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Union Calendar No. 92 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2577 

[Report No. 114–129] 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 27, 2015 

Mr. DIAZ-BALART, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House 

on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

A BILL 

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. 


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

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

5 Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban 

6 Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year end7 ing September 30, 2016, and for other purposes, namely: 

8 TITLE I 

9 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

10 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 

13 $105,000,000, 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 shall be available for the Office of the General Counsel; 

18 not to exceed $9,310,000 shall be available for the Office 

19 of the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy; not 

20 to exceed $12,808,000 shall be available for the Office of 

21 the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to 

22 exceed $2,500,000 shall be available for the Office of the 

23 Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs; not to ex24 ceed $26,029,000 shall be available for the Office of the 

25 Assistant Secretary for Administration; not to exceed 


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1 $2,029,000 shall be available for the Office of Public Af2 fairs; not to exceed $1,769,000 shall be available for the 

3 Office of the Executive Secretariat; not to exceed 

4 $10,793,000 shall be available for the Office of Intel5 ligence, Security, and Emergency Response; and not to ex6 ceed $15,937,000 shall be available for the Office of the 

7 Chief Information Officer: Provided, That the Secretary 

8 of Transportation is authorized to transfer funds appro9 priated for any office of the Office of the Secretary to any 

10 other office of the Office of the Secretary: Provided fur11 ther, That no appropriation for any office shall be in12 creased or decreased by more than 5 percent by all such 

13 transfers: Provided further, That notice of any change in 

14 funding greater than 5 percent shall be submitted for ap15 proval to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria16 tions: Provided further, That not to exceed $60,000 shall 

17 be for allocation within the Department for official recep18 tion and representation expenses as the Secretary may de19 termine: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 

20 provision of law, excluding fees authorized in Public Law 

21 107–71, there may be credited to this appropriation up 

22 to $2,500,000 in funds received in user fees: Provided fur23 ther, That none of the funds provided in this Act shall 

24 be available for the position of Assistant Secretary for 

25 Public Affairs. 


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1 RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

2 For necessary expenses related to the Office of the 

3 Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, 

4 $11,386,000, of which $8,218,000 shall remain available 

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

6 credited to this appropriation, to be available until ex7 pended, funds received from States, counties, municipali8 ties, other public authorities, and private sources for ex9 penses incurred for training: Provided further, That any 

10 reference in law, regulation, judicial proceedings, or else11 where to the Research and Innovative Technology Admin12 istration shall continue to be deemed to be a reference to 

13 the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and 

14 Technology of the Department of Transportation. 

15 NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 For capital investments in surface transportation in18 frastructure, $100,000,000, to remain available through 

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

20 Transportation shall distribute funds provided under this 

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

22 local government, transit agency, or a collaboration among 

23 such entities on a competitive basis for projects that will 

24 have a significant impact on the Nation, a metropolitan 

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


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1 for funding provided under this heading shall include, but 

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

3 title 23, United States Code; public transportation 

4 projects eligible under chapter 53 of title 49, United 

5 States Code; passenger and freight rail transportation 

6 projects; and port infrastructure investments (including 

7 inland port infrastructure and land ports of entry): Pro8 vided further, That the Secretary may use up to 20 per9 cent of the funds made available under this heading for 

10 the purpose of paying the subsidy and administrative costs 

11 of projects eligible for Federal credit assistance under 

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

13 finds that such use of the funds would advance the pur14 poses of this paragraph: Provided further, That in distrib15 uting funds provided under this heading, the Secretary 

16 shall take such measures so as to ensure an equitable geo17 graphic distribution of funds, an appropriate balance in 

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

19 investment in a variety of transportation modes: Provided 

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

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

22 $15,000,000: Provided further, That not more than 20 

23 percent of the funds made available under this heading 

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

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


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

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

3 That the Secretary shall give priority to projects that re4 quire a contribution of Federal funds in order to complete 

5 an overall financing package: Provided further, That not 

6 less than 10 percent of the funds provided under this 

7 heading shall be for projects located in rural areas: Pro8 vided further, That for projects located in rural areas, the 

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

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

11 Provided further, That projects conducted using funds pro12 vided under this heading must comply with the require13 ments of subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United 

14 States Code: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 

15 conduct a new competition to select the grants and credit 

16 assistance awarded under this heading: Provided further, 

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

18 funds provided under this heading, and may transfer por19 tions of those funds to the Administrators of the Federal 

20 Highway Administration, the Federal Transit Administra21 tion, the Federal Railroad Administration and the Mari22 time Administration, to fund the award and oversight of 

23 grants and credit assistance made under the National In24 frastructure Investments program. 


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1 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CAPITAL

2 For necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing 

3 the Department of Transportation’s financial systems and 

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

5 available through September 30, 2017. 

6 CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVES

7 For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, 

8 including necessary upgrades to wide area network and 

9 information technology infrastructure, improvement of 

10 network perimeter controls and identity management, 

11 testing and assessment of information technology against 

12 business, security, and other requirements, implementa13 tion of Federal cyber security initiatives and information 

14 infrastructure enhancements, implementation of enhanced 

15 security controls on network devices, and enhancement of 

16 cyber security workforce training tools, $7,000,000 to re17 main available through September 30, 2017. 

18 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

20 $9,600,000. 

21 TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND

22 DEVELOPMENT

23 For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 

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1 tivities, and making grants, to remain available until ex2 pended, $5,976,000. 

3 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

4 For necessary expenses for operating costs and cap5 ital outlays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed 

6 $181,500,000 shall be paid from appropriations made 

7 available to the Department of Transportation: Provided, 

8 That such services shall be provided on a competitive basis 

9 to entities within the Department of Transportation: Pro10 vided further, That the above limitation on operating ex11 penses shall not apply to non-DOT entities: Provided fur12 ther, That no funds appropriated in this Act to an agency 

13 of the Department shall be transferred to the Working 

14 Capital Fund without majority approval of the Working 

15 Capital Fund Steering Committee and approval of the 

16 Secretary: Provided further, That no assessments may be 

17 levied against any program, budget activity, subactivity or 

18 project funded by this Act unless notice of such assess19 ments and the basis therefor are presented to the House 

20 and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are ap21 proved by such Committees. 

22 MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM

23 For the cost of guaranteed loans, $336,000, as au24 thorized by 49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, in25 cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as deVerDate Sep 11 2014 22:19 May 27, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2577.RH H2577

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1 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

2 1974: Provided further, That these funds are available to 

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

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

5 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

6 the guaranteed loan program, $597,000. 

7 SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS UTILIZATION AND

8 OUTREACH

9 For necessary expenses for small and disadvantaged 

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

11 remain available until September 30, 2017: Provided, 

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

13 used for business opportunities related to any mode of 

14 transportation. 

15 PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS

16 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

17 In addition to funds made available from any other 

18 source to carry out the essential air service program under 

19 49 U.S.C. 41731 through 41742, $155,000,000, to be de20 rived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to remain 

21 available until expended: Provided, That in determining 

22 between or among carriers competing to provide service 

23 to a community, the Secretary may consider the relative 

24 subsidy requirements of the carriers: Provided further, 

25 That basic essential air service minimum requirements 


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1 shall not include the 15-passenger capacity requirement 

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

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

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

5 with a community located less than 40 miles from the 

6 nearest small hub airport before the Secretary has nego7 tiated with the community over a local cost share: Pro8 vided further, That amounts authorized to be distributed 

9 for the essential air service program under subsection 

10 41742(b) of title 49, United States Code, shall be made 

11 available immediately from amounts otherwise provided to 

12 the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration: 

13 Provided further, That the Administrator may reimburse 

14 such amounts from fees credited to the account estab15 lished under section 45303 of title 49, United States Code. 

16 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

18 Act to the Department of Transportation may be obligated 

19 for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation to ap20 prove assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining 

21 to funds appropriated to the modal administrations in this 

22 Act, except for activities underway on the date of enact23 ment of this Act, unless such assessments or agreements 

24 have completed the normal reprogramming process for 

25 Congressional notification. 


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1 SEC. 102. The Secretary or his designee may engage 

2 in activities with States and State legislators to consider 

3 proposals related to the reduction of motorcycle fatalities. 

4 SEC. 103. Notwithstanding section 3324 of title 31, 

5 United States Code, in addition to authority provided by 

6 section 327 of title 49, United States Code, the Depart7 ment’s Working Capital Fund is hereby authorized to pro8 vide payments in advance to vendors that are necessary 

9 to carry out the Federal transit pass transportation fringe 

10 benefit program under Executive Order 13150 and section 

11 3049 of Public Law 109–59: Provided, That the Depart12 ment shall include adequate safeguards in the contract 

13 with the vendors to ensure timely and high-quality per14 formance under the contract. 

15 SEC. 104. The Secretary shall post on the Web site 

16 of the Department of Transportation a schedule of all 

17 meetings of the Credit Council, including the agenda for 

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

19 decisions and actions of each meeting. 

20 SEC. 105. In addition to authority provided by section 

21 327 of title 49, United States Code, the Department’s 

22 Working Capital Fund is hereby authorized to provide 

23 partial or full payments in advance and accept subsequent 

24 reimbursements from all Federal agencies for transit ben25 efit distribution services that are necessary to carry out 


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1 the Federal transit pass transportation fringe benefit pro2 gram under Executive Order 13150 and section 3049 of 

3 Public Law 109–59: Provided, That the Department shall 

4 maintain a reasonable operating reserve in the Working 

5 Capital Fund, to be expended in advance to provide unin6 terrupted transit benefits to Government employees, pro7 vided that such reserve will not exceed one month of bene8 fits payable: Provided further, that such reserve may be 

9 used only for the purpose of providing for the continuation 

10 of transit benefits, provided that the Working Capital 

11 Fund will be fully reimbursed by each customer agency 

12 for the actual cost of the transit benefit. 

13 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

14 OPERATIONS

15 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

16 For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Ad17 ministration, not otherwise provided for, including oper18 ations and research activities related to commercial space 

19 transportation, administrative expenses for research and 

20 development, establishment of air navigation facilities, the 

21 operation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, 

22 subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold 

23 to the public, lease or purchase of passenger motor vehi24 cles for replacement only, in addition to amounts made 

25 available by Public Law 112–95, $9,847,700,000 of which 


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1 $8,831,250,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Air2 way Trust Fund, of which not to exceed $7,505,293,000 

3 shall be available for air traffic organization activities; not 

4 to exceed $1,258,411,000 shall be available for aviation 

5 safety activities; not to exceed $16,605,000 shall be avail6 able for commercial space transportation activities; not to 

7 exceed $725,000,000 shall be available for finance and 

8 management activities; not to exceed $60,089,000 shall be 

9 available for NextGen and operations planning activities; 

10 and not to exceed $282,302,000 shall be available for staff 

11 offices: Provided, That not to exceed 2 percent of any 

12 budget activity, except for aviation safety budget activity, 

13 may be transferred to any budget activity under this head14 ing: Provided further, That no transfer may increase or 

15 decrease any appropriation by more than 2 percent: Pro16 vided further, That any transfer in excess of 2 percent 

17 shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec18 tion 405 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga19 tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce20 dures set forth in that section: Provided further, That not 

21 later than March 31 of each fiscal year hereafter, the Ad22 ministrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall 

23 transmit to Congress an annual update to the report sub24 mitted to Congress in December 2004 pursuant to section 

25 221 of Public Law 108–176: Provided further, That the 


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1 amount herein appropriated shall be reduced by $100,000 

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

3 submitted to the Congress: Provided further, That not 

4 later than March 31 of each fiscal year hereafter, the Ad5 ministrator shall transmit to Congress a companion report 

6 that describes a comprehensive strategy for staffing, hir7 ing, and training flight standards and aircraft certification 

8 staff in a format similar to the one utilized for the con9 troller staffing plan, including stated attrition estimates 

10 and numerical hiring goals by fiscal year: Provided further, 

11 That the amount herein appropriated shall be reduced by 

12 $100,000 per day for each day after March 31 that such 

13 report has not been submitted to Congress: Provided fur14 ther, That funds may be used to enter into a grant agree15 ment with a nonprofit standard-setting organization to as16 sist in the development of aviation safety standards: Pro17 vided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be 

18 available for new applicants for the second career training 

19 program: Provided further, That none of the funds in this 

20 Act shall be available for the Federal Aviation Administra21 tion to finalize or implement any regulation that would 

22 promulgate new aviation user fees not specifically author23 ized by law after the date of the enactment of this Act: 

24 Provided further, That there may be credited to this appro25 priation as offsetting collections funds received from 


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1 States, counties, municipalities, foreign authorities, other 

2 public authorities, and private sources for expenses in3 curred in the provision of agency services, including re4 ceipts for the maintenance and operation of air navigation 

5 facilities, and for issuance, renewal or modification of cer6 tificates, including airman, aircraft, and repair station cer7 tificates, or for tests related thereto, or for processing 

8 major repair or alteration forms: Provided further, That 

9 of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less 

10 than $154,400,000 shall be for the contract tower pro11 gram, including the contract tower cost share program: 

12 Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act for 

13 aeronautical charting and cartography are available for ac14 tivities conducted by, or coordinated through, the Working 

15 Capital Fund. 

16 FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

17 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

18 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

19 for acquisition, establishment, technical support services, 

20 improvement by contract or purchase, and hire of national 

21 airspace systems and experimental facilities and equip22 ment, as authorized under part A of subtitle VII of title 

23 49, United States Code, including initial acquisition of 

24 necessary sites by lease or grant; engineering and service 

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1 sition of necessary sites by lease or grant; construction 

2 and furnishing of quarters and related accommodations 

3 for officers and employees of the Federal Aviation Admin4 istration stationed at remote localities where such accom5 modations are not available; and the purchase, lease, or 

6 transfer of aircraft from funds available under this head7 ing, including aircraft for aviation regulation and certifi8 cation; to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust 

9 Fund, $2,500,000,000, of which $460,000,000 shall re10 main available until September 30, 2016, and 

11 $2,040,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

12 2018: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro13 priation funds received from States, counties, municipali14 ties, other public authorities, and private sources, for ex15 penses incurred in the establishment, improvement, and 

16 modernization of national airspace systems: Provided fur17 ther, That upon initial submission to the Congress of the 

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

19 Transportation shall transmit to the Congress a com20 prehensive capital investment plan for the Federal Avia21 tion Administration which includes funding for each budg22 et line item for fiscal years 2017 through 2021, with total 

23 funding for each year of the plan constrained to the fund24 ing targets for those years as estimated and approved by 

25 the Office of Management and Budget: Provided further, 


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1 That the amount herein appropriated shall be reduced by 

2 $100,000 per day for each day after the initial submission 

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

4 has not been submitted to Congress. 

5 RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT

6 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

7 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

8 for research, engineering, and development, as authorized 

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

10 Code, including construction of experimental facilities and 

11 acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant, 

12 $156,750,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway 

13 Trust Fund and to remain available until September 30, 

14 2018: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro15 priation as offsetting collections, funds received from 

16 States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, 

17 and private sources, which shall be available for expenses 

18 incurred for research, engineering, and development. 

19 GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

20 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

21 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

22 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

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1 chapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 

2 of title 49, United States Code, and under other law au3 thorizing such obligations; for procurement, installation, 

4 and commissioning of runway incursion prevention devices 

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

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

7 for inspection activities and administration of airport safe8 ty programs, including those related to airport operating 

9 certificates under section 44706 of title 49, United States 

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

11 Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until ex12 pended: Provided, That none of the funds under this head13 ing shall be available for the planning or execution of pro14 grams the obligations for which are in excess of 

15 $3,350,000,000 in fiscal year 2016, notwithstanding sec16 tion 47117(g) of title 49, United States Code: Provided 

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

18 be available for the replacement of baggage conveyor sys19 tems, reconfiguration of terminal baggage areas, or other 

20 airport improvements that are necessary to install bulk ex21 plosive detection systems: Provided further, That notwith22 standing any other provision of law, of funds limited under 

23 this heading, not more than $107,100,000 shall be obli24 gated for administration, not less than $15,000,000 shall 

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1 gram, and not less than $31,000,000 shall be available 

2 for Airport Technology Research. 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

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

6 the federally funded research and development center con7 tract between the Federal Aviation Administration and the 

8 Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development dur9 ing fiscal year 2016. 

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

11 to pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring air12 port sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation Adminis13 tration without cost building construction, maintenance, 

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

15 buildings for services relating to air traffic control, air 

16 navigation, or weather reporting: Provided, That the pro17 hibition of funds in this section does not apply to negotia18 tions between the agency and airport sponsors to achieve 

19 agreement on below-market rates for these items or to 

20 grant assurances that require airport sponsors to provide 

21 land without cost to the FAA for air traffic control facili22 ties. 

23 SEC. 112. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 

24 Administration may reimburse amounts made available to 

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


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1 49 U.S.C. 45303 and any amount remaining in such ac2 count at the close of that fiscal year may be made available 

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

4 year. 

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

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

7 appropriation current at the time of collection, to be 

8 merged with and available for the same purposes of such 

9 appropriation. 

10 SEC. 114. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail11 able for paying premium pay under subsection 5546(a) of 

12 title 5, United States Code, to any Federal Aviation Ad13 ministration employee unless such employee actually per14 formed work during the time corresponding to such pre15 mium pay. 

16 SEC. 115. None of the funds in this Act may be obli17 gated or expended for an employee of the Federal Aviation 

18 Administration to purchase a store gift card or gift certifi19 cate through use of a Government-issued credit card. 

20 SEC. 116. None of the funds in this Act may be obli21 gated or expended for retention bonuses for an employee 

22 of the Federal Aviation Administration without the prior 

23 written approval of the Assistant Secretary for Adminis24 tration of the Department of Transportation. 


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1 SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

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

4 to implement any limitation on the ability of any owner 

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

6 to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administra7 tion, a blocking of that owner’s or operator’s aircraft reg8 istration number from any display of the Federal Aviation 

9 Administration’s Aircraft Situational Display to Industry 

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

11 available to a Government agency, for the noncommercial 

12 flights of that owner or operator. 

13 SEC. 118. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail14 able for salaries and expenses of more than 9 political and 

15 Presidential appointees in the Federal Aviation Adminis16 tration. 

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

18 this Act may be used to increase fees pursuant to section 

19 44721 of title 49, United States Code, until the FAA pro20 vides to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria21 tions a report that justifies all fees related to aeronautical 

22 navigation products and explains how such fees are con23 sistent with Executive Order 13642. 

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

25 used to close a regional operations center of the Federal 


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1 Aviation Administration or reduce its services unless the 

2 Administrator notifies the House and Senate Committees 

3 on Appropriations not less than 90 full business days in 

4 advance. 

5 SEC. 119B. None of the funds appropriated or lim6 ited by this Act may be used to change weight restrictions 

7 or prior permission rules at Teterboro airport in 

8 Teterboro, New Jersey. 

9 FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

10 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

11 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 Contingent upon enactment of authorization legisla14 tion, not to exceed $426,100,000, together with advances 

15 and reimbursements received by the Federal Highway Ad16 ministration, shall be obligated for necessary expenses for 

17 administration and operation of the Federal Highway Ad18 ministration. In addition, not to exceed $3,248,000 shall 

19 be transferred to the Appalachian Regional Commission 

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

21 Code. 


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1 FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

2 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

3 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

4 Contingent upon enactment of authorization legisla5 tion, funds available for the implementation or execution 

6 of Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction 

7 programs authorized under titles 23 and 49, United States 

8 Code, and the provisions of such authorization legislation 

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

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

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

12 Code, to cover the costs of services of expert firms, includ13 ing counsel, in the field of municipal and project finance 

14 to assist in the underwriting and servicing of Federal cred15 it instruments and all or a portion of the costs to the Fed16 eral Government of servicing such credit instruments: Pro17 vided further, That such fees are available until expended 

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

19 are in addition to administrative expenses that are also 

20 available for such purpose, and are not subject to any obli21 gation limitation or the limitation on administrative ex22 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 

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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, 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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, of which 

13 $20,000,000 shall remain available through September 

14 30, 2017. 

15 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

16 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

17 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

18 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

19 Contingent upon enactment of authorization legisla20 tion, for payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

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

22 49, United States Code, $125,000,000, to be derived from 

23 the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 

24 Account) and to remain available until expended: Pro25 vided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available 


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1 for the planning or execution of programs the total obliga2 tions for which, in fiscal year 2016, are in excess of 

3 $125,000,000, of which $120,000,000 shall be for pro4 grams authorized under 23 U.S.C. 403 and $5,000,000 

5 shall be for the National Driver Register authorized under 

6 chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code: Provided fur7 ther, That within the $120,000,000 obligation limitation 

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

9 available until September 30, 2017, and shall be in addi10 tion to the amount of any limitation imposed on obliga11 tions for future years: Provided further, That $6,500,000 

12 of the total obligation limitation for operations and re13 search in fiscal year 2016 shall be applied toward unobli14 gated balances of contract authority provided in prior Acts 

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

16 chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code. 

17 HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS

18 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

19 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

20 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

21 Contingent on the enactment of authorization legisla22 tion, for payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 

23 provisions of 23 U.S.C. 402 and 405, section 2009 of Pub24 lic Law 109–59, as amended by Public Law 112–141, and 

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

2 the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 

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

4 shall be available for the planning or execution of pro5 grams the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 2016, 

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

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

8 109–59, as amended by Public Law 112–141, and section 

9 31101(a)(6) of Public Law 112–141, of which 

10 $235,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Highway Safety Programs’’ 

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

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

13 $29,000,000 shall be for the ‘‘High Visibility Enforcement 

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

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

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

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

18 these funds shall be used for construction, rehabilitation, 

19 or remodeling costs, or for office furnishings and fixtures 

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

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

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

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

24 (as described in subsection (d) of that section) shall be 

25 available for technical assistance to the States: Provided 


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

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

3 to increase the amounts made available under section 402 

4 shall include the obligation authority for such amounts: 

5 Provided further, That the Administrator shall notify the 

6 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations of any 

7 exercise of the authority granted under the previous pro8 viso or under 23 U.S.C. 405(a)(1)(G) within 60 days. 

9 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—NATIONAL HIGHWAY

10 TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

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

12 available to the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis13 tration, out of the amount limited for section 402 of title 

14 23, United States Code, to pay for travel and related ex15 penses for State management reviews and to pay for core 

16 competency development training and related expenses for 

17 highway safety staff. 

18 SEC. 141. The limitations on obligations for the pro19 grams of the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis20 tration set in this Act shall not apply to obligations for 

21 which obligation authority was made available in previous 

22 public laws but only to the extent that the obligation au23 thority has not lapsed or been used. 

24 SEC. 142. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

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

2 Act may be used to obligate or award funds for the Na3 tional Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s National 

4 Roadside Survey. 

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

6 Act may be used to mandate global positioning system 

7 (GPS) tracking in private passenger motor vehicles with8 out providing full and appropriate consideration of privacy 

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

10 FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION

11 SAFETY AND OPERATIONS

12 For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Ad13 ministration, not otherwise provided for, $186,870,000, of 

14 which $15,400,000 shall remain available until expended. 

15 RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

16 For necessary expenses for railroad research and de17 velopment, $39,100,000, to remain available until ex18 pended. 

19 RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT

20 FINANCING PROGRAM

21 The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to 

22 issue direct loans and loan guarantees pursuant to sec23 tions 501 through 504 of the Railroad Revitalization and 

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

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1 rect loan or loan guarantee is outstanding. Provided, That 

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

3 direct loans or loan guarantee commitments shall be made 

4 using Federal funds for the credit risk premium during 

5 fiscal year 2016. 

6 OPERATING GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD

7 PASSENGER CORPORATION

8 To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 

9 quarterly grants to the National Railroad Passenger Cor10 poration, in amounts based on the Secretary’s assessment 

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

12 the operation of intercity passenger rail, as authorized by 

13 section 101 of the Passenger Rail Investment and Im14 provement Act of 2008 (division B of Public Law 110– 

15 432), $288,500,000, to remain available until expended: 

16 Provided, That the amounts available under this para17 graph shall be available for the Secretary to approve fund18 ing to cover operating losses for the Corporation only after 

19 receiving and reviewing a grant request for each specific 

20 train route: Provided further, That each such grant re21 quest shall be accompanied by a detailed financial anal22 ysis, revenue projection, and capital expenditure projection 

23 justifying the Federal support to the Secretary’s satisfac24 tion: Provided further, That not later than 60 days after 

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


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1 electronic format, to the Secretary and the House and 

2 Senate Committees on Appropriations the annual budget, 

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

4 2016 required under section 204 of the Passenger Rail 

5 Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 and the com6 prehensive fleet plan for all Amtrak rolling stock: Provided 

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

8 Financial Plan shall include annual information on the 

9 maintenance, refurbishment, replacement, and expansion 

10 for all Amtrak rolling stock consistent with the com11 prehensive fleet plan: Provided further, That the Corpora12 tion shall provide monthly performance reports in an elec13 tronic format which shall describe the work completed to 

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

15 for such changes as well as progress against the milestones 

16 and target dates of the 2012 performance improvement 

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

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

19 monthly reports, comprehensive fleet plan and all supple20 mental reports or plans comply with requirements in Pub21 lic Law 112–55: Provided further, That none of the funds 

22 provided in this Act may be used to support any route 

23 on which Amtrak offers a discounted fare of more than 

24 50 percent off the normal peak fare: Provided further, 

25 That the preceding proviso does not apply to routes where 


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

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

3 fares. 

4 CAPITAL AND DEBT SERVICE GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL

5 RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION

6 To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 

7 grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for 

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

9 and 219(b) of the Passenger Rail Investment and Im10 provement Act of 2008 (division B of Public Law 110– 

11 432), $850,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

12 of which not to exceed $160,200,000 shall be for debt 

13 service obligations as authorized by section 102 of such 

14 Act: Provided, That of the amounts made available under 

15 this heading, not less than $50,000,000 shall be made 

16 available to bring Amtrak-served facilities and stations 

17 into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act: 

18 Provided further, That after an initial distribution of up 

19 to $200,000,000, which shall be used by the Corporation 

20 as a working capital account, all remaining funds shall be 

21 provided to the Corporation only on a reimbursable basis: 

22 Provided further, That of the amounts made available 

23 under this heading, up to $20,000,000 may be used by 

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1 ating Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corpora2 tion’’ be insufficient to meet operational costs for fiscal 

3 year 2016: Provided further, That the Secretary may re4 tain up to one-half of 1 percent of the funds provided 

5 under this heading to fund the costs of project manage6 ment and oversight of activities authorized by subsections 

7 101(a) and 101(c) of division B of Public Law 110–432: 

8 Provided further, That the Secretary shall approve funding 

9 for capital expenditures, including advance purchase or10 ders of materials, for the Corporation only after receiving 

11 and reviewing a grant request for each specific capital 

12 project justifying the Federal support to the Secretary’s 

13 satisfaction: Provided further, That except as otherwise 

14 provided herein, none of the funds under this heading may 

15 be used to subsidize operating losses of the Corporation: 

16 Provided further, That none of the funds under this head17 ing may be used for capital projects not approved by the 

18 Secretary of Transportation or on the Corporation’s fiscal 

19 year 2016 business plan: Provided further, That in addi20 tion to the project management oversight funds authorized 

21 under section 101(d) of division B of Public Law 110– 

22 432, the Secretary may retain up to an additional 

23 $3,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading to 

24 fund expenses associated with implementing section 212 

25 of division B of Public Law 110–432, including the 


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1 amendments made by section 212 to section 24905 of title 

2 49, United States Code: Provided further, That Amtrak 

3 shall conduct a business case analysis on capital invest4 ments that exceed $10,000,000 in life-cycle costs: Pro5 vided further, That each contract for a capital acquisition 

6 that exceeds $10,000,000 in life cycle costs shall state that 

7 funding is subject to the availability of appropriated funds 

8 provided by an appropriations Act. 

9 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD

10 ADMINISTRATION

11 SEC. 150. The Secretary of Transportation may re12 ceive and expend cash, or receive and utilize spare parts 

13 and similar items, from non-United States Government 

14 sources to repair damages to or replace United States 

15 Government owned automated track inspection cars and 

16 equipment as a result of third-party liability for such dam17 ages, and any amounts collected under this section shall 

18 be credited directly to the Safety and Operations account 

19 of the Federal Railroad Administration, and shall remain 

20 available until expended for the repair, operation and 

21 maintenance of automated track inspection cars and 

22 equipment in connection with the automated track inspec23 tion program. 

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

25 Railroad Passenger Corporation may be used to fund any 


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1 overtime costs in excess of $35,000 for any individual em2 ployee: Provided, That the President of Amtrak may waive 

3 the cap set in the previous proviso for specific employees 

4 when the President of Amtrak determines such a cap 

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

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

7 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations each 

8 quarter of the calendar year on waivers granted to employ9 ees and amounts paid above the cap for each month within 

10 such quarter and delineate the reasons each waiver was 

11 granted: Provided further, That the President of Amtrak 

12 shall report to the House and Senate Committees on Ap13 propriations by March 1, 2016, a summary of all overtime 

14 payments incurred by the Corporation for 2015 and the 

15 three prior calendar years: Provided further, That such 

16 summary shall include the total number of employees that 

17 received waivers and the total overtime payments the Cor18 poration paid to those employees receiving waivers for 

19 each month for 2015 and for the three prior calendar 

20 years. 

21 FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

22 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

23 For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal 

24 Transit Administration’s programs authorized by chapter 

25 53 of title 49, United States Code, $102,933,000, of which 


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1 not more than $4,000,000 shall be available to carry out 

2 the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5329 and not less than 

3 $750,000 shall be available to carry out the provisions of 

4 49 U.S.C. 5326: Provided, That none of the funds pro5 vided or limited in this Act may be used to create a perma6 nent office of transit security under this heading: Provided 

7 further, That upon submission to the Congress of the fiscal 

8 year 2017 President’s budget, the Secretary of Transpor9 tation shall transmit to Congress the annual report on 

10 New Starts, including proposed allocations for fiscal year 

11 2017. 

12 TRANSIT FORMULA GRANTS

13 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

14 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

15 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

16 Contingent upon enactment of authorization legisla17 tion, for payment of obligations incurred in the Federal 

18 Public Transportation Assistance Program in this ac19 count, and for payment of obligations incurred in carrying 

20 out the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 

21 5318, 5322(d), 5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, 

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

23 20005(b) of Public Law 112–141, $9,500,000,000, to be 

24 derived from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway 

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1 vided, That funds available for the implementation or exe2 cution of programs authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5305, 

3 5307, 5310, 5311, 5318, 5322(d), 5329(e)(6), 5335, 

4 5337, 5339, and 5340, as amended by Public Law 112– 

5 141, and section 20005(b) of Public Law 112–141, shall 

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

7 year 2016. 

8 TRANSIT RESEARCH

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

10 $26,000,000. 

11 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING

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

13 $3,000,000. 

14 CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS

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

16 $1,921,395,000, to remain available until expended. 

17 GRANTS TO THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA

18 TRANSIT AUTHORITY

19 For grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area 

20 Transit Authority as authorized under section 601 of divi21 sion B of Public Law 110–432, $100,000,000, to remain 

22 available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary 

23 shall approve grants for capital and preventive mainte24 nance expenditures for the Washington Metropolitan Area 

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1 quest for each specific project: Provided further, That 

2 prior to approving such grants, the Secretary shall certify 

3 that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority 

4 is making significant progress in eliminating the material 

5 weaknesses, significant deficiencies, and minor control de6 ficiencies identified in the most recent Financial Manage7 ment Oversight Review: Provided further, That the Sec8 retary shall determine that the Washington Metropolitan 

9 Area Transit Authority has placed the highest priority on 

10 those investments that will improve the safety of the sys11 tem before approving such grants: Provided further, That 

12 the Secretary, in order to ensure safety throughout the 

13 rail system, may waive the requirements of section 

14 601(e)(1) of title VI of Public Law 110–432 (112 Stat. 

15 4968). 

16 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT

17 ADMINISTRATION

18 SEC. 160. The limitations on obligations for the pro19 grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not 

20 apply to any authority under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously 

21 made available for obligation, or to any other authority 

22 previously made available for obligation. 

23 SEC. 161. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

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1 eral Transit Administration for projects specified in this 

2 Act or identified in reports accompanying this Act not ob3 ligated by September 30, 2020, and other recoveries, shall 

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

5 purposes for which they were originally provided. 

6 SEC. 162. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

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

9 that remain available for expenditure, may be transferred 

10 to and administered under the most recent appropriation 

11 heading for any such section. 

12 SEC. 163. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

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

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

16 SEC. 164. (a) LOSS OF ELIGIBILITY.—Except as pro17 vided in subsection (b), none of the funds in this or any 

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

19 light or heavy rail project towards a full funding grant 

20 agreement as defined by 49 U.S.C. 5309 for the Metro21 politan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas if the 

22 proposed capital project is constructed on or planned to 

23 be constructed on Richmond Avenue west of South Shep24 herd Drive or on Post Oak Boulevard north of Richmond 

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1 (b) EXCEPTION FOR A NEW ELECTION.—The Metro2 politan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas, may 

3 attempt to construct or construct a new fixed guideway 

4 capital project, including light rail, in the locations re5 ferred to in subsection (a) if— 

6 (1) voters in the jurisdiction that includes such 

7 locations approve a ballot proposition that specifies 

8 routes on Richmond Avenue west of South Shepherd 

9 Drive or on Post Oak Boulevard north of Richmond 

10 Avenue in Houston, Texas; and 

11 (2) the proposed construction of such routes is 

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

13 wide transportation plan that includes multiple addi14 tional segments of fixed guideway capital projects, 

15 including light rail for the jurisdiction set forth in 

16 the ballot proposition. The ballot language shall in17 clude reasonable cost estimates, sources of revenue 

18 to be used and the total amount of bonded indebted19 ness to be incurred as well as a description of each 

20 route and the beginning and end point of each pro21 posed transit project. 

22 SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT

23 CORPORATION

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1 in the limits of funds and borrowing authority available 

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

3 such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal 

4 year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern5 ment Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be 

6 necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the 

7 Corporation’s budget for the current fiscal year. 

8 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

9 (HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)

10 For necessary expenses to conduct the operations, 

11 maintenance, and capital asset renewal activities of those 

12 portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway owned, operated, 

13 and maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Develop14 ment Corporation, $32,042,000, to be derived from the 

15 Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law 

16 99–662. 

17 MARITIME ADMINISTRATION

18 MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM

19 For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a 

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

21 needs of the United States, $186,000,000, to remain avail22 able until expended. 

23 OPERATIONS AND TRAINING

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1 $22,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 

2 maintenance and repair of training ships at State Mari3 time Academies, and of which $5,000,000 shall remain 

4 available until expended for National Security Multi-Mis5 sion Vessel design for State Maritime Academies and Na6 tional Security, and of which $2,400,000 shall remain 

7 available through September 30, 2017, for the Student In8 centive Program at State Maritime Academies, and of 

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

10 for training ship fuel assistance payments, and of which 

11 $19,700,000 shall remain available until expended for fa12 cilities maintenance and repair, equipment, and capital 

13 improvements at the United States Merchant Marine 

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

15 through September 30, 2017, for Maritime Environment 

16 and Technology Assistance grants, contracts, and coopera17 tive agreement: Provided, That amounts apportioned for 

18 the United States Merchant Marine Academy shall be 

19 available only upon allotments made personally by the Sec20 retary of Transportation or the Assistant Secretary for 

21 Budget and Programs: Provided further, That the Super22 intendent, Deputy Superintendent and the Director of the 

23 Office of Resource Management of the United States Mer24 chant Marine Academy may not be allotment holders for 

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1 ministrator of the Maritime Administration shall hold all 

2 allotments made by the Secretary of Transportation or the 

3 Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs under the 

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

5 funding made available for the United States Merchant 

6 Marine Academy under this heading shall be available only 

7 after the Secretary, in consultation with the Super8 intendent and the Maritime Administrator, completes a 

9 plan detailing by program or activity how such funding 

10 will be expended at the Academy, and this plan is sub11 mitted to the House and Senate Committees on Appro12 priations. 

13 SHIP DISPOSAL

14 For necessary expenses related to the disposal of ob15 solete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the 

16 Maritime Administration, $4,000,000, to remain available 

17 until expended. 

18 MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM

19 ACCOUNT

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For necessary administrative expenses of the mari22 time guaranteed loan program, $3,135,000 shall be paid 

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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME

2 ADMINISTRATION

3 SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

4 this Act, in addition to any existing authority, the Mari5 time Administration is authorized to furnish utilities and 

6 services and make necessary repairs in connection with 

7 any lease, contract, or occupancy involving Government 

8 property under control of the Maritime Administration: 

9 Provided, That payments received therefor shall be cred10 ited to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof and 

11 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

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

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

14 repairs shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous 

15 receipts. 

16 SEC. 171. None of the funds available or appro17 priated in this Act shall be used by the United States De18 partment of Transportation or the United States Maritime 

19 Administration to negotiate or otherwise execute, enter 

20 into, facilitate or perform fee-for-service contracts for ves21 sel disposal, scrapping or recycling, unless there is no 

22 qualified domestic ship recycler that will pay any sum of 

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

24 operated or managed by the Maritime Administration or 

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1 vided, That such sales offers must be consistent with the 

2 solicitation and provide that the work will be performed 

3 in a timely manner at a facility qualified within the mean4 ing of section 3502 of Public Law 106–398: Provided fur5 ther, That nothing contained herein shall affect the Mari6 time Administration’s authority to award contracts at 

7 least cost to the Federal Government and consistent with 

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

9 otherwise authorized under the Federal Acquisition Regu10 lation. 

11 PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY

12 ADMINISTRATION

13 OPERATIONAL EXPENSES

14 For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline 

15 and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, 

16 $20,725,000. 

17 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY

18 For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous 

19 materials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous 

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

21 $7,570,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

22 2018: Provided, That up to $800,000 in fees collected 

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

24 fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided fur25 ther, That there may be credited to this appropriation, to 


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1 be available until expended, funds received from States, 

2 counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and pri3 vate sources for expenses incurred for training, for reports 

4 publication and dissemination, and for travel expenses in5 curred in performance of hazardous materials exemptions 

6 and approvals functions. 

7 PIPELINE SAFETY

8 (PIPELINE SAFETY FUND)

9 (OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND)

10 For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of 

11 the pipeline safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out 

12 a pipeline safety program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 

13 60107, and to discharge the pipeline program responsibil14 ities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $145,870,000, of 

15 which $19,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li16 ability Trust Fund and shall remain available until Sep17 tember 30, 2018; and of which $124,500,000 shall be de18 rived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which 

19 $66,309,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

20 2018: Provided, That not less than $1,000,000 of the 

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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 invesVerDate Sep 11 2014 22:19 May 27, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00062 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2577.RH H2577

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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

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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 AdministraVerDate Sep 11 2014 22:19 May 27, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00065 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2577.RH H2577

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 renewals 

7 of expiring section 8 tenant-based annual contributions 

8 contracts (including renewals of enhanced vouchers under 

9 any provision of law authorizing such assistance under 

10 section 8(t) of the Act) and including renewal of other spe11 cial purpose or incremental vouchers: Provided, That not12 withstanding any other provision of law, from amounts 

13 provided under this paragraph and any carryover, the Sec14 retary for the calendar year 2016 funding cycle shall pro15 vide renewal funding for each public housing agency based 

16 on validated voucher management system (VMS) leasing 

17 and cost data for the prior calendar year and by applying 

18 an inflation factor as established by the Secretary, by no19 tice published in the Federal Register, and by making any 

20 necessary adjustments for the costs associated with the 

21 first-time renewal of vouchers under this paragraph in22 cluding tenant protection, HOPE VI, and Choice Neigh23 borhoods vouchers: Provided further, That in determining 

24 calendar year 2016 funding allocations under this heading 

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1 pating in the Moving To Work (MTW) demonstration, the 

2 Secretary may take into account the anticipated impact 

3 of changes in targeting and utility allowances, on public 

4 housing agencies’ contract renewal needs: Provided fur5 ther, That none of the funds provided under this para6 graph may be used to fund a total number of unit months 

7 under lease which exceeds a public housing agency’s au8 thorized level of units under contract, except for public 

9 housing agencies participating in the MTW demonstra10 tion, which are instead governed by the terms and condi11 tions of their MTW agreements: Provided further, That 

12 the Secretary shall, to the extent necessary to stay within 

13 the amount specified under this paragraph (except as oth14 erwise modified under this paragraph), prorate each public 

15 housing agency’s allocation otherwise established pursuant 

16 to this paragraph: Provided further, That except as pro17 vided in the following provisos, the entire amount specified 

18 under this paragraph (except as otherwise modified under 

19 this paragraph) shall be obligated to the public housing 

20 agencies based on the allocation and pro rata method de21 scribed above, and the Secretary shall notify public hous22 ing agencies of their annual budget by the latter of 60 

23 days after enactment of this Act or March 1, 2016: Pro24 vided further, That the Secretary may extend the notifica25 tion period with the prior written approval of the House 


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1 and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur2 ther, That public housing agencies participating in the 

3 MTW demonstration shall be funded pursuant to their 

4 MTW agreements and shall be subject to the same pro 

5 rata adjustments under the previous provisos: Provided 

6 further, That the Secretary may offset public housing 

7 agencies’ calendar year 2016 allocations based on the ex8 cess amounts of public housing agencies’ net restricted as9 sets accounts, including HUD held programmatic reserves 

10 (in accordance with VMS data in calendar year 2015 that 

11 is verifiable and complete), as determined by the Sec12 retary: Provided further, That public housing agencies par13 ticipating in the MTW demonstration shall also be subject 

14 to the offset, as determined by the Secretary, excluding 

15 amounts subject to the single fund budget authority provi16 sions of their MTW agreements, from the agencies’ cal17 endar year 2016 MTW funding allocation: Provided fur18 ther, That the Secretary shall use any offset referred to 

19 in the previous two provisos throughout the calendar year 

20 to prevent the termination of rental assistance for families 

21 as the result of insufficient funding, as determined by the 

22 Secretary, and to avoid or reduce the proration of renewal 

23 funding allocations: Provided further, That up to 

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1 cation for an adjustment by a public housing agency that 

2 experienced a significant increase, as determined by the 

3 Secretary, in renewal costs of vouchers resulting from un4 foreseen circumstances or from portability under section 

5 8(r) of the Act; (2) for vouchers that were not in use dur6 ing the 12-month period in order to be available to meet 

7 a commitment pursuant to section 8(o)(13) of the Act; (3) 

8 for adjustments for costs associated with HUD-Veterans 

9 Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD–VASH) vouchers; (4) 

10 for adjustments for public housing agencies with voucher 

11 leasing rates at the end of the calendar year that exceed 

12 the average leasing for the 12-month period used to estab13 lish the allocation, and for additional leasing of vouchers 

14 that were issued but not leased prior to the end of such 

15 calendar year; (5) for public housing agencies that despite 

16 taking reasonable cost savings measures, as determined by 

17 the Secretary, would otherwise be required to terminate 

18 rental assistance for families as a result of insufficient 

19 funding; and (6) for adjustments in the allocations for 

20 public housing agencies that experienced a significant in21 crease, as determined by the Secretary, in renewal costs 

22 as a result of participation in the Small Area Fair Market 

23 Rent demonstration: Provided further, That the Secretary 

24 shall allocate amounts under the previous proviso based 

25 on need, as determined by the Secretary; 


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1 (2) $130,000,000 shall be for section 8 rental assist2 ance for relocation and replacement of housing units that 

3 are demolished or disposed of pursuant to section 18 of 

4 the Act, conversion of section 23 projects to assistance 

5 under section 8, the family unification program under sec6 tion 8(x) of the Act, relocation of witnesses in connection 

7 with efforts to combat crime in public and assisted hous8 ing pursuant to a request from a law enforcement or pros9 ecution agency, enhanced vouchers under any provision of 

10 law authorizing such assistance under section 8(t) of the 

11 Act, HOPE VI and Choice Neighborhood vouchers, man12 datory and voluntary conversions, and tenant protection 

13 assistance including replacement and relocation assistance 

14 or for project-based assistance to prevent the displacement 

15 of unassisted elderly tenants currently residing in section 

16 202 properties financed between 1959 and 1974 that are 

17 refinanced pursuant to Public Law 106–569, as amended, 

18 or under the authority as provided under this Act: Pro19 vided, That when a public housing development is sub20 mitted for demolition or disposition under section 18 of 

21 the Act, the Secretary may provide section 8 rental assist22 ance when the units pose an imminent health and safety 

23 risk to residents: Provided further, That the Secretary may 

24 only provide replacement vouchers for units that were oc25 cupied within the previous 24 months that cease to be 


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1 available as assisted housing, subject only to the avail2 ability of funds: Provided further, That of the amounts 

3 made available under this paragraph, $5,000,000 may be 

4 available to provide tenant protection assistance, not oth5 erwise provided under this paragraph, to residents resid6 ing in low vacancy areas and who may have to pay rents 

7 greater than 30 percent of household income, as the result 

8 of (1) the maturity of a HUD-insured, HUD-held or sec9 tion 202 loan that requires the permission of the Secretary 

10 prior to loan prepayment; (2) the expiration of a rental 

11 assistance contract for which the tenants are not eligible 

12 for enhanced voucher or tenant protection assistance 

13 under existing law; or (3) the expiration of affordability 

14 restrictions accompanying a mortgage or preservation pro15 gram administered by the Secretary: Provided further, 

16 That such tenant protection assistance made available 

17 under the previous proviso may be provided under the au18 thority of section 8(t) or section 8(o)(13) of the United 

19 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(t)): Pro20 vided further, That the Secretary shall issue guidance to 

21 implement the previous provisos, including, but not limited 

22 to, requirements for defining eligible at-risk households 

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1 issued by any public housing agency, except the replace2 ment vouchers as defined by the Secretary by notice, when 

3 the initial family that received any such voucher no longer 

4 receives such voucher, and the authority for any public 

5 housing agency to issue any such voucher shall cease to 

6 exist: Provided further, That the Secretary, for the pur7 pose under this paragraph, may use unobligated balances, 

8 including recaptures and carryovers, remaining from 

9 amounts appropriated in prior fiscal years under this 

10 heading for voucher assistance for nonelderly disabled 

11 families and for disaster assistance made available under 

12 Public Law 110–329; 

13 (3) $1,530,000,000 shall be for administrative and 

14 other expenses of public housing agencies in administering 

15 the section 8 tenant-based rental assistance program, of 

16 which up to $10,000,000 shall be available to the Sec17 retary to allocate to public housing agencies that need ad18 ditional funds to administer their section 8 programs, in19 cluding fees associated with section 8 tenant protection 

20 rental assistance, the administration of disaster related 

21 vouchers, Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing vouchers, 

22 and other special purpose incremental vouchers: Provided, 

23 That no less than $1,520,000,000 of the amount provided 

24 in this paragraph shall be allocated to public housing 

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1 on section 8(q) of the Act (and related Appropriation Act 

2 provisions) as in effect immediately before the enactment 

3 of the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 

4 1998 (Public Law 105–276): Provided further, That if the 

5 amounts made available under this paragraph are insuffi6 cient to pay the amounts determined under the previous 

7 proviso, the Secretary may decrease the amounts allocated 

8 to agencies by a uniform percentage applicable to all agen9 cies receiving funding under this paragraph or may, to the 

10 extent necessary to provide full payment of amounts deter11 mined under the previous proviso, utilize unobligated bal12 ances, including recaptures and carryovers, remaining 

13 from funds appropriated to the Department of Housing 

14 and Urban Development under this heading from prior fis15 cal years, excluding special purpose vouchers, notwith16 standing the purposes for which such amounts were appro17 priated: Provided further, That all public housing agencies 

18 participating in the MTW demonstration shall be funded 

19 pursuant to their MTW agreements, and shall be subject 

20 to the same uniform percentage decrease as under the pre21 vious proviso: Provided further, That amounts provided 

22 under this paragraph shall be only for activities related 

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1 (4) $107,643,210 for the renewal of tenant-based as2 sistance contracts under section 811 of the Cranston-Gon3 zalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), 

4 including necessary administrative expenses: Provided, 

5 That administrative and other expenses of public housing 

6 agencies in administering the special purpose vouchers in 

7 this paragraph shall be funded under the same terms and 

8 be subject to the same pro rata reduction as the percent 

9 decrease for administrative and other expenses to public 

10 housing agencies under paragraph (3) of this heading; 

11 (5) The Secretary shall separately track all special 

12 purpose vouchers funded under this heading. 

13 HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND

14 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

15 Unobligated balances, including recaptures and car16 ryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the Depart17 ment of Housing and Urban Development under this 

18 heading, the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted 

19 Housing’’ and the heading ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assist20 ance’’, for fiscal year 2016 and prior years may be used 

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

22 contracts and for performance-based contract administra23 tors, notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds 

24 were appropriated: Provided, That any obligated balances 

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1 have been terminated shall be rescinded: Provided further, 

2 That amounts heretofore recaptured, or recaptured during 

3 the current fiscal year, from section 8 project-based con4 tracts from source years fiscal year 1975 through fiscal 

5 year 1987 are hereby rescinded, and an amount of addi6 tional new budget authority, equivalent to the amount re7 scinded is hereby appropriated, to remain available until 

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

9 in addition to amounts otherwise available. 

10 PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND

11 For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to 

12 carry out capital and management activities for public 

13 housing agencies, as authorized under section 9 of the 

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

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

16 September 30, 2019: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

17 other provision of law or regulation, during fiscal year 

18 2016 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 

19 may not delegate to any Department official other than 

20 the Deputy Secretary and the Assistant Secretary for 

21 Public and Indian Housing any authority under paragraph 

22 (2) of section 9(j) regarding the extension of the time peri23 ods under such section: Provided further, That for pur24 poses of such section 9(j), the term ‘‘obligate’’ means, with 

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1 binding agreement that will result in outlays, immediately 

2 or in the future: Provided further, That up to $3,000,000 

3 shall be to support ongoing Public Housing Financial and 

4 Physical Assessment activities: Provided further, That of 

5 the total amount provided under this heading, not to ex6 ceed $20,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary to 

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

8 public housing agencies for emergency capital needs in9 cluding safety and security measures necessary to address 

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

11 from unforeseen or unpreventable emergencies and nat12 ural disasters excluding Presidentially declared emer13 gencies and natural disasters under the Robert T. Stafford 

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

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

16 of the total amount provided under this heading 

17 $30,000,000 shall be for supportive services, service coor18 dinator and congregate services as authorized by section 

19 34 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437z-6) and the Native Amer20 ican Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 

21 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.): Provided further, That of 

22 the total amount made available under this heading, up 

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

24 modeled after the Jobs-Plus demonstration: Provided fur25 ther, That the funding provided under the previous proviso 


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1 shall provide competitive grants to partnerships between 

2 public housing authorities, local workforce investment 

3 boards established under section 117 of the Workforce In4 vestment Act of 1998, and other agencies and organiza5 tions that provide support to help public housing residents 

6 obtain employment and increase earnings: Provided fur7 ther, That applicants must demonstrate the ability to pro8 vide services to residents, partner with workforce invest9 ment boards, and leverage service dollars: Provided fur10 ther, That the Secretary may set aside a portion of the 

11 funds provided for the Resident Opportunity and Self-Suf12 ficiency program to support the services element of the 

13 Jobs-Plus Pilot initiative: Provided further, That the Sec14 retary may allow PHAs to request exemptions from rent 

15 and income limitation requirements under sections 3 and 

16 6 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 as necessary 

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

18 conditions as the Secretary may approve upon a finding 

19 by the Secretary that any such waivers or alternative re20 quirements are necessary for the effective implementation 

21 of the Jobs-Plus initiative as a voluntary program for resi22 dents: Provided further, That the Secretary shall publish 

23 by notice in the Federal Register any waivers or alter24 native requirements pursuant to the preceding proviso no 

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


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1 Provided further, That for funds provided under this head2 ing, the limitation in section 9(g)(1) of the Act shall be 

3 25 percent: Provided further, That the Secretary may 

4 waive the limitation in the previous proviso to allow public 

5 housing agencies to fund activities authorized under sec6 tion 9(e)(1)(C) of the Act: Provided further, That from 

7 the funds made available under this heading, the Secretary 

8 shall provide bonus awards in fiscal year 2016 to public 

9 housing agencies that are designated high performers: 

10 Provided further, That the Department shall notify public 

11 housing agencies of their formula allocation within 60 

12 days of enactment of this Act. 

13 PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND

14 For 2016 payments to public housing agencies for the 

15 operation and management of public housing, as author16 ized by section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 

17 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $4,440,000,000. 

18 CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVE

19 For competitive grants under the Choice Neighbor20 hoods Initiative (subject to section 24 of the United States 

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

22 specified under this heading), for transformation, rehabili23 tation, and replacement housing needs of both public and 

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1 borhoods with appropriate services, schools, public assets, 

2 transportation and access to jobs, $20,000,000, to remain 

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

4 funds may be used for resident and community services, 

5 community development, and affordable housing needs in 

6 the community, and for conversion of vacant or foreclosed 

7 properties to affordable housing: Provided further, That 

8 the use of funds made available under this heading shall 

9 not be deemed to be public housing notwithstanding sec10 tion 3(b)(1) of such Act: Provided further, That grantees 

11 shall commit to an additional period of affordability deter12 mined by the Secretary of not fewer than 20 years: Pro13 vided further, That grantees shall undertake comprehen14 sive local planning with input from residents and the com15 munity, and that grantees shall provide a match in State, 

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

17 That grantees may include local governments, tribal enti18 ties, public housing authorities, and nonprofits: Provided 

19 further, That for-profit developers may apply jointly with 

20 a public entity: Provided further, That for purposes of en21 vironmental review, a grantee shall be treated as a public 

22 housing agency under section 26 of the United States 

23 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437x), and grants under 

24 this heading shall be subject to the regulations issued by 

25 the Secretary to implement such section: Provided further, 


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1 That such grantees shall create partnerships with other 

2 local organizations including assisted housing owners, 

3 service agencies, and resident organizations: Provided fur4 ther, That the Secretary shall consult with the Secretaries 

5 of Education, Labor, Transportation, Health and Human 

6 Services, Agriculture, and Commerce, the Attorney Gen7 eral, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protec8 tion Agency to coordinate and leverage other appropriate 

9 Federal resources: Provided further, That unobligated bal10 ances, including recaptures, remaining from funds appro11 priated under the heading ‘‘Revitalization of Severely Dis12 tressed Public Housing (HOPE VI)’’ in fiscal year 2011 

13 and prior fiscal years may be used for purposes under this 

14 heading, notwithstanding the purposes for which such 

15 amounts were appropriated. 

16 FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY

17 For the Family Self-Sufficiency program to support 

18 family self-sufficiency coordinators under section 23 of the 

19 United States Housing Act of 1937, to promote the devel20 opment of local strategies to coordinate the use of assist21 ance under sections 8 and 9 of such Act with public and 

22 private resources, and enable eligible families to achieve 

23 economic independence and self-sufficiency, $75,000,000, 

24 to remain available until September 30, 2017: Provided, 

25 That the Secretary may, by Federal Register notice, waive 


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1 or specify alternative requirements under sections b(3), 

2 b(4), b(5), or c(1) of section 23 of such Act in order to 

3 facilitate the operation of a unified self-sufficiency pro4 gram for individuals receiving assistance under different 

5 provisions of the Act, as determined by the Secretary: Pro6 vided further, That owners of multifamily properties with 

7 project-based subsidy contracts under section 8 may com8 pete for funding under this heading and/or voluntarily 

9 make a Family Self-Sufficiency program available to the 

10 assisted tenants of such property in accordance with pro11 cedures established by the Secretary: Provided further, 

12 That such procedures established pursuant to the previous 

13 proviso shall permit participating tenants to accrue escrow 

14 funds in accordance with section 23(d)(2) and shall allow 

15 owners to use funding from residual receipt accounts to 

16 hire coordinators for their own Family Self-Sufficiency 

17 program. 

18 NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS

19 For the Native American Housing Block Grants pro20 gram, as authorized under title I of the Native American 

21 Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 

22 (NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $650,000,000, to 

23 remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, 

24 That, notwithstanding the Native American Housing As25 sistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996, to determine 


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1 the amount of the allocation under title I of such Act for 

2 each Indian tribe, the Secretary shall apply the formula 

3 under section 302 of such Act with the need component 

4 based on single-race census data and with the need compo5 nent based on multi-race census data, and the amount of 

6 the allocation for each Indian tribe shall be the greater 

7 of the two resulting allocation amounts: Provided further, 

8 That of the amounts made available under this heading, 

9 $3,500,000 shall be contracted for assistance for national 

10 or regional organizations representing Native American 

11 housing interests for providing training and technical as12 sistance to Indian housing authorities and tribally des13 ignated housing entities as authorized under NAHASDA: 

14 Provided further, That of the funds made available under 

15 the previous proviso, not less than $2,000,000 shall be 

16 made available for a national organization as authorized 

17 under section 703 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4212): Pro18 vided further, That of the amounts made available under 

19 this heading, $2,000,000 shall be to support the inspection 

20 of Indian housing units, contract expertise, training, and 

21 technical assistance in the training, oversight, and man22 agement of such Indian housing and tenant-based assist23 ance, including up to $300,000 for related travel: Provided 

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1 teed notes and other obligations, as authorized by title VI 

2 of NAHASDA: Provided further, That such costs, includ3 ing the costs of modifying such notes and other obliga4 tions, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres5 sional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, 

6 That these funds are available to subsidize the total prin7 cipal amount of any notes and other obligations, any part 

8 of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $17,452,007: 

9 Provided further, That the Department will notify grantees 

10 of their formula allocation within 60 days of the date of 

11 enactment of this Act: Provided further, notwithstanding 

12 section 302(d) of NAHASDA, if on January 1, 2016, a 

13 recipient’s total amount of undisbursed block grants in the 

14 Department’s line of credit control system is greater than 

15 three times the formula allocation it would otherwise re16 ceive under this heading, the Secretary shall adjust that 

17 recipient’s formula allocation down by the difference be18 tween its total amount of undisbursed block grants in the 

19 Department’s line of credit control system on January 1, 

20 2016, and three times the formula allocation it would oth21 erwise receive: Provided further, That grant amounts not 

22 allocated to a recipient pursuant to the previous proviso 

23 shall be allocated under the need component of the for24 mula proportionately among all other Indian tribes not 

25 subject to an adjustment: Provided further, That the two 


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1 previous provisos shall not apply to any Indian tribe that 

2 would otherwise receive a formula allocation of less than 

3 $5,000,000: Provided further, That to take effect, the 

4 three previous provisos do not require the issuance of any 

5 regulation. 

6 INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM

7 ACCOUNT

8 For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by 

9 section 184 of the Housing and Community Development 

10 Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-13a), $8,000,000, to re11 main available until expended: Provided, That such costs, 

12 including the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as 

13 defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 

14 of 1974: Provided further, That these funds are available 

15 to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to 

16 be guaranteed, up to $1,269,841,270, to remain available 

17 until expended: Provided further, That up to $750,000 of 

18 this amount may be for administrative contract expenses 

19 including management processes and systems to carry out 

20 the loan guarantee program. 

21 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

22 HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS

23 For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Per24 sons with AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS 

25 Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), 


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1 $332,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

2 2017, except that amounts allocated pursuant to section 

3 854(c)(3) of such Act shall remain available until Sep4 tember 30, 2018: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew 

5 all expiring contracts for permanent supportive housing 

6 that initially were funded under section 854(c)(3) of such 

7 Act from funds made available under this heading in fiscal 

8 year 2010 and prior fiscal years that meet all program 

9 requirements before awarding funds for new contracts 

10 under such section: Provided further, That the Depart11 ment shall notify grantees of their formula allocation with12 in 60 days of enactment of this Act. 

13 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND

14 For assistance to units of State and local govern15 ment, and to other entities, for economic and community 

16 development activities, and for other purposes, 

17 $3,060,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

18 2018, unless otherwise specified: Provided, That of the 

19 total amount provided, $3,000,000,000 is for carrying out 

20 the community development block grant program under 

21 title I of the Housing and Community Development Act 

22 of 1974, as amended (‘‘the Act’’ herein) (42 U.S.C. 5301 

23 et seq.): Provided further, That unless explicitly provided 

24 for under this heading, not to exceed 20 percent of any 

25 grant made with funds appropriated under this heading 


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1 shall be expended for planning and management develop2 ment and administration: Provided further, That a metro3 politan city, urban county, unit of general local govern4 ment, or Indian tribe, or insular area that directly or indi5 rectly receives funds under this heading may not sell, 

6 trade, or otherwise transfer all or any portion of such 

7 funds to another such entity in exchange for any other 

8 funds, credits or non-Federal considerations, but must use 

9 such funds for activities eligible under title I of the Act: 

10 Provided further, That notwithstanding section 105(e)(1) 

11 of the Act, no funds provided under this heading may be 

12 provided to a for-profit entity for an economic develop13 ment project under section 105(a)(17) unless such project 

14 has been evaluated and selected in accordance with guide15 lines required under subparagraph (e)(2): Provided fur16 ther, That none of the funds made available under this 

17 heading may be used for grants for the Economic Develop18 ment Initiative (‘‘EDI’’) or Neighborhood Initiatives ac19 tivities, Rural Innovation Fund, or for grants pursuant to 

20 section 107 of the Housing and Community Development 

21 Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5307): Provided further, That the 

22 Department shall notify grantees of their formula alloca23 tion within 60 days of enactment of this Act: Provided 

24 further, That of the total amount provided under this 

25 heading $60,000,000 shall be for grants to Indian tribes 


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1 notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of such Act, of which, 

2 notwithstanding any other provision of law (including sec3 tion 204 of this Act), up to $3,960,000 may be used for 

4 emergencies that constitute imminent threats to health 

5 and safety. 

6 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES

7 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

8 (INCLUDING RESCISSION)

9 Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget 

10 Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2016, commitments to 

11 guarantee loans under section 108 of the Housing and 

12 Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5308), 

13 any part of which is guaranteed, shall not exceed a total 

14 principal amount of $300,000,000, notwithstanding any 

15 aggregate limitation on outstanding obligations guaran16 teed in subsection (k) of such section 108: Provided, That 

17 the Secretary shall collect fees from borrowers, notwith18 standing subsection (m) of such section 108, to result in 

19 a credit subsidy cost of zero for guaranteeing such loans, 

20 and any such fees shall be collected in accordance with 

21 section 502(7) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: 

22 Provided further, That all unobligated balances, including 

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1 opment under this heading are hereby permanently re2 scinded. 

3 HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For the HOME investment partnerships program, as 

6 authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na7 tional Affordable Housing Act, as amended, 

8 $767,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

9 2019: Provided, That notwithstanding the amount made 

10 available under this heading, the threshold reduction re11 quirements in sections 216(10) and 217(b)(4) of such Act 

12 shall not apply to allocations of such amount: Provided 

13 further, That the requirements under provisos 2 through 

14 6 under this heading for fiscal year 2012 and such re15 quirements applicable pursuant to the ‘‘Full-Year Con16 tinuing Appropriations Act, 2013’’, shall not apply to any 

17 project to which funds were committed on or after August 

18 23, 2013, but such projects shall instead be governed by 

19 the Final Rule titled ‘‘Home Investment Partnerships 

20 Program; Improving Performance and Accountability; Up21 dating Property Standards’’ which became effective on 

22 such date: Provided further, That notwithstanding para23 graphs (1)(B)(i) or (2)(B)(i) of section 1337(a) of the 

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1 graphs shall be credited to, made available, and merged 

2 with this account: Provided further, That no amounts 

3 made available by any provision of law may be transferred, 

4 reprogrammed, or credited to the Housing Trust Fund. 

5 SELF-HELP AND ASSISTED HOMEOWNERSHIP

6 OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM

7 For the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Op8 portunity Program, as authorized under section 11 of the 

9 Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996, as 

10 amended, $50,000,000, to remain available until Sep11 tember 30, 2018: Provided, That of the total amount pro12 vided under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be made 

13 available to the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership 

14 Opportunity Program as authorized under section 11 of 

15 the Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996, 

16 as amended: Provided further, That of the total amount 

17 provided under this heading, $35,000,000 shall be made 

18 available for the second, third, and fourth capacity build19 ing activities authorized under section 4(a) of the HUD 

20 Demonstration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816 note), of 

21 which not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available 

22 for rural capacity building activities: Provided further, 

23 That of the total amount provided under this heading, 

24 $5,000,000 shall be made available for capacity building 

25 by national rural housing organizations with experience 


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1 assessing national rural conditions and providing financ2 ing, training, technical assistance, information, and re3 search to local nonprofits, local governments and Indian 

4 Tribes serving high need rural communities. 

5 HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For the emergency solutions grants program as au8 thorized under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney9 Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amended; the con10 tinuum of care program as authorized under subtitle C 

11 of title IV of such Act; and the rural housing stability as12 sistance program as authorized under subtitle D of title 

13 IV of such Act, $2,185,000,000, to remain available until 

14 September 30, 2018: Provided, That any rental assistance 

15 amounts that are recaptured under such continuum of 

16 care program shall remain available until expended: Pro17 vided further, That not less than $250,000,000 of the 

18 funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 

19 for such emergency solutions grants program: Provided 

20 further, That not less than $1,905,000,000 of the funds 

21 appropriated under this heading shall be available for such 

22 continuum of care and rural housing stability assistance 

23 programs: Provided further, That up to $5,000,000 of the 

24 funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 

25 for the national homeless data analysis project: Provided 


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1 further, That all funds awarded for supportive services 

2 under the continuum of care program and the rural hous3 ing stability assistance program shall be matched by not 

4 less than 25 percent in cash or in kind by each grantee: 

5 Provided further, That for all match requirements applica6 ble to funds made available under this heading for this 

7 fiscal year and prior years, a grantee may use (or could 

8 have used) as a source of match funds other funds admin9 istered by the Secretary and other Federal agencies unless 

10 there is (or was) a specific statutory prohibition on any 

11 such use of any such funds: Provided further, That the 

12 Secretary shall establish minimum project performance 

13 thresholds for each grantee under the continuum of care 

14 program based on program performance data: Provided 

15 further, That none of the funds provided under this head16 ing shall be available to renew any expiring contract or 

17 amendment to a contract funded under the continuum of 

18 care program unless the Secretary determines that the ex19 piring contract or amendment to a contract is needed 

20 under the applicable continuum of care and meets appro21 priate program requirements, financial standards, and 

22 performance measures, including the minimum perform23 ance thresholds established in the previous proviso: Pro24 vided further, That the Secretary shall prioritize funding 

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1 tions that demonstrate a capacity to reallocate funding 

2 from lower performing projects to higher performing 

3 projects: Provided further, That all awards of assistance 

4 under this heading shall be required to coordinate and in5 tegrate homeless programs with other mainstream health, 

6 social services, and employment programs for which home7 less populations may be eligible: Provided further, That 

8 with respect to funds provided under this heading for the 

9 continuum of care program for fiscal years 2013, 2014, 

10 2015, and 2016 provision of permanent housing rental as11 sistance may be administered by private nonprofit organi12 zations: Provided further, That any unobligated amounts 

13 remaining from funds appropriated under this heading in 

14 fiscal year 2012 and prior years for project-based rental 

15 assistance for rehabilitation projects with 10-year grant 

16 terms may be used for purposes under this heading, not17 withstanding the purposes for which such funds were ap18 propriated: Provided further, That all balances for Shelter 

19 Plus Care renewals previously funded from the Shelter 

20 Plus Care Renewal account and transferred to this ac21 count shall be available, if recaptured, for continuum of 

22 care renewals in fiscal year 2016: Provided further, That 

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1 tions grant program within 60 days of enactment of this 

2 Act. 

3 HOUSING PROGRAMS

4 PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE

5 For activities and assistance for the provision of 

6 project-based subsidy contracts under the United States 

7 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (‘‘the 

8 Act’’), not otherwise provided for, $10,254,000,000, to re9 main available until expended, shall be available on Octo10 ber 1, 2015 (in addition to the $400,000,000 previously 

11 appropriated under this heading that became available Oc12 tober 1, 2015), and $400,000,000, to remain available 

13 until expended, shall be available on October 1, 2016: Pro14 vided, That the amounts made available under this head15 ing shall be available for expiring or terminating section 

16 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including section 8 

17 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for amendments to sec18 tion 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including section 

19 8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for contracts entered 

20 into pursuant to section 441 of the McKinney-Vento 

21 Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11401), for renewal 

22 of section 8 contracts for units in projects that are subject 

23 to approved plans of action under the Emergency Low In24 come Housing Preservation Act of 1987 or the Low-In25 come Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership 


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1 Act of 1990, and for administrative and other expenses 

2 associated with project-based activities and assistance 

3 funded under this paragraph: Provided further, That of 

4 the total amounts provided under this heading, not to ex5 ceed $150,000,000 shall be available for performance6 based contract administrators for section 8 project-based 

7 assistance, for carrying out 42 U.S.C. 1437(f): Provided 

8 further, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel9 opment may also use such amounts in the previous proviso 

10 for performance-based contract administrators for the ad11 ministration of: interest reduction payments pursuant to 

12 section 236(a) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 

13 1715z-1(a)); rent supplement payments pursuant to sec14 tion 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 

15 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); section 236(f)(2) rental assist16 ance payments (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1(f)(2)); project rental 

17 assistance contracts for the elderly under section 

18 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); 

19 project rental assistance contracts for supportive housing 

20 for persons with disabilities under section 811(d)(2) of the 

21 Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 

22 U.S.C. 8013(d)(2)); project assistance contracts pursuant 

23 to section 202(h) of the Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 

24 86–372; 73 Stat. 667); and loans under section 202 of 

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1 667): Provided further, That amounts recaptured under 

2 this heading, the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for As3 sisted Housing’’, or the heading ‘‘Housing Certificate 

4 Fund’’, may be used for renewals of or amendments to 

5 section 8 project-based contracts or for performance-based 

6 contract administrators, notwithstanding the purposes for 

7 which such amounts were appropriated: Provided further, 

8 That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon 

9 the request of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel10 opment, project funds that are held in residual receipts 

11 accounts for any project subject to a section 8 project12 based Housing Assistance Payments contract that author13 izes HUD or a Housing Finance Agency to require that 

14 surplus project funds be deposited in an interest-bearing 

15 residual receipts account and that are in excess of an 

16 amount to be determined by the Secretary, shall be remit17 ted to the Department and deposited in this account, to 

18 be available until expended: Provided further, That 

19 amounts deposited pursuant to the previous proviso shall 

20 be available in addition to the amount otherwise provided 

21 by this heading for uses authorized under this heading. 

22 HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY

23 For amendments to capital advance contracts for 

24 housing for the elderly, as authorized by section 202 of 

25 the Housing Act of 1959, as amended, and for project 


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1 rental assistance for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) 

2 of such Act, including amendments to contracts for such 

3 assistance and renewal of expiring contracts for such as4 sistance for up to a 1-year term, and for senior preserva5 tion rental assistance contracts, including renewals, as au6 thorized by section 811(e) of the American Housing and 

7 Economic Opportunity Act of 2000, as amended, and for 

8 supportive services associated with the housing, 

9 $414,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 

10 2019: Provided, That of the amount provided under this 

11 heading, up to $77,000,000 shall be for service coordina12 tors and the continuation of existing congregate service 

13 grants for residents of assisted housing projects: Provided 

14 further, That amounts under this heading shall be avail15 able for Real Estate Assessment Center inspections and 

16 inspection-related activities associated with section 202 

17 projects: Provided further, That the Secretary may waive 

18 the provisions of section 202 governing the terms and con19 ditions of project rental assistance, except that the initial 

20 contract term for such assistance shall not exceed 5 years 

21 in duration: Provided further, That upon request of the 

22 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, project 

23 funds that are held in residual receipts accounts for any 

24 project subject to a section 202 project rental assistance 

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1 in excess of an amount to be determined by the Secretary, 

2 shall be remitted to the Department and deposited in this 

3 account, to be available until September 30, 2019, for pur4 poses under this heading, and shall be in addition to the 

5 amounts otherwise provided under this heading for such 

6 purposes: Provided further, That in addition, of the prior 

7 year unobligated balances of funds, including recaptures 

8 and carryover, made available under this heading, 

9 $47,000,000 shall be used for an additional amount for 

10 the purposes provided under this heading, notwithstanding 

11 any purpose for which originally 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 

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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 

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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, 

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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 

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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 

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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, to remain available 

7 until September 30, 2017: Provided, That with respect to 

8 amounts made available under this heading, notwith9 standing section 204 of this title, the Secretary may enter 

10 into cooperative agreements funded with philanthropic en11 tities, other Federal agencies, or State or local govern12 ments and their agencies for research projects: Provided 

13 further, That with respect to the previous proviso, such 

14 partners to the cooperative agreements must contribute at 

15 least a 50 percent match toward the cost of the project: 

16 Provided further, That for non-competitive agreements en17 tered into in accordance with the previous two provisos, 

18 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall 

19 comply with section 2(b) of the Federal Funding Account20 ability and Transparency Act of 2006 (Public Law 109– 

21 282, 31 U.S.C. note) in lieu of compliance with section 

22 102(a)(4)(C) with respect to documentation of award deci23 sions: Provided further, That prior to obligation of tech24 nical assistance funding, the Secretary shall submit a 

25 plan, for approval, to the House and Senate Committees 


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1 on Appropriations on how it will allocate funding for this 

2 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, to remain available until September 30, 

11 2017: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, 

12 the Secretary may assess and collect fees to cover the costs 

13 of the Fair Housing Training Academy, and may use such 

14 funds to provide such training: Provided further, That no 

15 funds made available under this heading shall be used to 

16 lobby the executive or legislative branches of the Federal 

17 Government in connection with a specific contract, grant, 

18 or loan: Provided further, That of the funds made available 

19 under this heading, $300,000 shall be available to the Sec20 retary of Housing and Urban Development for the cre21 ation and promotion of translated materials and other pro22 grams that support the assistance of persons with limited 

23 English proficiency in utilizing the services provided by 

24 the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 


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1 OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL AND HEALTHY

2 HOMES

3 LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION

4 For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as author5 ized by section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint 

6 Hazard Reduction Act of 1992, $75,000,000, to remain 

7 available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That up to 

8 $15,000,000 of that amount shall be for the Healthy 

9 Homes Initiative, pursuant to sections 501 and 502 of the 

10 Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 that shall 

11 include research, studies, testing, and demonstration ef12 forts, including education and outreach concerning lead13 based paint poisoning and other housing-related diseases 

14 and hazards: Provided further, That for purposes of envi15 ronmental review, pursuant to the National Environ16 mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and 

17 other provisions of the law that further the purposes of 

18 such Act, a grant under the Healthy Homes Initiative, or 

19 the Lead Technical Studies program under this heading 

20 or under prior appropriations Acts for such purposes 

21 under this heading, shall be considered to be funds for 

22 a special project for purposes of section 305(c) of the Mul23 tifamily Housing Property Disposition Reform Act of 

24 1994: Provided further, That amounts made available 

25 under this heading in this or prior appropriations Acts, 


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1 and that still remain available, may be used for any pur2 pose under this heading notwithstanding the purpose for 

3 which such amounts were appropriated if a program com4 petition is undersubscribed and there are other program 

5 competitions under this heading that are oversubscribed. 

6 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FUND

7 For the development of, modifications to, and infra8 structure for Department-wide and program-specific infor9 mation technology systems, for the continuing operation 

10 and maintenance of both Department-wide and program11 specific information systems, and for program-related 

12 maintenance activities, $100,000,000: Provided, That any 

13 amounts transferred to this Fund under this Act shall re14 main available until expended: Provided further, That any 

15 amounts transferred to this Fund from amounts appro16 priated by previously enacted appropriations Acts may be 

17 used for the purposes specified under this Fund, in addi18 tion to any other information technology purposes for 

19 which such amounts were appropriated. 

20 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

21 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

22 Inspector General in carrying out the Inspector General 

23 Act of 1978, as amended, $126,000,000: Provided, That 

24 the Inspector General shall have independent authority 

25 over all personnel issues within this office. 


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1 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

2 URBAN DEVELOPMENT

3 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

4 SEC. 201. Eighty five percent of the amounts of 

5 budget authority, or in lieu thereof 85 percent of the cash 

6 amounts associated with such budget authority, that are 

7 recaptured from projects described in section 1012(a) of 

8 the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amend9 ments Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 1437 note) shall be re10 scinded or in the case of cash, shall be remitted to the 

11 Treasury. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, the Sec12 retary may award up to 15 percent of the budget authority 

13 or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to the 

14 Treasury to provide project owners with incentives to refi15 nance their project at a lower interest rate. Any amounts 

16 of budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded, 

17 returned to the Treasury, or otherwise awarded by Sep18 tember 30, 2016 shall be rescinded or in the case of cash, 

19 shall be remitted to the Treasury. 

20 SEC. 202. None of the amounts made available under 

21 this Act may be used during fiscal year 2016 to investigate 

22 or prosecute under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise 

23 lawful activity engaged in by one or more persons, includ24 ing the filing or maintaining of a nonfrivolous legal action, 

25 that is engaged in solely for the purpose of achieving or 


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1 preventing action by a Government official or entity, or 

2 a court of competent jurisdiction. 

3 SEC. 203. Sections 203 and 209 of division C of Pub4 lic Law 112–55 (125 Stat. 693–694) shall apply during 

5 fiscal year 2016 as if such sections were included in this 

6 title, except that during such fiscal year such sections shall 

7 be applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2016’’ for ‘‘fiscal 

8 year 2011’’ and for ‘‘fiscal year 2012’’ each place such 

9 terms appear, and shall be amended to reflect revised de10 lineations of statistical areas established by the Office of 

11 Management and Budget pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 

12 3504(e)(3), 31 U.S.C. 1104(d), and Executive Order No. 

13 10253. 

14 SEC. 204. Except as explicitly provided in law, any 

15 grant, cooperative agreement or other assistance made 

16 pursuant to title II of this Act shall be made on a competi17 tive basis and in accordance with section 102 of the De18 partment of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act 

19 of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 3545). 

20 SEC. 205. Funds of the Department of Housing and 

21 Urban Development subject to the Government Corpora22 tion Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of 

23 1950 shall be available, without regard to the limitations 

24 on administrative expenses, for legal services on a contract 

25 or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment for the 


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1 services and facilities of the Federal National Mortgage 

2 Association, Government National Mortgage Association, 

3 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Fi4 nancing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or any member 

5 thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, and any insured bank 

6 within the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance Cor7 poration Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811-11). 

8 SEC. 206. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act 

9 or through a reprogramming of funds, no part of any ap10 propriation for the Department of Housing and Urban 

11 Development shall be available for any program, project 

12 or activity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget 

13 estimates submitted to Congress. 

14 SEC. 207. Corporations and agencies of the Depart15 ment of Housing and Urban Development which are sub16 ject to the Government Corporation Control Act are here17 by authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits 

18 of funds and borrowing authority available to each such 

19 corporation or agency and in accordance with law, and to 

20 make such contracts and commitments without regard to 

21 fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of such 

22 Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set 

23 forth in the budget for 2016 for such corporation or agen24 cy except as hereinafter provided: Provided, That collec25 tions of these corporations and agencies may be used for 


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1 new loan or mortgage purchase commitments only to the 

2 extent expressly provided for in this Act (unless such loans 

3 are in support of other forms of assistance provided for 

4 in this or prior appropriations Acts), except that this pro5 viso shall not apply to the mortgage insurance or guaranty 

6 operations of these corporations, or where loans or mort7 gage purchases are necessary to protect the financial in8 terest of the United States Government. 

9 SEC. 208. The Secretary of Housing and Urban De10 velopment shall provide quarterly reports to the House 

11 and Senate Committees on Appropriations regarding all 

12 uncommitted, unobligated, recaptured and excess funds in 

13 each program and activity within the jurisdiction of the 

14 Department and shall submit additional, updated budget 

15 information to these Committees upon request. 

16 SEC. 209. The President’s formal budget request for 

17 fiscal year 2017, as well as the Department of Housing 

18 and Urban Development’s congressional budget justifica19 tions to be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations 

20 of the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall use 

21 the identical account and sub-account structure provided 

22 under this Act. 

23 SEC. 210. A public housing agency or such other enti24 ty that administers Federal housing assistance for the 

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1 fornia, and the States of Alaska, Iowa, and Mississippi 

2 shall not be required to include a resident of public hous3 ing or a recipient of assistance provided under section 8 

4 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 on the board 

5 of directors or a similar governing board of such agency 

6 or entity as required under section (2)(b) of such Act. 

7 Each public housing agency or other entity that admin8 isters Federal housing assistance under section 8 for the 

9 Housing Authority of the county of Los Angeles, Cali10 fornia and the States of Alaska, Iowa and Mississippi that 

11 chooses not to include a resident of public housing or a 

12 recipient of section 8 assistance on the board of directors 

13 or a similar governing board shall establish an advisory 

14 board of not less than six residents of public housing or 

15 recipients of section 8 assistance to provide advice and 

16 comment to the public housing agency or other admin17 istering entity on issues related to public housing and sec18 tion 8. Such advisory board shall meet not less than quar19 terly. 

20 SEC. 211. No funds provided under this title may be 

21 used for an audit of the Government National Mortgage 

22 Association that makes applicable requirements under the 

23 Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.). 

24 SEC. 212. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

25 of law, subject to the conditions listed under this section, 


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1 for fiscal years 2016 and 2017, the Secretary of Housing 

2 and Urban Development may authorize the transfer of 

3 some or all project-based assistance, debt held or insured 

4 by the Secretary and statutorily required low-income and 

5 very low-income use restrictions if any, associated with one 

6 or more multifamily housing project or projects to another 

7 multifamily housing project or projects. 

8 (b) Transfers of project-based assistance under this 

9 section may be done in phases to accommodate the financ10 ing and other requirements related to rehabilitating or 

11 constructing the project or projects to which the assistance 

12 is transferred, to ensure that such project or projects meet 

13 the standards under subsection (c). 

14 (c) The transfer authorized in subsection (a) is sub15 ject 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 

25 the 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 re5 configuration of bedroom sizes to meet current 

6 market demands, as determined by the Sec7 retary and provided there is no increase in the 

8 project-based assistance budget authority. 

9 (2) The transferring project shall, as deter10 mined by the Secretary, be either physically obsolete 

11 or economically nonviable. 

12 (3) The receiving project or projects shall meet 

13 or exceed applicable physical standards established 

14 by 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 

22 receiving project or projects shall not be required to 

23 vacate their units in the transferring project or 

24 projects until new units in the receiving project are 

25 available for occupancy. 


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1 (6) The Secretary determines that this transfer 

2 is 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 receiv6 ing project resulting from additional financing ob7 tained by the owner shall be subordinate to any 

8 FHA-insured mortgage lien transferred to, or placed 

9 on, such project by the Secretary, except that the 

10 Secretary may waive this requirement upon deter11 mination that such a waiver is necessary to facilitate 

12 the financing of acquisition, construction, and/or re13 habilitation of the receiving project or projects. 

14 (8) If the transferring project meets the re15 quirements of subsection (d)(2), the owner or mort16 gagor of the receiving project or projects shall exe17 cute and record either a continuation of the existing 

18 use agreement or a new use agreement for the 

19 project where, in either case, any use restrictions in 

20 such agreement are of no lesser duration than the 

21 existing use restrictions. 

22 (9) The transfer does not increase the cost (as 

23 defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 

24 Act of 1974, as amended) of any FHA-insured 

25 mortgage, except to the extent that appropriations 


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1 are provided in advance for the amount of any such 

2 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 stat6 ute 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 con10 ditions— 

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 

15 projects undergoing mark to market debt re16 structuring under the Multifamily Assisted 

17 Housing Reform and Affordability Housing Act; 

18 (C) housing that is assisted under section 

19 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended 

20 by section 801 of the Cranston-Gonzales Na21 tional Affordable Housing Act; 

22 (D) housing that is assisted under section 

23 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as such sec24 tion existed before the enactment of the Cran25 ston-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’’ 

7 means— 

8 (A) assistance provided under section 8(b) 

9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937; 

10 (B) assistance for housing constructed or 

11 substantially rehabilitated pursuant to assist12 ance provided under section 8(b)(2) of such Act 

13 (as such section existed immediately before Oc14 tober 1, 1983); 

15 (C) rent supplement payments under sec16 tion 101 of the Housing and Urban Develop17 ment Act of 1965; 

18 (D) interest reduction payments under sec19 tion 236 and/or additional assistance payments 

20 under section 236(f)(2) of the National Hous21 ing Act; 

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1 (F) assistance payments made under sec2 tion 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na3 tional Affordable Housing Act; 

4 (4) the term ‘‘receiving project or projects’’ 

5 means the multifamily housing project or projects to 

6 which some or all of the project-based assistance, 

7 debt, and statutorily required low-income and very 

8 low-income use restrictions are to be transferred; 

9 (5) the term ‘‘transferring project’’ means the 

10 multifamily housing project which is transferring 

11 some or all of the project-based assistance, debt, and 

12 the statutorily required low-income and very low-in13 come use restrictions to the receiving project or 

14 projects; and 

15 (6) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 

16 of Housing and Urban Development. 

17 (e) PUBLIC NOTICE AND RESEARCH REPORT.— 

18 (1) The Secretary shall publish by notice in the 

19 Federal Register the terms and conditions, including 

20 criteria for HUD approval, of transfers pursuant to 

21 this section no later than 30 days before the effec22 tive date of such notice. 

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1 ficiency, contract rents, physical and financial condi2 tions, and long-term preservation of the affected 

3 properties. 

4 SEC. 213. (a) No assistance shall be provided under 

5 section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

6 U.S.C. 1437f) to any individual who— 

7 (1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of 

8 higher education (as defined under section 102 of 

9 the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

10 1002)); 

11 (2) is under 24 years of age; 

12 (3) is not a veteran; 

13 (4) is unmarried; 

14 (5) does not have a dependent child; 

15 (6) is not a person with disabilities, as such 

16 term is defined in section 3(b)(3)(E) of the United 

17 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

18 1437a(b)(3)(E)) and was not receiving assistance 

19 under such section 8 as of November 30, 2005; and 

20 (7) is not otherwise individually eligible, or has 

21 parents who, individually or jointly, are not eligible, 

22 to receive assistance under section 8 of the United 

23 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f). 

24 (b) For purposes of determining the eligibility of a 

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1 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), any finan2 cial assistance (in excess of amounts received for tuition 

3 and any other required fees and charges) that an indi4 vidual receives under the Higher Education Act of 1965 

5 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), from private sources, or an insti6 tution of higher education (as defined under the Higher 

7 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)), shall be consid8 ered income to that individual, except for a person over 

9 the age of 23 with dependent children. 

10 SEC. 214. The funds made available for Native Alas11 kans under the heading ‘‘Native American Housing Block 

12 Grants’’ in title II of this Act shall be allocated to the 

13 same Native Alaskan housing block grant recipients that 

14 received funds in fiscal year 2005. 

15 SEC. 215. Notwithstanding the limitation in the first 

16 sentence of section 255(g) of the National Housing Act 

17 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-20(g)), the Secretary of Housing and 

18 Urban Development may, until September 30, 2016, in19 sure and enter into commitments to insure mortgages 

20 under such section 255. 

21 SEC. 216. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

22 law, in fiscal year 2016, in managing and disposing of any 

23 multifamily property that is owned or has a mortgage held 

24 by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and 

25 during the process of foreclosure on any property with a 


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1 contract for rental assistance payments under section 8 

2 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 or other Fed3 eral programs, the Secretary shall maintain any rental as4 sistance payments under section 8 of the United States 

5 Housing Act of 1937 and other programs that are at6 tached to any dwelling units in the property. To the extent 

7 the Secretary determines, in consultation with the tenants 

8 and the local government, that such a multifamily prop9 erty owned or held by the Secretary is not feasible for con10 tinued rental assistance payments under such section 8 

11 or other programs, based on consideration of (1) the costs 

12 of rehabilitating and operating the property and all avail13 able Federal, State, and local resources, including rent ad14 justments under section 524 of the Multifamily Assisted 

15 Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 

16 (‘‘MAHRAA’’) and (2) environmental conditions that can17 not be remedied in a cost-effective fashion, the Secretary 

18 may, in consultation with the tenants of that property, 

19 contract for project-based rental assistance payments with 

20 an owner or owners of other existing housing properties, 

21 or provide other rental assistance. The Secretary shall also 

22 take appropriate steps to ensure that project-based con23 tracts remain in effect prior to foreclosure, subject to the 

24 exercise of contractual abatement remedies to assist relo25 cation of tenants for imminent major threats to health and 


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1 safety after written notice to and informed consent of the 

2 affected tenants and use of other available remedies, such 

3 as partial abatements or receivership. After disposition of 

4 any multifamily property described under this section, the 

5 contract and allowable rent levels on such properties shall 

6 be subject to the requirements under section 524 of 

7 MAHRAA. 

8 SEC. 217. The commitment authority funded by fees 

9 as provided under the heading ‘‘Community Development 

10 Loan Guarantees Program Account’’ may be used to guar11 antee, or make commitments to guarantee, notes or other 

12 obligations issued by any State on behalf of non-entitle13 ment communities in the State in accordance with the re14 quirements of section 108 of the Housing and Community 

15 Development Act of 1974: Provided, That any State re16 ceiving such a guarantee or commitment shall distribute 

17 all funds subject to such guarantee to the units of general 

18 local government in non-entitlement areas that received 

19 the commitment. 

20 SEC. 218. Public housing agencies that own and oper21 ate 400 or fewer public housing units may elect to be ex22 empt from any asset management requirement imposed by 

23 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in con24 nection with the operating fund rule: Provided, That an 

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1 under the operating fund formula shall not be exempt 

2 from asset management requirements. 

3 SEC. 219. With respect to the use of amounts pro4 vided in this Act and in future Acts for the operation, cap5 ital improvement and management of public housing as 

6 authorized by sections 9(d) and 9(e) of the United States 

7 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d) and (e)), the 

8 Secretary shall not impose any requirement or guideline 

9 relating to asset management that restricts or limits in 

10 any way the use of capital funds for central office costs 

11 pursuant to section 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2) of the United States 

12 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(g)(1), (2)): Pro13 vided, That a public housing agency may not use capital 

14 funds authorized under section 9(d) for activities that are 

15 eligible under section 9(e) for assistance with amounts 

16 from the operating fund in excess of the amounts per17 mitted under section 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2). 

18 SEC. 220. No official or employee of the Department 

19 of Housing and Urban Development shall be designated 

20 as an allotment holder unless the Office of the Chief Fi21 nancial Officer has determined that such allotment holder 

22 has implemented an adequate system of funds control and 

23 has received training in funds control procedures and di24 rectives. The Chief Financial Officer shall ensure that 

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1 office under the accounts ‘‘Executive Offices’’ and ‘‘Ad2 ministrative Support Offices’’, as well as each account re3 ceiving appropriations for ‘‘Program Office Salaries and 

4 Expenses’’, ‘‘Government National Mortgage Associa5 tion—Guarantees of Mortgage-Backed Securities Loan 

6 Guarantee Program Account’’, and ‘‘Office of Inspector 

7 General’’ within the Department of Housing and Urban 

8 Development. 

9 SEC. 221. The Secretary of the Department of Hous10 ing and Urban Development shall, for fiscal year 2016, 

11 notify the public through the Federal Register and other 

12 means, as determined appropriate, of the issuance of a no13 tice of the availability of assistance or notice of funding 

14 availability (NOFA) for any program or discretionary 

15 fund administered by the Secretary that is to be competi16 tively awarded. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

17 law, for fiscal year 2016, the Secretary may make the 

18 NOFA available only on the Internet at the appropriate 

19 Government web site or through other electronic media, 

20 as determined by the Secretary. 

21 SEC. 222. Payment of attorney fees in program-re22 lated litigation must be paid from the individual program 

23 office and Office of General Counsel personnel funding. 

24 The annual budget submissions for program offices and 

25 Office of General Counsel personnel funding must include 


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1 program-related litigation costs for attorney fees as a sep2 arate line item request. 

3 SEC. 223. The Disaster Housing Assistance Pro4 grams, administered by the Department of Housing and 

5 Urban Development, shall be considered a ‘‘program of 

6 the Department of Housing and Urban Development’’ 

7 under section 904 of the McKinney Act for the purpose 

8 of income verifications and matching. 

9 SEC. 224. (a) The Secretary of Housing and Urban 

10 Development shall take the required actions under sub11 section (b) when a multifamily housing project with a sec12 tion 8 contract or contract for similar project-based assist13 ance: 

14 (1) receives a Real Estate Assessment Center 

15 (REAC) score of 30 or less; or 

16 (2) receives a REAC score between 31 and 59 

17 and: 

18 (A) fails to certify in writing to HUD with19 in 60 days that all deficiencies have been cor20 rected; or 

21 (B) receives consecutive scores of less than 

22 60 on REAC inspections. 

23 Such requirements shall apply to insured and noninsured 

24 projects with assistance attached to the units under sec25 tion 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 


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1 U.S.C. 1437f), but do not apply to such units assisted 

2 under section 8(o)(13) (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)) or to 

3 public housing units assisted with capital or operating 

4 funds under section 9 of the United States Housing Act 

5 of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g). 

6 (b) The Secretary shall take the following required 

7 actions as authorized under subsection (a)— 

8 (1) The Secretary shall notify the owner and 

9 provide an opportunity for response within 30 days. 

10 If the violations remain, the Secretary shall develop 

11 a Compliance, Disposition and Enforcement Plan 

12 within 60 days, with a specified timetable for cor13 recting all deficiencies. The Secretary shall provide 

14 notice of the Plan to the owner, tenants, the local 

15 government, any mortgagees, and any contract ad16 ministrator. 

17 (2) At the end of the term of the Compliance, 

18 Disposition and Enforcement Plan, if the owner fails 

19 to fully comply with such plan, the Secretary may 

20 require immediate replacement of project manage21 ment with a management agent approved by the 

22 Secretary, and shall take one or more of the fol23 lowing actions, and provide additional notice of those 

24 actions to the owner and the parties specified above: 

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1 (B) abate the section 8 contract, including 

2 partial abatement, as determined by the Sec3 retary, until all deficiencies have been corrected; 

4 (C) pursue transfer of the project to an 

5 owner, approved by the Secretary under estab6 lished procedures, which will be obligated to 

7 promptly make all required repairs and to ac8 cept renewal of the assistance contract as long 

9 as such renewal is offered; or 

10 (D) seek judicial appointment of a receiver 

11 to manage the property and cure all project de12 ficiencies or seek a judicial order of specific per13 formance requiring the owner to cure all project 

14 deficiencies. 

15 (c) The Secretary shall also take appropriate steps 

16 to ensure that project-based contracts remain in effect, 

17 subject to the exercise of contractual abatement remedies 

18 to assist relocation of tenants for imminent major threats 

19 to health and safety after written notice to and informed 

20 consent of the affected tenants and use of other remedies 

21 set forth above. To the extent the Secretary determines, 

22 in consultation with the tenants and the local government, 

23 that the property is not feasible for continued rental as24 sistance payments under such section 8 or other programs, 

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1 and operating the property and all available Federal, 

2 State, and local resources, including rent adjustments 

3 under section 524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing 

4 Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (‘‘MAHRAA’’) and 

5 (2) environmental conditions that cannot be remedied in 

6 a cost-effective fashion, the Secretary may, in consultation 

7 with the tenants of that property, contract for project8 based rental assistance payments with an owner or owners 

9 of other existing housing properties, or provide other rent10 al assistance. The Secretary shall report semi-annually on 

11 all properties covered by this section that are assessed 

12 through the Real Estate Assessment Center and have 

13 physical inspection scores of less than 30 or have consecu14 tive physical inspection scores of less than 60. The report 

15 shall include: 

16 (1) The enforcement actions being taken to ad17 dress such conditions, including imposition of civil 

18 money penalties and termination of subsidies, and 

19 identify properties that have such conditions mul20 tiple times; and 

21 (2) Actions that the Department of Housing 

22 and Urban Development is taking to protect tenants 

23 of such identified properties. 

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1 tion 8 (only with respect to the tenant-based rental assist2 ance program) and section 9 of the United States Housing 

3 Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.), may be used by 

4 any public housing agency for any amount of salary, in5 cluding bonuses, for the chief executive officer of which, 

6 or any other official or employee of which, that exceeds 

7 the annual rate of basic pay payable for a position at level 

8 IV of the Executive Schedule at any time during any pub9 lic housing agency fiscal year 2016. 

10 SEC. 226. None of the funds in this Act may be avail11 able for the doctoral dissertation research grant program 

12 at the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 

13 SEC. 227. None of the funds in this Act provided to 

14 the Department of Housing and Urban Development may 

15 be used to make a grant award unless the Secretary noti16 fies the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 

17 not less than 3 full business days before any project, 

18 State, locality, housing authority, tribe, nonprofit organi19 zation, or other entity selected to receive a grant award 

20 is announced by the Department or its offices. 

21 SEC. 228. None of the funds made available by this 

22 Act may be used to require or enforce the Physical Needs 

23 Assessment (PNA). 

24 SEC. 229. None of the funds made available in this 

25 Act shall be used by the Federal Housing Administration, 


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1 the Government National Mortgage Administration, or the 

2 Department of Housing and Urban Development to in3 sure, securitize, or establish a Federal guarantee of any 

4 mortgage or mortgage backed security that refinances or 

5 otherwise replaces a mortgage that has been subject to 

6 eminent domain condemnation or seizure, by a state, mu7 nicipality, or any other political subdivision of a state. 

8 SEC. 230. None of the funds made available by this 

9 Act may be used to terminate the status of a unit of gen10 eral local government as a metropolitan city (as defined 

11 in section 102 of the Housing and Community Develop12 ment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302)) with respect to 

13 grants under section 106 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5306). 

14 SEC. 231. Amounts made available under this Act 

15 which are either appropriated, allocated, advanced on a 

16 reimbursable basis, or transferred to the Office of Policy 

17 Development and Research in the Department of Housing 

18 and Urban Development and functions thereof, for re19 search, evaluation, or statistical purposes, and which are 

20 unexpended at the time of completion of a contract, grant, 

21 or cooperative agreement, may be deobligated and shall 

22 immediately become available and may be reobligated in 

23 that fiscal year or the subsequent fiscal year for the re24 search, evaluation, or statistical purposes for which the 


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1 amounts are made available to that Office subject to re2 programming requirements in Section 405 of this Act. 

3 SEC. 232. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act may be used by the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

5 Development to require a recipient or sub-recipient of 

6 funding for the purpose of land acquisition, affordable 

7 housing construction, or affordable housing rehabilitation 

8 to meet Energy Star standards or any other energy effi9 ciency standards that exceed the requirements of applica10 ble State and local building codes. 

11 SEC. 233. Of the unobligated balances, including re12 captures and carryover, remaining from funds appro13 priated in section 1497(a) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street 

14 Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Public Law 111– 

15 203; 42 U.S.C. 5301 note) and section 2301(a) of title 

16 III of division B of the Housing and Economic Recovery 

17 Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–289; 42 U.S.C. 5301 note), 

18 $7,000,000 is hereby rescinded. 

19 SEC. 234. (a) All unobligated balances, including re20 captures and carryover, remaining from funds appro21 priated to the Department of Housing and Urban Devel22 opment under the heading ‘‘Rural Housing and Economic 

23 Development’’ are hereby rescinded. 

24 (b) Effective October 1, 2015, all unobligated bal25 ances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining from 


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1 funds appropriated to the Department of Housing and 

2 Urban Development for accounts under the headings 

3 ‘‘Management and Administration’’ and ‘‘Program Office 

4 Salaries and Expenses’’ in division K of Public Law 113– 

5 235 are rescinded. 

6 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Hous7 ing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2016’’. 

8 TITLE III—RELATED AGENCIES 

9 ACCESS BOARD

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For expenses necessary for the Access Board, as au12 thorized by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 

13 as amended, $7,548,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding 

14 any other provision of law, there may be credited to this 

15 appropriation funds received for publications and training 

16 expenses. 

17 FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime 

20 Commission as authorized by section 201(d) of the Mer21 chant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. 307), in22 cluding services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of 

23 passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 

24 1343(b); and uniforms or allowances therefore, as author25 ized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, $25,660,000: Provided, That 


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1 not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for official recep2 tion and representation expenses. 

3 NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION OFFICE

4 OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

7 General for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation 

8 to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act 

9 of 1978, as amended, $23,999,000: Provided, That the In10 spector General shall have all necessary authority, in car11 rying out the duties specified in the Inspector General Act, 

12 as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to investigate allegations 

13 of fraud, including false statements to the government (18 

14 U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity that is subject to 

15 regulation by the National Railroad Passenger Corpora16 tion: Provided further, That the Inspector General may 

17 enter into contracts and other arrangements for audits, 

18 studies, analyses, and other services with public agencies 

19 and with private persons, subject to the applicable laws 

20 and regulations that govern the obtaining of such services 

21 within the National Railroad Passenger Corporation: Pro22 vided further, That the Inspector General may select, ap23 point, and employ such officers and employees as may be 

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1 cable laws and regulations that govern such selections, ap2 pointments, and employment within Amtrak: Provided fur3 ther, That concurrent with the President’s budget request 

4 for fiscal year 2017, the Inspector General shall submit 

5 to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 

6 a budget request for fiscal year 2017 in similar format 

7 and substance to those submitted by executive agencies 

8 of the Federal Government. 

9 NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses of the National Transpor12 tation Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor ve13 hicles and aircraft; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

14 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per 

15 diem rate equivalent to the rate for a GS–15; uniforms, 

16 or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 

17 5901–5902), $103,981,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 

18 may be used for official reception and representation ex19 penses. The amounts made available to the National 

20 Transportation Safety Board in this Act include amounts 

21 necessary to make lease payments on an obligation in22 curred in fiscal year 2001 for a capital lease. 


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1 NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION

2 PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT

3 CORPORATION

4 For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cor5 poration for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, 

6 as authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corpora7 tion Act (42 U.S.C. 8101–8107), $135,000,000, of which 

8 $5,000,000 shall be for a multi-family rental housing pro9 gram: Provided, That in addition, $42,000,000 shall be 

10 made available until expended to the Neighborhood Rein11 vestment Corporation for mortgage foreclosure mitigation 

12 activities, under the following terms and conditions: 

13 (1) The Neighborhood Reinvestment Corpora14 tion (NRC) shall make grants to counseling inter15 mediaries approved by the Department of Housing 

16 and Urban Development (HUD) (with match to be 

17 determined by NRC based on affordability and the 

18 economic conditions of an area; a match also may be 

19 waived by NRC based on the aforementioned condi20 tions) to provide mortgage foreclosure mitigation as21 sistance primarily to States and areas with high 

22 rates of defaults and foreclosures to help eliminate 

23 the default and foreclosure of mortgages of owner24 occupied single-family homes that are at risk of such 

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1 faults and foreclosures, grants may also be provided 

2 to approved counseling intermediaries based on a ge3 ographic analysis of the Nation by NRC which de4 termines where there is a prevalence of mortgages 

5 that are risky and likely to fail, including any trends 

6 for mortgages that are likely to default and face 

7 foreclosure. A State Housing Finance Agency may 

8 also be eligible where the State Housing Finance 

9 Agency meets all the requirements under this para10 graph. A HUD-approved counseling intermediary 

11 shall meet certain mortgage foreclosure mitigation 

12 assistance counseling requirements, as determined 

13 by NRC, and shall be approved by HUD or NRC as 

14 meeting these requirements. 

15 (2) Mortgage foreclosure mitigation assistance 

16 shall only be made available to homeowners of 

17 owner-occupied homes with mortgages in default or 

18 in danger of default. These mortgages shall likely be 

19 subject to a foreclosure action and homeowners will 

20 be provided such assistance that shall consist of ac21 tivities that are likely to prevent foreclosures and re22 sult in the long-term affordability of the mortgage 

23 retained pursuant to such activity or another posi24 tive outcome for the homeowner. No funds made 

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1 rectly to lenders or homeowners to discharge out2 standing mortgage balances or for any other direct 

3 debt reduction payments. 

4 (3) The use of mortgage foreclosure mitigation 

5 assistance by approved counseling intermediaries 

6 and State Housing Finance Agencies shall involve a 

7 reasonable analysis of the borrower’s financial situa8 tion, an evaluation of the current value of the prop9 erty that is subject to the mortgage, counseling re10 garding the assumption of the mortgage by another 

11 non-Federal party, counseling regarding the possible 

12 purchase of the mortgage by a non-Federal third 

13 party, counseling and advice of all likely restruc14 turing and refinancing strategies or the approval of 

15 a work-out strategy by all interested parties. 

16 (4) NRC may provide up to 15 percent of the 

17 total funds under this paragraph to its own charter 

18 members with expertise in foreclosure prevention 

19 counseling, subject to a certification by NRC that 

20 the procedures for selection do not consist of any 

21 procedures or activities that could be construed as a 

22 conflict of interest or have the appearance of impro23 priety. 

24 (5) HUD-approved counseling entities and 

25 State Housing Finance Agencies receiving funds 


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1 under this paragraph shall have demonstrated expe2 rience in successfully working with financial institu3 tions as well as borrowers facing default, delin4 quency and foreclosure as well as documented coun5 seling capacity, outreach capacity, past successful 

6 performance and positive outcomes with documented 

7 counseling plans (including post mortgage fore8 closure mitigation counseling), loan workout agree9 ments and loan modification agreements. NRC may 

10 use other criteria to demonstrate capacity in under11 served areas. 

12 (6) Of the total amount made available under 

13 this paragraph, up to $2,000,000 may be made 

14 available to build the mortgage foreclosure and de15 fault mitigation counseling capacity of counseling 

16 intermediaries through NRC training courses with 

17 HUD-approved counseling intermediaries and their 

18 partners, except that private financial institutions 

19 that participate in NRC training shall pay market 

20 rates for such training. 

21 (7) Of the total amount made available under 

22 this paragraph, up to 5 percent may be used for as23 sociated administrative expenses for NRC to carry 

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1 (8) Mortgage foreclosure mitigation assistance 

2 grants may include a budget for outreach and adver3 tising, and training, as determined by NRC. 

4 (9) NRC shall continue to report bi-annually to 

5 the House and Senate Committees on Appropria6 tions as well as the Senate Banking Committee and 

7 House Financial Services Committee on its efforts to 

8 mitigate mortgage default. 

9 UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON

10 HOMELESSNESS

11 OPERATING EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses (including payment of sala13 ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

14 the rental of conference rooms, and the employment of ex15 perts and consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United 

16 States Code) of the United States Interagency Council on 

17 Homelessness in carrying out the functions pursuant to 

18 title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, 

19 as amended, $3,530,000. 

20 TITLE IV 

21 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 

22 SEC. 401. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

23 for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 

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1 intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings 

2 funded in this Act. 

3 SEC. 402. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

4 shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 

5 fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria6 tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 

7 SEC. 403. The expenditure of any appropriation 

8 under this Act for any consulting service through a pro9 curement contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, 

10 United States Code, shall be limited to those contracts 

11 where such expenditures are a matter of public record and 

12 available for public inspection, except where otherwise pro13 vided under existing law, or under existing Executive order 

14 issued pursuant to existing law. 

15 SEC. 404. (a) None of the funds made available in 

16 this Act may be obligated or expended for any employee 

17 training that— 

18 (1) does not meet identified needs for knowl19 edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the 

20 performance of official duties; 

21 (2) contains elements likely to induce high lev22 els of emotional response or psychological stress in 

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1 (3) does not require prior employee notification 

2 of the content and methods to be used in the train3 ing and written end of course evaluation; 

4 (4) contains any methods or content associated 

5 with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 

6 ‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Em7 ployment Opportunity Commission Notice N– 

8 915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or 

9 (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par10 ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the 

11 workplace. 

12 (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 

13 otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 

14 bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 

15 SEC. 405. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 

16 none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by pre17 vious appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities fund18 ed in this Act that remain available for obligation or ex19 penditure in fiscal year 2016, or provided from any ac20 counts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 

21 and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 

22 available for obligation or expenditure through a re23 programming of funds that: 

24 (1) creates a new program; 

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1 (3) increases funds or personnel for any pro2 gram, project, or activity for which funds have been 

3 denied or restricted by the Congress; 

4 (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific 

5 activity by either the House or Senate Committees 

6 on Appropriations for a different purpose; 

7 (5) augments existing programs, projects, or ac8 tivities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, which9 ever is less; 

10 (6) reduces existing programs, projects, or ac11 tivities by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 

12 less; or 

13 (7) creates, reorganizes, or restructures a 

14 branch, division, office, bureau, board, commission, 

15 agency, administration, or department different from 

16 the budget justifications submitted to the Commit17 tees on Appropriations or the table accompanying 

18 the explanatory statement accompanying this Act, 

19 whichever is more detailed, unless prior approval is 

20 received from the House and Senate Committees on 

21 Appropriations: Provided, That not later than 60 

22 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each 

23 agency funded by this Act shall submit a report to 

24 the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 

25 of the House of Representatives to establish the 


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1 baseline for application of reprogramming and trans2 fer authorities for the current fiscal year: Provided 

3 further, 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, ad7 justments made by Congress, adjustments due 

8 to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 

9 fiscal 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 

16 congressional interest. 

17 SEC. 406. Except as otherwise specifically provided 

18 by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 

19 remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2016 from 

20 appropriations made available for salaries and expenses 

21 for fiscal year 2016 in this Act, shall remain available 

22 through September 30, 2017, for each such account for 

23 the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall 

24 be submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Ap25 propriations for approval prior to the expenditure of such 


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1 funds: Provided further, That these requests shall be made 

2 in compliance with reprogramming guidelines under sec3 tion 405 of this Act. 

4 SEC. 407. No funds in this Act may be used to sup5 port any Federal, State, or local projects that seek to use 

6 the power of eminent domain, unless eminent domain is 

7 employed only for a public use: Provided, That for pur8 poses of this section, public use shall not be construed to 

9 include economic development that primarily benefits pri10 vate entities: Provided further, That any use of funds for 

11 mass transit, railroad, airport, seaport or highway 

12 projects, as well as utility projects which benefit or serve 

13 the general public (including energy-related, communica14 tion-related, water-related and wastewater-related infra15 structure), other structures designated for use by the gen16 eral public or which have other common-carrier or public17 utility functions that serve the general public and are sub18 ject to regulation and oversight by the government, and 

19 projects for the removal of an immediate threat to public 

20 health and safety or brownfields as defined in the Small 

21 Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization 

22 Act (Public Law 107–118) shall be considered a public 

23 use for purposes of eminent domain. 

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1 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

2 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro3 vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 

4 SEC. 409. No part of any appropriation contained in 

5 this Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person 

6 filling a position, other than a temporary position, for7 merly held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed 

8 Forces of the United States and has satisfactorily com9 pleted his or her period of active military or naval service, 

10 and has within 90 days after his or her release from such 

11 service or from hospitalization continuing after discharge 

12 for a period of not more than 1 year, made application 

13 for restoration to his or her former position and has been 

14 certified by the Office of Personnel Management as still 

15 qualified to perform the duties of his or her former posi16 tion and has not been restored thereto. 

17 SEC. 410. No funds appropriated pursuant to this 

18 Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees 

19 that in expending the assistance the entity will comply 

20 with sections 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 

21 (41 U.S.C. 10a –10c, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy Amer22 ican Act’’). 

23 SEC. 411. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 

24 available under this Act shall be made available to any 


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1 person or entity that has been convicted of violating the 

2 Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a –10c). 

3 SEC. 412. None of the funds made available in this 

4 Act may be used for first-class airline accommodations in 

5 contravention of sections 301–10.122 and 301–10.123 of 

6 title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 

7 SEC. 413. (a) None of the funds made available by 

8 this Act may be used to approve a new foreign air carrier 

9 permit under sections 41301 through 41305 of title 49, 

10 United States Code, or exemption application under sec11 tion 40109 of that title of an air carrier already holding 

12 an air operators certificate issued by a country that is 

13 party to the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport 

14 Agreement where such approval would contravene United 

15 States law or Article 17 bis of the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Nor16 way Air Transport Agreement. 

17 (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict or 

18 otherwise preclude the Secretary of Transportation from 

19 granting a foreign air carrier permit or an exemption to 

20 such an air carrier where such authorization is consistent 

21 with the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agree22 ment and United States law. 

23 SEC. 414. None of the funds made available by this 

24 Act may be used by the Federal Maritime Commission or 

25 the Administrator of the Maritime Administration to issue 


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1 a license or certificate for a commercial vessel that docked 

2 or anchored within the previous 180 days within 7 miles 

3 of a port on property that was confiscated, in whole or 

4 in part, by the Cuban Government, as the terms con5 fiscated, Cuban Government, and property are defined in 

6 paragraphs (4), (5), and (12)(A), respectively, of section 

7 4 of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity 

8 (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6023). 

9 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

10 SEC. 415. The amount by which the applicable alloca11 tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 

12 Appropriations of the House of Representatives under 

13 Section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

14 exceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is 

15 $0. 

16 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation, Hous17 ing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appro18 priations Act, 2016’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 92 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2577 

[Report No. 114–129] 

A BILL 

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 DevelMAY 27, 2015 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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