IIB 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2577 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 10, 2015 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations 

AN ACT 

Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 

2016, and for other purposes. 

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


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
2 

HR 2577 RFS

1 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

2 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

3 Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban 

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

6 TITLE I 

7 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

8 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 

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

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

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

14 available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not 

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

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

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

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

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

20 for the Office of the Under Secretary of Transportation 

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

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

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

25 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
3 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 for Governmental Affairs; not to exceed $26,029,000 (re2 duced by $500,000) (reduced by $2,000,000) shall be 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14 of the Secretary: Provided further, That no appropriation 

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

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

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

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

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

25 this appropriation up to $2,500,000 in funds received in 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
4 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 user fees: Provided further, That none of the funds pro2 vided in this Act shall be available for the position of As3 sistant Secretary for Public Affairs. 

4 RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

5 For necessary expenses related to the Office of the 

6 Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, 

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

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

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

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

16 the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and 

17 Technology of the Department of Transportation. 

18 NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

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

23 Transportation shall distribute funds provided under this 

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

25 local government, transit agency, or a collaboration among 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
5 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 such entities on a competitive basis for projects that will 

2 have a significant impact on the Nation, a metropolitan 

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

4 for funding provided under this heading shall include, but 

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

6 title 23, United States Code; public transportation 

7 projects eligible under chapter 53 of title 49, United 

8 States Code; passenger and freight rail transportation 

9 projects; and port infrastructure investments (including 

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

13 the purpose of paying the subsidy and administrative costs 

14 of projects eligible for Federal credit assistance under 

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

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

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

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

22 investment in a variety of transportation modes: Provided 

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

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

25 $15,000,000: Provided further, That not more than 20 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
6 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 percent of the funds made available under this heading 

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

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

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

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

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

8 an overall financing package: Provided further, That not 

9 less than 10 percent of the funds provided under this 

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

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

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

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

17 States Code: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 

18 conduct a new competition to select the grants and credit 

19 assistance awarded under this heading: Provided further, 

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

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

23 Highway Administration, the Federal Transit Administra24 tion, the Federal Railroad Administration and the Mari25 time Administration, to fund the award and oversight of 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
7 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 grants and credit assistance made under the National In2 frastructure Investments program. 

3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CAPITAL

4 For necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing 

5 the Department of Transportation’s financial systems and 

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

7 available through September 30, 2017. 

8 CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVES

9 For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, 

10 including necessary upgrades to wide area network and 

11 information technology infrastructure, improvement of 

12 network perimeter controls and identity management, 

13 testing and assessment of information technology against 

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

16 infrastructure enhancements, implementation of enhanced 

17 security controls on network devices, and enhancement of 

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

20 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

22 $9,600,000. 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
8 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND

2 DEVELOPMENT

3 For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 

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

7 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

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

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

11 available to the Department of Transportation: Provided, 

12 That such services shall be provided on a competitive basis 

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

17 of the Department shall be transferred to the Working 

18 Capital Fund without majority approval of the Working 

19 Capital Fund Steering Committee and approval of the 

20 Secretary: Provided further, That no assessments may be 

21 levied against any program, budget activity, subactivity or 

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

24 and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are ap25 proved by such Committees. 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
9 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM

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

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

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

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

9 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

10 the guaranteed loan program, $597,000. 

11 SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS UTILIZATION AND

12 OUTREACH

13 For necessary expenses for small and disadvantaged 

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

15 remain available until September 30, 2017: Provided, 

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

17 used for business opportunities related to any mode of 

18 transportation. 

19 PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS

20 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

21 In addition to funds made available from any other 

22 source to carry out the essential air service program under 

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

25 available until expended: Provided, That in determining 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
10 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 between or among carriers competing to provide service 

2 to a community, the Secretary may consider the relative 

3 subsidy requirements of the carriers: Provided further, 

4 That basic essential air service minimum requirements 

5 shall not include the 15-passenger capacity requirement 

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

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

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

9 with a community located less than 40 miles from the 

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

13 for the essential air service program under subsection 

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

15 available immediately from amounts otherwise provided to 

16 the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration: 

17 Provided further, That the Administrator may reimburse 

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

20 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

22 Act to the Department of Transportation may be obligated 

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

25 to funds appropriated to the modal administrations in this 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
11 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 Act, except for activities underway on the date of enact2 ment of this Act, unless such assessments or agreements 

3 have completed the normal reprogramming process for 

4 Congressional notification. 

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

6 United States Code, in addition to authority provided by 

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

10 to carry out the Federal transit pass transportation fringe 

11 benefit program under Executive Order No. 13150 and 

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

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

15 performance under the contract. 

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

17 of the Department of Transportation a schedule of all 

18 meetings of the Credit Council, including the agenda for 

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

20 decisions and actions of each meeting. 

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

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

23 Working Capital Fund is hereby authorized to provide 

24 partial or full payments in advance and accept subsequent 

25 reimbursements from all Federal agencies for transit benVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:15 Jun 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2577.RFS H2577

emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
12 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 efit distribution services that are necessary to carry out 

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

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

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

7 uninterrupted transit benefits to Government employees, 

8 provided that such reserve will not exceed one month of 

9 benefits payable: Provided further, that such reserve may 

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

14 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

15 OPERATIONS

16 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

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

20 transportation, administrative expenses for research and 

21 development, establishment of air navigation facilities, the 

22 operation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, 

23 subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold 

24 to the public, lease or purchase of passenger motor vehi25 cles for replacement only, in addition to amounts made 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
13 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 available by Public Law 112–95, $9,847,700,000 (reduced 

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

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

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

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

6 be available for aviation safety activities; not to exceed 

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

8 commercial space transportation activities; not to exceed 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

20 as a reprogramming of funds under section 405 of this 

21 Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 

22 except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that 

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

24 of each fiscal year hereafter, the Administrator of the Fed25 eral Aviation Administration shall transmit to Congress 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
14 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 an annual update to the report submitted to Congress in 

2 December 2004 pursuant to section 221 of Public Law 

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

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

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

7 of each fiscal year hereafter, the Administrator shall 

8 transmit to Congress a companion report that describes 

9 a comprehensive strategy for staffing, hiring, and training 

10 flight standards and aircraft certification staff in a format 

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

12 including stated attrition estimates and numerical hiring 

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

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

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

16 submitted to Congress: Provided further, That funds may 

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

18 standard-setting organization to assist in the development 

19 of aviation safety standards: Provided further, That none 

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

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

24 or implement any regulation that would promulgate new 

25 aviation user fees not specifically authorized by law after 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
15 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 the date of the enactment of this Act: Provided further, 

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

5 and private sources for expenses incurred in the provision 

6 of agency services, including receipts for the maintenance 

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

8 renewal or modification of certificates, including airman, 

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

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

11 Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under 

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

13 contract tower program, including the contract tower cost 

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

15 in this Act for aeronautical charting and cartography are 

16 available for activities conducted by, or coordinated 

17 through, the Working Capital Fund. 

18 FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

19 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

20 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

21 for acquisition, establishment, technical support services, 

22 improvement by contract or purchase, and hire of national 

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

25 49, United States Code, including initial acquisition of 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
16 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 necessary sites by lease or grant; engineering and service 

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

4 and furnishing of quarters and related accommodations 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

22 Transportation shall transmit to the Congress a com23 prehensive capital investment plan for the Federal Avia24 tion Administration which includes funding for each budg25 et line item for fiscal years 2017 through 2021, with total 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
17 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 funding for each year of the plan constrained to the fund2 ing targets for those years as estimated and approved by 

3 the Office of Management and Budget: Provided further, 

4 That the amount herein appropriated shall be reduced by 

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

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

7 has not been submitted to Congress. 

8 RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT

9 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

10 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

11 for research, engineering, and development, as authorized 

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

13 Code, including construction of experimental facilities and 

14 acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant, 

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

16 Trust Fund and to remain available until September 30, 

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

19 States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, 

20 and private sources, which shall be available for expenses 

21 incurred for research, engineering, and development. 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
18 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

2 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

3 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

4 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

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

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

11 and commissioning of runway incursion prevention devices 

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

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

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

16 certificates under section 44706 of title 49, United States 

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

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

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

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

25 be available for the replacement of baggage conveyor sysVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:15 Jun 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2577.RFS H2577

emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
19 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 tems, reconfiguration of terminal baggage areas, or other 

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

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

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

9 for Airport Technology Research. 

10 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

22 buildings for services relating to air traffic control, air 

23 navigation, or weather reporting: Provided, That the pro24 hibition of funds in this section does not apply to negotia25 tions between the agency and airport sponsors to achieve 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
20 

HR 2577 RFS 

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

2 grant assurances that require airport sponsors to provide 

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

5 SEC. 112. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 

6 Administration may reimburse amounts made available to 

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

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

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

11 year. 

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

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

14 appropriation current at the time of collection, to be 

15 merged with and available for the same purposes of such 

16 appropriation. 

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

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

23 SEC. 115. None of the funds in this Act may be obli24 gated or expended for an employee of the Federal Aviation 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
21 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 Administration to purchase a store gift card or gift certifi2 cate through use of a Government-issued credit card. 

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

5 of the Federal Aviation Administration without the prior 

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

8 SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

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

11 to implement any limitation on the ability of any owner 

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

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

16 Administration’s Aircraft Situational Display to Industry 

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

18 available to a Government agency, for the noncommercial 

19 flights of that owner or operator. 

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

22 and Presidential appointees in the Federal Aviation Ad23 ministration. 

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

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


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
22 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 44721 of title 49, United States Code, until the FAA pro2 vides to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria3 tions a report that justifies all fees related to aeronautical 

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

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

7 used to close a regional operations center of the Federal 

8 Aviation Administration or reduce its services unless the 

9 Administrator notifies the House and Senate Committees 

10 on Appropriations not less than 90 full business days in 

11 advance. 

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

14 or prior permission rules at Teterboro airport in 

15 Teterboro, New Jersey. 

16 FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

17 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

18 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

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

24 administration and operation of the Federal Highway Ad25 ministration. In addition, not to exceed $3,248,000 shall 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
23 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 be transferred to the Appalachian Regional Commission 

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

3 Code. 

4 FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

5 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

6 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

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

9 of Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction 

10 programs authorized under titles 23 and 49, United States 

11 Code, and the provisions of such authorization legislation 

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

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

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

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

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

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

22 are in addition to administrative expenses that are also 

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


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
24 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

2 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

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

5 out Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction 

6 programs authorized under title 23, United States Code, 

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

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

10 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY

11 ADMINISTRATION

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

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

16 (1) not distribute from the obligation limitation 

17 for Federal-aid highways— 

18 (A) amounts authorized for administrative 

19 expenses and programs by section 104(a) of 

20 title 23, United States Code; and 

21 (B) amounts authorized for the Bureau of 

22 Transportation Statistics; 

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

25 to the unobligated balance of amounts— 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
25 

HR 2577 RFS 

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 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
26 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) 

2 and (2) of this subsection; 

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

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

6 of the programs (other than programs to which 

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

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

11 multiplying— 

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

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

16 year; and 

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

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

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

22 programs that are apportioned by the Secretary 

23 under such authorization legislation or title 23, 

24 United States Code (other than the amounts appor25 tioned for the National Highway Performance ProVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:15 Jun 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2577.RFS H2577

emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
27 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 gram in section 119 of title 23, United States Code, 

2 that are exempt from the limitation under subsection 

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

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

5 (A) amounts authorized to be appropriated 

6 for the programs that are apportioned under 

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

9 year; bears to 

10 (B) the total of the amounts authorized to 

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

13 such authorization legislation to all States for 

14 such fiscal year. 

15 (b) EXCEPTIONS FROM OBLIGATION LIMITATION.— 

16 The obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways shall 

17 not apply to obligations under or for— 

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

19 (2) section 147 of the Surface Transportation 

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

21 Stat. 2714); 

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

23 of 1981 (95 Stat. 1701); 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
28 

HR 2577 RFS 

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 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
29 

HR 2577 RFS 

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

2 of those fiscal years); 

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

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

5 funds obligated in accordance with that section were 

6 not subject to a limitation on obligations at the time 

7 at which the funds were initially made available for 

8 obligation; and 

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

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

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

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

14 shall, after August 1 of such fiscal year— 

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

17 amount distributed cannot be obligated during that 

18 fiscal year; and 

19 (2) redistribute sufficient amounts to those 

20 States able to obligate amounts in addition to those 

21 previously distributed during that fiscal year, giving 

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

24 effect on the day before the date of enactment of 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
30 

HR 2577 RFS 

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 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
31 

HR 2577 RFS 

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 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
32 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 be credited to the Federal-aid highways account for the 

2 purpose of reimbursing the Bureau for such expenses: 

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

5 construction programs. 

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

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

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

13 Senate Committees on Appropriations on any waivers 

14 granted under the Buy America requirements. 

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

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

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

20 of Transportation provides notification in writing to the 

21 following committees: the House and Senate Committees 

22 on Appropriations; the Committee on Environment and 

23 Public Works and the Committee on Banking, Housing 

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

25 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of RepVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:15 Jun 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2577.RFS H2577

emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
33 

HR 2577 RFS 

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 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
34 

HR 2577 RFS 

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’’. 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
35 

HR 2577 RFS 

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 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
36 

HR 2577 RFS 

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 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
37 

HR 2577 RFS 

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 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
38 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 used to implement, administer, or enforce sections 

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

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

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

6 235, unless the Secretary and the Inspector General of 

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

9 (1) meets the statutory requirements set forth 

10 in such section; and 

11 (2) establishes that commercial motor vehicle 

12 drivers who operated under the restart provisions in 

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

14 date of enactment of such Public Law demonstrated 

15 statistically significant improvement in all outcomes 

16 related to safety, operator fatigue, driver health and 

17 longevity, and work schedules, in comparison to 

18 commercial motor vehicle drivers who operated 

19 under the restart provisions in effect on June 30, 

20 2013. 

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

22 made available under the heading ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety 

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

25 permit for a motor carrier based on that carrier’s HazVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:15 Jun 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2577.RFS H2577

emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
39 

HR 2577 RFS 

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 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
40 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 statutory authority to incorporate generated inspection 

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

7 NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

8 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

9 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of 

10 the Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety 

11 authorized under chapter 301 and part C of subtitle VI 

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

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

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

15 30, 2017. 

16 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

17 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

18 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

19 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

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

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

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

24 the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 

25 Account) and to remain available until expended: ProVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:15 Jun 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2577.RFS H2577

emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
41 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 vided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available 

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

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

6 shall be for the National Driver Register authorized under 

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

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

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

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

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

17 chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code. 

18 HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS

19 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

20 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

21 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

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

24 provisions of 23 U.S.C. 402 and 405, section 2009 of Pub25 lic Law 109–59, as amended by Public Law 112–141, and 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
42 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 section 31101(a)(6) of Public Law 112–141, to remain 

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

3 the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

19 these funds shall be used for construction, rehabilitation, 

20 or remodeling costs, or for office furnishings and fixtures 

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

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

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

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

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


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
43 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 available for technical assistance to the States: Provided 

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

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

4 to increase the amounts made available under section 402 

5 shall include the obligation authority for such amounts: 

6 Provided further, That the Administrator shall notify the 

7 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations of any 

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

10 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—NATIONAL HIGHWAY

11 TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

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

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

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

17 competency development training and related expenses for 

18 highway safety staff. 

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

22 which obligation authority was made available in previous 

23 public laws but only to the extent that the obligation au24 thority has not lapsed or been used. 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
44 

HR 2577 RFS 

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

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

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

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

6 Roadside Survey. 

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

8 Act may be used to mandate global positioning system 

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

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

12 FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION

13 SAFETY AND OPERATIONS

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

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

18 RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

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

22 RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT

23 FINANCING PROGRAM

24 The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to 

25 issue direct loans and loan guarantees pursuant to secVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:15 Jun 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2577.RFS H2577

emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
45 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 tions 501 through 504 of the Railroad Revitalization and 

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

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

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

6 direct loans or loan guarantee commitments shall be made 

7 using Federal funds for the credit risk premium during 

8 fiscal year 2016. 

9 OPERATING GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD

10 PASSENGER CORPORATION

11 To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 

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

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

15 the operation of intercity passenger rail, as authorized by 

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

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

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

21 shall be available for the Secretary to approve funding to 

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

24 train route: Provided further, That each such grant re25 quest shall be accompanied by a detailed financial analVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:15 Jun 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2577.RFS H2577

emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
46 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 ysis, revenue projection, and capital expenditure projection 

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

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

5 electronic format, to the Secretary and the House and 

6 Senate Committees on Appropriations the annual budget, 

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

8 2016 required under section 204 of the Passenger Rail 

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

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

12 Financial Plan shall include annual information on the 

13 maintenance, refurbishment, replacement, and expansion 

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

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

19 for such changes as well as progress against the milestones 

20 and target dates of the 2012 performance improvement 

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

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

23 monthly reports, comprehensive fleet plan and all supple24 mental reports or plans comply with requirements in Pub25 lic Law 112–55: Provided further, That none of the funds 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
47 

HR 2577 RFS 

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

2 on which Amtrak offers a discounted fare of more than 

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

4 That the preceding proviso does not apply to routes where 

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

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

7 fares. 

8 CAPITAL AND DEBT SERVICE GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL

9 RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION

10 To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 

11 grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for 

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

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

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

16 available until expended, of which not to exceed 

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

19 amounts made available under this heading, not less than 

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

22 Americans with Disabilities Act: Provided further, That 

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

24 shall be used by the Corporation as a working capital ac25 count, all remaining funds shall be provided to the CorVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:15 Jun 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2577.RFS H2577

emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
48 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 poration only on a reimbursable basis: Provided further, 

2 That of the amounts made available under this heading, 

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

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

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

9 percent of the funds provided under this heading to fund 

10 the costs of project management and oversight of activities 

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

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

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

18 except as otherwise provided herein, none of the funds 

19 under this heading may be used to subsidize operating 

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

21 the funds under this heading may be used for capital 

22 projects not approved by the Secretary of Transportation 

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

24 Provided further, That in addition to the project manage25 ment oversight funds authorized under section 101(d) of 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
49 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 division B of Public Law 110–432, the Secretary may re2 tain up to an additional $3,000,000 of the funds provided 

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

5 including the amendments made by section 212 to section 

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

7 That Amtrak shall conduct a business case analysis on 

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

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

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

11 shall state that funding is subject to the availability of 

12 appropriated funds provided by an appropriations Act. 

13 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD

14 ADMINISTRATION

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

17 and similar items, from non-United States Government 

18 sources to repair damages to or replace United States 

19 Government owned automated track inspection cars and 

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

22 be credited directly to the Safety and Operations account 

23 of the Federal Railroad Administration, and shall remain 

24 available until expended for the repair, operation and 

25 maintenance of automated track inspection cars and 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
50 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 equipment in connection with the automated track inspec2 tion program. 

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

4 Railroad Passenger Corporation may be used to fund any 

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

7 the cap set in the previous proviso for specific employees 

8 when the President of Amtrak determines such a cap 

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

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

11 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations each 

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

14 such quarter and delineate the reasons each waiver was 

15 granted: Provided further, That the President of Amtrak 

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

18 payments incurred by the Corporation for 2015 and the 

19 three prior calendar years: Provided further, That such 

20 summary shall include the total number of employees that 

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

23 each month for 2015 and for the three prior calendar 

24 years. 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
51 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

2 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

3 For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal 

4 Transit Administration’s programs authorized by chapter 

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

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

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

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

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

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

12 of transit security under this heading: Provided further, 

13 That upon submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 

14 2017 President’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation 

15 shall transmit to Congress the annual report on New 

16 Starts, including proposed allocations for fiscal year 2017. 

17 TRANSIT FORMULA GRANTS

18 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

19 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

20 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

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

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

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


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
52 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 5318, 5322(d), 5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, 

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

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

4 derived from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway 

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

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

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

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

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

12 year 2016. 

13 TRANSIT RESEARCH

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

15 $26,000,000. 

16 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING

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

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

19 CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS

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

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

22 GRANTS TO THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA

23 TRANSIT AUTHORITY

24 For grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area 

25 Transit Authority as authorized under section 601 of diviVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:15 Jun 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00052 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2577.RFS H2577

emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
53 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 sion B of Public Law 110–432, $100,000,000, to remain 

2 available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary 

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

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

7 prior to approving such grants, the Secretary shall certify 

8 that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority 

9 is making significant progress in eliminating the material 

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

14 Area Transit Authority has placed the highest priority on 

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

17 the Secretary, in order to ensure safety throughout the 

18 rail system, may waive the requirements of section 

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

20 4968). 

21 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT

22 ADMINISTRATION

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

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


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
54 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 made available for obligation, or to any other authority 

2 previously made available for obligation. 

3 SEC. 161. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

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

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

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

10 purposes for which they were originally provided. 

11 SEC. 162. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

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

14 that remain available for expenditure, may be transferred 

15 to and administered under the most recent appropriation 

16 heading for any such section. 

17 SEC. 163. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

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

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

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

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

24 light or heavy rail project towards a full funding grant 

25 agreement as defined by 49 U.S.C. 5309 for the MetroVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:15 Jun 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00054 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2577.RFS H2577

emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
55 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 politan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas if the 

2 proposed capital project is constructed on or planned to 

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

5 Avenue in Houston, Texas. 

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

8 attempt to construct or construct a new fixed guideway 

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

11 (1) voters in the jurisdiction that includes such 

12 locations approve a ballot proposition that specifies 

13 routes on Richmond Avenue west of South Shepherd 

14 Drive or on Post Oak Boulevard north of Richmond 

15 Avenue in Houston, Texas; and 

16 (2) the proposed construction of such routes is 

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

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

20 including light rail for the jurisdiction set forth in 

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

23 to be used and the total amount of bonded indebted24 ness to be incurred as well as a description of each 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
56 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 route and the beginning and end point of each pro2 posed transit project. 

3 SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT

4 CORPORATION

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

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

9 such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal 

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

12 necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the 

13 Corporation’s budget for the current fiscal year. 

14 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

15 (HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)

16 For necessary expenses to conduct the operations, 

17 maintenance, and capital asset renewal activities of those 

18 portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway owned, operated, 

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

21 to be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, 

22 pursuant to Public Law 99–662. 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
57 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 MARITIME ADMINISTRATION

2 MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM

3 For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a 

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

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

7 OPERATIONS AND TRAINING

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

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

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

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

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

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

19 for training ship fuel assistance payments, and of which 

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

22 improvements at the United States Merchant Marine 

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

24 through September 30, 2017, for Maritime Environment 

25 and Technology Assistance grants, contracts, and cooperaVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:15 Jun 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00057 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2577.RFS H2577

emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
58 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 tive agreement: Provided, That amounts apportioned for 

2 the United States Merchant Marine Academy shall be 

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

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

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

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

11 allotments made by the Secretary of Transportation or the 

12 Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs under the 

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

14 funding made available for the United States Merchant 

15 Marine Academy under this heading shall be available only 

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

18 plan detailing by program or activity how such funding 

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

22 SHIP DISPOSAL

23 For necessary expenses related to the disposal of ob24 solete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
59 

HR 2577 RFS 

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

2 until expended. 

3 MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM

4 ACCOUNT

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

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

10 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME

11 ADMINISTRATION

12 SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

15 services and make necessary repairs in connection with 

16 any lease, contract, or occupancy involving Government 

17 property under control of the Maritime Administration: 

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

20 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

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

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

23 repairs shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous 

24 receipts. 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
60 

HR 2577 RFS 

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

4 Administration to negotiate or otherwise execute, enter 

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

7 qualified domestic ship recycler that will pay any sum of 

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

9 operated or managed by the Maritime Administration or 

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

12 solicitation and provide that the work will be performed 

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

17 least cost to the Federal Government and consistent with 

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

19 otherwise authorized under the Federal Acquisition Regu20 lation. 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
61 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY

2 ADMINISTRATION

3 OPERATIONAL EXPENSES

4 For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline 

5 and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, 

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

7 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY

8 For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous 

9 materials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous 

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

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

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

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

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

16 be available until expended, funds received from States, 

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

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

21 and approvals functions. 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
62 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 PIPELINE SAFETY

2 (PIPELINE SAFETY FUND)

3 (OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND)

4 For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of 

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

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

7 60107, and to discharge the pipeline program responsibil8 ities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $145,870,000, of 

9 which $19,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li10 ability Trust Fund and shall remain available until Sep11 tember 30, 2018; and of which $124,500,000 shall be de12 rived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which 

13 $66,309,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

14 2018: Provided, That not less than $1,000,000 of the 

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

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

18 shall be for the finalization and implementation of rules 

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

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

22 60108 note; 125 Stat. 1911). 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
63 

HR 2577 RFS 

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 23:15 Jun 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00063 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2577.RFS H2577

emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
64 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 tigate allegations of fraud, including false statements to 

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

3 that is subject to regulation by the Department: Provided 

4 further, That the funds made available under this heading 

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

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

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

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

11 funds transferred to the Office of the Inspector General 

12 through forfeiture proceedings or from the Department of 

13 Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund or the Department of the 

14 Treasury Forfeiture Fund, as a participating agency, as 

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

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

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

21 available until expended. 

22 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Surface Transpor25 tation Board, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
65 

HR 2577 RFS 

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 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
66 

HR 2577 RFS 

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 23:15 Jun 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00066 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2577.RFS H2577

emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
67 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 tion’s ‘‘Technical Assistance and Training’’ account, and 

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

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

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

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

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

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

13 commitment, line of credit commitment, or full funding 

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

15 by the department or its modal administrations from— 

16 (1) any discretionary grant or federal credit 

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

19 (2) the airport improvement program of the 

20 Federal Aviation Administration; 

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

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

25 guideway modernization programs; 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
68 

HR 2577 RFS 

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— 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
69 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 (1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred 

2 by the Department of Transportation in recovering 

3 improper payments; and 

4 (2) to pay contractors for services provided in 

5 recovering improper payments or contractor support 

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

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

9 (A) shall be credited to and merged with 

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

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

14 where specific project or accounting information 

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

17 may credit an appropriate account, which shall 

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

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

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

25 the House and Senate Committees on ApproVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:15 Jun 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00069 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2577.RFS H2577

emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
70 

HR 2577 RFS 

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 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
71 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 suit filing fees under section 1914 of title 28, United 

2 States Code. 

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

4 modal administrations may be obligated for the Office of 

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

7 costs of goods and services that are purchased to provide 

8 a direct benefit to the applicable modal administration or 

9 administrations. 

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

12 standards for developing and supporting agency transit 

13 pass and transit benefits authorized under section 7905 

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

15 transit benefits by various paper and electronic media. 

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

17 Act shall be used by the Surface Transportation Board 

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

19 high speed rail project in California unless the permit is 

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

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

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

25 would land on, or pass through, property confiscated by 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
72 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 the Cuban Government, including property in which a mi2 nority interest was confiscated, as the terms confiscated, 

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

5 the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity 

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

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

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

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

12 TITLE II 

13 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 

14 DEVELOPMENT 

15 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

16 EXECUTIVE OFFICES

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

21 Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, and the 

22 Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, 

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

24 amount made available under this heading shall be availVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:15 Jun 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00072 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2577.RFS H2577

emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
73 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 able to the Secretary for official reception and representa2 tion expenses as the Secretary may determine. 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OFFICES

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

10 Chief Human Capital Officer, shall be for funding shared 

11 service agreements between the Department of Housing 

12 and Urban Development and the Department of the 

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

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

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

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

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

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

20 available for the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer; 

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

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

25 the Chief Information Officer; and of which the remaining 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
74 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 amount shall be available through September 30, 2017, 

2 for transfer to the appropriations for offices specified 

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

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

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

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

16 shall provide the Committees on Appropriations quarterly 

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

19 shall provide in electronic form all signed reports required 

20 by Congress. 

21 PROGRAM OFFICE SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING

23 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

24 Public and Indian Housing, $203,000,000. 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
75 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

2 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

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

4 HOUSING

5 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

6 Housing, $372,000,000. 

7 POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH

8 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

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

10 FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

11 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

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

13 OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL AND HEALTHY

14 HOMES

15 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

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

17 PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING PROGRAMS

18 TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE

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

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

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

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

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

25 to the $4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
76 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 heading that became available on October 1, 2015), and 

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

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

4 That the amounts made available under this heading are 

5 provided as follows: 

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

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

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

13 any other provision of law, from amounts provided 

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

16 provide renewal funding for each public housing 

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

21 the Federal Register, and by making any necessary 

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

25 Neighborhoods vouchers: Provided further, That in 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
77 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 determining calendar year 2016 funding allocations 

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

4 Work (MTW) demonstration, the Secretary may 

5 take into account the anticipated impact of changes 

6 in targeting and utility allowances, on public housing 

7 agencies’ contract renewal needs: Provided further, 

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

10 months under lease which exceeds a public housing 

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

13 MTW demonstration, which are instead governed by 

14 the terms and conditions of their MTW agreements: 

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

17 under this paragraph (except as otherwise modified 

18 under this paragraph), prorate each public housing 

19 agency’s allocation otherwise established pursuant to 

20 this paragraph: Provided further, That except as 

21 provided in the following provisos, the entire amount 

22 specified under this paragraph (except as otherwise 

23 modified under this paragraph) shall be obligated to 

24 the public housing agencies based on the allocation 

25 and pro rata method described above, and the SecVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:15 Jun 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00077 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2577.RFS H2577

emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
78 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 retary shall notify public housing agencies of their 

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

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

6 and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided 

7 further, That public housing agencies participating 

8 in the MTW demonstration shall be funded pursuant 

9 to their MTW agreements and shall be subject to 

10 the same pro rata adjustments under the previous 

11 provisos: Provided further, That the Secretary may 

12 offset public housing agencies’ calendar year 2016 

13 allocations based on the excess amounts of public 

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

17 is verifiable and complete), as determined by the 

18 Secretary: Provided further, That public housing 

19 agencies participating in the MTW demonstration 

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

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

23 agreements, from the agencies’ calendar year 2016 

24 MTW funding allocation: Provided further, That the 

25 Secretary shall use any offset referred to in the preVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:15 Jun 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00078 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2577.RFS H2577

emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
79 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 vious two provisos throughout the calendar year to 

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

5 proration of renewal funding allocations: Provided 

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

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

10 significant increase, as determined by the Secretary, 

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

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

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

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

17 associated with HUD–Veterans Affairs Supportive 

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

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

22 establish the allocation, and for additional leasing of 

23 vouchers that were issued but not leased prior to the 

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

25 agencies that despite taking reasonable cost savings 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
80 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 measures, as determined by the Secretary, would 

2 otherwise be required to terminate rental assistance 

3 for families as a result of insufficient funding; and 

4 (F) for adjustments in the allocations for public 

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

7 costs as a result of participation in the Small Area 

8 Fair Market Rent demonstration: Provided further, 

9 That the Secretary shall allocate amounts under the 

10 previous proviso based on need, as determined by 

11 the Secretary; 

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

13 assistance for relocation and replacement of housing 

14 units that are demolished or disposed of pursuant to 

15 section 18 of the Act, conversion of section 23 

16 projects to assistance under section 8, the family 

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

18 relocation of witnesses in connection with efforts to 

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

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

23 of the Act, HOPE VI and Choice Neighborhood 

24 vouchers, mandatory and voluntary conversions, and 

25 tenant protection assistance including replacement 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
81 

HR 2577 RFS 

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

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

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

11 an imminent health and safety risk to residents: 

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

15 available as assisted housing, subject only to the 

16 availability of funds: Provided further, That of the 

17 amounts made available under this paragraph, 

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

20 paragraph, to residents residing in low vacancy 

21 areas and who may have to pay rents greater than 

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

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

25 Secretary prior to loan prepayment; (B) the expiraVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:15 Jun 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00081 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2577.RFS H2577

emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
82 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 tion of a rental assistance contract for which the 

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

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

7 tenant protection assistance made available under 

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

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

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

12 issue guidance to implement the previous provisos, 

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

15 enactment of this Act: Provided further, That any 

16 tenant protection voucher made available from 

17 amounts under this paragraph shall not be reissued 

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

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

22 for any public housing agency to issue any such 

23 voucher shall cease to exist: Provided further, That 

24 the Secretary, for the purpose under this paragraph, 

25 may use unobligated balances, including recaptures 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
83 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 and carryovers, remaining from amounts appro2 priated in prior fiscal years under this heading for 

3 voucher assistance for nonelderly disabled families 

4 and for disaster assistance made available under 

5 Public Law 110–329; 

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

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

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

15 Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing vouchers, and 

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

18 amount provided in this paragraph shall be allocated 

19 to public housing agencies for the calendar year 

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

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

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

25 amounts made available under this paragraph are 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
84 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 insufficient to pay the amounts determined under 

2 the previous proviso, the Secretary may decrease the 

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

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

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

10 of Housing and Urban Development under this 

11 heading from prior fiscal years, excluding special 

12 purpose vouchers, notwithstanding the purposes for 

13 which such amounts were appropriated: Provided 

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

16 pursuant to their MTW agreements, and shall be 

17 subject to the same uniform percentage decrease as 

18 under the previous proviso: Provided further, That 

19 amounts provided under this paragraph shall be only 

20 for activities related to the provision of tenant-based 

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

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

25 Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
85 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 (42 U.S.C. 8013), including necessary administra2 tive expenses: Provided, That administrative and 

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

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

8 to public housing agencies under paragraph (3) of 

9 this heading; 

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

12 HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND

13 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

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

17 heading, the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted 

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

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

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

23 were appropriated: Provided, That any obligated balances 

24 of contract authority from fiscal year 1974 and prior that 

25 have been terminated shall be rescinded: Provided further, 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
86 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 That amounts heretofore recaptured, or recaptured during 

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

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

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

8 in addition to amounts otherwise available. 

9 PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND

10 For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to 

11 carry out capital and management activities for public 

12 housing agencies, as authorized under section 9 of the 

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

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

15 September 30, 2019: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

16 other provision of law or regulation, during fiscal year 

17 2016 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 

18 may not delegate to any Department official other than 

19 the Deputy Secretary and the Assistant Secretary for 

20 Public and Indian Housing any authority under paragraph 

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

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

25 binding agreement that will result in outlays, immediately 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
87 

HR 2577 RFS 

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

2 shall be to support ongoing Public Housing Financial and 

3 Physical Assessment activities: Provided further, That of 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15 of the total amount provided under this heading 

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

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

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

21 the total amount made available under this heading, up 

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

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

25 shall provide competitive grants to partnerships between 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
88 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 public housing authorities, local workforce investment 

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

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

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

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

14 and income limitation requirements under sections 3 and 

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

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

17 conditions as the Secretary may approve upon a finding 

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

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

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

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

25 Provided further, That for funds provided under this headVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:15 Jun 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00088 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2577.RFS H2577

emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
89 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 ing, the limitation in section 9(g)(1) of the Act shall be 

2 25 percent: Provided further, That the Secretary may 

3 waive the limitation in the previous proviso to allow public 

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

6 the funds made available under this heading, the Secretary 

7 shall provide bonus awards in fiscal year 2016 to public 

8 housing agencies that are designated high performers: 

9 Provided further, That the Department shall notify public 

10 housing agencies of their formula allocation within 60 

11 days of enactment of this Act. 

12 PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND

13 For 2016 payments to public housing agencies for the 

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

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

17 CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVE

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

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

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

23 HUD-assisted housing and to transform neighborhoods of 

24 poverty into functioning, sustainable mixed income neigh25 borhoods with appropriate services, schools, public assets, 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
90 

HR 2577 RFS 

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

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

3 funds may be used for resident and community services, 

4 community development, and affordable housing needs in 

5 the community, and for conversion of vacant or foreclosed 

6 properties to affordable housing: Provided further, That 

7 the use of funds made available under this heading shall 

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

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

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

16 That grantees may include local governments, tribal enti17 ties, public housing authorities, and nonprofits: Provided 

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

19 a public entity: Provided further, That for purposes of en20 vironmental review, a grantee shall be treated as a public 

21 housing agency under section 26 of the United States 

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

23 this heading shall be subject to the regulations issued by 

24 the Secretary to implement such section: Provided further, 

25 That such grantees shall create partnerships with other 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
91 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 local organizations including assisted housing owners, 

2 service agencies, and resident organizations: Provided fur3 ther, That the Secretary shall consult with the Secretaries 

4 of Education, Labor, Transportation, Health and Human 

5 Services, Agriculture, and Commerce, the Attorney Gen6 eral, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protec7 tion Agency to coordinate and leverage other appropriate 

8 Federal resources: Provided further, That unobligated bal9 ances, including recaptures, remaining from funds appro10 priated under the heading ‘‘Revitalization of Severely Dis11 tressed Public Housing (HOPE VI)’’ in fiscal year 2011 

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

13 heading, notwithstanding the purposes for which such 

14 amounts were appropriated. 

15 FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY

16 For the Family Self-Sufficiency program to support 

17 family self-sufficiency coordinators under section 23 of the 

18 United States Housing Act of 1937, to promote the devel19 opment of local strategies to coordinate the use of assist20 ance under sections 8 and 9 of such Act with public and 

21 private resources, and enable eligible families to achieve 

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

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

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

25 or specify alternative requirements under section b(3), 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
92 

HR 2577 RFS 

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

2 facilitate the operation of a unified self-sufficiency pro3 gram for individuals receiving assistance under different 

4 provisions of the Act, as determined by the Secretary: Pro5 vided further, That owners of multifamily properties with 

6 project-based subsidy contracts under section 8 may com7 pete for funding under this heading and/or voluntarily 

8 make a Family Self-Sufficiency program available to the 

9 assisted tenants of such property in accordance with pro10 cedures established by the Secretary: Provided further, 

11 That such procedures established pursuant to the previous 

12 proviso shall permit participating tenants to accrue escrow 

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

14 owners to use funding from residual receipt accounts to 

15 hire coordinators for their own Family Self-Sufficiency 

16 program. 

17 NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS

18 For the Native American Housing Block Grants pro19 gram, as authorized under title I of the Native American 

20 Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 

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

22 remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, 

23 That, notwithstanding the Native American Housing As24 sistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996, to determine 

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


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
93 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 each Indian tribe, the Secretary shall apply the formula 

2 under section 302 of such Act with the need component 

3 based on single-race census data and with the need compo4 nent based on multi-race census data, and the amount of 

5 the allocation for each Indian tribe shall be the greater 

6 of the two resulting allocation amounts: Provided further, 

7 That of the amounts made available under this heading, 

8 $3,500,000 shall be contracted for assistance for national 

9 or regional organizations representing Native American 

10 housing interests for providing training and technical as11 sistance to Indian housing authorities and tribally des12 ignated housing entities as authorized under NAHASDA: 

13 Provided further, That of the funds made available under 

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

15 made available for a national organization as authorized 

16 under section 703 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4212): Pro17 vided further, That of the amounts made available under 

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

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

20 technical assistance in the training, oversight, and man21 agement of such Indian housing and tenant-based assist22 ance, including up to $300,000 for related travel: Provided 

23 further, That of the amount provided under this heading, 

24 $2,000,000 shall be made available for the cost of guaran25 teed notes and other obligations, as authorized by title VI 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
94 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 of NAHASDA: Provided further, That such costs, includ2 ing the costs of modifying such notes and other obliga3 tions, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres4 sional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, 

5 That these funds are available to subsidize the total prin6 cipal amount of any notes and other obligations, any part 

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

8 Provided further, That the Department will notify grantees 

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

10 enactment of this Act: Provided further, notwithstanding 

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

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

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

14 three times the formula allocation it would otherwise re15 ceive under this heading, the Secretary shall adjust that 

16 recipient’s formula allocation down by the difference be17 tween its total amount of undisbursed block grants in the 

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

19 2016, and three times the formula allocation it would oth20 erwise receive: Provided further, That grant amounts not 

21 allocated to a recipient pursuant to the previous proviso 

22 shall be allocated under the need component of the for23 mula proportionately among all other Indian tribes not 

24 subject to an adjustment: Provided further, That the 2 

25 previous provisos shall not apply to any Indian tribe that 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
95 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 would otherwise receive a formula allocation of less than 

2 $5,000,000: Provided further, That to take effect, the 

3 three previous provisos do not require the issuance of any 

4 regulation. 

5 INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM

6 ACCOUNT

7 For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by 

8 section 184 of the Housing and Community Development 

9 Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a), $8,000,000, to re10 main available until expended: Provided, That such costs, 

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

12 defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 

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

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

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

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

17 this amount may be for administrative contract expenses 

18 including management processes and systems to carry out 

19 the loan guarantee program. 

20 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

21 HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS

22 For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Per23 sons with AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS 

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

25 $332,000,000 (increased by $3,000,000), to remain availVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:15 Jun 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00095 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2577.RFS H2577

emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
96 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 able until September 30, 2017, except that amounts allo2 cated pursuant to section 854(c)(3) of such Act shall re3 main available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That 

4 the Secretary shall renew all expiring contracts for perma5 nent supportive housing that initially were funded under 

6 section 854(c)(3) of such Act from funds made available 

7 under this heading in fiscal year 2010 and prior fiscal 

8 years that meet all program requirements before awarding 

9 funds for new contracts under such section: Provided fur10 ther, That the Department shall notify grantees of their 

11 formula allocation within 60 days of enactment of this Act. 

12 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND

13 For assistance to units of State and local govern14 ment, and to other entities, for economic and community 

15 development activities, and for other purposes, 

16 $3,060,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

17 2018, unless otherwise specified: Provided, That of the 

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

19 the community development block grant program under 

20 title I of the Housing and Community Development Act 

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

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

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

24 grant made with funds appropriated under this heading 

25 shall be expended for planning and management developVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:15 Jun 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00096 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2577.RFS H2577

emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
97 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 ment and administration: Provided further, That a metro2 politan city, urban county, unit of general local govern3 ment, or Indian tribe, or insular area that directly or indi4 rectly receives funds under this heading may not sell, 

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

6 funds to another such entity in exchange for any other 

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

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

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

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

11 provided to a for-profit entity for an economic develop12 ment project under section 105(a)(17) unless such project 

13 has been evaluated and selected in accordance with guide14 lines required under subparagraph (e)(2): Provided fur15 ther, That none of the funds made available under this 

16 heading may be used for grants for the Economic Develop17 ment Initiative (‘‘EDI’’) or Neighborhood Initiatives ac18 tivities, Rural Innovation Fund, or for grants pursuant to 

19 section 107 of the Housing and Community Development 

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

21 Department shall notify grantees of their formula alloca22 tion within 60 days of enactment of this Act: Provided 

23 further, That of the total amount provided under this 

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

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


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
98 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 notwithstanding any other provision of law (including sec2 tion 204 of this Act), up to $3,960,000 may be used for 

3 emergencies that constitute imminent threats to health 

4 and safety. 

5 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES

6 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

7 (INCLUDING RESCISSION)

8 Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget 

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

10 guarantee loans under section 108 of the Housing and 

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

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

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

14 aggregate limitation on outstanding obligations guaran15 teed in subsection (k) of such section 108: Provided, That 

16 the Secretary shall collect fees from borrowers, notwith17 standing subsection (m) of such section 108, to result in 

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

19 and any such fees shall be collected in accordance with 

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

21 Provided further, That all unobligated balances, including 

22 recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds appro23 priated to the Department of Housing and Urban Devel24 opment under this heading are hereby permanently re25 scinded. 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
99 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For the HOME investment partnerships program, as 

4 authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na5 tional Affordable Housing Act, as amended, 

6 $767,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

7 2019: Provided, That notwithstanding the amount made 

8 available under this heading, the threshold reduction re9 quirements in sections 216(10) and 217(b)(4) of such Act 

10 shall not apply to allocations of such amount: Provided 

11 further, That the requirements under provisos 2 through 

12 6 under this heading for fiscal year 2012 and such re13 quirements applicable pursuant to the ‘‘Full-Year Con14 tinuing Appropriations Act, 2013’’, shall not apply to any 

15 project to which funds were committed on or after August 

16 23, 2013, but such projects shall instead be governed by 

17 the Final Rule titled ‘‘Home Investment Partnerships 

18 Program; Improving Performance and Accountability; Up19 dating Property Standards’’ which became effective on 

20 such date: Provided further, That notwithstanding para21 graph (1)(B)(i) or (2)(B)(i) of section 1337(a) of the 

22 Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 

23 U.S.C. 4567(a)), amounts allocated under such para24 graphs shall be credited to, made available, and merged 

25 with this account: Provided further, That no amounts 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
100 

HR 2577 RFS 

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

2 reprogrammed, or credited to the Housing Trust Fund. 

3 SELF-HELP AND ASSISTED HOMEOWNERSHIP

4 OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM

5 For the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Op6 portunity Program, as authorized under section 11 of the 

7 Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996, as 

8 amended, $50,000,000, to remain available until Sep9 tember 30, 2018: Provided, That of the total amount pro10 vided under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be made 

11 available to the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership 

12 Opportunity Program as authorized under section 11 of 

13 the Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996, 

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

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

16 available for the second, third, and fourth capacity build17 ing activities authorized under section 4(a) of the HUD 

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

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

20 for rural capacity building activities: Provided further, 

21 That of the total amount provided under this heading, 

22 $5,000,000 shall be made available for capacity building 

23 by national rural housing organizations with experience 

24 assessing national rural conditions and providing financ25 ing, training, technical assistance, information, and reVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:15 Jun 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00100 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2577.RFS H2577

emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
101 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 search to local nonprofits, local governments and Indian 

2 Tribes serving high need rural communities. 

3 HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For the emergency solutions grants program as au6 thorized under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney7 Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amended; the con8 tinuum of care program as authorized under subtitle C 

9 of title IV of such Act; and the rural housing stability as10 sistance program as authorized under subtitle D of title 

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

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

13 amounts that are recaptured under such continuum of 

14 care program shall remain available until expended: Pro15 vided further, That not less than $250,000,000 of the 

16 funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 

17 for such emergency solutions grants program: Provided 

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

19 appropriated under this heading shall be available for such 

20 continuum of care and rural housing stability assistance 

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

22 funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 

23 for the national homeless data analysis project: Provided 

24 further, That all funds awarded for supportive services 

25 under the continuum of care program and the rural housVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:15 Jun 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00101 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2577.RFS H2577

emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
102 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 ing stability assistance program shall be matched by not 

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

3 Provided further, That for all match requirements applica4 ble to funds made available under this heading for this 

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

6 have used) as a source of match funds other funds admin7 istered by the Secretary and other Federal agencies unless 

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

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

10 Secretary shall establish minimum project performance 

11 thresholds for each grantee under the continuum of care 

12 program based on program performance data: Provided 

13 further, That none of the funds provided under this head14 ing shall be available to renew any expiring contract or 

15 amendment to a contract funded under the continuum of 

16 care program unless the Secretary determines that the ex17 piring contract or amendment to a contract is needed 

18 under the applicable continuum of care and meets appro19 priate program requirements, financial standards, and 

20 performance measures, including the minimum perform21 ance thresholds established in the previous proviso: Pro22 vided further, That the Secretary shall prioritize funding 

23 under the continuum of care program to grant applica24 tions that demonstrate a capacity to reallocate funding 

25 from lower performing projects to higher performing 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
103 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 projects: Provided further, That all awards of assistance 

2 under this heading shall be required to coordinate and in3 tegrate homeless programs with other mainstream health, 

4 social services, and employment programs for which home5 less populations may be eligible: Provided further, That 

6 with respect to funds provided under this heading for the 

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

8 2015, and 2016 provision of permanent housing rental as9 sistance may be administered by private nonprofit organi10 zations: Provided further, That any unobligated amounts 

11 remaining from funds appropriated under this heading in 

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

13 assistance for rehabilitation projects with 10-year grant 

14 terms may be used for purposes under this heading, not15 withstanding the purposes for which such funds were ap16 propriated: Provided further, That all balances for Shelter 

17 Plus Care renewals previously funded from the Shelter 

18 Plus Care Renewal account and transferred to this ac19 count shall be available, if recaptured, for continuum of 

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

21 the Department shall notify grantees of their formula allo22 cation from amounts allocated (which may represent ini23 tial or final amounts allocated) for the emergency solu24 tions grant program within 60 days of enactment of this 

25 Act. 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
104 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 HOUSING PROGRAMS

2 PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE

3 For activities and assistance for the provision of 

4 project-based subsidy contracts under the United States 

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

6 Act’’), not otherwise provided for, $10,254,000,000, to re7 main available until expended, shall be available on Octo8 ber 1, 2015 (in addition to the $400,000,000 previously 

9 appropriated under this heading that became available Oc10 tober 1, 2015), and $400,000,000, to remain available 

11 until expended, shall be available on October 1, 2016: Pro12 vided, That the amounts made available under this head13 ing shall be available for expiring or terminating section 

14 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including section 8 

15 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for amendments to sec16 tion 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including section 

17 8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for contracts entered 

18 into pursuant to section 441 of the McKinney-Vento 

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

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

21 to approved plans of action under the Emergency Low In22 come Housing Preservation Act of 1987 or the Low-In23 come Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership 

24 Act of 1990, and for administrative and other expenses 

25 associated with project-based activities and assistance 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
105 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 funded under this paragraph: Provided further, That of 

2 the total amounts provided under this heading, not to ex3 ceed $150,000,000 shall be available for performance4 based contract administrators for section 8 project-based 

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

6 further, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel7 opment may also use such amounts in the previous proviso 

8 for performance-based contract administrators for the ad9 ministration of: (1) interest reduction payments pursuant 

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

11 1715z–1(a)); (2) rent supplement payments pursuant to 

12 section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act 

13 of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); (3) section 236(f)(2) rental 

14 assistance payments (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1(f)(2)); (4) 

15 project rental assistance contracts for the elderly under 

16 section 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 

17 1701q); (5) project rental assistance contracts for sup18 portive housing for persons with disabilities under section 

19 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 

20 Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013(d)(2)); (6) project assist21 ance contracts pursuant to section 202(h) of the Housing 

22 Act of 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667); and (7) 

23 loans under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (Pub24 lic Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667): Provided further, That 

25 amounts recaptured under this heading, the heading ‘‘AnVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:15 Jun 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00105 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2577.RFS H2577

emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
106 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 nual Contributions for Assisted Housing’’, or the heading 

2 ‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’, may be used for renewals of 

3 or amendments to section 8 project-based contracts or for 

4 performance-based contract administrators, notwith5 standing the purposes for which such amounts were appro6 priated: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 

7 provision of law, upon the request of the Secretary of 

8 Housing and Urban Development, project funds that are 

9 held in residual receipts accounts for any project subject 

10 to a section 8 project-based Housing Assistance Payments 

11 contract that authorizes HUD or a Housing Finance 

12 Agency to require that surplus project funds be deposited 

13 in an interest-bearing residual receipts account and that 

14 are in excess of an amount to be determined by the Sec15 retary, shall be remitted to the Department and deposited 

16 in this account, to be available until expended: Provided 

17 further, That amounts deposited pursuant to the previous 

18 proviso shall be available in addition to the amount other19 wise provided by this heading for uses authorized under 

20 this heading. 

21 HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY

22 For amendments to capital advance contracts for 

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

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

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


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
107 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 of such Act, including amendments to contracts for such 

2 assistance and renewal of expiring contracts for such as3 sistance for up to a 1-year term, and for senior preserva4 tion rental assistance contracts, including renewals, as au5 thorized by section 811(e) of the American Housing and 

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

7 supportive services associated with the housing, 

8 $414,000,000 (increased by $2,500,000) to remain avail9 able until September 30, 2019: Provided, That of the 

10 amount provided under this heading, up to $77,000,000 

11 shall be for service coordinators and the continuation of 

12 existing congregate service grants for residents of assisted 

13 housing projects: Provided further, That amounts under 

14 this heading shall be available for Real Estate Assessment 

15 Center inspections and inspection-related activities associ16 ated with section 202 projects: Provided further, That the 

17 Secretary may waive the provisions of section 202 gov18 erning the terms and conditions of project rental assist19 ance, except that the initial contract term for such assist20 ance shall not exceed 5 years in duration: Provided further, 

21 That upon request of the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

22 Development, project funds that are held in residual re23 ceipts accounts for any project subject to a section 202 

24 project rental assistance contract, and that upon termi25 nation of such contract are in excess of an amount to be 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
108 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 determined by the Secretary, shall be remitted to the De2 partment and deposited in this account, to be available 

3 until September 30, 2019, for purposes under this head4 ing, and shall be in addition to the amounts otherwise pro5 vided under this heading for such purposes: Provided fur6 ther, That in addition, of the prior year unobligated bal7 ances of funds, including recaptures and carryover, made 

8 available under this heading, $47,000,000 shall be used 

9 for an additional amount for the purposes provided under 

10 this heading, notwithstanding any purpose for which origi11 nally appropriated. 

12 HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

13 For amendments to capital advance contracts for 

14 supportive housing for persons with disabilities, as author15 ized by section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af16 fordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), for project rental 

17 assistance for supportive housing for persons with disabil18 ities under section 811(d)(2) of such Act and for project 

19 assistance contracts pursuant to section 202(h) of the 

20 Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667), 

21 including amendments to contracts for such assistance 

22 and renewal of expiring contracts for such assistance for 

23 up to a 1-year term, for project rental assistance to State 

24 housing finance agencies and other appropriate entities as 

25 authorized under section 811(b)(3) of the Cranston-GonVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:15 Jun 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00108 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2577.RFS H2577

emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
109 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 zalez National Housing Act, and for supportive services 

2 associated with the housing for persons with disabilities 

3 as authorized by section 811(b)(1) of such Act, 

4 $152,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

5 2019: Provided, That amounts made available under this 

6 heading shall be available for Real Estate Assessment 

7 Center inspections and inspection-related activities associ8 ated with section 811 projects: Provided further, That, in 

9 this fiscal year, upon the request of the Secretary of Hous10 ing and Urban Development, project funds that are held 

11 in residual receipts accounts for any project subject to a 

12 section 811 project rental assistance contract and that 

13 upon termination of such contract are in excess of an 

14 amount to be determined by the Secretary shall be remit15 ted to the Department and deposited in this account, to 

16 be available until September 30, 2019: Provided further, 

17 That amounts deposited in this account pursuant to the 

18 previous proviso shall be available in addition to the 

19 amounts otherwise provided by this heading for the pur20 poses authorized under this heading: Provided further, 

21 That unobligated balances, including recaptures and car22 ryover, remaining from funds transferred to or appro23 priated under this heading may be used for the current 

24 purposes authorized under this heading notwithstanding 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
110 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 the purposes for which such funds originally were appro2 priated. 

3 HOUSING COUNSELING ASSISTANCE

4 For contracts, grants, and other assistance excluding 

5 loans, as authorized under section 106 of the Housing and 

6 Urban Development Act of 1968, as amended, 

7 $47,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

8 2017, including up to $4,500,000 for administrative con9 tract services: Provided, That grants made available from 

10 amounts provided under this heading shall be awarded 

11 within 180 days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, 

12 That funds shall be used for providing counseling and ad13 vice to tenants and homeowners, both current and pro14 spective, with respect to property maintenance, financial 

15 management/literacy, and such other matters as may be 

16 appropriate to assist them in improving their housing con17 ditions, meeting their financial needs, and fulfilling the re18 sponsibilities of tenancy or homeownership; for program 

19 administration; and for housing counselor training: Pro20 vided further, That for purposes of providing such grants 

21 from amounts provided under this heading, the Secretary 

22 may enter into multiyear agreements as is appropriate, 

23 subject to the availability of annual appropriations. 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
111 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE

2 For amendments to contracts under section 101 of 

3 the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 

4 U.S.C. 1701s) and section 236(f)(2) of the National 

5 Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1) in State-aided, non6 insured rental housing projects, $30,000,000, to remain 

7 available until expended: Provided, That such amount, to8 gether with unobligated balances from recaptured 

9 amounts appropriated prior to fiscal year 2006 from ter10 minated contracts under such sections of law, and any un11 obligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, re12 maining from funds appropriated under this heading after 

13 fiscal year 2005, shall also be available for extensions of 

14 up to one year for expiring contracts under such sections 

15 of law. 

16 PAYMENT TO MANUFACTURED HOUSING FEES TRUST

17 FUND

18 For necessary expenses as authorized by the National 

19 Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Stand20 ards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), up to 

21 $11,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 

22 $11,000,000 is to be derived from the Manufactured 

23 Housing Fees Trust Fund: Provided, That not to exceed 

24 the total amount appropriated under this heading shall be 

25 available from the general fund of the Treasury to the exVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:15 Jun 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00111 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2577.RFS H2577

emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
112 

HR 2577 RFS 

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. 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
113 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION

2 MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

3 New commitments to guarantee single family loans 

4 insured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund shall 

5 not exceed $400,000,000,000, to remain available until 

6 September 30, 2017: Provided, That during fiscal year 

7 2016, obligations to make direct loans to carry out the 

8 purposes of section 204(g) of the National Housing Act, 

9 as amended, shall not exceed $5,000,000: Provided fur10 ther, That the foregoing amount in the previous proviso 

11 shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities 

12 in connection with sales of single family real properties 

13 owned by the Secretary and formerly insured under the 

14 Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund: Provided Further, That 

15 for administrative contract expenses of the Federal Hous16 ing Administration, $130,000,000, to remain available 

17 until September 30, 2017. 

18 GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

19 New commitments to guarantee loans insured under 

20 the General and Special Risk Insurance Funds, as author21 ized by sections 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act 

22 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–3 and 1735c), shall not exceed 

23 $30,000,000,000 in total loan principal, any part of which 

24 is to be guaranteed, to remain available until September 

25 30, 2017: Provided, That during fiscal year 2016, gross 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
114 

HR 2577 RFS 

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 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
115 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 urban problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized 

2 by title V of the Housing and Urban Development Act 

3 of 1970 (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 et seq.), including carrying 

4 out the functions of the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

5 Development under section 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization 

6 Plan No. 2 of 1968, $52,500,000 (reduced by 

7 $2,500,000), to remain available until September 30, 

8 2017: Provided, That with respect to amounts made avail9 able under this heading, notwithstanding section 204 of 

10 this title, the Secretary may enter into cooperative agree11 ments funded with philanthropic entities, other Federal 

12 agencies, or State or local governments and their agencies 

13 for research projects: Provided further, That with respect 

14 to the previous proviso, such partners to the cooperative 

15 agreements must contribute at least a 50 percent match 

16 toward the cost of the project: Provided further, That for 

17 non-competitive agreements entered into in accordance 

18 with the previous two provisos, the Secretary of Housing 

19 and Urban Development shall comply with section 2(b) of 

20 the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency 

21 Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–282, 31 U.S.C. note) in lieu 

22 of compliance with section 102(a)(4)(C) with respect to 

23 documentation of award decisions: Provided further, That 

24 prior to obligation of technical assistance funding, the Sec25 retary shall submit a plan, for approval, to the House and 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
116 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 Senate Committees on Appropriations on how it will allo2 cate funding for this activity. 

3 FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

4 FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES

5 For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not oth6 erwise provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil 

7 Rights Act of 1968, as amended by the Fair Housing 

8 Amendments Act of 1988, and section 561 of the Housing 

9 and Community Development Act of 1987, as amended, 

10 $65,300,000 (reduced by $28,375,000) (increased by 

11 $28,375,000), to remain available until September 30, 

12 2017: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, 

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

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

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

16 funds made available under this heading shall be used to 

17 lobby the executive or legislative branches of the Federal 

18 Government in connection with a specific contract, grant, 

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

20 under this heading, $300,000 (increased by $150,000) 

21 shall be available to the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

22 Development for the creation and promotion of translated 

23 materials and other programs that support the assistance 

24 of persons with limited English proficiency in utilizing the 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
117 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 services provided by the Department of Housing and 

2 Urban Development. 

3 OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL AND HEALTHY

4 HOMES

5 LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION

6 For the Lead Hazard Reduction Program, as author7 ized by section 1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint 

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

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

10 $15,000,000 of that amount shall be for the Healthy 

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

12 Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 that shall 

13 include research, studies, testing, and demonstration ef14 forts, including education and outreach concerning lead15 based paint poisoning and other housing-related diseases 

16 and hazards: Provided further, That for purposes of envi17 ronmental review, pursuant to the National Environ18 mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and 

19 other provisions of the law that further the purposes of 

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

21 the Lead Technical Studies program under this heading 

22 or under prior appropriations Acts for such purposes 

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

24 a special project for purposes of section 305(c) of the Mul25 tifamily Housing Property Disposition Reform Act of 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
118 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 1994: Provided further, That amounts made available 

2 under this heading in this or prior appropriations Acts, 

3 and that still remain available, may be used for any pur4 pose under this heading notwithstanding the purpose for 

5 which such amounts were appropriated if a program com6 petition is undersubscribed and there are other program 

7 competitions under this heading that are oversubscribed. 

8 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FUND

9 For the development of, modifications to, and infra10 structure for Department-wide and program-specific infor11 mation technology systems, for the continuing operation 

12 and maintenance of both Department-wide and program13 specific information systems, and for program-related 

14 maintenance activities, $100,000,000 (reduced by 

15 $3,000,000): Provided, That any amounts transferred to 

16 this Fund under this Act shall remain available until ex17 pended: Provided further, That any amounts transferred 

18 to this Fund from amounts appropriated by previously en19 acted appropriations Acts may be used for the purposes 

20 specified under this Fund, in addition to any other infor21 mation technology purposes for which such amounts were 

22 appropriated. 

23 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

24 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

25 Inspector General in carrying out the Inspector General 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
119 

HR 2577 RFS 

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

2 the Inspector General shall have independent authority 

3 over all personnel issues within this office. 

4 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

5 URBAN DEVELOPMENT

6 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

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

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

9 amounts associated with such budget authority, that are 

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

11 the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amend12 ments Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 1437 note) shall be re13 scinded or in the case of cash, shall be remitted to the 

14 Treasury. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, the Sec15 retary may award up to 15 percent of the budget authority 

16 or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to the 

17 Treasury to provide project owners with incentives to refi18 nance their project at a lower interest rate. Any amounts 

19 of budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded, 

20 returned to the Treasury, or otherwise awarded by Sep21 tember 30, 2016, shall be rescinded or in the case of cash, 

22 shall be remitted to the Treasury. 

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

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

25 or prosecute under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
120 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 lawful activity engaged in by one or more persons, includ2 ing the filing or maintaining of a nonfrivolous legal action, 

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

4 preventing action by a Government official or entity, or 

5 a court of competent jurisdiction. 

6 SEC. 203. Sections 203 and 209 of division C of Pub7 lic Law 112–55 (125 Stat. 693–694) shall apply during 

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

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

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

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

12 terms appear, and shall be amended to reflect revised de13 lineations of statistical areas established by the Office of 

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

15 3504(e)(3), 31 U.S.C. 1104(d), and Executive Order No. 

16 10253. 

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

18 grant, cooperative agreement or other assistance made 

19 pursuant to title II of this Act shall be made on a competi20 tive basis and in accordance with section 102 of the De21 partment of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act 

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

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

24 Urban Development subject to the Government Corpora25 tion Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
121 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 1950 shall be available, without regard to the limitations 

2 on administrative expenses, for legal services on a contract 

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

4 services and facilities of the Federal National Mortgage 

5 Association, Government National Mortgage Association, 

6 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Fi7 nancing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or any member 

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

9 within the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance Cor10 poration Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811–11). 

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

12 or through a reprogramming of funds, no part of any ap13 propriation for the Department of Housing and Urban 

14 Development shall be available for any program, project 

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

16 estimates submitted to Congress. 

17 SEC. 207. Corporations and agencies of the Depart18 ment of Housing and Urban Development which are sub19 ject to the Government Corporation Control Act are here20 by authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits 

21 of funds and borrowing authority available to each such 

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

23 make such contracts and commitments without regard to 

24 fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of such 

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


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
122 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 forth in the budget for 2016 for such corporation or agen2 cy except as hereinafter provided: Provided, That collec3 tions of these corporations and agencies may be used for 

4 new loan or mortgage purchase commitments only to the 

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

6 are in support of other forms of assistance provided for 

7 in this or prior appropriations Acts), except that this pro8 viso shall not apply to the mortgage insurance or guaranty 

9 operations of these corporations, or where loans or mort10 gage purchases are necessary to protect the financial in11 terest of the United States Government. 

12 SEC. 208. The Secretary of Housing and Urban De13 velopment shall provide quarterly reports to the House 

14 and Senate Committees on Appropriations regarding all 

15 uncommitted, unobligated, recaptured and excess funds in 

16 each program and activity within the jurisdiction of the 

17 Department and shall submit additional, updated budget 

18 information to these Committees upon request. 

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

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

21 and Urban Development’s congressional budget justifica22 tions to be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations 

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

24 the identical account and sub-account structure provided 

25 under this Act. 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
123 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 SEC. 210. A public housing agency or such other enti2 ty that administers Federal housing assistance for the 

3 Housing Authority of the county of Los Angeles, Cali4 fornia, and the States of Alaska, Iowa, and Mississippi 

5 shall not be required to include a resident of public hous6 ing or a recipient of assistance provided under section 8 

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

8 of directors or a similar governing board of such agency 

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

10 Each public housing agency or other entity that admin11 isters Federal housing assistance under section 8 for the 

12 Housing Authority of the county of Los Angeles, Cali13 fornia, and the States of Alaska, Iowa, and Mississippi 

14 that chooses not to include a resident of public housing 

15 or a recipient of section 8 assistance on the board of direc16 tors or a similar governing board shall establish an advi17 sory board of not less than six residents of public housing 

18 or recipients of section 8 assistance to provide advice and 

19 comment to the public housing agency or other admin20 istering entity on issues related to public housing and sec21 tion 8. Such advisory board shall meet not less than quar22 terly. 

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

24 used for an audit of the Government National Mortgage 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
124 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 Association that makes applicable requirements under the 

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

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

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

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

6 and Urban Development may authorize the transfer of 

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

8 by the Secretary and statutorily required low-income and 

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

10 or more multifamily housing project or projects to another 

11 multifamily housing project or projects. 

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

13 section may be done in phases to accommodate the financ14 ing and other requirements related to rehabilitating or 

15 constructing the project or projects to which the assistance 

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

17 the standards under subsection (c). 

18 (c) The transfer authorized in subsection (a) is sub19 ject to the following conditions: 

20 (1) Number and bedroom size of units: 

21 (A) For occupied units in the transferring 

22 project: the number of low-income and very low23 income units and the configuration (i.e., bed24 room size) provided by the transferring project 

25 shall be no less than when transferred to the reVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:15 Jun 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00124 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2577.RFS H2577

emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
125 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 ceiving project or projects and the net dollar 

2 amount of Federal assistance provided to the 

3 transferring project shall remain the same in 

4 the receiving project or projects. 

5 (B) For unoccupied units in the transfer6 ring project the Secretary may authorize a re7 duction in the number of dwelling units in the 

8 receiving project or projects to allow for a re9 configuration of bedroom sizes to meet current 

10 market demands, as determined by the Sec11 retary and provided there is no increase in the 

12 project-based assistance budget authority. 

13 (2) The transferring project shall, as deter14 mined by the Secretary, be either physically obsolete 

15 or economically nonviable. 

16 (3) The receiving project or projects shall meet 

17 or exceed applicable physical standards established 

18 by the Secretary. 

19 (4) The owner or mortgagor of the transferring 

20 project shall notify and consult with the tenants re21 siding in the transferring project and provide a cer22 tification of approval by all appropriate local govern23 mental officials. 

24 (5) The tenants of the transferring project who 

25 remain eligible for assistance to be provided by the 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
126 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 receiving project or projects shall not be required to 

2 vacate their units in the transferring project or 

3 projects until new units in the receiving project are 

4 available for occupancy. 

5 (6) The Secretary determines that this transfer 

6 is in the best interest of the tenants. 

7 (7) If either the transferring project or the re8 ceiving project or projects meets the condition speci9 fied in subsection (d)(2)(A), any lien on the receiv10 ing project resulting from additional financing ob11 tained by the owner shall be subordinate to any 

12 FHA-insured mortgage lien transferred to, or placed 

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

14 Secretary may waive this requirement upon deter15 mination that such a waiver is necessary to facilitate 

16 the financing of acquisition, construction, and/or re17 habilitation of the receiving project or projects. 

18 (8) If the transferring project meets the re19 quirements of subsection (d)(2), the owner or mort20 gagor of the receiving project or projects shall exe21 cute and record either a continuation of the existing 

22 use agreement or a new use agreement for the 

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

24 such agreement are of no lesser duration than the 

25 existing use restrictions. 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
127 

HR 2577 RFS 

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

2 defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 

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

4 mortgage, except to the extent that appropriations 

5 are provided in advance for the amount of any such 

6 increased cost. 

7 (d) For purposes of this section— 

8 (1) the terms ‘‘low-income’’ and ‘‘very low-in9 come’’ shall have the meanings provided by the stat10 ute and/or regulations governing the program under 

11 which the project is insured or assisted; 

12 (2) the term ‘‘multifamily housing project’’ 

13 means housing that meets one of the following con14 ditions— 

15 (A) housing that is subject to a mortgage 

16 insured under the National Housing Act; 

17 (B) housing that has project-based assist18 ance attached to the structure including 

19 projects undergoing mark to market debt re20 structuring under the Multifamily Assisted 

21 Housing Reform and Affordability Housing Act; 

22 (C) housing that is assisted under section 

23 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended 

24 by section 801 of the Cranston-Gonzales Na25 tional Affordable Housing Act; 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
128 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 (D) housing that is assisted under section 

2 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as such sec3 tion existed before the enactment of the Cran4 ston-Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act; 

5 (E) housing that is assisted under section 

6 811 of the Cranston-Gonzales National Afford7 able Housing Act; or 

8 (F) housing or vacant land that is subject 

9 to a use agreement; 

10 (3) the term ‘‘project-based assistance’’ 

11 means— 

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

13 of the United States Housing Act of 1937; 

14 (B) assistance for housing constructed or 

15 substantially rehabilitated pursuant to assist16 ance provided under section 8(b)(2) of such Act 

17 (as such section existed immediately before Oc18 tober 1, 1983); 

19 (C) rent supplement payments under sec20 tion 101 of the Housing and Urban Develop21 ment Act of 1965; 

22 (D) interest reduction payments under sec23 tion 236 and/or additional assistance payments 

24 under section 236(f)(2) of the National Hous25 ing Act; 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
129 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 (E) assistance payments made under sec2 tion 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959; and 

3 (F) assistance payments made under sec4 tion 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na5 tional Affordable Housing Act; 

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

7 means the multifamily housing project or projects to 

8 which some or all of the project-based assistance, 

9 debt, and statutorily required low-income and very 

10 low-income use restrictions are to be transferred; 

11 (5) the term ‘‘transferring project’’ means the 

12 multifamily housing project which is transferring 

13 some or all of the project-based assistance, debt, and 

14 the statutorily required low-income and very low-in15 come use restrictions to the receiving project or 

16 projects; and 

17 (6) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 

18 of Housing and Urban Development. 

19 (e) PUBLIC NOTICE AND RESEARCH REPORT.— 

20 (1) The Secretary shall publish by notice in the 

21 Federal Register the terms and conditions, including 

22 criteria for HUD approval, of transfers pursuant to 

23 this section no later than 30 days before the effec24 tive date of such notice. 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
130 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 (2) The Secretary shall conduct an evaluation 

2 of the transfer authority under this section, includ3 ing the effect of such transfers on the operational ef4 ficiency, contract rents, physical and financial condi5 tions, and long-term preservation of the affected 

6 properties. 

7 SEC. 213. (a) No assistance shall be provided under 

8 section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

9 U.S.C. 1437f) to any individual who— 

10 (1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of 

11 higher education (as defined under section 102 of 

12 the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

13 1002)); 

14 (2) is under 24 years of age; 

15 (3) is not a veteran; 

16 (4) is unmarried; 

17 (5) does not have a dependent child; 

18 (6) is not a person with disabilities, as such 

19 term is defined in section 3(b)(3)(E) of the United 

20 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

21 1437a(b)(3)(E)) and was not receiving assistance 

22 under such section 8 as of November 30, 2005; and 

23 (7) is not otherwise individually eligible, or has 

24 parents who, individually or jointly, are not eligible, 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
131 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 to receive assistance under section 8 of the United 

2 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f). 

3 (b) For purposes of determining the eligibility of a 

4 person to receive assistance under section 8 of the United 

5 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), any finan6 cial assistance (in excess of amounts received for tuition 

7 and any other required fees and charges) that an indi8 vidual receives under the Higher Education Act of 1965 

9 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), from private sources, or an insti10 tution of higher education (as defined under the Higher 

11 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)), shall be consid12 ered income to that individual, except for a person over 

13 the age of 23 with dependent children. 

14 SEC. 214. The funds made available for Native Alas15 kans under the heading ‘‘Native American Housing Block 

16 Grants’’ in title II of this Act shall be allocated to the 

17 same Native Alaskan housing block grant recipients that 

18 received funds in fiscal year 2005. 

19 SEC. 215. Notwithstanding the limitation in the first 

20 sentence of section 255(g) of the National Housing Act 

21 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–20(g)), the Secretary of Housing and 

22 Urban Development may, until September 30, 2016, in23 sure and enter into commitments to insure mortgages 

24 under such section 255. 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
132 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 SEC. 216. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

2 law, in fiscal year 2016, in managing and disposing of any 

3 multifamily property that is owned or has a mortgage held 

4 by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and 

5 during the process of foreclosure on any property with a 

6 contract for rental assistance payments under section 8 

7 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 or other Fed8 eral programs, the Secretary shall maintain any rental as9 sistance payments under section 8 of the United States 

10 Housing Act of 1937 and other programs that are at11 tached to any dwelling units in the property. To the extent 

12 the Secretary determines, in consultation with the tenants 

13 and the local government, that such a multifamily prop14 erty owned or held by the Secretary is not feasible for con15 tinued rental assistance payments under such section 8 

16 or other programs, based on consideration of: (1) the costs 

17 of rehabilitating and operating the property and all avail18 able Federal, State, and local resources, including rent ad19 justments under section 524 of the Multifamily Assisted 

20 Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 

21 (‘‘MAHRAA’’); and (2) environmental conditions that 

22 cannot be remedied in a cost-effective fashion, the Sec23 retary may, in consultation with the tenants of that prop24 erty, contract for project-based rental assistance payments 

25 with an owner or owners of other existing housing propVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:15 Jun 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00132 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2577.RFS H2577

emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
133 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 erties, or provide other rental assistance. The Secretary 

2 shall also take appropriate steps to ensure that project3 based contracts remain in effect prior to foreclosure, sub4 ject to the exercise of contractual abatement remedies to 

5 assist relocation of tenants for imminent major threats to 

6 health and safety after written notice to and informed con7 sent of the affected tenants and use of other available rem8 edies, such as partial abatements or receivership. After 

9 disposition of any multifamily property described under 

10 this section, the contract and allowable rent levels on such 

11 properties shall be subject to the requirements under sec12 tion 524 of MAHRAA. 

13 SEC. 217. The commitment authority funded by fees 

14 as provided under the heading ‘‘Community Development 

15 Loan Guarantees Program Account’’ may be used to guar16 antee, or make commitments to guarantee, notes or other 

17 obligations issued by any State on behalf of non-entitle18 ment communities in the State in accordance with the re19 quirements of section 108 of the Housing and Community 

20 Development Act of 1974: Provided, That any State re21 ceiving such a guarantee or commitment shall distribute 

22 all funds subject to such guarantee to the units of general 

23 local government in non-entitlement areas that received 

24 the commitment. 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
134 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 SEC. 218. Public housing agencies that own and oper2 ate 400 or fewer public housing units may elect to be ex3 empt from any asset management requirement imposed by 

4 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in con5 nection with the operating fund rule: Provided, That an 

6 agency seeking a discontinuance of a reduction of subsidy 

7 under the operating fund formula shall not be exempt 

8 from asset management requirements. 

9 SEC. 219. With respect to the use of amounts pro10 vided in this Act and in future Acts for the operation, cap11 ital improvement and management of public housing as 

12 authorized by sections 9(d) and 9(e) of the United States 

13 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g (d) and (e)), the 

14 Secretary shall not impose any requirement or guideline 

15 relating to asset management that restricts or limits in 

16 any way the use of capital funds for central office costs 

17 pursuant to section 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2) of the United States 

18 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(g) (1) and (2)): 

19 Provided, That a public housing agency may not use cap20 ital funds authorized under section 9(d) for activities that 

21 are eligible under section 9(e) for assistance with amounts 

22 from the operating fund in excess of the amounts per23 mitted under section 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2). 

24 SEC. 220. No official or employee of the Department 

25 of Housing and Urban Development shall be designated 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
135 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 as an allotment holder unless the Office of the Chief Fi2 nancial Officer has determined that such allotment holder 

3 has implemented an adequate system of funds control and 

4 has received training in funds control procedures and di5 rectives. The Chief Financial Officer shall ensure that 

6 there is a trained allotment holder for each HUD sub7 office under the accounts ‘‘Executive Offices’’ and ‘‘Ad8 ministrative Support Offices’’, as well as each account re9 ceiving appropriations for ‘‘Program Office Salaries and 

10 Expenses’’, ‘‘Government National Mortgage Associa11 tion—Guarantees of Mortgage-Backed Securities Loan 

12 Guarantee Program Account’’, and ‘‘Office of Inspector 

13 General’’ within the Department of Housing and Urban 

14 Development. 

15 SEC. 221. The Secretary of the Department of Hous16 ing and Urban Development shall, for fiscal year 2016, 

17 notify the public through the Federal Register and other 

18 means, as determined appropriate, of the issuance of a no19 tice of the availability of assistance or notice of funding 

20 availability (NOFA) for any program or discretionary 

21 fund administered by the Secretary that is to be competi22 tively awarded. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

23 law, for fiscal year 2016, the Secretary may make the 

24 NOFA available only on the Internet at the appropriate 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
136 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 Government web site or through other electronic media, 

2 as determined by the Secretary. 

3 SEC. 222. Payment of attorney fees in program-re4 lated litigation must be paid from the individual program 

5 office and Office of General Counsel personnel funding. 

6 The annual budget submissions for program offices and 

7 Office of General Counsel personnel funding must include 

8 program-related litigation costs for attorney fees as a sep9 arate line item request. 

10 SEC. 223. The Disaster Housing Assistance Pro11 grams, administered by the Department of Housing and 

12 Urban Development, shall be considered a ‘‘program of 

13 the Department of Housing and Urban Development’’ 

14 under section 904 of the McKinney Act for the purpose 

15 of income verifications and matching. 

16 SEC. 224. (a) The Secretary of Housing and Urban 

17 Development shall take the required actions under sub18 section (b) when a multifamily housing project with a sec19 tion 8 contract or contract for similar project-based assist20 ance— 

21 (1) receives a Real Estate Assessment Center 

22 (REAC) score of 30 or less; or 

23 (2) receives a REAC score between 31 and 59; 

24 and— 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
137 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 (A) fails to certify in writing to HUD with2 in 60 days that all deficiencies have been cor3 rected; or 

4 (B) receives consecutive scores of less than 

5 60 on REAC inspections. 

6 Such requirements shall apply to insured and noninsured 

7 projects with assistance attached to the units under sec8 tion 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

9 U.S.C. 1437f), but do not apply to such units assisted 

10 under section 8(o)(13) (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)) or to 

11 public housing units assisted with capital or operating 

12 funds under section 9 of the United States Housing Act 

13 of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g). 

14 (b) The Secretary shall take the following required 

15 actions as authorized under subsection (a): 

16 (1) The Secretary shall notify the owner and 

17 provide an opportunity for response within 30 days. 

18 If the violations remain, the Secretary shall develop 

19 a Compliance, Disposition and Enforcement Plan 

20 within 60 days, with a specified timetable for cor21 recting all deficiencies. The Secretary shall provide 

22 notice of the Plan to the owner, tenants, the local 

23 government, any mortgagees, and any contract ad24 ministrator. 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
138 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 (2) At the end of the term of the Compliance, 

2 Disposition and Enforcement Plan, if the owner fails 

3 to fully comply with such plan, the Secretary may 

4 require immediate replacement of project manage5 ment with a management agent approved by the 

6 Secretary, and shall take one or more of the fol7 lowing actions, and provide additional notice of those 

8 actions to the owner and the parties specified 

9 above— 

10 (A) impose civil money penalties; 

11 (B) abate the section 8 contract, including 

12 partial abatement, as determined by the Sec13 retary, until all deficiencies have been corrected; 

14 (C) pursue transfer of the project to an 

15 owner, approved by the Secretary under estab16 lished procedures, which will be obligated to 

17 promptly make all required repairs and to ac18 cept renewal of the assistance contract as long 

19 as such renewal is offered; or 

20 (D) seek judicial appointment of a receiver 

21 to manage the property and cure all project de22 ficiencies or seek a judicial order of specific per23 formance requiring the owner to cure all project 

24 deficiencies. 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
139 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 (c) The Secretary shall also take appropriate steps 

2 to ensure that project-based contracts remain in effect, 

3 subject to the exercise of contractual abatement remedies 

4 to assist relocation of tenants for imminent major threats 

5 to health and safety after written notice to and informed 

6 consent of the affected tenants and use of other remedies 

7 set forth above. To the extent the Secretary determines, 

8 in consultation with the tenants and the local government, 

9 that the property is not feasible for continued rental as10 sistance payments under such section 8 or other programs, 

11 based on consideration of: (1) the costs of rehabilitating 

12 and operating the property and all available Federal, 

13 State, and local resources, including rent adjustments 

14 under section 524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing 

15 Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (‘‘MAHRAA’’); and 

16 (2) environmental conditions that cannot be remedied in 

17 a cost-effective fashion, the Secretary may, in consultation 

18 with the tenants of that property, contract for project19 based rental assistance payments with an owner or owners 

20 of other existing housing properties, or provide other rent21 al assistance. The Secretary shall report semi-annually on 

22 all properties covered by this section that are assessed 

23 through the Real Estate Assessment Center and have 

24 physical inspection scores of less than 30 or have consecuVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:15 Jun 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00139 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2577.RFS H2577

emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
140 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 tive physical inspection scores of less than 60. The report 

2 shall include— 

3 (1) the enforcement actions being taken to ad4 dress such conditions, including imposition of civil 

5 money penalties and termination of subsidies, and 

6 identify properties that have such conditions mul7 tiple times; and 

8 (2) actions that the Department of Housing 

9 and Urban Development is taking to protect tenants 

10 of such identified properties. 

11 SEC. 225. None of the funds made available by this 

12 Act, or any other Act, for purposes authorized under sec13 tion 8 (only with respect to the tenant-based rental assist14 ance program) and section 9 of the United States Housing 

15 Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.), may be used by 

16 any public housing agency for any amount of salary, in17 cluding bonuses, for the chief executive officer of which, 

18 or any other official or employee of which, that exceeds 

19 the annual rate of basic pay payable for a position at level 

20 IV of the Executive Schedule at any time during any pub21 lic housing agency fiscal year 2016. 

22 SEC. 226. None of the funds in this Act may be avail23 able for the doctoral dissertation research grant program 

24 at the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
141 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 SEC. 227. None of the funds in this Act provided to 

2 the Department of Housing and Urban Development may 

3 be used to make a grant award unless the Secretary noti4 fies the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 

5 not less than 3 full business days before any project, 

6 State, locality, housing authority, tribe, nonprofit organi7 zation, or other entity selected to receive a grant award 

8 is announced by the Department or its offices. 

9 SEC. 228. None of the funds made available by this 

10 Act may be used to require or enforce the Physical Needs 

11 Assessment (PNA). 

12 SEC. 229. None of the funds made available in this 

13 Act shall be used by the Federal Housing Administration, 

14 the Government National Mortgage Administration, or the 

15 Department of Housing and Urban Development to in16 sure, securitize, or establish a Federal guarantee of any 

17 mortgage or mortgage backed security that refinances or 

18 otherwise replaces a mortgage that has been subject to 

19 eminent domain condemnation or seizure, by a State, mu20 nicipality, or any other political subdivision of a State. 

21 SEC. 230. None of the funds made available by this 

22 Act may be used to terminate the status of a unit of gen23 eral local government as a metropolitan city (as defined 

24 in section 102 of the Housing and Community DevelopVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:15 Jun 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00141 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2577.RFS H2577

emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
142 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 ment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302)) with respect to 

2 grants under section 106 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5306). 

3 SEC. 231. Amounts made available under this Act 

4 which are either appropriated, allocated, advanced on a 

5 reimbursable basis, or transferred to the Office of Policy 

6 Development and Research in the Department of Housing 

7 and Urban Development and functions thereof, for re8 search, evaluation, or statistical purposes, and which are 

9 unexpended at the time of completion of a contract, grant, 

10 or cooperative agreement, may be deobligated and shall 

11 immediately become available and may be reobligated in 

12 that fiscal year or the subsequent fiscal year for the re13 search, evaluation, or statistical purposes for which the 

14 amounts are made available to that Office subject to re15 programming requirements in section 405 of this Act. 

16 SEC. 232. None of the funds made available by this 

17 Act may be used by the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

18 Development to require a recipient or sub-recipient of 

19 funding for the purpose of land acquisition, affordable 

20 housing construction, or affordable housing rehabilitation 

21 to meet Energy Star standards or any other energy effi22 ciency standards that exceed the requirements of applica23 ble State and local building codes. 

24 SEC. 233. Of the unobligated balances, including re25 captures and carryover, remaining from funds approVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:15 Jun 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00142 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2577.RFS H2577

emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
143 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 priated in section 1497(a) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street 

2 Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Public Law 111– 

3 203; 42 U.S.C. 5301 note) and section 2301(a) of title 

4 III of division B of the Housing and Economic Recovery 

5 Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–289; 42 U.S.C. 5301 note), 

6 $7,000,000 is hereby rescinded. 

7 SEC. 234. (a) All unobligated balances, including re8 captures and carryover, remaining from funds appro9 priated to the Department of Housing and Urban Devel10 opment under the heading ‘‘Rural Housing and Economic 

11 Development’’ are hereby rescinded. 

12 (b) Effective October 1, 2015, all unobligated bal13 ances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining from 

14 funds appropriated to the Department of Housing and 

15 Urban Development for accounts under the headings 

16 ‘‘Management and Administration’’ and ‘‘Program Office 

17 Salaries and Expenses’’ in division K of Public Law 113– 

18 235 are rescinded. 

19 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Hous20 ing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2016’’. 

21 TITLE III—RELATED AGENCIES 

22 ACCESS BOARD

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For expenses necessary for the Access Board, as au25 thorized by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
144 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 as amended, $7,548,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding 

2 any other provision of law, there may be credited to this 

3 appropriation funds received for publications and training 

4 expenses. 

5 FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime 

8 Commission as authorized by section 201(d) of the Mer9 chant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. 307), in10 cluding services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of 

11 passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 

12 1343(b); and uniforms or allowances therefore, as author13 ized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, $25,660,000: Provided, That 

14 not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for official recep15 tion and representation expenses. 

16 NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION OFFICE

17 OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

20 General for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation 

21 to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act 

22 of 1978, as amended, $23,999,000 (increased by 

23 $500,000): Provided, That the Inspector General shall 

24 have all necessary authority, in carrying out the duties 

25 specified in the Inspector General Act, as amended (5 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
145 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 U.S.C. App. 3), to investigate allegations of fraud, includ2 ing false statements to the government (18 U.S.C. 1001), 

3 by any person or entity that is subject to regulation by 

4 the National Railroad Passenger Corporation: Provided 

5 further, That the Inspector General may enter into con6 tracts and other arrangements for audits, studies, anal7 yses, and other services with public agencies and with pri8 vate persons, subject to the applicable laws and regula9 tions that govern the obtaining of such services within the 

10 National Railroad Passenger Corporation: Provided fur11 ther, That the Inspector General may select, appoint, and 

12 employ such officers and employees as may be necessary 

13 for carrying out the functions, powers, and duties of the 

14 Office of Inspector General, subject to the applicable laws 

15 and regulations that govern such selections, appointments, 

16 and employment within Amtrak: Provided further, That 

17 concurrent with the President’s budget request for fiscal 

18 year 2017, the Inspector General shall submit to the 

19 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a budget 

20 request for fiscal year 2017 in similar format and sub21 stance to those submitted by executive agencies of the 

22 Federal Government. 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
146 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the National Transpor4 tation Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor ve5 hicles and aircraft; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

6 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per 

7 diem rate equivalent to the rate for a GS–15; uniforms, 

8 or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 

9 5901–5902), $103,981,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 

10 may be used for official reception and representation ex11 penses. The amounts made available to the National 

12 Transportation Safety Board in this Act include amounts 

13 necessary to make lease payments on an obligation in14 curred in fiscal year 2001 for a capital lease. 

15 NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION

16 PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT

17 CORPORATION

18 For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cor19 poration for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities, 

20 as authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corpora21 tion Act (42 U.S.C. 8101–8107), $135,000,000, of which 

22 $5,000,000 shall be for a multi-family rental housing pro23 gram: Provided, That in addition, $42,000,000 shall be 

24 made available until expended to the Neighborhood ReinVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:15 Jun 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00146 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2577.RFS H2577

emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
147 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 vestment Corporation for mortgage foreclosure mitigation 

2 activities, under the following terms and conditions: 

3 (1) The Neighborhood Reinvestment Corpora4 tion (NRC) shall make grants to counseling inter5 mediaries approved by the Department of Housing 

6 and Urban Development (HUD) (with match to be 

7 determined by NRC based on affordability and the 

8 economic conditions of an area; a match also may be 

9 waived by NRC based on the aforementioned condi10 tions) to provide mortgage foreclosure mitigation as11 sistance primarily to States and areas with high 

12 rates of defaults and foreclosures to help eliminate 

13 the default and foreclosure of mortgages of owner14 occupied single-family homes that are at risk of such 

15 foreclosure. Other than areas with high rates of de16 faults and foreclosures, grants may also be provided 

17 to approved counseling intermediaries based on a ge18 ographic analysis of the Nation by NRC which de19 termines where there is a prevalence of mortgages 

20 that are risky and likely to fail, including any trends 

21 for mortgages that are likely to default and face 

22 foreclosure. A State Housing Finance Agency may 

23 also be eligible where the State Housing Finance 

24 Agency meets all the requirements under this para25 graph. A HUD-approved counseling intermediary 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
148 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 shall meet certain mortgage foreclosure mitigation 

2 assistance counseling requirements, as determined 

3 by NRC, and shall be approved by HUD or NRC as 

4 meeting these requirements. 

5 (2) Mortgage foreclosure mitigation assistance 

6 shall only be made available to homeowners of 

7 owner-occupied homes with mortgages in default or 

8 in danger of default. These mortgages shall likely be 

9 subject to a foreclosure action and homeowners will 

10 be provided such assistance that shall consist of ac11 tivities that are likely to prevent foreclosures and re12 sult in the long-term affordability of the mortgage 

13 retained pursuant to such activity or another posi14 tive outcome for the homeowner. No funds made 

15 available under this paragraph may be provided di16 rectly to lenders or homeowners to discharge out17 standing mortgage balances or for any other direct 

18 debt reduction payments. 

19 (3) The use of mortgage foreclosure mitigation 

20 assistance by approved counseling intermediaries 

21 and State Housing Finance Agencies shall involve a 

22 reasonable analysis of the borrower’s financial situa23 tion, an evaluation of the current value of the prop24 erty that is subject to the mortgage, counseling re25 garding the assumption of the mortgage by another 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
149 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 non-Federal party, counseling regarding the possible 

2 purchase of the mortgage by a non-Federal third 

3 party, counseling and advice of all likely restruc4 turing and refinancing strategies or the approval of 

5 a work-out strategy by all interested parties. 

6 (4) NRC may provide up to 15 percent of the 

7 total funds under this paragraph to its own charter 

8 members with expertise in foreclosure prevention 

9 counseling, subject to a certification by NRC that 

10 the procedures for selection do not consist of any 

11 procedures or activities that could be construed as a 

12 conflict of interest or have the appearance of impro13 priety. 

14 (5) HUD-approved counseling entities and 

15 State Housing Finance Agencies receiving funds 

16 under this paragraph shall have demonstrated expe17 rience in successfully working with financial institu18 tions as well as borrowers facing default, delin19 quency and foreclosure as well as documented coun20 seling capacity, outreach capacity, past successful 

21 performance and positive outcomes with documented 

22 counseling plans (including post mortgage fore23 closure mitigation counseling), loan workout agree24 ments and loan modification agreements. NRC may 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
150 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 use other criteria to demonstrate capacity in under2 served areas. 

3 (6) Of the total amount made available under 

4 this paragraph, up to $2,000,000 may be made 

5 available to build the mortgage foreclosure and de6 fault mitigation counseling capacity of counseling 

7 intermediaries through NRC training courses with 

8 HUD-approved counseling intermediaries and their 

9 partners, except that private financial institutions 

10 that participate in NRC training shall pay market 

11 rates for such training. 

12 (7) Of the total amount made available under 

13 this paragraph, up to 5 percent may be used for as14 sociated administrative expenses for NRC to carry 

15 out activities provided under this section. 

16 (8) Mortgage foreclosure mitigation assistance 

17 grants may include a budget for outreach and adver18 tising, and training, as determined by NRC. 

19 (9) NRC shall continue to report bi-annually to 

20 the House and Senate Committees on Appropria21 tions as well as the Senate Banking Committee and 

22 House Financial Services Committee on its efforts to 

23 mitigate mortgage default. 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
151 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON

2 HOMELESSNESS

3 OPERATING EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses (including payment of sala5 ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

6 the rental of conference rooms, and the employment of ex7 perts and consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United 

8 States Code) of the United States Interagency Council on 

9 Homelessness in carrying out the functions pursuant to 

10 title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, 

11 as amended, $3,530,000. 

12 TITLE IV 

13 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 

14 SEC. 401. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

15 for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 

16 expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 

17 intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings 

18 funded in this Act. 

19 SEC. 402. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

20 shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 

21 fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria22 tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 

23 SEC. 403. The expenditure of any appropriation 

24 under this Act for any consulting service through a pro25 curement contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
152 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 United States Code, shall be limited to those contracts 

2 where such expenditures are a matter of public record and 

3 available for public inspection, except where otherwise pro4 vided under existing law, or under existing Executive order 

5 issued pursuant to existing law. 

6 SEC. 404. (a) None of the funds made available in 

7 this Act may be obligated or expended for any employee 

8 training that— 

9 (1) does not meet identified needs for knowl10 edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the 

11 performance of official duties; 

12 (2) contains elements likely to induce high lev13 els of emotional response or psychological stress in 

14 some participants; 

15 (3) does not require prior employee notification 

16 of the content and methods to be used in the train17 ing and written end of course evaluation; 

18 (4) contains any methods or content associated 

19 with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 

20 ‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Em21 ployment Opportunity Commission Notice N– 

22 915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or 

23 (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par24 ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the 

25 workplace. 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
153 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 

2 otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 

3 bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 

4 SEC. 405. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 

5 none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by pre6 vious appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities fund7 ed in this Act that remain available for obligation or ex8 penditure in fiscal year 2016, or provided from any ac9 counts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 

10 and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 

11 available for obligation or expenditure through a re12 programming of funds that— 

13 (1) creates a new program; 

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

15 (3) increases funds or personnel for any pro16 gram, project, or activity for which funds have been 

17 denied or restricted by the Congress; 

18 (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific 

19 activity by either the House or Senate Committees 

20 on Appropriations for a different purpose; 

21 (5) augments existing programs, projects, or ac22 tivities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, which23 ever is less; 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
154 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 (6) reduces existing programs, projects, or ac2 tivities by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 

3 less; or 

4 (7) creates, reorganizes, or restructures a 

5 branch, division, office, bureau, board, commission, 

6 agency, administration, or department different from 

7 the budget justifications submitted to the Commit8 tees on Appropriations or the table accompanying 

9 the explanatory statement accompanying this Act, 

10 whichever is more detailed, unless prior approval is 

11 received from the House and Senate Committees on 

12 Appropriations: Provided, That not later than 60 

13 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each 

14 agency funded by this Act shall submit a report to 

15 the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 

16 of the House of Representatives to establish the 

17 baseline for application of reprogramming and trans18 fer authorities for the current fiscal year: Provided 

19 further, That the report shall include— 

20 (A) a table for each appropriation with a 

21 separate column to display the prior year en22 acted level, the President’s budget request, ad23 justments made by Congress, adjustments due 

24 to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 

25 fiscal year enacted level; 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
155 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 (B) a delineation in the table for each ap2 propriation and its respective prior year enacted 

3 level by object class and program, project, and 

4 activity as detailed in the budget appendix for 

5 the respective appropriation; and 

6 (C) an identification of items of special 

7 congressional interest. 

8 SEC. 406. Except as otherwise specifically provided 

9 by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 

10 remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2016 from 

11 appropriations made available for salaries and expenses 

12 for fiscal year 2016 in this Act, shall remain available 

13 through September 30, 2017, for each such account for 

14 the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall 

15 be submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Ap16 propriations for approval prior to the expenditure of such 

17 funds: Provided further, That these requests shall be made 

18 in compliance with reprogramming guidelines under sec19 tion 405 of this Act. 

20 SEC. 407. No funds in this Act may be used to sup21 port any Federal, State, or local projects that seek to use 

22 the power of eminent domain, unless eminent domain is 

23 employed only for a public use: Provided, That for pur24 poses of this section, public use shall not be construed to 

25 include economic development that primarily benefits priVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:15 Jun 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00155 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2577.RFS H2577

emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
156 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 vate entities: Provided further, That any use of funds for 

2 mass transit, railroad, airport, seaport or highway 

3 projects, as well as utility projects which benefit or serve 

4 the general public (including energy-related, communica5 tion-related, water-related and wastewater-related infra6 structure), other structures designated for use by the gen7 eral public or which have other common-carrier or public8 utility functions that serve the general public and are sub9 ject to regulation and oversight by the government, and 

10 projects for the removal of an immediate threat to public 

11 health and safety or brownfields as defined in the Small 

12 Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization 

13 Act (Public Law 107–118) shall be considered a public 

14 use for purposes of eminent domain. 

15 SEC. 408. None of the funds made available in this 

16 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in17 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

18 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro19 vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 

20 SEC. 409. No part of any appropriation contained in 

21 this Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person 

22 filling a position, other than a temporary position, for23 merly held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed 

24 Forces of the United States and has satisfactorily com25 pleted his or her period of active military or naval service, 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
157 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 and has within 90 days after his or her release from such 

2 service or from hospitalization continuing after discharge 

3 for a period of not more than 1 year, made application 

4 for restoration to his or her former position and has been 

5 certified by the Office of Personnel Management as still 

6 qualified to perform the duties of his or her former posi7 tion and has not been restored thereto. 

8 SEC. 410. No funds appropriated pursuant to this 

9 Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees 

10 that in expending the assistance the entity will comply 

11 with sections 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 

12 (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy Amer13 ican Act’’). 

14 SEC. 411. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 

15 available under this Act shall be made available to any 

16 person or entity that has been convicted of violating the 

17 Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c). 

18 SEC. 412. None of the funds made available in this 

19 Act may be used for first-class airline accommodations in 

20 contravention of sections 301–10.122 and 301–10.123 of 

21 title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 

22 SEC. 413. (a) None of the funds made available by 

23 this Act may be used to approve a new foreign air carrier 

24 permit under sections 41301 through 41305 of title 49, 

25 United States Code, or exemption application under secVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:15 Jun 10, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00157 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2577.RFS H2577

emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
158 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 tion 40109 of that title of an air carrier already holding 

2 an air operators certificate issued by a country that is 

3 party to the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport 

4 Agreement where such approval would contravene United 

5 States law or Article 17 bis of the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Nor6 way Air Transport Agreement. 

7 (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict or 

8 otherwise preclude the Secretary of Transportation from 

9 granting a foreign air carrier permit or an exemption to 

10 such an air carrier where such authorization is consistent 

11 with the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agree12 ment and United States law. 

13 SEC. 414. None of the funds made available by this 

14 Act may be used by the Federal Maritime Commission or 

15 the Administrator of the Maritime Administration to issue 

16 a license or certificate for a commercial vessel that docked 

17 or anchored within the previous 180 days within 7 miles 

18 of a port on property that was confiscated, in whole or 

19 in part, by the Cuban Government, as the terms con20 fiscated, Cuban Government, and property are defined in 

21 paragraphs (4), (5), and (12)(A), respectively, of section 

22 4 of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity 

23 (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6023). 

24 SEC. 415. None of the funds made available by this 

25 Act may be used by the Federal Transit Administration 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
159 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 to implement, administer, or enforce section 18.36(c)(2) 

2 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, for construction 

3 hiring purposes. 

4 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

5 SEC. 416. The amount by which the applicable alloca6 tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 

7 Appropriations of the House of Representatives under 

8 Section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

9 exceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is 

10 $0. 

11 SEC. 417. None of the funds made available in this 

12 Act may be used to enter into a contract with any offeror 

13 or any of its principals if the offeror certifies, as required 

14 by the Federal Acquisition Regulation, that the offeror or 

15 any of its principals— 

16 (1) within a 3-year period preceding this offer 

17 has been convicted of or had a civil judgment ren18 dered against it for: commission of fraud or a crimi19 nal offense in connection with obtaining, attempting 

20 to obtain, or performing a public (Federal, State, or 

21 local) contract or subcontract; violation of Federal or 

22 State antitrust statutes relating to the submission of 

23 offers; or commission of embezzlement, theft, for24 gery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
160 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 making false statements, tax evasion, violating Fed2 eral criminal tax laws, or receiving stolen property; 

3 (2) are presently indicted for, or otherwise 

4 criminally or civilly charged by a governmental enti5 ty with, commission of any of the offenses enumer6 ated in paragraph (1); or 

7 (3) within a 3-year period preceding this offer, 

8 has been notified of any delinquent Federal taxes in 

9 an amount that exceeds $3,000 for which the liabil10 ity remains unsatisfied. 

11 SEC. 418. None of the funds made available by this 

12 Act may be used in contravention of section 121.584 of 

13 title 14, Code of Federal Regulations. 

14 SEC. 419. None of the funds made available by this 

15 Act may be used to make incentive payments pursuant 

16 to 48 CFR 16.4 to contractors for contracts that are be17 hind schedule under the terms of the contract as pre18 scribed by 48 CFR 52.211 or over the contract amount 

19 indicated in Standard Form 33, box 20. 

20 SEC. 420. None of the funds made available by this 

21 Act may be used in contravention of the 5th or 14th 

22 Amendment to the Constitution or title VI of the Civil 

23 Rights Act of 1964. 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
161 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 SEC. 421. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used for the Federal Transit Administration’s 

3 Rapid Growth Area Transit Program. 

4 SEC. 422. None of these funds made available by this 

5 Act may be used by the Federal Aviation Administration 

6 (FAA) to redesign the Phoenix Metroplex regional air7 space. 

8 SEC. 423. None of the funds made available by this 

9 Act may be used to carry out section 210 of this Act with 

10 respect to the Housing Authority of the county of Los An11 geles, California. 

12 SEC. 424. None of the funds made available by this 

13 Act may be used for the Private Enforcement Initiative 

14 of the Fair Housing Initiatives Program under section 

15 561(b) of the Housing and Community Development Act 

16 of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 3616a(b)) and section 125.401 of the 

17 regulations of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel18 opment (24 CFR 125.401). 

19 SEC. 425. None of the funds made available by this 

20 Act may be used to carry out the rule entitled ‘‘Affirma21 tively Furthering Fair Housing’’, published by the Depart22 ment of Housing and Urban Development in the Federal 

23 Register on July 19, 2013 (78 Fed. Reg. 43710; Docket 

24 No. FR–5173–P–01) or to carry out the notice entitled 

25 ‘‘Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Assessment 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
162 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 Tool’’, published by the Department of Housing and 

2 Urban Development in the Federal Register on September 

3 26, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 57949; Docket No. FR–5173– 

4 02). 

5 SEC. 426. None of the funds made available by this 

6 Act may be used in contravention of section 5309 of title 

7 49, United States Code. 

8 SEC. 427. None of the funds made available by this 

9 Act may be used by the Department of Transportation, 

10 the Department of Housing and Urban Development, or 

11 any other Federal agency to lease or purchase new light 

12 duty vehicles for any executive fleet, or for an agency’s 

13 fleet inventory, except in accordance with Presidential 

14 Memorandum—Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 

15 24, 2011. 

16 SEC. 428. None of the funds made available by this 

17 Act may be used to issue, implement, or enforce regula18 tions by the Federal Aviation Administration entitled ‘‘Op19 erations and Certification of Small Unmanned Aircraft 

20 Systems’’ (FAA–2015–0150) in contravention to 14 CFR 

21 21.25(b)(1). 

22 SEC. 429. None of the funds made available by this 

23 Act may be used by the Administrator of the Federal Avia24 tion Administration to institute an administrative or civil 

25 action (as defined in section 47107 of title 49, United 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
163 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 States Code) against the sponsor of the East Hampton 

2 Airport in East Hampton, New York. 

3 SEC. 430. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act may be used for high-speed rail in the State of Cali5 fornia or for the California High-Speed Rail Authority, 

6 nor may any be used by the Federal Railroad Administra7 tion to administer a grant agreement with the California 

8 High-Speed Rail Authority that contains a tapered match9 ing requirement. 

10 SEC. 431. None of the funds made available by this 

11 Act may be used to enforce subpart B of part 750 of title 

12 23, Code of Federal Regulations, regarding signs for serv13 ice clubs and religious notices as defined in section 153(p) 

14 of such part. 

15 SEC. 432. None of the funds made available by this 

16 Act may be used in contravention of subpart E of part 

17 5 of the regulations of the Secretary of Housing and 

18 Urban Development (24 CFR part 5, subpart E, relating 

19 to restrictions on assistance to noncitizens). 

20 SEC. 433. None of the funds made available by this 

21 Act may be used to provide financial assistance in con22 travention of section 214(d) of the Housing and Commu23 nity Development Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 1436a(d)). 

24 SEC. 434. None of the funds made available by this 

25 Act may be used by the Federal Aviation Administration 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS
164 

HR 2577 RFS 

1 for the bio-data assessment in the hiring of Air Traffic 

2 Control Specialists. 

3 SEC. 435. None of the funds made available by this 

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

5 final rule entitled ‘‘Implementation of the Fair Housing 

6 Act’s Discriminatory Effects Standard’’, published by the 

7 Department of Housing and Urban Development in the 

8 Federal Register on February 15, 2013 (78 Fed. Reg. 

9 11460; Docket No. FR–5508–F–02). 

10 SEC. 436. None of the funds made available by this 

11 Act may be used in contravention of Executive Order No. 

12 11246 (relating to Equal Employment Opportunity). 

13 SEC. 437. None of the funds made available by this 

14 Act may be used to acquire a camera for the purpose of 

15 collecting or storing vehicle license plate numbers. 

16 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation, Hous17 ing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appro18 priations Act, 2016’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives June 9, 2015. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with BILLS