCLUDING RESCISSION)

7 For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in8 aid for airport planning and development, and noise com9 patibility planning and programs as authorized under sub10 chapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 

11 of title 49, United States Code, and under other law author12 izing such obligations; for procurement, installation, and 

13 commissioning of runway incursion prevention devices and 

14 systems at airports of such title; for grants authorized under 

15 section 41743 of title 49, United States Code; and for in16 spection activities and administration of airport safety pro17 grams, including those related to airport operating certifi18 cates under section 44706 of title 49, United States Code, 

19 $3,600,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway 

20 Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Pro21 vided, That none of the funds under this heading shall be 

22 available for the planning or execution of programs the obli23 gations for which are in excess of $3,350,000,000 in fiscal 

24 year 2016, notwithstanding section 47117(g) of title 49, 

25 United States Code: Provided further, That none of the 
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1 funds under this heading shall be available for the replace2 ment of baggage conveyor systems, reconfiguration of ter3 minal baggage areas, or other airport improvements that 

4 are necessary to install bulk explosive detection systems: 

5 Provided further, That notwithstanding section 47109(a) of 

6 title 49, United States Code, the Government’s share of al7 lowable project costs under paragraph (2) for subgrants or 

8 paragraph (3) of that section shall be 95 percent for a 

9 project at other than a large or medium hub airport that 

10 is a successive phase of a multi-phased construction project 

11 for which the project sponsor received a grant in fiscal year 

12 2011 for the construction project: Provided further, That 

13 notwithstanding any other provision of law, of funds lim14 ited under this heading, not more than $107,100,000 shall 

15 be obligated for administration, not less than $15,000,000 

16 shall be available for the Airport Cooperative Research Pro17 gram, not less than $31,000,000 shall be available for Air18 port Technology Research, and $10,000,000, to remain 

19 available until expended, shall be available and transferred 

20 to ‘‘Office of the Secretary, Salaries and Expenses’’ to carry 

21 out the Small Community Air Service Development Pro22 gram: Provided further, That in addition to airports eligi23 ble under section 41743 of title 49, such program may in24 clude the participation of an airport that serves a commu25 nity or consortium that is not larger than a small hub air-
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1 port, according to FAA hub classifications effective at the 

2 time the Office of the Secretary issues a request for pro3 posals. 

4 (RESCISSION)

5 Of the amounts authorized for the fiscal year ending 

6 September 30, 2016, under section 48112 of title 49, United 

7 States Code, all unobligated balances are permanently re8 scinded. 

9 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION

10 ADMINISTRATION

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

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

13 the federally funded research and development center con14 tract between the Federal Aviation Administration and the 

15 Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development during 

16 fiscal year 2016. 

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

18 to pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring air19 port sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation Adminis20 tration without cost building construction, maintenance, 

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

22 buildings for services relating to air traffic control, air 

23 navigation, or weather reporting: Provided, That the prohi24 bition of funds in this section does not apply to negotiations 

25 between the agency and airport sponsors to achieve agree-
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1 ment on ‘‘below-market’’ rates for these items or to grant 

2 assurances that require airport sponsors to provide land 

3 without cost to the FAA for air traffic control facilities. 

4 SEC. 112. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 

5 Administration may reimburse amounts made available to 

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

7 U.S.C. 45303 and any amount remaining in such account 

8 at the close of that fiscal year may be made available to 

9 satisfy section 41742(a)(1) for the subsequent fiscal year. 

10 SEC. 113. Amounts collected under section 40113(e) of 

11 title 49, United States Code, shall be credited to the appro12 priation current at the time of collection, to be merged with 

13 and available for the same purposes of such appropriation. 

14 SEC. 114. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail15 able for paying premium pay under subsection 5546(a) of 

16 title 5, United States Code, to any Federal Aviation Admin17 istration employee unless such employee actually performed 

18 work during the time corresponding to such premium pay. 

19 SEC. 115. None of the funds in this Act may be obli20 gated or expended for an employee of the Federal Aviation 

21 Administration to purchase a store gift card or gift certifi22 cate through use of a Government-issued credit card. 

23 SEC. 116. The Secretary shall apportion to the sponsor 

24 of an airport that received scheduled or unscheduled air 

25 service from a large certified air carrier (as defined in part 
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1 241 of title 14 Code of Federal Regulations, or such other 

2 regulations as may be issued by the Secretary under the 

3 authority of section 41709) an amount equal to the min4 imum apportionment specified in 49 U.S.C. 47114(c), if 

5 the Secretary determines that airport had more than 10,000 

6 passenger boardings in the preceding calendar year, based 

7 on data submitted to the Secretary under part 241 of title 

8 14, Code of Federal Regulations. 

9 SEC. 117. None of the funds in this Act may be obli10 gated or expended for retention bonuses for an employee of 

11 the Federal Aviation Administration without the prior 

12 written approval of the Assistant Secretary for Administra13 tion of the Department of Transportation. 

14 SEC. 118. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

15 none of the funds made available under this Act or any 

16 prior Act may be used to implement or to continue to im17 plement any limitation on the ability of any owner or oper18 ator of a private aircraft to obtain, upon a request to the 

19 Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, a 

20 blocking of that owner’s or operator’s aircraft registration 

21 number from any display of the Federal Aviation Adminis22 tration’s Aircraft Situational Display to Industry data 

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

24 available to a Government agency, for the noncommercial 

25 flights of that owner or operator. 
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1 SEC. 119. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail2 able for salaries and expenses of more than 9 political and 

3 Presidential appointees in the Federal Aviation Adminis4 tration. 

5 SEC. 119A. None of the funds made available under 

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

7 44721 of title 49, United States Code, until the FAA pro8 vides to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria9 tions a report that justifies all fees related to aeronautical 

10 navigation products and explains how such fees are con11 sistent with Executive Order 13642. 

12 SEC. 119B. None of the funds appropriated or limited 

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

14 prior permission rules at Teterboro airport in Teterboro, 

15 New Jersey. 

16 SEC. 119C. None of the funds in this Act may be used 

17 to close a regional operations center of the Federal Aviation 

18 Administration or reduce its services unless the Adminis19 trator notifies the House and Senate Committees on Appro20 priations not less than 90 full business days in advance. 
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1 FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

2 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

3 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 Not to exceed $429,348,000, together with advances 

6 and reimbursements received by the Federal Highway Ad7 ministration, shall be obligated for necessary expenses for 

8 administration and operation of the Federal Highway Ad9 ministration or transferred to the Appalachian Regional 

10 Commission in accordance with section 104 of title 23, 

11 United States Code. 

12 FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

13 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

14 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

15 Funds available for the implementation or execution 

16 of Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction 

17 programs authorized under titles 23 and 49, United States 

18 Code, and the provisions of Public Law 112–141 shall not 

19 exceed total obligations of $40,256,000,000 for fiscal year 

20 2016: Provided, That the Secretary may collect and spend 

21 fees, as authorized by title 23, United States Code, to cover 

22 the costs of services of expert firms, including counsel, in 

23 the field of municipal and project finance to assist in the 

24 underwriting and servicing of Federal credit instruments 

25 and all or a portion of the costs to the Federal Government 
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1 of servicing such credit instruments: Provided further, That 

2 such fees are available until expended to pay for such costs: 

3 Provided further, That such amounts are in addition to ad4 ministrative expenses that are also available for such pur5 pose, and are not subject to any obligation limitation or 

6 the limitation on administrative expenses under section 608 

7 of title 23, United States Code. 

8 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

9 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

10 For the payment of obligations incurred in carrying 

11 out Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction 

12 programs authorized under title 23, United States Code, 

13 $40,995,000,000 derived from the Highway Trust Fund 

14 (other than the Mass Transit Account), to remain available 

15 until expended. 

16 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY

17 ADMINISTRATION

18 SEC. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2016, the Secretary of 

19 Transportation shall— 

20 (1) not distribute from the obligation limitation 

21 for Federal-aid highways— 

22 (A) amounts authorized for administrative 

23 expenses and programs by section 104(a) of title 

24 23, United States Code; and 
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1 (B) amounts authorized for the Bureau of 

2 Transportation Statistics; 

3 (2) not distribute an amount from the obligation 

4 limitation for Federal-aid highways that is equal to 

5 the unobligated balance of amounts— 

6 (A) made available from the Highway Trust 

7 Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for 

8 Federal-aid highways and highway safety con9 struction programs for previous fiscal years the 

10 funds for which are allocated by the Secretary 

11 (or apportioned by the Secretary under section 

12 202 or 204 of title 23, United States Code); and 

13 (B) for which obligation limitation was 

14 provided in a previous fiscal year; 

15 (3) determine the proportion that— 

16 (A) the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 

17 highways, less the aggregate of amounts not dis18 tributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this 

19 subsection; bears to 

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

21 appropriated for the Federal-aid highways and 

22 highway safety construction programs (other 

23 than sums authorized to be appropriated for pro24 visions of law described in paragraphs (1) 

25 through (11) of subsection (b) and sums author-
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1 ized to be appropriated for section 119 of title 

2 23, United States Code, equal to the amount re3 ferred to in subsection (b)(12) for such fiscal 

4 year), less the aggregate of the amounts not dis5 tributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this 

6 subsection; 

7 (4) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed8 eral-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not dis9 tributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), for each of the 

10 programs (other than programs to which paragraph 

11 (1) applies) that are allocated by the Secretary under 

12 the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century 

13 Act and title 23, United States Code, or apportioned 

14 by the Secretary under sections 202 or 204 of that 

15 title, by multiplying— 

16 (A) the proportion determined under para17 graph (3); by 

18 (B) the amounts authorized to be appro19 priated for each such program for such fiscal 

20 year; and 

21 (5) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed22 eral-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not dis23 tributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) and the 

24 amounts distributed under paragraph (4), for Fed25 eral-aid highways and highway safety construction 
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1 programs that are apportioned by the Secretary 

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

3 amounts apportioned for the National Highway Per4 formance Program in section 119 of title 23, United 

5 States Code, that are exempt from the limitation 

6 under subsection (b)(12) and the amounts appor7 tioned under sections 202 and 204 of that title) in the 

8 proportion that— 

9 (A) amounts authorized to be appropriated 

10 for the programs that are apportioned under title 

11 23, United States Code, to each State for such 

12 fiscal year; bears to 

13 (B) the total of the amounts authorized to 

14 be appropriated for the programs that are ap15 portioned under title 23, United States Code, to 

16 all States for such fiscal year. 

17 (b) EXCEPTIONS FROM OBLIGATION LIMITATION.— 

18 The obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways shall 

19 not apply to obligations under or for— 

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

21 (2) section 147 of the Surface Transportation As22 sistance Act of 1978 (23 U.S.C. 144 note; 92 Stat. 

23 2714); 

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

25 1981 (95 Stat. 1701); 
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1 (4) subsections (b) and (j) of section 131 of the 

2 Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (96 

3 Stat. 2119); 

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

5 Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation As6 sistance Act of 1987 (101 Stat. 198); 

7 (6) sections 1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal 

8 Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 

9 Stat. 2027); 

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

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

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

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

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

15 those fiscal years); 

16 (9) Federal-aid highways programs for which ob17 ligation authority was made available under the 

18 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112 

19 Stat. 107) or subsequent Acts for multiple years or to 

20 remain available until expended, but only to the ex21 tent that the obligation authority has not lapsed or 

22 been used; 

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

24 (as in effect for fiscal years 2005 through 2012, but 
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1 only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of 

2 those fiscal years); 

3 (11) section 1603 of SAFETEA–LU (23 U.S.C. 

4 118 note; 119 Stat. 1248), to the extent that funds ob5 ligated in accordance with that section were not sub6 ject to a limitation on obligations at the time at 

7 which the funds were initially made available for ob8 ligation; and 

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

10 (but, for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2016, only 

11 in an amount equal to $639,000,000). 

12 (c) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED OBLIGATION AU13 THORITY.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 

14 shall, after August 1 of such fiscal year— 

15 (1) revise a distribution of the obligation limita16 tion made available under subsection (a) if an 

17 amount distributed cannot be obligated during that 

18 fiscal year; and 

19 (2) redistribute sufficient amounts to those States 

20 able to obligate amounts in addition to those pre21 viously distributed during that fiscal year, giving pri22 ority to those States having large unobligated bal23 ances of funds apportioned under sections 144 (as in 

24 effect on the day before the date of enactment of Pub-
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1 lic Law 112–141) and 104 of title 23, United States 

2 Code. 

3 (d) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS TO

4 TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PROGRAMS.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para6 graph (2), the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 

7 highways shall apply to contract authority for trans8 portation research programs carried out under— 

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

10 Code; and 

11 (B) division E of the Moving Ahead for 

12 Progress in the 21st Century Act. 

13 (2) EXCEPTION.—Obligation authority made 

14 available under paragraph (1) shall— 

15 (A) remain available for a period of 4 fiscal 

16 years; and 

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

18 limitation imposed on obligations for Federal19 aid highways and highway safety construction 

20 programs for future fiscal years. 

21 (e) REDISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN AUTHORIZED

22 FUNDS.— 

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

24 the date of distribution of obligation limitation under 

25 subsection (a), the Secretary shall distribute to the 
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1 States any funds (excluding funds authorized for the 

2 program under section 202 of title 23, United States 

3 Code) that— 

4 (A) are authorized to be appropriated for 

5 such fiscal year for Federal-aid highways pro6 grams; and 

7 (B) the Secretary determines will not be al8 located to the States (or will not be apportioned 

9 to the States under section 204 of title 23, 

10 United States Code), and will not be available 

11 for obligation, for such fiscal year because of the 

12 imposition of any obligation limitation for such 

13 fiscal year. 

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

15 paragraph (1) in the same proportion as the distribu16 tion of obligation authority under subsection (a)(5). 

17 (3) AVAILABILITY.—Funds distributed to each 

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

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

20 States Code. 

21 SEC. 121. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re22 ceived by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the 

23 sale of data products, for necessary expenses incurred pur24 suant to chapter 63 of title 49, United States Code, may 

25 be credited to the Federal-aid highways account for the pur-
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1 pose of reimbursing the Bureau for such expenses: Provided, 

2 That such funds shall be subject to the obligation limitation 

3 for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction 

4 programs. 

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

6 under his or her statutory authority, any Buy America re7 quirement for Federal-aid highways projects, the Secretary 

8 of Transportation shall make an informal public notice and 

9 comment opportunity on the intent to issue such waiver and 

10 the reasons therefor: Provided, That the Secretary shall pro11 vide an annual report to the House and Senate Committees 

12 on Appropriations on any waivers granted under the Buy 

13 America requirements. 

14 SEC. 123. None of the funds in this Act to the Depart15 ment of Transportation may be used to provide credit as16 sistance unless not less than 3 days before any application 

17 approval to provide credit assistance under sections 603 

18 and 604 of title 23, United States Code, the Secretary of 

19 Transportation provides notification in writing to the fol20 lowing committees: the House and Senate Committees on 

21 Appropriations; the Committee on Environment and Public 

22 Works and the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban 

23 Affairs of the Senate; and the Committee on Transportation 

24 and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives: Pro25 vided, That such notification shall include, but not be lim-
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1 ited to, the name of the project sponsor; a description of 

2 the project; whether credit assistance will be provided as 

3 a direct loan, loan guarantee, or line of credit; and the 

4 amount of credit assistance. 

5 SEC. 124. From the unobligated balances of funds ap6 portioned among the States prior to October 1, 2012, under 

7 sections 104(b) of title 23, United States Code (as in effect 

8 on the day before the date of enactment of Public Law 112– 

9 141), the amount of $22,348,000 shall be made available 

10 in fiscal year 2016 for the administrative expenses of the 

11 Federal Highway Administration: Provided, That this pro12 vision shall not apply to funds distributed in accordance 

13 with section 104(b)(5) of title 23, United States Code (as 

14 in effect on the day before the date of enactment of Public 

15 Law 112–141); section 133(d)(1) of such title (as in effect 

16 on the day before the date of enactment of Public Law 109– 

17 59); and the first sentence of section 133(d)(3)(A) of such 

18 title (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment 

19 of Public Law 112–141): Provided further, That such 

20 amount shall be derived on a proportional basis from the 

21 unobligated balances of apportioned funds to which this 

22 provision applies: Provided further, That the amount made 

23 available by this provision in fiscal year 2016 for the ad24 ministrative expenses of the Federal Highway Administra25 tion shall be in addition to the amount made available in 
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1 fiscal year 2016 for such purposes under section 104(a) of 

2 title 23, United States Code. 

3 SEC. 125. Section 127 of title 23, United States Code, 

4 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(m) OPERATION OF CERTAIN SPECIALIZED HAULING

6 VEHICLES ON CERTAIN TEXAS HIGHWAYS.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If any segment of United 

8 States Route 59, United States Route 77, United 

9 States Route 281, United States Route 84, or routes 

10 otherwise made eligible for designation as Interstate 

11 Route 69, is designated as Interstate Route 69, a ve12 hicle that could operate legally on that segment before 

13 the date of such designation may continue to operate 

14 on that segment, without regard to any requirement 

15 under subsection (a). 

16 ‘‘(2) DESCRIPTION OF HIGHWAY SEGMENTS.— 

17 The highway segments referred to in paragraph (1) 

18 are any segment of United States Route 59, United 

19 States Route 77, United States Route 281, United 

20 States Route 84, and routes otherwise made eligible 

21 for designation as Interstate Route 69 in Texas. 

22 ‘‘(n) OPERATION OF CERTAIN SPECIALIZED VEHICLES

23 ON CERTAIN HIGHWAYS IN THE STATE OF ARKANSAS.— 

24 If any segment of United States Route 63 between the exits 
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1 for Arkansas Highway 14 and Arkansas Highway 75 is 

2 designated as part of the Interstate System— 

3 ‘‘(1) a vehicle that could legally operate on the 

4 segment before the date of such designation at the 

5 posted speed limit may continue to operate on that 

6 segment; and 

7 ‘‘(2) a vehicle that can only travel slower than 

8 the posted speed limit on the segment and could other9 wise legally operate on the segment before the date of 

10 such designation may continue to operate on that seg11 ment during daylight hours.’’. 

12 SEC. 126. (a) A State or territory, as defined in section 

13 165 of title 23, United States Code, may use for any project 

14 eligible under section 133(b) of title 23 or section 165 of 

15 title 23 and located within the boundary of the State or 

16 territory any earmarked amount, and any associated obli17 gation limitation, provided that the Department of Trans18 portation for the State or territory for which the earmarked 

19 amount was originally designated or directed notifies the 

20 Secretary of Transportation of its intent to use its authority 

21 under this section and submits a quarterly report to the 

22 Secretary identifying the projects to which the funding 

23 would be applied. Notwithstanding the original period of 

24 availability of funds to be obligated under this section, such 

25 funds and associated obligation limitation shall remain 
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1 available for obligation for a period of 3 fiscal years after 

2 the fiscal year in which the Secretary of Transportation 

3 is notified. The Federal share of the cost of a project carried 

4 out with funds made available under this section shall be 

5 the same as associated with the earmark. 

6 (b) In this section, the term ‘‘earmarked amount’’ 

7 means— 

8 (1) congressionally directed spending, as defined 

9 in rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate, 

10 identified in a prior law, report, or joint explanatory 

11 statement, which was authorized to be appropriated 

12 or appropriated more than 10 fiscal years prior to 

13 the fiscal year in which this Act becomes effective, and 

14 administered by the Federal Highway Administra15 tion; or 

16 (2) a congressional earmark, as defined in rule 

17 XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives iden18 tified in a prior law, report, or joint explanatory 

19 statement, which was authorized to be appropriated 

20 or appropriated more than 10 fiscal years prior to 

21 the fiscal year in which this Act becomes effective, and 

22 administered by the Federal Highway Administra23 tion. 

24 (c) The authority under subsection (a) may be exer25 cised only for those projects or activities that have obligated 
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1 less than 10 percent of the amount made available for obli2 gation as of the effective date of this Act, and shall be ap3 plied to projects within the same general geographic area 

4 within 50 miles for which the funding was designated, ex5 cept that a State or territory may apply such authority 

6 to unexpended balances of funds from projects or activities 

7 the State or territory certifies have been closed and for 

8 which payments have been made under a final voucher. 

9 (d) The Secretary shall submit consolidated reports of 

10 the information provided by the States and territories each 

11 quarter to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria12 tions. 

13 SEC. 127. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 31112(c)(5) of 

14 title 49, United States Code, is amended— 

15 (1) by striking ‘‘Nebraska may’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘Nebraska and Kansas may’’; and 

17 (2) by striking ‘‘the State of Nebraska’’ and in18 serting ‘‘the relevant state’’. 

19 (b) CONFORMING AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.— 

20 Section 31112(c) of such title is amended— 

21 (1) by striking the subsection designation and 

22 heading and inserting the following: 

23 ‘‘(c) SPECIAL RULES FOR WYOMING, OHIO, ALASKA, 

24 IOWA, NEBRASKA, AND KANSAS.—’’; 
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1 (2) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of paragraph 

2 (3) and inserting a semicolon; and 

3 (3) by striking the period at the end of para4 graph (4) and inserting ‘‘; and’’. 

5 FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

6 MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS

7 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

8 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

9 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

10 For payment of obligations incurred in the implemen11 tation, execution and administration of motor carrier safe12 ty operations and programs pursuant to section 31104(i) 

13 of title 49, United States Code, and sections 4127 and 4134 

14 of Public Law 109–59, as amended by Public Law 112– 

15 141, $259,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust 

16 Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), together with 

17 advances and reimbursements received by the Federal Motor 

18 Carrier Safety Administration, the sum of which shall re19 main available until expended: Provided, That funds avail20 able for implementation, execution or administration of 

21 motor carrier safety operations and programs authorized 

22 under title 49, United States Code, shall not exceed total 

23 obligations of $259,000,000 for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Oper24 ations and Programs’’ for fiscal year 2016, of which 

25 $9,000,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep-
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1 tember 30, 2018, is for the research and technology pro2 gram, and of which $34,545,000, to remain available for 

3 obligation until September 30, 2018, is for information 

4 management: Provided further, That $1,000,000 shall be 

5 made available for commercial motor vehicle operator 

6 grants to carry out section 4134 of Public Law 109–59, as 

7 amended by Public Law 112–141. 

8 MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS

9 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

10 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

11 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

12 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

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

14 31313 of title 49, United States Code, and sections 4126 

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

16 Law 112–141, $313,000,000, to be derived from the High17 way Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) and 

18 to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds 

19 available for the implementation or execution of motor car20 rier safety programs shall not exceed total obligations of 

21 $313,000,000 in fiscal year 2016 for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety 

22 Grants’’; of which $218,000,000 shall be available for the 

23 motor carrier safety assistance program, $30,000,000 shall 

24 be available for commercial driver’s license program im25 provement grants, $32,000,000 shall be available for border 
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1 enforcement grants, $5,000,000 shall be available for per2 formance and registration information system management 

3 grants, $25,000,000 shall be available for the commercial 

4 vehicle information systems and networks deployment pro5 gram, and $3,000,000 shall be available for safety data im6 provement grants: Provided further, That, of the funds 

7 made available herein for the motor carrier safety assist8 ance program, $32,000,000 shall be available for audits of 

9 new entrant motor carriers. 

10 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER

11 SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

12 SEC. 130. (a) Funds appropriated or limited in this 

13 Act shall be subject to the terms and conditions stipulated 

14 in section 350 of Public Law 107–87 and section 6901 of 

15 Public Law 110–28. 

16 (b) Section 350(d) of the Department of Transpor17 tation and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 2002 (Pub18 lic Law 107–87) is hereby repealed. 

19 SEC. 131. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Adminis20 tration shall send notice of 49 CFR section 385.308 viola21 tions by certified mail, registered mail, or another manner 

22 of delivery which records the receipt of the notice by the 

23 persons responsible for the violations. 

24 SEC. 132. None of the funds limited or otherwise made 

25 available under this Act, or any other Act, hereafter, shall 
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1 be used by the Secretary to enforce any regulation prohib2 iting a State from issuing a commercial learner’s permit 

3 to individuals under the age of eighteen if the State had 

4 a law authorizing the issuance of commercial learner’s per5 mits to individuals under eighteen years of age as of May 

6 9, 2011. 

7 SEC. 133. None of the funds limited or otherwise made 

8 available under the heading ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Oper9 ations and Programs’’ may be used to deny an application 

10 to renew a Hazardous Materials Safety Program permit for 

11 a motor carrier based on that carrier’s Hazardous Mate12 rials Out-of-Service rate, unless the carrier has the oppor13 tunity to submit a written description of corrective actions 

14 taken, and other documentation the carrier wishes the Sec15 retary to consider, including submitting a corrective action 

16 plan, and the Secretary determines the actions or plan is 

17 insufficient to address the safety concerns that resulted in 

18 that Hazardous Materials Out-of-Service rate. 

19 SEC. 134. Funds appropriated or otherwise made 

20 available by this Act or any other Act shall be used hereafter 

21 to enforce sections 395.3(c) and 395.3(d) of title 49, Code 

22 of Federal Regulations, only if the final report issued by 

23 the Secretary required by section 133 of division K of Pub24 lic Law 113–235 finds that the July 1, 2013 restart provi25 sions resulted in statistically significant net safety benefits 
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1 and the Inspector General certifies that the final report 

2 meets the statutory requirements of Public Law 113–235. 

3 SEC. 135. Funds made available by this Act or any 

4 other Act may be used to develop, issue, or implement any 

5 regulation that increases levels of minimum financial re6 sponsibility for transporting passengers or property as in 

7 effect on January 1, 2014, under regulations issued pursu8 ant to sections 31138 and 31139 of title 49, United States 

9 Code, only 60 days after the Secretary provides a report 

10 to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, 

11 the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc12 ture, and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

13 Transportation on the impact of raising the minimum fi14 nancial responsibility for transporting passengers or prop15 erty. The report shall include an assessment of catastrophic 

16 crashes in which damages exceeded the insurance limits, the 

17 impact of higher insurance premiums on carriers, and the 

18 capacity of the insurance industry to underwrite increases 

19 in current minimum financial responsibility limits. 

20 SEC. 136. Section 13506(a) of title 49, United States 

21 Code, is amended: 

22 (1) in subsection (14) by striking ‘‘or’’; 

23 (2) in subsection (15) by striking ‘‘.’’ and insert24 ing ‘‘; or’’; and 
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1 (3) by inserting at the end, ‘‘(16) the transpor2 tation of passengers by motor vehicles operated by 

3 youth or family camps that provide overnight accom4 modations and recreational or educational activities 

5 at fixed locations.’’. 

6 SEC. 137. (a) Section 31111(b)(1)(A) of title 49, 

7 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘or of less than 

8 28 feet on a semitrailer or trailer operating in a truck trac9 tor semitrailer-trailer combination,’’ and inserting ‘‘or, not10 withstanding section 31112, of less than 33 feet on a 

11 semitrailer or trailer operating in a truck tractor 

12 semitrailer-trailer combination,’’. 

13 (b) Section 31111(f) of title 49, United States Code, 

14 the term ‘‘chief executive officer of a State’’ shall include 

15 ‘‘chief executive officer of a State Department of Transpor16 tation’’. 

17 (c) The Secretary of Transportation is directed to con18 duct a study comparing crash data between 28 foot and 

19 33 foot semitrailers or trailers operating in a truck tractor20 semitrailer-trailer configuration. The Secretary shall sub21 mit its study to the House and Senate Committees on Ap22 propriations no later than three years after the date of en23 actment of this Act. 
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1 NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

2 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

3 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the 

4 Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety au5 thorized under chapter 301 and part C of subtitle VI of 

6 title 49, United States Code, $130,500,000, of which 

7 $20,000,000 shall remain available through September 30, 

8 2017. 

9 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

10 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

11 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

12 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

13 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

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

15 49, United States Code, $118,500,000, to be derived from 

16 the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Ac17 count) and to remain available until expended: Provided, 

18 That none of the funds under this heading shall be available 

19 for the planning or execution of programs the total obliga20 tions for which, in fiscal year 2016, are in excess of 

21 $118,500,000, of which $113,500,000 shall be for programs 

22 authorized under 23 U.S.C. 403 and $5,000,000 shall be 

23 for the National Driver Register authorized under chapter 

24 303 of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That 

25 within the $118,500,000 obligation limitation for oper-
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1 ations and research, $20,000,000 shall remain available 

2 until September 30, 2017, and shall be in addition to the 

3 amount of any limitation imposed on obligations for future 

4 years. 

5 HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS AND OTHER PURPOSES

6 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

7 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

8 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

9 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

10 provisions of 23 U.S.C. 402, 403, and 405, section 2009 

11 of Public Law 109–59, as amended by Public Law 112– 

12 141, section 31101(a)(6) of Public Law 112–141, chapter 

13 301 of title 49, United States Code, and part C of subtitle 

14 VI of title 49, United States Code, to remain available until 

15 expended, $575,500,000, to be derived from the Highway 

16 Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account): Pro17 vided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available 

18 for the planning or execution of programs the total obliga19 tions for which, in fiscal year 2016, are in excess of 

20 $575,500,000 for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 402, 

21 403, and 405, section 2009 of Public Law 109–59, as 

22 amended by Public Law 112–141, section 31101(a)(6) of 

23 Public Law 112–141, chapter 301 of title 49, United States 

24 Code, and part C of subtitle VI of title 49, United States 

25 Code, of which $235,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Highway Safety 
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1 Programs’’ under 23 U.S.C. 402; $272,000,000 shall be for 

2 ‘‘National Priority Safety Programs’’ under 23 U.S.C. 405; 

3 $29,000,000 shall be for ‘‘High Visibility Enforcement Pro4 gram’’ under section 2009 of Public Law 109–59, as 

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

6 ‘‘Administrative Expenses’’ under section 31101(a)(6) of 

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

8 funds shall be used for construction, rehabilitation, or re9 modeling costs, or for office furnishings and fixtures for 

10 State, local or private buildings or structures: Provided fur11 ther, That not to exceed $500,000 of the funds made avail12 able for ‘‘National Priority Safety Programs’’ under 23 

13 U.S.C. 405 for ‘‘Impaired Driving Countermeasures’’ (as 

14 described in subsection (d) of that section) shall be available 

15 for technical assistance to the States: Provided further, That 

16 with respect to the ‘‘Transfers’’ provision under 23 U.S.C. 

17 405(a)(1)(G), any amounts transferred to increase the 

18 amounts made available under section 402 shall include the 

19 obligation authority for such amounts: Provided further, 

20 That the Administrator shall notify the House and Senate 

21 Committees on Appropriations of any exercise of the au22 thority granted under the previous proviso or under 23 

23 U.S.C. 405(a)(1)(G) within 5 days: Provided further, That 

24 $10,000,000 of the total obligation limitation made avail25 able shall be applied toward unobligated balances of con-
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1 tract authority under the program for which funds were au2 thorized in section 2005 of Public Law 109–59, as amended, 

3 and shall be used for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 

4 403: Provided further, That $4,000,000 of the total obliga5 tion limitation made available shall be applied toward un6 obligated balances of contract authority under the program 

7 for which funds were authorized in section 2005 of Public 

8 Law 109–59, as amended, and shall be used to cover the 

9 expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Sec10 retary, with respect to traffic and highway safety under 

11 chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code, and part C 

12 of subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code: Provided fur13 ther, That the additional $14,000,000 made available for 

14 obligation from unobligated balances of contract authority 

15 under section 2005 of Public Law 109–59, as amended, 

16 shall be available in the same manner as though such funds 

17 were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States 

18 Code, except that the Federal share payable on account of 

19 any program, project, or activity carried out with such 

20 funds made available under this heading shall be 100 per21 cent and such funds shall remain available for obligation 

22 until expended. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—NATIONAL HIGHWAY

2 TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

3 SEC. 140. An additional $130,000 shall be made avail4 able to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administra5 tion, out of the amount limited for section 402 of title 23, 

6 United States Code, to pay for travel and related expenses 

7 for State management reviews and to pay for core com8 petency development training and related expenses for high9 way safety staff. 

10 SEC. 141. The limitations on obligations for the pro11 grams of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administra12 tion set in this Act shall not apply to obligations for which 

13 obligation authority was made available in previous public 

14 laws but only to the extent that the obligation authority 

15 has not lapsed or been used. 

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

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

18 FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION

19 SAFETY AND OPERATIONS

20 For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Admin21 istration, not otherwise provided for, $199,000,000, of which 

22 $15,900,000 shall remain available until expended. 

23 RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

24 For necessary expenses for railroad research and devel25 opment, $39,100,000, to remain available until expended. 
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1 RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT FINANCING

2 PROGRAM

3 The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to issue 

4 direct loans and loan guarantees pursuant to sections 501 

5 through 504 of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory 

6 Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–210), as amended, such 

7 authority to exist as long as any such direct loan or loan 

8 guarantee is outstanding: Provided, That pursuant to sec9 tion 502 of such Act, as amended, no new direct loans or 

10 loan guarantee commitments shall be made using Federal 

11 funds for the credit risk premium during fiscal year 2016. 

12 RAILROAD SAFETY GRANTS

13 For necessary expenses related to railroad safety 

14 grants, $50,000,000, of which not to exceed $25,000,000 

15 shall be available to carry out 49 U.S.C. 20167; not to ex16 ceed $15,000,000 shall be made available to carry out 49 

17 U.S.C. 20158; and not to exceed $10,000,000 shall be made 

18 available for projects as defined in section 22501 of title 

19 49, United States Code, to remain available until expended. 

20 OPERATING GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD

21 PASSENGER CORPORATION

22 To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 

23 quarterly grants to the National Railroad Passenger Cor24 poration, in amounts based on the Secretary’s assessment 

25 of the Corporation’s seasonal cash flow requirements, for the 
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1 operation of intercity passenger rail, as authorized by sec2 tion 101 of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improve3 ment Act of 2008 (division B of Public Law 110–432), 

4 $288,500,000, to remain available until expended: Pro5 vided, That the amounts available under this paragraph 

6 shall be available for the Secretary to approve funding to 

7 cover operating losses for the Corporation only after receiv8 ing and reviewing a grant request for each specific train 

9 route: Provided further, That each such grant request shall 

10 be accompanied by a detailed financial analysis, revenue 

11 projection, and capital expenditure projection justifying the 

12 Federal support to the Secretary’s satisfaction: Provided 

13 further, That not later than 60 days after enactment of this 

14 Act, the Corporation shall transmit, in electronic format, 

15 to the Secretary and the House and Senate Committees on 

16 Appropriations the annual budget, business plan, the 5- 

17 Year Financial Plan for fiscal year 2016 required under 

18 section 204 of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improve19 ment Act of 2008 and the comprehensive fleet plan for all 

20 Amtrak rolling stock: Provided further, That the budget, 

21 business plan and the 5-Year Financial Plan shall include 

22 annual information on the maintenance, refurbishment, re23 placement, and expansion for all Amtrak rolling stock con24 sistent with the comprehensive fleet plan: Provided further, 

25 That the Corporation shall provide monthly performance 
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1 reports in an electronic format which shall describe the 

2 work completed to date, any changes to the business plan, 

3 and the reasons for such changes as well as progress against 

4 the milestones and target dates of the 2012 performance im5 provement plan: Provided further, That the Corporation’s 

6 budget, business plan, 5-Year Financial Plan, semiannual 

7 reports, monthly reports, comprehensive fleet plan and all 

8 supplemental reports or plans comply with requirements in 

9 Public Law 112–55: Provided further, That none of the 

10 funds provided in this Act may be used to support any 

11 route on which Amtrak offers a discounted fare of more than 

12 50 percent off the normal peak fare: Provided further, That 

13 the preceding proviso does not apply to routes where the 

14 operating loss as a result of the discount is covered by a 

15 State and the State participates in the setting of fares. 

16 CAPITAL AND DEBT SERVICE GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL

17 RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION

18 To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 

19 grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for 

20 capital investments as authorized by sections 101(c), 102, 

21 and 219(b) of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improve22 ment Act of 2008 (division B of Public Law 110–432), 

23 $1,101,500,000, to remain available until expended, of 

24 which not to exceed $160,200,000 shall be for debt service 

25 obligations as authorized by section 102 of such Act: Pro-
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1 vided, That of the amounts made available under this head2 ing, not less than $50,000,000 shall be made available to 

3 bring Amtrak-served facilities and stations into compliance 

4 with the Americans with Disabilities Act: Provided further, 

5 That after an initial distribution of up to $200,000,000, 

6 which shall be used by the Corporation as a working capital 

7 account, all remaining funds shall be provided to the Cor8 poration only on a reimbursable basis: Provided further, 

9 That of the amounts made available under this heading, 

10 up to $50,000,000 may be used by the Secretary to subsidize 

11 operating losses of the Corporation should the funds pro12 vided under the heading ‘‘Operating Grants to the National 

13 Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ be insufficient to meet 

14 operational costs for fiscal year 2016: Provided further, 

15 That the Secretary may retain up to one-half of 1 percent 

16 of the funds provided under this heading to fund the costs 

17 of project management and oversight of activities author18 ized by subsections 101(a) and 101(c) of division B of Pub19 lic Law 110–432, of which up to $500,000 may be available 

20 for technical assistance for States, the District of Columbia, 

21 and other public entities responsible for the implementation 

22 of section 209 of division B of Public Law 110–432: Pro23 vided further, That the Secretary shall approve funding for 

24 capital expenditures, including advance purchase orders of 

25 materials, for the Corporation only after receiving and re-
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1 viewing a grant request for each specific capital project jus2 tifying the Federal support to the Secretary’s satisfaction: 

3 Provided further, That except as otherwise provided herein, 

4 none of the funds under this heading may be used to sub5 sidize operating losses of the Corporation: Provided further, 

6 That none of the funds under this heading may be used 

7 for capital projects not approved by the Secretary of Trans8 portation or on the Corporation’s fiscal year 2015 business 

9 plan: Provided further, That in addition to the project man10 agement oversight funds authorized under section 101(d) of 

11 division B of Public Law 110–432, the Secretary may re12 tain up to an additional $5,000,000 of the funds provided 

13 under this heading to fund expenses associated with imple14 menting section 212 of division B of Public Law 110–432, 

15 including the amendments made by section 212 to section 

16 24905 of title 49, United States Code. 

17 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD

18 ADMINISTRATION

19 SEC. 150. The Secretary of Transportation may re20 ceive and expend cash, or receive and utilize spare parts 

21 and similar items, from non-United States Government 

22 sources to repair damages to or replace United States Gov23 ernment owned automated track inspection cars and equip24 ment as a result of third-party liability for such damages, 

25 and any amounts collected under this section shall be cred-
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1 ited directly to the Safety and Operations account of the 

2 Federal Railroad Administration, and shall remain avail3 able until expended for the repair, operation and mainte4 nance of automated track inspection cars and equipment 

5 in connection with the automated track inspection program. 

6 SEC. 151. None of the funds provided to the National 

7 Railroad Passenger Corporation may be used to fund any 

8 overtime costs in excess of $35,000 for any individual em9 ployee: Provided, That the President of Amtrak may waive 

10 the cap set in the previous proviso for specific employees 

11 when the President of Amtrak determines such a cap poses 

12 a risk to the safety and operational efficiency of the system: 

13 Provided further, That the President of Amtrak shall report 

14 to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 

15 each quarter of the calendar year on waivers granted to em16 ployees and amounts paid above the cap for each month 

17 within such quarter and delineate the reasons each waiver 

18 was granted: Provided further, That the President of Am19 trak shall report to the House and Senate Committees on 

20 Appropriations by March 1, 2016, a summary of all over21 time payments incurred by the Corporation for 2015 and 

22 the three prior calendar years: Provided further, That such 

23 summary shall include the total number of employees that 

24 received waivers and the total overtime payments the Cor-
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1 poration paid to those employees receiving waivers for each 

2 month for 2015 and for the three prior calendar years. 

3 SEC. 152. Of the unobligated balances of funds avail4 able to the Federal Railroad Administration, the following 

5 funds are hereby rescinded: $4,201,385 of the unobligated 

6 balances of funds made available from the following ac7 counts in the specified amounts—‘‘Rail Line Relocation 

8 and Improvement Program’’, $2,241,385; and ‘‘Railroad 

9 Research and Development’’, $1,960,000: Provided, That 

10 such amounts are made available to enable the Secretary 

11 of Transportation to assist Class II and Class III railroads 

12 with eligible projects pursuant to sections 501 through 504 

13 of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act 

14 of 1976 (Public Law 94–210), as amended: Provided fur15 ther, That such funds shall be available for applicant ex16 penses in preparing to apply and applying for direct loans 

17 and loan guarantees as well as the credit risk premiums 

18 notwithstanding any other restriction against the use of 

19 Federal funds for such credit risk premiums: Provided fur20 ther, That these funds shall remain available until ex21 pended. 

22 SEC. 153. Of the unobligated balances of funds avail23 able to the Federal Railroad Administration, the following 

24 funds are hereby rescinded: $5,000,000 of the unobligated 

25 balances of funds made available to fund expenses associ-
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1 ated with implementing section 212 of division B of Public 

2 Law 110–432 in the Capital and Debt Service Grants to 

3 the National Railroad Passenger Corporation account of the 

4 Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 

5 2015 and $11,922,000 of the unobligated balances of funds 

6 made available from the following accounts in the specified 

7 amounts—‘‘Grants to the National Railroad Passenger 

8 Corporation’’, $267,019; ‘‘Next Generation High-Speed 

9 Rail’’, $4,944,504; and ‘‘Safety and Operations’’, 

10 $6,710,477: Provided, That such amounts are made avail11 able to enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 

12 grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation as 

13 authorized by section 101(c) of the Passenger Rail Invest14 ment and Improvement Act of 2008 (division B of Public 

15 Law 110–432) for state-of-good-repair backlog and infra16 structure improvements on Northeast Corridor shared-use 

17 infrastructure identified in the Northeast Corridor Infra18 structure and Operations Advisory Commission’s approved 

19 5-year capital plan: Provided further, That these funds 

20 shall remain available until expended and shall be available 

21 for grants in an amount not to exceed 50 percent of the 

22 total project cost, with the required matching funds to be 

23 provided consistent with the Commission’s cost allocation 

24 policy. 
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1 FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

2 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

3 For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal 

4 Transit Administration’s programs authorized by chapter 

5 53 of title 49, United States Code, $107,000,000, of which 

6 not less than $5,000,000 shall be available to carry out the 

7 provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5329 and not less than $1,000,000 

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

9 5326: Provided, That none of the funds provided or limited 

10 in this Act may be used to create a permanent office of 

11 transit security under this heading: Provided further, That 

12 upon submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2017 

13 President’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall 

14 transmit to Congress the annual report on New Starts, in15 cluding proposed allocations for fiscal year 2017. 

16 TRANSIT FORMULA GRANTS

17 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

18 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

19 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

20 For payment of obligations incurred in the Federal 

21 Public Transportation Assistance Program in this account, 

22 and for payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

23 the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 5318, 

24 5322(d), 5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, as amend25 ed by Public Law 112–141, and section 20005(b) of Public 
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1 Law 112–141, $9,500,000,000, to be derived from the Mass 

2 Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund and to remain 

3 available until expended: Provided, That funds available for 

4 the implementation or execution of programs authorized 

5 under 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 5318, 5322(d), 

6 5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, as amended by 

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

8 112–141, shall not exceed total obligations of 

9 $8,595,000,000 in fiscal year 2016. 

10 TRANSIT RESEARCH

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

12 and 5313, $32,500,000, to remain available until expended: 

13 Provided, That $30,000,000 shall be for activities author14 ized under 49 U.S.C. 5312 and $2,500,000 shall be for ac15 tivities authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5313. 

16 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING

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

18 and 5322(a), (b) and (e), $3,153,000, to remain available 

19 until expended: Provided, That $2,653,000 shall be for ac20 tivities authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5314 and $500,000 

21 shall be for activities authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5322(a), 

22 (b) and (e). 

23 CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS

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

25 $1,585,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
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1 vided, That when distributing funds among Recommended 

2 New Starts Projects, the Administrator shall first fully fund 

3 those projects covered by a full funding grant agreement, 

4 then fully fund those projects whose section 5309 share is 

5 less than 40 percent, and then distribute the remaining 

6 funds so as to protect as much as possible the projects’ budg7 ets and schedules. 

8 GRANTS TO THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA

9 TRANSIT AUTHORITY

10 For grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area Tran11 sit Authority as authorized under section 601 of division 

12 B of Public Law 110–432, $150,000,000, to remain avail13 able until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of Trans14 portation shall approve grants for capital and preventive 

15 maintenance expenditures for the Washington Metropolitan 

16 Area Transit Authority only after receiving and reviewing 

17 a request for each specific project: Provided further, That 

18 prior to approving such grants, the Secretary shall certify 

19 that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority 

20 is making progress to improve its safety management sys21 tem in response to the Federal Transit Administration’s 

22 2015 safety management inspection: Provided further, That 

23 prior to approving such grants, the Secretary shall certify 

24 that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority 

25 is making progress toward full implementation of the cor-
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1 rective actions identified in the 2014 Financial Manage2 ment Oversight Review Report: Provided further, That the 

3 Secretary shall determine that the Washington Metropolitan 

4 Area Transit Authority has placed the highest priority on 

5 those investments that will improve the safety of the system 

6 before approving such grants: Provided further, That the 

7 Secretary, in order to ensure safety throughout the rail sys8 tem, may waive the requirements of section 601(e)(1) of title 

9 VI of Public Law 110–432 (112 Stat. 4968). 

10 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT

11 ADMINISTRATION

12 (INCLUDING RESCISSION)

13 SEC. 160. The limitations on obligations for the pro14 grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not 

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

16 made available for obligation, or to any other authority pre17 viously made available for obligation. 

18 SEC. 161. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

19 funds appropriated or limited by this Act under the heading 

20 ‘‘Fixed Guideway Capital Investment’’ of the Federal Tran21 sit Administration for projects specified in this Act or iden22 tified in reports accompanying this Act not obligated by 

23 September 30, 2020, and other recoveries, shall be directed 

24 to projects eligible to use the funds for the purposes for 

25 which they were originally provided. 
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1 SEC. 162. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

2 any funds appropriated before October 1, 2015, under any 

3 section of chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, that 

4 remain available for expenditure, may be transferred to and 

5 administered under the most recent appropriation heading 

6 for any such section. 

7 SEC. 163. The Secretary may not enforce regulations 

8 related to charter bus service under part 604 of title 49, 

9 Code of Federal Regulations, for any transit agency that 

10 during fiscal year 2008 was both initially granted a 60- 

11 day period to come into compliance with part 604, and then 

12 was subsequently granted an exception from said part. 

13 SEC. 164. Notwithstanding the requirements of 49 

14 U.S.C. 5334 and 2 CFR 200.313, conditions imposed as 

15 a result of any and all Federal public transportation assist16 ance related to and for the use, encumbrance, transfer or 

17 disposition of property originally built as a prototype hav18 ing icebreaking capabilities will be fully and completely 

19 satisfied by the property’s use— 

20 (1) in the areas of Arctic research; 

21 (2) to map the Arctic; 

22 (3) to collect and analyze data in the Arctic; 

23 (4) to support activities that further Arctic ex24 ploration, research, or development; or 
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1 (5) for educational purposes or humanitarian re2 lief efforts. 

3 SEC. 165. Projects selected for the pilot program for 

4 expedited project delivery under section 20008(b) of MAP– 

5 21 shall be exempt from the requirements of 49 U.S.C. 

6 5309(d), (e), (g), and (h). Notwithstanding this exemption, 

7 in determining whether a recipient has the financial capac8 ity to carry out the eligible project, the Secretary of Trans9 portation shall apply the requirements and considerations 

10 of 49 U.S.C. 5309(f). 

11 SEC. 166. Of the unobligated amounts made available 

12 for fiscal year 2011 or prior fiscal years to carry out the 

13 discretionary bus and bus facilities program under 49 

14 U.S.C. 5309, $10,000,000 is hereby rescinded. 

15 SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

16 The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora17 tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within 

18 the limits of funds and borrowing authority available to 

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

20 such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal 

21 year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern22 ment Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be nec23 essary in carrying out the programs set forth in the Cor24 poration’s budget for fiscal year 2016. 
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1 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

2 (HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)

3 For necessary expenses to conduct the operations, 

4 maintenance, and capital asset renewal activities of those 

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

6 maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development 

7 Corporation, $28,400,000, to be derived from the Harbor 

8 Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99–662. 

9 MARITIME ADMINISTRATION

10 MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM

11 For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a 

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

13 of the United States, $186,000,000, to remain available 

14 until expended. 

15 OPERATIONS AND TRAINING

16 For necessary expenses of operations and training ac17 tivities authorized by law, $170,000,000, of which 

18 $22,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 

19 maintenance and repair of training ships at State Mari20 time Academies, and of which $5,000,000 shall remain 

21 available until expended for National Security Multi-Mis22 sion Vessel design for State Maritime Academies and Na23 tional Security, and of which $2,400,000 shall remain 

24 available through September 30, 2017, for the Student In25 centive Program at State Maritime Academies, and of 
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1 which $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 

2 training ship fuel assistance payments, and of which 

3 $18,000,000 shall remain available until expended for fa4 cilities maintenance and repair, equipment, and capital 

5 improvements at the United States Merchant Marine Acad6 emy, and of which $2,000,000 shall remain available 

7 through September 30, 2017, for Maritime Environment 

8 and Technology Assistance grants, contracts, and coopera9 tive agreements, and of which $5,000,000 shall remain 

10 available until expended for the Short Sea Transportation 

11 Program (America’s Marine Highways) to make grants for 

12 the purposes provided in title 46 section 55601(b)(1) and 

13 55601(b)(3): Provided, That 50 percent of the funding made 

14 available for the United States Merchant Marine Academy 

15 under this heading shall be available only after the Sec16 retary of Transportation, in consultation with the Super17 intendent and the Maritime Administrator, completes a 

18 plan detailing by program or activity how such funding 

19 will be expended at the Academy, and this plan is submitted 

20 to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: 

21 Provided further, That not later than January 12, 2016, 

22 the Administrator of the Maritime Administration shall 

23 transmit to the House and Senate Committees on Appro24 priations the annual report on sexual assault and sexual 

25 harassment at the United States Merchant Marine Academy 
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1 as required pursuant to section 3507 of Public Law 110– 

2 417. 

3 ASSISTANCE TO SMALL SHIPYARDS

4 To make grants to qualified shipyards as authorized 

5 under section 54101 of title 46, United States Code, as 

6 amended by Public Law 113–281, $5,000,000 to remain 

7 available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary shall 

8 issue the Notice of Funding Availability no later than 15 

9 days after enactment of this Act: Provided further, That 

10 from applications submitted under the previous proviso, the 

11 Secretary of Transportation shall make grants no later than 

12 120 days after enactment of this Act in such amounts as 

13 the Secretary determines: Provided further, That not to ex14 ceed 2 percent of the funds appropriated under this heading 

15 shall be available for necessary costs of grant administra16 tion. 

17 SHIP DISPOSAL

18 For necessary expenses related to the disposal of obso19 lete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the Mar20 itime Administration, $4,000,000, to remain available 

21 until expended. 
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1 MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM

2 ACCOUNT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized, 

5 $8,135,000, of which $5,000,000 shall remain available 

6 until expended: Provided, That such costs, including the 

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

8 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: 

9 Provided further, That not to exceed $3,135,000 shall be 

10 available for administrative expenses to carry out the guar11 anteed loan program, which shall be transferred to and 

12 merged with the appropriations for ‘‘Operations and Train13 ing’’, Maritime Administration. 

14 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION

15 SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

16 Act, the Maritime Administration is authorized to furnish 

17 utilities and services and make necessary repairs in connec18 tion with any lease, contract, or occupancy involving Gov19 ernment property under control of the Maritime Adminis20 tration: Provided, That payments received therefor shall be 

21 credited to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof 

22 and shall remain available until expended: Provided fur23 ther, That rental payments under any such lease, contract, 

24 or occupancy for items other than such utilities, services, 
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1 or repairs shall be covered into the Treasury as miscella2 neous receipts. 

3 PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY

4 ADMINISTRATION

5 OPERATIONAL EXPENSES

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline and 

8 Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, $22,500,000: 

9 Provided, That $1,500,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘Pipeline 

10 Safety’’ in order to fund ‘‘Pipeline Safety Information 

11 Grants to Communities’’ as authorized under section 60130 

12 of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That no 

13 later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 

14 the Secretary of Transportation shall initiate a rulemaking 

15 to expand the applicability of comprehensive oil spill re16 sponse plans, and shall issue a final rule no later than one 

17 year after the date of enactment of this Act. 

18 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY

19 For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous ma20 terials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous Ma21 terials Safety Administration, $49,000,000, of which 

22 $2,300,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

23 2018: Provided, That up to $800,000 in fees collected under 

24 49 U.S.C. 5108(g) shall be deposited in the general fund 

25 of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided further, That 
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1 there may be credited to this appropriation, to be available 

2 until expended, funds received from States, counties, mu3 nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources 

4 for expenses incurred for training, for reports publication 

5 and dissemination, and for travel expenses incurred in per6 formance of hazardous materials exemptions and approvals 

7 functions. 

8 PIPELINE SAFETY

9 (PIPELINE SAFETY FUND)

10 (OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND)

11 For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of the 

12 pipeline safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out a 

13 pipeline safety program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 60107, 

14 and to discharge the pipeline program responsibilities of 

15 the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $146,623,000, of which 

16 $19,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability 

17 Trust Fund and shall remain available until September 30, 

18 2018; and of which $127,123,000 shall be derived from the 

19 Pipeline Safety Fund, of which $66,309,000 shall remain 

20 available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That not less 

21 than $1,058,000 of the funds provided under this heading 

22 shall be for the One-Call state grant program. 
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1 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS

2 (EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND)

3 For necessary expenses to carryout 49 U.S.C. 5128(b), 

4 $188,000, to be derived from the Emergency Preparedness 

5 Fund, to remain available until September 30, 2017: Pro6 vided, That notwithstanding the fiscal year limitation spec7 ified in 49 U.S.C. 5116, not more than $28,318,000 shall 

8 be made available for obligation in fiscal year 2016 from 

9 amounts made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i), and 5128(b) 

10 and (c): Provided further, That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 

11 5116(i)(4), not more than 4 percent of the amounts made 

12 available from this account shall be available to pay admin13 istrative costs: Provided further, That none of the funds 

14 made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i), 5128(b), or 5128(c) 

15 shall be made available for obligation by individuals other 

16 than the Secretary of Transportation, or his or her designee: 

17 Provided further, That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 5128(b) 

18 and (c) and the current year obligation limitation, prior 

19 year recoveries recognized in the current year shall be avail20 able to develop a hazardous materials response training 

21 curriculum for emergency responders, including response 

22 activities for the transportation of crude oil, ethanol and 

23 other flammable liquids by rail, consistent with National 

24 Fire Protection Association standards, and to make such 

25 training available through an electronic format: Provided 
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1 further, That the prior year recoveries made available under 

2 this heading shall also be available to carry out 49 U.S.C. 

3 5116(b) and (j). 

4 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS

5 MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

6 SEC. 180. The Secretary of Transportation is directed 

7 to evaluate and report to the House and Senate Committees 

8 on Appropriations within 60 days of enactment of this Act 

9 an alternative risk-based compliance regime for the siting 

10 of small-scale liquefaction facilities that generate and pack11 age liquefied natural gas for use as a fuel or delivery to 

12 consumers by non-pipeline modes of transportation. In 

13 evaluating such alternative risk-based compliance regime, 

14 the Secretary should consider the value of adopting quan15 titative risk assessment methods, the benefit of incor16 porating modern industry standards and best practices, in17 cluding the provisions in the 2013 edition of the National 

18 Fire Protection Association Standard 59A, and the need to 

19 encourage the use of the best available technology. 

20 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector 

23 General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General 

24 Act of 1978, as amended, $87,472,000: Provided, That the 

25 Inspector General shall have all necessary authority, in car-
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1 rying out the duties specified in the Inspector General Act, 

2 as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to investigate allegations 

3 of fraud, including false statements to the government (18 

4 U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity that is subject to 

5 regulation by the Department of Transportation: Provided 

6 further, That the funds made available under this heading 

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

8 title 49, United States Code: (1) unfair or deceptive prac9 tices and unfair methods of competition by domestic and 

10 foreign air carriers and ticket agents; and (2) the compli11 ance of domestic and foreign air carriers with respect to 

12 item (1) of this proviso. 

13 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation 

16 Board, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 

17 $32,375,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 

18 provision of law, not to exceed $1,250,000 from fees estab19 lished by the Chairman of the Surface Transportation 

20 Board shall be credited to this appropriation as offsetting 

21 collections and used for necessary and authorized expenses 

22 under this heading: Provided further, That the sum herein 

23 appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced on a 

24 dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting collections are re25 ceived during fiscal year 2016, to result in a final appro-
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1 priation from the general fund estimated at no more than 

2 $31,125,000. 

3 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF

4 TRANSPORTATION

5 SEC. 190. During the current fiscal year, applicable 

6 appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall 

7 be available for maintenance and operation of aircraft; hire 

8 of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of liabil9 ity insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign coun10 tries on official department business; and uniforms or al11 lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901– 

12 5902). 

13 SEC. 191. Appropriations contained in this Act for the 

14 Department of Transportation shall be available for services 

15 as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals 

16 not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for 

17 an Executive Level IV. 

18 SEC. 192. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail19 able for salaries and expenses of more than 110 political 

20 and Presidential appointees in the Department of Trans21 portation: Provided, That none of the personnel covered by 

22 this provision may be assigned on temporary detail outside 

23 the Department of Transportation. 

24 SEC. 193. (a) No recipient of funds made available in 

25 this Act shall disseminate personal information (as defined 
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1 in 18 U.S.C. 2725(3)) obtained by a State department of 

2 motor vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle record 

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

4 U.S.C. 2721 for a use permitted under 18 U.S.C. 2721. 

5 (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary of 

6 Transportation shall not withhold funds provided in this 

7 Act for any grantee if a State is in noncompliance with 

8 this provision. 

9 SEC. 194. Funds received by the Federal Highway Ad10 ministration, Federal Transit Administration, and Federal 

11 Railroad Administration from States, counties, municipali12 ties, other public authorities, and private sources for ex13 penses incurred for training may be credited respectively 

14 to the Federal Highway Administration’s ‘‘Federal-Aid 

15 Highways’’ account, the Federal Transit Administration’s 

16 ‘‘Technical Assistance and Training’’ account, and to the 

17 Federal Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Oper18 ations’’ account, except for State rail safety inspectors par19 ticipating in training pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 20105. 

20 SEC. 195. None of the funds in this Act to the Depart21 ment of Transportation may be used to make a loan, loan 

22 guarantee, line of credit, or grant unless the Secretary of 

23 Transportation notifies the House and Senate Committees 

24 on Appropriations not less than 3 full business days before 

25 any project competitively selected to receive a discretionary 
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1 grant award, any discretionary grant award, letter of in2 tent, loan commitment, loan guarantee commitment, line 

3 of credit commitment, or full funding grant agreement is 

4 announced by the department or its modal administrations 

5 from: 

6 (1) any discretionary grant or federal credit pro7 gram of the Federal Highway Administration includ8 ing the emergency relief program; 

9 (2) the airport improvement program of the Fed10 eral Aviation Administration; 

11 (3) any program of the Federal Railroad Admin12 istration; 

13 (4) any program of the Federal Transit Admin14 istration other than the formula grants and fixed 

15 guideway modernization programs; 

16 (5) any program of the Maritime Administra17 tion; or 

18 (6) any funding provided under the headings 

19 ‘‘National Infrastructure Investments’’ in this Act: 

20 Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation gives con21 current notification to the House and Senate Committees 

22 on Appropriations for any ‘‘quick release’’ of funds from 

23 the emergency relief program: Provided further, That no no24 tification shall involve funds that are not available for obli25 gation. 
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1 SEC. 196. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor 

2 fees and other funds received by the Department of Trans3 portation from travel management centers, charge card pro4 grams, the subleasing of building space, and miscellaneous 

5 sources are to be credited to appropriations of the Depart6 ment of Transportation and allocated to elements of the De7 partment of Transportation using fair and equitable cri8 teria and such funds shall be available until expended. 

9 SEC. 197. Amounts made available in this or any other 

10 Act that the Secretary of Transportation determines rep11 resent improper payments by the Department of Transpor12 tation to a third-party contractor under a financial assist13 ance award, which are recovered pursuant to law, shall be 

14 available— 

15 (1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred by 

16 the Department of Transportation in recovering im17 proper payments; and 

18 (2) to pay contractors for services provided in re19 covering improper payments or contractor support in 

20 the implementation of the Improper Payments Infor21 mation Act of 2002: Provided, That amounts in excess 

22 of that required for paragraphs (1) and (2)— 

23 (A) shall be credited to and merged with the 

24 appropriation from which the improper pay25 ments were made, and shall be available for the 
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1 purposes and period for which such appropria2 tions are available: Provided further, That where 

3 specific project or accounting information associ4 ated with the improper payment or payments is 

5 not readily available, the Secretary may credit 

6 an appropriate account, which shall be available 

7 for the purposes and period associated with the 

8 account so credited; or 

9 (B) if no such appropriation remains avail10 able, shall be deposited in the Treasury as mis11 cellaneous receipts: Provided further, That prior 

12 to the transfer of any such recovery to an appro13 priations account, the Secretary shall notify the 

14 House and Senate Committees on Appropria15 tions of the amount and reasons for such trans16 fer: Provided further, That for purposes of this 

17 section, the term ‘‘improper payments’’ has the 

18 same meaning as that provided in section 

19 2(d)(2) of Public Law 107–300. 

20 SEC. 198. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

21 if any funds provided in or limited by this Act are subject 

22 to a reprogramming action that requires notice to be pro23 vided to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria24 tions, transmission of said reprogramming notice shall be 

25 provided solely to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
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1 propriations, and said reprogramming action shall be ap2 proved or denied solely by the House and Senate Commit3 tees on Appropriations: Provided, That the Secretary of 

4 Transportation may provide notice to other congressional 

5 committees of the action of the House and Senate Commit6 tees on Appropriations on such reprogramming but not 

7 sooner than 30 days following the date on which the re8 programming action has been approved or denied by the 

9 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 

10 SEC. 199. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

11 made available under this Act may be used by the Surface 

12 Transportation Board of the Department of Transportation 

13 to charge or collect any filing fee for rate or practice com14 plaints filed with the Board in an amount in excess of the 

15 amount authorized for district court civil suit filing fees 

16 under section 1914 of title 28, United States Code. 

17 SEC. 199A. Funds appropriated in this Act to the 

18 modal administrations may be obligated for the Office of 

19 the Secretary for the costs related to assessments or reim20 bursable agreements only when such amounts are for the 

21 costs of goods and services that are purchased to provide 

22 a direct benefit to the applicable modal administration or 

23 administrations. 

24 SEC. 199B. The Secretary of Transportation is author25 ized to carry out a program that establishes uniform stand-
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1 ards for developing and supporting agency transit pass and 

2 transit benefits authorized under section 7905 of title 5, 

3 United States Code, including distribution of transit bene4 fits by various paper and electronic media. 

5 SEC. 199C. The Department of Transportation may 

6 use funds provided by this Act, or any other Act, to imple7 ment a pilot program under title 49 U.S.C. or title 23 

8 U.S.C. for geographic, economic, or any other hiring pref9 erence not otherwise authorized by law, or to amend a rule, 

10 regulation, policy or other measure that forbids a recipient 

11 of a Federal Highway Administration or Federal Transit 

12 Administration grant from imposing such hiring preference 

13 on a construction project with which the Department of 

14 Transportation is assisting, only if the grant recipient cer15 tifies the following: 

16 (1) that except with respect to apprentices or 

17 trainees, a pool of readily available but unemployed 

18 individuals possessing the knowledge, skill, and abil19 ity to perform the work that the project requires re20 sides in the jurisdiction; 

21 (2) that the grant recipient will include appro22 priate provisions in its bid document ensuring that 

23 the contractor does not displace any of its existing 

24 employees in order to satisfy such hiring preference; 

25 and 
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1 (3) that any increase in the cost of labor, train2 ing, or delays resulting from the use of such hiring 

3 preference does not delay or displace any transpor4 tation project in the applicable Statewide Transpor5 tation Improvement Program or Transportation Im6 provement Program. 

7 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans8 portation Appropriations Act, 2016’’. 
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1 TITLE II 

2 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 

3 DEVELOPMENT 

4 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

5 EXECUTIVE OFFICES

6 For necessary salaries and expenses for Executive Of7 fices, which shall be comprised of the offices of the Secretary, 

8 Deputy Secretary, Adjudicatory Services, Congressional 

9 and Intergovernmental Relations, Public Affairs, Small 

10 and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, and the Center for 

11 Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, $14,500,000: 

12 Provided, That not to exceed $25,000 of the amount made 

13 available under this heading shall be available to the Sec14 retary for official reception and representation expenses as 

15 the Secretary may determine. 

16 ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OFFICES

17 For necessary salaries and expenses for Administrative 

18 Support Offices, $568,244,000, of which not to exceed 

19 $44,657,000 shall be available for the Office of the Chief 

20 Financial Officer; not to exceed $96,000,000 shall be avail21 able for the Office of the General Counsel; not to exceed 

22 $208,604,000 shall be available for the Office of Administra23 tion; not to exceed $61,475,000 shall be available for the 

24 Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer; not to exceed 

25 $50,000,000 shall be available for the Office of Field Policy 
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1 and Management; not to exceed $17,036,000 shall be avail2 able for the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer; not to 

3 exceed $3,270,000 shall be available for the Office of Depart4 mental Equal Employment Opportunity; not to exceed 

5 $4,400,000 shall be available for the Office of Strategic 

6 Planning and Management; and not to exceed $82,802,000 

7 shall be available for the Office of the Chief Information 

8 Officer: Provided, That funds provided under this heading 

9 may be used for necessary administrative and non-adminis10 trative expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban 

11 Development, not otherwise provided for, including pur12 chase of uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 

13 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 

14 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, 

15 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds ap16 propriated under this heading may be used for advertising 

17 and promotional activities that support the housing mis18 sion area: Provided further, That the Secretary shall pro19 vide the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 

20 quarterly written notification regarding the status of pend21 ing congressional reports: Provided further, That the Sec22 retary shall provide in electronic form all signed reports 

23 required by Congress. 
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1 PROGRAM OFFICE SALARIES AND EXPENSES

2 PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING

3 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

4 Public and Indian Housing, $207,000,000. 

5 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

6 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

7 Community Planning and Development, $107,000,000. 

8 HOUSING

9 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

10 Housing, $382,000,000. 

11 POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH

12 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

13 Policy Development and Research, $23,100,000. 

14 FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

15 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

16 Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, $69,500,000. 

17 OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL AND HEALTHY HOMES

18 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

19 Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes, $6,800,000. 

20 PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING

21 TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE

22 For activities and assistance for the provision of ten23 ant-based rental assistance authorized under the United 

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

25 et seq.) (‘‘the Act’’ herein), not otherwise provided for, 
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1 $15,934,643,000, to remain available until expended, shall 

2 be available on October 1, 2015 (in addition to the 

3 $4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this heading 

4 that shall be available on October 1, 2015), and 

5 $4,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 

6 be available on October 1, 2016: Provided, That the 

7 amounts made available under this heading are provided 

8 as follows: 

9 (1) $17,982,000,000 shall be available for renew10 als of expiring section 8 tenant-based annual con11 tributions contracts (including renewals of enhanced 

12 vouchers under any provision of law authorizing such 

13 assistance under section 8(t) of the Act) and includ14 ing renewal of other special purpose incremental 

15 vouchers: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 

16 provision of law, from amounts provided under this 

17 paragraph and any carryover, the Secretary for the 

18 calendar year 2016 funding cycle shall provide re19 newal funding for each public housing agency based 

20 on validated voucher management system (VMS) leas21 ing and cost data for the prior calendar year and by 

22 applying an inflation factor as established by the Sec23 retary, by notice published in the Federal Register, 

24 and by making any necessary adjustments for the 

25 costs associated with the first-time renewal of vouch-
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1 ers under this paragraph including tenant protection, 

2 HOPE VI, and Choice Neighborhoods vouchers: Pro3 vided further, That in determining calendar year 

4 2016 funding allocations under this heading for pub5 lic housing agencies, including agencies participating 

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

7 Secretary may take into account the anticipated im8 pact of changes in targeting and utility allowances, 

9 on public housing agencies’ contract renewal needs: 

10 Provided further, That none of the funds provided 

11 under this paragraph may be used to fund a total 

12 number of unit months under lease which exceeds a 

13 public housing agency’s authorized level of units 

14 under contract, except for public housing agencies 

15 participating in the MTW demonstration, which are 

16 instead governed by the terms and conditions of their 

17 MTW agreements: Provided further, That the Sec18 retary shall, to the extent necessary to stay within the 

19 amount specified under this paragraph (except as oth20 erwise modified under this paragraph), prorate each 

21 public housing agency’s allocation otherwise estab22 lished pursuant to this paragraph: Provided further, 

23 That except as provided in the following provisos, the 

24 entire amount specified under this paragraph (except 

25 as otherwise modified under this paragraph) shall be 
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1 obligated to the public housing agencies based on the 

2 allocation and pro rata method described above, and 

3 the Secretary shall notify public housing agencies of 

4 their annual budget by the latter of 60 days after en5 actment of this Act or March 1, 2016: Provided fur6 ther, That the Secretary may extend the notification 

7 period with the prior written approval of the House 

8 and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided 

9 further, That public housing agencies participating in 

10 the MTW demonstration shall be funded pursuant to 

11 their MTW agreements and shall be subject to the 

12 same pro rata adjustments under the previous pro13 visos: Provided further, That the Secretary may offset 

14 public housing agencies’ calendar year 2016 alloca15 tions based on the excess amounts of public housing 

16 agencies’ net restricted assets accounts, including 

17 HUD held programmatic reserves (in accordance with 

18 VMS data in calendar year 2015 that is verifiable 

19 and complete), as determined by the Secretary: Pro20 vided further, That public housing agencies partici21 pating in the MTW demonstration shall also be sub22 ject to the offset, as determined by the Secretary, ex23 cluding amounts subject to the single fund budget au24 thority provisions of their MTW agreements, from the 

25 agencies’ calendar year 2016 MTW funding alloca-
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1 tion: Provided further, That the Secretary shall use 

2 any offset referred to in the previous two provisos 

3 throughout the calendar year to prevent the termi4 nation of rental assistance for families as the result 

5 of insufficient funding, as determined by the Sec6 retary, and to avoid or reduce the proration of re7 newal funding allocations: Provided further, That up 

8 to $75,000,000 shall be available only: (1) for adjust9 ments in the allocations for public housing agencies, 

10 after application for an adjustment by a public hous11 ing agency that experienced a significant increase, as 

12 determined by the Secretary, in renewal costs of 

13 vouchers resulting from unforeseen circumstances or 

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

15 vouchers that were not in use during the previous 12- 

16 month period in order to be available to meet a com17 mitment pursuant to section 8(o)(13) of the Act; (3) 

18 for adjustments for costs associated with HUD-Vet19 erans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD–VASH) 

20 vouchers; and (4) for public housing agencies that de21 spite taking reasonable cost savings measures, as de22 termined by the Secretary, would otherwise be re23 quired to terminate rental assistance for families as 

24 a result of insufficient funding: Provided further, 

25 That the Secretary shall allocate amounts under the 
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1 previous proviso based on need, as determined by the 

2 Secretary; 

3 (2) $130,000,000 shall be for section 8 rental as4 sistance for relocation and replacement of housing 

5 units that are demolished or disposed of pursuant to 

6 section 18 of the Act, conversion of section 23 projects 

7 to assistance under section 8, the family unification 

8 program under section 8(x) of the Act, relocation of 

9 witnesses in connection with efforts to combat crime 

10 in public and assisted housing pursuant to a request 

11 from a law enforcement or prosecution agency, en12 hanced vouchers under any provision of law author13 izing such assistance under section 8(t) of the Act, 

14 HOPE VI and Choice Neighborhood Initiative vouch15 ers, mandatory and voluntary conversions, and ten16 ant protection assistance including replacement and 

17 relocation assistance or for project-based assistance to 

18 prevent the displacement of unassisted elderly tenants 

19 currently residing in section 202 properties financed 

20 between 1959 and 1974 that are refinanced pursuant 

21 to Public Law 106–569, as amended, or under the au22 thority as provided under this Act: Provided, That 

23 when a public housing development is submitted for 

24 demolition or disposition under section 18 of the Act, 

25 the Secretary may provide section 8 rental assistance 
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1 when the units pose an imminent health and safety 

2 risk to residents: Provided further, That the Secretary 

3 may only provide replacement vouchers for units that 

4 were occupied within the previous 24 months that 

5 cease to be available as assisted housing, subject only 

6 to the availability of funds: Provided further, That 

7 any tenant protection voucher made available from 

8 amounts under this paragraph shall not be reissued 

9 by any public housing agency, except the replacement 

10 vouchers as defined by the Secretary by notice, when 

11 the initial family that received any such voucher no 

12 longer receives such voucher, and the authority for 

13 any public housing agency to issue any such voucher 

14 shall cease to exist: Provided further, That the Sec15 retary, for the purposes under this paragraph, may 

16 use unobligated balances, including recaptures and 

17 carryovers, remaining from amounts appropriated in 

18 prior fiscal years under this heading for voucher as19 sistance for nonelderly disabled families and for dis20 aster assistance made available under Public Law 

21 110–329; 

22 (3) $1,620,000,000 shall be for administrative 

23 and other expenses of public housing agencies in ad24 ministering the section 8 tenant-based rental assist25 ance program, of which up to $10,000,000 shall be 
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1 available to the Secretary to allocate to public hous2 ing agencies that need additional funds to administer 

3 their section 8 programs, including fees associated 

4 with section 8 tenant protection rental assistance, the 

5 administration of disaster related vouchers, Veterans 

6 Affairs Supportive Housing vouchers, and other spe7 cial purpose incremental vouchers: Provided, That no 

8 less than $1,610,000,000 of the amount provided in 

9 this paragraph shall be allocated to public housing 

10 agencies for the calendar year 2016 funding cycle 

11 based on section 8(q) of the Act (and related Appro12 priation Act provisions) as in effect immediately be13 fore the enactment of the Quality Housing and Work 

14 Responsibility Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–276): 

15 Provided further, That if the amounts made available 

16 under this paragraph are insufficient to pay the 

17 amounts determined under the previous proviso, the 

18 Secretary may decrease the amounts allocated to 

19 agencies by a uniform percentage applicable to all 

20 agencies receiving funding under this paragraph or 

21 may, to the extent necessary to provide full payment 

22 of amounts determined under the previous proviso, 

23 utilize unobligated balances, including recaptures and 

24 carryovers, remaining from funds appropriated to the 

25 Department of Housing and Urban Development 
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1 under this heading from prior fiscal years, excluding 

2 special purpose vouchers, notwithstanding the pur3 poses for which such amounts were appropriated: Pro4 vided further, That all public housing agencies par5 ticipating in the MTW demonstration shall be funded 

6 pursuant to their MTW agreements, and shall be sub7 ject to the same uniform percentage decrease as under 

8 the previous proviso: Provided further, That amounts 

9 provided under this paragraph shall be only for ac10 tivities related to the provision of tenant-based rental 

11 assistance authorized under section 8, including re12 lated development activities; 

13 (4) $107,643,000 for the renewal of tenant-based 

14 assistance contracts under section 811 of the Cran15 ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 

16 U.S.C. 8013), including necessary administrative ex17 penses: Provided, That administrative and other ex18 penses of public housing agencies in administering 

19 the special purpose vouchers in this paragraph shall 

20 be funded under the same terms and be subject to the 

21 same pro rata reduction as the percent decrease for 

22 administrative and other expenses to public housing 

23 agencies under paragraph (3) of this heading; 

24 (5) $75,000,000 for incremental rental voucher 

25 assistance for use through a supported housing pro-
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1 gram administered in conjunction with the Depart2 ment of Veterans Affairs as authorized under section 

3 8(o)(19) of the United States Housing Act of 1937: 

4 Provided, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

5 Development shall make such funding available, not6 withstanding section 204 (competition provision) of 

7 this title, to public housing agencies that partner with 

8 eligible VA Medical Centers or other entities as des9 ignated by the Secretary of the Department of Vet10 erans Affairs, based on geographical need for such as11 sistance as identified by the Secretary of the Depart12 ment of Veterans Affairs, public housing agency ad13 ministrative performance, and other factors as speci14 fied by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop15 ment in consultation with the Secretary of the De16 partment of Veterans Affairs: Provided further, That 

17 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 

18 may waive, or specify alternative requirements for (in 

19 consultation with the Secretary of the Department of 

20 Veterans Affairs), any provision of any statute or reg21 ulation that the Secretary of Housing and Urban De22 velopment administers in connection with the use of 

23 funds made available under this paragraph (except 

24 for requirements related to fair housing, non25 discrimination, labor standards, and the environ-
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1 ment), upon a finding by the Secretary that any such 

2 waivers or alternative requirements are necessary for 

3 the effective delivery and administration of such 

4 voucher assistance: Provided further, That assistance 

5 made available under this paragraph shall continue 

6 to remain available for homeless veterans upon turn7 over; 

8 (6) $20,000,000 shall be made available for new 

9 incremental voucher assistance through the Family 

10 Unification Program as authorized by section 8(x) of 

11 the Act: Provided, That the assistance made available 

12 under this paragraph shall continue to remain avail13 able for family unification upon turnover; and 

14 (7) The Secretary shall separately track all spe15 cial purpose vouchers funded under this heading. 

16 HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND

17 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

18 Unobligated balances, including recaptures and carry19 over, remaining from funds appropriated to the Depart20 ment of Housing and Urban Development under this head21 ing, the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted Hous22 ing’’ and the heading ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’’, 

23 for fiscal year 2016 and prior years may be used for re24 newal of or amendments to section 8 project-based contracts 

25 and for performance-based contract administrators, not-
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1 withstanding the purposes for which such funds were appro2 priated: Provided, That any obligated balances of contract 

3 authority from fiscal year 1974 and prior that have been 

4 terminated shall be rescinded: Provided further, That 

5 amounts heretofore recaptured, or recaptured during the 

6 current fiscal year, from section 8 project-based contracts 

7 from source years fiscal year 1975 through fiscal year 1987 

8 are hereby rescinded, and an amount of additional new 

9 budget authority, equivalent to the amount rescinded is 

10 hereby appropriated, to remain available until expended, 

11 for the purposes set forth under this heading, in addition 

12 to amounts otherwise available. 

13 PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND

14 For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to 

15 carry out capital and management activities for public 

16 housing agencies, as authorized under section 9 of the 

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

18 ‘‘Act’’) $1,742,870,000, to remain available until September 

19 30, 2019: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi20 sion of law or regulation, during fiscal year 2016, the Sec21 retary of Housing and Urban Development may not dele22 gate to any Department official other than the Deputy Sec23 retary and the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 

24 Housing any authority under paragraph (2) of section 9(j) 

25 regarding the extension of the time periods under such sec-
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1 tion: Provided further, That for purposes of such section 

2 9(j), the term ‘‘obligate’’ means, with respect to amounts, 

3 that the amounts are subject to a binding agreement that 

4 will result in outlays, immediately or in the future: Pro5 vided further, That up to $3,000,000 shall be to support 

6 ongoing Public Housing Financial and Physical Assess7 ment activities: Provided further, That up to $1,000,000 

8 shall be to support the costs of administrative and judicial 

9 receiverships: Provided further, That of the total amount 

10 provided under this heading, not to exceed $23,000,000 shall 

11 be available for the Secretary to make grants, notwith12 standing section 204 of this Act, to public housing agencies 

13 for emergency capital needs including safety and security 

14 measures necessary to address crime and drug-related activ15 ity as well as needs resulting from unforeseen or unprevent16 able emergencies and natural disasters excluding Presi17 dentially declared emergencies and natural disasters under 

18 the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Act 

19 (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) occurring in fiscal year 2016: Pro20 vided further, That of the amount made available under the 

21 previous proviso, not less than $6,000,000 shall be for safety 

22 and security measures: Provided further, That of the total 

23 amount provided under this heading $35,000,000 shall be 

24 for supportive services, service coordinator and congregate 

25 services as authorized by section 34 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 
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1 1437z–6) and the Native American Housing Assistance and 

2 Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.): 

3 Provided further, That of the total amount made available 

4 under this heading, $15,000,000 shall be for a Jobs-Plus 

5 initiative modeled after the Jobs-Plus demonstration: Pro6 vided further, That the funding provided under the previous 

7 proviso shall provide competitive grants to partnerships be8 tween public housing authorities, local workforce investment 

9 boards established under section 117 of the Workforce In10 vestment Act of 1998, and other agencies and organizations 

11 that provide support to help public housing residents obtain 

12 employment and increase earnings: Provided further, That 

13 applicants must demonstrate the ability to provide services 

14 to residents, partner with workforce investment boards, and 

15 leverage service dollars: Provided further, That the Sec16 retary may allow public housing agencies to request exemp17 tions from rent and income limitation requirements under 

18 sections 3 and 6 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 

19 as necessary to implement the Jobs-Plus program, on such 

20 terms and conditions as the Secretary may approve upon 

21 a finding by the Secretary that any such waivers or alter22 native requirements are necessary for the effective imple23 mentation of the Jobs-Plus initiative as a voluntary pro24 gram for residents: Provided further, That the Secretary 

25 shall publish by notice in the Federal Register any waivers 
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1 or alternative requirements pursuant to the preceding pro2 viso no later than 10 days before the effective date of such 

3 notice: Provided further, That for funds provided under this 

4 heading, the limitation in section 9(g)(1)(A) of the Act shall 

5 be 25 percent: Provided further, That the Secretary may 

6 waive the limitation in the previous proviso to allow public 

7 housing agencies to fund activities authorized under section 

8 9(e)(1)(C) of the Act: Provided further, That the Secretary 

9 shall notify public housing agencies requesting waivers 

10 under the previous proviso if the request is approved or de11 nied within 14 days of submitting the request: Provided fur12 ther, That from the funds made available under this head13 ing, the Secretary shall provide bonus awards in fiscal year 

14 2016 to public housing agencies that are designated high 

15 performers: Provided further, That the Department shall 

16 notify public housing agencies of their formula allocation 

17 within 60 days of enactment of this Act. 

18 PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND

19 For 2016 payments to public housing agencies for the 

20 operation and management of public housing, as authorized 

21 by section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 

22 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $4,500,000,000, to remain available 

23 until September 30, 2017. 
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1 CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVE

2 For competitive grants under the Choice Neighborhoods 

3 Initiative (subject to section 24 of the United States Hous4 ing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v), unless otherwise speci5 fied under this heading), for transformation, rehabilitation, 

6 and replacement housing needs of both public and HUD7 assisted housing and to transform neighborhoods of poverty 

8 into functioning, sustainable mixed income neighborhoods 

9 with appropriate services, schools, public assets, transpor10 tation and access to jobs, $65,000,000, to remain available 

11 until September 30, 2018: Provided, That grant funds may 

12 be used for resident and community services, community 

13 development, and affordable housing needs in the commu14 nity, and for conversion of vacant or foreclosed properties 

15 to affordable housing: Provided further, That the use of 

16 funds made available under this heading shall not be 

17 deemed to be public housing notwithstanding section 3(b)(1) 

18 of such Act: Provided further, That grantees shall commit 

19 to an additional period of affordability determined by the 

20 Secretary of not fewer than 20 years: Provided further, That 

21 grantees shall undertake comprehensive local planning with 

22 input from residents and the community, and that grantees 

23 shall provide a match in State, local, other Federal or pri24 vate funds: Provided further, That grantees may include 

25 local governments, tribal entities, public housing authori-
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1 ties, and nonprofits: Provided further, That for-profit devel2 opers may apply jointly with a public entity: Provided fur3 ther, That for purposes of environmental review, a grantee 

4 shall be treated as a public housing agency under section 

5 26 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

6 1437x), and grants under this heading shall be subject to 

7 the regulations issued by the Secretary to implement such 

8 section: Provided further, That of the amount provided, not 

9 less than $40,000,000 shall be awarded to public housing 

10 agencies: Provided further, That such grantees shall create 

11 partnerships with other local organizations including as12 sisted housing owners, service agencies, and resident organi13 zations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall consult 

14 with the Secretaries of Education, Labor, Transportation, 

15 Health and Human Services, Agriculture, and Commerce, 

16 the Attorney General, and the Administrator of the Envi17 ronmental Protection Agency to coordinate and leverage 

18 other appropriate Federal resources: Provided further, That 

19 no more than $5,000,000 of funds made available under this 

20 heading may be provided to assist communities in devel21 oping comprehensive strategies for implementing this pro22 gram or implementing other revitalization efforts in con23 junction with community notice and input: Provided fur24 ther, That the Secretary shall develop and publish guide25 lines for the use of such competitive funds, including but 
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1 not limited to eligible activities, program requirements, and 

2 performance metrics. 

3 FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY

4 For the Family Self-Sufficiency program to support 

5 family self-sufficiency coordinators under section 23 of the 

6 United States Housing Act of 1937, to promote the develop7 ment of local strategies to coordinate the use of assistance 

8 under sections 8(o) and 9 of such Act with public and pri9 vate resources, and enable eligible families to achieve eco10 nomic independence and self-sufficiency, $75,000,000, to re11 main available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That 

12 the Secretary may, by Federal Register notice, waive or 

13 specify alternative requirements under sections b(3), b(4), 

14 b(5), or c(1) of section 23 of such Act in order to facilitate 

15 the operation of a unified self-sufficiency program for indi16 viduals receiving assistance under different provisions of 

17 the Act, as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, 

18 That owners of a privately owned multifamily property 

19 with a section 8 contract may voluntarily make a Family 

20 Self-Sufficiency program available to the assisted tenants 

21 of such property in accordance with procedures established 

22 by the Secretary: Provided further, That such procedures 

23 established pursuant to the previous proviso shall permit 

24 participating tenants to accrue escrow funds in accordance 

25 with section 23(d)(2) and shall allow owners to use funding 
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1 from residual receipt accounts to hire coordinators for their 

2 own Family Self-Sufficiency program. 

3 INDIAN BLOCK GRANTS

4 For the Indian Housing Block Grants program, as au5 thorized under title I of the Native American Housing As6 sistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) 

7 (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $650,000,000, to remain available 

8 until September 30, 2020: Provided, That, notwithstanding 

9 the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Deter10 mination Act of 1996, to determine the amount of the allo11 cation under title I of such Act for each Indian tribe, the 

12 Secretary shall apply the formula under section 302 of such 

13 Act with the need component based on single-race census 

14 data and with the need component based on multi-race cen15 sus data, and the amount of the allocation for each Indian 

16 tribe shall be the greater of the two resulting allocation 

17 amounts: Provided further, That notwithstanding the pre18 vious proviso, no Indian tribe shall receive an allocation 

19 amount greater than 10 percent: Provided further, That of 

20 the amount provided under this heading, $2,000,000 shall 

21 be made available for the cost of guaranteed notes and other 

22 obligations, as authorized by title VI of NAHASDA: Pro23 vided further, That such costs, including the costs of modi24 fying such notes and other obligations, shall be as defined 

25 in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as 
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1 amended: Provided further, That these funds are available 

2 to subsidize the total principal amount of any notes and 

3 other obligations, any part of which is to be guaranteed, 

4 not to exceed $17,452,007: Provided further, That the De5 partment will notify grantees of their formula allocation 

6 within 60 days of the date of enactment of this Act. 

7 In addition to amounts made available under the first 

8 paragraph under this heading, $60,000,000, to remain 

9 available until September 30, 2018, shall be for grants to 

10 Indian tribes for carrying out the Community Development 

11 Block Grant program under title I of the Housing and 

12 Community Development Act of 1974 notwithstanding sec13 tion 106(a)(1) of such Act, of which, up to $4,000,000 may 

14 be used for emergencies that constitute imminent threats to 

15 health and safety notwithstanding any other provision of 

16 law (including section 204 of this title): Provided, That not 

17 to exceed 20 percent of any grant made with funds appro18 priated under this paragraph shall be expended for plan19 ning and management development and administration. 

20 INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM

21 ACCOUNT

22 For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by sec23 tion 184 of the Housing and Community Development Act 

24 of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a), $7,000,000, to remain 

25 available until expended: Provided, That such costs, includ-
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1 ing the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 

2 in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Pro3 vided further, That these funds are available to subsidize 

4 total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, 

5 up to $1,111,111,000, to remain available until expended: 

6 Provided further, That up to $750,000 of this amount may 

7 be for administrative contract expenses including manage8 ment processes and systems to carry out the loan guarantee 

9 program. 

10 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

11 HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS

12 For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Per13 sons with AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS Hous14 ing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), 

15 $330,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

16 2017, except that amounts allocated pursuant to section 

17 854(c)(3) of such Act shall remain available until Sep18 tember 30, 2018: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew 

19 all expiring contracts for permanent supportive housing 

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

21 Act from funds made available under this heading in fiscal 

22 year 2010 and prior fiscal years that meet all program re23 quirements before awarding funds for new contracts under 

24 such section: Provided further, That notwithstanding 42 

25 U.S.C. 12903, the Secretary shall allocate 90 percent of the 
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1 funds by formula, of which 75 percent shall be among cities 

2 that are the most populous unit of general local government 

3 in a metropolitan statistical area with a population greater 

4 than 500,000 and have more than 2,000 persons living with 

5 the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and States with 

6 more than 2,000 persons living with HIV outside of metro7 politan statistical areas, as reported to and confirmed by 

8 the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Preven9 tion (CDC) as of December 31 of the most recent calendar 

10 year for which such data is available, and of which 25 per11 cent shall be among States and metropolitan statistical 

12 areas based on fair market rents and area poverty indexes, 

13 as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That a 

14 grantee’s share shall not reflect a loss greater than 10 per15 cent or a gain greater than 20 percent of the share of total 

16 available formula funds that the grantee received in the pre17 ceding fiscal year: Provided further, That any grantee that 

18 received a formula allocation in fiscal year 2015 shall con19 tinue to be eligible for formula allocation in this fiscal year: 

20 Provided further, That the Department shall notify grantees 

21 of their formula allocation within 60 days of enactment of 

22 this Act. 

23 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND

24 For carrying out the Community Development Block 

25 Grant program under title I of the Housing and Commu-
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1 nity Development Act of 1974, as amended (the ‘‘Act’’ here2 in) (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), $2,900,000,000, to remain 

3 available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That unless 

4 explicitly provided for under this heading, not to exceed 20 

5 percent of any grant made with funds appropriated under 

6 this heading shall be expended for planning and manage7 ment development and administration: Provided further, 

8 That a metropolitan city, urban county, unit of general 

9 local government, or insular area that directly or indirectly 

10 receives funds under this heading may not sell, trade, or 

11 otherwise transfer all or any portion of such funds to an12 other such entity in exchange for any other funds, credits 

13 or non-Federal considerations, but must use such funds for 

14 activities eligible under title I of the Act: Provided further, 

15 That notwithstanding section 105(e)(1) of the Act, no funds 

16 provided under this heading may be provided to a for-profit 

17 entity for an economic development project under section 

18 105(a)(17) unless such project has been evaluated and se19 lected in accordance with guidelines required under sub20 paragraph (e)(2): Provided further, That the Department 

21 shall notify grantees of their formula allocation within 60 

22 days of enactment of this Act. 
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1 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES PROGRAM

2 ACCOUNT

3 Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 

4 of 1974, during fiscal year 2016, commitments to guarantee 

5 loans under section 108 of the Housing and Community 

6 Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5308), any part of 

7 which is guaranteed, shall not exceed a total principal 

8 amount of $300,000,000, notwithstanding any aggregate 

9 limitation on outstanding obligations guaranteed in sub10 section (k) of such section 108: Provided, That the Secretary 

11 shall collect fees from borrowers, notwithstanding section 

12 108(m), to result in a credit subsidy cost of zero for guaran13 teeing such loans, and any such fees shall be collected in 

14 accordance with section 502(7) of the Congressional Budget 

15 Act of 1974. 

16 HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM

17 For the HOME Investment Partnerships program, as 

18 authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 

19 Affordable Housing Act, as amended, $66,000,000, to re20 main available until September 30, 2019: Provided, That 

21 notwithstanding the amount made available under this 

22 heading, the threshold reduction requirements in sections 

23 216(10) and 217(b)(4) of such Act shall not apply to alloca24 tions of such amount: Provided further, That the require25 ments under provisos 2 through 6 under this heading for 
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1 fiscal year 2012 and such requirements applicable pursuant 

2 to the ‘‘Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013’’, 

3 shall not apply to any project to which funds were com4 mitted on or after August 23, 2013, but such projects shall 

5 instead be governed by the Final Rule titled ‘‘Home Invest6 ment Partnerships Program; Improving Performance and 

7 Accountability; Updating Property Standards’’ which be8 came effective on such date: Provided further, That with re9 spect to funds made available under this heading pursuant 

10 to such Act and funds provided in prior and subsequent 

11 appropriations acts that were or are used by community 

12 land trusts for the development of affordable homeownership 

13 housing pursuant to section 215(b) of such Act, such com14 munity land trusts, notwithstanding section 215(b)(3)(A) 

15 of such Act, may hold and exercise purchase options, rights 

16 of first refusal or other preemptive rights to purchase the 

17 housing to preserve affordability, including but not limited 

18 to the right to purchase the housing in lieu of foreclosure: 

19 Provided further, That the Department shall notify grantees 

20 of their formula allocation within 60 days of enactment of 

21 this Act. 

22 SELF-HELP AND ASSISTED HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY

23 PROGRAM

24 For the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Op25 portunity Program, as authorized under section 11 of the 
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1 Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996, as 

2 amended, $50,000,000, to remain available until September 

3 30, 2018: Provided, That of the total amount provided 

4 under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be made available to 

5 the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Opportunity 

6 Program as authorized under section 11 of the Housing Op7 portunity Program Extension Act of 1996, as amended: 

8 Provided further, That $35,000,000 shall be made available 

9 for the second, third, and fourth capacity building activities 

10 authorized under section 4(a) of the HUD Demonstration 

11 Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816 note), of which not less than 

12 $5,000,000 shall be made available for rural capacity build13 ing activities: Provided further, That $5,000,000 shall be 

14 made available for capacity building by national rural 

15 housing organizations with experience assessing national 

16 rural conditions and providing financing, training, tech17 nical assistance, information, and research to local non18 profits, local governments and Indian Tribes serving high 

19 need rural communities: Provided further, That an addi20 tional $5,700,000, to remain available until expended, shall 

21 be for a program to rehabilitate and modify homes of dis22 abled and low-income veterans as authorized under section 

23 1079 of Public Law 113–291. 
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1 HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS

2 For the Emergency Solutions Grants program as au3 thorized under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento 

4 Homeless Assistance Act, as amended; the continuum of 

5 care program as authorized under subtitle C of title IV of 

6 such Act; and the Rural Housing Stability Assistance pro7 gram as authorized under subtitle D of title IV of such Act, 

8 $2,235,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

9 2018: Provided, That any rental assistance amounts that 

10 are recaptured under such Continuum of Care program 

11 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

12 That not less than $250,000,000 of the funds appropriated 

13 under this heading shall be available for such Emergency 

14 Solutions Grants program: Provided further, That not less 

15 than $1,918,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this 

16 heading shall be available for such Continuum of Care and 

17 Rural Housing Stability Assistance programs: Provided 

18 further, That up to $7,000,000 of the funds appropriated 

19 under this heading shall be available for the national home20 less data analysis project: Provided further, That up to 

21 $2,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 

22 shall be available to the Secretary, in coordination with the 

23 Secretary of Health and Human Services, for a national 

24 study on the prevalence, needs, and characteristics of home25 lessness among youth as authorized under section 345 of 
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1 the Runaway Homeless Youth Act (42 U.S.C. 5714–25), 

2 notwithstanding section 204 of this title: Provided further, 

3 That up to $33,000,000 of the funds appropriated under 

4 this heading shall be to implement projects to demonstrate 

5 how a comprehensive approach to serving homeless youth, 

6 age 24 and under, in up to 10 communities, including at 

7 least four rural communities, can dramatically reduce 

8 youth homelessness: Provided further, That such projects 

9 shall be eligible for renewal under the Continuum of Care 

10 program subject to the same terms and conditions as other 

11 renewal applicants: Provided further, That up to 

12 $5,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 

13 shall be available to provide technical assistance on youth 

14 homelessness, and collection, analysis, and reporting of data 

15 and performance measures under the comprehensive ap16 proaches to serve homeless youth, in addition to and in co17 ordination with other technical assistance funds provided 

18 under this title: Provided further, That all funds awarded 

19 for supportive services under the Continuum of Care pro20 gram and the Rural Housing Stability Assistance program 

21 shall be matched by not less than 25 percent in cash or 

22 in kind by each grantee: Provided further, That for all 

23 match requirements applicable to funds made available 

24 under this heading for this fiscal year and prior years, a 

25 grantee may use (or could have used) as a source of match 
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1 funds other funds administered by the Secretary and other 

2 Federal agencies unless a specific statutory prohibition on 

3 any such use of any such funds exists: Provided further, 

4 That the Secretary may renew on an annual basis expiring 

5 contracts or amendments to contracts funded under the 

6 Continuum of Care program if the program is determined 

7 to be needed under the applicable Continuum of Care and 

8 meets appropriate program requirements, performance 

9 measures, and financial standards, as determined by the 

10 Secretary: Provided further, That all awards of assistance 

11 under this heading shall be required to coordinate and inte12 grate homeless programs with other mainstream health, so13 cial services, and employment programs for which homeless 

14 populations may be eligible: Provided further, That with 

15 respect to funds provided under this heading for the Con16 tinuum of Care program for fiscal years 2016 and 2017, 

17 permanent housing rental assistance may be administered 

18 by private nonprofit organizations: Provided further, That 

19 youth aged 24 and under seeking assistance under this 

20 heading shall not be required to provide third party docu21 mentation to establish their eligibility under 42 U.S.C. 

22 11302(a) or (b) to receive services: Provided further, That 

23 unaccompanied youth aged 24 and under or families head24 ed by youth aged 24 and under who are living in unsafe 

25 situations may be served by youth-serving providers funded 
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1 under this heading: Provided further, That in awarding 

2 grants with funds appropriated under this heading, the Sec3 retary shall ensure that incentives created through the ap4 plication process fairly balance priorities for different pop5 ulations, including youth, families, veterans, and people ex6 periencing chronic homelessness: Provided further, That 

7 any unobligated amounts remaining from funds appro8 priated under this heading in fiscal year 2012 and prior 

9 years for project-based rental assistance for rehabilitation 

10 projects with 10-year grant terms may be used for purposes 

11 under this heading, notwithstanding the purposes for which 

12 such funds were appropriated: Provided further, That all 

13 balances for Shelter Plus Care renewals previously funded 

14 from the Shelter Plus Care Renewal account and trans15 ferred to this account shall be available, if recaptured, for 

16 Continuum of Care renewals in fiscal year 2016: Provided 

17 further, That the Department shall notify grantees of their 

18 formula allocation from amounts allocated (which may rep19 resent initial or final amounts allocated) for the Emergency 

20 Solutions Grant program within 60 days of enactment of 

21 this Act. 

22 HOUSING PROGRAMS

23 PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE

24 For activities and assistance for the provision of 

25 project-based subsidy contracts under the United States 
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1 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (‘‘the Act’’), 

2 not otherwise provided for, $10,426,000,000, to remain 

3 available until expended, shall be available on October 1, 

4 2015 (in addition to the $400,000,000 previously appro5 priated under this heading that became available October 

6 1, 2015), and $400,000,000, to remain available until ex7 pended, shall be available on October 1, 2016: Provided, 

8 That the amounts made available under this heading shall 

9 be available for expiring or terminating section 8 project10 based subsidy contracts (including section 8 moderate reha11 bilitation contracts), for amendments to section 8 project12 based subsidy contracts (including section 8 moderate reha13 bilitation contracts), for contracts entered into pursuant to 

14 section 441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act 

15 (42 U.S.C. 11401), for renewal of section 8 contracts for 

16 units in projects that are subject to approved plans of action 

17 under the Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation 

18 Act of 1987 or the Low-Income Housing Preservation and 

19 Resident Homeownership Act of 1990, and for administra20 tive and other expenses associated with project-based activi21 ties and assistance funded under this paragraph: Provided 

22 further, That of the total amounts provided under this head23 ing, not to exceed $215,000,000 shall be available for per24 formance-based contract administrators for section 8 

25 project-based assistance, for carrying out 42 U.S.C. 1437(f): 
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1 Provided further, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

2 Development may also use such amounts in the previous 

3 proviso for performance-based contract administrators for 

4 the administration of: interest reduction payments pursu5 ant to section 236(a) of the National Housing Act (12 

6 U.S.C. 1715z–1(a)); rent supplement payments pursuant to 

7 section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 

8 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); section 236(f)(2) rental assistance 

9 payments (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1(f)(2)); project rental assist10 ance contracts for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of the 

11 Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); project rental as12 sistance contracts for supportive housing for persons with 

13 disabilities under section 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gon14 zalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 

15 8013(d)(2)); project assistance contracts pursuant to section 

16 202(h) of the Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 

17 73 Stat. 667); and loans under section 202 of the Housing 

18 Act of 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667): Provided 

19 further, That amounts recaptured under this heading, the 

20 heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing’’, or 

21 the heading ‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’, may be used for 

22 renewals of or amendments to section 8 project-based con23 tracts or for performance-based contract administrators, 

24 notwithstanding the purposes for which such amounts were 

25 appropriated: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 
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1 other provision of law, upon the request of the Secretary 

2 of Housing and Urban Development, project funds that are 

3 held in residual receipts accounts for any project subject 

4 to a section 8 project-based Housing Assistance Payments 

5 contract that authorizes HUD or a Housing Finance Agen6 cy to require that surplus project funds be deposited in an 

7 interest-bearing residual receipts account and that are in 

8 excess of an amount to be determined by the Secretary, shall 

9 be remitted to the Department and deposited in this ac10 count, to be available until expended: Provided further, 

11 That amounts deposited pursuant to the previous proviso 

12 shall be available in addition to the amount otherwise pro13 vided by this heading for uses authorized under this head14 ing. 

15 HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY

16 For amendments to capital advance contracts for hous17 ing for the elderly, as authorized by section 202 of the Hous18 ing Act of 1959, as amended, and for project rental assist19 ance for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of such Act, in20 cluding amendments to contracts for such assistance and 

21 renewal of expiring contracts for such assistance for up to 

22 a 1-year term, and for senior preservation rental assistance 

23 contracts, including renewals, as authorized by section 

24 811(e) of the American Housing and Economic Oppor25 tunity Act of 2000, as amended, and for supportive services 
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1 associated with the housing, $420,000,000 to remain avail2 able until September 30, 2019: Provided, That of the 

3 amount provided under this heading, up to $77,000,000 

4 shall be for service coordinators and the continuation of ex5 isting congregate service grants for residents of assisted 

6 housing projects: Provided further, That amounts under this 

7 heading shall be available for Real Estate Assessment Cen8 ter inspections and inspection-related activities associated 

9 with section 202 projects: Provided further, That the Sec10 retary may waive the provisions of section 202 governing 

11 the terms and conditions of project rental assistance, except 

12 that the initial contract term for such assistance shall not 

13 exceed 5 years in duration: Provided further, That upon 

14 request of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop15 ment, project funds that are held in residual receipts ac16 counts for any project subject to a section 202 project rental 

17 assistance contract, and that upon termination of such con18 tract are in excess of an amount to be determined by the 

19 Secretary, shall be remitted to the Department and depos20 ited in this account, to be available until September 30, 

21 2019: Provided further, That amounts deposited in this ac22 count pursuant to the previous proviso shall be available, 

23 in addition to the amounts otherwise provided by this head24 ing, for the purposes funded under this heading, and if such 

25 purposes have been fully funded, may be used by the Sec-
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1 retary to support demonstration programs to test housing 

2 with services models for the elderly: Provided further, That 

3 unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, 

4 remaining from funds transferred to or appropriated under 

5 this heading may be used for the current purposes author6 ized under this heading notwithstanding the purposes for 

7 which such funds originally were appropriated. 

8 HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

9 For amendments to capital advance contracts for sup10 portive housing for persons with disabilities, as authorized 

11 by section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 

12 Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), for project rental assistance 

13 for supportive housing for persons with disabilities under 

14 section 811(d)(2) of such Act and for project assistance con15 tracts pursuant to section 202(h) of the Housing Act of 1959 

16 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667), including amendments 

17 to contracts for such assistance and renewal of expiring con18 tracts for such assistance for up to a 1-year term, for project 

19 rental assistance to State housing finance agencies and 

20 other appropriate entities as authorized under section 

21 811(b)(3) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Housing Act, 

22 and for supportive services associated with the housing for 

23 persons with disabilities as authorized by section 811(b)(1) 

24 of such Act, $137,000,000, to remain available until Sep25 tember 30, 2019: Provided, That amounts made available 
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1 under this heading shall be available for Real Estate Assess2 ment Center inspections and inspection-related activities 

3 associated with section 811 projects: Provided further, That, 

4 in this fiscal year, upon the request of the Secretary of 

5 Housing and Urban Development, project funds that are 

6 held in residual receipts accounts for any project subject 

7 to a section 811 project rental assistance contract and that 

8 upon termination of such contract are in excess of an 

9 amount to be determined by the Secretary shall be remitted 

10 to the Department and deposited in this account, to be 

11 available until September 30, 2019: Provided further, That 

12 amounts deposited in this account pursuant to the previous 

13 proviso shall be available in addition to the amounts other14 wise provided by this heading for the purposes authorized 

15 under this heading: Provided further, That unobligated bal16 ances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining from 

17 funds transferred to or appropriated under this heading 

18 may be used for the current purposes authorized under this 

19 heading notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds 

20 originally were appropriated. 

21 HOUSING COUNSELING ASSISTANCE

22 For contracts, grants, and other assistance excluding 

23 loans, as authorized under section 106 of the Housing and 

24 Urban Development Act of 1968, as amended, $47,000,000, 

25 to remain available until September 30, 2017, including 
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1 up to $4,500,000 for administrative contract services: Pro2 vided, That grants made available from amounts provided 

3 under this heading shall be awarded within 180 days of 

4 enactment of this Act: Provided further, That funds shall 

5 be used for providing counseling and advice to tenants and 

6 homeowners, both current and prospective, with respect to 

7 property maintenance, financial management/literacy, and 

8 such other matters as may be appropriate to assist them 

9 in improving their housing conditions, meeting their finan10 cial needs, and fulfilling the responsibilities of tenancy or 

11 homeownership; for program administration; and for hous12 ing counselor training: Provided further, That for purposes 

13 of providing such grants from amounts provided under this 

14 heading, the Secretary may enter into multiyear agree15 ments as appropriate, subject to the availability of annual 

16 appropriations. 

17 RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE

18 For amendments to contracts under section 101 of the 

19 Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 

20 1701s) and section 236(f)(2) of the National Housing Act 

21 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1) in State-aided, noninsured rental 

22 housing projects, $30,000,000, to remain available until ex23 pended: Provided, That such amount, together with unobli24 gated balances from recaptured amounts appropriated 

25 prior to fiscal year 2006 from terminated contracts under 
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1 such sections of law, and any unobligated balances, includ2 ing recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds appro3 priated under this heading after fiscal year 2005, shall also 

4 be available for extensions of up to one year for expiring 

5 contracts under such sections of law. 

6 MANUFACTURED HOUSING STANDARDS PROGRAM

7 PAYMENT TO MANUFACTURED HOUSING FEES TRUST FUND

8 For necessary expenses as authorized by the National 

9 Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards 

10 Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), up to $10,000,000, 

11 to remain available until expended, of which $10,000,000 

12 is to be derived from the Manufactured Housing Fees Trust 

13 Fund: Provided, That not to exceed the total amount appro14 priated under this heading shall be available from the gen15 eral fund of the Treasury to the extent necessary to incur 

16 obligations and make expenditures pending the receipt of 

17 collections to the Fund pursuant to section 620 of such Act: 

18 Provided further, That the amount made available under 

19 this heading from the general fund shall be reduced as such 

20 collections are received during fiscal year 2016 so as to re21 sult in a final fiscal year 2016 appropriation from the gen22 eral fund estimated at zero, and fees pursuant to such sec23 tion 620 shall be modified as necessary to ensure such a 

24 final fiscal year 2016 appropriation: Provided further, 

25 That for the dispute resolution and installation programs, 
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1 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may as2 sess and collect fees from any program participant: Pro3 vided further, That such collections shall be deposited into 

4 the Fund, and the Secretary, as provided herein, may use 

5 such collections, as well as fees collected under section 620, 

6 for necessary expenses of such Act: Provided further, That, 

7 notwithstanding the requirements of section 620 of such Act, 

8 the Secretary may carry out responsibilities of the Sec9 retary under such Act through the use of approved service 

10 providers that are paid directly by the recipients of their 

11 services. 

12 FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION

13 MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

14 New commitments to guarantee single family loans in15 sured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund shall not 

16 exceed $400,000,000,000, to remain available until Sep17 tember 30, 2017: Provided, That during fiscal year 2016, 

18 obligations to make direct loans to carry out the purposes 

19 of section 204(g) of the National Housing Act, as amended, 

20 shall not exceed $5,000,000: Provided further, That the fore21 going amount in the previous proviso shall be for loans to 

22 nonprofit and governmental entities in connection with 

23 sales of single family real properties owned by the Secretary 

24 and formerly insured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance 

25 Fund: Provided further, That for administrative contract 
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1 expenses of the Federal Housing Administration, 

2 $130,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

3 2017: Provided further, That to the extent guaranteed loan 

4 commitments exceed $200,000,000,000 on or before April 1, 

5 2016, an additional $1,400 for administrative contract ex6 penses shall be available for each $1,000,000 in additional 

7 guaranteed loan commitments (including a pro rata 

8 amount for any amount below $1,000,000), but in no case 

9 shall funds made available by this proviso exceed 

10 $30,000,000. 

11 GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

12 New commitments to guarantee loans insured under 

13 the General and Special Risk Insurance Funds, as author14 ized by sections 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act 

15 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–3 and 1735c), shall not exceed 

16 $30,000,000,000 in total loan principal, any part of which 

17 is to be guaranteed, to remain available until September 

18 30, 2017: Provided, That during fiscal year 2016, gross ob19 ligations for the principal amount of direct loans, as au20 thorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, and 519(a) of the 

21 National Housing Act, shall not exceed $5,000,000, which 

22 shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities 

23 in connection with the sale of single family real properties 

24 owned by the Secretary and formerly insured under such 

25 Act. 
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1 GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION

2 GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES LOAN

3 GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

4 New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out the 

5 purposes of section 306 of the National Housing Act, as 

6 amended (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)), shall not exceed 

7 $500,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

8 2017: Provided, That $23,000,000 shall be available for nec9 essary salaries and expenses of the Office of Government 

10 National Mortgage Association: Provided further, That to 

11 the extent that guaranteed loan commitments exceed 

12 $155,000,000,000 on or before April 1, 2016, an additional 

13 $100 for necessary salaries and expenses shall be available 

14 until expended for each $1,000,000 in additional guaran15 teed loan commitments (including a pro rata amount for 

16 any amount below $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds 

17 made available by this proviso exceed $3,000,000: Provided 

18 further, That receipts from Commitment and Multiclass fees 

19 collected pursuant to title III of the National Housing Act, 

20 as amended, shall be credited as offsetting collections to this 

21 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 of 

8 1970 (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 et seq.), including carrying out 

9 the functions of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel10 opment under section 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization Plan No. 

11 2 of 1968, $50,000,000, to remain available until September 

12 30, 2017. 

13 Of the amounts made available in this title under each 

14 of the headings specified in the report accompanying this 

15 Act, the Secretary may transfer to this account up to 0.1 

16 percent from each such account, and such transferred 

17 amounts shall be available until September 30, 2017, for 

18 (1) technical assistance and capacity building; and (2) re19 search, evaluation, and program metrics: Provided, That 

20 the Secretary may not transfer more than $40,000,000 to 

21 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 

25 philanthropic entities, other Federal agencies, or State or 
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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 coopera5 tive agreements, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel6 opment shall comply with section 2(b) of the Federal Fund7 ing Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (Public 

8 Law 109–282, 31 U.S.C. note) in lieu of compliance with 

9 section 102(a)(4)(C) with respect to documentation of 

10 award decisions. 

11 FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

12 FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES

13 For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not other14 wise 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, 2017, 

19 of which $38,600,000 shall be to carry out activities pursu20 ant to such section 561: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 

21 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary may assess and collect fees to 

22 cover the costs of the Fair Housing Training Academy, and 

23 may use such funds to provide such training: Provided fur24 ther, That no funds made available under this heading shall 

25 be used to lobby the executive or legislative branches of the 
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1 Federal Government in connection with a specific contract, 

2 grant, or loan: Provided further, That of the funds made 

3 available under this heading, $300,000 shall be available 

4 to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for 

5 the creation and promotion of translated materials and 

6 other programs that support the assistance of persons with 

7 limited English proficiency in utilizing the services pro8 vided by the Department of Housing and Urban Develop9 ment. 

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 Development 

19 Act of 1970 that shall include research, studies, testing, and 

20 demonstration efforts, including education and outreach 

21 concerning lead-based paint poisoning and other housing22 related diseases and hazards: Provided, That for purposes 

23 of environmental review, pursuant to the National Environ24 mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and 

25 other provisions of the law that further the purposes of such 
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1 Act, a grant under the Healthy Homes Initiative, or the 

2 Lead Technical Studies program under this heading or 

3 under prior appropriations Acts for such purposes under 

4 this heading, shall be considered to be funds for a special 

5 project for purposes of section 305(c) of the Multifamily 

6 Housing Property Disposition Reform Act of 1994: Pro7 vided further, That of the total amount made available 

8 under this heading, $45,000,000 shall be made available on 

9 a competitive basis for areas with the highest lead paint 

10 abatement needs: Provided further, That each recipient of 

11 funds provided under the previous proviso shall contribute 

12 an amount not less than 25 percent of the total: Provided 

13 further, That each applicant shall certify adequate capacity 

14 that is acceptable to the Secretary to carry out the proposed 

15 use of funds pursuant to a notice of funding availability: 

16 Provided further, That amounts made available under this 

17 heading in this or prior appropriations Acts, and that still 

18 remain available, may be used for any purpose under this 

19 heading notwithstanding the purpose for which such 

20 amounts were appropriated if a program competition is 

21 undersubscribed and there are other program competitions 

22 under this heading that are oversubscribed. 

23 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FUND

24 For the development of, modifications to, and infra25 structure for Department-wide and program-specific infor-
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1 mation technology systems, for the continuing operation 

2 and maintenance of both Department-wide and program3 specific information systems, and for program-related 

4 maintenance activities, $250,000,000, shall remain avail5 able until September 30, 2017: Provided, That any amounts 

6 transferred to this Fund under this Act shall remain avail7 able until expended: Provided further, That any amounts 

8 transferred to this Fund from amounts appropriated by 

9 previously enacted appropriations Acts may be used for the 

10 purposes specified under this Fund, in addition to any 

11 other information technology purposes for which such 

12 amounts were appropriated. 

13 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

14 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of In15 spector General in carrying out the Inspector General Act 

16 of 1978, as amended, $126,000,000: Provided, That the In17 spector General shall have independent authority over all 

18 personnel issues within this office. 

19 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

20 URBAN DEVELOPMENT

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

23 SEC. 201. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget au24 thority, or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts 

25 associated with such budget authority, that are recaptured 
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1 from projects described in section 1012(a) of the Stewart 

2 B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 

3 (42 U.S.C. 1437 note) shall be rescinded or in the case of 

4 cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such amounts 

5 of budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded 

6 or remitted to the Treasury shall be used by State housing 

7 finance agencies or local governments or local housing agen8 cies with projects approved by the Secretary of Housing and 

9 Urban Development for which settlement occurred after 

10 January 1, 1992, in accordance with such section. Notwith11 standing the previous sentence, the Secretary may award 

12 up to 15 percent of the budget authority or cash recaptured 

13 and not rescinded or remitted to the Treasury to provide 

14 project owners with incentives to refinance their project at 

15 a lower interest rate. 

16 SEC. 202. None of the funds made available under this 

17 title may be used during fiscal year 2016 to investigate or 

18 prosecute under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise lawful 

19 activity engaged in by one or more persons, including the 

20 filing or maintaining of a nonfrivolous legal action, that 

21 is engaged in solely for the purpose of achieving or pre22 venting action by a Government official or entity, or a 

23 court of competent jurisdiction. 

24 SEC. 203. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 

25 law, the amount allocated for fiscal year 2016 under section 
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1 854(c) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 

2 12903(c)), to the city of New York, New York, on behalf 

3 of the New York–Wayne–White Plains, New York–New Jer4 sey Metropolitan Division (hereafter ‘‘metropolitan divi5 sion’’) of the New York–Newark–Edison, NY–NJ–PA Metro6 politan Statistical Area, shall be adjusted by the Secretary 

7 of Housing and Urban Development by: 

8 (1) allocating to the city of Jersey City, New 

9 Jersey, the proportion of the metropolitan area’s or 

10 division’s amount that is based on the number of per11 sons living with HIV, poverty and fair market rents, 

12 in the portion of the metropolitan area or division 

13 that is located in Hudson County, New Jersey; and 

14 (2) allocating to the city of Paterson, New Jer15 sey, the proportion of the metropolitan area’s or divi16 sion’s amount that is based on the number of persons 

17 living with HIV, poverty and fair market rents, in 

18 the portion of the metropolitan area or division that 

19 is located in Bergen County and Passaic County, 

20 New Jersey. The recipient cities shall use amounts al21 located under this subsection to carry out eligible ac22 tivities under section 855 of the AIDS Housing Op23 portunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) in their respective 

24 portions of the metropolitan division that is located 

25 in New Jersey. 
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1 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

2 amount allocated for fiscal year 2016 under section 854(c) 

3 of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 

4 12903(c)), to the city of Wilmington, Delaware, on behalf 

5 of the Wilmington, Delaware–Maryland–New Jersey Metro6 politan Division (hereafter ‘‘metropolitan division’’), shall 

7 be adjusted by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel8 opment by allocating to the State of New Jersey the propor9 tion of the metropolitan division’s amount that is based on 

10 the number of persons living with HIV, poverty and fair 

11 market rents, in the portion of the metropolitan division 

12 that is located in New Jersey. The State of New Jersey shall 

13 use amounts allocated to the State under this subsection to 

14 carry out eligible activities under section 855 of the AIDS 

15 Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) in the portion 

16 of the metropolitan division that is located in New Jersey. 

17 (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

18 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall allocate 

19 to Wake County, North Carolina, the amounts that other20 wise would be allocated for fiscal year 2016 under section 

21 854(c) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 

22 12903(c)) to the city of Raleigh, North Carolina, on behalf 

23 of the Raleigh-Cary North Carolina Metropolitan Statis24 tical Area. Any amounts allocated to Wake County shall 

25 be used to carry out eligible activities under section 855 
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1 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12904) within such metropolitan sta2 tistical area. 

3 (d) Notwithstanding section 854(c) of the AIDS Hous4 ing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12903(c)), the Secretary 

5 of Housing and Urban Development may adjust the alloca6 tion of the amounts that otherwise would be allocated for 

7 fiscal year 2016 under section 854(c) of such Act, upon the 

8 written request of an applicant, in conjunction with the 

9 State(s), for a formula allocation on behalf of a metropoli10 tan statistical area, to designate the State or States in 

11 which the metropolitan statistical area is located as the eli12 gible grantee(s) of the allocation. In the case that a metro13 politan statistical area involves more than one State, such 

14 amounts allocated to each State shall be based on the pro15 portion of the metropolitan statistical area’s amount that 

16 is based on the number of persons living with HIV, poverty 

17 and fair market rents, in the portion of the metropolitan 

18 statistical area that is located in that State. Any amounts 

19 allocated to a State under this section shall be used to carry 

20 out eligible activities within the portion of the metropolitan 

21 statistical area located in that State. 

22 SEC. 204. Except as explicitly provided in law, any 

23 grant, cooperative agreement or other assistance made pur24 suant to title II of this Act shall be made on a competitive 

25 basis and in accordance with section 102 of the Department 
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1 of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 

2 (42 U.S.C. 3545). 

3 SEC. 205. Funds of the Department of Housing and 

4 Urban Development subject to the Government Corporation 

5 Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of 1950 shall 

6 be available, without regard to the limitations on adminis7 trative expenses, for legal services on a contract or fee basis, 

8 and for utilizing and making payment for services and fa9 cilities of the Federal National Mortgage Association, Gov10 ernment National Mortgage Association, Federal Home 

11 Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Financing Bank, Fed12 eral Reserve banks or any member thereof, Federal Home 

13 Loan banks, and any insured bank within the meaning of 

14 the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, as amended 

15 (12 U.S.C. 1811–1). 

16 SEC. 206. Unless otherwise provided for in this title 

17 or through a reprogramming of funds, no part of any ap18 propriation for the Department of Housing and Urban De19 velopment shall be available for any program, project or 

20 activity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget esti21 mates submitted to Congress. 

22 SEC. 207. Corporations and agencies of the Depart23 ment of Housing and Urban Development which are subject 

24 to the Government Corporation Control Act are hereby au25 thorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of 
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1 funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor2 poration or agency and in accordance with law, and to 

3 make such contracts and commitments without regard to 

4 fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of such 

5 Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set 

6 forth in the budget for fiscal year 2016 for such corporation 

7 or agency except as hereinafter provided: Provided, That 

8 collections of these corporations and agencies may be used 

9 for new loan or mortgage purchase commitments only to 

10 the extent expressly provided for in this Act (unless such 

11 loans are in support of other forms of assistance provided 

12 for in this or prior appropriations Acts), except that this 

13 proviso shall not apply to the mortgage insurance or guar14 anty operations of these corporations, or where loans or 

15 mortgage purchases are necessary to protect the financial 

16 interest of the United States Government. 

17 SEC. 208. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel18 opment shall provide quarterly reports to the House and 

19 Senate Committees on Appropriations regarding all uncom20 mitted, unobligated, recaptured and excess funds in each 

21 program and activity within the jurisdiction of the Depart22 ment and shall submit additional, updated budget informa23 tion to these Committees upon request. 

24 SEC. 209. A public housing agency or such other entity 

25 that administers Federal housing assistance for the Housing 
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1 Authority of the county of Los Angeles, California, and the 

2 States of Alaska, Iowa, and Mississippi shall not be re3 quired to include a resident of public housing or a recipient 

4 of assistance provided under section 8 of the United States 

5 Housing Act of 1937 on the board of directors or a similar 

6 governing board of such agency or entity as required under 

7 section (2)(b) of such Act. Each public housing agency or 

8 other entity that administers Federal housing assistance 

9 under section 8 for the Housing Authority of the county 

10 of Los Angeles, California and the States of Alaska, Iowa 

11 and Mississippi that chooses not to include a resident of 

12 public housing or a recipient of section 8 assistance on the 

13 board of directors or a similar governing board shall estab14 lish an advisory board of not less than six residents of pub15 lic housing or recipients of section 8 assistance to provide 

16 advice and comment to the public housing agency or other 

17 administering entity on issues related to public housing and 

18 section 8. Such advisory board shall meet not less than 

19 quarterly. 

20 SEC. 210. No funds provided under this title may be 

21 used for an audit of the Government National Mortgage As22 sociation that makes applicable requirements under the 

23 Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.). 

24 SEC. 211. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 

25 law, subject to the conditions listed under this section, for 
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1 fiscal years 2016 and 2017, the Secretary of Housing and 

2 Urban Development may authorize the transfer of some or 

3 all project-based assistance, debt held or insured by the Sec4 retary and statutorily required low-income and very low5 income use restrictions if any, associated with one or more 

6 multifamily housing project or projects to another multi7 family housing project or projects. 

8 (b) PHASED TRANSFERS.—Transfers of project-based 

9 assistance under this section may be done in phases to ac10 commodate the financing and other requirements related to 

11 rehabilitating or constructing the project or projects to 

12 which the assistance is transferred, to ensure that such 

13 project or projects meet the standards under subsection (c). 

14 (c) The transfer authorized in subsection (a) is subject 

15 to the following conditions: 

16 (1) NUMBER AND BEDROOM SIZE OF UNITS.— 

17 (A) For occupied units in the transferring 

18 project: The number of low-income and very low19 income units and the configuration (i.e., bed20 room size) provided by the transferring project 

21 shall be no less than when transferred to the re22 ceiving project or projects and the net dollar 

23 amount of Federal assistance provided to the 

24 transferring project shall remain the same in the 

25 receiving project or projects. 
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1 (B) For unoccupied units in the transfer2 ring project: The Secretary may authorize a re3 duction in the number of dwelling units in the 

4 receiving project or projects to allow for a recon5 figuration of bedroom sizes to meet current mar6 ket demands, as determined by the Secretary and 

7 provided there is no increase in the project-based 

8 assistance budget authority. 

9 (2) The transferring project shall, as determined 

10 by the Secretary, be either physically obsolete or eco11 nomically nonviable. 

12 (3) The receiving project or projects shall meet or 

13 exceed applicable physical standards established by 

14 the Secretary. 

15 (4) The owner or mortgagor of the transferring 

16 project shall notify and consult with the tenants re17 siding in the transferring project and provide a cer18 tification of approval by all appropriate local govern19 mental officials. 

20 (5) The tenants of the transferring project who 

21 remain eligible for assistance to be provided by the re22 ceiving project or projects shall not be required to va23 cate their units in the transferring project or projects 

24 until new units in the receiving project are available 

25 for occupancy. 
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1 (6) The Secretary determines that this transfer is 

2 in the best interest of the tenants. 

3 (7) If either the transferring project or the re4 ceiving project or projects meets the condition speci5 fied in subsection (d)(2)(A), any lien on the receiving 

6 project resulting from additional financing obtained 

7 by the owner shall be subordinate to any FHA-in8 sured mortgage lien transferred to, or placed on, such 

9 project by the Secretary, except that the Secretary 

10 may waive this requirement upon determination that 

11 such a waiver is necessary to facilitate the financing 

12 of acquisition, construction, and/or rehabilitation of 

13 the receiving project or projects. 

14 (8) If the transferring project meets the require15 ments of subsection (d)(2), the owner or mortgagor of 

16 the receiving project or projects shall execute and 

17 record either a continuation of the existing use agree18 ment or a new use agreement for the project where, 

19 in either case, any use restrictions in such agreement 

20 are of no lesser duration than the existing use restric21 tions. 

22 (9) The transfer does not increase the cost (as de23 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 

24 of 1974, as amended) of any FHA-insured mortgage, 
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1 except to the extent that appropriations are provided 

2 in advance for the amount of any such increased cost. 

3 (d) For purposes of this section— 

4 (1) the terms ‘‘low-income’’ and ‘‘very low-in5 come’’ shall have the meanings provided by the statute 

6 and/or regulations governing the program under 

7 which the project is insured or assisted; 

8 (2) the term ‘‘multifamily housing project’’ 

9 means housing that meets one of the following condi10 tions— 

11 (A) housing that is subject to a mortgage 

12 insured under the National Housing Act; 

13 (B) housing that has project-based assist14 ance attached to the structure including projects 

15 undergoing mark to market debt restructuring 

16 under the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform 

17 and Affordability Housing Act; 

18 (C) housing that is assisted under section 

19 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended by 

20 section 801 of the Cranston-Gonzales National 

21 Affordable Housing Act; 

22 (D) housing that is assisted under section 

23 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as such section 

24 existed before the enactment of the Cranston25 Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act; 
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1 (E) housing that is assisted under section 

2 811 of the Cranston-Gonzales National Afford3 able Housing Act; or 

4 (F) housing or vacant land that is subject 

5 to a use agreement; 

6 (3) the term ‘‘project-based assistance’’ means— 

7 (A) assistance provided under section 8(b) 

8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937; 

9 (B) assistance for housing constructed or 

10 substantially rehabilitated pursuant to assistance 

11 provided under section 8(b)(2) of such Act (as 

12 such section existed immediately before October 

13 1, 1983); 

14 (C) rent supplement payments under sec15 tion 101 of the Housing and Urban Development 

16 Act of 1965; 

17 (D) interest reduction payments under sec18 tion 236 and/or additional assistance payments 

19 under section 236(f)(2) of the National Housing 

20 Act; 

21 (E) assistance payments made under sec22 tion 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959; and 

23 (F) assistance payments made under section 

24 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af25 fordable Housing Act; 
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1 (4) the term ‘‘receiving project or projects’’ 

2 means the multifamily housing project or projects to 

3 which some or all of the project-based assistance, debt, 

4 and statutorily required low-income and very low-in5 come use restrictions are to be transferred; 

6 (5) the term ‘‘transferring project’’ means the 

7 multifamily housing project which is transferring 

8 some or all of the project-based assistance, debt, and 

9 the statutorily required low-income and very low-in10 come use restrictions to the receiving project or 

11 projects; and 

12 (6) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of 

13 Housing and Urban Development. 

14 (e) PUBLIC NOTICE AND RESEARCH REPORT.— 

15 (1) The Secretary shall publish by notice in the 

16 Federal Register the terms and conditions, including 

17 criteria for HUD approval, of transfers pursuant to 

18 this section no later than 30 days before the effective 

19 date of such notice. 

20 (2) The Secretary shall conduct an evaluation of 

21 the transfer authority under this section, including 

22 the effect of such transfers on the operational effi23 ciency, contract rents, physical and financial condi24 tions, and long-term preservation of the affected prop25 erties. 
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1 SEC. 212. (a) No assistance shall be provided under 

2 section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

3 U.S.C. 1437f) to any individual who— 

4 (1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of 

5 higher education (as defined under section 102 of the 

6 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)); 

7 (2) is under 24 years of age; 

8 (3) is not a veteran; 

9 (4) is unmarried; 

10 (5) does not have a dependent child; 

11 (6) is not a person with disabilities, as such 

12 term is defined in section 3(b)(3)(E) of the United 

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

14 1437a(b)(3)(E)) and was not receiving assistance 

15 under such section 8 as of November 30, 2005; and 

16 (7) is not otherwise individually eligible, or has 

17 parents who, individually or jointly, are not eligible, 

18 to receive assistance under section 8 of the United 

19 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f). 

20 (b) For purposes of determining the eligibility of a per21 son to receive assistance under section 8 of the United States 

22 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), any financial as23 sistance (in excess of amounts received for tuition and any 

24 other required fees and charges) that an individual receives 

25 under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 
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1 et seq.), from private sources, or an institution of higher 

2 education (as defined under the Higher Education Act of 

3 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)), shall be considered income to that 

4 individual, except for a person over the age of 23 with de5 pendent children. 

6 SEC. 213. The funds made available under NAHASDA 

7 for Native Alaskans under the heading ‘‘Indian Block 

8 Grants’’ in title II of this Act shall be allocated to the same 

9 Native Alaskan housing block grant recipients that received 

10 funds in fiscal year 2005. 

11 SEC. 214. Notwithstanding the limitation in the first 

12 sentence of section 255(g) of the National Housing Act (12 

13 U.S.C. 1715z–20(g)), the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

14 Development may, until September 30, 2016, insure and 

15 enter into commitments to insure mortgages under such sec16 tion 255. 

17 SEC. 215. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

18 in fiscal year 2016, in managing and disposing of any mul19 tifamily property that is owned or has a mortgage held by 

20 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and dur21 ing the process of foreclosure on any property with a con22 tract for rental assistance payments under section 8 of the 

23 United States Housing Act of 1937 or other Federal pro24 grams, the Secretary shall maintain any rental assistance 

25 payments under section 8 of the United States Housing Act 
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1 of 1937 and other programs that are attached to any dwell2 ing units in the property. To the extent the Secretary deter3 mines, in consultation with the tenants and the local gov4 ernment, that such a multifamily property owned or held 

5 by the Secretary is not feasible for continued rental assist6 ance payments under such section 8 or other programs, 

7 based on consideration of (1) the costs of rehabilitating and 

8 operating the property and all available Federal, State, and 

9 local resources, including rent adjustments under section 

10 524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Af11 fordability Act of 1997 (‘‘MAHRAA’’) and (2) environ12 mental conditions that cannot be remedied in a cost-effec13 tive fashion, the Secretary may, in consultation with the 

14 tenants of that property, contract for project-based rental 

15 assistance payments with an owner or owners of other exist16 ing housing properties, or provide other rental assistance. 

17 The Secretary shall also take appropriate steps to ensure 

18 that project-based contracts remain in effect prior to fore19 closure, subject to the exercise of contractual abatement rem20 edies to assist relocation of tenants for imminent major 

21 threats to health and safety after written notice to and in22 formed consent of the affected tenants and use of other avail23 able remedies, such as partial abatements or receivership. 

24 After disposition of any multifamily property described 

25 under this section, the contract and allowable rent levels 
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1 on such properties shall be subject to the requirements under 

2 section 524 of MAHRAA. 

3 SEC. 216. The commitment authority funded by fees 

4 as provided under the heading ‘‘Community Development 

5 Loan Guarantees Program Account’’ may be used to guar6 antee, or make commitments to guarantee, notes, or other 

7 obligations issued by any State on behalf of non-entitlement 

8 communities in the State in accordance with the require9 ments of section 108 of the Housing and Community Devel10 opment Act of 1974: Provided, That any State receiving 

11 such a guarantee or commitment shall distribute all funds 

12 subject to such guarantee to the units of general local gov13 ernment in non-entitlement areas that received the commit14 ment. 

15 SEC. 217. Public housing agencies that own and oper16 ate 400 or fewer public housing units may elect to be exempt 

17 from any asset management requirement imposed by the 

18 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in connec19 tion with the operating fund rule: Provided, That an agency 

20 seeking a discontinuance of a reduction of subsidy under 

21 the operating fund formula shall not be exempt from asset 

22 management requirements. 

23 SEC. 218. With respect to the use of amounts provided 

24 in this Act and in future Acts for the operation, capital 

25 improvement and management of public housing as author-
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1 ized by sections 9(d) and 9(e) of the United States Housing 

2 Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d) and (e)), the Secretary 

3 shall not impose any requirement or guideline relating to 

4 asset management that restricts or limits in any way the 

5 use of capital funds for central office costs pursuant to sec6 tion 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2) of the United States Housing Act 

7 of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(g)(1), (2)): Provided, That a pub8 lic housing agency may not use capital funds authorized 

9 under section 9(d) for activities that are eligible under sec10 tion 9(e) for assistance with amounts from the operating 

11 fund in excess of the amounts permitted under section 

12 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2). 

13 SEC. 219. No official or employee of the Department 

14 of Housing and Urban Development shall be designated as 

15 an allotment holder unless the Office of the Chief Financial 

16 Officer has determined that such allotment holder has im17 plemented an adequate system of funds control and has re18 ceived training in funds control procedures and directives. 

19 The Chief Financial Officer shall ensure that there is a 

20 trained allotment holder for each HUD sub-office under the 

21 accounts ‘‘Executive Offices’’ and ‘‘Administrative Support 

22 Offices,’’ as well as each account receiving appropriations 

23 for ‘‘Program Office Salaries and Expenses’’, ‘‘Government 

24 National Mortgage Association—Guarantees of Mortgage25 Backed Securities Loan Guarantee Program Account’’, and 
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1 ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ within the Department of 

2 Housing and Urban Development. 

3 SEC. 220. The Secretary of the Department of Housing 

4 and Urban Development shall, for fiscal year 2016 and sub5 sequent fiscal years, notify the public through the Federal 

6 Register and other means, as determined appropriate, of 

7 the issuance of a notice of the availability of assistance or 

8 notice of funding availability (NOFA) for any program or 

9 discretionary fund administered by the Secretary that is 

10 to be competitively awarded. Notwithstanding any other 

11 provision of law, for fiscal year 2016 and subsequent fiscal 

12 years, the Secretary may make the NOFA available only 

13 on the Internet at the appropriate Government Web site or 

14 through other electronic media, as determined by the Sec15 retary. 

16 SEC. 221. Payment of attorney fees in program-related 

17 litigation shall be paid from the individual program office 

18 and Office of General Counsel salaries and expenses appro19 priations. The annual budget submission for the program 

20 offices and the Office of General Counsel shall include any 

21 such projected litigation costs for attorney fees as a separate 

22 line item request. No funds provided in this title may be 

23 used to pay any such litigation costs for attorney fees until 

24 the Department submits for review and approval a spend-
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1 ing plan for such costs to the House and Senate Committees 

2 on Appropriations. 

3 SEC. 222. The Secretary of the Department of Housing 

4 and Urban Development is authorized to transfer up to 5 

5 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, of the funds appro6 priated for any office funded under the heading ‘‘Adminis7 trative Support Offices’’ to any other office funded under 

8 such heading: Provided, That no appropriation for any of9 fice funded under the heading ‘‘Administrative Support Of10 fices’’ shall be increased or decreased by more than 5 percent 

11 or $5,000,000, whichever is less, without prior written ap12 proval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropria13 tions: Provided further, That the Secretary is authorized to 

14 transfer up to 5 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, 

15 of the funds appropriated for any account funded under the 

16 general heading ‘‘Program Office Salaries and Expenses’’ 

17 to any other account funded under such heading: Provided 

18 further, That no appropriation for any account funded 

19 under the general heading ‘‘Program Office Salaries and 

20 Expenses’’ shall be increased or decreased by more than 5 

21 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, without prior writ22 ten approval of the House and Senate Committees on Ap23 propriations: Provided further, That the Secretary may 

24 transfer funds made available for salaries and expenses be25 tween any office funded under the heading ‘‘Administrative 
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1 Support Offices’’ and any account funded under the general 

2 heading ‘‘Program Office Salaries and Expenses’’, but only 

3 with the prior written approval of the House and Senate 

4 Committees on Appropriations. 

5 SEC. 223. The Disaster Housing Assistance Programs, 

6 administered by the Department of Housing and Urban De7 velopment, shall be considered a ‘‘program of the Depart8 ment of Housing and Urban Development’’ under section 

9 904 of the McKinney Act for the purpose of income 

10 verifications and matching. 

11 SEC. 224. (a) The Secretary of Housing and Urban 

12 Development shall take the required actions under sub13 section (b) when a multifamily housing project with a sec14 tion 8 contract or contract for similar project-based assist15 ance: 

16 (1) receives a Real Estate Assessment Center 

17 (REAC) score of 30 or less; or 

18 (2) receives a REAC score between 31 and 59 

19 and: 

20 (A) fails to certify in writing to HUD with21 in 60 days that all deficiencies have been cor22 rected; or 

23 (B) receives consecutive scores of less than 

24 60 on REAC inspections. 
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1 Such requirements shall apply to insured and noninsured 

2 projects with assistance attached to the units under section 

3 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

4 1437f), but do not apply to such units assisted under section 

5 8(o)(13) (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)) or to public housing units 

6 assisted with capital or operating funds under section 9 of 

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

8 (b) The Secretary shall take the following required ac9 tions as authorized under subsection (a)— 

10 (1) The Secretary shall notify the owner and 

11 provide an opportunity for response within 30 days. 

12 If the violations remain, the Secretary shall develop 

13 a Compliance, Disposition and Enforcement Plan 

14 within 60 days, with a specified timetable for cor15 recting all deficiencies. The Secretary shall provide 

16 notice of the Plan to the owner, tenants, the local gov17 ernment, any mortgagees, and any contract adminis18 trator. 

19 (2) At the end of the term of the Compliance, 

20 Disposition and Enforcement Plan, if the owner fails 

21 to fully comply with such plan, the Secretary may re22 quire immediate replacement of project management 

23 with a management agent approved by the Secretary, 

24 and shall take one or more of the following actions, 
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1 and provide additional notice of those actions to the 

2 owner and the parties specified above: 

3 (A) impose civil money penalties; 

4 (B) abate the section 8 contract, including 

5 partial abatement, as determined by the Sec6 retary, until all deficiencies have been corrected; 

7 (C) pursue transfer of the project to an 

8 owner, approved by the Secretary under estab9 lished procedures, which will be obligated to 

10 promptly make all required repairs and to ac11 cept renewal of the assistance contract as long as 

12 such renewal is offered; or 

13 (D) seek judicial appointment of a receiver 

14 to manage the property and cure all project defi15 ciencies or seek a judicial order of specific per16 formance requiring the owner to cure all project 

17 deficiencies. 

18 (c) The Secretary shall also take appropriate steps to 

19 ensure that project-based contracts remain in effect, subject 

20 to the exercise of contractual abatement remedies to assist 

21 relocation of tenants for imminent major threats to health 

22 and safety after written notice to and informed consent of 

23 the affected tenants and use of other remedies set forth 

24 above. To the extent the Secretary determines, in consulta25 tion with the tenants and the local government, that the 
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1 property is not feasible for continued rental assistance pay2 ments under such section 8 or other programs, based on con3 sideration of (1) the costs of rehabilitating and operating 

4 the property and all available Federal, State, and local re5 sources, including rent adjustments under section 524 of the 

6 Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability 

7 Act of 1997 (‘‘MAHRAA’’) and (2) environmental condi8 tions that cannot be remedied in a cost-effective fashion, the 

9 Secretary may, in consultation with the tenants of that 

10 property, contract for project-based rental assistance pay11 ments with an owner or owners of other existing housing 

12 properties, or provide other rental assistance. The Secretary 

13 shall report semi-annually on all properties covered by this 

14 section that are assessed through the Real Estate Assessment 

15 Center and have physical inspection scores of less than 30 

16 or have consecutive physical inspection scores of less than 

17 60. The report shall include: 

18 (1) The enforcement actions being taken to ad19 dress such conditions, including imposition of civil 

20 money penalties and termination of subsidies, and 

21 identify properties that have such conditions multiple 

22 times; and 

23 (2) Actions that the Department of Housing and 

24 Urban Development is taking to protect tenants of 

25 such identified properties. 
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1 SEC. 225. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act, or any other Act, for purposes authorized under section 

3 8 (only with respect to the tenant-based rental assistance 

4 program) and section 9 of the United States Housing Act 

5 of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.), may be used by any public 

6 housing agency for any amount of salary, including bo7 nuses, for the chief executive officer of which, or any other 

8 official or employee of which, that exceeds the annual rate 

9 of basic pay payable for a position at level IV of the Execu10 tive Schedule at any time during any public housing agen11 cy fiscal year 2016. 

12 SEC. 226. None of the funds in this Act may be avail13 able for the doctoral dissertation research grant program 

14 at the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 

15 SEC. 227. Section 24 of the United States Housing Act 

16 of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v) is amended— 

17 (1) in subsection (m)(1), by striking ‘‘fiscal 

18 year’’ and all that follows through the period at the 

19 end and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2016.’’; and 

20 (2) in subsection (o), by striking ‘‘September’’ 

21 and all that follows through the period at the end and 

22 inserting ‘‘September 30, 2016.’’. 

23 SEC. 228. None of the funds in this Act provided to 

24 the Department of Housing and Urban Development may 

25 be used to make a grant award unless the Secretary notifies 
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1 the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations not 

2 less than 3 full business days before any project, State, lo3 cality, housing authority, tribe, nonprofit organization, or 

4 other entity selected to receive a grant award is announced 

5 by the Department or its offices. 

6 SEC. 229. Of the amounts made available for salaries 

7 and expenses under all accounts under this title (except for 

8 the Office of Inspector General account), a total of up to 

9 $5,000,000 may be transferred to and merged with amounts 

10 made available in the ‘‘Information Technology Fund’’ ac11 count under this title. 

12 SEC. 230. None of the funds made available by this 

13 Act nor any receipts or amounts collected under any Fed14 eral Housing Administration program may be used to im15 plement the Homeowners Armed with Knowledge (HAWK) 

16 program. 

17 SEC. 231. None of the funds made available in this 

18 Act shall be used by the Federal Housing Administration, 

19 the Government National Mortgage Administration, or the 

20 Department of Housing and Urban Development to insure, 

21 securitize, or establish a Federal guarantee of any mortgage 

22 or mortgage backed security that refinances or otherwise re23 places a mortgage that has been subject to eminent domain 

24 condemnation or seizure, by a State, municipality, or any 

25 other political subdivision of a State. 
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1 SEC. 232. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used to terminate the status of a unit of general 

3 local government as a metropolitan city (as defined in sec4 tion 102 of the Housing and Community Development Act 

5 of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302)) with respect to grants under sec6 tion 106 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5306). 

7 SEC. 233. Subsection (b) of section 225 of the Cran8 ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 

9 12755) is amended by adding at the end the following new 

10 sentence: ‘‘Such 30-day waiting period is not required if 

11 the grounds for the termination or refusal to renew involve 

12 a direct threat to the safety of the tenants or employees of 

13 the housing, or an imminent and serious threat to the prop14 erty (and the termination or refusal to renew is in accord15 ance with the requirements of State or local law).’’. 

16 SEC. 234. None of the funds under this title may be 

17 used for awards, including performance, special act, or 

18 spot, for any employee of the Department of Housing and 

19 Urban Development who is subject to administrative dis20 cipline in fiscal year 2016, including suspension from work. 

21 SEC. 235. The language under the heading ‘‘Rental As22 sistance Demonstration’’ in the Department of Housing and 

23 Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 

24 112–55) is amended: 
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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 Act 

10 of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g) is amended by— 

11 (1) inserting at the end of subsection (j)— 

12 ‘‘(7) TREATMENT OF REPLACEMENT RESERVE.— 

13 The requirements of this subsection shall not apply to 

14 funds held in replacement reserves established in sub15 section (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 Reserve 

21 to fund any of the capital activities listed in subpara22 graph (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 the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(A) At the discretion of the Secretary, pub4 lic housing agencies may transfer and hold in a 

5 Replacement Reserve, funds originating from ad6 ditional sources. 

7 ‘‘(B) No minimum transfer of funds to a re8 placement 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 its 

15 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 the 

21 size of the portfolio assisted under 42 U.S.C. 

22 1437g or other factors. 

23 ‘‘(3) In first establishing a replacement reserve, 

24 the Secretary may allow public housing agencies to 
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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 Secretary 

8 shall establish appropriate accounting and reporting 

9 requirements to ensure that public housing agencies 

10 are spending funds on eligible projects and that funds 

11 in the replacement reserve are connected to capital 

12 needs.’’. 

13 SEC. 237. Section 9(g)(1) of the United States Housing 

14 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 fis24 cal year thereafter from the Operating Fund for 

25 any public housing agency, the agency may use 
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1 not more than 20 percent for activities that are 

2 eligible under subsection (d) for assistance with 

3 amounts from the Capital Fund, but only if the 

4 public housing plan for the agency provides for 

5 such use.’’. 

6 SEC. 238. Section 526 (12 U.S.C. 1735f–4) of the Na7 tional Housing Act is amended by inserting at the end of 

8 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 cis12 terns, which meet requirements of State and local building 

13 codes that ensure health and safety standards.’’. 

14 SEC. 239. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel15 opment shall increase, pursuant to this section, the number 

16 of Moving-to-Work agencies authorized under section 204, 

17 title II, of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing 

18 and Urban Development and Independent Agencies Appro19 priations Act, 1996 (Public Law 104–134; 110 Stat. 1321) 

20 by adding to the program 300 public housing agencies that 

21 are designated as high performing agencies under the Public 

22 Housing Assessment System (PHAS). No public housing 

23 agency shall be granted this designation through this section 

24 that administers in excess of 22,000 aggregate housing 

25 vouchers and public housing units. Of the agencies selected 
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1 under this section, no less than 150 shall administer 600 

2 or fewer aggregate housing voucher and public housing 

3 units, no less than 125 shall administer 601–5,000 aggre4 gate housing voucher and public housing units, and no more 

5 than 20 shall administer 5,001–22,000 aggregate housing 

6 voucher and public housing units. Of the 300 agencies se7 lected under this section, five shall be agencies with portfolio 

8 awards under the Rental Assistance Demonstration that 

9 meet the other requirements of this section. Selection of 

10 agencies under this section shall be based on ensuring the 

11 geographic diversity of Moving-to-Work agencies. The Sec12 retary may, at the request of a Moving-to-Work agency and 

13 one or more adjacent public housing agencies in the same 

14 area, designate that Moving-to-Work agency as a regional 

15 agency. A regional Moving-to-Work agency may administer 

16 the assistance under sections 8 and 9 of the United States 

17 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f and g) for the par18 ticipating agencies within its region pursuant to the terms 

19 of its Moving-to-Work agreement with the Secretary. The 

20 Secretary may agree to extend the term of the agreement 

21 and to make any necessary changes to accommodate region22 alization. A Moving-to-Work agency may be selected as a 

23 regional agency if the Secretary determines that unified ad24 ministration of assistance under sections 8 and 9 by that 

25 agency across multiple jurisdictions will lead to efficiencies 
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1 and to greater housing choice for low-income persons in the 

2 region. For purposes of this expansion, in addition to the 

3 provisions of the Act retained in section 204, section 8(r)(1) 

4 of the Act shall continue to apply unless the Secretary deter5 mines that waiver of this section is necessary to implement 

6 comprehensive rent reform and occupancy policies subject 

7 to evaluation by the Secretary, and the waiver contains, 

8 at a minimum, exceptions for requests to port due to em9 ployment, education, health and safety. No public housing 

10 agency granted this designation through this section shall 

11 receive more funding under sections 8 or 9 of the United 

12 States Housing Act of 1937 than it otherwise would have 

13 received absent this designation. The Secretary shall extend 

14 the current Moving-to-Work agreements of previously des15 ignated participating agencies until the end of each such 

16 agency’s fiscal year 2028 under the same terms and condi17 tions of such current agreements, except for any changes 

18 to such terms or conditions otherwise mutually agreed upon 

19 by the Secretary and any such agency and such extension 

20 agreements shall prohibit any statutory offset of any reserve 

21 balances equal to four months of operating expenses. Any 

22 such reserve balances that exceed such amount shall remain 

23 available to any such agency for all permissible purposes 

24 under such agreement unless subject to a statutory offset. 

25 In addition to other reporting requirements, all Moving-to- 
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1 Work agencies shall report financial data to the Depart2 ment of Housing and Urban Development as specified by 

3 the Secretary, so that the effect of Moving-to-Work policy 

4 changes can be measured. 

5 SEC. 240. Section 3(a) of the United States Housing 

6 Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(a)) is amended by adding 

7 at the end the following new paragraph: 

8 ‘‘(6) REVIEWS OF FAMILY INCOME.— 

9 ‘‘(A) FREQUENCY.—Reviews of family in10 come for purposes of this section shall be made— 

11 ‘‘(i) in the case of all families, upon 

12 the initial provision of housing assistance 

13 for the family; and 

14 ‘‘(ii) no less than annually thereafter, 

15 except as provided in subparagraph (B)(i); 

16 ‘‘(B) FIXED-INCOME FAMILIES.— 

17 ‘‘(i) SELF CERTIFICATION AND 3-YEAR

18 REVIEW.—In the case of any family de19 scribed in clause (ii), after the initial re20 view of the family’s income pursuant to 

21 subparagraph (A)(i), the public housing 

22 agency or owner shall not be required to 

23 conduct a review of the family’s income 

24 pursuant to subparagraph (A)(ii) for any 

25 year for which such family certifies, in ac-
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1 cordance with such requirements as the Sec2 retary shall establish, that the income of the 

3 family meets the requirements of clause (ii) 

4 of this subparagraph and that the sources of 

5 such income have not changed since the pre6 vious year, except that the public housing 

7 agency or owner shall conduct a review of 

8 each such family’s income not less than once 

9 every 3 years. 

10 ‘‘(ii) ELIGIBLE FAMILIES.—A family 

11 described in this clause is a family who has 

12 an income, as of the most recent review pur13 suant to subparagraph (A) or clause (i) of 

14 this subparagraph, of which 90 percent or 

15 more consists of fixed income, as such term 

16 is defined in clause (iii). 

17 ‘‘(iii) FIXED INCOME.—For purposes of 

18 this subparagraph, the term ‘fixed income’ 

19 includes income from— 

20 ‘‘(I) the supplemental security in21 come program under title XVI of the 

22 Social Security Act, including supple23 mentary payments pursuant to an 

24 agreement for Federal administration 

25 under section 1616(a) of the Social Se-
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1 curity Act and payments pursuant to 

2 an agreement entered into under sec3 tion 212(b) of Public Law 93–66; 

4 ‘‘(II) Social Security payments; 

5 ‘‘(III) Federal, State, local and 

6 private pension plans; and 

7 ‘‘(IV) other periodic payments re8 ceived from annuities, insurance poli9 cies, retirement funds, disability or 

10 death benefits, and other similar types 

11 of periodic receipts that are of substan12 tially the same amounts from year to 

13 year. 

14 ‘‘(C) INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENT FOR

15 FIXED INCOME FAMILIES.— 

16 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In any year in 

17 which a public housing agency or owner 

18 does not conduct a review of income for any 

19 family described in clause (ii) of subpara20 graph (B) pursuant to the authority under 

21 clause (i) of such paragraph to waive such 

22 a review, such family’s prior year’s income 

23 determination shall, subject to clauses (ii) 

24 and (iii), be adjusted by applying an infla-
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1 tionary factor as the Secretary shall, by reg2 ulation or notice, establish. 

3 ‘‘(ii) EXEMPTION FROM ADJUST4 MENT.—A public housing agency or owner 

5 may exempt from an adjustment pursuant 

6 to clause (i) any income source for which 

7 income does not increase from year to 

8 year.’’. 

9 SEC. 241. Section 8(x)(2) of the United States Housing 

10 Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.), is amended by striking 

11 ‘‘18 months’’ and inserting ‘‘36 months’’. 

12 SEC. 242. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of 

13 Housing and Urban Development shall establish a dem14 onstration program during the period beginning on the date 

15 of enactment of this Act, and ending on September 30, 2020, 

16 entering into budget-neutral, performance-based agreements 

17 that result in a reduction in energy or water costs with 

18 such entities as the Secretary determines to be appropriate 

19 under which the entities shall carry out projects for energy 

20 or water conservation improvements at not more than 

21 150,000 residential units in multifamily buildings partici22 pating in— 

23 (1) the Project-Based Rental Assistance program 

24 under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 
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1 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), other than assistance pro2 vided under section 8(o) of that Act; 

3 (2) the supportive Housing for the Elderly pro4 gram under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 

5 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); or 

6 (3) the supportive Housing for Persons with Dis7 abilities program under section 811(d)(2) of the 

8 Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act 

9 (42 U.S.C. 8013(d)(2)). 

10 (b) REQUIREMENTS.— 

11 (1) PAYMENTS CONTINGENT ON SAVINGS.— 

12 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall pro13 vide to an entity a payment under an agreement 

14 under this section only during applicable years 

15 for which an energy or water cost savings is 

16 achieved with respect to the applicable multi17 family portfolio of properties, as determined by 

18 the Secretary, in accordance with subparagraph 

19 (B). 

20 (B) PAYMENT METHODOLOGY.— 

21 (i) IN GENERAL.—Each agreement 

22 under this section shall include a pay-for23 success provision— 
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1 (I) that will serve as a payment 

2 threshold for the term of the agreement; 

3 and 

4 (II) pursuant to which the De5 partment of Housing and Urban De6 velopment shall share a percentage of 

7 the savings at a level determined by the 

8 Secretary that is sufficient to cover the 

9 administrative costs of carrying out 

10 this section. 

11 (ii) LIMITATIONS.—A payment made 

12 by the Secretary under an agreement under 

13 this section shall— 

14 (I) be contingent on documented 

15 utility savings; and 

16 (II) not exceed the utility savings 

17 achieved by the date of the payment, 

18 and not previously paid, as a result of 

19 the improvements made under the 

20 agreement. 

21 (C) THIRD PARTY VERIFICATION.—Savings 

22 payments made by the Secretary under this sec23 tion shall be based on a measurement and 

24 verification protocol that includes at least— 
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1 (i) establishment of a weather-normal2 ized and occupancy-normalized utility con3 sumption baseline established preretrofit; 

4 (ii) annual third party confirmation 

5 of actual utility consumption and cost for 

6 owner-paid utilities; 

7 (iii) annual third party validation of 

8 the tenant utility allowances in effect dur9 ing the applicable year and vacancy rates 

10 for each unit type; and 

11 (iv) annual third party determination 

12 of savings to the Secretary. 

13 (2) TERM.—The term of an agreement under this 

14 section shall be not longer than 12 years. 

15 (3) ENTITY ELIGIBILITY.—The Secretary shall— 

16 (A) establish a competitive process for enter17 ing into agreements under this section; and 

18 (B) enter into such agreements only with 

19 entities that demonstrate significant experience 

20 relating to— 

21 (i) financing and operating properties 

22 receiving assistance under a program de23 scribed in subsection (a); 
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1 (ii) oversight of energy and water con2 servation programs, including oversight of 

3 contractors; and 

4 (iii) raising capital for energy and 

5 water conservation improvements from 

6 charitable organizations or private inves7 tors. 

8 (4) GEOGRAPHICAL DIVERSITY.—Each agreement 

9 entered into under this section shall provide for the 

10 inclusion of properties with the greatest feasible re11 gional and State variance. 

12 (c) PLAN AND REPORTS.— 

13 (1) PLAN.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

14 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 

15 to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria16 tions a detailed plan for the implementation of this 

17 section. 

18 (2) REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after the 

19 date of enactment of this Act, and annually there20 after, the Secretary shall— 

21 (A) conduct an evaluation of the program 

22 under this section; and 

23 (B) submit to the House and Senate Com24 mittees on Appropriations a report describing 
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1 each evaluation conducted under subparagraph 

2 (A). 

3 (d) FUNDING.—For each fiscal year during which an 

4 agreement under this section is in effect, the Secretary may 

5 use to carry out this section any funds appropriated for 

6 the renewal of contracts under a program described in sub7 section (a). 

8 SEC. 243. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of 

9 Housing and Urban Development may establish, through 

10 notice in the Federal Register, a demonstration program 

11 to incent public housing agencies, as defined in section 

12 3(b)(6) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (in this 

13 section referred to as ‘‘the Act’’), to implement measures to 

14 reduce their energy and water consumption. 

15 (b) ELIGIBILITY.—Public housing agencies that oper16 ate public housing programs that meet the demonstration 

17 requirements, as determined by the Secretary, shall be eligi18 ble for participation in the demonstration. 

19 (c) INCENTIVE.—The Secretary may provide an incen20 tive to an eligible public housing agency that uses capital 

21 funds, operating funds, grants, utility rebates, and other re22 sources to reduce its energy and/or water consumption in 

23 accordance with a plan approved by the Secretary. 

24 (1) BASE UTILITY CONSUMPTION LEVEL.—The 

25 initial base utility consumption level under the ap-
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1 proved plan shall be set at the public housing agency’s 

2 rolling base consumption level immediately prior to 

3 the installation of energy conservation measures. 

4 (2) FIRST YEAR UTILITY COST SAVINGS.—For the 

5 first year that an approved plan is in effect, the Sec6 retary shall allocate the utility consumption level in 

7 the public housing operating fund using the base util8 ity consumption level. 

9 (3) SUBSEQUENT YEAR SAVINGS.—For each sub10 sequent year that the plan is in effect, the Secretary 

11 shall decrease the utility consumption level by one 

12 percent of the initial base utility consumption level 

13 per year until the utility consumption level equals the 

14 public housing agency’s actual consumption level that 

15 followed the installation of energy conservation meas16 ures, at which time the plan will terminate. 

17 (4) USE OF UTILITY COST SAVINGS.—The public 

18 housing agency may use the funds resulting from the 

19 energy conservation measures, in accordance with 

20 paragraphs (2) and (3), for either operating expenses, 

21 as defined by section 9(e)(1) of the Act, or capital im22 provements, as defined by section 9(d)(1) of the Act. 

23 (5) DURATION OF PLAN.—The length in years of 

24 the utility conservation plan shall not exceed the 

25 number of percentage points in utility consumption 
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1 reduction a public housing agency achieves through 

2 the energy conservation measures implemented under 

3 this demonstration, but in no case shall it exceed 20 

4 years. 

5 (6) OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary may 

6 establish such other requirements as necessary to fur7 ther the purposes of this demonstration. 

8 (7) EVALUATION.—Each public housing agency 

9 participating in the demonstration shall submit to 

10 the Secretary such performance and evaluation re11 ports concerning the reduction in energy consumption 

12 and compliance with the requirements of this section 

13 as the Secretary may require. 

14 (d) TERMINATION.—Public housing agencies may 

15 enter into this demonstration for 5 years after the date on 

16 which the demonstration program is commenced. 

17 SEC. 244. (a) AUTHORITY.—Subject to the conditions 

18 in subsection (d), the Secretary of Housing and Urban De19 velopment may authorize, in response to requests received 

20 in fiscal years 2016 through 2020, the transfer of some or 

21 all project-based assistance, tenant-based assistance, capital 

22 advances, debt, and statutorily required use restrictions 

23 from housing assisted under section 811 of the Cranston24 Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013) 

25 to other new or existing housing, which may include 
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1 projects, units, and other types of housing, as permitted by 

2 the Secretary. 

3 (b) CAPITAL ADVANCES.—Interest shall not be due and 

4 repayment of a capital advance shall not be triggered by 

5 a transfer pursuant to this section. 

6 (c) PHASED AND PROPORTIONAL TRANSFERS.— 

7 (1) Transfers under this section may be done in 

8 phases to accommodate the financing and other re9 quirements related to rehabilitating or constructing 

10 the housing to which the assistance is transferred, to 

11 ensure that such housing meets the conditions under 

12 subsection (d). 

13 (2) The capital advance repayment require14 ments, use restrictions, rental assistance, and debt 

15 shall transfer proportionally from the transferring 

16 housing to the receiving housing. 

17 (d) CONDITIONS.—The transfers authorized by this sec18 tion shall be subject to the following conditions: 

19 (1) the owner of the transferring housing shall 

20 demonstrate that the transfer is in compliance with 

21 applicable Federal, State, and local requirements re22 garding Housing for Persons with Disabilities and 

23 shall provide the Secretary with evidence of obtaining 

24 any approvals related to housing disabled persons 
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1 that are necessary under Federal, State, and local 

2 government requirements; 

3 (2) the owner of the transferring housing shall 

4 demonstrate to the Secretary that any transfer is in 

5 the best interest of the disabled residents by offering 

6 opportunities for increased integration or less con7 centration of individuals with disabilities; 

8 (3) the owner of the transferring housing shall 

9 continue to provide the same number of units as ap10 proved for rental assistance by the Secretary in the 

11 receiving housing; 

12 (4) the owner of the transferring housing shall 

13 consult with the disabled residents in the transferring 

14 housing about any proposed transfer under this sec15 tion and shall notify the residents of the transferring 

16 housing who are eligible for assistance to be provided 

17 in the receiving housing that they shall not be re18 quired to vacate the transferring housing until the re19 ceiving housing is available for occupancy; 

20 (5) the receiving housing shall meet or exceed ap21 plicable physical standards established or adopted by 

22 the Secretary; and 

23 (6) if the receiving housing has a mortgage in24 sured under title II of the National Housing Act, any 

25 lien on the receiving housing resulting from addi-
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1 tional financing shall be subordinate to any federally 

2 insured mortgage lien transferred to, or placed on, 

3 such housing, except that the Secretary may waive 

4 this requirement upon determination that such a 

5 waiver is necessary to facilitate the financing of ac6 quisition, construction, or rehabilitation of the receiv7 ing housing. 

8 (e) PUBLIC NOTICE.—The Secretary shall publish a 

9 notice in the Federal Register of the terms and conditions, 

10 including criteria for the Department’s approval of trans11 fers pursuant to this section no later than 30 days before 

12 the effective date of such notice. 

13 SEC. 245. (a) Of the unobligated balances, including 

14 recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds appro15 priated to the Department of Housing and Urban Develop16 ment under the heading ‘‘General and Special Risk Pro17 gram Account’’, and for the cost of guaranteed notes and 

18 other obligations under the heading ‘‘Native American 

19 Housing Block Grants’’, $12,000,000 is hereby rescinded. 

20 (b) All unobligated balances, including recaptures and 

21 carryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the De22 partment of Housing and Urban Development under the 

23 headings ‘‘Rural Housing and Economic Development’’, 

24 and ‘‘Homeownership and Opportunity for People Every25 where Grants’’ are hereby rescinded. 
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1 SEC. 246. Funds made available in this title under 

2 the heading ‘‘Homeless Assistance Grants’’ may be used to 

3 participate in Performance Partnership Pilots authorized 

4 under section 526 of division H of Public Law 113–76, sec5 tion 524 of division G of Public Law 113–235, and such 

6 authorities enacted for Performance Partnership Pilots in 

7 an appropriations Act for fiscal year 2016. Such participa8 tion shall be targeted to improving the housing situation 

9 of disconnected youth. 

10 SEC. 247. Unobligated balances, including recaptures 

11 and carryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the 

12 Department of Housing and Urban Development for ad13 ministrative costs associated with funds appropriated to the 

14 Department for specific disaster relief and related purposes 

15 and designated by Congress as an emergency requirement 

16 pursuant to a Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the 

17 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, in18 cluding information technology costs and costs for admin19 istering and overseeing such specific disaster related funds, 

20 shall be transferred to the Program Office Salaries and Ex21 penses, Community Planning and Development account for 

22 the Department, shall remain available until expended, and 

23 may be used for such administrative costs for administering 

24 any funds appropriated to the Department for any disaster 

25 relief and related purposes in any prior or future act, not-
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1 withstanding the purposes for which such funds were appro2 priated: Provided, That amounts transferred pursuant to 

3 this section that were previously designated by the Congress 

4 as an emergency requirement pursuant to a Concurrent 

5 Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and 

6 Emergency Deficit Control Act are designated by the Con7 gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

8 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

9 Deficit Control Act of 1985 and shall be transferred only 

10 if the President subsequently so designates the entire trans11 fer and transmits such designation to the Congress. 

12 SEC. 248. None of the funds made available under this 

13 title shall be used to enforce compliance with the Green 

14 Physical Needs Assessment for public housing agencies with 

15 250 housing units or less. 

16 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Housing 

17 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 author6 ized by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as 

7 amended, $8,023,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any 

8 other provision of law, there may be credited to this appro9 priation funds received for publications and training ex10 penses. 

11 FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime Com14 mission as authorized by section 201(d) of the Merchant 

15 Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. 307), including 

16 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger 

17 motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b); and uni18 forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

19 5901–5902, $25,660,000: Provided, That not to exceed 

20 $2,000 shall be available for official reception and represen21 tation 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 Gen5 eral for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation to 

6 carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 

7 1978, as amended, $23,999,000: Provided, That the Inspec8 tor General shall have all necessary authority, in carrying 

9 out the duties specified in the Inspector General Act, as 

10 amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to investigate allegations of 

11 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 and 

18 regulations that govern the obtaining of such services within 

19 the National Railroad Passenger Corporation: Provided 

20 further, That the Inspector General may select, appoint, 

21 and employ such officers and employees as may be nec22 essary for carrying out the functions, powers, and duties 

23 of the Office of Inspector General, subject to the applicable 

24 laws and regulations that govern such selections, appoint25 ments, and employment within the Corporation: Provided 
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1 further, That concurrent with the President’s budget request 

2 for fiscal year 2017, the Inspector General shall submit to 

3 the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a 

4 budget request for fiscal year 2017 in similar format and 

5 substance to those submitted by executive agencies of the 

6 Federal Government. 

7 NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For necessary expenses of the National Transportation 

10 Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 

11 and aircraft; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but 

12 at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate 

13 equivalent to the rate for a GS–15; uniforms, or allowances 

14 therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902), 

15 $105,170,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 may be used 

16 for official reception and representation expenses. The 

17 amounts made available to the National Transportation 

18 Safety Board in this Act include amounts necessary to 

19 make lease payments on an obligation incurred in fiscal 

20 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, as 
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1 authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation 

2 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 salaries, 

9 authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rent10 al of conference rooms, and the employment of experts and 

11 consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United States 

12 Code) of the United States Interagency Council on Home13 lessness in carrying out the functions pursuant to title II 

14 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amend15 ed, $3,530,000. Title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 

16 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11314) is amended in section 

17 204(a) by striking ‘‘level V’’ and inserting ‘‘level IV’’. 
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1 TITLE IV 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 

3 SEC. 401. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

4 for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 

5 expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 

6 intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings fund7 ed in this Act. 

8 SEC. 402. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

9 shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fis10 cal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria11 tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 

12 SEC. 403. The expenditure of any appropriation under 

13 this Act for any consulting service through a procurement 

14 contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States 

15 Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such expendi16 tures are a matter of public record and available for public 

17 inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing 

18 law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to 

19 existing law. 

20 SEC. 404. (a) None of the funds made available in this 

21 Act may be obligated or expended for any employee training 

22 that— 

23 (1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, 

24 skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the perform25 ance of official duties; 
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1 (2) contains elements likely to induce high levels 

2 of emotional response or psychological stress in some 

3 participants; 

4 (3) does not require prior employee notification 

5 of the content and methods to be used in the training 

6 and written end of course evaluation; 

7 (4) contains any methods or content associated 

8 with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 

9 ‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Employ10 ment Opportunity Commission Notice N–915.022, 

11 dated September 2, 1988; or 

12 (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, partici13 pants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the work14 place. 

15 (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 

16 otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 

17 bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 

18 SEC. 405. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 

19 none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by previous 

20 appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities funded in 

21 this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure 

22 in fiscal year 2016, or provided from any accounts in the 

23 Treasury derived by the collection of fees and available to 

24 the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obliga25 tion or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that: 
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1 (1) creates a new program; 

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

3 (3) increases funds or personnel for any pro4 gram, project, or activity for which funds have been 

5 denied or restricted by the Congress; 

6 (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific 

7 activity by either the House or Senate Committees on 

8 Appropriations for a different purpose; 

9 (5) augments existing programs, projects, or ac10 tivities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, which11 ever is less; 

12 (6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activi13 ties by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or 

14 (7) creates, reorganizes, or restructures a branch, 

15 division, office, bureau, board, commission, agency, 

16 administration, or department different from the 

17 budget justifications submitted to the Committees on 

18 Appropriations or the table accompanying the explan19 atory statement accompanying this Act, whichever is 

20 more detailed, unless prior approval is received from 

21 the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: 

22 Provided, That not later than 60 days after the date 

23 of enactment of this Act, each agency funded by this 

24 Act shall submit a report to the House and Senate 

25 Committees on Appropriations to establish the base-
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1 line for application of reprogramming and transfer 

2 authorities for the current fiscal year: Provided fur3 ther, That the report shall include: 

4 (A) a table for each appropriation with a 

5 separate column to display the prior year en6 acted level, the President’s budget request, adjust7 ments made by Congress, adjustments due to en8 acted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal 

9 year enacted level; 

10 (B) a delineation in the table for each ap11 propriation and its respective prior year enacted 

12 level by object class and program, project, and 

13 activity as detailed in the budget appendix for 

14 the respective appropriation; and 

15 (C) an identification of items of special con16 gressional interest: Provided further, That the 

17 amount appropriated or limited for salaries and 

18 expenses for an agency shall be reduced by 

19 $100,000 per day for each day after the required 

20 date that the report has not been submitted to the 

21 House and Senate Committees on Appropria22 tions. 

23 SEC. 406. Except as otherwise specifically provided by 

24 law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances re25 maining available at the end of fiscal year 2016 from ap-
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1 propriations made available for salaries and expenses for 

2 fiscal year 2016 in this Act, shall remain available through 

3 September 30, 2017, for each such account for the purposes 

4 authorized: Provided, That a request shall be submitted to 

5 the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations for 

6 approval prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided 

7 further, That these requests shall be made in compliance 

8 with reprogramming guidelines under section 405 of this 

9 Act. 

10 SEC. 407. No funds in this Act may be used to support 

11 any Federal, State, or local projects that seek to use the 

12 power of eminent domain, unless eminent domain is em13 ployed only for a public use: Provided, That for purposes 

14 of this section, public use shall not be construed to include 

15 economic development that primarily benefits private enti16 ties: Provided further, That any use of funds for mass tran17 sit, railroad, airport, seaport or highway projects, as well 

18 as utility projects which benefit or serve the general public 

19 (including energy-related, communication-related, water-re20 lated and wastewater-related infrastructure), other struc21 tures designated for use by the general public or which have 

22 other common-carrier or public-utility functions that serve 

23 the general public and are subject to regulation and over24 sight by the government, and projects for the removal of an 

25 immediate threat to public health and safety or brownsfields 
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1 as defined in the Small Business Liability Relief and 

2 Brownsfield Revitalization Act (Public Law 107–118) shall 

3 be considered a public use for purposes of eminent domain. 

4 SEC. 408. All Federal agencies and departments that 

5 are funded under this Act shall issue a report to the House 

6 and Senate Committees on Appropriations on all sole7 source contracts by no later than July 30, 2016. Such report 

8 shall include the contractor, the amount of the contract and 

9 the rationale for using a sole-source contract. 

10 SEC. 409. None of the funds made available in this 

11 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in12 strumentality of the United States Government, except pur13 suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 

14 in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 

15 SEC. 410. None of the funds made available in this 

16 Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person fill17 ing a position, other than a temporary position, formerly 

18 held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed Forces 

19 of the United States and has satisfactorily completed his 

20 or her period of active military or naval service, and has 

21 within 90 days after his or her release from such service 

22 or from hospitalization continuing after discharge for a pe23 riod of not more than 1 year, made application for restora24 tion to his or her former position and has been certified 

25 by the Office of Personnel Management as still qualified to 
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1 perform the duties of his or her former position and has 

2 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 with 

6 sections 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 

7 10a–10c, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’). 

8 SEC. 412. None of the funds made available in this 

9 Act shall be made available to any person or entity that 

10 has been convicted of violating the Buy American Act (41 

11 U.S.C. 10a–10c). 

12 SEC. 413. None of the funds made available in this 

13 Act may be used for first-class airline accommodations in 

14 contravention of sections 301–10.122 and 301–10.123 of 

15 title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 

16 SEC. 414. (a) None of the funds made available in this 

17 Act may be used to approve a new foreign air carrier per18 mit under sections 41301 through 41305 of title 49, United 

19 States Code, or exemption application under section 40109 

20 of that title of an air carrier already holding an air opera21 tors certificate issued by a country that is party to the 

22 U.S.–E.U.–Iceland–Norway Air Transport Agreement 

23 where such approval would contravene United States law 

24 or Article 17 bis of the U.S.–E.U.–Iceland–Norway Air 

25 Transport Agreement. 
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1 (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict or 

2 otherwise preclude the Secretary of Transportation from 

3 granting a foreign air carrier permit or an exemption to 

4 such an air carrier where such authorization is consistent 

5 with the U.S.–E.U.–Iceland–Norway Air Transport Agree6 ment and United States law. 

7 SEC. 415. None of the funds made available in this 

8 Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attendance 

9 of more than 50 employees of a single agency or department 

10 of the United States Government, who are stationed in the 

11 United States, at any single international conference unless 

12 the relevant Secretary reports to the House and Senate 

13 Committees on Appropriations at least 5 days in advance 

14 that such attendance is important to the national interest: 

15 Provided, That for purposes of this section the term ‘‘inter16 national conference’’ shall mean a conference occurring out17 side of the United States attended by representatives of the 

18 United States Government and of foreign governments, 

19 international organizations, or nongovernmental organiza20 tions. 

21 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation, Hous22 ing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appro23 priations Act, 2016’’. 
Calendar No. 138 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2577 

[Report No. 114–75] 

AN ACT 

Making appropriations for the Departments of 

poses. ending September 30, 2016, and for other puropment, and related agencies for the fiscal year Transportation, and Housing and Urban DevelJUNE 10, 2015 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on 

J

Appropriations 

UNE 25, 2015 

Reported with an amendment