113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4745 

AN ACT 

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

2015, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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1 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

2 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

3 Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban 

4 Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year end5 ing September 30, 2015, 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 $103,000,000, of which not to exceed $2,600,000 shall be 

12 available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not 

13 to exceed $980,000 shall be available for the immediate 

14 Office of the Deputy Secretary; not to exceed $19,000,000 

15 shall be available for the Office of the General Counsel; 

16 not to exceed $9,500,000 shall be available for the Office 

17 of the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy; not 

18 to exceed $12,500,000 shall be available for the Office of 

19 the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to 

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

21 Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs; not to ex22 ceed $24,720,000 shall be available for the Office of the 

23 Assistant Secretary for Administration; not to exceed 

24 $2,000,000 shall be available for the Office of Public Af25 fairs; not to exceed $1,700,000 shall be available for the 
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1 Office of the Executive Secretariat; not to exceed 

2 $1,400,000 shall be available for the Office of Small and 

3 Disadvantaged Business Utilization; not to exceed 

4 $10,600,000 shall be available for the Office of Intel5 ligence, Security, and Emergency Response; and not to ex6 ceed $15,500,000 shall be available for the Office of the 

7 Chief Information Officer: Provided, That the Secretary 

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

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

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

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

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

20 other provision of law, excluding fees authorized in Public 

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

22 up to $2,500,000 in funds received in user fees: Provided 

23 further, That none of the funds provided in this Act shall 

24 be available for the position of Assistant Secretary for 

25 Public Affairs. 
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1 RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

2 For necessary expenses related to the Office of the 

3 Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, 

4 $12,625,000, of which $8,218,000 shall remain available 

5 until September 30, 2017: Provided, That there may be 

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

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

13 the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and 

14 Technology of the Department of Transportation. 

15 NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS

16 For capital investments in surface transportation in17 frastructure, $100,000,000, to remain available through 

18 September 30, 2017: Provided, That the Secretary of 

19 Transportation shall distribute funds provided under this 

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

21 local government, or a collaboration among such entities 

22 on a competitive basis for projects that will have a signifi23 cant impact on the Nation, a metropolitan area, or a re24 gion: Provided further, That funds under this heading 

25 shall be available only for highway and bridge activities 
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1 described under paragraphs (1) and (3) of section 133(b) 

2 of title 23, United States Code, and section 202(a) of such 

3 title; freight rail transportation projects; and port infra4 structure investments: Provided further, That the Sec5 retary may use up to 10 percent of the funds made avail6 able under this heading for the purpose of paying the sub7 sidy and administrative costs of projects eligible for Fed8 eral credit assistance under chapter 6 of title 23, United 

9 States Code, if the Secretary finds that such use of the 

10 funds would advance the purposes of this paragraph: Pro11 vided further, That in distributing funds provided under 

12 this heading, the Secretary shall take such measures so 

13 as to ensure an equitable geographic distribution of funds 

14 and an appropriate balance in addressing the needs of 

15 urban and rural areas: Provided further, That a grant 

16 funded under this heading shall be not less than 

17 $2,000,000 and not greater than $15,000,000: Provided 

18 further, That not more than 20 percent of the funds made 

19 available under this heading may be awarded to projects 

20 in a single State: Provided further, That the Federal share 

21 of the costs for which an expenditure is made under this 

22 heading shall be, at the option of the recipient, up to 50 

23 percent: Provided further, That the Secretary shall give 

24 priority to projects that require a contribution of Federal 

25 funds in order to complete an overall financing package: 
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1 Provided further, That not less than 20 percent of the 

2 funds provided under this heading shall be for projects lo3 cated in rural areas: Provided further, That for projects 

4 located in rural areas, the minimum grant size shall be 

5 $1,000,000 and the Secretary may increase the Federal 

6 share of costs to 80 percent: Provided further, That 

7 projects conducted using funds provided under this head8 ing must comply with the requirements of subchapter IV 

9 of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code. 

10 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CAPITAL

11 For necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing 

12 the Department of Transportation’s financial systems and 

13 re-engineering business processes, $5,000,000, to remain 

14 available through September 30, 2016. 

15 CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVES

16 For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, 

17 including necessary upgrades to wide area network and 

18 information technology infrastructure, improvement of 

19 network perimeter controls and identity management, 

20 testing and assessment of information technology against 

21 business, security, and other requirements, implementa22 tion of Federal cyber security initiatives and information 

23 infrastructure enhancements, implementation of enhanced 

24 security controls on network devices, and enhancement of 
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1 cyber security workforce training tools, $5,000,000, to re2 main available through September 30, 2016. 

3 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

5 $9,600,000. 

6 TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND

7 DEVELOPMENT

8 For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 

9 planning, research, systems development, development ac10 tivities, and making grants, to remain available until ex11 pended, $6,000,000. 

12 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

13 For necessary expenses for operating costs and cap14 ital outlays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed 

15 $181,000,000 shall be paid from appropriations made 

16 available to the Department of Transportation: Provided, 

17 That such services shall be provided on a competitive basis 

18 to entities within the Department of Transportation: Pro19 vided further, That the above limitation on operating ex20 penses shall not apply to non-DOT entities: Provided fur21 ther, That no funds appropriated in this Act to an agency 

22 of the Department shall be transferred to the Working 

23 Capital Fund without majority approval of the Working 

24 Capital Fund Steering Committee and approval of the 

25 Secretary: Provided further, That no assessments may be 
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1 levied against any program, budget activity, subactivity or 

2 project funded by this Act unless notice of such assess3 ments and the basis therefor are presented to the House 

4 and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are ap5 proved by such Committees. 

6 MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM

7 For the cost of guaranteed loans, $417,000, as au8 thorized by 49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, in9 cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de10 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

11 1974: Provided further, That these funds are available to 

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

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

14 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

15 the guaranteed loan program, $596,000. 

16 MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH

17 For necessary expenses of Minority Business Re18 source Center outreach activities, $3,099,000, to remain 

19 available until September 30, 2016: Provided, That, not20 withstanding 49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be used for 

21 business opportunities related to any mode of transpor22 tation. 
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1 PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS

2 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

3 In addition to funds made available from any other 

4 source to carry out the essential air service program under 

5 49 U.S.C. 41731 through 41742, $149,000,000, to be de6 rived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to remain 

7 available until expended: Provided, That in determining 

8 between or among carriers competing to provide service 

9 to a community, the Secretary may consider the relative 

10 subsidy requirements of the carriers: Provided further, 

11 That basic essential air service minimum requirements 

12 shall not include the 15-passenger capacity requirement 

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

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

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

16 with a community located less than 40 miles from the 

17 nearest small hub airport before the Secretary has nego18 tiated with the community over a local cost share: Pro19 vided further, That none of the funds in this Act or any 

20 other Act shall be used to provide essential air service to 

21 communities in the 48 contiguous States that require a 

22 rate of subsidy per passenger in excess of $500 before the 

23 Secretary has negotiated with the community over a local 

24 cost share so that the per passenger subsidy does not ex25 ceed $500. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—OFFICE OF THE

2 SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION

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

4 Act to the Department of Transportation may be obligated 

5 for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation to ap6 prove assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining 

7 to funds appropriated to the modal administrations in this 

8 Act, except for activities underway on the date of enact9 ment of this Act, unless such assessments or agreements 

10 have completed the normal reprogramming process for 

11 Congressional notification. 

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

13 United States Code, in addition to authority provided by 

14 section 327 of title 49, United States Code, the Depart15 ment’s Working Capital Fund is hereby authorized to pro16 vide payments in advance to vendors that are necessary 

17 to carry out the Federal transit pass transportation fringe 

18 benefit program under Executive Order No. 13150 and 

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

20 Department shall include adequate safeguards in the con21 tract with the vendors to ensure timely and high-quality 

22 performance under the contract. 

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

24 of the Department of Transportation a schedule of all 

25 meetings of the Credit Council, including the agenda for 
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1 each meeting, and require the Credit Council to record the 

2 decisions and actions of each meeting. 

3 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

4 OPERATIONS

5 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

6 For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Ad7 ministration, not otherwise provided for, including oper8 ations and research activities related to commercial space 

9 transportation, administrative expenses for research and 

10 development, establishment of air navigation facilities, the 

11 operation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, 

12 subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold 

13 to the public, lease or purchase of passenger motor vehi14 cles for replacement only, in addition to amounts made 

15 available by Public Law 112–95, $9,750,000,000 of which 

16 $8,595,000,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Air17 way Trust Fund, of which not to exceed $7,396,654,000 

18 shall be available for air traffic organization activities; not 

19 to exceed $1,218,458,000 shall be available for aviation 

20 safety activities; not to exceed $16,000,000 shall be avail21 able for commercial space transportation activities; not to 

22 exceed $762,652,000 shall be available for finance and 

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

24 available for NextGen and operations planning activities; 

25 and not to exceed $296,147,000 shall be available for staff 
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1 offices: Provided, That not to exceed 2 percent of any 

2 budget activity, except for aviation safety budget activity, 

3 may be transferred to any budget activity under this head4 ing: Provided further, That no transfer may increase or 

5 decrease any appropriation by more than 2 percent: Pro6 vided further, That any transfer in excess of 2 percent 

7 shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec8 tion 405 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga9 tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce10 dures set forth in that section: Provided further, That not 

11 later than March 31 of each fiscal year hereafter, the Ad12 ministrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall 

13 transmit to Congress an annual update to the report sub14 mitted to Congress in December 2004 pursuant to section 

15 221 of Public Law 108–176: Provided further, That the 

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

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

18 submitted to the Congress: Provided further, That not 

19 later than March 31 of each fiscal year hereafter, the Ad20 ministrator shall transmit to Congress a companion report 

21 that describes a comprehensive strategy for staffing, hir22 ing, and training flight standards and aircraft certification 

23 staff in a format similar to the one utilized for the con24 troller staffing plan, including stated attrition estimates 

25 and numerical hiring goals by fiscal year: Provided further, 
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1 That the amount herein appropriated shall be reduced by 

2 $100,000 per day for each day after March 31 that such 

3 report has not been submitted to Congress: Provided fur4 ther, That funds may be used to enter into a grant agree5 ment with a nonprofit standard-setting organization to as6 sist in the development of aviation safety standards: Pro7 vided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be 

8 available for new applicants for the second career training 

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

10 Act shall be available for the Federal Aviation Administra11 tion to finalize or implement any regulation that would 

12 promulgate new aviation user fees not specifically author13 ized by law after the date of the enactment of this Act: 

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

16 States, counties, municipalities, foreign authorities, other 

17 public authorities, and private sources for expenses in18 curred in the provision of agency services, including re19 ceipts for the maintenance and operation of air navigation 

20 facilities, and for issuance, renewal or modification of cer21 tificates, including airman, aircraft, and repair station cer22 tificates, or for tests related thereto, or for processing 

23 major repair or alteration forms: Provided further, That 

24 of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less 

25 than $140,000,000 shall be for the contract tower pro-
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1 gram, of which $9,500,000 is for the contract tower cost 

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

3 in this Act for aeronautical charting and cartography are 

4 available for activities conducted by, or coordinated 

5 through, the Working Capital Fund. 

6 FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

7 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

8 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

9 for acquisition, establishment, technical support services, 

10 improvement by contract or purchase, and hire of national 

11 airspace systems and experimental facilities and equip12 ment, as authorized under part A of subtitle VII of title 

13 49, United States Code, including initial acquisition of 

14 necessary sites by lease or grant; engineering and service 

15 testing, including construction of test facilities and acqui16 sition of necessary sites by lease or grant; construction 

17 and furnishing of quarters and related accommodations 

18 for officers and employees of the Federal Aviation Admin19 istration stationed at remote localities where such accom20 modations are not available; and the purchase, lease, or 

21 transfer of aircraft from funds available under this head22 ing, including aircraft for aviation regulation and certifi23 cation; to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust 

24 Fund, $2,600,000,000, of which $463,000,000 shall re25 main available until September 30, 2015, and 
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1 $2,137,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

2 2017: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro3 priation funds received from States, counties, municipali4 ties, other public authorities, and private sources, for ex5 penses incurred in the establishment, improvement, and 

6 modernization of national airspace systems: Provided fur7 ther, That upon initial submission to the Congress of the 

8 fiscal year 2016 President’s budget, the Secretary of 

9 Transportation shall transmit to the Congress a com10 prehensive capital investment plan for the Federal Avia11 tion Administration which includes funding for each budg12 et line item for fiscal years 2016 through 2020, with total 

13 funding for each year of the plan constrained to the fund14 ing targets for those years as estimated and approved by 

15 the Office of Management and Budget. 

16 RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT

17 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

18 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

19 for research, engineering, and development, as authorized 

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

21 Code, including construction of experimental facilities and 

22 acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant, 

23 $156,750,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway 

24 Trust Fund and to remain available until September 30, 

25 2017: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro-
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1 priation as offsetting collections, funds received from 

2 States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, 

3 and private sources, which shall be available for expenses 

4 incurred for research, engineering, and development. 

5 GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

6 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

7 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

8 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in11 aid for airport planning and development, and noise com12 patibility planning and programs as authorized under sub13 chapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 

14 of title 49, United States Code, and under other law au15 thorizing such obligations; for procurement, installation, 

16 and commissioning of runway incursion prevention devices 

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

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

19 for inspection activities and administration of airport safe20 ty programs, including those related to airport operating 

21 certificates under section 44706 of title 49, United States 

22 Code, $3,200,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and 

23 Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until ex24 pended: Provided, That none of the funds under this head25 ing shall be available for the planning or execution of pro-
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1 grams the obligations for which are in excess of 

2 $3,350,000,000 in fiscal year 2015, notwithstanding sec3 tion 47117(g) of title 49, United States Code: Provided 

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

5 be available for the replacement of baggage conveyor sys6 tems, reconfiguration of terminal baggage areas, or other 

7 airport improvements that are necessary to install bulk ex8 plosive detection systems: Provided further, That notwith9 standing any other provision of law, of funds limited under 

10 this heading, not more than $107,100,000 shall be obli11 gated for administration, not less than $15,000,000 shall 

12 be available for the Airport Cooperative Research Pro13 gram, not less than $29,750,000 shall be available for Air14 port Technology Research, and $3,000,000, to remain 

15 available until expended, shall be available and transferred 

16 to ‘‘Office of the Secretary, Salaries and Expenses’’ to 

17 carry out the Small Community Air Service Development 

18 Program. 

19 (CANCELLATION)

20 Of the amounts authorized under sections 48103 and 

21 48112 of Title 49, United States Code, $260,000,000 are 

22 hereby permanently cancelled from amounts authorized 

23 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015 and prior 

24 years. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION

2 ADMINISTRATION

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

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

5 the federally funded research and development center con6 tract between the Federal Aviation Administration and the 

7 Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development dur8 ing fiscal year 2015. 

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

10 to pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring air11 port sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation Adminis12 tration without cost building construction, maintenance, 

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

14 buildings for services relating to air traffic control, air 

15 navigation, or weather reporting: Provided, That the pro16 hibition of funds in this section does not apply to negotia17 tions between the agency and airport sponsors to achieve 

18 agreement on ‘‘below-market’’ rates for these items or to 

19 grant assurances that require airport sponsors to provide 

20 land without cost to the FAA for air traffic control facili21 ties. 

22 SEC. 112. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 

23 Administration may reimburse amounts made available to 

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

25 49 U.S.C. 45303 and any amount remaining in such ac-
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1 count at the close of that fiscal year may be made available 

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

3 year. 

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

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

6 appropriation current at the time of collection, to be 

7 merged with and available for the same purposes of such 

8 appropriation. 

9 SEC. 114. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail10 able for paying premium pay under subsection 5546(a) of 

11 title 5, United States Code, to any Federal Aviation Ad12 ministration employee unless such employee actually per13 formed work during the time corresponding to such pre14 mium pay. 

15 SEC. 115. None of the funds in this Act may be obli16 gated or expended for an employee of the Federal Aviation 

17 Administration to purchase a store gift card or gift certifi18 cate through use of a Government-issued credit card. 

19 SEC. 116. None of the funds in this Act may be obli20 gated or expended for retention bonuses for an employee 

21 of the Federal Aviation Administration without the prior 

22 written approval of the Assistant Secretary for Adminis23 tration of the Department of Transportation. 

24 SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

25 law, none of the funds made available under this Act or 
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1 any prior Act may be used to implement or to continue 

2 to implement any limitation on the ability of any owner 

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

4 to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administra5 tion, a blocking of that owner’s or operator’s aircraft reg6 istration number from any display of the Federal Aviation 

7 Administration’s Aircraft Situational Display to Industry 

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

9 available to a Government agency, for the noncommercial 

10 flights of that owner or operator. 

11 SEC. 118. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail12 able for salaries and expenses of more than 9 political and 

13 Presidential appointees in the Federal Aviation Adminis14 tration. 

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

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

17 44721 of title 49, United States Code, until the FAA pro18 vides to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria19 tions the report related to aeronautical navigation prod20 ucts referred to in the explanatory statement described in 

21 section 4 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014. 

22 SEC. 119A. None of the funds appropriated or limited 

23 by this Act may be used to change weight restrictions or 

24 prior permission rules at Teterboro airport in Teterboro, 

25 New Jersey. 
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1 FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

2 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

3 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 Contingent upon reauthorization, not to exceed 

6 $426,100,000, together with advances and reimburse7 ments received by the Federal Highway Administration, 

8 shall be paid in accordance with law from appropriations 

9 made available by this Act to the Federal Highway Admin10 istration for necessary expenses for administration and op11 eration. In addition, not to exceed $3,248,000 shall be 

12 paid from appropriations made available by this Act and 

13 transferred to the Appalachian Regional Commission in 

14 accordance with section 104 of title 23, United States 

15 Code. 

16 FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

17 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

18 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

19 Contingent upon reauthorization, funds available for 

20 the implementation or execution of programs of Federal21 aid Highways and highway safety construction programs 

22 authorized under titles 23 and 49, United States Code, 

23 and the provisions of Public Law 112–141 shall not exceed 

24 total obligations of $40,256,000,000 for fiscal year 2015: 

25 Provided, That the Secretary may collect and spend fees, 
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1 as authorized by title 23, United States Code, to cover 

2 the costs of services of expert firms, including counsel, in 

3 the field of municipal and project finance to assist in the 

4 underwriting and servicing of Federal credit instruments 

5 and all or a portion of the costs to the Federal Govern6 ment of servicing such credit instruments: Provided fur7 ther, That such fees are available until expended to pay 

8 for such costs: Provided further, That such amounts are 

9 in addition to administrative expenses that are also avail10 able for such purpose, and are not subject to any obliga11 tion limitation or the limitation on administrative expenses 

12 under section 608 of title 23, United States Code. 

13 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

14 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

15 Contingent upon reauthorization, for the payment of 

16 obligations incurred in carrying out Federal-aid Highways 

17 and highway safety construction programs authorized 

18 under title 23, United States Code, $40,995,000,000, de19 rived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass 

20 Transit Account), to remain available until expended. 

21 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY

22 ADMINISTRATION

23 SEC. 120. Contingent upon reauthorization: 

24 (a) For fiscal year 2015, the Secretary of Transpor25 tation shall— 
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1 (1) not distribute from the obligation limitation 

2 for Federal-aid Highways— 

3 (A) amounts authorized for administrative 

4 expenses and programs by section 104(a) of 

5 title 23, United States Code; and 

6 (B) amounts authorized for the Bureau of 

7 Transportation Statistics; 

8 (2) not distribute an amount from the obliga9 tion limitation for Federal-aid Highways that is 

10 equal to the unobligated balance of amounts— 

11 (A) made available from the Highway 

12 Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Ac13 count) for Federal-aid Highways and highway 

14 safety construction programs for previous fiscal 

15 years the funds for which are allocated by the 

16 Secretary (or apportioned by the Secretary 

17 under section 202 or 204 of title 23, United 

18 States Code); and 

19 (B) for which obligation limitation was 

20 provided in a previous fiscal year; 

21 (3) determine the proportion that— 

22 (A) the obligation limitation for Federal23 aid Highways, less the aggregate of amounts 

24 not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of 

25 this subsection; bears to 
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1 (B) the total of the sums authorized to be 

2 appropriated for the Federal-aid Highways and 

3 highway safety construction programs (other 

4 than sums authorized to be appropriated for 

5 provisions of law described in paragraphs (1) 

6 through (12) of subsection (b) and sums au7 thorized to be appropriated for section 119 of 

8 title 23, United States Code, equal to the 

9 amount referred to in subsection (b)(13) for 

10 such fiscal year), less the aggregate of the 

11 amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) 

12 and (2) of this subsection; 

13 (4) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed14 eral-aid Highways, less the aggregate amounts not 

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

16 of the programs (other than programs to which 

17 paragraph (1) applies) that are allocated by the Sec18 retary under the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 

19 21st Century Act and title 23, United States Code, 

20 or apportioned by the Secretary under sections 202 

21 or 204 of that title, by multiplying— 

22 (A) the proportion determined under para23 graph (3); by 
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1 (B) the amounts authorized to be appro2 priated for each such program for such fiscal 

3 year; and 

4 (5) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed5 eral-aid Highways, less the aggregate amounts not 

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

7 amounts distributed under paragraph (4), for Fed8 eral-aid Highways and highway safety construction 

9 programs that are apportioned by the Secretary 

10 under title 23, United States Code (other than the 

11 amounts apportioned for the National Highway Per12 formance Program in section 119 of title 23, United 

13 States Code, that are exempt from the limitation 

14 under subsection (b)(13) and the amounts appor15 tioned under sections 202 and 204 of that title) in 

16 the proportion that— 

17 (A) amounts authorized to be appropriated 

18 for the programs that are apportioned under 

19 title 23, United States Code, to each State for 

20 such fiscal year; bears to 

21 (B) the total of the amounts authorized to 

22 be appropriated for the programs that are ap23 portioned under title 23, United States Code, to 

24 all States for such fiscal year. 
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1 (b) EXCEPTIONS FROM OBLIGATION LIMITATION.— 

2 The obligation limitation for Federal-aid Highways shall 

3 not apply to obligations under or for— 

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

5 (2) section 147 of the Surface Transportation 

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

7 Stat. 2714); 

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

9 of 1981 (95 Stat. 1701); 

10 (4) subsections (b) and (j) of section 131 of the 

11 Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (96 

12 Stat. 2119); 

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

14 Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation As15 sistance Act of 1987 (101 Stat. 198); 

16 (6) sections 1103 through 1108 of the Inter17 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 

18 1991 (105 Stat. 2027); 

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

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

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

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

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

24 of those fiscal years); 
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1 (9) Federal-aid Highways programs for which 

2 obligation authority was made available under the 

3 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century 

4 (112 Stat. 107) or subsequent Acts for multiple 

5 years or to remain available until expended, but only 

6 to the extent that the obligation authority has not 

7 lapsed or been used; 

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

9 (as in effect for fiscal years 2005 through 2012, but 

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

11 of those fiscal years); 

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

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

14 funds obligated in accordance with that section were 

15 not subject to a limitation on obligations at the time 

16 at which the funds were initially made available for 

17 obligation; and 

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

19 (as in effect for fiscal years 2013 and 2014, but only 

20 in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of 

21 those fiscal years); and 

22 (13) section 119 of title 23, United States Code 

23 (but, for fiscal year 2015, only in an amount equal 

24 to $639,000,000). 
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1 (c) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED OBLIGATION AU2 THORITY.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 

3 shall, after August 1 of such fiscal year— 

4 (1) revise a distribution of the obligation limita5 tion made available under subsection (a) if an 

6 amount distributed cannot be obligated during that 

7 fiscal year; and 

8 (2) redistribute sufficient amounts to those 

9 States able to obligate amounts in addition to those 

10 previously distributed during that fiscal year, giving 

11 priority to those States having large unobligated bal12 ances of funds apportioned under sections 144 (as in 

13 effect on the day before the date of enactment of 

14 Public Law 112–141) and 104 of title 23, United 

15 States Code. 

16 (d) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS TO

17 TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PROGRAMS.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para19 graph (2), the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 

20 Highways shall apply to contract authority for trans21 portation research programs carried out under— 

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

23 Code; and 

24 (B) division E of the Moving Ahead for 

25 Progress in the 21st Century Act. 
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1 (2) EXCEPTION.—Obligation authority made 

2 available under paragraph (1) shall— 

3 (A) remain available for a period of 4 fis4 cal years; and 

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

6 limitation imposed on obligations for Federal7 aid Highways and highway safety construction 

8 programs for future fiscal years. 

9 (e) REDISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN AUTHORIZED

10 FUNDS.— 

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

12 the date of distribution of obligation limitation 

13 under subsection (a), the Secretary shall distribute 

14 to the States any funds (excluding funds authorized 

15 for the program under section 202 of title 23, 

16 United States Code) that— 

17 (A) are authorized to be appropriated for 

18 such fiscal year for Federal-aid Highways pro19 grams; and 

20 (B) the Secretary determines will not be 

21 allocated to the States (or will not be appor22 tioned to the States under section 204 of title 

23 23, United States Code), and will not be avail24 able for obligation, for such fiscal year because 
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1 of the imposition of any obligation limitation for 

2 such fiscal year. 

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

4 paragraph (1) in the same proportion as the dis5 tribution of obligation authority under subsection 

6 (a)(5). 

7 (3) AVAILABILITY.—Funds distributed to each 

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

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

10 United States Code. 

11 SEC. 121. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re12 ceived by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the 

13 sale of data products, for necessary expenses incurred pur14 suant to chapter 63 of title 49, United States Code, may 

15 be credited to the Federal-aid Highways account for the 

16 purpose of reimbursing the Bureau for such expenses: 

17 Provided, That such funds shall be subject to the obliga18 tion limitation for Federal-aid Highways and highway 

19 safety construction programs. 

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

21 under his or her statutory authority, any Buy America re22 quirement for Federal-aid Highways projects, the Sec23 retary of Transportation shall make an informal public no24 tice and comment opportunity on the intent to issue such 

25 waiver and the reasons therefor: Provided, That the Sec-
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1 retary shall provide an annual report to the House and 

2 Senate Committees on Appropriations on any waivers 

3 granted under the Buy America requirements. 

4 SEC. 123. (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

5 subsection (b), none of the funds made available, limited, 

6 or otherwise affected by this Act shall be used to approve 

7 or otherwise authorize the imposition of any toll on any 

8 segment of highway located on the Federal-aid system in 

9 the State of Texas that— 

10 (1) as of the date of enactment of this Act, is 

11 not tolled; 

12 (2) is constructed with Federal assistance pro13 vided under title 23, United States Code; and 

14 (3) is in actual operation as of the date of en15 actment of this Act. 

16 (b) EXCEPTIONS.— 

17 (1) NUMBER OF TOLL LANES.—Subsection (a) 

18 shall not apply to any segment of highway on the 

19 Federal-aid system described in that subsection that, 

20 as of the date on which a toll is imposed on the seg21 ment, will have the same number of nontoll lanes as 

22 were in existence prior to that date. 

23 (2) HIGH-OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANES.—A 

24 high-occupancy vehicle lane that is converted to a 

25 toll lane shall not be subject to this section, and 
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1 shall not be considered to be a nontoll lane for pur2 poses of determining whether a highway will have 

3 fewer nontoll lanes than prior to the date of imposi4 tion of the toll, if— 

5 (A) high-occupancy vehicles occupied by 

6 the number of passengers specified by the enti7 ty operating the toll lane may use the toll lane 

8 without paying a toll, unless otherwise specified 

9 by the appropriate county, town, municipal or 

10 other local government entity, or public toll 

11 road or transit authority; or 

12 (B) each high-occupancy vehicle lane that 

13 was converted to a toll lane was constructed as 

14 a temporary lane to be replaced by a toll lane 

15 under a plan approved by the appropriate coun16 ty, town, municipal or other local government 

17 entity, or public toll road or transit authority. 

18 SEC. 124. None of the funds in this Act to the De19 partment of Transportation may be used to provide credit 

20 assistance unless not less than 3 days before any applica21 tion approval to provide credit assistance under sections 

22 603 and 604 of title 23, United States Code, the Secretary 

23 of Transportation provides notification in writing to the 

24 following committees: the House and Senate Committees 

25 on Appropriations; the Committee on Environment and 
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1 Public Works and the Committee on Banking, Housing 

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

3 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep4 resentatives: Provided, That such notification shall in5 clude, but not be limited to, the name of the project spon6 sor; a description of the project; whether credit assistance 

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

8 of credit; and the amount of credit assistance. 

9 SEC. 125. Section 127 of title 23, United States 

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

11 ‘‘(j) OPERATION OF VEHICLES ON CERTAIN OTHER

12 WISCONSIN HIGHWAYS.—If any segment of the United 

13 States Route 41 corridor, as described in section 

14 1105(c)(57) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Ef15 ficiency Act of 1991, is designated as a route on the Inter16 state System, a vehicle that could operate legally on that 

17 segment before the date of such designation may continue 

18 to operate on that segment, without regard to any require19 ment under subsection (a). 

20 ‘‘(k) LONGER COMBINATION VEHICLES IN IDAHO.— 

21 No limit or other prohibition under this section, except 

22 as provided in this subsection, applies to a longer combina23 tion vehicle operating on a segment of the Interstate Sys24 tem in Idaho if such vehicle— 
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1 ‘‘(1) has a gross vehicle weight of 129,000 

2 pounds or less; 

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

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

5 and 

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

7 under Idaho State law. 

8 ‘‘(l) OPERATION OF VEHICLES ON CERTAIN MIS9 SISSIPPI HIGHWAYS.—If any segment of United States 

10 Route 78 in Mississippi from mile marker 0 to mile mark11 er 113 is designated as part of the Interstate System, no 

12 limit established under this section may apply to that seg13 ment with respect to the operation of any vehicle that 

14 could have legally operated on that segment before such 

15 designation.’’. 

16 FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

17 MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS

18 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

19 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

20 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

21 Contingent upon reauthorization, for payment of obli22 gations incurred in the implementation, execution and ad23 ministration of motor carrier safety operations and pro24 grams pursuant to section 31104(i) of title 49, United 

25 States Code, and sections 4127 and 4134 of Public Law 
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1 109–59, as amended by Public Law 112–141, 

2 $259,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust 

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

4 with advances and reimbursements received by the Fed5 eral Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the sum of 

6 which shall remain available until expended: Provided, 

7 That funds available for implementation, execution or ad8 ministration of motor carrier safety operations and pro9 grams authorized under title 49, United States Code, shall 

10 not exceed total obligations of $259,000,000 for ‘‘Motor 

11 Carrier Safety Operations and Programs’’ for fiscal year 

12 2015, of which $9,000,000, to remain available for obliga13 tion until September 30, 2017, is for the research and 

14 technology program, and of which $1,000,000 shall be 

15 available for commercial motor vehicle operator’s grants 

16 to carry out section 4134 of Public Law 109–59, and of 

17 which $34,545,000, to remain available for obligation until 

18 September 30, 2017, is for information management. 

19 MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS

20 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

21 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

22 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

23 Contingent upon reauthorization, for payment of obli24 gations incurred in carrying out sections 31102, 31104(a), 

25 31106, 31107, 31109, 31309, 31313 of title 49, United 
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1 States Code, and sections 4126 and 4128 of Public Law 

2 109–59, as amended by Public Law 112–141, 

3 $313,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust 

4 Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) and to re5 main available until expended: Provided, That funds avail6 able for the implementation or execution of motor carrier 

7 safety programs shall not exceed total obligations of 

8 $313,000,000 in fiscal year 2015 for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safe9 ty Grants’’; of which $218,000,000 shall be available for 

10 the motor carrier safety assistance program, $30,000,000 

11 shall be available for the commercial driver’s license im12 provements program, $32,000,000 shall be available for 

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

14 for the performance and registration information system 

15 management program, $25,000,000 shall be available for 

16 the commercial vehicle information systems and networks 

17 deployment program, and $3,000,000 shall be available 

18 for the safety data improvement program: Provided fur19 ther, That, of the funds made available herein for the 

20 motor carrier safety assistance program, $32,000,000 

21 shall be available for audits of new entrant motor carriers. 

22 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL MOTOR

23 CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

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

25 shall be subject to the terms and conditions stipulated in 
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1 section 350 of Public Law 107–87 and section 6901 of 

2 Public Law 110–28. 

3 SEC. 131. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Admin4 istration shall send notice of 49 CFR section 385.308 vio5 lations by certified mail, registered mail, or another man6 ner of delivery, which records the receipt of the notice by 

7 the persons responsible for the violations. 

8 NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

9 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

10 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of 

11 the Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety 

12 authorized under chapter 301 and part C of subtitle VI 

13 of title 49, United States Code, $134,000,000, of which 

14 $22,500,000 shall remain available through September 

15 30, 2016. 

16 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

17 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

18 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

19 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

20 Contingent upon reauthorization, for payment of obli21 gations incurred in carrying out the provisions of 23 

22 U.S.C. 403, and chapter 303 of title 49, United States 

23 Code, $128,500,000, to be derived from the Highway 

24 Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) and 

25 to remain available until expended: Provided, That none 
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1 of the funds in this Act shall be available for the planning 

2 or execution of programs the total obligations for which, 

3 in fiscal year 2015, are in excess of $128,500,000, of 

4 which $123,500,000 shall be for programs authorized 

5 under 23 U.S.C. 403 and $5,000,000 shall be for the Na6 tional Driver Register authorized under chapter 303 of 

7 title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That within 

8 the $123,500,000 obligation limitation for operations and 

9 research, $22,500,000 shall remain available until Sep10 tember 30, 2016, and shall be in addition to the amount 

11 of any limitation imposed on obligations for future years: 

12 Provided further, That $10,000,000 of the total obligation 

13 limitation for operations and research in fiscal year 2015 

14 shall be applied toward unobligated balances of contract 

15 authority provided in prior Acts for carrying out the provi16 sions of 23 U.S.C. 403, and chapter 303 of title 49, 

17 United States Code. 

18 HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS

19 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

20 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

21 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

22 Contingent upon reauthorization, for payment of obli23 gations incurred in carrying out provisions of 23 U.S.C. 

24 402 and 405, section 2009 of Public Law 109–59, as 

25 amended by Public Law 112–141, and section 
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1 31101(a)(6) of Public Law 112–141, to remain available 

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

3 Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Ac4 count): Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall 

5 be available for the planning or execution of programs the 

6 total obligations for which, in fiscal year 2015, are in ex7 cess of $561,500,000 for programs authorized under 23 

8 U.S.C. 402 and 405, section 2009 of Public Law 109– 

9 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 ‘‘High Visibility Enforcement 

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

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

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

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

19 these funds shall be used for construction, rehabilitation, 

20 or remodeling costs, or for office furnishings and fixtures 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

4 to increase the amounts made available under section 402 

5 shall include the obligation authority for such amounts: 

6 Provided further, That the Administrator shall notify the 

7 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations of any 

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

10 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—NATIONAL HIGHWAY

11 TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

12 SEC. 140. Contingent upon reauthorization, an addi13 tional $130,000 shall be made available to the National 

14 Highway Traffic Safety Administration, out of the amount 

15 limited for section 402 of title 23, United States Code, 

16 to pay for travel and related expenses for State manage17 ment reviews and to pay for core competency development 

18 training and related expenses for highway safety staff. 

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

22 which obligation authority was made available in previous 

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

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

3 FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION

4 SAFETY AND OPERATIONS

5 For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Ad6 ministration, not otherwise provided for, $185,250,000, of 

7 which $12,400,000 shall remain available until expended. 

8 RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

9 For necessary expenses for railroad research and de10 velopment, $35,250,000, to remain available until ex11 pended. 

12 RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT

13 FINANCING PROGRAM

14 The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to 

15 issue direct loans and loan guarantees pursuant to sec16 tions 501 through 504 of the Railroad Revitalization and 

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

18 amended, such authority to exist as long as any such di19 rect loan or loan guarantee is outstanding: Provided, That, 

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

21 direct loans or loan guarantee commitments shall be made 

22 using Federal funds for the credit risk premium during 

23 fiscal year 2015: Provided further, That no new direct 

24 loans or loan guarantee commitments made under the 

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1 gram in fiscal year 2015 shall cause the total principal 

2 amount of direct loans and loan guarantees committed 

3 under the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Fi4 nancing Program to projects in a single state to exceed 

5 $5,600,000,000. 

6 OPERATING GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD

7 PASSENGER CORPORATION

8 To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 

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

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

12 the operation of intercity passenger rail, as authorized by 

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

15 432), $340,000,000, to remain available until expended: 

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

19 receiving and reviewing a grant request for each specific 

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

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

25 enactment of this Act, the Corporation shall transmit, in 
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1 electronic format, to the Secretary and the House and 

2 Senate Committees on Appropriations the annual budget, 

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

4 2015 required under section 204 of the Passenger Rail 

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

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

8 Financial Plan shall include annual information on the 

9 maintenance, refurbishment, replacement, and expansion 

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

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

15 for such changes as well as progress against the milestones 

16 and target dates of the 2012 performance improvement 

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

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

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

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

23 on which Amtrak offers a discounted fare of more than 

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

25 That the preceding proviso does not apply to routes where 
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1 the operating loss as a result of the discount is covered 

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

3 fares. 

4 CAPITAL AND DEBT SERVICE GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL

5 RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION

6 To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 

7 grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for 

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

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

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

12 of which not to exceed $150,000,000 shall be for debt 

13 service obligations as authorized by section 102 of such 

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

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

16 available to bring Amtrak-served facilities and stations 

17 into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act: 

18 Provided further, That after an initial distribution of up 

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

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

21 provided to the Corporation only on a reimbursable basis: 

22 Provided further, That of the amounts made available 

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

24 the Secretary to subsidize operating losses of the Corpora25 tion should the funds provided under the heading ‘‘Oper-
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1 ating Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corpora2 tion’’ be insufficient to meet operational costs for fiscal 

3 year 2015: Provided further, That the Secretary may re4 tain up to one-half of 1 percent of the funds provided 

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

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

8 Provided further, That the Secretary shall approve funding 

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

11 and reviewing a grant request for each specific capital 

12 project justifying the Federal support to the Secretary’s 

13 satisfaction: Provided further, That except as otherwise 

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

15 be used to subsidize operating losses of the Corporation: 

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

18 Secretary of Transportation or on the Corporation’s fiscal 

19 year 2015 business plan: Provided further, That in addi20 tion to the project management oversight funds authorized 

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

22 432, the Secretary may retain up to an additional 

23 $5,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading to 

24 fund expenses associated with implementing section 212 

25 of division B of Public Law 110–432, including the 
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1 amendments made by section 212 to section 24905 of title 

2 49, United States Code. 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD

4 ADMINISTRATION

5 SEC. 150. The Secretary of Transportation may re6 ceive and expend cash, or receive and utilize spare parts 

7 and similar items, from non-United States Government 

8 sources to repair damages to or replace United States 

9 Government owned automated track inspection cars and 

10 equipment as a result of third-party liability for such dam11 ages, and any amounts collected under this section shall 

12 be credited directly to the Safety and Operations account 

13 of the Federal Railroad Administration, and shall remain 

14 available until expended for the repair, operation and 

15 maintenance of automated track inspection cars and 

16 equipment in connection with the automated track inspec17 tion program. 

18 SEC. 151. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

19 law, rule or regulation, the Secretary of Transportation 

20 is authorized to allow the issuer of any preferred stock 

21 heretofore sold to the Department to redeem or repur22 chase such stock upon the payment to the Department of 

23 an amount to be determined by the Secretary. 

24 SEC. 152. None of the funds provided to the National 

25 Railroad Passenger Corporation may be used to fund any 
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1 overtime costs in excess of $35,000 for any individual em2 ployee: Provided, That the president of Amtrak may waive 

3 the cap set in the previous proviso for specific employees 

4 when the president of Amtrak determines such a cap poses 

5 a risk to the safety and operational efficiency of the sys6 tem: Provided further, That Amtrak shall notify the House 

7 and Senate Committees on Appropriations each quarter 

8 of the calendar year on waivers granted to employees and 

9 amounts paid above the cap for each month within such 

10 quarter and provide documentation of the specific activi11 ties of each employee during his or her paid overtime in 

12 excess of $35,000 and how the work resulted in increased 

13 safety or operational efficiencies: Provided further, That 

14 the president of Amtrak shall certify the documentation 

15 in the previous proviso is accurate and correct: Provided 

16 further, That Amtrak shall provide to the House and Sen17 ate Committees on Appropriations by March 1, 2015, a 

18 summary of all overtime payments incurred by the Cor19 poration for 2014 and the two prior calendar years: Pro20 vided further, That such summary shall include the total 

21 number of employees that received waivers and the total 

22 overtime payments the Corporation paid to those employ23 ees receiving waivers for each month for 2014 and for the 

24 two prior calendar years. 
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1 FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

2 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

3 For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal 

4 Transit Administration’s programs authorized by chapter 

5 53 of title 49, United States Code, $103,000,000 (reduced 

6 by $2,000,000) (reduced by $500,000), of which not more 

7 than $4,000,000 shall be available to carry out the provi8 sions of 49 U.S.C. 5329 and not less than $1,000,000 

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 2016 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 2016. 

17 TRANSIT FORMULA GRANTS

18 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

19 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

20 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

21 Contingent upon enactment of multi-year surface 

22 transportation authorization legislation, for payment of 

23 obligations incurred in the Federal Public Transportation 

24 Assistance Program in this account, and for payment of 

25 obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions of 49 
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1 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 5318, 5322(d), 

2 5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, as amended by 

3 Public Law 112–141; and section 20005(b) of Public Law 

4 112–141, as amended, $9,500,000,000, to be derived from 

5 the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund 

6 and to remain available until expended: Provided, That 

7 funds available for the implementation or execution of pro8 grams authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 

9 5311, 5318, 5322(d), 5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339, and 

10 5340, as amended by Public Law 112–141, and section 

11 20005(b) of Public Law 112–141, shall not exceed total 

12 obligations of $8,595,000,000 in fiscal year 2015. 

13 TRANSIT RESEARCH

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

15 and 5313, $15,000,000, to remain available until ex16 pended: Provided, That $14,000,000 shall be for activities 

17 authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5312 and $1,000,000 shall 

18 be for activities authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5313. 

19 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING

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

21 and 5322(a), (b) and (e), $3,000,000 (increased by 

22 $2,000,000), to remain available until expended: Provided, 

23 That $2,000,000 (increased by $2,000,000) shall be for 

24 activities authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5314 and 
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1 $1,000,000 shall be for activities authorized under 49 

2 U.S.C. 5322(a), (b) and (e). 

3 CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS

4 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

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

6 $1,691,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro7 vided, That of the unobligated balances made available 

8 under this heading in division L of Public Law 113–76, 

9 $65,000,000 is hereby rescinded. 

10 GRANTS TO THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA

11 TRANSIT AUTHORITY

12 For grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area 

13 Transit Authority as authorized under section 601 of divi14 sion B of Public Law 110–432, $150,000,000, to remain 

15 available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary 

16 shall approve grants for capital and preventive mainte17 nance expenditures for the Washington Metropolitan Area 

18 Transit Authority only after receiving and reviewing a re19 quest for each specific project: Provided further, That, 

20 prior to approving such grants, the Secretary shall deter21 mine that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Au22 thority has placed the highest priority on those invest23 ments that will improve the safety of the system: Provided 

24 further, That the Secretary, in order to ensure safety 

25 throughout the rail system, may waive the requirements 
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1 of section 601(e)(1) of title VI of Public Law 110–432 

2 (112 Stat. 4968). 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT

4 ADMINISTRATION

5 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

6 SEC. 160. The limitations on obligations for the pro7 grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not 

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

9 made available for obligation, or to any other authority 

10 previously made available for obligation. 

11 SEC. 161. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

13 heading ‘‘Fixed Guideway Capital Investment’’ of the Fed14 eral Transit Administration for projects specified in this 

15 Act or identified in reports accompanying this Act not ob16 ligated by September 30, 2019, and other recoveries, shall 

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

18 purposes for which they were originally provided. 

19 SEC. 162. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

20 law, any funds appropriated before October 1, 2014, under 

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

22 that remain available for expenditure, may be transferred 

23 to and administered under the most recent appropriation 

24 heading for any such section. 
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1 SEC. 163. For purposes of applying the project jus2 tification and local financial commitment criteria of 49 

3 U.S.C. 5309(d) to a New Starts project, the Secretary 

4 may consider the costs and ridership of any connected 

5 project in an instance in which private parties are making 

6 significant financial contributions to the construction of 

7 the connected project; additionally, the Secretary may con8 sider the significant financial contributions of private par9 ties to the connected project in calculating the non-Federal 

10 share of net capital project costs for the New Starts 

11 project. 

12 SEC. 164. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

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

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

16 SEC. 165. None of the funds in this or any other Act 

17 may be available to advance in any way a new light or 

18 heavy rail project towards a full funding grant agreement 

19 as defined by 49 U.S.C. 5309 for the Metropolitan Transit 

20 Authority of Harris County, Texas if the proposed capital 

21 project is constructed on or planned to be constructed on 

22 Richmond Avenue west of South Shepherd Drive or on 

23 Post Oak Boulevard north of Richmond Avenue in Hous24 ton, Texas. 
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1 SEC. 166. Unobligated and recovered fiscal year 2010 

2 through 2012 funds that were made available to carry out 

3 49 U.S.C. 5339 shall be available to carry out 49 U.S.C. 

4 5309, as amended by Public Law 112–141, subject to the 

5 terms and conditions required under such section. 

6 SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT

7 CORPORATION

8 The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora9 tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, with10 in the limits of funds and borrowing authority available 

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

12 such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal 

13 year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern14 ment Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be 

15 necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the 

16 Corporation’s budget for the current fiscal year. 

17 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

18 (HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)

19 For necessary expenses to conduct the operations, 

20 maintenance, and capital asset renewal activities of those 

21 portions of the St. Lawrence Seaway owned, operated, and 

22 maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development 

23 Corporation, $32,500,000, to be derived from the Harbor 

24 Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99– 

25 662. 
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1 MARITIME ADMINISTRATION

2 MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM

3 For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a 

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

5 needs of the United States, $166,000,000, to remain avail6 able until expended. 

7 OPERATIONS AND TRAINING

8 For necessary expenses of operations and training ac9 tivities authorized by law, $132,000,000, of which 

10 $11,300,000 shall remain available until expended for 

11 maintenance and repair of training ships at State Mari12 time Academies, and of which $2,400,000 shall remain 

13 available through September 30, 2016, for the Student In14 centive Program at State Maritime Academies, and of 

15 which $1,500,000 shall remain available until expended 

16 for facilities maintenance and repair, equipment, and cap17 ital improvements at the United State Merchant Marine 

18 Academy: Provided, That amounts apportioned for the 

19 United States Merchant Marine Academy shall be avail20 able only upon allotments made personally by the Sec21 retary of Transportation or the Assistant Secretary for 

22 Budget and Programs: Provided further, That the Super23 intendent, Deputy Superintendent and the Director of the 

24 Office of Resource Management of the United State Mer25 chant Marine Academy may not be allotment holders for 
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1 the United States Merchant Marine Academy, and the Ad2 ministrator of the Maritime Administration shall hold all 

3 allotments made by the Secretary of Transportation or the 

4 Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs under the 

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

6 funding made available for the United States Merchant 

7 Marine Academy under this heading shall be available only 

8 after the Secretary, in consultation with the Super9 intendent and the Maritime Administrator, completes a 

10 plan detailing by program or activity how such funding 

11 will be expended at the Academy, and this plan is sub12 mitted to the House and Senate Committees on Appro13 priations. 

14 SHIP DISPOSAL

15 For necessary expenses related to the disposal of ob16 solete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the 

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

18 until expended. 

19 MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM

20 ACCOUNT

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

22 For necessary administrative expenses of the mari23 time guaranteed loan program, $3,100,000 shall be paid 

24 to the appropriations for ‘‘Maritime Administration–Oper25 ations and Training’’: Provided, That of the funds made 
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1 available under this heading in division L of Public Law 

2 113–76, $29,000,000 is rescinded. 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME

4 ADMINISTRATION

5 SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

6 this Act, the Maritime Administration is authorized to fur7 nish utilities and services and make necessary repairs in 

8 connection with any lease, contract, or occupancy involving 

9 Government property under control of the Maritime Ad10 ministration, and payments received therefor shall be cred11 ited to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof: 

12 Provided, That rental payments under any such lease, con13 tract, or occupancy for items other than such utilities, 

14 services, or repairs shall be covered into the Treasury as 

15 miscellaneous receipts. 

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

19 Administration to negotiate or otherwise execute, enter 

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

22 qualified domestic ship recycler that will pay any sum of 

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

24 operated or managed by the Maritime Administration or 

25 that is part of the National Defense Reserve Fleet. Such 
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1 sales offers must be consistent with the solicitation and 

2 provide that the work will be performed in a timely man3 ner at a facility qualified within the meaning of section 

4 3502 of Public Law 106–398. Nothing contained herein 

5 shall affect the Maritime Administration’s authority to 

6 award contracts at least cost to the Federal Government 

7 and consistent with the requirements of 16 U.S.C. 

8 5405(c), section 3502, or otherwise authorized under the 

9 Federal Acquisition Regulation. 

10 PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY

11 ADMINISTRATION

12 OPERATIONAL EXPENSES

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline 

15 and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, 

16 $21,654,000 (increased by $500,000): Provided, That 

17 $1,500,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘Pipeline Safety’’ in 

18 order to fund ‘‘Pipeline Safety Information Grants to 

19 Communities’’ as authorized under section 60130 of title 

20 49, United States Code. 

21 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY

22 For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous 

23 materials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous 

24 Materials Safety Administration, $52,000,000, of which 

25 $7,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
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1 2017: Provided, That up to $800,000 in fees collected 

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

3 fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided fur4 ther, That there may be credited to this appropriation, to 

5 be available until expended, funds received from States, 

6 counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and pri7 vate sources for expenses incurred for training, for reports 

8 publication and dissemination, and for travel expenses in9 curred in performance of hazardous materials exemptions 

10 and approvals functions. 

11 PIPELINE SAFETY

12 (PIPELINE SAFETY FUND)

13 (OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND)

14 (PIPELINE SAFETY DESIGN REVIEW FUND)

15 For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of 

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

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

18 60107, and to discharge the pipeline program responsibil19 ities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $131,500,000, of 

20 which $19,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li21 ability Trust Fund and shall remain available until Sep22 tember 30, 2017; and of which $110,000,000 shall be de23 rived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which 

24 $54,436,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

25 2017; and of which $2,000,000, to remain available until 
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1 expended, shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Design 

2 Review Fund, as authorized in 49 U.S.C. 60117(n): Pro3 vided, That not less than $1,058,000 of the funds pro4 vided under this heading shall be for the One-Call state 

5 grant program. 

6 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS

7 (EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND)

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

9 5128(b), $188,000, to be derived from the Emergency 

10 Preparedness Fund, to remain available until September 

11 30, 2016: Provided, That not more than $28,318,000 shall 

12 be made available for obligation in fiscal year 2015 from 

13 amounts made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i) and 

14 5128(b)–(c): Provided further, That none of the funds 

15 made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i), 5128(b), or 5128(c) 

16 shall be made available for obligation by individuals other 

17 than the Secretary of Transportation, or his or her des18 ignee. 

19 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector 

22 General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector Gen23 eral Act of 1978, as amended, $86,223,000: Provided, 

24 That the Inspector General shall have all necessary au25 thority, in carrying out the duties specified in the Inspec-
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1 tor General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to inves2 tigate allegations of fraud, including false statements to 

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

4 that is subject to regulation by the Department: Provided 

5 further, That the funds made available under this heading 

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

7 title 49, United States Code: (1) unfair or deceptive prac8 tices and unfair methods of competition by domestic and 

9 foreign air carriers and ticket agents; and (2) the compli10 ance of domestic and foreign air carriers with respect to 

11 item (1) of this proviso: Provided further, That: (1) the 

12 Inspector General shall have the authority to audit and 

13 investigate the Metropolitan Washington Airports Author14 ity (MWAA); (2) in carrying out these audits and inves15 tigations the Inspector General shall have all the authori16 ties described under section 6 of the Inspector General Act 

17 (5 U.S.C. App.); (3) MWAA Board Members, employees, 

18 contractors, and subcontractors shall cooperate and com19 ply with requests from the Inspector General, including 

20 providing testimony and other information; (4) The In21 spector General shall be permitted to observe closed execu22 tive sessions of the MWAA Board of Directors; (5) MWAA 

23 shall pay the expenses of the Inspector General, including 

24 staff salaries and benefits and associated operating costs, 

25 which shall be credited to this appropriation and remain 
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1 available until expended; and (6) if MWAA fails to make 

2 funds available to the Inspector General within 30 days 

3 after a request for such funds is received, then the Inspec4 tor General shall notify the Secretary of Transportation, 

5 who shall not approve a grant for MWAA under section 

6 47107(b) of title 49, United States Code, until such fund7 ing is made available for the Inspector General: Provided 

8 further, That hereafter funds transferred to the Office of 

9 the Inspector General through forfeiture proceedings or 

10 from the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund 

11 or the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund, as 

12 a participating agency, as an equitable share from the for13 feiture of property in investigations in which the Office 

14 of Inspector General participates, or through the granting 

15 of a Petition for Remission or Mitigation, shall be depos16 ited to the credit of this account for law enforcement ac17 tivities authorized under the Inspector General Act of 

18 1978, as amended, to remain available until expended. 

19 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses of the Surface Transpor22 tation Board, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

23 3109, $31,250,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

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

25 established by the Chairman of the Surface Transpor-
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1 tation Board shall be credited to this appropriation as off2 setting collections and used for necessary and authorized 

3 expenses under this heading: Provided further, That the 

4 sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be 

5 reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting col6 lections are received during fiscal year 2015, to result in 

7 a final appropriation from the general fund estimated at 

8 no more than $30,000,000. 

9 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF

10 TRANSPORTATION

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

12 appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall 

13 be available for maintenance and operation of aircraft; 

14 hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of 

15 liability insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign 

16 countries on official department business; and uniforms or 

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

18 5902). 

19 SEC. 181. Appropriations contained in this Act for 

20 the Department of Transportation shall be available for 

21 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for 

22 individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to 

23 the rate for an Executive Level IV. 

24 SEC. 182. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail25 able for salaries and expenses of more than 110 political 
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1 and Presidential appointees in the Department of Trans2 portation: Provided, That none of the personnel covered 

3 by this provision may be assigned on temporary detail out4 side the Department of Transportation. 

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

6 in this Act shall disseminate personal information (as de7 fined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(3)) obtained by a State depart8 ment of motor vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle 

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

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

11 2721. 

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

13 shall not withhold funds provided in this Act for any 

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

15 SEC. 184. Funds received by the Federal Highway 

16 Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and Fed17 eral Railroad Administration from States, counties, mu18 nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources 

19 for expenses incurred for training may be credited respec20 tively to the Federal Highway Administration’s ‘‘Federal21 Aid Highways’’ account, the Federal Transit Administra22 tion’s ‘‘Technical Assistance and Training’’ account, and 

23 to the Federal Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Op24 erations’’ account, except for State rail safety inspectors 

25 participating in training pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 20105. 
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1 SEC. 185. None of the funds in this Act to the De2 partment of Transportation may be used to make a loan, 

3 loan guarantee, line of credit, or grant unless the Sec4 retary of Transportation notifies the House and Senate 

5 Committees on Appropriations not less than 3 full busi6 ness days before any project competitively selected to re7 ceive a discretionary grant award, any discretionary grant 

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

9 commitment, line of credit commitment, or full funding 

10 grant agreement is announced by the department or its 

11 modal administrations from: 

12 (1) any discretionary grant or federal credit 

13 program of the Federal Highway Administration in14 cluding the emergency relief program; 

15 (2) the airport improvement program of the 

16 Federal Aviation Administration; 

17 (3) any program of the Federal Railroad Ad18 ministration; 

19 (4) any program of the Federal Transit Admin20 istration other than the formula grants and fixed 

21 guideway modernization programs; 

22 (5) any program of the Maritime Administra23 tion; or 

24 (6) any funding provided under the headings 

25 ‘‘National Infrastructure Investments’’ in this Act: 
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1 Provided, That the Secretary gives concurrent notifi2 cation to the House and Senate Committees on Ap3 propriations for any ‘‘quick release’’ of funds from 

4 the emergency relief program: Provided further, That 

5 no notification shall involve funds that are not avail6 able for obligation. 

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

8 minor fees and other funds received by the Department 

9 of Transportation from travel management centers, 

10 charge card programs, the subleasing of building space, 

11 and miscellaneous sources are to be credited to appropria12 tions of the Department of Transportation and allocated 

13 to elements of the Department of Transportation using 

14 fair and equitable criteria and such funds shall be avail15 able until expended. 

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

17 other Act that the Secretary determines represent im18 proper payments by the Department of Transportation to 

19 a third-party contractor under a financial assistance 

20 award, which are recovered pursuant to law, shall be avail21 able— 

22 (1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred 

23 by the Department of Transportation in recovering 

24 improper payments; and 
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1 (2) to pay contractors for services provided in 

2 recovering improper payments or contractor support 

3 in the implementation of the Improper Payments In4 formation Act of 2002: Provided, That amounts in 

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

6 (A) shall be credited to and merged with 

7 the appropriation from which the improper pay8 ments were made, and shall be available for the 

9 purposes and period for which such appropria10 tions are available: Provided further, That 

11 where specific project or accounting information 

12 associated with the improper payment or pay13 ments is not readily available, the Secretary 

14 may credit an appropriate account, which shall 

15 be available for the purposes and period associ16 ated with the account so credited; or 

17 (B) if no such appropriation remains avail18 able, shall be deposited in the Treasury as mis19 cellaneous receipts: Provided further, That prior 

20 to the transfer of any such recovery to an ap21 propriations account, the Secretary shall notify 

22 the House and Senate Committees on Appro23 priations of the amount and reasons for such 

24 transfer: Provided further, That for purposes of 

25 this section, the term ‘‘improper payments’’ has 
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1 the same meaning as that provided in section 

2 2(d)(2) of Public Law 107–300. 

3 SEC. 188. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

5 subject to a reprogramming action that requires notice to 

6 be provided to the House and Senate Committees on Ap7 propriations, transmission of said reprogramming notice 

8 shall be provided solely to the Committees on Appropria9 tions, and said reprogramming action shall be approved 

10 or denied solely by the Committees on Appropriations: 

11 Provided, That the Secretary may provide notice to other 

12 congressional committees of the action of the Committees 

13 on Appropriations on such reprogramming but not sooner 

14 than 30 days following the date on which the reprogram15 ming action has been approved or denied by the House 

16 and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 

17 SEC. 189. None of the funds appropriated or other18 wise made available under this Act may be used by the 

19 Surface Transportation Board of the Department of 

20 Transportation to charge or collect any filing fee for rate 

21 or practice complaints filed with the Board in an amount 

22 in excess of the amount authorized for district court civil 

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

24 States Code. 
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1 SEC. 190. Funds appropriated in this Act to the 

2 modal administrations may be obligated for the Office of 

3 the Secretary for the costs related to assessments or reim4 bursable agreements only when such amounts are for the 

5 costs of goods and services that are purchased to provide 

6 a direct benefit to the applicable modal administration or 

7 administrations. 

8 SEC. 191. The Secretary of Transportation is author9 ized to carry out a program that establishes uniform 

10 standards for developing and supporting agency transit 

11 pass and transit benefits authorized under section 7905 

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

13 transit benefits by various paper and electronic media. 

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

15 Act shall be used by the Surface Transportation Board 

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

17 high speed rail project in California unless the Board has 

18 jurisdiction over the entire project and the permit is or 

19 was issued by the Board with respect to the project in 

20 its entirety. 

21 SEC. 193. None of the funds limited or otherwise 

22 made available by this Act to carry out chapter 6 of title 

23 23, United States Code, may be used to subsidize a credit 

24 instrument authorized under such chapter that would 

25 cause the credit subsidy obligated in fiscal year 2015 to 
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1 fund projects located in a single State to exceed 33 percent 

2 of the total credit subsidy made available by this Act on 

3 October 1, 2014 to carry out such chapter. 

4 SEC. 194. None of the funds limited or otherwise 

5 made available by this Act may be used to deny an appli6 cation to renew a Hazardous Materials Safety Program 

7 permit for a motor carrier based on that carrier’s Haz8 ardous Materials Out-of-Service rate, unless the carrier 

9 has the opportunity to submit a written description of cor10 rective actions taken, and other documentation the carrier 

11 wishes the Secretary to consider, including submitting a 

12 corrective action plan, and the Secretary determines the 

13 actions or plan is insufficient to address the safety con14 cerns that resulted in that Hazardous Materials Out-of15 Service rate. 

16 SEC. 195. Any unexpended amounts available for ob17 ligation under the heading ‘‘Federal Railroad Administra18 tion—Safety and Operations’’ under the Consolidated Ap19 propriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–447) shall be 

20 made available for rail safety oversight activities for the 

21 transport of energy products: Provided, That $10,000,000 

22 of unexpended amounts available for obligation under the 

23 heading ‘‘Federal Railroad Administration—Capital As24 sistance to States—Intercity Passenger Rail Service’’ for 

25 fiscal years 2008 and 2009 shall be made available for 
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1 grade crossing safety improvements on rail routes that 

2 transport energy products. 

3 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans4 portation Appropriations Act, 2015’’. 

5 TITLE II 

6 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 

7 DEVELOPMENT 

8 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

9 EXECUTIVE OFFICES

10 For necessary salaries and expenses for Executive Of11 fices, which shall be comprised of the offices of the Sec12 retary, Deputy Secretary, Adjudicatory Services, Congres13 sional and Intergovernmental Relations, Public Affairs, 

14 Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, and the 

15 Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, 

16 $14,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed $25,000 of the 

17 amount made available under this heading shall be avail18 able to the Secretary for official reception and representa19 tion expenses as the Secretary may determine. 

20 ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OFFICES

21 For necessary salaries and expenses for Administra22 tive Support Offices of the Department of Housing and 

23 Urban Development, $500,000,000, of which not to exceed 

24 $45,000,000 shall be available for the Office of the Chief 

25 Financial Officer; not to exceed $93,000,000 shall be 
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1 available for the Office of the General Counsel; not to ex2 ceed $194,000,000 shall be available for the Office of Ad3 ministration; not to exceed $52,000,000 shall be available 

4 for the Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer; not 

5 to exceed $49,000,000 shall be available for the Office of 

6 Field Policy and Management; not to exceed $16,000,000 

7 shall be available for the Office of the Chief Procurement 

8 Officer; not to exceed $2,500,000 shall be available for the 

9 Office of Departmental Equal Employment Opportunity; 

10 not to exceed $3,500,000 shall be available for the Office 

11 of Strategic Planning and Management; and not to exceed 

12 $45,000,000 shall be available for the Office of the Chief 

13 Information Officer: Provided, That funds provided under 

14 this heading may be used for necessary administrative and 

15 non-administrative expenses of the Department of Hous16 ing and Urban Development, not otherwise provided for, 

17 including purchase of uniforms, or allowances therefore, 

18 as authorized by U.S.C. 5901–5902; hire of passenger 

19 motor vehicles; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

20 3109: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 

21 provision of law, funds appropriated under this heading 

22 may be used for advertising and promotional activities 

23 that support the housing mission area: Provided further, 

24 That the Secretary shall provide the Committees on Ap25 propriations quarterly written notification regarding the 
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1 status of pending congressional reports: Provided further, 

2 That the Secretary shall provide all signed reports re3 quired by Congress electronically. 

4 PROGRAM OFFICE SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING

6 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

7 Public and Indian Housing, $200,000,000. 

8 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

9 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

10 Community Planning and Development, $100,000,000. 

11 HOUSING

12 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

13 Housing, $370,000,000, of which at least $9,000,000 shall 

14 be for the Office of Risk and Regulatory Affairs. 

15 POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH

16 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

17 Policy Development and Research, $20,000,000. 

18 FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

19 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

20 Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, $68,000,000. 

21 OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL AND HEALTHY

22 HOMES

23 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

24 Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes, $7,000,000. 
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1 PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING

2 TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE

3 For activities and assistance for the provision of ten4 ant-based rental assistance authorized under the United 

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

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

7 $15,356,529,000, to remain available until September 30, 

8 2017, shall be available on October 1, 2014 (in addition 

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

10 heading that became available on October 1, 2014), and 

11 $4,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

12 2018, shall be available on October 1, 2015: Provided, 

13 That the amounts made available under this heading are 

14 provided as follows: 

15 (1) $17,693,079,000 shall be available for re16 newals of expiring section 8 tenant-based annual 

17 contributions contracts (including renewals of en18 hanced vouchers under any provision of law author19 izing such assistance under section 8(t) of the Act) 

20 and including renewal of other special purpose incre21 mental vouchers: Provided, That notwithstanding 

22 any other provision of law, from amounts provided 

23 under this paragraph and any carryover, the Sec24 retary for the calendar year 2015 funding cycle shall 

25 provide renewal funding for each public housing 
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1 agency based on validated voucher management sys2 tem (VMS) leasing and cost data for the prior cal3 endar year and by applying an inflation factor as es4 tablished by the Secretary, by notice published in 

5 the Federal Register, and by making any necessary 

6 adjustments for the costs associated with the first7 time renewal of vouchers under this paragraph in8 cluding tenant protection, HOPE VI, and Choice 

9 Neighborhoods vouchers: Provided further, That in 

10 determining calendar year 2015 funding allocations 

11 under this heading for public housing agencies, in12 cluding agencies participating in the Moving To 

13 Work (MTW) demonstration, the Secretary may 

14 take into account the anticipated impact of changes 

15 in targeting and utility allowances, on public housing 

16 agencies’ contract renewal needs: Provided further, 

17 That none of the funds provided under this para18 graph may be used to fund a total number of unit 

19 months under lease which exceeds a public housing 

20 agency’s authorized level of units under contract, ex21 cept for public housing agencies participating in the 

22 Moving to Work (MTW) demonstration, which are 

23 instead governed by the terms and conditions of 

24 their MTW agreements: Provided further, That the 

25 Secretary shall, to the extent necessary to stay with-
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1 in the amount specified under this paragraph (ex2 cept as otherwise modified under this paragraph), 

3 pro rate each public housing agency’s allocation oth4 erwise established pursuant to this paragraph: Pro5 vided further, That except as provided in the fol6 lowing provisos, the entire amount specified under 

7 this paragraph (except as otherwise modified under 

8 this paragraph) shall be obligated to the public hous9 ing agencies based on the allocation and pro rata 

10 method described above, and the Secretary shall no11 tify public housing agencies of their annual budget 

12 by the latter of 60 days after enactment of this Act 

13 or March 1, 2015: Provided further, That the Sec14 retary may extend the notification period with the 

15 prior written approval of the House and Senate 

16 Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 

17 That public housing agencies participating in the 

18 MTW demonstration shall be funded pursuant to 

19 their MTW agreements and shall be subject to the 

20 same pro rata adjustments under the previous pro21 visos: Provided further, That the Secretary may off22 set public housing agencies’ calendar year 2015 allo23 cations based on the excess amounts of public hous24 ing agencies’ net restricted assets accounts, includ25 ing HUD held programmatic reserves (in accordance 
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1 with VMS data in calendar year 2014 that is 

2 verifiable and complete), as determined by the Sec3 retary: Provided further, That public housing agen4 cies participating in the MTW demonstration shall 

5 also be subject to the offset, as determined by the 

6 Secretary, excluding amounts subject to the single 

7 fund budget authority provisions of their MTW 

8 agreements, from the agencies’ calendar year 2015 

9 MTW funding allocation: Provided further, That the 

10 Secretary shall use any offset referred to in the pre11 vious two provisos throughout the calendar year to 

12 prevent the termination of rental assistance for fam13 ilies as the result of insufficient funding, as deter14 mined by the Secretary, and to avoid or reduce the 

15 proration of renewal funding allocations: Provided 

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

17 only: (1) for adjustments in the allocations for public 

18 housing agencies, after application for an adjust19 ment by a public housing agency that experienced a 

20 significant increase, as determined by the Secretary, 

21 in renewal costs of vouchers resulting from unfore22 seen circumstances or from portability under section 

23 8(r) of the Act; (2) for vouchers that were not in use 

24 during the 12-month period in order to be available 

25 to meet a commitment pursuant to section 8(o)(13) 
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1 of the Act; (3) for adjustments for costs associated 

2 with HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing 

3 (HUD–VASH) vouchers; (4) for public housing 

4 agencies that despite taking reasonable cost savings 

5 measures, as determined by the Secretary, would 

6 otherwise be required to terminate rental assistance 

7 for families as a result of insufficient funding: Pro8 vided further, That the Secretary shall allocate 

9 amounts under the previous proviso based on need, 

10 as determined by the Secretary; and (5) for adjust11 ments in the allocations for public housing agencies 

12 that experienced a significant increase, as deter13 mined by the Secretary, in renewal costs as a result 

14 of participation in the Small Area Fair Market Rent 

15 demonstration; 

16 (2) $130,000,000 shall be for section 8 rental 

17 assistance for relocation and replacement of housing 

18 units that are demolished or disposed of pursuant to 

19 section 18 of the Act, conversion of section 23 

20 projects to assistance under section 8, the family 

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

22 relocation of witnesses in connection with efforts to 

23 combat crime in public and assisted housing pursu24 ant to a request from a law enforcement or prosecu25 tion agency, enhanced vouchers under any provision 
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1 of law authorizing such assistance under section 8(t) 

2 of the Act, HOPE VI and Choice Neighborhood 

3 vouchers, mandatory and voluntary conversions, and 

4 tenant protection assistance including replacement 

5 and relocation assistance or for project-based assist6 ance to prevent the displacement of unassisted elder7 ly tenants currently residing in section 202 prop8 erties financed between 1959 and 1974 that are refi9 nanced pursuant to Public Law 106–569, as amend10 ed, or under the authority as provided under this 

11 Act: Provided, That when a public housing develop12 ment is submitted for demolition or disposition 

13 under section 18 of the Act, the Secretary may pro14 vide section 8 rental assistance when the units pose 

15 an imminent health and safety risk to residents: 

16 Provided further, That the Secretary may only pro17 vide replacement vouchers for units that were occu18 pied within the previous 24 months that cease to be 

19 available as assisted housing, subject only to the 

20 availability of funds: Provided further, That of the 

21 amounts made available under this paragraph, 

22 $5,000,000 may be available to provide tenant pro23 tection assistance, not otherwise provided under this 

24 paragraph, to residents residing in low vacancy 

25 areas and who may have to pay rents greater than 
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1 30 percent of household income, as the result of (1) 

2 the maturity of a HUD-insured, HUD-held or sec3 tion 202 loan that requires the permission of the 

4 Secretary prior to loan prepayment; (2) the expira5 tion of a rental assistance contract for which the 

6 tenants are not eligible for enhanced voucher or ten7 ant protection assistance under existing law; or (3) 

8 the expiration of affordability restrictions accom9 panying a mortgage or preservation program admin10 istered by the Secretary: Provided further, That such 

11 tenant protection assistance made available under 

12 the previous proviso may be provided under the au13 thority of section 8(t) or section 8(o)(13) of the 

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

15 1437f(t)): Provided further, That the Secretary shall 

16 issue guidance to implement the previous provisos, 

17 including, but not limited to, requirements for defin18 ing eligible at-risk households within 120 days of the 

19 enactment of this Act: Provided further, That any 

20 tenant protection voucher made available from 

21 amounts under this paragraph shall not be reissued 

22 by any public housing agency, except the replace23 ment vouchers as defined by the Secretary by notice, 

24 when the initial family that received any such vouch25 er no longer receives such voucher, and the authority 
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1 for any public housing agency to issue any such 

2 voucher shall cease to exist: Provided further, That 

3 the Secretary, for the purpose under this paragraph, 

4 may use unobligated balances, including recaptures 

5 and carryovers, remaining from amounts appro6 priated in prior fiscal years under this heading for 

7 voucher assistance for nonelderly disabled families 

8 and for disaster assistance made available under 

9 Public Law 110–329; 

10 (3) $1,350,000,000 shall be for administrative 

11 and other expenses of public housing agencies in ad12 ministering the section 8 tenant-based rental assist13 ance program, of which up to $10,000,000 shall be 

14 available to the Secretary to allocate to public hous15 ing agencies that need additional funds to admin16 ister their section 8 programs, including fees associ17 ated with section 8 tenant protection rental assist18 ance, the administration of disaster related vouchers, 

19 Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing vouchers, and 

20 other special purpose incremental vouchers: Pro21 vided, That no less than $1,335,000,000 of the 

22 amount provided in this paragraph shall be allocated 

23 to public housing agencies for the calendar year 

24 2015 funding cycle based on section 8(q) of the Act 

25 (and related Appropriation Act provisions) as in ef-
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1 fect immediately before the enactment of the Quality 

2 Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (Pub3 lic Law 105–276): Provided further, That if the 

4 amounts made available under this paragraph are 

5 insufficient to pay the amounts determined under 

6 the previous proviso, the Secretary may decrease the 

7 amounts allocated to agencies by a uniform percent8 age applicable to all agencies receiving funding 

9 under this paragraph or may, to the extent nec10 essary to provide full payment of amounts deter11 mined under the previous proviso, utilize unobligated 

12 balances, including recaptures and carryovers, re13 maining from funds appropriated to the Department 

14 of Housing and Urban Development under this 

15 heading from prior fiscal years, notwithstanding the 

16 purposes for which such amounts were appropriated: 

17 Provided further, That all public housing agencies 

18 participating in the MTW demonstration shall be 

19 funded pursuant to their MTW agreements, and 

20 shall be subject to the same uniform percentage de21 crease as under the previous proviso: Provided fur22 ther, That amounts provided under this paragraph 

23 shall be only for activities related to the provision of 

24 tenant-based rental assistance authorized under sec25 tion 8, including related development activities; 
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1 (4) $108,450,000 for the renewal of tenant2 based assistance contracts under section 811 of the 

3 Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act 

4 (42 U.S.C. 8013), including necessary administra5 tive expenses: Provided, That administrative and 

6 other expenses of public housing agencies in admin7 istering the special purpose vouchers in this para8 graph shall be funded under the same terms and be 

9 subject to the same pro rata reduction as the per10 cent decrease for administrative and other expenses 

11 to public housing agencies under paragraph (3) of 

12 this heading; 

13 (5) $75,000,000 for incremental rental voucher 

14 assistance for use through a supported housing pro15 gram administered in conjunction with the Depart16 ment of Veterans Affairs as authorized under section 

17 8(o)(19) of the United States Housing Act of 1937: 

18 Provided, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

19 Development shall make such funding available, not20 withstanding section 204 (competition provision) of 

21 this title, to public housing agencies that partner 

22 with eligible VA Medical Centers or other entities as 

23 designated by the Secretary of the Department of 

24 Veterans Affairs, based on geographical need for 

25 such assistance as identified by the Secretary of the 
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1 Department of Veterans Affairs, public housing 

2 agency administrative performance, and other fac3 tors as specified by the Secretary of Housing and 

4 Urban Development in consultation with the Sec5 retary of the Department of Veterans Affairs: Pro6 vided further, That the Secretary of Housing and 

7 Urban Development may waive, or specify alter8 native requirements for (in consultation with the 

9 Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs), 

10 any provision of any statute or regulation that the 

11 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development ad12 ministers in connection with the use of funds made 

13 available under this paragraph (except for require14 ments related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, 

15 labor standards, and the environment), upon a find16 ing by the Secretary that any such waivers or alter17 native requirements are necessary for the effective 

18 delivery and administration of such voucher assist19 ance: Provided further, That assistance made avail20 able under this paragraph shall continue to remain 

21 available for homeless veterans upon turn-over; and 

22 (6) The Secretary shall separately track all spe23 cial purpose vouchers funded under this heading. 
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1 HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND

2 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS)

3 Unobligated balances, including recaptures and car4 ryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the Depart5 ment of Housing and Urban Development under this 

6 heading, the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted 

7 Housing’’ and the heading ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assist8 ance’’, for fiscal year 2015 and prior years may be used 

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

10 contracts and for performance-based contract administra11 tors, notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds 

12 were appropriated: Provided, That any obligated balances 

13 of contract authority from fiscal year 1974 and prior that 

14 have been terminated shall be rescinded: Provided further, 

15 That amounts heretofore recaptured, or recaptured during 

16 the current fiscal year, from section 8 project-based con17 tracts from source years fiscal year 1975 through fiscal 

18 year 1987 are hereby rescinded, and an amount of addi19 tional new budget authority, equivalent to the amount re20 scinded is hereby appropriated, to remain available until 

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

22 in addition to amounts otherwise available. 

23 PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND

24 For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to 

25 carry out capital and management activities for public 
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1 housing agencies, as authorized under section 9 of the 

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

3 (the ‘‘Act’’) $1,775,000,000, to remain available until 

4 September 30, 2018: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

5 other provision of law or regulation, during fiscal year 

6 2015 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 

7 may not delegate to any Department official other than 

8 the Deputy Secretary and the Assistant Secretary for 

9 Public and Indian Housing any authority under paragraph 

10 (2) of section 9(j) regarding the extension of the time peri11 ods under such section: Provided further, That for pur12 poses of such section 9(j), the term ‘‘obligate’’ means, with 

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

14 binding agreement that will result in outlays, immediately 

15 or in the future: Provided further, That up to $8,000,000 

16 shall be to support ongoing Public Housing Financial and 

17 Physical Assessment activities: Provided further, That up 

18 to $5,000,000 shall be to support the costs of administra19 tive and judicial receiverships: Provided further, That of 

20 the total amount provided under this heading, not to ex21 ceed $20,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary to 

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

23 public housing agencies for emergency capital needs in24 cluding safety and security measures necessary to address 

25 crime and drug-related activity as well as needs resulting 
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1 from unforeseen or unpreventable emergencies and nat2 ural disasters excluding Presidentially declared emer3 gencies and natural disasters under the Robert T. Stafford 

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

5 seq.) occurring in fiscal year 2015: Provided further, That 

6 of the total amount provided under this heading 

7 $45,000,000 shall be for supportive services, service coor8 dinator and congregate services as authorized by section 

9 34 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437z–6) and the Native Amer10 ican Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 

11 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.): Provided further, That of 

12 the total amount made available under this heading, up 

13 to $15,000,000 may be used for incentives as part of a 

14 Jobs-Plus Pilot initiative modeled after the Jobs-Plus 

15 demonstration: Provided further, That the funding pro16 vided under the previous proviso shall provide competitive 

17 grants to partnerships between public housing authorities, 

18 local workforce investment boards established under sec19 tion 117 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, and 

20 other agencies and organizations that provide support to 

21 help public housing residents obtain employment and in22 crease earnings: Provided further, That applicants must 

23 demonstrate the ability to provide services to residents, 

24 partner with workforce investment boards, and leverage 

25 service dollars: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
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1 set aside a portion of the funds provided for the Resident 

2 Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency program to support the 

3 services element of the Jobs-Plus Pilot initiative: Provided 

4 further, That the Secretary may allow PHAs to request 

5 exemptions from rent and income limitation requirements 

6 under sections 3 and 6 of the United States Housing Act 

7 of 1937 as necessary to implement the Jobs-Plus program, 

8 on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may ap9 prove upon a finding by the Secretary that any such waiv10 ers or alternative requirements are necessary for the effec11 tive implementation of the Jobs-Plus Pilot initiative as a 

12 voluntary program for residents: Provided further, That 

13 the Secretary shall publish by notice in the Federal Reg14 ister any waivers or alternative requirements pursuant to 

15 the preceding proviso no later than 10 days before the ef16 fective date of such notice: Provided further, That from 

17 the funds made available under this heading, the Secretary 

18 shall provide bonus awards in fiscal year 2015 to public 

19 housing agencies that are designated high performers. 

20 PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND

21 For 2015 payments to public housing agencies for the 

22 operation and management of public housing, as author23 ized by section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 

24 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $4,400,000,000. 
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1 CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVE

2 For competitive grants under the Choice Neighbor3 hoods Initiative (subject to section 24 of the United States 

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

5 specified under this heading), for transformation, rehabili6 tation, and replacement housing needs of both public and 

7 HUD-assisted housing and to transform neighborhoods of 

8 poverty into functioning, sustainable mixed income neigh9 borhoods with appropriate services, schools, public assets, 

10 transportation and access to jobs, $25,000,000, to remain 

11 available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That grant 

12 funds may be used for resident and community services, 

13 community development, and affordable housing needs in 

14 the community, and for conversion of vacant or foreclosed 

15 properties to affordable housing: Provided further, That 

16 the use of funds made available under this heading shall 

17 not be deemed to be public housing notwithstanding sec18 tion 3(b)(1) of such Act: Provided further, That grantees 

19 shall commit to an additional period of affordability deter20 mined by the Secretary of not fewer than 20 years: Pro21 vided further, That grantees shall undertake comprehen22 sive local planning with input from residents and the com23 munity, and that grantees shall provide a match in State, 

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

25 That grantees may include local governments, tribal enti-
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1 ties, public housing authorities, and nonprofits: Provided 

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

3 a public entity: Provided further, That such grantees shall 

4 create partnerships with other local organizations includ5 ing assisted housing owners, service agencies, and resident 

6 organizations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 

7 consult with the Secretaries of Education, Labor, Trans8 portation, Health and Human Services, Agriculture, and 

9 Commerce, the Attorney General, and the Administrator 

10 of the Environmental Protection Agency to coordinate and 

11 leverage other appropriate Federal resources: Provided 

12 further, That unobligated balances remaining from funds 

13 appropriated under this heading and the heading ‘‘Revital14 ization of Severely Distressed Public Housing (HOPE 

15 VI)’’ in fiscal year 2014 and prior fiscal years may be used 

16 for purposes under this heading notwithstanding the pur17 poses for which such amounts were appropriated: Provided 

18 further, That none of the funds made available under this 

19 paragraph may be used for a grant to a recipient that 

20 has previously received a Choice Neighborhoods Initiative 

21 implementation grant. 

22 FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY

23 For the Family Self-Sufficiency program to support 

24 family self-sufficiency coordinators under section 23 of the 

25 United States Housing Act of 1937, to promote the devel-
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1 opment of local strategies to coordinate the use of assist2 ance under sections 8(o) and 9 of such Act with public 

3 and private resources, and enable eligible families to 

4 achieve economic independence and self-sufficiency, 

5 $75,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary may, by Fed6 eral Register notice, waive or specify alternative require7 ments under subsections b(3), b(4), b(5), or c(1) of section 

8 23 of such Act in order for public housing agencies, own9 ers and the Department to administer and to facilitate the 

10 operation of a unified self-sufficiency program for individ11 uals receiving assistance under different provisions of the 

12 Act, as determined by the Secretary. 

13 NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS

14 For the Native American Housing Block Grants pro15 gram, as authorized under title I of the Native American 

16 Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 

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

18 remain available until September 30, 2019: Provided, 

19 That, notwithstanding the Native American Housing As20 sistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996, to determine 

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

22 each Indian tribe, the Secretary shall apply the formula 

23 under section 302 of such Act with the need component 

24 based on single-race census data and with the need compo25 nent based on multi-race census data, and the amount of 
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1 the allocation for each Indian tribe shall be the greater 

2 of the two resulting allocation amounts: Provided further, 

3 That of the amounts made available under this heading, 

4 $3,000,000 shall be contracted for assistance for national 

5 or regional organizations representing Native American 

6 housing interests for providing training and technical as7 sistance to Indian housing authorities and tribally des8 ignated housing entities as authorized under NAHASDA: 

9 Provided further, That of the funds made available under 

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

11 made available for a national organization as authorized 

12 under section 703 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4212): Pro13 vided further, That of the amounts made available under 

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

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

16 technical assistance in the training, oversight, and man17 agement of such Indian housing and tenant-based assist18 ance, including up to $300,000 for related travel: Provided 

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

20 $2,000,000 shall be made available for the cost of guaran21 teed notes and other obligations, as authorized by title VI 

22 of NAHASDA: Provided further, That such costs, includ23 ing the costs of modifying such notes and other obliga24 tions, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres25 sional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, 
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1 That these funds are available to subsidize the total prin2 cipal amount of any notes and other obligations, any part 

3 of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $16,530,000: 

4 Provided further, That the Department will notify grantees 

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

6 enactment of this Act: Provided further, notwithstanding 

7 section 302(d) of NAHASDA, if on January 1, 2015, a 

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

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

10 three times the formula allocation it would otherwise re11 ceive under this heading, the Secretary shall adjust that 

12 recipient’s formula allocation down by the difference be13 tween its total amount of undisbursed block grants in the 

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

15 2015, and three times the formula allocation it would oth16 erwise receive: Provided further, That grant amounts not 

17 allocated to a recipient pursuant to the previous proviso 

18 shall be allocated under the need component of the for19 mula proportionately among all other Indian tribes not 

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

21 previous provisos shall not apply to any Indian tribe that 

22 would otherwise receive a formula allocation of less than 

23 $5,000,000: Provided further, That to take effect, the 

24 three previous provisos do not require the issuance of any 

25 regulation. 
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1 INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM

2 ACCOUNT

3 For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by 

4 section 184 of the Housing and Community Development 

5 Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a), $8,000,000, to re6 main available until expended: Provided, That such costs, 

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

8 defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 

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

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

11 be guaranteed, up to $1,200,000,000, to remain available 

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

13 this amount may be for administrative contract expenses 

14 including management processes and systems to carry out 

15 the loan guarantee program. 

16 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

17 HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS

18 For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Per19 sons with AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS 

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

21 $305,900,000, to remain available until September 30, 

22 2016, except that amounts allocated pursuant to section 

23 854(c)(3) of such Act shall remain available until Sep24 tember 30, 2017: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew 

25 all expiring contracts for permanent supportive housing 
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1 that initially were funded under section 854(c)(3) of such 

2 Act from funds made available under this heading in fiscal 

3 year 2010 and prior fiscal years that meet all program 

4 requirements before awarding funds for new contracts 

5 under such section, and if amounts provided under this 

6 heading pursuant to such section are insufficient to fund 

7 renewals for all such expiring contracts, then amounts 

8 made available under this heading for formula grants pur9 suant to section 854(c)(1) shall be used to provide the bal10 ance of such renewal funding before awarding funds for 

11 such formula grants: Provided further, That the Depart12 ment shall notify grantees of their formula allocation with13 in 60 days of enactment of this Act. 

14 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND

15 For assistance to units of State and local govern16 ment, and to other entities, for economic and community 

17 development activities, and for other purposes, 

18 $3,060,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

19 2017, unless otherwise specified: Provided, That of the 

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

21 the community development block grant program under 

22 title I of the Housing and Community Development Act 

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

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

25 for under this heading, not to exceed 20 percent of any 
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1 grant made with funds appropriated under this heading 

2 shall be expended for planning and management develop3 ment and administration: Provided further, That a metro4 politan city, urban county, unit of general local govern5 ment, or Indian tribe, or insular area that directly or indi6 rectly receives funds under this heading may not sell, 

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

8 funds to another such entity in exchange for any other 

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

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

11 Provided further, That none of the funds made available 

12 under this heading may be used for grants for the Eco13 nomic Development Initiative (‘‘EDI’’) or Neighborhood 

14 Initiatives activities, Rural Innovation Fund, or for grants 

15 pursuant to section 107 of the Housing and Community 

16 Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5307): Provided fur17 ther, That the Department shall notify grantees of their 

18 formula allocation within 60 days of enactment of this Act: 

19 Provided further, That $60,000,000 shall be for grants to 

20 Indian tribes notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of such 

21 Act, of which, notwithstanding any other provision of law 

22 (including section 204 of this Act), up to $3,960,000 may 

23 be used for emergencies that constitute imminent threats 

24 to health and safety. 
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1 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES

2 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

3 (INCLUDING RESCISSION)

4 Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget 

5 Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2015, commitments to 

6 guarantee loans under section 108 of the Housing and 

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

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

9 principal amount of $500,000,000, notwithstanding any 

10 aggregate limitation on outstanding obligations guaran11 teed in subsection (k) of such section 108: Provided, That 

12 the Secretary shall collect fees from borrowers, notwith13 standing subsection (m) of such section 108, to result in 

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

15 and any such fees shall be collected in accordance with 

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

17 Provided further, That all unobligated balances, including 

18 recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds appro19 priated to the Department of Housing and Urban Devel20 opment under this heading are hereby permanently re21 scinded. 

22 HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM

23 For the HOME investment partnerships program, as 

24 authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na25 tional Affordable Housing Act, as amended, 
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1 $700,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

2 2017: Provided, That notwithstanding the amount made 

3 available under this heading, the threshold reduction re4 quirements in sections 216(10) and 217(b)(4) of such Act 

5 shall not apply to allocations of such amount: Provided 

6 further, That the requirements under provisos 2 through 

7 6 under this heading for fiscal year 2012 and such re8 quirements applicable pursuant to the ‘‘Full-Year Con9 tinuing Appropriations Act, 2013’’, shall not apply to any 

10 project to which funds were committed on or after August 

11 23, 2013, but such projects shall instead be governed by 

12 the Final Rule titled ‘‘Home Investment Partnerships 

13 Program; Improving Performance and Accountability; Up14 dating Property Standards’’ which became effective on 

15 such date: Provided further, That funds provided in prior 

16 appropriations Acts for technical assistance, which were 

17 made available for Community Housing Development Or18 ganizations technical assistance, and which still remain 

19 available, may be used for HOME technical assistance, 

20 notwithstanding the purposes for which such amounts 

21 were appropriated: Provided further, That the Department 

22 shall notify grantees of their formula allocation within 60 

23 days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That of 

24 the total amount provided under this heading, up to 

25 $10,000,000 shall be made available to the Self-help and 
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1 Assisted Homeownership Opportunity Program, as au2 thorized under section 11 of the Housing Opportunity 

3 Program Extension Act of 1996, as amended (42 U.S.C. 

4 12805 note). 

5 CAPACITY BUILDING

6 For the second, third, and fourth capacity building 

7 activities authorized under section 4(a) of the HUD Dem8 onstration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816 note), 

9 $35,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

10 2017, of which not less than $5,000,000 shall be made 

11 available for rural capacity-building activities. In addition, 

12 $5,000,000 shall be made available for capacity building 

13 by national rural housing organizations with experience 

14 assessing national rural conditions and providing financ15 ing, training, technical assistance, information, and re16 search to local non-profits, local governments, and Indian 

17 Tribes serving high-need rural communities. 

18 HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For the emergency solutions grants program as au21 thorized under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney22 Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amended; the con23 tinuum of care program as authorized under subtitle C 

24 of title IV of such Act; and the rural housing stability as25 sistance program as authorized under subtitle D of title 
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1 IV of such Act, $2,105,000,000, to remain available until 

2 September 30, 2017: Provided, That any rental assistance 

3 amounts that are recaptured under such continuum of 

4 care program shall remain available until expended: Pro5 vided further, That not less than $200,000,000 of the 

6 funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 

7 for such emergency solutions grants program: Provided 

8 further, That not less than $1,800,000,000 (increased by 

9 $10,000,000) of the funds appropriated under this head10 ing shall be available for such continuum of care and rural 

11 housing stability assistance programs: Provided further, 

12 That up to $5,000,000 (increased by $2,000,000) of the 

13 funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 

14 for the national homeless data analysis project: Provided 

15 further, That all funds awarded for supportive services 

16 under the continuum of care program and the rural hous17 ing stability assistance program shall be matched by not 

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

19 Provided further, That for all match requirements applica20 ble to funds made available under this heading for this 

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

22 have used) as a source of match funds other funds admin23 istered by the Secretary and other Federal agencies unless 

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

25 such use of any such funds: Provided further, That the 
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1 Secretary may renew on an annual basis expiring con2 tracts or amendments to contracts funded under the con3 tinuum of care program if the program is determined to 

4 be needed under the applicable continuum of care and 

5 meets appropriate program requirements, performance 

6 measures, and financial standards, as determined by the 

7 Secretary: Provided further, That all awards of assistance 

8 under this heading shall be required to coordinate and in9 tegrate homeless programs with other mainstream health, 

10 social services, and employment programs for which home11 less populations may be eligible, including Medicaid, State 

12 Children’s Health Insurance Program, Temporary Assist13 ance for Needy Families, Food Stamps, and services fund14 ing through the Mental Health and Substance Abuse 

15 Block Grant, Workforce Investment Act, and the Welfare16 to-Work grant program: Provided further, That all bal17 ances for Shelter Plus Care renewals previously funded 

18 from the Shelter Plus Care Renewal account and trans19 ferred to this account shall be available, if recaptured, for 

20 continuum of care renewals in fiscal year 2015: Provided 

21 further, That with respect to funds provided under this 

22 heading for the continuum of care program for fiscal years 

23 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015 provision of permanent hous24 ing rental assistance may be administered by private non25 profit organizations: Provided further, That the Depart-
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1 ment shall notify grantees of their formula allocation from 

2 amounts allocated (which may represent initial or final 

3 amounts allocated) for the emergency solutions grant pro4 gram within 60 days of enactment of this Act. 

5 BROWNFIELDS REDEVELOPMENT

6 (RESCISSION)

7 Unobligated balances, including recaptures and car8 ryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the Depart9 ment of Housing and Urban Development under this 

10 heading are hereby permanently rescinded. 

11 HOUSING PROGRAMS

12 PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE

13 For activities and assistance for the provision of 

14 project-based subsidy contracts under the United States 

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

16 Act’’), not otherwise provided for, $9,346,000,000, to re17 main available until expended, shall be available on Octo18 ber 1, 2014 (in addition to the $400,000,000 previously 

19 appropriated under this heading that became available Oc20 tober 1, 2014), and $400,000,000, to remain available 

21 until expended, shall be available on October 1, 2015: Pro22 vided, That the amounts made available under this head23 ing shall be available for expiring or terminating section 

24 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including section 8 

25 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for amendments to sec-
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1 tion 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including section 

2 8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for contracts entered 

3 into pursuant to section 441 of the McKinney-Vento 

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

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

6 to approved plans of action under the Emergency Low In7 come Housing Preservation Act of 1987 or the Low-In8 come Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership 

9 Act of 1990, and for administrative and other expenses 

10 associated with project-based activities and assistance 

11 funded under this paragraph: Provided further, That of 

12 the total amounts provided under this heading, not to ex13 ceed $210,000,000 shall be available for assistance agree14 ments with performance-based contract administrators for 

15 section 8 project-based assistance, for carrying out 42 

16 U.S.C. 1437(f): Provided further, That the Secretary of 

17 Housing and Urban Development may also use such 

18 amounts in the previous proviso for performance-based 

19 contract administrators for the administration of: interest 

20 reduction payments pursuant to section 236(a) of the Na21 tional Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1(a)); rent supple22 ment payments pursuant to section 101 of the Housing 

23 and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); 

24 section 236(f)(2) rental assistance payments (12 U.S.C. 

25 1715z–1(f)(2)); project rental assistance contracts for the 
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1 elderly under section 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 

2 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); project rental assistance con3 tracts for supportive housing for persons with disabilities 

4 under section 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na5 tional Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013(d)(2)); 

6 project assistance contracts pursuant to section 202(h) of 

7 the Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 

8 667); and loans under section 202 of the Housing Act of 

9 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667): Provided fur10 ther, That amounts recaptured under this heading, the 

11 heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing’’, or 

12 the heading ‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’, may be used for 

13 renewals of or amendments to section 8 project-based con14 tracts or for performance-based contract administrators, 

15 notwithstanding the purposes for which such amounts 

16 were appropriated: Provided further, That, notwith17 standing any other provision of law, upon the request of 

18 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, project 

19 funds that are held in residual receipts accounts for any 

20 project subject to a section 8 project-based Housing As21 sistance Payments contract that authorizes HUD or a 

22 Housing Finance Agency to require that surplus project 

23 funds be deposited in an interest-bearing residual receipts 

24 account and that are in excess of an amount to be deter25 mined by the Secretary, shall be remitted to the Depart-
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1 ment and deposited in this account, to be available until 

2 expended: Provided further, That amounts deposited pur3 suant to the previous proviso shall be available in addition 

4 to the amount otherwise provided by this heading for uses 

5 authorized under this heading. 

6 HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY

7 For amendments to capital advance contracts for 

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

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

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

11 of such Act, including amendments to contracts for such 

12 assistance and renewal of expiring contracts for such as13 sistance for up to a 1-year term, and for senior preserva14 tion rental assistance contracts, as authorized by section 

15 811(e) of the American Housing and Economic Oppor16 tunity Act of 2000, as amended, and for supportive serv17 ices associated with the housing, $420,000,000 to remain 

18 available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That of the 

19 amount provided under this heading, up to $70,000,000 

20 shall be for service coordinators and the continuation of 

21 existing congregate service grants for residents of assisted 

22 housing projects: Provided further, That amounts under 

23 this heading shall be available for Real Estate Assessment 

24 Center inspections and inspection-related activities associ25 ated with section 202 projects: Provided further, That the 
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1 Secretary may waive the provisions of section 202 gov2 erning the terms and conditions of project rental assist3 ance, except that the initial contract term for such assist4 ance shall not exceed 5 years in duration. 

5 HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

6 For amendments to capital advance contracts for 

7 supportive housing for persons with disabilities, as author8 ized by section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af9 fordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), for project rental 

10 assistance for supportive housing for persons with disabil11 ities under section 811(d)(2) of such Act and for project 

12 assistance contracts pursuant to section 202(h) of the 

13 Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667), 

14 including amendments to contracts for such assistance 

15 and renewal of expiring contracts for such assistance for 

16 up to a 1-year term, for project rental assistance to State 

17 housing finance agencies and other appropriate entities as 

18 authorized under section 811(b)(3) of the Cranston-Gon19 zalez National Housing Act, and for supportive services 

20 associated with the housing for persons with disabilities 

21 as authorized by section 811(b)(1) of such Act, 

22 $135,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

23 2018: Provided, That amounts made available under this 

24 heading shall be available for Real Estate Assessment 
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1 Center inspections and inspection-related activities associ2 ated with section 811 projects. 

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 2016, 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. 

20 RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE

21 For amendments to contracts under section 101 of 

22 the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 

23 U.S.C. 1701s) and section 236(f)(2) of the National 

24 Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1) in State-aided, non25 insured rental housing projects, $28,000,000, to remain 
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1 available until expended: Provided, That such amount, to2 gether with unobligated balances from recaptured 

3 amounts appropriated prior to fiscal year 2006 from ter4 minated contracts under such sections of law, and any un5 obligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, re6 maining from funds appropriated under this heading after 

7 fiscal year 2005, shall also be available for extensions of 

8 up to one year for expiring contracts under such sections 

9 of law. 

10 PAYMENT TO MANUFACTURED HOUSING FEES TRUST

11 FUND

12 For necessary expenses as authorized by the National 

13 Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Stand14 ards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), up to 

15 $10,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 

16 $10,000,000 is to be derived from the Manufactured 

17 Housing Fees Trust Fund: Provided, That not to exceed 

18 the total amount appropriated under this heading shall be 

19 available from the general fund of the Treasury to the ex20 tent necessary to incur obligations and make expenditures 

21 pending the receipt of collections to the Fund pursuant 

22 to section 620 of such Act: Provided further, That the 

23 amount made available under this heading from the gen24 eral fund shall be reduced as such collections are received 

25 during fiscal year 2015 so as to result in a final fiscal 
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1 year 2015 appropriation from the general fund estimated 

2 at zero, and fees pursuant to such section 620 shall be 

3 modified as necessary to ensure such a final fiscal year 

4 2015 appropriation: Provided further, That for the dispute 

5 resolution and installation programs, the Secretary of 

6 Housing and Urban Development may assess and collect 

7 fees from any program participant: Provided further, That 

8 such collections shall be deposited into the Fund, and the 

9 Secretary, as provided herein, may use such collections, 

10 as well as fees collected under section 620, for necessary 

11 expenses of such Act: Provided further, That, notwith12 standing the requirements of section 620 of such Act, the 

13 Secretary may carry out responsibilities of the Secretary 

14 under such Act through the use of approved service pro15 viders that are paid directly by the recipients of their serv16 ices. 

17 FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION

18 MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

19 New commitments to guarantee single family loans 

20 insured under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund shall 

21 not exceed $400,000,000,000, to remain available until 

22 September 30, 2016: Provided, That during fiscal year 

23 2015, obligations to make direct loans to carry out the 

24 purposes of section 204(g) of the National Housing Act, 

25 as amended, shall not exceed $20,000,000: Provided fur-
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1 ther, That the foregoing amount in the previous proviso 

2 shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities 

3 in connection with sales of single family real properties 

4 owned by the Secretary and formerly insured under the 

5 Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund. 

6 For administrative contract expenses of the Federal 

7 Housing Administration, $130,000,000, to remain avail8 able until September 30, 2016: Provided, That to the ex9 tent guaranteed loan commitments exceed 

10 $200,000,000,000 on or before April 1, 2015, an addi11 tional $1,400 for administrative contract expenses shall be 

12 available for each $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed 

13 loan commitments (including a pro rata amount for any 

14 amount below $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds 

15 made available by this proviso exceed $30,000,000. 

16 GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

17 New commitments to guarantee loans insured under 

18 the General and Special Risk Insurance Funds, as author19 ized by sections 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act 

20 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–3 and 1735c), shall not exceed 

21 $30,000,000,000 in total loan principal, any part of which 

22 is to be guaranteed, to remain available until September 

23 30, 2016: Provided, That during fiscal year 2015, gross 

24 obligations for the principal amount of direct loans, as au25 thorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, and 519(a) of 
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1 the National Housing Act, shall not exceed $20,000,000, 

2 which shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental en3 tities in connection with the sale of single family real prop4 erties owned by the Secretary and formerly insured under 

5 such Act. 

6 GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION

7 GUARANTEES OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES LOAN

8 GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

9 New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out 

10 the purposes of section 306 of the National Housing Act, 

11 as amended (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)), shall not exceed 

12 $500,000,000,000, to remain available until September 

13 30, 2016: Provided, That $22,000,000 shall be available 

14 for necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Gov15 ernment National Mortgage Association: Provided further, 

16 That receipts from Commitment and Multiclass fees col17 lected pursuant to title III of the National Housing Act, 

18 as amended, shall be credited as offsetting collections to 

19 this account. 

20 POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH

21 RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

22 For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of pro23 grams of research and studies relating to housing and 

24 urban problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized 

25 by title V of the Housing and Urban Development Act 
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1 of 1970 (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 et seq.), including carrying 

2 out the functions of the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

3 Development under section 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization 

4 Plan No. 2 of 1968, and for technical assistance, 

5 $40,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

6 2016: Provided, That with respect to amounts made avail7 able under this heading, notwithstanding section 204 of 

8 this title, the Secretary may enter into cooperative agree9 ments funded with philanthropic entities, other Federal 

10 agencies, or State or local governments and their agencies 

11 for research projects: Provided further, That with respect 

12 to the previous proviso, such partners to the cooperative 

13 agreements must contribute at least a 50 percent match 

14 toward the cost of the project: Provided further, That for 

15 non-competitive agreements entered into in accordance 

16 with the previous two provisos, the Secretary of Housing 

17 and Urban Development shall comply with section 2(b) of 

18 the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency 

19 Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–282, 31 U.S.C. note) in lieu 

20 of compliance with section 102(a)(4)(C) with respect to 

21 documentation of award decisions: Provided further, That 

22 prior to obligation of technical assistance, the Secretary 

23 shall submit a plan, for approval, to the House and Senate 

24 Committees on Appropriations on how it will allocate 

25 funding for this activity. 
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1 FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

2 FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES

3 For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not oth4 erwise provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil 

5 Rights Act of 1968, as amended by the Fair Housing 

6 Amendments Act of 1988, and section 561 of the Housing 

7 and Community Development Act of 1987, as amended, 

8 $46,000,000 (increased by $10,000,000), to remain avail9 able until September 30, 2016: Provided, That notwith10 standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary may assess and 

11 collect fees to cover the costs of the Fair Housing Training 

12 Academy, and may use such funds to provide such train13 ing: Provided further, That no funds made available under 

14 this heading shall be used to lobby the executive or legisla15 tive branches of the Federal Government in connection 

16 with a specific contract, grant or loan: Provided further, 

17 That of the funds made available under this heading, 

18 $300,000 (increased by $150,000) shall be available to the 

19 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for the cre20 ation and promotion of translated materials and other pro21 grams that support the assistance of persons with limited 

22 English proficiency in utilizing the services provided by 

23 the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 
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1 OFFICE OF LEAD HAZARD CONTROL AND HEALTHY

2 HOMES

3 LEAD HAZARD REDUCTION

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

6 Hazard Reduction Act of 1992, $70,000,000, to remain 

7 available until September 30, 2016: Provided, That up to 

8 $10,000,000 of that amount shall be for the Healthy 

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

10 Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 that shall 

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

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

17 other provisions of the law that further the purposes of 

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

19 the Lead Technical Studies program under this heading 

20 or under prior appropriations Acts for such purposes 

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

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

24 1994. 
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1 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FUND

2 For the development of, modifications to, and infra3 structure for Department-wide and program-specific infor4 mation technology systems, for the continuing operation 

5 and maintenance of both Department-wide and program6 specific information systems, and for program-related 

7 maintenance activities, $97,000,000 (reduced by 

8 $10,000,000), of which $82,000,000 (reduced by 

9 $10,000,000) shall remain available until September 30, 

10 2016, and of which $15,000,000 shall remain available 

11 until September 30, 2017 for Development, Modernization 

12 and Enhancement: Provided, That any amounts trans13 ferred to this Fund under this Act shall remain available 

14 until expended: Provided further, That any amounts trans15 ferred to this Fund from amounts appropriated by pre16 viously enacted appropriations Acts may be used for the 

17 purposes specified under this Fund, in addition to any 

18 other information technology purposes for which such 

19 amounts were appropriated: Provided further, That not 

20 more than 40 percent of the funds made available under 

21 this heading for Development, Modernization and En22 hancement, including development and deployment of a 

23 Next Generation Management System and development 

24 and deployment of modernized Federal Housing Adminis25 tration systems may be obligated until the Secretary sub-
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1 mits to the Committees on Appropriations and the Comp2 troller General of the United States a plan for expenditure 

3 that—(A) provides for all information technology invest4 ments: (i) the cost and schedule baselines with expla5 nations for each associated variance, (ii) the status of 

6 functional and performance capabilities delivered or 

7 planned to be delivered, and (iii) mitigation strategies to 

8 address identified risks; (B) outlines activities to ensure 

9 strategic, consistent, and effective application of informa10 tion technology management controls: (i) enterprise archi11 tecture, (ii) project management, (iii) investment manage12 ment, and (iv) human capital management. 

13 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

14 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

15 Inspector General in carrying out the Inspector General 

16 Act of 1978, as amended, $124,861,000: Provided, That 

17 the Inspector General shall have independent authority 

18 over all personnel and acquisition issues within this office. 

19 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

20 URBAN DEVELOPMENT

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 SEC. 201. Fifty percent of the amounts of budget au23 thority, or in lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts 

24 associated with such budget authority, that are recaptured 

25 from projects described in section 1012(a) of the Stewart 
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1 B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 

2 1988 (42 U.S.C. 1437 note) shall be rescinded or in the 

3 case of cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such 

4 amounts of budget authority or cash recaptured and not 

5 rescinded or remitted to the Treasury shall be used by 

6 State housing finance agencies or local governments or 

7 local housing agencies with projects approved by the Sec8 retary of Housing and Urban Development for which set9 tlement occurred after January 1, 1992, in accordance 

10 with such section. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, 

11 the Secretary may award up to 15 percent of the budget 

12 authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted 

13 to the Treasury to provide project owners with incentives 

14 to refinance their project at a lower interest rate. 

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

16 this Act may be used during fiscal year 2015 to investigate 

17 or prosecute under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise 

18 lawful activity engaged in by one or more persons, includ19 ing the filing or maintaining of a nonfrivolous legal action, 

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

21 preventing action by a Government official or entity, or 

22 a court of competent jurisdiction. 

23 SEC. 203. Sections 203 and 209 of division C of Pub24 lic Law 112–55 (125 Stat. 693–694) shall apply during 

25 fiscal year 2015 as if such sections were included in this 
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1 title, except that during such fiscal year such sections shall 

2 be applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2015’’ for ‘‘fiscal 

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

4 terms appear, and shall be amended to reflect revised de5 lineations of statistical areas established by the Office of 

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

7 3504(e)(3), 31 U.S.C. 1104(d), and Executive Order No. 

8 10253. 

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

10 grant, cooperative agreement or other assistance made 

11 pursuant to title II of this Act shall be made on a competi12 tive basis and in accordance with section 102 of the De13 partment of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act 

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

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

16 Urban Development subject to the Government Corpora17 tion Control Act or section 402 of the Housing Act of 

18 1950 shall be available, without regard to the limitations 

19 on administrative expenses, for legal services on a contract 

20 or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment for 

21 services and facilities of the Federal National Mortgage 

22 Association, Government National Mortgage Association, 

23 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal Fi24 nancing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or any member 

25 thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, and any insured bank 
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1 within the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance Cor2 poration Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1811–1). 

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

4 or through a reprogramming of funds, no part of any ap5 propriation for the Department of Housing and Urban 

6 Development shall be available for any program, project 

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

8 estimates submitted to Congress. 

9 SEC. 207. Corporations and agencies of the Depart10 ment of Housing and Urban Development which are sub11 ject to the Government Corporation Control Act are here12 by authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits 

13 of funds and borrowing authority available to each such 

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

15 make such contracts and commitments without regard to 

16 fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of such 

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

18 forth in the budget for 2015 for such corporation or agen19 cy except as hereinafter provided: Provided, That collec20 tions of these corporations and agencies may be used for 

21 new loan or mortgage purchase commitments only to the 

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

23 are in support of other forms of assistance provided for 

24 in this or prior appropriations Acts), except that this pro25 viso shall not apply to the mortgage insurance or guaranty 
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1 operations of these corporations, or where loans or mort2 gage purchases are necessary to protect the financial in3 terest of the United States Government. 

4 SEC. 208. The Secretary of Housing and Urban De5 velopment shall provide quarterly reports to the House 

6 and Senate Committees on Appropriations regarding all 

7 uncommitted, unobligated, recaptured and excess funds in 

8 each program and activity within the jurisdiction of the 

9 Department and shall submit additional, updated budget 

10 information to these Committees upon request. 

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

12 fiscal year 2016, as well as the Department of Housing 

13 and Urban Development’s congressional budget justifica14 tions to be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations 

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

16 the identical account and sub-account structure provided 

17 under this Act. 

18 SEC. 210. A public housing agency or such other enti19 ty that administers Federal housing assistance for the 

20 Housing Authority of the county of Los Angeles, Cali21 fornia, the States of Alaska, Iowa, and Mississippi shall 

22 not be required to include a resident of public housing or 

23 a recipient of assistance provided under section 8 of the 

24 United States Housing Act of 1937 on the board of direc25 tors or a similar governing board of such agency or entity 
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1 as required under section (2)(b) of such Act. Each public 

2 housing agency or other entity that administers Federal 

3 housing assistance under section 8 for the Housing Au4 thority of the county of Los Angeles, California and the 

5 States of Alaska, Iowa and Mississippi that chooses not 

6 to include a resident of public housing or a recipient of 

7 section 8 assistance on the board of directors or a similar 

8 governing board shall establish an advisory board of not 

9 less than six residents of public housing or recipients of 

10 section 8 assistance to provide advice and comment to the 

11 public housing agency or other administering entity on 

12 issues related to public housing and section 8. Such advi13 sory board shall meet not less than quarterly. 

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

15 used for an audit of the Government National Mortgage 

16 Association that makes applicable requirements under the 

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

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

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

20 for fiscal years 2015 and 2016, the Secretary of Housing 

21 and Urban Development may authorize the transfer of 

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

23 by the Secretary and statutorily required low-income and 

24 very low-income use restrictions if any, associated with one 
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1 or more multifamily housing project or projects to another 

2 multifamily housing project or projects. 

3 (b) PHASED TRANSFERS.—Transfers of project4 based assistance under this section may be done in phases 

5 to accommodate the financing and other requirements re6 lated to rehabilitating or constructing the project or 

7 projects to which the assistance is transferred, to ensure 

8 that such project or projects meet the standards under 

9 subsection (c). 

10 (c) The transfer authorized in subsection (a) is sub11 ject to the following conditions: 

12 (1) NUMBER AND BEDROOM SIZE OF UNITS.— 

13 (A) For occupied units in the transferring 

14 project: the number of low-income and very low15 income units and the configuration (i.e. bed16 room size) provided by the transferring project 

17 shall be no less than when transferred to the re18 ceiving project or projects and the net dollar 

19 amount of Federal assistance provided to the 

20 transferring project shall remain the same in 

21 the receiving project or projects. 

22 (B) For unoccupied units in the transfer23 ring project: the Secretary may authorize a re24 duction in the number of dwelling units in the 

25 receiving project or projects to allow for a re-
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1 configuration of bedroom sizes to meet current 

2 market demands, as determined by the Sec3 retary and provided there is no increase in the 

4 project-based assistance budget authority. 

5 (2) The transferring project shall, as deter6 mined by the Secretary, be either physically obsolete 

7 or economically nonviable. 

8 (3) The receiving project or projects shall meet 

9 or exceed applicable physical standards established 

10 by the Secretary. 

11 (4) The owner or mortgagor of the transferring 

12 project shall notify and consult with the tenants re13 siding in the transferring project and provide a cer14 tification of approval by all appropriate local govern15 mental officials. 

16 (5) The tenants of the transferring project who 

17 remain eligible for assistance to be provided by the 

18 receiving project or projects shall not be required to 

19 vacate their units in the transferring project or 

20 projects until new units in the receiving project are 

21 available for occupancy. 

22 (6) The Secretary determines that this transfer 

23 is in the best interest of the tenants. 

24 (7) If either the transferring project or the re25 ceiving project or projects meets the condition speci-
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1 fied in subsection (d)(2)(A), any lien on the receiv2 ing project resulting from additional financing ob3 tained by the owner shall be subordinate to any 

4 FHA-insured mortgage lien transferred to, or placed 

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

6 Secretary may waive this requirement upon deter7 mination that such a waiver is necessary to facilitate 

8 the financing of acquisition, construction, and/or re9 habilitation of the receiving project or projects. 

10 (8) If the transferring project meets the re11 quirements of subsection (d)(2), the owner or mort12 gagor of the receiving project or projects shall exe13 cute and record either a continuation of the existing 

14 use agreement or a new use agreement for the 

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

16 such agreement are of no lesser duration than the 

17 existing use restrictions. 

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

19 defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 

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

21 mortgage, except to the extent that appropriations 

22 are provided in advance for the amount of any such 

23 increased cost. 

24 (d) For purposes of this section— 
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1 (1) the terms ‘‘low-income’’ and ‘‘very low-in2 come’’ shall have the meanings provided by the stat3 ute and/or regulations governing the program under 

4 which the project is insured or assisted; 

5 (2) the term ‘‘multifamily housing project’’ 

6 means housing that meets one of the following con7 ditions— 

8 (A) housing that is subject to a mortgage 

9 insured under the National Housing Act; 

10 (B) housing that has project-based assist11 ance attached to the structure including 

12 projects undergoing mark to market debt re13 structuring under the Multifamily Assisted 

14 Housing Reform and Affordability Housing Act; 

15 (C) housing that is assisted under section 

16 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 as amended by 

17 section 801 of the Cranston-Gonzales National 

18 Affordable Housing Act; 

19 (D) housing that is assisted under section 

20 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as such sec21 tion existed before the enactment of the Cran22 ston-Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act; 

23 (E) housing that is assisted under section 

24 811 of the Cranston-Gonzales National Afford25 able Housing Act; or 
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1 (F) housing or vacant land that is subject 

2 to a use agreement; 

3 (3) the term ‘‘project-based assistance’’ 

4 means— 

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

6 of the United States Housing Act of 1937; 

7 (B) assistance for housing constructed or 

8 substantially rehabilitated pursuant to assist9 ance provided under section 8(b)(2) of such Act 

10 (as such section existed immediately before Oc11 tober 1, 1983); 

12 (C) rent supplement payments under sec13 tion 101 of the Housing and Urban Develop14 ment Act of 1965; 

15 (D) interest reduction payments under sec16 tion 236 and/or additional assistance payments 

17 under section 236(f)(2) of the National Hous18 ing Act; 

19 (E) assistance payments made under sec20 tion 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959; and 

21 (F) assistance payments made under sec22 tion 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na23 tional Affordable Housing Act; 

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

25 means the multifamily housing project or projects to 
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1 which some or all of the project-based assistance, 

2 debt, and statutorily required low-income and very 

3 low-income use restrictions are to be transferred; 

4 (5) the term ‘‘transferring project’’ means the 

5 multifamily housing project which is transferring 

6 some or all of the project-based assistance, debt and 

7 the statutorily required low-income and very low-in8 come use restrictions to the receiving project or 

9 projects; and 

10 (6) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 

11 of Housing and Urban Development. 

12 (e) PUBLIC NOTICE AND RESEARCH REPORT.— 

13 (1) The Secretary shall publish by notice in the 

14 Federal Register the terms and conditions, including 

15 criteria for HUD approval, of transfers pursuant to 

16 this section no later than 30 days before the effec17 tive date of such notice. 

18 (2) The Secretary shall conduct an evaluation 

19 of the transfer authority under this section, includ20 ing the effect of such transfers on the operational ef21 ficiency, contract rents, physical and financial condi22 tions, and long-term preservation of the affected 

23 properties. 
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1 SEC. 213. (a) No assistance shall be provided under 

2 section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

3 U.S.C. 1437f) to any individual who— 

4 (1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of 

5 higher education (as defined under section 102 of 

6 the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

7 1002)); 

8 (2) is under 24 years of age; 

9 (3) is not a veteran; 

10 (4) is unmarried; 

11 (5) does not have a dependent child; 

12 (6) is not a person with disabilities, as such 

13 term is defined in section 3(b)(3)(E) of the United 

14 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

15 1437a(b)(3)(E)) and was not receiving assistance 

16 under such section 8 as of November 30, 2005; and 

17 (7) is not otherwise individually eligible, or has 

18 parents who, individually or jointly, are not eligible, 

19 to receive assistance under section 8 of the United 

20 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f). 

21 (b) For purposes of determining the eligibility of a 

22 person to receive assistance under section 8 of the United 

23 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), any finan24 cial assistance (in excess of amounts received for tuition 

25 and any other required fees and charges) that an indi-
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1 vidual receives under the Higher Education Act of 1965 

2 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), from private sources, or an insti3 tution of higher education (as defined under the Higher 

4 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)), shall be consid5 ered income to that individual, except for a person over 

6 the age of 23 with dependent children. 

7 SEC. 214. The funds made available for Native Alas8 kans under the heading ‘‘Native American Housing Block 

9 Grants’’ in title II of this Act shall be allocated to the 

10 same Native Alaskan housing block grant recipients that 

11 received funds in fiscal year 2005. 

12 SEC. 215. Notwithstanding the limitation in the first 

13 sentence of section 255(g) of the National Housing Act 

14 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–20(g)), the Secretary of Housing and 

15 Urban Development may, until September 30, 2015, in16 sure and enter into commitments to insure mortgages 

17 under such section 255. 

18 SEC. 216. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

19 law, in fiscal year 2015, in managing and disposing of any 

20 multifamily property that is owned or has a mortgage held 

21 by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and 

22 during the process of foreclosure on any property with a 

23 contract for rental assistance payments under section 8 

24 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 or other Fed25 eral programs, the Secretary shall maintain any rental as-
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1 sistance payments under section 8 of the United States 

2 Housing Act of 1937 and other programs that are at3 tached to any dwelling units in the property. To the extent 

4 the Secretary determines, in consultation with the tenants 

5 and the local government, that such a multifamily prop6 erty owned or held by the Secretary is not feasible for con7 tinued rental assistance payments under such section 8 

8 or other programs, based on consideration of (1) the costs 

9 of rehabilitating and operating the property and all avail10 able Federal, State, and local resources, including rent ad11 justments under section 524 of the Multifamily Assisted 

12 Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 

13 (‘‘MAHRAA’’) and (2) environmental conditions that can14 not be remedied in a cost-effective fashion, the Secretary 

15 may, in consultation with the tenants of that property, 

16 contract for project-based rental assistance payments with 

17 an owner or owners of other existing housing properties, 

18 or provide other rental assistance. The Secretary shall also 

19 take appropriate steps to ensure that project-based con20 tracts remain in effect prior to foreclosure, subject to the 

21 exercise of contractual abatement remedies to assist relo22 cation of tenants for imminent major threats to health and 

23 safety after written notice to and informed consent of the 

24 affected tenants and use of other available remedies, such 

25 as partial abatements or receivership. After disposition of 
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1 any multifamily property described under this section, the 

2 contract and allowable rent levels on such properties shall 

3 be subject to the requirements under section 524 of 

4 MAHRAA. 

5 SEC. 217. The commitment authority funded by fees 

6 as provided under the heading ‘‘Community Development 

7 Loan Guarantees Program Account’’ may be used to guar8 antee, or make commitments to guarantee, notes, or other 

9 obligations issued by any State on behalf of non-entitle10 ment communities in the State in accordance with the re11 quirements of section 108 of the Housing and Community 

12 Development Act of 1974: Provided, That any State re13 ceiving such a guarantee or commitment shall distribute 

14 all funds subject to such guarantee to the units of general 

15 local government in non-entitlement areas that received 

16 the commitment. 

17 SEC. 218. Public housing agencies that own and oper18 ate 400 or fewer public housing units may elect to be ex19 empt from any asset management requirement imposed by 

20 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in con21 nection with the operating fund rule: Provided, That an 

22 agency seeking a discontinuance of a reduction of subsidy 

23 under the operating fund formula shall not be exempt 

24 from asset management requirements. 
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1 SEC. 219. With respect to the use of amounts pro2 vided in this Act and in future Acts for the operation, cap3 ital improvement and management of public housing as 

4 authorized by sections 9(d) and 9(e) of the United States 

5 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d) and (e)), the 

6 Secretary shall not impose any requirement or guideline 

7 relating to asset management that restricts or limits in 

8 any way the use of capital funds for central office costs 

9 pursuant to section 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2) of the United States 

10 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(g)(1), (2)): Pro11 vided, That a public housing agency may not use capital 

12 funds authorized under section 9(d) for activities that are 

13 eligible under section 9(e) for assistance with amounts 

14 from the operating fund in excess of the amounts per15 mitted under section 9(g)(1) or 9(g)(2). 

16 SEC. 220. No official or employee of the Department 

17 of Housing and Urban Development shall be designated 

18 as an allotment holder unless the Office of the Chief Fi19 nancial Officer has determined that such allotment holder 

20 has implemented an adequate system of funds control and 

21 has received training in funds control procedures and di22 rectives. The Chief Financial Officer shall ensure that 

23 there is a trained allotment holder for each HUD sub24 office under the accounts ‘‘Executive Offices’’ and ‘‘Ad25 ministrative Support Offices,’’ as well as each account re-
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1 ceiving appropriations for ‘‘Program Office Salaries and 

2 Expenses’’ within the Department of Housing and Urban 

3 Development. 

4 SEC. 221. The Secretary of Housing and Urban De5 velopment shall report annually to the House and Senate 

6 Committees on Appropriations on the status of all section 

7 8 project-based housing, including the number of all 

8 project-based units by region as well as an analysis of all 

9 federally subsidized housing being refinanced under the 

10 Mark-to-Market program. The Secretary shall in the re11 port identify all existing units maintained by region as sec12 tion 8 project-based units and all project-based units that 

13 have opted out of section 8 or have otherwise been elimi14 nated as section 8 project-based units. The Secretary shall 

15 identify in detail and by project the most likely reasons 

16 for any units which opted out or otherwise were lost as 

17 section 8 project-based units. Such analysis shall include 

18 a review of the most likely impact of the loss of any sub19 sidized units in that housing marketplace. 

20 SEC. 222. The Secretary of the Department of Hous21 ing and Urban Development shall, for fiscal year 2015, 

22 notify the public through the Federal Register and other 

23 means, as determined appropriate, of the issuance of a no24 tice of the availability of assistance or notice of funding 

25 availability (NOFA) for any program or discretionary 
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1 fund administered by the Secretary that is to be competi2 tively awarded. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

3 law, for fiscal year 2015, the Secretary may make the 

4 NOFA available only on the Internet at the appropriate 

5 Government Web site or through other electronic media, 

6 as determined by the Secretary. 

7 SEC. 223. Payment of attorney fees in program-re8 lated litigation must be paid from individual program of9 fice personnel benefits and compensation funding. The an10 nual budget submission for program office personnel ben11 efit and compensation funding must include program-re12 lated litigation costs for attorney fees as a separate line 

13 item request. 

14 SEC. 224. The Secretary of the Department of Hous15 ing and Urban Development is authorized to transfer up 

16 to 5 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, of the funds 

17 appropriated for any office funded under the heading ‘‘Ad18 ministrative Support Offices’’ to any other office funded 

19 under such heading: Provided, That no appropriation for 

20 any office funded under the heading ‘‘Administrative Sup21 port Offices’’ shall be increased or decreased by more than 

22 5 percent or $5,000,000, whichever is less, without prior 

23 written approval of the House and Senate Committees on 

24 Appropriations: Provided further, That the Secretary is 

25 authorized to transfer up to 5 percent or $5,000,000, 
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1 whichever is less, of the funds appropriated for any ac2 count funded under the general heading ‘‘Program Office 

3 Salaries and Expenses’’ to any other account funded 

4 under such heading: Provided further, That no appropria5 tion for any account funded under the general heading 

6 ‘‘Program Office Salaries and Expenses’’ shall be in7 creased or decreased by more than 5 percent or 

8 $5,000,000, whichever is less, without prior written ap9 proval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropria10 tions: Provided further, That the Secretary may transfer 

11 funds made available for salaries and expenses between 

12 any office funded under the heading ‘‘Administrative Sup13 port Offices’’ and any account funded under the general 

14 heading ‘‘Program Office Salaries and Expenses’’, but 

15 only with the prior written approval of the House and Sen16 ate Committees on Appropriations. 

17 SEC. 225. The Disaster Housing Assistance Pro18 grams, administered by the Department of Housing and 

19 Urban Development, shall be considered a ‘‘program of 

20 the Department of Housing and Urban Development’’ 

21 under section 904 of the McKinney Act for the purpose 

22 of income verifications and matching. 

23 SEC. 226. (a) The Secretary of Housing and Urban 

24 Development shall take the required actions under sub25 section (b) when a multifamily housing project with a sec-
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1 tion 8 contract or contract for similar project-based assist2 ance: 

3 (1) receives a Real Estate Assessment Center 

4 (REAC) score of 30 or less; or 

5 (2) receives a REAC score between 31 and 59 

6 and: 

7 (A) fails to certify in writing to HUD with8 in 60 days that all deficiencies have been cor9 rected; or 

10 (B) receives consecutive scores of less than 

11 60 on REAC inspections. 

12 Such requirements shall apply to insured and noninsured 

13 projects with assistance attached to the units under sec14 tion 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

15 U.S.C. 1437f), but do not apply to such units assisted 

16 under section 8(o)(13) (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)) or to 

17 public housing units assisted with capital or operating 

18 funds under section 9 of the United States Housing Act 

19 of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g). 

20 (b) The Secretary shall take the following required 

21 actions as authorized under subsection (a)— 

22 (1) The Secretary shall notify the owner and 

23 provide an opportunity for response within 30 days. 

24 If the violations remain, the Secretary shall develop 

25 a Compliance, Disposition and Enforcement Plan 
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1 within 60 days, with a specified timetable for cor2 recting all deficiencies. The Secretary shall provide 

3 notice of the Plan to the owner, tenants, the local 

4 government, any mortgagees, and any contract ad5 ministrator. 

6 (2) At the end of the term of the Compliance, 

7 Disposition and Enforcement Plan, if the owner fails 

8 to fully comply with such plan, the Secretary may 

9 require immediate replacement of project manage10 ment with a management agent approved by the 

11 Secretary, and shall take one or more of the fol12 lowing actions, and provide additional notice of those 

13 actions to the owner and the parties specified above: 

14 (A) impose civil money penalties; 

15 (B) abate the section 8 contract, including 

16 partial abatement, as determined by the Sec17 retary, until all deficiencies have been corrected; 

18 (C) pursue transfer of the project to an 

19 owner, approved by the Secretary under estab20 lished procedures, which will be obligated to 

21 promptly make all required repairs and to ac22 cept renewal of the assistance contract as long 

23 as such renewal is offered; or 

24 (D) seek judicial appointment of a receiver 

25 to manage the property and cure all project de-
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1 ficiencies or seek a judicial order of specific per2 formance requiring the owner to cure all project 

3 deficiencies. 

4 (c) The Secretary shall also take appropriate steps 

5 to ensure that project-based contracts remain in effect, 

6 subject to the exercise of contractual abatement remedies 

7 to assist relocation of tenants for imminent major threats 

8 to health and safety after written notice to and informed 

9 consent of the affected tenants and use of other remedies 

10 set forth above. To the extent the Secretary determines, 

11 in consultation with the tenants and the local government, 

12 that the property is not feasible for continued rental as13 sistance payments under such section 8 or other programs, 

14 based on consideration of (1) the costs of rehabilitating 

15 and operating the property and all available Federal, 

16 State, and local resources, including rent adjustments 

17 under section 524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing 

18 Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (‘‘MAHRAA’’) and 

19 (2) environmental conditions that cannot be remedied in 

20 a cost-effective fashion, the Secretary may, in consultation 

21 with the tenants of that property, contract for project22 based rental assistance payments with an owner or owners 

23 of other existing housing properties, or provide other rent24 al assistance. The Secretary shall report semi-annually on 

25 all properties covered by this section that are assessed 
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1 through the Real Estate Assessment Center and have 

2 physical inspection scores of less than 30 or have consecu3 tive physical inspection scores of less than 60. The report 

4 shall include: 

5 (1) The enforcement actions being taken to ad6 dress such conditions, including imposition of civil 

7 money penalties and termination of subsidies, and 

8 identify properties that have such conditions mul9 tiple times; and 

10 (2) Actions that the Department of Housing 

11 and Urban Development is taking to protect tenants 

12 of such identified properties. 

13 SEC. 227. None of the funds made available by this 

14 Act, or any other Act, for purposes authorized under sec15 tion 8 (only with respect to the tenant-based rental assist16 ance program) and section 9 of the United States Housing 

17 Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.), may be used by 

18 any public housing agency for any amount of salary, for 

19 the chief executive officer of which, or any other official 

20 or employee of which, that exceeds the annual rate of basic 

21 pay payable for a position at level IV of the Executive 

22 Schedule at any time during any public housing agency 

23 fiscal year 2015. 
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1 SEC. 228. None of the funds in this Act may be avail2 able for the doctoral dissertation research grant program 

3 at the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 

4 SEC. 229. None of the funds in this Act provided to 

5 the Department of Housing and Urban Development may 

6 be used to make a grant award unless the Secretary noti7 fies the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 

8 not less than 3 full business days before any project, 

9 State, locality, housing authority, tribe, nonprofit organi10 zation, or other entity selected to receive a grant award 

11 is announced by the Department or its offices. 

12 SEC. 230. Section 579 of the Multifamily Assisted 

13 Housing Reform and Affordability Act (MAHRAA) of 

14 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) is amended by striking ‘‘Oc15 tober 1, 2015’’ each place it appears and inserting in lieu 

16 thereof ‘‘October 1, 2016’’. 

17 SEC. 231. None of the funds made available by this 

18 Act may be used to require or enforce the Physical Needs 

19 Assessment (PNA). 

20 SEC. 232. None of the funds made available by this 

21 Act nor any receipts or amounts collected under any Fed22 eral Housing Administration program may be used to im23 plement the Homeowners Armed with Knowledge 

24 (HAWK) program. 
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1 SEC. 233. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act shall be used by the Federal Housing Administration, 

3 the Government National Mortgage Administration, or the 

4 Department of Housing and Urban Development to in5 sure, securitize, or establish a Federal guarantee of any 

6 mortgage or mortgage backed security that refinances or 

7 otherwise replaces a mortgage that has been subject to 

8 eminent domain condemnation or seizure, by a state, mu9 nicipality, or any other political subdivision of a state. 

10 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Hous11 ing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2015’’. 

12 TITLE III—RELATED AGENCIES 

13 ACCESS BOARD

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For expenses necessary for the Access Board, as au16 thorized by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 

17 as amended, $7,548,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding 

18 any other provision of law, there may be credited to this 

19 appropriation funds received for publications and training 

20 expenses. 

21 FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY

22 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

23 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

24 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

25 General Act of 1978, $45,000,000, to remain available 
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1 until September 30, 2016, to be derived from assessments 

2 collected from the Federal National Mortgage Association, 

3 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, and the Fed4 eral Home Loan Banks under section 1106 of the Housing 

5 and Economic Recovery Act of 2008. 

6 FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime 

9 Commission as authorized by section 201(d) of the Mer10 chant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. 307), in11 cluding services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of 

12 passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 

13 1343(b); and uniforms or allowances therefore, as author14 ized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, $25,499,000: Provided, That 

15 not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for official recep16 tion and representation expenses. 

17 NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION OFFICE

18 OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

21 General for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation 

22 to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act 

23 of 1978, as amended, $24,499,000: Provided, That the In24 spector General shall have all necessary authority, in car25 rying out the duties specified in the Inspector General Act, 
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1 as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to investigate allegations 

2 of fraud, including false statements to the government (18 

3 U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity that is subject to 

4 regulation by the National Railroad Passenger Corpora5 tion: Provided further, That the Inspector General may 

6 enter into contracts and other arrangements for audits, 

7 studies, analyses, and other services with public agencies 

8 and with private persons, subject to the applicable laws 

9 and regulations that govern the obtaining of such services 

10 within the National Railroad Passenger Corporation: Pro11 vided further, That the Inspector General may select, ap12 point, and employ such officers and employees as may be 

13 necessary for carrying out the functions, powers, and du14 ties of the Office of Inspector General, subject to the appli15 cable laws and regulations that govern such selections, ap16 pointments, and employment within Amtrak: Provided fur17 ther, That concurrent with the President’s budget request 

18 for fiscal year 2016, the Inspector General shall submit 

19 to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 

20 a budget request for fiscal year 2016 in similar format 

21 and substance to those submitted by executive agencies 

22 of the Federal Government. 
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1 NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the National Transpor4 tation Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor ve5 hicles and aircraft; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

6 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per 

7 diem rate equivalent to the rate for a GS–15; uniforms, 

8 or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 

9 5901–5902), $103,000,000, 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), $132,000,000, of which 

22 $5,000,000 shall be for a multi-family rental housing pro23 gram: Provided, That in addition, $50,000,000 shall be 

24 made available until expended to the Neighborhood Rein-
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1 vestment Corporation for mortgage foreclosure mitigation 

2 activities, under the following terms and conditions: 

3 (1) The Neighborhood Reinvestment Corpora4 tion (‘‘NRC’’) shall make grants to counseling inter5 mediaries approved by the Department of Housing 

6 and Urban Development (HUD) (with match to be 

7 determined by the NRC based on affordability and 

8 the economic conditions of an area; a match also 

9 may be waived by the NRC based on the aforemen10 tioned conditions) to provide mortgage foreclosure 

11 mitigation assistance primarily to States and areas 

12 with high rates of defaults and foreclosures to help 

13 eliminate the default and foreclosure of mortgages of 

14 owner-occupied single-family homes that are at risk 

15 of such foreclosure. Other than areas with high rates 

16 of defaults and foreclosures, grants may also be pro17 vided to approved counseling intermediaries based on 

18 a geographic analysis of the Nation by the NRC 

19 which determines where there is a prevalence of 

20 mortgages that are risky and likely to fail, including 

21 any trends for mortgages that are likely to default 

22 and face foreclosure. A State Housing Finance 

23 Agency may also be eligible where the State Housing 

24 Finance Agency meets all the requirements under 

25 this paragraph. A HUD-approved counseling inter-
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1 mediary shall meet certain mortgage foreclosure 

2 mitigation assistance counseling requirements, as de3 termined by the NRC, and shall be approved by 

4 HUD or the NRC as meeting these requirements. 

5 (2) Mortgage foreclosure mitigation assistance 

6 shall only be made available to homeowners of 

7 owner-occupied homes with mortgages in default or 

8 in danger of default. These mortgages shall likely be 

9 subject to a foreclosure action and homeowners will 

10 be provided such assistance that shall consist of ac11 tivities that are likely to prevent foreclosures and re12 sult in the long-term affordability of the mortgage 

13 retained pursuant to such activity or another posi14 tive outcome for the homeowner. No funds made 

15 available under this paragraph may be provided di16 rectly to lenders or homeowners to discharge out17 standing mortgage balances or for any other direct 

18 debt reduction payments. 

19 (3) The use of mortgage foreclosure mitigation 

20 assistance by approved counseling intermediaries 

21 and State Housing Finance Agencies shall involve a 

22 reasonable analysis of the borrower’s financial situa23 tion, an evaluation of the current value of the prop24 erty that is subject to the mortgage, counseling re25 garding the assumption of the mortgage by another 
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1 non-Federal party, counseling regarding the possible 

2 purchase of the mortgage by a non-Federal third 

3 party, counseling and advice of all likely restruc4 turing and refinancing strategies or the approval of 

5 a work-out strategy by all interested parties. 

6 (4) NRC may provide up to 15 percent of the 

7 total funds under this paragraph to its own charter 

8 members with expertise in foreclosure prevention 

9 counseling, subject to a certification by the NRC 

10 that the procedures for selection do not consist of 

11 any procedures or activities that could be construed 

12 as an unacceptable conflict of interest or have the 

13 appearance of impropriety. 

14 (5) HUD-approved counseling entities and 

15 State Housing Finance Agencies receiving funds 

16 under this paragraph shall have demonstrated expe17 rience in successfully working with financial institu18 tions as well as borrowers facing default, delin19 quency and foreclosure as well as documented coun20 seling capacity, outreach capacity, past successful 

21 performance and positive outcomes with documented 

22 counseling plans (including post mortgage fore23 closure mitigation counseling), loan workout agree24 ments and loan modification agreements. NRC may 
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1 use other criteria to demonstrate capacity in under2 served areas. 

3 (6) Of the total amount made available under 

4 this paragraph, up to $2,500,000 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 the NRC to 

15 carry out activities provided under this section. 

16 (8) Of the total amount made available under 

17 this paragraph, up to $4,000,000 may be used for 

18 wind-down and closeout of the mortgage foreclosure 

19 mitigation activities program. 

20 (9) Mortgage foreclosure mitigation assistance 

21 grants may include a budget for outreach and adver22 tising, and training, as determined by the NRC. 

23 (10) The NRC shall continue to report bi-annu24 ally to the House and Senate Committees on Appro25 priations as well as the Senate Banking Committee 
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1 and House Financial Services Committee on its ef2 forts to mitigate mortgage default. 

3 UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON

4 HOMELESSNESS

5 OPERATING EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses (including payment of sala7 ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

8 the rental of conference rooms, and the employment of ex9 perts and consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United 

10 States Code) of the United States Interagency Council on 

11 Homelessness in carrying out the functions pursuant to 

12 title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, 

13 as amended, $3,500,000. 

14 TITLE IV 

15 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 

16 SEC. 401. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 

17 for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 

18 expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 

19 intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings 

20 funded in this Act. 

21 SEC. 402. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

22 shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 

23 fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria24 tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 
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1 SEC. 403. The expenditure of any appropriation 

2 under this Act for any consulting service through procure3 ment contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United 

4 States Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such 

5 expenditures are a matter of public record and available 

6 for public inspection, except where otherwise provided 

7 under existing law, or under existing Executive order 

8 issued pursuant to existing law. 

9 SEC. 404. (a) None of the funds made available in 

10 this Act may be obligated or expended for any employee 

11 training that— 

12 (1) does not meet identified needs for knowl13 edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the 

14 performance of official duties; 

15 (2) contains elements likely to induce high lev16 els of emotional response or psychological stress in 

17 some participants; 

18 (3) does not require prior employee notification 

19 of the content and methods to be used in the train20 ing and written end of course evaluation; 

21 (4) contains any methods or content associated 

22 with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 

23 ‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Em24 ployment Opportunity Commission Notice N– 

25 915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or 
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1 (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par2 ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the 

3 workplace. 

4 (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 

5 otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 

6 bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 

7 SEC. 405. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 

8 none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by pre9 vious appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities fund10 ed in this Act that remain available for obligation or ex11 penditure in fiscal year 2015, or provided from any ac12 counts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 

13 and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 

14 available for obligation or expenditure through a re15 programming of funds that: 

16 (1) creates a new program; 

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

18 (3) increases funds or personnel for any pro19 gram, project, or activity for which funds have been 

20 denied or restricted by the Congress; 

21 (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific 

22 activity by either the House or Senate Committees 

23 on Appropriations for a different purpose; 
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1 (5) augments existing programs, projects, or ac2 tivities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, which3 ever is less; 

4 (6) reduces existing programs, projects, or ac5 tivities by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 

6 less; or 

7 (7) creates, reorganizes, or restructures a 

8 branch, division, office, bureau, board, commission, 

9 agency, administration, or department different from 

10 the budget justifications submitted to the Commit11 tees on Appropriations or the table accompanying 

12 the explanatory statement accompanying this Act, 

13 whichever is more detailed, unless prior approval is 

14 received from the House and Senate Committees on 

15 Appropriations: Provided, That not later than 60 

16 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each 

17 agency funded by this Act shall submit a report to 

18 the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 

19 of the House of Representatives to establish the 

20 baseline for application of reprogramming and trans21 fer authorities for the current fiscal year: Provided 

22 further, That the report shall include: 

23 (A) a table for each appropriation with a 

24 separate column to display the prior year en25 acted level, the President’s budget request, ad-
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1 justments made by Congress, adjustments due 

2 to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 

3 fiscal year enacted level; 

4 (B) a delineation in the table for each ap5 propriation and its respective prior year enacted 

6 level by object class and program, project, and 

7 activity as detailed in the budget appendix for 

8 the respective appropriation; and 

9 (C) an identification of items of special 

10 congressional interest: Provided further, That 

11 the amount appropriated or limited for salaries 

12 and expenses for an agency shall be reduced by 

13 $100,000 per day for each day after the re14 quired date that the report has not been sub15 mitted to the Congress. 

16 SEC. 406. Except as otherwise specifically provided 

17 by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 

18 remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2015 from 

19 appropriations made available for salaries and expenses 

20 for fiscal year 2015 in this Act, shall remain available 

21 through September 30, 2016, for each such account for 

22 the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall 

23 be submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Ap24 propriations for approval prior to the expenditure of such 

25 funds: Provided further, That these requests shall be made 
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1 in compliance with reprogramming guidelines under sec2 tion 405 of this Act. 

3 SEC. 407. No funds in this Act may be used to sup4 port any Federal, State, or local projects that seek to use 

5 the power of eminent domain, unless eminent domain is 

6 employed only for a public use: Provided, That for pur7 poses of this section, public use shall not be construed to 

8 include economic development that primarily benefits pri9 vate entities: Provided further, That any use of funds for 

10 mass transit, railroad, airport, seaport or highway projects 

11 as well as utility projects which benefit or serve the gen12 eral public (including energy-related, communication-re13 lated, water-related and wastewater-related infrastruc14 ture), other structures designated for use by the general 

15 public or which have other common-carrier or public-util16 ity functions that serve the general public and are subject 

17 to regulation and oversight by the government, and 

18 projects for the removal of an immediate threat to public 

19 health and safety or brownsfield as defined in the Small 

20 Business Liability Relief and Brownsfield Revitalization 

21 Act (Public Law 107–118) shall be considered a public 

22 use for purposes of eminent domain. 

23 SEC. 408. All Federal agencies and departments that 

24 are funded under this Act shall issue a report to the House 

25 and Senate Committees on Appropriations on all sole- 
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1 source contracts by no later than July 30, 2015. Such re2 port shall include the contractor, the amount of the con3 tract and the rationale for using a sole-source contract. 

4 SEC. 409. None of the funds made available in this 

5 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in6 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

7 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro8 vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 

9 SEC. 410. No part of any appropriation contained in 

10 this Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person 

11 filling a position, other than a temporary position, for12 merly held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed 

13 Forces of the United States and has satisfactorily com14 pleted his or her period of active military or naval service, 

15 and has within 90 days after his or her release from such 

16 service or from hospitalization continuing after discharge 

17 for a period of not more than 1 year, made application 

18 for restoration to his or her former position and has been 

19 certified by the Office of Personnel Management as still 

20 qualified to perform the duties of his or her former posi21 tion and has not been restored thereto. 

22 SEC. 411. No funds appropriated pursuant to this 

23 Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees 

24 that in expending the assistance the entity will comply 

25 with sections 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 
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1 (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy Amer2 ican Act’’). 

3 SEC. 412. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 

4 available under this Act shall be made available to any 

5 person or entity that has been convicted of violating the 

6 Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c). 

7 SEC. 413. None of the funds made available in this 

8 Act may be used for first-class airline accommodations in 

9 contravention of sections 301–10.122 and 301–10.123 of 

10 title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 

11 SEC. 414. None of the funds made available by this 

12 Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 

13 of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 

14 grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to any cor15 poration that was convicted of a felony criminal violation 

16 under any Federal law within the preceding 24 months, 

17 where the awarding agency is aware of the conviction, un18 less the agency has considered suspension or debarment 

19 of the corporation and made a determination that this fur20 ther action is not necessary to protect the interests of the 

21 Government. 

22 SEC. 415. None of the funds made available by this 

23 Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 

24 of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 

25 grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any cor-
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1 poration with any unpaid Federal tax liability that has 

2 been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative 

3 remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that 

4 is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agree5 ment with the authority responsible for collecting the tax 

6 liability, where the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid 

7 tax liability, unless the agency has considered suspension 

8 or debarment of the corporation and made a determination 

9 that this further action is not necessary to protect the in10 terests of the Government. 

11 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

12 SEC. 416. The amount by which the applicable alloca13 tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 

14 Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec15 tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ex16 ceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0. 

17 SEC. 417. None of the funds made available by this 

18 Act may be used to require the relocation, or to carry out 

19 any required relocation, of any asset management posi20 tions of the Office of Multifamily Housing of the Depart21 ment of Housing and Urban Development in existence as 

22 of the date of the enactment of this Act. 

23 SEC. 418. None of the funds made available by this 

24 Act may be used in contravention of the 5th or 14th 

25 Amendment to the Constitution or title VI of the Civil 

26 Rights Act of 1964. 
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1 SEC. 419. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used to approve a new foreign air carrier per3 mit under sections 41301 through 41305 of title 49, 

4 United States Code, or exemption application under sec5 tion 40109 of that title of an air carrier already holding 

6 an air operators certificate issued by a country that is 

7 party to the U.S.–E.U.–Iceland–Norway Air Transport 

8 Agreement where such approval would contravene United 

9 States law or Article 17 bis of the U.S.–E.U.–Iceland– 

10 Norway Air Transport Agreement. 

11 SEC. 420. None of the funds made available by this 

12 Act under the heading ‘‘Federal Transit Administration— 

13 Transit Formula Grants’’ may be used in contravention 

14 of section 5309 of title 49, United States Code. 

15 SEC. 421. None of the funds made available under 

16 title II of this Act may be used to repay any loan made, 

17 guaranteed, or insured by the Department of Housing and 

18 Urban Development. 

19 SEC. 422. None of the funds made available in this 

20 Act may be used to enter into a contract with any offeror 

21 or any of its principals if the offeror certifies, as required 

22 by the Federal Acquisition Regulation, that the offeror or 

23 any of its principals— 

24 (1) within a three-year period preceding this 

25 offer has been convicted of or had a civil judgment 
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1 rendered against it for: commission of fraud or a 

2 criminal offense in connection with obtaining, at3 tempting to obtain, or performing a public (Federal, 

4 State, or local) contract or subcontract; violation of 

5 Federal or State antitrust statutes relating to the 

6 submission of offers; or commission of embezzle7 ment, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruc8 tion of records, making false statements, tax eva9 sion, violating Federal criminal tax laws, or receiving 

10 stolen property; 

11 (2) are presently indicted for, or otherwise 

12 criminally or civilly charged by a governmental enti13 ty with, commission of any of the offenses enumer14 ated in paragraph (1); or 

15 (3) within a three-year period preceding this 

16 offer, has been notified of any delinquent Federal 

17 taxes in an amount that exceeds $3,000 for which 

18 the liability remains unsatisfied. 

19 SEC. 423. None of the funds made available by this 

20 Act may be used to develop or implement any rule to mod21 ify the criteria relating to citizenship that are applied in 

22 determining whether a person is eligible to be an operator 

23 (including a ship manager or agent) of a vessel in the Na24 tional Defense Reserve Fleet. 
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1 SEC. 424. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used to administer the National Highway 

3 Traffic Safety Administration’s National Roadside Survey. 

4 SEC. 425. None of the funds made available by this 

5 Act may be used to develop, issue, or implement regula6 tions that increase levels of minimum financial responsi7 bility for transporting passengers or property as in effect 

8 on January 1, 2014, under regulations issued pursuant 

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

10 Code. 

11 SEC. 426. None of the funds made available by this 

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

13 proposed rule entitled ‘‘Affirmatively Furthering Fair 

14 Housing’’, published by the Department of Housing and 

15 Urban Development in the Federal Register on July 19, 

16 2013 (78 Fed. Reg. 43710; Docket No. FR–5173–P–01). 

17 SEC. 427. None of the funds made available by this 

18 Act may be used to acquire a camera for the purpose of 

19 collecting or storing vehicle license plate numbers. 

20 SEC. 428. None of the funds made available by this 

21 Act may be used for the Housing Trust Fund established 

22 under section 1338 of the Federal Housing Enterprises 

23 Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 

24 4568). 
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1 SEC. 429. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act may be used to enter into a contract with any person 

3 whose disclosures of a proceeding with a disposition listed 

4 in section 2313(c)(1) of title 41, United States Code, in 

5 the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Informa6 tion System include the term ‘‘Fair Labor Standards 

7 Act.’’. 

8 SEC. 430. None of the funds made available by this 

9 Act may be used to terminate the status of a unit of gen10 eral local government as a metropolitan city (as defined 

11 in section 102 of the Housing and Community Develop12 ment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302)) with respect to 

13 grants under section 106 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5306). 

14 SEC. 431. None of the funds made available in 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. 432. None of the funds made available by this 

21 Act may be used to promulgate, implement, or enforce any 

22 regulations that would mandate Global Positioning System 

23 (GPS) tracking or event data recorders in light-duty non24 commercial passenger motor vehicles. 
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1 SEC. 433. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used to provide mortgage insurance under title 

3 II of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) 

4 for any mortgage on a 1- to 4-family dwelling to be used 

5 as the principal residence of a mortgagor who provides 

6 only an individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN) 

7 for identification. 

8 SEC. 434. None of the funds made available by this 

9 Act may be used to enter into any contract with an incor10 porated entity if such entity’s sealed bid or competitive 

11 proposal shows that such entity is incorporated or char12 tered in Bermuda or the Cayman Islands, and such enti13 ty’s sealed bid or competitive proposal shows that such 

14 entity was previously incorporated in the United States. 

15 SEC. 435. None of the funds made available by this 

16 Act may be used in contravention of section 24305(c)(4) 

17 of title 49, United States Code. 

18 SEC. 436. None of the funds made available by this 

19 Act shall be used to support Amtrak’s route with the high20 est loss, measured by contributions/(Loss) per Rider, as 

21 based on the National Railroad Passenger Corporation 

22 Fiscal Years 2013–2017 Five Year Plan from May 2013. 

23 SEC. 437. None of the funds made available in this 

24 Act may be used by the Secretary or the Federal Transit 

25 Administration to implement, administer, or enforce sec-
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1 tion 18.36(c)(2) of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, 

2 for construction hiring purposes. 

3 SEC. 438. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act may be used to lease or purchase new light duty vehi5 cles for any executive fleet, or for an agency’s fleet inven6 tory, except in accordance with Presidential Memo7 randum—Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 24, 

8 2011. 

9 SEC. 439. None of the funds made available by this 

10 Act may be used for high-speed rail in the State of Cali11 fornia or for the California High-Speed Rail Authority. 

12 SEC. 440. None of the funds made available by this 

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

14 paragraph (c)(3) of section 982.503, Code of Federal Reg15 ulations. 

16 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation, Hous17 ing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appro18 priations Act, 2015’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives June 10, 2014. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4745 

AN ACT 

Making appropriations for the Departments of 

poses. ending September 30, 2015, and for other puropment, and related agencies for the fiscal year Transportation, and Housing and Urban Devel-